The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1932 Page: 4 of 4
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THE RICE THRESHER, HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY,
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By JOE ARTHUR KOCUREK
Thrvther Sport* Editor
A Real Track Meet.
RICE students who fail to attend
the track meet tomorrow don't
realize just what they are apt to miss.
Any time a field consisting of Bracey,
Davis, Oliver, Holloway, and Jamerson
get together in a sprint race, some-
thing is bound to break loose.
The battle between Dick Baldry and
"Woody" Nesrsta of Flatonia in the
field events is worth walking a couple
of miles to see. As an added feature,
Coach Hjertbcrg will pit his 440-yard
sprint relay champions against an all-
star four.
Jimmy Kitts, Noted Athens
Spring Cage Training
Commences After His
Arrival on April 1st
Senior* Surprise Juniors.
When the collective feats of Rice's
.seniors were put end to end with those
of the juniors in the annual class moot
last Saturday, results work! identical—'
>1.3 points This was a rather mild up- I
set .1' the juniors were heavy favorite's
fo, cop the affair. ,
To the i redit of both classes it must j
he mentioned that sonis of their aces
(jut no! see action lxeau.se „f injuries.
Thi fourth ye.i'r team win* without the
■ it. re of Ootie Chambers! while Mike
Hale and Kay Harbour wi re not jr the
junior line-up. 1 1 i ■ VA/' ji1';' ;
I r><'iii«■ i>!,;11i> the M'jjihs had a. Star 1
t-o. • .in when li<ih Kchul/.e couldn't
li.irlji. ipate. The slimes vvorv the
'j.j'.iiA' (i)M'i..- when .William.^Wallacc',,.'
• :■ ■■ . t i -ruan track t:ean. of l'.a«le
i.ake h'.i :! ■ pf'lnjj! foptbtlll (hiOv to''
take eijiiv,* .of. 1 r.'V.'1,1''
\ New t.a«e Mentor.
The bit cif which caused tine!
:!.!|.';e.st fliinv of exciteiuent on the
!':• • campus this wet'k. broke when
CJaylord .lohi .•■on announced that
.lirirniy Kitts had been signed K> coach
•lie liasbelball team next year
With good prospects for next year,
10- was a t eal break for lUce and j
Houston basketball. Houston is with-
■i! a doubt the hottest basketball
enter in the state; and .the added
iiimilu* of the man who built national
hampionship teams in high school as,
Hiee coach will put the Owls right, in
the hearts "if cage lovers in this city.
Kitts' agreement to come to Rice
liter turning down many other good
ffet i:~ just. another expression of
onfidciHe it, the future of Blue and'
(■ ray -athletic* ■ 1 ! ■' , y '
Hall Season Finally Opens
TI.I I'iee nine actually o]>t ned ;ta.
i ;,:,ehall M. :.on after three other un~
ice. ...j'ul attempts against the Hous-
■ ., i.icht and Power teatii The score:
1 - O lodieatfs .lust how interesting
:-.iioe wi,s. Houston fans and
pol t scribes are in foil a '.uiprise
whei Johnny Nlemiei lines his team
>l> iigainst the Froiii, huiv oti April 1
I'Ik Owls an- not half a. bad as some j
j opori.s would lead one to lielleve,'
Saturday they demonstrated that they:
..!• field, hit, and pitch and what
■lore is required of a baseball nine''
Smokev" Klearner is {really tossing
'hat pill in there to "Pud" Hammett
■ins ye.:.i 11 ic pride of" Kredericks-
oiirg b ituing to :>e plenty hard to get
■ il'ing with this year, as his is dcter-
linded to have a good baseball earner
.nd conference billets wi)i suffer as a
: i suit
Dan Ihchai (Ison wild Vnjjil Dixon
11- .iji! to stage a battle ioya! lor that
right tii Id- post Tin. San Antonio
no. I,a: n't truck his" stride as yet,
Vug e Sinai king the horsehidc
1 • "in. i.pi i, -paces .Dixon also can
- ■■■<■ at fust base.
Jimmy Kitts, builder of national
high school championship basketball
teams, has been signed to coach the
Blue and Gray cage team next year
succeeding Russell "Pug" Daugherity,
Dr. Gaylord Johnson, business man-
ager of athletics, announced Thursday.
Kitts is scheduled to report on April
1 and will put the Owl basketeers
through a program of spring training.
Daugherity resigned a short time ago
and is dickering with Midwest schools
for a position
Rice is extremely fortunate in sign-
ing the Athens mentor who has done
more for Texas basketball by winning
two national championships for Athens,
than any cage mentor in the South-
west. Although schools in South
Carolina and California tried to ob-
tain his- services Kitts came to Rice
because of a desire to stay in this
statu.
Kitts. one of the greatest conference
athlete;-, is a graduate of Southern
Methodist university of Dallas and
will semi Rice teams against his alma
mater in conference play. Besides his
expert cage play, the new Owl mentor
.was also one of the most feared back-
fteld grid aces in his Pony days.
Signed As Rice Coach
Dee Wins Place
A.A.U. Boxing Te
Rice placed one man on the Gulf
A. A. U. district boxing team when
James "Tubby" Dee, 230-pound soph-
omore, won a decision from bis team-
mate, Herman Wagner, in the heavy-
weight finals Wednesday night. Dee
won the first and third rounds over
his opponent whom he outweighted by
30 pounds.
Hopes for placing other men on the
team went glimmering Tuesday night.
Martinez of Houston knocked out Bert
Friedberg, the Institute's featherweight
entry, in the first round. While J. C.
Glass, San Antonio, won a decision
over Bobby Imber, Rice lightweight.
Reuben Caplan, Owl welterweight,
won his first match from Charles
Hughes, only to come back later in
the night to be outpointed by Paul
Gritta of Galveston.
Dee will enter the final Olympic try-
outs in New York April 27-80. The
Rice husky will have a strong Houston
following pulling foi him at the big
meet.
■■■Hp
of League Race
Co-ed Are Undefeated
With Six Straight
Victories.
JIMMY KITTS
xors
nn
11 e
()wls-Frogs
il I
Veteran*. Looking Good.
flu kev.stone combination of Henry
fj i-k and Ken l ,pe is going to be the
i.ernes this season. The two boys just
an t get into the habit of missing one
occasionally, and both are smacking
the apple till li hurts. Incidentally
when "Pal' Purdy of the Columbus
Redbirds found out that Lee didn't get
a hit last season, he immediately gave
I he Hlce shortstop an autographed bat.
Marty Martinkus will have to pro-
dun Mime real work with the willow
to keep Frank A/.zarello on the bench
this year Marty is a classy fielder, but
Frank has certainly been driving the
ball all over the lot this year and his
fielding and throwing take care of
themselves.
Nelson Russell seems to be set for
another good season in the renter
garden, "Nellie" can field With the best
of them in the conference and if he
adds a little punch at the plate may
irjjiki an outfield post on the honor-
riine.
"Bubba" Koch says he has changed
his stance at the plate this year and
will have a good season. If the Temple
youngster gets his hitting on a par
with his groundcoverlng in left field,.
Rice will have two of the sweetest out-
fielders in the loop.
Ralph Jones came out last week for
the first time this year, but, fielded
(us post in good style. This week he
has been meeting the ball solidly in
batting practice after only a few days
look at the tiny pill
With the balance of Rice students
Observing April 1 as a holiday, Coach
Johnny Niemiec's baseball team will
open the conference baseball season
next Friday against Dutch Meyer's
Texas Christian Frogs. The game will
probably start at 3. This game is es-
pecially interesting to Rice students as
the Frogs are exactly the team Nie-
miec's Owls will have to beat out for
third place ibis year
The Birds will line up with a vet-
eran team; every post held down by a
junior or senior. Lee "Pud" Hammett
will do the backstopping, with Chester
Klearner, the pride of Fredericksburg,
doing his stuff against Frog hitters
from the mound The inner defense
includes Ralph Jones, Henry Enck,
Ken Lee. and Anton Martinkus. Mel-
ton Koch. Nelson Hussell. and Dan
Richardson will be pastiining out in
the wide open spaces.
The Frogs will probably start with
Hubert Dennis wearing the mask and
"Slim" Kinzy of Marshall on the hil-
lock Ad Dietzel, of basketball fame,
"Flash" Walker, Paul Snow, speedy
shortstop, and Wallace Myers compose
the infield quartet "Grassy" llinton.
Johnnie Vaught. and Joe Brown hold
down the outer pastures for the Rep-
tiles. Snow and Hinton are co-cap-
tains of the Fort Worth team
t,.
name autographed on it. If you think
the boys are not proud of them, just
try using one of them in batting
practice.
Three sophomores are showing un-
usual promise with the Owl nine. Dell
Butcher takes a cut like a veteran and
gets his bingles. Glenn Allen, the
Frost flash, seems to be well-acquaint-
ed with the second base duties and
meets the ball as well. Aubrey Rob-
inson, rookie outfielder, has displayed
good hitting form and drags down the
flys, too.
All in all, a spirit of optimism, so
seldom heard of on n Rice nine, pre-
vails during the workouts. Most of
the team is made up of juniors and
seniors who are fielding well and are
determined to shake off the title of
"The Hitless Wonders," which has al -
ways hounded Blue and Gray dia-
monds teams.
33 T rackmen
Under Captain Dick Baldry's per-
sonal supervision. Rice's 1932 gradu-
ating class upset the hightly-touted
juniors to gain a 45-45 tie for first
place in the annual interclass track and
field meet Friday and Saturday. The
sophomores were third with 29 points,
while the 1(5 points accumulated by I
the slimes were good for fourth.
Baldry won first in the javelin,
broad jump, pole vault, and tied for
first in the high jump. This, added to
a third place in the shot put, gave
him 20 1 3 points, enough to cop high
point honors for the meet. Wendel
Ley copped both hurdle races in easy
style, while Dick Jamerson galloped
1 away with the quarter mile for the
j other senior triumphs.
Ed Holloway's double triumph in the
sprmt races, Percy Burk's winning toss
in the shot put. and Henry Harbordt's
half-mile victory were the bright lights '
in the junior class. The classy sprint !
relay team of the third year men took
the 440-yard event in the time of 44
seconds flat.
Gaynor Pearson, lanky sophomore
from Kingsville. was about the whole i
show for the class of '34. He took
first in both the gruelling races, mile
! and two-mile. Aucoin and Hitt of j
the sophs also lied Baldry for first in
the high jump.
The slimes salvaged most of their !
points in the field events. Petty,""j
freshman captain, pulled the prize 1
i performance of the day when he toss-
ed the discus more than 144 feet, while
Harold Johnson took seconds in the
discus and shot put and third in the
javelin.
Tlic sun miary
11 Kl-yd dash—Holloway. junior, T. Dris-
i coll, junior;-Scott, sophomore: 10.4 sec.
KO-yd dash—Holloway, junior; Jamer- j
son senior; T Drlscoll. junior; 22 seconds
flat.
120-yd high hurdles—Ley. senior; Hltt. ;
sophomore; F Lauterback. sophomore, !
1MIB tec
220-yd. low hurdles—L y. senior; Bourne, j
sophomore Viiiock, senior. 218 sec.
110-yd dash—Jamerson. senior; Rogers.
Motor I. May. junior; 52 Reconds flat.
HSd-yd run — Harbordt. junior; Rogers,
senior Bowden, slime; 2:05.6.
Tivo-mile run—Pearson, sophomore; War-
h-vg. junior. Sims. Junior; to minute, I?
1 seconds.
MIU run—Pearson, sophomore: Waring,
junior Harbordt junior 4 minutes. 36
seconds.
Hil-yd sprint relay—Juniors, (Holloway.
V Drisooll, Foy and T, Drlscoll); sopho-
mores; seniors; 44 seconds flat.
Pole vault—Baldry, senior; Reed, slime;
Power Team Beats
Owls 1-0 in Opener
The unlucky seventh spelled defeat
for the Rice Owls Saturday afternoon
when the varsity nine dropped a close
1-0 tilt to the strong Houston Light-
ing and Power team. With a scoreless
game in sight, the Powermen bunched
a walk, a sacrifice, and a hit off Frank
Terranella for the only tally of the
game.
Rice's supposedly weak mound corps
showed to advantage Saturday, allow-
ing the visitors only six blows. Al-
though the Rice hitters had nine swats
to their credit, not any of them were
clustered enough for results.
The most gratifying feature of the
game was the double play combination
exhibited by the Flock. Ken Lee to
Henry Enck to Ralph Jones is going
to spell disaster to other conference
The Rice Y. W. C. A. won the first
round of the Church league basket-
ball tournament undefeated with six
straight wins. Friday night, March 18,
Rice defeated the Park Place Baptists
36-15, proceeded oh their winning
ways by taking a 37-23 decision over
the Central Baptists, and then cli-
maxed the tournament by snatching a
thriller 27-19, from the Woodland Bap-
tists Wednesday night. It was de-
cided at a league meeting Tuesday
that another round will be played,
starting next week. Rice is a top-
heavy favorite to win this round also.
The game with the Park Place Bap-
tists was easy, Rice chalking up 36
points to IS for the Baptists. Frerichs
repeatedly got the tlpoff and took
high-point honors with 12- points.
; Ehlert was the hot shot in the tie-
up with the Central Baptists, gallop-
i ing away with 15 of the 37 points her
I team scored. Captain Simons and
Knodel each chalked up 11 points. At-
kinson, Hall, and Barker took care of
, the Baptist forwards In fine fashion.
With five wins, no losses, and a set-
up in view, Rice entered the game
Wednesday night top-heavy favorites
and over-confident to give the Wood-
land Baptists a sound drubbing. But
they remained planted on the hard-
wood and got a real scare when the
score stood 8-4 at the end of the first
quarter in favor of the Baptists. Rice
then "took hold" and came back
istrong to take the lead 11-10 at the
! half.
The co-eds then showed the Bap-
tists their heels, and with Captain Si-
mons and Ehlert leading tjbe attack,
took a 27-19 thriller out of the hands
of defeat. The fine guarding of Still-
man and Atkinson was a treat to be-
hold and was largely responsible for
cutting down the Baptist lead and as-
suring Rice a win.
Tuesday night, if there is no inter-
fering game scheduled, the girls will
meet at the Mexico city restaurant
where a Mexican dinner has been ar-
ranged for the "victorious co-eds". We
can't say for sure, but if the way they
play basketball is any indication of the
way these members of the fair sex
can eat, then such immense eaters as
Smokey Klearner, Quinn Connelley,
and Percy Burk had better look to
their laurels or they will have the
proverbial feed bag snatched out from
under their noses.
Here's the final standing of the
Church league teams;
P. W. L. Pet.
RICE Y. W. C. A. 6 6 0 1.000
Trinity Lutherans 6 5 1 .833
.lilby Baptists 6 3 3 .500
Woodland Baptists 6 3 3 .500
Central Baptists 6 2 4 .333
Park Place Baptists 6 15 .166
Holcomb, sophomore; 12 feet, 3 inches.
Javelin—Baldry. senior; Neveux, junior;
Johnson, sophomore; 176.1 feet.
Broad jump—Baldry. senior; Foy, junior
Nicholson, junior; 22 leet. 5i£ Inches.
High jump—Baldry. senior; Aucoin and
Hltt, sophomores; all tied for first; 5 feet,
10 Inches.
Duscus—Petty, slime; Johnson, slime;
Burk, junior; 144.7 feet.
Shot put—Burk, junior; Johnson, slime?
Baldry, senior; 48 feet.
teams if the form displayed last week
means anything.
Ken Lee and Nelson Russell led the
Owl attack with a pair of blows each,
while "Smokey" Klearner's work on
the mound was the best flashed by
! any of the seven twirlers seeing action
! for both teams.
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Library Bought for $10.
Special to The Rice Thresher.
FORT WORTH, March 25.—The per-
sonal library of the late J. A. Thomas,
early Texas educator, was bought re-
cently by Texas Christian university
for $10. The library contained approx-
imately 500 volumes.
Among the rare books in the collec-
tion is a first edition of Longfellow's
"Tales of a Wayside Inn", and fac-
simile edition of the original Kilmar-
nock edition of Robert Burns' poems.
"I've never kiaaed a girl in all my
life."
"Well," cried the flapper, "don't
come bussing around me. I'm not
running a prep school."
A German scientist has converted
wood into food. Now "Board and
Rooms" can be taken literally.
And, of course, there is the unedu-
cated auto manufacturer who thought
that Little Red Riding Hood was an
accessory.—Colgate Banner.
"Am I the first girl you ever loved?"
"No dear, but I'm harder to please
than I used to be."
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