Lou 9 s Ags Perform
Well in Tourney
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Sports Editor
Although the District 30 representatives from this area
didn’t win the ASA State Tournament which was held in
Brownwood last weekend, the teams—Loupot’s Aggies and
the Madisonville All-Stars — made a better
showing than previous teams from this area.
Lou’s softballers came through with the
best showing that a team has ever made
from this area as they won three games
while losing only two and reached the quar
terfinals of the winner’s bracket.
The All-Stars received a jolt in their
opener when they met the eventual winner,
Lake Jackson, in the first round. Madison
ville lost to the tourney favorite, 5-6.
Harry Butler of the Aggies was the top
hitter for the local groups and was error
less in his defense. Louis Ray, who pitched
three no-hit games at Kelly Field summer camp for the
Aggies just recently, Lou Wood, and Melvin Ludke were the
twirlers which Lou’s used in the tournament.
A bi-regional tournament will be held in Dallas with
the three top teams from the State tournament being eligible
to enter.
The winner of the bi-regional tournament will represent
/ the Southwest in the World’s National Softball Tournament
which will be held in Austin the second week in September,
beginning on Sept. 11.
Lou’s Ags Spread Sportsmanship At Tourney
MANITZAS
Along with the three wins that
Loupot’s Aggies gained at the
ASA State tournament, the soft
ballers who are mainly A&M sum
mer students also gained a fine
name for themselves exhibiting
more sportsmanship than most of
the top teams in the tournament.
What seemed to nit it off so
well with all the spectators, oppo
nents, et al was the “fifteen for
team” (for the opposing team)
which the Aggies would give fol
lowing each game.
A few gripes were heard from
the entries in the tournament, the
majority coming from the pitchers.
The balls used were slick which
made it difficult for the twirler
and it had its effect on the tour
ney which was in a larger respect
strictly a hitter’s tournament.
Scores from the tournament in
Brownwood included the following
wins which Lou’s registered over
Brownwood-Nathan Jewelry (3-1),
Southern Select of Galveston (8-7),
and Monte Alto (4-1). Loses of
the Aggies were to Houston
Plumbing (1-4), and the Aviation
Activities of Grand Parie (4-11).
Rounding out the Aggies who
made the trip included “Ears”
Hooten, Marlin Trimble, Harry
Butler, Roy Wetzel, Buddy Den
ton, “Bert” Reves, Bob Lawler,
Milton Bauer, and Jackie Miller.
John L. Floyd’s Greatest Basketball Game
When John L. Floyd went to play
for Oklahoma A&M after a sea
son of basketball at Oklahoma City
University, he began to understudy
All-American Jess Renick, who is
now coach of Phillips 66 at Bartles
ville.
But in the year of 1941, Floyd
came into his own with such top
players as Buddy Millikan, now
coach at Maryland; Gene Smelser,
Hank Iba’s present assistant at
A&M; and Harvey Pate, who is
coaching the Cameron Aggies, as
his teammates.
Floyd was playing in the guard
position at the first of the season,
and after Lon Eggleston, the
team’s top scorer, broke his hand,
Texas A&M’s new basketball coach
stepped into Eggleston’s shoes and
began to lead the Okies offense.
Eggleston’s injury had occurred
prior to the game between A&M
and rival Oklahoma University,
who was boasting one of its strong
er teams. The Aggies entered the
game as decided underdogs.
This game' was Floyd’s greatest
single game of basketball at A&M
to hear the old timers say it. By
halftime the Aggies were no long
er the underdogs as they led 20 to
9 with Floyd having contributed
three goals and seven points to the
score.
Smelster was tied with Floyd for
high point man at half time, but
Floyd pushed ahead the second
period and finished ahead with 12
points and high point honors with
the Aggies winning the game
28-19.
Walt Dropo—“Rookie of the Year”
Walt Dropo for “Rookie of the
Year.”
Its being said across the nation
since the Red Sox rookie was re
called from Indianapolis after Bos
ton’s Goodman was hurt. When he
was “beaned’ yesterday in the
game against the Philadelphia Ath
letics with Hank Wyse on the
mound, it seemed that the Ameri
can League’s RBI leader would be
out for the rest of the season and
perhaps lose his chance of becom
ing “Rookie of the Year.”
In an earlier time to the plate,
MAJOR LEAGUE <
National League
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L Pet.
G.B.
Philadelphia
....68
44 .607
Boston
60
48 .556
6
Brooklyn
57
46 .553
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5t. Louis
58
50 .537
8
New York ....
55
51 .519
10
Chicago
47
60 .539
is y 2
Cincinnati
46
60 .434
19
Pittsburg
38
70 .352
28
American League
Detroit
68
38 .642
New York ...
66
43 .606
31/2
Cleveland
67
44 .604
3y 2
Boston
64
48 .571
7
Washington ...
49
58 .458
19 y 2
Chicago
44
68 .393
27
St. Louis
38
67 .362
29 y 2
Philadelphia
....40
70 .364
30
he had conencted with a two-run
homer, his 27th, according to the
latest reports, Dropo-is all right
and should be back in the line-up
in a short time.
Entering the
bat game early,
Dropo played
for the Univer
sity of Connec
ticut before he
signed with the
Red Sox system
in 1947 and was
sent to Scran
ton where h e
batted .297. In
1948 he was
with Birming
ham and h i t
.3 5 9, including
some of the
longest home runs ever hit in Bar
on Park.
He trained with the Red Sox in
1949 but whfen his hitting fell off
he was shipped to Sacramento.
There he suffered a fractured foot
that kept him idle a long time and
also handicapped his batting. He
finished the season with .287 and
after starting the season with the
same club he was recalled to the
majors.
Navasota won the team trophy in the regional meet at College
Station and will have several outstanding athletes competing in
the junior Olympics in Houston this week. Left to right are
Fletcher Yarborough, Jack Bess and Herman Sebastian of the
Navasota team. Bess, a Texas A&M College student from Free
port, coaches the Navasota youths.
Indians Complete Triple
Play; Lose to Tigers
Cleveland, Aug. 16 —(A 3 )— Art
Houtteman pitched Detroit into a
more comfortable spot atop the
American League yesterday, de
feating Cleveland 4 to 1, before a
crowd of 40,299.
But he needed some cool relief
twirling from Marlin Stuart, right
hander with a sinking fast ball,
recalled only several weeks ago
from the Toledo Mud Hens. John
ny Groth’s grand slam homer help
ed, too.
Stuart saved Houtteman’s 15th
triumph—shoving Cleveland back
to 3% games behind Detroit—in
the seventh inning, which Houtte
man opened by walking the first
two men.
Cleveland’s most sensational
maneuver of the day was a triple
play in the fifth inning, executed
by right fielder Bob Kennedy. It
was the Indian’s third triple play
in 15 years, their last being against
Boston in 1948.
Kennedy caught Kell’s short lin
er off his shoe tops, threw to
shortstop Ray Boone, who caught
Gerry Priddy off second. The relay
to East at first got Don Kollo
way.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
Chicago, Aug. 16—'(TP)—For the
second day in a row, the Cubs
staged a late rally yesterday to
beat the Cardinals with two runs
in the eighth, 3 to 2, and sweep the
two-game series.
Pirates 10, Reds 9
Pittsburgh, Aug. 16—(A 3 )—Clyde
McCullough’s single with two on
drove in the winning run to top a
six-run ninth Pittsburgh rally for
a 10-9 win over Cincinnati yester
day. The Reds had gone ahead in
the last frame on six runs of their
own. Ralph Kiner hit his 33rd
home run. Bobby Adams of the
Reds slammed one in the eighth.
Phillies 9, Braves 1
Philadelphia, Aug. 16—(A 3 )—The
Philadelphia Phillies increased
their National League lead to six
games over the runnerup Boston
Braves last night, winning 9 to 1
befort 32,215. Army bound Curt
Simmons received credit for his
15th pitching victory but needed
help from th ever reliable fireman
Jim Konstanty, making his 53rd
appearance of the year. ^
Dodgers 1, Giants 0
New York, Aug. 16—(A 3 )—Roy
Campanella’s second-winning sin
gle, scoring Carl Furillo from sec
ond base, gave the Brooklyn Dod
gers a 1-0 victory over the New
York Giants last night. A crowd
of 49,021 saw Preacher Roe edge
Larry Jansen.
Walt Dropo
Red Sox
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Red Sox 8-9, Athletics 3-4
Boston, Aug. 16 —(A 3 )— Walt
Dropo, flashy rookie Red Sox first
baseman suffered a cerebral con
cussion last night when “beaned”
by Philadelphia pitcher Hank
Wyse in the first game of a twi-
night doubleheader which the Bos
ton American Leaguei's won by
scores of 8-3 and 9-4.
Senators 10-0, Yankees 5-9
Washington, Aug. 16 (A 3 )—Red
Ford flashed a three hitter at the
Washington Senators last night to
give the New York Yankees a 9-0
victory and a split in a day-night
double-header at Griffith Stadium.
The Senators won the afternoon
game 10-5.
CS Swimmers
Favorites In
Jr. Olympics
The swimming portion of
the Southern Junior Olympics
will get underway today at
the Shamrock Pool and the
defending champion—College
Station—will be looking for a re
peat.
College Station’s tankers finish
ed ahead of Golfcrest Country Club
for the title and the same groups
seem to be the top competitor in
the coming contest.
Last year the tankers scored five
first and six second places in the
12 event meet. They finished with
a total of 113 points while Golf-
crest climaxed the water feud with
105 points.
Winning more than their share
of the meets this year, the local
swimmers are well prepared for
one of the largest swim fests in
the Southwest. The most recent
victory for the local club was the
Gulf AAU which they swept in all
its entirety.
Among the top performers to
watch from this area will be Gayle
Klipple, Dick Weick, Ann Cope
land, Nancy Hale, Tom Barlow,
Bobby Karow, Martha Ergle, Kay
Parnell, and Albert Stevens.
All of the above have been con-
sistant winners throughout the
year and should do even better to
morrow and Thursday at the meet.
Others who will probably make
the trip include Ann Hickerson,
John Rob’t Smith, George Boyett,
Joe Steen, Bob Barlow, Louise
Street, Orin Helvey, and Pete
Hickman.
Pam Wilson, Rosemary Lenert,
Helene Boatner, Graig Thompson,
Dave Bonnen, Johnny Lyons, and
Barbara Miller are others who may
compete in the Junior Olympics.
An Impish Kid .
Giants Protest Tossed
Out Same As Eddie Stanky
By WHITNEY MARTIN
New York, Aug. 16—(A 3 )—Tak
ing the only action he could take,
the National League president
threw out the protest of the Giants
concerning their game with the
Phillies last Saturday. He thus
completed a double play, as um
pire Lon Warneke already had
thrown out Eddie Stanky.
Stanky was ejected from the
game when he persisted in going,
through motions on- the field cal
culated to disturb the concentra
tion of a batter.
The Giants really had no de
fense, despite the fact there is
nothing in the rules prohibiting
such actions. There is no rule that
specifically states a catcher can’t
drop a live firecracker at a bat
ter’s feet, either, or that a second
baseman can’t use a mirror to re
flect the sun into the batter’s eyes.
But do you think such business
would be tolerated?
There was something leather
comical about Stanley’s antics, at
that. He’s an ornery, pesky little
guy out there, his alert mind al
ways buzzing with ideas to irri
tate the opposition.
He’s like an impish kid who,
told to quit pouring molasses in
Daddy’s new shoes starts carving
his initials in the living room sofa
with a razor blade.
Stanley’s theory is that anything
Charles Stops
Beshore In 14th
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 16—
(AP)— Ezzard Charles, bull
ied by mauling Freddie Be
shore during the early rounds,
stopped the Harrisburg chal
lenger in 2:53 of the 14th round
last night in the third successful
defense of his NBA heavyweight
title.
Referee Barney Felix halted the
contest with blood streaming from
Beshore’s puffed right ear and
mouth while the crowd roared its
displeasure.
The lean Negro champion from
Cincinnati never dropped the
swarming Pennsylvania Dutchman
although he had him in trouble
several times. Charles appeared
ring rusty and off in his timing
after a 10-month layoff.
Beshore’s onrushing style of in
fighting bothered the champion no
end. He fought in spurts, apparent
ly not sure of himself. Gathering
steam in the late rounds, he bomb
ed Beshore with withering body
and head punches.
Referee Felix had Charles out
front 12-2 when he stepped be
tween the blood drenched battlers.
Judge Anse Carroll saw it 12-1
with one even. Judge Lea Stachow-
iak had Charles out front 9-3 with
two even. The AP card saw 10-2
with two even.
The end came suddenly, just
when it appeared that the 5 to 1
underdog challenger was going to
last the route. A smashing right
staggered Beshore as he came out
of a clinch. Another right to the
head, followed by six straight
punches without return, left Be
shore wobbling in midring with
with his hands down. Noticing the
blood streaming from th^ear cut,
Felix intervened.
Coe Plays Early
In NAC Meet
New York, Aug. 16—(AP)
—The United States Golf As
sociation’s blind draw in the
national amateur champion
ships puts defending champ
ion Charles Coe to work an hour
after the tourney starts.
Play begins at 7:30 a. m., (CST)
at the Minneapolis Golf Course
Monday. Coe tees off an hour later
against Thomas S. Jamison Jr., of
Greensburg, „ Pa., who qualified
with a 76-78—154.
The blind draw, in which names
of 201 of the 210 competitors
were dumped in a hat, was no re
specter of reputations. John Daw
son of Hollywood, a member of
the last Walker Cup team makes
up half of the first twosome.
Only the nine exempt players,
all current or past champions of
some sort, were seeded.
The fourth quarter apparently is
blessed with more known talent
than any other. In it are Frank
Stranahan of Toledo; James Mc-
Hale of Bethlehem, Pa.; William
(Dynamite) Goodloe of Valdosta,
Ga.; Bill Campbell, the golfing leg
islator from West Virginia; Wil
liam Mawhinney of Vancouver, B.
C., the Canadian champion; Fred
Wampler of Purdue, Big Ten and
NCAA champion; Willie Turnesa
of Elmsford, N. Y.; Mai Galletta
of Douglaston, N. Y., and MacHun-
ter of Pacific Palisades, Calif.
is fair on a ball field except a
foul ball, and that 20 years from
now today’s teams will be judged
by their won and lost record, not
how they won or how they lost.
Personally, we don’t go for the
theory, as we think there is such
a thing as sportsmanship, even in
pro sports, and to win by subver
sive tactics is a little too much like
a guy turning in a glorious victory
in a street fight while someone
held the other guy’s arms.
Dorm 14 Clips Dorm 15;
TU Beaten by Dorm 16
Texas League
Dorm 14 swept past the softballers of
Dorm 15, 11-3, yesterday in intramural soft-
ball to move into a fourth place tie with
Dorm 16.
Winning pitcher Moroney held the losers
to three hits while striking outf
ten opponents, and allowing five
walks. Hershell Fitts, who yester
day pitched Dorm 15 to an eight
inning 7-6 win over Texas Geology,
was charged with the loss as the
winners hit him for 11 bingles—
one of which was a circuit, clout.
Two big innings were all that
Dorm 14 needed to safely tuck
away the victory, although they
had the game won in the third
frame when they sent five runs
across home plate.
Gerry Monks, the losers’ catcher,
however, stored first to put the 15
softballers in the lead when he
spiked home plate in the second
inning with John Meuller gaining
the RBI.
Rovinsky Starts
Starting the big rally for 14 in
the third was Rovinsky, who reach
ed first on a fielder’s choice. Left
fielder Nelson followed up as he
connected with a single, scoring
Rovinsky.
A base on balls was issued to
Carroll, then two consecutive hits
with Gibson and Holland handling
the stick brought in Nelson and
Carroll. Moroney was walked load
ing the bases, and Gibson and
Holland stole home to score.
Rovinsky and Fullerton scoi'ed
for Dorm 14 again in the following
inning and four runs came home in
the final frame to complete the
scoring for Dorm 14.
Singles by Echols, Mailhos, and
Fullerton together with a homer
by Nelson were the four hits ac
quired by the winners in the per
iod and each man also scored.
Dorm 15’s final scores were split
into the fifth and sixth frames
with John Mueller scoring the
first and Bernard Place gaining
the losers final score.
Waxahachie Wins
San Antonio, Aug. 16—(A 3 )—
Waxahachie won the State Ameri
can Legion championship here Mon
day, by downing St, Thomas of
Houston, 7-2 and 4-0 on the
strength of great pitching by Wil
liam Foster.
The double victory won Waxaha
chie the right to participate in the
National Region 6 American Legion
tournament at Baton Rouge, La.
beginning Saturday.
Cats Lose
Series To
Buffs, 0-3
Do&n 16 handed Texas Geology its sec
ond straight loss yesterday defeating the
Texans by a score of 3-1 in the second ses
sion of intramural softball.
Although the losers outhit the winners,
8-3, Dorm 16 pushed across two
runs in the initial period to win
its sixth game of the session. It
was the Geologists third loss of
the tournament as compared to
their six wins.
Winning pitcher John Thomas,
who gave up six walks along with
the eight hits acquired by TU,
aided his cause in the fifth frame
when he connected with a four-
bagger with none aboard.
Houston, Aug. 16 (A 3 ) — Vann
Harrington connected with a three-
run eighth inning homer last night
to give the Houston Buffs their
fifth straight victory and sweep
a three-game series from the Fort
Worth Cats, 7-4.
The victory reduced Fort
Worth’s grasp on first place in
Texas League standings to one-
half game over Beaumont and put
the cellar dwelling Buffs only a
half game behind seventh place
Shreveport.
Bud Hardin singled into center
with two out and the bases loaded
for two runs Houston needed to
knot the count at 4-4 in the sev
enth.
Shreveport, La., Aug. 16 (A 3 )—
Jim Blackburn blanked the Shreve
port Sports on three hits last night
as the Tulsa Oilers defeated the
Sports 2-0 in the Texas League.
Blackburn pitched no-hit ball
untill the fifth inning when Ted
Bosiack singled with two down.
Bosiak got the Sports’ second hit
in the eighth and Bobby Wilkins
got the other sport hit.
•
Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 16 (A 3 )—
The Beaumont Roughnecks scored
four runs in the eighth inning here
last night to sweep the series from
Oklahoma City’s Indians 10-7.
The victory coupled with Fort
Worth’s loss to Houston, brought
the Roughnecks to within one-half
game of the Texas League lead,
San Antonio, Aug. 16 (A 3 )—The
San Antonio Missions parlayed
their greatest hitting output of
the season,- 17 safeties, into 10 to 5
victory over the Dallas Eagles
Tuesday night.
Good Field Support
Good support from the field was
a strong point in Dorm 16’s vic
tory as the winners marked up 12
put outs on flys.
Willie Hovel, Dorm 16’s short
stop who had walked to first,
started the scoring in the open
ing inning when he crossed home
plate on R. G. Taylor’s single.
Pete Stravolemes’ bingle to the
outfield brought Taylor home for
the winning run of the game.
TU’s only score came in the
fourth when John Cooley, losing
pitcher, singled to reach first and
scored a few moments later with
the aid of third baseman Dean’s
single.
Thomas was in hot water in
seventh inning when with three
men aboard, big catcher McGhee,
who had a single to his credit earl
ier in the game, stepped into the
batter’s box. McGhee flyed out to
give Thomas his fifth win of the
Ransom Downs Harbert
For O’Shanter Title
Chicago, Aug. 16—(A 3 )—Henry
Ransom of Dallas, going six under
par of five consecutive holes, beat
Chick Harbert of Detroit 69-82 in
an 18 hole playoff yesterday to
win the $11,000 pot of gold at Tam
O’Shanter’s “world” golf cham
pion. Harbert settled for $5,000.
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