Bryan All-Stars Bump
A&M Basebaliers 7-4
By RONNIE GREATHOUSE
Battalion Sports Editor -
Two former Aggie diamond stars
teamed up to help pound out a 7-4
win over their old alma mater last
night, as the Bryan All-Stars w'on
a non-conference game over A&M
at Bryan’s Travis Park.
Catcher A1 Ogletree and center-
fielder John DeWitt, both all-
Southwest Conference basebaliers
in their playing days at A&M, fig
ured prominently in the All-Stars’
fifth and sixth inning scoring that
proved the Cadets’ downfall.
The All-Stars picked up a run in
the bottom of the first inning off
Elo Zatopek, the Aggie starter.
Second baseman Bill Chambers
walked, went to second on a wild
pitch and scored on a double by
first baseman Fred Hodge that
sent chalk dust flying down the
right field line. -
A&M tied the score in its half
of the second frame. After one
out catcher James Smothermon
singled and moved to second on a
free pass to Zatopek. Smother
mon raced to third on a long fly
by Billy Frank Ross and scored
on an error.
The Aggies broke into the lead
with two quick runs in the top of
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the third as John Stockton, all-
SWC eenterfielder, led off with an
inside the park homerun that
reached the 450-foot marker. Soph
omore right fielder Ed Dudley,
starting his first game of the sea
son, smashed a single to center,
went to third on a single by Joe
Boring and scored on Smother-
mon’s grounder to deep short.
Coach Beau Bell’s Cadets picked
up their final run in the fifth in
ning, as third sacker Ross singled
and scored on a wild throw at first
base on John Hoyle’s grounder.
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Thursday, April 12, 1956 PAGE 3
Bill Cocke, Top Distance Man
A-Chemical Whips B-AAA
A-Chemical displayed some of
the latent softball power which
carried them to a 1954 corps up
perclassman championship, whip
ping B-AAA 5-2. Pitcher John
Channing, third baseman John Fos
ter, left fielder Arlen Cornett, cen
ter fielder Dale McCullough, and
catcher Jim Willis provided the
scoring.
A-Chemical freshman blasted B-
FA’s softball nine 13-6 as James
Coston starred with three trips
around the diamond. Bob Barker
was credited with two scores for
the artillery team and was out
standing as backstop for pitcher
Rod Stepp.
A-Ordnance showed champion
ship form in upperclassman volley
ball, blanking Sqd. 4, 2-0.
A-Infantry downed Sqd. 8 in
another class A volleyball tussel
2-0.
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The Aggies’ fine distance runner, Bill Cocke, came to
A&M without any sort of scholarship and only because it
was the single major college to show any interest in his
spiked shoe ability.
“I wasn’t a big name in high school track,” says Bill,
“and had a few offers from junior colleges, but I wanted to
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As an aspiring miler at
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School, Cocke woi’ked on the cin
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his senior year. His best school
boy time for the four laps was not
outstanding—4:41, but the desire
was there,, that same desire that
has carried Bill from mediocrity to
a strong contender for the South
west Conference mile and two-mile
events.
“Cocke has done remarkably
well,” said track coach Frank An
derson of his number one distance
man. “He came to A&M unherald
ed and completely on his own, with
help from us. He wanted to
run, that’s vchat we want of our
boys, and that’s what he gave us.”
Surprisingly enough, Cocke
seems to run his best at night, and
his finest collegiate races have
been under the lights. Last year
against the mighty University of
Southern California Trojans, Bill
rated no more than a fourth
against their array of distance
talent, but he turned in a 9:31.2
for the two-mile and finished sec
ond.
Earlier this season Cocke strid-
ed to his fastest time in the mile,
4:24.5, again under the arcs of
Laredo’s Border Olympics and last
(See BILL COCKE, Page 4)
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