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.
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“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.
Coffey was one of the few Texas
athletes ever to make two all-state
teams in one year. He was on the
all-state football and basketball
teams last winter.
The Dimmitt star said he wanted
to go to the University of Texas
but could not because Southwest
Conference schools do not use Ne
gro athletes.
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