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Thursday, March 8, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 5 Ag Trackmen Open Season In Border Olympics at Laredo By BAY HOLBROOK Balt Sports Staff The Texas Aggies track team be gins its 1951 season Saturday when they travel to Laredo, for the na- t tion’s first major outdoor meet of the[ year—the Border Olympic. Defending champions from last year, the Cadets are due for a • much harder battle this season if they are to retain their title. The winning margin last year was 64- 40 over second place Texas, but 4 Coach Frank Anderson arid his charges will be very happy to get out with a 1 or 2 point victory this time. A&M vs Texas Other outstanding colleges prob- ably entered in the university divi sion will be Rice, SMU, TGU, Ok lahoma U., Oklahoma A&M, Bay lor, and LSU. However, the meet will no doubt finish with the arch rivals Texas A&M and Texas U. fighting it out for the top spot. ■Leading the Aggies after their second straight Border title will be such standout performers as Jack Simpson, top pole vaulter; Harrow Hooper, soph weight giant; hurdlers Paul Leming and Billy Bless; the Ag quarter milers and mile I’elay team; plus a host of fine distance runners. It Expected winners for the maroon and white include Simpson in the pole vault, closely followed by Don Graves and Malcolm Marks, who - together constitute the best 1 2, 3, punch since the Ags 440 domin ation in ’47, ’48, and '49. Favorites k Others will be Hooper, the Southwest’s greatest potential shot putter in a decade, in his favorite . event; Paul Leming defending his high hurdle championship; Billy Bless, a good bet in the low hurd les; either Don Mitchel or Bob Mays in the 440; and the Ag mile „ relay composed of Bernard Place, Fusion McCarty, Mays and Mitch- . 111. I Another group of farmer track- 'jf-Sters for whom high hopes are held is the 440 yard realy team made up of Place, Bless, Bobby T Ragsdale, and Bill Stalter, which ^Registered a 42.8 in last Saturday’s time trials. | Individually Stalter could pick j* up points in the 100 hundred ■jagainst Texas, Floyd Rodgers and m Red Mayes. Stalter, Mays, and “"James Baker of A&M should fight it out in the 220. Ag May Lead Ragsdale, the all around soph ■ performer, ought to finish well in ffi the low hurdles with the Long- p horn’s Ralph Persons offering the • best competition. Ragsdale will also broad jump along with 49 letter- » man Bill Henry, but Charley Weeks B of TU, the conference champion, • will rule favorite here along with t Paul Lucas of Baylor. ^ High jump aspirants will be § Graves and Jim Dimmitt, nephew '’Mural News Guy Warren of C Cavalry won a decisive victory over Lartique of Company 2 as the Intramural Box ing tourney completed its second night of action in DeWare Field House. In the first two rounds Lartique seemed clearly on the defensive from the 177 pounder representing the A Cavalry group. In the final stanza both mixed it up consider ably with Warren getting the bet ter of the battle. Roy Abridge of Company 11 gained a unanimous decision over Nick Nicosia of L AF. Akridge’s long looping rights and short jabs proved to be the important factor. Manning of Company 2 showed strong aggressiveness as he gained a three round decision over Gene Virden of H AF. Manning con sistently slipped under the long arms of Virden to deliver the blows which eventually won him the vic tory. Bowles of the Fish Band and Kupfer of Company 4 mixed in a bout which proved to be the most exciting of the evening as far as slugging toe . to toe is concerned. From the first round to the final bell both battlers were standing face to face and slugging it out. The final decision gave the bout to Kupfer. Calhoun of Company 8 proved too much for C AF’s Rivenbark as the potent freshman landed blow after blow upon the airman. WTAW Will Carry Baseball Games Gordon McLendon is coming to College Station and the Bryan area through the media of radio. The old Scotchman will be at the mike each afternoon to broadcast the 1951 major league baseball games over WTAW, College Sta tion. Last year WTAW brought fans over this section of Texas the races in both leagues, including the down-to-the-wire finish between the Philadelphia Phils and the . Brooklyn Dodgers of the Nation- j al loop. of former Aggie coach and train er Lil Dimmitt. Hooper will handle all the discus chores for the Ag gies as will Dan Pratt in the jave lin. Outstanding Ag half miler to date is soph Ed Wilmson, who turned in a 1:57.8 last Saturday to edge out Alex Ortiz at the finish. The third cadet 880 entry will be Robert Allen. Leading the half dozen fine dis tance runners for A&M are two other sophomores, Marshall Laza- zine in the mile and Charlie Gab riel in the two-mile. Gabriel as also runner-up in the mile last Saturday but will prob ably concentrate on. the two-mile at Laredo leaving the mile duties to Lazarine and Jorn Garmany. Other two-milers making the team are Charles Hudgines and Jim Mc Mahon. Hudgins is another soph who Gabriel barely edged out last Monday. Of the large 24 man squad going to Laredo, coaches Anderson and Ray Putnam say they are well pleased with the material, but the boys have too far to go yet to ever hope for more than a bare winning margin. Others Untried There is the large number of boys as yet unproved in competi tion. However, with the greatest potential team in many a year at Aggieland, the cadets must be tabbed as perhaps a bare five points favorite. Do It Aga i n Ags Gei 3rd Try At TU; JiC Playoffs In Balance Walter “Buddy” Davis, 6’ 8 ^ ” center for the Texas Aggies had just taken the ball from the backboards in the Texas A&M contest which was played in Austin Feb. 27th. Davis, who was chosen unanimously for All-Southwest Confer ence center by the SWC basketball coaches, is being closely guarded by Joe Ed Falk, Long horn center. Eleven points were scored by Davis in that game while Falk garnered seven. In the background is Steer leading-scorer, forward James Dowies, who tallied 12 in the game to be high-point man. When the two quintets meet in DeWare Field House in a two-out-of-three series, these three men will most likely be among the contest’s leading scorers. The game is slated to start at 8 p. m. There will be no reserved seats and the first come willl be the first to be served. March Sports Calendar Mar. 10 Track Border Olympics Laredo Mar. 14 Swimming Texas University Austin Mar. 14 3:00 p.m. Basebgll U. of Houston College Station Mar. 17 Track Texas College Station Mar. 17 2:00 p.m. Baseball U. of Houston Houston Mar. 17 Rifle Match N. T. State Denton Mar. 20 3:00 p.m Baseball Sam H. State College Station Mar. 22 Swimming SWC Meet Austin Mar. 22 Baseball Brooke Field Medics San Antonio Mar. 23 Swimming. SWC Meet Austin Mar. 23 Baseball Brooke Field Medics San Antonio Mar. 23 Track Rice and Texas Houston Mar. 24 Swimming SWC Meet Austin Mar. 28 Baseball Minnesota College Station Mar. 29 Baseball Minnesota College Station Mar. 29 Swimming NCAA N’tl. Meet Ohio State Mar. 30 Swimming NCAA N’tl. Meet Ohio State Mar. 31 Swimming NCAA fcl’tl. Meet Ohio State Mar. 31 Track , L. S. U. ' IBeaumont Mar. 31 Tennis U. of Houston. 1 Idouston. Charles Still Champion; Fans Boo All Decisions High And Low ■ Detroit, March 7—<2P)—For one long minute in the fourth round, old Jersey Joe Walcott held the world’s heavyweight title in his grasp. But it was not to be as heavy weight champion Ezzard Charles shook off the effects of a powerful right to the jaw and came back to win a unamious 15-i’Ound decision and retain his title. Booes rang through the Olympia Stadium as the 13,852 fans greet ed the verdict with one cat-call after another. The fans thought 37-year old Jersey Joe had deserved the nod in his fourth, and no doubt final shot at the prized title. Down to 193 pounds, the light est he has weighed in four years, the Camden veteran gave .the 29- year old champion the scare of his life. It was Ezzard’s seventh title defense and his toughest. The crown almost tottered from his brow in that long sixty seconds. Walcott caught the lean Cin cinnati champ with a smashing overhand right to the head and Charles was staggered. Charles swarmed after his older foe, belted him with lefts and rights that made Walcott’s knees sag, but he, too, let his setup rival get away. Although Charles seemed to have won by a wide margin, the crowd was tense as it awaited the offi cials’ decision. Referee Clarence Rosen scored it 80 points Charles and 70 for Walcott. Judge Joe Lenahan had it 83- 67 and Judge Jack Aspery had it 84-66. The Associated Press score- card had Charles ahead 80-70. As Charles’ hands were raised, fans sent out one derisive boo after another. Walcott was cheered lus tily as he walked about the ring in disgust. A <Mi$$ is as good as a / Two leading A&M entries in the Border Olympics Saturday will be high hurdler Paul Leming and low hurdler Billy Bless. Leming is the conference champion in the highs while Bless is one of the leading conference competitors in the lows. Coaches Frank Ander son and Hay Putnam will rely heavily upon these men Saturday when a probable eight college teams open the Olympics in Laredo. -but Cigars are a .Mant Smoke! Tow need not inhale to enjoy a cigar! CIGAR INSTITUTE OF AMERICA. INC, By FRED WALKER Batt Associate Sports Editor The Texas Aggies will get their third chance of the season to rope the Texas Steer when A&M meets TU tomorrow night in DeWare Field House. When A&M defeated TCU Tues day night in Waco, it captured the right to meet Texas in a two- game-out-of-three contest to de cide the Southwest Conference’s representative to the NCAA play offs at Kansas City. The SWC representative will meet the West Coast champs in the mid-western meat capital March 21st. One And One There has been an even split of one game each when the Aggies and the Longhorns met previously this season. A&M won the first game 32-29 in DeWare Field House. The second game, played in W 2 +Atol - * w ^ - Jack Simpson The outstanding Southwest Con ference pole vault prospect for 1951 will be Aggie track captain, Jack Simpson. Simpson recently broke the conference record in his event by S'/i inches, going 14’ 2” for the unofficial mark. Gregory Gymnasium, was taken by Texas, 42-40. After the first game is played in College Station, the next one, or two—depending upon whether A&M or Texas can win two straight—will be played in Austin. But the fact remains that the Ag gies have a good chance to go to Kansas City and, also, to break the 17 year “no-win” string in Austin. Who Starred? When A&M met the Longhorns last, it looked as if James Dowies and George Scaling would be the two main Aggie headaches. How ever, guard Frank Womack, for ward Joe Ed Falk and substitute Swim Meet Reset For March 14 The scheduled swimming meet between TU and A&M will not be held this afternoon in Austin as was previously announced, Ag gie Swimming Coach Art Adamson said today. The meet has been postponed until March 14 due to contruction being done on the pool at present. Formerly 100 feet long, the pool is being shortened to 75 feet so as to comply with NCAA specifica tions. The bulkhed is not yet com plete, but will be ready for next Wednesday’s match, concluded Adamson. center Ted Price beat some mighty drums. Dowies was the game’s high-scor er with 12 tallies and Scaling con tributed seven, but it seemed to be the other three men that really broke the Aggie’s back. It was Falk who tipped in the clinching two points as the game waned to its last five seconds. It was Womack who accomplished something which no other college basketball player had been able to do—hold A&M’s All-Conference, All-District 9 (NCAA) guard Jew ell McDowell, scoreless. It was Price who came off the backboards with the ball time and time again. Ags Favored The favorite in tomorrow night’s game will probably be the Aggies, since they have never lost a South west Conference game on their grounds this season. Too, they handled Texas with apparent ease when the two quintets played here last and coasted home after run ning up a substantial lead. Each team can field four men who have scored a hundred and twenty or more points this year. The top four for Texas are Dowies, 291; Scaling, 274; Falk, 182; and Klein, 126. For A&M there will be Walt Davis, 319; McDowell, 290; John DeWitt, 150; and Marvin Martin, 124. Two men from each quint have tallied one-twenty or better in con ference play. For Texas, Dowies (See DOWIES, Page 6) SPECIAL! 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