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*■ h. Fish Lose lo Wharlon: f '., y Play Allen Nine Today is Edward G. Hoehn, vasity and freshmen coach. Wharton Junior College built up a huge lead in the early innings to defeat the Aggie Fish, 12-10; yesterday ^ afternoon in Bryan’s Travis Park. The Fish play Allen Academy at the Allen diamond in Bryan today at 3 p.m. Wharton, which lost a 4-3 game earlier to the Fish at Wharton, jumped on starter John Martin for 'seven runs on seven hits and three walks in the first three innings. The Cadet Fish, although losing, outhit the Wharton nine, 16-10. Earl Rudes came on to pitch for the Aggie first-year men in the . third with none away and before he retired the side, three more runs chine in for a 10-3 Wharton bulge. Coach Les .Palmer’s Fish co!lec-| ' a.,,,triple in five trips to i the plate , with a man on first and none out. for the Fish, while Wendell Reed | Martin was the losing hurler. of Jefferson hit four for six to Houston outfielder Cliff Tuttle pace the A&M .fi-eshmen’s 16-hit and shortstop David Balke of Bay- attack. Reed also drove'in three town were two other sparks in the runs. ' ■' T * Fish.’s assault on Bulldog pitching. John Marshal] got credit for the Both Tuttle and Balke collected two WhaHon win, but had to receive ! hits in four tries, and both drove help from reliefer Elmer Rod. Rod I in two runs. came in in the last of the eighth J . (See BOX SCORE, Page 4) "Victorious Ags Go to Here, Kansas With their most decisive victory of ,.the 1956 season behind them,' A&M’s Hopeful track .team travels tett, three runs in,the second inning,' 1 to LawrenceyKansas,'tliis iveekend two more in the third and battled back for five in the sixth, but could never catch the visiting Bull dogs. Wharton scored single tal lies in the fourth and fifth frames. Outfielder Lax-x-y Minaldi of Ned- for the thii-d big cinder show of the yeax-, the Kansas Relays. The improving Aggies took the measure of Rice and SMU on Kyle Field last Saturday, scoring 85 points to the Owls’ 61 and the Po- exdand hit a single, double and nies’ 26. The SMU fx'eshmen won TRIANGLE BANQUET ROOM Open for all: BANQUETS — DINNERS — LUNCHEONS RECEPTIONS and WEDDINGS (By Reservation Only) For Information Call: Mr. J. A. Ferreri — TA 2-8508 (Between 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.) Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted DR. E. LUEDEMANN DR. G. A. SMITH Optometrists • BRYAN OPTICAL CLINIC A 105 N. Main Bryan, Texas (Next to Lewis Shoe Store) the fi'osh meet with 76 points, fol- dowed by Rice’s 55 and A&M’s 31. A Coach Frank Andei'son’s Cadets : s’Cbred - 47 of their points in the field events with Bobby Gi'oss and Oran Helvey tux-ning in the finest pex'- fox-mances of their cai’eex-s. Crops spun the discus 170-2 for one of the best distances in the nation this season and Helvey upset Rice’s Ed Keasler with a fine thx'ow of 199-5 in the javelin. A&M swept the first thx-ee places in the shot put and finished fix - st, third and fourth in the discus. The Aggie shot putters had an ag- gx-egate distance of 204-8 ^ with Tom Bonorden winning, Gross sec ond and Herman Johnson third. “I doubt if there’s another col lege in the nation with four shot putters who can put the shot such a combined distaxxce,” said Coach Anderson. Ag Golfers Face Four Dual Meets Joe Fagan’s Aggie golfers face a busy week after their 6-0 shut out of Aikansas hex'e last Satur day. A&M goes to Waco today to match swings with the Baylor Bears, then return to their home course for dual matches with Houston, Noxth Texas State Col lege and TCU on Wednesday, THux'sday and Saturday. Bobby Nichols, Dave Vander- voort, Marcelino Moreno and Jerxy Durbin won their singles matches with Nichol's-Moreno and Durbin-Vandervoort combining for the doubles victories. Condensed Statement of Condition FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY Bryan, Texas At the close of business April 10, 1956 ^ ASSETS Cash and Due from Banks $1,758,789.74 U. S. Government Obligations 2,651,700.00 U. S. Government Cotton Loans 578,533.45 Municipal Bonds 44,800.00 Loans and Discounts 2,299,605.27 Banking House, Fixtures and Parking Lot 82,724.20 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank 6,000.00 Other Real Estate 2.00 TOTAL ASSETS Capital Stock Surplus Undivided Profits . Reserve for Taxes LIABILITIES -$7,422,154.66 100,000.00 100,000.00 246,486.81 33,863.66 DEPOSITS: Individual $5,915,316.68 U. S. Government 121,142.40 Banks ..1 75,000.00 Other Public Funds 830,345.11 TOTAL DEPOSITS .... TOTAL LIABILITIES $6,941,804.19 $7,422,154.66 FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation '• O F F I C E R S W. J. Coultei', President Curtis Mathis, Assistant Cashier W. S. Higgs, Vice President j L. E. Nedbalek, Assistant Cashier * J. N. Dulaney, Vice President ^ Willard E. Williams, Assistant Cashier Pat Newton, Cashier 4 fg Rondal Brewer, Assistant Cashier The Battalion .... College Station (Brazos County), Texas iluesday, April 17, 1956 PAGE 3 f !i !Only unbeaten man on Dai’t- Mort Drury, Appleton, Wis., mouth’s freshmen squash team in ! sophomore pitcher for Wyoming, 1956 was Dick Hoehn. His father j has a delivery that resembles Mil waukee hurler Warren Spahn’s mo tion. DICK MONDAY hurled excellent eight-hit ball last Sat-,, urday nigfyt to gain credit for A&M’s 12-3 mauling of Bay lor. Baylor won the first of the two-game series played at Bryan’s Travis Park, Friday .night, 5-1. Squadron-1 Handball Team Wins Corps Championship Squadron-1 steamrolled into an upperclassman handball champion ship yestei'day whipping Squadron 11, 2-0. The crown came a few scant hours after the high-flying squadron qualified for final com petition by downing stubborn A- Ordnance. Ixw Ramsower and Dave Kerry defeated Leroy Foerster and Jim mie Carter for the first Sqd. 1 victory. Ray Laird and Jerry Pitts evened things for Sqd. 11, trouncing Don Tui'beville and Al len Lee. The payoff came when Glen Rice and John Dillax'd made short work of Sqd. ll’s Steve Scott and Buddy Mex'ritt. A-Composite continued down the unbeaten trek in freshman softball with an 11-9 win over A-FA. Tom mie Purifoy sparked the Composite nine with two trips ax*ound the diamond. B-FA’s softball team took a 3-0 decision from B-Composite’s hapless nine. It was the third stx-aight loss for the Composite. In upperclassman ball B-AAA edged B-Composite 6-5. 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