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JGlenn Cunningham, who be-
came the world’s fastest miler
"ter a boyhood accident raised
doubts that he would ever walk
wain, will speak at the Texas
AXDI Jaycee Sports Spectacular at
Texas A&M in July.
jjj Cue,■His address will be a feature
I at a dinner meeting of 1,500
'k PUR 1 1 teenage athletes here for state
pals in junior golf, tennis and
|ack.
Entrants for the July 8, 9 and
10 events will compete with fi-
■lists in their age bracket from
I ICO Texas cities for individual
■id team honors. Winners and
■inner-ups will earn a trip to
^the national Junior Chamber of
Commerce meet in Houston this
summer.
Sponsored by the Bryan-Col-
llege Station Jaycees, the Sports
iSpectacular will be staged on the
jA&M campus. Participants will
be housed in cadet dormitories
and fed in Sbisa dining hall.
I Cunningham, who holds a
Eh.D. from New York Univer-
£ ■ Jty, set a number of track rec-
$ lords in the 1930’s which still
W IRand. He was the first man to
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cover the mile in 4:04.4, a feat
unequalled for a decade. Voted
the outstanding U.S. athlete in
1933, the miler captained an
American track team that toured
overseas in 1934.
As a boy of eight, Cunning
ham was seriously burned on
both legs while attempting to
rescue his brother from a school
blaze. Doctors advised amputa
tion but Glenn was determined to
bring life back to his scarred
limbs. After years of exercise he
learned to stand for a few sec
onds, then to walk a few steps
and finally to run.
Sidney Bergoon, Sports Spec
tacular chairman, said Cunning
ham’s address will climax the
meet.
“The story of Cunningham’s
triumph over his handicap will
be an inspiration to these young
competitors,” he predicted. “We
are thrilled to have this great
sportsman and fine American on
our program.”
Cunningham lectures to school
and church assemblies on the
need for courage and conviction.
Last year he addressed a half
million students.
The father of 12 children, Cun
ningham operates a 840-acre
ranch in his home state of Kan
sas. He hosts underprivileged
boys and girls.
Ag Graduate Cops Epee Win
A Texas A&M graduate, Jos
eph A. Elliott of Tyler is a na
tional fencing champion. He won
the national individual epee
championship at Los Angeles,
A&M Fencing Master Russell K.
Wieder learned Friday.
The 1960 graduate who began
fencing at A&M is the first Ag
gie to hold a national champion
ship.
“Your instruction and training
were the basis for this victory,”
Elliott telegraphed his coach.
“Allow me to express my sincere
thanks and congratulations.”
“It’s very rarely that someone
as young as Elliott wins the first
place, usually they are about 35
or 40 years of age,” Wieder said.
DOUBLE COUSINS
These two Ag-gie gridmen, double cousins, could provide
double trouble for football foes in 1965. Glynn Lindsey
(No. 16) is a place-kicking specialist from Mineral Wells
while Ronnie Lindsey is a fullback from Hallettsville.
Both will be juniors this fall. Their fathers are brothers
and their mothers are sisters.
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SPRAY 37
Thursday, July 1, 1965
THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas
Page 7
Da llas-Fort Worth
Spurs Packing
In Baseball Fans
By HAROLD V. RATLIFF
Associated Press Sports Writer
Dallas-Fort Worth of the Tex
as League has played fewer than
half its home games and drawn
more in attendance than both
cities did all last year.
In 1964 Dallas was in the
Class AAA Pacific Coast League
and pulled in just 38,000. Fort
Worth was in the Class AA Tex
as League and attracted 78,000.
Like Dallas, Forth Worth fin
ished last in its league yet drew
more than twice as many fans.
The explanation may be that
Fort Worth had a better ball
park—it was spruced up, had
good parking facilities and better
accommodations for the fans.
Dallas, of course, was handi
capped because of the location of
its park, with parking space
strictly limited.
Then Dallas quit the PCL and
joined with Fort Worth to become
a Texas League club. An ex
periment had failed. Dallas left
the Texas League and first en
tered the American Association,
also AAA, with the idea that a
higher classification would bring
better attendance. It didn’t and
that showed classification had
little to do with it anyway.
A new ball park was built at
Arlington where the cities now
are operating their combined
club.
Arthur Hale, who through his
association with the State Fair
of Texas and the Cotton Bowl
knew all about how to get folks
into the park, gave the real rea
son why the new stadium became
an instant success.
“I went out there and saw a
ball game,” he said. “It was
wonderful—a bright new place,
clean and comfortable. It had
even been designed so that the
crowd would get the full benefit
of the breeze. It was a pleasant
place to go to. Also there was
a good ball game. That’s the
way to return minor league base
ball to the place it once oc
cupied.”
Dallas-Fort Worth has played
31 games on 30 dates in the new
park at Arlington. Total at
tendance has been 127,324—an
average of 4,241. This means
Dallas-Fort Worth will draw at
least 250,000 this year. That
will be tops for the minor
leagues. It also will mean about
100.000 will be profit.
Dallas - Fort Worth figures
150.000 will break even—2,500
per game. Thus Dallas will be
drawing 1,700 more per game
than necessary to pay expenses.
It’s like old times at Turn
pike Stadium. There have been
four crowds of 10,000 or more.
One crowd was 11,891, another
12,074. The place actually seats
10,600.
Ag Grid Brochure
Offered To Public
A limited number of 1965 A&M
football brochures are being made
available to the general public
at $1 each.
Compiled by Aggie Sports
Publicity Director Spec Gammon,
the booklet consists of 84 pages
of facts about Aggie gridders
of the past, present and future.
The brochures will be coming
off the presses around the mid
dle of July. They may be ob
tained by mailing one dollar to
the Athletic Business Office at
A&M.
Bragan Calls
Series Double
His Top Thrill
By BOBBY BRAGAN
Manager of Milwaukee Braves
It’s easy for me to recall my
biggest thrill as a player be
cause they were so few.
It happened in the sixth inning
of the sixth game of the 1947
World Series between the Dodg
ers and Yankees before a record
Yankee Stadium crowd (74,068).
The Dodgers were losing 5-4
but we got a rally going when
Bruce Edwards led off with a
single and made third on Carl
Furillo’s double. Cookie Lava-
getto batted for John Jorgenson
and when he flied out Edwards
scored the tying run.
Then I got my chance of a
lifetime—to pinch hit in a World
Series after having been in the
service two years and having
played in only 25 National
League games that season as a
catcher and pinch hitter.
I batted for Ralph Branca and
came through in what turned out
to be the only time I ever saw
World Series action. It has to
be my big major league thrill
because my two-base hit to left
field off Joe Page scored Furillo
to put us ahead 6-5. We won the
game 8-6 and tied the series at
three games each. And knowing
my wife and mother were in that
park made it that much sweeter.
Burton Shotton, who replaced
Leo Durocher as manager for the
season, made a lot of moves in
that game. Even I wasn’t on the
scene long. I had a pinch runner
—Can Bankheak. He would have
scored from second a few pitches
later when Eddie Stanky singled
to right but Dan fell down round
ing third and just scrambled back
to the bag in time. When Pee
Wee Reese singled to center both
Dan and Eddie scored to ice the
game.
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