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Stuffy” Davis, star centerfielder for the Aggies, is out
[faction for an indefinite period of time and possible the
reminder of the season due to an injury received in the
3ice|ame before the Easter holidays.
»ne of the best hustlers on the team, Stuffy got a badly
jriiised shoulder as he was giving a fruitless chase to Jim
Pox’s long fly in the sixth inning. He crashed into the left-
renter field fence, hitting square on one of the steel post
seated around the outfield.
Davis’ injury is definitely going to hurt the Aggies
hances in winning the Southwest Conference title. He has
layed in 10 games this season and is sporting a .382 batting
average which is the highest average for any regular. First-
sacklr Dick Hickerson is a close second with a .380 average.
Incidentally, Stuffy and Hickerson are two of the best
major league prospects to play for the Ags since Short-stop
Ralph Plumbee signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
★ ★ ★
Golf Coach Henry Ransom is probably the best coach in
the nation. Lou Kretlow, former major league pitcher, was
atAggieland at the start of baseball season to help the Cadet
pitchers and while he was here Ransom taught him a few
tricks of the trade in the game of golf.
iFAbout two weeks ago, Kretlow sunk what is possibly
the longest hole-in-one in the history of the game. It covered
the distance of 437 yards.
No questions have been asked, but it is supposed to be
official.
The big weightman on the Fish track team, Danny
Roberts, is one of the best track prospects to hit Aggieland in
pile some time.
1 He is excelling in the shot put, discus and the javelin,
and is doing a tremendous job in each department. In the
Fish’s only meet of the year, he lacked only one-half inch in
breaking Dallas Long’s freshman national collegiate record
in the shot put. His toss measured 53-6 Vz. In the discus
throw, he hurled the plate 148 ft. and threw the spear 187 ft.
If This weekend he gets his second chance of the season
Break more records at the Texas Relays in Austin.
B Not all of Danny’s life has been a bed of roses; he has
two big red scars—one on his right knee and another on his
left shoulder—both being the results of operations to remove
ilages.
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Chicago Cubs Have
Leader Lor 2 Weeks
By The Associated Press
Relief pitcher Ed Roebuck may
be all through—again; the Chi
cago Cubs have a leader—-for two
weeks, anyway; and the exhibition
tour finally hits a major league
park today as baseball closes in
on the start of the 1961 season.
Roebuck, who hasn’t pitched an
inning this spring because of
shoulder trouble, was placed on
the disabled list by the Los An
geles Dodgers Thursday, pending
approval by Commissioner Ford
Frick. It’s the second time in
three years that Roebuck, 29, has
been hit by shoulder miseries.
The Cubs, meanwhile, picked
Vedie Himsl from their coaching
group to open the season as quasi
manager. It’s owner Phil Wrig-
ley’s idea to go with a leader in
stead of a definite manager this
season, shifting the head man role
among the four coaches who will
be with the club at any one time.
With the season set to open
Monday, and President Kennedy
now officially scheduled to throw
out the first ball at Washington
when the Chicago White Sox meet
the new Senators, the exhibition
trail led the New York Yankees
to the St. Louis Cardinals’ Busch
Stadium today for the opener of
a three-game series.
Both were idle Thursday while
the Cincinnati Reds again clipped
Milwaukee, 6-5; the Dodgers belt
ed San Francisco 14-7, the Cubs
defeated Boston 9-5, the Detroit
Tigers trimmed Chicago’s White
Sox 7-2, the Cleveland Indians
beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-5
in 12 innings and Kansas City
smacked Minnesota 9-4.
In a night game at Miami, Bal
timore whipped Washington 8-1
with right-hander Steve Barber
blanking the Senators on four
hits in the seven innings he
worked.
The Reds came from behind with
two runs in the ninth to win at
Columbia, S.C., against the Braves’
Buhl, who went the distance for
the third time although giving up
12 hits.
Sad Sam Jones of the Giants
was tagged for nine runs in four
innings at Phoenix by the Dodgers,
who finished with 13 hits—in
cluding a double, three triples and
home runs by Duke Snider, win
ning pitcher Don Drysdale and
Charlie Smith.
Pair of Veterans
Honored at Relays
AUSTIN—Two veteran track
coaches with over 70 years ex
perience behind them have been
named, honorary referees for the
34th annual Texas Relays here
today and tomorrow, Director
Froggie Lovvorn announced.
The two are Ralph Higgins of
Oklahoma State and Uncle Joe
Turner, who retired last year at
Reagan High School in Houston
after coaching in Texas for 46
years.
Higgins, beginning his 26th year
at OSU, Stillwater, will be in
charge of the University-College
division While Turner will handle
the high school portion of the Re
lays.
lovvorn also announced that the
Relays will be dedicated to the
five Texans who competed for the
United States in the Olympic
Games at Rome last summer. They
are Stone Johnson of Dallas,
sprinter from Grambling College;
David Clark, pole vaulter from
North Texas; Earl Young, 400-me-
ters, from Abilene Christian Col
lege; Jay Arnette, basketball All-
America from The University of
Texas, and Humberto Barrera,
boxer from Robstown. Of the five,
only Johnson and Young will com
pete in the 1961 Relays,
College Station Organizes
Teenage Baseball Association
The College Station Recreation
Council took another big step for
the area teenagers this week as
they formally organized a new
summer baseball league—The Col
lege Station Teenage Baseball As
sociation.
For some time there has been
a need for such a league for older
boys since they run over the Little
League age limit of 13 years old.
Plans have been set forth for a
regular high school baseball team
and at east two Babe Ruth teams
whose age qualifications are from
13-15 years of age.
The main problem that faces
the new organization is that of
building a playing field. A field
has been planned for regulation
size with lights. There will be
approximately 300 feet from home
base to both right and left field
and almost 400 feet to the center
field fence. At least .100 lights
will be used to light the field that
will be surrounded by a six-foot
chain link fence. Dugouts will be
of concrete and concession stands
will come at a later date.
Estimated cost of the field is
$10,000 at a minimum and right
now the association needs money.
They have $2,000 and need $3,000
more. The rest of the money can
be borrowed.
Construction of the field will be
from labor donated by the men of
College Station and surrounding
areas as it was in the construction
of Little League parks in the area.
The land for the field will be do
nated by the A&M Consolidated
School Board.
Business firms and individuals
of Bryan and College Station will
be contacted and asked to pledge
any amount they can over a five-
year period. A pledge card will
be given each contributor and
pledges may be paid monthly,
quarterly, semi-annually or annu
ally. A permanent name placard
of charter contributors who donate
over $50 will be placed at the
entrance gate of the field, and
other contributors will be duly
recognized.
Officers elected at this week’s
meeting were Marshall Miller,
president; Jack Fugate, Bardin
Nelson and Flake Fisher, vice
presidents; Edsel Jones, treasurer;
Walter Varvel, secretary; and J. E.
Loupot is in charge of publicity.
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THE BATTALION Friday, April 7, 1961 College Station, Texas Page 5
It Looks Like Yanks,
Bucs Will Be Champs
By The Associated Press
New York—Well-balanced Pitts
burgh will win a five-team battle
in the National League and New
York’s power will beat Baltimore’s
pitching in the American League
to set up another Pirate-Yankee
World Series in the fall.
Los Angeles, Milwaukee, St.
Louis and San Francisco appear
capable of formidably challenging
the Pirates. The American looks
like a two-team race with Cleve
land and Chicago on the outer
fringe.
After six weeks of spring train
ing, here is the way it looks from
here:
National
1. Pittsburgh
2. Los Angeles
3. Milwaukee
4. St. Louis
5. San Francisco
6. Cincinnati
7. Philadelphia
8. Chicago
American
1. New York
2. Baltimore
3. Cleveland
4. Chicago
5. Detroit
6. Minnesota
7. Boston
8. Kansas City
9. Los Angeles
10. Washington
Naturally, any crippling injury
to a front line regular could ruin
the Pirates with their strong
starting lineup but weak punch.
The Dodgers, knee deep in young
and veteran talent, could stand
adversity better than the Bucs.
The Pirates have a solid defen
sive club—with the exception of
first base—a strong outfield and
a persistent attack. The addition
of relief man Bobby Shantz to
bolster the starting pitching lineup
of Vern Law, Bob Friend, Vinegar
Bend Mizell and Harvey Haddix
should ease Roy Face’s job.
Los Angeles has a brilliant
rookie in Willie Davis, solid bench
depth and strong pitching but may
lack the punch to put them over.
Milwaukee has the big home run
bang in Eddie Mathews, Hank
Aaron, Joe Adcock and Del Cran
dall, an improved infield with Roy
McMillan and Frank Bolling but
may be short on pitchers behind
Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette and
Bob Buhl.
St. Louis still is trying to solve
its center field problem and must
open the season without injured
Larry Jackson. However, the
Cards showed the most improve
ment last year ard should be bet
ter.
Alvin Dark must prove he can
weld all the diffuse elements into
a whole at San Francisco where
the talent is available.
Cincinnati banks on young-
pitching but lacks a second base
combination. Philadelphia is going
all the way with hustling kids who
will make their share of mistakes.
Chicago’s multi-manager setup has
Clen Hobbie, Ernie Banks and
Hope.
Ralph Honk steps into Casey
Stengel’s man-sized shoes at Yan
kee Stadium, knowing that he
must win. New York has not been
hitting- in the south and only
Whitey Ford has looked good
among the starters, but the club
is favored because Baltimore does
not appear to have the punch to
back up its sturdy young pitching.
Johnny Antonelli could make the
Cleveland staff one of the tough
est in the league. The addition
of Willie Kirkland and Antonelli
give the Tribe a good shot at the
By The Associated Press
LAWRENCE, Kan.—John Fry
failed to make good on his basket-
bail scholarship at Baylor, but he
has become the greatest shot-put
ter in Southwest Conference his
tory.
Figures released today by the
NCAA track and field service
bureau show Fry with the third
best mark in the nation in the
young outdoor season—58-10%.
The 213-pound senior from Peo
ria, 111., has been topped only at
62-6% by Dallas Long of Southern
California and a 58-10% by Mike
Lindsay of Oklahoma.
Also representing the Southwest
—a region heretofore reserved al
most exclusively to great sprinters
—are Buddy Tyner of Baylor, 10th
at 56-6, and Jim Allison of Texas,
9th at 56-7%.
One world record already has
big prize if Gary Bell comes back
strong.
Chicago has plenty of age in its
pitching staff and must count on
rookie J. C. Martin making it at
third base. The White Sox still
will be dangerous as long as Early
Wynn can keep on mowing them '"
down.
Detroit has a fine outfield, plus
two newcomers in the infield but
lacks pitching behind Jim Bunning,
Don Mossi and Frank Lary. Minn
esota has Camilo Pascual and
Pedro Ramos to pitch and Harmon
Killebrew and Jim Lemon to hit
homers. Much depends on the
shortstop play of 20-year-old Zorro
Versalles.
Boston has a promising rookie i
in Carl Yastrzemski to take over
for Ted Williams in left field but
lacks a top-flight shortstop. Kan
sas City aches for pitching after
Bud Daley and Ray Herbert. The
new Los Angeles Angels seem to
have power and a good park in
which to use it but the pitching
is ‘strictly second rate. Washing
ton’s new Senators also have the
same pitching problem and lack
power.
been tied and one intercollegiate
mark bettered.
Dennis Johnson of San Jose
State twice has run 100 yards in • ■
:09.3 to gain a share of the world
mark now held by nine others.
Abilene Christian’s foursome of
Dennis Richardson, Pat McKen-
non, Olympian Earl Young and
Bud Clanton ran 3:08.9 in the San
Angelo Relays last Saturday to
prune two-tenths of a second off
the listed intercollegiate mile re
lay record set by Texas in 1958.
Other early leaders include:
220—Bill Kemp, Baylor, :20.5;
Ralph Alspaugh, Texas, and Den
nis Johnson, San Jose State, :20.6.
Mile — Burleson, 4:01.2; John
Cooper, North Texas, 4:07.2; John
Lawlor, Abilene Christian, 4:09.2.
220-yard low hurdles—Ray Cun
ningham, Texas, :22.6; Cal Cooley, !
Abilene Christian, :22.7.
Fry Couldn’t Make
Baylor Cage Team
Opening Friday
APRIL 7, 1961 5 P. M.
Bryan’s Newest Mexican Restaurant
El Mirador
Serving The Best In Mexican Dishes
Also
Steaks, Chicken, Seafoods
FREE Sopapihhas and Coffee
Bubble Gum For The Children
Fred Becery, owner and operator of El Mirador, comes to this area from
Fort Worth with twenty years experience in the restaurant business and
pledges the very best of service and fine foods to his new friends and
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