The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1949 Page: 7 of 8
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THE THRESHER
Seven
Track Team Faces
A&M in Only Home
Appearance Today
by David Miller
Today will be the first—and last
—chance for the* home folks to see
the Rice track team perform this
year. For, today, in a dual meet
with the very strong Texas Aggies,
the Owls compete in their only
home track meet of the year.
The Ags will be favorites to win
both divisions; they are heavy fa-
vorites in the varsity division and
slight favorites in the freshman
meet. In varsity competition, A&M
should tally 66-72 points and Rice
shoold get 50-56.
The meet today should provide
some interesting duels, nevertheless.
The relays should be tight with the
Owl spring relay favorites in a
close one, and the crippled mile re-
layers giving the old college try,
but not challenging the Ags. Hope
they surprise me.
Another fine tussle is expected 111
the 880 where Jim Hoff and possibly
Otha Byrd fighting it out with the
Aggie trio of Atkins, Hahn, and
Clark. The,|20-yard low hardies also
will be a thriller with Aggie speed-
ster Bob Hall trying for revenge
on Augie Erfurth who beat him at
Corpus last week. Erfurth and
Verne McGrew, if he competes,
should sweep the high hurdles.
The only battles in the field
events should come in the broad
jump where Owl Jim Gerhardt takes
on Farmers Henry and Coleman,
and the shot put where vastly im-
proved Joe McPhail will take a
serious bid to dethrone George Ka-
dera as the outstanding putter in
the conference. Joe couldn't hit 40
feet in his freshman year, got a
best throw of 44 feet last year, and
has done a 47 footer this year in
practice. Last week, he was beaten
by Kadera by 2% inches.
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Rice Softball Intramurals Now Underway;
R. A. N. Slams Ying Yang In Hot Game
by Dewey Gonsoulin
Monday afternoon, April 11, the 1949 softball intramurals
started with a bang as the R. A. N.'s (1949 basketball intra-
mural champs) banged the Ying Yangs 11-4 for the season
opening victory. Led by Gene 'Quick' Silver, who struck out
8 men and walked 2, the R. A. N.'s picked up three runs in
the first inning, two in the sec-
ond, and three in the third be-
fore the Ying Yangs even got
warmed up. Carl Schwartz
paced the R. A. N.'s hitting
with 2 for 3 while Carswell slammed
a homer in his only hit in four times
at bat. Woodyard pitched for the
Ying Yangs and struck out 3 while
walking 9 men. Errors were also
costly to the Ying Yangs as they
picked up five to the R. A. N.'s two.
Sea Hawks ,
Tuesday afternoon, April 12, saw
the wildest game yet of the season
as the Sea Hawks dropped every-
thing but the kitchen stove on the
Winless Wonders to win 20-12.
T. Davis and J. Knight shared
pitching honors for the Sea Hawks
while Froehlich and Sampsel were
the losing pitchers. Knight, winning
pitcher, led his team at bat also as
he collected two for two, one a
triple while the other' was a homer.
Gray, who batted 4 for 5, and Mar-
tel Bryant, who hit 2 for 4, also
aided the Hawks in their impressive
victory.
Sampsel led the Winless Won-
ders at bat as he hit 2 for 4 times
at bat. Despite the score, however,
it was not as one-sided as observers
might think for the winners had 12
errors in field while the losers only
dropped nine; the overwhelming
battery of the Sea Hawks made the
difference.
Donkeys Beat
On April 14, Holy Thursday, the
Donkeys took the measure of the
Chemistry Staff as they pounded
them 13-0. The Donkeys, who wei'e
the 1948 intramural softball cham-
pions, looked like a strong conten-
der for this year's crown and should
be the one to beat in the Thursday
league.
Winless Wonders
Coming back to school on Tues-
day all rested up didn't seem to help
the Winless Wonders as they lived
up to their name and dropped their
second game of the season to the
Archi-Sharps 2-7. Although the
Winless Wonders collected 5 hits
they could only turn them into 2
runs while the Archi-Sharps were
turning 2 hits into 7 runs. Sampsel
was the losing pitcher again and
Donaldson and Redd paced the Won-
ders in the battery department with
1 for 2 while Willie Moreno was
the winning pitcher with A1 Rob-
erts batting 1.000 for the Archi-
Sharps.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1949, newspaper, April 23, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230807/m1/7/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.