AGS
CLINCH
HARE
By BOB WEEKLEY
Battalion Sports Editor
Wayne Schaper, the big
fireballer from Galveston,
wrapped up his fifth win of
the season yesterday and
gave the Aggies their 1959
graduation present, a South
west Conference baseball co
championship.
The Farmers are now as
sured of a tie with Texas for
the championship and need
to win Saturday’s game with
Baylor in Waco to sack up
the undisputed title.
Schaper was never sharp
er on the mound for the Ca
dets, facing only 29 batters
and giving up three hits in
nine innings of ball. Two of
those hits were scratch
bunts off the bat of Rice co
captain Fred Burns.
The big righthander was
stingy with his pitches,
throwing an even 100 balls
and strikes across the plate.
Six men went down swing
ing while only two got free
passes to first base.
Schaper was also credited
with knocking in the winning
run in the bottom of the
seventh frame with a slash
single over the shortstop’s
head to score Ralph Plumlee
who was roosting on third
base.
Rice Tallies in Sixth
Rice opened the scoring
action in the top of the
sixth when Burns got his
second hit of the day, a bunt,
and outraced the throw to
first. He stole second and
then advanced to third on a
fielder’s choice that saw all
hands safe on base.
The Owl’s leading slugger,
Dick Kristnik, walked to
load the bases and the Ag
gies were in trouble for the
first time in the game.
Lynwood Stallings, Rice
shortstop, scored Burns
w'hen he lofted a high fly to
right, Burns trotting across
the plate on the throw to
home. The threat ended
when Bob Lively was caught
off base by Schaper on a
pickoff play and was tagged
out.
A&M roared back in their
part of the inning to tie
the game at 1-1. J. B. Carroll
opened the frame by slash
ing a single to right field
and then scored on Windel
Reed’s long hit to right, rac
ing all the way from second
before the throw.
Ags Go Ahead in Seventh
The Aggies juniped back
in the next inning with
the winning run on Schaper’s
single to center. Plumlee had
reached first on a single and
advanced to second on Stuffy
Davis’s shot to left-center.
Dink Patterson, A&M’s
second baseman, grounded a
drive to the Rice third base-
man who threw to second to
force Davis, but Plumlee had
advanced to third. Then the
big Schaper advanced to the
plate and unloaded on his
single to score the run.
Rice threatened again in
the top of the ninth when
Kristnik hit a Texas Leaguer
to short center. Stallings,
the next man up, brought
the fans to their feet when
he lofted a high fly just
short of the left field fence
that was caught by Byron
Barber.
The wind, blowing strong
and gusty all day towards
home plate from left field,
had caught the hit and held
it from going over the fence.
Paul Timme was the losing
hurler for Rice and threw a
better than average game.
The lefty threw only 108
pitches and faced 30 men.
He gave up eight hits, all
singles and walked none
while striking out five.
Timme Injured
Timme’s performance was
even more exceptional as he
was throwing with an in
jured muscle in his side that
caused him pain.
A record crowd upwards
of 2,000 saw the Cadets win
the game in Kyle Field, one
of the largest groups of fans
ever to pack the bleachers.
The Aggies shoot for the
u n d i s puted championship
Saturday when they tackle
the Baylor Bears at Katy
Park in Waco. Game time is
scheduled for 2 p. m.
A&M has trimmed Baylor
in the two earlier games of
the season, winning 19-6 at
College Station and a 2-1
squeaker in Waco.
Percy Sanderson, the ace
of the Aggies moundsmen,
will toe the rubber facing the
Bear’s Rudy Raughton.
Sanderson is 6-2 in confer
ence play and has one of the
best earned run average in
the league, 1.90.
Raughton, 5-3 for the sea
son, lost to Sanderson in the
2-1 game.
(See Box Score on Page 3)
Attend
Dance
f at 8
Seniors
Annual
Saturday
Snapping of ring pictures in the
two large mock Aggie rings in
Sbisa Dining Hall from 8-12 to
morrow night will highlight a
full evening of activities for sen
iors and their dates at the annual
Senior Ring Dance and Barbecue.
As each senior has his picture
made in the ring, his date will
turn his ring around on his fin
ger.
Tickets for pictures are green
and white. The green ticket des
ignates that the senior will have
his picture made in Ring A, the
green ring, and the white ticket
is for Ring B, the white ring.
As each senior’s turn arrives,
he will get in line with his date.
As they near the head of the line,
the senior will take his ring off
and give it to her.
The photographer will instruct
the couple as to where each will
G. W. Graham
Named to Lead
1959-60 CSC
Charles W. Graham, Thorndale,
was elected president of the 1959-
60 Civilian Student Council at the
Council’s meeting last night in the
Senate Chamber of the Memorial
Student Center.
Graham, a senior veterinary
medicine major and representative
to the Council from College View,
served as vice president on this
year’s Civilian Student Council.
Arthur Roland Dommert, Crow
ley, La., was elected vice president.
A senior veterinary medicine maj
or and representative from Walton
Hall, Dommert was ti’easurer on
this year’s Council.
Other officers elected were Mike
Cai’lo, Alamo, secretary; Ben
Havard, Houston, treasurer; and
James Hall, College Station, par
liamentarian.
The 1958-59 Council held its last
meeting before the new Council
convened and discussed business
including a Senate report, Civilian
Chaplain and the Executive Com
mittee report.
Tommy Beckett, president of
this. year’s Council, was a award
ed a gold gavel in recognition of
his service on the Council during
the 1958-59 school year. Present
ing the award to Beckett was Rob
ert O. Murray Jr., adviser to the
Civilian Student Council.
Sophomores Named
To Town Hall Staff
Nineteen sophomores were se
lected Tuesday night to hold jun
ior positions on Town Hall staff
next year, according to Bill Phil
lips, Student Entertainment Mana
ger for 1959-60.
Those selected include G. W.
Arnold, Daniel Bauer, Robert
Blakewood, Max Bolton, George
Collins, Kenneth Demel.
John Ford, Ronnie Frazier, Jim
Galatin, Leonard Gould, Guyron
Laycock, John McMullin, Richard
Powell, Richard Reiser.
Fred Riggle, Jack Russell, Dee
Stirckland, Willis and Richard
Williams.
Phillips said there would be 16
seniors on next year’s staff. He
didn’t make any definite an
nouncement about next year’s
shows, but said that they should
appeal more to the students than
programs this year.
stand for the picture. The picture
will be taken as his date slips
the ring onto his finger with the
class number out.
After the picture has been tak
en the couple will pass through
the ring, pausing for a moment
for a kiss, if so desired. If a
senior wants a kissing-pose pic
ture, he may have it made at the
same time.
The band of Jimmy Dorsey un
der the direction of Lee Castle will
provide music for the dance in
Sbisa from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m.
Featured with the band will be
songstress Jan Winters.
The six Vanity Fair finalists
and the six runners-up will also
be announced during the dance.
The banquet, set for Duncan
Dining Hall at 6 p.m., will have
A. O. Saenger, ’32, of the Humble
Oil and Refining Co. as guest
speaker.
Gary Pepper, president of the
senior class, will act as master of
ceremonies at the banquet, and
Stephen Paul Voinis, vice presi
dent, will introduce the special
guests.
The invocation will be delivered
by Len Dorney and Steve Edmin-
ston, historian, will read the sen
ior class history. John Sackett,
social secretary, will introduce the
speaker.
Honored guests for the evening
include President and Mrs. M. T.
Harrington, Vice President and
Mrs. Earl Rudder, the Executive
Committee of the college, unit
faculty advisers and other college
officials.
Tickets for the dance in Sbisa
are now on sale in the Office of
Student Activities, second ’ floor
jf the YMCA and will be available
at the door tomorrow night.
The following is the ring dance
picture schedule, which is also
found on the back of each ticket.
The number on the ticket corres
ponds to the number on the right
>f the time. For instance, holders
af tickets numbered 1-30 will have
Lheir pictures taken at 8 p.m. in
Ring A, and holders of tickets
lumbered 501-530 will have pic-
tures made
in Ring
B at the Same
time.
Time
Ring A
Ring B
8:00
1- 30
501-530
8:15
31- 60
531-560
8:30
61- 90
561-590
8:45
91-120
591-620
9:00
121-150
621-650
9:15
151-180
651-680
9:30
181-210
681-710
9:45
211-240
711-740
10:00
241-270
741-770
10:15
271-300
771-800
10:30
301-330
801-830
10:45
331-360
831-860
11:00
361-390
861-890
11:15
391-420
891-920
11:30
421-450
921-950
11:45
451-480
951-980
12:00
481-500
981-1000
Mary Sue Ratcliff
• . . John Ratcliff
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Annual SP Fete To Pick
Vanity Fair Tonite in MSC
Virginia Holmes
.. . Jack Swann
Mary Elizabeth Noack
. . . Richard Noack
Theresa Miller
... Bob Williams
Outgoing Editors
To Receive Gifts
Six top Vanity Fair places will be chosen tonight from
12 lovely ladies at the annual Student Publications Banquet
in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom.
The competing finalists will be judged by the 250-mem
ber audience with the six girls receiving the most ballots an
nexing the top spots and the remaining six designated as
runners-up.
Winners of the Vanity Fair show will be announced at
the Senior Ring Dance tomorrow night, according to Rod
Stepp, editor of The Aggieland ’59.
In addition, the six outgoing editors of student publi-
tions will receive appreciation
services.
The editors will be pre
sented with gold watches en
graved with their names, their
publications and the periods
they served.
Departing editors receiving
awards are Tommie A. Hennerd
of College Station, The South
western Veterinarian; Louis C.
Stipp of College Station, The
Engineer; Roderick D. Stepp of
Wichita Falls, The Aggieland;
Delmar Deterling of Schulenberg,
The Agriculturist; Joe Buser of
Arp, The Battalion; anji Robert
T. Kerr of Coleman, The Commen
tator.
The summer editor of The Bat
talion in 1958, Johnny Johnson, will
also be presented with a watch.
Keys will be given each member
of the various staffs of the pub
lications. i
The agenda also includes the
recognition of the editors for next
year’s student publications.
Due to be recognized are Allen
McCree of Midland, editor of The
Aggieland ’59; George Ohlendorf
of Lockhart, editor of The Agri
culturist; Thomas L. Sutherland of
Mathis, editor of The Commenta
tor; Homer H. Hershey of Here
ford, editor of The Engineer;
Jimmy L. Howard, editor of The
Southwestern Veterinarian; and
Johnny Johnson of Bogata, editor
of The Battalion.
The heavy banquet docket calls
for a Smorgasbord at 6:45 p.m.,
judging of Vanity Fair by the
(See SP BANQUET on Page 4)
Carolyn Rylander
.. . L. D. Cloud
awards in recognition of their
Carolyn Beutel
.. . Fred Hunter
Elaine Kaler
. . . Clem Sherek
Charlotte Daniel
.. . Ronny Stewart
Sharon Jane Bailey Carolyn Tew
... Joe Guinn ... Clyde Tew
Two in Runoffs
27 Offices Filled
In Senate
Twenty-seven candidates were
elected outright to the Student
Senate and Election Commission
yesterday and two more candi
dates from the fifth professional
group of the School of Veterinary
Medicine in the Senate election
race are in a run-off.
In the Student Senate election
from the School of Agriculture, D.
Mickey Dungan, Class of ’60; Ver
non L. Yanta, Class of ’61; and Ed
gar Price, Class of ’62, a write-in
candidate; were elected.
Senate members elected from the
School of Arts and Sciences were
Mark G. Glagg, Class of ’60; Wil
liam F. McFarland, Class of ’61;
and Charles Cloud, Class of ’62.
The School of Engineering’s Sen
ate members are Hubert Oxford,
Class of ’60; A. W. Dunlap, Class
of ’61; and Ti mPixley, Class of
’62.
From the School of Veterinary
Medicine in the sixth professional
group, Sam H. Ridgway was
elected to the Senate. In the
Lai Carter
... Merrell Witt
Elections
fourth professional group Bruce
Ueckert was elected to the Senate.
The fifth professional group has
a run-off between Bill Brown and
Joe Smith for Senate. The run-off
will be conducted in xhe Veterinary
Medicine area by the students of
Veterinary Medicine. Both men
were named on write-in ballots.
In the race for Election Commis
sion Wayne P. Schneider, Hubert
Oxford, Danny J. Downs, Floyd W.
Kaase and Wayland Quisenberry
were elected from Class of ’60 can
didates.
Class of ’61 members elected to
the commission were Paul Martin,
William F. McFarland, Walter R.
Frazier, John M. McMullen and
Randy Yeargan.
Election commissioners from the
Class of '62 are Norris R. Gil
breath, Charles G. Crouch, Larry
B. Kirk, Robert E. Harris and Da
vid B. Robison. They were elected
as write-in candidates.
All positions filled in yester
day’s election are for 1959-60.
Although the write-in candidates
have been elected, their qualifica
tions must be checked before they
can officially take office, W. D.
(Pete) Hardesty, student organiza
tions advisor said. ■
Other positions on the Student
Senate and Election Commission
will be filled by the Class of ’63
that will enter school next fall.
Boot Dance Set
The Boot Dance will be held
Saturday night, May 23, in the
Ballroom of the Memorial Student
Center.
Dress for girls is semi-formal.
A combo from Houston will furn
ish the music for the dance.