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Wednesday, April 4, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Eight ‘WillReturn’ Left to risht, with their coach, John Floyd, is front is Raymond Walker, Bill Farmer, Don Gar- Glenn Williams, John DeWitt, Buddy Davis, Leroy rett, Bill Carpenter, Don Heft and Jewell Mc- Miksch and Marvin Martin on the back row. Up Dowell. A&M Athletes Exhibit Skill In Two Sports’ Four Texas Aggie gridsters and t a pair of basketball players are making their weight felt on the baseball diamond and the cinders this spring as “two sport” athletes. Most of these boys’ names made . headlines in basketball and foot ball, and they are making the starting team in track and base ball. Foremost among the track stars is Darrow Hooper, sophomore weight man from North Side, Fort Worth. , Currently, Hooper is making Southwest Conference history with his magnificent shot heaves. In four meets he has pushed the weight more than the conference record of 50 feet 2% inches to be unchallenged for first place. His most., recent performance at Jleaumont Was two feet seven in ches more than the existing record set by Aggie Boyce Irwin in 19134. Does All But Hooper did equally well last fall in heavy duty football. He handled kick off and extra point ' duties for A&M getting 38 of 51 at tempts for the Aggies. He lettered as a combination quarterback-end. ■ Hooper’s brilliant performances in the weights is over-shadowing another football star—Bob Smith. Bruisin’ Bob, who led the confer ence last year in rushing and rank ed third in the nation, has placed second to Hooper in both the shot and discus. Smith . . . Smith pushes the weight over 15 feet and has whirled the discus mox’e than 140 feet. Since he does pot participate in any out of town meets, Smith has only been in one meet, the UT-A&M dual on Kyle field. Shacffcr . . . North Side, Fort Worth, Lary was not only an ace defensive back last year but was the Aggies fin est punter for the second season. Lary has won two letters in football and one in baseball. And is due to start at safety for the grid team next fall. Law blasted Milner 13-8 in a slugfest held yesterdf\y.jp, tjjc:,Non- Mititafy Softball League of the In tramural Department. The first inning found both clubs shoving a run' across the plate. Milner scored their run off a single by McDaniel and a line double by Slentz. Connevcy Homers Law quickly retaliated in the lower half of the first frame with Connevcy, the Lawmen catcher, smacking a round-tripper with the sacks empty. Boyd held Milner scoreless in the second frame setting the Milner- ites down in 1-2-3 order. Law found the range of the Milner hurler, McDaniel, in the second canto by tallying three digits on two walks, an error, and a double. Milner Scores Milner managed a single mark er in the third while Law went “hit happy” and crossed the plate seven times. Ag Tumblers To Be Hosts By ED HOLDER Bait Eports Staff The A&M Tumbling Club will hold its invitational inter-scholastic tumbling meet April 14 in DeWare Field House. Tumblers on all types of appar atus such as the high bar, the (See TUMBLERS, Page 4) I rightfielder belted a homcrun to conclude the inning. Milner rallied for five runs in the fourth on six hits and two er- Law tallied single runs in the fifth and sixth while Milner could manage only one more digit off Law pitching in the fifth. Mitchell Scores Shutout Mitchell scored a shutout win over Leggett, 12-0, in a game which only went four innings. The Mitchell hurler, Mavry, pitched a no-hitter and fanned three in his four inning stint on the hill. Mitchell went to work in the first inning scoring two runs and really sewed up the contest in the second frame with a nine run out burst. Ping-Pong Finalists On April 6 A Chemical will meet A Engineers for the right to en ter the final round of the Corp Ping Pong Tourney and A Infan try will battle H Composite for the privilege to play D Infantry in the second bracket semi-finals. Law Wins Slugfest From Milner by 13 to 8 Score By JOE BLANCHETTE Bait Sports Staff Robert Shaeffer, defensive half back from El Paso, has also made points for the track team this sea son in the 440. An outstanding track man in high school, Shaef- fer should get even better later this season as he gets in better shape. Davis . . . Walter Davis, A&M’s All Con ference basketball center, tied for first last Saturday night with teammate Don Graves, in the high jump. Davis had little time to prac tice for the event before going to Beaumont but the giant junior from Nederland still leaped six feet six inches last year. DeWitt . . . John DeWitt, eager forward, is currently seeking his third varsity letter in baseball. He has just com pleted the basketball season in which he was third top Aggie scorer and winner of three letters. The tall, lanky Waco lad led the conference last year in home runs and battled a comfortable .304. Lary ... Yale Lary is starting first base- man for the varsity, A graduate, of LAST TIMES TODAY “My Foolish Heart” THLRSDAY^&lKiDAY FBESENTATION of UobjH l(Hils Ojv«ntAn'« Ireostiri ■ yS I sinllil . Sheffield led off the inning with a single and advanced to third on Jacobson’s hit. A walk to Thomson loaded the sacks and Boyd pasted a line single to send two men across the plate. An error put Lukemeyer on first and scored two more runs. Long singled advancing Luke meyer to third. Cairnes the Law mvTtt Bryan Z-SS79 NOW SHOWING QUfili NOW SHOWING IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT- Yes, tlie little things like a button sewed on or a hole patched, really make a difference in how well you appear .... and in how well you like the cleaners. So Cor expert cleaning, plus these little “EXTRAS”, bring your clothes to ... . CAMPUS CLEANERS ' « Over the Exchange Store ® Behind Sbisa * In “George’s” Basketball Letters Given To Eleven Eleven members of the A&M varsity basketball team and an equal number of Fish players have been awarded letters and numerals respectively by the A&M Athletic Council. The council lettered every var sity member of the Aggie team which won its first share of the Southwest Conference title since 1923. The Cadets also ended their 29-game season leading the nation team defense. Lettermen . . . Varsity letters were awarded to the following players: forwards A&M to Engage Two Opponents Here Saturday A&M will face Southwest Con ference opponents here Friday and Saturday in three different sports —golf, tennis and baseball. SMU will furnish competition in tennis and baseball, while the Ag gie golf team meets the Rice link- sters. The Aggies’ crack track team will be away from the campus again, participating in the Texas Relays in Austin. The Aggie baseball team will be facing its second SWC opponent, SMU. The Ponies collected two victories over TCU in a two-game series last week. Splitters A&M could well be called the “series splitter” that season. They played the Brooke Army Field Medics four times, two here and | | two in San Antonio and each team | won two games. The Aggies split its series with I Minnesota and the University of, Houston and hold single wins over | Sam Houston State and the El Do rado Oilers. SMU split its two games with Sam Houston, won a pair from Hardin-Simmons but lost a couple to Brooke Army Medics. Tankersley? Bob Tankersley, a right hander, will start on the mound for A&M Friday with Pat Hubert most likely to begin the Saturday game. The Mustang tennis team was undefeated in its five dual meets through Wednesday and should give the Aggie crew a tough time. SMU will meet Kansas State in Dallas Thursday and then play A&M here Friday afternoon. Tennis Team Ken Crawford, Herbie Karren, Daa Stansbury and Don Burkett of SMU will match their skills against Aggies R. G. DeBerry, Letsbs, Dick Harding and Royce Tate. John DeWitt of Waco, Marvin Mar tin of Houston, LeRoy Miksch of Waelder and Don Garrett of Fort Worth; centers Walter Davis of Nederland and Glenn Williams of Amarillo; guards Jewell McDowell of Amarillo, Bill Carpenter of Deer Park, Raymond Walker of Woodhouse, Don Heft of Corpus Christi and Bobby Farmer of Amarillo. Eight Return Of these 11 players on the cham pionship team which went to the NCAA Playoffs, the Aggies will have eight back next year. DeWitt, Williams and Martin are to graduate this June, but four- starters will be back next fall. Freshmen players who were awarded Fish numerals are James Addison of Lipan, Stan Baker- of Fort Worth, Thomas Darling of Abilene, Allen Davis of Luling, Ronald Dwyer of Wellington, Kan., James Gallemore of Pampa, Rich ard Harris of Anson, Paly McCor-y of Waelder, Roy Martin of Waxa- hachie, Vol Montgomery of Stam ford and David Williams of Col lege Station. 1st For Floyd Both of the basketball teams were coached by John Floyd new Aggie basketball coach who turned out a championship at Aggieland during his initial season. Four-Bagger Yale Lary . . . hit a home run in the Baylor game yesterday to account for the Aggies’ two runs. The “two sport” first baseman clouted one well over the left field fence in the fourth inning to score Joe Ecrette ahead of him. T Association Annual Pics are Scheduled Members of the T Association can now have their pictures taken for Aggieland ’51 at the Aggieland Studio, North Gate, Roy Nance, editor of the publication said this morning. Pictures will be taken in white sweaters with maroon ties. Satur day, April 14, is the deadline for- having the pictures made. TODAY thru SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:40 - 3:20 - 5:00 - 6:40 8:20 - 10:00 NEWS — CARTOON KHAKIS SEE US TODAY For Regulation SHIRTS and SLACKS Reg. Shirls 3.75 to 5.95 Genuine Army Craemerton Cloth SLACKS 6.50 (With Zipper and High Back) CONWAY & CO. "Your Clothing Store” 103 N. Main Bryan Bruins Trip Aggies 3-2 In Conference Opener By FRED WALKER Battalion Spores Editor The Baylor Bears totaled two base hits, a sacrifice and five big “breaks” in the first inning yester day to score the winning runs and slip by the Aggies 3-2. In a game which was the South west Conference opener for each club, the Br-uins took advantage of some shaky A&M infield play and a double and a single off of Aggie pitcher Pat Hubert to comb three big runs in the initial Baylor side up. Hubert, who had weakened mo mentarily in that first inning, went all the way for the Aggies and gave up but three more widely scattered hits. The pair of Farmer runs crossed the plate in the fourth inning when first baseman Yale Lary slammed out a rreat home run over the left field fence. Joe Ecrette, the only Aggie to collect two hits, scored ahead of Lary. The little second baseman had previously tripled. A&M was all set for- their first conference win in as many starts when “Play ball!” sounded punc tually at three o’clock, but Ken Williams, Bear third sacker and lead-off man rapped a double to left. It Starts Baylor’s first and only inning was underway. After Williams settled on sec ond, James “Buddy” Parker flew out to Hollis Baker, but catcher Lary Isbell reached first on air error. Williams went to third. A passed ball then carried Isbell to second and another one ad vanced the runners again. Williams scored and Isbell was on third. The bases started filling up again as Tyree Newton walked and outfielder- Charley Price sin gled into center to score Isbell and send Newton to second. Another Aggie error advanced Newton to third, Price to second, and gave life at first to Bruin first baseman Joe Miles. Shortstop Harry Davis then sac rificed Newton home and the third and final Baylor run had slipped across. Lary Homers A&M never took the; rag off the bush until their short rally in the fourth inning. Guy Wallace flew out to Price, but Ecrette promptly thumped out a triple into right- center. It was then that Lary lift ed one better than 320 feet. It looked as if the home team might slip across the tying run in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings, but every time Bear pitch er Ray Fitzpatrick, whose master ful control greatly aided each sit uation, clamped down and cut things short. With two out in the sixth, Ec rette got his second hit and extra baSe blow by slamming out a double to center. He wa& still there when the inning ended. Kept Trying In the seventh Henry Cahdelari singled to left and their stole sec ond, but again Fitzpatrick slapped down the third man and it was all over. Catcher Wilbur- Hamilton led of the eighth with a single between third arrd short, but he never left first. With only one out in the ninth, Shug McPherson doubled and the stands started screaming for the trying run. Fitzpatrick bore down on John DeWitt and Candelari and the ball game was over. Ecrette led the way for A&M with two of the Aggies six hits, a double and a triple, while Lary had a homer, McPherson a double and Candelari and Hamilton grab bed singles. Tough One ... Hubert, who allowed Baylor but five hits, fanned five and passed two, was the losing pitcher. Although he lost, Hubert never once was hard hit. The winning pitcher, Fitzpatrick, allowed six hits, fanned four and walked none. A&M will meet the SMU Mus tangs next Friday and Saturday on Kyle Field in their second and third conference games of the year. • BAYLOR Williams, 3b AB R II PO A .... 3 1112 Parker, cf .... 4 0 1 3 0 Isbell, c .... 4 1 1 4 0 Newton, 2b .... 3 1 0 4 2 Price, rf Miles, lb .... 4 0 1 3 0 .... 4 0 0 6 0 Davis, ss .... 4 0 0 2 0 Willoughby, If . .... 3 0 1 3 0 Fitzpatrick, p ... .... 4 0 0 1 1 Totals... ....36 3 5 27 5 A&M AB R II PO A Wallace, cc 4 0 0 4 4 Ecrette, 2b .... 4 1 2 0 2 Lary, lb McPherson, rf .... 4 1 1 10 0 ... 4 0 1 2 0 Russell, If .... 3 0 0 1 0 *DeWitt, If .... 1 0 0 1 0 Candelari, 3b ....4 0 1 1 2 Bakei', cf .... 3 0 0 3 0 Ogletree, c ^’Hamilton, c .... 2 0 0 3 0 .... 1 0 1 2 0 Hubert, p .... 3 0 0 0 0 * for Russell (8) ** for Ogletree (7) Score by innings: Baylor 300 000 000—3 A&M 000 200 000—2 Errors: Wallace, Ecrette, RBI: Price, Davis, Lary 2; 2B: Williams, Ecrette, Isbell, McPherson; 3B: Ecrette; HR: Lary; SB: Williams, Parker, Willoughby, Candelari; SO: Hubert 5, Fitzpatrick 4; BOB: Hu bert 2; PB: Ogletree 2 WP: Fitz patrick; Hits and Runs, off: Hu bert 5 arid 2; Fitzpatrick 6 and 2; LOB: A&M 4; Baylor 6; Umpires: Boneaw, Tongate; Time: 2:10. 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