Tuesday, June 2, 1953
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Harrow Hooper
Stars Gone
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\ Col. Andy and Co.
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By ED HOLDER
Battalion Co-Editor
shi' 1 A&M fans are always crying for a winning football
is 'jam. But sitting over to the side in their minds is a medio-
^'Ve desire for a track team.
3 an. When the Aggie track boys stepped on the cinders this
ear at Kyle Field the stands looked like the main drill field
vo hours after final review. Perhaps a few stragglers, but
-m riai’s all she wrote.
Today’s fans talk about the good old
days when John Kimbrough and Co. romped
and stomped to football fame on Kyle Field.
But they don’t say much about the points
pulled in today by men like Harrow Hooper,
Bobby Ragsdale, Malcolm Marks and their
A&M had one of the all-time great track
teams this year with men who could stand
up to anyone in the nation and make a good
show. And how many people went down to
the stadium to watch them do their stuff.
SI Holder And how many went to them after a meet
"id said, “Good job Mac. Keep the good work up.”
How many walked up to these boys and said, “You’re
itting A&M on the map. We are all mighty proud of you.”
How many said, “We know about the thousands of hours
>u spent out there on the track working out, and we know
1 about the sprained ankles and pulled muscles you’ve put
> with. You’re tops with us.”
Not Many Said It
Not many ever bothered to say it. Not many even both-
ed to go to the meets, let alone talk to some of the boys af-
rward.
: I feel rather sorry for Col. Andy Anderson and next
Sr’s team. He loses a lot of his stars this year, and if he
ns the conference next season, it will be nothing short of
miracle.
If Aggie fans are merely pacified with a winning track
am, I wonder what they will do when the chips are stacked
i next year and A&M doesn’t have many to cash in.
d Col. Andy has done a magnificent job with track at
jj |M. But, as he said recently he has had the material to
[1 >rk with.
His team is stripped now. He has a lot of hard working
""“l ;n, but that hard work isn’t the whole story. It may be
per cent, but next year’s team is going to be light on that
;t 10 per cent.
Aggies will say, “Why, next year will be the same as far
our spirit goes. We will yell just as hard, and back them
?t as much.” •
That’s easy to say. And that would even be easy to do.
Cause in the past this yelling and backing up the team has
In at an all-time low, and it doesn’t look like there is too
ich hope for improvement on the horizon.
Yes, it will surely be interesting to see what the fans
I in 1954 when Cob Andy can’t work his miracle which
; fans think will come.
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Davis Misses His Try
At High Jump Record
U of Nebraska Set
For Aggies in ’55
AGGIE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES — 1953, 1954, 1955
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Walter (Buddy) Davis just miss
ed in a try at the world's high
jump record Saturday at the Texas
AAU track and field meet before
a crowd of 3,000 gathered in the
High School Stadium in Houston.
Davis graduated from A&M in
the class of '52.
Davis, the Olympic champion,
cleared 6 feet 8% inches on his
second try. Then the bar was
raised to 6 feet, 11 Vi inches. Davis
missed on all three attempts at
that height, coming the closest on
his third try.
Darrow Hooper, Davis’ A&M
teammate last year, won the shot
put with a throw of 55 feet, one-
half inch.
The 100-yard dash, expected to
be one of the night’s big races,
turned into something of a dis
appointment when the University
of Texas’ Dean Smith failed to
appear and Charley Thomas of the
Longhorns withdrew because of
illness. The race was won by
Ralph Aldredge of Texas Southern
University in 9.8.
The University of Houston’s
Kirby Jett was third with Jerry
Beck of Austin High fourth.
Thomas came back to anchor the
Longhorns’ 440-yard relay team in
fine 44.6 time. Gerald Seallorn
ran the opening leg but most of
the Longhorn edge over second
place Texas Southern was gained
by second running Glenn Prewitt
and Alvin Frieden who ran third.
Prewitt and Frieden had a very
good exchange of the baton. Thom
as held the two-yard advantage.
Track Results
Two-mile run — 1) Jim Blaine,
Texas A&M; 2) Dale De Rouen,
Texas A&M; 3) Manuel Chavira,
Fort Hood; 4) Max Cadena, Aus
tin; 5) Robert Felan, San Anto
nio; 6) Fernando Solts, San An
tonio. Time: 9:31.4.
120-yd. high hurdles—1) James
Mortensen, Crystal City, 2) Ger
ald Seallorn, Texas; 3) Tom Dol-
lahite, Texas A&M; 4) Clifford
Provost, Port Arthur; 5) J. White-
head, Fort Hood; 6) T. Wilkinson,
Fort Hood. Time: 14.7.
Shot put—1) Darrow Hooper,
Texas A&M, 55 feet 1 inch; 2)
Bobby Gross, Texas A&M, 49 4%;
3) Nick SpillioSj. University of
Houston, 48 6V&.; 4) Don Wilson,
Rice Institute, 46 .9; 5) Edward
Tyman, Ellington Air Force Base,
41 6%. (New record, exceeding
Hooper’s old mark of 52 feet 5
inches.)
Broad jump 1 — 1) Bobby Rags
dale, Texas A&M, 23 feet; 2) Ron
ald Beauford, Galena Park, 22 5%;
3) Raymond Vickery, Baylor, 22V B ;
4) Lloyd Hamilton, Texas South
ern, 21 l()y B ; 5) Allen Green, Hous
ton Tillotson, 21 8.
One-mile run—1) Dale De Rouen,
Texas A&M; 2) Jim Blaine, Texas
A&M; 3) Henry Winston, Rice In
stitute; 4) Hurlen Hale, Texas; 5)
Stuart Dowlen, Hardin-Simmons
(See SCHEDULE, Page 4)
Tar buttons Win
Scotch Foursome
Maj. and Mrs. Jean Tarbutton
and Lt. and Mrs. Harry Delaney
tied for first place Sunday after
noon in the mixed Scotch Foursome
golf tournament at the College
Golf Course.
A mixed Scotch Foursome is
played with the man and woman
taking alternating shots at the
ball. One tees off, and the other
takes the next shot.
Also taking home a prize was
Mrs. Ray George who teamed up
with Bob Lamson from Denver,
Colo.
This type of golf will be con
tinued on the last Sunday in each
month for the entertainment of
local residents who are interested,
said Joe Fagan, manager of the
college course.
If you like fresh,
neat looking clothes—
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NOTE:
Kentucky at Lexington, 8 p.m.
'Houston at College Station, 8 p.m.
Georgia at Dallas Cotton Bowl, 8 p.m.
Texas Tech at Lubbock, 8 p.m.
TCU at Fort Worth, 2 p.m.
Baylor at College Station, 2 p.m.
Arkansas at Little Rock, 8 p.m.
SMU at College Station, 2 p.m.
Rice at Houston, 2 p.m.
Texas at College Station, 2 p.m.
19 5 4
Texas Tech at College Station
Oklahoma A&.M at Dallas Cotton Bowl
Georgia at Athens
Houston at Houston
TCU at College Station
Baylor at Waco
Arkansas at College Station
SMU at Dallas
Rice at College Station
Texas at Austin
19 5 5
UCLA at Los Angeles
LSU at Dallas Cotton Bowl
Houston at College Station
Nebraska at Lincoln
TCU at Fort Worth
Baylor at College Station
Arkansas at Fayetteville
SMU at College Station
Rice at Houston
Texas at College Station
Final six games each year are Southwest Conference
NEW YORK, June 2—<7P)—Red
Schoendienst, overshadowed by St.
Louis Cardinal Teammates Stan
Musial and Enos Slaughter during
a nine-year major league career,
finally is coming into his own this
season.
The Cards’ switch-hitting second
baseman methodically has worked
his way into the National League
batting lead with a healthy^ .371
average. Red also is tops in hits
62 and doubles, 14.
Schoendienst picked up 22 points
last week with 17 hits in 38 at bats
to move ahead of Jim Greengrass
of Cincinnati in second place at
.362 and Johnny Wyrostek of Phil
adelphia with .358.
In the American League, George
Kell of the Boston Red Sox is set
ting the pace at .367. The veteran
third-sacker last Monday relin
quished the lead he held since
May 3 but regained it when Wash
ington’s Mickey Verno^n tailed off
to a runner-up .339.
Behind the National League’s big-
three come Richie Ashburn of
Philadelphia with .348; Ed Math
ews, Milwaukee, .331, and Roy
Campanella of Brooklyn .322. Cam-
panella continued his torrid pace
to lead in home runs with 17 and
runs batted in, 54.
Gus Bell of the Cincinnati Red-
legs is the senior circuit’s sixth
leading batter at .321, followed by
Davey Williams, New York, .312;
Duke Snider, Brooklyn, .309, and
Jackie Robinson, also of the Dodg-
games.
A 1955 football game with the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
has been announced by A&M Ath
letic Director Barlow Irvin.
The Big Seven school and the
Aggies of the Southwest confer
ence will play at Lincoln, Oct. 8,
1955. The two teams met once
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undersigned will observe that date as a Legal
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