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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1949)
es nter Nav^sota ournament For Fall Gri^d Ticket rder Held Friday The annual drawing to determine which ticket holders get the better seats to the Aggie grid games this f a “ J v u a ®£ e v~ again Friday afternoon in the coaching room under the Kyie Field'glands. ^' n 1 :! With a group of about 30 people watching, Jo® 8 company holds the electrical f * r M. Rankin, Bryan; D. Daiusby, Bryan; John A. back, Abilene; Sully S. • T r'aiiklPIYITl J fait Joe Kemp, bes.dehim, oren ; , j,, |i , i . 'i . 1, feature 0 ^ first ropnd pla { ' - . . \ , r ' I t .j, ! -ill r > for kh teams, the consolation wi TCV mns Predict Football Title For 1949 Frog Team The W. S. D. Aggie soft ball teaih has entered a Soft ball tournament ini’ Navasota this week and will play its first game tomorrow night agahret jBellville at 9 accord ing to tuke Harrison, mana ger of the team. , According: to Harrison, the team is composed mostly of intramural players froni the campus and Col lege View intramural leagues. Teams 1 from Bellville, Bend, two from Navasota. Lumber. Co.'and the Ipe Burg from Bryan, have entereql the tourney albng with the W. S. D. Aggies. Tonighpand Tuesday night will feature the first round of play for all t^ams, the consolation will be decided Wednesday night, the semi-finals will be Thursday night, and the finals will be on Friday night, said: Unlike the intramural soiftball games, | tjve teams College whose company hoi contract for the Kyle Field light ing system, drew the first capsule from the little jar marked “Texas this fall would receive | better seats than the other people who had also ordered tickets but were in other numbered folders that were drawn later on. There were three groups of numbered Capsules in the jars, one for each of the Aggies’ ten games this season. The highest priority group, which jincludes season tick et applications from this area and all “T” card, holders, was marked ., • 1 ■ v . . 1 ■ W i - : : i '•%' . :-v's,. 1 ■ : . ..... ... . SS .Si Hid. X; tactadS 0 "-"*---" By BILL HAltE Bluxom, left half and ch-captainj 1 fjori nation. The ends are sent out George Brown, left guard. Tom wid? while the remainder of the Bishop dnd Randy Rogers, who line forms tight; the wi played defensive! fullback,: Richard are set to split the space between Hhodevson, I guapd, and j Hubert the ends and tackles while the full- rMerjsive tackle last hac t is brought up on the line, About this time every year .peo ple start talking football. Who’s going to have whait and how will Henderson, j It’they end up when the! season is Eoff, Starring dc history? It’s about time to start ^ a n' wiR all be f looking around afa see; jjust What Frogs start trai the other conlerepce j earns | have ! sttajfrim \ to offer in the way of competition. | Vl’bdn you lookj at the Firog Up in Ft. Worth,! the T.C.U, fans | <*, i; I osition by positipn, it’s arc predicting a conference champ- haril .to see that " ionshipi team in the Flrogs. Frog jngTloo much for fans are more' optimistic about they have seven returning T.C.U.’s 1949 footbal] prospects jettpTnen and' six niorb on the than they have been dt any time fecpte-l. Tackles- wilt include 'three since 1939, the yeajr of the “grand returning lettcrmpn arid eight ut( slam’* in which the Frbgs romped ^quadmen. The tackle slot will proh- |, a ] .through their i^*— L - •' Tr " - i -i-i « ■ When the clo; er in, with the wingbacks and be the biggest headache that schedule and the $ugaf Bowl un- i) u tc i Meyer will have!. There will -game dug: defeated and untied and were ranked as_ national champions by I . virtually every rating system, M g * These optirtiistic: Froig fahs dis-1 Hrs count T.C.U.'s disappointing 1948 toke record of four victories; five de-jj^d ..iif«ts and one “ * that “1948 was r victories; five de-i^nd tie by'pointing optHjL, is anothejr"l937.” In ] T** # ; 1937 the Frogs won four, lost fotirj; i. : ‘ ■Rnd tied two' prior to blossoming into their' greatness p:' 1938. But what these fan^ fbrgCt is that 1937 team finished sec- by position, it’sf not ! f^ that they aren’t I hurt- Ch, h for material. On the dl fbur guard lettermen and eight- btHcrs trying for letters. th of last year’s defensive cen- will jbC back, one <if Which will the 'place of Doug BHghtwell, system or suDscuuuon, "we nave there’will be four mbre push- /9und that every man wants to fnem for nositions. I 9‘ a ' both offense and defense and , Lily d^s hav7* wealt fc hit>hgtogive everyiman acl4ce.” aterial; Lindy Berry,who has i ( uarterback Lindy. Berry t will fSS? £25, SP fflCfiS S{ handled almost all of the fiWiteWa the mp Frogs, takms over dL^C5r.lSLi*tSiStlli fi 1 quarUrbaekin* duties for the last fro n fullback Pete Stout, who last teams hayfc almost identical icc- thre ^ ReasonS) W m be there to take Rir was the fourth backfield; man ond in the conference 1948 team finished si v [" Still there is - somei \ sptiniism. ' i ... : Ofe Near Great o\Terl again. have five understudies to help out if needed. The niost widely known to Aggies a near 1937. in ~,t7 team like that t, it probably to greatness. ;The heveh behind at the! end of the first Wa rameteVen Closer f948 Frogs were pf these understudies ijs Gilbert Bai tmh. Bartosh worked 1 out wiph Gilbe|rt Bartosh worked! o the i 1948 Fish team for seVerjal applications from outside this area The third group, marked “I”, contained all tlfe individual ticket applications. All orders were lim ited to two tickets to the TU-A&M gaijne. The fourth capsule drawn from the Texas jar was the one which held the most interest for the peo ple of this area. Since “S” is the group Which, contains the season pl^y-wkh ticket orders from the college em- only the regulation nine^mcitibers. ployees and the surrounding ter- The members of the,squad andjritory and is in the highest prior- their position are: ■ | ity group, those people in that Catchers - T. Wood and Don 1 folder will jfcct the bpst seats for 'winerharks Joseph, Pitchers - t. E, Winder] the Texas game. Wing a arid Hoot Gibson. First base - The orderiiu which the capsules Schumack, Arrington, and Moore. 1 were drawn from all the jars de- Second base - Jack Hedge and„Dak termined what groups would have Piiocter. Shortstop - Cross and i the better seats. Harlan, Jr., Crockett; Charles F. Richardson, College Station; A. T. Weydell, College Station. Gw Dudley Everett, Sri,jStephen- jville; J. S. Mogford. College Stn- jtion; W. G. McMillan, Lubbock; ticket: Keith J. Aldrich, Wheaton, Illinois; mSmiM James C. Williams, College. Mic tion; Wm. J. Moore, College Sta tion; Ben H. Faber, Eagle Lake; Wm. J. Nutto, Houston; James E. Kirkland, Dallas; George T. Edds, Minneapolis, Minn. George H. Russell, Eagle Pasa; Hunter Parks, Kilgore; H. P. Smith, College Station; W. P. Dav is, Bfran; Kenneth L. Mills, es L. Rich' Bryan; Kubtehbach, Bryan; J. D ton, Brady; J. T. Blair, Jr.. Ray jRidenhower, Junction ' “ Otts, CoLege Station; Grange, Bryan; N. M. hnis, College Station; Robert L. Skrabanek, College Station; Caroline Mitchell, College Station; Otis; Miller, College Station; H. Morris Williamson, Bryan; Ralph mim ««■ m - fM w?' flam , the tailback plajying the center. The greatest contribution to the fan j’ enjoyment of the game s|nce the adoption of the forward pass;” wir p t e a nationally-syndicated ripotts editor of the Meyer spread aft r seeing'it in action. “Whereas the ‘T’ foiination has made it dif ficult for the fans to follow the and the play, the MeyCr spread makes it easy.” U'i the beginining of the 1949 Upr ng practice, Meyer announced tfia; he wats abundoning the “two- plojtoon” offensive-defensive unit substitution. “We have .a GO. | Afi ui i is? vv iiiiaiiiovii r uajcuii Sheffield. Third basejl-Dubp.jPield-1 Here are the names and home- 1 C. Hook, Jr., College Station; S. R. erp - London, Fulbright, and Hee-! towns of the 60 persons in folder j Wright, College Station;' C. W. man. T IS-6: . , j Manning, College Station. Pugh Named Fish Grid Coach, BiH Dayton New Aggie Trainer H||ik , ) |i I SMU Grid Ducats Go On Sale Today Athletic Director Barlow “Bones” tridner at Tulane .to take the Ag-+ Iiwing has announced that Bill gie job. He formerly was trainer Dayton and Marion Pugh are the at the University of Miami. Day- most recent additions to the Texas ton has interned in physio-therapy, A&M athletic staff. was a trainer at Georgia Pre- Daytop, who replaces Blaine Flight during the war and comes Rideout,, was- named as' trainer, to A&M recommended highly. Rideout recent- - The new trainer will assume His ly resigned to duties here August 1. Pugh will become trainer start work here Sept. 1 although at Nebraska the Aggie Freshmen do not report University, until 18 days later. Pugh was nam- he Frogs, since the the conference that transferred Tlje Frogs will have four half- backjs with lottetjs returning to the; set tes at a mere 245 pounds: in history to captain Th s is. the first time fjr< igs joined they have had two backfield capt ains in a row. ; i tor co-captain, the progs have a “little fellow” handling those du ips. He is tackle Don Nnrrell Wh y stands only d’4” and tips the 1 -■« half in any 6f its\gathesl, leading Heirig tic\d in i rum _ material goes, the ** assisted by two squadmen in .* in nine. of them and hieing flip ntWnvX —-4 the othieiv As far sipiajd alongl writh eleven other squadmen trying for positiions. Fm*’ i returning fullback lettermen will place ' fl left by BS inuix'iuiii kucs, mu 77 ,■:* ,ij'' Frogs will be just about as loaded t “® us Phil Harris’ dice] They will , H : have almost the same team as they *1. Meyer, head hurl luuf rtltia o «v G-East Wins Easily As Stoner Pitches t . coach of T.C.U. i$ expected to take j . n this! material anil come up with a E ■z hkd last year, plus a j year of ex pfcrience,; 28 returning lettermen, r-r-Lj;-—i—> aud all-conference quaifterback Lin- nu Shi ; y K 00< i team for 1949. The dy Berry and all-conference end southwest sports, editors’ favorite Morris Bailey. F~ j | chutoct^rlmt Speaking of letternten, those 28 coat lettermen from T.C.U.,.h^e Won aDe! a total of 53 football letters—yes, ’-Sjo. you might say they have had « a ‘ ,T, ' little experience. And on top of all this, the Frogs will have the largest jsquad jn the history of TiC.U. football, 70 or more, and apparently will have some likely candidates; for the lim ited losses from the 1)948 team.' i ' ior slh ietti characterization of Meyer is, “the who year-in and year-out the most with his material.” it looks like we <ian expect anything to happen when Ah; Homed' Frogs take the field Olice ugain in 1949, Meyer Will n a night pame Thursday G* dst defeated A-Odd by the one- nited score of Jfi-L Herman Btoner pii ched four-hii/ball to be given Or dit for tho/win. The winners cio lected foiiy*hits to drive iri six ruis off Lo\y Smith. Three of th*se mns came in the third im ni: ijj: when Stoner, who virtually w< n the game alone, singled with tjv o on to drive in two runs and later scored himself on a sharp ed f re shim an fbotball coach and vars i ty, scout. ■ | * I It’s a part- tim e seasonal job for Pugh, who will con tinue to operate hjis lumber busi ness here. Pugh The Standings American League throw- his three-phase combination rikgle to left field off the bat of offense al fense at opponents, the same as he has for the past two seasons. The three phases, or formations,! used by Meyer are toe s}ngle),*h double wing and the famous Meyer spread, all of which are tun from a balanced line. re fun fi There ' QdhJe wi will probably be more | Di idley Ledbctfer. Ledbetter was cn? leading hitter for the "urider- th ?-lights-event” as hq got twp for ree. C-East was credited with two of the three errors of the game. > j, Score by innjings H R E A-Qdd Oil 000 0 4 1 1 C-Ea^t 300 300 x (4 6 2 Biggest .) The biggest toss of the 1948 Frogs, was• fullback ; Pete Stout. Stout was the leading Frog scorer for thejpast thcee seasons and wa»if .* r„ , rt , , ,. U , L . l-conferenCe in 194?. Althoug«t|dQdblc w, n g a nd less single Wring | ^ i—~ ; , i S Askew to Guide will be able to fill fhe shoes of Qf that famous spread in 1$49. : Wide Triple Wipg ! ; The Meyer spread is perhaps best described as a “wide triple wing” i! “Powerful Pete. 1 ' ;i Other major - Joslin, punbing losses are Leon pecialist, i Doug Brightwell, offensive center,! Dave ~n . S ■ “ J . Milner Wins Again As Lovers Fall 2-1 9 Hog Cagerg that he had R izorback ca; ,y(ars, to enter yesterday ed, after guiding fortunes for seven private business. • • Snish!... ' V ;P' 'T i “ ' If he seems in a ; hurry ; He’s really n«t rude f He’s just going to \ • HOTARIV8 /F to get wome good to H0TARUS He Mil nit Hall agBrcqation “ ">*" he '““ ecd5 ’ Dr - inued .its winning : ways by L ig the Dorm 14 Lovers 9Ji ^ Lambert ^apnounced mrsday afternoon. .iCtoorge jl pitched a four-hit; ball ga tp be the winning pitcher for 1 ig. Milner gained its ; lead in the first inhihg os two runs were scored by Virtue of is walk, and a fielder’s choice. Before first, inning was over, the had cut the lead in half, lough he was the losing pit cher,! Hoot Gibson pitched one- hit ball and was credited with the only run batted in for the Lovers. He gbtjthte when he singled in the first, driving in Bill Rife, who had “alkbd. Hoot Rave hill only ; hit Ite third inning when Wayne It I lj Fayetteville,, Ark, July 30—UP* A thorough “Student of the Game” w th an impressive small 1 high sc 100I coaching record was ap- pdnted head basketball mentor at the University of Arkansas today. He |s, Presley Askew, 38, who last season was an assistant to Eugene leam— [ W New York 60 Cleveland 56 is k fdriner football!tSter at North Boston 53 Side Hiqh School in Fort Worth, He Detroit 54 lettered! here, in football iri 1938, Philadelphia 58 1939,and 1940, being quarterback Ghicago 41 on'the, Aggies’1939 national cham- Washington 36 team. ■ M St. Louis * 33 aytoin | resigned ;his position as National League 1 St. Louis M 58 Brooklyn 56 ■ tiosion, Gi i New York f 49 Philadelphia 50 Pittsburgh 45 Cincinnati ,38 Chicago 36 Big State League Texarkana 69 Austin i • 68 Wichita Falls 67 Waco S3 Sherman-Denison 49 SUNDAY’S RESULTS American League Cleveland 0, Boston 3. \ Detroit 3-6, Philladelphia 0-0. St. Louis 3, Washington 7. Ghicago 2-2, New York 3-1 National League Brooklyn 4, St., Louis 2. Philadelphia 5, Chicago 4. New York, 10-9, Cincinnati 0-0. Boston 9-5, Pittsburgh 1-6. Big State League Waco 0, 'Temple 6. Texarkana .7, Gainesville 10. Greenville 5, Austin 4. Sherman-DeniSon 0, Wichita I Falls 4. t TVxas League ilgoire 3, Paris 2. ter 7, Ctrl Bus Dri \fs. Passenger Sunderland, Eng. E lison, _pretty bus conductress, C< mplained in court about the si range antici of one of her pas sengers. threw a sandwich bird Warbler on the thigh she had ladeWater 7, Henderson [arshall at Bryan, rain. ,2. singled with the bases loot Gibson! was acclaimed i th unding player in the errorless une as hli.waa riUo the Ifad itter in getting two fori i plate. |, • “ } ? ■ hy Innings: L .; L “ “ nAb 000 0-4-1, 000 0-4 t o bout this bruise on tho young laid defendant Henry inney, 47. ‘ I would very jntuen ke to see it.” “I’m sure you would/’ drily com mented Judge J. P. Wilson. He sentenced Dinncy to a month fpr assault and a month and disorderly. ’ S 1 ' ! if >r bein; ]y .games scheduled. as Deague ntopio, 1-6;, Tulsa 2-7. i epon 2, Dallas 11. mont 7, Fort Worth 8. us ton 6, Oklahoma City 111 T^f— [r| s Ruin Fishi Iceman Moan AjMBUS. Ohio —OIV-. „ ,jld WilUam Miller fell the; swift waters Of the Scioto 6t* toduy, f Fred Byas, 32, fll railroad brajee* , was fishing off the bank wiith ne pole, j M ' V j Whirled his pole, and whip- the line in the; direction of the during boy. . line wrapped about foot; the boy grabbed and was reeled ashore, irman Byai went back’ his fishing. Although obvi proud of his feat, he grumbled: "That’s the trouble with fishi The kids always dome around ruin my. fishing v Greenville Gainesville Temple; Texas Fort Tulsa Dallas/ Oklahoma City Shreveport Sari Antonib Beaumont Houston I 47 43 39 L 35 39 43 46 46 57 57 63 37 38 46 46 47 49 68 62 39 41 44 54 60 62 66 69 66 63 61 58 57 50 45 40 East Texas League Longview ] 58 Paris i 57 Gladewateri 58 Kilgore 56 Marshall ! 52 Tyler p 43 Henderson 38 Bryan| ; . ,38 .44 47 50 53 53 61 64 68 41 42 44 45 44 59 02 63 Pet .632 .589 .552 .540 .535 .418 .387 .344 JUl .596 .526 .516 .515 .479 .396 .367 .639 .624 .604 .495 .450 .431 .394 .361 .600 .573 50 23 .518 .450 .413 .370 .586 .576 .569 .554 .542 .422 .380 .376 Thj» Battalion photographer caught these workmen^/ last just as they were loosening the i;luiin which was the last steel posri Into place fsr the Kyle Field Ugh The second workman can be ijeert behlml the rran > Farnsworth and Chambers Construction Co., which poles, used a crane with a 75 foot boom for the Job. u ihd 'to hotot hjing system. • boom. The. erected too McCraw-GUchrist the First LLAS, Aug. 1, —'IP 1 —Today for toe SMU football D. is pB-Day , fans! Ticket manager J. C. Wetsel anm&mced Saturday that the ticket offkfe is now accepting mail ap II title if it wi ‘1 Bryan’s in t competition' fv I-: • a chance to August 13-jl6 and; will chance to play fori the natioriajl rins up.' there. ; j j ntry ifi the Legioh was khockod out]]'of ance to juartipiputc plictfnts for season and single game torimey when Galveston edged it tickets from the general public. 18-7 Friday in Galveston. This game Over-the-counter sales will not was the last of a three game plriy- begih until September 16, and per* off to determine the champ of sonsS ordering tickets for the SMU , area three; Bryan won the fi Texas, and Notre Dame games arc game played in Briyan and then asked to send separate checks for I was defeated twice in a row t pair of tickets, as the de-| the Galveston boys| in Calvestoi Battery for Legion Tourney Four am champions, Dallas, Laredo, Ga veston, aijd! Odessa will clash in Bomber Park in Bryan this week to determine the state American Legion Junior Baseball champion. The winner of the state playoffs, whicl i are being held in Bryan August 2, 3, 4, and»“ —■■ (t— 5; will travel to Little Rock, A ansas, to toe regional playof 1 ’have W i Him I)alla4 legion, for these ducats will exceed umber available, ets that are available to the general public will he beyond the goai line as the .SMU priority de- mand for season tickets is more than twicq as .many as in preced ing Jyears. Ofders for ducats to the Notrq Danije game December 3 are twice as b»any a# for any olher one garni. The Mustangq will play 8 of their scheduled ton games at home, and season tickets for these gamfcs, ad of which are to be playid in the Cotton Bowl, arc $30.20. Galvleston will irieet the curtain raiser at 6 day. A, n d Dallas wijl p in the nitecap. Legion officials have just ah Laredo 6 p. m play Od Mitchell Beats TCW in 10 Friday Mitchell Hall took) ten inningi to win from Trailer Gai .. uL tamp 8-7 Frl- Coach Karow Goes Td Coaches School day afternoon. A. jL. Von Rosen- Legion-sponsored Sc »ut Troop 8L berg and Red Fox | teamed upj to There will be a shcjrt uddross of It^at the TCW- huijler, Gene Sell. They allowed a total of nine Hite. Sellc walked fivq men und !t»e Mitchell hurlcrs walked ten. tcbell Wc and ah error when M^rty Karow, Aggie baseball and hit a hard hit ball departed yestcr Mitchell vton the kamc on a walk J ‘' ten Walton Hall Wins Over Puryear 4-2 Walton Hall smashed Puryear Friday 4-2 in an intramural soft- ball game. Jim Tittle gave up only three hits to earn the nod as the winning Hurler. Dave Thomas allowed only four hits but his efforts were hurt by the two costly errors on the part of his team mates. He struck out nine men. Walton’s leadoff man, Griffin, paced the hitters with two hits in two times at bat. Both of his hits were well placed doubles. Score ny innings: - HREf Walton 200 011 0 4 4 1 T*n mr ah f. ' Puryear mmm 200 000 0 3 2 2 - The 49th national women’s ama teur golf championship will be Staged this year at the Merion Golf Club, Ardmore. Pa.. Sept 12 through 17. basl day Tor Beaumont Where he will participate in the annual coaches school sponsored by the Texas Higk School Coachetf Association. Karow will instruct baseball- r Thic school begins today and runs through Friday. It will be climaxed Fridly night by the annual high school all-star football game. Thinkful Customer 11 i DALLAS. Tex.—WP>-“Did you get What you wanted?’’ the cash ier of Tom Thumb No- 7 grocery asked two young men today, j i, “Y|es,’’ they smiled as they left the store. A ifew minutes later, store man ager J. C. Davis found the good- natured customera had walked out with $417.50 from a cash drawer. eorge-Whitter first baseman to handle; Rex 4 which’was too hot Fox scored on the play. Whitwell was th s leading when he hit twice n five times I4t the plate. ! ij Score by innings:! Mitchell 111 02l9 100 2 TCVV J 030 013 000 1 HIRE 6 8,3 « 76 wm welcome, probably »|y post commander, und areai’awards will lie pie before any of the inalists , have an opportunity to lo hi a game. Umpires for the tournament have been, anntiune d by Diroc) tor Cummins as Kn sell (Rusty) Lyons and .Eddie 'Beck, both of San Antonio. 1 rj Losers of the Tuesday games will collide in Wed arisday’s first gamq at 6 iji.m., 1 llokrcd by a clhsh between Tucs< ay’s , winners (BUI) 11 de-r .ndirjjj. nounred that McCraw of partment command Btar, attorney throw-out tho. first»>ball opening game. Gi ib Gilchrist, chancellor ol) the l&M college. system, will receivi it. The Americrin Lc lion's ditector c| youth actvitie*, RichaiiflvM.- (Bill) Cummings, ar ived in Bryan Sunday afternoon aid will be ip charge of the ourna nent. At loaafi n officials if th< Ford Motor mpany, natonal ? prinsor of tho _ on junior base mil program, ill also be i»n harjd throughout- e four-day affaig Coptniander McChiw will bd! joined < in Bryan »y G. Ward Moody of Austin, th j state adjtjt- ant, uml Herschell Hunt, also of Department hoadqt artors. T h e party will proceed o Ft. Worth’ for the state Legion convention later In the week, huyever. Pre-tournament eirdmonlcs bqi»' gin at 5:50 p.m. Tuifday; with | flag raising 1 eeremo ly in charge qf .« color (guard {front Bryan’s .i;l H10 lociil the, four resented. Seattle—IT)—“Just your father hears al Those words of threatened a glum year-old Dennis playing with mate started The club' sweep opening games will day , night while t) with Single Icissqa c< beTpl n- - •M a bedroom His father is William A city fireman. wait dritiil t thial t Stt He’d been nip- a . orishi ilsyed Friday ouble-header cond 1 The champii Fri ng Hs tw« y j >e idle Thurs- 0 two tcama Hide. ! game will t( 7 p.m. If proven neces- le second garfie will,follow tdy. m Let us plan, with you, your entire wa requirements. ^Call us night or da.i serve you is why we are here. H 1 I I mmm BryiAlexa, “Next to Post Office" Til ' J I 1 jt—r- Wf THERE^ TO CLEAN Spot removal rut than a dab of llqu skill und care to ly remove a stair the perfection of It’s our specialty-j /'it,! i ()ain|ins C euners “Over the ExcManffe Biore” u|rc3 morio- ! It noods rmanent- nd retain.. the fabric. •» M,