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Th* Battalion Cnllejaw Station (Brazon County). Toxa* Thursday, April 9,1959 PAGE 5 Troubles Plague Ag Nine By BOB WEEKLEY Battalion Sports Editor Sore arms, rain and unnecessary errors are bugging the Aggie base ball nine as the season sweeps along with the Farmers in a tie for second place, half a game be hind the league-leading Texas Longhorns. The Cadets now boast a 3-2 Southwest Conference mark and will put it on the line Friday and Saturday when they face the Bay lor Bears, a resurging team with an improved 2-3 mark. The Bears are fresh from a 4-3 victory over the SMU Mustangs and are cur rently in a tie for fourth with TCU. Bear Starters Probable starters for the Bears against the Aggies are Don Riddle, team captain and third baseman; Dick Sale, centerfielder; Jerry Kunk, second baseman; Don Cor- bo, first; Billy Humphrey, right fielder; Jim Carrell, catcher; James Conley, chortstop; Ted Uh- laender, left fielder; and probably Gerald Johnson or Ted Shelton on the mound. Sore arms are currently troubl ing two of the Aggie hurlers with Larry Ayres being the newest addi tion to that list along with senior co-captain Donnie Hullum. Coach Tom Chandler says that Ayres probably won’t be able to throw until Monday while Hullum has been coming along nicely, but still is able to throw only three- quarters speed. The bullish Ayres has a 3-1 won-loss recoi'd and leads the Farmers in, the. earned run department with a 2.92 ERA mark. Aggie Hurlers Percy Sanderson, Wayne Schap- er and perhaps Hullum are likely candidiates for the mound against the Bears with Ayres in the back ground with faint hopes of seeing any duty. Schaper, winner over TCU Tues day, has the best record of the three with a 3-1 mark. He has struck out 15 while allowing 16 runs to cross the plate on 24 hits. Schaper has walked only eight while five men have tagged him for homers. Righthander Sanderson has thrown several good games, weak ening only in the stretch and has won 2 and lost the same amount. The Aggie senior has also given up 16 runs but has allowed 29 hits jmd walked 16. His ERA is 3.80. 1GDH H 5aj d /v ' ou S of sport UJOJJ- tppinrtcj m ¥ [T ¥ 3 3 1 0 0 3 ¥ O "1 3 N 3 x V, 1 V V D S • d m ¥ m 9 1 d s i s 3 N. O 1 0 o A *1 N 0 i 1 1 0 y 3 Jj M si 1 ¥ d m m ■ 3 3 H ± m s 3 3 M 1 m s a JL d O O 0 H 3 A O W 0 9 V M 0 N S LI V ¥ I.CSIMX Ol HOOON3 I lODM OOA 3 >1 v a a «3MSNV 1GDM is Mr? 4% the man who PAYS MORE asks you to COMPARE COMPARE — Jefferson Standard strength — Jefferson Standard pre mium rates —- Jefferson Standard interest income return to policyholders and beneficiaries. Let us give you full particulars. Judson C. Womble, ’40 2601 Texas Avenue Phone TA 2-0018 Representing Jefferson "andard LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Home Office: Greensboro, N.G Cadet Hitting Improved Meanwhile the Cadet hitting has never looked better while their fielding has gone somewhat to pot. Errors have cost them two SWC games and in Tuesday’s tilt with the Frogs allowed several runs to cross the plate. Catcher Gary Herrington leads those who have been at bat ten times or more with a .386 at the plate. The stubby senior has blasted three homeruns and five doubles, scoring ten runs. Stuffy Davis is only a step be hind Heiuington with a .378 sea son average and has 12 RBI’s to his credit. Davis has rapped out 4 doubles and sti-uck out five times. Sophomore Dick Hickerson has slipped some in the batting depax-t- ment but still carries a better than average .357. Hickerson leads the team in three-baggers with two and has four doubles. The south paw is the stai’ting first baseman. Reed Makes Comeback Windel Reed, all-SWC two years ago, is making his comeback and is slugging a mean .313 average. Reed has struck out twice while collecting nine RBI’s. Pinch hit ter Don Chase has been at the plate 13 times and batted safely four of them for a .308 average. The smallest man on the team, 5-8 J. B. Carroll, leads the team in whiffing, but still manages to bat over .300 with a . .303 season mark. Carroll has two doubles and a triple to his credit. Reaching for the .300 mark is Dink Patterson with a tight .295 at the plate. Patterson got his second homer this year against TCU and has nine RBI’s. Byron Leads Sluggers Out in center field the balding Byron Barber has emerged as the power man on the team and has four homei’s, two of the round- trippers being chalked up in the last game. Barber leads the team in RBI’s with 17, and has two doubles and a triple in 60 trips to the plate. Ralph Plumlee round out the starting nine, not counting the Three to Face the Bears Donnie Hullum, Percy Sanderson or Wayne Schaper are likely starters for Coach Tom Chandler’s Baseball nine as the Farmers tackle the Baylor Bears Friday and Saturday in Waco. The Aggies are currently tied for second in the SWC with a 3-2 mark. Ageless Williams To Miss Opener BOSTON OP) — Ted Williams walked briskly from New England Baptist Hospital Wednesday wear ing an obviously uncomfortable surgical collar, and told newsmen he will miss the start of the 1959 season. The 40-year-old American Lea gue batting champion said he was uncei’tain when he will be able to rejoin the Red Sox. He is suffer ing a pinched-neck nerve with re sultant shoulder pain. Williams said everything de pends on what he hears from the doctor a week from Wednesday. The Cincinnati Redlegs had 26 votes for the National League All- Star game. Each of them voted Stan Musial as the first baseman. INTRAMURALS Squadron 17 and A Infantry hold first and second places in both Class A and B Intramurals. Squad ron 17 is first in Class A, second in Class B, while A Infantry is first in Class B and second in Class A. C Infantry followed their bat talion-mates in Class A in third place, and B Infantry completed the top four picture in fourth place with 620 points. League finals in Class A soft- ball show A Infantry topping lea gue B with a 3-1 standing. Maroon Band took league E with a 4-0 re cord, and A Vets were high in lea gue H with a 4-0 record. In Class B softball, two league champions have been determined. B Ordnance leads league A with a 3-1 record and A Transportation topped league C with a perfect 4-0 total. Two more leagues in Class A golf have been decided. A Infantry took all four matches to win lea gue E, and their battalion-mates, record. The intramural rifle matches B Infantry, again took a victory, winning league F with a 4-0 match went off without interruption from the rain yesterday. A Signal won their match with Maroon Band in a 455-379 victory. Richard Wade shot the high score for the win ners with a 117. The lowest score on the team was a 112. Rod Grif fith shot the high score- of the match for Maroon Band, a 122. C Engineers downed the big- gunners, B Field, 410-341. Martin of the Engineers shot the high score of the match, a 111. C Armour outgunned Squadron 1, 426-405 in league H. Max Gun ter of Squadron 1 posted the high score with a 125 total. C. C. Lan- ningham tied with Gunter for high total with a 125. The proposed match between A Transportation and Squadron 12 was a double forfeit, neither team showing up for the match. JOIN JtaufudA Silver $ Club YOU CAN NOW WIN . . . $37.50 KQDL KROSSWORD No. 22 ACROSS 1. Not a longhair 4. In Nasser’s league 8. Kools are Fresh 12. Misrepresenta tion 13. 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