Wednesday, March 31, 19‘54
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Fish Clobber
Bronchos 7-2
Hurling, Homers
Produce Win
Dick Blcckner’s two homers and 1 and Gerald Winters, a sacrifice by
John Sullivan’s 3-hit pitching com
bined Tuesday afternoon to give
the Fish a 7-2 defeat over the Bry
an high school Broncos, at Kyle
field.
Bleckner started off a 4-run ral
ly for the Fish in the first inning
with a solo homer to right and
then hit one over the left fielder’s
head in the 4th. He also contrib
uted a single to lead Coach Les
Palmer’s crew with three hits.
Sullivan was in trouble much of
the time, walking 10, but he scat
tered the three bingles and left
12 runners stranded.
In contrast, the Fish pounded
two Bryan hurlers for 10 hits and
won the game with the four-run in
itial inning. After Bleckner’s lead-
off homer, Skeeter Wilson drew a
base on balls, took second on a
walk to Bill White and came in on
Terry Bushnell’s single. The hit
sent White to third and he scored
on an overthrow at second. Bob
Holliday then walked and Lew
Blood’s single to left-center scored
Bushnell.
The Aggie frosh picked up a pair
of runs in the fourth on Bleckner’s
second four-bagger, an error on
Wilson’s ground ball, and White’s
single to left.
Bryan scored one in the third on
consecutive walks to Sam Campise
MURALS
A Armor’s intramural volleyball
team came out of a losing spree
to beat Sqd. 16, 2-0, Tuesday. A
Armor’s Pete Steinman and Bon
nie Averitte led the Armor team
to victory while Phelps and James
Lewis played heads-up ball for the
losers.
Sqd. 19’s Boyce English and
Wiley Garrett led their team to
two straight victories over Co. D.
Joe Marek was the outstanding
■player for the losers.
Sqd. 25 defeated Sqd. 17, 2-0
Tuesday. Spiking Sqd. 25 to vic
tory was Jim Vandermeer and
Bonnie Hand. Mark Shadden and
A1 McCurdy played an-outstanding
game for the losers.
Volleyball
Co. B, 2; Sqd. 20, 0
Sqd. 18, 1; Co. F, 0 (forfeit)
Bob Canales and Paul Quintero’s
infield out. The visitors got their
final run in the fourth on a walk
to Don Krause, a single by Skeeter
Jones and an error.
Next game for 0 the Fish is Fri
day against Beagan high of Hous
ton at 3 p.m.
BRYAN BRONCOS (2) A15
Canales, 2b 3
Quintero, ss 1
Dahlberg, ss 2
J. Campise, 3b 3
Albert Cortez, lb 1
Paradowsky, p 1
Krause, If 3
Jones, cf 3
James Smith, p-lb 4
S, Campise, rf 2
Seale, rf 1
Winters, e 0
Joe Smith, c 2
x—Donahoe . 0
Totals 26
A&M FISH (7) AB
Bleckner, ss 5
Wilson, 2b 4
White, 3b 1
Ross, 3b 1
Bushnell, If 5
Holliday, cf 2
Blood, rf 3
O’Connell, rf 1
Hoyle, lb 2
Gattis, c 3
Sullivan, p 3
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Track Squads Ready
For Texas Relays
A full squad of both varsity and
freshmen will compete for A&M
in the Texas Belays in Austin Fri
day and Saturday.
Col. Frank Anderson, Aggie
track coach, will take about 70 thin
clads to Austin.
With A&M’s top distance men
expected to face stiff competition
from the great Wes Santee of Kan
sas, Aggie weights man Bobby
Gross of Big Springs is slated to
be the Cadets’ top point maker.
Gross is picking up this spring
where Harrow Hooper left off last
year in the shot put and discus
events and is favored to cop both
these titles at the Belays this week
end. He is unbeaten in three meets
to date this spring.
A&M’s mile relay crew of Frank
Norris, Carol Libby, Gerald Stull, I Texas.
Wallace Kleb or Terry Vetters is
expected to make a strong show
ing.
Capt. Dale DeBouen, a Port Ar
thur senior, Southwest conference
mile champ, and Jim Blaine, sen
ior SWC two-mile and cross-coun
try titlist from Imperial, wall be the
Aggies’ top distance men along
with Verlon Westmoreland of Dal
las.
Future events on tap for the Ag
gies include a triangular meet with
Bice and Texas here April 10 and
a 3-way meet in Dallas April 15
with SMU and Bice.
Featured meet of the season for
A&M will be the quadrangular in
Dallas May 1 with Southern Cali
fornia’s NCAA champs, SMU and
A &M Grapplevs
Are 21 in Nation
Totals 30
x—Ran for Joe Smith in 9th.
Bryan 0011 100 000—2
Fish 400 200 Olx—7
R—Bleckner 2, Wilson 2, White, Bushnell,
Holliday, Krause, Sam Campise. E—Quin
tero, Cortez, James Smith, Winters, Blood,
Hoyle 2. HR-—Bleckner 2. SB—Bleckner 2,
White, Bushnell, Blood. O’Connell. Wild
pitch — Sullivan. UP—Dahlberg, James,
James Smith; Bleckner, Wilson, Hoyle.
LOB— Bryan 9, Fish 12. Hits off —
Smith 7 in 5. R & ER off—Sullivan 2 and
1; Smith'6 and 5; Paradowsky 1 and 1.
BOB off—Sullivan 10, Smith 7, Paradow
sky 3. SO by—Sullivan 3, Smith 4, Par-
dowsky 2. Loser—Smith. Umpires —
Lynch and Bryant. Time—2:10.
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fiardgrove,
Nelson Set
Against SMU
Lefty Joe Hardgrove and
speed merchant Jerry Nelson
will take the mound against
SMU Friday and Saturday in
Dallas. Both pitchers won
games in the Southwest confer
ence openers against Bice here last
week.
Nelson, a righthander, and Hard
grove are both juniors. Hardgrove
worked the first complete game
of the season as A&M pushed its
season record to 6-2. The Cadets
share the SWC lead with Texas
at 2-0.
Hardgrove has pitched 21 innings
to date in four games and his mate
has toiled 24 and a third frames.
Together they have won five and
dropped one of the eight games
played. Lou Little owns the other
win and Tex Vanzura dropped a
tough one to Minnesota.
The Aggies are outhitting their
opponents, 241 to 187 with Les
Byrd, Winters junior who moved
from left field to first base, the
leader with .350. He has seven
hits in 20 trips but four of them
are of the extra base variety. Byrd
has two doubles, a triple and hom
er for 14 total bases and six runs
batted in.
Behn Hubbard, Cuero rightfield-
er and a sophomore, is next with
.280 followed by Catcher Jimmy
Williams of San Antonio at .269
and Shortstop Jim Dishman of
Beaumont, .267.
Williams, a junior, is the top
fielder with no errors in 60 chances
and nine assists. He has thrown
out seven runners at second, picked
another off second and fielded one
sacrifice bunt. Against Bice he
threw out two runners in one
inning and singled twice to aid
Hardgrove’s hurling efforts. In
the 2-game series the backstop hit
four for seven.
ON YOUR MARK—Jim Blane gets set in what could be the
start of the two mile run. Blaine is one of A&M’s outstand
ing distance runners and is owner of several Southwest
conference cross-country titles.
Over Allen 12-6
Hickman Has
Hitter; Tigers
Four
Win
Two hits by Bobby Carter "four-
hit pitching by Pete Hickman and
five errors by the Allen academy
junior Ramblers, gave the A&M
Consolidated Tigers a 12-6 win here
Tuesday, their sixth of the season.
Hickman had a one-hitter going
until the top of the sixth when the
Bamblers bombed him for three
hits and got threq bases on balls
to score three'rub si The Bamblers’
other £unsA£%n$* in. the first in
ning on a walk, two stolen bases, a
sacrifice and two errors.
In the third, the Bamblers par
layed a hit, three walks and a
stolen base into two additional
runs.
Consolidated collected runs in
every inning but the fourth. Arnold
hit a triple in the fourth but was
left on base when other Tigers
failed to produce run-scoring plays.
In the first the Tigers tied the
game up 1-1 on two walks, a hit
and a sacrifice. In the second, they
went ahead on two Bambler errors,
two hits and two walks for four
runs to make the score 3-1. They
scored twice more in the third.
The fifth inning meant two more
runs for the Tigers on two hits.
In the sixth, they stretched one hit
over three runs to end scoring.
The Tigers play Huntsville in
Huntsville tomorrow. They beat
the Hornest 3-1 here Friday.
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Battalion Sports Editor
Wrestling at A&M has been pi’et-
ty much an intramural and club
iffair before last weekend. The
occasion for the change was the
National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation’s annual wrestling tour
nament.
For the first time, A&M was
•epresented by a full team. While
they didn’t place first in the na
tion—that spot was reserved for
the veteran matmen from Okla
homa A&M the Aggies did tie for
twenty-first and surprised many
wrestling coaches throughout the
country.
In competition against teams
from schools like Oklahoma A&M,
Pittsburgh, Penn State, Iowa, Na
vy and Michigan State, the Aggie
squad, according,, to the judges,
turned in a determined and aggres
sive account of themselves.
Not many weekends ago, the
Aggies downed a seasoned Univer
sity of Texas wrestling group 21
points to 7. The Longhorns did
not win a single match but re
ceived all their points in the falls.
This reporter watched that meet
and the Aggies showed strength
and staying power which was be
yond the limits of Longhorn en
durance.
At Norpian, Okla., on the Okla
homa University campus, where the
NCAA tourney was held, Tiny Al
len, in the 123 lb. class, Won one
and lost two decisions. Bob Beat-
tie at 130 lbs. lost to the new
champion in his weight class; he
also lost to an Oklahoma A&M
entry.
Coach Jim Griffith’s wrestlers
have proven that it might not be
a bqd idea to officially include
wrestling in the minor sports pro
gram at A&M.
Bryant Praises
Gridders After
Squad Tussle !
Coach Paul Bryant praised Ma
roon and Whites alike after the
spring game Saturday night.
The new head coach watched
from the press box as his aides
handled the game on the field.
“With only 14 days of practice
behind them and a new system I
thought the boys hit hard, espe
cially the White line,” Bryant said.
“I was very much pleased.”
Bryant was particularly im
pressed with the play of center
Fred Broussard of DeQuincy, La.,
fullback Bob Easley of Houston,
halfback Don Watson of Franklin
and Charles Scott, quarterback
from Alexandria, La.
These four boosted the Whites
to a 19-0 victory over the Maroons
Saturday night before 7,000 in
Kyle field. Watson picked up 107
yards in six carries and scored the
second White touchdown on a 30-
yard dash. Scott conducted two
of the scoring drives and was the
best quarterback on the field,
Bryant said.
As far as quarterbacks are con
cerned, Bryant announced that
Scott, a 5-9 sophomore, has the
job until “somebody beats him
out.” “He’s got a lot of heart,”
he said.
Bryant singled out Broussard,
225-pound junior, for his all-round
play during the spring drills and
for his leadership during Satur
day’s game. Easley, junior full
back, and the entire White line
also caught the coach’s eye.
The varsity grid squad, cut to 41
with injuries and eliminations,
winds up the 18-day spring train
ing period this week with work
outs Monday through today.
Those out of action because of
injuries include lettermen Joe Bor
ing and Foster Teague and center
Cary Wofford, halfback Tommy
Strait and quarterbacks Bonald
Bobbins and Charles Bitchey.
Walker Cooper, 39-year-old
catcher, is the oldest -player on the
Pittsburgh Pirates’ roster.
AH
ALLEN , (6)
Shear, ss 2
Acker, lb ; . 3
Rodriguez, If, cf, p 3
Gongora, 2b 3
Petroski, rf, If 4
Perner, 3b . . . *. . . 2
Colium, cf, rf 3
Thompson, c 2
Crabtree, p; cf 1
Totals . 23
CONSOLIDATED (12) AI5
Carroll, ss 3
Bonnen, 2b 5
Carter, lb, If 5
Cooner, cf 1
Hifikman, p 3
Free, c 3
Garcia, rf 4
Arnold, 3b 3
Bond, If 0
Floeck, If, 1. 3
It II E
4 10
111
.30 12
9
9 3
Totals
1. Floeck for Bond in 3rd.
CHS , 142 023
ALLE 102 003 0— 6 4 5
SO—Hickman, 10; Rodriguez, 8; Walks —
Hickman, 8; Crabtree, 4; Rodriguez, 3;
3B—Arnold, Carter. 2B—Carter, Petros
ki. Winning pitcher—Hickman. Losing
pitcher—Crabtree. Umpires — Magee and
Johnson.
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