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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1950)
■ > , •#; » By HAL GARNES\ A&M’g freshman tennis roam re mained unbeaten after a 3-ST dead lock with thej University of Texas first-year men .yestentuy ufterv noon in Auatin.i Tim number ®ne Fiyh player, Kufrune Letsns, [met defeat for the lim*' y^a*’! howinif to Will Harris, !i-n 2-0, Letsns defiftiidly wasn't up to ids usual par, Harris-the player who edited Letsns in last year's -state hitflr seluml finals played steady tennis, fimdjiK the Attuie jto <rr fiuany times, Karmer /HIII Undefeated l|) the nundier iwtt sinwles event, voAud Farmer unset XeTttfn Kiew- er, H-t), 8»tV, q (i i !i, it, a Innu and iriuelllng mateh. TomttiV West-was misted hy classy Art Stiles In another three- ^setter. Stiles grabbed the first pe_L fl-4, and couldn't cope with West’s steadiness as he lost the ' second, 4-0. - ‘ , " j-. A bit mad at himself after dropping the second set, Stiles displayed his swatting proficiency by driving a bait high over the bleacher section of the courts. Displays I'ower , To prove it wasn’t luck, he i-opped another ball to the ground and powtefed it over the adjacent Memorial Stadium wall. West had Stiles down, 5-4,. in the final set, and, needed a service break to tike^fhe m^h. BOt Stiles, equipped with gold-rimmed shades and an oversissed diamond ring, while serving hit a, ball in the service court, on West’s side. This maneuver, perfectly legal, seemed to deflato Wost's determin ation, and the classy Longhorn took/the set, 7-5, to win the match, Harold (iann als<v I'Hmained un* defeatefl after trimming Joel I'ul- !ep, (l-'J, 0.0. QlUm relied oil Nle'mli ness as he mib lassed TU's number four man. . i__ •- In the mimbei'. one ~ douhles malch, Lalsos niiil l l 'iinm'i' losi t,i llaii'ls and MreWer, H-d. 8itl, !l-tl, (binn and West euahled AAM to tie the meet, wliinliig over Clatk Klelnshtnidt mid deurge Crowley, 0*4, 4*0, 0*8. . . . Aggie Sport* On Schedule . ... s Friday, May 5—Basebitll, A«!iM vs. Rice here, 3 p.m.i Track, ASM vs. Texas, Fish vs. Shorthorns, dual meets in Austpi; Tennis, A&M vs. ,SMU in Dalian; Fencing, Confer ence Meet, Austin; Junior College traclc, field, golf, tennis, here. Saturday, May 6—Baseball, A:& M ys. Rice here, 2 p m-J. tennis, A&M vs. TCU, Fort Worth', Junior College meet h’pre, finals. fe- . I ' ':»* T ’> ' B I k By CHUCK CABAMSS Rice, resting oiv the next-to-the- last rung in the conference stajad- ings, challenges A&M today At 3 o’clock on the Kyle Field duunjond while the Cadet cinder team iif in Austin facing the Texas Ldng- horna. . / Still another varsity’ team, the strong Maroon tennis squad, will be struggling to clinch third place in i lie league stiiiidingH c#hen it ' lellg „ meets HMU on/tha Mustmig hpiue holidays, However courts in Dallas this afternoon. The Ponies are currently a half a game ahead of the Ags in the loop raw* t Saturday the baaeballers resumg play on the localiidiamond against the Owls and the racket-swingers from Aggleland move into Fort Worth for their final series of the season, facing the Horned Frogs. A& Mtopped the Hire-birds 12- tn-P in Houston during the Kaster the Farpiers The Aggie Fencuig Team linCK up before their final practice before the SWC meet in Austin. Left tpi right^they are (botloiti row) Carroll Beil, one year lelterman in Foil and Epe#; E. T. Jennisi, jfirst year foil. Team Captain Cns Mistrot, SWC enamptbn in foil and second place winner in sabfje; Frank Ragusa, first year sabre man, Gerald Monks; lelterman, placed in SWC Epee; (top row) John Gottlob, high point man on team in foil and sabre, Joe Mayes, transfer lelterman from Tarleton,^)ick Jones, first year man; Curtis 'Wiisoh, bigh point man rn Epee, and Chuck Mas sey, first year man. Annex Sports . . . :es ^ByillOE BLANCHETTE Company 7’s Marlin Cain burled a no-hiiteif and fanned It meif Wednesdliy to set down Flight 12, 7-4, in Annex ; intramural baseballs Co’lnpany 7 rallied in the last in ning for all of their seven runs, ill and a “Texas Leaguer” by catcher I Rristow for four big runs. - The srolie sui'gcd to 5-2 when I Bristow raced in frojn third op a i passed ball. Gormilm slapped a ! solid knock to lef. field to send j home Snydyr and Allen, i Flight 12 collected their two Swimming Squad Receives Letters Four major letters and six min or letter awards have been ap proved for members for Texas A&M’s 1950 swimming team. The Aggies, coached by Art Adamson, finished ninth in NCAA competition at Columbus, Ohio. Several ' of the lettermen were standouts on the Aggie water polo team which scored decisive victor ies over Army and Navy on an eastern- trip. Major letters will go to Van Adamson and Billy/-Karo\v of Col lege Station; Joe Don Blundell, Hounton, and Bill\ Sargent of Fort Strong Shorthorns Hosts To Freshman Track Squad Hypr, John <!««, Jimmy Curtia, Jim DltnmlU " ‘ * " CntU that inning, a crowd of IfOO i runs in (He initial inning on walks j -Worth. Minor numerals were ap ..I .... II I. .1 * 1 . . . I .... . l-.ll.ll.-lV .III., I., L. It- -lit. I I I 1 / t •> L, t . , , . 11’ , .1 I ll\’ . - ... ... * . -I he Aggie frenliinan tritck tienm Cv 111 wind up Hu seasiin in 11 dual track meet with the Texas Short horns in Austin today. The Fish have had a very, sue- cessfui season having outpointed both the. Rice .Slimes and] the Tarleton State 1’lowboys by very large margins. They also gained several places in the Texas Relays ^gainst stiff competition. Today’s meet should be. an easy victory for the Cadets if statistics prove anything. The Rice fresh men whaliloped the Shorthorijis in a dual meet after the Aggie f Fish had beaten the Rice-men fey about -30 ■ points. This would seejn to show that it should be easy fojr the Aggies to prove superior today. A&M’s Fish eritrants are! Bob Battalion SPORTS Pape 3 FRL, MAY 5, 1950 Erwin Fischer, Joe tliil ledge, I’nul Hendrix, Harrow Hoop er, churles Hudgins, Raymond Haas, Carol Libbey, and,Jack Lit: tie. Other Fish rindern.ien include Malfcolm Marks, Bobby Ragsdale, Richard Scott, Ralph Sharrock. Glen Spradlin, Bill Stalter, Conrad Strelau, Ed Wilinsen, and Thomas W right. had to come from behind in ^he final innin gto sew up the tilt.: Ace Pat Hubert, the top Fish twirler in ’48 who is currently pac ing the varsity mound staff; has a Teague record of three wins,-no losses. The Kiiigsville-Kiviera pro duct may be called bn to handle the tossin chores' in today's contest. Msny Lettermen The . Jlayou City contingent 1* si l ong with lettermen, us are im»*l of the SWC nines this year, Fui; this reason the Owls must be giv en a ehanee to win tinvtjimi tiny step onto the dlamoml, nlthuwfl I hell' Im oiisisteiicy seldom lUMl’Il them the favorites nod, Walker lleskins will pi.dipbly faee the ,Cadets in the opener do. spite the fact llfat lie also pttf'lieil tine last Rice gnntci a win pvnr ftMU the saiiiejeitpi Ihatvtoppisl A&M, 8-1, Monday. j Apair of wiiis over Hie Hous* ton team is needed to keep the Aggies 1 clifse enough to 'IVsim to retain a raatho'imiticui chttnep at the Southwest Conference title. And even u single defeat might en ds nge r the current lunncr-upispat of the Maroon nine. / *, ^ HATTERS —College Station Representative— LOUPOT’S TRADING POST \ - -v - \l. ^oatL'fewfoa • •'^DoAa cpocL /oOnav 09 0 I bad wiitihed tile fine hurling dia l j to Kenedy mid Lucas, followed hy j (between Flight UVs SteVe itolllou'l and Ciiin of Company 7. Again p< tw. 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