Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1957)
) The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 4 Tuesday, March 12, 1957 Yankee pitchers Bob Turley and Don Larsen played for the 1950 Wichita team when it was in the Class A Western Assn. Wichita now is in the AAA Amer ican Assn. ATTENTION! Open 24 hours daily for your convenience COFFEE & DONUTS OUR SPECIALTY A&M DO-NUT SHOP North Gate LFL ABNER SWC Starts Thursday Swimmers Crush Texas Tech, 60-11 Warming up for their Southwest Conference title defenst Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Houston, Coach Art Adam son’s Aggie swimmers mauled Texas Tech, 60-11, in Downs Natatorium Friday night. Scheduled for Saturday, the Red Raiders showed up 2 day early, so the meet came off at night. A&M’s Fish, whc had downed Houston’s Lamar High, 45-32, Friday afternoon went back into the water to sweep all four events with a 28-S victory over the Tech frosh. Only Tech’s Bob Shackleford broke the Aggie monopoly on firsts, winning the 200-yard backstroke with Joe Steer and Jimmy Dye right on his heels. A&M captured seven o: he eight events. By A1 Capp GRUNT-’N-GROANERS — A1 Chachara, Walton Hall, pins “D” FA’s Jim Terry in the 123-pound division of Intramural Wrestling last week. Chachara moved into the finals in the upperclass men grappling. Adamson swam almost ev ery man in his squad, but the youngest member of the SWC couldn’t keep pace with the league champs. The Fish took sev^n of nine events against Lamar High in the afternoon swim fest, losing only freestyle relay. Orlando Cossani won the 100- Corps Baseball Starts Monday for 1st Time By FRED MEURER Grab your gloves, sharpen your spikes, and loosen up your “soupbones”, for on Monday, March 18, umpires arbi trating baseball games in four Bryan ball parks will bark “Play Ball”, and Corps League baseball will be officially touched-off for the first in the history of A&M! Though attempts to start such competitive programs among Corps units have been made in the past, none have ever succeeded. This year, yard breaststroke and the individ ual medley against the Redskins then swam to a first in the 100 yard butterfly against Tech. Besides winning seven of eigh firsts, the Aggie varsity swept tb second-place points. VARSITY SUMMARIES 220-yard freestyle—-1) Tetsuo Okamotc A&M; 2) Dick Hunkier, A&M; 3) Garol Henning, Tech. Time: 2.22.3. 50-yard freestyle--!> Roger Burton, A&M 2) Jimmy Dye, A&M; 3) Bob Shacklt ford. Tech. Time—:25.4. 200-yard butterfly — 1) Don Demming A&M; 2) Jimmy Rhodes, A&M. (No othe entries. Time: 2:59.3, One-meter Diving — 1) Bruce Martin A&M; 2) Bruce Gard, A&M; 3) Chuc Strehli, Tech. Martin had 212.70 points. 100-yard freestyle -— 1) Dick Hunkier A&M; 2) Skippy Fletcher, A&M; 3) Bf Lewis, Tech. Time—:52.6: 200-yard backstroke—1) Bob Shackleford Tech; 2) Joe Steen, A&M; 3) Jimmy Dye A&M. Time: 2:37.5. 440-ya,rd freestyle.-l) Jerry Mount, A&M 2) Roland Baird, A&M; 3) Garold Hen ning, Tech. Time: 5:33.2. 2O0-yard breaststroke—1) Ross Truesdah A&M; 2) Wally Penberthy, A&M; 3 Bill Pittman, Tech. Time: 2:54.1. PEANUTS By cartoonist-of-the-year Charles M. Schulz FAMILIES ARE GETTING TOO BIG! THERE ARE TOO MANY BABIES BEING BORN ! Melvin Driskill, senior B.A major from San Antonio ob tained the support of the mil itary departments, intramural athletics, faculty members and all other influencing factors, and league play will soon begin on Bryan’s diamonds. Two leagues have been formed, one composed of Air Force groups md the other made up of A r m y battalions. Each league will have seven teams, with each team sched uled to play 21 games. PEANUTS * By cartoonist-of-the-year Charles M. Schulz (hi,fuzzy-faceT) A A FEU) YEARS. AGO SOMETHING LIKE ' AT NEVER WOULD HAVE BOTHERED ME l 3^-/2. Competition will be kicked-off on March 18 when four scheduled games will be played. During the season games will be played either in the evening- or at night on Tues days and Fridays, with make-up to be played on Mondays. The regular season will end on May 14, and a ‘‘Little World Series’ or a baseball “12th Man Bowl” will climax the program on May 16. This contest will probably feature a battle between the winner of each league. SMU Fourth as Tar Heels Top Final AP Cage Poll The Associated Press The North Carolina Tar Heels, unbeaten in 27 games, Monday broke the two-year hold of the San Francisco Dons by finishing in first place by an overwhelming margin in the final Associated Press college basketball poll of the 1956-1957 campaign. The Tar Heels, winners of the Atlantic Coast Conference tourna ment last week, were given the No. 1 distinction by 55 of the 76 sports writers and broadcasters who par ticipated in the final vote. Anew idea ursmoking... all-new Salem Created by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. On the usual basis of 10 points for first place, nine for second, etc., North Carolina received 725 points. Kansas was second with 602 points followed by Kentucky with 479, Southern Methodist with 437 and Seattle, 302. In the final voting, West Vir ginia and St. Louis moved into the top 10 replacing Michigan State and UCLA. Cramming for Exams? Fight “Book Fatigue” Safely Your doctor will tell you — a NoDoz Awakener is safe as an average cup of hot, black cof» fee. Take a NoDoz Awakener when you cram for that exam ...or when mid-afternoon brings on those “3 o’clock cob* webs.” You’ll find NoDoz gives you a lift without a letdown... helps you snap back to normal and fight fatigue safely! 15 tablets — large economy size jrD (for Greek Row and SAFE COFFEE csjpit SHE 9ll of Europe. TrTr N(ou have to LIVE it! That’s why American Express Student Tours are expertly planned to include a full measure of individual leisure— ample free time to discover your Europe—as well as the most comprehensive sight-seeing program available any where! Visit England, Scotland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzer land, Italy and France—accompanied by distinguished tour leaders—enjoy superb American Express service throughout. 11 Special Tours ... 53 to 63 days . . . via famous ships: He de France, United States, Liberty, Saturnia, Guilio Cesare, Flandre. $1,448 up Also Regular Tours ... 42 days . . . $1,301 up You can always TRAVEL NOW—PAY LATER when you go American Express. For complete information, see your Campus Representative, local Travel Agent or American Express Travel Service, member: Institute of International Education and Council on Student Travel ... or simply mail the handy coupon. menthol fresh • rich tobacco taste • most modern filter I Think of a Spring breeze blowing over fresh, green grass and you’ll have a good idea how refreshing all-new Salem Cigarettes taste. The freshest taste ^ in cigarettes flows through Salem’s pure white filter. Rich tobacco taste with fjiew surprise softness... menthol-fresh comfort. Try Salem — you’ll love ’em. SaIem_refreshes,your_taste American Express Travel Service 65 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. do Travel Sales Division Yes! Please do send me complete information C -63 about 1957 Student Tours to Europe! Name.. u. .7 r.. .. .. . r.. .. . r. r...a. r. r. a. a. a. a. a. Address.. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. r. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. a. City. . . . A. A* A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A.... .Zone State. PROTECT YOUR TRAVEL FUNDS WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVE1ERS CHEQUES-SPEND ABIE EVERYWHERE