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Friday, April 27, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Aggie Netmen Host Rice Here Sa tu rday The improving Aggie tennis team gets back into the con ference race tomorrow when it plays host to the Rice Owls on the varsity clay courts. The Cadets, who upset a strong Oklahoma team last Tuesday, are a slight favorite to avenge last year’s 6-0 drubbing by the Owls. The feature match will pit Cadet Kay DeBerry against the Owls’ Jack Turpin. Turpin, rated one of the best college players in the south, is one of the top favorites to cop the conference singles crown this year. Running a close second to the DeBerry-Turpin match is the Eu gene Letsos-Bill Fithian singles match. Letsos has established a near-perfect record playing in the No. 2 singles slot for the Farmers, and will be a slight favorite to down Fithian. Aggie Koyce Tate will be trying to improve his record at the No. .‘1 singles slot when he takes the court against Compton Reece, the Owls’ No. 3 player. Tate, who holds down the No. 1 doubles with DeBerry, will also be a slight fav orite to cop his match. Dick Hardin, the Farmer’s No. 4 man, will be pitted against the Owls’ No. 4 singles player, un known at the present. Hardin also plays the No. 2 doubles with Let- Fish Host To Wharton JC The Aggie Freshmen baseball team will meet Wharton Junior College tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 on Kyle Field. The Frosh have lost only two of eight games this year, one to Texas and one to Baylor. Where’s The Fire? Tune to WTAW, 1150 KC, and find out! When the fire is within College Station City Limits, WTAW will announce the location immediately. This will save you a call to the City Hall. This New' Service Courtesy of HOMER ADAMS - Insurance College Station Call 4-1217 Tri-City Team Drafts DeWitt (John DeWitt, formidably bas ketball forward for A&M for the past three years, has been one of ten basketball stars drafted by the Tri-Cities professional club of the National Basketball Association.) New York, April 25 —•C3W— Eighty-six college basketball stars, headed by All-Americans Gene Melchoirre and Sam Ranzino, were drafted Wednesday by the 10 teams in the National Basketball Asso ciation. Melchiorre, a 5-8 ball of fire from Bradley, was the Number 1 pick of Baltimore, which had first choice in the regular draft. Ran zino, lOth-ranking scorer among the major colleges last season, was the Number 1 selection of the Rochester Royals, league champ ions. The draft list in the order in which the players were picked by teams: Tri-Cities—John DeWitt, Texas A&M; Melhutchins, Brij-Jham Young; Bill Cosset, Colorado A&M; Ron Bontempts, Beloit; Jim Slaughter, South Carolina; Bob Sakel, Evansville; John Rennicke, Drake; Bob Ambler, Arkansas; Aaron Preece, Bradley; Wayne Tucker, Colorado. John DeWitt Tankersley, Hubert to Ag Hurling Chores at By BOB SELLECK Batt Sports Staff The Aggie Baseball team will continue its road trip with Bob Tankersley sche duled to oppose the weak-hit- ting Frogs in the first game of two against TCU in Fort Worth this afternoon. Tankersley will be opposed on the mound by Mike Salim, the Frog right hander that was given credit for the first TCU win over the Aggies. It is likely that the Frogs will counter with Norris (Knobby) Graves in the Sat urday battle which will give him a chance to rest after his recent six-hit win against SMU. Pat Hubert, ace member of the Aggie mound staff, will pitch in the Saturday game. Coach Bell is basing his strategy on the fact that Graves will be saved for the second game. In the first contest between TCU In Intramurals . . B QMC Rips A Athletics By JOE BLANCHETTE Battalion Sports Staff B QMC ran roughshod over A Athletics to the tune of 14-0 in an Intramural League contest yester day afternoon. 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Ray Bruns, A Composite twirl- Hurry - Hurry - Hurry to A&M PHOTO SHOP for a Mother’s Day Picture. er, was touched for a lone run by L AF in the second inning but this was enough to hand the air men a 1-0 decision over the Com posite men. B Odd Paces College View B Odd continues to pace the Col lege View League after smashing A Even, 18-1. The leaders were held scoi-eless in the first frame but scored one run in the second, 15 tallies in the third, and their final two runs in the fourth. B Odd batted around twice in slapping A loss on the A Even team. B Even counted a shutout win over D Rod, 8-0. Standings of College View. Won Lost B Odd ...5 B Even 4 A Even 4 C Even 4 A Odd 2 C Odd 2 D Row .0 Spring Time Is T Time The time when all smart men turn to Puritan “T” fashions in sportswear. 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Salim pitched the first seven inn ings for the Frogs but was re lieved by Graves in the final inn ing as the A&M nine rallied for three runs. Guy Wallace was the big gun for the Aggies as he connected for two doubles, drove in two runs and scored two tallies. Aggies Fourth The Aggie Ball Club now stands in fourth place in the conference with three wins and three losses. The TCU nine is fifth with two wins and four setbacks. A&M’s line-up will be the same as in previous games. Guy Wallace, team captain, will open at short stop and lead off the batting order. Joel Ecrette will start at second base and Yale Lary will hold down the initial sack. Yogi Candelari will play the hot corner. A1 Ogletree will handle the catching job for Hubert and Mart Epee Team Seeks 2nd Straight Title A&M’s epee team defends its 1950 Gulfcoast Amateur Fencing League of America championship in a meet in Galveston tomorrow. The Cadet epee men are unbeat en in three starts this year, as they show victories over Rice, Tarleton, and Texas. So the per fect record Aggies hope to main tain their show of prowess at the expense of the Owls and the Gal veston Buccaneers, who are the 1950 state champions. John Gottlob will lead the Farm ers into the fray, followed by Cur tis Wilson and Joe Mayes, as they entertain hopes of bringing back their second straight Gulf Coast title. Gottlob, Wilson, and Mayes are the same men who made up the 1950 crack squad. Wilson, the pace-setter of the squad, is probably the best epee handler in the state. Recently he won the Gulf Coast AFLA In dividual crown. Mayes placed sec ond in that same meet and Gott lob holds wins in the novice and junior division. Hamilton will handle the back stop chores for Tankersley. The Aggie outfield will consist of Shug McPherson, Hollis Baker and John DeWitt. Harvey King will operate the third base position for the Frogs and lead; off the TCU batting ar ray. Johnnie Ethridge will start at second base with Don Carrol completing the keystone combina tion at shortstop. Bill Elliot will hold down the Handle TCU first base post and Bill Looney will start behind the plate. In the outfield TCU will have three veterans, Melzer Rose, Wade Stepp and Bill Barnes. SMU Monday At the conclusion of the two- game series with TCU, the Aggie nine will journey to Dallas to tangle with the SMU Mustangs in a single game on Monday after noon. We pay the highest prices for Used Books— We maintain wholesale and retail lists the year 'round. ^ GET OUR PRICES BEFORE SELLING • • ' .. . • ■ " ■ - ’ ' ' C • • THE EXCHANGE STORE "Serving Texas Aggies" SPORTSMEN! ATTENTION!! 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