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THE BATTALION
TEXAS SURRENDERED
BASKETBALL GAMES
(Continued from Page 1)
exultation. And back of the forwards
were Pat and Floppy, beyond whom
no adventurous Varsity ambition could
wing its way to t'ie scoring place.
The straps beneath the Texas basket
were puritannical and demure to the
extreme and were, to quote our
friend again, “but the trappings and
the suits of woe.” During that first
half we amassed points to the num
ber of eggs six-bits will buy—New
York market. And Texas—well, they
worked hard and we shouldn’t step
on them too much. But we’ll hand it
to Hartung and Dwyer. By the way,
perhaps that coach of Rice’s will note
that Dwyer is capable of keeping half
a team from scoring. Texas came
back in the second half and managed
to ring up a few points by some good
shooting by indirect fire, the Varsity
coach having issued the Varsity for
wards range finders between halves.
A. and M, kept up her pace, with Wil
liams substituting for Ehlert, and had
little difficulty in putting the game
on record as: Texas 9, A. and M. 27.
Texas could never get together and
play real basket ball. They fought
hard but their efforts were without
direction. The Farmers displayed
finished work from every standpoint.
The team work was great and the
individual parts equally as good.
Line-up:
A. and M. Texas
McQuillen (Capt.) Blane
Forward
Ehlert DeViney
Forward
Forbes Barron
Center
HarTung — firlt
Guard
Dwyer Russell
Guard
Substitutes: A. and M.—Williams.
for Ehlert.
Texas—McCullough for Russell.
The second game was much better
from the spectators’ standpoint. Tex
as shifted her line-up and sent in sub
stitutes who seemed to put coordina
tion into their play. The improve
ment in the Texas guarding was
marked; their forwards played better
ball than the night before. The game
was fast and furious from the start.
Texas registered first but the Aggies
overtook them and led at the half by
9 to 4. The beginning of the second
period saw a fast. A. and M. drive
that ran the score up to 12 to 4. From
then on the Aggies seemed to be play
ing defensively. Texas assumed more
of the offensive. The hardest and
closest playing of the year resulted.
A. and M. advanced her score to 17
and Texas followed a few points be
hind. The Aggie guarding became
furious and the Texas offense equally
as frantic. When only seconds rested
between A. and M. and our unde
feated season, the strain became ter
rific. Hartung’s jaws were working
overtime on his cud of gum. Williams
an old guard, playing at forward in
place of Ehlert, found his old exper
ience useful. Everything was con
centrated on keeping Texas from
scoring. The crowd was in an up
roar. Every movement of the Aggies
and the Longhorns was desperate.
But we had to much to lose. Eighteen
games were behind us and this one
had to come. Texas was powerless.
It was still 17 to 13 when the gun
went off and pandemonium burst on
earth.
This ended the greatest basket ball
season of Texas history. For years
the Aggie quintet have become grad
ually more powerful. Last year we
were as good as any. And this year
we arrived. A thousand percent re
cord, with a total score 559 to 238, is
the jitney that we arrived on. Driver
says we have the all-State team right
here. We ain’t got nothing previous.
And now the little maids of Geor
gia will listen with eyes in wild won
der opened to the wonderful story of
how we tamed the savage Southwes-
terners. The wild women of New
York will turn deaf ears to the multi
voiced Broadway and in secluded cor
ners of be-palmed cafes will list to
how it was done. The “Rock of Chi-
camanga” will have his rival in the
trooper-story of that “Rock of A. and
M”, otherwise Hartung, G. H. Every
hamlet in Texas will hear of it. Every
fish in future years will sing of it.
Because we do IT.
Big special feature Friday and
Saturday at the Lyric*
COACH DRIVER PICKS ALL
STATE TEAM
In a letter to the Dallas News in
regal'd to an all-state selection and
an all-conference selection in basket
ball, Coach W L. Driver says that the
first six men in the A. and M. lineup
suits him. He says there is very
little to choose between the ability of
these men. McQuillen and Ehlert,
forwards; Dwyer and Williams,
guards, and Forbes, center.
His letter follows: Any selection
for mythical all-American, all-con
ference and all-state teams is more or
less a matter of personal opinion
and any records that may be com
piled do not always tell the true
story of a man’s ability and worth.
This is true in any sport and espec
ially true of basketball which is
essentially a team game. I have only
seen in the Southwestern Confer
ence this season the teams of Baylor,
Southern Methodist, Rice, University
of Texas and Texas A and M. play.
I believe that the first six men from
Texas A. and M. could be chosen and
win over any other team picked from
the other four schools.
Captain McQuillen is the peer of
all forwards of the 1919 season and
th- best forward that has been de
veloped at Texas A. and M. in the
last five years. He is good size, fast,
aggressive, a sure close shot and has
a deadly eye for the basket 1 as far
out as the center of the court. He
has the best loop shot in the Confer
ence and a guard must cover him up
to keep him from shooting. Add to
the above that elusive quality so
many forwards do not possess with a
good sidestep and a dribble for full
measure and there is not much left
to be desired. In addition, Mack has
the ability to cover up a shooting
guard and very few goals have been
made over him this season. He is a
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