The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 9, 1949 Page: 8 of 8
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THE THRESHER
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Softball Postponed;
Tennis Play Begins
by Dewey Gonsoulin
Although the softball intramurals
have been rained out for two suc-
cessive weeks tennis play has gotten
underway with some results already
turned in. In the boys' tennis singles
Lasof trounced Boswell (6-2, 6-1)
while Valton won easily over Howe
(6-2, 6-4); Carswell also defeated
Meyers (6-1, 6-1) while the McDer-
mott-Hudspeth match is still to be
played.
The next round of play will pit
Lasof against Valton and Carswell
against the McDermott-Hudspeth
winner.
In tennis dqjjbles three matches
have been played in the first round
and one in the second round. In the
first round Carswell and Lee clubbed
Bellamy and Tighe (10-8, 6-0) while
Glass and Watson and Lasoff-Mey-
evs advanced to the second round
thru byes. Then Carswell and Lee
turned around and downed Glass and
Watson 6-2, 8-6) to advance into the
finals.
The pills' tennis play has not
broilght any results as yet; compet-
ing in the girls' tennis matches this
spring are Norma Kearby, Georgia
Hink (fall tennis champion), Pat
Ballous, and Louise Clegg.
John Plumbley announced Thurs-
day that "come rain or come shine"
the softball intramurals will get
underway Monday. For two succes-
sive weeks ole man rain has hit
Houston and muddied up the dia-
monds just enough to prevent any
play. From now on, however, all
games that are rained out will defi-
nitely be played on Saturday.
Next week's schedule of intra-
mural softball pits the R. A. N.
against, the Ying-Yangs on Mon-
day. the Sea Hawks against the
Winless Wonders on Tuesday, and
the Rally Club against the Donkeys
and the Chemistry staff against the
Hitless Wonders on Thursday. The
Friday afternoon games will not be
played due to the Easter Holidays.
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Cagers Open Spring
Training Under Suman
This week, under new head coach
Don Suman, Rice Institute opened
its spring basketball training. Big-
gest news from the squad is the
return of Warren Switzer, who de-
cided to play out his final year of
eligibility. Switzer lettered in his
freshman year, and returned in '47,
'48, and '49, this year steadying the
Owls toward their Conference co-
Championship, while scoring 106
points. In '48, Switzer tallied 116
points in Conference competition,
and in '47 he scored 80 points. His
height should help sophomores Joe
McDermott, who tallied 135 points
in Conference games this season,
and Jim Gerhardt (16 points.) Tom-
my Hudgins, who injured his knee,
early this season, is out for spring
training. Hudgins was a starter the
^tter part of '47, and also played
in '48. Charley Tighe, who hit 14
points in 11 Confeernce battles this
season, is the only other experienced
performer returning, although an-
other sophomore, Rex Proctor, cur-
rently playing baseball, did break
into 5 Conference games this year.
Other players out include squad-'
men (both sophomores) J. D. White
and Bob Myers, and eight freshmen
up from the hustling Blue Bo\t team
of this year. These are headed by
tall boys Ralph Grawunder and
Sonny McCurry, and include Leo-
nard Childs, Mickey McMillian, Joe
Wheeler, Hal DeMoss, Marion
Froehlich, and Tom Wharton. Earl
Bellamy, former Lamar High of
Houston and RAF intramural stnd-
out, completes the list.
All members of the Rostrum,
and all students interested in be-
coming members, are Invited to
attend the next regularly sched-
uled meeting next Wednesday.
The meeting will begin at noon,
and will last ■ approximately an
hour. The business of the meeting
NOTICE
will be to plan the next program.
The Rostrum presented its first
program last night when Gail
Mount, Rush Moody, Raymond
Lankford, and Tom Eubank parti-
cipating, debated Federal Aid to
Education.
RECREATION
BOWLING ALLEY
6445 SOUTH MAIN
AIR CONDITIONED THROUGHOUT
20 BRUNSWICK LANES
"Come On Over and Make
It a Second Home"
Ball Team Down
To Defeat Tuesday
The baseball team suffered twin
defeats Tuesday evening at the
hands of the defending Southwest
champion Texas University team.
!:i the first game, the Steers jumped
■in Johnny Finch for nine runs in
tne first two innings and coasted in
the rest of the way to win, 15-7. Bob
•A illard hit the first Rice home run
i he year, with no one on base in
«h<-. seventh inning. Kneuper, Brock,
and Ehrler homered for the Texans.
In the second game, Bishop gave
'Mi only three hits, but seven walks
and AI Joe Hunt's home run brought
in five runs.
The Owls return to Houston late
in April for a series of home games
with S. M. U., T. C. U., and Baylor.
Through last Tuesday, the lead-
ing Rice batters stack up according
to the following statistics:
ab h pet.
Bishop 11 4 .363
Churchwell 33 11 .333
Vahldiek 28 9 .321
Nelson 32 10 .311
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old Cox, 195 pounds, and Bill Ward,
220. You will also see the tackles
on the basketball court. Fred Wil-
liaims, who measures 6 feet 3 by 235
pounds, was all-state in both foot-
ball and basketball while Tom
Stringer is 6 feet 5, weighs 220.
The hacks include Jim Rinehart,
a 155-nounder, who reminds of Ken
Holland, Bob Kinard, a crushing
fullback. Joe Baldridge. a fine pun-
ter, and Don Logue, who may be the
quarterback to make the new Ark-
ansas T formation go.
Rice. too. has its yearling stars,
and will be analvzed at a later date.
Look out in 1951!
"I like Chesterfield's
MILDER, better taste
It's MY cigarette."
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 9, 1949, newspaper, April 9, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230804/m1/8/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.