Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1953)
/ Tuesday, February 10, 1953 THE BATTALION Page 3 ’Mural Clubs To Be Selected For the first time in A&M’s intramural sports history, All-In tramural teams in all sports will bo selected, with voting now going on for football and basketball squads. The balloting is being done by unit athletic officers, who are not permitted to vote for members of their own outfit. The mythical football and basketball teams will consist of 15 players and will be chosen for Class A, B, and C. Sophomore’s, juniors, and seniors will compete in one class this se mester, instead of the two classes (A and B) of last semester. There will be but one team per outfit this semester. All wrestling entries must reg ister in the intramural office today or Wednesday. Intramural wrest ling is due to start next Tuesday. For the first time intramural rifle teams will be organized. Teams will donsist of six men per outfit, with members of the rifle team ineligible. TODAY & WEDNESDAY Wffliel woe TOM EWELL-HARVEY LEMBECK BLANCHARD i UNIVERSAL INIERNAUONAl PICIURi swount must -Also- i Glory Alley Ags Lose To Bears; Try Steers Tonight SlilllillilBl ■ ■ < i; :... I , F- Ags Nip ru In Soccer Mauricio Lasege scored the first and only goal of the game shortly after the second half be gan to lead the Aggie Soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Texas. In the first half, the teams charged up and down the field, but neither could score. Guy Fernan dez was outstanding at the goalie position for A&M, saving the Ca dets from many Texas scores. A&M now has a 2-1-0 record in conference play, holding first place. GOOD LUCK—Jim Bevans, left, who will take over the head coaching job at CHS next season and coach 0. V. Chafin, right, who will guide the Bishop High School team next year, wish each other success in their new duties. Chafin Resigns To Accept Bishop Post By JERRY ESTES Sports News Editor Head Coach 0. V. Chafin of Consolidated High School has an nounced his resignation to become effective some time in April. Chafin has accepted the Head Coaching job at Bishop, Texas, “I hate to leave,” he said, “but I was made such a better offer I just couldn’t turn it down.” A&M Consolidated School Board of Trustees unanimously accepted his letter of resignation at their meeting Monday, Feb. 9. In his letter, Chafin said, “I believe the new job is an advancement in my profession.” Superintendent Les Richardson said, “This is a letter I both hate to see, and am glad to see.” Rich ardson explained he was glad to see Chafin get a better job, and sorry to lose him. TONIGHT “Million Dollar Mermaid” —Color— “Golden Gloves Story” Chafin is just finishing his fourth highly successful season as mentor of the Tiger’s football, basketball, baseball, and tradk teams. He came to Consolidated from Hearne where he was head basketball coach and assistant football coach. In the four seasons at CHS, Chafin has seen his football teams emerge as district champs, district co-champs, runners-up, and third place contenders. Assistant coach Jim Bevans was recommended by Chafin, as his successor in his letter of resigna tion. According to Richardson, the recommendation is to be accepted. “Bevans is more than well qual ified for the job”, Chafin said. “I give the credit for my success these past four seasons to him,” Chafin continued. Although Chafin will coach only football, he has proven to be quite capable in the capacity of basket ball and track coach. The Tigers have brought home three district championships and on runner-up trophy in the four years of Cha- fin’s basketball tutelage. “We had a fine group of boys while I was here” Chafin said, “and I am leaving a fine bunch.” “I have had good co-operation fro in the fans and school officials which makes it even harder to leave,’.’ Chafin said. Bevans will have a rough sche- (See CHAFIN, Page 4) The Aggie varsity and fish bas ketball teams tonight in Austin meet Texas University in a doub leheader. The varsity squad will be trying to balance their conference record at four wins and four losses, while the fish will still be looking for victory number one. It took Baylor 39 minutes and 58 seconds to move into the lead in the Saturday game at DeWare Field House, but two seconds was n’t enough time for the Ags to stage a rally, and they suffered a one-point defeat, 47-46. Leroy Miksch led Aggie scorers with 17 points as the Farmers dropped their first home court con ference game. v Cubs Down Fish In the Fish-Cub curtainraiser, the Baylor Cubs led all the way as Fortenberry again was impres sive, scoring five field goals and 10 free tosses to rack up 20 points and game high scoring honors. CHS Past Yeguas; Try Snook Tonite Consolidated’s Tigers cleared their last obstacle before their game with Snook tonight, by dowming the Somerville Yeguas 58-33 in Tiger gym Friday night. The Tigers will carry a record of eight wins against one loss in to the game tonight. With Snook holding the same record, the win ner should walk off with district honors. CHS’s only loss was to Snook earlier this year. Friday night found Bobby Jack- son sticking to his usual role of high individual scorer with 20 points for the Tigers. Roger Mc- Minn was high scorer for Somer ville with 17 points. David Bonnen contributed 14 points to take second place scor ing honors for Consolidated. It was not until the third and fourth quarter Consolidated could find the range. The Tigers led by only twt points, 22-20, at the half. CIRCLE 4-1250 fONIGHT & WEDNESDAY Children Under 12 FREE — When Accompanied by Adult. 4-1181 TODAY thru FRIDAY —Features Start— 1:52 - 3:54 - 5:56 - 7:58 - 10:00 They're Livin' It Up Again! i...% i AIR FORCE BALL \1‘ m'A Corsages Carnations Gardenias Roses Orehids This Week Only . . . A SPECIAL AIR FORCE CORSAGE Student Floral Concession Contact Your Dorm Representative LI’L ABNER TU Death Do Them Part By A1 Capp LI’L ABNER Careful, Thar! By A1 Capp Aggie defensive tactics in the varsity game were centered around closing up the middle when the ball was fed in to Baylor’s high scoring Starkey, and the plan paid off as Starkey marked up only two field goals and seven free throws for a total of 11 points;‘The de fense plan earned a stamp of ap proval as Starkey took only one shot at the basket in the entire second half. Baylor Leads SWC The Baylor victory, however, moved them up into sole possession of first place with a record of five wins and two losses, TCU and Texas are in the runner-up posi tion with marks of four victories and two defeats. Rice and Arkan sas jointly hold down spot number four with a three and three mark, A&M is sixth, having a conference mark of three wins and four loss es, and SMU is winless in six out ings. After tonight’s game in Austin, the Aggies journey to Fayetteville for a Saturday night clash with the Arkansas Razorbacks. DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS merican 210 S. Main Bryan Pho. 2-1584 LEGAL HOLIDAY Thursday, February 12, 1953 being a Legal Holiday, in observance of Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, the undersigned will observe that date as a Legal Holiday and not be open for business. FIRST NATIONAL BANK CITY NATIONAL BANK FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST CO. COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK BRYAN BUILDING & LOAN ASS’N. to make any woman Happy GIFTS THAT ARE BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND PRACTICAL Crystal Ware Electrical Appliances China Ware Glass Ware Pottery Cooking Ware Central Texas Hardware Phone 2-1388 202 South Bryan Handball Club Set To Be Organized Anyone interested in forming a handball club is urged to meet in the Physical Education building at 5 p. m. Wed. Feb. 11. mm ^ \ 1 Street scene in Tehachapi after last July’s earthquake. EARTHQUAKE... In the predawn of last July 21, the most severe California earthquake since 1906 struck the small town of Tehachapi. Walls were collapsing, buildings were fold ing. The town’s telephone office shook to its foundation. But the night operator remained at her switchboard until it went dead. Main cables to the office were pulled to the ground when a nearby wall caved in. This was at 4:50 A.M. By 8:30 A.M. telephones were set up on the edge of town for use by the Red Cross and other emergency workers. By late afternoon, the telephone switch board was working. Tehachapi residents were able to contact friends and relatives concerned about their safety. By 9 P.M. two TV stations were sending live telecasts of the damage. Telephone men had established a radio-relay system in less than 12 hours. It was a typical disaster— brutal and un announced. But telephone men were prepared. I hey quickly restored cominunicalion when it was needed most. They demonstrated the resourcefulness and technical skill typical of telephone people. These are some of the qualities we seek in the college graduates we hire. Your Place ment Officer can give you details about oppor tunities for employment in the Bell System. Or write to American Telephone and Tele graph Company, College Relations Section, 195 Broadway, New York 7, New York, for the booklet, “Looking Ahead.” y BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM