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; Pa r eig a c 7 nj by Pol: e-dii 1\ and in 192 Rai intj mn IV ( S I hi ni ie V. gj hi 8 T T g If P a Page '4' THE BATTALION -Friday, March' 2,1951 Thinly Clads to Have Time Trials; Shaping Up Strong By RAY HOLBROOK Batt Sports Staff Another feature on tomorrow’s annual Sports Day agenda will be the squad time trials at 2:30 p. m. when the Aggie thinly clads run, jump, and pole vault along with the other events included in a track and field meet. Despite freezes and rains, Col. Frank Anderson’s power laden track squad have been slowly but steadily preparing for their first taste of real competition—the Bor der Olympics in Laredo, March 10. Good Indication With at least two competitive Saturdays behind them, the major ity of the boys are; ready for the final time trials, and the Sports Day throng should have a good in dication of the team’s chances for the coming season. Led by such outstanding stars as team captain Jack Simpson, Julian Herring, Paul Leming, Don Graves, Don Mitchell, Bill Bless, John Garmany, and a host of oth ers including Darrow Hooper, who unofficially broke the Southwest Conference shotput record as a freshman the Aggies have ample potential and may round into the greatest track team in A&M’s his tory. Hampered By Weather This year’s track squad has been considerably hampered by bad weather conditions and may be a bit slow coming around but this, according to Coach Ray Putnam, may be an advantage as boys who start a little late may finish fast, as did the Texas Longhorns last year in wrenching the Conference title away from the Aggies. With the most balanced squad since the great ’48 team, the Cadets apparently have but one event with no capable performers, that being the javelin, and someone may yet emerge to help the cause there be fore the season is gone. On the brighter side of the led ger, the Aggies have at least seven events where a defending champion or a definite threat for a first place is available. These events and the men to watch in them this Sat urday and possibly every Saturday are as follows: Simpson looks like a good bet for the pole vault king this year if he can beat teammate Graves. Graves was the surprise SWC win ner in this event last year at 13’ 6” and has cleared better than that this year. Simpson vaulted 14’ recently in competition. The SWC record is 13’ 11”. Herring is back to defend his mile crown which he took from teammate J. D. Hampton last year. However, Herring’s best competi tion is likely to be right at home in Garmany. Leming still is apparently the best high hurdler in the conference, a crown which he wore last year as a sophomore. Hall Gone Although defending champion and Conference record holder, Bob Hall will be missed in the low hurdles. Bless should take over as conference king in this event, as he was runner up to Hall last year. Bless will receive ample help as well as competition from Leming and Bobby Ragsdale. Mitchell Returns Back for his last year and a last crack at the elusive SWC 440 championship, will be Mitchell, the Ags top 440 contender. Mitchell stands a good chance for many firsts this year with the graduation of SWC record holder Tom Cox of Rice. Pushing Mitchell to his limit will be Berhie Place and perhaps James Baker, although it is doubtful that Baker will get his legs ready to held the team. Rounding, out the 440 crew to make up the mile relay are Juston McCarty and Bob Mays. These boys should field one of the best Ag gie mile relays since the ’48 team. They placed second behind OU in the Sugar Bowl track meet re cently in New Orleans. Hooper—Shot Put Soph Darrow Hooper holds the unusual distinction of being tab bed a favorite before he ever com petes in a varsity meet. However, that is exactly how it is in the shot put.. As a freshman Hooper exceeded the existing SWC record of 50’ 2 1/4” and should be far away the best in the conference, should he get even close to that mark. An excellent discus thrower also, Hooper, must, howevex-, improve over last year’s efforts before he can be ruled as a favox-ite in this event. Filling four year discus champion George Kadera’s shoes will take another year perhaps. Cager Davis Though not as strong as the aforementioned events, Graves and Buddy Davis should fare well in the high jump with the absence of SWC record holder Bob Waltus of Texas. Aggie broadjumpers Bill Henry and the all around Soph peirfox-m- er Ragsdale may turn in some val uable points after going pointless a season ago. Stalter Undefeated A&M’s perennial void in the 100 and 220 yard events is partially filled this year by Soph Bill Stal ter from Dallas. Stalter was un defeated aS a freshman last year and will be in the thick of both x’aces with the graduation of TU sprinters Charley Parker and Per- x-y Samuels. Alex Ortig, Clifford, Robert Al len, and Ed Wilmscn make up the 880 crew and should come around with lots of points later in the season. Cross country lettermen Jim McMahon, Charlie Gabriel, Marshal Layaidne, and Charles Hudgins will handle the two-mile chores with pei’haps Layarine the third miler. Mile Competitors Julian Herring John Garmany . . . will be vicing for top honors among the Southwest Conference thinly clad stars in the mile run event. Herring, a senior, copped the mile crown in the 1950 campaign from teammate J. D. Hamp ton, and ironically enough, this year finds his strongest competi tion for retaining the crown in another teammate, Garmany. Ag Tankmen Swim Against Time in Intra-Squad Meet By CHUCK NEIGHBORS Batt Sports Staff Adding to the full list of spec tator sporting events that are to take place tomorrow on the campus is an intra-squad meet featuring Coach Art Adamson’s Aggie tank-' men. Previously scheduled for 1:30 p. m., the starting time for the Sports Day contest has been pushed up to 2 p. m. With time as the only competitox-, the Aggie tank mentor expects his charges to give a creditable showing in the midseason warmup. Adamson is well pleased with the showing the Cadets have made thus far in the 1951 swimming cam- 1 can’t turn down a ARROW WHITE guy m an t t aj SHIRT ARROW.SHIRTS & TIES UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • SPORTS SHIRTS paign, with two wins and two loss es marked on the record books in season competition. Coach Adamson has had better than average material to work with considering the times turned in by free-style artists Ralph El lis, Tommy Butlei’, John Parnell and Van Adamson. The ybunger Adamson has added to his list of pool records with a time of 2:18.1 at SMU in the 220 yd. freestyle event. For the 440 yd. x-elay team, Coach Adamson can depend on football star Jimmy Flowers and also Don Blundell and Adamson. Bill Sax-gent spai’ks the back- stx-oke squad, with Blundell running him a close second. A&M’s big gun in the breaststroke is Tommy Com stock. Paul Shafer is getting more ex perienced in diving as the year wears on and is one of Coach Emil Mamiliga’s hopes for next year’s team. The Ag tankmen will wind up their activities for the season early in April when Van Adamson and possibly a relay team will go to tlxe AAU meet in Columbus, Ohio. Races will be held in the pool of Ohio State’s cup-winning teaxns. A previously scheduled meet with Rice last weekend was cancelled because Rice doesn’t have a swim ming team this season. Mai-ch 22-24 the swimmers will (See SWIM MEET, Page 6) Name Pos. f£ fta ft l»f tp Montgomery, f ..11 5 3 18 25 Darling, f ... 5 11 7 20 17 Addison, f ...49 76 29 44 127 McCx-oy, f ...20 12 10 29 50 Davis, f ... 9 0 0 5 18 Martin, c ...15 37 14 32 44 Williams, g ... 6 8 2 11 14 Baker, g ... 0 5 3 4 3 Dwyer, g ...50 44 30 32 130 Swatzell, g ... 0 0 0 2 0 Murray, f ... 1 0 0 10 2 Gallemore, f .... ...21 10 6 16 48 Harris, c ... 0 3 0 3 0 Othei's ... 4 5 1 4 9 Totals .281 216 115 229 487 FEMININE CONSENSUS; ARROW SHIRTS are the smoothest on campus! Every man looks his best in Arrow shirts . . . made with the best looking, most comfortable collar styles in the country. Mitoga cut to fit perfectly . . . Sanforized-labeled to keep that fit. Pick your favorites here today. GORDON BUTTON-DOWN “PAR” WIDESPREAD Crisp white oxford $4.50 Fine broadcloth $3.95 CLOTHIERS CoUege <fc Bryan *jqk amow uNivtmr $mts Fish Yardstick Fish 51 41 35 37 40 44 40 47 40 30 42 40 487 Gaines Played Opponent Lon Morris JC Wharton JC Rice Owlets Baylor Cubs Allen Academy Whax-ton JC Baylor Cubs Lon Morris JC Allen Academy Texas Shorthorns Rice Owlets Texas Shorthorns 35 38 33 47 47 57 49 69 59 49 53 51 547 LAST TIMES TODAY “The Hidden Room” SATURDAY “Kill or Be Killed” SATURDAY PREVUE SUNDAY & MONDAY yfaLrner3ro s > ELEANOR 1 I ttTRlOA Parker Neal Roman W1TW HANK lOVUOY LED EllMSON * WRITTEN BY MARTIN RACKIN eg filNA RAW SflHW-MWPlCIlIRESm-WlK, 'Beau 7 and His Brother, Too Diamond Coach's Name Has Meant Success Many Times ' A&M’s baseball team is current ly in training under Coach R. C. “Beau” Bell, a man whose last name has spelled conference cham pionships for the Aggies on two occasions. Beau hit the home run which won the first conference champion ship for the Aggies in 1931. His bi-other, “Woody”, got the run which beat Texas in 1937 and gave A&M its thii'd title. Prior to 1931, the Aggie base ball team had been perennial run ner-up to its arch-rival, the Uni- vei’sity of Texas when it came to winning baseball championships in the Southwest Conference. The Ag gies just never seemed to beat the Longhorns when the chips were down. In 1931, “Beau” was the captain and centerfielder of the Aggie baseball team. Thi^ teaxxi was the strongest that the Aggies had ever had and the one that Aggie rooters were hoping would break the 20-year jinz that the Longhox-ns held over them. The two teams rolled over all comers in their other conference games up to the crucial series in their other conference, games up to the crucial series that would de cide the pennant. They were tied for the conference lead, and this game was the last of the season and the one upon which the title rested. The strong- Texas team jumped on the Aggies in the first inning of the game for four runs. The Aggies, not to be disheartened, Bowling Team Members To Be Named Monday The A&M Bowling team will meet TU March .10 at 2:30 p. m. in the MSC Bowling Alleys. All- prospective members of the Aggie Keglers will meet Monday at 7 p. m. in room 3A of the MSC. Team members will be announ ced at that time. All men not on the team will become part of a bowling league to be formed later in the Spring. Bowling will follow the meeting. Coach Bell fought back and tied the score in the third inning. With the score knotted and two men on base, in the fourth inning, “Beau” came to bat with two men on base and two out. On the first pitch, Bell stepped into the ball and sent it sailing over the center- fielder’s head for the winning runs of the ball game. This one blow brought A&M its first baseball title in history and broke the Texas jinx. The final score: A&M 8, Texas U. 6. Come 1937 the same situation was again at hand—the Aggies and Longhorns tied for the lead, playing the final game of the sea son to decide the championship. In leftfield was Captain W. M. “Woody” Bell for the Ags. The game that year was of the harum-scarum variety. Texas scored in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to hold what seemed a margin of victory. However the Aggies wex-en’t to be outfought. In their half of the eighth inning they cut loose with a four-run rally that knotted the count. It was pretty dramatic situa tion. First man up for the Aggies in the last ralf of the ninth inning was Woody Bell. He got his feet set, anc^ the first ball that was pitched got taken for a 400 ft. jaunt over the right field fence. There was the ball game and the third championship for the Aggies * in 27 years. The final score of the game was 5-4 in favor of the Ag gies. So it is that these two brothers » were the deciding factors in win ning two of the five championships in baseball that A&M has won in the 46 years that the conference has been onranized. "Beau” went on to play profes sional baseball with St. Louis, De troit and Cleveland of the Amer ican League and was a star. Upon graduation “Woody” signed up, to play “big league” ball with St. Louis also, but gave it up to join the armed sex-vices as a second lieutenant in World War II. After a stint in pro ball after war service, “Woody” spent two years as an appliance dealer. Just this past week, he returned to ac tive duty with the Air Forces* as a major. He is to be stationed at San Antonio. TODAY & SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:31 - 3:02 - 4:41 - 6:12 7:51 - 9:30 INNOCENT MAN SOUGHT FOR NOW SHOWING “SEPTEMBER AFFAIR” TONITE PREVUE — IIP. M. HHUi urn: *»GIG YOUNG-CMA BALENDI IMS ANDERSON-CLEO MOORE „ MARY ANDERSON Froduud by LEWIS J. RACHMIL - Directid by GEORGE ARCHAlflMUO Nttkn b. 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