MANITZAS
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Sports Editor
With the signing Saturday of John L. Floyd as head
basketball coach, A&M’s athletic department moved anoth
er step closer to assembling a complete staff to supervise
activities in every local field of sports en
deavor.
All that remains to complete the staff
for the coming year is a baseball coach who,
according to official reports, will be hired
in the near future.
While talking to Floyd the other day we
were impressed by his attitude towards the
operating of the A&M basketball team.
Teamwork will be the key word, and
training will follow, that’s my system, he
told us more than once. If a top-notch player
can not play together with his teammates
and still be on the ball, he is not for us.
Everyone will be starting out on the same level this
coming season. I don’t know who the best players on the
Aggie squad are since I have never seen them play, but
everyone will be given the same opportunity to show what
he can do.
In short, I am going to do my best to find, not the in-
ydividual stars, but the men who are capable of cooperating
one with another and still play winning ball, Floyd concluded.
Floyd Plans to Use Oklahoma A&M Style
Maroon and White basketball through the season with 16 wins
fans will be in for something new and only one loss,
when they see the Aggie cagers
using the same type of basketball
that Hank Iba has used so suc
cessfully at Oklahoma A&M. Floyd
plans to use the same type of plays
that won the Okies numerous tour
naments and national honors.
In his own words, “we will have
an interesting ball team to watch
and we should get tougher to
beat as we master our plays during
the latter part of the season."
Floyd came to A&M from Little
Rock Junior College where he
coached the school’s first basketball
team to a nine won, 19 lost sea
son. Previously, he had coached at
his home town high school in Wel
lington, Kan. and was freshman
coach at Oklahoma A&M.
\ While at Wellington his teams
Won the state title in ’47, ad
vanced to the quarterfinals the fol
lowing year, and were runner-ups
in ’48. As freshman coach at
Oklahoma A&M his quintet went
Jolui L. Floyd
TCVV Downs Dorm 17;
Dorm 14 Beats Dorm 16
TCVV got back into the win
column yesterday afternoon in in
tramural softball when they rap
ped the Dorm 17 softballers, 14-0,
in four innings of play.
Dorm 14 gained its fifth win of
the season in the other afternoon
game when they trounced Dorm
16, 13-8, as Ray Carroll gave up
only five hits in winning.
L. E. Winder was back on the
mound for TCVV yesterday, and
his presence made all the differ
ence as he gave up only two scat
tered hits and one walk while
striking out six batters. Red Heid-
mon was charged with the loss and
Thirteen Enter
Hambletonian
Goshen, N. Y., Aug. 9—
(AP)—Thirteen smart step
ping trotters, cream of the
three year old crop, start to
day in the $75,209 Hamble-
tonion—richest in the event’s his
tory.
First money is $40,537.
Sleepy Goshen was slowly wak
ing up as the vanguard of a crowd
of 21,000 began moving in. The
names of Star’s Pride, Florican and
Lusty Song were foremost with
betters.
Star’s pride is expected to rule
the 2 to 1 betting choice. The
bay son of Worthy Boy is owned
by E. R. Harriman of Arden, N.
Y., and L. P. Sheppard, Hanover,
Pr.
Florican, owned by Harriman and
his nephew, E. T. Gerry, will be
driven by Harry Pownall, and
will be coupled in the wagering
with Star’s Pride. Pownall Won
the 1945 Hambletonian with Titan
Hanover, owned by Harriman’s
Arden Homestead Stable.
Backers of Lusty Song aren’t
giving an inch.
Lusty Song, from the Hayes Fair
Acres Stable, Du Quoin, Ill., is
lited at 3 to 1.
Third choice of the odds-Makers
at 5 to 1 is Lord Steward, from
the stable of Ralph H. Kroening,
Milwaukee.
Another horse given a chance is
King’s Ransom, from the Cold
stream Stud, Lexington, Ky. '
Others entered for the best two
of three heats classic are Darn
Flashy, Anthony Hanover, Vic
Song, Choice Hanover, Mighty Ex
press, Baner Hanover and Stuayt
Hanover.
was hit for 14 bingles in three inn
ings.
Every batter on the TCVV squad
with the exception of Choate and
Donaldson scored, but Butler and
Winder paced the winners with
two and three runs each, respec
tively.
Right fielder Campbell and But
ler started the rally for the league
leaders, each gaining a single.
Williams doubled bringing in the
runs and centerfielder Long con
nected with a hit bringing in Wil
liams for the third run.
R. A. Cromwell had the only
hit for Dorm 17 in the initial inn
ing but was left stranded on third.
Six more runs in the second and
five in the third sewed up the game
for TCVV with Butler, Campbell,
Trimble, Wood, Williams, Long,
Olson, and Winder scoring the
counters.
Dorm 14—13, Dorm 16—8
Although Dorm 16 brought in
six runs in the second frame to
lead Ddfem 14-6-2, they couldn’t
hold the pace as their twirler J.
P. Thomas was tapped for eight
bingles in the next five innings
which brought home Dorm 14’s
winning runs.
Three singles and six walks
helped Dorm 16 score six markers
in the second. Pete Stravolemos
started the rally with a hit and
was followed by Bill Bronkhorst,
who was walked.
Von Heifer also received a base
on balls after Davenport was whif
fed by Carroll to load the bases.
Jack Medlin’s single sent the top
two runs across home plate, advanc
ing Heifer to third.
John Vigrud, Thomas, and Dar
rell Morriss were walked forcing
Medlin and Von Heifer across the
plate then Willie Heifer gained the
Maxwell, Roden Qualify
For NAC Tournament
Odessa, Tex., Aug. 9—(TP)—Billy
Maxwell and Ted Roden both of
Odessa, qualified yesterday for the
two vacancies for the National
Amateur Golf Tournament.
Maxwell posted a 147 for the
36-hole qualifying round. Roden
tied Bobby French of Odessa at
151 for the regular distance, but
won on the first hole of a playoff.
Battalion
SPORTS
WED., AUG. 9, 1950 Page 3
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third single of the evening, scor
ing Vigrud and Thomas and end
ing the rally.
Bill Couch and Cody Miligan
scored for Dorm 14 in the second
with the assistance of three singles
and two walks. After this point the
game was all Dorm 14 as they
scored four in the fourth and seven
in the sixth to win 13-8.
Centerfielder Mailhos was the
top hitter for the winners as he
connected with three singles in
three trips and drove in four runs
while scoring twice himself.
The big sixth frame was sparked
with Fullerton reaching first on
an error, Mailhos single, and
singles by Gibson, Nelson, and
Howell, furthered the winner’s
cause.
Softball Standings
Team—
TCVV ....
Texas Geo.
Dorm 14 ..
Milner
Dorm 16 ..
Walton
^Dorm 15 ...
Dorm 17 .
W L Pet.
.857
.622
.571
.555
6 .250
6 .250
9 .100
Coached by Taylor Wilkins, this group of young
sters forms the College Station Pee-Wee softball
squad which will meet the Hearne softballers in
Hearne tonight. A return game between the two
teams is scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. on the
lighted softball field. Front row, left to right,
Johnny Lyons, Bill Breazeale, Travis Englebrecht,
Johnny Cowan, Steadman Davis, Richard Bates,
and Ergar Felinan. Second row, Billy Pierce, Da
vid Bonnen, Dan Williams, Tommy Terrell, Rob
ert Cleland, and George Soustares. Third Row,
Taylor Wilkins, Jerry Oden, Dan Jackson, John
Rob’t. Smith, Pete Hickman, Douglas Norcross,
and Dick Belcher. Back row, Richard Smith,
Freddie Anderson, Peedinker Simek, Bobby Wil
kins, Dick Hickman, and Clinton Helvey.
Shirley May Fails, Again . . .
Florence Chadwick Sets
Record In Channel Swim
Dover, Eng., Aug. 9—(TP)—Pret
ty Florence Chadwick, a “desert
mermaid” from San DiegOj Calif.,
swam the English Channel yester
day an hour faster than any other
woman in history.
Shirley May France, a more pub
licized entry from Somerset; Mass.,
failed for the second time in two
years to complete the punishing
grind—19 miles as the crow flies;
22 or more as the swimmer breasts
the tide.
Florence splashed through the
seaweed under Dover’s chalk cliffs
just 13 hours and 20 minutes after
plunging into the water at Cap
Gris Nez, France.
A trim, little professional, swim
mer who decided to try the chan
nel while working as a typist for
the Arabian-American Oil Company
in Saudi Arabia, she erased the
women’s record of 14 hours and 34
minutes set by Gertrude Ederle of
New York, Aug. 6, 1926. She is 31.
Shirley May, a 17-year-old high-
school girl, was pulled hysterical
and weeping into her pilot boat,
still eight and a half miles from
her goal, almost at the morhent
Florence stepped ashore.
“Everyone .. . Think I’m A Flop’’
“Everyone’s going to think I’m
a flop,” Shirley May sobbed.
They started from the French
coast only 19 minutes apart. Flor
ence plunged in at 2:37 a. m. (7:37
p. m. Central Standard Time Mon
day) and Shirley May at 2:56 a.
m. Florence soon left Shirley May
far behind.
Training that she did for months
in the Persian Gulf paid off. The
cold water, nowhere warmer than
60 degrees, never bothered her.
She kept right on smiling when
she swam smack into the middle of
a gunnery practice range, forcing
Doaker Elected To
Lead All-Stars
Delafield, Wis., Aug. 9-+-(TP)—
Doak Walker, Southern Methodist
halfback, and Clayton Tonnetiaker,.
Minnesota center, yesterday were
elected co-captains of the College
All-Star football team.
The All-Stars will *play the
Philadelphia Eagles, champions of
the National Football League, in
the 17th annual game in Soldier
Field Friday night. An estimated
80,000 are expected to see the
game.
Walker was named by his team
mates to lead the offense and
Tonnemaker was chosen to head
the defense. Head Coach Eddie An
derson of Holy Cross suggested
the double captaincy.
Walker, 22 and All-America
fi’om Dallas, Tex., won four uni
versity awards in football, three
in baseball and two in basketball
while at SMU. He is 5’ 11” and
weighs 168 pounds.
Tonnemaker, 235-pound pivot
man from Minneapolis, was an All-
America selection in 1949. He is
21 years old. His performance in
All-Star workouts has brought
praise from coaches and veteran
football observers alike. He is ex
pected to be the collegian’s No. 1
defensive threat.
Jr, Davis Cup Team
Includes 2 Texans
New York, Aug 9—UP)—Eleven
of the country’s best young tennis
players were named yesterday to
the 1950 Junior Davis Cup squad.
Five were on last year’s squad.
They are Gilbert Bogley of Chevy
Chase, Md.; Keston Deimling, River
Forest, Ill.; Charles Devote, In
dianapolis; Dixon Osbum, Dallas,
and Steve Potts, Memphis.
Newcomers include Hamilton
Richardson of. Baton Rouge), La.,
and Whitney Reed of Alameda,
Calif., who was runner-up for the
junior title.
Completing' the squad are Don
Kaiser, Louisville; William Long,
New York; Dick Squires, Ircr.x-
ville, N. Y., and Jack Turpin, Dal
las. Only Dallas landed more than
one boy on the squad.
a battery of British territorials'to
quit lobbing shells off the Dover
cliffs.
When she finally wallowed
ashore Florence told newsmen:
“ . . . Prepared To Swim Back”
“I feel fine. I am quite prepared
to swim back.”
Miss Ederle was on a vacation
motor trip and unavailable for
comment.
Florence is the 32nd person and
the 12th woman to swim the chan
nel since England's Capt. Matt
Webb blazed the way Aug. 25,
1875.
The men’s record for the crossing
is 11 hours and five minutes set
by Georges Michel of France Sept.
10, 1926.
Only 40 persons waited on the
cliffs to cheer Florence in and
only one boatload of newsmen was
with her at the finish. The public
ity tom toms had drummed up a
small fleet of followers for Shir
ley May.
Miss Chadwick was accompanied
on her channel venture by her
father, Richard Chadwick, a re
tired San Diego policeman. They
raised the necessary $5,000 stake
with no outside help and are free
to accept the best offer for cashing
in on the publicity.
As Florence left for France,
Shirley May arrived at her Dover
hotel, tear-stained and weary, in
the arms of her coach and mana
ger.
“No More — Attempts”
“No more channel swim attempts
this year,” said manager Ted Wor-
ner positively.
Coach Harry Boudakian agreed.
In Somerset, Shirley May’s fath
er, Walter France, said she “de
finitely will not attempt the chan
nel again.”
“It just wasn’t meant to be.” he
said.
A high school junior, she had
set her heart on swimming the
channel before her 18th birthday
Friday.
Both of Shirley May’s attempts
were commercially sponsored and
staged in a blaze of ballyhoo. This
time she swam with the initials
of a newspaper feature agency
(NEA) sewed to her suit. Last
year a watchmaker and a movie
company put up the money.
The big blonde kid’s swim yes
terday ended the same way as the
one last year. She got blue with
told, suffered from seasickness,
ran plump out of gas and finally
had to be forcibly prevented from
carrying on.
McKinney Leads
NAC Qualifiers
Dallas, Aug. 9 —(7P)£—Bud Mc
Kinney of Dallas posted a 36-hole
score of 145 at Brook Hollow Golf
Club yesterday to lead qualifiers
for the National Amateur champ
ionship.
Twenty-five golfers from Texas
and Louisiana competed for the
coveted seven places in the big
meet, to be played at Minneapolis,
Minn., Aug. 21-26.
Leon Taylor of Corsicana and
Don Schumacher of Dallas trailed
McKinney with identical 146s. Jim
my McGonagil of Shreveport, La.,
finished fourth with 147. Two
strokes behind came Jack Munger
of Dallas. Sixth and seventh places
were won by William P. Castleman
of Dallas and Raleigh Selby of
Kilgore on a tie score of 150.
John Touchstone of Dallas won
the first alternate’s place with a
151.
Russ Rose Receives
Draft Board Notice
Fort Worth, Aug. 9—(A*)— A
draft notice that he must report
for physical examination has been
received by shortstop Russ Rose
of the Fort Worth Texas League
baseball club.
The notice Was from Rose’s
home town, Altadena, Calif.
It was expected that he will be
permitted to take the examination
in Texas, probably at Dallas Wed
nesday.
Phils Defeat Brooklyn;
Gain Five Game Lead
Brooklyn, Aug. ,9—(A 5 )—Robin
Roberts gained his 15th triumph
last night as he pitched the Phil
adelphia Phils to a 6-5 victory over
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The win increased the Phils’
first place lead to five games over
the Boston Braves who were beaten
by the New York Giants, 2-1.
Roberts needed help in the ninth
from Jim Konstanty.
Cards 6, Pirates 4
Pittsburgh, Aug. 9—(A 5 )—De
spite Ralph Kiner’s 30th home run
of the year and another by Clyde
McCulloug, the Pittsburgh Pirates
lost their 10th game in a row last
night to the St. Louis Cardinals,
6-4. The loss set a losing streak
record for the league this season.
McCullough’s homer gave the Bucs
their first score in 33 innings.
Red Sox 7, Yankees 4
New York, Aug. 9—(A > )—A1 Za-
rilla batted in two runs with a
home run and two singles to lead
the Boston Red Sox to a ,7-4 tri
umph over the New York Yankees
last night.
Mel Parnell went all the way
for his ninth victory before a turn
out of 58,771 fans. The loss dropped
the Yankees into a second place
tie with the idle Cleveland Indians.
Giants 2, Braves 1
Boston, Aug 9—(A 1 )—Wes Wes-
trum’s one-on homer extended the
New York Giants’ winning streak
to eight straight and 17 victories
Stranahan Wins
All-America Links
Chicago, Aug. 9—(A?)—Defend
ing champion Frank Stranahan, al
ready ahead by five strokes, won by
disqualification yesterday over
troubled Wilford Wehrle on the
18th green of their playoff for
the all-American amateur golf
title.
No card was turned in for
Wehrle, who picked up on the last
green when Stranahan sank a 15-
footer. Arch Matson, tourney rules
chairman, said the pick-up auto
matically disqualified Wehrle.
Wehrle had started the playoff
after a charge yesterday by the
U. S. G. A. in New York that he
has lacked amateur status for the
past two.years.
Stranahan, much-traveled simon-
pure from Toledo, Ohio, unreeled
a four-under-par 68, compared with
a theoretical 73 for Wehrle. The
two had tied in the regulation 72-
hole distance over Tam O’Shanter’s
ar 36-36—72 course at 291 strokes
onday.
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in the last 18 last night when his
forces topped the Boston Braves,
2-1, at the expense of Lefty War
ren Spahn. Sheldon Jones turned
back the tribesmen with four hits,
including Bob Elliott’s 18th homer
of the season.
Athletics 5, Senatorsi 0
Philadelphia, Aug 9—(A*)—Lefty
Lou Brissie pitched a two hit shut
out last night as the Philadelphia
Athletics won 5 to 0 over Wash-’
ington before the smallest major
league crowd of the year in Phil
adelphia, only 1,102. It was Bris-
sie’s sixth victory against 13 de
feats.
Reds 10-9, Cubs 1-0
Cincinnati, Aug. 9 —(Ah—The
Reds moved within a half-game
of the sixth place Chicago Cubs
here yesterday by defeating the,
Bruins in both games of a twi
light-night doubleheader.
Ken Raffensberger coasted in,
the first game 10 to 1, giving up
10 hits, and Willard Ramsdell shut
out the Cubs on five hits in the
last game to win 9 to 0.
White Sox 9, Tigers 6
Chicago, Aug 9—(A 1 )—The Chi
cago White Sox bounced back
from a 5-0 deficit to defeat De
troit’s first place Tigers, 9-6, be
fore 21,065 persons last night.
After Chicago pulled a 6-6 tie, Ed
die Robinson’s No. 12 homer opened
a three-run eighth inning rally to
give the White Sox the series ■
opener.
American League
•
W
L
Pet. G.B.
Detroit
64
36
.640 ....
New York ...
62
40
.608 3
Cleveland
62
40
.608 3
Boston
60
44
.577 6
Washington
....45
54
.455 18%
Chicago
42
64
.396 25
St. Louis
36
64
.360 28
Philadelphia .
37
66
.359 28%
National League
W
L
Pet. G.B.
Philadelphia ..
64
42
.604 ....
Boston
57
45
.559 5
Brooklyn
54
43
.557 5%
St. Louis
57
46
.553 5%
New York ...
53
47
.530 8
Chicago
43
57
.430 18
Cincinnati
43
58
.426 18%
Pittsburgh ...
34
67
.337 27%
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