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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1955)
Page 6 THE BATTALION Tuesday, May 17, 1955 FLY BOYS—Standing with their two planes are members of the team of Aggies who competed in the National Intercollegiate Air Meet at Fort Worth last week. They are, left to right, Fred Weick, sponsor, David Huebner, Bob Parry, Ed Rivers, Tyree Hardy, and Joe Rivers. Private Pilots Flying Club Planned Here Groundpounders b e w a r e—The flyboys are organizing'! Students interested in starting a flying club at A&M are requested to attend an organizational meeting tonight at 7:30 in Room 3D in the Memorial Student Center. Membership Mull be open only to student or private pilots, said Ty ree Hardy, organizer of the club. Fred Weick, director of personal aircraft research here, has agreed to act^as sponsor. Last week David Huebner, Joe Reeves, Ed Rivers, Bob Parry, Ty ree and Weick atended the Nation al Intercollegiate Air meet at Mea- chan field in Fort Worth. They competed in power-on and power-off spot landings, naviga tional and “bombing” contests. Carswell air force base of Fort Worth put on a static display of the B-36 and B-47 bombers; and the base’s acrobatic team put on a show in Thunderbird jets. AGGIES NEED IT NOW — LOU HAS IT NOW Regulation Government Issued Clothing SALE Loupot’s Trading Post SALE North Gate ATTENTION AGGIES Before you buy a new car come by and see our 1955 OLDSMOBILES. We have a price range to fit every pocket book and a finance plan to suit your need. Come and see how easy it is to own a NEW ROCKET "EIGHT" at the . . . BROWN-ALLEN MOTOR COMPANY North Main at 20th Bryan, Texas Twenty-eight major colleges, with the Flying Frogs of Texas Christian university as hosts, com peted. Saturday night about 200 stu dents attended a banquet held in their honor, with Gen. Montgomery of Carswell as the main speaker. Mrs. Hite Heads Moms and Dads Mrs. Raymond V. Hite has been elected president of the Mothers and Dads club of A&M Consolida ted school for the coming school year, succeeding J. Wheeler Bar ger. Other officers elected last week were Mrs. George Huebner, vice- president for grade school; Mrs. Bill C. Moore, vice-president for junior high school; Mrs. Neal M. Randolph, vice president for sen ior high school; Mrs. John Sperry, secretary and Maj. David E. Phil ips, treasurer. Reports of officers and commit tees indicated a large participation by parents in major club activities for the year and a substantial con tribution to incidental equipment and supplies of the school. Box Score SMT7 (3) AB Radcliff, 3b 6 Brown. 2b 5 Payne, lb 6 Boggan, ss 5 Golden rf 4 Copeland, rf 0 McKinstery, cf .... 4 a. Carter 1 0 Stewart, cf 1 Mills, If 3 Busch, c 4 Bowers, p 5 TOTALS ... 43 11 33 17 A&M (4) AB K if Ablon, rf 4 Stockton, cf 5 Byrd If 5 Schero, 3b 5 Williams, c 5 Boring, ss 2 Puls, 2b 5 Hoyle, lb 5 Nelson, p 1 Munday, p 1 b. Stinson 1 Vanzura, p 1 0 TOTAI.S . . 40 4 7 33 12 2 a. Walked for McKinstery in 9th. b. Batted for Munday in 9th. R—Ablon 2, Hoyle. Puls, Radcliff, Brown, Boggan. RBI—Boggan, 2. Stock- ton 4, Mills, I.OB—A&M 11, SMU 15. DP—Boring, Puls, Hoyle; Schero. Puls, Hoyle. HPB—Boring by Bowers. SAC— Munday. 2B—Boggan 2, Stockton. 3B— Stockton. Hits off—Nelson 6 in 2 1/3; Munday, 4 in 5 2/3; R&ER—Off Bowers, 4&2. Nelson 3&3, Munday, 0&0, Vanzura. 0&0. SO—Bowers 8. Nelson 4, Munday 2. Vanzura 3. Walks—Bowers 6 Munday 2, Nelson 3. Vanzura 3. U-PAK-M OPEN U-PAK-M Now! For Your Convenience ^ FOOD ^ ICE CREAM ^ BEVERAGES ^ CRUSHED ICE ^MILK Drive in — As You Are Open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. — 7 Days a Week Watch For Formal Opening U-PAK-M 3800 South College Ave. Telephone 2-4386 Track Meet (Continued from Page 5) Clark were two-three-four in the pole vault to put the blue chips on the last event. Texas had to fin ish two places above the Aggies in the relay to win. Thomas and Rice’s Stephen James again put on a two-man duel in the vault. After both clear ed 13-6, the bar was put at 13- llVz. James cleared it on his last try after Thomas had knocked the bar off on his third leap and dis gustedly pounded the ground with his fist. Aggie firsts, in addition to Har- tung’s win in the low hurdles, were won by Hollingsworth in the highs; Bonorden in the shot, with 52-10- 3 A; ^.nd Fritzie Connally, who tied for first in the high jump at 6-3. Herman Johnson, who was sec ond in the shot, was upset in the discus by Rice’s Ed Jackson. Jack- son had 156-4, the best of his ca reer. ’Murals (Continued from Page 5) A antiaircraft artillery; Cooper, B infantry; Smith, Leggett; Shep pard, C armor; Ware, D infantry. Best time, 54.0, by Cooper. Freshmen 440 qualifiers: Downs, squadron 13; Riggs, A signal; Boren, -maroon band; Du- zan, A ordnanc.e; Arnett, squadron 9; Martin, A infantry; Hargrove, squadron 6; Sartor, Milner; Posz, A transportation; Hughes, squad ron 11; Kuhn, B antiaircraft ar tillery; Landry, squadron 5. Best time, 52.5, by Posz. Tjaday, -preliminaries will be run in the .440-yard relay and prelims and finals in the shotput. Aggies Win SWC Crown (Continued from Page 1) in the sixth, but tempers were soon quieted. The Cadets brought the small group of Aggie fans to their feet in the top of the ninth by pushing across two quick runs and knot ting the score at 3-3. Boring led off with a walk, went to second on Bowers’ boot of Charlie Puls’ slow roller down the third base line, but was forced at third by John Hoyle, who was safe at first on a fielder’s choice. Clyde Stinson, hatting for Munday, struck out. Ablon walked to load In a Sweat?? There’s no need to be if you bring your clothes to . . . 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