The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1946 Page: 3 of 4
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THE THRESHER
Three
Sporting Around
By Bob Miftllo
Houston's latest torrential down-
pour apparently washed away more
than thia scribe had expected. You
see, I now find myself in the rather
embarrassing position of being prac-
tically devoid of any conference
chatter for you from here on in.
80 with this in mind we'll see what
we can do toward filling in this va-
cuum by taking a look-see into the
realm of the major leagues.
With first a glance at the Amer-
ican League we find that the Bos-
ton Bed Sox are setting the pace
thus far by virtue of a tremendous
early season attack which not only
garnered them a 15-game winning
streak but also has fired the public
imagination and lured the popular
support of millions of enthusiasts
.in this country and among our
forces still overseas. Not since 1918
have the BoSox won a pennant, and
now in 1948 Cronin's Crew are hust-
ling and fighting, and it's going to
be more than tough for their oppo-
sition.
Never before in the history of
baseball has a" team developed into
over-night greatness as have the
rampant lads from Boston town.
LOOK ED. SAYS—
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ters. He charges our educational
leaders with laziness, stating that
many of our teaching methods "hav-
en't changed in hundreds of years."
The revolutionary improvements de-
vejpped by the Armed Forces in the
teaching of languages, mathematics,
and a dozen other subjects, could be
adopted by our schools and colleges,
he believes, to the immediate advan-
tage of their students.
The low pay of teachers and col-
lege instructors is scored as another
great weakness of our educational
system, causing reduced efficiency,
frustration and bitterness on the
part of otherwise able, sincere and
hard-working men and women. In
this connection, Mr. Logan cites the
national average salary for college
instructors in 1942 as $1,872. These,
he points out, are considerably below
the incomes of shipbuilders, petrol-
eum refiners, printers, and cannot
today be called a decent living wage.
Mr. Logan, himself an educator
and a former professor on the fac-
ulty of New York University before
his appointment as Editor of LOOK,
expresses the belief that our out-
moded, inadequately financed educa-
tional system will gravely affect the
future competence of the nation.
From the ill-equipped and ill-taught
children of today, the community
will reap a grim harvest of socially
maladjusted and broken adults.
RECORD HITS
"The Gypsy"—Dinah Shore
"Prisoner of Love"—Perry Como
"Bumble Boogie"—Freddie Martin
"Stardust"— Artie Shaw
GOGGAPTS
1201
Main
Yes, the Red Sox cen win the pen-
nant, but it1* a long and hard road
from now until September with
many detoura enroute.
National League
At the time of this writing the
Brooklyn Dodgers are on top of the
National League heap by a narrow
half game margin. At the present
it seems to be more of a nip and
tuck affair over in this circuit with
the Bums trying to stave off threats
by the Cards, Clubs, and Bravos.
It appears that there will be many
surprises in the National Loop this
year. None of the clubs seem to
be shaken down as yet, with the
managers trying to find out just
what the big name war veterans
will give them in the way of power.
Already the signs of upset are fill-
ing the air with the Cubs, little
better off than their wartime club,
vainly trying to strengthen their
infield. The Dodgers, out in front
now, lost their early profit when
they dropped two double-headers in
a row. The Braves look very formid-
able right now, and as usual they
should improve as the season goes
on. If the Cards don't get over their
pitching headaches pretty soon and
get into a long lead before the oth-
er teams get squared away they
may never repeat their 1945 feat.
Texas A&M Awards w
Well, what do you know—the
floodwaters did wash something on
my desk here after all—from Col-
lege Station comes the announce-
ment of winners of the coveted
"most valuable" awards in three
major sports team captains, plus 71
varsity letters in seven sports to
climax the 1945-46 Texas A&M
sports season. Guard Homer Adams
got the Lipscomb-Mannerlyn most
valuable trophy in basketball, pit-
cher Earl Beesley in baseball, quar-
termiler Art Harnder in track. Bob
Goode already has been announced
as the football trophy winner.
The Lipscomb-Mannerlyn captain
trophies went to center Jamie
Dawson in basketball, to outfielder
Hubert Moon, and in track to. dis-
tance runner Johnny Ziegler.
Morals In Sport
It seems inevitable than wars, af-
ter taking their toll of human lives,
behind them a state of collapse in
morals and character. And in no
place is this fact becoming more
increasingly evident than in the
worljJ .of sports. Sport can never af-
ford to let itself be purged by
crookedness and dishonesty as in
politics, and still hope to get by. As
Grantland Rice, dean of American
sports easters, said not too long
ago: "Unless there is the strictest
sort of control shown by sporting
leaders—including coaches, college
president;) and iron-hearted commis-
sioners, sport can wallow into more
crookedness than it has ever known
. . . Sport today needs keen, alert,
honest and fearless leaders—more
than it ever needed them before. For
there is a tidal wave of dishonesty
on its way, no matter what the op-
timists may tell you."
Let's ponder well over these
words, fans, for It is to us, the
youth of America, that they are di-
rected. In our hands the future of
American sport rests—to be shaped
into something fine and clean, or
left to be cheapened and wrecked
by the professional crook of today.
John Donaldson
Wins Coveted
Bob Quin Medal
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at the field house with his discus.
iDuring this year he improved his
throwing by nearly twenty feet, so
that there was no one in his class
in this conference. He breezed
through with an easy first place
in every meet he entered, including
the Conference meet this time. He
tried his hand at the shot and jave-
lin this year, and often placed in
these events.
John entered the regional A. A. U.
meet last June and continued his
string of victories. This win gave him
an opportunity to compete with the
very best in the nation at the Nation-
al A.AjU. Track Meet in New York
City last July. John was eligible to
enter both the junior and the senior
events, and to the surprise of every-
one, including John, he walked away
with first place in both divisions. In
the junior and the senior events, and
to the surprise of everyone, includ-
ing John, he walked away with first
place in both divisions. In the junior
division he tossed the platter 157 ft.,
which was the second longest dis-
tance recorded in competition in the
nation during last year. John's win-
ning mark in the senior division was
153 ft., six feet farther than any of
his competitors could throw.
As far as scholarship is concerned,
it is sufficient to say that John took
top honors in his graduation class
at San Jacinto, and after completing
his work for a Bachelor of Science
degree at Rice he was awarded a
fellowship in physics, and is n 0 w
working toward a Master's degree
in that field. He has also been elect-
ed to Sigma Xi, Honorary science
fraternity.
Donaldson has been most active
in intramural sports on the campus,
having organized a team for every
football, basketball, softball, and
vollyball tournament held during his
four years at Rice. His teams, al-
ways called the 'Slippery Slimes,'
can be counted on for every intra-
mural tournament.
For sportsmanship John is hard
to beat. It is a pleasure to play
against a person who plays as clean
a game as does John. If there is
ever a doubt about the legality of a
play he is quick to give the advan-
tage to his opponent.
John's best track competition will
come in the regional A. A. U. meet
in San Antiono, June 15, followed
by the National Meet. June 29.
Here's hoping he repeats last year's
performance.
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mRAMURALS
By John J. Fox
Kimmel pitched no hit ball to
keep the Navy in first place in the
softball tournament. Thus far the
Navy has won 2 games and tied one.
"Club 21" fell to the Navy by a
score of 7-5, and then the no hit
performance by Kimmel gave the
Navy their hecond win 9-1 against
the Cardinals. In their third game,
they played a 4-4 deadlock with the
P.E.'s. This game went 8 innings
and was called because of darkness.
In second place, we have the P.E.'s
with two wins, one loss and a tie.
The PE's have been powdering the
ball, defeating "Club 21" 22-6, the
Slippery Slimes 14-8. Newly added
sparks to the team are the Lanza-
Null keystone combination.
Hardest hitter of the tournament
so far, is friendly (winner of the
Bob Quinn Award) John Donaldson
who hit two real long home runs
and a single in four times at bat
against the PE's and got three for
five pguinst the Pre-Law Power
House in a double-header played
this past Saturday.
The following games are sched-
uled for this afternoon:
Slippery Slimes vs. "Club 21."
PE's vs. Pre-Law PowerHouse.
SATURDAY—Double header-
Slippery Slimes vs. Cards. 2:30
PE's vs. Pre-Law Power House.
"Club 21" vs. Navy.
Slippery Slimes vs. Pre-Law Pow-
er House. 3:45 PE's vs. Navy.
"Club 21" vs. Cards.
RAN Volleyball Champs
. The Really Aggrevated Nine went
through the volleyball tournament
undefeated to win the championship.
In their play, they defeated the Fa-
culty Staff, Slippery Slimes and
Volleyball Demons two matches
each.
In handball, Stamnr and Scher-
witz lead with three wins and no
losses. Walters and Fox follow with
two wins and one loss, and Muench
and McClendon and Skaggs and
Crotisman are tied with two losses
and one win each.
Smith Roaches Finals In Tennis
Smith went all the way to the
finals defeating Gleason in the quar-
ter-finak 6-0, 6-3, and then defeat-
ing Skaggs 6-4, 6-4, in the semi final
to became the master of the lower
bracket.
In the upper bracket we are Btill
in the quarterfinals with the fol-
lowing matches to be played (have
to be played by Saturday, May 25):
Creegan vs. Muench.
Perlitz vs. Lucky.
Tennis Doubles
Onty one match has been played
in which Skaggs and Smith defeat-
ed Matson and Martin 6-2, 8-6.
All other mutches have to be
played by Monday May 27.
Table Tennis Singles
Bu:Ke leads the American League
with -I wins and no losses, and
Mtiti-h leads the National League
with 5 wins and no losses. Donald-
son follows Match with flj wins and
I 1 loss.
Table Tennis Doubles
Skaggs and Owens lead with 5
wins arid no losses, and Burke and
Scruggs follow with four wins and
one loss.
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