FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1947
THE BATTALION
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by LARRY GOODWYN
Owls Rally in Second Half to Defeat Aggies 53-48
Aggie Cagers Get Last Shot at Glory
The Aggies get what looks to be
just about their last chance to sal
vage some glory from the current
basketball sea-
s o n when they
meet Texas i n
Deware Field
House, Saturday
night.
All hopes for
even a fourth
place ranking in
the conference
race were blown
up Wednesday
night by a high
flying Rice quin
tet that turned
Goodwyn on the heat to
upset the Aggies in the second
half of this game in Houston. As
the situation stands now, the Ag
gies could, by bowing to T.C.U.’s
as yet winless Frogs, end up on a
tie for the Southwest Conference
cellar.
So Saturday night definitely is
IT. And, all things being equal,
the Aggies could, conceivably,
come through and knock Jack
Gray’s hot-shots from their lofty
perch. The ’Sips have everything
to lose and nothing to gain by
playing the Aggies. They can
hardly afford to drop their first
conference game this late in the
race with the all-important Texas-
Arkansas series still to be played.
In years gone by, the Aggies,
when they have beaten the ’Sips,
have usually managed to perform
said feat at College Station. The
Farmers luck in Austin’s Gregory
Gymnasium is strictly nil. Last
year, the Aggies, after dropping a
not-too-close game to the Steers
in Austin, came back to win the
return game in a thriller here at
College Station.
And once before, if memory
serves correct, back in the distant
past, a woebegone Aggie team beat
one of the greatest teams Texas
ever put on a basketball floor;
the margin of victory was one
point and, you guessed it, the game
was played at College Station.
That was back in 1940 or ’41
when Texas was led by their great
All-American Bobby Moers. The
Aggies won it in the last second of
play when a substitute guard sank
a midcourt set shot to win ; 53-52.
To make things even more interes
ting, the gun went off while the
ball was still in air.
Well, it could happen again.
And we can’t think of any better
way to spend next Saturday night
than seeing Marty Karow’s crew
reap some long overdue revenge
with the ’Sips playing the role of
the victims. If the Aggies can
somehow lasso John Hargis, the
’Sips high-scoring forward, it
might happen. Anyway, here’s
hoping. See you out at the game.
Baseball Prospects Look Good
Lil Dimmitt, head baseball men
tor for the Aggies, released his
incomplete baseball schedule Sat
urday and a bit of crystal-gazing
on the future team. Baseball does
not get underway in the Southwest
Conference until March 1, and
coaches are not permitted to work
with the teams until that date.
The prospective line-up looks good.
Returning lettermen include
ten players from the 46 squad
and four from earlier teams.
These returnees are pitchers Earl
Beesley, Bing Turner, and Ar
thur Burch; second basemen, Red
B u r d i 11 and Tex Thornton;
shortstops, Cotton Lindloff and
Russell Mays; third baseman,
Julian Pressly and outfielders
Herbert Moon, Floyd DeLafosse,
Zeke Strange, Peck Vass, and
Willie Willingham. Leo Daniel,
All-Conference fielder in ’42 and
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CHAPMAN’S
Next to P. 0. Bryan
’43, will also be with the team.
Along with these are former
squadmen Herbert McDonald at
first base and Ray Newsome in the
outfield. Newcomers to the ranks
number an even dozen, and it is
there that the pitching strength
may be found. Stan Holmig, who
also plays first base, and Leroy
Gibbon, the ambidextrious hurler
who was reinstated in good stand
ing at the May Conference meet
ing, Y. B. Johnson, a freshman
numeralman of ’41, and Turner
may be the mainstays in that slot.
Floyd Walker, James Calvert,
Charles Selman, and Bob Tulis are
the men behind the batter this sea
son which gives the Farmers much
more strength in this position than
last year when they had only one
experienced catcher. Outfielders
are numerous and according to
Dimmitt, Allen Hughes, former
numeralman is the best to break
into the outer garden.
While Lil is not sticking out his
neck, he points out that the Aggies
will have a better team than they
did last year when Earl Beesley
and Ed Arnold were carrying the
load as pitcher and catcher re
spectively.
Aggies Tangle With ’Sips
At DeWare Gym Saturday
Joe Petit
“B” Team Spark
Rice “B” Cagers
Stop Aggies, 52-40
The Rice Owl “B” team defeated
the Aggie “B” squad by a score of
52 to 40 in a game played as a
preliminary to the Rice-A g g i e
game in Houston Wednesday night.
The Owlets were paced by
Spruill and Squires who made 15
and 11 points respectively while
Jim Kirkland made 10 to lead the
Aggies, followed closely by Joe
Pettit with nine.
The game was close through the
early stages with the Owls hold
ing a narrow 20-18 margin at half
time but the hometowners pulled
away in the second half to win eas
ily.
Five Instructors Added
To Electrical Eng. Dept.
Five instructors have been ad
ded to the electrical engineering
staff, M. C. Hughes, department
head, announced recently. They are
F. L. Thomas Jr., Alton Sisson,
George W. Wehman, Joe Benish
and Lynn H. Grasshoff. Benish,
Grasshoff and Sisson are A. & M.
graduates of 1942 who are return
ing after army and industrial ex
perience, while Wehman, a Texas
Tech graduate, has been promoted
from a graduate assistantship.
Thomas graduated from Annapol
is in 1942 after spending two pre
vious years at A. & M. Hughes
also announced appointment of
William H. Martin, graduate of
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, as graduate assistant.
Meeting on the hardwood for the
last time this basketball season,
the Texas Aggies and the Texas
Longhorns tangle Saturday night
at DeWare Field Field House.
The game, which is slated to begin
at 8 p.m. will be preceded by a
game matching the “B” squads of
the two schools.
C. D. Ownby, business manager
Moncrief Signs Pro
Football Contract
Monte Moncrief, three-time let-
terman and twice all-Southwest
Conference tackle,, signed a con
tract to play professional football
next season with the Green Bay
Packers of the National Profes
sional Football League.
Moncrief, one of the classiest
lineman ever to don the Maroon
and white said he would remain
in school through the spring and
summer semesters and join the
Packers late in the summer. He
plans to return to college next
spring to finish his course in Vet
erinary Medicine. After gradu
ating in June of ’48, Moncrief said
he plans to play football and
open a practice in Green Bay.
Baseball Films
The Geology Club will show two
sports films at its next meeting,
slated for February 19. Both films
will be concerrling baseball and are
entitled, “Circling the Bases” and
“Inside Baseball”.
Site for the meeting has not yet
been selected but will be announced
as soon as possible.
Fossil Meteorites Rare
Records of fossil meteorites are
extremely scarce. Neither the iron
nor the stone variety last very
long, in a geological s e n c e of
time, because the rapid disinte
gration they undergo, and such
meteorites as exist are buried deep
in underground strata.
There are approximately 8,272,-
000 people at work on farms in the
United States today, a seven per
cent increase over a year ago.
From 1941 to 1946, living costs
of farmers’ went up 70 per cent.
of athletics at Texas A&M, an
nounced that odd number coupon
books will be used for admission
to the double header, since even
numbers were admitted to the
Houston YMCA game last Sat
urday.
Losing only to Oklahoma A&M
in season play and not having
dropped any games in conference
play, the Longhorns appear head
ed for a championship, even though
they have not played Arkansas
yet. Arkansas is undefeated in
conference play too.
The Aggies were recently weak
ened by the loss of two of their
reserves, Ragan Collinsworth and
Rayond Klutz, both forwards, who
announced that they were dropping
from the team. Klutz has re
mained in school, quitting from the
team because of an injured knee,
while Collinsworth has accepted a
managerial position in Houston.
The game will give College Sta
tion basketball fans their first
chance to see John Hargis, the
Steer’s hot-shot All-American can
didate, in action since his return
from the service. The Longhorn
ace has been burning up the con
ference courts this season and is
currently the loop’s leading scorer.
Intramural Tennis,
Softball, Basketball
Slated to Open
Spike White, Director of Intra
mural Sports, announced this week
that entry cards for upperclass
men softball and team tennis and
Freshman basketball and softball
had been mailed out to the Athlet
ic officers of each outfit. Sche
dules will be arranged as soon as
possible, White said.
Entries are also due February
12 in upperclassmen boxing and
Freshman wrestlers with all en
tries required to weight in at the
Intramural office on Feb. 17-18-19.
Competition in these two sports,
White said, will begin on aMrch
3rd.
Entries also close for the
open badminton and fencing tour
neys, Feb. 12. Equipment in both
sports will be furnished except
that each entry in badminton will
be required to bring one shuttle
cock or pay an entry fee of 50
cents to cover the price of the
birds.
Bob Kamperman
Center May Worry ’Sips
Swimming Team In
Intrasquad Match
Taking a rest from conference
competition, the Aggie Swimming
team will stage an intra-squad
match Saturday night in P. L.
Downs, Jr. Natatorium.
Persons holding even numbered
coupon books will be admitted to
the event, but seating will be on
a first-come, first-serve basis,
since the seating capacity at the
Natorium is limited.
The team will be divided into
the Maroons and Whites for Sat
urday’s meet. With the top per
formers of the team matched
against one another to provide a
fast match.
Already this season, the Aggie
swimming team has defeated Ok
lahoma University, Dallas Athlet
ic ’•Club, and Southern Methodist
University, and they are pointing
toward the conference champion
ship, now held by Texas U.
A&M, T.u on Air
The basketball game between
Texas and A&M at Deware Field
House Saturday night will be
broadcast for the benefit of those
unfortunates who won’t be a mem
ber of the chosen few that’ll see
the contest. \
WTAW will carry the game with
Mark Halleck and Wally Pierre
at the mike to bring a play-by-
play account of the game.
A&M Leads, 30-24
At Half But Withers
In Final Periods
The Aggie basketball team was
back in College Station today
sharpening its wares for Saturday
night’s meeting with the Texas
Longhorns following the Farmer’s
defeat at the hands of the Rice
Owls 53 to 48 in Houston Wed
nesday night.
The oft-beaten Owls, who before
the game were waging a battle
with the winless T.C.U. Horned
Frogs for the Southwest Confer
ence cellar, played one of their
best games of the season to lead
most of the game and win going
away.
The win gave the Owls an even
break with the Aggies in the two-
game conference series between
the two schools as the latter had
copped the first meeting, 52 to 39
at College Station.
The Owls started off with a
bang as Harmen Walters, flashy
Rice guard, sank a two-pointer in
the opening seconds but the Aggies
quickly rallied to forge into ah 8
to 3 lead after two minutes and a
14-6 advantage with 5 minutes
gone.
At this point, the Owls staged a
comeback of their own and with
Walters showing the way, cut the
Aggie lead to 15-14 with nine min
utes to play in the first half.
But the Aggies had one more
punch to swing, and stretched their
margin to an impressive 30 to 24
margin at halftime.
The second half, however, was
a different story. The Owls could
n’t miss. Right after the opening
of the second half, the Birds
poured, nine points through the
hoop while holding the Farmers to
a single free toss and took a 33 to
32 lead. The two teams then trad
ed baskets until the Owls took the
lead for good with six minutes
to play at 44-43.
Walters was high scorer for the
night, dunking in 15 counters while
Bill Batey came out of his recent
slump to pace the Aggie attack
with 10 points.
The loss was the Aggies’ fifth in
conference play against two vic
tories. The Owls have now won
two and dropped six.
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They’re Poles Apart on:
“What’s Best in Esquire?"
We gave some of your classmates a
sneak preview of the March issue of
Esquire (now on the newsstands) a few
weeks hack. They couldn’t agree on
what particular feature was best.
CAGE STAR PREFERS SPORTS
"I always read Esquire’s sports stuff
first, anyway. And in this issue, there
are two terrific articles on horse racing
I got a big kick out of. Second best is
the 'Falling Plasterer.*"
MIKE GARCIA, ’50
Aggie Basketball Team
PUBLIC SPEAKER SELECTS BOOK
REVIEWS "Book reviewers don't come
any better than A. J. Liebling, and this
time his reports on the Bitter Season,
Mister Roberts, and The Iron Chain
make excellent reading."
ALLEN SELF, ’47
Editor, “The Battalion”
EX-SOLDIER PICKS ESQUIRE GIRLS
"I don't read all the stories, I admit,
but I make up for it in looking at the
Glamor Gallery. That one special paint
ing of a beautiful gal playing leapfrog
in a pool has my vote... and how!"
WENDELL McCLURE,
MUSICIAN CHOOSES STORY ABOUT
A SONG "/ practically memorized the
Feb. Jazz issue, and in this March
number my favorite was the tale of
how Sweet Adeline came to be written
. . . named . . . and famous."
DONALD MONSON, ’47
Aggie Band
but
they’re all together on:
TOPS”
“Esquire
is
Best!”
Yes, they all had their owu
favorite among the dozens
of Esquire features. Ths
athlete preferred sports; the
soldier, the girl; the musi
cian, a story; and the orator,
book reviews. But, when it
came to choosing their
FAVORITE MAGAZINE,
Esquire was a unanimous
selection.
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