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clean player and his record is excep
tionally free from fouls. However,
if occasion demands he can mix it
with the roughest of them. Me-
Quillen’s leadership has had much to
do with the success of the 1919 sea
son.
Dutch Ehlert, playing his first year
as a regular, has been a terror to
all guards on account of his scoring
ability. “Flu” kept him out of the
fourth Conference game and he was
a month getting back in his old form
so that he could stand up under forty
minutes of the game. A big scrappy
forward, hard to ride down and quick
to take advantage of every break has
accounted for a great deal of his
scoring. Team play is upper-most in
his mind and he was all over the
court and a mix-up usually found
him in the center of it.
“Trotter” Forbes is probably the
heaviest scorer of any center in con
ference basketball. What he lacks
in height is made up for in aggres
siveness, ability to handle the ball,
headwork and whistle shots for the
baskets. Close or far made very
little difference if he attempted a
goal. Most of the conference season
he had two men guarding him after
passing the center of the court and
yet, wriggling, twisting or sidestep
ping he placed himself free in posi
tion to receive a pass and make a
basket. On Forbes, fell the burden
of free throws and his average places
him at the top. He can cover up a
man quickly and outscored all op
ponents. His passing is accurate,
fast and sure. Playing against lai'g-
er opponents it is natural for an ag
gressive player to draw a large num
ber of fowls and yet the total is
surprisingly small considering the
fact that he was in every game.
Dwyer, Hartung and Williams,
guards, are three men just about
equal. Williams had the misfortune,
of being able to play any position on
the court and did so. He probably
wo Id have started more games had
he not done so. He is a dangerous
long shot and quick to cover up.
Not so large as the other two, but
with the same ability to mix it with
the opposition.
Hartung is one of the best scorers
from guard position in the confer
ence and contributed a good number
of points in several close games. He
covers the court fast and gets in a
position quickly. Dwyer is not as
good a shot but is dangerous. Either
of these men are exceptionally good
dribblers, Dwyer probably excelling,
and time and again have dribbled
through the opposition when the
. other men on the court were cover
ed, to score or pass to a man who
had freed himself. Both had the
ability to break dribbles and recover
the ball. Rough, charging forwards
met their matches and yet in only
four games were either sent out on
the personal foul route.
The guarding ability of these men
is shown by the fact that the larg
est number of field goals in any game
is six, and the total for sixteen con
ference games is 27, on these three
men. The largest score for any team
for the season was sixteen points.
Other good men in the conference
seen in action are as follows: For
wards, DeVinney and Newman and
Barrett of Texas, Lyons of Baylor,
the quickest shot and fairly accurate,
Kitts of S.M.U.; centers, McKnight
of S. M. U., Barrow of Texas, and
Lovett of Rice; guards, Cooper of S.
M. U., Brown of Rice; McCullough of
Texas and Pierce of Texas A. and M.
The total score of the A. and M.
team for the season was 560. Op
ponents 229. Detailed scoring of the
first eight men follows:
Per. Tech. F.T. F.G. F.G. Pt.
MeQuillen 10 8 2 0 49 98
Forbes 20 6 106 64 67 198
Ehlert 8 6 0 0 23 46
Hartung 16 6 0 0 20 4 0
Dwyer 23 6 0 0 5 10
Gouger 6 0 0 0 1 2
Pierce 1 0 0 0 3 6
Williams 8 2 _ 8 4 10 2 0
Sergeant Foster was married in
Dallas, Tuesday, March 2nd. This
is the first Leap-Year marriage we
have had in the Military Department.
We wish him the best of luck in his
undertakings.
“Mayme’s father heard her young
man tell her that he burning with
love for her.”
“What did he do?”
“He put him out.”
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they worked and talked together.
A meeting of the senior class was
called some days later. At this meet
ing the majority of seniors were in
attendance. They heard Mr. Brack
ett’s plan. Then a motion was made
and caried to the effect of organiz
ing into a society for the purpose of
more nearly fitting men for their
places in the world. Enthusiasm
was the star for the day. A tempor
ary chairman was elected and tem
porary committees were appointed.
A week later a meeting was called
and well attended. At this meeting
reports of the different committees
were read. The constitution, as
worked out by the committee, was
read and discussed. Everything was
going good. Here it was decided the
first real meeting, with a program,
would be held March 9th.
So we can see that at last A. and
M. has a live organization for train
ing her men in public speaking and
debating. With the enthusiasm that
is being manifested, it is absolutely
certain to prove of great worth to
the men and to the College and this
in the near future. Sometime in
the future the men hope to be able
to go outside the College for debates
and the like.
At one time men only dreamed of
championship teams in different
sports. Now some are able to see a
championship debating club. It is
bound to come, and all .that is need
ed is more helping hands and fewer
discouraging words.
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