The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 17, 1945 Page: 3 of 4
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: The Megaphone and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Southwestern University.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1945
THE MEGAPHONE
PAGE THREE
PIRATES NOTCH BASEBALL VICTORY
INTRA-MURAL SOFTBALL
LEAGUE IS TO START SOON
Play will begin in the newly-
organized*'* Southwest* rn University
Softball league witn two games
scheduled for April 17. Chief P.
O. Pittman, d recto,- of the intra-
nu ral league, annmuii’*,; this
week.
Following the pattern establish
ed last season, will be piav-
d cn Tues 1«y ami Thursday with
a double-hen t, r slated for each
day One game will be played in
the late af.ern, -n with the sec-
01 d game > a ■ '■ d for early eve-
nir g
F.ve teams are expected to cor.'-
PRe In the intra mural softball
leaste, wl", the possibility of a
sij i* team being added. Chief
Pittman staled Each platoon from
'he two Navy \-l° Unit comp- - les
win enter v team, nuking four
'earns from K;.Kendall Hall and
l he civilian boys are expected to
eoiti a strong squad Chief I 'It t -
m'li said P emug.o boys were in-
terested i pitying softball, an-
o er tea. n would be organized
from the V -72 Unit
Te&ms will oe allowed 20 men
to roster but the winning ’earn
wib be awarded only 15 awards
Mf ny of last sens >n's perform-
er? will be or??- this season nr.d
a large num >“r of new men are
on hand to round out formidable
teen,s. A nu.no' r of men on last
sogten’s w.nilng club will be back
?if ^ch inle.-'-st s was ninpifest *r
:he tournament last sepso:: t nd
a l?t of good games are antlcipat'
ed Practice v.as begun by several
teems last weȴ..
Reader Replies To
Bogle’s Criticism of
Pirate Baseball Nine
Dear Mr. Bogle,
I read with much interest your
column of April 10, “Sportllghts
From the Sidelines,” In which you
gave an analysts of the Southwest-
ern University baseball nine, “In-
tended only in the spirit of con-
structive criticism.”
You insinuated that the Pirates
lost their zest for the diamond
and began playing individual
games for the “grandstand.” I
don’t know what you base your
opinion on. Maybe it was because
the team was playing out of their
class and were consequently
slaughtered against the Texas Uni-
versity nine and the professional-
studded San Marcos Army Air
Field. This is no reason to con-
demn them and to accuse them of
“laying down on the Job.” Po-
dunk's classy amateur nine
wouldn’t look so classy against
the New York Yankees either and
probably wouldn’t feel too much
like hustling.
You know a lot about baseball
and I am sure you realize It Is
almost impossible for a baseball
player to “grandstand” in a game.
To a certain extent it is every man
for himself. Of course there must
be teamwork, like double-play
combinations and what not, but
I don’t think the Pirate nine has
been guilty of not doing their best
in a game. Do you have any spe-
cific example in mind for writing
that criticism?
Football and basketball are dif-
ferent to a degree. One player can
“hog the ball” there, especially In
basketball but in baseball every
one has an equal chance.
If my memory serves me right.
Bogle. the Pirate eleven was
soundly trounced by Randolph
Field, Texas University and others
and they were criticized too. They
wound up the season all right
though, didn’t they?
You predicted no more victories
for the Pirates. What about Mc-
Closkey?
A READER.
SPORTS
ODDITIES
By TOM MANNING
With the passing or each day,
summer gets just a wee bit clos-
er. We will all know that summer
has arrived for sure when every-
one starts complaining about the
heat, and crying on everyone’s
shoulder for a place to go for ,i
nice cool swim.
There had been considerable
talk around tin- unit about swim-
ming in the San Gabriel ltiver,
and converting it into a regular
swimming pool. This happens to
he straight scuttlebutt. Official
sources have informed us that the
river is still out of hounds for navy
personnel, and shall continue to
he throughout the summer.
It seems a shame that a town
as large as Georgetown doesn't
have better facilities for a most
enjoyable pastime.
Around a university, one usu-
ally finds many different types of
clubs. Some are connected with
dramatics, speech, languages, and
Just any number of different or-
ganizations. However, the dwell-
ers of Room 230 have formed an
altogether different type. It is
requested, not violently, but firm-
ly, that this get no free advertis-
ing for membership, but I see no
harm in inviting all the men on
the campus to Join. The name of
the organization ia called the
SHIRLEY TEMPLE CLUB. As yet
the new officers have not been
elected, but It looks as if either
Hary Keen or Munson Smith are
campaigning for the president of
the club. It so happens that Keen
possesses the most agreeable auto-
graphed picture, while Munson
Smith has not one, but two lucious
photographs in his possession, both
personally autographed by Shir-
ley.
With the placement of the new
(?) tennis nets on the courts next
to the U. S. S. Kuykendall, num-
erous new stars in the field of
tennis have arisen. Since we have
had a cempetitive team in almost
all the sports thus far this sea-
son. a tennis team will probably
be formed.
Fellows seen occasionally on the
courts include HOWARD YOUNG.
RAYMOND CROCKER, D. P.
HACKETT, CRESS, and R. E.
WAINSCOTT. Cress seems to have
developed a fast serve that should
be hard to cope with in stiff com-
petition.
Three games are left on the
Pirate baseball schedule. The Pi-
rates are slated to engage the
Bergstrom Field carriers here at
Tom Lee Field and at Austin and
will play a return engagement
with McCloskey Hospital at Tem-
ple in the near future.
APRIL 17, 1945
THE MEGAPHONE
Sports
PAGE FOUR
PIRATES ARE VANQUISHED
BY SAN MARCOS. 9 TO I SCORE
A powerful San Marcos Army
Air Field aggregation pommeled
a scrapping Southwestern Pirate
nine, 9 to 1. at the spacious ball
park in San Marcos, April 12.
The youthful Pirates gave their
baseball-experienced opponents a
spirited tussle with F. W. Cox. ace
port-sider, tossing a splendid
game. Coach George Berry’s
charges managed two hits off the
slants of the AAF hurler, while
the AAF men were garnering nine
hits off Cox.
Bobby llamrie, 17-year-old short
stop, pounded a tremendous home
run into deep centerfield and
Charles Stone, elongated second-
sacker, connected for a single for
the Pirates’ two hits. Stone’s bin-
gle came in the fifth inning, the
first hit off the offerings of the
AAF right-hander and Hamric’s
explosive home run came in the
seventh inning. Only six Pirates
reached first base during the fray.
Hamric touched first on his home
run and a base on balls, Stone
made first on his single, "Bo” Sal-
ibo and Frank Means drew passes
to first and Freddie Brechtol made
the first milestone on an error by
the centerfiejder.
The Pirate outfield had a field
day, getting credit for 16 putouts.
Carlos Rabb, unerring gardener,
accounted for eight outs. He rob-
bed the AAF thi.'d baseman of a
home run in the sixth inning when
he made a sensational one-handed
running stab of a ball that was
ticketed for a home run. Rabb re-
ceived a great ovation from the
San Marcos bleachers. Many of
the fans insisted i‘. was the most
spectacular catch they had ever
seen
Cox, two-game winner for the
Pirates, pitched one of his best
games hut was given ragged sup- I
port by his team mates. They com-
mitted eight errors which ac-
counted for about half of the runs.
Sabino, slugging first baseman
for the AAF. swatted a long home
run for the victors. The AAF tal-
lied two runs in the second inn-
ing, three in the third, two in the
fourth and two in the seventh.
They committed two bobbles. They
clicked for two double plays in
the game and kept the base? clear.
The San Marcos moundsman
fanned nine Pirates and walked
issued one free ticket to first.
Although the Pirate defense was
wobbly at times, the team as a
whole played a bang-up game in
holding the rampaging, ox-profes-
sionals to nine runs. It was one
of the best games played by the
Pirates this season and on that
aa-'s, the team should give theii
rn\i foe rr'ff competition,
three while (’ox whiffed one anl
SHELL, The Florist
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Phone 177
Belford
Lumber
Company
You Are Entitled To The
Best Service
WE GAN SUPPLY IT
MILES BROS.
GLEANERS - DYERS
Phone60
HEY, S-S-S-S !!!!
Oh. so you've noticed too!! Well,
it’s only the initiate members of
the S-S-S-S Club greeting each
other—not a colony of snakes
rampaging around on the campus
as you’ve probably surmised. The
Southwestern Sad Sack Society
Club was organized in Southwest-
ern House April 5. and to date
has 16 doleful but still hopeful
members.
The charter members of the
club elected by acclamation Clara
VVeinert for president, Nell Buice,
secretary, and Emily Mills treas-
urer. This organization, a sister
society of the Kiss-Off Club, meets
each Friday night at 10:30 and
the Exalted Sad Sack of the Week
is duly elected. “Horseface” Mc-
Harg, known in the upper circles
of campus life as Margie, took all
honors for the week ending April
7. Refreshments were served and
the club song was sung in a prop-
er and fitting manner:
We’re from Southwestern,
We’re good and true.
We’re never fussing,
WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO?
We keep our lights on,
We rant and rave.
And we fight for the boys we
crave.
We take our nights out.
But never with MEN,
We try so hard but we CAN’T
win!
We are the SAD SACKS,
Sad Sacks are we,
FYom Southwestern ’Versify.
Foe Is Limited To
Five Hits; Salibo
Means Pace Attack
With towering Jim I'llrey hull-
ing masterful five-hit ball, the
Southwestern (’Diversity Pirates
mauled an outclassed McCloskey
nine and coasted to a decisive 13
to 7 triumph in a game played on
the local diamond Tuesday, April
I (».
Fllrey, fire-hall righthander,
went the route for the first time
and limited the invaders to a
meager five lilts. 11 is .supremacy
over tlie ‘Me(’loskeymen was never
(| nest loned.
The Pirates fattened their hat-
ting average against the opposi-
tion. hanging out II hits for 13
runs. Slugging Prank Means, init-
ial sticker, and diminutive “Bo”
Salibo paced the attack with three
hits each. The long distance clout-
ing Means added a triple to his
extra-base achievements. Big Jim
Francis, jack-of-all trades on the
diamond, substituted for tile ail-
ing Eddie Blodzinski behind the
plate and blasted out two clean
hits in addition to catching a
creditable game. Carlos Rabb,
centerfielder, got one for one, lo
add tniirc points to an enviable
hatting average. Charles “Stoney”
Stone, consistently smooth-playing
infielder, and pitcher Ullrey slap-
ped out a hit apiece to bring the
Pirates' total hits to an aggregate
of 11, Bobby Hamric, Fred Brech-
tol and Joe White also played
steady games. It was White’s first
full game.
The McCloskey nine was hope-
lessly outmatched against the hus-
tling Pirates. Their battery was
Schlumberger on the mound, Mor-
gan behind the plate.
It was the third victory for the
Pirates and their most decisive
one.
Texas University, who humbled
Southwestern University in a re-
cent baseball encounter, appears
to be heading for another South-
west Conference baseball title. The
Steers pounded out a lop-sided win
over the Texas Aggies although the
Southern Methodist Mustangs ap-
pear to be dark horses in the col-
legiate race after taking the meas-
ure of the Rice Owls in a recent
double-header at Dallas.
Troy Laundry Dry Cleaners
And Dyers
“WEAR GLEAN CLOTHES”
Your Business Is Appreciated
Telephone 11
AT THE THEATRES
PALACE
TUESDAY
Dorothy McGuire - Joan Blondell
In
“A TREE GROWS
IN BROOKLYN”
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
Elyse Knox - Rick Vallin
In
“ARMY WIVES”
Also “The Ftfchtinjc ladj" in Color
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Ronald Colman - Marlene Dietrich
In
“KISMET”
SUNDAY - MONDAY
Wallace Beery - James Gleason
In
“THIS MAN’S NAVY”
RITZ
TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY %
Jean Parker - Peter Cookson
In
ADVENTURES OF
KITTY O’DAY”
THURS. - FRI. - SATURDAY
Charles Starrett - Dub Taylor
In
“ROUGH RIDIN’ JUOTICE”
SUNDAY - MONDAY
Virginia Bruce - Tito Guizar
In
“BRAZIL”
TUESDAY
Robert Lowery - Phyllis Brooke
In
“DANGEROUS PASSAGE’
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 17, 1945, newspaper, April 17, 1945; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth620760/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Southwestern University.