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Wednesday, March 18, 1953 TSE BATTALION Page 3 B; re Baseball Schedule >Y( 3 t that oi: 3 condut:. irview of : -editors} ections, t blished. u if the Vrmy’’ ec they des regulat; the cart oave sen- tt for or- itt ataii opinions, matter. ; only r; ho Team Place Rice College Station Rice Houston Univei'sity of Houstoxx College Station University of Texas Austin Uixivei'sity of Mixxnesota College Station Univei'sity of Minnesota College Station Baylor College Station Bx-ooks Army Med. Center San Axxtonio Bi’ooks Army Med. Center San Axxtonio Saxxx Houston State Huntsville Texas Christian Fort Worth Texas Christian Fort Worth SMU Dallas Sam Houston College Station Rice College Station SMU College Station SMU College Station TCU College Statioxx Rice Houston Rice Houston Baylor Waco Baylor Waco Univ. of Houston Houston Univ. of Texas College Station Univ. of Texas College Station vrofc'- ;s, Rice Open Baseball >n Thursday Afternoon for the ion, as 'embers -ts, all s. of whir 3, all tis; school id three d Rice will open the tudents, ;ason on Kyle Field that allftevnoon at 3 p. m. The their opre rained out in their a-reg, (scheduled games with e stude iics, and the Owls will e five t place in two non-con- gKcstio: s. that Sf.oach BBeau Bell hasn’t , and this starting pitcher, but ‘exampioably be right hander, dhood fk or Jerry Nelson or illy, H oe Hardgrove. and f-b line-up and batting ’47 si: P ec ted to be Bill Mun- oore‘v st base leading off, best ard, secondbase, Lester ipinion. ield, land Jerry Laste- u bl e t( clean-up slot, he W01i T Lastelick, is Bobby , nes ) r mer, center-field, Eric ought ; ht field, Jerry Rob- rmy Williams, catching 1,1 Ale Northrup or Don letter*! tsho P- sons iw Coach idea ir. 3 will be playing for a you—DelBMorgan, who took n neitiN ce baseball r-eiirs this becau' ir K an has half of the ee wit: returning from the ) which'h won 12 and lost 13 i- ‘LEJ- play and won 5 and conference play last -AST TIMES — ve and Beyond” |-j yti Globe Trotters” ^AsDAY - FRIDAY — Dailey — Color cpait: Me At the Fair” ninat irazan’s Peril” ‘Ives I 1 !' Lfnlawf f a Ct) A Y O N L Y icticab' ^ |P ho heiA^R Peter Cu s|c k piesems HARRISON) LILLI PALMER I Morgan believes the Owls will have more consistent batters, but will lack long ball hitting. He has no big man on the pitching staff, but thinks he will have more depth of average college hurlers. There will be lack of experience at short stop and fir-st base and the out field will be green according to the Rice coach. All-SWC Players A tentative line-up for the Owls will be Parke Davis, who made All SWC last spi-ing as a utility man, and a regular outfielder, who shifted to catcher and will be the man behind the plate. Davis hit .344 last season, scored 22 runs and batted in 17. “Pinky” Nesbit, a sophomore looks like the first sacker, al though Leroy Fentesmaker and LaVon Cox will get trials at this position. At second base, Willie Witt a senior, two letterman is certain to get the starting nod from Mor gan. Witt batted .224, scoring 14 runs and batting in seven last year. In the hot corner for the Owls will be Tommy Reckling, a junior letterman who hit .253 last season, scoring 12 runs and driving in 17. Shortstop Undecided The shortstop position hasn’t been decided yet and Morgan will use the early games to try dif ferent men out. In the race for short are Ed Clayton, Jed Dun- gan, James Evirett and Jed Shaw. Monte Robicheaux, a freshman last year and considered a good (See OWL-AG Baseball, Page 4) TODAY LAST DAY —Feature Starts— 1:35 - 3:16 - 4:57 - 6:38 8:19 - 10:00 NEWS CARTOON T TIME AT PRICES FERRER lEMY AWARD mm ... because... ^ he three musketeers a million! " n U/ r r> O N VJHIFY vojur? ——Ur? L D O SirKJsJ by M'.CHAB. twonu -!=iisd Hi ' United Artlfta STARTS THURSDAY DANGER-SPOT OF THE ORIENT! TARGET H0N6K0N6 Richard DENNING * Nancy GATES NEWS CARTOON fsznrcnnni Bryan 2’81$79 TODAY thru SAT. Pojy Soldier Tedflafar STARRING TYRONE POWER 2a. TODAY & WED. Capt. Black Jack ' Cadet Tennis Team Tops SE Oklahoma Despite the windy weather and threatening clouds, the A&M ten nis squad, led by Eugene Letsos, walloped the Southeastem Okla homa tennis team, 7-0 hei'e yes terday. Letsos, used his powerful fore hand to come behind in the first set to beat Ray Dean Fryex-, 7-5, 6-2. His serves and volleys deter mined the second set of the match for Letsos. Aggie Tommy West came back in the third set to take Cecil Dun can, Southeastern’s number two man 6-1, 7-9, and 6-1. : • ••• ■ ; y . • •• ' Ronald Wolff of the Aggies met with little opposition while whipping Jack Armstrong of Southeastern in straight sets, 6-1 and 6-0. A&M’s Jack Jacobson easily de feated Southeastem’s Gordon Wright, 6-1 and 6-1. Aggie Jack Bessellieu beat Jack Armstrong in straight sets 6-1, 6-0. Letsos and West overwhelmed Duncan and Fry, despite the high winds, in two sets, 6-2 and 6-4. Throughout the match, Letsos made shots which brought ap plause because of their accuracy. Aggies, Wolf and Jacobson, had no trouble in their doubles match, beating Southeastern’s Armstrong and Wright, 6-1 and 6-0. C. R. Dyer, coach of the South eastern Oklahoma tennis squad for the past six years, has had four collegiate championships, one tie and one loss. “This year’s squad is much weaker,” observed Dyer, “because the armed service has acquired many of our top players.” Next on Southeastern’s schedule is the University of Houston in Houston. “I don’t know how we will come out against Rice,” Aggie tennis coach Dowell commented on the first conference tennis match against the Owls, “we’ll just have to wait and see.” The Aggies will meet the Owls here March 28. TEAM CAPTAIN—Bill Munnerlyn will be on first base when the Ag-gies meet the Owls on the Kyle Field diamond, Thursday afternoon. Besides playing first base, Munner lyn will probably be the lead-off man in the Cadet batting order. Fish Square Off for Titles Today In ’Mura l R ing Scraps NUMBER ONE—Gene Letsos, will lead the Aggies against the Rice Owls in the first SWC tennis match. The Aggies have not lost a match this year, winning 14-7 against Oklahoma University and 7-0 against Southeastern Okla homa yesterday. Soccer Team Bows In Champ Tilt The A&M soccer team bowed, 4-2, in a 30 minute overtime to Busy Bee pii 4jja,n Antonio in the state championship game Sunday. With the sc4>re tied, 2-2, dur ing the overtime, the Aggies lost ace goalie G. Fernandez because of fighting. The Bees then surged through the crippled Cadets for the winning goals. Jumping into an early 1-0 lead on A. Casas’s goal, the Aggies saw their lead drop as the Bees stormed back to tie the score at the end of the first half. E. Urbanowich of San Antonip staked his team to a 2-1 lead early in the second half, but captain Guillermo Cardenas sent the game into overtime with a goal ten minutes before the end of regular play. The game was played be fore 2,000 fans in San Antonio’s Brackenridge Park. CIRCLE 4-1250 TONIGHT LAST NIGHT Children Under 12 Admitted FREE When Accompanied By An Adult. EXPOSING Political Racketeers! imtf M-G-M picture . ' 0,,n Audrey Paula UmEMMI —ALSO— “WHEN IN ROME” Starring Van & Paul Johnson Douglas STARTS THURSDAY ABOVE and BEYOND —ALSO— “STRANGE WORLD” Starring Angelica & Alexander Hauff Carlos Sixteen freshman boxers square away this afternoon in DeWai’e Field House in quest of intramural championships in a Fite Nite pre view. The bouts begin at 5 p. m. Ten of the finalists Were de cided in semifinal matches yester day. All upperclassman champion ships will be determined on Fite Nite, March 24. Today’s slate of fish title bouts is as follows: 123 pound—Gonzales, Co. I, vs Allen, Co. H; 130 pound—Horton, Co. I, vs Pinson, Sq. 17; 137 pound—Greer, Sq. 17, vs Tank Squad Readying For SWC Meet Swimming Coach Art Adamson’s swimming team is making final preparations for the three-day Southwest Conference swimming meet starting March 19 in Hous ton. The lop-sided victory over the Baylor Bears during the Sports Day activities furnished a much-needed spark of confidence, Adamson said today. He expects his young team to put up a good battle in the four-team meet be cause his team has more depth than probably any other team for this season. Scheduled to be held in the Rice pool, the Southwest Conference swimming finals will have teams representing Texas A&M, SMU, Baylor and Texas. The team record for the season shows the victory over Baylor, while losses to SMU, Northwestern Louisiana twice topped the Aggies in swimming matches during the brief season. ' Want to travel and study abroad ? Take a university-sponsored tour via TWA this summer and earn full college credit while you travel Visit the countries of your choice . . . study from 2 to 6 weeks at a foreign university. You can do both on one trip when you arrange a uni versity-sponsored tour via TWA. Itineraries include countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Special study tours available. Low all-inclusive prices with TWA’s economical Sky Tourist service. For information, write: John H. Furbay, Ph. D. t Director, Air World Tours, Dept. CN, 80 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Be sure to men tion countries you wish to visit. ’■SJIMS »CJL10 JCJJMMS Sinclair, Sq. 24; 147 pound—Chewning, Sq. 17, vs Dischler, Co. F; 157 pound—Pearson, Sq. 20, vs Geardina, Co. H; 167 p?iUnd—Owens, Sq. 21, vs Burton, Co. C; 177 pound—Fisher, Fish Band, vs Wheeler, Co. C; 191 pound-—Fortich, Fish Band, vs Barnes, Co. A; Semifinals in upperclassman 191 pound and 123 pound were also held yesterday. As a result of these bouts Caldwell, B Inf., meets Blockex - , Sq. 6, in the 191 final, axid Condon, A Inf., takes on Alexander, Maroon Band, in the 123 pound finale. Allen Greer and Delmer Owens scored the most convincing wins of the day to set the stage for out- standing bouts in tomorrow’s fin als in their classes. Greer, thunderous puncher with both hands, floored Francis, Sq. 20, in the second round with an explosive series of lefts and rights to the face. He had taken the first round by a wide margin, showing a powerful left lead to the face followed by right crosses. Owens scored a second round TKO of Liddy, Sq. 20, to gain the 167 pound finals. Showing lots of savvy and a good defense, along with a strong uppercutting offense, Alvin Sin clair punched his way to a decision over Reynolds, Sq. 21. He meets Greer in the 137 pound final. (See MURALS, Page 4) Farmer Cagers 9th In Defense At Final Listing Finishing ninth in the nation in team defense with a lusterless 6- 15 season record is hard to do, but A&M’s scrappy ’52-’53 bas ketball team did just that. One of the four Southwest Con ference teams which finished in the first 15 defensive leaders, the Aggies held their foes tn an aver age of 57.2 points in 21 games. SWC champion TCU ranks high est, holding sixth place with a 55.6 mark. Rice is 11th with a 57.9 rec ord, and Texas is 13th with 58.6. Baylor finished 16th. Only 15 of the nation’s major basketball teams can show a mark below 60,0 in games through March 10. Tall, LeRoy Miksch, widely nam-" ed in All-SWC balloting, led the Cadet’s offensive punch, grabbing fifth place honors in season scor ing and sixth in conference scor ing. He scored 249 points during the season for a 13.1 average and pumped in 133 in 11 conference games for a 12.1 mean. Gene Schwinger, Rice’s All-Con- fei’ence selection, led both SWC season and conference scoxing. The stringbean Houstonian amassed 423 points during the season for a 20.1 average. Schwinger is the only SWC player among the na tion’s top scox-ei’s, ranking 35th. Ai-t Barnes, SMU, and soph Mux-ray Bailey, Baylor, are the only other conference represexxta- tives among offensive leadei’s. They x-ank 12th and 14th, x-espect- ively, in fi-ee throw pex-centage. Barnes sank 72 out of 90 for 80 per cent and Bailey dunked 78 of 98 for a 79.6 mark. ^O.ETS The Exchange Store “Sex-ving Texas Aggies”