THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1946
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Looking at the Aggies . . .
From This Angle
LARRY GOODWYN
Conference Heads Knock “Bonuses’’
The question of paying “bon
uses” to high school athletic stars
to induce them to come to South
west Conference colleges again hit
the limelight this past week as the
representatives from each con
ference school met in Dallas to
discuss subsidization of athletes.
This column was lamenting the
fact only last Friday that A & M
has been playing winless ball in
the player-grabbing league which
annually takes place around this
time of the year. In the past sev
eral years, the fight for school
boy stars has become a virtual
auction with the athletes waiting
for the highest bid before selecting
which school they will give their
sweat for on the gridiron. We
mentioned indirectly that A & M
just hasn’t been around financially
when all the stars were being auc
tioned off.
Now it appears, if the results of
the Dallas confab mean anything,
that the conference is going to
crack down on this out-in-the-open
professionalism and take preven
tive measures to see that the
state’s enterprising young athletes
will start playing for their dear
ole alma mater and not for their
dear old pocketbook.
Moneyless Aggies Above Suspicion
All of which means, if this de-
emphasization does come to pass,
that A & M may again, in the im
mediate future, be getting their
fair share of schoolboy hot-shots
WITHOUT going into the school’s
gold reserves.
And, although some well-padded
alumni of various conference
schools who don’t mind laying
down a million or so bucks to see
that their favorite Johnny Star or
Billy Whiz comes to their alma
mater, may not like the sudden
turn of events, the move by con
ference officials in Dallas, is def
initely for the best as far as col
legiate sports in the Southwest
are concerned.
Of course, as far as the players
themselves are concerned, the loss
in cash will be pretty hard to take.
Naturally this last statement does
n’t apply to most Aggie gridders as
they haven’t been riding any gra
vy train anyway. There “salary”
will remain the same—the regular
$50 a month plus room and board
that is allowed under conference
rules. But for the glamour boys
of several conference schools, no
tably Rice and Texas, the sock to
their pocket books ought to be
pretty hard to take.
Anyway, the move probably will
bring about more even competi
tion in the SWC and help prevent
lopsided scores. And, theoretical
ly, that’s supposed to be the idea
behind intercollegiate athletics
anyway.
More than 13,000 veterans train
ing in Texas, Louisiana, and Miss
issippi are currently suspended
from Veterans Administration sub
sistence rolls for failure to .report
their earnings.
Basketball Contest Coupon
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season-long basketball contest. Put in the blanks the final
order of finish of the SWC basketball race as it looks to you
now. This portion of the contest will count 50% toward the
final total. The remaining 50% will be divided up among
the Aggies’ conference games. Before each game, a coupon
will appear in the Batt. The coupon below must be in the
Student Activities office before December 20:
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NEXT TO CAMPUS THEATER
Aggie Five Embarks for Houston Tourney
Thirty-five Swimming Hopefuls
Eye SW Conference Top Honors
Karow Takes
17 on Second
Cage Jaunt
Scarcely home from a week-long
journey through the East and Mid
west, the Aggie basketball team
leaves tomorrow afternoon for
Houston where Coach Marty Ka-
row’s charges will engage in the
two-day Houston Invitational Tour
ney.
The meet, sponsored by the
Houston Sports Assn., is a single
elimination affair with a con
solation bracket for first round
losers. The Aggies, who took it
on the chin from several of the
country’s finer cage crews in the
course of the Eastern swing, meet
more stiff competition in the tour
ney which brings together seven
Texas fives and George Peperdine
College of California.
Heading the list of Texas en
tries in addition to A & M are the
Rice Owls, perrennial power in
SWC cage circles; also Texas Tech
and West Texas State, who annu
ally stage a two-team duel for
West Texas honors. The University
of Houston, Sam Houston State
Teachers College, and the Denton
Teachers, round out the entrants.
The tourney gets under way at
6 o’clock Friday night with four
games scheduled.
Karow stated Wednesday that
he would carry a squad numbering
17 to Houston. They are Reagan
Collingsworth, Bill Batey, Homer
Adams, Sam Jenkins, Mike Garcia,
Cotton Voiding, Ray Klutz, Jim
Kirkland, Turnbow, Jim Petit, Tom
Clark, Dub Thornton, Peck Vass,
Kampermann, Chuck Weinbaum,
Ray Whittaker and Wright.
The Eastern trip just about de
cided the Aggies starting lineup
for the Houston affair, Karow
said, with five men emerging from
the maze of aspirants as more or
less definite starters. Collings
worth and Batey will hold down
the forwards, with Voiding slated
to start at center and Adams and
either Jenkins or Garcia down for
the guard positions. Voiding, who
came out late for basketball prac
tice due to his previous duties on
the gridiron, was listed on the
traveling squad for the Eastern
trip only at the last moment. But
“Cotton” showed such form on the
trip only at the last moment. But
spot away from Kamperman.
Anything resembling a big
splash in the vicinity of the P. L.
Downs Natorium these cold, win
try afternoons is just the work of
Head Swimming Coach Art Ad
amson and his herd of some 35
swimming hopefuls.
Adamson, who has been direct
ing the Aggies’ destinies in the
splash sport since 1934, has had
his assorted crew of lettermen,
squadmen and veterans working
out daily almost since the start of
the semester. The squad, which
has been cut some since workouts
first started, now numbers 35 in
cluding four Southwest Conference
titleholders and five other return
ing lettermen.
Returning to lead the Aggies’
assault on the SWC crown cur
rently held by Texas are Robert
Cowling, conference champion in
breast stroke in ’42 and ’43 and
individual medley champion in ’42;
Allen Self, SWC champ in the in
dividual medley in ’46, and the 440
free-style in ’45; Jack Riley, SWC
king in the 440 freestyle in ’46
and Danny Green, conference cham-
Cliff Ackerman
The College Volleyball Cham
pionship went to a hard fighting
“C” Field team Monday night as
they battled against a strong Vet
eran team from Dorm 15. The
match went the full three games
with Dorm 15 winning the first
game 15 to 2. “C” Field came
back to win the final two games
15 to 5, 15 to 11.
Spark of the winning team
was Tittle with his driving
spikes. Horne was the ace set
up man and Davis played a good
game in all positions.
Dorm 15 played an all around
outstanding team on the floor
headed by such players as Bar
nett, Schauers, Broome and Rich
ey.
This closed one of the most suc
cessful volleyball seasons in the
Intramural sports calendar, thanks
to the cooperation of all concerned.
BASKETBALL
On the court front “A” Inf. won
the Corps Championship as they
pion in the 220 and 440 free-styles
in ’43.
In addition to this formidable
array of talent that bids fair to
produce a team that will threaten
the sturdy grip T.U. has estab
lished on conference swimming
honors, Adamson has a freshman
standout in Jimmy Flowers, two-
time schoolboy state champion and
record-holder in the breast stroke,
plus nine squadmen from previous
years.
In the last 14 years the South
west has been competing in swim
ming, T.u. has won the title out
right 12 times and tied once with
A & M. The Aggies won the only
crown in ’45, finishing second to
T.u. in every other year except
’34 when S.M.U. grabbed runner-
up honors. A&M, T.u. and S.M.U.
have been the principal partici
pants in inter-collegiate competi
tion with T.C.U., Rice and Baylor
being represented only occasion
ally. Arkansas has never engaged
in SWC swimming competition.
Returning lettermen: John Hee-
man, ’46, E J.. Fisher, ’44; Robert
outplayed “G” Inf. 20 to 12. Set
ting up defense which kept “G”
Inf. ace scorer Rippetoe in a hole
throughout the game, “A” Inf.
played the game as they wanted
too. Golden was the outstanding
player of the night as he scored
8 points for the winners. Luker
and Bell took the defensive honors.
Over on the losing side Tate
was the outstanding player as he
moved all over the court to keep
his team in the game.
The line-ups for the teams are
as follows:
A Inf. Pos. G Inf.
Bell F Neil
Luker F Watson
Fergus C Tate
Golden G Rippetoe
Degan G Hudman
Sub’s. A. Inf. Simpson.
Officials: “Breezy” Breazeal and
“Jo Jo” White.
Score: First Half Final
A Inf 11 20
G Inf 4 12
F. Jones, ’44; Richard Lea, ’45;
and G’ene Summers, ’46.
Returning squadmen: H. S. Ev
ans, ’42; S. C. Helbing, ’44; Arthur
Lapham, ’43; W. R. Matthews, ’45;
B. J. Shields, ’46; Bernard Syfan,
’44; David Babbitt, ’46; William
F. Colville, ’46 and Tommy Knox,
’46.
Dunkel Picks T.U.
To Cop Cage Crown
The worst will happen in the
Southwest Conference Basketball
Race this season—namely T. U.
to finish first and A&M last—
if the annual ratings of Dick Dun
kel, well-known basketball fore
caster, which appeared in last
week’s Colliers Magazine, are to
be taken as an indication of things
to come.
Dunkel, in annual ratings, pick
the Longhorns to win the South
west Conference title after a fight
with Arkansas and Rice and selec
ted the Aggeis to bring up the
rear.
Dunkel also picked the Univer
sity of Kentucky, which submerged
the Aggies under 83-18 score, to
win the National championship.
Two Aggies Working
With Westinghouse
Eugene E. Goodwin, Jr. ’42 and
Paul Q. Olschner ’45 recently join
ed the Westinghouse Electric Cor
poration as members of the Grad
uate Student Course. Goodwin re
ceived his degree in electrical en
gineering from A & M in 1942
while Olschner received his bach
elor’s degree in 1945 and his mas
ter’s degree in electrical engineer
ing in 1946.
Two of many young men select
ed from colleges and universities
throughout the country, Good
win, and Olschner are receiv
ing engineering, manufacturing,
and classroom instructions design
ed to fit them for active partici
pation in the corporation’s post
war production program and for
future leadership in the electrical
industry.
Longhorns Remain
Unbeaten; Topple
Long Island, 47-46
The University of Texas Long
horns continued down the unbeaten
basketball trail this week, notching
their second straight win on their
current Eastern jaunt by knocking
off highly-touted Long Island Un
iversity in Madison Square Garden
by a thin one-point margin of 47-
46. The Longhorns, who are def
inite pre-season favorites to cop
the conference crown won by Bay
lor last year, previously had de
feated Canisius University in the
first game on the trip.
Meanwhile, the Southwest Con
ference was adding to its prestige
in other sections of the country as
Rice bumped Marquette, 45 to 38
and S.M.U. surprised everyone by
winning the Big Six tourney in
Kansas City.
The Ponies, who finished sixth
in the conference last year, and
who had dropped their first two
games this season, defeated Kan
sas and Kansas State to win the
meet after Oklahoma, and Arkan
sas, the pre-tourney favorites had
each bowed to the Kansas entries.
Baylor, defending conference
king, ran into trouble on its South
ern swing, suffering lop-sided los
ses to Tulane and L.S.U.
Aggie Bee Cagers
Take Blinn 57-31
The Texas A&M “B” basketball
squad wound up their second game
with a 57 to 31 win over the Blinn
Junior College cagers here in Col
lege Station Tuesday night fol
lowing a defeat of the same team
on the previous week.
The Cadets took the lead from
the beginning and held it through
out the game. Blinn scored the
first point on a free throw but
failed to score in the first five
minutes of play except on penal
ties. The Ags held a lead of 31-16
at the half and came back after
the rest to chalk up an additional
26. ‘
The Blinn basketeers made an
effort to catch up at the end of
the first half and succeeded in
scoring 6 points in the last few
minutes of play.
For the Aggies Whittaker was
high point man, scoring some 12
points in the first half alone.
Wright and Yass also did com
mendable work.
Volleyball Crown Goes to
C FA; Basketball to G Inf.
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Though the yule bells
ring out their loudest,
they cannot drown out
the heartiness of our
season’s wishes to
every Aggie. In what
ever way we can, we’re
helping to make your
Christmas merrier —
and look forward to
even more faultless
service to you through
out 1947.
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