Tuesday, March 25, 1952
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Golfing is proving to be a source
of pastime for the fairer sex.
Two classes totaling 25 damsels,
one of local ladies and the other
of wives from Bryan Air Force
Base, have recently been formed
and are being instructed by Joe
Fagan, manager of A&M’s new
golf course.
* The classes meet twice each week
-—once for group instruction, and
once for individual help. One of the
pupils Mrs. Eugene Harding, who
has been shooting top-notch golf,
will probably compete in several
ladies’ tournaments in the near fu
ture.
Since its opening in December
of 1950, the new golf course has
seen 19,700 rounds of golf, and
there is a 20 per cent increase in
play this year over that of last
year.
Several matches have been tent-
« ;ly planned for the Greshman
Team with other SWC Fresh-
teams.
All-SWC Shortstop Coaching
' SWC Swim
Meet Results
50-yard freestyle: Tolar, Texas: Ellis,
A&M ; Farrell, SMU ; Hoff, Texas. 23.7.
200-yard backstroke: McMillon, SMU;
Shirley, Texas: Wilson, SMU; Beddoes,
SMU. 2:20.5 (new record).
220-yard freestyle: Adamson, A&M; Wil
son, Texas; Timming, Texas; Farrell,
SMU. 2:20.6.
200-yard breaststroke: Gale, SMU; Com
stock, A&M ; Hoyt, Texas; Bollen, SMU.
2 :39.5.
One meter diving: Browning, Texas;
Broadnaux, Texas ; Cameron, A&M ; Wiley,
Texas. 532.2 points.
tOO-yard freestyle relay: A&M (Ellis,
Adamson, Parnell, Sargent) Texas; SMU.
3 :46.
100-yard backstroke: McMillon, SMU;
Shirley, Texas; Wilson, SMU; Beddoes,
SMU, 63.0.
lOOyard breaststroke: Kilgore, SMU ;
Hoyt, Texas : Comstock, A&M ; Ragland,
Texas: 1:06.3.
100-yard freestyle: Wilson, Texas; Tolar,
Texas ; Farrell, SMU ; Ellis, A&M : 53.9.
440-yard freestyle: Yriart, Texas; Mc
Millon. SMU ; Amerine, SMU ; Humph
reys, Texas. 5:14.3.
200-yard individual medley: Adamson,
(*A&M : Bollen, SMU ; Kilgore, SMU ; Wil
son, Texas. 2:20.2.
Diving: Browning, Texas; Broadnaux,
Texas ; Wiley, Texas ; Slocum, SMU.
588.6 points.
300-yard medley relay: Texas (Shirley,
Ragland, Maganiello) ; A&M ; SMU. 3 :11.8.
Assistant Baseball Coach Guy Wallace, former
All-SWC shortstop, shows infielders Charley Las-
telick and Roscoe Hunt a fundamental in pick
ing up a slow hop, during an afternoon practice
session.
Three Varsity Sports
Meet Foes This Week
A&M’s trackteam, undefeated in
its last 14 games, takes a rest
this weekend from collegiate com
petition while three other varsity
sports take on foes here both
Friday and Saturday.
Cadet baseballers will begin a
two game series with the Univer
sity of Minnesota, the initial game
being Friday. The Aggies having
lost their first seven games, will
be trying for their first victory
after having finished last season
as the fifth team in the nation.
Coach Joe Fagan places his golf
ers against the Rice Owls to open
the Southwest Conference golf
round-robin Friday afternoon. In
tennis, the Cadets will meet Abi
lene Christian College Saturday
afternoon on the A&M Clay courts.
Two freshinan teams will also
AG Softballers
To Play Allen
Here Tomorrow
A&M’s softball team opens
its 1952 season here tomorrow
night on the lighted softball
field, meeting the Allen Acad
emy Ramblers. Starting time
for the game is 8 p.m.
Ralph Beard will start for the
Cadets on the mound.
Included in the probable start
ing line-up for the Aggies are
Catchre Ralph Bledsoe, First Base
Billy Campbell, Second Base Bill
Morris, and Third Base Dick Lent-
zen. Playing the shortstop position
will be Henry Askew.
Patrolling the outfield for the
Cadets include Left Fielder George
Martin, Centerfiejder Buddy Den-
tojn, and Right Fielder Bob Brown.
A&M’s Top Pitcher
Work Almost Went to Texas
Shell Egg Graders
Meet Beerins Tuesday
The Poultry Husbandry depart
ment of A&M College is spon
soring a shell egg graders short
course, March 25-27.
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By HUGH PHILIPPUS
Battalion Sports Writer
Melvin Work, star pitcher for
the Cadets, almost became a mem
ber of the TU baseball squad.
Graduating at mid-term from
Woodrow Wilson High of Dallas
in 1961, Work planned to leave
for Austin, but a Dallas Aggie-ex
talked to him the night before
his departure.
The next morning Work took
his train, but for College Station,
instead of Austin. This was a big
injection into the Aggie Baseball
out-look, and quite a thoi’n in the
side of University coaches.
Dallas Boy
This Dallas pitching star start
ed his mound duties at the age of
15, when he began hurling for his
high school. In the three years he
lettered in high school, Mel’s rec
ord showed the following: sopho-
more year—one win and two loss
es; junior year—six wins and four
losses, and senior year five wins
and three loses.
Work batted .270 in high school
and his record of 100 strike-outs
during his junior still stands as a
city record. Mel had 86 fanning in
stances to his credit as a senior.
8-2 Record
During his College career, Mel’s
record includes four wins and one
loss as a freshman pitcher, and
he batted a fine .375. So far this
year, Mel has looked like the re
placement for Pat Hubei*t’s spot
on the Aggie nine. In his first en
counter with the Brook Medics,
Work pitched six hitless innings,
■while in the second encounter, the
Comets got to him for two hits
and five runs in four frames.
Last year’s game with the Texas
Shorthorns was one of Work’s out
standing games, as he pitched five
hit ball and personally accounted
for knocking in four of the eight
Aggie runs. The night before this
game, Work was hospitalized with
an infected knee.
Work’s activities in amateur and
semi-pro ball has had a wide and
experiencing scope. Mel played
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four years in the amateur loops
around Dallas, and has twice play
ed in the Amateur World’s Champ
ion Series.
In the summer of ’50, Work went
to Battle Creek, Mich., with Kar
len Bi-os. of Dallas to play for the
World’s Amateur Championship.
Karlen had won the Eastei'n Divi
sion and was to play Watertown,
This time he played with the Tex
aco Dealer’s of Dallas at Water-
town, S. D. Mel again won the
opening game for his team, 0-5,
over the team that had won the
championship the year before. The
Texaco Dealer’s went to the quar
ter-finals that year,
Semi-Pro Ball
Last year, the Dallas pitcher
played his first year of semi-pro
ball for the Weimer Truckers. He
doesn’t have any idea as to his
baseball plan for this coming sum
mer.
Mel’s favorite pitch is his fast
ball, and changes up with curves
and changes of pace, along with
a drop. He of course favors a right
handed hitter.
As his most rememberable game,
Mel recalled when he defeated
New York City in the semi-final
of the World’s Amateur Tourna
ment, 1-0, the final score brought
home in the ninth inning. He added
that the game was played in 32
(See WORK, Page 4)
Melvin Work
S. D., the Western Champion in
a three out of five play-off seines.
Work pitched the first game of
the series, and won, but Karlen
lost the next three straight, to
lose the championship. In this
World’s Amateur tournament, Mel
won three out of the 16 games
played.
The next summer, Work again
accomnipanied a team to the
World’s Amateur Tournament.
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day of each month at the
LaSalle Hotel.
Next visit will be
Wed. — March 26th
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Baseball Weak
At the present time, baseball
seems to be the one Aggie spring
sport far below expectations. Weak
play in the infield and outfield
seem to have been the Cadets’ soft
spots.
Although the pitching has not
proved as strong as last year’s,
it does show definite signs of im
provement in the coming future.
Melvin Work and Emest Johnson
seem to hold the Cadets Southwest
Conference crown chances in their
hands. Should the big bats of Yale
Lary, Joe Ecrette, and Charley
Russell start connecting, the Ag
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Coach Beau Bell is continuing to
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the right ones for their suited pos
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Hamilton taking over at the home
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Thii’d baseman Hank Candelari,
who last year led the conference
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Lary Patrols Outfield
Pati'oling the pastures include
All-Conference outfielder Yale
Lai-y, conference leader in two
base hits last season and the
Cadets top hitter on this year’s
team. Lai’y, however, has not
shown the zip which placed him as
a leader in RBIs with 17, three
home x’uns, and 41 total bases.
Tex Fanner and David Bx-itt ai’e
x-elative newcomers to the Cadets
team although Britt played in
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to be footballer and sophomoi'e
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working out, having only recently
finished with spring football tx-ain-
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