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Pag e 4 THE BATTALION Thursday, March 25, 19i4 Ags First Loss Comes as Homer In First Wins for Minnesota 4-3 CIRCLE TODAY thru FRIDAY + Roger Anderson hit a towering [ the sixth to yield three of the fly ball that was caught by the Aggies six hits and no runs, wind and carried out of the park Southpaw Joe Hardgrove start- for a three run homer to provide ed for the Aggies and was credited — ALSO — the Minnesota Gopher’s with a close 4-3 victory over Texas A&M Wednesday on Kyle field. Ronald Craven set the Aggies down with three hits in his five inning stint to gain his first vic tory and the Gophers their second straight win of the season. Craven gave up three unearned runs in the second and was relieved by Virgil Miller who came on in with the loss after giving up all four of the Minnesota runs in the first inning. He was relieved by Ed Henning in the fourth and Lou Little came on in the seventh. It was Hardgrove’s first loss after winning his first outing. Lit tle pitched effective ball the last three innings holding the Gophers runless and hitless. In the first inning, Bob Koempt- gen led off with a walk and was doubled in by Keith Eastman. Jim Morrison, A&M third baseman, erred on Gene Steiger’s hot ground ball and then Anderson came through with his drive over the 340 foot mark in left field. After ,going hitless in the first inning the Aggies came back in the second with two singles and a walk coupled with two Gopher er rors to tally three unearned runs. MINNESOTA (4) AB II BO Koemptgen, If 1 0 1 Yackel, If 3 0 1 McCrudden, rf 2 0 0 Kielty, rf 3 1 2 Eastman, cf * » 1 2 Steiger, c 3 1 9 Anderson, lb 4 1 10 Cloutier, ss 3 0 1 Buro, 3b 4 1 0 Martin, 2b 3 0 1 Craven, p 3 1 0 Miller, p 1 0 0 Totals A&M (3) .34 AB 0 27 ii no Les Byrd popped out to short to lead off the inning, followed by Eric Miller’s walk. Bob Pendor singled to send Mil ler to second. Jimmy Williams hit to short and the Gopher second baseman erred on the throw with all hands safe. Miller then tallied when Joe Hardgrove hit an infield fly and the first baseman dropped it for an error. Craven balked and Pendor scored. Jimmy Dishman lashed a single to right field to score Williams and Jim Parish forced out Dishman at second to end the inning. The Gophers led 4 to 3 and that was the way it ended, although A&M threatened in the eighth. Frank Stockton started things in the eight with a single and was sacrificed to second. Byrd singled him to third and on an attempted double steal Stockton was out at the plate on a very close call. Tiger Netters Lose A&M Consolidated high school tennis team loss 4-6 to Lamar Con solidated yesterday at Rosenberg. A&M Consolidated’s Fred Ander son defeated Bobby Atkins, 6-1, 6-4. Tiger Bobby Jackson lost to Atkins in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. A&M Consolidated’s B u b b a Englebrecht was defeated by Redge Traylor, 6-4, 6-4. Tiger Roland Beasley lost to Robert Gardner, 6-3, 6-3. In the doubles, Jackson and Beasley Avon over Jerry Dolnick and Gardner 6-0, 6-3 while Ander son and Englebrecht defeated Do nick and Traylor, 6-2, 6-3. In the girls competition, A&l Consolidated’s Betsy Burchard d< feated Mona Segars, 6-0 ,6-3, whi Tiger Sandra Couch lost to J Anne Bailey, 7-5,6-1. A&M Consolidated’s H e 1 e Holmes lost to Sharon Hartma 6-0, 6-3. In doubles, Tigers Penny Lavert and Janice Latimer lost to Bernic Kunz and Rosy Pate 1-6, 6 4, 6-i The next match for the Tiger will be here with Navasota’s ten 3 squad Friday TO FACE AGGIES — All- America pitcher Paul Giel of Minnesota will take the mound today against the Aggies’ Tex Venzura in the second of a two-game se ries. ’MURAL HIGHLIGHTS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Mexican Dishes SPECIALS Join Us On These Specials . . THURSDAY thru SUNDAY FREE MEXICAN DINNER COMPLETE WITH — Enchiladas (3) Beef Tacos (3) Beef Enchiladas . . (3) Tostadas (3) Chile Con Questo . (3) Tamales - Chile . . (3) Guacamole - Salad . . . CRISPY TOSTADITAS WITH EACH ORDER ONLY 35c CHAPULTEPEC She’ll Teach You Things iVou Don't Know About Texas HOWARD HUGHES presents JANE RUSSELL •THE FRENCH UNE GILBERT ROLAND • ARTHUR HUNNICUTT .„k MARX McCMttT c ,, 0 TECHNICOLOR RADIO. v Dishman, ss 4 Morrison, 3b 3 Parrish, 3b Pi Rowland, rf 3 Hubbard, rf 1 Stockton, cf 4 Byrd, lb 3 Miller, If 1 Ellis, If . . . 2 Pendor, 2b 4 Williams, c 3 Hardgrove, p 1 Hennig, p 1 Little, p 1 1. Verble 1 1. Fanned for Little in 9th. A & M 030 000 000—3 6 5 Minn 400 000 000—4 6 3 R—Koemptgen, Eastman, Steiger, Ander son, Miller, Pendor, Williams. E—Kielty, Anderson, Martin, Dishman, Morrison 2, Parrish, Byrd. RBI—Anderson 3, East man, Dishman, Hardgrove. 2B—Eastman, Craven. HR — Anderson. SB—Steiger. Hit «by pitcher—Byrd by Craven. LOB— Minnesota 7, A&M 7. DP—Dishman, Pen dor, Byrd; Morrison, Pendor, Byrd. Hits off—Craven 3, Hardgrove 4, Hennig 2. R & ER off—Craven 0, Miller 0, Hard grove 3, Hennig 0, Little 0. BB off — Craven 2, Hardgrove 1, Hennig 2, Little 1. SO by—Craven 5, Miller 2, Little 1, Hen nig 1. Balk—Craven. Winner—Craven. Loser Hardgrove. Umpires—rBry ant and Lafoon. Time-—2:10. Tennis Squad To Play U of H Netters Today The A&M tennis team plays the University of Houston this afternoon at 2 p.m. in Houston. The Cadet squad will go in to this match with a 5-3 win record with wins over Southeastern Okla homa University, Southern Louis iana University and Baylor, and and losses to LSU, Lamar Tech and Hardin-Simons. Members of the varsity squad who will play include Bill Ash- burn, Gene Kinard, Ronnie Wolff, Frank Holbrook and Bob Kerr. The undefeated once-tied fresh man tennis team competing are Gordon Glover, Jake Harper, Don Dixon and Tom Morrison. The Aggie tennis team will be host to Baylor thin Saturday. The Cadets have beaten Baylor twice, once in Waco 7-0 and once here 7-0. W. M. Dowell, the tennis coach, will accompany the group to Hous ton. All Intramural Rifle Team mem bers will meet at the Rifle Range today after drill, according to Bar ney Welch, Intramural Director. Intramural Rifle will begin Mon day. Wrestling Wrestling finals will be in De- Ware Field House, Tuesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. A gymnastic show will idso be featured in con nection with the wrestling finals. Ping Pong Sqd. 7 beat Sqd. 6 in Intramural Ping Pong, Wednesday, 3-2. Sqd. 7 will play A Armor today. A Athletics and White Band, other play-off teams, will play today al so. The winners of these two games will play for the champion ship Monday. Volleyball Sqd. 10’s Doug Scott led his Intramural Volleyball team to twoS straight victories over Sqd. 15, who were unable to control the spiking of Scott. Other standouts were Joe Hall of Sqd. 15 and Jim Deslattes of Sqd. 10. A Armor beat M Band in two very close intramural volleyball games, Wednesday. Outstanding players for A Armor were John ny Moritz and Averitte. A1 Cordes and Larry Lightfoot were stand outs for M Band. Fish To Play Blim Today in Brenham The Aggie Fish baseball team travels to Brenham today to match bats with Blinn junior college. With a won two, lost none re cord, the Fish go into the Blinn game with a good chance of coming out victors. Previous wins have been over Stephen F. Austin (Bry an) high school and Lamar (Hous ton) high school. JACK OF ALL TRADES NORFOLK, Va. GP)—The Jack of All Trades of the Navy is the Conecuh, once a combination raider and replenishment ship of Nazi Germany. Under United States jurisdiction it has been converted to do the combined work of- a fleet oiler ammunition ship, provision ship and stores-issue ship—all while under way. It is classed as the fastest ship (20knots) among scr vice fleet auxiliaries. 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