Tuesday, March 16, 1953
THE BATTALION
Page 3
at Sports
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chaiitj fr6m tonight the Air
hrhet'd Ground Force basket-
iociatf- 3 will take -the court in
'latterField House in a benefit
dy the Campus Chest,
three* the basketball game the
58tiga(,il Fite Night and up-
wrestling finals will
nient ‘fterlthe cage tilt is fin-
The h 'vM
re jj ^f admission will be 35
l0r ( a full night’s sport enter-
^ * 0 ,.ag the cage teams will be
, ‘ or basketball lettermen,
0ore k and LeRoy Miksch. Bar-
S ttrlch, Intramural Director
good bouts in both box-
V1 ' wrestling.
ilchri;’body urged to come
ami basketball game and the
. Thf and wrestling,” Harold
iged i, one of the chairman,
roy lerday.
SVS j, iin didn’t stop the football
ctors om having their intra-
1 y, n-iminage Saturday night
i teams played good ball,
quads were so evenly
l e that they played to a
i tie.
Adiite squad, however, won
, e of penetrations.
^jlVhite team fumbled twice
v Maroon goal line, which
/"Hem from scoring. In the
OX’ensive series of the even-
White eleven held the
One’5 four downs inside their
a ,.j v -rd marker to bog down
.jl iroons only threat,
at f Pete Huddleston, a fresh-
s day >m Iraan, was the leading
gainer of the evening. Hud-
played left halfback for
“ AFiite squad and racked up
in I’Is. For the Maroons, Con-
oi; : .gourik, also playing left
k, picked up 48 yards to
Ten!* groiund gaining honors.
Agrers for the Whites were;
first Sinclair and Richard Vick
he sirs; T. K. Niland and Fi-ed
to 1 ird at tackles; Bob McCar-
Bob' Gosney at Guards and
reenhaw at center'.
: ' ie backfield for the Whites
Ion aid Robbins at quarter-
1 ‘‘Hud'dleston and Charley
halfback and Johnny Say-
fullback.
My i>on starters included, Eric
and Norbert Ohlendorf at
jlf [Lawrence Winkler and Dur-
‘Scott at tackles; Ray Bar-
id Sidney Theriot at guards
v Rio Marquette at center.
J f»s for the Maroon were
Don Ellis at quarter, Maqouirk
and Joe Boring at half, and Don
Kachtik at full.
A final scrimmage is planned
for sometime later this week.
The Aggie baseball team had
its two games rained out this
weekend, but they will play two
games Thursday and Friday.
Thursday the Aggies will open the
season here against the Rice Owls.
Friday the Cadets will play the
Owls a second game in Houston.
The same line-up that was an
nounced for the Brooks Medic tilts
will probably go against the Owls.
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Cadet Riflers
Capture Fourth
In SW Invitation
A&M’s rifle team placed fourth
in the Southwestern Invitational
Smallbore Marches held in El Paso
Saturday. The University of Cali
fornia’s Golden Bears won the
matches which saw 24 teams shoot
ing for the crown.
The Bears beat the defendiing
champions, the University of San
Francisco, firing '7,499 out of a
possible 8,000 to the 7,466 fired by
USF.
Texas Western College, the host
school of the matches, was third
with 7,454, while the Aggies shot
7,438.
The Bears held a slim edge over
the Cadets number one team at
the start of Friday’s firing with
(See RIFLE, Page 4)
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Hooper, Ragsdale Spark Win
As Trackmen Take Olympics
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BREAKS RECORD—Darrow Hooper, A&M’s top weight-
man, won the shot put in the Border Olympics, held in
Laredo Saturday, by breaking a record he set last year.
Hooper put the shot 54 feet three and a quarter inches for
the record.
Aggies, Fish Capture
First Tank Win, 76-7
Aggie Varsity and Freshmen
Tankmen swam to their first win
of the year in a dual meet with
Baylor Saturday.
The varsity splashed out a 76-7
win while the Fish rushed by
the Cubs 61-10.
Freshman Gayle Klipple featur
ed the meet by setting a new Fish
pool record in the 200 yard free
style.
The Varsity opened the meet
with a near record breaking win
in the 300 yard medley relay. Don
15 ’Mural Fighters
Cop Final Berths
Fifteen intramural boxers cop
ped berths in the finals of their
divisions yesterday as the scrap
pers began slugging for keeps.
At the end of today’s bouts all
finalists will have been decided.
Freshman finals are scheduled for
Wednesday, with upperclassman
chanips due to be crowned on Fite
Nite, March 24.
Here is the way the final card
looks:
Freshman
123 pound-
Gonzales, Co.
-Allen,
I;
Co. H, vs.
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130 pound—Pinson, Sq. 17, vs
Horton, Co. I;
137 pound—Both semifinals to
day; Greer, Sq. 17-Francis, Sq.
20; Sinclaix-, Sq. 24-Reynolds, Sq.
21;
147 pound—Semifinals today— :
Teague, Co. G-Chewning, Sq. 171
Dischler, Co. F-Powell, Co. H.
157 pound—Semifinals today—
Deaton, Co. F-Pearson, Sq. 20;
Geardina, Co. H-Adams, Co. B;
167 pound—Owens, Sq. 21- Lid-
ly, Sq. 20 in one semifinal today;
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A&M Net Team
Meets SE Okies
The Aggie netters will meet the
Southeastern Oklahoma squad here
this afternoon at one o’clock.
Leading the Cadets will be the
number one man Eugene Letsos.
Tom West of A&M will play in the
second position. Aggie Ronald
Wolff is in third place with Jack
Jacobson in fourth.
A&M’s Letsos and West will
combine to form the number one
doubles team. .Wolff and Jacob
son will form the second.
The Aggies blanked the Okla
homa Soonei’s 7-0 in theii 1 first
match. This match with South
eastern Oklahoma will be the last
practice match before the Aggies
begin conference play.
The tennis squad’s first confei'-
ence match will be against Rice
here March 28.
Crawford, Dickie Weick, and John
Speich, ahd John Speich swam the
distance three seconds above the
pool record.
A&M took first and second place
in the 50 yard freestyle with Bert
Koegl and Jimmy Burns finishing
in that ordei'. Baylor was third.
John Beutelshies and Lee Pep
ping added points by taking first
and second in the 440 yard free
style. Baylor was again third.
The Varsity wound up their
meet with Paul Walin, Dickie
Weick, Rickey Black and Don
Crawford winning the 400 yard
freestyle relay.
Freshmen Win
A&M’s Fish took first place in
every event, piling up 61 points.
Baylor could manage only one sec
ond out of a possible three places
in each event. Their second came
in the 100 yard freestyle.
Besides Klipplc’s record break
ing win, Earnest Devilbiss looked
good for the Fish in his 100 yard
freestyle win.
George Parr breezed to an easy
win in the 100 yard individual med
ley. Roland Baird showed a prom
ising backstroke winning the 100
yard event.
Varsity Results
300 yd. medley relay—A&M—
Crawford, Weick, and Speich.
(See SWIMMING, Page 5
Bowling
Highlights
THE JUNIOR BOWLING
League will bowl against a five
man team picked from the A&M
Bowling club Saturday, March 21,
on the MSC Lanes.
The Junior League team com
posed of David Smyth, Johnny
Barger, Jon Ray Jerryman, Dick
ie Hickerson and Bill Jones will
bowl against the Bowling Club
team with a handicap based on
70 per cent, says John M. Guger,
Mgr. of Bowling and Games in
the MSC.
CONWAY AND CO. are leading
the All Star Bowling League with
16 won to 11 lost.
The results of last weeks bowl
ing leagues are: Conway & Co. 16
won 11 lost. Student Co-op 14
win 13 lost, College Station State
Bank 13 won 14 lost, Bryan AFB
(See BOWLING, Page 4)
By JOHN GARMANY
Battalion Correspondent
The Aggie track team continued
its winning ways Saturday night
by successfully defending its Bor
der Olympic crown for the fourth
straight year. The Cadets scored
59 points while Texas garnered
44 and Oklahoma A&M 38 ^
Five records were set in the meet
with Darrow Hooper of the Ag
gies, breaking his own shot put
record of 53 feet 8 and five-eights
inches, with a toss of 54 feet three
and a quarter inches.
Hooper also won the discuss with
a throw of 165 feet one inch, miss
ing the record by less than a foot.
Ragsdale Breaks Record
Bobby Ragsdale of A&M, and
team captain, broke the broad jump
record of 23 feet six and a half
inches, held by John Robertson of
Texas with a leap of 23 feet elev
en inches. 1
Ragsdale also won the 220 yard
low hurdles, beating Charlie Thom
as of Texas, who hit the last hur
dle, in a time of 23.5 seconds.
Hooper and Ragsdale led the Ag
gies with 10 points each.
Oklahoma A&M broke the other
three records with Frederick Eck-
hoff’s outstanding runs in the mile
and two-mile and Bill Heard’s run
in the 880.
James Baker, Cadet quarter-
miler, missed another Aggies, Ray
Results
UNIVERSITY DIVISION
Shot put — 1. Darrow Hooper, Texas
A&M, 54 feet 314 inches (new record -old
record 43 feet 8 5/8 inches cet by Hooper
in 1952) ; 2. Bobby Gross, Texas A&M 48
4 3/8 ; 3. Nick Spillios, University of
Houston, 48 3/4 ; 4. Dan Pratt, Texas A&M,
46 7 1/8.
Broad jump—1. Bobby Ragsdale, Texas
A&M 23 feet 11 inches (new record -old
record 23 feet 6 1/2 inches set by John
Robertson : Texas, in 1949 and tied by
Ragsdale in 1952) ; 2. S. M. Meeks, Uni
versity of Houston 23-3 ; 3. James Babb,
Texas, 21-11 ; 4. James Skaines, University
of Houston, 21-4.
High jifmp—4- r l’ ie between Charles Bil
lings and Wayne Delaney. Texas, 6 feet
1/2 inch; 3. Tie between Roscoe Vropman
and Mickey Wilborn, Oklahoma A&M, 5
1114.
440-yard relay—1. Texas (William Turn
er, Bob Carson, Joe Carson, Charles Tho
mas) ; 2. University of Houston ; 3. Okla
homa A&M; 4. Southern Methodist. 9:41.9
(tie record set by Texas in 1952).
Mile run—1. Fredrik Eckhoff, Oklahoma
A&M ; 2. Dale Dcroven, Texas A&M ; 3.
Charles Hudgens, Texas A&M ; 4. Don
Neighbor, Texas. 4:16.5 (new record old
record 4 :18. 7 set by J. D. Hampton, Tex
as A&M, in 1949 ; also bettered overall re
cord of 4:17. 8 set by Javier Montes, Texas
Western, in 1952).
Pole Vault — 1. Tie among Malcolm
Marks and Glenn Spradlin, Texas A&M.
and Glenn Hoffman, Texas, 12 feet 91/6
inches ; 4. Tie among Gerald Perry, Okla
homa A&M, and Dick Bernet, Dick Hooker
and Charles Mamples, Southern Methodist,
11 9 Vi.
440-yard dash—1. James Baker, Texas;
2. Gene Firth, Oklahoma A&M ; 3. Billy
Ed Daniels, Rice; 4. Wesley Riehers, Uni
versity of Houston 0:48.3.
100-yard dash 1. Charles Thomas, Tex
as ; 2. Paul Wells, Oklahoma A&M ; 3.
Larry McBride, University of Houston : 4.
Buddy Goode, Southern Methodist, 0:09.7.
120-yard high hurdles 1. Gerald Scal-
lorn, Texas ; 2. Mickey Wilborn, Oklahoma
A&M ; 3. Glen Blake, Texas A&M ; 4. Geo.
Hartung, Texas A&M 0 :14.9,
880-yard run- 1. Bill Heard, Oklahoma
A&M; 2. Ed Davis, Rice; 3. Tom Rogers,
Texas ; 4. Wallace Kleb, Texas A&M ; 1;
56.4 (heard set overall met record of 1 :55
in preliminaries—old record 1 :56 by Har
old Tarrant, Oklahoma A&M, in 1950, in
university class ; 1 :55.6 by Blaine Rideout,
North Texas State in 1938, and tied by
Sam Volpe, Abilene Christian, in 1952, in
college class).
Discus throw (final)—1. Darrow Hoop
er, Texas A&M 165 feet 1 inch; 2. Nick
Spillos, University of Houston, 149-3'/c- 3-
Bobby Gross, Texas A&M 148-1 ; 4. Jim
Samuelson, Texas, 146-5.
Javelin throw 1. Hayden Mayeaux, Tex
as A&M 185 feet 6% inches ; 2. Wes
Ritchey, Texas Christian, 182-1 ; 3. Roy
Dollar, Texas A&M, ISO-Vj ; 4. Tom Dollo-
hite, Texas A&M, 178.
220-yard dash—1. Charles Thomas, Tex
as , 2. Paul Wells, Oklahoma A&M ; 3.
Buddy Goode, Southern Methodist; 4. Bob
Carson, Texas, 0 :20.6.
Two-mile run 1. Fredrik Eckhoff, Okla
homa A&M ; 2. James Blaine, Texas A&M ;
3. Elbert Spence, Texas; 4. Lenroy Lowe,
Southern Methodist, 9 :27.9 (new record—
old record 9 :36.0 set by J. D. Hampton,
Texas A&M in 1949).
220-yard iow hurdles—1. Boby Ragsdale,
Texas A&M ; 2. Charles Thomas, Texas ;
3. Gerald Scallon, Texas ; 4. Mickey Wil
born, Oklahoma A&M, 0:23.5.
Mile relay -— Oklahoma A&M (Brooks
Rice, Bill Heard, Gene Firth, Fred Ash
more) ; 2. University of Houston ; 3. South
ern Methodist ; 4. Rice, 3 :18.7.
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Aggie Wrestlers
Grab AAU Second
The Aggie Wrestling team won
second place in the Southwestern
AAU meet in Dallas over the
weekend.
A&M won six second places,
three third places, and one fourth.
John Huff was the lone Aggie to
fall below third place. Huff lost
to Bill Calhoun of the Dallas “Y.”
Calhoun weighed 419 pounds.
Conred Webb won a trophy for
the fastest pin of the tourney.
Webb pinned John Pipkin of the
Fort Worth “Y” in 49 seconds of
the first round.
In one of the best matches of
the tournament, Jamie Gonzales of
A&M pinned Cook of the Houston
“Y”. Cook, one of the state’s best
wrestlers in the 128 pound class,
reduced to 121 and was pinned by
Gonzales.
Tulsa, Oklahoma’s “Y” brought
a team of state high school
champs, ex Oklahoma Aggie and
Oklahoma University wrestlers to
win first place with 39 points.
A&M scored 36 points in taking
second place.
Results of Aggie wrestlers were:
121—Jamie Gonzales, 2nd, 128—
Robert Beattie, 2nd, 136—Billy
Gilbert, 3nd, 145—Jerry Pyle,
2nd, and 145—Rudy Henson, 3nd.
At 155—Conrad Webb, 2nd, 165
—Raul Loustannau,3rd, 175—Al
Perkins, 2nd, and Heavyweight—
Huff, 4th.
the way and finished virtually un
challenged.
Pole vaulters, Glenn Spradlin
and Malcolm Marks, of the Aggies
tied for first place at the height of
12 feet nine and a half inches.
Pete Mayeaux led the Aggie jav
elin throwers with a throw of 185
feet, six and a half inches. Roy
Dollar and Tom Dollahite placed
thii'd and foux-th behind Wes Ritch
ey of TCU.
LeRouen Loses Shoe
Although during the first lap of
the mile i'un, Dale DeRouen’s shoe
was x'ipped off his foot, the Cadet
miler pi’essed Eckhoff to his 4:16.5
record i’un. Charles Hudgins, an-
other Aggie xniler finished a
strong third.
James Blaine, A&M’s prize
distance runner was edged at the
end of the two mile ruxx by Eck
hoff who set a record of 9:27.9.
Blaine, ill all day with an aching
wisdom tooth set the pace all the
way and not until Eckhoff put
fox-th a supreme effort did he over
take Blaine.
Others Scoring
Other Aggies making points
were Bobby Gross, sophomore
weightman, taking second in the
shot and thii’d in the discus and
Dan Pratt, foui’th in the shot;
Glenn Blake and Harly Hartung,
third and fourth in the 120 yai’d
high hui’dles; and Wally Kleb,
fourth i nthe 880.
The Aggie mile relay team did
not compete this week. Injuries
received eax-lier in the season and
the fact that the crown did not
hang in the balance, Aggie ti’ack
coach, Colonel Anderson kept the
team out of competition.
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