The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 20, 1950, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 20, 1950, Image 3

Newspaper Page Text-i'-' XT i f ' fish Top Slime Basil 'ta (ter,Strelea uP IMY CURTIS itveepine both places in three while preventing the Rice [- i Slimes from getting a sweep in a single event,; the Aggie Fish de cisively outpointed their opponents, 73-41, at Kyle Field Saturday. Cadet sweeps Were engineered in the high hiirdlda. low hurdles, and Absent during th® meet was Big Darrow Hooper who whs the only A&M entrant in the Ft. Worth Southwestern Recreation Track and Field Meet. Hooper set a new record in the discus, but was Upset in jthe ; shot Xj I On the local scene the freshman division proved exciting as all of thi Owlets’ four first places, count ing five points each, came in the fiifat part of the meet, and the first-year Aggies had to come from behind with their 11 first places in| the flatter part of the competi- x—n— 1 onrad Stl points eai r CCNY Risking No Loss Title " . .1,' 4 " New York, March ! College of I New Yorl vitation giant kiHer, erly looking forward toThe tournament—and- thei chance of completing an unprecedented bas ketball “grahd slam.-; No team has ever won the two classics in one sealson. But the whirlwind Beavers from CCNY could be the first to turn the elus ive trick. Certainly they must be rated a good possibility off their ■ sensational showing in ,the NIT. Nat Holman’s unseeded, but un daunted, sophomores won the NIT title like a true champion, too— bjy beating cjiartipions. Ihe Beav- e|rs captured the 13th annual ex travaganza Saturday with a 69 to 61 upset victory over top-seeded ■j the Nation’s "No. 1 team, 18,000 bug-eyed fans at tion. Rice got seven second while the Aggies got six of three-pointers. Statler, Strefeau Tbps Bill Stateler and Col leau accounted for IT) pbl Stateler won the 100-yd. dash 10 seconds flat and the 220-; dash in 21.8 secohds. Streleau w the High hurdles in 16 secor flat and the low hurdles in 2 seconds. §■ Cadet Bob Ragsdale won broad jump with a 22’ 1/8” only to come back and anct A&Ms’ mile relay to another fi: [place. Jim Dimmitt high jum a winning six feet, which is oi standing in the freshman dr Malcolm Marks of the Ai won the pole vault with a mising 12’ 6” and Glenn Sp was second. Bob Beyer, w from New York where the jav is thrown in high school, won javelin throw with a good disi of 168’ Weight Events. Strength The Aggie Fish were strong ip the weight events, winrijn firsts in all three, the shot putj discus, and javelin, while allowing Rice to have only the seebnd places. The Slimes took advantage of the distance races, winning the niil and half mile, with A&M takfh Bradley; the before 18,000 bug Madison Square Garden K Prior to the final round/upset. City rolled past San Francisco, defending NIT titlist, Kentucky, the nation’s No. 3 team and South- eastem Conference kingpin j and Duqueshe of Pittsburgh, ranked sixth in the final Associated Press 'iSRi. ■, I" \ ' •; 4 ’■ | j Confronting the Beavers in the opening round of “ NCAA play Thursday at Madison-.Square Gar den will be Ohio State, ranked No. 2 nationally and fi-hanipions of Vhd Westewi Cortfcrtpce. « | i And ahoul<i City 'get past the Buckeyes, there’ll 1 be either Holy Cross dr North Carolina State to Contend with. Holy Cross,[trahked fourth, and North Carolina State ranked fifth, will tangle^! in the 5 other half of Thursday’s double- header. Meanwhile, Bradley, hardly dis graced by its defeat, may have an other crack at CCNY. The Peoria, 111., Braves will be at Kansas City tomorrow night for a joust with Kansas for the right to represent District Five in the NCAA Western .Regional playoffs. t the hat Fort Worth Wan A&M, Texas Bae Fort Worth, Tex., March 20— bP*—The Southwestern Recreation Track and Field meet got along pretty well F without Texas and Texas A&M but you can bet youir bottom dollar every effort will be made to get them back. Texas and A&M skipped'the big- cinder path carnival last week-iend because they were disgruntled < ve|r the condition of the track last y|eat. The track was fixed but Texajs A&M already ha.d made plans fdr other meets. Seven records were put into books in this year’s meet and th helped a lot. In fact, it was a veijy good meet and the times and dis tances compared favorably |dtih those of other years. The absence of Texas and A&M made it possible for Baylor to win the university division champion ship. It was the first time in rr aijy years that any team other ihgn the Longhorns or Aggies had wqn the title. Baylor made 48 5/6 points. Arkansas was second with 38. • ‘ North’Texas State swept up the college division with 70 point almost 50 points better than run ner-up McMurray. Schreiiier took the junior college title with 44j 1/3 points to 29 5/6 for Texas Scjuth- most of Brownsville. Oklahom4 A. and M. captured the college fresh man title with 50 points to 20 for Texas Christian. Odessa won its second njajor championship in two weeks in the Tugh school class. .Winner at the Border; Olympics; Odessa swept up the title here with 22 points. Sun set of/Dallas was second'with 10. ■ ; X- 73-41; coring the split sprint id places. The relays, Rice y and A&M In F6rt Worth Hoop the recbifds in both c * the freshmi I the If by Jack 8” by hurling tered He br<il mark sjet at 134 *45’ Earl North to break r- event Texas Forres Of the by sir r 4/1 4 fierma * jacquctidi new Thrill in <>• THOROUGHBRED 4 ■/ X' T ; “ 4-1' a T-shirts 1 . ■V , 4 81.95 4 r WASHAIltl BERMA MANSOME JACQUARDS of woihablt Rug cotton yam knitted Into *parkt(no potterni with color* token from the new teaion breaking forth In all itt excitement. You'll enjoy wearing the>e gracious jacquards, for their appeal is, as always, to Yowl THE 4 ANCE STORE g Texas Aggies” i - Vc II. \ 440- Allen, 44.5 s< 440- 2, Lib 100- 2, Mi; Huggins in the meet S der put the sh the standard n 1949 by 46’ 2’’. H. of SMU beat ird later in ng him by teams ig the mile, surpassed its he en- division. Id discus of Texas jthe discus former 47’ 2 V/’ in this Quinn of wer, Bill Cooper out the event iree inches. echman d relay—1, Ride (Nerstra, niels and Deenjy; 2, A&M ids. d dash—1, Shxer,- Rice; y, A&M. 54 seconds flat, •d dash—1, Statler A&M; Rice. 10 seconds flat, in—1, Frank, Rice; 2; A&M. 4:44.4.1 wr . .v'.' ■ Shot put—1, Sharrock, A&M; 2L ,p«ce. 4 2, Wallace, Rice, 6 feejL % 220-yard dash—1, S iaiij Ri< Berge: mm 42 feet, 8|3/4 inches, ump—lj Dimmitt, A&M; itler, A&M; Rice; 12O-y0rd high hurdles—1, Stre- leau, A&M; 2, Scott, ; A&H, 16.3 seconds] Javclih throw—1, B4yer, A&M; 2 Shannon, Rice. 158 feet, 14 in ch. • Discus—1, Little, AibM; 2, Ber ger, Rife- feet, 9 inches. Mile /relay—1, A&M (Wilmsen, Cox, Br/own and Ragsdale); 2, Rice. 3:35.1 I. 220j-y/a.rd low hurdles—1, Stre- leau, A&M; 2, Moore, A&M. 25.8 seConfla. Pole/Vault—1, Marks, A&M; 2, Spurdiii, A&M. 12 fee ;, 6 inches. Broad jump—1, Ragsdale, A&M; 2 Uerstra, Rice 22 feet, 1/8 inch. Buddy Davis, shown clearing the high jump bar in the dual meet with Rice, is proving to be one of Vern McGrew* J “““ challengers for the conference high jump title. mate Don Graves the competition Saturday. WTAW if Vern McGrew’s most dangerous igh jump title. Davis and team- forced McGrew to go to 6’ 5Vi” to top them in Airs Major Games Radio Station Wl 'AW is tlroad- i casting a major league baseball game every day with the “Old Scotchman” Gordon McLcndqn do ing the play by pliy, assisted by Wes Wise. Garnet me is 1: )0 on weekdays and 3 on Sundays. j t If the Aggie baseball team is- playing a home ganje, WTAW also covers it with Dub King doiiig the play by play assisted by Jbc1| Nor man and Harold Gann. \ Steers Take Tiller Ags Slide to Third w n finn The sec the Bi By FRANK MAN1TZAS Tei /Robertson’s Longhorns won their 16th straight SWC swimming championship last weekend in Wa co with the SMU Mustangs edging out this Aggies for second place. Van j Adamson, sophemore swim ming) sensation of the Cadet squad, finis led his first year in confer ence ! Competition by knocking 5 seconds off the old record in the 209<»ard individual medley; Adam son’s! time was 2:18.1. The/ Steer mermen captured eight first places and amassed' 128 points, the Mustangs finished with.;) four firsts and 51 points, whila ■ the Cadets won orily one first/rilace in the entire meet and .garnifired 47 points., Baylor finish ed oh /the bottoni with 2l pbints. Tips) is the first ybar since the forming of the first Aggie swim- Campbell, Texas'; A&M. Time—23.4. 150-yard backstn as; Grover, Texas; Bundell, A&M; Time—1:41.2. alab bre ii In tli yaid pet 'team that the Cadets have ed lower than second plate, difference in / A&M’s being or third came about when gie foursome |of Adamson, Karow, Tommy Butler, and Ellis was disqualified in the ard relay, although they fin- ia third of the length of the ahead of their nearest cohl- r—SM/U. 'I’icial judge Bob Tarleton of i: disqualified the Aggie team: S race by ruling that anchor; Adamson left the box too. >ri the final lap of the race.; - Art Adamson vigorously/ ted the decision, which placed/ Aggies in third place in the •with the Mustangs cinching !'4>nd place. Had the Cadets heir wih of the 400-yard re- hich was in record-surpass- ne, they would have finished dnts ahead of second place iteers Dominate Meet [far as the actual'winner of was edneerned, the Long- had the .sWim fest sewed up all the way during the y meet./ ;y Westdrvelt finished in place foil the Aggie squad 50-yardJfreestyle, Bill :Sar- Dorv Blundell took second ird places, respectively, in 50-yard j backstroke, and >n and; Rjalph Ellis took sec- d fourth 1 places, respectively, 220-yard freestyle, w was third in the 220-yard trfke, I o w e 11 Johnson in a third place porform- 4ff the ore-metor board, and nt grabbed the third spot in l|00-yar«l backstroke. Karow took thirl in the 100-yimi stroke, vfhlle Ellis finished i same position in tho 100- froostlyc. and Rargent re* his third place finish; In 200-yard individual* medley. SWC Results Complete results 1500-meter free SMU; Gilbert, I SMU; Wilson, T A&M: Time—25.8. 50-yard free-style SMUt Tolar, Texas; Gowen.tSMU; style—Ainerine, 'exas;S Wilson, exas: Parnell, (New record). leroy, -j— Muckl Cowen./S Westjervelt, (New record), ke—Cone, Tex- Sargent,jA&M; fohsey, Texas. 220-yard free-style — Gilbert, Texas; Adamson, A&M; l^elson, Texa^; Smith, Tex*is; Ellis, A&M. Timei—2:16.4. 220-yard breast j stroke —Craw ford, Texas; Karhak, Texas; Ka row, A&M; Dwirle, SMU;| Corn- stock, A&M. Timfe—2:30.2j One-meter diving (8 dives each) Skippy Browning,/l exas; Manale, Baylor; Davis, Texas; Johnson, A&M; Payne, Tex^s, I J 400-yard relay—jsMU on default „ ly—jS. of Tpxas A&M. (Mortimeif, Gow- ep, Dwire, " Baylor ! ' : * : ’ '•’Is. ■ fi ••“i "j- • -I ■tl'J F TT | y- 4*', : : ; j m Aggies Meet Oh : ||odayl JF / By ttAROLD GANN Ohio State’s buckeyes will Open a three-game series with the A every day this week at th ^ | 1 4 Monks Wins Thirc In Open FoU Meet Gerald lettqrman, open men's this weekend in Houston. <0wen Holzheur, of the G*lves- ton Buccaneers, came in first in the two. hour blade clashing tour ney. Leopold French, Rice Owl two year letterman, came in second in the afray, barely beating out Monks. - ! Theke were 22 men entered in the meet of which ten were Aggies. An Individual team made up of freshrtien from the annex went down ito the tourney under thb direction of Dick Jones. Members of the Varsity Team who entered the meet were Monks, E. T. Gennis, Chuck Massey, Car roll Blell, Aden Magee, and Frank Ragusa. Gustava A. Mis trot, team / cap^ tain, went down to the battleground to act as director and judge, Shafick Farid, Jack Baird and Harold Van Buskirk were the oth er' directors. 1 Ik Gfij llv- , . t i T J Ii-/ Event Results For Ag Cinder Victory Mile run—1; J. D. Hampton,/ A&M; 2, John Germany, A&M, 4:-| 24.3. 880-yard dash—1, Alex Ortiz, A&M; 2, Robert Allen; A&M, 'l:-j 69.8. ' j 440-yatd dash — 1, Tom Cqx, Ricej 2, C. M. Inglehart, A&M.j 50.6 seconds. / 220-yard dash—1, Arthur Brown, Rice; 2, Davill Yiengst, A&M/ 21.6 seconds. 100-yard dash—1, Arthur Brown,/ Rice. 2, Bob Hall, A&M. 9.8 sec onds. ■ Shot put—j-l; George Kadera, A&M; 2, Joe McPhail, Rice, 46 feet, 7 inches. Javelin throw—1,. Tobin Rote Rice; 2, Jack Simpson, A&M, 188j feet, 1 inch/ , J *■ V Discus thtow—1,Kadera, A&M; 2, Ed Hooker, A&M, 164 feet 7 inches. High Juplp—1, Vern McGrew, Rice, six feet, 5V4 inches; Walt Davis and Don Graves. A&M, tied for second at 6 fefet, 4 inches. Pole vault— 1, Ray Grave; A&M; 2, Jack Simpson, A&M, 1: feet. Broad jump—1, Ralph Grawun : der, Rice; 2, Jim Gerhardt, 22 fed 1.0 3/8 inches. 120-yard high hurdles—], ,Pau| Leming, A&M; 2, Vern McGre Rice, 14.7 gcdppds. Defeat Ofcigars I CTX-'iCptttlB. , i 220-yard,j Idw _hurdles—1, Bob ! /rjelay—1, Rice /(Colt , Riggs and Brown); 2, Hall, A&Ml;i 2, Bill Bless, A& 23 seconds flat. ’ If 440-yard Grawunde/ri _ A&M. Time -4/2.7 seconds, Mile relay—1, Rice (Hoff, Hud gins, Cox and Brown); 2, A&M. Time, 10 minutes, 17 seconds. MucklCroy); Texas; (Dickey, / Scarborough, Sorell, McCoy). Time—3:44.7. 100-yard backstroke: Tied South west! Conference record. Bob Cone, Texsis: second, Htigh Grover, Tex as; /third, Bill Sargent, Texas A&M;. fourth, Doii Bundell, Texas A&M; fifth, Don Mortimer, SMU. Rect rd-tieing time, 1:02.9. 100-yard breast/stroke: Won by Hylmar Karhak, Texas; second, *>hrf r ' ~ ~ Karow, Texas A&M: fourth, Tom Crawford, Texas; third, Billy »rpw, Texas A&l" Comstock, Texas A&M; fifth, Jim Dwile, SMU. Time, 1:06.7. 100-yard freestyle: Won by Mike Muckleroy, SMU J second, Roger Tolar, Texa>; third, Ralph Ellis, Texas A&M; fourth, Frank Dickey, Baylor; fifth, Jean McCoy, Baylor. Time, 53.6. 440-yard freestyle: New confer ence record established by Eddie Gilbert, Te3:as; second, Wynatt Wilson, Texas; third. Arden Anie- rine, SMU; fourth, Ricks Wilson, SMU; fifth, Don Smith, Texas. Record time 4:56 6. 20t)-yard individual medley: New conference record established by Van Adamson, Texas A&M: sec ond, Bob Cone, Texas; third, Bill Sargent, Teaas A&M: fourth, tick Turbyfill, T;xas; /fifth, Fred Bostr wick, Texas. Record time, 2:18.L Three-meter giving: Won by Skippy Brownin; Texas; second, Bullet Mandlc, Baylor; third, John Campbell, Texas; fourth, Milton DkvlH, Texts AdiMi fifth, Wiley, Texas. 300-y»rd medley relay: Won b Texas; seco 4- xus A&M; SMU; fpur h, Baylor. total eeeresi Texas 128; SMU 01; Texas i 14*11 147; Baylor 81. X mm have a fine selection nter woven Socks .. j. Patterns . . . New lags ... Every Inter- n Sock is a good sock. 75C Repair, n 6. Weis*] North Gate College Station * j tative — Loupot’s 1 Post j&attalion ’s SPORTS MON, MAR. 20, 1950 Page 3 ngs. But R day, Oklahoma folr Thursday, a: Minnesota for Friday arid Sato da y : - A&M’s baseball team added its second and third victories Friday and Satunlay with a twin killing of the Houston Cougpi4. The Aggies won their second game in as many starts Friday oh track would be made of the 'bisfe paths-with eight of they 11 ftrhs being snored in thh first tort! inn- thfen sdttTed down to fe tight pitching dOel between win ner Sam Blantori arid lungers' RObby' Heartsell’. Moon Hoirieri " Aggie left fielder Wally Moon in On a triple in the second tp pull the Ags back into command after a wild bit of Cadet defensive play enabled Houston to take a short 3-2 lead. After teaching third, Moon rushed home with an other score after the pitcher had balked. U of H 030 000 Dot A&M 230 230 OOOh.ftt Blanton, Gm^loe (f). Ogle- tree and Calvqrt , ./ ,, Hull,man, Heartsell (4), Haas Ags 8; Cougars l In aj return match, A&M again beat Houston, 8-4. 'at the Bayou city, winning pitcher Pat Hubert stayed longer on thie mound than any Aggie ibis season, going un til the eighth inning and alldi accounted tot t er ruhte H8 no of four tri. base blow contest, »r starting, nd Hubert , _ . tchipg d helm replai with AM ahead, Aggie si bi seventh ip , and a theft Hgnry Candelari IM four guns. & M or u ubert, own (9) John came ip , an oiv a ii|: Tankersley (8). and Calvert, Ogle- I <« ^ / Top, z<e. r Fish tch 'Tbe defca Btyah ’ Country Club course, sfc-J cojrding to A&M golf’touch Gath- J eij i Nowell; ' j 1 •, ./ ! ■ (Scores were highei* than usual- ause of the high 4rins and fast ns. Complete respite' in tlie r les events of Saturday’s match f e J. C. Fletcher defeating John- - Pir Barrett 2-1; Tom /Aitken d; ping Malcolm Douglass, 1 Monte Currie over Miller Bai 4-3; and Gene Darby, 3-2 oyer Billie Baker. | / / In the doubles division the r kep-Darby ] partnersM/ri wbh p the Bai rett-Dbuglass* tombihatl apd CUrrie and tiDatby 1 f 1 i 4 111 SI WITS SMOKES* WHO KXOW-irg 3/Ci£dneM! I ' ■ j ■ , j ■■ ! - V*», Cpmsii art SO MHO that in • co«»i io-wn»i i*rt of hnmlrrds of won ssd women who smokrd Csmri*- utal only Csmtll-foT JO ton-uxuttlvs d«y», nnud thtosi spcristlM*, tusking weekly esOniMitolM, reporlsd SI MiLE CARR OF NOT ONI THROAT IRRITATION . , 4m to nmHdng CAMlts!^ " * W m

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