By JIM ASHLOCK
Battalion Sports Staff
Though still remembering their
well-won NCAA District 6 cham
pionship, and thinking at the pres
ent of final examinations, the Ag
gie baseball team is loolcing into
■<- the future as they prime for the
national playoffs in Omaha, Ne
braska next month.
The Cadets won the right of
District 6 representation last week
* when they took two out of three
games from the University of Ari
zona on the Wildcats’ home dia
mond.
* Hubert a Hero
It was the little rubber-armed
righthander Pat Hubert who was
the hero of the series as he won
the opening contest and went back
to the mound only one day later
to lead the way into Omaha on
June 11th, 12th and 13th.
Determining the national cham
pion will be what is termed “a
double elimination tournament.”
Each team (there are to be eight)
will play at least two games be
fore being disqualified or elimina
ted.
Play June 11
Two brackets of four teams each
will commence play on June 11.
The losers of one bracket will move
to the other division and play until
they are eliminated and then the
two winners of each bracket will
meet in the final game for the
championship.
In other words, a team can lose
at least one game and .still have a
chance to take the national crown.
The University of Texas y winner in
both 1949 and 1950, lost its first
match in the 1950 playoffs and
went on to gain the top seat.
Hubert Chief Hope
Hubert will be A&M’s chief
hopes in Omaha as he was in Tuc
son, and he will be ably assisted
by Bob Tankersley who, although
wildness caused his defeat in the
second District contest, will be
“ready and rarin.”
Hubert, who had won the first
game as he limited the 11-runs-
per-game Wildcats to only four
runs and eight hits, proved to the
ares
capacity throng of over 3200 that
he will be one of the country’s top
candidates for All-America, when
he staved off the hard-hitting Ari
zonians with a meager six hits.
Candelari Helps
It looked for a moment that it
would be a hurling duel between
Hubert and Risher, the Arizona
starter in thethird game, as both
went down in the first without
scoring, but with one out in the
top of the second little Yogi Can
delari, Aggie third baseman, step
ped up to the plate and smarshed
a howling homer over the left field
fence to shoot A&M into the lead.
Before the Wildcats could fully re
cover their balance the Farmers
set fire to the diamond and loaded
the bases on a single by Baker, a
walk by Munnerlyn, and a single
by Wallace.
A moment later the ax fell on
Arizona as Guy Wallace slammed
a screaming triple against the out
field fence to pave the way home
for those on base and take his pos
ition on third, to score a moment
later on a sacrafice by Joe Ecrette.
The inning ended a moment later
as Ogletree lifted a high fly oqt
to center field to complete the Ags’
half-inning record of 5 runs, 3 hits,
2 errors, and 1 left on.
Good Defense
Apparently stimulated by their
sudden scoring spree, the Aggies
took up the defensive with equal
show of ability as they made short
work of the Wildcats second inning
attempt to overtake them. A fly
out to Baker and a double play
were the methods used to put the
Farmers in town once again and
ready for business.
And business they did as they
presented a repeat performance of
their previous inning to shove the
Wildcats farther into the hole.
With one out Candelari again came
up and got things rolling with a
single. Munnerlyn drew another
free trip to first, followed by a
■single from Hubert to load the
sacks. Wallace accounted for his
third RBI of the game as he
smacked a single into left field to
bring Candelari home, still leav
ing the bases full. Ecrette took
his share of the honor from the in
ning as he latched onto a Risher
offering to triple and bring the
men on base across the plate. Star-
key replaced Risher on the mound
for Arizona and a moment later
Yale Lary, Ag first baseman, foul
ed out to the Wildcat catcher,
Jenney, to complete the top frame
of the third, with the Aggies nine
runs to the good.
Arizonians at Bay
Again the lads from Aggieland
held the Arizonians at bay and
quickly removed them from the
dugout on an out at first, a fly to
Baker, and a strikeout.
Arizona at last regained their
footing in the fourth as the Ag
gies fell victim to a fly out and a
double play to go back into the
field without having increased their
lead.
The Wildcat’s lone scores came
in the bottom of the sixth when
they took advantage of two sing
les, a pair of free trips to fh’st,
and a second base steal to get their
only two scores of the contest. Hu
bert quickly put a stop to the bud
ding rally as he struck out Starkey
and Delay, and forced Jenney into
a fly out to Baker.
Arizona’s fate was sealed in the
eighth as A&M went into their fi
nal 'scoring frame of the day, piling
up four more runs to vanquish all
Arizona hopes for a comeback. Hu
bert, seemingly anxious to get the
day’s work oyer with, sent the last
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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1951
Price Five Cents
Top Poultryman
Bob McGregor of Houston, manager of the Texas State Hatchery
receives congratulations from F. Z. Beanblossom, extension poul
try marketing specialist of A & M. Joint winner with Mc
Gregor was Earl Roesner, also of Houston. They won permanent
possession of the traveling trophy and a $1,000 award in three-
year phase of the Texas Chicken-of-Tomorrow program. Poul-
trymen back the program to develop better chickens.
At Weekend Meeting
Morgan Named
FSA President
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Editor
George B. Morgan, ’18, was elect
ed president of the A&M Former
Students Association in a council
meeting here last weekend.
President of the Beaumont Nat
ural Gas Company in Beaumont,
Morgan replaced A. E. Caraway
’34, of Dallas who served as presi
dent of the organization during
A&M’s 75th Anniversary year.
A. F. Mitchell of Corsicana was
elected vice-president. Jake Long
of Gilmer, E. M. Freeman of
Shreveport and Pat Stanford of
Midland were named to the Execu
tive Committee.
Reports Given
At the first session of the coun
cil — cmoposed of representatives
from each Former Students Club,
district vice-presidents, and past
presidents—reports were presented
from committee chairmen.
Retiring president Caraway gave
a resume of the year’s activities
during the report session.
Caraway told the group of plans
Director of Vet Insurance
Program Resigns Position
Washington, May 29—CP)—Har
old W. Breining, long-time head of
the world’s largest insurance oper
ation, quit today with a blast at
what he said has been public
apathy over “a damn big job.”
Breining, director of the multi
billion dollar veterans’ insurance
program, said he is retiring as a
Veterans Administration’s $11,200-
a-year assistant administrator be
cause he is tired.
He said in an interview he has
not had a vacation in 12 years, has
been under constant pressure and
believes “I’ve done my part and
Commies Losing Out
In Italian City Voting
Rome, May 29— OP) —S lowly have made substantial gains over
mounting returns from Italy’s city the Reds in the biggest test of po-
elections gave Premier Alcide de
Gasperi’s coalition the lead Mon
day night over Communists even
jn S ome sections of the northern
* Red belt.
Voters balloted Sunday and Mon
day for town and provincial coun-
tils in 2,735 towns in 28 provinces,
r »bout one third of Italy.
De Gasperi’s Christian Democrat
party and its allies appeared to
Vacation Bible
School Planned
The A&M Church of Christ will
open its Annual Vacation Bible
School with a general meeting of
all departments in the church au
ditorium on June 4 at 9 a.m.
“Several new courses have been
developed, additional materials have
been secured and our teachers have
made the usual adequate prepara
tion. We have every promise of an
unusual training school,” said
James F. Fowler, local minister
and director of the vacation Bible
school.
Heading up the work of the vari
ous departments are Mrs. J. G. Mc
Guire, beginners classes; Mrs. B.
A. Hardaway kindergarten groups;
Mrs. J. W. Sorenson, primary
groups; Mrs. B. C. Moore, junior
students; Mrs. W. M. Potts, inter
mediate; James F. Fowler, adult
study group, Mrs. W. E. Street,
recreation and refreshments; Mrs.
Jack Nusbaum, Nursery-; and Mrs.
A. S. Avera, transportation of stu
dents.
Students who have not registered
may do so at the opening assem
bly on June 4. Transportation may
be arranged by calling the church
office.
litical strength in three years. At
midnight, Interior Minister Mario
Scelba said the Christian Demo
crats had won two-thirds of the
first quarter of the provincial
council vote counted up to that
time.
The government swept the Pre
mier’s native province of Trentino
and was ahead in first returns from
Brescia, Milan and even in Bo
logna—known as “The Red” be
cause of its position as a Commu
nist citadel.
Communists and their left-wing
allies were ahead in early returns
in the Marche region. They appear
ed also to be holding their ground
in Liguia, where a Communist ad
ministration governs the important
port city of Genoa.
A major political battle centered
in three provinces of Emilia along
World War IPs strategic gothic
line. These — Bologna, Ravenna
and Rovigo—link up with nine oth
er provinces across the top of the
Italian boot and have formed a
potential little Soviet republic be
cause of almost complete Red con
trol of the local governments.
Mrs. Hook Presents
Readings to Lions
Mrs. Ralph Hook presented se
lected readings by Edgar A. Guest
at the noon meeting of the College
Station Lion’s Club yesterday.
The club agreed to extend the
meeting time to 12:15 p.m. instead
of 12 noon during the summer in
order that members who teach 11
a.m. classes may attend without a
conflict.
John Templin, program chair
man, introduced Mrs, Hook,
I need a rest.”
There was no announcement as
to Breining’s successor. G. H.
Rennick, his executive assistant
who is taking over his duties tem
porarily, is himself expected soon
to retire.
Breining was 55 last Thursday.
He has been directing government
life insurance operations for 31
years, all but three of the 34 years
that the government has been pro
viding life insurance benefits for
servicemen and veterans.
He organized the National Serv
ice Life Insurance (NSLI) program
at the end of World War II, as
well as the veterans’ loan program.
Breining said VA has done a
“damn big job which nobody appre
ciates—there is no proper appre
ciation of its volume and what it
means.”
Asked if the lack of appreciation
was on the part of the public, the
Congress, the veterans or the press,
Breining replied:
“I think it’s shameful that the
general public and everyone else
is lacking in appreciation for the
hard work put in by the people
here.
“They have worked hard and un
der pressure. I doubt if you could
get people outside VA to do it.
They are trying to do and are do
ing a good job.”
Breining said a lack of public
appreciation is harmful to the vet
eran because “it keeps people from
coming in and taking a job with
us.”
He said the VA insurance divi
sion hired a number of good young
men out of the aimed forces in
1945 and 1946 but has lost a good
percentage of them.
(See VETERANS, Page 4)
for a Public Relations Committee
to be formed from the council. This
committee would offer matters of
welfare and good relations to the
college.
The 1950-51 president said the
new commitete would “be a sincere
and humble effort on the part of
the Former Students Association
to lend a hand in what it could do
for the betterment of A&M Col
lege.” This committee could pro
vide for a few more gifts to the
College from the Aggie exes, he
added.
Officers Conference
C. G. Albert, ’29, reported on
the Club Officers Conference held
in January. Albert comemnded the
A&M students who took part in
the program for a fine job of pub
lic sepaking and a message of in
terest to those in attendance at
the conference.
Executive Secretary Dick Her-
vey ’42 gave an outlined history of
the Association activities for the
past year.
Hervey pointed to the ever in
creasing number of members on
the Former Students Association
mailing list. He said approximate
ly 6,200 new names have been add
ed in the last three years to bring
the total to more than 25,000.
Other reports were made by
L. B. Locke ’22, financial report;
E. E. McQuillen ’20, development
fund report; A. F. Mitchell ’09,
student loan fund report; and
Tom Murrah ’38, report on foot
ball film circulating library.
Two Meetings
The council held a night session
Saturday in the ball room of the
MSC and a breakfast Sunday
morning at the same place. The
councilmen heal’d talks from each
of the A&M coaches at the break
fasts.
Ernest Bruss, ’27, vice-chairman
of the nominating committee, re
ported on nominations for officers
for the new year.
Tyree Bell ’13 of Dallas explain
ed the building projects—completed
and planned—by the A&M Sys
tem Board of Directors. Vice-
president of the Board, Bell said
construction would begin soon on
a new Physical Education plant
which will be large enough to seat
10,000 people. He said plans are
now being completed for the build
ing.
Football Film Library
A football film circulating li
brary was approved by the council
and will be put into operation this
fall after final details have been
worked out by the committee. Bar-
low “Bones” Irvin ’26, A&M Ath
letic Director, announced the Ath
letic Department would like to fi
nance the project for the first
year.
A resolution was passed com
mending the athletic teams of
A&M for their fine records duinng
the 1950-51 season. The council
also approved a resolution show
ing its appreciation to the various
individuals responsible for making
the 75th Anniversary celebration
successful.
(See FORMER STUDENTS, Pg 4)
Summer Entertainers
The Royal Scots
A unique singing quintet whose selections include classics, popular
ballads, selections from musical commedies, this group will present
a concert here July 18 as a part of the Summer entertainment pro
gram.
Know What You
Want, Grads Told
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion Staff Writer
Robed in maroon caps and gowns
with white tassels, 20 Consolida
ted High School graduates walk
ed slowly down the aisles of Guion
Hall Friday night, ending their
high school careers.
The curtain closed upon what
Col. H. L. Boatner, PMS&T and
Commandant, principal speaker,
called the “preliminary phase in
the tournament of life.”
Col. Boatner urged them to look
into themselves and determine
what they sought from life.
“M o n e y, prestige, enjoyment,
popularity?” the speaker asked.
“America is competitive,” he said,
He’s Now His
Own Grandpa
Hague, Sask., May 29—(2P)—
Cornelius Friesen, 36, married
his grandfather’s widow Sun
day night, thus becoming his
own grandpa.
The bride was Mrs. Sarah
Friesen, 42, whose husband
died a year ago, aged 85.
“Know what you want, work for
it. When you enter the semi-final
phase of life, you will at times
feel lonesome and discouraged. Re
member that you reflect your
community, and get in and kick.”
From a stage decorated with
green plants, the symbol of growth,
the presentation of certificates
and awards was made.
To Dorothy Bates, valedictorian,
and to Liz Miller, .salutatorian,
Principal L. E. Boze presented gold
metals.
For the highest average in sci
ence studies, Helene Boatner re
ceived a bronze plaque, the Bausch
and Lomb Honorary Science
Award.
Jack Burchard and Helene Boat
ner were given the D.A.R. Award
by Mrs. L. S. Paine from the La
Villita Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The A&M Consolidated Orches
tra provided background for the
group. Following the award pre
sentation, they played “May the
Good Lord Bless and Keep You.”
Superintendent L- S. Richard
son presented the graduates. They
received their diplomas with their
left hand. Their right clasped the
extended hand of Dr. Charles La
Motte, president of the school
board.
Mine Blast Traps 79 Men
Easington, Eng., May 29—CP)— “Three men have been located ble” is being done to rescue the from the bottom of the hoisting
A violent explosion trapped 79 men on the other side of a fall but we trapped men. Another official add- shaft.
900 feet below ground in the deep do not know whether they are dead ed, however, that “rescue opera- The area called the “Duckbill
oday. " ’ ‘ " "
Easington coal pit today.
or alive,” Skinner’s announcement tions are continuing under great District” after the nickname of the
difficulties.” coa i getter which has been installed
The rescuers donned special there,
breathing apparatus to go into the Rubber conveyor belts—subject
pit, because of gas fumes. The to burning with intense man-killing
presence of the gas opened the pos- fumes—run into the blasted area.
, , , , ,, ; ,, , , Fire in a conveyor belt caused
brought danger that the trapped Britain’s last big mine disaster at
men might be asphyxiated. Cresswell, Derbyshire in Septem-
The coal face where the explo- ^ er » 1950, when 80 miners perished.
Estimates of the number of men said,
caught in the mine rose swiftly The huge colliery employs about
from 25 to 70 in the first few 2,200 men in its underground work-
hours after the blast before S. H. ings and several hundred more on
D. Skinner, chairman of the Na- the surface. It produces 835,000
tional Coal Board’s Durham divi- tons of coal annually. • „ ,
sion, put the figure at 79. The mine is on the east coast 0 L™ h ^^ Xp I^ ,0 "!™ n ^
The blast—its cause undeter- of England and a great part of its
mined immediately — shook down workings extend under the North
huge piles of rock and coal from Sea. Coal board officials said,
UN Stopped In
Korea Offense
the roof of the main roadway into however, the explosion area was sion started is in the top seam of Coal dust often piles up around
the mine and blocked the men be- not in one of the undersea seams, the pit, some 900 feet below the the belts and may be ignited by
hind, _ Skinner said “everything possi- surface and one and a quarter miles friction.
Tokyo, May 29—(A 5 )—Communist
troops wheeled and fought the
United Nations advance to a virtual
standstill today inside Red Korea.
North Korean reinforcements
struck near Hwaehon with sudden
fury at U. S. marines who had
chased them out of South Korea.
The fight raged about 12 miles
from the spot where allied forces
Monday finished destroying two
Chinese divisions in a four - day
battle.
The U. S. Eighth Army said
12,974 Reds were killed or wound
ed in the battle northwest of Chun-
chon. Another 5,028 were captur
ed.
Americans and South Koreans
surrounded and hacked to pieces
two full Chinese divisions in this
battle. A briefing officer said on
ly a few scattered Red units sur
vived.
Costly Stand
But the costly Chinese stand
may have allowed the bulk of re
treating Red forces to slip back
across the 38th Parallel and es
cape pursuing U. N. forces.
The allied counterattack had
pushed the Reds back 30 to 40
miles. It virtually wiped out gains
the Communists made in two cost
ly spring offensives. The Reds,
by Eighth Army estimates, paid
nearly 150,000 casualties for those
temporary gains.
The U. N. comeback drive had
carried the Allies north across 38
at almost every major road cross
ing. The deepest penetration was
on the East coast. There South
Koreans were dug in Tuesday
morning at Sokcho, 14 miles north
of the parallel, under the support
ing guns of U. S. warships stand
ing offshore.
Navy Blockade
The Navy announced that farth
er north blockading warships have
killed or wounded more than 9,200
Reds in their siege of Wonsan,
now in its fourth month. Naval
guns also were credited with knock
ing out 79 ammunition and supply
dumps, 615 buildings, 345 vehicles
and 115 railroad cars.
Bright sunshine Tuesday brought
Allied war planes out in force..
They swept out in morning attacks
on troops and supplies back of the
lines.
Some smashed at Communists
putting up a stiffening fight across
the East-Central front.
Field reports said U. N. tank-
led patrols ran into trouble prob
ing out in three directions from
McLemore
Wins Award
Bobbie McLemore has been given
first place in the Encouragement
Awards contest for having the best
student graden. The contest was
sponsored by the Department of
Horticulture and open to all stu
dents who grew gardens in the
area north of the College View
apartments.
Second prize went to John Ev
ans and third prize to John Good
man. McLemore placed first win
ning $5, with 94 points. Evans
garden won 87 points and $3, and
Goodman’s prize was $2 for an 82-
point garden.
The awards were made by the
College Station Chamber of Com
merce and Development Associa
tion under the auspices of the Ag
ricultural Committee, composed of
F. R. Brison, J. E. Roberts and
John E. Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, who with Bluefford
Hancock, assistant Extension Hor
ticulturist, judged the gardens
said:
“The first place garden was at
tractive in appearance; in excellent
state of cultivation; it contained
14 kinds of vegetables and appear
ed to have been planted according
to plan. The vegetables wei^e in
vigorous state of growth and were
free from serious insect or disease
Inje, eastem anchor of this sector
four miles north of 38.
The allied northeastward drive
was reported bogged down. Reds
stopped U. N. patrols driving
northwestward toward Yanggu at
the eastern end of Hwaehon reser
voir. Communists put up a stiff
fight southeast of Inje against U.
N. troops trying to close the gap
between Inje and Hyon, south of
the border.
At the western end of the res
ervoir, battles flared north, west
and east of Hwaehon.
Along the extreme western front,
South Korean troops ran into stiff
opposition after fording the Imjin
River. The action was west of
Munsan and northwest of Seoul.
For a time heavy haze cut off
the South Koreans from artillery
support.
Survey Shows
ProductivityOf
Nine Industries
Productivity of nine industries in
four southern states was sampled
in a survey under Project No. 143
(Industrial Survey of Texas) of the
Department of Management Engi
neering and the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station.
Included in the survey were Tex
as and the adjoining states of
Oklahoma Arkansas, and Louisi
ana. The industries were those of
lumber and wood products, exclud
ing furniture; printing and publish
ing; fabricated metal products;
stone, clay, and glass products;
machinery, excluding electrical; pe
troleum products; food and kindred
products; chemicals and allied
products; transportation equip
ment; and paper and allied prod
ucts.
The survey was conducted to get
data which would enable a business
man to compare productivity sta
tistics of his company with aver* *-
ages for the industry as a whole
Such information enables him U
make improvements which
strengthen the entire industry.
The productivity data given ars
analyzed under the following cate
gories: Dollars of sales per man
hour worked; dollars of sales per
employee; tum-ove** index; dollars
of annual sales per employee per
unit turnover index; dollars of
sales per man-hour worked by
state; turnover index by states;
dollars of sales per employee by
states; relationship between the
value added by manufacture and
total sales volume; and formula
for computing individual plant pro
ductivity.
The survey findings have been
published as Research Report No.
24 “Survey of Productivity Factors
in Four Southern States” by Rich
ard F. Bruckart and William J.
Crum. Copies of the report are
available from the Engineering
Experiment Station.
Annual Vet Med
Conference Slated
The Fourth Annual Veterinary
Conference will be held here on
June 7 and 8. Dr. R. D. Turk,
Veterinary Medicine School, is in
charge of arrangements.
Sponsored by the School of Vet
erinary Medicine, the conference
will open with registration in the
lobby of the MSC at 8 a.m. Thurs
day, June 7. Registration fee is
$3 per person. Plans are being
made for 250 to attend.
A banquet will be held in the
MSC ballroom at 6:45 p.m., June
7. Tickets for this banquet will be
$2.50 each.
All meetings will be in the ball
room except the one from 3 until
5 p.m. on June 7. This meeting
will be held in the MSC Assembly
Room.