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I ’Mural News . . . f i inal Finals for the handball crown will come off Monday night when A Athletics meet E Air Force. The athletic unit reached the final playoff round with wins over B Field Artillery - and C Infantry, while the airmen ousted A Quar termaster and the ASA to reach the finals. A Athletics should take their opponents in easy stride with Max Greiner and Carl Molherg forming the top team. Volleyball Seven games came: off Tuesday in the military class of intramural volleyball competition. A trans portation remained undefeated in downing A Composite, J6-6 and 15>12; and B Field Artillery won its third straight -volleyball con test of the season in downing E Air Force. A Quartermaster won two of three games to defeat E Veterans; A Veterans dropped E Infantry; A Air Force continued ■ to be the top team in league H downing B Veterans, 15-7 and 16-12; Chem Warfare won over the White Band; and B Quartermaster continued to lead league D in defeating the Ma roon, Band, 15-7 and 17-6. Softball 1 - In military softball F Flight shut out A Coast Artillery, 6-0, with Jerry Waggoner pitching for If, Keepsake DIAMOND RINGS ’ TAe Most Famous Name, in Diamonds! ^Keepsake "ASHLEY” Matched Set’ 174*75 - f-^ / Engagement Ring 50.00 J E W E L E R 111 N. Main Bryan AOTROKIZtO KtBPSAXt DBALEt the airmen; Bill Band Flight to a 5-4 win over G Air Force—behind thp of Byron Dooley—defeated E Fi ArtiUery, 4-1; and Shanke r" Infantry pitched his team 6-2 victory over D Veterans, Non-military softball v|as spark ed yesterday by Bill Ti mbow of Dorm 17 who pitched I is second no-hitter of the year giving, his softballers a 3-1 vict>ry over Milner Hall. In other games of the no i-mili- tary class, Mitchell shut out Dorm 16, 10-0; Law edged Dor|m 14,| 6-6, with the winners scoring the win ning runs in the fiml inning; TCVV wrapped up the league with its sixth win of the year dropping Puryear Hall, 6-3; and Ddrm 10 defeated Walton Hall, 713, for its fourth win of the season and the championship of League B. | • It was announced yesterday by the intramural department 1 that all games scheduled, i>nd Which occur, during inclement weather will be played unless teams an notified differently. ★ ■! j Among the first selected iaii tlio top athlete of his field in Inti* mural contests was Mcntc Swat- sell, junior vet major fro^i! Clt' bumc. Swatzell was cfhoWri for his prwiominance in tge field of gymnastics. / Along with his -nhility oil the parallel liars, tumbling, and other related activities, Swatzell has also had time to include three pres idencies in his college career. He is'• president-elect of the AVMA, prexy of the .Johnson Club. Also added to his recent lists of achieve ments, was his selection as a Who’s Who. , I ’ j i This 5’ 9V165-pound, 22 year old Clpburnite,' strange | as lit) may seem, has beefl._’.tunibling : and swinging for only three years. He first became interested ini the sport, when he took it jas a physi cal education course. Since that time Svatzell. has worked at the bars on his own, along with the help cf Jimj Hill and other members of, the tumb lingiglub, performed between halves at * the basketball gaires in* this area, Swatzell plans to , inove j into general practice at graduation time, but it is a sure but that he’ll never entirely give up Butts Named Coach at Tho rndale his hobby,: Head Richard N. Butts ’50, selected* as head coach dale High School Texas it has been an the placement office. Butts, who is a nati dale,^graduated from B. S. degree in Physical in ; January. , hasj been of Thorh- Thorndale, jounced by ve Thorn- &M with a Education Monte Swatzell Swatzell demonstrates his best on the p irallel bars, while, look ing down at the world. He was chosen as the top athlete in intramural gymnastics this year. ■ Texas Bumps Arkansas, 6-0 To Keep Lead Based on AP Report* ustin, Tex., April Au . . _ Texas took a firm hand Southwest (Conference ership - here yesterday by Arkansas 6-0. on tpe Golf lead beating Fort Worth, April 20—'Ah— Rice Institute’s netmen swept six matches from TCU here Wedpes- a,,. . Columbus, O., April 20— , A > )— Jack Corbett, president of the El Paso, Texas, Club of the Arizoiia- Texas League, was suspended in definitely yesterday for “conduct detrimental to baseball.” In ad dition, the El Paso Club Was fined $1,000 by George M. Trautman, president of the National Associa tion of Professional Baseball Leagues (the minors), for using an ineligible player in Tuesday night’s opening ^ame. Hershcy, Pa., April 20—</P!— It’s up to Ben Hogan to decide whether he’ll continue as playing golf pro for the Hershey Country Club. - “We’re leaving It entirily uphto Ben," John B. Bolenbergfr, presi dent and general manager of the Hershey Estates said yesterday. It had been reported that Ban tam Ben, 130- pound former cad dy from Dublin, Tex., Would not renew his contract at the Central Pennsylvania resort town. Hogan succeeded Henry J’ictfM ns play ing pro in 1941. Battalion SPORTS THUR., APR. 20, 1950 Page 3 A6£ cxecArcMcci 3 Lcripexs A L ~ C4M£ ro T£X43 4<M XJtOM AOAMSOf/ MT. DALLAS MS HfAS ACL. ASATCy ALL. C/XK XOg rCAMS «*« €*. ] what* MATrf* oor *ovcnfjrA Best in the Southwest . . . ’j Kadera Leads ah Athletes Selected Stars of the Week IT’S THE . . . TALK OF THE TOWN V'. ' ' ' • ■ r- I THE ONE AND ONLY For Good Food and Popular Prices TALK OF THE TOWN SPALDING IN THE- EARJ-V DAtffi OFGOLF n» gutta-percha. BALLS SOME.TUMS VJtRfc CARRIED IN BUCKETS OF ICE. TO K£BP THEM VROAV. 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The mound budget, hurledi 10-hit ball, striking out nine and Walking three, while his : teammates took a 5-4 decision from their arch- rivals. 1,1 Brinkley, Hand Pitted Again Opposing Brinkley was Jack Hand, a classy left hander, who whiffed j!5 Cadet batters and al lowed seven hits while walking four. Both hurlers* will square off again .when the Fish invade the Shorthorns, in Austin Saturday. Brinkley is a graduate of Aus tin High School where he also gain ed honors- in basketball. He was voted on the All-Southern Ameri can Legion baseball team last year. = “Gene” Lojtsos, who advanced to the final round of last year’s state- high school | tennis tournament, gained distinction for. his remark able showinjg in the perienially popular River Oaks junior tourney in Houston last week. Letso$ is Promosing- Letsos was turned back by Ham ilton Richardson, national boys singles champ, in the semi-finals. He teamed with Don Farmer, an other promising Aggie Freshman, in the junior doubles phase of the meet, and they went as far as the semi-finals. A graduate of Ball High in Gal veston, Letsos was an all-around athlete there, lettering in foot- baill, basketball, tennis, and base ball. He was a member of the ’49-’50 all-district cage team, and was voted utility shortstop on the all- state American Legion baseball team. Letsos is undefeated in freshman match play this season. Bill Stalter is plauded for the low time he registered in the cen tury and 220 events Saturday, while the Fish cindermen swamp ed Tarleton. With the aid of a brisk .tail wind, . Stalter took the 100-yard dash in 9.8 and cinched the 220 in 21.8. Stalter spent his high; school dSys in Sunset of Dallas where he Was an-outstanding scholar. , j Stalter, Hooper Shine/ He i» a member of the National Honor Society, and exempted all of his final exams last semester. Stalter was high point man of the meet, garnering 11. Complimjents are extended to Darrow Tooper, A&M’s prize catch from Northside High of Fort Worth. Hooper alarmed SWC track authorities Saturday, heaving the shotrput 49 feet, three and one- half inches. This surpasses any varsity mark in the conference turned in this spring. Hooper threw "the discus- 146 feet, and one-half inches to take 10 points in the track event. Hooper is also an eminent scho lar, and played right halfback for the Freshman footballers. Ym spiing drills, he was used as a quarterback. FFA Officer Election Slated Monday Night The Collegiate FFA Chapterr will hold a meeting Monday April 24 for the purpose of electing of ficers for the fall semester, ac-i cording to R. Purvis, chairmaq of nominating c'ommitee. Principal speaker for the even ing will be E. R. Alexander, head of the Agricultural Education De-, partment. He will speak on the future of agriculture. PERSONALIZED STATIONERY 4 WITH you* NAME jj OR MONOGRAM... 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So -1 far this spring George his a put of 3” in th^ shot and has tossed the discus over 165’ in £fa&- meets to date, only once fail- ing;±e hflt 160’ and then missing only by Inches. He is scooting for the conference discus rejeord of 163’ and! it looks as if thiji will be his yedr to ex ceed the SWC standard. Should he break thip record he will hold every discus record in the Southwest out side of tlpe Texas Relays, ., The conference shot should go to* Kadera again, but it is unlikely tliat he .will break the record of 50’ W Set by Boyce “Honk” Ir win while at A&M in 1934. Kadera was upset last year in the shot by George Petrovich elf Texas, but aside from that has Won every conference event he has entered in three years’ competition. | High Pointer As Fish As a freshman competing on the varsity, George won high point honors a)ong with Jerry Thompson in the ’47 Southwest Conference meet, winning the shot,;discus, and javelin for a 15-p6int fetal. Cadet-P© Postpo I i ,p : By Rai A&M’s baseball team home yesterday afternoon, playing only one of the during it* Texas. The Which was Frogs wss their last SMU duled gam visit to m first the TCU out as game yesterday Tuesday walloped their son, but place, wl defending versity- the Aggie , the nys, 9-1, t<) win of th 11 remained Th j the highly ions—Texas i in theTT teas George Kadera When a sophomore he won the shot and discus and then last year won the discus fdrj a grand total of 33 point*. Aftep this year, he should leave quitje i a record for other hopefuls to shoot for. Right behind Kadera in the dis cus is Ed Hooker,! who would be quite a star were he not over shadowed by big; George. Ed has finished second in! the discus in three meets this year and third in a fourth one. I TUj Rice Runners to Kansas Based On AP Report Twelve University of Texas track and field men will enter eight events pt the Kansas Relays Sat urday with a goad- chance of win ning several of the top honors. Five ojf the Longhorns perform ers have enjoyed chanipionships there previously. High Jumper Bob Walters, who won with last year’s best effort: j n the world, 6 feet 8 3/16 inches, will be back to defend his title. * Sprinter Charley Parker, win ner of the 100-yard dash in 1948, will be shooting for an even bet ter time than his 9.7 to two years ago. Perry 1 -Samuels, out with pneu monia since the Texas Relays, will join Parker in the,, sprint relay*. Both athletes were^bn the winniiig 440-yard relay teartis of 1947 and 1948. Dick Brooks and Don Sparks, runners on the diStancle medley teams in 1947 and 1948^; respective ly, also will journey to Lawrence, Kan. Other Texas entries wijll be Carl Mayes, Floyd Rogers, Ralph Par son and Bobby Dillon, sprinters; Ray Max - ek, runner-iup in the jave lin last year; LpufelL Hawkinson and Ed Sailing, * middle distance men. I 4 Rico to Take Relay Teams Rice Coaeh-aEmil (Brunson is tak ing Tobin Rote, Vern McG'rew and two j-elay teams po the Kansas Relays in Lawrenjce, Kan., this weekend. j The mile relay team-r-which Brunson naturally expects to win first place—will ] have Jim' Hoff, Jack Hudgins, Arthur (Red) Brown and Tom Cox. ruijin(ng in that or- der. f The sprint relay I team members are Toddy Riggs, Ililph Grawun- der, Brown and Cox. Brunson has switched Riggs from the third position to lead- off, figuring Riggs could operate better from the starting position. He tried it agaihst Texas last Saturday arid it ! helped the Owls win a surprise Victory over the Longhorns in thait jevent. -Gettdrs Tas His btsti throw is 146' *0{d should irovB, walked 13 of the Cadet hitters. Guy 11 Wallace, all-SWC shortstop .who Was out at the first of the season with a chipped ankle bone, had a perfect day at| the plate connecting with two doubled/ in. two trips tn the plate. Lary had started place of regular starter Maltz and. after his four yesterday,! will probably start In the home teams next game which will be Saturday against Sam Houston State in Huntsville. hurler ... ... te for Qiows Val- he improve, tho Hendon can finish, right b the confurynco me uable three points. >, i Smith May WTn Points Though not showing (the dis tance yeti of which he I* capable, Bob Smith can: come around Tatar on to help A&jM in the shot | and javelin. As a Fish in '48, !Bob was the outstanding conference freshman in the shot and javelin, winning both in numerous ntoeta. His best put that year was, well over 46’, I Unless Smith comes around, the Cadets' best bet in the javelin ap pears to be Jack Sitripsoln, who has made points in: every meet in that event. His besit throw I to date is close- to 170’ and shouldj he contin ue to improve like he lhas lately, the ^ill-arourid star w(ll place a badly needed fourth or j third come the SWC meet. Kadera has not thrown thd jave-; lin for some years now sirice he; pulls an arm jnuscle wjith his side arm style. Hooker Should ^Star ■ With Kadera and Hooker grad (See KADERA, Bagc 4) / ALBRIGHT REALLY "BOWLS ‘EM SINCE HE STARTED USING VlY amoouct er You'll bowl 'mi ovor, too—if you use your Action” Vitalis care. Here’s the scoop—give famous “60-Second Workout.” 50 seconds’ seal difference!)... 10 seconds to comb (and will the ference!). You’ll look neat and naturaWByc-bye draff and dryness, too. So get hep to Vitalis -tee drug store or barber shop pronto. mimic "60-Second W< and “Live- noggin that (feel the see the dif- ffaky dan- man at the tho - i - ;•• \i . ’ : A v ' i, , ' ‘i f './ roll. . Pat Hubert held the Met to five hits, while his Farmer te*m- ted two SMU hurlers lie and Don Canuteson hits, one of which was s homer in the sixth Pony pitchers also mates —Dick —for Yale inning. w TREAT BRING THE i’AMIBY IN jj R A DELICIOUS Dl ' Prepared the way like it! 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