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Tuesday, May 19, 1953 THE BATTALION Page 3 CHAMPS, COME RAIN OR COME SHINE—Southwest Conference track and field win ners for third consecutive year are, (front row, left to right) Bdb Brown, Bill Stalter, Glenn Spradlin, Malcolm Marks, Bobby Ragsdale (captain), Dan Pratt, Roy Dollar, Dar- row Hooper, Charles Hudgins, and James Baker. Middle row (left to right) Col. Andy Anderson, track coach; Marvin Swink, James Blaine, Dale DeRouen, Tom Dolla- hite, Bobson Whitmore, Harry Smith, Glenn Blake, Frank Norris, Gerald Stull, Pete May- eaux, and Ray Putnam, assistant track coach. Back row (left to right) Charles Salmon, Frank Whitwell, Harley Hartung, Wallace Kleb, Bobby Gross, Bob Scarborough, Bob Collins, Bob Caldwell, Orville Allbritton, and Pat Wheat, team manager. Aggies Win Track Title For Third Straight Year By BOB BORISKIE Sports News Editor The Aggie track team splashed through rain and mud to a third straight SWC track and field win in Fort Worth Saturday under the worst conditions in conference history. Scoring 104 points, the Aggies finished far ahead of second place Texas with 76 2/5 points as the Cadets’ perennial record breaker, Darrow Hooper, broke the con ference shot put record for the third time in three tries with a heave of 55 feet, 5V2 inches. The Aggies rolled up the second highest total in the 39 year history Col. Anderson of the meet. They set the record of 114 points in 1951. Ragsdale High point Team Captain Bobby Ragsdale epded his track career at A&M •with a first place leap of 23 feet, 3Vs inches in the broad jump, first place in the 220 yard low hurdles in 23.6 seconds, second in the 100 yard dash, and ran a leg on the third place Aggie 440 yard team to tie Texas’ Charles Thomas for top honors. Hooper, besides winning the shot event, also took first in the discus throw with a toss of 154 feet 1 !4 inches, to make him the only SWC athlete ever to take two events for three straight seasons. Under better conditions, the Ag gies were considered capable of j breaking several records, but the track was covered by as much as six inches of water in some places ahd the field was a sea of mud. i •Times and distances turned in were | considered very good in view of the circumstances. Malcolm Marks SWC Pole Vault Champ l In the 120 yard high hurdles, IGlenn Blake fell before reaching I the tape, and slid and crawled across the finish line for fourth ; place behind Aggie Harry Smith. Tom Dollahite finished fifth in the i event. A crowd of 1,000 turned out de- j spite a misting rain to see the meet and the preliminaries of which were postponed from Friday to Saturday because of the dismal weather conditions. Rain began to fall at the begin ning of the meet and continued to fall during the entire meet. Only about 300 determined fans were still around for the final event. Pete Mayeaux was one of the Aggies who ignored the rain long enough to post an outstanding mark. He hurled the javelin 199 feet 11 inches to best slightly favored Wes Ritchey of TCU by eight feet. Roy Dollar was fourth and George Knipple fifth in the javelin throw. DeRouen Upsets Champ Dale DeRouen upset the defend ing mile champion, Rick Heber of Arkansas, stepping off the distance in 4 minutes, 23.6 seconds, which was very good, considering track conditions. Heber finished third be hind Charles Hudgins of A&M. Malcolm Marks * won the pole vault event with a leap of 13 feet, but was denied the chance to break the conference record because of weather conditions. Marks had gone 14 feet or better twice during the season. Glenn Spradlin tied with Hoffman of Texas for se cond place with a 12 feet, 6 inch leap. Bobby Gross was second in both the shot put and discus events, while Dan Pratt was third in the shot fifth in the discus. . James Baker won the 440 yard dash and Gerald Stull was fifth. Baker’s time was 50.2 seconds. Blaine Wins Two Mile The conference two mile record continued to stand, although James Blaine was given a good chance to break it under favorable con ditions. Blaine won the event in 2 minutes, 39 seconds and Hudgins was fifth. Ed Thomas tied with Delaney of Texas for second place in the high jump, while Marvin Swink was fourth. Bill Stalter finished third in the broad jump and fifth in the 220 yard dash, and Ed Wilmsen took down fifth place in the 880 yard run. The Aggies gained 52 points in field events and 52 points in run ning events in compiling the points which won for them their sixth championship in the last seven years. Texas Wins Twice; Gain Tie For First The Texas Longhorns received fine clutch pitching yesterday to sweep two games from A&M by scores of 1-0 and 4-1 and gain a tie with SMU for the title. Boyd Linker pitched a two hit ter in the first game to best Jerry Nelson in a pitching duel 1-0. Jim my Williams, Aggie catcher, bang BOX SCOItKS FIRST GAME: TEXAS (1) Pace, 3b Snow, If Kelly, rf Eckert, cf Oden, ss Biesenbach, c Mohr, lb Towery, 2b Linker, p Total A&M (Ol Munnerlyn, lb Leissner, 2b a. Rowland b. Ablon Byrd, If Farmer, cf Miller, rf Lastelick, 3b Parrish, 3b Heft, ss c. Robinett Ellis, ss Williams, c Nelson, p Totals AB 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 24 AB 2 3 O O 4 3 2 2 O 1 1 O 3 3 24 H 0 0 0 0 O 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 21 O 6 2 0 O 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 21 a. Walked for Leissner in 7th. b. Ran for Rowland in 7th. c. Popped out for Heft In 7th. TEXAS 010 000 0—1 A&M 000 000 0—0 R—Eckert. 2B—Ecgert. RBI—Oden. SH— Eckert, Biesenbach, Nelson. HP—Heft by Linker. E—Towery. LOB—- Texas 6, A&M 9. SO by: Linker 5, Nelson BOB off—Linker 5, Nelson 2. R&ER off—Nelson 1 and 1. Umpires—Burrdick and Graham. Time—1:35. BOX SCORES SECOND GAME TEXAS (4) Pace, 3b Snow, If Kelly, rf Eckert, cf Oden, ss Spradlin, c Mohr, lb Towery, 2b Jones, p Smith, p Totals A&M (1> Munnerlyn, lb a. Rowland Parrish, 3b b. Ablon Farmer, cf Miller, rf Byrd, If Leissner, 2b Heft, ss Ellis, ss Williams, c Work, p c. Robinett Totals AB 3 32 1 0 0 0 7 H 0 0 0 5 7 3 1 0 27 O 11 0 2 0 27 19 Struck out for Munnerlyn in 9th. b. Ran for Parrish in 9th. c. Struck out for Work in 9th. TEXAS 101 010 001 4 A&M 100 000 000—1 R—Pace 2, Snow, Eckert, Parrish. 2B— Snow. HR—Eckert. RBI—Kelly, Eckert, Oden, Byrd. HP—Spradlin by Wark. LOB— Texas 11, A&M 11. E—Pace, Towery, Leissner, Parrish. DP—Jones, IWfcohr; Oden, Mohr; Heft, Leissner, Munnerlyn 2, H&R off—Jone 5 and 1 in 8%. BOB off—Wok 8, Jones 7. SO by—Work 7, Jones 5. R&ER off—Work 4 and 3, Jones 1 and 1: Smith 0- and 0. Umpires—Burdick and Graham. Time—2:30. Rodeo Team Finishes Fifth in NIRA Meet The Texas Aggie Rodeo Team finished fifth in the National In tercollegiate Rodeo Association Rodeo for 1952-53 at Hardin-Sim- mons University May 14—16. Four Aggies finishted in the top five of three different events. Lowie Rice was third in bull- dogging, Bobby Rankin of A&M was fourth. A&M’s Billy,Steele tied for fourth in ribbon calf roping. Joe Connell of the Aggies took the fourth place in tiedown calf roping. The A&M Rodeo team took third place recently in the Arlington State Intercollegiate Rodeo. Aggies Steele and Rankin tied for high honors on the A&M team. TODAY thru SATURDAY —Feature Starts— 1:44 - 3:48 - 5:32 - 7:56 - 10:00 JOHN WAYNE DONNA REED K^SlongI |?HElW/tr CHARLES COBURN CIRCLE 4-1250 TONIGHT & WEDNESDAY Children Under 12 Admitted FREE When Accompanied By An Ault. “ALLEGHENEY UPRISING” Starring John Wayne Claire Trevor ALSO UT Pitcher Is Honored By CHS An honored guest at the A&M Consolidated Sports. Banquet last night was Roland Jones, the University of Texas baseball pitcher who defeated the Aggies yesterday. He’s one of Consolidated’s star graduates who the Aggie coaches couldn’t talk into stay ing in his own back yard. Other Aggies who participated in the Arlington Show included Rice, James Dickey, Jim Watson and Connell. The Future Farmers of District One will hold their annual rodeo May 22 and 23 at 8 p. m. at the Aggie Rodeo Arena. Entries will consist solely of high school boys and girls of the nineteen schools in District One and surrounding area. 60 Minute? of FootfioM Fun! HART SCHAFFNER &MARX® % SLACKS hoiv to weather summer ALL WEAVE BENG ALINE DIXIE WEAVE* $1595 N E W Orion 50% Wool 50% SLACKS $13.75 Leon B. eiss ed two clean singles to spoil Link er’s no-hitter. Nelson pitched air tight ball except for the second inning. Tex as scored when Travis Eckert doubled, Gene Oden walked, Ran dolph Biesenbach sacrificed, Paul Mehr walked and Robert Towery rolled out to shortstop. Biesenbach tried to score from second in the sixth on a single to right, but Eric Miller cut him down at the plate with a perfect throw from right field. In the second game, Texas climbed on Mel Work for four runs on seven hits. The Longhorns scored in the first, third, fifth, and ninth. Travis Eckert blasted a 345 foot homer in the ninth for Texas. A&M scored their only run in the first inning against Jones. Tex Farmer and Jim Parrish walked, and Les Byrd singled. Whether SMU or Texas will meet Arzonia in the NCAA play offs is still undecided. Present plans are for three coaches to vote to decide. Beau Bell, Aggie coach, is one of the coaches. Jerry Nelson Chosen As All-SWC Pitcher Jerry Nelson, the Aggies great pitching star, was selected to the All - Southwest Conference base ball team. Nelson was credited with two distinctions. He was the only Ag gie to make the team and the only unanimous choice in the confer ence. Texas and Southem Methodist placed the most players. Texas got six places and SMU had five. Bay lor placed four and Nelson rounded out the team. It was supposed to have three pitchers, two catchers, four in fielders, three outfielders and a utility outfielder. But three play ers tied for one catching spot and four outfielders tied. Therefore the team has four catchers and four outfielders, without a utility outfielder. Coming closest to unanimous selection next to Nelson were Aggie Rifle Team Wins Tessie Match The A&M Rifle Team won its third annual rifle match from the Texas State College for Women. Final score was 972 for the Aggies and 931 for the Tessies. Miss Neava McFarland, of TSC W took honors for high-point in dividual score with 398 out of a possible 400. David Allen, Dick Williford and Sidney Ferrell of A&M tied for second with 395 each. The annual match, fired in the prone position only, was started in 1951 when the Aggie team purch ased a roving trophy for the win ner. The TSCW team won in 1951 but the Aggies won it back again last year by a narrow margin. Each shooter fires four targets with a total of 40 bulls-eyes. This brings the highest possible team score to 1,000. Mourning Dove Survey Completed on Campus A study of the mourning dove population on the campus has been completed by the wildlife manage ment 408 classes. Verde Dickey, SMU catcher; Mick ey Sullivan of Baylor, Tommy Ballinger of SMU and Travis Eckert and Tommy Snow of Texas, all outfielders. Each received five votes. The all-conference team is; Pitchers—Jerry Nelson, A&M; Tommy Bowers, Southern Metho dist; and Boyd Linker, Texas. Catchers—Verde Dickey, SMU; Bobby Benge, Baylor; Ronald Sqradlin, Texas, and Randy Biesen bach, Texas. First base—Paul Mohr, Texas. Second base — Charles Galey, SMU. Third base — John Caruthers, SMU. Shortstop—Harry Davis, Baylor. Utility infielder—Tyree Newton, Baylor. Outfielders — Tommy Ballinger, SMU; Mickey Sullivan, Baylor; Travis Eckert Texas, and Tommy Snow, Texas, v- Jerry Nelson Unanimous All-SWC SWC Membership Remains Unaltered The Southwest Conference voted Saturday to reject Texas Tech and Oklahoma as members, choosing to keep the same membership it has had for 28 years. Texas A&M voted for the mo tion, made by Texas and seconded by TCU, that the two schools be admitted into the confeience. The exact vote was not announc ed, but it failed to get the re quired majority of five out of seven. Texas Tech, which has long been an applicant, and Oklahoma, which asked about membership last win ter, were to be invited, according to the motion, provided “satisfac tory details for such arrangement can be worked out.” , During the meeting, the Faculty Committee eased scholastic re quirements and “deemphasized the deemphasis” on football and bas ketball by allowing more time for spring training and adding more basketball games. The requirement that a student must make a certain grade was removed, but the number of hours work he must complete was re tained. Easter holidays will not count in spring basketball and football, and the basketball schedule was returned from 21 to 24 games. let them 1 They’re off...to the ball park, the swimming pool, the old camp grounds! And they’re not always as careful as they might be, either. This being true, let’s keep youngsters in mind as we drive during the vacation season! ■ BE CAREFUL- going’ and coming- the child you save may he your own! 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