The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1944 Page: 3 of 4
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March 23,
Owls Blanked/ 16-0
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By John Whittenburg
In the first game of the 'baseball
season the Owls were defeated 16-0
by the Ellington Field Flyers. De-
spite the lopsided score the Owls
looked fairly good for their first ap-
pearance. Charlie Bailey and Lee
Head both pitched good ball for the
Blue and Gray. The infielders, al-
though a bit slow at times, showed
promise of improvement by the time
of the conference games.
Ellington used five pitchers to de-
feat the Owls. Two of the pitchers
have seen action in the major
leagues. Virgil Vierra is a product
of the Cincinnati Reds and Tony
Frietas is a product of the Phila-
delphia Athletics. With the help of
these pitchers and the red-headed
umpire, Lieut. Ralph Marcroft from
Ellington Field, 15 Rice batters
were fanned.
STUDENTS HEAD— .
(Continued from page 1)
Failure of o a candidate to comply
will result in the removal of his
name from the ballot, v
Rusty Darling is-.unoaposed for
the'Presidency of the Student Asso-
ciation and should serve capably in
this post. Bob Swasey is the only
candidate for Treasurer of this
same 'body. Into the cheerleader
race came the petitions of C. A.
Gunn and G. C. Mason of the Navy.
'Seniors will vote for one of these
three girls to be their representa-
tive to the Student Council: Marie
Jo Johnston of the PALS, Jane Sin- whom the report is given shall for
Nine Runs In 4th
The Ellington team showed their
batting power in the fourth inning
when they scored nine runs to put
the game on ice for them. Another
spree by the Flyers in the eighth
netted them five runs. Their other
runs were gotten in the first and
seventh innings.
The Rice team was outclassed be-
yond a douibt. All of the boys, how-
ever, were out doing their best.
Clarke, Noonan, and Wilkins played
outstanding ball for the Owls.
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HONOR COUNCIL—
(Continued from page 1)
including the chairman; four from
the senior class, three from the
junior class, and two from the soph-
omer class. The chairman must be a
senior during the term of office.,
SECTION 2. The Council shall be
a self-perpetuating ibody throughout
the school year.
SECTION 3. The Council shall
shall have the power to create any
offices that may be needed within it-
self, said offices to be created by a
majority of the council.
ArttoteTV ^
•SECTION I. In any case touching
honor of the student body, individ-
ual or as a whole, a signed report or
accusation shall be given to a mem-
ber of the Honor Council. The
signed report shall be kept by the
member, unless requested by the
Dean of the Institute to turn it
over to the president of the Insti-
ute. The member of the Council to
The- sports editors of the Thresh-
er wish to extend their deepest sym-
pathies to thp University of Arkan-
sas' basketball team upon the trag-
ic accident that befell them. As a
result of the accident, the Razor-
backs will not enter the NCAA meet
this Weekend.
The accident occurred as the team
was going back to Fayetteville from
an exhibition game. The station wa-
gon in which, the team was travel-
ing had a blowout. Several mem-
bers of the team got out to fix the
tires. A car that came over the hill
rammed the back end of the station
wagon. The athletic instructor, Ev-
erett Norris was killed. Deno Nick-
ols and Ben Jones had their legs
broken or mangled by the impact.
Rice students will remember
Nichols as the boy who sunk the
shot from mid-court to feat the
Owls by the score 41-40. Jones was
the tall, blond that was in general
always giving the Owls trouble dur-
ing their two game series.
To the friends and family of in-
structor Norris we offer our re-
grets. To Nichols and Jones may
your recovery be swift and sure.
By Jack Joplin
It looks like Texas has proven
itself to be without a doubt the best
mudders of the conference track
teams. Their team consisting of
Ellsworth, Ellsworth and still more
Ellsworth did a pretty thorough job
of sweeping the meet. One of the
other deciding factors in their one-
sided win was the large number of
men that they entered in the various
races. This has always been one of
T.U.'s favorite tricks, that of
swamping the meet with lots of en-
tries in all the events so as to add
the general confusion, thereby giv-
ing their teally good men a chance
to get ahead of the field. Another
advantage of entering a large num-
ber of men in the meets is to en-
able the Longhorns to pick up extra
points in events which are not truly
track or field events. A good exam-
EBLS TO PRACTICE BASEBALL
The Elizabeth Baldwin Literary
Society baseball team will begin
practice Monday and is interested
in securing games with other girls
teams. Any girls interested will re-
port to Margie Stroup as soon as
possible in order that a league may
be formed.
SPORTS STUFF
clair of the OWLS, who is also Busi-
ness Manager of the Thresher, and
Shirley Rowell who served as vice-
president of her class last year.
Juniors have two representatives
to the Student Council to elect and
must choose from the following list
of seven very capable candidates:
Mary Jane McNair, Beverly Taylor,
Margie Repass of the OWLS, Ruth
French and Fran Hawkins of the
PALS, Lawrean Davis, the EBLS
candidate, and Bobby Jones, who
^served as president of the Sopho-
more Class. John Van De Mark is
unopposed for the Presidency of this
class.
The only sophomore position open
is that of Secretary-Treasurer. This
position is being sought by Bill Mal-
sseed, who is unopposed.
ward a copy of the same to the
Chairman of the Council, who shall
read it at a meeting of the Council
in the presence of the accused.
SECTION 2. The formal reading
of the report must come at least one
week before the trial.
SECTION 3. At the trial the ac-
cused shall have the right to bring
in evidence or witness to prove his
innocence. The witness must be in
a position to present evidence bear-
ing on the case in hand.
SECTION 4. The decision in the
case shall be rendered after the
withdrawal of the accused and the
witness from the meeting. Such a
decision must 'be rendered in secret
session.
SECTION 5. The accused to be
found guilty must be voted so by
every member of the Council; in
other words, the verdict must be
unanimous.
SECTION 6. The penalty for the
offense shall rest with the Honor
Council. In order for a penalty to be
determined, three-fourths (7) of the
Council shall be in favor of it.
'SECTION 7. Immediately after a
decision has been reached a copy of
it must be sent to the President of
the Institute, and three days after
receipt of the same, unless the Presi-
dent disapproves, the decision shall
be made known to the accused and
any sentence assessed shall go into
effect. Article V
Any amendment to this constitu-
tion, concerning the activities of
the students, shall require a three-
fourths majority of those voting in
the election in which the amendment
is
By Mildred McCall
While spring football practice
continues with a good deal of suc-
cess, the track and baseball teams
are beginning to find that the path
to victory is not exactly covered
with roses. If, indeed, the roses are
present, " they carry some good-
sized thorns in the bargain.
Last week Coach Cecil Griggs'
baseball squad found the • going
pretty rough when they met the El-
lington Field nine here on the Rice
diamond. Major lack of the squad is
exprience. College baseball is alto-
gether new to most of the squad-
men, who will probably all learn a
lot in the coming weeks. After more
batting practice they will be much
more capable of winning than they
were in their initial showing. Also,
f will risk saying that on no college
team the Owls will face in confer-
ence play will there be any such a
galaxy of talent and experience as
comprise the Ellington Field team.
Even Ellington's gift to basketball,
Braginetz, was along.
Enthusiastic Gallery
The cloudy skies and damp
ground did not deter a sizeable gal-
lery from attending the game and i
giving vociferous (Support to the
team. The alertness and interest of
this group was evident when cer-
tain questions concerning the eye-
sight' of the umpire arose. Being
somewhat partisan myself, I dare
only say I hope we will not make
a practice of allowing., the other
team to bring its own officials.
Last Saturday the track team fin-
ished in fifth place of The Southwest
Exposition Track and Field Meet
with 10 % points, five of which came
when John Donaldson won first
place in the discus throw. The re-
maining points were scored when
Lloyd Parker, Dale Missimer, and
John Andrews took places in the
low hurdles, the 440, and the pole
vault respectively.
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fran hawkins
JUNIOR
REPRESENTATIVE
to the
STUDENT COUNCIL
Arkansas Withdraws
The NCAA tournament, with its
western division in Kansas City,
will probably be played this year
without a Southwest Conference
representative. The University of
Arkansas, which was to have repre-
sented this section, has withdrawn
•from the tournament because of the
serious injuries suffered by two of
its nine players and the death of an
assistant coach in an automobile
accident last week. At this time con-
ference rivalries are forgotten while
we all join in regretting Arkansas'
misfortune.
Let the Rules Alone
Before the basketball season , ends
for this year, and before the rules
committee meets, I would like to
get in my two cents' worth about
the suggested rule changes affect-
ing tall players. Any discrimina-
tion against these boys would be
more than unfair. Raising the bas-
kets would do no good for obvious
reasons. Aside from this fact, there
is the additional consideration that
the only game left where tall boys
have a chance to star is basketball.
To take the game away from them
would be equivalent to barring
them from athletics. For the good
of the game, and of sports in gen-
ei-al, let's leave the rules alone!
, i !i mmrnm* 1-
pie of this is the Football Relay
which, of course, Texas won. Events
like this and others such as the
Three-legged Race belong more at
an Elks picnic than at a College
Track Meet.
The Owls did not do so badly con-
sidering the condition and number
of men which we took to Fort
Worth. Coach Wallace took John
Donaldson, who won his discus
throw without any trouble. Johnny
Andrews and Bud Wortham, who
took third and tied for fourth place
in the pole vault resp. Dale Missi-
mer and Glenn V. Bryan were our
dash men, Dale placed fourth in the
440. Lloyd Parker was slowed down
by the mud, but took third place in
the 220 low hurdles. The rest of the
squad failed to place in any of the
events.
Prospects look a little better for
next week's meet with A & M.
Goodrich, Gerhardt, Chapman and
the rest of the 440 and 880 flashes
should recover from their ailments
by then and with their help we
could win the meet. Bryan is going
to take over the 100 yard dash which
will leave Missimer free to run in
the 440 and the 220. Missimer did
not run in the 220 at Fort Worth
and if his wind had lasted he would
have placed second instead of
fourth in the 440. Millstead is a boy
to watch in the 880. All he needs is
a little practice to develope into a
crack half-miler.
All taken into consideration it
'"Hooks like we will have a track team
that, while it may not be the best
in the conference, will live up to the
true Rice traditions and be the
gamest.
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