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College Station, Texas
Friday, April 8, 1960
S
PORT SLANT
By JOE CALLICOATTE
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This must be the year of change in almost all phases
of football in the Lone Star State.
The Interseholastic League has been busy all year chang
ing and revising its rules and regulations;
One of their first changes was to adopt a code of ethics
that really wasn’t needed, since most of the teams and
coaches are about as ethical as they come.
Another change looking the Interscholastic League in
the face is in regard to eligibility of high school transfer
students. They contented it is pretty hard on a boy whose
family has to move around to make a living. However, there
has been some problem with high schools trying to do a
little recruiting in the past few years.
At the present the old one-year rule is still in use, but
there is plenty of agitation both for and against it.
Pros and Colleges
The prose and Colleges are getting in their share of this
year’s changes too.
The prose would like to change their playing days from
Sunday, which would conflict with some of the college and
high school games played on Friday and Saturday. They
also have expressed a strong desire to use some of the col
lege stadiums.
For instance there was one pronosal for the pros to
pse the Cotton Bowl and let the New Year’s game be plaved
in Houston. Well it would comnlicate matters. In the first
place there could be only one Cotton Bowl and it should be
in Dallas, where it alw’ays has been. In the second place
Houston has just formed their Bluebonnet Bowl that is
played a few days before New Year. Either there would be
two games within a few' days of each other or the Bluebonnet
or Cotton Bowl would cease to exist. Besides you just can’t
have a Cotton Bowl game without a Cotton Bowl.
The whole problem was brought about in the first place
when the pros came dow r n to “the college football territory.”
College Changes
Some of the colleges are getting into the changing act
by moving the game time to 7:30 instead of the standard 8.
Teams that wall play in Fort Worth, Austin, Lubbock
or on Kyle Field have made the change.
_ Representatives from Dallas, Houston and Little Rock
decided that the heavy afternoon traffic would cause too
much of a hardship on the fans if their times were changed.
The new time will offer several advantages and not too
many disadvantages for those cities mentioned.
Probably the most good will be done for the teams and
sports writers. In the past sportwriters who worked on the
metropolitan papers had to rush at break-neck speed to
meet their dealine. Sometimes there wasn’t enough time to
get a polished, story in the paper, but now the extra 30
minutes will give the writers a chance for their best pro
duct and give the teams everything they deserve.
Why?
Why so many changes? Probably no one reason could
be nailed down, but the number of football teams in Texas
could be a contributing factor.
So far there are 966 teams slated for grid action in
Texas during the coming year. There has been three new
pro teams added besides the already existing 916 high school
teams, 27 senior college teams and 14 teams from the junior
college ranks.
The football population will put approximately 50,000
players in uniform for 1960.
Anyone care to go into the sporting goods business?
Cadets Secure Cage Star
Special to The Battalion
Lynn Merritt, a 6-5 All-State
forward from Robstown, today
announced he would attend A&M
next fall and signed a letter of
intent with Cadet Head Coach
Boh Rogers.
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David Lowman of Bizzell Hall took the Class A intramural
cross country championship yesterday. The cross country
event was scheduled for the first semester, but had to be
rescheduled because of bad weather.
INTRAMURALS
There were only two undeter
mined leagues in Class A softball
as of yesterday. Those teams
which have already won their re
spective leagues are Co. D-2, Co.
G-2, Co. F-l, Co. A-1 and Sq. 11.
In the only game played in Class
A softball yesterday Co. M-2 post
ed a victory over Co. H-2.
Freshmen softball is also near
ing an end as there are only two
undetermined leagues in this class.
Co. A-2, Co. B-2, Co. F-l, Co. G-l
and Co. D-l have already won their
respective leagues.
Four tennis matches were played
in Class B competition as Co. D-2
posted a victory over Sq. 11, Sq. 17
won their match from Co. C-l, Sq.
9 defeated Co. B-l and Co. G-2 won
over Co. E-2.
also slated in tomorrow’s schedule.
Cross country results will appear
next week.
Freshmen Settinff
Hot Baseball Pace
Today’s competition will com
plete the league winners in both
Class A and Class B softball. Class
C softball and freshmen tennis are
The freshmen baseball team is
setting a hot pace on the diamond
this year, boasting a 4-1 record.
As a whole the team creates a
hot spot on any diamond, but some
of the individuals keep adding
plenty of wood to the fire..
Bill Musemeche is pounding the
horsehide at a .583 pace closely
followed by Jerry Carter with .471.
Musemeche’s total has five doubles
and a homer figured in it.
Jerry Warren is the Fish’s top
pitcher with a 3-0 record followed
by Mike Spence’s 1-0 record. Ed
Singley has lost ,one game but has
an earned run average of .52.
Owls, Aggies Tangle Today
In ‘Crucial’ Conference Battle
By JOE CALLICOATTE
Battalion Sports Editor
The Aggie baseball team meets
the “once favored” Rice Owls today
on Kyle Field in a contest that
could create a bigger problem for
the Owls or give the Ags a 4nuch
needed shot in the arm.
Rice was almost everyone’s pre
season pick for the Southwest Con
ference championship, but lately
things haven’t been going so good
for them. The Owls were downed
9-3 by the SMU Mustangs earlier
in the week, which brought their
conference record to 2-1 and put
Baylor and Texas in a tie for first
place honors.
The Bears and Longhorns both
stand 3-1 in conference compe
tition.
If the Cadets wan to equal their
last year’s record, today is the
time to start because they must
win the remaining 10 conference
games to have the 11 wins they
chalked up last year.
Lately the Cadets have been
nosed out by a lone run in several
games which is just the opposite
Roeber—
High Jumper
We find an interesting little
news item in the Hallettsville
New-Era Herald dated way back
in 1924.
The article says that Charles
Roeber, business manager of
A&M, set a new high jump record
while a senior at Hallettsville
High School. On April 5, 1924,
Roeber leaped 5-8, besides win
ning the pole vault event.
that they did in the final stretch
of last year’s SWC race. They
won the majority of the last games
by one run.
Pitching and errors have been
the Ags biggest headaches this
season. Most of the games have
bden fairly close until the final
two innings and the opposition
would nose them out.
The only conference victory the
Cadets have mustered was a 16-6
drubbing handed SMU in their
opener.
A three-man pitching battery
has had to share most of the
Cadets’ load in conference play.
Don Costlow is boasting the best
earned run average with his 3.74.
He is followed by Olen Jordan and
David Pitcock with 4.69 and 4.26.
Jordan received credit for the lone
win against the Ponies.
John Burton has taken over the
slugging lead for the Ags with
his .625. Johnny Hudson has .500;
Pitcock has .400; Bill Houchin has
.333; Don Davis has .333; and
Byron Barber rounds out the over-
300 class with .313.
Today’s game is half of Rice-
Aggie activity for the weekend as
they play again tomorrow at 2
p.m.
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Merritt, one of the most sought
after cage stars in the state this
past season, scored 2,321 points
during his three-year tenure with
the Class AAA Robstown High
School.
In 44 games this past season,
Merritt averaged 27.3 points per
game and thrice surpassed the
40-point standard in single con
tests.
Merritt is a member of the
National Honor Society and was
president of his graduating class
at the South Texas High School.
And he will play in the annual
High-School All-Star game in Ft.
Worth early in August.
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11:00 A.M.—Morning: Worship
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6:30 P.M.—Young People’s Servlet
7:30 P.M.—Preaching Service
COLLEGE HEIGHTS
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
6:30 P.M.—Young Peonle’s Servlet
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7:30 P.M.—Evening Worship
BETHEL LUTHERAN -
CHURCH
(Missouri Synod)
8:15 A.M.—Morning Worship
9:30 A.M.—Church School
10:45 A.M.—Morning Worship
UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP
9:30 A.M.—Church School, YMCA
8:00 P.M. Each Sunday—Fellowship
Meeting, YMCA
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E:30 A.M.—Church School
8:15 A 10:45 A.M.—Morning Worship
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11:00 a.m.—Sunday Service
8:00 P.M.—Wednesday Evening
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1:00-4:00 p. m. Tuesdays”--Reading
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7;00-8:00 P.M.—Wednesday, Reading
Room
A&M CHRISTIAN CHURCH
8:30 A.M.—Coffee Time
9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Servlcea
ST. THOMAS
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
8:00 A.M.—Holy Communion
9:16 A.M.—Family Service
A&M CHURCH OF CHRIST
9:45 A.M.—Bible Claasea
10:45 A.M.—Morning Woralltp
6:15 P.M.—Bible Clasa
7:15 P.M.—Evening Service
A&M METHODIST CHURCH
9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
10:55 A.M.—Morning Worship
5:30 & 6:00 P.M.—MYP Meetings
7:00 P.M.—Evening Worship
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
CHAPEL
7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 A.M.—Sunday
Masses
6 :30 A.M.—Mon., Wed., Fri. & Satur
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11:00 A.M.—Sermon
7:00 P.M.—Evening Prayer
8:45 A.M.—Priesthood Meeting
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10:00 A.M.—Sunday Schoo.
7:00 P.M.—Sacrament Meeting
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
9:40 A.M.—Church School
11:00 A.M.—Worship
6:15 P.M.—Training Union
7:15 P.M.—Worship
FAITH CHURCH
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
9:15 A.M.—Sunday School
10:30 A.M.—Morning Worship
7:30 P.M.—Evening Service
A&M PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
9.45 A.M.—Church School
11:00 A.M.—Worship
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thereabout, ‘‘behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
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afraid, and bowed :
down their faces to the
earth, they said unto ■;
them, Why seek ye 'the
living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but
is risen: 'rtuiembei
how he spake unto
you when he was yet
in Gal'i-lee, 7 Saying,
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hands of sinful jtmtn,
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the third day rise again.
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The Church is the greatest factor on
earth for the building of character and
good citizenship. It is a storehouse of
spiritual values. Without a strong Church,
neither democracy nor civilization can
survive. There are four sound reasons
why every person should attend services
regularly and support the Church. They
are: (1) For his own sake. (2) For his
children’s sake. (3) For the sake of his
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with Him.
But when the Master asked the twelve, “Will
ye also go away?” Simon Peter answered, “Lord,
to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of
eternal life.”
Never underestimate spiritual intuition! Peter
sensed long before the first Easter that Christ’s
mission was to lead men to eternal life!
As Easter approaches, millions of men and
women realize a spiritual intuition. It calls them
to their churches to worship the Risen Christ.
It prompts them to embrace with new fervor
convictions that sometimes have become casual.
Cherish that hunger for spiritual renewal.
Fortify it as Peter did with an honest evaluation
of man’s helplessness apart from God. To Whom
shall we go? Only Christ offers the Truth and
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