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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1953
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el Nine Faces Brookes
b ll Kyle Field In Openei
Mi
By CUS BECKER
Sports News Editor
.will open its baseball season tomorrow at 2 p m.
jeldldiamond when they meet the Brookes Army
nter nine.
rookes Commets have played one game, blanking
lustangs 12 to 0 in San Antonio.
Baseball Coach Beau Bell’s Aggie diamond squad
n able to workout very much on account of the
id may not fare too well against the Comets, who
najor league and six minor league players on the
3
YORK -junior hurler,
the call to take the
5 afternoon when the
aball team opens the
ilnst Brookes A r m y
nter nine.
. Team In
. iso For
l Matches
3 Riflo Team and their
t. M. L. Obei'ste are in
the Southwest Invita-
ill-boto Rifle matches,
ay, the team won the
nail-bore rifle matches
e Field.
, inke, captain; Dwight
Leonard Bruce; Owen
l/yon and a freshman,
•rell ai'e expected to
»d showing’ at El Paso
nd. Ferrell was indi-
pion of the match held
•y.
defeated in the South-
|jation last Fall by the
>f Texas. After tieing
ity^they were .beaten
held the 'same day as
U football game.
Bell hasn’t decided on his start
ing pitcher, but it will probably
be letterman Melvin 'Work, a fast
righthander, southpaw Joe Hard-
grove or fireball righthander, Jer
ry Ne^on.
Hardgrove and Nelson are both
sophomores.
On the mound for the Brookes
team will be Hymen Cohen, wso
played for Los Angeles of the Pa
cific Coast League and is the prop-,
ertv of the Chicago Cubs. Jerry
Dalke, who played for Memphis
before entering the Army will fol
low Cohen to the mound.
Saturday, the Comets will start
Ralph Butler, formerly of the Fort
Worth Cats in the Texas League
on the mound.
Cohen, Dalke and Butler are
righthanded.
Leadoff man for the Cadets in
Friday’s opener will be Captain
Bill Munnerlyn, first baseman and
one of the four lettermen from
last year’s squad.
Batting second is Frank Pol
lard, second base; third, Lester
Byrd, leftfield; clean-up Jerry
Lastelick, third base; fifth Bobby
“Tex” Farmer, center field; sixth,
Eric Millei’, rightfield; catching
Jerry Robnett or Jimmy Williams,
seventh; eighth, Claude “Brownie”
* Northrup or Don Heft.
Lastelic, Farmer and Work are
the other returning Aggie letter-
men.
Pollard, Byrd, Williams and
Northrup are sophomores up from
last season’s fine freshman team
which won 10 and lost one.
Miller is a football end now
working with the spring grid-
sters, but he’s taken enough early
hitting to earn an outfield berth.
Robinett is a junior squadman
while Heft is a senior squadman.
Miller has terrific, possibilities,
thinks coach Bell. The junior has
power to burn. He has hit two
homers in intra-squad games and
when not busy with football prac
tice, he bangs out homers regu
larly in hitting practice.
The Comets line-up will have
Bob Doe behind the plate, Gus
Triandos at first, John Siemer at
second, Ray Lnidquist at short
stop, George Susce at third, Fred
Schuler in right, Ray Cucharini
in center, and Richard Mars in left.
Triandos, who can also play the
catcher’s position played for Kan
sas City, a New York Yankee farm
club before entering the service.
Lindquist is the property of the
Saint Louis Browns, while Susce’s
father is coach for the Red Sox.
Maroon-White Tilt Set
Saturday Under Lights
Beau Bell
Baseball Coach
Bones Irvin
Athletic Director
Irvin directs the A&.M athletic
program and is a former Aggie
football coach. He played foot
ball here during his college days.
Ray George
Football Coach
Welch Heads World’s Biggest
Intramural Program Here
Is ‘One of Best Activities 9
Intra-Squad Roster
Maroon Team
e Position
Home Town
Class
Ht.
Wt.
. . Vliller Lett
End
Bartlett
Jr.
6-2
211
Kennon
LE
Shreveport
Soph.
6-1
185
La.
■■ * 5 McCurley
LE
Port Arthur
Soph.
6-2
190
, ence Winkler
LT
Temple
Soph.
6-0
205
y Clark
LT
Mesquite
Soph.
6-2
205
““■“■’r Teague
LT
Bossier City
Fresh
6-0
208
La.
Barrett
LG
San Angelo
Soph
. 5-11
195
^jileMahan
LG
Itasca
Jr.
6-0
190
Cannon
LG
Houston
Fresh.
6-0
210
7TT|l arqueLte
C
New Orleans Soph.
6-1
212
H^MUonnell
C
Anson
Fresh.
6-3
185
VlcCarley
C
McKinney
Jr.
5-11
185
^*Ly Theriot
RG
Gibson, La.
Soph.
5-9
192
|igp| CaUeston
RG
Giddings
Fresh.
5-10
190
vtillen
RG
Bossier City
Fresh
5-7
185
La.
ood Scott
RT
Munday
Jr.
6-2
220
ckero
RT
Sim on ton
Fresh.
6-2
240
>rd Watson
RT
Dallas
Fresh.
6-0
200
• ert Ohlendorf
RE
Lockhart
Jr.
6-3
190
McGowen
RE
Silsbee
Soph.
6-1
190
dangleberger
RE
San Antonio Fres.
6-2
195
Ellis
QB
DeQuincy, I
ia. Jr.
6-0
175
. ey Ritchey
QB
Lafayette Fresh.
5-10
185
La.
ie Magourik
LHB
New London Jr.
6-1
195
4 eflfWatson
LHB
Franklin
Fresh.
5-10
162
en Anderson
LHB
San Antonio Soph.
5-11
179
Soring
RHB
Dallas
Soph.
5-11
165
, od Kettler
RHB
Brenham
Soph.
5-11
170
Kachtik
FB
Rio Hondo
Soph.
6-0
204
Stout
FB
Baytown
Soph.
6-0
176
ian Tidwell
FB
Hearne
Fresh.
5-10
180
By JERRY WTZIG
Battalion Sports Staff
Intramural athletics are one of
the best extra-curricular activ
ities any student anywhere can
participate in, said Barney Welch,
director of A&M’s vast intra
mural program.
“We have a natural set-up here.
The boys live in dorms, making
for outfit sph'it, and there is a
definite need here for student
extra-curricular activity,” said
Welch.
This intramural program, one
of the biggest and most diversi
fied of any US college or univer
sity, offers 18 sports.
They are basketball, football,
team tennis, horseshoes, cross
country, bowling, ping pong,
handball, rifle, wrestling, boxing,
volleyball, softball, golf, swim
ming and'diving, track, badminton
and weight lifting.
Operates Year Around
The program is in operation
throughout the year. Each mili
tary unit and every non-military
dorm has one team in all the
sports.
3,865 Cadets Played
Figures compiled at the end of
the fall semester show 3,865 ca
dets actually participated in intra
murals. There were 83 teams
which played 1,440 contests.
Facilities include five football
lighted softball diamond, 18 horse
shoe pits, four outdoor basketball
courts, eight outdoor volleyball
courts, three handball courts and
30 rifle points. Bowling is held in
the YMCA, and ping pong in the
MSC.
Sports are divided into four
classes, A, B, C, and College View,
making for an even level of com
petition.
Upperclassmen compete in Class
A, non-military, Vet Village and
Pi'oject blouse students in Class
B, and freshmen in Class C. Col
lege View has its separate pro
gram.
Excluding softball, freshmen
play on Tuesday and Thursday
and upperclassmen on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. During
the season, softball is played
every day.
As far back as the 1933-34
school year, the first year for
which records are available, in-
tramurals were just as popular as
they are now. The records show
that there were 380 teams which
played 654 games. A total of
4,539 students took part in * ath
letic contests.
Unit and individual awards are
given each yeai\ An All-Sport
Championship Banner is given
the unit which compiles the great
est number of points. Official
A&M 'Intramural Medals are
awarded each championship team
member and each individual champ
of the open tournaments. Open
tourneys are held in tennis, hand
ball, golf, badminton and weight
lifting.
Barney Welch is a familiar name
to Aggie football fans of the ’40s.
Barney Welch
Intramural Director
Welch carved himself a perman
ent place in the Aggie football
Hall of Fame in 1942, his sopho
more year, when he became the
First Cadet gridster to cross the
Memorial Stadium goal line.
Football Career
His football career was inter
rupted from 1942 to 1946 by the
war. Welch spent 33 months in
the army, taking time out in
1943 to get married. He has two
children, a boy and a girl.
Returning to school, Welch let
tered in ’46 and captained the Ag
gies in 1947. After graduating
with a degree in agricultural eco
nomics in January 1948, Welch
was offered and accepted the job
as intramural director. His small
office in the southwest coi’ner of
DeWare Field House has become
familiar to hundreds of Aggies
since then.
Managers Do Work
Much of the work needed to
make the intramural progi’am op
erate smoothly is done by the in
tramural student managers, outfit
athletic officers and intramural
officials.
The managers are voluntary as
sistants who receive no pay. They
work on the average of four to
six hours per week. Approximately
four seniors, 12 juniors, and 40
sophomores are used each year.
Junior and senior managers are
selected from the outstanding
sophomores and juniors.
Main duties of the athletic of
ficers are to pass on all infor
mation received from the Intra
mural Office to unit members, to
notify members of time and place
of contests, and to be responsible
for eligibility of members.
Officials Take Charge
About 15 officials are used to
officiate football, basketball and
softball games. They receive one
dollar per game. A part-time stu
dent is employed as a clerk to
assist in keeping all records.
The importance of intramurals
here was expressed by Spencer
Buchanan, athletic officer of B
Inf. He said “Intramurals devel
op teamwork, company spirit and
a sense of responsibility in your
outfit.”
“They give a fellow a chance
to participate in his spare time in
all phases of sports, where he
leams teamwork, sportsmanship
and other characteristics which
will help him later in life,” said
Bryan Spencer, senior manager.
Senior intramural managers
are Arvis Noak, James Welch and
Spencer. Junior managers are
Larry Joyce, Joe Solis, Paul Roper,
Kyle Gruene, Don Hester, Lewis
Riggan, Bud Fried, B. J. Lewis,
Don Anderson, George Skladal and
Bob Nelson.
Paul Shaffer is the intramural
clerk.
W. W. DOWELL—Ag gie tennis
coach, will send his squad against
the University of Houston net-
ters this afternoon. The Aggie
tennis team will be trying for
their second victory of the sea
son having blanked the Oklahoma
Sooners team Wednesday.
BILL DAYTON—Aggie trainer,
keeps all the Cadet athletes in
top shape, as well as treat all
minor sprains and injuries. Day-
ton is considered one of the top
trainers in college athletics to
day.
By AL BRUTON *
Battalion Sports Staff
Aggie football fans will get a preview of the 1953 eleven
tomorrow night at 7:30 on Kyle Field when Coach Ray
George divides his team into the Maroons and Whites for
the spring training intra-squad game.
Coach George will unveil his new winged “T” formation.
For the past several years the Aggies have run from a
straight “T”, and fans will be anxious to see how the letter-
men are making the switch.
A preview another innovation tomorrow night will be
the no-platoon game. Substitutions may he made only once
in each quarter, and during the last three minutes of the
first and second halves.
Spring training began Feb. 27,
and will continue through Satur
day, March 21. The Sports Day
game was originally scheduled as
the last day of workouts, but bad
weather delayed the starting of
practice four days. The four days
will be made up after the game.
Don Ellis* is set to quarterback
the letterman-studded Maroon
team while either squadman Ed
Hennig or freshman Ronald Rob
bins will be at the man under pos
ition for the Whites.
The Maroons, who have a let- .
terman at every position, will pro
bably start Eric Miller and Nor-
bert Ohlendorf at ends; Law
rence Winkler and Durwood Scott
at tackle; Ray Barrett and Sid
ney Theriot at guards; and Leo
Marquette at center.
In the backfield Ellis, Connie
Magouirk, Joe Boring and Don
Kachtik are probable starters.
Greenhaw Plays Center
For the Whites center Ivan 4.
Greenhaw will be flanked by
guards Marvin Tate and Bob Gos-
ney. T. K. Niland and Fred Brous
sard are scheduled to start at
tackle with Bennie Sinclair and
Richard Vick at ends.
The backfield could be compos
ed of Hennig, Billy Pete Huddle
ston, Charley Hall, and John Sal
yer; however R. Robbins, Bob
Easley, Joe Schero or Herb Wolf
could break into the lineup.
Transfers Robert Easley and
Fred Broussard" will be expected
to see much action for the Whites.
Easley, a back, comes from Bay
lor and tackle Broussard is from
MacNeese Jr. College.
Injuries Hamper
Boring, Hennig, and Tate have
been hampered this spring by in
juries, but all are scheduled to be
in action Saturday. Boring, an all
conference defensive back last
season, has been out with a should
er injury, Hennig a hurt ankle,
and Tate an injured knee.
“I am well pleased with the
progress we have made so far this
spring,” said Ray George, A&M
head coach.
Spring training has been slowed
down by rainy weather. George
has been assisted this spring by
backfield coaches Gil Steinke and
Dalton Faircloth, end coach Bill
Duncan and freshman coach Wil
lie Zapalac.
JOHNNY SALYER —ace defen
sive back last season, will be
tested at fullback on the White
squad tomorrow night in the
Sports Day intra-squad clash.
Soccer Teams
Play for State
Champ Honors
The Aggie Soccer team plays
Busy Bee of San Antonio for the
state soccer championship in San
Antonio Sunday.
A&M is currently leading the
Texas International Soccer League.
Busy Bee beat Mulhauser of Dal
las 3-1 last Sunday to gain the
finals with A&M.
There are three major soccer
leagues in Texas. The TISL, the
San Antonio Soccer Association,
and the Dallas League. A&M is
leading the TISL, Busy Bee is the
San Antonio champ, and Mulhaus
er is the Dallas champ.
A&M’s only blemish in league
play is a 2-2 tie with Bryan Air
Force Base. The Cadets edged Tex
as, the second place team, 1-0. The
Aggies have two games to play.
The Cadet Soccer team has scor
ed 44 points this season to seven
for their opponents.
Captain G. Cardenas of A&M is
the leading league scorer with 15
goals to his credit.
Intra-Squad Roster
White
Team
No.
Name
Position
Home Town
1 Class
Ht.
Wt.
81
Bennie Sinclair
LE
Mineola
Soph.
6-2
188
82
Donald Robbins
LE
Odessa
Fresh.
6-2
185
83
Tommy Strait
LE
New Orleans Fresh
6-1
194
76
T. K. Niland
LT
Houston
Jr.
6-0
224
74
Hal Parks
LT
Aransas Pass Jr.
79
Jimmy Cavitt
LT
Aransas Pass Fres.
6-2
225
67
Marvin Tate
LG
Abilene
Soph.
6-0
185
69
Louis Capt
LG
Uvalde
Jr.
6-0
189
68
Bob Goble
LG
Rosebud
Soph.
6-0
190
50
Ivan Greenhaw
C
Dallas
Soph.
6-1
187
52
Cooper Robbins
C
Odessa
Jr.
5-11
185
60
Bob Gosney
RG
Fort Worth
Jr.
6-0
195
61
J. T. McMahon
RG
Beaumont
Fresh.
6-2
190
63
Charles Arnold
RG
Sherman
Soph.
6-1
185
75
Fred Broussard
RT
DeQuincey
Soph.
6-2
217
72
Jack Powell
RT
Waco
Fresh.
6-2
210
71
Coleman Hensley
RT
Lafayette La. Soph
6-3
222
86
Richard Vick
RE
Beaumont
Soph.
88
Bill Schroeder
RE
Lockhart
Fresh.
6-2
190
19
Ed Hennig
QB
Tyler
Soph.
6-3
196
17
Ronald Robbins
QB
Odessa
Fresh.
6-2
170
26
Billy Huddleston
LHB
Iraan
Fresh.
5-9
170
38
Bob Easley
LHB
Houston
Soph.
6-0
212
27
Juan Coronado
LHB
Pearsall
Soph.
5-11
168
45
Charley Hall
RHB
Dallas
Jr.
5-10
185
41
Joe Schero
RHB
San Antonio
Soph
5-11
165
46
Donald King
RHB
Abilene
Fresh.
6-1
ITS
20
Johnny Salyer
FB
Austin
Jr.
5-8
174
39
Herb Wolf
FB
Houston
Soph.
5-11
188
36
Leo Namken
FB
Giddings
Fresh.
5-11
176