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Tuesday, April 27, 1954 THE BATTALION Page 3 Fish Wallop BlinnHere 18-3 SWC BASEBALL STANDINGS SEASON’S STANDINGS The Fish baseball squad broke a 3-8 tie in the fourth inning Satur day with Blinn junior college and scored ten •x'uns to win their sixth game of the season. With a total of 14 hits in the six FISH (18) All 11 II FO Bleckner, ss 4 Ross, ss 1 Fraga, 2b .....4 Puls, 2b 0 White, 3b 3 Wade, 3b 0 Blood, rf ....'4 Phipps, rf 1 Hoyle, lb 3 Holiday, cf 2 Pyland, cf 1 Bushnell, If 3 O’Connell, If 1 Gattis, c 4 Mullins, p 3 n. Wilson 0 Munday, p 1 Totals 36 18 14 21 n. Wilson walked for Mullins in 5th. BLINN JC (3) AB It H PO Estes, 2b 4 0 1 4 Carter, c 4 0 0 6 Kolkhorst, cf 2 0 1 1 Kuecker, lb 3 0 0 4 Lee, 3b 3 0 0 0 Schroeder, if 3 1 0 2 Caldwell, rf-p 2 1 2 0 Schwartz, p-3b ....... .1 0 0 0 Engram, ss 2 1 0 1 Reich, p-rf 3 0 1 0 Totals 27 3 5 18 22 FISH . 120 (10)32 X—18 BJC . . . . 000 300 0— 3 RBI—Estes, Fraga 2, White 2, Blood, Bushnell 3, Gattis 4. 2B—Fraga, Holiday, Pyland. HR—Gattis. SB—Fraga 3, White, Holiday. SAC—White 2. LOB—Blinn 10, Fish 10. BOB — Reich 5, Caldwell, Schwartz, Mullins 4, Munday 2. H&R&ER —Reich, 8, 12, 7 in 3 2-3 innings; Cald well 4, 4, 1 in 1-3 innings; Schwartz 2. 2, 2 in 2 innings; Mullins 4, 3, 1 in 5 innings; Munday 1, 0, 0 in 2 innings. HBP — (Mullinsl. PB—Carter 2, Gattis. Win ner—Mullins, (3-0). Loser—Reich. UMP— LaFoon and Lynch. Time: 2:30. and a half inning contest, the Fish were aided by 12 Blinn errors. Charles Engram, Blinn shortstop, led the Blinn team with six errors oh eight chances. For the Aggies, catcher Bob Gat tis blasted a 330-foot home run over the left field fence to score Bob Holiday ahead of him and give the Aggies a 2-0 lead. Blinn’s only runs came in their half of the fourth .inning when they scored three runs on 2 hits and four Fish errors. In the big bottom of the fourth, the Fish scored 10 runs on six hits and five Blinn errors. Sixteen Fish batters came to the plate in the fourth. The Fish scored three more runs in the fifth and two in the sixth. The two coaches made an agree ment at the beginning of the game that if one of the teams scored as many as 10 runs, either team could end the game after that time. Team— \V L R Or Pet. Texas 11 4 82 64 .733 Baylor 9 7 100 85 .563 Texas Christian .... .0 10 89 106 .474 Texas A&M 8 10 78 89 .444 Southern Methodist . . .7 9 77 79 .438 Rice 4 12 55 117 .333 CONFERENCE STANDINGS Team— W L R Or ret. Texas .7 1 56 31 .875 Texas Christian .... . 5 4 44 30 .556 Baylor .5 4 55 45 .556 Texas A&M .4 4 33 38 .500 Southern Methodist . . .2 4 12 25 .333 Rice .1 7 15 40 .125 LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Rice 7, Lamar Tech 2. Texas 1, Sam Houston State 0. Baylor 3, Southern Methodist 2. Texas Lutheran 4, A&M 2. Baylor 4-0, Rice 0-0. Texas 1, Southern Methodist 0. Texas Christian 12, A&M 0. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Tuesday—Rice vs. A&M at Houston (conference), Baylor vs. Texas at Waco, (conference) ; Southern Methodist vs. Texas Christian at Dallas (confrence). Friday—Rice vs. Texas at Austin (con ference; Baylor vs. Texas Christian at Fort Worth (conference) ; A&M vs Southern Methodist at College Station (conference). SWC GOLF STANDINGS Team — Texas Baylor Southern Methodist Texas A&M 11 Arkansas Texas Christian 6 Rice SWC TENNIS STANDINGS Team— Won Lost Pet. Texas 12 0 1.000 Southern Methodist 17 1 .944 Rice 12 6 .667 Texas Christian 11 13 .458 Texas A&M 8 16 .333 Ags Lose Sixth Straight to TCL Frogs 9 10 Hits Produce 12 Runs in Saturday Game Won Lost Fet. . 20 % 3i/a .854 .16y 2 .688 . .15 9 .675 . .11 13 .458 12 y a 171/a .411 . 6 12 .333 . 6i/ 2 211/a .104 CHS’ Merino Sets 2 New Swim Records Bryan 2‘8879 LAST DAY n The love story of a gilded girl! M-G-M's $ ,/c i Elizabeth TAYLOR Vittorio GASSMAN John ERICSON Louis CALHERN STARTS WEDNESDAY RIDE ClEAR of DIABlO! C oco.. »v TECHNICOLOR 'starring AUDIE MURPHY-DAN DURYEA SUSAN CABOT-ABBE LANE QUEEN STARTS TODAY “Forever Amber” with Jean Simmons Highland Park (Dallas) won the state high school swim meet here Saturday. The Scotties ran up 78 points, 32 points ahead of Lamar (Houston) who copped 46 for sec ond. George MacGregor, captain of the Scotties, scored a first in the 100 backstroke and a second in the individual medley to take high point honors for the visitors. Mike Lumby was another standout for the Scotties. He took second in the 200 freestyle and third in the 40 freestyle. Don Woodward took the 100 freestyle. Highland Park captured both relays. Jose Merino, A&M Consolidated, Guion Hall TODAY & WEDNESDAY The Aggies fell 12-0 in Fort Worth Saturday before the thun derous bats of the TCU Homed Frogs for their sixth loss in as many games. Two Froggies, Les Mattinson and right fielder Bob White took hitting honors, each pickink up four hits for five trips to the plate. White had four runs batted in to his credit as well. Mattinson hit one of the Frogs’ two doubles. TCU had 14 hits. For the Aggies, Coach Beau Bell switched the lineup in an effort to bring the slumping Ags out of Four Tigers To Enter State HS Track Meet their batting doldrums. He didn’t quite succeed. The Cadets had only three hits, with centerfielder Fred Ablon, second baseman Jim Mor rison and catcher Jim Williams picking up the only base knocks. Released thru United Artists set two of the five records. He won the 40 freestyle in 19.1 and the 100 freestyle in 53.7. He set the records in the preliminaries. They were 18.5 in the 40 and 53.2 in the 100 freestyle. John Har rington took third in the 100 back- stroke for the Tigers. Tracy Word of Lamar led the Redskins with a record smashing victory in the 100 breaststroke. He set a record of 1:05.5. He also took a fourth in the individual medley. Allan Muller was second in the 40 and third in the individual medley. They took a second in the freestyle relay and tied for second in the medley relay. Reagan (Houston) -took third in the meet. George Pardue had the only gold medal for the Bulldogs. Albert Stevens of Stephen F. Austin (Bryan) won the 120 indi vidual medley and scored a second in the 100 backstroke. He set a new record with a 1:18.1 in the in dividual medley. Team sco-res are as follows: Highland Park 78; Lamar 46; Rea gan 35; A&M Consolidated 18; Thomas Jefferson (San Antonio) 18; Austin (Bryan) 15; San Ja cinto (Houston) 8; Alamo Heights 8; Galena Park 5; Paschal (Fort Worth) 3; Tivy 2; W. B. Ray (Cor pus Christ!) 2; Austin (Austin) 1. Summaries: 40 Yd. Freestyle—1. Jose Merino A&M, (2) Allan Muller (L), (3) Mike Lumby (HP), (4) Jim Barden (R), (5) Jerry Jackson (Tivy), (6) Jimmy Ebanks (L).— 19.1 (record by Merino in prel. 18.5). 100 Yd. Breaststroke—(1) Tracy Word (L), (2) Dieter Ufer (R), (3) Chuck Price (L), (4) Herbert Duncan (R), (5) Bob Barlow (P), (6) Russell Butler (A) of Austin) — (a new record 1:05.5. 200 Yd. Freestyle—(1) Jody Grant (AH), (2) Mike Lumby (HP), (3) Dick Berry (TJ), (4) A1 Snider (HP), (5) Jerry Hubbard (HP), (6) Hershel Ferguson (L). (New record 2:05.5. 100 Yd. Backstroke (1) George Mac Gregor (HP), (2) Albert Stevens (A of Bryan) (3) John Harrington (A&M), Ray Cook (HP), (5) Robert, Kneip (AH), (6) Charles Otstott (HP)—1:06.8. 100 Yd. Freestyle—(1) Jose Merino (A&M), (2) Don Woodward (HP), (3) Dick Rautzaw (HP), (4) Dick Berry (TJ), (5) Nickie Blay.ney (SJ), (6) Jody Grant (AH).—53.7. (New record preliminaries of 53.2). Diving—(1) George Pardue (R), (2) Wil lard Tompson (GP), (3) Gage Pritchard (HP), (4) Jim Winn (B), (5) Gary Lit- trell (Ray), (6) Bob Johnson (HP).-r— 198 Pts. 120 Yd. Individual Medley—(1) Albert Ste vens (A of Zryan), (2) Allen Muller (L), (3) George MacGregor (HP), (4) Tracy Word (L), (5) Jerry Jarvis (HP), (6) Herbert Duncan (R),—1:18.1 (New Rec ord.) ISO Yd. Medley Relay—(l) HP (Cook. Rautzow. Woodward). (2) tie Lamar and Regan, (4) Thomas Jefferson, (5) Austin of Bryan, (6) Pascal.—1:47.0. 160 Freestyle Relay (1) HP (Hubbard. Westsmith. Stoud, Snider), (2) Lamar, (3) Reagan, (4) San Jacinto, (5) Thomas Jef ferson 1:21.1. David Bonnen, William Arnold, Bobby Carter and Robert Cleland will represent A&M Consolidated at the state track meet May 6—8 in Austin as a result of their perform ances Saturday at the region 6 track meet in San Marcos. The Tiger thinclads took third in the regional meet with a total of 12 points. Weimar, the winning team, scored 20 points; second place Sam Houston high school (San Antonio) scored 14. Carter broke the class B state high jump record with a six foot, three-fourths leap. The old record of six feet was set in 1951 by Far rell of Charlotte. The old record in high jump for region 6 was six feet, one-eights inches, set inl941. The-Tigers’ 440 yard relay team set a meet I’ecord of 44.9 in the preliminaries Saturday mornin The previous record was 45.9, set by Ft. Hood in 1952. They broke their own record in the finals with a sparkling 44.7. J. B. Carroll placed third for Consolidated in the mile run with a 4:51.8. The winning time in the mile was 4:49.2. A&M ab. Ablon, cf 4 Ellis, If 4 Little, rf 4 Schero, 3 4 Nelson, p 1 Vanzura, p 1 Byrd 1 Hardgrove, 1 3 Williams, c 3 Morrison, 2 3 Northrup, s 2 Totals . ..... TCU Paschal, s Stapleton, 2 4 Looney, 2 1 Mttinsn, If 5 White, rf 5 Mayfield* 1 4 Holland, 3 4 Spencer, 3 0 Freeman, cf 2 Powell, cf 1 Frick, c 2 McDaniel, p 2 30 ab. .5 h. o. 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 24 li. o. 2 3 Totals 35 12 14 27 13 A&M 000 000 000— 0 3 2 TCU 250 014 00X—12 14 1 1 Popped out for Vanzura in 9th. E— Morrison, Schero, Looney. RBI—White 4, Paschal 3, Mayfield, Stapleton, Mattinson. 2BH—Mattison. 3BH—Stapleton. SB — Morrison, White. SH—McDaniel 2. DP— McDaniel to Holland to Mayfield. LOB— Texas A&M 5. TCU 5. BOB Nelson 4, McDaniel 2. SO—Nelson 1. McDaniel 6. R&H—Off Nelson. 11&10 in 5 1-3 Innings. WP—Nelson 2. Loser—Nelson. U—Capps and Mayfield. Time 2:04. A&M Soccer Team Win Championship The A&M soccer team won the 1954 Texas International soccer league championship. The Aggies played 10 games, winning 8, losing 1, and tieing 1. They beat Bryan air force base twice; University of Houston three times; Mulhauser once; Allen academy twice; ^Chance - Vought aircraft once, tied them once, and lost to them once. Guillermo Cardenas, senior from Mexico, D. F. and Juan Letts, junior from Lima, Peru were co captains. Others on the starting line-up were: Guy Fernandez, Emilio Medina, Jorge Ducos, Don ald Sw T offord. Aristide Casas, Mauricio LeSage, V. M. Artecona, Lee Blocker, Mike Muyschondt and Ernesto Pabon. Thirty-three players were on this year’s squad. Last year there were 18. GOLFERS Come by the K&B Driving Range and drive some good new balls. FREE INSTRUCTIONS BY V. Y. MERRELL Open 10 a.m. Till — DRIVING 1\<XD RANGE Ag Fencers Beat j Rice 5-0 Saturday , The A&M fencing team defeated Rice 5-0 and the Galveston Buc caneers 5-4 in epee Saturday at the Rice gymnasium. In individual competition, Gus Wulfman placed second, Jim Pigg third and Don Burton fourth. Individual results are as follows: Wulfman, won 4; Pigg won 3 and lost 2; Burton won 3 and lost 2. Other teams represented in in dividual competition were Univer sity of Houston, Houston fencing club and Dallas YMCA. 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