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Rutherford Pitches No-Hitter Men’s Tennis and Summer Sports Pingpong to Have Rutherford Pitches No-Hitter -With Mike Haikin- Prediction—Campus Cleaners to Win First Opening This Week Term Softball Crown But After Hard Fight Fifty-Two Netters Compete Rudy Hurls Perfect Tilt In One of Largest Summer The Twilight League is in its the Campus Cleaners, behind the Tournaments Ever Held Here BATTALION second week now, with the compe­ able guidance of Wayne Todd and the sensational pitching of Maxie Luke Harrison’s schedule of To Down Milner Hall, 6 to 0 tition getting steeper as the cam­ Bloodworth and Rudy Rutherford, summer events moved a step near­ paign goes on. Four teams—Cam­ er completion Monday when the have the ole softball flag sewed Contests Show Fire and Spark Throughout pus Cleaners, Campus Theater, Ag­ up. They have everything a soft- men’s tennis and pingpong sched­ gie Cleaners, and Aggieland Phar­ ball team should have—pitching ules were posted on the Y. M. C. A. Last Week as One Team Knocked Off Lead macy—are leading the parade. As ability, hitting consistency, clean bulletin board. JUNE 25 PAGE 3 Rudy Rutherford, ace hurler of seventh—accounted for twelve of the writer indicated before, the big fielding, and, above all, the fire This signified the beginning of the Campus Cleaners, took up the runs. fight is going to be between the and hustle. It’s going to take a one of the largest summer ping- where his pitching mate, Maxie Blasting out five runs in a hectic first three teams mentioned above. mighty superb team to edge the pong and tennis tournaments in The Twilight League Opens! Bloodworth, left off, and hurled a first inning, the Campus Theater At this time, however, it looks like Cleaners out of the title. the history of the summer tourna­ no-hit, no-run game over the Milner ten continued their onslaught ments. There is a total of 52 en­ Hall Highballs, in the feature tilt throughout the game to down the Marshall Robnett to Have Leg Worked on trants in men’s tennis and 22 en­ of a thrilling week of softball. The hapless North Gate P. H. 11 to In Dallas or Houston Sometime Next Week trants in the men’s pingpong sin­ score was 6 to 0. • 6. Thirdbaseman Farrow, with three gles. In another contest that had blows, led the Theater attack. This Football again pops into the Ag-- -or Houston sometime next week so The following is a list of entrants everyone on edge, Bill Moore’s game, which was scheduled for last gie news, but it’s not as pleasant that he may take a fling at pro and if there are any mistakes you homer with the bases loaded in the Wednesday, was replayed Thurs­ as one would have it. It’s all about football. He planned to turn pro­ are advised to phone Luke Harri­ final frame brought Seaboard Life day, due to infraction of some Marshall (Foch) fessional before the Cotton Bowl son at the intramural office. a hard-earned victory over the rules. Robnett, one of Men’s tennis singles: Denny, W. North Gate P. H. Monday evening, game, but the injury prevented him Monty Moncrief’s Aggieland the greatest of F.; Fernandez, X. H.; Barker, P. 10 to 7. The North Gaters led all all Aggie ath­ from signing up with anyone. If Pharmacy continued their heavy M.; Walterman, W. N.; Kachtich, the way until Moore, the pitcher hitting attack as they overwhelmed lete greats. Rob­ he does return to action with some R. F.; Pimlott, H. A.; Morris, W. with the questionable delivery, lost nett, as it will pro club, Robnett would undoubted­ the hustling but outclassed Rivet C. ; Hutchison, J. E.; Wilson, R. M.; control and walked three men. Busters ten, 9 to 2. They account­ be remembered, ly be one of the greatest linemen Griffing, W. W.; Church, James; Then Seaboard Life’s Moore step­ seriously injured in the history of pro football. That ed for two runs in the first, three Peterson, W. M.; Carr, Hal; Eads, ped up and delivered the telling runs in the third, and four tallies his leg in the is not a rash statement as many Ralph; Langston, E. R.; Stubbs, blow. Cotton Bowl close followers of the gridiron game in the fourth to complete their Francis; Taro, E. E.; Emmert, J. scoring for the day. game with Ford- will agree. At any rate, here’s wish­ A.; Parker, Bill; Coughtin, W. J.; HOW m • ham. He is plan­ ing the big blond firebrander from Samuelson, G. H.; Adams, J. W.; THEY STAND Legett Hall forfeited its games cMfffobneft ning to have Klondike all the luck and glory in Gillette, R. B.; Daw, R. E.; Seay, Luke Harrison’s huge softball program got underway Monday, a week (Excluding Tuesday’s matches) to Campus Cleaners and Campus ago, but here’s a shot of Wednesday’s game between Campus Theater Thetaer, respectively, and is prac­ that leg worked on either in Dallas the world! H. D.; Snyder, B. R.; Godwin, D. Campus Cleaners ....3 0 1.000 and North Gate Project House. The fray was replayed the following tically considered to be out of the D. ; Terrell, Tommy; Thurmond, Campus day because of the inconsistency of the rules. Campus won the game, Theater........ 3 0 1.000 league. The Lipscomb Pharmacy- Lefty Bumpers Signs Contract With Detroit Robert; Holden, W.; Hill, J. P.; Aggie Cleaners .......3 0 1.000 Warren, A. G.; Whall, Bill; Smith- 11 to 6. The batter in the above picture is Clint Edison, Campus Theater Aggieland Pharmacy game was Tigers and is Sent to Pitch With Beaumont second-sacker, the catcher is Perry Walker, and the umpire is R. C. Aggieland Phar......... 2 0 1.000 called off at the seventh inning am, F. A.; Frezdorn, A. H.; Lipscomb Pharmacy 1 1 .500 Lefty Bumpers, who just missed- Schiurring. because of darkness and will be only one run. Lefty has all it takes Mitchell, R.; Woods, M. M. Milner Highballs...... 1 2 .333 by the hair of his teeth, hurling the —Staff Photo By Ralph Stenzel replayed at a later date. to become a great hurler, and, if Men’s tennis doubles: Seay and Seaboard Life............1 2 .333 Texas Aggie nine to a baseball he learns to control that occasional Vannoy, Hammerschmidt - Hays, Rivet Busters............0 3 .000 championship this past year, im­ About 6,640 bales of low grade wild streak in him, there’s no stop­ Parker - Purnell, Eads - Gillette, North Gate P. H.........0 3 .000 pressed the Detroit Tigers at their Adams-Sueltenfuss, Quizenberry- cotton have been allocated to 21 ping the southpaw. Approximately 1500 People Have Legett Hall .............0 3 .000 training school and has been given Samuelson, Coughlin-Kingsbury, manufacturers to be used in mak­ a contract. Bumpers is now with Taro-Wilcox, Stubbs-Gaus, Peter­ ing high grade writing paper un­ Attended Pool Since Opening Jimmy Parker’s Aggie Cleaners the Beaumont Exporters of the Sport Squibs from here and son - Langston, Carr - Griffing, der the United States Department found the going easy in their game Texas League, and is due to give there . Bob Taylor and Happy Hutchison-Woods, Morris-Morris, The P. L. Downs Jr. Natatorium. of Agriculture’s cotton paper pro­ est of its kind in the south. The with the Rivet Busters as they the Shippers plenty of help. He did McKee of Art Adamson’s swimming Fernandez-Hill, Krezdorn-Terrell. has been open over a week now bottom of the pool is sloping, in­ gram. a three inning relief stint last pounded out a 7 to 2 victory. Six team are due to enter a number of Men’s pingpong singles: Peter­ with approximately 1500 to 1700 2 creasing in depth from SV feet of those runs came in the last Sunday, holding his oponents to swimming meets during the sum­ son, W. M.; Eads, Ralph; Stubbs, people taking a dip during that in In test cities and counties where the shallow end to the maximum three frames as the Parkermen mer. Harold Hall, quarter mile Francis; Taro, E. E.; Emmert, J. period. the cotton stamp plan was in oper­ depth of 10 feet at the deep end. found their batting eyes. Slats A.; Koon, W. D.; Coughlin, W. J.; ation last year, items most popu­ star of Rice Institute, was the only The pool is open six days a week The wat^r in the pool is maintain­ holder’s relief hurling was the high one of the three Southwest Con­ Gillette, R .B.; Ashcraft, B. N.; ed at a very high standard of pur­ lar with stamp-users were piece —from Monday through Saturday. spot of the game. goods, ladies’ dresses and house­ For Quick Sale! ference thinly clads to qualify at Albin, J. L.; Hausman, W. M.; Seay, It opens from 3 to 6 in the after­ ity by being perpetually circulated Last Week’s Games coats, men’s shirts, men’s under­ the Palo Alto track meet held at H. D.; Williams, 0. L.; Binion, J. noon and 7 until 9 in the night. It through the pool’s purification sys­ And Must Sell! A three run rally in the seventh wear, and curtains. Stanford University last week-end. M.; Nixson, S. H.; Terrell, Tommy; will be open during both semesters tem. All the water passes through frame by Seaboard Life fell short In your vicinity—I will . Carleton Terry and Mac Um- Haikin, Mike; Hammerschmidt, G.
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