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Friday, March 9, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Hooper, Simpson Favored at Laredo Laredo, March 9——The Bor der Olympics opened today with 981 athletes from 67 schools mov ing through preliminaries. The university division, in which A&M will be favored to repeat with the championship, starts action Saturday. Headed by Harrow Hooper, giant shot-putter; Jack Simpson, who has soared over 14 feet in the pole vault, and a crack mile relay team, the Aggies are expect ed to beat out a rebuilt Texas team, minus Charley Parker, the great sprinter of four years. Parker last year did 100 yards in 9.4 and 220 in 20.0 as top man of the meet but the Aggies won anyway. New Records in Balance Hooper appears likely to crack the shot put mark of the Olympics. The record is 46 feet 11 Va inches and the Aggie sophomore already has done 49 feet 10 Mj inches this year. Simpson, too, could set a record. The vault mark is 14 feet 1 1/8 inches. Only one out-of-Texas team is in the Olympics this time, that be ing Louisiana State. Oklahoma A&M, which always has competed here, won’t be on hand this time due to “financial reasons.” Four More SWC Teams The university division will have Baylor, Southern Methodist, Lou isiana State, Rice and Texas Christ ian. The college class has drawn 123 schools. These are North Texas State, defending champion; Abil ene Christian, East Texas State, Howard Payne, McMurry, South west Texas State, Sul Ross State, Texas A&I, Texas Western, Trin ity University, University of Hous ton, Texas Lutheran and Stephen F. Austin. TODAY & SATURDAY FIRST RUN •—Features Start— 1:10 - 2:56 - 4:29 - 7:48 - 9:34 STORY OF THE INFAMOUS TRI-STATE GANG! NEWS — CARTOON PREVUE TONIGHT 11 P.M. First Showing in Texas NEWS — CARTOON PREVUE SATURDAY 11 P.M. FIRST RUN Starring RICHARD AUDREY CONTE • TOTTER NEWS — CARTOON The Junior College Division, which has 10 entries, moves into preliminaries tomorrow at 8 a. m. The high school class has prelimin aries starting at 1 p. m. There are 37 high schools enter ed. They include Ball (Galveston), Brownsville, Edinburgh, Falfurrias, Harlingent, Laredo, McAllen, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, San Ben ito, Weslaco and Amarillo. Odessa is the defending champion. There are 500 entries in the high school class. Paul Faulkner of Abilene Christ ian, holder of the college division pole vault record of 12 feet 11 in ches, is back. Cool, clear weather is forecast. Champ’s Injury Changes Plans For Joe Louis Detroit, March 9—(AP) — An injured left ear yesterday sidelined Ezzard Charles for two months, dashing Joe Louis’ hopes for a crack at the heavyweight champion this April. The 29-year-old titleholder’s ear was puffed up in his successful 15- round defense against 37-year old Jersey Joe Walcott last night. His personal physician ordered Ezzard to stay out of action for at least two months. Charles, who was almost toppled from his throne in the fourth round by a crashing right to the jaw, had the swelling drained down from the ear at a hospital early this morn ing. Co-manager Tom Tannas said “The champ is okay but he’ll have to give the ear a chance to heal before he does anything else. How ever Charles is willing to meet any body the International Boxing Club offers. And that includes Louis, as soon as Ez is ready.” Louis, who received a thunder ous ovation from the 13,852 fans ($75,502 gross gate) at Olympia Stadium, left shortly after the un animous decision was announced. He didn’t receive the disappointing news until today. It came as a great shock to the Brown Bomber. Louis has had four fights, has trimmed down to 207 pounds, and he feels he is ready right now. He doesn’t want to waste any time. His 37th birthday comes up this May. Conference Cage Material in 1953 Waco, Tex., March 9—(/P)—Lom- eta Odom of Dimmitt erased a scoring record set only hours earl ier last night when she scored 47 points to lead Dimmitt to a 69-29 victory over Aledo in the first round of the high school girls basketball league state tour nament. Ruth Cannon of Cotton Center had scored 44 points earlier in the day to break the record of 40 set last year by the Dimmit ace. Cotton Center defeated Penel ope, 62-44. LAST TIMES TODAY “Guilty of 1 reason SATURDAY VIRGINIA MAYO GORDON mm EioiiiiiewmuHs »«<.«.-VINCENT SHERMAN SATURDAY PREVUE Sunday & Monday THE YEAR'S MOST-TO-BE-HONORED PICTURE’ AURKENNEDY irvIIFper Adapted tot the Sr.ree** by Stue bi CM>(i OowMi vuj leui* J Su>*«i On&nti U . . . is seldom noticed by the public in this soil of attire, but it’s a different story al to g e t h e r when this hustling Aggie forward paces the cage court in competition clothes. A sub for the earlier part of the season, Miksch replaced Martin against TU in Austin and has turned in out standing performances at his post in the last three games. He is a likely starter for to night’s game. Aggies Ride Home Court Edge Against TU In DeWare at 8 The cage teams of A & M and the University of Texas meet here tonight in the first of possibly three games to determine which team will represent the Southwest Con ference in the NCAA play offs in Kansas City Outcome of the game is as much in doubt as has been the setting of day and hour for the first game to be play ed. Officials of the two schools have finally picked Friday night at 8 as the time for the crucial event. The two teams get together in Gregory Gymnasium Monday night and again Tuesday night, if necessary. Athletic officials at A&M ad vised fans from out of town that there is little chance to get a seat for the game. A&M has more season ticket holders than can possibly crowd into the 3,500-cap acity DeWare Field House. “Even-Stephen” The tilt will be the “rubber” game since each team won its game on the home court. A&M de feated the Longhorns here 32-29, and then Texas was victor there 42-40. Both teams and coaches are well oriented in what will probably hap pen in the important game. The Aggies will play their deliberate ball, using Jewell McDowell and Raymond Walker to set up plays and center Walter Davis and for wards John DeWitt and LeRoy Miksch to press in for buckets. The Longhorns, will probably util ize their pressing defense, coupled with a wide open offense on the Cadets. The Horned Frogs first used pressure tactics successfully on the Aggies when the two teams met for their second game in Fort Worth. Texas then imitated the Frogs to defeat A&M in Austin and throw Texas, TCU and A&M in a three-way tie for the champ ionship. But the Aggies’ loss to Texas helped the Cadets in one respect: A new starter was developed in Gloves Fly When 14 Boxers Gain Berth in ’Mural Finals By JOE B. BLANCHETTE Batt Sports. Staff Fourteen men battled their way into the finals of the Intramural Boxing Tournament last night in DeWare Field House. The finals will be held Tuesday night if there is no third game between Texas and A&M in the playoffs for the District 6 NCAA representative. Harold Williams of C Vets blast ed Steel of C FA with rights and lefts to the head to gain the finals of the 177 pound class. The first round was comparatively slow with both men feeling each other out, but the second and third cantos found Williams finding the range on his opponent and driving home his blows to gain the win. Randell of Company 2 will be Williams’ opponent in the finals^ Randell leveled off on Guy Warren of C Armored in the first round and never relaxed his aggressive ness to nail the defensive cavalry man with the loss. Guidry Downs Strong J. D. Guidry of A Vets pounded Strong of A AF with some of the hardest uppercuts seen in the tour ney in the first round to gain the finals of the heavyweight class. Strong made a fight of it in the second and third stanzas but was never able to build up enough points to gain the nod over the experienced Vet. Guidry’s opponent in the finals will be Harper of Mitchell who drew a bye to fight in the finals. Quentin Milhollen of C Infantry hit Eby with everything in the books to gain the finals of the 137 pound class. Eby representing Company 5 didn’t lay a glove on Milhollen in the first round and scored with only four blows in the remaining two rounds. Picazo of A Vets will battle Milhollen in the finals after win ning over Fuller of Puryear. Abridge Meets Kirk Roy Abridge of Company 11 will meet Bob Kirk, of A AF in the finals of 167 pound class. Abridge gained the finals by walloping Mathews of Cordpany 8 in their three round battle. A.kridge scored with left jabs and hooks to seal the win. NOW SHOWING “ M U I) LARK ” TONITE PREVUE — 11 P. M. Also Sunday thru Wednesday $ «Sfr wwSSesi SATURDAY NITE PREVUE — 11 P. M. BLOCK-BUSTING BURST OF PAT O’BRIEN • RANDOLPH SCOTT release with ANNE SHIRLEY- EDDIE ALBERT* ROBERT RYAN ftoduwd by ROBERT FEEIOW • Directed by RICHARD WALLACE • Screen Ploy by TOM IWISI QUEEN NOW SHOWING EVaYM /LTOS JAMES ELM , IN PERSON Saturday Night 7:15 GGION HALL Ail Seats 50c sophomore Miksch. A demon on* grabbing rebounds, Miksch has averaged eight points per game since he pushed Marvin Martin out of the starting five. Last Time to Appear DeWitt, Martin and substitute center Glenn, Williams' will be ap pearing before home folk for the last time Friday. DeWitt made 144 points in 21 seasonal games while teammate Martin collected 122 points in 24 games. Martin has led the Aggies in free throw percent ages, hitting 34 of 54 attempts. A Waco boy and two-year letter- man in baseball and basketball, DeWitt has been called the “most underrated player in the SWC” by several sports writers. He has been a consistent all-around player in every conference game. Longhorn Lineup Williams, the other graduating player, has played in nine games this year. He has been a steady performer, particularly on de fense. Starters for the Longhorns will probably be James Dowies and Joe Ed Falk, fox-wards; Don Klein, center; and George Scaling and Frank Womack, guards. Beat Texas 4&M Soccer Team Defeats Dallasites Though hampered by strong South wind which made control of the ball difficult, A&M’s Interna tional Club Soccer team still rallied to defeat the Mulhauser Brewing Company of Dallas 1-0 last Sun day afternoon. Jaoquin Ortiz from Mexico, played a sparkling game as goal keeper and guarded his teammates lone score by turning repeatedly rough charges by the Mulhauser ten. Early in the second half, as the wind shifted behind him, Mexico —Aggie, Guillermo Cardenas kick ed the ball through the uprights. The members of the team are Guillermo Cardenas, Jaoquin Or tiz, Alfredo Pino and Tomas Mar- entes of Mexico; Armando and Mario Hidalgo of Costa Rica; Mar io Sol, El Salvador; Carlos Molina, Nicaragua; William Cunningham and J. Fett, Brazil; C. Arizmendiz, A. Lampert and Vh*gilio Tovar of Venezuela; J. Barragan, Peru, B. Otero, Boliva, and G. C. Artecona of Paraguay. For That Special Gift Gift Stationery You'll Want to Keep! Next time you consider giving a gift, come in and see our monogramming service. This service gives you a far more personal touch with your gifts. You can not go wrong with a monogrammed gift and you will be pleased with the satisfaction which comes with giving the best. Montag stationery with the name in gold will cause quite a sensation. The personal touch makes the gift something special, not just an ordinary gift. Mon ogrammed stationery is fine for Mother, sister, and sweetheart. Come in and ask to see bur samples. THE EXCHANGE STORE “Serving Texas Aggies” Kirk had a rougher time in de feating Anderson of the Fish Band. The first round appeared to be long to Anderson but the stout air man came back to capture, the re maining two engagements. Wilson of Company 4 outlasted Fulton of the same company to move into the finals of the 157 pound class. Wilson weathered a bad first round to gain the win. Fowler Wins Fowler of Company 3 shopped Childers of K AF to meet Wilson in the finals. Fowler was never behind as he nailed Childers with some of the hardest punches seen in the tourney. In a mateh which set a blistering pace Joe Jatkson of D Vets stop ped B. D. Manning of Company 2 to gain the right to meet Charles Lucas of Company 3 in the finals of the 147 pound class. From the first round to the last both Manning and Jackson were standing toe to toe and slugging it out. Lucas defeated McDuffie of Mil ner in another toe to toe match. In the finals of the 130 pound class Calhoun of Squadron 8 will engage Howard of A AF. Howard gained the finals by de feating Kupfer of Company 4 and Calhoun bested C Vets’ Castillion. "Mr. Bell, l heard every word you said — di 75 YEARS OF TELEPHONE SERVICE On the evening of March 10, 1876, on the top floor of a boarding house in Boston, the telephone carried its first intelligible sentence. It seemed like a miracle to our grandparents and great-grandparents. Yet today, the telephone is a part of our everyday living. And that is the real miracle — the fact that the tele phone has come to mean so much to so many people in so many ways. The telephone is an indispensable tool of business and government — to day’s tremendous job of production and defense could not be carried on without it. It serves in minor emer gencies and great ones. It helps main tain family and community ties. 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