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.
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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
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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
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MAKES TRADING
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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-
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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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