TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1942-
THE BATTALION
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Ag’s One-Man Team Tactics Don’t Bring
Results; Henderson Accounts for Most Points
Arkansas’ two game triumph
over the Texas Aggies leaves
Coach Marty Karow’s quintet far
behind and their only consolation
left is to defeat the teams of the
second bracket, T.C.U., S.M.U., and
Texas.
I’m not sure that the Cadets can
accomplish even that feat if they
resort to the same playing tactics
they so consistently used last Sat
urday night. There is no doubt
that they were over-strained by
their brilliant exhibition the night
before when they came within six
points of defeating the league-lead
ing Razorbacks.
It’s the same old story—that of
a team too dependent on the ex
ploits of one individual. Look at
the box score Saturday. You see
Henderson with 21 points, which
is one point more than half of the
Aggie score. The rest of the points
are thinly (and I mean thinly) di-
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College and Bryan
vided among the other members.
But when you look on the other
you see Adams with 17 markers,
Pitts with 12, Honea with 9 and
so forth. Time and time again, it
was shown that a basketball team
needs the help of all five men, and
Saturday or even Friday, it was
no different. Just imagine what
would happen if Jarrett, Nabors,
Cokinos, or Bayer would get hot
and collaborate with Henderson in
scoring some points. I dare say that
the Cadets would be leading the
league today.
As for Arkansas, Coach Glen
Rose has a team that has its score
almost equally divided between its
cagers. Adams was the firecracker
Friday, and Saturday it was a sub
stitute named Bob Honea who
grabbed the scoring honors.
That’s far from being the case as
far as the Cadets are concerned.
I’ve never seen a box score this
year where Henderson wasn’t the
high point man for the Ags, but
that doesn’t seem to win games.
Sure, the boys hustle and fight as
hard as any team in the league—
that’s shown by the closeness of
their battles—but that alone isn’t
enough to cop victories. You have
to produce a five-man team and not
a one-man team to win in this
league!
Sports Squibs From Here •
And There; Dope on Rule
Confusing Play Sat Night
. . . Here is some enlightening
dope on the rule-confusing play in
the game Saturday night ... it oc
curred when Bob Honea of Arkan
sas shot for the hoop, with the ball
hitting the rim and remaining sta
tionary . . . Henderson came in
and batted the ball down, at the
same time touching the hoop . . .
the specific rule states that two
points will be counted when a play
er touches any part of the hoop
while the ball is spinning or sta
tionary on the rim of the hoop . . .
that comes from the basketball
rules, Marty . . . And those who
booed Ab Curtis should rather feel
apologetic because Ab did call a
good game . . . T. A. Scott, prom
ising freshman back, has with
drawn from school . . . Freshman
Basketball Star Buddy Moore
showed much promise in develop
ing into a major cage threat in the
Allen game ... he scored 20
points, and is considered by Coach
Manning Smith as a clever ball
handler and a good shooter . . .
Little Bobby Williams is still pro
ducing in practice . . . his sterling
play has caused smiles on the part
of Coach Homer Norton and the
coaching staff . . . The A. & M.
T Club is readying preparations
for Sports Day February 21 . . .
at present, plans call for a regula
tion game between the regulars
and the reserves, and exhibition
relay contest between the Varsity
and Freshman track teams . . .
an intra-squad baseball game is
still uncertain because of the short
training period of the players so
far, but President Pete Henry is
still trying . . . Don’t forget this
date—February 21 . . . It’s Sports
Day . . .
Ninety-four high schools are
represented by freshmen attending
Potsdam (N. Y.) State Normal
school.
Culver-Stockton college, Canton,
Mo., is campaigning for $150,000
for construction of a library build
ing.
Arkansas—
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Totals
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Aggies Prep For
Clash with TCU,
SMUThisWeekend
Ark Gains Undisputed
Conference Lead After
Defeating Cadets Twice
The Texas Aggie cagers are
working hard this week in prep
aration for next Friday night’s
clash with the T. C. U. Horned
Frogs. Coach Hub McQuillen’s
basketeers have returned out to
be the surprise team of the loop.
Rated only an outside chance to
finish in the first division, the
Horned Frogs have been battling
for first place since the opening of
the season.
Last Thursday night’s loss to
Rice knocked them out of a tie
with Arkansas for first place, but
they are still within striking dis
tance of the loop leaders and will
provide a tough evening for Coach
Marty Karow’s maroon and white
clad boys.
After their battle with the Horn
ed Frogs Friday night, the Aggies
tangle with the weak but danger
ous S. M. U. Mustangs the cellar
team of the conference. The Mus
tangs have yet to win their first
conference clash this season, but
would like nothing better to upset
the Aggies.
The Arkansas Razorbacks gain
ed undisputed possession of the
conference lead last week-end by
virtue of their two triumphs over
the Aggies. The towering Razor-
backs proved to be more than a
match for Coach Karow’s Aggies,
and though they were hard press
ed in both encounters won hardily,
to put them a full game ahead of
the second place Rice Owls.
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Peden, K
Bayer, g
Underwood, g.
M. Cokinos, g.
Watkins, g
Huffman, g. ...
Totals 11 9 31
Half-time score: Arkansas 20; Texas
A. & M. 16.
Intramurals
=By Dub Oxford:
By Mike Mann
A “Sports Circus” will be stag
ed between the halves of the Ag-
gie-T.C.U. game next Friday night.
Men possessing ability in either
ping pong or badminton are need
ed to round out the show. Any one
who wishes to participate should
see Spike White at the gym as
soon as possible.
Class A and B Wrestling will not
begin until after the conclusion of
the varsity basketball season, but
all those who plan to participate
must report to the intramural of
fice this week. The intramural de
partment has announced the sch
edule for the weighing-in of all
intramural wrestlers. All men who
expect to enter the events must re
port to the intramural club room
between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. or be
tween 8:00 and 10:00 p.m., accord
ing to the schedule listed below.
Tuesday, Feb. 17, Coast Artillery
and Field Artillery.
Wednesday, Feb. 18, Infantry and
Engineers.
Thursday, Feb. 19, all other org
anizations.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A:
A SC, Horseshoes
K INF, Volleyball
Class B:
A SC, Horseshoes
All men who enter the wrestling
events will be given instructions at
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All Participating
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Urged To Attend
A banquet honoring the Aggie
athletes who participated in the
American Red Cross War Fund
football game played at Kyle Field
on January 17 will be held to
night in the banquet room of Sbisa
Hall at 8:00 p.m., Central War
Time.
President T. O. Walton will
make the main speech of the even
ing and a representative of the
American Red Cross will be pres
ented with $231, the net proceeds
of the game, by Sponsors Tom
Gillis, Dick Hervey and Mike Hai-
kin.
All cadets who took part in the
game are requested to be present
at the banquet, at which time they
will be presented with the medals
in honor of their participation in
the game. The Maroons were vic
torious over the Whites, with a
score of 19-0.
It is hoped that this Red Cross
game will become an annual af
fair in Aggieland. It received bet-
ter-than-average support this year
and continued support is expected.
Members of the Maroon team,
coached by Bill Buchanan, were;
T. J. Bennett, Ted O’Leary, Buddy
White, Clarence Hester, J. W. Mil
ler, B. F. Bolton, Dan Robinson,
Pete Farmer, A1 Aikman, J. M.
Plyler, C. T. Schaedel, Vance Car
rington, R. W. Baker, H. C. Brad
ford, Lloyd Sterling, K. T. Martin,
J. W. Kiser, Earl Bemus, C. O.
(See MAROON, Page 4)
8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, and
Thursday, Feb. 26. Game credit
will be given any freshman attend
ing these sessions, which will be
limited to only those who are en
tered in wrestling.
In a playoff speedball game, E
FA nosed out the F FA team with
a 3-2 score.
Class A horseshoe games saw C
CAC take the 2 CHQ 3-0; and C
Cavalry beat 2nd HQ FA while H
Infantry took B Cavalry. The scores
of both games were 2-1. MG Cav
alry whitewashed D Replacement
Center 3-0.
And Another Two Points for Mr. Henderson
The picture shows Bill Hen
derson, the Aggies’ dynamic
basketeer, marking up two
points late in the first half of
Friday’s game, which Ark won,
47-41. Others in the picture in
clude Wynne (70), Carpenter
(75), Honea (56). Pete Wat
kins and R. B. Bayer are the
Aggies in the shot.
—Photo By Ralph Stenzel.
Gridsters Show Well in Mud As
Regulars Win 25-0 in Game Sat
By CHICK HURST
The specter which haunted the
Texas Aggie coaches throughout
the 1941 season, and which almost
spelled disaster on a certain Sat
urday afternoon in Arkansas, is
banished from the Aggie camp for
the coming 1942 season.
The cry which took a few more
hairs from Coach Norton’s already
thin thatch was the all import
ant query “can the Aggies go in
the mud?” Last Saturday after
noon with Kyle Field approaching
the condition of a first class quag
mire, the Aggie regulars defeated
the reserves by a convincing count
of 25-0 in the third intra-squad
clash of 1942.
For two quarters the reserves
matched the regulars in every de
partment, and the halftime score
stood at 0-0, but in the second half
the regulars found their stride
and rolled for four touchdowns
and their third victory of the
series.
Bounding Bobby Williams start
ed the fireworks early in the third
period when he danced 42 yards
to paydirt. Bobby’s play was out
standing throughout the entire af
ternoon as he consistently ripped
through the stout reserve defense.
Guard Wayne Cure set up the
second regular tally when he
blocked a reserve punt on the 19
yard line in the closing minutes of
the third quarter. Two plays later
Jake Webster smashed over right
tackle for ten yards and the score.
Once again the line smashing of
Webster brought smiles to the
faces of the coaching staff as time
after time Jackson smashed
through for much needed yardage.
The third touchdown came about
as a result of a beautiful 63 yard
gallop by freshman George Wilde
early in the fourth quarter.
The fourth and final tally oc-
cured late in the last quarter. The
regulars gained possession of the
(See FOOTBALL, Page 4)
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