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Page 2 THE BATTALION Friday, March 13, 1953 Aggie Track Team Favored In Laredo Border Olympics By BOB BORISKIE Sports News Editor Col. Frank (Andy) Anderson, Ag-gie track coach, will have his squad in Laredo during Sports Day competing in the Border Olympics. But Anderson believes his team has a better chance of winning, the SWC title than it does of win ning tomorrow. “We know Oklahoma A&M has a strong team,” he said, “and we should beat Texas. But Oklahoma probably will hui't us in the dis tance events more than it will hurt Texas in the sprints.” Anderson went on to say that the Aggies should have no trouble in the weight events, and might even place first, second and third in both the discus and shot. “We’ll make a lot fewer points than we did in the triangular meet, because Texas will probably take the short events and Okla- home A&M may sweep the longer events,” Anderson said. He said the Cadets face the possibility of not winning a single first in the track events. “However,” he said, “we’re tak ing an entry for every event, and I think we’ll place in 12 out of the 16 events.” Hooper, Ragsdale Counted On Anderson believes the Aggies have a good chance of riding sec ond and third places to the team title. The only events he is count ing on winning are the broad jump, shot and discus. Rice and TCU will cut into Aggie points in the javelin and Oklahoma A&M is strong in the quarter mile race, the mile, the two mile and the mile relay, he said. The Anderson pessimism is not shared by the sports writers. They Track Entries 100 yard dash—Bobby Rags dale and Bill Stalter. 220 yard dash—Stalter. 400 yard dish—James Baker, Carol Libby, Bob Scarborough and Gerald Stull. 880 yard run—Wallace Kleb, Harry Whitmore and Edwin Wilm- sen. 1 mile run—Dale DeRouen and Charles Hudgins. 2 mile run—James Blaine. Low Hurdles—George Hartung", Ragsdale and Harrie Smith. High Hurdles-— Glenn Blake, Hartung and Smith. Shot and Disbus—Darrow Hoop er, Bobby Gross and Dan Pratt. Javelin—Pete Mayeaux, Tom Dollahite, Marvin Swink and Roy Dollar. Broad Jump—Ragsdale, Stalter and Dollahite. High Jump—Swink. Pole Vault—Glenn Spradlin and Malcolm Marks. Spi’int Relay—Hartung, May- eaux, Stalter and Ragsdale. Mile Relay—Libby, Stull, Bak er and Frank Norris. Aggie Linksmen Face Trinity On Sports Day James Baker Aggie Quarter Miler Aggie Wrestlers In Dallas Today To Defend Title A&M’s wrestling club left for Dallas today to compete in the state AAU tournament at the Central YMCA. Last year, coach James Griffith’s club took first place in the AAU meet. The wrestlers won four first places. So far, the Aggies have had only one meet, losing to the Houston YMCA. “Most of the boys are shot on experience and should im prove as the season continues,” Griffith said. In 1951, the club won third in the AAU tourney with two first places. The Aggies took second place in district Olympic tryouts last year. Oklahoma University edged the Cadets by two points. Delbert Davis, A&M heavy weight, won the district champion ship. He lost a split decision in the final tryouts at Ames, Iowa. Coach Griffith attended high school and college at Stillwater, Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M. He won third place in the Oklaho ma high school state AAU wrest ling meet. Griffith was elected to the All- State football team at guard pos ition. In Oklahoma, only one team is selected for all divisions. As a wrestler for the Sooner Aggies, Griffith went to the NCAA meet at Lehigh, Penn, In his senior year, Griffith coached the Oklahoma A&M freshmen to an undefeated season. The Aggie golf team will play host to Trinity Univer sity golfers in a return match here Saturday. The Aggies dropped the previous match 4-2. “I feel, if we materialize, we stand a good chance at finishing near the top of the conference” coach Joe Fagan said. “We hope to beat Trinity,” he said. Mombers of this year’s varsity golf team are R. W. Biiggs, Bill Granklin, Homer Calloway, J. O. Barrett, Malcolm Douglass, W. D. Baker, John Kubitz, Steve Row- ley, and Wick Vennard. Next Tuesday the Aggies meet the University of Houston golf team at Pine Forest Country Club in Houston. On Wednesday, March 18, the Aggies will be at home to the Hardin-Simmons golfers. All matches start at 1 p. m. Fagan is a graduate of the class of 1942. While a student, he majored in Aeronautical Engin eering and was a member of “C” Chemical Warfare. Ag Netmen Try Cougars The Aggie Tennis team will play the University of Houston squad tomorrow afternoon on the college courts. Coach Dowell has a squad of ex perienced players, and should be a contender for the conference crown. Wednesday, A&M swept a meet from Oklahoma University 7-0. Eugene Letsos has gained the number one spot for the Cadets. Letsos beat the top Oklahoma man Kenneth Taylor 5-7, 6-3, and 6-4. In doubles competition, Letsos and West of A&M downed Taylor and Clark of OU in straight sets 6-3, and 6-4. Need Grade Points ? KENT A LATE MODEL TYPEWRITER TYPE... Reports — Reviews — Themes Bryan Business Machine Co. 429 South Main BRYAN Phone 2-1328 have picked the Cadets to cop their seventh Border Olympics crown in nine years. Olympic runner-up Hooper is favored to own records in the shot put and discus, while James Blaine in the Baylor Swimmers Test Ags Saturday Darrow break his Col. Andy Anderson Track Coach two mile, Dale DeRouen and Char les Hudgins in the mile, and Bob by Ragsdale in the broad jump will be leading contenders. Anderson, Assistant Coach Ray Putnam and Patrick Wheat, team manage* - , will be in Laredo with 26 Aggie tracksters. The Aggie Tankmen will meet the Baylor Bears in P. L. Downs, Jr. Natatorium, at 3 p. m. Satur day. Coach Art Adamson is getting his boys ready for the conference meet which is only six days off. A&M Freshmen will meet the Baylor Cubs in a preliminary meet at 1:30 p. m. Dick Weick has been the star for A&M this year. He has taken first place in the 200 yard back- stroke and 150 individual medley in every meet this year. Weick is a sophomore from Col lege Station. Coach Adamson thinks Weick has a good chance to break the conference backstroke record. Don Crawford, team captain, specializes in the backstroke and is counted on for points by coach Adamson. Crawford has been hampered by injuries and hasn’t shown his best form for this year. John Cameron is the leading high board diver. He is a junior letterman from Greenville. Earnest Devilbiss has been lead ing the freshmen swimmers this year. He swims in the freestyle events. Devilbiss hails from Rosen berg. Gayle Klipple has shown fine form for the Fish also. He swims in the freestyle and medley events. Klipple comes from College Sta tion. Varsity Lineups 300 yard medley relay—Craw ford, Weick, John Speich. 200 yard freestyle—Don Horne, and David Gajewsky. 50 yard freestyle—Jimmy Burns, and Bert Koegle. 200 yard individual medley— Wayne Snoots and John Daven port. Diving—Jerry Johnson, John Cameron, and John Malcolm. 100 yard freestyle—John Speich, Jimmy Burns. 200 yard backstroke—Sherwin Rubin, and John Davenport. 200 yard breastroke— Frank Snell, and Wayne Strickler. 440 freestyle—Lee Pepping, and Beutelschies. 400 yard relay—Wayne Snoots, Dick Weick, Don Crawford, and Byron Black. Freshmen Lineup 40 yard freestyle—Theisen, and Sherwood. 100 yard breaststroke— Goff, ! and Allen. 200 yard freestyle—Klipple and Parr. 100 yard backstroke—Kirkpat- ; rick and Baird. 100 yard freestyle—Devilbiss, and Barlow. Diving— Sfawicki, Percificld, Satel. 120 yard individual medley— Parr, Klipple. 180 yard medley relay—Kirk patrick, Rand, and Thessen. 160 yard freestyle relay—Sla- wikie, Povafield, Allen, and Bar- low. SWIMMING COAC tank squad against day afternoon. T1 western Louisiana, few lettermen back stage. L rt Ada mson oar swimjl 4 a c. •10. AdairJ ir’s crew,'111 Lightweigh 'Moral The light boy! tramural boxing day, with five spoil i mmmm PITCHING ACES—Ed Hennig, left, Jerry Nelson, center, and Joe Hardgrove, right sophomore pitchers are counted on to bolster the Aggie hurling staff this season. Hard grove is a lefthander, while Nelson and Hennig are righthanders. Hennig is a quar terback and is still working out with the football team. Nelson and Hardgrove are pos sible starters for one of the two contests with the Brooks Comets. highlighting the action i i DeW'ire Field House. 12 decis ons, one it hough Tyr TKO and a default mac program as the ring bat tiers’took boi i: j tactic? another big step toward March 24. 1 Anderson, £ The 137 pound wirm ers were a TKO whe: Mattizii, AAA; Francis fee]. 20; was unable to- Greer, Sq. 17; Sinclair, and Rowland, Sq. 11. Eq. 24; second round i 1 a! ;>i in;urv ini Greer outpunched Mi illoy, Co. Tom Skrato F, in one of the best sen ips of the a strong bod) day. A deUberate-movin g, stand- | and third w up fighter who refuses t i get rat- ■ pi and m.itoK. tied, Greer todk the first two rounds and stood off a ga back in the third. me come- 1 tsman gettuf Setting and picking lis spots | in# with good before punching, Greer got off to ‘Thi^.u'S a good staid in the first and scor- : .I hr> attartt! ed several times in th e second Avith a hard overhand le ft to the A summary lows: face. 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