The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1950 Page: 5 of 6
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THE THRESHER
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The
Owlook
MARTIN and LOCKHART
Dangerous Ground
Owlookers this week are again going to venture out on
dangerous, unfamiliar ground.
There has been some comment about the field-house article
that has come back to our ears, and most of it has been, thus
far at any rate, in favor of keeping the old structure. Along
that line comes the question of "Howzabout keeping the FH
open during the summer?"
Swimming Pool
True, many of the students here don't live in Houston but
the drawing power of a summer time gym would bring most
of the home-town students and alums in this area out at least
enough to warrant keeping the field house open. Students not
belonging to the "Y" are "up against it" when it comes time
to work out in the summer time.
Then, next year with a new swimming pool it would be a
crime not to keep it open. As you all too well realize, gymna-
sium and swimming facilities are much too few and far between
in this fair city of our own.
The same problem of administration would again arise
but again we will have to point out that work with students'
physical well-being should not be slighted too much. During
the summer, one employee should be able to handle the work,
thereby not creating too much of a drain on funds.
SWC Broadcasts
With almost every radio station in our fair city going sports
broadcast happy, it is indeed sadly noted from this corner that
nobody has ventured out into the great unknown and started
putting Southwest Conference baseball or track on the air waves.
Maybe there's a limit to a trend, and the Southwest Con-
ference games are it. Anyway, if the sponsors suddenly realized
the interest in sports activities, somebody might try something
different. Not that we don't love the Buffs, but—
Southwest In Majors
With the opening of the Major League season this week,
the fans up north get a chance to see some of the former
Southwest Conference greats and near greats in action. For
instance, there's Ronsom Jackson of the Chicago Cubs. Jackson
currently is battling for the third base post in Frankie Frisch's
youth experiment. George Wright of the Houston Press is
of the opinion that Jackson has the edge over Bill Serena, the
ex-Dallas slugger, for the hot corner, at least in the long run.
Jackson formerly starred at the third base post for the Texas
Longhorns.
Then there's Jim Busby, who cavorted in the TCU pastures
in 1948. Busby is currently with the White Sox and rates a
good chance to stick. Stan Hollmig, who forsook a year of
eligibility at A&M for the greener fields of pro ball, wiH again
this year be a valuable cog in the Phillie machine.
Fellows like Tex Hughson of the Red Sox, Grady Hatton of
the Reds, and Tommy Fine of the Browns played in their col-
lege days at Texas, Texas A&M, and Balyor, respectively. And
then there's past greats like Ted Lyons of Baylor.
Yeah, the folks up north sure do get a break come baseball
season.
Slimes Sweep Meet;
Steer Frosh Carson
Is Team Mainstay
The Slime track men were
wondering today if the squad
they trounced, 801/2-33 i/2t last
Saturday was really the fresh-
man team of the University of
Texas. If it was, then the Univer-
sity's ivory hunters apparently have
slipped up this year, for of the whole
squad, only one man seems worthy
of mention—Joe Carson. Carson ac-
counted for almost one half of his
team's points as he scored wins in
both hurdle events and in the high
jump.
In other events, the Shorthorns
just weren't there as the Slimes
swept every other track event and
four of the five other field events.
The Owlets jumped out in front in
the very first event, the sprint re-
lay, as Horton Nesrsta, Bobby Al-
len, Billy Ed Daniels, and Bobby
Dean swept to an easy win in 44
seconds flat. After that it was just
a question of how high the score
would mount. Slimes J. E. Franks
and Henry Winston took down first
and second, respectively in both the
mile and the 880, the winning times
being 4:42.5 in the mile and 2:01.5
in the half. Then, Dean and Nesrsta
did the same thing in the sprints,
"Nasty" chasing Bobby across the
finish line in both the 100 and the
220. The winning times were 10.2
in the 100 and 23.1 in an around-the-
curve furlong.
Daniels turned in a 51.1 time in
winning the quarter and then came
back to anchor the mile" relayers,
Norman Saxer, Khleber Atwell, Bob
Witt, and himself, to an easy 3:32.3
triumph. Saxer finished second in
the 440 and ran a very good leg on
the relay.
Hurdler Bobby Allen looked very
good as he ran Carson a couple of
good races before losing out in both
the highs and the lows.
Outstanding in the field events
were Pete Shannon, Ronnie Berger
and Nesrsta. Shannon stamped him-
self as the logical successor to Tobin
Rote in the javelin throw as he
Does God Exist?
(Continued from Page 3)
On this basis he developes his proof
of God.
Aristotle developed the idea of
the "prime mover" who set motion
going; St. Thomas Aquinas develop-
ed the idea that for every cause
there is an effect and vice-versa,
God being the prime cause. These
are faulty because they do not justi-
fy God.
Since the probability of the de-
velopment of a universe of this or-
der, or the formation of a living
molecule is very small, this repre-
sents one of the attributes <f? God.
Another attribute of God is de-
termined by rejecting the idea of
divine judgement and substituting
relative good in its place, thus es-
tablishing the nature of a divine
architect.
These attributes only partially de-
fine God; the Ultimate God trans-
cends human experience and concep-
tion. "The mechanics of Heaven are
incapable of being understood. How-
ever, what we can do, we can do."
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Steers and Owls Meet Twiee;
Texas Hopes Rest On Wall, Womack
by Norris Keeler
The National Champion Texas Longhorns' baseball team
plays two games here this weekend, entertaining the Owl nine
today and tomorrow. Starting time is 3:00 at Rice Field. The
Steers, although seriously hampered by the loss of AU-Ameri-
cans Tom Hamilton, Ed Kneupper, and Dan Watson, will have
the nation's best college pitcher,
Murray Wall, and an AU-Ameri- J" the J™ fr°68 *"7' '
' _ , . double-header at Fort Worth, drop-
Can outfielder, Frankie Pan- pjng the Owls precariously near the
cho" Womack. The Longhorns are cel]ar In the fjrst fcrame> Rice ,ed
heavy favorites to repeat as Con- until the last half of the ejghth,
ference Champs, even though losing 1.0> when TCU stepped out in front
to Baylor last Saturday, 2-1. with a three-run rally that sewed up
This past Saturday, in two low- the game. Ieeder pitched a very
, . , good game, but the Owls just aren't
tossed the spear 172 feet 6 inches. . . , ,
. „ „ , the run producers awav irom home
Shannon has improved some 20 feet ,, , ,, , ... T
1 , , that they are at Rice Field. In the
so far this year and goodness only
knows how good he will be before
he is through. Berger turned in his
best effort of the year as he put the
shot 44 feet one and three fourths
inches, and Nesrsta broad jumped
a very good 22 feet one and three
second game, which was called at
the end of five innings because of
rain, TCU produced three runs on
one hit. and led -5-0 when the game
was called.
The two Conference games played
fourths inches. B. Wallace pulled here revealed a remarkable fact—the
down second in the broad jump with Owls scored a total of 20 runs in the
a leap of 21 feet nine inches. two games, and knocked two of the
Wallace also .got a first, winning very best pitchers in the Conference
the discus with a toss of 98 feet out of the box—the Aggies Pat Hu-
31/2 inches, and Bill Rapson got the bert and Baylor's Freddie Copeland.
final Slime points when his 11 foot Both of the hurlers threw two hit
pole vault was good for a second shutouts at the Blue and Gray in
place in the final event. their last appearance here.
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