The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1950 Page: 6 of 6
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THE THRESHER
"When Texas Slips Up—"
Parker Unable to Gain On Cox;
Relay Team Remains Undefeated
by Dave Miller
On the trip home from the Texas Relays, Ralph Grawunder
was discussing the close sprint relay race between Rice and
Texas at said track meet and came up with the profound
Saying, "When Texas slips up, we slip in."
Well, Texas slipped up. And they couldn't have picked
a. . m ore opportune moment;
right here in Rice Stadium be-
fore 2000 Rice fans. The Steers
were running without Perry Sam-
veis, their star sprinter, but they
had beaten the Owls the previous
week without Samuels and Red
Mayes their second leg runner, so
there was no fear as long as Charley
Parker was in there to kick it in. But
there was something to fear. Coach
Drunson juggled his runners and
may have come up with a combina-
tion which will be tough.
Leadoff runner Teddy Riggs ran
a good leg, holding lus own against
Floyd Rogers, and then came the
break the Owls had been waiting
for. A poor hand-off from Rogers
to Mayes gave Grawunder a yard
lend which he in turn handed to
Red Brown, and when anchorman
Tom Cox got the baton he had about
the same margin over Parker—and
Parker couldn't gain en inch! So
with Co\ apparently able to hold
off Pari,', r. it looks like the de-
ciding factor from now on will be
whether Brown will be able to top
Samuels and give Cox a lead. Hope
he can. Rice's winning time in this
ev nt was 12.2.
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All in all the meet was a success
from a Rice standpoint as the Owls
were beaten only 70-52 by the super-
ior Texas manpower and there were
several encouraging performances.
First of all, Cox made it a per-
fect day as he anchored the unde-
feated mile relay team (James Hoff,
Jack Hudgins, Brown, and Cox) to
an easy win in 3:18.2, and also con-
tinued unbeaten in the 440 as he
romped to a 48.7 win. Hoff also ran
a very good first lap, giving the re-
layers their big lead.
Hoff also muscled (literally) back
into the 880 picture as he success-
fully avoided being boxed in on the
last curve by squeezing between
two UT runners and turned on his
long awaited kick to beat Lowell
Hawkinson of UT in 1:56.7.
Tobin Rote's husky right arm
again came through as it propelled
the javelin over 200 feet for the
econd week in a row, this time
sailing it 208 feet 6 inches. He now
looks like 5 sure points at the con-
ference meet.
In the shot put, Joe McPhail beat
out Bill Milburn of Texas with a
put of 45 feet 11 inches. This dis-
tance is about the best Joe has got
in competition this year, and is thus
encouraging, but he wilNiave to add
about a foot more if he is going to
be a serious contender in the con-
ference meet.
Verne McGrew beat Longhorn Bob
Walters again in the high jump with
a leap of six feet five and three
eighths inches, and barely missed
at six feet seven.
A real bright spot came in the pole
vault, although it did not appeal- in
the summaries. Pat Moore finally
vaulted 12 feet. This is the first
time Pat has done this height and
if determination will help, he should
make his goal of 12 feet 6 inches
before the year i* out.
Other results in field events came
in the broad jump where Grawun-
der's jump of 22 feet 8Vi inches was
second to Steer Meek's 23 footer,
and the discus where Joe Watson
took second behind Randal Clay of
Texas with a toss of 136 feet II
inches. The high wind hampered all
the discus men.
In the hurdles, McGrew became a
double winner with an easy 15.2 sec-
ond win in the highs and Drexell
Vincent showed surprising from in
taking second in the lows which wei-e
run around the curve, a very diffi-
cult race to run.
As expected, Parker won both
dashes, with Red Brown, Rice's en-
trant being left behind in the century
and taking second in the 220.
Lounge Furniture
Won't Last Long
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stop sitting on the adges of the
card tables. The table legs can't
support that much weight and as a
result two have been broken. Better
treatment has to be given to the
furniture in the Lounge. Two years
ago the furniture was purchased by
the Co-op for the Lounge at a cost
of a little over $10,000. It is going
to have to last us at least ten years.
But at the rate the "Lounge Lice"
are working, the furniture will not
last even through next year.
Another complaint might as well
be voiced now. Students are going
to have to stop taking things out
of the Lounge. The Lounge has been
given a year's subscription to Es-
quire by Rolle, Jewett and Beck. The
magazines were marked with big.
black letters that they "should not
be taken out of the Lounge," and the
people who took them knew of their
restricted use. Not more than five
people could have possibly seen the
first copy of Esquire that we re-
ceived. The magazine was placed
on the table one morning and it dis-
appeared from the Lounge within
three hours. The next copy we re-
ceived got a little more use than the
first—it lasted a whole day. A sup-
plement of Esquire "A Guide to
Grooms" had a little better fate. It
Tricky Spiral, "What U It?" Display
Highlight Psych Contribution to Show
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floated around the Lounge about a
week before someone decided he
wanted that one too.
Ash trays have been disappearing
at a rate that should have already
supplied every boy in the dorm with
two.
A few weeks ago two members of
the Lounge Committee scrubbed all
the pencil marks off the walls in the
telephone booths. Scratch pads have
been placed in the booths to encour-
age people to use them for their
doodling instead of the walls. The
scratch pads have been taken too!
It must be stressed again that
leaning back in the chairs, marring
the table legs by burning holes, carv-
ing on furniture, and sitting on the
tables must be stopped.
—Earl ,C. Yancey Jr.
J. S. Binford (ECY)
Tommy Adkins
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A display of lighting effects such
as a stroboscopic and some practical
applications as these were shown by
Engineer Waters. Ray Franks was
in charge of a Radio-Controlled Car
operated on batteries, controlled by
high-frequency signals from a radio
transmitter. Last, but not least, were
the Electric Trains, an exhibit of
Jeff Campbell, Ed Millis, and Ray
Franks. In this, the use and ver-
satility of electric switches - was
demonstrated.
In the Chemistry Show, the ex-
hibits which attracted the most visi-
tors were the weighing of their sig-
natures, a pi-ecision balance that
weighs to 1/10,000 gi-ams, the Al-
loy Analysis, showing what silver-
ware is made of, the Dyes, Cosme-
tics, Perfumes, the Flame Colors,
and the Alchemy Show.
Most of the Biology Department's
Exhibits were particularly good.
Among the best were: Lungs In
Bones, showing the air sacs in the
bones of birds; Why Have Two
Eyes ? which included a distance
judging test, and Snakes Alive,
which showed the visitors how to
identify the four poisonous snakes
in the United States.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1950, newspaper, April 21, 1950; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230840/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.