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Ninth Inning Error Gives Ags First Game
By FRED WALKER
Battalion Sports Editor
The University of Arizona outdid its Texas guests in
Western hospitality yesterday afternoon, as the host Wildcat
nine politely handed the invading Texas Aggies the first
game in the battle for the District 6 NCAA crown.
Wildcat shortstop Ron Nicely lived up to his name, as
far as A&M fans were concerned, when he dropped a routine
pop fly at deep short and turned a sure home town win into
a visitor’s 5-to-4 victory.
t Two Aggies were down in the top of that fateful (from
the Arizona standpoint) ninth when Henry “Yogi” Candelari
lofted the easy chance to Nicely. Before the capacity crowd
of 3200 fans could gasp, left fielder Yale Lary came tearing
across the plate with the tying run as Nicely watched the
ball trickle through his fingers.
Lary had started the inning, as the Aggies trailed B-to-4,
nvith a screaming double to center, but it was Cadet catcher
A1 Ogletree who added the finishing touches.
With Candelari safe at first on the game-tying error,
Ogletree took a vicious cut at the second offering of the
here-to-fore undefeated Wildcat starter, Robin Risher.
The ball sailed high into center, and before center fielder
Roger Johnson could complete his throw-in, Candelari had
crossed with the eventual winning tally and Ogletree was
safe at first.
The game was a spasmodic pitching duel between Risher
and Aggie" ace righthander, Pat Hubert, who chalked up his
11th win of the year. For three straight innings the Aggies
Were three up and three down, and it was only after Risher
had retired 10 consecutive A&M batters, that second baseman
Joe Ecrette nicked him for a single in the fourth.
The Wildcats drew first blood in the eye-for-an-eye battle
in the bottom of the third inning when Risher tried to aid
his situation with a triple into left center. He scored mo
ments later as Johnson floated a single out to short right.
Right fielder Del Gardner grabbed the third consecutive
hit off Hubert as he drilled a single into the hole between
second and short. As Aggie center fielder John DeWitt
sought to retrieve the ball, Johnson tore across the plate with
the Wildcats second run.
Hubert bore down then on third baseman Claude Wheel
er, and Lloyd Jenney and both men grounded out short to
first.
One more inning the Aggies went scoreless, but Ecrette
marked off the range in the fourth on Nicely with A&M’s
first hit. “Little Joe’s” single showed the way for the Cadet
batsmen, for in the next inning A&M slammed out four hits
to collect three runs and the momentary lead.
Shug McPherson led off the top of the fifth with a
screaming double to the center field fence, and scored seconds
later when DeWitt singled to left. Candelari followed suit
with a single through the hole into center field and DeWitt
went all the way to third.
Ogletree flied out to center but DeWitt came trotting
home with the tying run while Candelari went to third. The
little third sacker tallied the untying run minutes later when,
with two out, .042 hitting Hubert blasted a tremendous triple
that ricocheted off the left field fence and sent fielder Mark
Delay scurrying back toward the infield for the retrieve.
The Aggies went down in order in their half of the
sixth, but Arizona, desperately trying to take the all-impor
tant first game, knotted the score at 3-and-3 as, with two out,
second baseman Don Quigley picked on a 2-2 pitch and sent
it “Flying Home To Rio” over the left field fence.
It looked for a while like A&M might take the lead
again, as, in the eighth, left handed batting Bill Munnerlyn,
led off the frame with a single to right. Hubert sacrificed
the first baseman to second, and Munnerlyn went to third on
Guy Wallace’s ground-out, second to first. Ecrette then flew
out to left and Munnerlyn died at the hot corner.
Again Arizona didn’t v/aste a hit in the eighth. With
one man away, Hubert threw his second gopher ball of the
afternoon to Wheeler who lofted it over the favorite left
field fence.
With the Wildcats leading going into the ninth, Coach
Beau Bell subbed in pinch-hitting pitcher Blanton Taylor for
McPherson. Lary, who had led off the ninth with a double,
was left cooling his heels for a while as Taylor struck out.
As DeWitt hopped one out short to first, Lary took third
and scored on Nicely’s game-winning (For the Aggies) error.
Hubert gave the Aggie supporters cause for worry in the
do-or-die last of the ninth as one man walked and another
bunted safely, but the Aggie strike-out king fanned the last
two Wildcats and the game was over.
(See PAT, AL SHOW WAY, Page 3)
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Today on Page Two
Number 161: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1951
Price Five Cents
Dick Ingles Named
RV Commander;
Stuart Gets Exec
Richard A. “Dick” Ingels, jun
ior business student from Dallas,
was elected commander of the Ross
Volunteers at a meeting Tuesday
night.
Other officers elected were Glenn
Stuart, executive officer; J. C.
Fletcher, first sergeant; and Roy
Streikert, Jim Rogers, and Voris
“Buddy” Burch platoon leaders.
Ingels is sergeant-major of the
Armor battalion and was named
outstanding Junior of the Armor-
Engineering regiment at the re
cent Mother’s Day review.
Receives Citation Cord
He received a citation cord from
the Houston Chamber of Commerce
Military Affairs Committee for the
award, annually presented to out
standing junior of the corps, of
each regiment, and to members of
the outstanding drill company.
As a freshman, Ingels was the
first regimental commander select-
wl and was commander of the
freshman drill team. He was named
outstanding cadet of the freshman
regiment that year, and went on to
be elected sophomore class presi
dent for 194!)-. r )0.
Executive Officer
Stuart, a junior civil engineering
major from Bryan, is sergeant-
major of the Seventh Regiment,
composed of day students, veterans,
and athletes. The veteran student
received the second highest job of
the honor company as executive of
ficer.
Fletcher, corps staff liaison ser
geant from the Composite Regi
ment, is a junior business major
from San Antonio. He is also
a member of the A&M Golf Team.
From Texarkana, Rogers is first
sergeant of the Maroon Band and
will be drum major of. the Consol
idated Band next year. He is a
junior business major from Texar
kana. As a freshman, Rogers was
commander of his company and
was freshman drum major.
Band Member
Burch, another band member,
is liaison sergeant to the Corps
Staff representing the Consolidat
ed Band. A junior business major
from Liberty, Burch was a battal
ion commander during his fresh
man year. He is also a member
of the Town Hall staff.
Streikert is Armor-Engineer lia
ison to the Coips Staff and another
Town Hall staff member. He is a
junior civil engineering student
from Houston.
Honor Guard Company
The Ross Volunteers, an honor
guard company named for Law
rence Sullivan Ross, former presi
dent of the college, is composed of
juniors and seniors who have main
tained an overall 1.5 grade point
ratio and 2.0 average in Military
Science.
Advisor for the company from
the Military Science School is now
Capt. Basil L. Hoyl Air Force in
structor. Capt. Hoyl recently re
placed Lt. Col. Leonard F. Walker,
who has been transferred to Texas
A&I, as advisor.
R. A. “Dick” Ingles
New RV Commander
Send Engineer
Home to High
School Friend
If you have a high school
friend who is considering a
career as an engineer, you can
’ help him decide where to go
for his education by sending
him a copy of the High School
Edition of the Texas A&M Engin-
*eer, now ready.
“It’s free,” said Bob McDaniel,
editor of the Engineer. “All you
have to do is send the name and
address of your high school friend
to Student Publications, and tell
* us that you would like to have
your friend receive a copy of the
High School Edition of The En
gineer. His copy will be sent right
, away.”
The High School Edition was
planned with the idea of helping
high school seniors make up their
minds. Various articles point out
the advantages of studying engi
neering, tell something about each
Kind of engineering, and evaluate
the opportunities awaiting engi
neers.
Lewis, Enloe
Take Freshman
Crops Honors
W. J. Lewis, freshman agro
nomy major from Sweet
water, will be presented a gold
medal for winning the 1951
Agronomy Department Fresh
man Crops Contest.
Running up a, score of 970 out
of a possible 1000, Lewis posted
one of the highest totals scored
in the contest’s 25-year history.
Falling behind Lewis only 20
points, E. M. Enloe of Darsett, Tex
as took second place with a score
of 950.
Roger Landers and D. F. Polzer
tied for third place honors with
scores of 895.
Enloe will receive a silver medal
for his second place and Landers
and Polzer will each be presented
bronze medals.
The annual contest includes se
lection of field crops seeds for
planting, pasture plant identifica
tion, and identification of pasture
plants, field and pasture weeds,
field seeds, and various crop plants.
Contributors of the keys are A.
M. Waldrop & Company, First
State Bank Trust Company, Con
way & Company and W. S. D.
Clothiers.
Winners of the annual freshman
contest in the past have often
been good prospects for the Na
tional Crops Contest in Chicago
during their junior and senior
years, M. L. Wilson, Crops Team
Coach and Agronomy sponsor, said.
Pat Hubert
. . . pitched and batted the Aggies to a victory over Arizona yes
terday. His 5th inning triple drove in an untying run.
Final Ball is Set
For Friday, June 2
The last social event of the sea
son, the Final Ball, will be held
on Friday, June 2, at the Grove
from 9 until 12, according to Pete
Hardestry, business manager of
student activities.
The Aggieland Orchestra under
the directiion of Bill Turner will
provide the music for the occasion.
In case of rain or bad wether,
the dance will be held in Sbisa Hall.
Admission will be $1, stag or
1 drag.
Joel Austin Is Editor
Of Summer Battalion
Joel Austin will head The Bat
talion as editor-in-chief this Sum
mer, according to an announcement
made this morning by Roland Bing,
manager of Student Publications. Assisting Austin will be Andy
Bing also said that the paper will Anderson as associate editor and
again be published four days week
ly, Tuesday through Friday.
Joel Austin
Summer Editor-in-Chief
Some Things Considered
Retiring Editor Looks to New, Better A&M
By CLAYTON SELPH (30)
Battalion Co-Editor
it back, slowing its progress, I have tried to fight with vigor
at all times, though the temptation to give up was often great
T HIS IS IT within me.
This is the end of a dream born long ago in high school , , There are many positions from which a student may tru-
days; this is my last day as Battalion co-editor; this is the ^ learn to know A&M, but none of them provides a better
last copy I shall write under that title. vantage point than The Battalion. From here I have been
It has been four long, hard, but happy and profitable a ^ e observe all sides—the student view, the public s view,
years. I can remember well the first story I wrote for The
Batt. Reporting on Post Office facilities for Annex fresh
men, it was only a few lines in length, yet it seemed at the
time to be the most difficult thing I’d ever attempted.
That was the second day of school. Much
has happened to me and to A&M College
since then.
Coming here, sold one hundred per cent
on A&M and believing it was all but per
fect, I learned my second day that such was
not the case. And with that knowledge I
began, to grow. . .
I have learned to love A&M for its
greatness, for what it might be, and for what
it has taught me.
I have also learned to dislike A&M—for
covering up, for hiding its faults from itself,
for being hypocritical, for being dishonest.
the administration’s view.
And, I might add here, I have never in four years been
told who’s view I must take, agree with, print, or support.
Therein, I believe, lies The Battalin’s greatness.
This year there has been a little pressure, but no cen
soring. I hope that the college will never see fit to pressure,
censor, or control The Battalion. When its editors cannot
But there, too, we have a long way to go.
I am convinced there is a day coming when A&M will
truly teach its students how to live and enjoy living, as well
as how to make money.
There will be a day when students are not judged from
the contents of a little “file.” The Basic Division is evidence
of that.
The time will come too, when the college will teach its
students to think maturely, and having taught them so, will
treat them so.
Months and years from now will see the dawn break
on an A&M that does not kick students out of school for mi
nor infractions, while those breaking the important rules con
tinue to go unpunished. Use of the rulebook will be tern
honestly and forthrightly say, “We are free,” then The Bat- p e red with intimate knowledge of the student and his prob-
Selph
talion and what it stands for will have all but been destroyed.
Looking back over these four years, I see the silver shine
of progress more often than the dull stain of having fallen
back. There is a new and fresher, clearer thinking mind in
the student body today than there was four years ago.
Only last year mass student actions, reflective of little
thinking, were often evident. This year I can recall only one
such incident. That, in itself, is evidence that we have come
a long way.
And I think four years from now, those who follow us
Yet I am forced to say that many of these things have been will have traveled a great deal further. We have helped to
my greatest teachers. pave the way. They will build on what we have done.
These sorrier aspects of A&M, which I feel are holding From the academic viewpoint we have improved, too.
lems, and the rule will flex to treat with justice those whom it
governs.
When A&M has progressed that far, there will be other
good things, too. Students will not daily suspect the college
staff of every kind of conspiracy against them. The students
will know the faculty and their thinking. Deans and ad
visors will always be available, and they will know you, not
just your “record.”
These years to come will witness a day when student and
prof may be friends without fear of criticism. Students will
honestly desire to learn and be free to seek that learning as
they see fit.
(See SOME THINGS CONSIDERED, Page 6)
sports editor and Bill Aaberg as
city editor. Austin announced the
appointments this morning. Vivian
Castleberry will continue in her
her present position as women’s ed-
tor.
Austin, a junior personnel admin
istration major from Alice, has
been active on The Battalion since
he entered college.
He edited the Freshman page
from the Annex. This year he has
served as city editor and last week
at the Press Club Awards banquet
was given a special award certi
ficate for his outstanding work in
his department.
High School Editor
The new Summer editor began
his interest in journalism when he
was a student at William Adams
High School in Alice. During his
senior year he edited the paper.
Austin is a member of A Co., QMC.
Anderson first came to work on
The Battalion in the Fall of last
year. He became feature and news
writer and in February was named
Campus Editor.
A senior journalism major from
Talco, Anderson has shared campus
editor duties with Bob Hughson
this semester. He has also written
sports and has served as Monday
sports news editor for the past few
weeks. Andy is a veteran student.
Aaberg Has City Desk
Aaberg, a sophomore journalism"
major, recently was named news
paper publicity editor of the Pub
lic Relations Committee for th}
MSC for next year. He came t«
work for The Battalion this Spring
and has been writing news and fen-
taure articles. This month he has
been assisting on the city desk.
Aaberg is from Angleton and is
in A Air Force.
Mrs. Castleberry, who came to
the Battalion as Women’s Editor
last Fall, will remain with the
paper through part of the Summer
while her husband, senior Curtis
Castleberry, completes his Sum
mer camp training.
CarapReporters
Needed by Batt
Students are urgently need
ed to fill vacancies on the ros
ter of correspondents from
Summer Camps for The Bat
talion, Joel Austin, Summer
editor, announced this morning.
Plans have been completed to
send The Battalion to all ROTC
camps while A&M students are in
training during the annual six-
weeks period this Summer, Austin
said.
“We must have men to keep us
up to date on activities of A&M
students attending camp.
“We aren’t looking for any bud
ding journalists, but just someone
to keep us in contact with the Ag
gies at camp,” he said.
Volunteers for correspondents
from the following camps are still
needed: Signal Corps, Chemical
Corps, Ordnance, Transportation
Corps, ASA, Infantry, Armor, Ar
tillery, and Coast Artillery.
Students interested in the jobs
are asked to contact Austin in
The Battalion office or Roland
Bing in (loom 209 Goodwin Hall.
What’s Cooking
“T” ASSOCIATION, Thursday,
6:15 p. m., CE Lecture Room.
New and old members urged to
attend to elect officers for next
year.