Tuesday, June 26, 1951
THE BATTALION
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Hooper Picked As
Representative On
Foreign Track Trip
Future Big-Leaguers
— i '
A&M’s weight star, Darrow
Hooper, will be one member of a
squad that will tour Japan and
other countries in the Far East
this summer.
Another Texan, Charley Thomas
of the University of Texas will
represent Texas in another squad
which will tour England and Ice
land.
These two men, representing
the San Antonio AC were among
the top in their respective fields at
the AAU Track and Field meet in
Berkeley, Calif. Friday and Sat
urday.
Hooper Takes Third
Hooper placed third behind Par
ry O’Brien of USC and the Los
Angeles Athletic Club and Jim
Fuchs of Yale and the New York
AC, with a heave of 53-1 Vz.
O’Brien’s winning heave was a
mighty 59-914 upsetting World
’ Kecord Holder Fuchs.
Thomas set a new standard in
I the 200-meter dash in the junior
division of the AAU meet Friday.
Competing in the senior division
I on Saturday, Thomas could do no
better than third behind Jim Ford
of Drake and Walt McKibben of
the Los Angeles AC.
Other Aggies who placed in the
two-day meet were John Garmany,
Billy Bless, Bob -Hall and Charles
Gabriel.
Garmany placed sixth in the
3000-meter steeplechase in the sen
ior division which was run off Sat
urday. Horace Ashenfelter of the
Pennsylvania AC won the racfe with
a time of 9:24.5.
In the junior division 200-meter
low hurdles, Bless notched a third
Veeck Still Short
Of Desired Stock
St. Louis, June 26 —fA 5 )— Bill
Veeck said yesterday his group was
still 30,000 shares of stock short
of the amount necessary to com
plete transfer of the St. Louis
Browps to him.
Shares pledged total 21,500. That
is in addition to the holdings of
Bill and Charles DeWitt who
agreed Thursday to sell their stock
to Veeck and his associates.
The DeWitts hold about 56 per
lent of the 300,000 shares in the
American League club. Under the
Igreement about 75 per cent of the
shares must be pledged to the
Veeck group or the deal is off.
place while Hall followed his team
mate in sixth place.
Gabriel wound up in sixth place
in the 5,000-meter run. He was run
ning in the junior division.
In the 10,000-meter grind, G-
man, Fred Wilt, running under the ,
colors of the New York AC, played L'
a little game of tag with two of
his teammates and the three of
them finished one, two, three to
give the New York AC the lead at
that stage of the meet.
Leonard Truex, Ohio State upset
favored Warren Druetzler, Michi
gan State in the 1500-meter run
with a 3:52 time.
Attlesey Defended Successfully
Dick Attlesey of the Los An
geles AC, successfully defended his
title in the 110 meter high hurd
les by topping the timbers in 13.8.
George Rhoden of Morgan State,
kept up his winning ways in the
400 meter dash by nipping Herb
McKenley, fleet Jamaican Negro
in a meet equalling time of .46.
The winning mark in the broad
jump was 24-8 y2, posted by George
Brown of the Los Angeles AC.
Dick Doyle of the Olympic Club
spun the discus 175-6% to top all
entrants in that event. J. Lewis
Hall of Florida leaped 6-8 to grab
the top position in the high jump.
The only Texan in this event was
Charles Holding, ETSC and the
San Antonio AC who tied with
six others for third place with a
height of 6-4.
Wilt showed the field his heels
in the 5,000-meter run with a win
ning time of 14:47.5.
Whitfield Tops 800-Meter
The “vaultin’ Preacher,” Bob
Richards of the LAAC, outdueled
three others for top honors in the
pole vault and won with a 14-4
mark. Don Laz of Illinois was one
of the three who tied for second
at 14 flat.
Mai Whitfield, the great middle-
distance runner, copped the 800
meter .run with a 1:52.9.
A meet record was tied in the
100-meter dash as Jim Goliday,
Northwestern freshman, raced to
the wire in 10.3. The record is
now held jointly by Golliday and
four others, among them Barney
Ewell, Olympic dash star of 1948.
Frank Held of the Olympic club
eclipsed his own meet record of
23^ set in 1950 by flinging the
javelin a distance of 241-% for
another record at the meet.
Williams Steps
Into 5th Place
On Hot Streal
Representing the Southside Food Market in the
Little League are the Red Sox, coached by John
Denison. The members, all 12 years old or un
der are left to rigt, back row, John Berry, Char
les Todd, James Couch, John Ray Perryman,
Wayne Thompson and Bobby Potts. In the same
order on the front row are Jerry Smith, Alton
Arnold, Paul Hilderbran, Jerry Carroll and Lyle
Broemeling.
PGA Layout Will
Require Slugger
Oakmont, Pa., June 26—(A*)—
Gene Sarazen called Oakmont “the
Joe Louis of golf courses” today
and predicted the PGA champion
ship will go to the “slugger who
can think.”
“With Ben Hogan not in the
field, I think Lk>yd Mangrum has
the best chance to take it,” added
the squat squire from Germantown,
N. Y., a competitor in the PGA
since 1920.
“No outsider will win this' tour
nament,” Sarazen said. “Just as
at Oakland Hills a few days ago
in the open, one of the top three
or four players in the country will
come through and who could over
look Mangrum?”
The week-long grind, which even
the mighty Hogan admits is now
too rugged for him, begins tomor
row with two days of qualifying
to reduce the field from 140 to the
low 64.
Chandler Harper of Portsmouth,
Va., the defending champion, qual
ifies automatically but will seek
the special medalist award of $250.
Too Much For Hogan
Hogan, recent winner of his
third open crown, decided two years
ago his aging legs, shattered in a
1949 automobile accident, could no
longer stand the terrific strain of
a PGA tournament.
Sarazen is one of ten past cham
pions, including Harper, who will
seek the title. Others are Paul
Runyan, Johnny Revelta, Denny
Shute, Henry Picard, Vic Ghezzi,
^am Snead, Bob Hamilton and Jim
Ferrier.
Of these, Snead, Hamilton and
Ferrier, being younger men, are
figured to last longer in the “sud-
dent death” eliminations although
Snead is still bothered by an old
hand injury.
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Texas’ Golfers
Among Leaders
At Columbus
Columbus, Ohio, June 26—
(AP)—A 32-year-old father
of three children, a University
of Detroit senior, carved out
a five-under-par 67 to take
the qualifying lead in the 1951
Intercollegiate Golf championships
yesterday.
Samuel Kocsis, who “hasn’t play
ed much golf in two years,” blister
ed the long scarlet course at Ohio
State University with a brilliant
33-34—67. Par is 36-36—72.
The 145-pound senior sported a
two-stroke margin over his near
est challenger. His 67 was a course
record for tournament play, top
ping a 68 by Ohio State Howard
Baker in 1945.
Don January of North Texas
State College, the 1950 NCAA team
champions, shot a 35-34—69.
Tom Neiport of Cincinnati, 22-
year-old Ohio State University
junior, fired a 36-34—70 over the
6,915-yard rolling course! Seymour
Black of UCLA matched that total
with 37-33—70.
Despite Kocsis’ lead, Neiporte of
Ohio State still ranked up there
as a prime favorite. The smooth
swinging Ohioan was two-strokes
under par and he’s playing his
home course, where he’s generally
extremely tough.
Texans scores:
Don January, North Texas State,
35- 34—69.
Wesley Ellis, Texas, 34-38—72.
Billy Maxwell, North Texas
State, 36-37—73.
Buster Reed, North Texas State,
37-37—74.
W. Elwyn Stobaugh, Rice, 38-
36— 74.
John Weaver, Rice, 38-37—75.
Bobby Wolcawich, Texas, 39-38
—77.
Ross Mitchell, SMU 38-39—77.
Don Addington, SMU 39-39—78.
Joe Conrad, North Texas State,
39-39—78.
Frank Wear, SMU 39-39—78.
Monty Sanders, North Texas
State, 40-40—80.
Dick Ford, Texas, 42-38—80.
Bill Penn, Texas, 40-43—83.
Lack of Players
Postpones Contest
A scheduled game between the
Tiger’s and Cubs of the College
Station Softball League was post
poned yesterday because neither
side could field a complete team.
The game was scheduled to end
fii’st-half play in the Summer
league made up of residents of
College Station.
In Friday’s action, the Pirates
dropped the Giants 7-2, while the
Indians enjoyed a 11-9 victory over
the Yanks.
Homer Adams authored a three
hit game for the Pirates and Dick
Dowell controlled the pitcher’s
mound for the Giants.
The bottom of the sixth was the
turning point in the Indian-Yanks
game as Crotcher tripled with the
bases loaded. He led the batting
for the Indians with a total of
three hits.
Barney Welch pitched the whole
game for the Indians, while Tom
King and Bob Porter shared hon
ors for'the Yanks.
It’s Back to the Minors
For Big Walt Dropo
Boston, June 26—UP)—Big Walt
Dropo, the Boston Red Sox’ for
mer slugging first baseman, was
optioned yesterday to San Diego
of the Pacific Coast League on a
24-hour recall basis.
Dropo, an American League sen
sation as a freshman last year,
was batting only .262 and had only
24 runs batted in.
Dropo batted .322 in 136 games
with the Sox last year and drove
in 144 runs.
Chicago, June 26—(AP) —
Boston’s Ted Williams hit at
a .500 clip last week and took
a place among the American
League batting leaders.
Through games of Sunday, Wil
liams got 15 hits in 30 trips. His
.332 for the season was good for
fifth place.
Ferris Fain of the Athletics re
turned to the top spot, cutting
Orestes Minoso’s reign to a single
week. Fain’s average was .358, two
percentage points better than the
White Sox outfielder’s .356.
Three other players joined the
top ten with Williams. They are
Gil Coan of Washington, Roberto
Avila of Cleveland and George
Kell of Detroit, who replaced Ray
Coleman of St. Louis, Dick Kry-
hoski of Detroit, Luke Easter of
Cleveland and Gil McDougald of
New York.
The ten leaders, after Fain and
Minoso, are Nelson Fox, Chicago,
.355; Dom DiMaggio, Boston, .341;
Williams, .332; Vern Stephens,
Boston, .326; Jim Busby, Chicago,
.319; Coan, .318; Avila, .317 and
Kell, .316.
Sqdn. A Shares
k Title With 2-1
Victory Over B
By TOM ROUNTREE
Battalion Sports Staff
A Sqdn. came through in a last
inning rally yesterday afternoon
to cop half of the freshman soft-
ball title by downing B Sqdn. 2-1.
The game went scoreless until
the top of the fifth when A Sqdn.
committed their only error of the
game and let Gonzales of B Sqdn.
get on base. When the A Boys
fumbled the ball, Bray scooted in
from third to score B Sqdn.’s only
tally.
A Sqdn. leadoff man, Jones,
got on base with B Sqdn.’s only
error of the game and then went
on to circle the bases when A
Sqdn. short, Theritor, blasted out
a double. Theritor then stole
home to win the game and half
of the title for A Flyboys.
Final statistics showed A Sqdn.
Tigers, Phillies Win
First Half of LL Play
By GUS BECKER
Battalion Sports Staff
The Tigers of the American
League and the Phillies of the
National League were the respec
tive champions of their leagues at
the end of the first half of the
split season in the Bryan-College
Station Little Baseball League.
Joe Campise, Jr. of the Seven
Up Tigers led the hitters of both
leagues with an average of .680.
Sammy Dwyer of the Corbusier
Cardinals was the National League
Champion with a .571 average.
Headed RBI List
Campise also lead both leagues
in the runs-batted-in department
with eighteen. Billy Corbusier, the
Cardinal shortstop was ahead in
the National League with sixteen.
Dwyer lead both leagues in doub
les with nine and J. R. Bravenec
had seventeen walks to lead in that
department.
An All-Star team consisting of
two players from each team was
selected by Little League managers
and league officials and will play
a similar All-Star team from Aus
tin Saturday.
Sports Park is the site of the
Darrow Hooper
One of the outstanding shot men
in the country, Hooper will be
one of the members of a track
squad that will tour Japan and
the Far East this summer.
AA All-State
Guard Will
Attend A&M
The freshman football situation
is looking up for next year as
word has been received that Mar
vin Tate, 18 year old, Abilene
football star will enroll here in
September.
Tate a three year letterman on
the team that in 1949 \yent to the
state quarter-finals in Aa circles
and won second place in the district
last year, is a 6-1, 188 pound guard.
As a sophomore, Tate was named
to the second team, all-district and
as both a junior and senior he was
named to both the all-district and
all-state teams. Tate was honored
last year as captain of his team.
Besides his football prowess,
Tate is also a baseballer of some
note, having been first string
catcher for the last three years.
The Wildcats copped the runner-up
position in 1950 AA baseball.
Tate, who will major in Business
Administration, is the second all-
state guard who has named A&M
as his choice. Several weeks ago,
Sid Theriot, a Louisiana standout
also said he would be here in the
Fall.
Tates parents are Mr, and Mrs.
0. T. Tate of Abilene.
game and starting time is 8 p. m.
A minor league game at 6 p. m.
will precede the All-Star game.
Tickets Pay Fpr Lighting
Money from the sale of tickets
will be used to pay for the light
ing of the Little League Park on
Williamson Drive. Tickets may be
obtained from any member of the
Little League teams, Mr. John
Denison manager of the Red Sox
said today.
Sixteen players were chosen for
the team with two players repre
senting each team in the league.
Players named to the team, were
Campise and Gordon Gregg, Tig
ers ; Billy Batten and Dwyer, Card
inals; Johnny Carrier and Simplicio
Becerra, Athletics; Herman Seigert
and Clyde Porterfield, Yankees;
Johnny Niederauer and Joe Brooks
Thompson, Phillies; Bobby Potts
and Alton Arnold, Red Sox; Dick
Hickerson and Stuart Helvey,
Cubs; Jimmy Williams and Bra-
vanec, Giants.
Smith Will Manage
Manager of the All-Star team
will be Preston Smith, manager of
the American League champion
Tigers. Assistant managers are
Carl Niederaurer, manager of the
National League champion Phillies,
and Les Richardson of the Cubs.
This All-Star team will not rep
resent the League in tournament
play. A team composed of the
fourteen best players in the league
will be selected at a later date
to represent the league.
2 hits, 2 runs, 1 error and B Sqdn.
4 hits, 1 run and 1 error.
Vet Village pitcher G. H. Bunch
pitched a no-hitter yesterday to
down the Texas Geologists 15-0.
The V V’s were never in any
trouble as they made four or more
runs in every inning except one.
Geologist pitcher Harry Smith
seemed to have left his control at
home as he gave up eight walks
and ten hits. Smith was able to
fan only two men. The Rockcrush-
er’s just couldn’t seem to get a
good solid whack at the ball as
they didn’t get a ball past the in
field during the game.
The game ended with the V V’s
getting 10 hits, 15 runs, 0 errors
and the Rockcrushers 0 hits,
0 runs and 0 errors.
Walton sunk Dorm 16 with a
score of 6-4 yesterday afternoon.
Walton showed their power early
in the game when they blasted out
four runs in the top of the second.
The Waltonites got Porter, Black-
well and Ritchy on base with hits;
Lucas, Hollaway, and Mondshine
reached first on balls; Dick with
a fielder’s choice and Fox made
it the hard way—taking first base
by getting hit with a pitched ball.
Dorm 16 picked up two runs in
the second inning when Stribling
and McReynolds both crossed the
plate. Dorm 16’s second came in
the third when Lenzen made the
circuit and their final tally came
when Harris made the trip in
the top of the fifth.
Sonny Holloway got credit for
the win and Don Aviles was low
rqan on the totem.
B Sqdn. took D Co. 2-1 in a
freshman league volleyball game
yesterday. The Paddlefeet took the
first game 18-16 but the Flyboys
bounced back and took the next
two, 15-8 and 15-3.
Second Airman win of the day
came when A Sqdn. downed C Co.
15-10 and 16-14.
SOFTBALL
Freshman
(Final)
Team
w 1 pet. r r
A Sqdn.
4 2 .667 35 IS
B Sqdn.
4 2 .667 40 27
D Co.
2 3 .400 30 43
C Co.
1 4 .200 30 45
Softball Non-Military
Team
w 1 pet.
Milner
3 1 .750
Bizzell
3 1 .750
Walton
3 2 .600
Vet Village
Dorm 16
Dorm 15
Texas Geol.
0 4, .(
Bob Feller pitched the only no
hitter on opening day in American
League history. He opened the 1940
season with a 1-0 job over Chicago.
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