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■ :ing or scientific back- nizations, the Quartcr- lillion men all over the anded to 85,000 items st, and supply clothing tuation, and petroleum it once merchants, im- lasing agents, and cx- ersified to such an cx- rses given at this col- tablishment upon grad- irate the Army’s com- 10 develop, procure, and forecasting equipmeniu s of the Army that^| Army that maintamr ties, down to and in communications in the that enable the entire ted unit. degree in engineering, senior division Signal one or more courses ectives prior to grad- iT may admit students jve at his discretion. jest of all the services nating and supervision t of the Army and of nee to the Department er with necessity for the capacity to trana- md tactical operations, embarkation, debarka- s in which the Army s as well as transpor- sment control agencies upplies from the Uni- of men and material leadership and ingen- staff capacities, most ons. iarallel the mission of ineering and Business ies are so diversified ffered by this College Corps. riMES TODAY e Fainted Hills” )AY & FRIDAY LAUGHS AND | LOVE SONGS!. m’s ^ m y willt umgs... tv MNZA LEIGH fCHELL • GALE ROBBINS M-G-M PICTURE By Walt Kelly DKiMtiJOH 4N -S T omc^A ffjyr & By A1 Capp S GONrtA, Probable Rice Starters a m Wm IfSil I #■’ Bert Dickens Forward Don Lance Forward N.Y. Yanks Voted Fops In 1951 Sports Year New York, Jan. 8—(A 3 )—For the second straight year, the New York Yankees baseball club was picked as the team of the year in the an nual Associated Press Poll. The Yanks, 4vho swept to their third straight American League and world series triumph under Manager Casey Stengel, beat out the New York Giants in the poll just as they did in the series. Casey’s club received 53 first place votes and 305 points on a 3-2-1 basis to finish 54 points ahead of the Giants whose stirring comeback captured the imagination of writers and fans everywhere. Leo Durocher’s team was named first by 52 of the 214 sports writ ers and sportscasters who took part in the poll. The Giants collected 251 points. The leading teams, based on three points for first, two for sec ond and one for third (first place votes in parenthesis): 1. N. Y. Yank’s, Baseball (53) 305 2. N. Y. Giants, Baseball (52) 251 3. Cleve’d Bro’ns, Footb’l (48) 249 4. Tennessee, Football (24) 138 5. Mich. State, Football (7) 60 6. Kentucky, Basketball (2) 46 7. Princton, Football (4) 41 8. Illinois, Football (3) 34 9. Stanford, Football (3) 31 10. Maryland, Football (3) 28 Other teams high up in the vot ing included Los Angeles Rams, football (3) 24; U. S. Ryder Cup Team, Golf, 12; Detroit Red Wings, Hockey (1) 7, Chicago White Sox, Baseball (1), 7, and Harlem Globe trotters, Basketball (1),7. Bowl’em Over Days Creates Interest By HUGH PHILIPPUS Battalion Sports Writer The second “Bowl ’em Over Days” took place yesterday in the MSC bowling alley. This sec ond contest drew more attention than the first one which took place the day before the Christ mas holidays, the 18th. This idea of Mrs. Elaine Lester was to creat interest among other boys who regularly take part in the sport. Mrs. Lester also added that the top twelve men in the school who are on the MSC Bowling Team are not eligible, and this gives the beginner or learner a better chance, and she hopes, will develop his interest. No Expert One doesn’t have to be an ex pert bowler to enter this weekly event, for the first prize is not to the owner of the highest series or better average, it is won great ly by luck in a drawing. Anyone may enter three scores he bowls on one of these days on the master sheet, and then about 10:30 p. m. that evening, a number is drawn out of a box con taining numbers from 70 through 200. The Aggie entering the closest score in the “Blind Boggie” to that drawn number wins his draw of the four prizes. The prizes this past contest were a pair of Elk Bowling Shoes, a bowling bag, a bowlers cake from the MSC shop, and a $2.50 steak dinner from the MSC Dining Room. The owner of the highest average for the day will get sec ond drawing from the remaining prizes, after the winner of the Blind Boggy draws his. The re maining two prizes are held over until the next Tuesday. In the first one before Christ mas, Mrs. Lester stated that forty- eight boys participated and enter ed 136 lines. Winner of this Blind Boggy was W. L. Anderson with a score of 110, and the man with the highest average for the day was Clinton Sikes with a 534 ser ies and an average of 178. Yesterday’s winner in the sec ond Blind Boggy was Bill Shepard with a score of 183. While the high series winner of the day with an average of 195 was Tom Sikes. Mrs. Lester wanted to also add that no outsiders bowl on Tues day, and that is the one day that the alley is devoted entirely to the students, and only students (See BOWLERS, Page 4) Ag Swimmers Enter First Meet Saturday The Aggie Swimming team will enter its first meet of the season, Saturday at Austin where the Third Annual Re lays will be held. All of the SWC teams are in vited to enter the meet which has been won by. Texas University for the past two years. Relay events are the 400 yard freestyle, breaststroke and back stroke relays composed of four men each. Distance relays are the distance medley relay with a three man team swimming 100- 200, and 400 yards freestyle respectively and a double medley relay with a six man team swimming 100 yards apiece, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, with the last three men repeating in the same order. 15,000 Rounds of Golf In One Year i < fymV' >• j.% v*"' l I f lit Four of the average of 41 persons a day are shown adding to the 9,531 student rounds shot during the first year of the A&M Golf Course. The 6,715-yard, par 71 course is one of the roughest in Hi the country and is the second longest in the south. Joe Fagan is the manager and club professional, and . also is the coach of| the A&M Golf team. (nA&M Golf Course Ends First Year The A&M golf course which was opened a year ago, has had a busy year, Joe Fagan, manager and pro fessional of the course announced recently. Over 15,000 rounds of golf were played on the course during 1951, with students playing approximate ly 9,500 rounds! Over 4,000 faculty rounds were played and almost 800 rounds being played by guests of students or faculty members. Second Longest. In South To look after this 6,715-yard, par-71 course, the college assigned Joe Fagan as manager and pro fessional, Fagan has been respon sible for the conversion of 160 acres of former cow pasture into one of the finest golf layouts in this area. Its length makes it the second longest course in the South. Besides taking care of the course, Fagan is also golf coach for the college. He was named to this post Sept. 1, succeeding Gayther Nowell, pro at Bryan Country Club, site of most A&M matches with opposing linksmen until last May, when the Southwest Confer ence individual champion was de termined on the new course at A&M. Work toward improving the fourth-place golf team standing of 1951 has already begun with the initial determination of possi- (See GOLF, Page 4) Every Monday KORA 8:00 P.M. American Laundry & Dry Cleaners Like boxer style shorts? 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NCAA List Tourneys Cincinnati, Jan. 8 —(A 5 )— The NCAA set the date for eleven 1952 national championships today and tentatively chose Washington as the site of the 1953 convention. The championship dates and sites include. Tennis—Northwestern Univer sity, June 23-28. Cross-country—Michigail State, Nov. 24. Golf—Purdue, June 22-28. Wrestling — Colorado A&M, March 28-29. Swimming—Princeton, March 27-29. Track—University of California, June 13-14. Boxing—Wisconsin, April 3-5. Basketball—Four regional tour naments, March 21-22, with finals at University of Washington, March , 25-26. Aggie Gagers Seek 2nd SWC Triumph By BOB SELLECK Battalion Sports Editor A&M will be out for its second straight SWC triumph in its al ready early race to keep pace with the high-scoring TCU Frogs when they tangle with Rice here Friday night. Clipping the feathers of the not too friendly Owls will not be an easy job for the Cadet five. Rice was picked to wind up in the cel lar in football and came through in the top division. The basketballers of Houston will be out to show that they are just capable of upsetting the ex perts predictions as their gridders were. Owls Are Improved In non-conference play the Owls had a 5-7 record which doesn’t show the improvement that they have made since dropping their opener in late November. In the conference’s pre-season tournament, during Cotton Bowl Week in Dallas, Rice was good enough to win the consolation crown. After losing to the champ ions, TCU, in the opener, the Owls came back strong to smash Bay lor and Arkansas with a strong of fensive game. The Owls, led by Maurice Teague and Gene Schwinger, figure to be one of the better scoring teams in the conference and will probably win several games that they aren’t supposed to. Teague, a junior, and Schwinger, sophomore, rank among the leading scorers in SWC with 152 and 140 points respectively. It is possible that Rice Coach Suman will have a starting line-up including three sophomores to throw against the undefeated Ag gies. Don Lance, forward, Dean Small and Schwinger are all second-year men scheduled to receive the start ing assignment. Bert Dickens, a junior, and Leonard Childs, a senior, rounds out the starting quintet. Leading Scorer Big Buddy Davis, Aggies’ lead ing scorer with 161 points, ranks No. 4 among the top scorers in the conference. In a non-confer ence tilt against Oklahoma City, Monday night Davis tied with teammate Jewell McDowell for top honors with 19 counters. When the spring semester starts in the first of February, the Ag gies will lose the service of their top guard, Jewell McDowell. McDowell will close the records on his brilliant career with the Maroon and White when he grad uates in late January. McDowell Replacements Bobby Farmer and Don Heft are top prospects with only lack of ex perience holding both back from regular duty. 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