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I Winning Pigskinners ‘A” QMC, Upperclass Football Champs—1951 “A” Quartermaster emerged as the 1951 Intra mural Upperclass Football Champion, this year. On the bottom row is (left to right) Harvey Helms, Dwight King, J. C. Fletcher, Jimmie Will- son, Wayne Toepperwein and John Schaffer. Across the top row (left to right) is David Yea ger, June Clark, Frank Trahan, John Wagen- fehr and Roland Shivers. Dorish Pitches, Plays 3rd Base Here’s the sports oddity of the season—and yet everything was perfectly legal. Check the B o s t o n - Chicago (American) summary in the Major League Standings. Chisox manager Paul Rich ards pulled one out of his hat yesterday when he pulled Harry Dorish in the Bosox ninth. With Ted Williams due to lead off, Richards called in Lefty Bill Pierce and shunted Dorish to third base. Pierce got Williams to pop up and turned the mound chores back to Dorish, who went on to gain his first victory. Major League i con Bryan Z-SS79 i NOW SHOWING Stewart GRANGER Walter PiDGEON/,^ JJavid NIVEN -Robert NEWTON CUSACK-GRETAGYNTHAN*<U£N3» NOW SHOWING NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 000 000 000—0 1 2 Cincinnati 000 000 lOx—1 2 0 Bickford and St. Claire; Black- well and Pramesa. HR—Pramesa. WP—Blackwell (5-2). LP—Bick ford (5-2). Brooklyn 010 110 500—8 11 1 Chicago 000 040 000—4 6 1 Newcombe, King (5), Branca (7) and Campanella; Rush, Lown (4), McLish (6), Kelly (7), Leonard (9) and Walker, Owen; HR— Hodges 2, Robinson, Snider. WP— King (3-1). LP—McLish (1-2). New York 000 003 000—3 9 0 Pittsburgh ....020 230 OOx—7 10 0 Spencer, Kennedy (4), Gettel (5), Koslo (6) and Noble; Werle, Law (6) and McCollough. HR— Strickland 2, Thomson. WP— Werle (2-0). LP—Spencer (1-1). Philadelphia....100 000 -202—5 9 1 St. Louis 000 030 001—4 11 1 Meyer, Roberts (9) and Semi nick ; Ppholsky and Garagiola. HR — H e m u s, Slaughter, Seminick. WP—Meyer (2-1). LP—Poholsky (2-3). Today’s Pitchers Brooklyn at Chicago. — Erskine (1-3) vs. Minner (1-2). New York at Pittsburgh (Night). —Hearn (2-2) vs. Muir (0-2). Boston at Cincinnati (Night).— Sain (1-4) vs. Raffensberger (1-3) or Wehmeier (1-2). Philadelphia at St. Louis (Night) —Church (2-2) vs. Staley (4-3). LAST TIMES TODAY 44 A Lady Without Passport” THURSDAY & FRIDAY . .. v, • •: vt-.V-x-"-' ■ • •RIDE WITH THE IDEIS Starting DELMcCREA ARLENE DAHL THERE’S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT GARMENT’S CLEANED BY AGGIE CLEANERS North Gate . . College . . . Phone 4-4554 Standings W L Pet GB Brooklyn . 15 10 .600 Boston 15 12 .556 1 Pittsburgh ....13 12 .520 2 Philadelphia -13 14 .481 3 Chicago ... 12 13 .480 3 Cincinnati ....12 14 .462 3% St. Louis ... 11 13 .458 3% New York ...13 16 .448 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago ... .300 010 021 02—9 16 2 Boston .400 101 001 00—7 11 1 Judson,- Dorish (8), Pierce (9), Dorish (9) and Masi; Nixon, Mas- terson (8), Masterson (9), Kinder (9) and Batts. HR — Robinson, Williams, Fox. WP—Dorish (1-1). LP—Scarborough (1-1). St. Louis 015 130 001—11 10 0 Philadelphia..200 230 001— 8 12 2 Starr, Garver (5) and Lollar; Shantz, Wyse (4), Kucab (6), Zol- dak (7) and Tipton, Murray. HR— Zernial 2, Lenhardt. WP—Garver (5-2). LP—Shantz (1-3). Detroit 022 303 020—12 14 1 Washington..200 002 000— 4 9 2 Newhouser and Ginsberg; Con- suegra, Ross (4), Brown (6), Haynes (8) and Grasso. HR— Mele, Souchock. WP—Newhouser (3-2). LP—Consuegra (3-1). Only Games Scheduled Standings W L Pet GB New York 17 8 .680 Chicago 13 9 .591 2% Detroit 13 9 .591 2% Washington ..13 10 .565 3 Cleveland 12 10 .545 3% Boston 12 11 .522 4 Philadelphia.. 7 18 .280 10 St. Louis 7 19 .269 10% Bar-B-Q Set For Athletes By A&M Club Athletes from A&M’s Spring sports will be honored with a bar becue by the Brazos County A&M Club Tuesday, May 22. Each coach of the Spring sports will be on hand to introduce the players and announce the names of the letterman. Included among the honorees will be members of the basketball, baseball, track, tennis, golf, fenc ing, swimming, rifle and pistol teams. Tickets, which will provide ad mission for one person and one athlete, are two dollars each, and may be secured from Lipscomb Pharmacy, Cotton Price, G. A. Manning, Bub Mousner, Chief Riv ers, Ed Garner, Brownrigg Dewey, W. S. D. Clothiers, Conway & Co., Bullock & Sims, Joe Falk, Oscar Crain, W. G. Brezeale and P. L. Downs, Jr. Members of the local club and public may buy tickets until next Monday when sales close. TODAY thru SATURDAY —Features .Start— 1:16 - 3:27 - 5:38 - 7:49 - 10:00 FLYNN MIRIAM HOPKINS RANDOLPH I SCOTT HUMPHREY BOGART otftcefcp by MICHAEL CURTIZ Mutfctr'lURSUiMP Walter Can Our Collegiate Sports Really Be Called ‘Sports’? By FRED WALKER Battalion Sports Editor Is there such a thing as a collegiate sport? Sport: “That which diverts and makes mirth; pasttime; diversion. 2. A ^diversion of the field, as hunting, fishing, rac ing, games, esp. athletic games, etc.; also, any of various sim ilar games of diversions usually played under cover, as bowling, rackets, basketball etc.” Keep your mind on that esp. athletic games, tor it is there where the answer lies. To start from scratch, we say NO! At least this isn’t the case in the colleges any more. A European once remarked that “Americans don’t play for the sport, they play to win.” “Is this bad,” you ask yourself? “Should n’t you want to win if you are active in some sport?”) What’s the use of playing it in the first place if you don’t want to win it?” Those are all very normal, but mislead ing, answers. A lackadaisical attitude is worse than the pre sent situation. You have to want to win, but you don’t have to make the outcome mean the difference between life and Atta Sport You, for instance, get in a football game. You lose it. You realize that you have played to your utmost and know that your teammates have done likewise. Does this football game then remain a sport if you run about practically beat- ng your breast, or, perhaps, hide in a corner of the locker- room muttering curse words, condemning yourself or repeat ing the inevitable “IF, IF, IF ?” No, in the first place you wouldn’t be doing something like that un less you had a guilty conscience. In the second place, there can be nothing “sporting” in the contest if it renders you so helpless to your emotions. Now that is one small point, but the big one is this. All of our na tional .so-called “sports” cannot be classed as such any longer. They are businesses, and anyone who has enough guts to admit this will back us up. One doesn’t speak of a football game or a football team as such anymore without quoting points, prices, scholarships and gate re ceipts. There is no such thing as “The Sport of Kings.” Someone once re marked that “only a king could afford to be in racing.” Horse racing is now called “The Sport of Big Business.” The same thing applies to college sports, at least football. • A very emminent publicity director in the Southwest Conference told another publicity man quite frankly that he didn’t send out releases and publicity on any sport but football for the simple reason that football was the only one that made money for his school. These babies don't die, fade away or even disappear. They always manage to hang around until something like the Madison Square Gar den basketball scandals break. This one is awfully close to home, but here are the very words of one man who is very active in A&M alumni circles. “If we’re going to have A&M in big-time football, then we have to talk big-time prices.” If there wasn’t so much pathos in the situation, we would laugh at amazements on the faces of the multitude when sports scandals are broken. How can anyone possibly be surprised about such things when they know what the present situation is. Day in and day out athletes are exposed to prices and points as quoted by the “solid citizen.” And they don’t just talk about it, they encourage it. Is it any wonder then that there are scandals? And think of the ones that haven’t been and never will be told. We Like It Now cut the snarling and cursing. You’re sitting there muttering hypocrite and you’re right. No, we don’t want athletic scholarships stopped. We surely won’t walk away from a group that happens to be talking odds, points or prices. BUT WE SURE WON’T BE HYPO CRITICAL ENOUGH TO GO AROUND TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD, CLEAN, ALL-AMERICAN SPORTS. As long as there remain those who have one eye on the opposing line or pitcher and the other eye on a big-time contract you can’t call it a sport. Just as long as you knock a man down and then feel “good inside” because you helped the poor jerk up, doesn’t make you a good sport. And so goes the world of sports, SPORT. Saddle - Sirloiners Schedule Barbecue NEWS - CARTOON The Saddle and Sirloin Club will hold its annual spring barbecue Thursday afternoon at 5:30 in Hen- sel Park. One of the more active activities scheduled for the afternoon is a football game to be played by the graduating seniors and the profes sors of the Animal Husbandry De partment. The Junior Judging Team and the Meats Medals will be presented at the barbecue. All Animal Husbandry Depart ment employees and members of the Saddle and Sirloin Club are in vited to attend. 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New/Used Factory Price Current Yea' & Stole Regiitration Name & Rank Addreu t !* ca' e? ebo' 3 cs&to* qT** e* ee» - •. - Wednesday, May 16, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 A&M Meets Texas For SWC Baseball Crown By FRED WALKER Battalion Sports Editor The Aggie baseball team will either tie the University of Texas for the Southwest Conference crown this week, or end up in second place when the two diamond nines meet on Kyle Field for a final two-games series Friday and Saturday. IF the Aggies win both games from the Steers, the conference baseball title will be shared be tween the two schools and a play off will be necessitated. IF the Longhorns win one of the two contests, the crown will automatically go home to Austin. The first time that these two clubs met, the Steers were playing baseball like they invented the game, while A&M wasn’t hitting the ball. That might seem like a funny statement to make when you look at the box score and see the Aggies credited with 10 runs and 10 hits, but it is true. Up until that time, and even a few games after, the Farmers weren’t hitting like they have since the last Baylor series. In their last four games, the Cadets have averaged better than 12% runs per contest, or a great total of 50. There has also been a total of 56 hits, and an average of 14 a game. Trail By Two With a conference record of nine wins and four losses, the Cadets trail the Longhorns by four games. Texas has an eleven- and-two mark. Texas scored 114 runs and had only 39 tallied against them in conference play while A&M has chalked up 99 and allowed 53 op ponents to cross the plate. Texas won the 1951 initial meet ing by a 15-to-10 count as they knocked out as many hits in a game which saw the two top hurl- ers from each school shelled from the box. Ace righthander Pat Hubert started for the Aggies and was touched for nine hits and as many runs in four innings. The No, 2 I’ve Got It! AI Ogietree Aggie catcher Al Ogietree has been a post of oak behind the plate for the Aggies this year. He has teamed well with ace hurler Pat Hubert to form the most potent winning combination. Has your Pen grown old before its time? Exchange Store SHEAFFER’S Sheaffer's TOP-WELL bat tle-exclusive! Permits free, easy filling . . . without muss — bother — or tilting. THE ONE WRITING FLUID THAT MAKES ANY PEN WRITE BETTER It's amazing how Skrip seems to put new life in a pen. Never clots—never clogs! Always flows freely and smoothly. Yes, any pen writes bet ter, lasts longer with Sheaffer's Skrip ... test- proved the finest —safest writing fluid in the world. So why gamble with inferior writing fluids? Even if you have a few cents worth left — throw it away! Replace it now with Skrip— America's largest-selling writing fluid! SKR/P-S WAYS BETTER 1. 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The same line-ups will be used Friday and Saturday as were used last time. For Texas it will be Ted Tate or Stuart Benson catch ing, Chile Bigham at first, Irving Waghalter on second, Frank Kana on third, Eddie Burrows at short stop, Frank Womack in left field, Harry Bengston patrolling center and Guss Hrncir in right, Erhler Will Start Erhler is assured of one start ing role, but there is a possibility that Milt Deason or Luther Scar borough may take over Hand’s chores in the second game. ‘The Aggies will have Al Ogle- tree catching, Hubert and Martin Hamilton receiving Tankersley. Bill Munnerlyn will be at first, Joe Ecrette at second, Henry “Hank” “Yogi” Candelari will be on third and captain Guy Wallace will take them down at short. In the outfield, it will be Yale Lary in left, John DeWitt in center and Shug McPherson in right. Both games will start at 3 p. m. Daniel Lauds Use Year Rule Austin, May 16—(A 5 )—Attorney General Price Daniel' lauded the Federal Senate Interior Committee yesterday for sticking to a prop erty rule 100 years old. The committee voted 7-4 today in favor of a bill giving states control of the tidelands until Con gress permanently settles the ownership problem. “We have just what we’ve had for the past 100 years—state con trol of this property,” Daniel said. fit) LEONB. Boyett St. North Gate