Milner Captures First
Place in Mural Softball
Wednesday, June 27, 1951
THE BATTALION
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By TOM ROUNTREE
Battalion Sports Staff
Milner Tigers moved into undis
puted first place in non-military
softball by sinking Walton 5-1
yesterday afternoon.
The Tigers led off the game
and the first three men up went
down in the same order—Cable
died on base when Ritchey used
up the third out trying for his
hit.
Waltonite leftfielder Kennedy
was the first man up in the top
of the third but hit a short blooper
to short-stop who drug it down
for the first out.
Hard luck man of the game was
Walton Center Fielder Lucas who
struck out; Munson hit a grounder | laid down a beautiful bunt but
to third and was thrown out at
first; and Pratt hit another ground
ball which was scooped up by the
Walton pitcher and lobbed over
to first. Walton’s first three men
in the first all flew out with Lucas
hitting to short; Fox to catcher;
and Holloway to third.
Lord Blasts Triple
First hit of the game came when
Tiger catcher Lord blasted one of
Holloway’s pitch for three bases.
East got credit for the RBI as he
L it a ground ball to pitcher and
the throw to first Lord came
m in to score. Lueckemeyer and
|pve, the next two men at bat,
umded out and flew out respect-
wJE
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■Mton got their only hit in their
JPtion of the second when Walton
'IJwrdbaseman Quoyeser got hold of
n one of Love’s pitches and slammed
it out for a one bagger. Quoyeser
kicked the ball to put himself out.
Fox made the third out by laying
the ball down right to short who
threw him out at first with time
to spare.
Milner Fails in Third
Milner didn’t get a man on base
in the third as Harris struck out,
Davis grounded out and Cable
flew out.
The second Tiger run came in
the fifth when Munson got a hit
and drove Luekemeyer across the
plate. Lueckemeyer had gotten on
when he was beaned by one of
Holloway’s wild pitches.
Walton got their only run of the
game in the top of the sixth. Fox
had gotten on base with a base hit
and then was forced into scoring
position when Love walked Por
ter. Blackwell got credit for the
RBI with his one-base hit.
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“Sewing Texas Aggies”
all crossed the plate in the sixth
frame to give Milner their final
runs. The game ended in the top
of the seventh when Love put the
first three Walton batters away.
Love was the winning pitcher
for Milner and Holloway was
charged with the loss.
Texas Geologists gave the Dorm
16 troops a close run for their
money yesterday until the fourth
inning by holding them to a two
run lead for the first three innings.
The Rockcrushers scared the loc
al players in the fourth when
16’s pitcher, Aviles, seemed to lose
control of the ball and walked five
ment and two men were allowed on
base on fielder’s choices.
Head’s up play in the infield
was all that saved the day for
the Localites. Dorm 16 made up
for the close call by putting six
men across the home spot in the
bottom of the fourth.
The game ended in the bottom
of the fifth when Dick Harris hit
a homer for Dorm 16 to give them
the required eight ran lead to win
the game. The tilt wound up 13-4.
Winning pitcher was Aviles;
loser Smith.
V V’s Trip Bizzell
Vet Village beat Bizzell in non
military volleyball yesterday 2-1.
Bizzell took the first game 15-9
but then the V V’s came blasting
back to take the last two game
15-0 and 15-4.
B Sqdn. barely eked past C Co.
in freshman volleyball by beating
them 16-14 and 17-15 to take the
match 2-0.
D Co. upheld the honor of the
“doggies” by defeating A Flyboys
15-12 and 15-8 to take the set 2-0.
SOFTBALL
Non-Military
Team w 1 pet.
Milner v. 4 1 .800
Bizzell 3 1 .750
Vet Village 3 2 .600
Dorm 16 3 2 .600
Walton 3 3 .500
Dorm 15 , 2 4 .333
Texas Geol 0 5 .000
VOLLEYBALL
Team w 1 pet.
Texas Geol 3 0 1.000
Vet Village 1 0 1.000
Dorm 15 1 1 .500
Dorm 16 1 1 .500
Milner 1 2 .333
Walton 1 2 .333
Bizzell 0 2 .000
Bucs, Giants
Meet Yanks,
Cubs Today
At 5:45 this afternoon, two
games of the College Station Soft-
ball League will be unreeled.
On the College Park Diamond,
K. A. Manning’s Pirates will tangle
with the Yankees managed by Bill
Hensel and at College Hills dia
mond, Les Richardson’s Giants will
lock up with the Cubs, piloted by
Aden Magee, Jr.
Manning has named Homer
Adams as his moundsman for
this afternoons contest. Jake Ma
gee will be the maskman.
Probable starter for the Yank
ees will be Taylor Wilkins.
In the other tilt, Magee has
named W. White as flinger for
the Cubs while it will probably be
Dickie Dowell for the Giants.
The Pirates are leading the
league at this stage of the game
with a 4-1 won, lost record fol
lowed by the Indians and Yanks,
tied for second with three wins
and two defeats. The Cubs are all
alone in fourth place with a .500
percentage gained on two- victories
and two setbacks while the Tigers
with a 1-3 record and the Giants
1-4 follow in that order.
Hensel and Crew
Veeck Foresees No
Trouble in Buildup
St. Louis, June 27—(A 5 )—Bill
Veeck figures he won’t have much
more trouble building up the St.
Louis Browns than he did the
Cleveland Indians when he took
over that club in 1946.
He said he started with but four
good ball players at Cleveland—
Lou Boudrfeau, Bob Feller, Ken
Keltner and Allie Reynolds.
And Reynolds, he pointed out,
was sold to the Yankees in 1947.
Veeck considers pitcher Ned
Carver, catcher Sherman Lollar
and outfielder Ray Coleman of the
Browns practically on the par
with the tiny nucleus he inherited
at Cleveland.
“I’ll tell you I’ll never sell a
ball player, not for a dime,” he
added. “The DcWitts had to do
that to keep operating, but I’ve
got the operating capital necessary
to expand scouting operations, the
farm system and try to buy play
ers.
“The rest will be up to ingenuity,
horse-trading—and luck.”
Harper’s Slump Has
Him Down in Dumps
Oakmont, Pr., June 27—<A > )—The
exhausting week-long Professional
Golfers Association Tournament
opened today with defending cham
pion Chandler Harper in a state
of complete depression over a pro
longed slump.
“I can’t do anything right,” the
balding, 37-year-old pro from
Portsmouth, Va., said upon check
ing in yesterday. “If I can’t iron
myself out this week I’ll probably
give up tournament golf altogeth
er.”
Harper Seeks Qualifying Money
Harper, surprise winner at Col
umbus’ Scioto Club a year ago,
said he will seek the low medal in
36-hole qualifying today and to
morrow and will defend his crown
in match play beginning Friday.
“I don’t know how I’ll do,” the
Virginian said dejectedly. “If it’s
no better than I’ve done so far
this year, it’ll be terrible.”
This 33rd championship of the
nation’s links professors—the hard
ened campaigners and the club
pros—is being waged over the
saw-toothed Oakmont Country Club
course, 6,882 yards of grinding
sand traps and spacious lightning
greens.
Rated Toughest
It’s rated one of the toughest
layouts in the world. Its par 37-
35—72 has not been broken over
the 72-hole route in two open
championships here since 1927.
As champion, Harper qualifies
automatically. But he is permitted
to seek the $250 extra given for
the low medal. This he will do.
The first 18-hole round of qual
ifying for the 140 entrants be
gan at 7:30 this morning.
Hogan Declined
The tournament is such a stren-
ous, back-breaking undertaking
that open champion Ben Hogan
declined to tackle it. So did such
other stalwarts as Jimmy Demaret,
E. J. (Dutch) Harrison and Sam
Byrd.
Harrison withdrew yesterday,
being replaced by Bobby Craick-
shank, the veteran little Scotsman
from Pittsburgh. Demaret didn’t
enter, preferring a Canadian junk
et. Byrd withdrew after entering.
Mangrum Favored
Leading favorite is Lloyd Man
grum, 36-year-old Texan playing
out of Niles, 111. and the nation’s
leading money winner at $13,873.
He had four birdies in practice
yesterday.
Other favorites include Sam
Snead of White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va.; Roberto DeVicenzo, the
sensational gaucho from the Ar
gentine; Jim Ferrier, the putting
master from San Francisco; Lew
Worsham, 1947 Open Winner, play
ing his home course; Johnny Pal
mer of Badin, N. C., who had a
brilliant 68 in practice and young
Jack Burke of Houston.
The Yanks of the Summer Council’s Softball
League look quite happy after a recent victory.
Manager Bill Hensel (second from right, front)
evidently gave the boys a pep talk as they posed
for the cameraman. Others in the picture are
left to right, front row, J. L. Harper, C. I).
Bourke, Tommy Alderson, Hensel and George
Lange. Back row, same way, Charlie Neely,
Taylor Wilkins, Tom (Windmill) King, Bob Car
ter and W. F. Miller.
Rookie Pattern
Being Followed
By Chisox Star
New York, June 27—(AP)
-If anybody wants to be
rookie of the year after what
happened to Walt Dropo and
Roy Seivers, Chicago’s Minnio.
Minoso is running in the right di
rection.
The White Sox haven’t found
out yet where to play Minoso. One
day the Cuban Negro starts at
third base. Chances are he will fin
ish the game in right field. Maybe
he’ll be in left field the next af
ternoon. You npver know where
he will be next. Except is it a
lead pipe cinch that you won’t
find him in the minors with Dropo
and Sievers.
Dropo, the American League
1950 rookie of the year, was shift
ed to the Pacific Coast League by
the Boston Red Sox Monday. The
big first baseman was preceded
to the minors by Sievers, who was
shunted to San Antonio, the St.
Louis Browns’ Texas League farm.
Sievers, an outfielder, was rookie
of the year in 1949.
Paul Richards, Minoso’s boss,
says he has only one rule regard
ing his rookie star—just keep Min
nie playing somewhere.
Minoso is hitting .356, only two
points off the American League
lead. He shows absolutely no signs
of folding although his average is
almost 20 points better than last
year’s at San Diego.
Blind Bogey Slated
For Golfers July 4
There will be a Blind Bogey
tournament on July 4, Joe Fagan,
Pro-Manager of the A&M Golf
Course said this morning.
“It will be run off the same way
the othei’s have been” he said,
“with contestants divided in as
many flights as necessary to
spread the chances over a wider
field.”
Prizes for the winners in each
flight will be merchandise.
Brooklyn Hasn’t
%/
Won Yet-'Holmes
Philadelphia, June 27 —(A > )—
Tommy Holmes, the newest man
ager in the major leagues, cast a
chilling glance yesterday at those
who figure Brooklyn are in as
National League champions.
“After all,” observed the Bos
ton Braves’ freshman manager,
“It’s only June.”
North Texas Golfers Cop
Third NCAA Team Title
Columbus, Ohio, June 27—(A*)—
Samuel Kocsis, a golf-playing
father of three from the Univer
sity of Detroit, won medalist hon
ors in the 1951 National Collegi
ate golf championships yesterday.
Kocsis, who complained of his
putting after a five-under-par 67
Monday, needed 74 strokes yester
day as a high wind over Ohio
State University’s long and hilly
Scarlet Course sent scores soar
ing.
The 141 total stood up for medal
honors as none of those who shot
par or better Monday could match
or clip strokes off the courses’
36-36—72 yesterday.
\ Maxwell Low For Day
Billy Maxwell, ace of North
Texas State College’s crack team,
carved out a 70, the days’ best
round. But his previous 73 left
him two strokes behind Kocsis, a
senior at Detroit under the GI
Bill of Right?.
Don January of North Texas,
in second Monday with a 69, blew
himself to a 75. But his 144,
scored as shadows fell across the
18th green, gave North Texas the
team championship by one stroke
over Ohio State, the Big Ten cham
pions. It was North Texas third
consecutive NCAA team title.
The low 64 scorers started match
play this morning. NCAA champ,
succeeding P u r d u e’s since-grad
uated Freddie Wampler, will be
crowned Saturday.
January Molded Picture
January was the last player from
either North Texas or Ohio State
who could change the team pic
ture. Ohio State’s low foursome al
ready was in with a 589 team total.
On the final green January needed
Maglie Upsets Brooklyn’s Plans
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By Associated Press
Two rude jolts in three days
have slowed Brooklyn’s bid to make
a runaway of the National League
race.
The latest blow to the Dodgei-s’
plans was struck last night by
their arch rivals from across the
river, the New York Giants. A
sterling three-hit pitching perform
ance by Sal Maglie plus some time
ly hitting against previously un
beaten Preacher Roe sparked the
Giants to a 4-0 triumph. Roe had
won ten straight.
Third Straight Defeat
It marked the third straight
loss for the Dodgers who absorbed
two stunning defeats in Pittsburgh
last Sunday.
Brooklyn’s counterpart in the
American League, the pace-setting
Chicago White Sox, inaugurated
a home stand by vanquishing the
Detroit Tigers, 11-3. The win,
coupled with Washington’s 7-3 vic
tory against New York, increased
the White Sox’ lead over the Yan
kees to two games.
Boston’s third place Red Sox re
mained four games off the pace,
walloping the Philadelphia Athle
tics, 13-5. Cleveland kept close to
the leaders, nipping the St. Louis
Browns, 6-4, in 11 innings.
Philadelphia’s Phillies moved
past Boston into fifth place in the
National, shutting out the Braves,
7-0. The Chicago Cubs upset third
place St. Louis, winning in 1,0-in
nings, 7 to 5. Pittsburgh’s Howie
Pollet outpitched Cincinnati’s Har
ry Pefkowski, 3-2.
Rookies Jim Busby and Orestes
Minoso cracked three hits each to
pace a 14-hit attack by the White
Sox against four Detroit pitchers.
Busby drove in three runs as did
teammate Chico Carrasquel. Ran
dy Gumpert failed to survive a
fifth inning Tiger rally and the vic
tory w'ent to Lius Aloma, who held
Detroit in check in the last four
and two thirds innings.
Conrado Marrero checked the
Y*ankees with eight hits as his
Washington mates slammed Ed Lo-
pat and two successors for 14 to
hand the 10-game wanning south
paw his third loss. Eddie Yost
helped Marrero gain his seventh
win With a perfect day at bat. He
slammed three singles, a double and
drew a walk.
The Red Sox unloaded four hom
ers in their one-sided victory over
the A’s Vern Stephens cracked
two and Bobby Doerr and Clyde
Vollmer one each. Ted Williams
did not get into the home ran act
but drove in four runs with a triple
and two singles.
Luke Easter blasted a home ran
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with ope on in the 11th to climax
an uphill battle by the Indians.
The Browns jumped on Bob Feller
for three homers to take a 4-1 lead
but the Indians tied the score at
4-4 in the seventh helped by A1
Rosen’s circuit blow.
Emory (Bubba) Church spun a
five-hit shutout for the Phils over
the Braves. Tommy Brown, re
cently purchased from Brooklyn,
hit his third homer for the Phils
and his single ignited a two-run
rally against loser Johnny Sain.
Pinch hitter Dee Fondy doubled
home two runs in the 10th to give
the Cubs their victory over the
Cards. Veteran Dutch Leonard won
his fifth game in relief.
to sink a three-foot putt for a 75
that would give the Texans their
one stroke win. He banged it in
with dispatch.
Besides January and Maxwell,
the North Texas championship
squad is Buster Reed, with 74-74—
148 and Joe Conrad with 78-75—
153. The Texans’ fifth player,
Monty Sanders, had an 80-76—156.
Ace Didn’t Help
Allan Holmes, 24-yepr old Val
paraiso University senior, scored
his second hole-in-one in four days
here yesterday but failed to qual
ify. A score of 1.56 was needed.
He used a five-iron on the 175-
yard eighth hole Saturday in a
practice round over the course for
his first ace and yesterday he
holed out a four wood shot on the
210- yard number 17 hole.
His second consecutive 80 yes
terday left him short of the re
quired number needed for match
play which besran this morning.
Scores of Texans:
Don January, North Texas, 69-
75—146.
Billy Maxwell, North Texas, 73-
70—143.
Elwyn Stobaugh, Rice, 74-76—
150.
Billy Penn, Texas, 83-81—164.
Ross Mitchell, SMU, 77-75—152.
Dick Ford, Texas, 80-75—155.
Bobby Wolcawich, Texas, 77-
81—158.
Buster Reed, North Texas, 74-
74—148.
Frank Wear, SMU, 78-79—155.
Monty Sanders, North Texas,
80-76—156.
John Weaver, Rice, 7J-80—155.
Wesley Ellis, Texas, 72-75—147.
Don Addington, SMU, 78-80—
158.
.Joe Conrad, North Texas, 78-75
—153.
Ray Moore, SMU, 74-77—151.
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