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
atively planned for the Greshman
Golf Team with other SWC Fresh
man teams.
All-SWC Shortstop Coaching
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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 i-ecord).
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 :?>!).5.
One meter diving: Bfowning, Texas;
Broadnaux, Texas ; Cameron, A&M ; Wiley,
Texas. 532.2 points.
400-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 ; Araerine, 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,
Stag land, 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, dufing 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 freshman teams will also
TODAY LAST DAY
—Feature Starts—
1:15 - 3:00 - 4:45 - 6:30
8:15 - 10:00
Everybody Falls for “The Belle of New York’’!
AG Softballers
To Play Allen
HereTomorrow
A&M’s softball team opens
its 1952 season bore 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 shoi’tstop position
will be Henry Askew.
Patrolling the outfield for the
Cadets include Left Fielder George
Martin, Centerfielder Buddy Den
ton, and Right Fielder Bob Brown.
A&M’s Top Pitcher
Work Almost Went to Texas
Shell Egg Graders
Meet Begins 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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“BUGLES IN THE
AFTERNOON”
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 1951, 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 thorn in the
side of Univei’sity 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
dining 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 cai'eer, 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 Hubert’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
Shortkorns 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 Bros, of Dallas to play for the
World’s Amateur Championship.
Karlen had won the Eastern Divi
sion and was to play Watertown,
Melvin Work
S. D., the Western Champion in
a three out of five play-off series.
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
accommpanicd a team to the
World’s Amateur Tournament.
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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
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the 2nd and 4th Wednes
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Next visit will be
Wed. — March 26th
Office Hours
9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
see action Saturday. The baseball
team clashed with the Wharton
J. C. Pioneers in Wharton Satur
day while the track freshman play
host to the Texas Shorthorns.
Baseball Weak
At the present time, baseball
seems to be the one Aggie spring
spoi’t 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 Ernest 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
gies would again be in the running.
Coach Beau Bell is continuing to
shift his players, hoping to find
the right ones for their suited pos
itions. Catcher A1 Ogletree, an
other of the top hitters, has been
shifted to fii-st base with Martin
Hamilton taking over at the home
plate.
Bill Munnerlyn, top Aggie first
baseman of last year’s team, may,
however, again be in the starting
line-up should not the needed re
sult be gained. Last spring, he gai*-
nered 135 put outs and four as
sists, while committing but two-
erx-ors.
Infield Positions
Continuing steadily at second
base is Joe Ecrette, but the short
stop slot has been one hard to fill.
Sophomore Charles Leissner has
been playing consistently in this
position.
Thii’d baseman Hank Candelari,
who last year led the eonfei*ence
in stolen bases with seven steals,
seems to still be the best at the
hot comer.
Lary Patrols Outfield
Patroling the pastures include
All-Conference outfielder Yale
Lary, 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 runs, and 41 total bases.
Tex Fanner and David Britt arc
relative newcomers to the Cadets
team although Britt played in
three games last season. Another
top prospect in the outfield seems
to be footballer and sophomore
Ex-ic Miller. He has jxxst stalled
working out, having only recently
finished with spring football ti’ain-
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