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Based on A If Reports A&M faces SMU again today on. the Dallas school’s diamond affair easily defeating the Mu#-, tangs yesterday, 9-1, in the first of the two-game Southwest Con ference baseball series. Pat Hubert held the Methodists to five-hits, while his Aggie mates jumped on two. Pony hurlers for •• MEN.'. HAVE YOU TRIED Youngblood’s STEAKS BARBECUE SEA FOW» FRIED At Ppiceg You Can Afford AID Popular Beverages Private Dining Room BRING YOUR DATE OR FAMILY 'Ti^l2:00 Each Night cept Wednesday Y oungbLood’s Rock Building at Midway . ' v . seven. The two Pony pitchi Dick Beadle and Don Ca also walked a total of 13 men GUy Wallace’s two doubles Aggie batters: Yale Lary 1 sixth inning home run for^ A&M v Box Score A&M Ci) i, 1" AB B H O Wallace, ss 2 " “ ^ Savarino, 2b —4 Moonc cf —... 4 McPherson, If 3 DeWitt, rf 6 Candeleri, 3b 6 Lary, lb 4 Calvert, c — 6 Hubert, p 4 Totals 37 9 71^7113 SMU (1) Haynes, 2b ..... Freeman, ss .;. WhiUey, lb ... Jensen, cf ..... Rote, c Knudsen, If — Salmon, 3b ... Williams, rf ... Beadle, p ....... Canutoson, p'. A-Eldridge .. tt O A 0 1 1 0 0 5 i Nlo 12 0 t 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 7 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals -Ml 1 5 27 21 A—Grounded out for Cnnutaiton In 0th. J. A&M 200 002 .102—9 SMU ...*10 000 000—1 E—Wallace, Savarino, CnntleieH, Haynes 2, Freeman, Whitle^! 2, Rote, Salmon 2. RBI—Savaitind 2, Moon, McPherson, DeWitt, ■ Lary. 2b—Wallace 2, Savarino. (Hit— Lary. SB—Candelari. | S-flinry, Savarino. DP—Wallace, Savarino. Lary (2). Left—A&M 17, SMU 8. BB—Off Beadle 8,. Canutoson 5, Hubert 4. SO-By Beadle 2, Hubert. HO—Beadle 6 in 2/8" irjnings. HBP—By Beadle. Wild Pitch— Beadle^ Hubert. PB—Rote. Loser— Beadle. BANK HOLIDAY j ' The banks of Bryan and College Station will l be closed Friday, April 21, 1950 in observ ance of San Jacinto Day, a legal holiday. First National Bank City National Bank \First State Bank & Trust Co. " i • *; > — • College Station State Bank - / HEY FELLAS - LOOK! A Special Treat for You At The CHAPLLTEPEC STUDENT DINNER 50c Tate, Wi Losing set matches, team bowed Houston Cjoui Cougar In do out of five three- kM’s varsity tennis the .University of rs yesterday on the 2 matches to 4. he Aggies, the Cou- veet revenge for an er when the Aggie shed the Hous- rup out | the straight (rilin' The N<j». hihation [of H0ncan lost to j Caldwell io-s. Behind ter, the Agin The team again this will take th ;ars Only | Freshman Team for A&M I Sweeps Matches By R. G. DeBERRY The Aggie freshman tennis team, playing its first mitch of the season, got off to a terrific start in Houston yesterday^ white washing the University of Hous ton freshmen 6-0. - ! . Leading the fish was Aggie Eu gene Letsos, who downed Jim Ar nold, No. 1 . of H. freshman, 6-2, 7-5. Letsos, behind 2-5 in the fin al set, hit a hot streak and won the next five games. In the only three-setter' of the day, Donald Farmer of A&M edged by Dwight Allen, 6-2, 6-8, 6-2. Farmer played his best tennis in the final set, out-fordng his opponent with good deep shots to both corners of the court- West Tops Ivey In the No. 3 singles match, the Aggies’ Tommy West routed Bob Ivey, 6-1, 6-2, in a match; lasting only 25 minutes. Wost, displaying f ood forehand and backhand rives, had too much power for his steady opponent. Harold Gann, playing in;tho No. 4 slot, quickly disposed of Buster Dickerson, 6-2, 6-1, for the finnl singles event. Gann, showing much improvement, completely out classed Dickerson. Both Doubles Win The No. 1 doubles cdmibiimUon of Lotsos and Farmer looked good in trimming Arnold and Allen of the U. of H. in straight kots, 6-2, 0-4. The Aggie duo, no veil behind, out-played their rivals at. the not whore they won the majority of the points. In the No. 2 doubles encounter, Aggies West and Gann shellacked Ivey and Dickersoh in a one-sided affair, 6-1, 6-1. With, the Aggie twosome in front all the Way, the outcome of the match w0s never in doubt. three-setters, Cou- in defeated Aggie 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Mar- drives and deadly s too much for De- nevertheless, also singles match, Ag- [jean was edged out eneyj Cougar No. 2 down mi gars gained earlier entoi netmen whil tonians, 6|-0, Iln one gar Jasonl R. G. DeBei tin’s forehai drop-shots! we Berry, who, played well: j ± fn the NoJj gies Bobby pi by Hugh [S\ye man. The score was 4-6, 6-3 A&M’s Uoyce Tate captured one victory for th|e Aggies- in squeez ing by Uiec; Ligon, 2-6, fl-3, 7-6. Tate, who had trouble staying an effective soryicc In downing Ligon. The other Aggie victory, Dick Hardin’s Jwln over Bari Caldwelli was the shortest match of the day. Hov jevsK. the scorc[ of 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 Was closer than indicated. ^ ! Double* Play Close The '\ggic't lost both doubles and Tijite j drop- Martih and The Farmer twosome down . _ ... gamijs; and 40-16 with De Berry seijviijg, but were unable to set, losing four Os. Aggie doubles eom- Allan Aaronson and On even closer match and Sweeney, 6-3, 3-6, |)-4 in the final chap- a 5-4 lead, put could not hold on. entures to Houston Saturday, where they court against Rice* probably the best team in the con ference. jThji cojnferenqe the Aggies epee match 6-0. will be the second latch of the year for tn their first confer- they defeated Baylor, ffl Council loon ffice. Wally Moon Dave Elston is a two-sport athlete who is running Elston is seeking re-election to the $he Athletic Council. Battalion SPORTS WED., APRIL 19, 1950 Page 3 AP Briefs . 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College Phone 3-2002 Alterations Reweavi KHAKI PANTS - HI BAG .. x' — r t: Summer Serge j Pants & Shirts SMITHS CLEANERS 'ii. / We Give S&H Green Stamps North Gate Phone 4-4444 i ; -r Steer, Hog Golfers Meet In Crucial SW C Match Austin, Tex., April ( 19—— Tj^e Unijversity of Texas and Ar kansas gol: | teams meet here to day in a match that may decide the Southwest Conference cham- pionshipi The rdatelj, originally scheduled for Thursday, ,was moved up in order to gjiVe [Arkansas a chance to workj ojtj at Waco, where the Hogs meet third-place Baylor Fri day. j r Boston, April. 19—UP*—An elec trifying nine run eighth inning en- ,aided the world champion New York Yankees to come from behind and - deieu: [the Boston Red Sox, 15-10, yes tqrday. | -A stlmiMl opening day crowd Of 31,822 looked on In bewilder- ^liht of the II Yankee ('time, to the plain Itv^hr 1(11 safely to shell start- arnell ami three other ment a batters |to big eigljitb or Mell F Red Sopt jiijlchcrs off the mound. Wast inctJon, April 19— Thp W asi i tig ton Senators pushed across five runs in the first inn ing Tuesday ami then hung on grimly [to score an 8-7 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Presi dent lITruman and 33,000 other fans turned ; out for the season's opener. I Philadcjpb largest open adelphia hii Phvlliea bat ers4—inCludirj Newcombe—fi victory over tl a, April 19—<A*>—The ng day crowd in Phil- ory saw the hustling r five Brooklyn pitch- g Dodger ace Don ’or 16 hits and a 9-1 over the defending National League champions at SHibe Park Tuesday. Robin Roberts, 23-year right hander who never had- beaten the Brooks before, turned back the Dodgers with seven hits.; , • | Cleveland, April 19—liPl— The Detroit Tigers knocked Bob Lemon out of the box in the eighth inn ing and went on to beat the Cleve land Indians, 7 to 6, in 10 inn ings yesterday before 65,744, the biggest opening <|ay crowd in the nation. The Tigers were aided by four unearned runs oh the help of errors by Joe Gordon and Mick ey Vornon, • Cincinnati, April llW<i’P> -Two home runs by Andy Paflio and one by Preston Wain provided the punch Tuesday as thV Chicago Cubs opened the National League season with a 0-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. ' Ward's homo run in»tho third inning canu* with tw<j on and Pnfko’s second blast ini the ninth alsa camo with two; / runners aboard. New York, April i 1|9 —UP)— Home runs by j Conniit Ry^n, Bob Elliott and S#hi Jethroe helped War•en Spahti and the Boston es ertish thje new Y0rk Giants, yesteirday.; Ag, Nixon-Clay Softball Teams omorrow A&M’h softball ] team will take to the local lighted soft- ball field Thursday night at 7:30; against the Nixon-Clay College of Austin in the- Ags’ second game of the year! Tho team’s first game was against the same I team with the Austinites finishiing winners, 7-^. Nij^on-Clay’s team I has won the VFW National Tournament fpr the past three years and should re peat again this year, according to reports from teams that have met the Austinites, j. Two top pitchers Will alternate on 'the mound for; the visitors with Lefty Craig, the-fastest pitch er in the state, holding down the starting slot. Jackii; Neel, who helped win the state'championship for H ar li n l?ton threie years ago,: will Ibe the reserve pitcher for the VFW champs. L. | E. Winder will be pitching for the Aggies while Jim Cushion, who was the man-under on the Cadet varsity football squad, will catch. In the infield! Jack Shugart holds the first base; position with Jack Miller on second,: Woody Wall ter at shortstop^ and Ed Cook on the hot corner. I The outfield will be chofeen from A. G. Koinning, Bob Holmork, Tan ner, Buba Louis, Wetzell, and Tom my Butler. Deivin Barnett will be the home team’s reserve pitcher, and Donny Joseph together with Henry Engelerecht will be the re serve catchers. for his first political non-military position Tuberculosis X-Ray Unit Checks 1400 In the first day the Chest X- Itay survey team was on the earn- pus, 1,431 people had x-raya taken. Accordln r to nation wide statis tics two percent of this number wilt have tuberculosis and three percent wi|ll have some typo of chest disorder. This chest disorder might rani re from cincor to old' pneumonia scars, Mrs.] A. A. Blum- berg, executive secretary of tho Brazos County Tuberculosis As sociation, nabl. Out of his number that went before the x-ray machine yester day there might be 29 persons with tuberculosis. On the bright side, most of them will probably ;bc caught while still' in the early stages where there is little'medi cal attention required, Mrs. Blum- berg said. s ‘ , • ji The Surrey Team is on duty in the YMCA Chapel from 8 a. in. until 5:30 p. m. They will not stop for the roon hour, Mrs. Bhim- berg pointed out. Dean W. L. Penberthy was the first person to be x-rayed in this area yesterday morning. \ V Two to be student corps and a non- Wally Moon in the race for will be d tomorrow Carl Moll trants in the coi The winner will a Junior Class mi April 27, with onl icipating in HOLBROOK student posts on the Athletic elections tomorrow and next week. on the cotmcil are & senior in |r, ben military position. The winner bf a non-military students obert Fittg and R. L. Goodwin i re :tition for the corps place on the tarmined in-*- 1 1 . I I H i ng Thursday, m ps students balloting fbr tion. participating i this particular Though not drawing much at tention during the year, these posi tions are quite important ones as the men elected «re in a position to help considerably both the stu dent body and the athletic set up at A&M. [I . U. Council Directs Program Other members of the council are two ex-students, two deans, ons professor, the athletic director, the athletic business manager, and the council chairman. It Is the athletic director’#\d»ity to carry putjtho council's directions. The athletic council hires all machos and athletic personnel, awards all lettars. and in general is the governing body for tho Inter collegiate athletic program at Complotoly independent of the college financially and adminlstra- tie do U’g* , tlveiiy, the athle Kelf-sustainiqg.il All pnrtmmt Is department buildings are ifald fi>r and belong to the department through tho uth- are Brav’i 11-4 Chicago, April 19-i—<AS—Ned Garyer’s clutch-pitching and Ken Weed’s timely belting j gave the Louis Bro^ps a 5-3 victory the Chicago White' Sox in an rican ! League opener. YOUR SENJOR RING US SET A DIAMOND IN THE SHIELD OF YOUR SENIOR RING or CREDIT i i $10.00 Down $5.00 Monthly 102 N. Not Flawed Stones ' I Charlie Potts, ’45 POTTS JEWELRY STORE Main \ Bryan letic council. The students' are full council members and votn on business. Any member maf to the attention of the group business or subject be feel^ is cemed with the l W , 1t' * i- ' i' Tho group meets appro zii once a month, but actually ings are called only whjen ters requiring attention ai hand. The council chairman sente business on the agenda, the athletic director usi all plains the matter to th* * since it is normally thre|i that any business Minutes of the t by the business I also records and nanoial reports, exiH'iulitures and' m (Bpnrts av Editor' brook is Iflod to , __ _ w tton nnd function of the rounrll as he whs the fli St eorqs representative to sorvt yeair, serving In 1047-4 k)/ a ft l For Spring Safety . . 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