The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1944 Page: 3 of 4
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May 18, 1944
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SPORTS SI UFF
By Mildred McCall
Saturday afternoon the baseball
team came through with another
grand win, this time in a practice
game with the Rapid Blue Print
Toms of this city.
The Owls' next game comes when
the Texas University Longhorns in-
vade our campus this weekend. The
Owls have improved steadily since
they last tangled with the Long-
horns, and this time it is possible
that the ends of the score may be
reversed.
The Longhorns, however, are not
to be sold short as opponents. Last
Friday afternoon they defeated the
Aggies for the second time in a
row.
Steers Cleaned Up
The last week seems to have been
nothing but one long Texas victory.
Not only did they grab off (the base-
ball crown, but they also copped the
tennis and track titles, hereby be-
coming the undisputed champions of
southweslt conference spring sports.
In the track and field meet our
Owls came out third best, having
been upset in several events hereto-
fore regarded as the Owls' own pri-
vate and personal property. The
only event won outright by a mem-
ber of the team was the 440-yard
dlash, which - Guy Groves won.
To win the tennis matches Texas
used John Hickman in the singles
Texas Sweeps All
Tennis Titles In
Last College Meet
The University of Texas led by
intercollegiate champion John Hick-
man swept all the tennis titles of
the Southwest Conference for the
second straight year. This was the
third singles title in a row for
Hickman. In the singles final Hick-
man defeated Kelly of Texas 6-2,
6-1, 6-2. This brought the total num-
ber of games that Hickman had lost
in the singles tournament to seven.
Three Rice netters advanced to the
quarterfinals in the singles; they
were Walker, Witte, and Phenicie.
Marion Boggs, Rice number three
man, furnished the surprise of the
tournament when he had McCain of
Texas five match points before los-
ing the match 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
In the doubles division all of the
Rice teams advanced to the semi-
finals before losing. Boggs and Phe-
nicie lost to Garlington and McCar-
ter of A & M 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Walker
and Wittle lost to the amazing
Hickman and Kelly by an appalling
score. -
This was the last performance of
the year for the Rice team against
intercollegiate competition.
and Hickman and Felix Kelley
teamed in the doubles. In a clean
sweep of both events the Longhorn
had little difficulty in defeating all
comers. The best our team did was
to advance two pairs inito the dou-
bles semi-finals—Bill Walker and
John Witte, and Marion Boggs and
John Phencie—only to be defeated
by two Longhorn pairs.
Spring Practice Notes
News from other conference
camps this week includes the some-
what surprising statement in the
T.C.U. newspaper—The Skiff—that
the Fort Worth school expects to
have an all American football hero
next fall in the person of Clyde
Flowers, tackle.
Other news is that S.M.U, haa
from 45 to 50 boys out for spring
training. But the Ponies give no
hint as to the quality of this quan-
tity. And the Aggies are apparently
working on another kiddie korps.
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PALS Strengthen
Girls League Lead
By Downing EB's
The PALS last Thursday
strengthened their hold on the first
place position in the girl's league
by defeating the EBLS by the score
of 25-11. As a result of this victory,
the PALS are a half game ahead of
the OWLS.
In the first half of the first inning
the EBLS went into the lead as a
result of a home-run by Dorothy
Jean Weghorst. The PALS went
into the lead in their half of the
first and were never behind through-
out the remainder of the game. Ann
Martin was outstanding for the
PALS as the slugger of the day.
Out of six times at bat Ann scored
five runs and got on base the other
time. Kayway Thompson and Ellen
Picton of the Pals scored four and
three runs respectively. Evelyn
Nicholson and Mary Jo McGinnis of
the EBLS scored two runs apiece
for honors on their team.
The game was a free scoring af-
fair with one of the team's scoring
in every inning except the fourth.
The biggest scoring inning was the
sixth in which the EBLS scored two
runs and the PALS scored six runs.
Stroup, Sahol, and Weghorst were
the outstanding women in the field
for the EBLS. Pounds, Craig, and
Arnold were the girls for the PALS
that seemed to always be just where
the EBLS hit the ball.
In the games this afternoon the
PALS play the Independents and
the OWLS play the EBLS. These
games should prove interesting es-
pecially the PALS vs. the Independ-
ents.
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By Jack Joplin
The Southwest Conference trade
season ended Saturday with an
overwhelming victory for the Texas
Lcnghorns. The Orange's 80 8/14
points were enough to break the
conference scoring record formerly
held by Oklahoma of 76 points. The
Aggies were second with 58 3^14
and Rice third with 25 4/7.
The afternoon was filled with up-
sets, and as the score indicates they
were all by Texas. John Donaldson
was beat by 7 58" in the discus by
Smith of Texas. This was the sec-
ond time Johnny has been defeated
by Smith, the first time being in
the meet at A & M.
Another upset, which of course,
was against our Owls came in the
low hurdles. Frank Crow of T.U.
put on a last minute finish to de-
feat Lloyd Parker in the not too
fast time of 23.9.
Ellsworth and Culberson became
two very important parts of the
University's mile relay team which
defeated our team to make the oth-
er upset of the day. Ellsworth ran
the first quarter and set up such a
large lead that Texas was never in
danger. We are gld to see that Ells-
worth is going to Annapolis next
month. He is without a doubt one of
the. finest all around athletes we
have seen in many a moon, and we
are sure the boys at West Point will
appreciate him as much as we have.
, One of the freaks of the afternoon
was the seven way tie for first place
in the high jump. It seemed as
though none of the boys could jump
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The Methodist Student Union
plans to have Robert E. Goodrich,
Jr., from Riverside Memorial as
guest speaker at its meeting at Au-
try House this coming Tuesday at
12:15. Plans for the hayride June
3 are well under way. All students
who plan to attend are asked to
make reservations immediately with
Jane Farnsworth or Mary Jane Mc-
Nair. Each girll will pack two box
lunches.
The Ave Maria Club will hold its
meeting this Thursday in the Sen-
ior Commons at 1 o'clock. All mem-
bers are urged to attend.
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more than 5*8".
Andrews came through with a
second place in the pole vault and
Lloyd was one of the lucky seven
in the high jump, Atkinson. took
third place in the broad jump, and
Malseed placed fourth in the jave-
lin throw to give us the rest of our
points.
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