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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Friday, March 14, 1958 PAGE 5 Ag Moundsmen Pace Team Wins By BOB WEEKLEY Numbing cold and blustery winds greeted the Aggie nine yesterday as the trotted out onto Kyle Field % for their first outdoor practice session since Tuesday. The P’armers pitching staff, once : considered the weak sisters of the „ league, have limbered up their throwing arms and limited the op posing batters to only 19 hits this season. Donnie Hullum, the strong arm man from Baytown, has faced 46 sluggers, struck out ten, walked six and given up nine hits in twelve innings on the mound. The 6-0 junior letterman has an earn ed run average of 1.33. Only one run has crossed the plate during <4 his tenure on the pitching rubber. Hullum is credited with a win against Sam Houston State. Co-Captain Toby Newton, main- 4 stay of the Aggie staff, has struck out 12 men and given up three runs and five hits for an ERA of 2.82. The slender two year letter- man has faced 31 batters in 9-% innings and walked nine. Newton has one win and loss to his credit. Righthander Percy Sanderson chalked up his first win of the season Tuesday against Texas Lutheran. The sophomore sensa tion has pitched nine innings of ball, six of them consecutive, and „ given up one run and three hits for a 1.00 ERA. Sanderson has struck out five batters and has yet to walk his first man. Twenty nine batters have faced Sanderson. Lanky Wayne Schaper has been the outstanding relief man for Coach Beau Bell’s team. The 6-6 junior has pitched three innings of ball, allowed one hit and no runs for an ERA of 0.00. He has struck out three batters and walk ed one in facing nine men. Bo Paradowski, lefthander from Bryan, has toed the mound for three innings and given up one run and hit for an ERA of 3.00. Para dowski has walked two men of the nine he faced. In x-acking up a 3-1 record this season the Aggies have collected 19 x-uns on 30 hits compared to their opponents six x-uns on 19 hits. The Cadets have left 25 men on base. The sophomoi'e infield of Bill Houchin, Dink Patterson and Ralph Plumlee have turned in outstand ing jobs in their positions. The young threesome have combined their talents to make 42 outs and 19 assists. The double play combi nation of Patterson, Plumlee and Houchin have put teamwork to gether with speed and collected two double plays. Despite a lack of practice since workouts began Feb. 15 the Farmers have played almost flaw less ball and given up only three errors. Their opponents have blundex*ed nine times. CLOSE OUT SALE on FISHING TACKLE To Help You Take Advantage Of This Lazy, Fishing Weather Just Make Lou An Offer— The More You Buy The More f You Save At LOUPOTS r , '"v igfcw ‘ Sophomore Double Play Combination Ralph Plumlee and Dink Patterson are the quick thinking twosome that pull the Cadets out of trouble with action packed double plays. They’ve done it twice this year. Fish Nine Opens Against Ramblers Coach Les Palmer’s Fish nine trot out onto the diamond tomox - - row afternoon to face the Allen Academy Ramblers in their first game of the season. Expected to start on the - mound for the Aggies is Lax - ry Wayne, Ayres, a tall, 6-1 righthandef from Pai’is. Randy Woi'tham will be his battery mate at the position of catcher. Wortham is a 180 pound er from New Boston who bats left- handed and throws from the star- boai'd side. Warming up in the bullpen for the Cadets will be Bo Galle. The 5-7 hurler from San Antonm throws the horsehide from the left side of the rubber plate. The 1958 Fish Baseball Roster: Player, Hometown Pos Agre Hgt Wgt r, John Allen, Ft. W'orth (Paschal) Larry Ayres, Paris Byron Barber, Dallas (Adamson) Ws IB P 5- 11 6- 1 160 185 Condensed Statement of Condition FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY BRYAN, TEXAS At the Close of Business March 4, 1958 ASSETS Cash and Due from Banks $2,887,561.32 U. S. Government Obligations 2,651,700.00 U. S. Government Cotton Loans 486,015.85 Municipal Bonds 26,800.00 Loans and Discounts 2,155,726.38 Banking House, Fixtures and Parking Lot 71,054.66 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank 6,000.00 Other Real Estate 2.00 TOTAL ASSETS .^$8,284,860.21 LIABILITIES Capital Stock ..$ 100,000.00 Surplus 100,000.00 Undivided Profits 298,898.49 Deposits 7,724,744.12 Reserved for Taxes 61,217.60 TOTAL LIABILITIES .7$8,284,860.21 FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Now Paying 3% Interest on Savings Accounts, Compounded Semi-Annually OFFICERS W. J. Coulter, President W. S. Higgs, Vice President J. N. Dulaney, Vice President Pat Newton, Cashier Curtis Mathis, Assistant Cashier L. E, Nedbalek, Assistant Cashier Williard E. Williams, Assistant Cashier Randal Brewer, Assistant Cashier Bobby Cloud, Ft. Worth (No. Side) 2B 18 5-11 145 Marvin Crawford, Longview 2B 17 5-6 145 Don Davis, Shreveport (Byrd) 3B 17 5-11 180 Early Davis, Corpus Christi OF 18 6-1 173 Ray Dungan, Columbus P 18 6-1 180 Allen Francis, Jasper OF 18 6-0 180 Bo Galle, San Antonio P 18 5-7 145 Richard Hickerson, Bryan IB 18 6-4 175 Terrence Kettler, Ncedville SS 18 5-10 148 Richard Roeder, Yorktown P 18 6-0 160 Harry Tanner, Dallas (Adamson) P 18 5-10 145 Joe Thompson, Bryan P 17 6-2 175 Steve Van Winkle, Peoria, 111. OF 18 6-4y 2 172 John Waits, Sheridan C 18 5-9 190 Billy Wisdom, Ft. Worth (No. Side) 3B 18 6-0 172 Randy Wortham, New Boston C 18 6-0 180 Coach: Les Palmer Okamoto Beat As SWC Meet Opens at SMU DALLAS (^1—Jody Grant, 19- year-old Southern Methodist soph omore, broke Tetsuo Okamoto’s 2- year reign as king of the South west Conference 1,500-meter free style swimmers Thursday night. Okamoto, who swam for Brazil in the 1952 Olympics, was clocked in 19:57.6. Third place went to Dick Barry, another SMU sopho more. Tommy Smith of Texas was fourth, Bob Leffingwell of Rice fifth and Dotson Smith of Texas sixth. Okamoto still held onto his con ference record of 19:21.6 set in 1956. The 1-3 finish by Grant and his teammate sent Southern Methodist rushing into the lead in defense of the team title with 11 points. Texas A&M got five points, Texas four and Rice two. The distance race was the only event on opening night of the Southwest Conference swimming meet. The carnival continues through Friday and Saturday with preliminaries each afternoon and finals at night. 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