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T P The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Thursday, August 2, 1956 Room for Improvement Our registrar’s announcement that he expects the en rollment for the fall to be around 7,400 students reminded us of a chance the people of Texas have to do something for themselves, and our schools, when they vote November 6. On the ballot in the fall will be a space to either approve or disapprove Amendment 3 — just how many students our schools can handle in years to come may depend upon the mark you make on your ballot that day. This amendment, endorsed by the Committee for Higher Education, will go a long way toward providing for added classroom space in the years to come WITHOUT an increase in our present school tax. The amendment will do this by increasing income earnings from the Permanent University Fund by broadening the investment base of the fund. At present the fund is invested in government securities only. The amendment proposes to invest a maximum of 50 per cent in securities other than Federal, State or Municipal bonds. Only stocks listed on exchanges registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission will be purchased and only those stocks of companies which have paid dividends for at least ten consecutive years immediately prior to the date of purchase may be acquired. Inform yourself about this vital Amendment to our constitution, then remember how crowded our schools are now, and think what the situation might be in 1976—how about it? dtm Wayne Stark Heads Nat’l B&B Tourney A&M students will have an op portunity to participate in the Na tional Intercollegiate Bridge and Bowling Tournament which is to be held next spring, according to Wayne Stark, director of the MSC and chairman the games com mittee of the National Association of Student Unions. The bridge tournament will be held in February 1957. On Febru- ary 13, prepared hands, score sheets and instructions will be mailed to all student unions that are to participate in the tourna ment. The tournament will begin on February 19 and last through the 25th. The score cards must be mailed before midnight the 25th to the tournament director, who is Mr. C. C. (Jitter) Nolen, director of the student union at the Uni versity of Texas. The scoi'e cards will be evaluated and the winners announced. “To qualify for the tournament, a student must be enrolled in un dergraduate school, take not less than the minimum number of class hours, be in good scholastic stand ing, and pay a fifty cent admission fee, which is used to help pay the expenses of the tournament,” Stark explained. The bowling tournament will be held April 16 through April 20. Each team will bowl four games. The score cards will be mailed to the tournament director, where the scores will be tabulated and the winners announced. 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Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., a t New York City, Chicago, Loo Angeles, and San Fran The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI- 6-4910) or at the editorial office room, on the ground floor of the YMCA. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6415) or a f the Student Publications Office, ground floor of the YMCA. DAVE McREYNOLDS Editor Barbara Paige .. Woman’s Editor Bob Stansberry ... Staff Photographer Maurice Olian CHS Sports Correspondent Vol (Smokey) Davis, D. G. Gilleland, Shirley Gumert, J. W. Osborn, George Reoh Staff Writers , Senators Tie for First; Beat Out Red Sox 12-8 SOMETHING NEW IN BERMUDAS—W. E. (Woody) Briles, center, was awarded the prize for the best Sport Shorts at Monday’s Kiwanis meeting. Charles Richardson, right, winner of the best Sport Shirt award is shown hold ing Briles’ prize. Russell Couch, left, was runner-up in the shorts contest. The Senators pounded out a 12- 8 win over the Red Sox Monday night to jump into a first-place tie with the White Sox, opening half champs, in the College Station Lit tle League. Owning a 5-4 mark, the Senators pulled out of their temporary sec ond-place deadlock with the Red Sox, with the latter falling into a third-place tie with the Orioles, both clubs having 4-5 records. Monday’s game definitely was not a pitchers’ battle, as the Sen ators scored four times in each of the first two innings, while the Red Sox dented the plate three times in the bottom of the first and a similar number in the sec ond. The Red Sox tied the fracas in the fourth inning by scoring twice, but the Senators, not to be denied, tallied twice in the fifth and sixth innings to achieve the victory. Through Monday’s battle, the Senator’s Joe Olian and the White Sox’ Danny Feldman continued to J wage their fight for the loop bat- j ting championship with the mar- ' gin separating them being very thin. Olian is clouting .442 and Feldman is at .440. Following those two are the Ori oles’ Larry Randolph, .383; Jimbo Bevans, of the White Sox, .375; the Orioles’ Bill Berry, .358; Jody Rush, of the Senators, and George Outlaw, of the Orioles, both .353; the White Sox’ Hal Delaplane, .311; the Orioles’ Jackie Ross, .296; and the Red Sox’ Charles Gandy, .283. In slugging percentage, Feld man’s .640 is tops; he is trailed by Randolph, .617; Outlaw, .588; Berry, .566; and Olian, .558. Ran dolph still has the most total bases, 37, with Feldman next at 32. Outlaw leads in homers, with three, and Randolph holds his lead in doubles, 11. Feldman mov ed into the top run in stolen bases, having 12 to Berry’s 11. Randolph and Olian are tied for the lead in base hits, each having 23. In runs scored, Feldman’s 22 is barely ahead of Outlaw’s 21. Randolph’s 23 RBI are leading and Delaplane is next with 17. Based on earned run average, the Senators’ Johnny Williams is the leag’ue’s top hurler with his sparkling 1.03. Trailing him are the White Sox’ Ozzie Burke, 1.42; John Stark, of the White Sox, 1.64; Olian, 2.37; and the Red Sox’ Ricky Howard, 2.53. Stark has the most wins, five, and the best percentage, a fine .833. Burke and Williams both have 4-2 records for .667. Howard has the most complete, six, and Stark and Williams each have five. Howard also has toiled the most innings, 45. In strike-outs, the leaders are Feldman, 61, and Olian and Randolph each fanning 46. HILLCREST Sporting Goods and Hardware Co. 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