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Bosox’ Mauch Wins 2B Job at ‘Old’ 31 NEW YORK, the age of 31 when most ball players have made it or quit trying, Gene Mauch finally has won a job as a regular in the majors. With a .356 average for 11 games, Mauch has been the surprise of the spring with the Boston Red Sox. Boston is the seventh big league stop, including two brief whirls BAStBALL and SOFTBALL GLOVES BALLS BATS SHOES Student Co-op with Brooklyn, for the veteran who broke into the Dodger organ ization way back in 1943. On the way he spent one season as a player-manager at Atlanta. “I have to prove to myself that I can do it,” said the determined infielder. “This is the best chance I ever had and I’m going to make the most of it. “There were opportunities be fore but I was not ready^. If I had been a good ball player then, I would have made it. I just didn’t hit at all, period.” The records show Mauch had a puny .216 lifetime average in the majors with Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Chicago, the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and the Red Sox. He played seven games at Boston last fall after he was purchased for a reported $75,000 from Los Angeles where he batted .348. WHITE “WINDSOR WALKERS” (You have to see them to appreciate them.) CHEAP! COMFORTABLE! HARD to WEAR OUT! See them at LOU’S ... ■ ‘ * V V C'* w" v NEW! TODAY’S HANDIEST DEODORANT STICK FOR MEN! Complete protection in an unbreakable, push-up case; no foil to fool with; easy to pack; he-man size. $1 YARDLEY OF LONDON, .nc Yardley products for America are created in England and finished in the U.S.A. from the original English formulae, combining imported and domestic ingredients. 620 Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. YARDLEY PRODUCTS MAY BE SECURED AT ELLISON PHARMACY YOUR REXALL STORE College Station and Bryan Bolling’s Homer in lOt Beats Yanks for Tigers DETROIT, (A 5 )—Frank Bolling cracked a one-out 10th inning home run and righthander Duke Maas restricted the world champion New York Yankees to three hits yesterday in a 2-1 Detroit Tiger triumph. Bolling’s home run, his third of the season, dissolved a tense pitch ing duel. Maas, beating the Yankees for the first time in his career, struck out seven and was in trouble in just one inning—the third, when New York scored its run on Andy Carey’s blooper be hind first base and Hank Bauer’s long double. Bolling’s home run came off Bob Grim, who had taken over at the start of the 10th after start er Johnny Kucks was lifted for a pinch hitter. Kucks yielded only Groneman Named Athletic Chairman Dr. Chris H. Groneman was named chairman of the A&M Ath letic Council for the year begin ning June 1 by the Board of Di rectors last Saturday. Groneman will repeat as chair man and will be joined by R. G. Goode, C. H. Ransdell, Dr. O. D. Butler and Dr. J. H. Bass. Goode and Ransdell served this year. Tiger Game Reset Today A&M Consolidated’s final Dis trict 23-AA game scheduled Tues day with Navasota on Tiger field was postponed due to rain and has been rescheduled for Wednesday at 4 p.m. If Tiger field is not in playing shape an attempt will be made to play the game on A&M’s Fish field or at Travis Park in Bryan. Edgar Feldman is slated to start on the mound for the Tigers. He has a 3-1 season record. The Tigers have now clinched the district championship with a 5-0 record and boast a season re cord of nine wins and three losses. All three losses were to AAA ball clubs. five safeties in the nine innings he worked ghd the only damage off him was Bolling’s fourth, inning triple which was converted into a run on a sacrifice fly by A1 Kaline. NEW YORK, (A?)—Johnny Anto- nelli checked Milwaukee’s early rush, pitching the New York Giants to a 4-0 shutout Tuesday night that snapped the Braves’ four-game winning streak and handed them their second loss in 11 starts. CLEVELAND, (A>)_Bob Lemon pitched his first victory of the season for the Cleveland Indians last night 5-1 by holding the Washington Senators to two hits in the eight innings he hurled and hitting a home run off loser Pedro Ramos. Gene Woodling also homer- ed for the Tribe. PHILADELPHIA, CP) — Cincin nati’s righthander Brook Law rence scattered nine hits and teammate Frank Robinson swatted a three-run homer Tuesday night as the Redlegs defeated the Phila delphia Phillies 6-3 at Connie Mack Stadium. CHICAGO, (^) — With lefty Billy Pierce back in the groove after being bombed from the mound in his last two starts, the Chicago White Sox yesterday stifled the Baltimore Orioles on six hits to maintain their American League lead with a 6-1 victory. A dropped ball by second base- man Billy Gardner on an attempted force out in the third inning led to an unearned run that gave the Sox a 2-0 bulge. And after yield ing a run in the fifth, the Sox shook pitcher Ray Moore with four runs in the seventh to nail down their eighth triumph in 10 games. Pistol Team Win Closes Ag Season The A&M pistol team closed out its season recently by capturing first place in the Marksman class of the .22 and .38 calibre team matches of the Annual Spring Pis tol matches at the Austin Rifle Club. Bill Booty of Dallas and Don Hawley of Ft. Worth paced the Aggie shooters to the team champ ionships with Booty finishing sec ond in the Marksman class of the Cal .22 slow-fire match and Haw ley placing second in the Sharp shooter class of the Cal .45 rapid fire match. James Roberts of Marathon and Charles Benson of Sour Lakq were the other two members of the win ning team in Austin. Accompanying the team were Col. H. L. Phillips, team coach, M/Sgt W. H. Card, assistant coach, and Capt. K. D. Reel, all members of the ROTC instructor group of A&M. They fired as members of the Texas Military District Pistol team which took first place honors in the Cal .22, Cal .38 and Cal..45 team matches. Y OUR DATE FOR THE CIVILIAN STUDENT WEEKEND TO DINNER AT . . . 2>J M.r.noh Restaurant — Delicatessen — Catering Phone TA 2-4749 2008-10 Texas Ave. (In The Plantation Shopping Center) Capt. Reel placed as first mas ter in the 20-shot rapid fire match and as second master in the 25- yard NRA short course. Other Aggies on the Pistol team who did not make the trip are Far- rald Belote, Garland; Neal Cam eron, Dallas; Charles Bollfrass, Houston; Jerry Powledge, Orange and Charles Campbell, Corpus Christi. The Battalion College Station (Brazos County)) Texas Wednesday, May 1, 1957 PAGE 3 Baylor Beats TCU, 7-3 WACO, —GP>—Matt Miller lim ited Texas Christian to six hits and got two home runs in sup port Tuesday as Baylor jumped into the thick of the Southwest Conference baseball race with a 7-3 victory over the Frogs. Carl Warwick got two solo hom ers for the Frogs, but Doyle Tray lor hit a three-run blast and Bill Dennis a two-run home run for the Bears. i WE BUY ALL MORE FOR YOUR BOOKS CURRENT TITLES•• HIGHEST CASH PRICES GUARANTEED!! at Cl ffe. North Gate We Buy Books 6 Days a Week From 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. LIT, ABNER By A1 Gapp V*!., awwi v- SDEEL NO, MV SONP-AMERICANS ARE TOO DELICATE TO LOOKUPON A-s h O DcArP- FRENCH CORPSE HE IS DEAD/.''- LIKE CQNGRAVULATIC SO VQO HAVE WON ZE DUEL//—ALSO, CONDOLENCES//- ZE PENALTY FOR MURDER IS ZE. GUILLOTINE//' PEANUTS By cartoonist-of-the-year Charles M. Schulz WHOEVER INVENTED ROLLER SKATES MUST HAVE HATED LITTLE GIRLS! 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