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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1934)
\ ■*V r * 18 THK BATTALION BASrETDALL €ETL€€E I, * , * , , f I > 11 I€N S. CEJEEN A Battalion Sports Writer Reviews Prospects for the Cagrinfr Season Sin tv the basket hall season is vet in its infanev. the job of pkkin.'T a winner at this sta^e of the season would be catlnr difficult, tn kaikiug over the roster's ^ of last year’s teams we find that there are a number of experienced men who will Ik* playing for their Alrrut . Maters again this teason. % Here at^A and M/ who furnished a team that fin- iahed Second in conference last year, ('oach John Reid faces the difficulty of rtplacing J<k*Merka. who for the past three years has been a mainstay at the center post as well as the !>est offensive plan on the s«^ua<l. Merka scored more points last year for the Aggies than any man on the team and finished third in the indivi dual scoring in the conference, eked out only by Kieh- t.rd Allison of T(T’ and Jack Gray of Texas. Sheppard Was the other senior ktterman to finish last yenr. To take the place of these two graduates are some nine sophomore candidates for different positions on tin* team. v Light returning lettermen make up the neucleus V of a 1935 team that will corpfnd for the conferenc * championship. They are Captain Griffin Breazeale, \ * 4 Johnnie Davis, Tommy Hutto, Max Tohline. Joseph Bis- l>ey, Monte ( armachael, Taylor Wilkins and Kllis Btan- sel. Of this group five are in their last year of playing. Namely: Breazeale; Davis; Hutto: Bisbey ; and Stanse 1 . The freshman team of la^t year has unite a group of . prospects to offer the varsity. Johnie Black from Bryan • is a small man, but will make the other guards hustle* for a position. Kd Lee, Houston; Paul Keans, Fort Worth; Clyde Jones, IfUntington* Norris Johnson. ‘ Bryan; Z. B. Co*. San Antonio; Karle Button. H<>us v ton;* Jack (Yichton, Kasp* Point, La.; Dave “Goon* 4 ^ S?h newer. Seguin; Henry C^ualtniugh, Ijouston a‘r\d^ Arlington Helbing, San Antonio. Of this group. Lee, I^lack, Jones and Kvans Unim as real pn)s|H?cts ^ve* : varsity letttrs. ‘'Pete*' D<»wding, Houston, who brok< his leg during early forrthiill training was a good bas ketball prospect. Dowling's recovery from the injury • in,time to play basketball is very doubtful. Two squad- j men from last year at tVie guard position, who are making strong bids for a regular berth on the* first string, are Pe-rcy Shands. Korney, and Carlton White. Amarillo. ; i At the center position where J<k* Merka lias domi nated for the past three years, tin* most diffic ult pml>- k ^ k»m presents itself. From early seas'on practices Cap- ^ tiin “Acorn” Brazenlc. has made his letter at tip forward position for the past two years, seems to have the outside track over Tohline, Johnson and Schriewer. At the forward positions there are Tommy Hutto. Johnny Davis, Ellis Stansel, lettermen, as wel] as -~y Clyde Jones and Paul Kvans. who were “hot-shots” on tip* fish team last year. Jones towers Iwtter than si*, feet and has a gm*! chance Ik* a regular. Tohline. who is now working at the center position, has made a letter al forward. He can fill in at either place as the occasion-calls. The Aggies have a group of husky guards that may Ik* classed with any in the conference. Taylor Wilkins, who won the Aggieland Pharmacy Trophy IjA the most valuable man last year, will Ik* the spark or I * GC/ <s* 17 uZS >: v » « (•riffin Breazeale • John Reid Aggie Basketball ( aptain Hynd Basketball (Oach w the Aggie defense. As well as birng a demon on the de fense, he has a go<Kl eye for a| basket. Wilkins scored many goals from the guard position last year. Joe Bis- bey, .and Monte (’armichael are b»ttermen at guard. L<*e and Black are two sophomore:* who lookc*d g<H»d on the< fish team last year. . * (’oach Reid has a numlsT of games for the scpiad before they enter the conference dispute in January. The Aggies went to Mar<|Ue;uMonday night and played the Sam Houston Bearkats. The Texaco Scotties of Houston will 1m* here Thursday night. Then Saturday December 15, the Aggies will end their first wc*ek cv! games with Step hen "F. Austin Teachers at! Nacog doches. Three games ar.* scheduled for next week: Dc- cemlier 17. Sam Houston Teachers at Huntsville; De cember 21. Humble Oilers at Arp; December 22, Hum ble Oilers at Henderson. The Humble Oilers l>oast such " (Continued on Page 281