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BaskvtkMdl, after ^pinir
about half of its schedule, has stop
ped for a short intermission whiW *
the capers do a little cramming- and
quis-Udditp. There is a chance that
after the exams many of the quintets
will have to put altered teams on the
floors. These exams have a funny \
way of catching some of the out
standing athletes at the wrong time
and making them sit on the bench
for the remainder of the yegr.
During this short interlude we find
the Southern Methodist Mustangs at
the head of the ladder with five vie-i
lories and no defeats. At the other
end of the ladder we find the Texas
Christian Frogs without a victory.
The chances are that S. M. U. will go j
through undefeated and that
Frogs will go through without drian
r ning a single contest.
~ Baylor and Rice are the only two
teams that appear to have any chance •
at all of winning or^ tyir* for the
championship. Each of!, these teams
has lost one game. V «
The Aggies are floundering around
Just above T. C. U. They have won one
game, that being from the .Frogs laal *
week- The Cadets have been playimr
good ball this year, but it has always
been just a degree under that theirf '
opponents were playing. , ' i |
r "Big Dog” Dawson says he didn t
j have a chance to do anything against
the Ponies. He fouled out of Um|
game early. He said that the only
way he could get to the bull mdaij
. either basket was to just jump in §mm
start climbing those lanky boys. The
officials didn't think much aC .hid
method and soon called the required
four fouls on him. Dawson says thai’
it will be a different stoCy when they
get the Baccus-ooached Mustangs
down here Feb. 20.
t _ Rawsoiwhas been playing some very
good hall for the Cadets this season. ;
Last year he looked vary rough as a
freshman, hut In reality he * was a
diamond in the rough. This year he ;
hue been polished and is a very gl.t-
, tering young man.
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Tom Tinker is another of the Ag
gies who has been playing very good
ball this season along with Captain
Sammy Dwy|r, Jude Bmithb J- T. Lang
and Jame Carrigah. . * ?
McQuillan tried to croas the Pomes
and Frogs up last week. Ih one game
they used Dwyer at forward instead
of his cuotmnaryposition. In
the Frog game Dawson was put at
forward and Duriean at center.
• When the Cadets played the Bay
lor Bears hart tmntly the Baylor
coach was heard to make the fol-»
lowing reauhlL What damn McQui)
lan told me that he didn’t have any
material, much less a team.7 ,
It is to he remembered that the
Aggies were ahead or tied with the
Bears until the last few minutes of
the gome. The Baylor coach was very
much afraid that he was going to lose
that fray.
The Aggies will get back into har
ness Feb. II whep they take on
Texas here. They follow this dp with
a trip to Waco for their return en
gagement with Baylor on Feb. IjL
Feb. 16 finds them j back at bom<
meeting the To* from T. C. U.
The Mustangs pay the Cadets a
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20. After the Pony fray
takes his Cadets to the
where they play those tower-
Raxorbarks Feb. 24 ami 26. The
will come down March 2 hi
Gym in Austin when the
tangle with Jack Gray^t
in their return engagement.
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[ Pwliahing up on sinking free throws
will hold much of the practice time
lure. The Cadets lost to the
because of their weakness
department of play. ,
r e |l of Rice, Norton of S. M.
I , Wilkerson of S. M. U. and Adams
hf jjAritanaas are waging te
fight for his point honors of the con
ference. Carswell is In the lead with
67 points and >$ trailed by ‘‘Sniper*’
Norton with 61. Wilkerson and Adams
each have 47 counters.
tJnless some of the Cadets bust too
many hours at mid-term the entire
team with the exception of Red Hct^ x
land will be back- Holland ia the only
one who will graduate, and he Is
doing ao only because be was to.
smart and gleaned enough grade
points and honrs one term b* for» he
was scheduled to do so.
The total points made by each play-
tet* of the Cadets have not been totaled
but it is thought that Dawson pa
iter of the squad.
Coach Manning Smith's f
team has not shown up as well ks
was expected. They beat Allen Acad
emy one game, but then lost two to
the Rice Slimes. They still have to
play the Texas Short Homs and also
Have another fray with Allen.
Bill "Jitterbug" 1 H—d«fcon
Steve Stephenson are about the
taro real basketball players on
team. Both of these men will aid the
tursity greatly next season. The
*ity will be back almost intact,
ha* never been very pleasing to
"wait until next year," but it
look as if the Cadets will have thatr
best cage team next season. Their
entire starting five will return and
these men will be able to' get ajittle
rest as the substitutes will be Vff
men.
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