Coach McQuillan’s TCU Frogs Deserve Big
Pat on the Back; Marty Karow Gives Praise
As the end of the basketball sea
son is drawing nearer and nearer,
there comes a time when you pay
tribute to the biggest surprise
team of the conference—a team
which baffled all the experts with
its sterling play. The Arkansas
Razorbacks are leading the league
at this time, but right behind them
are Coach Hub McQuillan’s T.C.U.
Homed Frogs, who are threatening
the Hogs’ position. Yes, our tribute
goes to the Frogs of Texas Chris
tian, who, in our opinion, have
been the most instrumental in mak
ing this race an interesting affair.
The same Frogs, who floundered
for so long in the conference cel
lar, have won more games this
year than they have in the past
three seasons.
“It’s the best ball-handling team
that I’ve seen this year.” So says
Aggie Coach Marty Karow, who
has seen every team but S.M.U.
play. “T.C.U. has that certain pol
ish which makes a basketball
team,” added Marty, “and they cer
tainly deserve to be where they
are.”
It is true that the Christians
have faced the mediocre part of
the league, and may yet receive a
tumble, but the fact that they are
in a commanding spot in the con
ference race at this time is proof
enough of their hustle and hard
work.
Looking over the T.C.U. roster,
you can well imagine why the
Frogs are so high in the league
standings. Instead of having one
real sparkplug, who excells in high-
point scoring honors, the Christians
have five of them, who are almost
equal in the number of points
scored. Coach McQuillan’s five
works like a machine, and it seems
to have brought rosy results. Their
two leading scorers, Bill Blackmon
and Bob McHenry, have accounted
for only 46 markers, while the rest
of the team looks like this: Mon
roe—37 points; Humphries—34;
and Barron—31.
The Frogs face their toughest
foe tonight when they play the
Rice Owls at Fort Worth. This will
really tell the tale of a valiant
T.C.U. team, which has given some
of the coaches and sports writers
of the state something to think
about. Whether they win or lose,
we can say this of Coach McQuil
lan’s boys: They have shown the
spirit of fight and hustle reminis
cent of the Francis Schmidt days
at T.C.U. and they are certain to
reap their due reward.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Dough
Rollins Receives Re-Appointment to NCAA
Dough Rollins, head Aggie track
coach, end coach in football, and
business manager of athletics at
A. & M., has received notice that
he has been reappointed as a mem
ber of the National Collegiate Ath
letic Association Rules Committee
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FEBRUARY 12, 1942
PAGE 3
Arkansas Razorbacks Move in.for Two
Game Series With Aggies Friday Night
Three of Arkansas’ Starters
Gordon Carpenter.
~tf-ON£N
Aggie Swimmers
Defeat Emory U
At Atlanta, 48-47
Coach Art Adamson’s Aggie
swimming team found their range
to perfection Tuesday night when
they defeated Emory University,
48-27, at Atlanta, Georgia, in a
dual meet.
The Cadets set a new Emory
record for the 300-yard medley re
lay, winning in the time of 3:22.9.
They had previously set a record
at Dallas against the Dallas Ath
letic club in the same relay.
A CWS Leader Of
Class A ‘Murals
Thru February 10
A semi-complete compilation of
all class A sports completed to
February 10 has just been released
by the intramural department.
These standings give only the
standings of the top 20 teams and
A CWS tops the group with a 370
point lead. Fairly close behind the
Chem boys is A battery Field Ar
tillery who recently won the school
class A intramural basketball
championship.
Trailing at third place is D En
gineers who have had their share
of intramural runner-ups. G' Coast
Artillery and C Engineers have the
first tie on the sheet, both mak
ing 324 points.
These figures were tabulated by
Dewey Hoke of the intramural de
partment and would have been
printed sooner but all class A sports
were not finished until Tuesday
night. However, these, figures do
not include class A speedball.
The standings are as follows:
Game Scheduled to
Be Played at 8:45,
Central War Time
Tomorrow night the league-lead
ing cagers of the University of Ar
kansas, coached by Glen Rose, in
vade Aggieland to play a two-game
series with Marty Karows Texas
Aggies. Game time will be 8:30 p.
m., Central War Time.
The Razorbacks of Arkansas are
at the top of the conference and a
pair of victories over the Cadets
would almost clinch the title. The
Aggies are gunning to knock the
Hogs from the top of the heap and
although the Maroon and White
team has suffered a number of
set-backs lately they are extremely
dangerous.
The Cadets have last their last
three conference games by nar
row margins—two of the matches
by two tallies and the other by
three points. The Aggies have
lacked the last minute punch so nec
essary to hold a small lead in the
rapid fire game of basketball.
The height of the Razorbacks
can almost be matched by the Ca
det cagers, who are always on the
alert to notice the weaknesses of
the rival quintets. The Aggies have
already knocked one team out of
the lead in the Southwest Confer
ence basketball race. It is recalled
that the Aggies are the boys who
unexpectedly upset the leading Rice
Owls last month with a shocking
36-34 victory over the feathered
flock.
The Cadets, in the sixth slot in
the conference race, have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose;
while the Porkers have everything
at stake as they enter the series
with the Aggies.
Carpenter, at center, and Pitts,
at a guard position, have been the
The Texas Aggie Fish Bas
ketball team will meet the Al
len Academy Ramblers tomor
row at 5:45 p.m. in DeWare
Field House.
This will be the fifth game
of the season for the Fish.
Saturday afternoon they meet
the highly-rated Tyler Junior
College team here.
sparkplugs of the Arkansas squad.
They exhibit much speed and de
ception and have been dropping the
ball in the basket with uncanny
regularity. Adams, Wilson and Ho-
nea have been the outstanding Hog
forwards while Wynne has been
showing up nicely at guard along
with Pitts. The Porkers have been
using their height to advantage
under the basket.
Jitterbug Henderson is leading
the Aggie scorers, followed by Ray
Jarrett and Huffman. Mike Cokinos
and Huffman have been showing up
nicely at guard positions. Cokinos,
despite his small size, shows much
s.kill at taking care of tall rival
INTRAMDRALS
By
DUB OXFORD
PLACE
ORG.
NO. POINTS
1.
A CWS
370
2.
A FA
355
3.
D Eng
352.5
4.
C CWS
330
5.
F Eng
329.1
(See STANDINGS, Page 4)
Recreational officers are again
reminded to add one hour to their
intramural playing schedules in
order to coincide with the new col
lege war time plan. Be sure and
contact the intramural office if
there is any question in your mind
as to whether or not you are re
porting at the cor
rect time for all
games.
I n Aggiemin-
ton, horseshoes,
and handball for
freshmen, only 12
men will be given
credit for coming
down to partici
pate in any of
the matches now
scheduled.
A Field Basketball Champs
Playing a fast but cautious game
and catalyzed by the cold wind
whistling through DeWare Field
house, A battery Field Artillery
smashed over E battery Field Tues
day night to cop the school intra
mural basketball championship. All
in all, A battery proved to be the
best ball handler throughout the
game. Jimmy Crouch, Ivan Sch-
wing and Billy Mitchell were the
top-notcn players for A battery. R.
Terrell and Glenn Hudson were
stellar players for E battery. Ter
rell was high point man of the
game scoring six points. The final
score of the match making A bat
tery school champions was A field
18; E Field, 11.
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Mike Cokinos, "Dusty” of the Basketball Team
Rated As Fastest Man in Southwest Conference
By Dub Oxford
Assistant Sports Editor
Most fellows that are denizens
of the hardwood courts are fair
ly tall. In fact, the most of them
scrape the six-foot mark, but not
Mike Cokinos. Mike, who is a
scant 5.8 feet is the “hustling-
est” and most aggressive guard
in the conference. Mike, who is
among the ranks of the “dustys”
does not let his height bother
him when he is after an op
posing man or the ball.
Mike’s nickname, “Ironman”, is
definitely not a misnomer. The
nickname was acquired from his
speed and stamina while playing
on the hardwood courts. Most
people who watch him are amazed
at the fast action he shows in a
game.
This year, Mike misses the riv
alry of Bert Selman, Rice Insti
tute guai’d who is about the same
size as Mike. The two were inces
sant in their good natured banter
ing on the courts.
“Ironman” is from Beaumont
and is studying to be a doctor.
Mike has been a pre-med ever
since his sophomore year and is
making fine grades in his newly
chosen course. He also wears
three stripes on drill days when
H Battery Artillery falls out.
Mike’s professed hobbies are
swimming and diving but he neg
lected to mention his greatest
achievement to me when asked
of the extra sports he indulges in.
Last year, Mike was school hand
ball champion. He still playes
handball when not working out
for basketball and just ask any
of the handball players on the
campus if he is not still in form.
His other extracurricular activ
ities include the ^Beaumont A. &
M. club, Duncan Volunteer’s and
the Pre-Med club.
Mike is the third in a family
of brothers that have v attended
Aggieland. His two brothers, G.
Pete, ’39, and Jimmy Pete, ’40.
He has a younger brother, Andy,
’44 who is a varsity guard, and
this brings up the possibility of a
brother act on the hardwood floor
next year. Mike is unique in that
all of his other brothers have the
same middle name as his, “Pete.”
Mike says that this is a family
tradition.
Concerning his athletic history,
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