Aggie Nine Splits
Two-Game Series
With TCU; 6-7, 8-1
Tho Aggie baseball team broke
their two-game losing streak yes
terday when, behind the seven-hit
pitching of Pat Hubert, they
thumped TCU 8-1 after dropping
the first contest to the Froggies,
7-6.
Friday afternoon TCU had brok
en a ten-and-one-half inning 6-6
tie with a game winning single by
third baseman Harvey King—after
two were out.
Hig Hob Tankersley claimed the
distinction of going nine innings
without getting credit for a win
or loss in that first contest. He
was relieved by Sid Goodloe in
the tenth and Goodloe was touch
ed for the winning blow.
The Aggies punched out all their
runs in the first three frames, two
to an inning. A&M started the
fireworks when they got to TCU
Texas Nears
SWC Crown
Hy The Associated Press
The Southwest Conference base
ball race rolls into its final three
weeks with Texas out front by
six games but unable to boast an
unbeaten record.
This week finds Texas playing
only one game, meeting cellar-
dwelling Rice at Houston Friday.
Five other conference games are
on the schedule.
Conference Standings
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Baylor vs
starter Ed Mathes for two runs in
the first. Five walks in the second
gave the Cadets two more runs be
fore fireman Ed Salim came in to
retire the side.
In the third, three consecutive
singles produced the last two Ag
gie runs.
The “Big One”
The “big one” for the Aggies
was the last game of the series,
a game which saw them breaking a
two-game conference losing streak.
And a one-run dominence by TCU.
Hubert bested TCU’s No. 1 hurl-
er, Knobby Graves. Except for the
fifth inning when the Frogs push
ed across their lone run, Hubert al
lowed but one runner to get as far
as third base.
He gave up eight walks, but
fanned 130 and left 12 Frog run
ners stranded.
Strike Early
The Aggies committed most of
their damage in the first three inn
ings. They picked up two runs in
the opening inning and tacked on
four in the third. Their last two
scores came in the eighth without
benefit of a hit.
After Guy Wallace walked in
the first inning, North Side’s Yale
(See AGGIES SPLIT, Page 4)
First Game
A&M AB R 11 0 A
Ecrette, 2b 5 2 3 3 4
Wallace, ss 5 1115
Lary, If 5 12 4 0
DeWitt, cf 4 0 0 3 0
McPherson, rf 4 0 13 0
A-Baker, rf 1 0 0 0 0
Candelari, 3b 3 0 0 3 5
Munnerlyn, lb 4 0 0 11 0
Hamilton, c 4 114
Tankersley, p 4
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Fish Annihilate
Wharton JCs;
To Meet Texas
In a game marked by 22 hits
and one-sided scoring, the Aggie
Fish baseball team slaughtered
Wharton Junior College by the sec-
onl largest margin made by the
freshmen this year, 15-3.
Charlie Leissner, hard-hitting
shortstop from Austin, led the
Cadets with two hits, two walks,
and four runs out of three time at
bat. Pie had two runs-batted-in
to his credit, hitting a triple and
a double.
Lou Little, in his first starting
appearance, went the distance with
six strikeouts, nine bases-on-balls,
and allowed Wharton seven hits.
Tomorrow afternoon, the Fish
will try to even their series with
the Texas Shorthorns in Austin.
The Texas freshmen swamped the
Aggies here, 10-3, on April 20.
Monday, April 30, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Clean Sweep
Darrow Hooper
Epee Team Takes
2nd Gulf Crown
Texas A&M’s epee team brushed
aside three opponents to annex
its second straight Gulf Coast
A FLA championship in a meet
hold in Galveston Saturday.
The Cadets kept their unblemish
ed record intact at the expense
of Rice, the Galveston Buccaneers
and another team of Aggies.
After beating its first two con-
tenderk by the respective scores of
5-0 and 5-2, A&M met its stiffest
Goodloe, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 8 32 17
A—Ran for McPherson in 0th.
B—Forced out Hamilton in 10th.
X—Two out when winning run
scored.
TCU AB R H O A
Rose, rf 6 1110
Ethridge, 2b 3 2 14 1
King, 3b 3 0-112
Elliott, lb 5 0 0 9 0
Carroll, ss 5 13 4 5
Barnes, cf 5 114 0
Reynolds, If 4 0 1) 1 0
Looney, c 4 2 19 1
Mathes, p ...^ 0 0 0 0 3
Salim, p 4 0 117
Totals 39 7 9 34 19
A&M 222 000 000 00—6 8 1
TCU 201 100 020 01—7 9 2
E—Wallace, Reynolds, Barnes.
R—Ecrette 2, Wallace, Lary, Ham
ilton, Tankersley, Rose, Ethridge
2, Carroll, Barnes, Looney 2. RBI—
Wallace, McPherson, 2, Candelari
2, Rose, King, Carroll 3, Barnes,
Salim. 2B—Rose, Lary. 3B—Car-
roll. SB—Rose, Ecrette, Candelari.
S—Looney. DP—Wallace to Ever
ett to Munnerlyn 2. Left—Texas
A&M 11, TCU 6. BB—Tankersley
3, Goodloe 2, Mathes 9, Salim 1.
SO—Tankersley 3, Mathes 3, Sal
im 5. HO—Mathes 4 in 2/3 innings;
off Tankersley 6 in 9. Winner—
Salim. Loser—Goodloe. U—May-
field and Johns. T-3:25.
Bill Munnerlyn
. . . got his first starting chance
at first base last weekend at
Fort Worth when the Aggies met
the Frogs. Munnerlyn. a sopho
more, made seven official trips to
the plate during the two con
tests, got one hit and one batted-
in.
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TU Softball
Nine Blasts
Ags at Austin
The A&M Softball Club lost its
first game of the season Thursday
when a University of Texas nine
pounded out only three hits to
form an eight-run barrage. Final
score: Texas 8, A&M 3.
Although the Aggies outhit their
arch-rivals four safeties to three,
they also out-errored the Long
horns by a wider and more costly
margin. While the Steers com
mitted only one error afield, the
Farmer nine was coming up with
seven.
Jewell McDowell was the lead
ing hitter for the Maroon and
White invaders as he blasted out
two hits in four official trips to
the plate.
Starting Cadet pitcher Lon Wood
lasted but one-and-one-half innings.
In that time he gave up three hits,
three passes and four unearned
runs. Woods struck out two.
Byron Beard came to the relief
of Wood and lasted the remaining
four-and-one-half frames. Beard
gave up no hits, struck out seven
and walked three.
Texas is due to come to Aggie-
land for a return match on May
12th. The remaining games sched
uled for the Aggie softballers irt-
clude the College Merchants, Nix
on Clay Business College and Mad-
isonville.
resistence from its own second
string.
A one-talley edge of only 5-4
was posted by the starting team
over their second string mates.
After disposing of their collegi
ate opposition, the Fanners met
the Buccaneers, the 1950 state
champions, for the division title.
Team captain Curtis Wilson got
the Maroon and White off to a
flying start by shutting out Jack
Baird 3-0.
John Gottlob followed suit by
beating Bill Brown and Wally
Schlather out-pointed Owen Holz-
heuser to give the Aggies a 3-0
edge before the Galveston crew had
time to realize what had happened.
The Buccaneers finally overcame
the terrific Aggie onslaught arid
cracked the win column for the
first time when Brown beat Wilson,
The Aggies bounced back a few
minutes later when Gottlob trim
med Holzheuser.
Baird prolonged the inevitable by
beating Schlather, but Wilson
wrote the finish to the match by
whipping Holyhcuser.
Gottlob paced the Cadet attack
with six wins against no losses
while Wilson won five bouts for
A&M and Schlather took four.
Ponies Need Only
TU Win for Crown
The fight for the team cham
pionship of golf in the Southwest
Conference enters its final two
weeks with Southern Methodist
heading the field but able to lose
it to onrushing Texas.
SMU has a 14-% - 3% record
and Texas 16-8.
Texas meets Baylor at Waco
Tuesday while Friday Southern
Methodist takes on the Bears at
Waco.
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THE MAJORS
Sunday’s Results
American League
Washington at New York: 0-4.
Philadelphia at Boston: 8-12; (Sec
ond game called in 3rd for Sun
day curfew).
Cleveland at St. Louis (2): 3-6;
1-13.
Chicago at Detroit: 4-0.
National League
St. Louis at Chicago: 6-3.
Cincinnatti at Pittsburg (2): 8-9;
1-1 (2nd game called in 10th for
Sunday curfew)
Hoot Mon!
A&M Tennis
TeamPlucks
Owls, 5 to 1
A&M’s tennis team found itself
again Saturday as it defeated
the Rice netters 5-to-l in College
Station. ,
Although they scrambled the
Owls beyond repair, the Aggies
suffered a loss in their supposedly
strong department—the doubles
combination of Ray DeBerry and
Royce Tate. Both Cadets won their
respective singles contests, how
ever.
The first match, which pitted
DeBerry against Owl Jack Turpin,
was taken easily by the Aggies.
DeBerry dropped the first set 3-6
to Turpin but went on to win his
other two handily. All other match
es were taken by the Cadets with
out the extension of more than two
sets.
DeBerry and Tate surprisingly
dropped their contest without much
argument as Rice’s doubles team
of Bill Fithian and Turpin took the
long end, 6-4 and 6-3.
This win was a sweet-tasting
cake for the Aggies for last year
the Maroon and White had fallen
before a terrific Owl onslaught,
six-to-nothing.
The Aggies have become a vast
ly improved quartet in the last
week or so. After Texas blasted
them 5-1, the A&M netters slug
ged Oklahoma 4-3 and then went
on to victory/ over Rice.
Next Saturday the Cadets will
meet their next Southwest Confer
ence opponent, Baylor, in Waco.
Results: Singles—DeBerry over
Turpin 3-6, 7-5, 9-7; Eugene Let-
sos defeated Fithian 6-3, 6-1; Tate
beat Comptron Rees 6-4, 6-4; Dick
Hardin beat Wayne Bennett 6-3,
6-1.
Doubles—Fithian and Turpin de
feated DeBerry and Tate 6-4, 6-3;
Letsos and Hardin beat Rees and
Bennett 6-1 and 7-5.
Boston at Philadelphia
(2):
1-0;
9-10.
New York at Brooklyn:
3-6.
National
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W
L
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Boston
10
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Brooklyn
8
4
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St. Louis
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Philadelphia
7
6
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2
Chicago
5
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Pittsburgh
5
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Cincinnati
4
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Cleveland
7
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Washington
7
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New York
8
4
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Boston
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Chicago
6
4
.600
1
Dertoit
3
5
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St. Louis
4
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Philadelphia
1
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7%
Fish Box Scores
Fish AB R H
Marin, If 4 3 1
Hunt, 2b 4 (L 0
Cunningham, 2b 1 T 1
Leissner, ss 3 4 2
Selman, lb 4 2 1
Schero, 3b 2 3 1
Stephens, 3b 10 1
Fuchs, rf 3 2 1
West, if 2 0 0
Lawrence, cf 4 0 2
McGee, cf 0 0 0
Patterson, c 3 0 0
Robinett, c 3 0 0
Little, p 5 0 0
Totals 37 10 15
Wharton AB R H
Trebig, If 4 0 1
Burnett, lb 4 0 0
Copps, 3b 3 0 0
Hurbish, 3b 10 0
O’Reagan, c 4 0 0
Keisling, ss 5 0 0
Woods, 2b 3 1 0
Fuentes, cf 3 13
F. Naiser, rf 3 13
L. Naiser, p 2 0 0
Totals 37 3 7
Ag Grapplers
Win, Draw
Houston, April 30 — CP)—Billy
Biesler paced the Houston wrest
ling team to victory tonight in the
state YMCA tournament; at the
Central Y. Heisler scored 11 of
Houston’s 50 points.
Other scores included: Dallas
28, Boys Ranch of Amarillo 26,
Texas 11 and unattached 10.
Summaries:
136 pound: Eddie Baker, Boys
Ranch, decisioned Steve Franco,
Dallas.
145 pound: Judge Henson, Texas
A&M decisioned William Bradford,
Texas A&M.
155 pound: Billy Hiesler, Hous
ton, decisioned Dick Batton, Texas
A&M.
165 pound: Coy Long, unattach
ed, pinned Bill Baker, Boys Ranch.
175 pound: Bill Reddish, Hous
ton, and Bob Potteet, A&M draw.
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Hooper’s Shot-Discus
Only Firsts At Drake
By RAY HOLBROOK
Battalion Sports Staff
Devastating Darrow Hooper, the
Southwest’.s greatest weight man in
its history, completed his clean
sweep of the weight events at the
nation’s top relay carnivals by win
ning the shot and discus at the
Drake Relays Saturday. Hooper
put the shot 52’ 7” to best the
nearest contender by over a foot
and won the discus with a throw
of 152.65’ for A&M’s only firsts of
the meet.
The Aggie mile relay, pre-meet
favorites, took third two yds. be
hind Drake and Oklahoma.
Jack Simpson copped a tie for
third in the pole vault clearing 13-6
and barely missing 14’ while Don
Laz of Illinois and Don Cooper of
Nebraska tied for first at 14-6, a
new record. Both Cooper and Laz
had jumped over 15’ last week.
Buddy Davis, Aggie high jump
star who was the meet favorite on
the basis of his 6-9 jump at Texas
Relays, cleared 6-3 and ended up
in third place tie.
High hurdler Paul Leming took
third in the high hurdles in a pho
to finish which was difficult to
pick without a picture. Don Brooks
of College of Pacific was the win
ner with Jack Greenwood of Kan
sas second. Val Joe Walker of
SMU was leading toward the end
of the race only to be overtaken
by Leming and the first two fin
ishers and end up fourth.
Drake Great
A&M’s 440 relay team finished
fifth in almost a photo finish race
won by Drake and followed by Io
wa and LSU.
Drake furnished the outstanding
relay teams of their own meet by
winning the 440, 880, and mile re
lays and setting a new record in
the 880 relay.
However, Hooper was the only
double winner of the two-day meet.
Though not holding the best marks
in the nation, Hooper is a great
competitor and hard to beat under
pressure. He completed a perhaps
unprecedented sweep of the two
weight events in the Texas, Kan
sas, and Drake Relays.
As far as is known this has nev
er before been accomplished. Hoop
er will undoubtedly be one of the
favorites in next summers NCAA
meet.
3:15.3
The A&M mile relay team of
B e r n i e Place, Fuston McCarty,
James Baker and Pon Mitchell ran
a 3:16 mile in Fridays prelims with
apparent ease. - The team took it
easy around the track with the ex
ception of McCarty who turned in
a blazing 48.2 and led all qualifiers.
In Saturday’s finals, Bob Mays
ran in the second spot instead of
McCarty and turned in a 50.2 440,
dropping from first to almost last
in the race. Place had brought in
a five-yard lead by turning in a
49 or slightly under. Baker in the
third position ran 48.4 to put the
Aggies in the race again. With
Mitchell blazing a 47.8 he failed to
catch the leading man by only two
yards.
IE Head Authors Two
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The May, 1951, issue of the IA
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articles by Chris H. Groneman.
One pertains to “Safety in the
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ers.
Their time was 3:15.3.
Drawing the outside lane in the
finals, the Aggie 440 relay of
Place, Bill Bless, Bobby Ragsdale,
and Bill Stalter already had a
strike against them. When Stal
ter roared down the home stretch
he found an official standing in his
lane holding the tape and he had
to break his stride and dodge to
miss the official.
A Fast Fifth
They turned in a fine 41.8 440
as it was and according to reports
finished a clear third a yard back
of the winner.
However, again as reported, be
ing in the outside lane the Aggies
were overlooked and the officials
had to be reminded that the A&M
team was in the race. The Aggies
were awarded fifth.
University 440-Yard Relay — 1
-Drake (Jim Ford, George Nichols,
Ray Eiland, Jim Lavery); 2-Iowa;
3-Louisiana State; 4-Oklahoma; 5-
Texas A&M. 41.7.
120-Yard High Hurdles — 1—
Donald Brooks, College of Pacific;
2—Jack Greenwood, Kansas; 3 —
Paul Leming, Texas A&M; 4—Val
Joe Walker, Southern Methodist; 5
—Jim Philbee, Bradley. 14:8.
Shot Put—1 — Darrow Hooper,
Texas A&M; 52 feet, 7 inches; 2—
Bob Carey, Michigan State, 51-4-
3/8; 3—John Vishnewsky, Mar
quette 49-1; 4—Ted Bleckwenn,
Wisconsin 48-8; 5—Marvin Ber-
schet, Illinois, 48-5.
Pole Vault—1—Don Laz, Illinois,
and Don Cooper, Nebraska, (tie) 14
feet, 6 inches; (New Drake record.
Former record 14-1 by Cooper, Ne
braska, 1950): 3-5—Tom Carroll,
Minnesota; John Simpson, Texas
A&M, and Paul Faulkner, Abilene
Christian, (tie) 13-6.
University One Mile Relay—1—
Drake (Jim Ford, Ray Eiland, Jack
Kelly, Jim Lavery); 2—Oklahoma
U; 3—Texas A&H; 4—Oklahoma
A&M; 5—Purdue. Time 3:15.
High Jump—1—Dick Meissner,
Nebraska, 6 feet, 7 inches; 2—
Dick Jones, Oklahoma, 6-5; 3-5—
Bob Gprden, Missouri, Walter Da
vis, Texas A&M; Jack Pensinger,
Western Illinois State; Ken
Stearns, Baker College (tie) 6-3).
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