Friday, March 16, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page 3
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As 23 Champs Crowned
Ity JOE BLANCHETTE
Batt Sports Staff
Climaxing another successful
year in the ring and on the mats,
the Intramural Department’s an
nual Fite Nite was reeled off last
night amid tons of action. Gloves
flew and bones creaked as 23 Ca
dets were crowned king in the var
ious boxing and wrestling weight
divisions.
A sparse crowd of around 1500
was on hand in DeWare Field
House to witness the thrilling con
tests as well as the weightlifting
and gymnastics show.
The weight-lifting exhibition
spotlighted a personal struggle be
tween Dale Thompson and Frank
Thurmond.
Thompson managed to toss
weights above his head totaling
230 pounds. Thurmond was only
five pounds short of the mark as
he snatched 225 pounds.
At the conclusion of their act
the two barbell artists pressed 400
pounds with their combined efforts.
Table Tennis
An exhibition table tennis match
staged at the annual Fite Nite fes
tivities featured a duel between
It. G. DeBerry and Bob Duncan,
two Aggie net stars.
DeBerry won the first match but
Duncan, former Corpus Christi Ta
ble Tennis Champ, rallied to take
the final two games and won the
set, 2-1. The final game was cut
short due to the lack of time for
the wrestling and boxing finals.
Gymnastics
The gymnastics routines of the
A&M Tumbling Team held the in
terest of the fans throughout their
allotted time.
The members of the team per
forming were Bob Waggoner, Con
rad Webb, Bob Doby, Harold Turn
er, Cecil Boss, Bert Beecroft, Bill
Curry, Olan Boyd, and Craig Pat
ton.
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The two clowns, Bud Mathews
of the P.E. Department and Har
old Turner, were the hits of the
show.
Henson Wins
Rudy Henson of Company 8 won
the championship of the Freshmen
division 147-pound class by defeat
ing Charles Lucas of Company 3 on
a 6-3 decision.
John Brinkoeter of Company 6
fought; a gajlapt but losing battle
as S. E. Jeffers of Company 11
won the decision and the cham
pionship of the Freshmen 137-
pound division.
Kenneth Evans of Company 6
scored, the initial pin of the night
as he dumped E. Sanchez of Com
pany 11 to the canvas in 4:27. This
win for Evans gave him the cham
pionship of the Freshmen 123-
pound division.
Braslau Victorious
Bob Braslau, a Company 7 mem
ber from Galveston, garnered a 6-4
decision win over Gordon Porter
of the Fish to cop the 157-pound
Freshmen championship.
A1 Perkins of Company 2 built
up .a 4-1 lead over Bill Cox of
Company 7 then promptly pinned
the fighting Cox in 2:29 to take
home the championship of the 167-
pound Freshmen division.
Bill Dolney of Company 6 scored
a 7-5 victory over Gus Shaw of
Company 5 to win the 177-pound
class for the freshmen.
Richey Win Heavies
The battle of fx - eshnien titans
featured a bout between T. A.
Richey of Company 3 and Paul
Coronis of the Fish Band. After
grunting and groaning for 3:59 the
monstrous Richey flopped on Coro
nis for the win.
In the upperclassmen wrestling
Wayne Bradford, the CAC x’epre-
sentative, pounced on the tiring Joe
Jackson of D Vets to win the 147-
pound wrestling crown with a 4:14
pin.
Rudy Riviera pinned the defend
ing champion of the 123-pound
class in 4:59 to win the title. Royce
Brimherry struggled in vain to re
tain his crown.
Bob Fletcher of I AF amassed
the largest point total of the night
as he won the 130-pound class over
Curly Penn of F AF, 12-10.
Turner Wins
Harold Turner of L AF forced
Dare Keelan of H AF to the mat
in 3:05 to assume the championship
of the 137-pound class.
Conrad Webb of A Ordnance in
jured his knee in the early stage
of his battle with Dick Batten and
fell easy prey to the hew champ
of the 157-pound class.
Pete Manos edged Bill Lay in
points to win the 167-pound title.
Pierce Beats Stoddard
W. Pierce of Squadron 6 droned
to a win over A. R. Stoddard to
gain the crown of the 177-pound
class.
Big Don Grubbs of E Infantry
stopped H. D. Maxwell to win the
heavyweight class. Grubbs won
on a 6-5 decision.
Boxing Champs
The new boxing champs of the
’Mural Department arc John Cal
houn of Squadron 8, C Infantry’s
Quinton Milhollen, S. L. Fowler of
Company 3, Roy Abridge of Com
pany 11, D Vet’s Joe Jackson, Har
old Williams, and J. D. Guidry of
A Vets.
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These men are the various
champs of the 130-pound class, 137-
pound division, 157-pound weight,
167-pound class, 147-pound divi
sion, 177-pound and heavyweight
divisions, respectively.
NCAA Tournament
Tickets Available
One hundred tickets to the NCAA
basketball play-offs in Kansas City
went on sale at A&M’s Athletic
office this morning.
The tickets will be good to the
game played between Texas A&M
and the University of Washington
on March 22. Tickets for each night
are $3, while a tournament ticket
sells for $12.
Tickets will be sold on a first
come-first served basis, Barlow Ir
vin, athletic director, said.
Ag Baseball Team
Journeys to UofH
The Cadet baseball team, winner
of two intersectional games and
loser of one, will complete its two-
game series with the University of
Houston in Houston Saturday af
ternoon.
The Aggies defeated the Cou
gars here Wednesday 3-1 on two
runs by Cadet catcher A1 Ogletree
and a home run by sophomore
Charles Russell.
Pat Hubert, all Southwest con
ference right hander last year,
was on the mound for the Aggies
through the first four innings. He
only allowed one hit while striking
out six of the visitors before being
relieved by Ernest Johnson.
A&M could use one of nearly a
dozen hurlers in the Houston game.
So far Coach Beau Bell has sent
Sam Blanton, George Brown, Sid
Goodloe, Hubert, Johnson, Ed Sand
lin and Bob Tankersley to the
mound, and any of these could be
tapped for duty Saturday. Johnson,
a junior college transfer, and Blan
ton have seen action in two games.
Rest of the Aggie team shapes
up with Ogletree as catcher, Joe
Ecrette on second base and Yale
Lary on first. Hank? Candelari will
probably start in the spot with
team captain, Guy Wallace, at
short stop. Outfielders will be com
prised of Bill McPherson, Russell
and Hollis Baker.
John Boon and Bobby Hollman
split pitching chores for Houston
Wednesday and might see action
again Saturday. Paul Morrison,
Wesley Hughes, Jim Moore and
Bobby Vickers make up the rest of
the pitching staff.
Herb Boon and H. T. LaMadrid
will share catching duties, with
possibly Mike Jezerski on second;
Feelix Fraga on first; Lou Payton,
third; Ronald Walton, short; and
Joe Jones, Dave Gregg' and Floyd
Winfield in the outfield.
Aggie Swimmers Drop
Dual Meet to TU, 50-34
By B. F. ROLAND
Records were battered as the
Texas Longhorn swimmers won
seven of ten events in the TU
pool Thursday night to down the
Aggie mermen 50 to 34 in another
Southwest Conference dual meet.
Five SWC records were bothered,
but the times were unofficial as
the Texas pool has been tempora
rily shortened with a bulkhead that
changes the length to 75 feet in
stead of 100 feet as it was previous
ly. The change has been made to
conform to NCAA specifications
for the national swimming meet
that is to be held there March 29.
The shortened pool allowed the
swimmers to have more kickoffs
from the walls and therefore re
cord faster times,- consequently,
none of Thursday’s times will be
entered in the conference record
books.
Ags Win 300-Yard Medley
A 300-yard medley relay team
of Bull Sargent, Tommy Comstock,
and Ralph Ellis copped that event
for the Aggies with a time that
was better than the official mark,
as they covered the distance in
3:05.
In the 150-yard individual med
ley, Van Adamson turned in a time
of 1:38.9 to garner additional first
place points for the visitors. Son
of Ag Swimming Coach Art Adam
son, the younger Adamson had been
ill prior to the meet, but did well
in aiding his teammates. Runner-
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up in this event was A&M’s Billy
Karow, who pushed the first-place
Adamson all the way.
The only other Cadet first place
was in the 200-yard backstroke
in which Sargent copped the honors
with a time of 2:27.8, followed by
teammate Don Blundell.
Gilbert Paces Texas
Eddie Gilbert paced the Texas
team with a first in both the 220
and the 100-yard freestyle events.
Gilbert bettered conference time
in both of these events, but the
TU All-American swimmer was
closely tailed by A&M’s Ellis in
the 100-yard division.
Johnny Crawford of Texas bet
tered his own 200-yard breast
stroke mark with a time of 2:25.3
as he hosed out A&M’s Comstock.
Tommy Butler, Ag team captain,
garnered a third place in the 50-
yard event in which TU’s Roger
Tolar took time honors with 0:23.5.
A Texas team of Lou Mangani-
ello, Bill Black, Tolar and Gilbert
had a time of 3:39.2 to win the
400-yard free style relay ahead of
Adamson, Butler, Ellis and Ka
row.
Wilson Wins For TU
Wynant Wilson copped the 440-
yard free style individual event
with a time of 5:13 to best A&M’s
John Ed Parnell and John Noyes,
who placed second and third re
spectively.
Kite Judge Takes to Air
Henry Schmidt (on wing of his Ryan Navion) makes a last-minute
check with Glenn Williams on the procedure he will follow in
judging the highest flyers in the College Station Recreation Coun
cil Kite Tournament. The meet, which Williams is co-directing,
will be held tomorrow morning beginning at 9 o’clock on the In
fantry Drill Field south of Duncan Mess Hall.
Cadet Thinly Clads
Favored in TU Dual
By RAY HOLBROOK
Batt Sports Staff
The Texas Aggie track team,
victors at Laredo’s Border Olym
pics, last Saturday will play host
to the Texas Longhorns in a dual
meet tomorrow afternoon on Kyle
Field. The meet begins at 2:30
p.m.
Led by soph weight sensation,
Darrow Hooper, tne Cadets will
be heavy favorites to win on the
basis of last week’s performance
in Laredo.
Texas however, will field a
much stronger team here with
the addition of several contend
ers from the football and basket
ball squads.
From the football squad comes
Carl Mayes, last year’s 3rd and 2nd
place man in the SWC 100 and 220
dashes; Bill Milbain, conference
runnerup in the shot; Bobby Dillon,
outstanding quarter miler who took
3rd in the conference meet last
spring; Byron Townsend, high
jump and discus specialist; and a
few others.
From last Saturday’s results,
the Aggies seem like safe bets
to win the shot and discus, the
Maroon,
In Final
White Gridsters
Spring Scrimmage
A&M’s Maroon and White grid
candidates square away Saturday
night for their final football scrim
mage as a conclusion of Spring
training. Game time will be 7:30
p. m. on Kyle Field.
Each squad has won one game.
The Maroons, quarterbacked by
Delmar Sikes and Ray Graves, were
victors last Saturday, rolling up
33 points to 21 for the Whites.
End Charley Hodge kicked all three
extra points to give the Whites a
21-20 victory over the Maroons in
the first scrimmage.
Spring drills have been uninter
rupted by weather after the one
icy spell which came the first week
of training. Drills began Feb. 12
and the first two weeks of train
ing were spent on offensive work,
while the remainder of the time
has been devoted largely to defense.
Linebackers, Guards, Ends
Coach Harry Stiteler said prior
to Spring training that finding
good linebackers, guards and of
fensive ends would be the main
problems in Spring training. Four
men are on hand for each of these
positions, but other players may
slip in ahead by the first game next
fall.
Charley Hodge,' Jerry Crossman,
Clinton Gwin and Jaro Netardus
have shown up well on the pivots
for the Aggies offense; while
Charles Saxe apd Walter Hill, both
sophomores, have developed into
standouts on defense. Hill, a con
verted fullback, is particularly vic
ious, throwing 207 pounds into his
tackles.
Nohavitza, two year junior letter-
man, Alvin Langford, a sophomore
letterman; W. T. Rush, senior two
year letterman > and Marshall
Rush, squadman, have the nod as
Aggie guards. The older Rush
Fish Basehallers Face Blinn
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A&M’s freshman baseball team
will meet Blinn College here this
afternoon on Kyle Field as its first
game of the season. Game time
is 3 p. m.
The Fish have 12 games on
their schedule which will r u n
through May 11. Seven games are
scheduled on home grounds, and
the rest will be away. The Cadets
won both of their games last year
with the junior college team from
Brenham by scores of 16-4 and 20-
6. The 1950 Fish had a seasonal
record of six wins to two losses.
Six hurlers, all right handers,
make up the pitching staff for
acting freshman coach, Wally
Moon. A pair of pitchei's,'James
Sills of Houston and Melvin Work
of Dallas, were two of the most
sought after basehallers in the
state. The team has been narrowed
to 35 players from approximately
70 candidates.
Following is the Fish schedule:
Mar. 16
Blinn College
College Station
Mar. 21
Blinn College
Brenham
Mar. 30
John H. Reagan High School
College Station
Apr. 3
Baylor University Cubs
Waco
Apr. 7
Wharton Junior College
Wharton
Apr. 13
Stephen F. Austin High School
College Station
Apr. i4
Rice Institute Owlets
Houston
Apr. 21
Texas University Shorthorns
College Station
Apr. 28
Wharton Junior College
College Station
May 1
Texas University Shorthorns
Austin
May 4
Baylor University Cubs
College Station
May 11
Rice Institute Owlets
College Station
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“Serving Texas Aggies”
brother, W. T., and Langford, a
converted tackle, have proven
standouts on defense.
Meyer Is Linebacker
A&M will have to count on two
linebackers from last year plus
four additions discovered in Spring-
training. James Fowler, a center,
and Robert Shaeffer, halfback,
played considerable ball last year
in these two key spots. But it is
another center, Hugh Meyer, who
dealt the Maroons misery last Sat
urday in scrimmage.
Meyer, team co-captain next fall
with fullback Bob Smith, was used
almost exclusively for offense last
season until the game with Georgia
in the Presidential Cup. Jimmy
Flowers, regular linebacker, didn’t
make the trip because of an injured
hand, and Meyer substituted to give
a fine performance in stopping the
Bulldogs’ running attack.
Faculty Volleyball
In Semi-Final Bout
: Faculty league volleyball goes
into the semi-finals tonight as the
Air Force faculty team tangles
with T. H. Terrell’s Civil Engineer
ing Department six in the Consol
idated High School Gym.
Probable starters for the Whites
Saturday will be Clinton Gwin and
Charles Saxe, ends; Sam Moses and
Russ Hudeck, tackles; Alvin Lang
ford and Elo Nohavitza, guards;
and Meyer, center. Raymond Haas
and Augie Saxe will be starting
halves; Glenn Lippman, fullback;
and Roy Dollai’, quarterback.
Starting for the Maroons prob
ably will be Jaro Netardus and
Walter Hill, ends; Bobby Dixon
and Jack Little, tackles; W. T.
and Marshall Rush, guax-ds; James
Fowler, center; Ray Graves, quar
terback; Donald Criswell and Char
ley McDonald, halfbacks; and Ber-
nie Lemmons, fullback.
440 dash and mile relay, the 880,
mile and two mile events and
the high hurdles and pole vault.
The Steers seem to be better in
the javelin, broad jump, 100-yard
dash and low hurdles. The high
jump should be a toss up since
Don Graves of the Farmers and
Ray Womack of Texas tied for
first at Laredo.
If Mayes is running, the 220
should be a good race with James
Baker and Bill Stalter of the Ca
dets top contenders. Baker is the
Ags outstanding 220 man but has
been bothered by bad legs.
The 440 relay will probably be
the closest race of the day. The
Maroon and White boys showed a
potentially grtat team in nipping
the Longhorns by a yard in their
favorite event last week.
Hooper is about the surest thing
in the meet Saturday in his favor
ite event, the shot, which he tossed
51’ 10%” last week, exceeding the
existing SWC record by 1’ 8”. He
will also be an overwhelming fa
vorite to repeat last Saturday’s
performance in the discus which he
took along with high point honors
in the Laredo meet.
Pole vaulter and’ Ag Captain
Jack Simpson will be shooting
for 14 feet again. He should be
closely pushed by his teammates,
Graves and Malcolm Marks.
Although winning last week,
Simpson made only 13’ 7”.
Texas’ Ralph Persons will be the
favorite in the 100 and low hur
dles. He beat out Billy Bless and
Bobby Ragsdale in the lows at
Laredo, but they are both pointing
for Persons this time in what
should be another top notch race.
Charley Meeks of Texas appears
to be the conference’s best broad
jumper but Ragsdale and Bill Hen
ry of the Cadets will be pushing
him.
A&M’s mile relay quartet of Ber
nard Place, Bob Mays, Fusion Mc
Carty and Don Mitchell will have
things their own way as will Mitch
ell and Mays or McCarty in the
440. It will be some time before
Dillon becomes a definite threat.
The Ags foremost soph surprise,
Ed Wilmsen, who won the Border
880 in 1:57.4 will have his toughest
competition from teammates Rob-
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