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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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