TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 27, 1945
THE BATTALION
PAGE 3
Arkansas Tops Aggies In Dual Win At Fayetteville
By Ed Wendt
Battalion Sports Editor
THEY WERE FIGHTING; WERE
YOU?
Yes, Coach Manning Smith’s
cagers were in there giving their
all every minute of every game
this season. No, they didn’t come
out on top; nor did they break any
records, nor could they compete
with the class as exhibited by
other conference teams,' but none
of their games were pushovers.
Never forget, the opponent realized
from the start of every game that
they were in for forty minutes of
real basketball. Handicapped all
season by inexperience and lack of
height, that “fighting five” battled
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their way to only two conference
wins in twelve games. You can be
assured that they gave their best;
keeping in mind every minute that
they were representing the great
est school in the world; remember
ing the bitterness of defeat which
they had tasted only too many
times. Never once did the Maroon
and White show signs of dis
couragement, even though the op
posing score had piled up high and
fast. It can’t be expressed in words
the spirit that was shown in the
many afternoons of hard practice
before each conference game, nor
can we suppose the thoughts of
each individual player as he fought
his losing battle, and finally, we
can’t begin to realize the heart
break suffered as they cleared the
court after each game. Yes, they
were the Aggie cagers of 1945.
Where was the corps all this
time ? What did they do to ease the
pressure of defeat after each
game ? Of a student body which
numbers over thirteen-hundred, a
bare two or three hundred ever
showed up at the games in the De-
Ware Field House. The band was
there; the yell leaders were there;
yet, hardly twenty-five per cent of
the corps ever showed up to sup
port the “fighting five”.
What has happened to the over
powering spirit of the “twelfth
man”.? Surely, nothing could stand
in the way of a freshman’s making
the varsity games.
Basketball season is over now,
and nothing that we “could have
done” will erase this awful chal
lenge to the mighty spirit of the
“Twelfth Man”. We have only the
future in which to compensate for
the past.
BUSY SEASON AHEAD
With baseball season opening
March 1 and track season in full
stride, the Maroon and White will
see plenty of action this Spring. It
might be a good idea for some of
the freshmen to go down between
5 and 6 P. M. every afternoon and
watch the track and baseball teams
work out. Since we are out to win
nothing less than the conference
crown in both these events, it is
hardly asking too much for the
Corps to go down and watch these
boys work out a few minutes every
day. Let’s get that ‘ole spirit work
ed up once again. Make the boys
out for these varsity sports feel
that they’ve got the “Twelfth Man”
behind them.
Above all, we should fill the
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Tuesday Evening, February 27
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Cleary is the teasipper attempting to block the shot. Other Aggies in the picture are Ellis, number
35, Goad, number 13, and Weinbaum.
Varsity Baseball Practice To Begin
Formal Practice Here Thurs. Afternoon
All-Conference
Players Named
By Assoc. Press
By Ed Wendt
A trio of Rice cagers made the
1945 All-Southwest Conference bas
ketball team as selected by the
coaches for the Associated Press.
The three Owls were giant Bill
Henry, little Murray Mendenhall
and Wehr are both with the Navy-
Specialized Training Program at
Rice. George Kok, towering center
of the Arkansas quint, also made
the All-Conference team at a for
ward position. Kelly Avery of SMU
completed the spotlight quint.
Avery, Kok, and Wehr all tied for
All-Conference forwards; whereas,
Henry and Mendenhall were unan
imously voted, respectively, at the
All-conference center and guard
positions.
Charlie Weinbaum of the Aggie
quint just missed a position on
the All-conference high point
teams as selected, also, by Asso
ciated Press. To qualify for the
team the respective players must
score 100 points or more in con
ference play. Charlie, lacking one
“ringer”, closed Saturday night
with 98 points.
Topping the Maroon and White
(All-civilian) Cage team this sea
son are Charlie Weinbaum with an
all season total of 140 points and
Bill McCormick trailing with 138
points. White rang in 126, Ellis 94,
and Goad 40. Of the twenty-four
engagements this year, Weinbaum
and McCormick are the only two
players that saw action in all of
them. Goad played in the last eight
games and had an average of five
points per game. Cherno, who par
ticipated in 17 games, left Feb.
5 with an average of 7.7 points per
game.
All Season Individual Standings
Player G
FG
FT TP Avg.
Ellis, f 23
32
30
94
4.09
Fincannon, f 20
5
4
14
0.70
Goad, f 8
15
10
40
5.00
Collins, f 20
4
4
12
.60
Cherno, f 17
49
33
131
7.70
Abrams, f ....15
8
1
17
1.13
Farrell, f 3
1
0
2
1.00
White, c 19
45
36
126
6.63
Homeyer, c 14
4
4
12
.86
Shefts, c 3
Weinbaum, g 24
54
32
140
5.83
Adams, g 7
Hall, c 12
10
3
33
2.75
McC’mck, g ..24
46
46
138
5.75
Howell, g .... 7
5
3
13
1.85
Voss, g 11 1 2
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grandstand to the rafters at the
first baseball game scheduled here;
likewise, everyone should endeavor
to stay here the week-ends during
which track meets are held on
Kyle Field. So, come on ‘ole Army;
let’s give out, so that we’ll really
“Show up, at the show down.”
' Pete Jones to Meet 4
With All Prospects
“Pete” Jones announced yester
day that if the weather permits
he will meet with all men out for
varsity baseball Thursday after
noon for the first organized prac
tice of the season. He intends to
get organized as soon as possible
so as to get in a few intra-squad
games before the season opener on
March 16.
George Strickhausen and A1 Ret-
teg are the only returning letter-
men of last year’s ball club. Sev
eral men of last season’s squad
are returning but “Pete” Jones
emphasized that “the balance of
the men that we are going to work
with have had no previous confer
ence experience.” At present the
darkest lookout is that of filling
the pitcher’s position. Looking good
in a afternoon workouts last week
were Sterling Dietz, Edward Dix
on, Billy Frank, and Charlie Smith,
All these boys have had experience
on high school or industrial teams.
Pete Jones added that he intend
ed to have his pitchers “lined up”
before the week was up.
The total number reporting to
Jones up to last night neared the
fifty mark; however, it is expected
that more than that number will
meet with him Thursday afternoon
for the opening practice.
The Maroon and White will open
their baseball season here with
Southwestern University in a two
game series March 16 and 17. Re
turn games will be played in
Georgetown, Texas on March 30 and
31. The first conference game
will be played here with Texas on
April 6.
SMU and TCU have entered
teams for conference competition
again this year. Last season only
three Southwest Conference teams
were out for the baseball crown
and they were Rice, Texas, and the
Aggies. The Longhorns and The
Aggies split the Conference title,
both winning an equal number of
games.
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with him though till he sends him
to a doctor for a checkup. He con
vinces the doctor that he is a sick
man and gets by the CO. And they
live happily ever after, I guess.
Lowdown: Just what an Aggie
would order.
Palace—Playing in Bryan this
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday is “Kismetj” starring
Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich,
James Craig, Edward Arnold, Joy
Ann Page, Florence Bates and
Harry Davenport. A great screen
version of a great stage show, the
technicolor version of a famous
stage play in which beauty is by
no means the small factor. The
story tells how, in ancient Bagdad,
a scheming but lovable magician-
beggar, the King of the Beggars,
promises his beautiful daughter
that she will wed a prince, and
lives to see Fate and his craftiness
turn his promise into reality.
The costumes in this picture,
that are worn by the actors, I un
derstand, are enough to make any
one want to see the picture.
Lowdown: One for the books.
Aggie Tracksters
Prep For First
Meet At Laredo
Lil Dimmitt’s thinly clads have
really been working out hard late
ly. The men have bee-n smoothing
out the passing of the baton for
the 440 yard dash and the one mile
relay event.
The Aggie tracksters have also
been running 440 yards for time
quite frequently. This also serves
to build up the Dimmittmen’s
speed, wind, and endurance.
The first meet the Maroon and
White spikemen will participate
in will be the Border Olympic at
Laredo, Texas on March 9. This
will be a high school, college, and
service team affair. The only close
competition that will be offered
to the men from Aggieland will be
from T. u. and Rice Institute.
Until that meet, the track team
will be spending a lot of time on
Kyle Field putting in the finish
ing touches on their specialties.
News of Promotion
Of Aggie-Ex of ’42
Word has been received on the
campus of the promotion from
First Lieutenant to Captain of R.
L. “Rusty” Heitkamp, ’42,. of New
Braunfels, presently commanding
a field artillery battery with the
U. S. Third Army in France.
Captain Heitkamp was in Bat
tery A, Field Artillery Regiment,
and edited the 1942 Longhorn. He
was represented in Who’s Who in
the 1942 yearbook and was a mem
ber of the Accounting Society, Tri
angle Club, Captain of his regi
mental staff and served on the
Student Activities Committee.
George Kok Scores 54 Points In Two
Games; Goad, White Are High for A&M
By Bill Fincannon
Last Friday and Saturday nights
in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Tex
as Aggies closed another dismal
basketball season, losing both
games to the strong University
of Arkansas Razorbacks. On Fri
day night the Aggies were able
to score but 21 points against what
was one of the best teams the Ag
gies have played all season. The
Razorbacks were running up a
score of 80 points while the Aggies
were getting their 21. The Aggies
missed cinch shots close under the
basket all night long. The high
point man, Goad, scored but 6
points, while Ellis and Weinbaum
were next with 4 each. Kok, Ar-.
kansas’ tall center, was high point
man of the game with 32 points.
He was followed closely by Flynt
with 22. The tall Razorbacks con
trolled the backboard with ease.
Practically all of Kok’s points were
scored in this way. The first few
minutes of the game the Aggies
played good ball, the score being
10-6 in favor of Arkansas after
five minutes of play. The Aggies
scored one more point during the
first half to make the score 37-7
at the intermission. Scoring twice
as many points the last half as
they did the first, the Aggies were
never able to come close to the
free scoring Razorbacks.
Saturday night was a replica of
Friday except that the Aggies
made a few more of their shots
under the basket. Kok and Flynt
were the work horses for the Ra
zorbacks again. They both scored
22 points to lead the scorers again.
The Aggie center, White, was high
for the Aggies with 12 _points.
Goad and Weinbaum were next
high with 8 and 7 points respec
tively. The Aggies were ahead in
the opening moments of the game
4-2. After that, however, the Ag
gies were unable to keep the pace.
The score at the half was 45-22.
After this the Aggies were strug
gling to keep the score down rath
er than score themselves. With
this defeat the Aggies finished
the 1945 basketball season. Al
though outclassed on the basket
ball court, the Aggies showed up
well on and around the Arkansas
campus.
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