Wednesday, March 21, 1956
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Homeruns Power Ags
Past Bulldog Nine 11-8
By RONNIE GREATHOUSE
Battalion Sports Editor
Homeruns by Dick Bleckner and Joe Boring ignited a
six-run barrage in the fourth inning to push A&M past Texas
Lutheran’s pesky Bulldogs, 11-8, here yesterday.
Sophomore lefthander Toby Newton made the Aggies
equally proficient on the mound as he hung up 14 strike out
victims in six and one-third innings of pitching to take credit
for the win. The victory evened up the home and home
series with the Bulldogs. The Lutherans pounded out a 9-2
win over the Cadets last Saturday night at Seguin.
Team captain Boring led the Cadets at the plate with
three hits in four tries and drove in four runs with two hom
ers and a single. The Aggies left only three men on base as
they blasted starter Charlie-*
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DALLAS — Texas will make
three television appearances i n
football this year while Texas
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get two.
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CLEVELAND— Babe Parilli,
the quarterback the Cleveland
Browns hope can fill the shoes
of retired Otto Graham, signed
his 1956 contract with the pro
football team yesterday. Parilli
was discharged from the Air
Force last week. He is a former
Kentucky and Green Bay Packer
star.
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NEW YORK — Wes Santee,
America’s No. 1 miler, was shelved
again yesterday. Justice Walter
A. Lynch of the New York State
Supreme Court refused to continue
a temporary injunction Santee had
obtained against the Amateur Ath
letic Union which banned the AAU
from enforcing its lifetime suspen
sion on him.
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ALPINE, Tex. — Buddy Watts
struck out 14 and walked one as
Sul Ross took the second of a
two game baseball series with
Baylor, 13-4 yesterday. Sul
Ross won Monday, 13-1.
McMahon for 11 hits in re
cording their fourth triumph
against two setbacks this sea
son.
TEXAS LUTHERAN jumped to
a one-run lead in the top of the
first frame with second baseman
Ken Dismukes doubling and scor
ing on a one-bagger by first sacker
Shane LeStourgeon.
Coach Beau Bell’s Cadets quickly
erased the Bulldogs’ lead by scor
ing three times in their half of the
initial inning. Right fielder Lupe
Fraga led off with a single and
moved to second on a fi-ee pass to
John Stockton. Both runners moved
up a base on a passed ball and
Fi-aga dented the plate on Phil
Newport’s sacrifice fly. Boring
unloaded the first of his four-ply
wallops, driving home Stockton in
front of him.
STOCKTON’S SINGLE started
things off for A&M in the third
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with Texas Lutheran holding a 6-3
advantage. Newport reached first
base on a wild throw at first and
Stockton took thixd. Boring beat
out an infield single that the Bull
dog shortstop fielded and threw
wild into centerfield allowing
Stockton and Newpoi’t to score.
The Cadets were still trailing by
one run, 5-6.
THEN CAME the fourth inning.
Bleckner started A&M’s uprising
with homerun over the left field
wall, and from there the Aggies
batted around.
John Hoyle singled, Newton
reached first on an error and Fraga
walked to load the bases. Stock
ton’s sacrifice fly scored Hoyle and
the next batter, Newport, drove
home two x-uns with double down
the right field line. Boring’s 355-
foot homer swept the basepaths
clean and drove in the Aggies’ final
two runs.
BOX SCORE
TEX. EUTH. (8) AB
Woerner, cf 5
Dismukes, 2b 5
Graeber, c 4
LeStourgeon, lb . .. 2
1. Eckert 0
Hoffman, rf 1
2. Borgstedte 1
Neumann, If 2
3. Green 1
Schultz, 3b 2
Marburger, ss .... 2
Kersten, ss 1
Mauer, ss-3b 4
McMahon, p 3
4. Schneider 0
Erxleban, p 0
TOTALS . . 33
AGGIES (II) AB
Stockton, cf
Newport, If
Boring,
Fraga, rf
ackt
>rt,
as
Worden, 3b
Smotherman, c . .. .
Bleckner. 2b
Hoyle, lb
Baker, p
0 0
Newton, p 3 1 1
TOTALS ... 33 11 11 27 12 3
1. Walked for LeStourgeon in 9th.
2. Fanned for Hoffman in 9th.
3. Reached first by fielder's choice in 9th
for Neumann.
4. Walked for McMahon in 7th.
T L C 105 000 200— 8
A&M 302 600 OOx—11
RBI—LeStourgeon 2. Hoffman, Schultz
2. Mauer, Stockton, Newport 3. Boring 4,
Bleckner. 2B—Dismukes. Newport. HR—-
Boring 2, Bleckner. SB—Schultz, Stock-
ton, Smotherman. SF—Stockton. Newport.
DP—Dismukes and LeStourgeon. PB —
Smotherman 2, Graeber. Wild Pitch—New
ton. LOB—Texas Lutheran 8, A&M 3.
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A&M’s tennis team finished
strong with a pair of blustei'y
doubles victories to pull into a
3-3 tie with the Hardin-Simmons
Cowboys here yesterday.
Rex Reed and Bill Ashburn out
lasted the West Texas school’s Bill
Herring and Donnie Campbell, 6-8,
6-3, 6-1, while John Medlin and
Tohn Young were taking Jerry
Goad and Benny Kniffen i n
straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, to hold on
to the tie in the wind-swept dual
match.
Don Dixon, Baytown junior, bes
ted the Cowboys’ Kniffen in a long
three sets, 6-1, 3-6, 10-8, for the
Aggies’ only singles win.
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FIFTH RUN—Butch Newport, left-fielder for the Aggies,
races across home plate with the Aggies fifth run in yes
terday’s game with Texas Lutheran College. The action
was in the third inning of the game, which the Aggies took
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outstanding in the field.
Walton Hall edged Puryear, 3-2,
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C-Field Artillery broke through
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the Corps upperclassman softball
feature, winning 15-14. Tom Beard
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the C-FA lineup. Randy West and
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John Sackett, Ben Woolverton, and
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