University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Smith, Outfield Pfannkuche, Outfield Leading Conference Hitter Allen, Pitcher I THE AGGIE GAME Before the largest crowd ot the season, the Texas nine drubbed their traditional enemies, the Texas Aggies, 5-1. Rogers, of A. M., lost the game largely because of his wildness which w-as responsible for four runs in the first inning. Remarkable pitching on the part of Cox, who had developed into one of the best pitchers in the loop, featured the game. Only seven hits were gathered by both teams during the game. Texas played errorless ball. THE OKLAHOMA A. M. SERIES Plunging further into the conference schedule, the I.onghorns twice defeated the Oklahoma Aggies, 8-2 and 19-1, in Austin contests. The first game was easily featured by the pitching of Stookie .Allen. Holding the invaders to three hits in the second game, Clements led Texas to their second victory. The Texas batsmen gathered 1-1 hits off the visitors in this game, Williamson, Pratt, and Thompson se:uring three each. By virtue of these two wins and the victory over Te.xas Aggies, Texas climbed into second place in the flag chase, still being led by T. C. U. THE BAYLOR GAME To add to the suspicions of the sport critics who wisely said that Uncle Billy would not pull through again, the Baylor Bears journeyed over to .Austin and beat the Steers. The final score was: Freeze, with the left-field fence, 4 Texas 3 As has been indicated, Jake Freeze, one of the conference ' s leading pitchers, was easily the outstanding star of the day. Not only did he allow the Southwestern Champions but seven hits, but he won his own game with two homers over the short left-field fence, and was responsible for all of the visitors ' runs. Thompson got three hits — one being a long home run. Smalley smacks out a double against the Millers yw 5

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w -. .-£.:.£ :. i» Sm.M-LEV, Third Base All-Soiillnvestern Falk, First Base Leissner, Catcher I. The next day, Cox hurled the Steers to a 4-1 victory over Austin College who was fresh from a 1-0 shut-out over Baylor. The Kangaroos were allowed but three hits, and the game was somewhat retarded by a drizzling rain that fell throughout the contest. Fred Thompson sewed up the afTair in the seventh inning with a home run that s;ored a runner in front of him. Two days later, the Austin Rangers avenged their defeat of the preceding week by winning a 10-8 slugfest from the Longhorns. The following Tuesday, the Steers were again nosed out by the Austin nine in the last inning by a 3-2 count, even though Texas outhit them. THE FIRST ROAD TRIP Beginning April 17 with their first foreign conference game, the Texas aggregation found themselves in a peculiar predicament. .-Mthough their first road game with T. C. V. was but the second conference game of the season for them, it was a game upon which the Conference Flag hung. The Frogs had played over half their schedule, winning all games. After amassing a 6-run lead in the early innings, Texas began to loaf, and in the last two frames the Christians managed to even the count. From here on until the 14th inning, after which the game was called, T. C. U. filled the bases every inning, but the sure pitching of Cox kept them from putting over the winning tally. Meeting the Rice Owls at Houston two days later, Texas revenged their 8-3 defeat with the same score. By this stage of the pennant chase, the situation was rather muddled up. Texas was trailing in fourth place with only an outside chance to win, with T. C. U., S. M. U., and Rice ahead of her. The rest of her s-hedule con- tained only hard games, while the others had duck soup, comparatively. Thompson sacrifices in the Baylor giiinc Page ;W

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u 1. Ramsey, Catcher Radford, Shortstop Eason, Shortstop II THE T. C. U. GAME Exhibiting the best form of the season, the Longhorns trounced the Horned Frogs in a one-sided 16-1 victor - in the next game of the season. Cox, pitching for Texas, allowed the visitors but three hits. The Steers went on a batting rampage, securing 20 hits against the three pitchers the Purple used in a vain at- tempt to stem the tide. Kibbie, Williamson, Thompson, Snialley, and Cox got three hits each during the game. THE NORTH TEXAS ROAD TRIP With their chances for another conference championship hanging in the balance during every game they played, the Steers began the last road trip of the season, leaving the entire student body gasping at the possible outcome, because one defeat meant a lost championship. Beginning with Arkansas, the Steers won their two games comparatively easy, the scores being 14-3 and 9-4. Pfannkuche was the batting star of both games, securing a home run, triple and double in the first, and getting three more hits in the second. Two days later Texas engaged in probably the most thrilling game of the season with S. M. U., but the Ponies were finally downed 4-3 after leading the Steers for eight innings. By virtue of this win over S. M. U., Texas went into a tie for first place with T. C. U. May 17th saw the Texas nine whip Baylors ears down to the tune of 13-6. Thompson and Smalley led the batting attack that drove Freeze from the mound and netted 16 hits. Cox allowed but eight hits by the Bears. Odom ends Soutltwe stern games when he sacks the final fiof-iip Page 200