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College Station (Brazos County), Texas Tuesday, April 2 4, 1956 PAGE 3 Squadron 1 7 Captures Rifle To Stay in ’Mural Top Spot A&M’s chances for a second con secutive Southwest Conference baseball title seem very dim indeed this week after splitting a two- game affair with Texas’ languid Longhorns at Austin last weekend. Texas Christian’s powerful Frog gies pulled further out in front of the fast-thinning pack by downing hapless Rice nine, 5-0. TCU stands two full games in front of SMU and Baylor, now tied for second place in conference standings with 5-3 won-lost records. Despite dividing the Austin se ries, the Aggies held on to their fourth place spot and at present have three 'wins to show against four losses. Baylor, in a surprise display of strength, downed SMU’s Mustangs, strong pre-season fa vorites to cop league laurels. John Stockton, A&M’s all-con ference centerfielder, broke out of his four-game batting slump against the Steers by blasting two Qualify for State Four Tigers Win Regional Crowns By winning their events in the regional meet in Houston last Sat urday, Jo Ann Walker, Margaret Manthei, Betty Meade and Dick Hickman will represent A&M Con solidated at the State meet in Aus tin May 3, 4, 5. The three Tigerettes swept to the tennis crown with Miss Walker winning the singles title and Miss es Manthei and Meade combining to capture the doubles champion ship. Hickman took the 880-yard run in the track meet. After sweeping two matches, Miss Walker battered Peggy Mills of Anahuac, 6-2, 6-3, to walk away with the singles crown. The Manthei-Meade duo drew a bye in the first round, won a three- set second round and then downed Gwen Anderson and Ginger Hare, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, to take the doubles title. Hickman became the only Tiger thinlyclad to place in the regional fiasco when he ran to first in the 880 with a fine 2:05.2. The Consolidated golf team of Jerry Holland, Louis Leighton, Steadman Davis and Bill Lewis fin ished the same as they-did in the district race, second behind Tom- ball, in the regional links meet. Winner Tomball shot a 533, while the Tigers had a 571. Holland, Leighton and Davis shot 140’s for CHS, while Lewis had a 151. Tomball’s Mike Higgins was medalist with a 125. The Tomball foursome will go to the state meet. doubles and a single in eight trips to the plate and driving home three Aggie runs. Stockton, who had only one hit in 13 tries against SWC competi tion before Friday, led the Cadets in hitting with a .375 mark and raised his batting average more than 100 percentage points. Paul Lang, junior righthander, relieved starter Toby Newton Fri day and received credit for A&M’s 5-4 triumph. Lang now has a 2-1 record. Dick Munday went all the way Saturday in an 11-inning con test that saw the Longhorns eke out their first win in eight games. Little Dick Bleckner, 5-7 Aggie second baseman, got the Aggies longest extra-base blow of the weekend with a triple Friday. First sacker John Hoyle, a flawless field er, got two hits in eight times at bat, drove in a run and scored one himself against Texas. CONFERENCE STANDINGS Team VV L Pet. Texas Christian ...7 1 8.75 Southern Methodist 5 3 .625 Baylor 5 3 .625 Texas A&M 3 4 .429 Texas 2 6 .333 Rice 1 6 .143 SEASON STANDINGS Team VV L Pet. Southern Methodist 13 4 .765 Texas Christian 12 5 .706 Texas A&M 8 7 .533 Baylor 9 8 .529 Rice 5 9 .357 Texas 4 10 .286 LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Rice 2. Sam Houston State 0; TCU 5, Rice 0; Texas A&M 5, Texas 4; Baylor 5, SMU 1, Texas 5, Texas A&M 4. THIS WEEK'S GAMES Thursday—Rice at Sam Houston State. Friday—TCU at Baylor, Texas at Rice, Texas A&M at SMU. Saturday—TCU at Baylor, Texas at Rice, Texas A&M at SMU. Squadron 17 tightened its hold on the top slot of uppei-classman intramurals sweeping . the rifle fi nals with a resounding 617 points nosing out C-Infantry for the Corps title. Lawrence Southworth was the man of the day with 137 total points. Edwin Busby followed close with 133 and John Janak took the third spot with 120 points. Rob ert Penland fired 115 and John Bell 112 to complete scoring for the champs. Tigers Meet Rattler Nine A&M Consolidated’s Tiger base ball team, currently fourth in the district standings with a 2-3 record, moved into Navasota this after noon to battle the winless rattlers at 4 p.m* The Tigers downed the Navasbta nine, 5-3, in the first round of dis trict play. The Rattlers own a 0-4 league record. DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS | Sport Shorts By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Coach Jack Mitchell yesterday greeted 21 returning lettermen in a squad of around 80 as spring football prac tice opened at the University of Arkansas, the Southwest Confer ence’s only non-Texas-member. It rained in the forenoon, forcing postponement of a scheduled var sity baseball game, but the grid iron drills started as scheduled on a muddy field. Mitchell put his charges through a lot of running and a little bit of everything else. ★ ★ ★ CHICAGO—H eavyweight champion Rocky Marciano defL nitely has decided to retire from the ring, the Chicago Daily Sun- Times said today. A story written by Columnist Gene Kessler said that “An offi cial announcement to this effect will be made in two or three weeks.” Kessler said that Weill told him “We won’t make a definite decision on the subject for two or three weeks.” ★ ★ ★ ABILENE—Oliver Jackson, track coach at Abilene Christian College, said today that his runners have been invited to compete in the California Relays at Modesta, Calif., May 26. At least four and perhaps seven ACC trackmen will make the trip. He said the 440 and 880 yard relay team will run. TRIANGLE BANQUET ROOM Open for all: BANQUETS — DINNERS — LUNCHEONS RECEPTIONS and WEDDINGS (By Reservation Only) For Information Call: Mr. J. A. Ferreri ■ (Between 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.) TA 2-8508 That “new suit” I “bought” for Dad is really an old one I had rejuvenated at . . . CAMPUS CLEANERS A1 Fernandez hurled Squadron 7 over heavily-favored Squadron 2 3-2, in the day’s upperclassman softball feature. Masterson Coyle Elbert Gray, and ‘Fred Erp account ed for the winning runs and a league championship. Steve Long and Bob Boone made the circuit for Squadron 2, but the defending champions couldn’t bring in the tying run during the final inning. Another softball league cham pionship went to C-Infantry as they blasted Maroon Band 18-5. Lawrence Diehl pitched and slug-ged A-Engineers to a thump ing 11-2 win over Squadron 18 . Other upperclassman games went to C-Armor, A-Infantry, and Sqd. 17. Sqd. 4 tied Sqd. 16 Freshman victories were chalked up by C-Inf. and Sqd. 12. WILBUK JUST WOKE UP TO THE FACT THAT HES IN CLASS! KitP AltRT TOR A BETTER POINT AVERAGE! Don’t let that ”drowsy feel ing” cramp your style in class ... or when you’re "hitting the books”. Take a NoDoz Awakener! In a few minutes, you’ll be your normal best... wide awake . . . alert! Yout doctor will tell you—NoDoz ^Awakeners are safe as coffeev Keep a pack handy! 15 TABLETS, 35c What young people are doing at General Electric Young chemical engineer works on new ways. to make silicones Silicones are a new class of man-made chemi cals with very unusuai properties. Made from sand, they assume the form of rubber, grease, oil and resin. Under extremes of heat and cold, the rubber stays rubbery, the oil oily. Silicones added to fabrics make them excep tionally water-repellent. Silicone makes waxes spread easier . . . paints almost imper vious to weather. One of the men responsible for finding new ways to produce silicone products is 26-year- old Frank V. Summers. Summers’ Work Interesting, Important , As process engineer of the Silicone Products Department, Trank Summers first compares the results of small-scale, pilot-plant experi ments with the production methods in actual use. Then, using his own knowledge of chemical-engineering principles, he designs faster, more efficient and more economical methods of producing silicone products. Frank Summers’ excellent training, diversi fied experience and outstanding personal qualifications nuake him a valuable contribu tor to this engineering team. 25,000 College Graduates at General Electric When Frank Summers came to General Electric in 1949, he already knew the kind of work he wanted to do. Like each of our 25,000 college-graduate employees, he was given his chance to grow and realize his full potential. For General Electric has long be lieved this: WTien.ever fresh young minds are given the freedom to make progress, every body benefits —t:he individual, the company, and the country. Educational Relations, General Electric Company, Schenectady 5, New York