The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1953 Page: 4 of 4
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Friday, May 1, 1953
Area Schools Invited
Lamar Golf,
Cards Visit St. Thomas
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To First WRA Play Day
University in Houston
The WRA will sponsor their
first annual Play Day tomorrow
with eight schools scheduled to
be on hand for the events. All
the high schools of the surround-
ing area were invited to attend
with Beaumont, South Park,
French, Vidor, Port Neches, Ned-
erland, Bishop Byrne of Port
Arthur and Stephen F. Austin of
Port Acres accepting.
The program for the day will
begin with registration at nine
o’clock in the morning with Jo
Anne Sarver in charge of this
with Frances Williams, Carolyn
Closs, Jerry Foreman and Joan
Chaisson assisting. The group
will be divided into eight teams
with ten on each team. The
teams will be according to colors
and not schools, in other words
there will not be more than two
girls from one school on each
team.
Betty Madole, president, will
give the welcome address imme-
diately after all girls have been
assigned to teams. This will be
followed by the election of cap-
tains and a short talk on sports-
manship by Dixie Harvey. Dixie
will also make the assignments
to specific courts and the girls
will, as a team, have their choice
of either softball or volleyball.
The games will be played in a
double elimination tournament.
Cardinals Break
Even with Lobos
Last Friday the Lamar Tech
Baseballers defeated the Sul Ross
Lobo’s for their first Lone Star
Conference victory by scoring a
9-7 decision. Sul Ross evened the
count by taking a 7-6 decision
over the visiting Cards on Satur-
day.
In the first game, Lamar gain-
ed the advantage in the first in-
ing by scoring one run on a
double-steal play.
The seventh inning produced
three runs for Tech on three hits
and an error. Hawkins contribut-
ed a triple and Billy Stone a
double to lead the frame.
Wes Parma’s single and a Lobo
error produced Lamar’s final
tally of the game in the ninth
inning.
. Sul Ross rallied in the eighth
and ninth innings to pull within
two runs of the victors.
The Lobo’s evened the series
the next day when they came
from behind in the ninth inning
to score a 7-6 victory. A single,,
sacrifice and a two-base error
provided them the winning run.
Tech again started fast by scor-
ing five runs in the first but Sul
Net Teams
See Action
Coach Lewis Hilley’s tennis and
golf teams saw action this week
in preparation for the Lone Star
Conference Championship match-
es which will be held on May 11
and 12 in Beaumont.
The Tech tennis team played
host to the Rice Owls in a match
played here last Wednesday. This
was the second meeting of the
year for the Owls and Cards.
Yesterday the University of
Houston Cougars played the
Cardinal Linksters in a match
held in Houston at the Golf crest
Municipal Golf Course. This is
the only match between these
two teams and concludes the golf
team’s practice matches for this
yeaj\
Don Coleman, defending Lone
Star Conference singles cham-
pion, will be on hand to defend
Ross tied the score in the fifth.
Ed Parson, who hit a two run
homer in the first game, hit an
other to give the Lobo’s a 6-5 ad-
vantage in the sixth frame of
Saturday’s game. Olney Beltz
tied the game in the seventh wjth
a home run for the Cards.
Tech was held scoreless in the
eight and ninth and gave the
game to the Lobos in the last of
the ninth. •
Today finds the Lamar Tech
Cards journeying to Houston to
initiate a two-game series with
St. Thomas University. The sec-
ond game will be played here
next month.
This game will be the third
contest for the Cards this week.
The Cardinals defeated the Camp
Polk Armadillos Monday and
played Rice Institute here Wed-
nesday.
Wes Parma provided the mar-
gin of victory in Monday’s game
by clouting a two-run homer in
the bottom of the eighth inning
to give the Cards their 11-9 vic-
tory.
The Cards return to conference
warfare next Tuesday when they
his crown against foes from
other conference schools. Coach
Hilley hopes to field a well-bal-
anced team in conference which
will bring him his second cham-
pionship.
The Cardinal golfers, who fin-
ished third last year, will be
favored With Stephen F. Austin
to win the golf bunting. So far,
a third team has not entered the
meet and unless one doe's so,, a
conference championship in golf
will not be held.
The conference meet vlill con-
clude the 1952-53 seasons for both
the tennis and golf teams.
have a return game with Sam
Houston. Tech absorbed an
earlier defeat from the Bearcats.
Next Friday and Saturday finds
the Redbirds playing host to the
Sul Ross Lobo’s for their final
two contests with each other in
LSC play.
Rogues Add
Rho Gamma
Sigma Letters
The Rogues Club at Lamar
Tech voted Wednesday to add to
their new pins the Greek letters
of R-G-S. This move is an anti-
cipation of the establishment of a
new national fraternity by the
dub.
The pins, ordered this week,
will be ready for shipment in
June. Members who ordered the
new pins are: Ben Oldfield,
Ronald Guidry, “Country” Glenn,
Thomas Butts, Paul Aquillard,
Bill Torres, Ben Whittaker,
Thayer Sharpe, Roger Baker,
Henry Larkade, John Schahn,
Freddie Cecac, Dean Toups,
George Goreman, Henry Pitts,
Milton Wing, J. D. Wallace, Bob
Megarity, and “Chick” Collins.
Entertainment Planned
Lunch will follow the comple-
tion of the tournaments. As soon
as all have eaten they will be
entertained by Danny Lindow
from South Park high, Peter
Paul Pate and Bobby Myers both
from David Crockett. The
Modern Dance class from Lamar
will help with a lecture demon-
stration by teacher, Dianne Mar-
tin and the Tap Dance group will
do two special numbers.
Following the entertainment
will be Track and Field Events
under the supervision of Helen
McCutcheon and her committee.
Some of the events will be soft-
ball distance throw, wheelbarrow
race, sack race, backward race,
three-legged race and many
others.
On completion of the day,
awards will be presented to win-
ning volleyball players by Glenda
Wheeler and Betty Madole, who
are in charge of outdoor and in-
door volleyball, respectively. Pat
DeCoux, who will run the soft-
ball with the assistance of Bert
Herbert Marion Braquet and
Gwen Park, will present the win-
ning softball awards and Mc-
Cutcheon will do the honors for
the track and field.
The WRA has also nominated
its candidates for officers for
next year. Nominees for presi-
dent were Marion Braquet, June
Turner, Dixie Harvey; vice presi-
dent candidates were Johnnie
Bernard, Joan Chaisson, and Bar-
bara Read; for secretary they
will select Gwen Park, Camilla
Holland or Bert Hebert; the
treasurer will be one of Carolyn
Closs, Pat Penry or Betty Ma-
dole; and the draftees for re-
porters are Kathy Wilson and
Betty May.
A calendar of events for the
completion of the school year has
been posted by the WRA. The
events are May 2, Senior High
Schools Play Day on the Lamar
Campus; May 18 Swimming
Party for all WRA members in
Sour Lake; May 19 WRA Awards
Dinner in Private Dinner Room of
B&B Steak and Fish House. All
WRA members are urged to pay
their dues so they will be eligible
for their award and to also attend
all the events sponsored by the
club.
WRA Tennis Tourney
Follows The Completion
Of Badminton Competition
On completion of the badmin-
ton tournament we find Betty
Madole winning singles followed
by Marion Braquet and Carolyn
Closs. In doubles Braquet and
Gwen Pai;k won followed by Pat
Penry and Johnnie Bernard and
Helen McCutcheon and Jo Anne
Sarver.
WRA Tennis begins April 28
and must be completed by May
15. Mrs. Gentry urges all parti-
cipants to play their matches as
soon as possible.
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