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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1948

Page

15

Hubbers' Batting Rally Boosts League standing in May reports

Smith leads the Hubbers at the plate with a .357 average on 15 hits in 42 at bats. Art Rowland of Abilene tops the circuit with a .313 mark, while Bob Crues Amarillo and Gordon Nell Borger lead in homers with seven each. Avion Driggers Pampa earns three straight wins as Royce Mills shines with two victories and one loss in four games.

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All College Track Meet Set Saturday

About 250 entries have been received for the All College Track Meet at Texas Tech from 2 to 5 p m on May 15. Events include a girls football game coached by Mary King and Bette Slagel plus multiple sprints relays and novelty races. The Toreador sponsors the event hoping for annual status and awards ribbons for top finishers.

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Texas A&M Pounds Rice Institute 9-4 In College Station

The Aggies won 9-4 over Rice Institute in College Station to sweep the two game series. Bob Frete allowed five hits and fanned the Owl batters as Herschell Melts hit a two on homer in the fourth. Cotton Lindloff duplicated the feat in the seventh, then Stan Hollmig hit a two run round tripper in the same frame.

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Fervent Wins Dixie Handicap At Pimlico In Close Finish

Fervent trained by Calumet Farms and ridden by Newbold Leroy Pierson beat Stymie by a length and a half in the 44th Dixie Handicap at Pimlico before 24 401 fans. The mile and a sixteenth race finished in 1 3/8, five seconds off Riverland’s track mark. Fervent paid 98 60, 3 20 and 2 60. earnings rise to 248 688 with $21 960 prize. Stymie earned 8 000 for second, boosting his career to 823 560.

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Harvard Oarsmen Set New Adams Cup Mark Against Navy and Penn

Harvard oarsmen set a new Adams Cup course record by defeating Navy and the University of Pennsylvania on the Schuylkill River. The Crimson eight finished the mile and a fifth in 5 minutes 48 seconds, with Navy a length behind in second and Penn leading briefly before being overhauled near the finish.

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Trojan Trackmen Defeat UCLA In Conference Meet

Southern California defeated UCLA 81.25 to 49.75 in the Pacific Coast Conference track and field title at Memorial Coliseum. Mel Patton set meet records in the 100 and 220 yards with 9.6 seconds and 22.3 seconds, while Jerry Shipkey of UCLA set a new shot put mark of 53 feet 5.5 inches. The win extends USC dominance since 1934 and marks the retirement of Trojan coach Dean Cromwell.

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Longhorns Sweep SMU as Texas Triumphs 8-3

In Dallas on May 8 the Texas Longhorns swept the baseball series from Southern Methodist University by an 8 to 3 margin. Texas rallied with seven hits and capitalized on five SMU errors for their 11th win. Charles Gorin pitched all nine innings, allowing seven safeties in 12 Southwest Conference starts.

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