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Monday, March 19, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 It Was Tough, Ma, But Pm OK ,«ssff A-St Champions all, this sextette of pugilists took top honors in their weight divisions in last week’s Fite Nite. Top, left to right, are S. L. Fowler, Co. 3, 157-lb.; John Calhoun, Sqd. 8, 130-lb.; and Joe Guidry, A Vet, heavyweight. Below in the same order are Joe Jackson, D Vet, 147-lb.; Quinton Millhollan, C Inf., 137-lb.; and Harold Williams, College View, 177 lb. Not pictured are Louis Fincias, Leggett, 123 lb. champ, and Roy Abridge of Co. 11, titlist in the 167-lb. division. Hopes Are High for Ags In First NCAA Round With high hopes of winning in their first round of the NCAA cage tournament in Kansas City on Thursday, the Aggie basketball » quintet will entrain Tuesday after noon at 6:10 at the West Gate de pot to continue their rightfully earned pursuance of roundball prestige. « A large crowd is expected to be gathered at the College Station depot to wish the Cadet quintet and the SWC’s favorite son, John Floyd, “good luck” against fast breaking University of Washing ton cagers. Should Ihe Farmers emerge victorious in the first cage tus sle, they would probably find themselves matched with Coach Hank Iba's Oklahoma Aggies in a highly interesting teacher- pupil contest. Aggie Coach Floyd is considered one of the top pro ducts of Iba’s deliberate style of play. In addition to Aggie partisan laudation, the House of Represen tatives adopted a resolution Thurs day in Austin praising the team for winning the right to represent the » Southwest at the NCAA playoffs. The Washington quintet, winner of 22 games this past season and loser of five, will feature William * “Tippy” Dye’s own special brand of fast break and backboard con- ■ trol. The Pacific Coast team wrap ped up its crown in convincing style by nearly running UCLA to death before defeating the Bruins 70-51 and 71-54. Although A&M will be out matched by taller men. Coach John Floyd considers the A&M team anything but underdogs. The Huskies won all nine of their non-conference games, 11 of their 16 conference games and both of their playoffs. A&M, by comparison, won six non-con- fcrence tilts and dropped six, won eight of its 12 conference battles, and captured three of its four playoff games. A&M will probably start 6-8 Walter Davis at center, 6-5 John DeWitt and 6-4 LeRoy Miksch at the forwards, and 5-9 Jewell Mc- dowell and 5-8 Raymond Walker at the guard posts. Washington will probably field 6-7 Bob Houb- regs at the central spot, 6-3 Frank Guisness and 6-4 LaDon Henson as forwards; and 5-10 Louis Soriano and 6-1 Mike McCutchen at the guards. No. 1 substitute for A&M will be 6-3 Marvin Martin, forward and 5-10 Don Heft, guard. The Huskies have first string reserve power in 6-7 forward Doug Mc- Clary and 6-5 Duane Enochs, a center. If McCIary starts the ball game, then A&M will be out- manned in height at one forward position and both guard spots. The A&M team plans to leave here Tuesday evening at 6 by train. The Cadets will stay in the Muehlbach hotel, getting in one practice period Wednesday on the court. Washington and A&M are scheduled to meet at 9:45 p. m. Thursday. Ag Nine Hosts SHS After Loss to UofH By JIM ASH LOCK A&M’s baseball team meets Sam Houston State here Tuesday after noon after dropping their fourth intersectional game of the season to the University of Houston 7-3 in Houston Saturday. Thus far in the season the Ag gies have a fifty-fifty win - loss record, splitting bills with the Brooke Field Medics and U of H. The victory by the Cougars marked their first win over the Ags in four years. Sam Houston’s record is indeed impressive. They held victories ov er Texas Christian and Southern Methodist this season, and are gun ning for further prestige against the Aggies. Last year’s encounters between the two teams found the Farmers winning in College Station 6-3, but losing in Huntsville 4-3. Faulk to Hurl Those attending the game can expect to see the Bearkats’ ace lefthander Bruce Faulk mounting the mound against the Ags. During Faulk’s only performance thus far this season, in Sam Houston’s open er against Southern Methodist, he won over the Ponies 4-0. Coach Hap Malone’s Bearkat team is loaded with much veteran talent. Co-captain Jake Hughes, Bearkat catcher, will perform as Faulk’s battery mate. Hughes im pressive batting mark stands at .365 to date. Malone’s dependable infield boasts co-captain R. L. Farrar at first base, Ray Wilkins at second, Bubba Lloyd at short and Cotton Gottlob at third. Lloyd Spark Plug Sparkplus of the infield quartet is Lloyd, whose spectacular defen sive ball has many times proven the deciding factor in games so far this season. In Sam Houston’s encounter with TCU in Huntsville Friday night, Lloyd was the key man in a double play which quelled a Frog rally with the bases full and gave the Kats a 3-1 win. Oz Hughes, who, like Jake Hughes, has a .365 batting aver-age, will take position in right field. His mates will be Weldon Duncan in center and Oscar Roth in left. Hughes is another outstanding* fig ure in the Kats’ victory over TCU as he drove a triple into left field to start the Kats game winning rally. Any one of the host of Farmer moundsmen could be the starting hurler for the Ags in Tuesdays en counter, with the regular set of infielders and outfielders to back him up. Fish Top Blinn Handily To WinFirstDiamond Test, 11-1 In a slam-bang opener to the 1951 season, the Aggie Fish base- ballers slaughtered Blinn Junior College of Brenham by a lop-sided 11-1 score Friday afternoon on Kyle Field. The Aggies got off to a flying start when Buck Jackson, the first Cadet to enter the batter’s box, slammed a 350 foot homer deep into left center field. Shortstop Charles Leissner followed Jackson across the plate on a series of walks. In a surprising display of speed and control so early in the season, A1 Work, Cadet No. 1 moundsman, hurled five hitless and scoreless Graves Leads *7 1 ’ Prospects In Final Grid Scrimmage Winding up the Spring football practice session in an intra-squad scrimmage in Kyle Field Saturday night, the A&M Maroon team downed the Aggie White squad 26- 15. Leading the Maroons to their victory were Ray Graves, quarter back from Stephenville and top contender for this position on next years eleven, and Bernard Lem mons, 20 year old fullback, who was the game’s chief ground gainer throughout the entire contest. Also outstanding in the Maroon backfield was Charley McDonald, 5’ 10” 165 pound Port Arthur lad, whose quick starts and shifty run ning* proved valuable in the quick opening plays which gained much yardage for the Maroons. Donald Criswell, freshman Ma roon halfback from Rising Star, stood as the outstanding freshman pi*ospect on the Maroon team, scoring one touchdown on a Graves aerial and playing a fine defensive game. Looking at the Maroon line we find Jaro Netardus as a top pros pect for wingman duties next fall. Netardus was the game’s top pass receiver and offensive end. Jack Little, 6’ 3” 220 pound Cor pus Christi tackle, provided the in side strength to kill White attempts to break the wine colored line. As for the White team, they too were gifted with capable squadmen, EitherTheParson Spoke... OR MS PISTOLS DID!... ‘SimiNMY] Crown’ JOEL McCREA mM‘i\ TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY IlimEYr, hIisIm item ton kfoi TODAY & TUESDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start les - 3:21 - 4:51 - 6:34 - 8:17 10:00 NEWS — CARTOON although their chief asset lay in their speedy backfield. Glenn Lippman, throwing his full 170 pounds into the fullback slot, was the main cog in the White of fense. Lippman’s thirty yard touch down run in the first quarter show- e9 that Glenn is developing the drive necessary to get through the opposition’s line and then turn on the speed through the secondary, an ability which has lain dormant since his freshman days. Dick Gardemal, starting T-man for the Aggies last season, was the man under for the Whites, al ternating with Delman Junior Col lege transfer Roy Dollar. Augie Saxe, offensive right half back from Beaumont, was another of the game’s outstanding runners proving especially effective on ends runs. His defensive replacement was Don Pfefferkorn, who perform ed defensive duties very sufficient ly- On the White line Hugh Meyer was the main reinforcement as of fensive center and defensive line backer. Meyer and his 6’ 1” ,203 pound frame consistently clogged any openings in his side of the line and established himself as a sure starter on next years grid team. Also proving highly efficient in the White line were Sam Moses, 212 pound junior from Lockhart, and Russ Hudeck, 235 pound Hous ton junior. Pete Mayeaux and Johnny Salyer were the freshmen who stood out for the Whites, along with Bert Koegl, 204 pound end from Abilene. Salyer possesses speed and shifti ness within his stocky 5’ 8” body which aids him in slipping through the opposing defense, while May eaux has the power and speed so essential to an effective back. Capable talent was exhibited on both squads that, when combined into one team, could spell out the replacements for the large number of veterans which will be graduat ing from Coach Harry Stiteler’s squad at the end of the 1951 sea son. TODAY JANE WYMAN and VAN JOHNSON — in — “THREE GUYS NAMED MIKE” QUEEN LAST DAY Bill JUNE WILLIAMS NIGH SWROS-AUDREY. LONG CLEANED Stored Clothes Spurn Moths! Soiled, stored clothes make tasty morsels for moths ... so before you pack away those Winter clothes, let us give them a good cleaning . . . . You’ll be glad you did, this time next year. AGGIE CLEANERS N. Gate College Station innings before being relieved by James Sills in the sixth. Work fanned nine of the 18 Blinn batters who faced him. Although the game as a whole was slowed by the lack of able Blinn reserves, The Aggie fresh men played fast and smooth in their first taste of diamond com petition. The powerful March winds hurt the pitchers and put a wrinkle on the ball that fooled the batters. Speaking of batters, it was a right- hand-hitter’s-day with the near gale winds blowing right across the diamond towards the left-field fence. In the words of Coach Wally Moon, A&M-ex soon to take the field for Columbus, Ohio, of the American Association, “the boys have a lot of hustle, and are able to back their pitchers up with good fielding and hitting.” Hooper Stars as Cadets Down TU Trackmen By RAY HOLBROOK Batt Sports Staff Taking 12 of 16 events, the Tex as Aggie powerhouse track team completely outclassed the Univer sity of Texas to the tune of 91% to 44% in a dual meet Saturday afternoon on Kyle Field. So completely superior were the Cadets that they allowed Texas no points what-so-ever in the 880, mile, pole vault, 440 relay and mile relay while the Steers tool all three places in only one event, the jav elin. A&M took the first two places in the 220 and shot allowing Tex as one point in each of those events. Longhorn sprinter Ralph Person and the Ags soph weight man Har row Hooper tied for high point hon ors with two firsts each for 10 points.. Person nipped Cadet Bill Statler in a fine 9.7 100-yard dash and outran Bill Bless and Bobby Ragsdale in a fine 23-2 seconds low hurdle race. Hooper continued to dominate the shot and discus, again exceed ing the SWC record in the former with a 51’ 3” throw. His discus throw was 155’ 11”. All American fullback Bob Smith was a surprise second in the shot for A&M. The Aggie sprint relay of Ber- nie Place, Ragsdale, Bless and Statler again stymied the Long horns by a couple of yards with another 42.7 quarter. Assisted by a wind Statler also showed the way in the 220 with a fine 21.3, followed by Ag James Baker. Soph Ed Wilmsen continued to be the class of the 880 men leading the way to an A&M clean sweep followed by J. A. Terry and Rob ert Allen. Julian Herring, SWC mile champion, led another Cadet sweep with Marshall Lazari®e and John Garmany close behind. x.j*. j fill wherever you live $ 5 Sfiorf W4 M e-f° r ^e/> PIONEER This Easter — fly home on Pioneer. 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