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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 23, 1945 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 Rice Owls Smother Aggies To Take Over Conference Lead Henry Scores 26 Points As Cadets Are Handed Fourth Conference Loss Rice Institute’s loop-leading Owls won their second game of the year from the lowly Aggies Saturday night as they smothered the Cadets 68-25 in Houston. The Aggies gained the distinc tion of winding up the game with more personal fouls than total points, scoring 25 points and com mitting 26 fouls. Three regulars were ejected from the game for having too many fouls, the three being Jim Parmer, Charlie Wein- baum, and Hub Ellis. Bill Henry was high point man as usual, scoring 26 points during his stay in the game. Milton Cher- no led the Cadet scorers with 10 points. —This win put the Owls in the Southwest Conference lead as the Arkansas Razorbacks were split ting two games with the Texas Longhorns. The loss left A. & M. still one step ahead of Baylor in their fight for the cellar. Rice had a 40-10 lead at the half time, and the Owl margin of vic tory would have been much wider had Coach Joe Davis left his first string in for the entire contest. No Rice regular saw action during the last minutes of the game. Thursday night in DeWare Field House, the Aggies will take on the McCloskey General Hospital five in a non-conference tilt. This will be the final home game of the semester for the Cadets the next game to be played here will be February 6 when the Texas U. cagers will invade Aggieland. Foley, f 1 Roach, f 0 McBride, f 0 Murphey, f 0 Chandler, f 2 Henry, c 9 Davenport, c ... 0 Noonan, g 2 Mendenhall, g . 5 Vahldick, g 1 Morgan, g 0 Scruggs, g 1 Anderson, g ... 0 A. & M. Fg Ft Pf Tp Cherno, f ..4 2 2 10 Parmer, f 0 15 1 White, f 2 14 5 Abrams, f 0 0 0 0 Fincannon, f 0 10 1 Homeyer, f 0 0 10 Ellis, c 0 3 5 3 Weinbaum, g 1 15 3 McCormick, g 0 0 10 Howell, g 0 0 3 0 Hall, g 0 2 0 2 Adams, g 0 0 0 0 Totals 7 11 26 25 LOUPOT’S A LITTLE PLACE - - - - - A BIG SAVING! Rice Ft 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Pf 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 Tp 14 2 0 0 0 4 26 1 5 11 3 0 2 0 Totals 27 14 16 68 Halftime score: Rice 40, A. & M. 10. Free throws missed: Vahldick, Morgan 4, Davenport 2, Noonan 3, Henry 3, Wehr 2, Hall Abrams, White, Cherno 3. Officials: Ah Gratis and John Radford. Dr. Joseph Tiffin, Purdue uni versity psychologist, collaborated in development of the Ortho-rater, a master-machine for testing the eyes. Agents Make 250,000 Labor Placements More than a quarter of a million placements of farm labor were made in Texas during the first eight months of 1944 by county agricultural agents of the A. and M. College Extension Service, a re port of Extension’s state farm labor office shows. The workers placed have been prisoners of war, town and city youth, local men and women many of whom were in experienced in agriculture, men in military service, and migrants. The report shows that of the 254,018 placements, 61,948 were placements of youth, and more than 90 percent of these boys and girls were town or city residents, ac cording to C. Hohn, state farm la bor supervisor. During the first seven months of the year 4,000 prisoners of war were utilized in clearing brush, cutting cordwood, building fences, hoeing cotton and corn, baling hay, and in harvesting vegetables and grain crops. A large portion of Texas’ allotment of war prisoners has been assigned to the rice grow ing area where they are assisting with the harvest. To house these, growers in 1944 have invested The Coffee Is Always On At CASEY’S EATS - - - DRINKS - - - SMOKES CASEY'S CONFECTIONERY In the “Y” OLE ARMY I know there isn’t much of a sale for used books at present, but I realize that you are entitled to a market for them. Therefore, because of your past business and because I hope to get your future book business—new and old—I am buying used books even if I have to dispose of them to a wholesale ac count. Bring your books to Lou for best possible prices. I Also Want Student Lamps. LOUPOT’S TRADING POST Z7T Wf JAPS! DO YOUR PACT • BUY WAR BONDS By S. L. “Slim” Inzer Battalion Sports Editor Former Ag Cager on Southwest Dream Team Lloyd Gregory, managing editor of the Houston Post, had this to say in his “Looking ‘Em Over” column in the January 16 Post. “A group of veteran Southwest Conference followers were chewing the rag the other night and we agreed this would be a swell all- time All Southwestern cage team: “Forwards: Wear Schoonover, Arkansas, and Jack Gray, Texas. “Center: Bob Kinney, Rice. “Guards: Pat Dwyer, Texas Ag gies, and Bobby Moers, Texas. “Among others worthy of all- time consideration are: “Bill Tom Gloss, Rice; Ad Diet- zel and Doc Sumner, TCU; Glen Rose, Arkansas; and Holly Brock, Texas.” “Looking back through the rec ords we find that Pat Dwyer was considered as one of the greatest guards in Southwest Conference history when he was playing for the Aggies. That was in 1918-20- 21-22, and during the time A. & M. dominated the Southwest cage pic ture. The Aggies won the confer ence in 1920-21-22, and were un defeated during the 1920 season. Dwyer was All-Conference guard in 1921 and 1922, and was captain of the Aggie cagers the latter year. He was not a high scorer, but was described as a perfect dribbler, who always worked the ball down under the basket and gave it to a team-mate to score. He very sel dom took a shot at the basket, but preferred to handle the ball for his mates. E. E. McQuillen, execu tive secretary of the Association of Former Students, was captain of the 1920 five, winning All-Confer ence honors. They Have Given Their All football, was killed in France June 19, 1944. Two old football stars, both Navy The Association of Former Stu dents of Texas A. & M. College re cently released a list of former Aggie athletes who have been killed in this war. According to the records of the Association, 11 greats of Maroon and White teams of the past have died in the serv ice of their country during the present conflict. Lt. John W. Crow, football, was killed in the Southwest Pacific about November 20, 1942; Lt. Rob ert ■ Derace Moser, football, was killed in a plane crash at Tampa, Fla., on November 19, 1943; Lt. James E. Newberry, baseball, died in France on August 14, 1944; Capt. Joe Routt, football, was killed in Europe December 10, 1944; Ma jor Robert W. Russi, football, died in Holland on October 29, 1944; Lt. Herbert Smith, Jr., football, was killed in a plane crash in Penn sylvania on September 22, 1942; and Lt. James “Cotton” Williams, $100,000 in four camps and an ad ditional $15,000 on facilities for four mobile-type camps. After the war these camp facilities can be used either as warehouses or for housing civilian migratory workers, the growers believe. In addition to contributing these funds, 50 communities in all sec tions of the state have raised funds for setting up camping and sanitary facilities for migrant workers. Hohn pays particular tri bute to 1450 volunteers over the state who have aided in the pro gram. Despite the pressure of their own business farm leaders have contributed 5,638 man-days to help assure a fair labor supply for all. Besides placing workers, the Ex tension Service has assisted in or derly routing of combines, tracks, tractors and drivers to the grain and sorghum harvest fields. Banana oil is not made from bananas or any other fruit. It is one of the hundreds of products obtained from coal tar. DO YOUR PART—BUY BONDS Captain John Smith was one of the bravest soldiers in the old Plymouth Colony, but he wasn’t brave enough to ask Priscilla Mul lins for her hand. lieutenants, have also died in serv ice. Roswell Higginbotham at Quonset Point, Rhode Island on May 26, 1943, and John A. Pierce at Austin, Texas, on November 17, 1943. Lt. John T. Whitfield, football, died at sea while returning from Moncrief Suffers Broken Leg Bone In Accident Monday Parmer Not Injured As Motorcycle Brakes Fail on Sharp Turn Monte Moncrief, Aggie All- Southwest Conference tackle and star of the East-West game in San Francisco New Year’s Day, suffered a broken leg in a motor cycle accident Monday afternoon. Jim Parmer, promising freshman fullback from Oklahoma, was ri ding behind Moncrief when the mo torcycle went out of control but escaped with only a few bruises. The accident happened about three miles south of College Sta tion on the old Houston highway about 5.30 Monday afternoon. Mon crief and Parmer were riding a borrowed motorcycle and accord ing to both boys were going about 50 miles per hour when they tried to slow for a sharp turn. Brakes on the machine failed to hold with the result that the motorcycle headed for a steep railroad em bankment. Parmer attempted to vault off but in doing so his feet caught in the spokes of the back wheel which threw him 10 or 15 yards into the ditch. Moncrief stayed with the machine and when it hit the embankment his right leg was caught in the running board guide and broken. Dr. J. E. Marsh, College Physi cian, said that the bone in Mon- crief’s right leg was broken mid way between the knee and ankle. Dr. Marsh also said that he could not make any positive predictions about Moncrief’s football but that he probably could play by next fall. the Philippines sometime in De cember of 1944. Officer Candidate Robert Joseph Williams, baseball, died at Fort Bliss on January 22, 1943. There are others who are miss ing in action or have been captured by the enemy, and we hope and pray that their names will never be added to this list. Football Letters To Be Awarded 27 Aggie Players Presentations Will Be Made Tuesday Night at Annual Gridiron Banquet Upon recommendation of Head Coach Homer Norton, the Athletic Council of Texas A. & M. College Thursday awarded “T” letters to 27 members of the Maroon and White football squad and to seven members of the cross country team, all participating during the recent 1944 seasons. A letter also was awarded to Tommy Murnane of Dallas, student manager. Presentation of “T” medals and sports bars to recipients of their first letters and additional bars to second-time winners will be made at the annual “T” banquet to be held in the College dining hall Tuesday night. At that time team captains, selected by the players, will be announced. Coach Norton and his assistants will announce the coaches selections for most valuable player and best blocker. Ford Munnerlyn, local i n - surance representative, and S. A. Lipscomb, local druggist, for years have given awards to the team captains and to the most valuable player, while Bert Pfaff, Tyler businessman, has given an award to the best blocker. These awards also will be announced at the ban quet Tuesday. Winners of cross country letters are recommended by Coach Lil Dimmitt, were: J. D. Hampton, Brady; Jonathan Bradford, San Antonio; C. R. Hol brook, Highlands; Glen Bell, Pine- land; J. W. Hargis, East Bernard; Joseph W. Green, Santa Anna, and Wm. E. Berry, Coahoma. Winning football letters as rec ommended by Coach Norton were: Arthur Abraham, El Paso; Bob Butchofsky, Ysleta; Jimmy Cash- ion, College Station; Tom Daniel, Kerrville; Hub Ellis, Kilgore; Sparky Eberle, Sweetwater; Grant Darnell, Tulsa, Okla.; Bob Gary, Dallas; Bill Geer, Fort Worth; Bobby Goff, Kenedy; Bullet Gray, Garland; Norton Higgins, Galves ton; Cotton Howell, Nacogdoches. Tommy League, Hamilton; Stub by Matthews, San Antonio; George McAllister, Eden; Monte Moncrief, Dallas; Jim Parmer, Mangum, Okla.; Joe Sacra, Denison; Goober Scott, Athens; Morton Shefts, San Antonio; Charles Shira, Hamlin; Gene Spires, Abilene; Damon Tas sos, San Antonio; Bill Walker, Stephenville; Paul Yates, Fort Worth, and Scooter Yeargain, Dal las. Presbyterian Young People To Have Installation Banquet The Presbyterian Young People will have their annual installation banquet in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall at 7 o’clock, Wednes day, January 24. Tickets must be obtained by Wednesday noon and may be purchased from Fish Car penter, Walton Hall, from Rev. Anderson’s office in the Y. M. C. A., or from Jo Ann Lewis. The price will be $.60 per plate. All who are interested in the work are cordially invited to attend. It will be formal and cadets will either wear wool shirt and trousers or khaki shirt and wool trousers. 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