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In the conference.
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gies, 12-2, earlier in the
Southern Methodist, on the
er hand, has the highest hi
average in conference games
a .810 average and have three of
their' hitters in the top four of
the conference. SMU is also hpld-
> ing the cellar position in the "con
ference w|th four consecutive loses.
Averages Favor Age
The Aggiea seem to have the
averages more in their favor while
holding the runhot-up'Slot 1 in tho
dlnmond race. Thelr liitUng holds
third place with .288, their field
ing is third at .045, two pitchers
- - Sid Goodloo end Pat Hubert—
are among the top three, and Wally
Moon together with Shug McPher
son are 1 among the top ten hitters
in the conference.
Moon is connecting with the
sphere at a .464 rate while McPher
son is hitting the pill/ at .416.
Although the' comerehce race
seems to hav* narroWW down to
e nace
on the
not yet
W
comie
TCU Games I®
Emphasis should be pi
the Longhorns such a rw
at the beginning of the
There, in AusSn, the F
the Longhorns sweating <
jihx' M of not having lost
as won in both games by the
of 6-4. ^ F ” •••• r 1
The Cadets have
figisiir;
es this weekei
in. .
ijrlor lost out last
it garnered its third
eight games, but remaine* l
place behind the pade'
Baptists are iri second
the team hitting with
of .288 and claim two
ten in the top ten of the co;
ence—Adrian Burk and Bill
bell—together with tbrep hUrle:
among the top ton.
Frogs Fourth
Tcil maintains the fourth spot
in the race having won J
while dropping 3.*
Rice Owls have
The
very well this season,
in
loi
sing
article
d AAR
that
Our Mistake
A correction on Um:!
about the Nlxon-Clay and
softball game. We reported tnat
the Auatin team scored the win
ning cwi in the ienth hming
when the pitcher balked. Th<
pitcher did not balk, instead i
was the catcher against whon
the balk was called. Nixon
Clay won, 1-0.
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We Delilver
of their seve
although thejf
on the team
only victory
feated the
Bruins, 11-9,
Corbett
third
in
conference
the secoi
list,
when
place
Houston
la
ding ;
nd
The
tl e;
games,
spot
Owls
y de-
Baylor
Stil
Columbus,
ended
o.,
Jack Corbett, president of
said Corbett us
gl
Pi
ayer,
aso’a
Ver
opening
April 2S—
Paso club of the Class C Arizona-
Texas League, was still under sus
pension today.
And Georj;e Ttautman, the pres
ident of the National Association
of Professional baseball leagues
(the minors , who suspended Cor
bett, said:
• “If there is any staterpept on
the Corbett case at this moment,
Mr. Corbett Should make it. He is
under suspension.”
Corbett’s indefinite suspension
came last Wednesday. Trautman
the El
ed an ihelifnble
tur« Morales, In El
also was fined $1,000.
Then Corb
purchase of
year, about) JO
game begin .
game. The club
said he completed
rales, who played
with the Mexi 'an League Inst
hours before the
Local Tankers Are
5th in Dallas Meet
A&MV donsoildatod’s swimming
trio of Gayle Knpple, Dickie Wolck
and Bobby fKnrow took fifth place
In the Southwdstcrn High School
Mcot held In Dallas last weekend.
Highland Turk of Dallas won
included teams
City, Houston,
Worth, as well .as
Dallas ahei College Station.
Klipple took second place in the
100-yard freestyle event, Weick
gained fourth place in the breast
stroke, and Karow, who was re
presenting i Lamar Jr.' High of
Bryan, placed fourth in the back-
stroke and fifth in the diving.
Most extra ploints kickdd by any
National Football League in 1949
were 45 by Ifat Harder of the
Chicago Cardinals
Mikan Stars; Lakers Win
Minneapolis,
mighty-Minaa ipolia- I^>kar%
Blanton Taylor
Taylor was the winning pitcher
in Saturday’s rather freakish
k-3 A&M victory over Sam Hous
ton. • /
Ag Bowlers
Defeated By
tl of H, 8-4
J ^ ^
A&M’s bowlers lost tp the Uni
versity of Houston kcglers, 4-8,
last weekend in the YMCA alleys.
Tho Cadet first string tied the
Houstonians, 3-3, hut thi* sec
ond string of the Cougars over
powered tho Aggies second best,
Hurtling of tho visitors squad
bowled the highest line with a
sporo of 178 (sdnU while Aggie
John Geiger and Cougar Holliday'
tied for the second spot with 1711.
The Cadet’s first string, was
made up bf Emmett Trunt, Har
ris Cox, Clem England, Major
Lundoford, and Geiger. Alien
Reose. Bob Weaver, Burr Laync,
Jack Fullerton, ami Lowell Holmes
formed the second team of the
losers.
Three more matches are bn tap
for the Cadet keglers—two with
TSCW and one with the University
of Texas. r t
Battalion
SPORTS
TUBS., APR. 25, 1950 Page 3
April
25—UPb—l
irlds to conquer
dhampionship in a
league in the last
fresh out bf w
day with third
third different
three years.
As gigantic . George Mikan
carved hiihself a deeper niche in
basketball immortality by hooping
40 points, the jLakers captured the
National Basketball Assn, title
Sunday night I by defeating Syra
cuse, 110 to JJ5, thus taking the
final series, flour games to two.
Last year St was the Basket
ball Assn t bf jAmerica crown that
the Lakers wore and the year be
fore that it wps the National Bas-
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A&M College Student Representatives
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ance
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ketball League’s. Both of those
leagues now are out of business.
Mikan, of course, was the whole
show in the windup game just as
he has been all season. The var
sity star wasted little time set
tling the outcome of the ganie,
scoring 14 points in the first per
iod for a 25-17 Igad and adding
14 more in the second for a 51-39
halftime lead. That was it.
Red Pollard was Mikan’s chief
scoring assistant with 1ft 'points,
while Her*v Schaefer had 12.
Forward Dolph Schayes was the
Nationals’ leading scorer with 23
points, 11 of them on free throws,
and John Macknowski had 17.
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Ag Co
Meets
The Aggie
which was hi
6-0, last
Abilene
day on the
Field House. The matches were
scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m.
The young Aggies, three of
whom are only sophomores, found
the competition to6 keen at Rice,
Team
team,
by Rice,
meets
ge to-
of DeWare
s at its best.
where experience
Rice-A&M I Results
Singles
Chick Harris defeated R. G. De
Berry, 6-0, 6-2.
. Jack Turpin
Duncan, 6-2, 6-4.
Bob Foley defea
6-2, 6-2.
Bill Fithian
Aaronson, 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles
defeated
Bobby
ted Royce Tate,
defeated Allan
Harris and Turpii
Berry-and Tate,
Foley and Fithia
can and Aaronson
in defeated De-
■2, 6-3.
n defeated Dun-
6-3, 6-2.
’Mural News
TeamDivin
By NICK MANITZAS
thje
night at 7:30 in
the annual Intramu
meet will take
ng to Intramural
ey Welch. All divei
in at or before 7
natator-
ral div-
]>lace, ac-
Di rector
r» should
30, Welch
er thirty entries
jved in what shout
the best spectator
year, Welch conduct
lave been
d be one
sports of
led.
Softball
In the softball p 1 a
Thursday, Dorm 14 def
ton, 10-8; Ray Carrol pi
year to a 6-2 win over '
17 throttled Dorm 16,
Bill Tumbow on the mo
continued its winning s
y e d last
bated Wal-
itched Pur-
; Dorm
with
; TCW
k down-
Law;
14-4,
iUnd;
trea
ing Mitchell, 4-3, with Williams
tossing for the winners; and Mil
ner shut-out Dorm 16, 10-0, using
Clyde Martin on the hill.
he military league played only
le games' last Thursday with
Leeman pitching A Engineers to
a 13-1 victory over D Infantry;
A Chem Warfare sunk A Coast,
9-3; and C Infantry defeated the
B Quartermaster team, 10-7, with
Anderson pitching for the winning
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"Forfeit Doghouse”
It grows and grows—the “For
feit Doghouse”, that is. Ten or
ganization* 'that joined the long
list included A Signal, C Field,
A Athletics, Hillel Club, A Coast,
Dorm 14, Galveston Club, Baptist
Student Union,- A IComposite, E
Air Force.
Soirte of
blamed on the
the individuals
al hleti
the forfeits
non-paf
•. ■«v.». —.i in the „.i _
the athletic official in each grfy
should see thalt the individuals il
notified as t4 the
of games.
\ After two forfeits, a team;,
dropped from the Sport in \ * "
it is 1 entered and-'automatl
loads i a sure f fty points, if g-
can not be played when schedi
other arrangiments can "X
be made by contacting the
mural office, DAK Proctor of
lural staff announced./
intramun
Injyesi
occurred
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not played halve been re-sch
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3tr Intelligence, MS. Air Force
An excellent student at Middleb
* 'erlmqnt, Paul found
lege, Ve rtn ont, Paul found timd
tho coveted All Sports Tropl
senior year. He graduated in Ji
h;r
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to Win
in his
«, 1938.
ims over the far-famed
flying C-54 transports. After V-J Day, he
Dying (;-54 transports. All
stayed on in the Far East
until
1948—specializing in Air intelligence.
March of
ON
. with
lump,”
He then joined a coated paper mill firm n
research and control man. P«| ‘ '
changed all that—Paul went I
Field to begin Aviation Cad
Back home, after accepting i
Force Commission, Captam Huskey woi
to Air Tactical school, was there rated
outstanding student, and won
to Command and Staff scl
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• Captain B
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