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- L -r' r- V j" Hurdlers Best In Track History By BAY ' r\ • :.i; a* ._nferenco meet will go to Aggien, and" tnene Individuals should also got far in the national picture. -4' Last season - the Cadets’ Bob Hall broke the conference record in the low hurdles, but there the hurdle points stopped. This spring, due to the addition of two promising sophomore stars, the Aggies should make 15 points or more in the hurdle events. Paul Leming, the first of these two sophs, is the overwhelming favorite in the highs, having won his favorite -event in the three meets | to date and running a fine 14.7 at Laredo, Maridi 11. He should also place in the. lows and might as easily cop first in these as third or fourth. 1 •f • State AA Titlist Leming was state AA champion in the highs and lows in ’4$ while running for Beaumont High and set a new record of 21.4 - ip the 200-yard lows, but because of a Strong tail wind it was not recog nized as a national record. He was undefeated last year as a frashnian and obtained national recoignition for: his 14.5 in the highs and 22.7 in the lows. * The other brilliant soph hurdler in thb low hurdles. Bless has -been hampered by the additional three inches on the college highs, but- by league competition time should have it whipped down so as to place in that race. His best bet is the lows where he may yet beat Hall and Leming both and should be a cinch for a third at least, come conference meet time. Bet National Record Prom Brackenridge, San Anton io, Bless was state big city cham pion in the lows '1ft '48 and set a new national and big city record, running a 21.8. With no wind to help or hamper, his mark was recognized * nationally, } Even though coinpetition will bo tough from his two sophomore • * ; $1995 Plus / __ ' '*4' ri TABL RADI X ) r This streamlined, low-slung G-E bdauty delivers performance right up there with sets costing many ’dollars morf! 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Continuing with its ed week in baseball A&M’s rampaging nine Oklahoma in a one gai tion contest today folk two game series with nnesota, Friday and Saturday Steers Trom l Gophers In Austin Tilt Austin, University March of Te 10 9 200— 2 6 4 ■ -’? il 23—UB— The eyas Longhorn* walloped the touring University ot Minnesota Gophers, 10-2, Wednes- day. Ed Burrows, Steer shortstop, le the nine-hit attack with a doub and .a single while Jim Grav paced Minnesota with two 1 Texas .312 201 Olx—: Minn 000 000 ★ Fort Korth, March 23— Oklahoma’s Sooners launched three-run uprising in the fourtl inning here Wednesday and car ried on to defeat TCU’s basebal team, 3-1. Okla. 000 300 000—3 4 T C U 000 000 001—1 7 A El Paso, Tex., March 23—t Former heavyweight boxing ch pion Joe Louis prepared for an eic hibition bout here last night, stil publicly undecided whether k make a, “comeback.’’ Louis, who retired as undefe ed champion, has said he wo make a definite decision on "comeback” at Waco, Tex., Satu. day. He winds up an exhibitiq tour in Waco then. However, Marshall Miles, LoUit manager, said he does not exp anything to be Said about the ma ter until after he talks to Ji Norris of the InternatiQnal Boxii' Club in New York next week. FT Van Adamson t? 1 HBwrrir tfwhpmhh Individual medley champion and new record-holder of the South west Conference — those designa tions became the possessions of swimmer Van Adamson laat week and in recognition of his efforts son Chosen of the Week he has been sej tie has be Week by staff- i I - The! Star of the Battalion sports I Adamson si medley mark meet' ijh Waco chi ta.mpl Cone ^n P ?aat week’s o by beating f n and record-holder the 200-yard jut wee ■ beatin Wc former nob Texas.!; The College Sta tion splasher diU the distance In 2:18.1,; almost a full five seconds under Cone’s wijining time in ’49. Tho||ioph star also contributed Aggies Down Buckeyes In Eighth Frame Rail) (Continued from Pago Moon,; Cl’ the eighth was cleanup man Wally Moon. Moon banged a single into center field, followed by tmrjsc more singles by Shug McPhei-Spn, John Dewitt, and Hershall- Maltz accounting for the three markers Tank Comes Through T Although much praise goes iftjo; Pat Hubert, starting hurler ift the contest, the winning pitcher Bob Tankerslejr turned the trick in, tfye two remaining innings. second relief job of the young son and also nis secopd win. Box Score . . Ohio State (9) , 1 AB ft H O Montebello, 3b ........ 4 3 2 0 Gutzwiller, If 4 12 2 Parill, 2b 5 12 1 Gebhart, cf 5 0. 1 2 Williams, p 0 0 0 0 Foster, 1 p 0 0 0 0 Goble, rf 3 111 Morran, lb 4 1 19 Mann, c 4 1 1 9 Wills, ss 2 0 0 0 Hess, p r. 2 0 0 0 Hein, rf- 2 110 Totals 37 9 12 24 Texas A&M (11) ■ > :..v 4- Ecrette, ss .. Lackey, ss .. Savarmo, 2b AB R .. 3 0 ..2 0 ..5 2 4*: !-' r .... •••/ \ 9 11 16 27 14 000^- 9 12 0 13k—11 16 1 . McPherson, rf Farmer, DeWitt, Candelari, 8b X Babe, Tayloi-, Maltz, kl O. State .. .soil A & M!. .320 x-i—Struck 5th. i i xx—Flied out foil- Hubert in 7th. Summary: E—Savarino; Left on base—Ohio Statfe 4, A&M 10; HR Montebello, 'Ogletree; 2B—Parill, Mann, Moran, Hein, McPherson 2: I RBI—Montebello 2, Gutzwiller, Parill 2, Maltai2; Hein, Lackey, McPherson 3f DeWitt, Maltz 3, Ogletree 3; $H—Williams, Ogle- tree? SB Montebello, Maltz; DP— Ecrejte to Savarino to Maltz, Lack ey to Savarino to Maltz; Wild pitch—Hubert; SO Hess 4, Wil- liamp 2, Foster 1, Hubert 6, Tank- ersley 2; BBj—Hess, Williams 1, Hubert 2; H—foff Hess 10 for 7 in- 5, Williams 8!for 3 in 2M, Hubert 11 for 9 in 7; Winner Tankersley Loser Williams; : U—Pugh and Ton- Loser WilliamsjjU- gate. T—2:35 ! j-.j : . j 7. I ! b j points for a second : place behind Steer Eddie Gilbert in the 220-yard free style event. In the free-style relay he swam the final lap, but a judge ruled that he had left his box a little too fapt (before the tjhird-lap swimmer j touched the edge of the pool) arid the Aggies —who had won by ;a third of a length of the pool ih record time —were disqualified. Adamson has beert a consistant free style .point wiriner in races ranging from 60 to 1440 yards all winter. He has aljso swum the free style lap in record-breaking 300-ypra medley relay perform ances as well us Anchoring the powerful 400-yard itolay. 1 i Last year hp set «i new record in capturing the Southwest AAU in dividual medley crown in Dallas. Training Gamp Briejfs Denver, March, 23—<SP>—Doak Walker’s honeymooft was inter rupted here Wednesday by what he called a “little tumble.” The tumble was jan accident in which the private plane carrying the famed Southern Methodist All- America football star and his bride ground-loo'ped on landing. [ The plane whirled around, broke off a wheel, went j off a runway at Stapleton Field, and came to rest apross a small embankment. The propellor was! bent and the tail damaged. No One Hurt “Nobody Was scratched or even shaken up,” Walker told newsmen. “We djdn’t give it imuch of a sec ond thought.” ! With Walker and bride of four days, the former Norma Peterson Of Dallas, were H- N- (Rusty) Rus sell, new coach of ?MU; Mrs. Rus sell, and W. H. Davidson ancf his wife of Dailas. j j “ Davidson is president of the Pet roleum Reservoir Company of Dal- laa. ; , The company plane, a twin en gine ship, was piloted by Bob Qole. Co-pilot was Dick Dube. Both are company employees. $HM)00 Damage Caused The group, only! four hours out of Dallas, was landing here to re fuel. Witnesses estimated the plane was landing at about 85 mil|s an hour. Davidson estimated damage at about $lt>,0(K). •j ftf ' 'j- ■Uj-; . f : |B Soon Gopher* Friday a: V j crowd- t ion, meet exhibi- by a ooni. ng Go- -6. The nuyior ijckcu me phers in both games of. their ache duled matches, 5-1, and! 7-6. Th< Bears had to come from behind in the last of the ninth to defeat the Minneapolis lads in the sec ond game. Up From the rs Today; Saturday Two Regulars Return cellent control. Two 1949_regta^>_rctuny^to tee sonal earned nn 0 (fSays sttermisn, 7 new es Gophfcr C Mwhidfhw O. U. nine. They are Shoi _ Stephenson of Blair, who squad in hitting last season at .350, and Right-rieMpr Russell Hill of Norman, whose long throw from right field cut down many an op position base-runner. Jack Shirley, junior right-hand er from Southsidc in Jackson coun ty, also returns. This is a fine break for the team since Shirley had a 5-1 record as a sophomore last year, beat/the Oklahoma Ag gies twice, and working with ex- fuvudtted a sea- average of only letterm serves has h| infiel indoors. His action agai ther games sity of Texas, AA venrity of Oklpmi •1 20 J prised of 8 i and 5 rc- Dick Sicbfrt brand new So far only ition has seen , but has fm- wlth Unlver- and the Uni- nine. , , , . e holdover Gopher in- • t * V -j If.! THE NEW j TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Goes Ip press IMMEDIATELY j ilL'"' I I ; iij t .. If you want a change in your present If you want any additional Listings ... If you want representation in the fled yellow pages . .. Please Call Our Business Office Today •flteM :‘i i t. t rl L • . TtUi Southwestern Stales Telphone Company dassi- 4 mt : Malts Climbs To Success With Ags By F. E. SIMMEN, JR. Sports Feature Editor Climbing out of the cradle into a baseball first sacker’s uniform was an early ambition of A&M first-bagger Her- schel Maltz. “That ambition just about came true”, com mented Herschel. i < Born and reared in Houston, Maltz says he has pla; on at least ten different organized ball clubs since he started playing in ’42| with the Lipnecola nine in the Hoi City League.' | Maltz, a member of the T As sociation since ’46, was also foot ball manager for ( two yejars under the Homer Norton reg;i|ne. Now Takes Business A new business major, Maltz had quite a few experiences in his three years in the engineering de partment. “When I firdt came down here,?’ said Matte, “every body was some kind of On engineer, so I decided to become one, too”. “The surprise came”, Maltz fur ther commented, “white j I was sit ting in serfiinar class list semes ter.” It seerns that after three Herschel Maltz years and two weeks in the ME department, Maltz, while listening to the head of his department talk ing on the advantages of his car eer, suddenly decided he had enough. “That’s the date I signed up for business,” said Maltz. Maltz expects to enter the pa per business with his father upon graduation in ’51. His father, vice president of the Houston Paper Company, has been in that profes sion for quite some time. Enthusiastic About Sports The 20-year-old company com mander of B Athletics'likes most any kind of sports; “Play ’em all,” explains Herschel, “but you can guess what my favorite is. A regular first sackcr last sea son, Maltz is holding down the in- ing a fine job of it.! Probably his best showing of the young season came Monday when he bagged four hits in four times at the plate. His San Jacinto poet 62 Bears Battalion SPORTS THUR., MAR. 23, 1950 Page 3 won the state junior baseball championship in .’46. Maltz was picked on the first team all-ptgte team that same year along with teammate Frank “Pancho” Wom- ack. ■ I ’I' f ’ Woirianck, now a pitcher and out outfielder for the Longhorns and a capable cage guarp,, and Maltz played ball together before, during, and after high school. “We played together on the old South End Comets nine and kept on up until we went off to college,” said Womack was chosen on the AU- NCAA tournament team Iri ihc national tourney held lost yejar in Columbus, Ohio. The Longhorns ihip at The Loni won the national champions] the meet. I Limecols Bstboy “I really sturtcxl out when 1 was ten years old,” said Maltz, describ ing his experience as part time player and bat boy for the old Limecola nine In the Bayou C ( ity. Although spending six weeks in summer camp, Maltz managed to serve a seven week jaunt with the Elkton Pirates, a Maryland semi- pro team in the Susquannaha Riv er Valley League. Sticking to’ first base, Maltz, banged the apple at a better than .400 mark during his stay at camp. Joins Conroe Nine Returning to Texas the latter part of the summer, Maltz signed to play with the Conroe Wildcats. Again it was a first base assign ment and a batting average oVer the .300 mark. - Maltz holds down the vice-presi dency office ip the Houston A&M Club. He is a member of the Bus iness Society and the Vice-presi dent of the Aggie Hiltel Club. Tribute to Dad Maltz was grateful that his fath er coached and helped him along with his baseball career in every way possible—“When I was fiiat born my Dad put a first baseman’s mitt in my hands, and I’ve had one. ever since, he explained. “Still today, I don’t think I’ve ever played a game that’s satis fied him”, the Houstonian added. We are wiling to make a bet though. If Hersch keeps on play ing his usual brand of ball ho will not only satisfy his Dad, but a whole lot of Aggies as well. itial bag again this season and do- J. M'lth the average horse doing away with 30 pounds of hay! a day, thoroughbred owners spent $7,686,- 900 for the hay consumed by the 21,616 horses in training during 1949. - r . 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Graunmnn went to Minor csota with a fine record in high school and Legion jkiull, both as a pitcher and'-infielder. j t Jim Holker, a cinch at shortstop, was out last seasin bemuse of ii bad back. One of the finest prc|) shortstops ever to come out of the Minneapolis high schools, Holker, like coach Siebert, is eager to learn how his back will kola up under action. ^ r Phers M his hack wil m. If it proves D. K. 'the Gop should have considerable strength in this spot which proved a detrement last season. Coach Dick Siebert considers Lundeon and Engstrand his beat hurling prospects, and feels that with the imi j.: L expects ibroved support which from his new infield |he; . ^ t _ H combination, both might cohie uji wite strong records. ' The same js true of John (Lefty) Garbett, diminutive Minneapolis southpaw- who barely missed his letter. He pitched excellent, Rail on several occasions, only te have his defense wilt behind hi/ri. j Cage Standout Contriblitea Myer (Whitey) fikopg, Minite- sota’s All Conference and An Western basketball forwin-d, re covered from a persistent rirta soreness tet<“ last spring, in tinfe to register three wins against noij- Conference foes. Whitey went oil to have a great season with hj home-town Biaiueid. nine'which If pitched to (jio chairipiouship Of ii league. J; i NorJ> Koch, senior who will mule the trip mainly as g base coach, js a vaTbr&n of park league ball in Minneapolis arid outstate, and a cool man in tough spots. Coach Siebert figures to* use Kosh ex clusively in., relief. 'ii. i >p in (or Our i/jnq T 'O - VJpenini} J, WJ. come; (Everyone THE TIXAN II PICK UP SHOP .Hu*. 418 N. Main ! -(- COMBAT BOOTS , PARATROOPERS BOOTS ENGINEERS BOOTS Officer’s Pinks Suntan Shirts & Pants il n H New O. D. Pants New Khqkis r— -vsj: ! i ■I It Exchange Store flClS both! 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