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Sint ^i|*ack Team 3rd litle Tuesday, March 31, 1953 THE BATTALION Page 3 rht an r a ng The Si : State Colij^m /• ^ Nv ‘ll perfJ i $ MSC Ba; L - S1 - ^ ' Organi: army catac-k tc;ini won its World W.Texas -Relays title have a^rday Iwith 1 153/4 before lBt' r runr r-up 'Texas, zations arpr not only emerg’-H Their inner .for the third !!l around sp the|shot put and tunes and )U t also set a new Director of 56 feet, 23/^ in- rick of tied his own record, formerly, of 54 feet, 7 % I church am first places made radio in lint man for the re- Miss Glints. Antonio, , . , , . her Aggie taking ; in the relays was 3, who soared 1.2 in the pole vault, n Spradlin was se tt roup. of nd id iee Wins ne trophy for the ilete pf the relays fansas distance ace, /ho probably could , the message to the [time. Santee of four winning re- of which broke the record in the sprint The four mile relay f .the American mark jiile relay team tied jays mark. Jents, j Aggie teams in the 440 relay, wo-mile relay, third prOVe| L y, third in the mile Style If: the distance medley nd in the four mile ’oint Makers point makers in the ition events were ho was third in the shot and fifth in the discus events; Dan Pratt, fourth in the shot; James Blaine, third in the 3,000 meter run; Pete Mayeaux and Roy Dollar, third and sixth in the javel- Bobby Ragsdale, second in the bi’oad jump and Ed Thomas, tied for fourth in the high jump. The Aggies demonstrated their team strength when they produced point makers in 13 out of the 17 university division events, compet ing against a collection of the na tion’s best track-performers. Winners in the four track meets entered thus far this season, the Aggies journey to' Corpus Christ! to meet Texas in a dual meet Sat- oirday. POLE VAULT ACES—Malcolm Marks (right) and Glenn Spradlin took first and second places in the Texas Relays pole vault event. Marks cleared 13’ 6” and Spradlin 13’ to furnish the only one-two finish for any school competing in the university division of the relays. LAST DAY <®:ure Stai-ts— ■ %04 - 4:48 1 6:32 \ \L6 - 10:00 Mi m — CARTOON h •WEDNESDAY JftlUANDf i — CARTOON RCLE Ideal and; 4-1250 in su;' of yo. ;ght & WED. Under 12 Admitted ten Accompanied By OUT LAW OTHER” Starring key Rooney and nda, Hendrix FS THURSDAY STEAKS Cesar Marie 'T ROMERO-WINDSOR ALK WITH "ZOMBIE” r Starring "raiieis Dee ,, .and mi Conway First Annual High Held School Golf Tourney Here April 3 and 4 The First Annual Invitational High School Golf Tournament will be held on the A&M golf course this Friday and Saturday, April 3 and 4. The high school golfers will play a total of 72 holes, playing 36 each day. Six trophies will be given, three team championship trophies and three individual champion trophies. The Aggie golf course is a par 70, 6,700 yard course. The course has just undergone a face lifting which lowered the par 71, 6,715 yard course. A&M GOLF COURSE—The first annual A&M state high school golf meet will be held here Friday and Saturday. Today ^ Wednesday M-G-M’s love and laugh riotj . //'. GLENN FORD -^•RUTH ROMAN k '" DENISE DARCEL / CLOSED THURSDAY & FRIDAY Bryan £*££79 LAST DAY M-G-M presents . BARBARA _ BARRY Stanwyck Sullivan Ralph Meeker STARTING WED. fREDERICX BRISSON prisints Rosalind Russel! A,« , Paul Douglas ■ Marie Wilson \WtkWE AT] QUEEN WED. — THURS. “PROMOTER” —with— Alex Guinness EASTER HOLIDAYS Going Some Place? LET US SUGGEST — HART SCHAFFNER & MARX' SLACKS *15.00 to *25.00 The beauties in color, weaves and fit. We have sizes and colors you want. Leon B. Weiss Boyett St. North Gate Also a new Pro shop between the new 9 and 18 greens has been completed. Balanced Course “The new course is better bal anced,” said Joe Fagan, pro mana ger of the golf course. No bad weather is expected for the tournament , and everyone is invited to come out and watch the players, who are the best high school boys in the state, no admis sion will be charged. “The course is in fine shape for the tournament,” Fagan announc ed The course is three years old with long grass greens. The tournament will be medal competition, which means the golf er with the fewest strokes for the 72 holes is the winner. The entry fee for the tournament is ten dollars and will cover hous ing and meals, which will be pro vided by the college. “So far we have receivec^62 en tries,” Fagan said, “and we ex pect a field of 100.” The classes for which the tro phies will be given are interschol astic league, class AA, class A, and class B. Some of the entries received are from Lamar high school of Hous ton, Edinburg, Freeport, Beau mont, and Fort Worth. A&M Golfing Team Leaves for TCU The A&M Golfing team left for Fort Worth, yesterday for a match with the TCU golfers. This will be the second confer ence match of the year for the Ag gies. Last week the Cadet links squad defeated the Baylor squad in their first conference match. After the TCU match, the Ag gies will rest until April 8, when they take on the University of Houston golfers here. Making the Fort Worth trip for the Farmers are Bill Baker, John Barrett, Homer Calloway, R. D. Carpenter and Malcolm Douglas. Aggies Games Drop Two To Gophers A&M dropped two games to the University of Minnesota baseball team, Friday and Saturday. In the first game, Aggie Pitcher Melvin Work pitched good ball, but errors gave the Gophers two unearned runs. The Cadets bat ters were unable to bunch their seven hits to produce a score. Paul Giel, the Gopher’s hurler, struck out 16 men in winning the first game 2-0. Both Work and Giel went the whole distance, with First Game MINNESOTA (2) AH Wallfred, cf 4 Yackel. rf 3 Elder, 2b 4 Steiger, c 3 Sullivan 3b 4 Anderson, lb 4 McCrudden, rf 3 Cloutier, ss 4 Giel, p 3 Totals 32 A&M (0) AB Munnerlyn, lb 4 Leissner, 2b 4 Lastelick. 3b 3 Miller, rf 1 0 1. Verble, rf 3 Farmer, cf 4 Byrd, If 4 Williams, c 3 2. Ellis 1 Heft, ss 2 3. Parrish 1 Work, p 3 27 O 8 3 1 0 0 5 1 7 0 1 0 1 7 27 12 Totals 23 1. Substituted for Miller in the 3rd. 2. Ellis struck out for Williams in the 9th. 3. Parrish struck out for Heft in the 9th. Minnesota 110 000 000—2 A & M 000 000 000—0 R—Wallfred, Steiger. E—Leissner, Las telick, Heft. RBI—Steiger. Geil. 2b— Giel, Farmer. LOB—Minnesota 6, A & M 8. BE offGiel 1, Work 1. SO by—Giel 16, Work 7. H&R off—Work 6 and 2 in 9; Giel 7 and in 9. Wild Pitch,—Work. Winner—Giel. Loser—Work. Umpires—- Lary and Sullivan. Time: 2:10. Weick, Adamson Return From Meet Dickie Weick, A&M’s star breast stroker, placed 14 among the top 100 yard breaststroke swimmers of the' nation in the National AAU swimming meet in Columbus, Ohio. Weick swam the distance in a time of 1:03. 6 The winning time was 1.00. 7, chalked up by Bob Clemons of Illinois State. Weick recently won the 100 yard and the 200 yard breaststroke in the SWC swimming meet held at Rice. Weick broke the old SWC breaststroke record, held by John Crawford of Texas. Swimming coach Art Adamson, a member of the National Rules Committee, attended the annual meeting held in Columbus this year. Adamson was head timer for the swimming meet. Adamson did not reveal any rules changes for the 1954 season, when he and Weick returned early Monday evening. SUPPLIES To Fit the Need For Every Home Battle’s PLUMBING CO. 109 Walton Dr. Ph. 4-4686 College Station Giel giving up seven hits and Work allowing six safeties. In the first inning of the first game, the Gophers 1 got one run on two singles and two errors. In the second inning of the same game, the Gophers got their other ran an error and a double. In the third, fifth and eighth innings, the Ag gies got two men on but could not bring them around. Gophers Score The Gophers scored in the second frame of the second game on a double, fielders choice and an er ror. In the third frame, Gopher (See BASEBALL, Page 4) Second Game Box Score: MINNESOTA (8) AB II O A Yackel, rf 2 1 0 0 1. Buro, rf 2 1 0 OY- Wallfred, cf 1 0 1 0 2. Koemptgen, cf 4 0 1 0 Elder, 2b 5 3 2 1 Stieger, c 5 0 10 0 Sullivan, 3b 4 2 0 1 3. McCrudden, If 0 0 0 0 Anderson, lb 5 3 6 3 Shmitt, lf-3b 4 2 1 1 Cloutier, ss 5 1 4 3 Streeter, p 4 1 2 0 Totals 41 14 27 9 A&M (2) AB H O A Munnerlyn, lb 4 0 12 0 Leissner, 2b 3 0 1 2 4. Pollard, 2b 2 0 1 1 Lastelick, 3b 3 1 0 4 Russell, rf 2 0 0 0 5. Verbel, rf 2 0 1 0 Farmer, cf 4 1 1 0 Byrd, If 2 0 1 0 6. Fuchs, If 2 0 0 0 Williams, c ...,1 0 6 0 7. Robinett, c 1 0 1 0 Heft, ss 2 0 3 2 B. Ellis 0 0 0 0 Little, p 0 0 0 1 9. Parrish 1 0 0 0 Hardgrove, p ..1 1 0 1 10. Rowland 1 0 0 0 Paul Giel Fanned 16 Aggies Totals 31 3 27 11 1. Buro substituted for Yackel in the 4ts. 2. Koemptgen substituted for Wallfred in tse 4th. 3. McCrudden ran for sullivan in the 7th and went into left field. 4. Pollard substituted for Leissner in the 5th. 5. Verbel substituted for Russell in the 5th. 6. Fuchs substituted for Byrd in the 5th. 7. Robinett substituted for Williams in the 7th. 8. Ellis walked for Heft in the 9th. 9. Parrish struck out for Little in the 3rd. 10. Rowland got a fielders choice for Hard grove in the 9th. MINNESOTA 013 000 103—8 A & M . 000 000 002—2 E—.Cloutier, Heft 2. R—Wallfred, Elder, Sulllivan, McCrudden, Anderson 3, Shmitt, Robinett, Ellis. RBI—Sullivan. Anderson 2, Shmitt 3, Streeter 2, Munnerlyn, Row land. 2B—Anderson. HR—Anderson. SB —McCrudden 2. SH—Buro. LOB—Minne sota 12, A&M 9. BB off-—Streeter 7, Little 2, Hardgrove 3., SO by—Streeter 10, Little, 1, Hardgrove 4. H&R off—Streeter 3 and 2 in 9, Little 6 and 4 in 3, Hardgrove 8 and 4 in 6. ER off—Streeter' 1, Little 3, Hardgrove 4. DP—Lastelick to Pollard to Munnerlyn. Winner—Streeter. Loser— Little. Umpires—Hodge, Griffen. Time: 2:30. Letsos Wins As Aggies Suffer Loss to Rice Eugene Letsos, A&M’s No. 1 netman, is still undefeated as Aggies lost to Rice net- ters 4-2 under terrific heat here Saturday. Errorless Letsos showed specta cular grace while smashing Wayne Bennett of Rice in straight sets 6-0, 6-1. Tom West of the Aggies, weak ened in the final set to lose to Compton Rees of Rice 6-2., 3-6, and 4-6. . Cadet Ronald Wolff was beaten by the Owl’s No. 3 man, Robin Robinson 6-1, 6-2. A&M’s Jack Jacobson was down ed in the final singles match by Dale. Miller 7-5, 6-3. Letsos and West, the Aggies to doubles duo, remained unbeaten while setting down in the final sets to over take the Owl’s Rees and Miller 4-6, 6-0, and 6-3. Aggies Wolff and Jacobson lost the No. 2 doubles to Robinson and Bennett of Rice 6-2, 6-3. The A&M tennis squad will meet the University of Texas longhorns in Austin at 1 p. m. today for the Aggie’s second conference match. EASTER SPECIALS 56c BELTSVILLE HEN TURKEYS 6 to 8 Libs. Each Per Lb A&M MEAT LINE BAKING HENS 3 to 5 Lbs. Each Per Lb. DRESSED — WRAPPED AND FROZEN 49c FRYERS EGGS A&M College Poultry Plant Phone 4-9044 Easter Gifts! FOR MEN ON THE GO! r €uun TRAVEL KIT Waterproof plastic folding kit (FITS COAT POCKET) Ideal for away-from-home use:’, Business trips, vacations, camping, club locker, office, week-ending. Contents: famous tawn brushless shave, tawn after-shave lotion, tawn talc, tawn cologne deodorant, tawn hair-dressing, tawn shampoo, Calox tooth powder. 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