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Friday, April 13, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Cindermen Host Rice, Texas in 3-Way-Meet Hopes for Hurdlers By RAY HOLBROOK Battalion Sports Staff Quite an aggregation of track talent will be on hand for all sports followers to morrow afternoon at 2:30 on Kyle Field, as the undefeated Agp ie thinly clads play host to both Texas and Rice in a SWC tri angular meet. In the last three-way meet which was held in Houston, A&M came out the big winner with 82 points to 68 for Texas and 18 for Rice. Three field men and a quartet of relayers are the cream of the Aggie stars to perform Saturday if past efforts are any indication. Two of these outstanding boys, Harrow Hooper, giant shot putter, and Buddy Davis, a lanky tower ing high jumper, provided the thrills for the crowd at the Texas Relays last Saturday as they led the Ags to victory and established new records in their favorite events. Hooper tossed the shot 53’ 1” to wipe out Kansan Elmer Hackney’s 12-year old record of 52’ 3/4”. Hooper also came back later to win the discus with a 148’ 9 3/4” throw to become the meets’ only double winner and take home the trophy for the Relay’s outstand ing performer. Davis Spectacular In the most spectacular doings of the hot afternoon, Buddy Davis propelled his long 6’ 8” frame over the high jump bar at 6’ 9” for a new Relay record. The old record was held by Jack Razzito of San Diego State and Virgil Sevems of Kansas State at 6’ 8 1/4” set last year. Severns was second this year TODAY & SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:10 - 2:5(5 - 4:29 - 6:15 7:48 - 9:34 NEWS - CARTOON t*REYUK TONJGHfn P.M. FIRST RUN WEI), thru SAT. VICTOR MATURE Tim WltltAM MOORE • BENDIX NEWS. — CARTOON PREVUE SATURDAY II P.M. FIRST RUN Suifday thru Tuesday I •.« I • • 9 I i • I ■•IM LORETTA n V ’ MB ” 1 » “iS' V j SULLIVAN — as Davis looked unbeatable in his straight forward, unorthodox form. Ag thinly-clad captain Jack Simpson is the third outstanding field star to be seen Saturday in his favorite event, the pole vault. Simpson is undefeated in five meets this year, having vaulted at least 13’ 6” in every meet. His best meet vault is 14’ which he cleared at Beaumont in a dual meet with LSU. Simpson added more laurels Saturday at Texas Relays as he vaulted 13’ 9” to tie for first with Lemon of OU and Faulkner of ACC. Mile Relay Undefeated The Aggie quartet which ac counted for A&M’s only track vic tory is the undefeated mile relay team of Bemie Place, Bob Mays, Fuston McCarty, and Don Mitchell. They have won five races in five meets this year including their win last Saturday when they edged out OU in 3:17.0. Their best time this year is 3:16.0 that they ran at Houston in the first tri-meet. Some other outstanding Aggie stars due to appear Saturday on Kyle Field is Ed Wilmsen, soph 880 ace, who will be the target of SWC champion and record holder Otha Byrd of Rice. Wilmsen has beat Byrd twice this year turning in 1:55.1 in the Houston meet for the Southwest’s best time. He has lost only one race this year which teammate Robert Allen won. John Garmany and Julian Herr ing will battle in the mile and are expected to finish one, two for the Aggies as are Charlie Gabriel and Charles Hudgins in the 2-mile. A&M’s 440 relay will attempt to regain their mastery over Texas and Rice after a bad day in Aus tin where they failed to gain the finals. The team is composed of Place, Bill Bless, Bobby Ragsdale and Bill Stalter, who is the Aggie strong 100 and 220 entry, a likely favorite in the latter. Texas stars are Ralph Person, the favorite in the 100 yard dash and the low hurdles; Ray Marek, the SWC leading javelin thrower; TONITE PREV. II P.M. \O»tU0nr!r * A SONG AND ' . DANCE STORY . With LOVE , and Laughs UDUABYOF BROADWAY nowshowing M-G-M msEMY* SPENCER. TRACT JQAX BENNETT ELIZABETH TffLOR.v,. ■‘I Fathers little <$' LA Dividend” SAT. NITE PREV. II P.M. and Charlie Weeks, SWC champion in the broad jump and winner at last week’s Texas Relays. A&M’s Bless and Ragsdale are pointing to upset Person in the low hurdles and a good day on Kyle Field may turn the trick. The Steer’s Ray Womack and Ag gie Don Graves have been lead ing high jump aspirants until Davis made his spectacular jump last week. So it looks like Graves and Womack will be battling it out for second, as the 6’ 8” basket- bailer is the favorite in this event. Graves doubles as the Aggie No. 2 pole vaulter. From Rice comes Bill Howton, who seems to be the Owls best bet for first place in the high hurdles. However, SWC champion Paul Leming will be seeking re venge for two straight defeats at the hands of Hotvton. Top conference quartermiler, Mitchell will be seeking to lower his 440 time below 48.6 seconds, which is his best to date. Bobby Ragsdale Paul Leming Kyle Field Is Scene Of Baseball Clinic um A baseball clinic for all hoys of high school age will be held Sat urday morning on the Kyle Field diamond with both former and present Texas Aggie baseball greats serving as instructors. The clinic is being sponsored by Bill McPherson and Blanton Tay lor, two physical education majors who also are members of this year’s Cadet nine. They have acquired R. C. “Beau” Bell, Wally Moon and Joe Ecrette as special instructors for the school. All Time Great Bell, the new Aggie baseball coach, is one of A&M’s all-time greats in that sport. He also played professional ball for many years, including time with the St. Louis Browns, the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers. Bell led the American League in total number of base hits during one season. Moon currently is coaching the Fish squad while finishing his academic requirements for a de gree. He is on a leave of absence from the St, Louis Cardinals with whom he signed a contract last summer. Moon was a star out-field er for Omaha of the Class A West ern League last year; and was due to report to Columbus of the Class 1 AAA American Association this Spring. LAST TIMES TODAY (Special Late Showing 9:45 p.m.—-After Levant Performance) . “HAMLET” SATURDAY “The portrait of a heel!" ROMERO JUNE HAVOC i OHCfJ THIEF fri McDonald CHANEY SAT. PREVUE 10:30 P. M. Sunday & Monday Ecrette, like McPherson and Taylor, is still playing; college base ball. The San Antonio junior has been the regular second baseman for the Aggies for the last two years. The clinic is scheduled to begin at 9 o’clock with the first hour be ing devoted to infield play and pitching and the second hour to outfield play and hitting. A Inovie of the 1950 World Series will be shown to boys attending the school at 11 o’clock, then they will be special guests at the Texas A&M- Rice Institute baseball game which will staU at 2 o’clock. Wood Allows 1 Hit: B AF Tops W Band By JOE BLANCHETTE Battalion Sports Staff Lou Wood was the complete mas ter of the White Band as the lanky, dark-headed righthander allowed but one hit and fanned seven while his B AF teammates were busy scoring seven runs to defeat the bandsmen 7-1: The airmen tallied a single run in the first inning on a walk and two hits. The bandsmen also, scor ed their lone run in the first frame. Gets First Victim Jordan opened the Band half of the first by biting the dust on Gottlob, Mayes Lead Ag Foilers to Victory A&M’s fencing team got back on the victory road last week-end as the Cadet foil men won the college bracket in an Amateur Fencing CadetLinksmen Meet Baylor In Waco Today With four wins and one tie to their credit, the Texas Aggie golf foursome appears to be one of the current lead ers in coming Southwest Con ference play. Making up the team are two sen iors and two sophomores. The sen iors arc Bob Dohoney of Hills boro and Tony Guerrero of Mis sion and the sophomores are John ny Barrett of" San Antonio and Billy Baker of Houston. Their victories this Spring have been a pair over the University of Houston, and one each over Hard- in-Simmons and St. Edwards of Austin. In their last outing they tied Rice on the Bryan Country Club course 3-3. Aggie Coach Gayther Nowell is having the team work out on the Bryan course while workmen re pair the Aggies’ new 18-hole course for the SWC meet which will be held here May 11-12. “Sev eral greens have been dug up and other work done that should have it in top shape for the meet,’’ said Joe Fagan, course pro. Next in line on the Aggie sche dule will be the Baylor Bears in Waco Friday. The Aggies switch places in the No. 1 through No. 4 positions al most weekly. The team is so wqll balanced that Coach Nowell never knows for sure who the No. 1 man will be until just prior to their next match. Each man on the team has won his. share, of trophies in amateur tournaments throughout the South west, Probably the, most notable record of the foursome was made in 1949 when little Johnny Bar rett was runner-up in the National Caddy Meet, League of America meet held in Houston. Five teams participated in the AFLA contest including the first and second Aggie squads, Rice Iiv stitute, Galveston, and a team from the College Station area; Even though the Galveston crew topped the Cadets for the first place honors, the Maroon and White toilers went on to win the college division and therefore gain a berth in the state finals. The match that decided the col lege round saw A&M beat Rice 5 to 2. The farmers started off fast as John Gottlob downed Leo pold French of Rice and A&M’s Joe Mayes stopped Owl toiler Jack Slattery. Horace Flatt of Rice scored the first Institute win when he beat Bob Jones 5 to 4, but the Aggies bounced back as Mayes downed French. Gottlob Leads Cadets Slattery prolonged the match by beating Jones 5 to 3, but Gottlob whipped Flatt and Jones took French to sign “thirty” to the fray and send A&M into the finals. No. 1 Aggie fencer, Gottlob, was the mainstay of the match, as he emerged victorious in eight events and dropped only two. In second place according to the number' of victories A&M’s Mayes and sec ond teafner Willie Matthijetz scor er five triumphs apiece. strikes as Wood claimed his first strikeout victim. Don Greany, Band shortfielder, took three strikes but gained life on first as the AF catcher dropped the third strike and Greany beat the throw to the first sack. The next hitter grounded, out to. the shortstop but an error allow ed Greany to cross the plate with the tying run. In the bottom of the second the airmen gave Wood two more runs to work with on three hits and a walk. Wood Displays Prowess Two errors put the Bandsmen on base in the second but Wood quick ly retired the side on two strike out victims and a grounder to sec ond base. In the top of the third Wood again displayed his prowess as a hurler by fanning two and yield ing the lone hit the Band collect ed in the contest. The hit was wasted however as the fourth hat ter of the inning, Jenkins, ground ed out to shortstop. K AF Edges A Vets Reyes of A Vets and Rand of K AF engaged in a hurling duel for three innings before’the game was called because of the 6 p. m. curfew for all ’Mural softball games. The final score read K AF 2, A Vets 1. Rand retired the Vets in the first frame after facing four hitters one of whom reached first on a free pass from the airmen hurler. A doublcplay and a fly to left field retired K AF in the first inn ing. Rand allowed the Vet company a hit and a walk in the second but finally retired the side before any damage was done. The airmen gained their winning margin in the second on two er rors and a hit. Again in the third Rand allow ed the Vets a hit and a free ticket to first but this time the veterans managed to send a run across the plate. E AF Wins E AF edged C Infantry ip a close contest, 2-1. The artillerymen gained their inning on a walk to Marlowe and a circuit clout by Lewis. The infantrymen scored their lone run in the final inning with Jim Gorman crossing the plate with the single run. J. Paul Shcedy* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test We pay the highest prices for Used Bopks^* tir We maintain wholesale and retail lists the V^ar Apund, ; / - GET OUR PRICES BEFORE SELLING THE EXCHANGE STORE "Serving Texas Aggies^' : SHiEDY looked bird-seedy with his ruffled hair. He didn’t know feather, to bury his head, or go on a wing-ding! “Owl I ever get a date for the prom?” he asked his tree roommates. “You’re robin yourself of popularity, birdbrain,” they chirped. “Better be cagey and get Wildroot Cream-Oil! It’s non-alcoholic! Con tains soothing Lanolin! Grooms your hair neatly and naturally. Relieves dryness... removes loose, ugly dandruff! ’’ Now Paul’s flying high! The tweetest little chickadee on campus has him out on a limb. So get a bottle or tubs of Wildroot Cream-Oil at any drug or toilet goods counter tomorrow. And nest time you see your barber, ask him for a professional application. Then you’ll really be in there pigeon! ^ of 327 Burroughs Dr., Snyder, N. Y, J "VUidioot Company, Ipc., Buffalo 11, N. Y. Ag Diamond Squad Favored in Rice Tilt A&M will play host to the Rice Owl baseball team tomorrow after noon on Kyle Field. This will be the initial meeting for both nines. A&M goes into the fray with a 2-2 seasonal record in conference play. The Aggies won a pair of games from SMU, but dropped singles to Baylor and TCU. Rice has one win to four con ference defeats to date, with their single victory taken from TCU. The Owls lost their three games to the Aggies last season by scores of 9-12, 0-14, and 2-12. Pat Hubert . . . top man on the Ag hurling staff, will probably start tomor row against, the University of Houston Cougars on the Kyle Field diamond. Hubert, who tossed a no-hit game against Minnesota early in the season, is expected to be a big contender for All-Conference honors. Starting for the Aggies will be A1 Ogletree, catcher; Yale Lary, first; Joe Ecrette, second; Henry Candelari, third; team captain Guy Wallace, short; John DeWitt, left field; Hollis Baker, center field; and Bill McPherson, right field. Aggie Skipper Beau Bell will call on the services of All-SWC hurler Pat Hubert, who hurled a no hit game earlier this season and should be in fine form for to morrow’s game. In the Owl camp Coach Harold Stockridge will probably work lefty Roger Edwards on the mound with Dick Leeder in the bull pen if things get to hot for Edwards to handle. The remainder of the lineup should find Willie Hitt at second base, Doyle Beard at shortstop, Vernon Glass in left field, Rex Procter in center field, Parke Davis at third base, Dave Devine at first base, Bill Wright in right field, and Bill Golibart completing the battery with Edwards. 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