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Wednesday, May 13, 1953 THE BATTALION Page 3 th Title in Seven Years d by Aggie Tracksters ies will take 30 men to sith for the Conference this [weekend, seeking title ;an the past seven <;-’frank G. Anderson, Ag- jr, had guided the Ca- VC track titles in 1947, , 1951, and 1952. Texas '50. ml depend mostly on ;s and distance runs for ;s. Leading weight men Harrow Hooper, Bobby Dan Pratt. Pete May- Dollar and Tom Dolla- hrow the javelin. Marks and Glenn take ;Care of the pole nfantrvDiv 1 ^ obby Ra g S(lale wil1 t/ “ ''p and run the low hur- 1 es Baker is the favorite 1,1 1 A Verso: ) and James Blaine runs Engelbrect die. Grunwal;e broad jump and pole Lt. Williaiprds will be in danger. vaulted 14 feet while aad leaped 25% feet in s Relays. Against Aggie Marks he existing SWC record best this spring: (Rec- \ "5’’T re i a y—4i.r, and 43.1. . jn—4:17.2 by Hampton, y 1949. Dale DeRouen, j first, then A&M’s best /\ [Shot Record by O’Brien ^ ’Brien, of Southern Cali- oke the existing world ecord Saturday with a feet||3/4 inches, beat A&M’s Darrow the Olympics last sum- 4 of an inch, had downed O’Brien in [aic tryouts for his only he Trojan in their three 440 yard dash — 46.9 by Cox, Rice, in 1950. Baker, 47.6. 100 yard dash—9.5 by five men. Ragsdale, 9.9. 120 yard high, hurdles—13.9 by Walcott, Rice, 1940. Blake, 14.9. 880 yard run—1:53.6 by Byrd, Rice, in 1950. Kleb, 1:56.8. 220 yard dash—20.4 by Thomas, Texas, 1952. Stalter, 20.9. Two mile run—9:24.4 by Brown, Arkansas, 1951. Blaine, 9:26.5. 220 yard low hurdles—22.5 by Persons, Texas, 1952. Ragsdale, 22.6. -3:14.3 by Rice, by Darrow Hooper, 56- A&M, One mile relay- 1950. 3:20.1. Shot put — 54-5% Hooper, A&M, 1952. 2 3/4. Discus—170 by Hooper, 1952. Hooper, 168-9. Javelin — 216-8% by O’Neill, SMU, 1939. Mayeaux, 193-3. Broad jump—24-9 3/4 by Hale, Rice, 1932. Ragsdale, 25-%. High jump — 6-10 % by Walt Davis, A&M, 1952. Thomas, 6-3. Pole vault—1.3-10 1/8 by Wei- chert, Rice, 1936. Marks, 14. Golfers Play Against Boros On Saturday for Medals National Golf Day will be ob served on the Aggie golf course Saturday, announced Joe Fagan, Cadet coach and course pro-man ager. Everyone playing will be shoot ing against Julius Boros, the de fending U. S. Open Golf champion. A handicap will be given each player, according to his ability. There will be no green fees that day. A $1 entry fee will be charg- m've h(' Y thru SATURDAY O 1 Features Start— Smitlij ' Features Start- 48 - 5 52 - 7:56 - 10:00 tmesis" B % MOST FABULOUS ^''spSlp!! T*'kiWS®® Aggie Netters Set For SWC Meet Friday The A&M tennis team completed its schedule this year with six wins, three losses, and one tie. Eugene Letsos, a three-year let- terman from Galveston, majoring in mechanical engineering, was the Aggie ace netman for the season. Letsos went through the year with eight wins compared to two losses. Letsos will be a top contender for the championship at the Southwest Conference Individual Meet at Fort Worth Friday May 15. The number two player for the Aggies will be Tom West of San Antonio. Jack Jacobson of Amerillo will play in the third position for the Aggies at the SWC meet. Ronnie Wolff and Jack Bes- selieu, both of San Antonio, will be the number four and five players for the A&M squad. The top four men for the A&M freshman tennis squad include Bob Kerr of Amarillo in the top posi tion. Ed Pasehall of Denison is in the second spot with Gene Kinard of Baytown third. Netter Bill Ash- burn of Denison is fourth. “The Aggies should do very good in the individual meet,” said W. M. Dowell, coach of the Aggie tennis team. )n HESTON • Rhonda FLEMING k PARAMOUNT PICTURE low are yw in STERLING • Fcrrest TUCKER (ere is a affi- nto some ij8 lather up ye, ring them to ou the high-'j 'his is a stir!.' hie to entertof airing dance, ed with all proceeds going to charity. Everyone who beats Boros (with handicap) will be given a specially cast bronze medal from LIFE magazine and the Professional Golfers Association. The medal will be inscribed, “I beat the U. S. Open Champion — Julius Boros” LIFE—National Golf Day—PGA.” Over 80,000 golfers played last year, against Ben Hogan and thou sands beat little Bantam Ben from Fort Worth. One 90 year old woman beat Hogan and received a medal. One golfer played his first round of golf and shot 147. But with his handicap he beat Hogan by two strokes. Last year over $80,000 was do nated by the golfers. Half of the proceeds went to the National Golf Fund and the other half to the USO. The USO used their half to en tertain US troops all over the world. The National Golf Fund used their $40,000 for caddie scholar ships, the PGA Relief fund, the PGA Educational fund and to fur ther golf activities. Some went to mental health institutions. AGGIES NO. 1—Eugene Letsos has held the No. 1 position for the Cadet netmen this year, com piling a won loss record of 8-2 for the year. He is a three-year letterman senior. PALACE Brain 2-JS79 LAST DAY “Small-Town Girl” STARTING THURSDAY STARRING BOB MICKEY MARILYN HfiPi P.OONEY-MAXWELL coisiuiNxc EDDIE MAVEHOFF - STANLEY CLEMENTS • JACK DEMPSEY MARVIN MILLER • Rtodured by HARRT tugesd DiuCted by GEORGE MARSHALL- Story and Screenplay by ML KANTER and JACK SHER • A PARAMOUNT PICTURE L of H Nine Drops Ags In Ninth Rally, 3-2 The Aggie baseballers were squeezed out yesterday 3-2 by the University of Houston Cougars in Houston. Shortstop Carlton Hanta gave the Cougars their winning blow in the ninth inning when he drove across for the game-clinching tal ly. This was the last game of the season for the Cougars, while the Aggies meet the University of Tex as Friday and Saturday. The last two games for the Farmers will determine the outcome of the Longhorns in conference play. The Cougars evened the series with the Aggies in this game. A&M beat them 5-3 in a game here earlier in the season. Ken Lilie got the benefit of his shortstop’s timely single, while Lou Little, who was lifted in the ninth with one out and two runners on base, became the loser. Ed Hen- nig relieved and walked pinch hit ter Foy Boyd, filling the bases for Hanta. •» He ran they count to three and two before rifling a pitch down the third base line, scoring Mike A&M (2) Ab H To A Ablon, rf 3 1 0 0 Verble, rf 2 0 0 0 Munnerlyn, lb 3 0 11 1 Byrd, If 4 0 2 0 Farmer, cf ,4 2 2 0 I.eissner, 2b 4 1 5 4 Lasterlick, 3b 4 1 0 3 Heft, ss 4 0 2 4 Williams, c 3 0 3 1 Little, p 4 1 0 1 Hennig, p 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 6 25 14 HOUSTON (3) Ab H Po A Hants, ss 5 1 4 1 Russell, rf 4 2 3 0 Reed, 3b 3 1 2 3 Shipley, If 4 1 3 0 Osburn, cf 4 0 1 0 Jezierski, 2b 3 1 3 0 Savarino, lb 2 1 4 0 Peters, e 4 1 7 1 Lillie, p 2 1 0 1 Boyd 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 9 27 6 One out when winning run scored. Boyd walked for Lillie in 9th. A & M 002 000 000—2 HOUSTON . ...... 000 000 102—3 E—Hanta 2, Reed. RBI—Farmer, Lillie Hanta 2. R—Ablon, Farmer, Jezierski 2. Peters. 2B—Farmer. SB—Ablon. S — Savarino 2. DP—Heft to Leissner to Mun nerlyn. BB—Off Lillie 3, Little 2. Hen nig 1. SO—By Lillie 5, Little 3. H&R— Off Little 8 and 3' in 8 1/3; Hennig 1 and 0 in 0 (none out in 9th). L—Little. W— Lillie. PB—Williams. LB—Houston 9, Aggies 9. U—Paine and Bonneau. T—2:15. Jezierski and Frank Peters, both of whom had singled off Little. The Aggies had tallied their two runs in the third on singles by Fred Ablon and Tex Farmer, plus a throwing error by none other thari Hanta. On Farmer’s single to left, Allen Shipley threw a near perfect return to the plate but the ball took a big hop over Catcher Peters’ head to permit Ablon to score. Houston counted once in the seventh, Jezierski singling and moving to second on Billy Sava- rino’s sacrifice bunt. Lille’s twist ing single to right scored Jezierski. The Cougars will await the out come of the Oklahoma A&M-Tulsa series this week end which will de cide the finish of the Western Di vision of the Missouri Valley Con ference race. A split in that series will put Houston into a three-way tie with the Cowboys and Tulsa. Box scores: Fish Baseball The scheduled game between the Aggie Fish and Wharton Junior College yesterday afternoon on the Kyle Field diamond was rained out after two innings of play. When the rains came, the Fish were at bat in the bottom of the second inning, and Carl Baker, pitcher, dropped a pop single to short right center with the bases loaded, to score Bob Pender from third with the game’s only score. Baker did not give up a hit in. the two innings. On Friday the Freshmen close out their season schedule with a game in Austin, meeting the Texas Shorthorns. Varsity Meets Texas Thursday the varsity will meet the Longhorns in the first of a two-game series on the Aggie dia mond, with the visitors needing a win in both games to tie SMU for first place in the conference stand ings. The Mustangs have complet ed their schedule with a conference record of 12 wins and three losses, while the Texas record is 10 wins and three defeats. Charter Is Sixth In State High Jump Bobby Carter, of Consolidated High School won sixth place last Saturday in the state high school high jump at Austin. Bernie Clark of O’Donnell, and Ricardo Riviera, of San Diego tied for first place with a leap of 6-1%. William Gilstrap, of Leverett’s Chapel and Arnold Korenck, from Deer Park deadlocked for second with a leap of 6-3/8. Darrell Robbins was third with 5-11 3/8. Tiger Jim Bevans coach went with Carter to the state meet. Carter was Consolidated’s only en try in the finals. ’Mural Pictures Set for Thursday Pictures of first and second se mester intramural championship teams that have not been taken will be taken tomorrow at the gym. Time is 5 p.m. and No. 2 uniformi will be worn, said Barney Welch, itnramural sports director. Welch asked that athletic offi cers take note this is just for teams that have not already had their pictures made. AGGIES!! 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