The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1943 Page: 3 of 4
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"A great nomber of our fellow stu-
dents are going up to Austin this
weekend to see the annual Texas
relays. The Rice team of course will
be represented and should grab a
number of first places. The Texas
Relays are a great and glorious se-
ries of events and are, in fact, very
well named because the ingenious
planners dream up a great number
of relay races for which only Texas
can furnish a team. A medlay relay
can mean almost anything and, at
Austin, usually does. You can mix
up any number of things to put in it
and any number of distances for
the participants to run. And since
these planners ai*e loyal Texas peo-
ple it always happens that Texas
wins a great number of first places.
The character of these medleys is
not let out to any school that might
furnish strong competition to the
Longhorns and if they are not the on-
ly entries, they usually have only to
beat some school like Southern Illi-
nois State Baptist Normal for Ille-
gitimate Morons.
Naturally the annual victory in the
relays is a great thing for school
spirit at the Capitol University, and
oftentimes the students can see their
fellows break a world's record. The
fact that the race has never before
been seen, and that there is no op-
position, is completely irrelevant to
the Texas U. mentality.
We wonder why the Institute has
never had a relay. It should be great
fun and think of the possibilities.
Wild Bill McBride would go down
in history as the record holder of the
world's record in the 2Va yard high
hurdler. The thought of it all puts us
in sublime ecstacy, so let's change
the subject.
Well, Spring is here and, as usual,
the young students fancy turns to
politics. Charming Charlie Malm-
berg has thrown his helmet into the
ring in the race for senior president.
It is the first time a member of the
football team has run for that exalt-
ed office since B.O.C. (before Ox
Colley) and probably a lot longer, if
the Institute existed before Ox came
here. This column hopes that this is
a sign that the football team has
taken an interest in the student gov-
ernment because we believe nothing
could do the Institute more good.
This place has been run long enough
by those who come with the sole in-
tention of getting elected to various
offices for their entire four years.
Latest news from the track front
is that Wendell Williams has run a
10.1 hundred. The best either the
'Croppers or Texas could do in the
Border meet was 10.3. All of which
is very good news indeed. We have
a plan which we will give to Coach
Wallace free for no cost and which
will no doubt cause Williams to
break all existing records. You get
some of the electric wizards that
take E. E. to rig up some kind of
a device like they have at the dog
races only you put a football on it
instead of a rabbit. Then you tell
Williams that it is a pass from Eik
enberg to him'and then send this in-
genius weapon down the track at
breakneck speed. Now Williams
hasn't missed a pass from Ike yet
and no doubt would run the century
in four flat to keep his record in
tact.
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The newly elected vice-president,
Nelsie Jayn^ Love, Councilman-at-
Large, Bryant Bradley, will assume
their offices immediately.
Upon the suggestion of Lawrence
Prehn, senior chemical engineering
student who is graduating this week
and who has been chairman of the
dance committee, the Council voted
to have the newly elected dance
committee assume its duties immedi-
ately and to operate for its own class.
Since John Leedom, president of
the senior class, graduates at this
time also, the Council decided that
vice-president of the senior class
Catherine Coburn should take over
the duties of the president for the
rest of the year.
The Council is postponing filling
in the vacancies which occurred in
the general election in those offices
for which no petitions were filed. It
will wait until the status of Rice in
the future is more definte.
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Intramural News,
Notices, Schedules
Volleyball
The Slipstick Slickers are now the
volleyball champs. The fast hard to
beat team won five of its six encoun-
ters. Their single loss was to the
Slippery Slimes.
Sparked by the addition of Chief
McGrath the faculty succumbed to to
the Rally Club 17-21, 21-10, 21-17.
This gave the Faculty two wins and
kept them out of the cellar. The final
standings were:
Won Lost
Slipstick Slickers 5 1
Rally Club 3 3
Facutly 2 4
Slippery Slimes 1 5
Bowling
Matches start next week,. In next
week's matches, the USS Portland
will meet the Peacocks, the Porter
the Slippery Slimes, and the Dewey
the Slipstick Slickers.
Since it is impossible to get the
boys together to bowl as a team,
they will be allowed to bowl three
games and hand them in at the desk
telling Mrs. Orville Stone exactly
what they are for. These games are
to be bowled before 5 p.m.. All cap-
tains should get in touch with Fox
so that he can explain the rules to
them.
Softball
The girls are becoming interested
in baseball. Several teams have al
ready been playing and have asked
if there is going to be a girls' soft
ball tournament. So entries are now
being taken for a. girls' softball
tournament. Hand in your entries to
Pat Crady, or telephone them in to
John Fox at L-1070, or at the Field
House.
The boys don't seem very inter-
ested in softball. There was big talk
about the boys organizing teams, but
evidently interest has subsided be
cause thus far only three entries
have been received. The Faculty, who
has just recently become very in-
terested in intramurals, has entered
a team, and the Navy has entered
two. The Faculty is seeking compe-
tition.
The entries will close Tuesday
April 6, for both the boys and girls.
Tennis Doubles and Singles
The entries are very light thus far.
There are now but three doubles
teams entered and five singles en-
tries.
Entries will close Tuesday, April 6.
Handball Singles
Ray Livingston, James Spruill,
and John MacDonf^d, were the only
ones to hand entries. There were
many boys who "said they would
like $b enter, but their names are
unknowff. There is still time to get
them in. Entries will close April 6
here too.
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This weekend will find Institute
athletes busy on two fronts. Coach
William Wallace will take the track
team to Austin for the Texas Relays
Saturday and Coach Cecil Grigg's
baseball team will entertain the
Texas nine here on our diamond in
a two game series Friday and Sat-
urday.
As yet Mr. Wallace has not an-
nounced the traveling squad for the
Texas meet but it is pretty well un-
derstood that nearly the entire squad
will make the jaunt to Austin. Such
stars as Williams, Cummins, Capt.
Christopher, Humble and Larry Mil-
ler will give the Owls a better than
average sprint relay team but out-
distance quarters are not up to what
they have been in past seasons. Cum-
mins is expected to win the hurdles
and Humble, Blackburn and Bob
Nowlin should give us some points in
the shot put and discus. Christopher
is almost a cinch to win the broad
jump.
The Owls and Longhorns open a
two game series this afternoon when
they tangle on Rice Field in the op-
ening of conference play. Game time
is slated for 3:30 p.m.
It's due to be a tough one for the
N.R.O.T.C. Rifle
Competition Ends
The NROTC inter-company rifle
competition ended this week with the
first company emerging as victor.
Commanded by Cadet Lieut. Neale
T. Fugate the first company's team
shot a total of 1673 points compared
to 1468 points shot by the second
company commanded by Cadet Lieut.
Jack Simms. Each man shot two
positions (prone and standing) for
a total possible number of points of
200. Members of the teams were:
First Company Second Company
Lignon, R.M 156 Brumlow, J. .. 177
Row, H 164 Nisbet, R. .... 179
Withers, W. .170 Green, W. 152
Snaders, T. .. 150 Klein, R 179
Fortune, H.G. 172 Kaplan, C. 160
Sparks, C .... 176 Purnell, W. .. —
Fugate, N.T. 163 Howell, E. 169
Gillis, M 186 Starkey, D. 156
Bono, V 167 Simm, J. . 170
Gamble, P. 169 Simpson, R.A. 126
Owls. Texas boasts of a hard hit-
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ting smooth field club and they are
sure shots to be hot contenders for
the conference crown. Texas has also
had several pre-season games but as
yet Rice has been unable to contact
any outside clubs. This fact alone
should make the visitors heavy fav-
orites.
Coach Grigg has just about set-
tled on a lineup for today's game
and here's how the Owls should look
when they take the field, in the ini-
tial inning. John Plumbley will be
on the pitching end of the starting
battery with Ernie Reininger doing
the mask duties. Big John McDon-
ald will be holding down first base,
Virgil Eikenberg is due at second,
Bob Tresch will cover third, and Vin-
cent Buckley will round out the inner
defense at the shortstop post.
Bill Sheehan, Capt. Elwood Vogt,
and Pete Sultis will bo in the start-
ing outfield with John Fox ready
to take over at any moment. Fox
may also see some action on first
base.
The Owls were due to open the
season against Texas A&M last Fri-
day but the two game series has
been postponed until April 6 and 7.
College Station will be the scene of
these battles. The cancellation of the
two opening games with the Aggies
did the Owls lots of good. Due to the
bad weather proper workouts have
been hampered and as a result sev-
eral sore arms have shown up in the
Rice camp. All this week stiff work-
outs were held every day and those
who were ailing have come around
in pretty good shape.
Tests for Enlisted Men
Are Scheduled Soon
A qualifying examination for
freshmen and $f>phomor@s ehlisted in
Navy V-l and in the Marines is
scheduled for Tuesday, April 20, in
the Annex Drawing Room. The test
will include problems involving gen-
eral intelligence, trigonometry, and
probably elementary physics. The
Navy urges pre-medical students to
take the test also.
Another examination will be given
to men now in the E.R.C. at 9 a.m.
today.
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