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

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Cross Country, 1936 To sive credit where credit is due would be to shower the cross country men with glory. The 1936 harriers won for The University of Texas the 6th straight conference crown under the expert guidance of Coach Littlefield and his assistant, Buren Edwards. Remus Thomas captained the ' 36 squad and proved his worthiness by tying with Mule Wilson as the leading cross country man. NORTH TEXAS TEACHERS MEET The victory over the N. T. S. T. C. came between the halves of the S. M. U. -Texas game, Oct. 31st at Memorial Stadium. The Texans defeated the Teachers 22-36. The Eagles placed but two men in the first five. Henry Morgan of Eagles came in first with Capt. Thomas, Mule Wilson, Allen Reed, of Texas following in the order named and Frank Morgan of the opposition 5th. Ximenes, Baldwin, and Patillo of Longhorns followed. A. M. The practice meet between Texas A. M. and Texas on Nov. 6, proved to be an easy win for Texas; the score was 18-45 in favor of Texas. In the 2.5 mile run, the order of arrival was Thomas in the excellent time of 12.56 minutes followed closely by Geo. Wilson. Hunter Parks of A. M. was third, followed by Reed, Ximenes, Fisher, Baldwin, Patillo. RICE Texas encountered Rice Oct. 27, and defeated them 18-48 by carrying five of the six possible first places. Thomas and Wilson tied for first with Fisher second. Reed third, and Baldwin fourth. CONFERENCE The Southwest Conference Meet was in Houston Nov. 19-20. Texas led as usual by Remus Thomas and Geo. Wilson, breezed into the conference championship. Texas, Texas A. M., and Rice scored respectively 19-44-61 points. Allen Reed was fourth, Ximenes fifth, Tottenham seventh, and Baldwin eighth. This overwhelming victory gave Texas the sixth consecutive championship. VARSITY LETTERMEN FOR 1936 WERE: Gordon Fislier, Captain Elect Edward Ximenes RESERVE LETTERMEN WERE: Fred Bohls Remus Thomas, Captain Georse Mule Wilson Allen O ' Neal Reed Edwin Tottenham Joe Baldwin Sam Patillo Tom McSpadden Jesse Thompson Clinton Kerney Top row: Coach Littlefield, Fisher, Pdtillo, Baldwin, Edwards, (Assistant Coach) Bottom row: Ximenes, Totten- ham, Thomas (Captain), Wilson, Reed %( ■ - Pk. ' j»«e;: ' V ' iv -H A ums ■ tj -«j ZJ I M M •! ' jai tst y - V p o A « k . ' I

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GoK Following the most brilliant performance ever given by a golf team of Tfie University of Texa wfien tfie 1935 golfers swept all before them, the 1936 golfers acquitted themselves with distinction and honor, achieving new laurels not gained by their predecessors. In the Southwest Conference Meet at Austin they set the remarkable record of a score of 1,178 for 72 hole medal play. Figuring on the basis that T. U. consistently has the best golf teams in the conference, and that this meet will only be held in Austin every fourth year, the record should stand for twenty years. Likewise the Longhorn squad garnered the four top choice positions in individual honors. Bill Welch, captain, leads with 288, seconded by Raymond Ramsey, 295, closely followed by Jack Fouts, 296, and Simon Alexander, who tied Willie Maguire of Rice for fourth place with 301. Nelson Munger and Bob Battle earned honors with 307 and 310. During the season the University six defeated A. M. and Schreiner 6-0, tied S. M. U., and lost to Rice 2-4. They attended the Southern Intercollegiate Invitation tournament at Athens, Georgia, and took second. L. S. U. led and Texas U. was only one stroke ahead of the powerful Georgia Tech squad. 156 was necessary to qualify in the championship flight. Welch qualified with 148. The sextet finished off the season at the National Intercollegiate Meet in Chicago, in 36 hole medal play succeeded by match play. Texas University finished seventh nationally and Munger was among those qualifying for the championship flight. I 1 i ' 4 Left to Right: Bill Welch, Simon Alexander, Jack Fouts, Ward Fouts, Nel- son Munger

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%. i { Jk L i ' Travis Hubbard Erickson Looney Zay Smith Crouch Baker Levine Zweiner Bowling Nendell Bergfeld Tallcy, Captain Robertson, Coach Koerth, Manager The University of Texas Swimming Team The school year 1936-1937 was one of rapid develop- ment for the swimming team of The University of Texas. Improving their ability in great strides, they are now forging ahead to national prominence in the swimming world. When Tex Robertsori became swimming coach at the University, the Texas swimming team ranked among the first forty teams of the nation. Under his tutelage, the team moved up into the ranks of the first twenty teams the next year. Now, Tex, in his third year as coach, has a squad among the first five teams of this country. The team, featuring Texas ' first Ail-American swimmer, Rollin Baker, compiled an admirable record this pas ' , year. Texas participated in numerous dual meets and was defeated only once. This defeat was by Nebraska, and it was due to a technical disqualification of the Texas team after they had really won the meet. Among the teams which were beaten by the University in these dual meets were: the Tulsa Aquatic Club, the Kansas City Athletic Club, the Fort Worth Y. M. C. A., the St. Louis y. M. C. A., and the A. M. College team. In the Southwest Conference Meet, the Texas team swept the contest, winning the championship as they broke five out of nine possible records. The squad went to the National Intercollegiate Swim- ming Meet in Minnesota, where they made an excellent showing, despite the fact that they didn ' t win the title this year. The team was captained this year by Thurman Talley, The other stars were Hondo Crouch, Rollin Baker, and Jack Bergfeld. The outstanding event of the team was the free-style relay, which featured Talley, Crouch, Bergfeld, and Arnold Travis. The team will lose Rollin Baker and Charles Zweiner by graduation, but it will be greatly strengthened by the eligibility of Adolph Kiefer and a host of other freshmen stars. Kiefer, who is the star of the freshman team, is the Olympic backstroke champion. With his successful attempts at free-style swimming this past year, he is now hailed as the greatest swimmer in the world. Our school is rapidly becoming swimming-minded, with the rapid development of this sport. Ninety men reported for the squad at the first of the year. Now, more boys take swimming for physical training than any other sport. This increased interest along with the splendid record of Tex Robertson ' s team points to a national intercollegiate swimming title within the next two or three years. Page ,i,6 I I f: INTHAMI He bw« ' proper fwlilio ' ' ' evj jtudenti ont way « f Priwfily, « iliewtisfs ' ' - m korstiki X ' It presail l«f« iports. Hii ' « « iron the m al lleliiWiirilD ? ' been included, indil iivenesoflkepro? Liit year, the tow! iports was 6,809. tlijt k record, be pjrlicipjnti my enti which Jre: the frjtf Domitor Diviiioo, totii of eijhty-S»e oi Ihe larnjetihip t the highest praiie i Director Serry M. Lorene Grejj, a cat by hard work «i c jran with renariublf Ihus far we have i of the Inlraiura! Dt •norjaniied phase, lid 5aiiei artanjej it their own coim bishedthetudm ized,asw(ll«o(ji the Intraiiifai [lepm ■anner that a xnx ' MpanyAepkysc i ' .