Friday, May 25, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page 3
‘Beautiful When Season Opens’
Football Field Gets Touch
Of Science, And New Grass
By BEE LANDRUM
Battalion Staff Writer
“We will have a, beautiful field
when football season opens in
September.”
Those are the words of William
^ S. Fitts, athletic department
grounds superintendent. Fitts
based his statement on scientific
treatment he is now giving the
grass sod on: Kyle Field.
« Early this Spring Athletic Di
rector Barlow Irvin asked Pro
fessors L. G. Jones and Janies
R. Watson, Jr. of the Agronomy
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Department to survey the turf
conditions on the football field
and suggest an improvement
program.
After the agronomists looked in
to the situation, Dr. AVatson, who
is a turf specialist, prepared a pap
er on “Recommendations for the
Establishment and Management of
the Turf on Kyle Field.”
Fitts started carrying out these
recommendations more than two
months ago.
Shortly before the improvement
program was initiated, 60 yards
of sandy loam soil had been applied
to the field.
As the first step, the ground
was cultivated four times— to
loosen the soil and improve aera
tion. A special machine, called an
aerifier, was used for this pur
pose. Hollow spoons on the aeri
fier improve the physical condi
tion of the soil and cause little
disturbance to the sod.
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Then the athletic grounds main
tenance crew raked the field until
it was perfectly smooth. Specially
prescribed fertilizer was applied
to the field to ready it for seed
ing.
One hundred pounds of hulled
Bermudagrass seed were broad
cast on the field and raked into
the soil. However, Fitts said, a
high wind occurred shortly after
the planting and blew most of the
seed off the field.
The field was again aerified
and 20 yards of coarse sand from
the Brazos River was broadcast
over it. Then the field was hand-
raked again.
Dr. Watson explained that the
coarse sand promotes aeration in
the soil and prevents it from bak
ing and becoming extremely hard.
Another hundred pounds of Ber
mudagrass seed were broadcast on
the field about five weeks ago,
and it received another hand-rak
ing.
Water is applied to the field to
give it a good soaking four or
five inches deep once a week—or
whenever it needs moisture. Mr.
Fitts reported that less water is
applied to the field now than was
the practice in past years. Dr.
Watson recommended using less
water to promote deep growth of
the Bermudagrass roots.
The grass is cut once a week—
to a two-inch height.
“The grass is now in good con
dition, considering the weather
we have had,” said Fitts.
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FBI Looks Into
Restrictions On
Broadcasting
Washington, May 25—ITP)—The
FBI is looking into restrictions
placed upon broadcasting of pro
fessional and amateur games.
Bills were introduced in Con
gress, however, to make sports ex
empt from anti-trust laws.
Attorney General McGrath an
nounced the FBI investigation.
He said the Justice Department
is receiving a “substantial number
of complaints” about “alleged re
straints imposed by professional
baseball upon the broadcasting and
television of games.”
He said the investigation will
cover all sports, including college
football.
The bills were introduced by
four members of Congress long
interested in baseball.
Senator Johnson (D-Col), pres
ident of the Western League;
Rep. Herlong, (D-Fla), former
president of the Florida State
Baseball League; Rep. Price
(D-Ill.) a reformed sports writ
er, and Rep. Mills (D-Ark.) a
fan.
Their similar bills did not mention
baseball by name, but said that or
ganized sports should be exempt
from the anti-trust laws.
These laws long have frightened
leaders of organized baseball.
Here’s why:
When a player signs a profes
sional contract, he becomes the
property of the team with which
he signs. He remains its property
until the team decides to get rid
of him.
He cannot peddle his services
to another club if he doesn’t like
the terms he’s getting from the
team which signed him. “Chat
tel” has been the word used by
some critics to describe such an
athlete.
Does the perpetual ownership of
this player—which is provided for
under what is known as baseball’s
reserve clause—violate anti-trust
or anti-monopoly laws ? If it does,
the entire baseball structure, as it
is now known, could come toppling
down.
Taylor Wins Over
Hagmann in Chess
C. C. Taylor, senior CE major,
defeated Bill Hagmann of A Ord
nance, Friday in the finals of the
Annual Chess Tournament to win
the title of Aggie Chess Champ.
Joe Riddle, tournament director,
awarded the prize which was' a
first edition of “A Golden Treasury
of Chess” upon completion of the
final match.
The tournament, which started
with a field of 26 entries, has been
in progress for the last few weeks.
Taylor made a clean sweep of the
contest by scoring six victories
without a loss.
Plans are being made for the
formation of a chess club next
Fall. Riddle, who is also chairman
of the MSC Chess Committee, has
declared that since the response to
this tournament was so great, a
regular club will be organized next
September.
Bryan Jaycees
Blast Kiwanis
The Bryan Lions and Bryan Jay
cees were the winning teams in a
Civic Minor League practice base
ball double bill in Little League
park Wednesday.
In the opening game that took
an hour to go two innings, the
Jaycees downed the College Sta
tion Kiwanis team 10 to 6. In the
night game, the Bryan Lions lead
the College Statiion Lions 8 to 0
when the game was called after
the top of the fourth inning.
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tine for A&M, but in the bottom of
the frame, Arizona was shackled
for the first and only time during
the game.
After Quigley had flied to left
and Nicely was out, Candelari to
Munnerlyn, pitcher Corrigan sing
led off Goodloe’s shin and was
thrown out as he tried to stretch
it into a double.
It was one-two-three for the Ag
gies in the eighth, but a different
story altogether in the bottom of
the frame as the Wildcats came to
bat for the last time. They made
it pay off when they jumped on re
liefer Sam Blanton for a five-run
barrage on three hits and four
bases on balls.
Lary and McPherson both drew
life on errors to start A&M’s last
chance ninth, but DeWitt hit into a
double play and Candelari flied to
Johnson to end the game.
Totals for A&M were four runs
on eight hits, five Arizona errors
and five bases on balls off Corri
gan. Lary and Ogletree each rap
ped two hits to lead the Aggie
attack.
Jenney, c 5 116 0
Delay, If 4 0 0 0 0
Verbica, lb 5-4 1 6 0
Quigley, 2b 6 2 3 5 1
Nicely, ss 6 12 13
Corrigan, p 4 2 3 1 0
Totals .... 39 21 13 27 10
A&M 012 100 000— 4 8 7
Ariz 723 211 05x—21 13 5
E—Wallace 4, Ecrette, Ogletree,
Goodloe, Wheeler, Delay, Quigley,
Nicely 2. RBI—Ecrette, McPher
son, Candelari, Johnson 2, Wheel
er 2, Jenney 4, Delay, Verbica,
Quigley 2, Nicely, Corrigan 2. 2B
—Jenney, Verbica, Wheeler. SB 1 —
Verbica, Nicely, Quigley. DP —
Nicely to Quigley to Verbica;
Ecrette to Wallace to Munnerlyn.
Left—Arizona 11; Aggies 11. BB
—Tankersley 4, Goodloe 7, Blanton
4, Corrigan 5. SO—By Corrigan
6, Tankersley 1, Goodloe 1, Blan
ton 1. HO—Tankersley 2 in 2/3
innings; Goodloe 8 in 6 1/3; Blan
ton 3 in 1. HBP—By Tankersley
(Johnson) (by Blanton) (John
son). Loser Tankersley.
U—Mustachia, Quihuis.
Time—2:53. Attendance—3,063.
Tankersley, the loser, gave up
two hits, four walks and struck out
one in two-thirds of an inning.
BOX
SCORES
A&M
ab
r
h
0
Wallace, ss
5
1
1
5
Ecrette, 2b ....
4
0
1
0
Lary, If
5
0
2
2
McPherson, rf
5
1
1
5
DeWitt, cf
4
1
0
1
Candelari, 3b ..
4
0
1
1
Ogletree, c
4
1
2
4
Munnerlyn, lb
3
0
0
6
Tankersley, p
0
0
0
0
Goodloe, p
3
0
0
0
A-Taylor
1
0
0
0
Blanton, p
0
0
0
0
a
2
4
0
1
0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
Totals .... 38 4 8 24 13
A—Flied out for Goodloe in 6th.
ARIZONA ab r h p a
Johnson, cf 2 115 1
Gardner, rf 3 3 3 9 0
Wheeler, 3b 4 3 2 0 5
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Aggie Pistol Team
Completes Season
The 1950-51 A&M Pistol
Team has finished its season
after entering a total of 45
pistol matches, winning 21
and losing 24. Some of the
matches won earlier in the season
were lost in later matches with the
same colleges, due to the loss by
graduation of such men as J. M.
Singleton, W. O. Brurkharst, and
M. J. Levack.
B. R. Wright was called to active
duty with the armed forces and
was not able to finish the season.
No shoulder-to-shoulder matches
were fired, but the team competed
in the National Rifle Association
National Team Intercollegiate
Championship Match during March
and scored 1270 points.
Brian P. Lowry, the Team Man
ager, entered the N. R. A. Nation
al Individual Intercollegiate Match
and shot a score 283 out of a pos
sible 300. This high score won Low
ry a bronze medal and third place
in a field of 90.
Little League
Athletics, Sox
To Play Today
The Little League baseball sche
dule for today and next week was
revised Wednesday night at a
team managers meeting with W.
H. Corbusier, Little League com
missioner.
For today the Athletics and Red
Sox will play. The schedule next
week will be the following: Mon
day, Giants and Cubs; Tuesday,
Tigers and Red Sox; Wednesday,
Yankees and Athletics, and Card
inals and Phillies; Thursday,
Yankies and Red Sox; and Friday,
Giants and Cardinals.
Oh Saturday, a doubleheader
will be played with the Cubs and
Phillies in the first game. The sec
ond game will be played by the
Athletics and Tigers.
All games u)ider the revised
schedule will begin at 4 p. m.
Seniors! Democracy needs well
informed citizens. Post Graduation
Studies.
Lettermen this year were Team
Manager Brian P. Lowry, Team
Captain Jack R. Vincent, B. R.
Wright, Ramon Chavarria, Duane
Unrue, and John Bontke. Vincent
and Wright were awarded the N.
R. A. “Expert Pistol” Key, and Un
rue was awarded the N. R. A.
“Sharpshooter” Key.
M/Sgt. William T. Dailey coach
ed the team during the Spring, se
mester replacing M/Sgt. Jack E.
Cutsinger who coached the tehm
during the Fall semester.
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