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.
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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.
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