The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 01, 1956, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 01, 1956, Image 3

Newspaper Page TextThursday, March 1, 1956 THE BATTALION Page Ag Tracksters Battle Texas, UH Saturday A&M\s power-laden track team, pre-season choice for the South west Conference crown, opens the 1956 carnpaigri against the Univer sities of Texas and Houston on Kyle Field Saturday. Runners-up in the SWC behind Texas in 1955, the Aggies rely heavily on their field events for victory over the sprinter-laden Longhorn and Cougar squads. Winton Thomas leads three Ag gie pole vaulters who have been over 13 feet and will be favored to U-PAK-M Don’t forget... • SANDWICH MEATS •COLD BEVERAGES • CRUSHED ICE • ASSORTED NICK-NACKS OPEN 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. U-PAK-M 3800 So. College Gus Ellis, ’37 win his specialty. Thomas has vaulted 13-8 already this year and Jim Jackson and Jim Clark are right behind him. The conference record is 13-11%. A&M boasts one of the most powerful group of shot putters in the nation, with Bobby Jack Gross, Tom Bonorden and Herman John son all battering the 55-foot mark and Harry Cox just short of 50 feet. Gross won the SWC shot put in 1954 and Bonorden took first last year. PICNIC LOVERS... We have everything you need for a Picnic but the food. Student Co-op Store ENROLL NOW Spring Term Opens Monday, March 5th DAY and NIGHT SCHOOL HY-SPEED LONGHAND will be offered for the first time in a special ten-week course at night. This is an ideal system for taking notes in college and for taking light office dictation. Typing will be given with this special course. Phone TA 3-6655 for information or call at 702 South Washington Avenue, Bryan, Texas McKenzie-Baldwin Business College THE HOME OF HOME COOKING AGGIES!—You’ll favor the “Home Cooked” flavor of our tasty meals. Hearty home-sized portions at eco nomical prices. Come, See! GRANNIE'S North Gate Next to Campus Theatre CLOSED SUNDAYS ^soGTsoi^T t SAW VOU RUMKHKi’ TM - OTHER. DtCY'/ \ CA.V4 U^>E VOU ON MY TRAGIC TEAh< 'tS: &UT COLONEL, A K.K. WAE> CWA^IM’ ME TUENf I AIN'T VEE-V FA'bT OTWEE.VJt'bE Aggie Nine Begins ’56 Season Friday With the infield and outfield ap parently set and a converted out fielder behind the plate, A&M’s de- fending Southwest Conference baseball champions meet the strong Sam Houston State College Bear- kats in the 1956 opener tomorrow in Huntsville. Game time is 2:30 p.m. Coach Beau Bell’s nine put on their hitting togs for the first time Wednesday, pasting second-line pitchers Ty Hungerford and Ira Oertling for 15 hits and nine runs in six innings. “THEY GOT MORE hits in six innings today than they’ve collected in two weeks,” said Coach Bell, ob viously pleased with the workout. “It’s the best they’ve looked all year. They ran harder, hustled more and really hit the ball.” With little Charlie Puls, last sea son’s regular second baseman, dropping the diamond game be cause of poor health, Bell has had to rearrange his starting infield. Regular shortstop Dick Bleckner has moved to second with Captain Joe Boring filling shortstop, Flo rida Junior College transfer Joe Worden going to third and John Ho^le back at first. BRYAN’S JOHN Stockton, all- SWC and the only two-year letter- man on the squad, returns to cen- terfield. Flanking him are 1954 letterman Behn Hubbard in right and Phil Newport, another Florida Flowers for those special dances See your dorm representative or come by STUDENT FLORAL CONCESSION Run by Aggies for Aggies transfer, in the left-field meadow. Newport, a port-sider all the way, drove out a homerun and two doubles in Wednesday’s intrasquad game. With Jimmy Williams, all-SWC two years, missing at catcher, Bell has moved sophomore James Smotherman, who lettered in the outfield as a Fish, behind the plate. DICK MUNDAY will open the season for the Aggies on the mound, and will pitch six innings against the Bearkats. Munday and Wendell Baker, slated to start against Houston Saturday, along with Lynn Monical and Doug Mul lins are the lettermen hurlers. Mul lins will finish the last three in nings Friday. Swift Toby Newton, left-handed sophomore strikeout artist from Galveston, is expected to carry a good deal of the pitching load this year. Newton fanned 60 batters in 41% innings as a freshman, and retired six men in order Wednes day. Sqd. 7 Clinches Bowling Title Squadron 7 rolled a resounding 1,499 to clinch the freshman bowl ing championship yesterday. Tom my Blanton was the game’s out standing bowler with a 513. Run ner-up was Sqd. 21, with 1,456, and B-FA was third with 1,400. Sqd. 19 took fourth place and B-Inf fifth. Other members of the champion’s lineup included Felton Phillips and William Burks. Sqd. 16 and Sqd. 10, freshman basketball titans, will clash Friday for championship honors. Sqd. 10 upset Sqd. 7, 19-14, yesterday with a tight defense and an extremely deceptive offense. Squadron 7’s Buddy Schmidt, who amassed 14 points in Tuesday’s encounter with A-FA, was held to two baskets. Sqd. 16 squeezed past Sqd. 6, 15-14 with a last minute flurry. The Sqd. 10 quintet has much in its favor for Friday’s showdown. Its defense is hard to crack, its offense is versatile, and center John Crews has scored eight points in each of two consecutive games. However, the Sqd. 16 cagers play magnifi cent ball when the chips are down and present a definite threat in Paul Martin and Harry Gould. Thanks AGGIES We sold more pies during our February special than we had anticipated. For March we are featuring our regular 15c Milk Chocolate for 10c. MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER . Fountain Room For Gridiron Performance Ag Linemen Praised By RONNIE GREATHOUSE Battalion Sports Editor Spring football pi’actice at A&M passed the half-way point yester day as Coach Paul Bryant and his busy crew of as sistants groom their 63 charges for Sat u-r day night’s i n t r a- squad game on Kyle Field. “The whole bunch of our linemen have shown a lot of improvement ^ so far,” said Stanley Coach Bryant, “but I’m not satis fied with our backs.” Saturday night’s Maroon-White tussle, an annual affair that cli maxes Sports Day activities, will be played under full game condi tions. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Coach Bryant had words of praise for several players on the squad who have been outstand ing in the first half of grid workouts. Among them are guard Jim Stanley, quarterback Roddy Osborne, tackles Bobby Lockett and A. L. Simmons and end Bob by Marks, all returning varsity players. Sophomores-to-be who were men tioned as having shown the most improvement so far are guard Don Browning, tackle Ray Doucet and end John Tracey. “Right now, I’d say Stanley is the most impressive player on the team, Bryant said, “His per formance so far is head-and- shoulders. above last season.” The Aggies are divided into five teams at present, with returning lettermen still dominating the No. 1 unit. Running on the first team yesterday were ends Gene Stallings, Marks, Bobby Keith, tackles Lock ett and Simmons, guards Stanley and Dennis Goehiing, in the line. Quarterbacks Don Watson and Jimmy Wright split the man- under chores, while John Crow, Jack Pardee and Loyd Taylor rounded out the backfield. The first two teams went in early yesterday after working on pass patterns and defenses. Anniversary Sale These Values Good Today thru Saturday in our Bryan Store, 1010 South College at Pease Eine Coffee MARYLAND CLUB'» 92c Top Spred OLEO Four Golden Quarters Per Pound 17c Etna Standard TOMATOES 10c Rich, Red Ripe No. 303 Can Central American Fancy Ripe BANANAS 2^ 15c Crisp Celery ni«.$»*• $ta» 5 C Large Lettuce 2 nk.h«ki, 25c Weingarten’s U. S. Choice BOUND STEAK lb. 59c Heavy Bonded Beef Table Trimmed Fresh, Tender Boneless Veal BOLL BOAST JExcess Fat Removed gs d so you buy all meat “fi 1 C • BAKERY SPECIAL • Drug Special! AMBROSIA Economy Size Two moist golden layers topped with pineappleC fruit filling. Dredged with fresh coconut ."B 1 ^ ^ Gleem CHAMPION BREAD Tooth Paste The best loaf of bread in town l 1 /^ Lb. y| It’s Vitamin enriched . -A Loaves "fr I ^ Econ. Tube 41c Anniversary Specials Galore Come See!

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