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Hooper, Nelson, Pirtle Win ‘Most Valuable’ Darrow Hooper, Jerry Nelson and Rodney Pirtle received Friday night most valuable player awards for A&M track, baseball and basketball. They received the Lipscomb— Colson awards at the annual spr ing sports barbecue honoring over 200 Aggie athletes in every sport except cross country and football. The later two sports are honored at the annual winter sports ban quet. “MY PAL GUS” Richard Widmark — and — “JOHNNY HOLIDAY” Sunday—“IVANHOE” TODAY & WEDNESDAY An Arrowhead Picture • Released thru United Artists HETEHl Bryan 2 m 8$19 LAST DAY QUEEN Hooper is from Fort Worth, Nel son from Beaumont, and Pirtle from Coleman. HOOPER WON the shot put and discus events in every track meet this spring, Nelson, a sopho more pitcher, was the lone Aggie and only unanimous all-Southwest Confei-ence choice while Pirtle, al so a sophomore, was cited for his steady play on the Aggie cage team. Leroy Miksch, senior forward from Waelder and Charles Leiss- ner, junior second baseman from Austin received the Ted Mohle awards presented annual ly to the players in baseball and basketball who contributed most to team play. Lipscomb - Colson awards also went to the captains in three sports—Miksch, basketball; Bob by Ragsdale, Junction, track and Bill Munnerlyn, Houston, baseball. VARSITY SENIOR Don Heft of Corpus Christi and frosh eager John Fortenberry of North Little Rock, Ark, received the Reed Wip- precht awards for free throw ac curacy in varsity and freshman basketball. Don Crawford, junior back- stroke from Corpus Christ, was named winner of the Jimmie Kiel swimming trophy, while sopho more Richard Weick of College Station was named outstanding varsity swimmer.- • LOUANNS FOR HAPPY MUSK • ’pH L0UANNS r > Every Friday cr o o Happy Music W : ith S in Cell Block > ** < o ci Seven MUSIC • Make • 3 Your Reservations t- o NOW > HAPPY Call EM-2688 n +T* o o L0UANNS > Greenville and Uovers I.ane •t! c at Central Expressway MUSIC • EOUANNS FOR HAPI’Y MUSIC • ■ „ CIRCLE 4-1250 TONIGHT & WEDNESDAY Children under 12 admitted FREE when accompanied by an adult. RICHARD TRAVIS • SHEILA RYAN ON STAGE IN PERSON Friday Prev. II P.M. TODAY LAST DAY —Features Starts— 1:36 - 3:42 - 5:48 - 7:54 - 10:00 | NEWS — CARTOONS STARTS WEDNESDAY Tyranny Drove ' Him to Piracy! _ Prwcsof *WlRAT£S !0HN DEREK - BIRBAP*. RUSH NEWS — CARTOONS ■ P. L. Downs Jr., official greet er at A&M and founder of the varsity swimming pool, was given an award as the “layman who con tributed most to the swimming team during the past year.” ROBERT BRASLAU, junior from Galveston, received the Da vid U. Van Buskirk trophy, given annually to the person who most promotes fencing at A&M College. Jerry Robinett, junior catcher from El Paso, was cited for the Maltz Brothers award he received here Mother’s Day as the baseball player with the most efficiency in baseball and military. The Brazos County A&M Club annually sponsors both the winter and spring sports events. Aggies to Play LSI! In Series A two-year football series be tween A&M and Louisiana State University for 1955 and 1956 has been announced by Barlow (Bones) Irvin, director of athletics. The two rivals last played in 1949, an 8-game series ending that year, but the rivalry goes back to 1899 witlv the entire 20-game series all even. Each team has won nine games with two having been tied. LSU has the edge over the Ag gies in the final series winning six games and dropping two. The Ag gies won more games in the earlier days of the rivalry. The 1955 game will be a night affair, Sept. 24 in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The return contest will be in the afternoon of Sept. 29, 1956 at Baton Rouge. • A&M and LSU Record 1899 A&M 52-0 1906 A&M 22-12 1907 A&H 11-5 1908 LSU 26-0 1914 Tie 7-7 1914 A&M 63-9 1916 LSU 13-0 1917 A&M 27-0 1920 Tie 0-0 1921 LSU 6-0 1922 A&M 46-0 1923 A&M 28-0 1942 LSU 16-7 1943 A&M 28-13 1944 A&M 7-0 1945 LSU 31-12 1946 LSU 33-9 1947 LSU 19-13 1948 LSU 14-13 1949 LSU 34-0 Golf Course Opens Summer May 31 A Mixed -Scotch foursome May 31 will open this year’s summei; activities of the golf course, said Joe Fagan, golf course manager. The course will be operated as usual with a $.50 charge for stu dents and $.75 chai-ge for faculty and former students. A summer school membership fee of $7.50 will allow students to use the course anytime, Fagan said. FOR S') VOUR yg! •' MADE IT the FAtCEE FEN CO., U.E.A. Every graduate wants a new Parker Flaminaire. Lights hot with cold iso-butane gas. French styling plus Parker pre cision. A thrilling gilt. $1050 In smart gift case. bo The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies Tuesday, May 26, 1953 THE BATTALION Pa&e 3 Hooper and Davis Will Highlight Star-Laden A A l Meet in Houston Olympic star Darrow Hooper will compete Saturday night in the Texas AAU track and field meet in the Public School Stadium in Hous ton. . Hooper won second in the shot put in Helsinki last summer. Wal ter (Buddy) Davis, class of ’52, also will compete for honors in the meet. Dean Smith, 1952 sprint champ ion of the SWC, ineligible this year, competed at the Coliseum Re lays in Los Angeles last week and will enter this stax-laden track event. In addition, the outstanding high school freshman and collegi ate performers in the state will compete. A women’s division will be held, with competitors entered from Angleton, Dear Park and Rosebud in addition to the Houston girls. The SWC championship Aggies will take a team to the meet. Run ner-up University of Texas will be there, along with Rice, U of H, DALLAS 87 Minutes TCU, Texas Southern, Prairie View and Victoria Junior College. Ellington Air Force Base and Camp Hood also will send teams. Star freshman teams from Rice and Texas will compete on an equal basis with the varsities, and Coaches Clyde Littlefield of the Longhorns and Emmett Brun son of the Owls plan to combine their varsity and freshman units in some relay events. Hey ..TAXIl Maddening on a rainy day, isn’t it, when it won’t stop? Maddening or not, the years won’t stop either. Don’t wait until you are past the years of in surability to begin planning a secure future. Call me today to discuss per sonal retirement protection. A. 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