Star of the Week . . . Ag Turning Well, Moon By P. B. SIMMBN, IK. Hatt Sparta PMtura Editor (Sporta aUly for -IM.'.If!-. Editor’* Not*: Forlun- uh, after Th* Battalion ■porta staff aalccUd Wally Moon Star of the Week for March 20-2S. ‘t we found that our aporta feature editor had prepared a feature on if; Ha Bay. Arkomaa, atar. So' we're doabNhif up and combining a reg- : ular feature with our ‘‘star” l story.) i p-.>- • 4t His name is Moon. But this sea- son he’s been hotter than that other planetary body—the sum Wallace Wade Moon, capable Aggie center-fielder, is at present leading his teammates in five sta tistical departments and tied for a first lit two others. After earning his second cage letter, the 180-pounder quickly shifted over to the diamond sport and has since been walking off with almost all the individual hon ors. The young diamond ace has col lected nine sij&Jes, two doubles, ^anipu TODAY thm SATURDAY FIRST RUN , —Features Start— 1:20-- 3:05 - 4:50 - 6:35 - 8:15 10:00 —Fridav Features Start— 1:56 - 3:46 - 5:40 - 7:30 - 9:25 NEVADAN IN Cl N ECO LOR/ iy Malone • Forrest Tucker Plus Cartoon —. “Tweetie Pie’s Home Sweet Home” News FRIDAY PREVUE 11:00 P.M. —Feature 11:80 P.M.— SUNDAY thru TUESDAY * r FIRST RUN The roll in which Susan Hayward was nominated for the Academy Award. f UW...I loved...! lea —But t'm Not Adi tinned! ANDREWS SuAtut HAYWARD a Plus Burs Bunny Cartoon - “Mutiny on the Bunny’ Latest News ‘ SATURDAY PREVUE 11:00 P.M. —Feature 11:30 P. M— First Showing in Texan Tilt Wtet 7 1 Mifhty Diwi W i - •< GOLDEN HORSES// m v *'?**' JBlwIMnUNIJMWTTUI By MBITS Plus Cartoon ‘Mickey Down Under” Vews one trlplo^nd five hone runa. Ho toada^ In the thret •boner department in the hone run bracket, and la 1 tied wlti Shug McPherson for the most h ts lead ership, each having IT. The slugging batsman' ranks first in the runs scored dei artment and also in the RBI column. Hie total runs amount to 18 vhilo the runa batted in total readies 17, Opposing Pitchers Set red? The powerful cleanup i pecialist also leads all his teamrmtes at drawing walks. So far this season he has collected nine f rst bag Not only powerfnlrbut : ast—de scribes the able athlete. Ft >r he hhs nto Day? s Sun plo at a .348 rate. That year hie Johcshoro American Legion team the district crown. Ithough coming to AAM pri- Hly to compete in America's st popular pastime. Moon haa been Just as big a help as far as the hardwood game is concerned. Since entering Aggieland aa a freshman in ’tT^Moon haa worked up to the starting lineup in evary sport he participated in. He held down a starting cage berth most of last season mud in a majority of this year’s contests. Moon also held down regular center field dutiea for A<’s sec ond place baseballers. He led the conference in doubles and bat ed cleanup, averaging .296. Moon, still contending that he played ball since the time he was able to walk, manages to staV in shape all year round. "Have been doing it a long time,” con - mented Moon. “Wouldn’t imo' f what is was like not to be eon - peting in some sport,” he contin ued. As yet, no Texas lassie bt s caught the eye of A&M’s home nm king. “I’ve seen quite a few I like,” said Wally, “but it’s a long way from being a serious matter” “That’s kind of a hard one; 1 said Wally when asked to Compa the women in Texas with tl * female variety in the Razorba. Jt state. “No more comments,” lie added. When degree time comes in June of ’51, Wally will stick a parch ment with the words Bachelor »f Arts in Physical Education prir fe ed on it in his hip pocket mid he id back to the Ozarks—p'robably to develop otiier native Arkansasans into hard hitting, sure fieldi ig baseballers. Wally Moon ' j : Ozark slugger threatens Inlo spiked shoes df top home run hitter. stolen five bases to rat k number one position cuge and diamond Icatmu ite John DeWitt. Mt'mn attended high n'hool at) Hay, Ark., until ho came to AAM Having no huskvtbuH did littlk baseball facilities at bon'e, Wall) shot for‘a home-made Loop and played the diamond gnno on ii vacant lot with the nejire Pub- ike , .!M ^Ij.Jldf l illlb 'poem. For Relays (From the Dallas News) If there is any eaay Way to win a mile relay race, this may be it. Mike Mercado, East Texas State’s star trade man who an chored the college’s winning re lay team at a meet ift Denton Saturday, says it was completely unrehearsed. ■Leading the race by some eight yards, Mercado heard the sec ond-position runner, a North Texas Stateman, call out for him to slow up. “Are you going to slow up, too?” Mercado yelled back and the a ns wer came back, “Yes.” Running into a stiff wind and realizing that no records could be broken, Mercado eased up-; the man behind him did likewise. At the last turn the North Texas runner called, “Now hit it,” and both, speeded up for the home stretch with Mercado winning by the same eight yards. I r Battalion Note: Wonder what th* North Texas runner thoaght when he heard about this? Or better yet, wonder what the North Texas COACH thought when he read it! utof rule. By a 63 ugr the the rules throughout Now it Basketball Richmond W. Landon, who w^n the 1920 Olympic high jump event at Antwerp, haz been real handlcapper for i960 for York Athletic Club. appointed the Now UP SHOP 418 N. Main ■ i l . j s j COMBAT BOOTS ! ! i \ ATROOPERS BOOTS ENGINEERS BOOTS Sunt 21 vote _ the college recommend u return to 40-minjute game under which would be the same the contest is up to the National Committee of the Uni ted States j and Canada which has the final say on the regulations. This supreme body started delib erating Wednesday night and by the end of the week a final deci sion will l)>e made. It js a good bet that the coaches’ recommendations will be put into the book. Officer’s Pir New O. Shirts & Pants New Khakis Houston Speakers Houston students wishing to speak- at their high school during, the Eastcjr Holidays should con tact their chapter presidents, Ger ald Monks), Houston Club president, said this morning. ouncinff THE OPENING OF Jiracf vP *r RLii.MRi.MVjr vr Cangelosi’s Shoe Shop LOCATED IN tawto. -■€ *ob« wrong. ; Hri TMb season's Fish nine will have *> gd n long way to surpass the previous tanm’a record of hint wins and three losses. Boh Tunk- erataf, flam Blanton, A1 Oftotrce, and Joe Ecrette from last year’s squad are regalan bn this year’s vanity nine, Fish Downed Blinn In their Tint game of the sea- down- far to- AnXtin * no-hit game for five innings when he was replaced by BiH Stirling with the Cadets ahead 18-9, Stirling hurled the next two innings without allowing a hit, al though the Blinn collegians man aged to score on an error and a wild yitch. Ohr took over the mound duties at the top of the seventh and fin ished the no-hitter, but the jun ior college scored three more runs on five Aggie errors. Bill Munncrlyn, Cadet baseman, together with Chavle; Russell, right fielder, eet the pa#e in th* hitting department os *ach player collected three hit*. It* second game of tna season saw tho Aggie freshman dropping Wharton Junior College, 14-2, ns Brinkley again hurled from