The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1929 Page: 3 of 4
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By ELBERT TURNER
The widely heralded sprint of the
century between one Claude Bracey
<ft Rice Inetitute and a Mr. Percy
Williams of British Columbia, will not
take place today at Austin during the
running of the fifth annual Texas
Belays.
What had been noised about as a
possible 5000 meter duel between
Paavo Nurmi, the Phantom Finn, and
Captain Emmett Brunson, premier
middle distance runner of the South-
west Conference, has faded into thin
air.
For one thing, it is highly doubtful
If Williams will be present at the
Texas Relays. For another, Bracey
would probably be unable to meet him
him due to the several 100-yard dashes
for which he is carded in the univer-
sity class.
Captain Brunson is taking part in
too many relay events to battle it out
with Nurmi. The Finish distance wiz-
ard will step over the cinders in a
special race against Ray Conger.
Lots of Pigskin
Coach Jack Meagher announces that
spring football training at Rice will
more than likely continue right on up
to June 1.
Jack has a fairly workable squad
right now, but Jack can use all the
"dark horses" in the Institute. Jack
puts in some 10 hours a day with his
Owls. He believes in work.
Jack declares he is ready and will-
ing to take any man and give him
individual attention anywhere from
8 a. m. to 6 p. m. He has three other
good assistants, Marvin Durrenberger,
"Pug" Daugherity, and "Peanuts"
Schultz, to help him.
So don't be bashful, boys. You have
four crack coaches working their
hearts out for you. All they ask is
a chance to help you. Step up and
give them an opportunity.
Hist! Hist! Doublets?
We read that a woman up in Mis-
souri called for two physicians when
she found she was afflicted with
double pneumonia.
We are deeply puzzled. Would one
call a horse doctor if one contracted
galloping asthma? Or what would
one do in a case of tripple pneumonia ?
He's On the Job
Coach Franklin D. Ashcraft has
earned a warm spot for himself in
the hearts of the various intramural
athletes. For Coach Ashcraft this sea-
son has succeeded in putting over
more intramural athletics at Rice than
ever before in the history of flhe
school.
He has worked hard and tirelessly
at the trying task of lining up the va-
rious intramural leagues. The suc-
cess of the football and basket ball
loops was a direct tribute to his
genius for organization.
The Rice Tumblers owe their ex-
istence to him. Right now, the tennis
tournament and the indoor playground
league are his two prize events of the
spring term.
Coach Ashcraft deserves a great
deal of credit for his unsparing effort
with intramural athletics at Rice.
Contest
Poor Mr. Ruth!
YeB, the Sultan of Swat is at last
on the down trail. So the baseball
correspondents tell us. They have
been telling us that for the past ten
years, we sewn to recall.
It seems the big Bambino has got
but one solid hit during the entire
spring training season, and it was
a measly single at that. In view of
this fact, an enterprising feature writ-
er dug up the tale that Ruth got a
dose of Klieg eyes out at Hollywood
in 1026 while making "Babe Comes
Home." He goes on naively to explain
that thus three years later, in 1929,
Babe's batting eye has faded away.
Mr. Ruth has never been known to
burn up the Grapefruit League. He's
what the boys term a "money" player.
He saves his fourply smacks for the
big leagues and their tremendous
crowds. And the rival pitchers this
summer wil continue to follow their
procedure of "throw it and duck" as
far as Ruth is concerned.
Yes, poor Mr. Ruth. We really feel
sorry for him. He only makes 970,000
for six months' work. He only hit
something like 69 home runs last year.
He will only get (100,000 for six
months' work in 1980.
The weeping line forms on the
right, boys, the Sultana of Swattio
is in a bad way.
But there are about 125,000 other
Americans who dearly would like to
be in the same miserable fix. ^
LOS BUH08
An Interesting program is planned
for the next meeting of Los Buhos,
Rice Spanish Club. The meeting is
■cheduled for. 8 p. m. Wednesday at
the Autry Howe.
Watoh Repairing, B.4I. Kreiter, 401
Bldg.
Three games in three days and two
of them victories. It's quite a record
for any baseball team at the beginning
of the season, and it belongs to
Coach Gene Bailey's Rice Owls nine.
Starting their 1929 diamond season
against Iowa State last Monday, Bai-
ley's charges found the going hard
and rough, dropping their initial tilt,
6 to 0. Just to show their true fight-
ing calibre, they came back strong
the next day behind the masterful
hurling of Cecil Keith to trounce the
Iowans of Coach Vogel, 7 to 4.
Then Wednesday afternoon to main-
tain their winning ways, an aggrega-
tion of Owl rookies for the most part
outhustled, outplayed, and outscored
the Houston Gas and Fuel Company
nine, 5 to 4.
This week is an arduous one for the
Owls. In the brief space of 6 days
they will play 5 games. Three of
them they have played already, with
two more remaining.
Today at Aggieland, Coach Bailey's
Blue and Gray nine tries horsehide
conclusions with Coach Bob Country-
man's Texas Aggies. The second
game with the Aggies will be played
at College Station Saturday after-
noon.
An ability to make errors in al-
most unbelievable quantity has been
one of the major faults of the Owls
to date. In three games, the Rice fly-
chasers have erred 13 times, which
is rather hard on the pitchers.
Led by Captain Danny Allnoch, who
checked in with two triples out of
four solid base smacks in eight of-
ficial trips to the platter, the rest of
the Owls have followed suit and hit
the old agate most unmercifully.
Phil Abies twirled a heady game
against Iowa in the opening affair,
and but for a deluge of errors, might
have had a chance to pull through with
a victory. Phil worked a baffling
curve and change of pace to rare ad-
vantage.
Twogood and Brown, two classy
hurlers, worked the first setto and
came through in brilliant fashion. Tlie
hitting of Rath, fleet left fielder, who
swatted out a three ply smack, fea-
tured. .
Cecil Keith, whose fine flipping
proved one of the bright lights of
miserable Rice season in '28, seemed
to have picked up where he left off
in the second struggle with the
Iowans.
Keith laid that first one right down
the alley, continually getting the bat-
ter in the hole. His curve had plenty
of bend, and his fast one was fast.
Captain Danny Allnoch chimed in
with a pair of triples, but Bob Dickin-
son almost matched him. Bob got a
double and a single. Incidentally, Bob,
a left handed swinger, got both of his
blows off a southpaw and seemed to
enjoy the tenure that David, breezy
little Iowa forkhander, spent on the
mound.
Glosagow, bespectacled shortstop of
the low* nine, handled 8 chances per*
fectly for his team. Hia fine showing
in the field and hia lightning whip to
the bases give promise of sending him
far in baseball if he ever wishes to
take up the profession seriously.
Against the Gas and Fuel Company,
Buchols, Henderson, and Paul Smith
were sent to the hillock, and all three
hurled creditably. Gus Geyer, reliev-
ing Captain Allnoch of his duties be-
hind the tftatter, checked in with two
healthy base knocks, while the rest
of the Owls hit accordingly.
Moss got three safe swats to lead
the hitters, while Billy Morgan won
the old ball game in the ninth inning
with a clean sock to right center that
sent Joe Stoppel spinning across the
platter with the winning run.
First Round Intramural
Tennis Matches Complete
Play in the second and third rounds
of the Intramural tennis tournament
is in full swing this week, all of the
first round matches maving been
completed by Tuesday afternoon.
The winner in each class will be de-
termined, and then these four semi-
finalists will fight it out for the
championship. The tournament bids
ROUSE'S
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AFTER THE SHOW
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fair to be aa big * success as the one
held laat year. In which enthusiasm
was displayed. Coach Ashcraft an-
nounced that all second round match-
es must be played before Saturday of
this week. Also, results of all match-
es should be posted on the back of the
"practice" board by the varsity courts
as soon as they are completed.
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Braden Visit# Campus
"Spud" Braden, former Rice foot-
ball star, was on the campus Tues-
day for a short visit. Braden is now
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living in Beaumont, when he la work-
ing for the Magnolia Petroleum
pany.
Trophies
for track meets, tournaments, and
all outdoor contests
For years we have specialized in providing
suitable and enduring prizes for every kind
of sport. Amateur baseball leagues, golf
and tennis clubs, committees on track meets
and regattas, will find here the widest selec-
tion or trophies, at fair prices. Our cups are
unsurpassed in quality of materials, engrav-
ing, and special ornamentation. We design
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them in any desired quantity, at lowest
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The $1.65 lot consists of yeddos . . . those light weight, com-
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$1.95 lot consists of fancy sennits and soft braids. An un-
limited selection of styles and types. Get yours now and be
ready for the Easter parade!
Other Sennits and Yeddos
Priced From $2.95 to $3.95
Leghorns $4.95
Milans $3.95
Jast Inside the Preston Avenue Entrance
He coughed
.. the Villain!
and the love scene liad
to be taken all over!
MADGE BELLAMY
Bcantlfol Pea (Mr la her littil reletee, "Mother Know* Ben."
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Madge Bellamy explains the growing
popularity of Old Golds in Hollywood
Why
"The 'hero' in a movie may easily
become the 'villain' if he coughs at
the wrong time. A cough isn't ever
nice, but when it interrupts the tak-
ing of tf movie scene, it's a calamity!
"The high tension of movie work
makes smoking a vital relaxation.
But we relax with OLD GOLDS.
They're as smooth as the polished
maimer of Adolphe Menjou, who
himself is an OLD GOLD fan.
"While they're the most enjoyable
of cigarettes, OLD GOLDS mean
absolute 'fade-out* for throat*
■cratch and smoker's cough.**
not a
cough in a carload...?
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temperature of mid.Jnly sunshine to insure
that honey-like smoothness.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1929, newspaper, March 29, 1929; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230134/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.