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Myers Says Practice Best in Three Years THE BATTALION Page 4 College Station, Texas SPORTS Wednesday, March If!, 19(;o 6 Enthused over the fine spring football practice just ended, the Aggie coaches hit the recruiting trail this week. Coach Jim Myers called A&M’s spring training “by far the best that I have been associated with and certainly the.finest in the past three years.” Improvement was noted at all positions especially at quarterback where good running speed and ade quate passing abounds. Biggest concern according to Myers will be the inexperience of the Aggies next fall but he feels this can be offset by aggressive ness, speed and size. The 19G0 Aggie grid team will feature youth with a sprinkling of junior lettermen and with few seniors. Only nine seniors will be on the squad next fall. For the first time in several years A&M wilj have depth at all positions plus speed and size even though these assets largely are in the large sophomore crop from last fall’s fine freshmen prospects. The success of the 1960 Aggie team will depend largely on how fast the sophomores develop plus which of the four quarterback can didates takes charge of the team. Last week’s final game produced some fine running on the part of fionnie Brice, freshman quarter back from Andrews, and also re vealed the experience of game- wise Powell Berry, two-year letter- man senior to be from Snyder. Other candidates are Daryle Keel ing of Tyler and Babe Craig of Knoxville, Tenn. Keeling was a soph squadman last fall while Craig is a transfer from Tennessee 9 'kl who will have two years eligibil ity. Several candidates missed all or part of spring practice with in juries but will be counted on heav ily next fall. These include Senior Halfback Randy Sims of Houston, Junior HB Jim Murphy of El Reno, Okla., and End Richard Love, Lampasas junior, who miss ed all of the workouts. Sopho more guard candidates Jim Har per of Borger and Walter La- Grone of Carthage missed all but three days of drills with injuries. Based on spring practice Myers gave a breakdown by positions. Ends—Ralph , Smith, Phillips senior; Russell Hill, Dallas junior; Bob Phillips, Corpus Christi jun ior; Mike Clark, Weatherford sophomore; Don McClelland, Crow ley, La., senior and Bobby Hunt ington, Plainview sophomore. Tackles — Wayne Freiling, San Antonio junior; Wayland Simmons, San Antonio junior; John Strad- inger, Houston sophomore; George Hogan, Longview sophomore; Joe Eilers, Halletsville junior and Ben Krenek, El Campo sophomore. Guards—Wayne Labar, Harlingen senior; Carter Franklin, Kerens senior; Keith Huggihs, Houston sophomore; Jim Phillips, Freeport sophomore; Joe Bob Johnson, Gar land junior and David Powitzky, Pasadena sophomore. Centers — Roy Northrup, Ama rillo senior; Jerry Hopkins, Mart sophomore; Larry Braaddus, Cald well junior and Paul Piper, Brown- wood senior. Quarterbacks — Powell Berry, Snyder senior; Ronnie Brice, An drews sophomore; Daryle Keeling, CHS Blasts Huntsville, 7-2, in Opener By RUSSELL BROWN CHS Correspondent The masterful three-hit slants of Vic Clark and Johnny Williams plus a quick three run spurt in the initial frame gave the A&M Consolidated Tigers an opening day 7-2 victory over the Huntsville Hornets Tuesday. Clark had the Hornets eating from the palm of his hand for the first five frames, pitching hitless ball, whiffing ten and allowing only one runner to reach first. Williams took over in the sixth and yielded three hits for two runs in the final frame before fanning the final two Hornets. Ben Jackson led the Bengal ef forts at the plate with a double, single, and a free pass in three trips. He knocked in two tallies. Soph Bill Haley continued the rampage on losing hurler Paul Lindsey with a double and single in four trips. Consolidated struck early when leadoff man Kelly Parker reached on an error and Williams and Haley singled. Jackson lined his double into left center to give the Bengals a quick 3-0 count. The Maroon and White added three more in the sixth on three Hornet errors and P. D. Gandy’s double. Haley’s double in the seventh and two passed balls gave the Bengals their final tally. Tyler junior; Babe Craig, Knox ville, Tenn., junior and Fred Deu- trich, Bellville sophomore. Halfbacks — Jack Estes, Olton senior; Jon Few, Midlothian sen ior; John Kent, Houston sopho more; Eddie Van Dyke, San An tonio junior; Bob Caskey, Gonzales junior; Ronnie Ledbetter, Dalhart sophomore; John Hitt, San Benito sophomore and Eddie Dolezal, San Antonio sophomore. Fullbacks—Lee Roy Caffey, Thorndale sophomore; Sam Byer, Marlin sophomore; S. J. Halpin, Beaumont junior; and Bob Bindley, Del Rio sophomore. A&M will open the 1960 cam paign against LSU at Baton Rouge on Sept. 17, then meets Texas Tech at College Station, Trinity at San Antonio, Houston at Houston, TCU at College Station, Baylor at Waco, Arkansas at College Sta tion, SMU at Dallas, Rice at Hous ton and Texas at Austin. Intramurals Sq. 11 soared to the 1960 Class A volleyball intramural champion ship Monday night as they defeat ed Co. G-l in the final playoffs. The winning team was composed of Brieden, McDaniel, Wilson, Lud- eke, Sanborn and Brunt. Pan American took their cham pionship in volleyball as they de feated Mitchell the same night in Class C finals. The championship team was made up of Aldape, Say- aveora, Villari'eal, Carrillo, Benito, Buentello, Garza, Vasquez and Lobo. In Class A rifle competition, Co. A-l recorded a 413-301 win against Sq. 2; Sq. 14 scored 410-322 over Co. B-l; Co. F-l defeated Co. C-2 by a 475-411 score; Co. F-2 blas ted Sq. 1 by a 417-180 score and Co. G-l beat Co. B-2 by a 492-450 score. In upperclassmen tennis, Co. D-2 defeated the White Band; the Ma roon Band won over Sq. 10; Sq. 5 beat Sq. 17; Sq. 7 outplayed Sq. 8 and Co. B-2 defeated Sq. 13. The Fish started wrapping up the volleyball schedule as Sq. 11 posted a win over the Maroon Band; Co. H-l defeated Sq. 10; Sq. 3 won over Co. K-2; Co. H-2 de feated Sq. 17; Sq. 2 recorded a win over Co. G-l; Sq. 13 beat Co. D-l; Sq. 8 defeated Sq. 9; Co. F-l posted a win over Co. D-2. £ • . ilSS - I I Aggie Basebailers Try Bulldogs Today iy* - • - - * Strickly Posed Coach Tom Chandler, right, took a little went through a brisk workout in prepara time out in yesterday’s practice session to tion for today’s game with the Texas Luth- pose with some of his team. The Cadets eran Bulldogs in Seguin. Texas Evaluates Prospects For 1960 Olympic Games By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Associated Press Sports Writer What are Texas’ prospects for the Olympics team this year? In 1956 there were two—Bobby Mor row, the great sprinter of Abilene Christian, and Eddie Southern, versatile star of the University of Texas. There were other Texans on the team but they were from colleges in other areas so Morrow and Southern were the only authentic olympians from Texas. Morrow won both sprints and ran on the victorious 400-meter relay team. He was making one of the greatest individual showings in the history of the world-wide games. Southern ran second in the 400- I! 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Materials: one 4 cz, hllh 'Vaseline*Hair Tonic it’s clear, it’s clean, it’s Vaseline HAIR TONIC ‘Vaseline’ Is a registered trademark Of fliesebrougli-Pond's Inc. © m Your Vaseline Hair Tonic May Be Purchased At Hon AGGIELAND MAIN RIDGECREST HOSPITAL PL armacu NIT Takes Pause; Bonnies Surprise Way to Semifinals NEW YORK (A 3 )—The National Invitation Tournament takes a 24- hour breather today while the bas ketball gentry savors the play of little Sam Stith that has fired streaking St. Bonaventure into the semifinals along with top-seeded Bradley, Utah State and Provi dence. Sam’s savoring it, too. ‘Oh, man, it was delicious,” he said Tuesday night after scoring a tournament high of 37 points in the Bonnies’ 106-71 route of de fending champion St. John’s. Sam, a chunky 6-2 bundle of speed, has scored 64 points in St. Bonaventure’s two NIT victories so far. With his ball-hawking and floor generalship added in, he’s overshadowing his more publiciz ed brother, Tom, the nation’s No. 2 scorer with a 32-point average. This although Tom has scored 51 points in the two games and has rebounded well. “Little brother has his fun now and then,” grinned Sam, who is actually the older of the two Stiths. He is referred to as “lit tle” because Tom is 6-5 and the higher scorer over a season. “Let’s hope we both have a big one com ing up for Bradley. They’ll be tough and won’t rattle as easy as St. John’s did.” The Bonnies, now 21-3 with an 18-game winning streak, get their semifinal test Thursday night against Bradley, the nation’s No. 4 team with a 25-2 record after spilling Dayton 78-64 in the opener of Tuesday night’s doubleheader. Providence 23-4 and Utah 23-4, who won their quarter-final games on Saturday, meet in the other semi with the two winners playing for the tournament championship Saturday afternoon. “Our half court press did it against St. John’s,” said St. Bona venture coach Eddie Donovan. “But ■ Bradley’s a much more seasoned club We’ll use about the same kind of defense, with maybe a couple of adjustments. St. John’s is young and we got a lot of steals off the press. You can’t expect to do that against Bradley.” meter hurdles to Glenn Davis. It was considered a fine performance since Southern was only a college freshman. But it left something for him to shoot at. Morrow and Southern are trying for a return to the Olympics. Southei'n is a good bet to make it but there’s considerable doubt about Morrow. Even his coach, Oliver Jackson, admits the sprinter is facing a “tough fight.” Morrow lost something more than a race last year when he got a leg injury in the Meet of Cham pions at Houston. He never could attain the condition he knew when he was the big man of the Olymp ics. He failed to even qualify in the National AAU, thus didn’t get to compete for America in the dual meet with Russia or in the 'Pan American games. i Morrow has been working for the Olympics ever since then and apparently is back in sound phys ical condition. But he may be battling two things: psychology (the great failure he experienced may have jarred his confidence) and incentive. Morrow is out of college now and making a place for himself in banking. Will he pay the price that a return to the Olympics en tails? He already has experienced the greatest glory a track man might attain and he also has suf fered deep humiliation that might have left him a little bitter. The guess is that Morrow won’t make the Olympics once more al though that certainly is not the personal desire of the writer. Mor row has epitomized the finest in athletics. He has been a great credit to sport, to Texas and to himself. Southern should make the Olympics without undue trouble. He again probably will have Davis to compete with, in either the 400- meter dash or the 400-meter hurdles, whichever he chooses. But Southern beat Davis the last time he ran against the Ohio State bullet. Davis was ill at the time but neverthelers Southern beat his jinx. He went on to the champion ship of the NCAA in the 400-yard dash. Southern has the confidence and desire to become king of the 400- meter men in the Olympics. - There are few other Texas ath letes who appear capable of mak ing it although the Border Olym pics— the first big meet of the year showed Texas would have a fair share of top tracksters. Prob ably the best showing was that of David Clark of North Texas State, first Texan to go over 14 feet in the pole vault in some time. A1 Lawrence of Houston is a bright Olympic prospect. Trouble is that he is an Australian and must compete for that country if he goes to the Olympics. The Aggie baseball team trav eled to Seguin today for their re turn game with the Texas Luther an Bulldogs. In their first contest with the Bulldogs the Ags came out with a 2-1 win, which has been their only victory in three starts this season. Olen Jordan will probably start on the mound for the Cadets and the rest of the lineup will depend largely on whether the Bulldogs are fielding a right hander or a southpaw on the mound. The Farmers will be trying to recover from the 7-0 lashing hand ed them by the potent Rice Owls last Saturday. Besides having trouble with their pitchers, the Cadet batters are in a slump also with only two men hitting above the .300 mark to bring the team average down to a .209. In the pitching department Jack Roeder is the only man to record a win as he allowed only two hits when he did relief work against the Bulldogs in the first meeting. The Cadets have had their chances to win, but when scores have been at stage the hatters haven’t been able to connect with the horsehide. Dink Patterson, Byron Barber and John Burton have been the only Aggies to register more than one RBI. Patterson and Barber have three each and Burton has two. Today will he the Ags’ last chance for a practice tilt before they open Southwest Conference play in Kyle Field against South ern Methodist Saturday. Gary Herrington, freshman coach, has been working earnestly with his Fish, but says they still have a long way to go. The Fish will travel to Corsicana Thursday for their opener with Navarro Junior College. S PORT SLANT By JOE CALLICOATTE S The sight of Bob Rogers and Shelby Metcalf drinking coffee in the Memorial Student Center has been scarce lately. Both have been busy talking to prospective athletes for next fall. * Undoubtly they have some top athletes in mind, but they won’t be able to sign until April 1. ★ ★ ★ If girls are admitted to Aggieland, it might be a good idea for some of them to try out for the basketball team. Taking a look at the recent scoring rundown of the girl’s state tourney playoffs one can see that they outpointed most of the boys by a considerable amount. 35 and 40 points were quite common for the girls in tha playoffs. ★ ★ ★ A&M has lined up some top attractions for its football teams in the next several years. 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