Batt All-Conference Selection
Now that the suits are put away
and the hard luck stories are for
gotten, the time is ripe for the
honors to be handed out in this
sport called basketball.
In doing so we offer to you the
Battalion’s selection of its All-
Conference basketball teams.
Knowing full well that there is
chance for oversight on the part
of the writer of some talent in
this field, we have tried hard to
consider the whole season and see
it from every angle.
Seeing every team in the con
ference play but one, Arkansas, we
feel like a cross section of the
talent has been viewed and from
other accounts we have gathered
some data on its team members
which has given us a full view
of the entire race. With that we
feel capable of selecting what we
have. Here it is:
First Team:
Forward — John Hargis, Texas
Forward — Clayton Wynne, Arkansas
Center — Bill Tom Gloss, Rice
Guard — Lee Huffman, Texas A. & M.
Guard — Harold Lambert, Rice
Second Team:
Forward Buck Overall, Texas
Forward — Les Peden, Texas A. & M.
Guard — Gordon Carpenter, Arkansas
Center — Tom Tomlinson, S. M. U.
Guard — Bob McHenry, T. C. U.
Of the first team, the whole
selection there is no doubt in the
mind of this writer in the ability
of each. Gloss was a shot for the
center post with his many sure
points in each tilt while Hargis
and Wynne were always in the
running for high point man. Both
boys have a dead eye for the
bucket. Hargis is a clever fast
eager and is also a cool player.
Huffman is undoubtedly a sure
man for the guard position for
any man that can pile up the bil
lies like Lee did from the court
position where he shot, has the
talent and plenty of it.
In the second string position
there may be some doubt in thfe
selections but this column believes
that these men were consistent
during the entire season. Les Ped
en was the type of player that al
ways turned in a good floor game
and hit the bucket often. Overall
is a good choice for the second
team and a close runner for the
first. Overall was fast on the court
and had plenty to go with it. Mc
Henry of T.C.U. was a choice
that was hard. When the Aggies
played T. C. U. in the opener here,
he fail to show the form that he
was rated. Carpenter of the Raz-
robacks, was a fine shooter and
was one of the main cogs in tlife
Hogs offense.
Well Ole Army there it is. This
column would like to put the whole
entire Aggie five on the Batt
All-Conference for they were the
boys that put out everything. Yes,
the Aggie cagers were not sensa
tional players in the true sense of
the word, but each game found
the Cadets working hard and do
ing their best. That’s what counts.
They beat some teams and scared
others that were favored. One of
the best games that the Aggies
played this year and they lost it;
Texas University.
INTRAMURALS
There is a correction to be made
in the league standings of League
E Class A Speedball as it was pub
lished in the last Batt. A Re
placement Center is in 6th Place
having won 20% of their games.
5th CHQ is in 7th place and is
disqualified because of too many
forfeits. Next week is just about
the last week for the individual
leagues. The standings will be
out again before the league play
offs are completed.
Looking over the sheet are found
11 undefeated teams up to last
weekend. They are M Inf.; C
Inf.; G. Field; C CWS; B RC;
I Coast; I Field; B Coast; E Inf.;
A Ord; G’ Coast; and H Coast. Lets
not only look at the good ones but
also take a glimpse of the bad
ones. There were three teams
that are definitely out of the race
officially because of too many for
feits. So we tie these teams into
the dog house to stay as far as
■speedball goes. Namely: 5th CHQ
(both teams) and F Inf. These
forfeits hit us pretty bad so lets
try to keep our slate clean.
Probably the closest race for
first place in a league is the three
top teams of League D who by
last weekend haven’t lost a single
game. These were G Field, C
CWS and B RC. All had a 100%
average until yesterday afternoon
when two of these teams met. B
RC had won three straight games
and G Field had won four straight
ones with only three and two
games, respectively, left to play.
The time had to come sooner or
later. So at 4:00 yesterday af
ternoon the deciding game was un
derway.
Jim Stephenson and “G. I.” Ma
son led their team time and time
again against the Field’s goal, and
the Field with Lindsey and Barnes
struck at the Centers Goal many
times. The deciding factor came
when MILTON BEYCHOK start
ed to work.
The Center just as they were
about to score were turned back
time and time again by this little
man ot might. Beychok is little,
even the smallest man on the field,
but he proved not only by his great
defensive play, but also by his
superior power in the offensive
play. The scoring all started in
the first period when Beychok in
tercepted a pass of the Centers
intended for “Sot” Parker. Bey
chok immediately passed it to
Barnes who passed to another team
mate who for some reason or an
other lost it. Beychok, seeing it,
rushed to the rescue of the Field’s
team and snatched it from the
boys hands who were almost twice
the size of himself. I guess he
knew what he was doing but it
didn’t look like it when he delib
erately passed the ball into a group
of the Replacement Centers team.
He did know what he was doing
because the ball never touched any
body else but whom it was intended
for. It went straight through five
men of the opposing team without
touching any of them and fell right
into the hands of Connie Lane for
the first two points of fhe game.
Later in the game the Center boys
took advantage of the mighty Bey-
chok’s size and fouled him. The
referee immediately saw it and
gave Beychok a free kick. Bey-
chok’s legs aren’t very big but
he used them to the advantage of
the Field’s team when he kicked
the ball through the uprights and
under the cross bars to make the
score 3-0. The game ended with
this score. This leaves only two
teams in League D what are un
defeated and it looks to be a tight
game next week when they meet
to decide the league winners.
The other league standings have
not changed enough to count but
anything can happen within the
next few days.
It was raining yesterday at noon
when we went to dinner, and
Hotard really had a fine meal.
Most of the boys in yes
terday afternoons P.. E. Class
had the same idea as I that the
P. E. Class would be called off, so
the food we devoured. About one
o’clock the rain stopped. About
2:30 it started again and I guar
antee you that there were a lot
of aches and pains be'twean one
and two-thirty. You just can’t
trust this weather when you have
P. E. Classes scheduled.
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Aggie Tankers Take Texas; 52 - 4l|^ d s ^®ft^ ri ^ ll ^ l s Scho#l
Danny Green Sparks
Aggies Attack;
Demmer Leads TU
Tuesday afternoon Coach Art
Adamson’s tankers downed the
University of Texas Longhorns in
a dual meet at P. L. Downs Nata-
torium, 52-41. The Aggie swim
mers, lead by Danny Green, took
full command of nearly all the
swimming events. Green took
scoring honors for the day, win
ning the 220 and 440-yard free
styles and coming in second in the
100 yard free style to accumulate
13 ponits. Demmer of the Long
horns was next with 12 points.
Demmer also beat Green in the
100-yard free style.
Two conference records were
bettered but both of these were un
official as this was not a confer
ence meet. First the Aggie med
ley relay team of eGorge Heaney,
Phil Griffin, and Jimmy Kiel made
an almost unbelievable time of
3:12.7 in taking the 300-yard relay
Next came Demmer of Texas to
beat Danny Green in the 100-yard
(See TANKERS, Page 4)
Charlie Stevenson
Ace Pitcher, Signs
Baseball Contract
Brooklyn Dodgers’
Farm Gets Aggie Ace
Charlie Stevenson, ace Aggie
hurler of the S.W.C. champions
last year, has signed a contract
with the Montreal Baseball Club
and is ordered to report for train
ing in Bear Mountain, New York,
March 25th.
Stevenson was one of the mem
bers of the Aggie mound staff last
season and showed great form in
his pitching. Now he has received
a contract to play professional
baseball with a farm owned by the
Brooklyn Dodgers. The club with
which Charlie is assigned, is in
Class AA baseball, which is just
under the Big League class.
The Dodger farm brought Stev
enson from Pensacola League
where he played last summer. That
was a Class B League.
Charlie will not be able to report
as ordered, for there is a bigger
league that he will enter next
May; the World War No. 2. He will
report for training at Fort Pen
ning but still remain on the Dodg
ers’ roster. After the war, Steven
son has hopes of renewing his base
ball efforts.
BATTALION
Thursday Morning, March 11, 1943
Page 3
Aggie Track Team Hits Laredo For
Border Olympics; Texas U Favored
Aggie Nine
Working Hard
Hoping to Repeat
By Caro Costas
The Texas Aggie Southwest Con
ference baseball champions began
pi'actice officially last Monday,
March 1. Under the new leader
ship of Coach Homer Norton the
Aggies will be seeking to repeat
as champions in the Southwest and
are counting heavily upon the re
turn of seven lettermen, all of them
mainstays in last year’s champion
ship team.
The conference is slated to open
during the latter part of March
with the Aggies and the Owls
shooting the fireworks. Each team
will play four games with each
other, two of them being home
games and two road games. Nego
tiations are under way to schedule
games with army, navy and semi-
pro teams all over Texas. No defi
nite schedule has been set for those
non-conference games as Coach
Norton is awaiting the approval
of the conference schedule in order
to go ahead and set definite dates
for the above games. So far the
Aggies are planning to meet Dun
can Field, San Antonio, Randolph
(See AGGIE NINE, page 4)
All-American Pete Watkins
To Lead Ags in First Meet
The Aggie track team meets
its first test today in the Border
Olympics held at Laredo, and the
strength or weaknesses of the
squad will show in today ? s com
petition whether the Ags will have
a successful year or not. The Ag
gies will be one of seven colleges
entered in the meet, and will be
facing such competition as Texas
University, last year’s Border
champs; Oklahoma A.&M., East
Texas State, Southwest Texas
State, Southwestern, and North
Texas State. Texas, with such
stars as Jerry Thompson, star dis
tance man, Ralph Ellsworth, quar
ter miler, Wiley Cheatham, jave
lin tosser, and sprinters Max Mi
nor and Jackie Field, will be bid
ding strongly to retain the title
which they took home with them
last year, and will undoubtedly
prove to be the Aggies biggest
barrier. Oklahoma is still a threat,
however, with Jim Metcalfe, who
won the 100 yard dash in 9.7 last
year and Ralph Tate, hurdles and
broad jump champ both back this
year.
Besides the seven college teams
there are also seven service and
22 high school teams entered.
Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio,
last year’s champ in the high
school bracket, is favored to keep
(See TRACK, Page 4)
Aggie Baseball Schedule
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Texas University at College
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Station
Station
By Horace Bays
Some of the Texas athletic offi
cials have been pleading with the
Office of. Defense Transportation
for enough gas to continue to com
pete in interscholastic athletic
events. They just want 65 per cent
of the amount of gas they used
in 1941.
Since the army and navy have
stressed the point of having ath
letic programs to continue during
the war as they did before the war,
as an essential to the national
physical fitness problem, and to
prepare boys for the war effort,
it seems as though the teams
should have enough gas to compete
in such events that they did be
fore the war.
Right now coaches all over the
state are using their own cars and
their own gas tickets to take their
players to the place of athletic
events so that their school may be
represented in the events. Before
long the gas tickets are going to
be gone, and unless ample trans
portation can be provided, many
schools will no longer be able to
compete in the athletic programs.
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