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
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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.
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The A&M fencing team defeated
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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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