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Aggies Have Lost Three Games by 7 Points; Missing Gratis Throws Has Been Main Cause While looking over a newspaper of one kind or the other, you’ve probably noticed that many times a basketball team beats another quintet by a mere 7 points. “Only 7 points,” you might have said, “boy! That must’ve been a close battle all the way.” And true enough. A basketball game that has only 7 points dif ference betwen the two teams is one mighty good fracas. But— and here comes the rub—if you think a game is close when the difference is only 7 points, what do you then think of THREE GAMES, the scores of which total a difference of but 7 points. That is exactly what has been the fate of Coach Marty Karow’s hard fighting quitent which has been so near to victory and yet so far. In their past three en counters they have lost first to Baylor by a 48-46 count, then to the Rice Owls, 44-42, and Tuesday night they hit a snag at Waco when the Bears downed them, BB SS. Sports writers and radio com mentators have given a lot of cred ence to the “hard-luck” going of the S. M. U. Mustangs, who have lost six conference games, none of which has been by more than 5 points. Well, so what? Look at the Aggies, and also take a gander at Coach Karow—he has more gray hair than he ever had. And no wonder! Losing three games by the total difference of 7 points would give anyone gray hairs. What has caused all these set backs suffered by the Cadets ? Certainly, the boys haven’t really been unlucky in the last three of their games. If you think they have, you give them sort of a poor excuse. The answer lies in their free throws. For example, in their previous games with Rice and Baylor, they scored more field goals than their opponents, but found the going tough from the foul line. Tuesday, they made but 7 gratis shots out of a total of 15, and therein lies the story of a team that smells victory so near, but still finds it so far away. Tale of Red Goatley, Star Cadet Pole Vaulter is Most Unusual Story of Year Looking over the prospects of Coach Dough Rollins’ track team, I ran across one of the most un usual stories of the year—the story of an athlete who didn’t know his own ability. His name is Red G'oatley, a sophomore and one of Coach Rollins’ brightest track stars. He specializes in pole vaulting, and according to Rollins, is just about tops in that field over here. But I’m getting ahead of the story. At any rate, while Red was ■ta fish last year, Albert Ricks, who is one of the top pole vaulters in the conference, detailed him to catch the pole while he (Ricks) pole vaulted. This Red did for a number' of days until he got a craving for jumping over the bar. DRESS UP and HAVE FUN . . . You can be just as comfort able in a GRIFFON TUX EDO as any suit you own. Roomy and easy in cut— graceful and sleek in fit— they’re designed for living these days. “Midnight Blue,” a blue that is blacker than black! Come in and slip one on and see for yourself. Griffon Tuxedo $25. and $27.50 Arrow Tux Shirts Arrow Tux Ties Hickok Tux Jewelry Hickok Tux Suspenders Interwoven Tux Socks Bostonian Tux Oxfords CLOCKICAS College and Bryan It was his first try, but that im pressed Coach Rollins so much that he immediately issued him a suit. At first, Red did only fair, but practice and more practice finally developed him into a real star pole vaulter. Today, he jumps 12 feet, and is giving Albert Ricks a, strong fight for the pole vault ing honors of the squad. As for his eligibility, Coach Rollins has nothing to worry about. Last year, Red made 105 grade points out of a possible 108, and made 56 just this past term. He’s taking P. E. and that’s not Physi cal Education—it’s Petroleum. Hm! Who said that athletes were dumb? And why? According to Miss Anna Many, counselor of women, the short date hour gives the girls an opportunity to test their “dates” without the fear of being “loaded” with a “drip.” Valentines? Express your sentiment with a Gift of Jewelry From our selection of WATCHES RINGS BRACELETS LOCKETS VANITIES LIGHTERS LUCIEN LELONG PERFUMES SANKEY PARK JEWELERS 111 N. Main Bryan Baylor Defeats Aggie Cagers At WacoTues, 38-35 Hailey Leads Bears To Hard-Earned Victory; Bill Henderson High Point Man The Texas Aggie cagers, who have been the hardluck players of the Southwest conference by losing a number of games by extremely narrow margins, suffered another such defeat Tuesday night at the hands of the Baylor Bears in Waco. The Cadets were nosed out with a 38-35 score. The spur of the late Baylor drive was the same Bill Hailey, who tos sed the winning basket against the Aggies at College Station sev eral weeks ago. Hailey accounted for only six of the Bear tallies but all of these came in the last five minutes of the game—a time when they were much needed. The Aggies, with five minutes left to play, were ahead, 28-25. The Bears, turned on the head and led 35-32 with about 40 seconds of the game remaining. Bill Hender son tossed a goal and scored a free throw given him by virtue of a foul as he was throwing at the basket. This tied the game at 35- 35. Peden fouled Dwight Parks, the Baylor ace, as Parks was dribbling down the floor. Parks made the throw to provide the winning score and Arnett tossed a field goal as the whistle sounded. Henderson, the high-point man, was held scoreless during the first half by Arnett. Ray Jarrett guard ed Parks so closely that the latter could account for only ten points. The Cadets are now in sixth place in the conference race with one victory against four losses while the Bears are in a third place tie with the Rice Owls. Pitts, Ark Capt, Setting Hot Pace For Hog Quintet Captain R. C. Pitts, the Forrest City senior who developed into a great basket-ringer almost over night, is setting a hot pace for University of Arkansas baske- teers at the end of 14 games and on the eve of stretch warfare for the Southwest conference ^champ ionship. The lanky guard, who spent most of his time in the back areas for two years while mates chuck ed in points, has poured 58 field goals and 31 free throws through the nets this winter for 147 of Arkansas’ 600 points. In four lea gue games the 6 foot-4 veteran has tallied 58 of Arkansas’ 164 points. Akansas has won 11 of 14 games. Including this week’s pair with Baylor, Coach Glen Rose’s quintet has nine more games scheduled. BATTALION FEBRUARY 5, 1942 Page 3 More Intramural Champs Class B intramural champions shown above are F Field Artillery Volleyball winners Pigg, Mohle, Weldon, Holekamp, Adams, and Tennison. Bottom, F Field ping pong champions Harrison, Pigg, Mohle, Weldon, and Tennison. Aggie Gridsters Settle Down to Hard Scrimmages The Texas Aggie football team, which started its spring training session last week, has settled down to hard work and scrimmaging. The gridsters have been knocking heads all week, and, according to reliable information from the coaches, this will continue on through the last day of practice. Tuesday and yesterday afternoon the gridsters went through strenu ous scrimmages and fundamentals. Passing, kicking, blocking, and tackling were the orders of the day and the footballers carried them out in fine style. Leo Daniels, Ed Sturcken, Cullen Rogers, George Wilde, Jake Webster, and Vernon Bellville did most of the flinging, and hit their receivers with re markable accuracy. Sturcken and Daniels proved especially excep tional in that respect with both showing midseason form. In scrimmages, Daniels, Sturck en and Webster broke loose for long gains. The Aggie forward wall, looking better day by day, was led by guards Weldon Maples and Ray Mulhollen and Bill Sib ley at the pivot post. Sibley prov ed to be the defensive star of the past two scrimmages with his great offensive and defensive work. His, offense brought pleasing smiles to the coaches. Nute Trotter, star of the past freshman team also has been looking far above par in recent sessions. The squad has been divided into four teams and each scrimmage the other every day. A general intra-squad game has been sch-. eduled for Saturday afternoon at three p.m. and the public and stu dents are invited to view the edi tion of the ’42 Aggie team. Luke Harrison - - Summer Sports Director Here-- Has Contributed Much to Intramural Program All Aggies who have participat ed in intramural sports have be come acquainted with L. A. (Luke) Harrison, one of the men who has done much to promote student participation in athletics. Luke is THELOUPOTIAY MAKES TRADING PAY mr AGGIES! Come out and get in the mood for the social season BINE AND DANCE HRDLICKA’S “Old CoUeg-e Road” an instructor in the Physical Edu cation department and is one of the assistant directors of intra mural athletics. Harrison was born in Cisco, Texas, where he attended gram mar and high school. In high school he took part in football, basketball, tennis and track. It was in his high school days that he developed his interest in athlet ics. In September, 1934, Luke enter ed A. & M. as a ‘fish’ in Battery A, Field Artillery. After finishing one semester, he dropped out of school and went to work, coming back to Aggieland in September, 1936. Luke graduated February of 1940 with a degree in Physical Education. However, he continued in school the following semester and worked toward a master’s de gree. W. L. Penberthy appointed Luke to head the Summer Recreational Program of 1940, a system of sports for the benefit of summer school students. His popularity grew through his contact with the summer students as director of the program. In the fall of 1940 Harrison went to Bellville High school where he took on numerous duties, namely, assistant football coach, head bas ketball and track coach and Physi cal Education instructor. “I also taught a couple of history courses on the side,” Luke states. June, 1941, found him back at A. & M. as director of the Sum mer Recreation Program, the same position he held the previous sum mer. At the end of the summer, Luke stayed on in the athletic de partment. Athletic activity and promotion of sports is right down Luke’s al ley and he finds it extremely pleasant. He says the Aggies are swell people to work with and are fully cooperative. Luke’s interest in sports is shown in the way he spends his off-time. He does not have much spare time but when he does one may find him on the golf links. That is, if he and Nicky Ponthieux, another assistant intramural direc tor, aren’t out tinkering with their automobiles—or engaging in some other past time. Luke expects to enter the armed forces soon but there are possibil ities that he will not be called. He says, “I’m perfectly satisfied here but I’m ready, willing, and able to do my bit.” We know that whatever Luke does in the future and wherever he goes he will always have the best wishes of all the Aggies who have ever known him. L Conference Team Standing W. L. Pet. T. C. U. 3 1 .750 Arkansas 3 1 .750 Rice 4 2 .667 Baylor 4 2 .667 Texas 3 2 .600 Texas A & M 1 4 .200 S. M. U. 0 6 .000 INTRAMURALS By DUB OXFORD Don’t try to hang your clothes on the wooden structure west of the clay tennis courts. Just because it resembles a clothesline is no definite proof that it is. To get to the truth of the matter, the wooden structures are the new home of class A volleyball courts. The new volley ball courts are complete with an officials stand above the net. This will enable the referee to readily see fouls or any other breach of t h e rules. While the courts are dirt, Oxford they will be sur faced with a suitable material soon. Both class A speedball and bas ketball winners will have been de cided by the end of this week and in answer to the many requests, the standings for the semester will be run as soon as the games are finished and the results tabulated. Handball Instruction With 25 men in each court, handball instructions for freshmen and all who are interested have been the order of the day down in the intramural department. Much credit is deserved by Aggies Ran som Kenney, Joe Stokes, and C. B. “Cheesey” Marsh. Assisted by Spike White and Nickie Ponthieux these boys were the instructors for the freshmen. The following instructional per iods will be held in the little gym game credit will be given only to those students taking intramural for P. E. credit. Thursday, February 5, 5 p.m., little gym, Handball demonstra tion for Infantry and Engineers. Friday, February 6, little gym, Handball demonstration for all other organizations. “Bucket” Is The Name Joe Bill Crownover, C. Chem ical Warfare sophomore, is bet ter known as “Bucket.” Joe Bill is another of the unsung heros of the intramural department. Joe is a sophomore intramural manager. Helping with intramurals is right down Joe Bill’s alley, a he is maj- FORFEIT DOGHOUSE Class A: Artillery Band, Volleyball. oring in physical educationd, also his hobby is playing games. “Buck et” is from San Antonio and of all things, reads and makes speeches when he is not burning up the handball courts. Hunter college students volun tarily withdraw from school when they fail to meet minimum stand ards of scholarship. Under a labor-study plan opera tion at Berea college, Kentucky, students are required to spend less than $150 a year. 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