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
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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.
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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
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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)
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