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Tuesday, April 10, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Wilkinson SaysAgs
To Be One Of Top
Teams Next Year
By FRANK DAVIS and BILL STREICH
Battalion! News Staff
“Texas A&M is in one of the best positions of any college
in the nation to win national football honors this season.”
These were the words of Charles R. (Bud) Wilkinson,
head football coach and athletic director at the University of
Oklahoma. He made the statement to Battalion reporters
attending the Southwest
Journalism Congress held ^
and Saturday, April
7, at the Oklahoma
Friday
6 and
school.
Wilkinson, who kas carried his
Sooner squad to the post season
Sugar Bowl contest for the past
three years, based his opinion on
the fact that the Aggies retain an
exceptionally large percentage of
their 1950 team which gave the
Oklahomans a long afternoon be
fore being outscored in the clos
ing minutes of the game.
“Of course, the coaching situa
tion at A&M will have a direct
bearing on the team’s chances
in the 1951 season, “the Sooner
mentor added.
The Aggies, in Wilkinson’s esti
mation, had one of the three best,
if not the best team, that Oklahoma
faced in the 1950 season. Kentucky
and TU were the other teams
that were held in high regard by
the youthful coach.
“Boh Smith is the best offen
sive back that we faced last year
and probably the best ground
gainer that football has produced
since the close of the war,” last
season’s “Coach of the Year”
commented.
The 39-year old Wilkinson, who
brings his team to College Station
early in the 1951 season, said he
would have preferred to play the
Aggies in a large city such as
Houston or Dallas, because of the-
diffficulty in securing adequate ac-
*comodations in the College Station
vicinity for the large Oklahoma
squad.
When informed that A&M was to
r be written up in the Saturday
^ Evening Post as the “noisiest col
lege in the United States,” Wil
kinson said he felt organized yell
ing, a prominent feature at all
Aggie athletic contests, was a def
inite aid to the home team.
However, the yelling does not
seriously handicap the opposing
team, he added.
Bud Wilkinson
. . . told Battalion reporters at
a Journalism Congress that A&M
should be one of the top teams
in the nation next year. The
Oklahoma “Coach of the Year”
also stated that Bruisin’ Bob
Smith was “one of the best, if
not the best back” he had ever
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‘Sports Pages
Editorialize;’
Bud Wilkinson
A college football coach
took a look at college sports
reporting and came up with
a few pointers which he
thought might be helpful to
college newspapers.
The cohch was Charles It. (Bud)
Wilkinson of the University of
Oklahoma who spoke to delegates
from 13 schools attending the an
nual meeting of the Southwest
Journalism Congress held at Nor
man, Oklahoma, Friday and Satur
day, April G and 7.
“Today’s sports page, instead of
printing the straight story, has
drifted into a sheet giving the read
er little more than editorialized
comments and predictions,” Wil
kinson said.
A college newspaper, or any
other newspaper, should in the
opinion of the coach, try to pre
sent both sides of a sports con
troversy. An honest attempt to
get all the facts ought to be made
before the paper prints any kind
of story.
“ . . . Learn Sports ...”
“If a person really wants to be
a sports reporter, he should learn
as much about sports in general,
and especially the sports he wants
to cover, as he can.
“Most college athletic depart
ments will be glad to cooperate
with a reporter, but they don’t like
the paper to misrepresent the
facts,” Wilkinson emphasized.
Wilkinson, who is entering his
fourth year at Oklahoma as head
football coach and athletic direct
or is a graduate of the University
of Minnesota, where he received a
Bachelor’s degree in English. He
was voted the honor of being
“Football’s Coach of the Year” for
the last two seasons.
Dale Long, rookie up with the
Pittsburgh Pirates, hit at least one
home run in every ball park in the
Eastern League last season.
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Whip Wharton 12-4
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Battalion Sports Staff
In a wild ninth inning rally
sparked by the blow-up of Whar
ton’s pitching, the Aggie Fish
ti-ounced the Wharton “Pioneers”
Saturday, 12-4.
A1 Fuchs, Fish right fielder,
knocked out three hits, and scored
two runs to aid considerably in
the Fish victory.
The Fish pitchers held Wharton
to four runs and seven hits in a
fine exhibition of hurling. Sills
had a total of three strike outs and
Mel Work, who relieved him in the
fifth inning, had seven.
Errors Hurt
Errors in crucial places hurt the
Aggies and allowed one Wharton
rUn to cross the plate. Wharton
errors put five Fish on the bases.
Ernie Lawrence’s double with
one man on was responsible for
the Aggie’s first run in the fourth
inning. After Wharton had taken
an early lead in the second inning
after a triple by O’Reagan of the
“Pioneers” drove in a run.
Bob Naiser, Wharton pitcher,
did very well until the eighth inn
ing when A&M got to him for a
walk, a run, and a hit.
Ninth Blows Up
In the explosive ninth, Buck
Jackson began the inning with a
walk, and ended it with a strikeout.
Work started the fireworks with
A&M
AB R H E
Lawrence, cf 5 0 12
Milligan, If 110 0
Hunt, 2b 3 110
Marin, 2b 0 2 0 1
Leissner, ss 4 111
Schero, 3b 5 0 10
Stephens, 3b 110 0
Selman, lb 6 12 1
Fuchs, rf 5 2 3 1
West, rf 3 0 0 0
Jackson, If T: 2 1 0 0
Patterson, c 4 10 0
Sills, p 10 0 0
Work, p 3 110
Totals 43 12 11 6
Wharton
AB R H E
Pearson, lb 5 0 0 0
Williams, If 3 12 1
F. Neiser, If 10 0 0
Trojack, cf 2 0 0 0
Treybig, cf 10 0 0
O’Reagan, c 3 0 10
Woods, 2b 4 0 0 0
Fuentes, 2b 10 10
Hatch, p&cf 3 2 10
Copps, 3b 5 110
Kiesling, ss 4 0 15
Gilder, ss 0 0 0 0
Naiser, p 3 0 0 0
Totals.
.36 4 7 6
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plate yesterday for A&M. The
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nohth gats
a single through short, and Milli
gan and Marin walked.
Leissner struck out, Stephens
went to first on a fielder’s choice,
Selman singled, then A1 Fuchs
came to the plate and hit a base
clearing triple deep in left, field.
Coach Dalton Faircloth is fair
ly well pleased at the progress his
team is making^ both in the field
and at the plate. The Fish have
shown plenty of ability, especially
in the field, but their hitting still
has room for improvement.
Texas. SMU
In Wins Over
Baylor, Rice
Austin, April 10—OP)—The fast
slants of Jim Ehrler brought the
University of Texas from behind
to beat Baylor 5-1 yesterday.
Texas has a conference record
of 3-0.
Ehrler, using a right-handed
sizzling speed ball, struck out 16
Baylor batters and ' walked only
two, allowing but three hits. He
matched his pitching with good
hitting. In four trips, Ehrler got
two hits, driving in one run and
scoring another'.
Houstin, April 10—(A*)—SMU
jumped on three Rice pitchers yes
terday while taking a 9 to 3 verdict
from the Owls.
Fred Benners, Mustang football
passing ace, allowed the Owls
eight hits but kept them scattered.
Box Score
TCU
AB R H PO A
King, 3b 4 0 12 2
Carroll, ss 4 0 2 2 3
Ethridge, 2b 2 0 2 2 0
Elliot, lb 5 1 1 10 0
Barnes, If 5 114 0
Stepp, cf 5 2 2 2 0
Rose, rf 3 0 0 0 0
Looney, c 2 0 15 1
Salim, p 3 110 3
Graves, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35
A&M
AB
Wallace, ss 3
Ecrette, 2b 4
Lary, lb 4
McPherson, rf 4
DeWitt, If 3
Candelari, 3b 3
Baker, cf 4
Hamilton, c 2
Ogletree, c 1
Goodloe, p 2
Blanton, p 0
Hubert, p 0
a—Munnerlyn 0
b—Dishman 1
c—Britt 1
5 11 27 9
R H PO A
2 2 13
0 14 3
0 16 0
0 10 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 3 3
0 0 3 0
0 0 8 2
0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
110 0
0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 27 11
a—walked for Hamilton in 8th.
b—Singled for Blanton in 8th.
Score by innings:
TCU 000 302 00—5
A&M 100 000 03—4
Errors— McPherson, Ethridge,
Goodloe, DeWitt, Wallace, Ecrette,
Stepp 2, Salim, King, Wallace 2,
Lary. 2B—Wallace 2, McPherson.
SB—Candelari. DP—Candelari to
Ecrette to Lary; Wallace to Ec
rette to Lary; Ecrette to Wallace to
Lary Salim 2; Goodloe 6; Blanton,
1; Graves 3; Hubert 2. BOB —
Salim 2; Goodloe 6; Blanton 1
Graves 1; Hubert 1; Graves. PB—
Hamilton, Looney HBP—Ethridge
Looney 2 (Goodloe) LP—Goodloe
WP—Salim. Hits and Runs off Sal
im 5 and 4 in 7 (o out in 9th).
Goodloe 8 and 5 in 5 2/3. Blanton
2 and 0 in 2 1/3; Graves 1 and 0
in 2; Hubert 1 and 0 in 1. LO—
TCU 11; A&M 5: Earned runs—
TCU 2; A&M 4. Umpires—Ton-
gate, Bonneau.
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Frogs Score Three Unearned
Runs and Slip Past A&M 5-4
By FRED WALKER
Battalion Sports Editor
Aggie baseball pennant hopes
took a serious jolt yesterday after
noon on Kyle Field when the TCU
Horned Frogs scored three un
earned runs to upset A&M 5-4.
TCU just didn’t figure” to beat
the Aggies during pre-game time,
but the nine who had already
dropped two to SMU, whom the
Cadets whipped twice last week
end, rode home in the ninth on the
fireballing arm of Norris (Knob
by) Graves.
Trailing since the fourth inning,
the Aggies turned on the fire in
the eighth and tallied three runs
off of Frog starter, Mike Salim,
but Graves took the long walk in
and finished the chores.
The tying run had been Shug
McPherson on second but Aggie
left fielder John DeWitt bounced
out pitcher to first and A&M came
up one count short.
The big ninth was filled with as
much excitement as possible when
Henry (Yogi) Candelari led off
with a pass, but after Hollis Baker
and A1 Ogletree went down swing
ing the crowd momentarily cooled.
Rhubarb
Tension broke out anew, how
ever, after Candelari stole second
and tying possibilities again be
came bright. But after the base
was hiked, a good sized rhubarb
broke out on a reversed decision
which once more found the Aggies
on the mean end.
Umpire Bonneau, the balls
and strikes man, had signaled a
ball on the pitch which sent Cande
lari to second. With that, Frog
coach Walter Roach came roaring
off the bench in bitter dispute.
Roach claimed pinch-hitter Jim
Britt had taken a full cut.
A few minutes later, after Bon
neau hurried out to confer with
base umpire Jim T o n g a t e
the decision was reversed and a
three-two count was given to Britt.
That only added fuel to the fire as
the Aggie bench, belligerently led
by team captain Guy Wallace,
swarmed down upon the two of
ficials.
When the smoke, jerking heads
and sound expletives had cleared,
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Britt still had a three-two count
and everyone in the park was go
ing nuts Their sanity was re
stored 20 seconds later as Britt
fluttered at the big third one.
A&M had just lost its second
conference in four starts.
Fast Start
The Aggies’ bats and starting
pitcher Sid Goodloe started off as
if the game would be a holiday.
While Goodloe was eating Frog
gies whole, the Cadets bad already
scored a first-inning talley when
Joe Ecrette singled home Wallace
after the Aggie shortstop had
started mixing the salad with a
lead-off two-timer.
For three innings Goodloe
cramped TCU, giving up but one
hit and striking out five, but in
the fourth the sky fell in and three
Toad runs crossed the plate.
Two singles, an error, and an
other single brought two men
scampering home. The throw home
had sent RBI’ing Wade Step to
second and a passed ball advanced
him to third. After Goodloe had
clunked catcher Bill Looney with
the ball, pitcher Salim tossed out
an infield hit to send home the
third run.
Two more TCU runs scored in
the sixth after two were down.
Stepp had gone to first with his
second single and advanced to sec
ond when Salim walked. Lead-off
man Hervey King singled to left,
but the ball kept going through
DeWitt’s legs and rolled back to
the fence. Two Froggies came
home.
Strategy Pays
Coach Beau Bell sent in two
fast, small men to pinch hit in the
eighth. Bill Mutmerlyn drew a
walk from Graves and James
Dishman laced a single and sent
Munnerlyn to third. Wallace con
nected with his second double to
score both men. Wallace scored
when King forgot to throw in Yale
Lary’s foul out.
Hubert relieved fireman Sam
Blanton in the ninth and promptly
got in hot water as the first three
reached base on an error, a single
and a walk. Bearing down, he
struck out the next two men and
forced Stepp to bounce out, Cande
lari to Lary.
Wallace was the leading, batter
for A&M, getting two doubles,
scoring two runs and slapping in
two in three official trips.
Goodloe gave up eight hits and
five runs in five and two thirds.
He struck out six. Blanton let on
ly two Frogs hit in two and a
third innings while Hubert gave up
one hit in one frame.
The losing pitcher was Goodloe
while Salim grabbed the win.
The next game will be with Rice
next Friday at Kyle Field.
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