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Tuesday, March 2, 1954 TH EBATTALIGN Page 3 Spring Sports Schedule 1954 Texas A&M Track Schedule March G—Triangular, A&M, Houston & Texas at Houston (Pish, too) March 13—Box-dcr Olympics at La redo March 20—Triangular, A&M, Kicc, LSU xit Houston March 27—A&M varsity frosh du al at College Station April 2-3—Texas Relays at Aus tin (Fish, too) April 10—Triangular, A&M, Rice, Texas at College Sta tion. (Fish, too) April 17—Triangular, A&M, SM- U, Rice at Dallas. (Fish, too) April 24—Drake Relays at Des Moines May 1—Quadrandular, A&M, USC, SMU, Texas at Dallas (nite) May G—Triangular, A&M, North Texas, ACC at College Sta. (nite) May 14-15—SWC meet at Baylor 1954 Texas A&M Tennis Schedule March 3—Southeastern O k 1 a - lioma of Durant here. March 11—Lamar Tech at Beau mont March 12—LSU at Baton Rouge March 13—Southern Louisiana at Lafayette March 18—Hardin-Simmons here March 20—Abilene Christian frosh vs A&M frosh here March 25—Houston at Houston March 27—-Baylor here April 2—Houston hero April 3—Lamar Tech 'here April 10—Rice at Houston April 23—SMU at Dallas April 24—TCU at Fort Worth May 1—Texas here May 14-15—SWC meet at Baylor RESTRING WITH STANDS OUT in play • Harder Smashes • Better Cut and Spin STANDS UP in your racket • Moisture Immune • Lasting Liveliness COSTS LESS than gut APPROX. STRINGING COSTt Pro-Fected Braid-... $6.00 Mu!li-Ply Braid..-..$5.00 At tennis shops and sporting goods stores. 1954 Texas A&M Golt Schedule March G—SF Austin at College Station March 15—North Texas at College Station March 20—SF Austin at Nacog doches March 2G—Houston at Houston March 30—Texas at Austin April 2—Rice at College Sta tion April 7—Trinity at College, Sta tion April 0—Houston at College Sta tion April 10—Baylor at Waco April 12—North Texas at Denton April 24—Arkansas at College Station May 1—TCU at College Station May 4—SMU at Dallas May 14-15—SWC meet at Baylor 1954 Texas A&M Fresh man Baseball Schedule March 20—Bryan high at College Station March 25—Blinn College at Bren- ham March 27—Rice at Houston March 30—Bryan high at Bryan April 2—Houston Reagan high at College Station April 7—John Tarleton at Col lege Station Apr’il 10—Baylor at Waco April 13—Texas at Austin April 24—Blinn College at Col lege Station April 27—Rice at College Station May 3—Baylor at College Sta tion May 7—Tdxas at College Sta tion Rocky Arnold Still In There Fighting Charles “Rocky” Arnold is a Texas A&M junior civil engineer ing - student from Sherman who wasn’t even supposed to he hi school this semester. The - tackle on the Aggie B team last fall spent his evenings scrim maging against the varsity and his Saturday’s watching the Cadets play. He was seriously injured in a car accident last Oct. 3 enroute to see the Aggie-Georgia game in Dallas. His life was in danger and he was slated to spend at least a year confined to his bed. It was doubtful if ho could walk again. Rocky, a G-l, 170-pounder, fooled the doctors, though. He wap walk ing on crutches by Christmas—less than three months after the near- fatal accident near Waco. lit threw away the crutches and walk ed with a. cane by New Yeats Day. He enrolled at A&M again for the second seiuestcr stmt eight months ahead of schedule and his startled physicians say that in time he will have no effects front the accident. He credits his remarkable recov ery to “my good health and being in good condition from playing football early in the season.” “The doctors were crazy about the way I rallied,” Rocky says. “I think I’m the luckiest guy in the world.” ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CIVIL ENGINEERS MECHANICAL ENGINEERS IN DUSTRI A G EN GIN EERS BUS, ADM. MAJORS Looking For A Career With A Fast-C/ oning Fleeti ic Company? Texas Electric Service Company, one of the largest utility compan ies in Texas, (But not so large that an ambitious young man wouldn't be noticed) Offers nu merous opportunities for college graduates, Representatives of the company will be glad to give you more details about the types of job opportunities in this rapidly growing electric utility firm. REPRESENT ATI V ES Ob' THE T E X A S ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY WILL RE AT TEXAS A & M THURSDAY AND FRI DAY, MARCH 1 & 5. ARRANGE WITH THE PLACEMENT OFFICE FOR AN APPOINT MENT. Texas A&M Varsity Baseball Schedule 1954 March 8—Sam Houston State at Huntsville March 9—Sam Houston State at College Station March 13—Brooke Army Medics at College Station March 20—Houston at Houston March 24-25—Minnesota at Col lege Station * March 2G-27—Rice at College Station ■•'April 2-3—SMU at Dallas April G—Houston at College Station * April 9-10—Baylor a t College Station ■•'April 13—Texas at College Sta tion April 15-16—Brooke Army Medics at San Antonio April 21—Texas Lutheran at Scguin (night) * April 24—TCU at Ft. Worth ’•'April 27—Rice at Houston ■"April 30—SMU at College Sta tion *May 3—Baylor at Waco *May G-7—Texas at Austin ■"May 12-13—TCU at College Sta tion *—Southwest conference games. Leissner Named Baseball Captain Charles Leissner, senior second baseman from Austin, has been elected captain of the Texas Aggie baseball team for the coming sea son. Leissner, a two-year lettermaai, was a unanimous choice of his teammates as the team prepares for the opening series March 8-9 with Sam Houston. The Bearkats will host A&M at Huntsville the 8th and the two teams will move to College Station for the March 9 game. The Cadets arc in their second week of workouts and it’s been the fine showing of sophomores to date that has most pleased Coach Beau Bell. Top sophs arc Bclm Hubbard of Cucro, outfielder; Jimmy Howell of Stcphenvillc, firstbase and John Stockton of Bryan, outfield. Unless the veterans improve oh their hit ting, these rookies will be in the starting lineup. Showing early season form among the vets are Shortstop Jim Dishman, Beaumont shortstop; Leissner, secondbasc; Los Byrd, junior outfielder from Winters and the fine pitching staff led by Jerry Nelson, all-Soiltlnvest conference righthander from Beaumont. Oth er veteran hurlers and southpaw Joe Hardgrovc of Fort, Worth, Ed Hcnnig of Tyler and Lou Little of Schulcnburg. Jimmy Williams of San Antonio and Jerry Robinett of El Paso are sharing the catching duties wit It Jim Parrish of Ballinger and Joe Schero of San Antonio battling at thirdbase. Schero will be with the spring football forces until March 29. Sophs Give Best Hopes Texas A&M’s ranking in the coming track season will depend upon the showing of the fine soph omore prospects. Col. Frank Anderson, veteran Aggie coach, although pleased with the showing of his yearlings in a recent exhibition meet with a Mex ican team, still figures the Aggies to battle Rice for second place in the Southwest conference. Col. Andy, now in his 34th year at A&M, rates Texas a prohibitive favorite to unseat A&M after the Cadets dominated six of the past seven loop meets. Five sophomores showed promise as the Aggies smothered Mexico, 85-55, recently. These sophs are expected to bolster the work of experienced hands such as Jim Blaine, senior distance ace from Imperial; Dale DeRouen, miler from Port Arthur and Bobby Gross, shot put and discus man from Big Spi'ings. First-year men are Tom Bonor- den, husky shot putter from Port Lavaca; Billy Tutor, vaulter from Temple; Jim Hollingsworth, Port Arthur hurdler; Tom Strait, broad jumper from Terrahave, La., and Terry Vetters, San Antonio 440- dash runner. Bonordcn heaved the shot 48-10 Strait won the broad jump at 22-3Y2, Hollingsworth won the high hurdles in : 15.1, Vetters ran a good 440 behind Carol Libby of Alvin while Tutor vaulted 12 feet. A&M opens the season March G at Houston against the Cougars and Texas. Col. Andy lias a var sity team composed 100-percent of men who did not come to A&M on scholarship. They all earned their scholarships after, winning points in varsity meets. Baylor Beats Aggies, 79-65 WACO, March 1—</P) — Baylor outscored Texas A&M 79-65 last night in both teams’ final South west Conference basketball game. James Addison of the Cadets poured in 28 points including 10 field goals, but his mates couldn’t match the scoring of the Bruins’ Don Dickson, Tommy Str as burger and Murray Bailey, who scored 17, 15 and 9. The Aggies fought the Bears on even terms in the first quarter, which ended with Baylor in front 13-11. Addison tied it up at 13-13 A&M <05) fs. ft. pf. tp. Kennedy . 1 0 Z ~ McCrory f 5 T 13 Boring 1 1 0 3 Mcllhenny 1 1 2 3 Fortenberry 0 1 5 1 Addion 10 1 1 28 Hardgrovc 3 2 3 8 Ifomeyer O 1 2 7 Martin 2 2 3 8 Totals 22 21 22 05 BAYLOR (70) fg. ft. Pf. tp. Jordan 2 1 2 5 Daltpn 3 3 1 9 Bailey 4 1 2 9 Dickson 7 3 3 17 Estes 2 0 2 4. Strasburgcr 5 5 4 15 White 0 1 4 1 Cole 1 1 3 3 Brown 3 4 2 10 Wieland 1 0 3 2 Blackwell 2 0 1 4 Totals . 30 19 27 79 Score by periods: Officials: Williamson. Hamilton, Free throws missed: Martin 3, Addison 9. McCrory, Kennedy 2, Boring 3, Dickson, Strasburger 2, Brown 6, Cole, Wieland. ME Department Installs New Hydraulic Planer The mechanical engineering de partment has installed the last piece of equipment needed to make its shop fully equipped. The machine, a hydraulic planer, cost $14,200. It weighs 14,000 pounds and is used to plane large flat surfaces. c tre* U,f~ made of a TRULY ©OIDEN-COIORED ahoy LACQUERED TO PREVENT TARNISH! early in the second quarter, then Dickson, Jerry Jordan and Mur ray Bailey shot the Bears into a 33-23 half-time lead. The Cadets cut it to 48-41 at the end of the third quarter, but Baylor turned on the steam in the final 10 minutes to win its 13th victory of the campaign and its sixth in conference play. LEGAL HOLIDAY Tuesday, March 2, 1954, being a Legal Holiday, in observance of Texas Independence Day, the under signed will observe that date as a Legal Holiday and not be open for business. 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