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PngS, 4 College Station, Texas .Wednesday, May 10, 19G1 THE BATTALION ’Horns, Umpires Blast Ags In Austin, 17-3 It was a hot day and a wild game in Austin yesterday as the Texas Longhorns and umpires proved too much for the Aggie baseballers, thus Texas came out on top, 17-3. The coach adds, “I wouldn’t trade by only two bingles—but their power hitters were the big differ ence as they blasted four home runS. In SWC competition, the Ags now have a 5-7 record while the Longhorns are leading the league with a 10-1 mark. The ’Horns could? do no wrong while the hapless Aggies could do right. In the seventh inning the home plate umpire cleared the Aggie bench of everyone except the nine men on the playing field. Even the nine-year-old batboy, Harry Perkins, got the boot from the official. Left fielder Byron Barber was the only Aggie batsman to collect three hits, one of which was a double. Stuffy Davis managed two base knock, one a two-bagger, against the Texas pitching of Tom Belcher, the winning pitcher, and Bob Callaway. Ed Singley started on the hill for the Cadets and pitched a fine ghme before retiring to Bob Col lins in the fourth frame. Collins Coach Chandler lias Dream Outfield Aggie Baseball Coach Tom Chan dler might trade some of his play ers for others in the Southwest Conference but never any part of his varsity outfield. Take a look at the individual vital statistics—the batting aver ages, extra base hits, total bases, fielding averages, etc.,—and you can see why. Byron Barber in left field, Clif ford Davis in center and Ray Hall in right form what Chandler says ‘'is the best college outfield in the nation.” The coach adds, “I wouldn’t trade any one of them for any other player in the conference.” Chandler’s note of authority on the subject is backed by several major league scouts who sit in on the Aggie games. They talk in terms of profession al contracts for all three of the A&M sluggers, particularly the colorful Barber. The senior from Dallas (Adam son) has played in all 23 of the Aggies’ games this season, gone to bat 85 times and slugged out 30 hits and scored 29 runs. His batt ing average is .363. Barber, a two-year letterman, has hit four doubles and nine home runs and leads the team in total bases with 64. He is second in runs-batted-in with 24. Davis, a senior from Corpus Christi (Tulosa-Midway) has seen action in 19 games, having missed four with an arm injury. He has 26 hits in 68 trips, has tallied 17 runs, hit two two-bag gers and five home runs for 40 total bases and a .362 average. Davis has 11 RBI’s and paces the club in stolen bases with 10. Hall is a sophomore from Fort Worth (Brewer), who is batting .364. His accomplishments in 23 games are 36 hits in 98 times at bat, 28 runs scored, six two-base hits, two triples and four home runs; 58 total bases and 16 runs-batted-in. The slugging of Barber, Davis and Hall is the main reason the Aggies sport a gaudy team batting average of .287 and own a season won-lost record of 13-8. A&M is 5-6 in SWC action with four games to play—and two with the Univer sity of Texas. The 1961 Aggies have no chance to win the SWC title. But when the honors are passed around, Chandler wants to claim an award for his outfield. “They can hit, run and throw— they’re a dream outfield for a col lege coach. I wouldn’t give them up for a million dollars,” Chandler said. AMERICA'S! FINEST... WASH and WEAR SHIRT (i ? AO VfRTlSEOlN,. BOS* by Ti n nil 94.00 You’d never believe a fine quality white shirt could be so easy to care for! Just wash...hang to drip dry...and wear. A touch of the iron if you’re extra fussy! Permanent stay medium spread collar, new Duo cuff to wear buttoned or with cuff links. See this splendid value today! THE EXCHANGE STORE “SERVING TEXAS AGGIES” hurled for three innings before giving way to Jerry Warren. The men who supplied the pow er for the Longhorns were third baseman Pat Rigby, who hit two round-trippers and drove in five runs; Gary London, who sliced a three-run homer to the wrong field—his first home run of the year; and Buddy New, who pow ered a 360-ft. blast for the longest wallop of the day. Texas jumped off to a quick lead in the third frame when they scored three runs on London’s slice. From then on, the Cadets were behind. The Ags tallied with one-run innings in the fourth, fifth and the eighth on hits by Bill Puckett, Barber and Terry Cobb. Yesterday’s defeat made it mathematically impossible for the Aggies to win the Southwest Con ference baseball crown, but Texas will have close competition from the Baylor Bears who have lost only three—two of them to the Aggies. Texas has a doubleheader to play with the Bears before the crown is settled. The biggest series of the base ball season, as far as the Aggie baseballers are concerned, comes to Kyle Field Friday and Satur day when the Longhorns move in for a pair. This series should arouse considerable interest in Ag- gieland because of the arch-rival ry. SPORTS SECTION Pettigrew, Funk Lead Baylor Past TCU Horned Frogs By The Associated Press WACO, Tex.—The Baylor Bears stayed alive in the fading South west Conference baseball title race Tuesday as husky southpaw Tom Pettigrew set down the dangerous TCU Horned Frogs on four hits in a 4-2 victory. Co-captain Jerry Funk, all-con ference second baseman, was Peti- grew’s chief helper, coming up with three hits in four tries to the plate, scoring once and driving in two runs. Pettigrew won a tight duel with Frog right-hander Tommy Boyd, who gave up only nine hits and was tough with men on base. Sophomores Martin Murdock and Ronnie Goodwin each collected two Baylor hits. The game was a makeup of a game rained out earlier. 12tli Man. Gridders Prepare To Battle As the day of the big Twelfth Man Bowl game draws near both the Army and Air Force coaches are hurrying to get their boys ready. With only two days of practice remaining before the two teams will square off on Kyle Field the teams are spending the major por tions of their practice sessions on the polishing of plays. Coaching the Army eleven are Paul Piper, Ralph Smith, Joe Bob Johnson, Teddy Jack Estes, Larry Braddus and Bob Caskey. Piper, Smith and Johnson, who are han dling the linemen, are very pleased with their boys. “The one thing that looks bad for us is that our line is too light,” Piper said. “We have some big boys but not enough.” One asset that the Army line mentors see in their interior men is that they have pretty good speed, and for their size they are sbme real fighters. “I guess that we are weakest at end,” Smith remarked, “But Jamie Dunlap and Jim Davis are looking- real good.” Smith also said that Mike Keah- ey who has been moved from the backfield to end is looking good. Jim Garrett and J. B. Hansard are holding down the starting guard posts for,.the Army but Burl and Joe Terrell are giving them some stiff competition. Army coaches had no comment on any one back but said that they are all improving rapidly. The backs have been looking good in the group work, the coaches said. Meanwhile, over at the Air Base, the Air Force coaches are well pleased with the progress their boys have made so far. The staff for the Airmen include Carter Franklin, Jon Few, Eddie Van Dyke, Darlye Keeling and Wayne Freiling. Few, who is heading the back- field, had nothing but praise for all his backs. “I have two halfbacks that I am exceptionally pleased with and I think that the team as a whole »is going to put on a real good show,” Few explained. Franklin said that they had a real fine workout yesterday despite a cut hand and a sprained ankle which sidelined both starting ends. Friday night is the big day for the game and all coaches agree that it should be a good game. Dimmitt’s Coffey Decides On UofW By The Associated Press AMARILLO, Tex. — Junior Cof fey, Dimmitt’s great Negro ath lete, announced Tuesday he would attend the University of Washing ton at Seattle. Chesty Walker, former Texas high school coach, is now an assis tant at Washington. Walker re cently visited Texas and talked to Coffey about going to Washing ton. 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