TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1947
THE BATTALION
Page 3
■ON KYLE FIELD
by PAUL MARTIN
Cagers Close Season With Bang
| Aggie Bee Gagers
Down San Jacinto
Last week-end the Aggie cage
squad terminated a somewhat dis
appointing season by polishing off
the TCU Frogs Friday night and
taking the SMU
Ponies by a close
| decision Satur
day night.
In that the
Ponies were
ranking third in
the conference
and had just fin
ished polishing
off the second-
place Arkansas
Porkers, the last
1 victory was a
fitting climax.
From the start
visitors seemed to take a
slight edge and practically every
time Ponie forward Bill Tomlin
son tossed the ball in the direc
tion of the goal, it found its way
through the hoop. The Aggies
didn’t attempt very often to work
the ball in too close with their
taller opponents covering the goal
but relied upon long shots which
apparently paid off.
Sam Jenkins, 6-foot forward,
dropped in a long one-hand set
Martin
the
shot from well outside the free
throw line and just to prove it
wasn’t an accident, did a repeat
performance on the next play.
Mike G'aricia also connected with
a couple as did Homer Adams,
Lynn Smith and Bill Batey. Ad
ams, who some sports writers be
lieve to be the best two-handed
set shot in the league, sunk one
from the side-lines and then sewed
the game up with a crip shot as
the overtime period neared a close.
Mike Garcia outdid himself with
the ball handling, especially in
the last three minutes of play
when the Cadets were holding a
one-point lead and trying to keep
the ball out of the hands of the
Ponie aggregation, who were now
getting desperate.
Billy Turnbow, who has been
playing reserve forward went in
when the going got tough and
some of the boys were getting
winded to literally take the ball
out of the hands of the visitors
more than once. Bob Kamperman
and Don Voiding, who was changed
back from forward to center, con
tributed fine floor games and a
couple of points to boot.
‘Fifteen’ For Twelfth Man
The twelth man was there too,
as anyone within hearing distance
can testify and their solid support
was not to be outdone. To those
members of the Cadet Corp, and
the veterans who were there, this
corner was mighty proud of them.
After the game Marty Karow said
that he wished us to express his
appreciation and that of the team
for the loyalty showed the cage
squad even when wins were few
and far between. He further told
us that he sincerely believed that
the twelth man had contributed
not only spiritually but physically
to the victory and without them
the outcome might very well have
been considerably different. Good
work, Ole Army!
As long as the school is so sol
idly behind the teams, they have a
lot more incentive to win.
After the game the Corps
rushed out on the floor and car
ried the team off the floor as they
do in victorious football games.
This tribute of carrying the boys
off the floor is something that has
n’t happened here in years.
Conference Standing Could Be Worse
The Aggie cagers did not take
many honors this year but things
could be blacker. They ended fifth
rather than in the cellar as Paul
Tracy in the “Daily Texan” pre
dicted at the beginning of the sea
son and what’s more, the squad as
a whole and the members individ
ually showed a quality of sports
manship that was a credit to the
school. Notably, Mike Garcia was
able to hold his temper better and
get off the floor smiling more
often than most of us could.
This year the final count was
Texas on top batting 1.000 percent
and Arkansas bringing up second.
SMU took third honors.with Bay
lor following with a 50 percent av
erage.
A&M carried fifth followed by
Rice and TCU in that order. The
Aggies had four wins and eight
losses, beating TCU twice, Rice
and SMU. Losses were to Texas
on two counts, Baylor twice, Ar
kansas twice and Rice and SMU
once each.
In a preliminary affair proceed
ing the A&M-TCU tilt on Friday
night, Johnny Frankie’s Aggie
Bee cagers swamped a visiting
San Jacinto High School aggre
gation by a score of 59-44.
Scoring in the first half was
spasmodic with each quintet keep
ing the ball long enough to make
three and sometimes as many as
six buckets without interception.
Fouls and errors were numerous
and many shots were missed by
both teams. Peck Vass dropped
in a long one-handed set shot and
Miller tossed in another from well
outside the free throw line but
most of the buckets were crip
shots or tip-ins.
The lead changed hands often
and on several occasions the Gold
en Bears wrested the lead from the
Bees but by half-time the Ags
held a lead of 29-22.
The second half opened faster
with both squads getting down
to business, but the hosts got a
12-point lead and managed to hold
it for most of the remainder of the
match.
Little Jack Miller was high-
point man for the Aggies with 14
tallies while Gilbert Luton paced
the Bears with 15. No points
were made after Cheek dropped
in a charity and a bucket with
two and one-half minutes of play
remaining.
This year San Jacinto won three
out of four preliminary bouts
but dropped tilts to both
Sam Houston and Jeff Davis in the
run-off for District.
Game Statistics
A&M
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Vass,f
.... 5
3
2
13
Gorman,f
1
3
1
5
Cheek,f
2
1
1
5
Brown,f
4
2
5
10
Buckner,c
0
0
2
0
Eckles,g
2
2
2
6
Shugart,g
2
2
1
6
Miller,g
6
2
0
14
Shaw,g
0
0
2 -
0
Totals
- 22
15
16
59
SAN JACINTO
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Womack,f
1
1
5
7
Cobb,f
1
0
0
2
Luton,f
6
3
4
15
Sommers,c
3
6
2
12
Alexanders
0
0
2
0
Durkee,c
0
1
0
1
Harris;g
0
1
0
1
Hagan,g
0
0
0
0
Bryan,g
2
0
4
4
Marks,g
1
Q
1
2
Sheir,g
0
0
1
0
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Totals - - 16 12 19 44
HALFTIME SCORE: A&M
Bees 29, San Jacinto 22.
Free Throws Missed: Gorman,
Sommers, Shugart 3; Womack 2;
Vass, Brown, Eckles, Miller, Lu
ton, Marks 1.
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“Serving Texas Aggies”
Aggie Cagers End Season;
Down Last Two Opponents
TCU Frogs Lose To Cadets Drub Ponies
Farmers 48-38 59-58 in Overtime
Marty Karow’s Aggie cage
squad won a fast decision from
the visiting TCU Horned Frogs
in DeWare Field House Friday
night for win number three of the
season. The final count was 48-38
with the Cadets on the heavy end
of the score.
Opening the play with Bill Batey
dropping in a charity after only 35
seconds of playing time had gone
by, the hosts proceeded to rack
up five tallies before the Purple
got in a count. Wardynski con
tributed the first point for the
Frogs four minutes after the tilt
started.
The Aggies held a substantial
lead all the way except for about
15 seconds in the second half when
Gene Schmidt dropped through a
ringer that tied the count 23-all.
Other than this incident, the Farm
ers had things pretty much their
own way with numerous pass in
terceptions and errors on both
sides. The short but scrappy
Frogs held their own on charity
tosses matching the Farmers
eight for eight but missed eleven
as compared to only five misses
for the hosts.
At half-time the Aggies held a
23-18 lead but immediately after
the intermission the visitors came
back to drop in two buckets and
a charity to make their only real
threat of the game. However,
Batey again came through, follow
ed by Smith and Kamperman to
put the Cadets again well out
front.
With four minutes left to play
and the Ags holding a ten-point
lead, Adams came through with
three buckets and Smith and Turn-
bow with one each to leave the
Purple well behind but Brothers
came through with a charity with
less than ten seconds left and
Schmidt dropped in a bucket as
the final gun sounded.
Homer Adams, Senior guard
from Dallas, sparked the Aggie
drive with 13 tallies to take high-
point honors and Mike Garcia
counted 11 but fouled out in the
last three minutes.
Game Statistics
A&M Fg Ft Pf Tp
Batey,f
Garcia,g
Totals
TCU
Hendricks,f
Young^f
Totals - - 15 8 14 38
HALFTIME SCORE: Texas
A&M 23, TCU 18.
In the last tilt of a hectic sea
son, the Texas Aggie cage squad
edged out the visiting SMU Mus
tangs by a count of 59-58 with a
five minute overtime period.
The count was tied 11 times
and the lead changed hands 14
times throughout the affair with
the Ponies taking a 9-3 lead in the
first five minutes of play but
losing it when Jenkins dropped in
a long one-hand set shot and just
to prove it wasn’t an accident, re
peated the performance on the
next play.
Long sets were the order of the
day with Jenkins tallying three
buckets that way and Batey,
Smith, Garcia and Adams dump
ing in two each. Scoring was rel
atively slow but the breaks were
fast with both teams turning in
some fast floor games.
At the half-way mark the Cadets
held a 25-21 lead but after the in
termission the Mustangs came
back to make three buckets with
out interruption and take a two
count lead, Here Garcia came
through with a long set and a
moment later Batey did a repeat to
again take the lead. From here on
it was nip-and-tuck except for
some 20 seconds when the Ags
took an eight point lead, the big
gest margin in the tilt.
With a minute and a half of
playing time left in the regular
game and the hosts leading 54-51,
Ponie forward Bill Tomlinson
dropped in a charity and a bucket
to tie the count 54-all.
The overtime period saw some
fast breaks but little scoring with
Prewitt initiating the scoring with
a bucket followed by Smith, Ad
ams and Smith for the Ags to
make it 59-56. Prewitt made an
other bucket but the Farmers took
over and retained the ball for
the final two and one-half min
utes of playing time.
Smith and Tomlinson shared
scoring honors with 18 tallies each
while Ponie forward Tomlinson
tallied 17 but fouled out before the
game was over.
A&M
Batey,f ...3
Fg Ft Pf Tp
....0
0
0
1
0
Kamperman,!
0
2
2
O
2
...A
1
1
9
Turnbow,f
0
0
0
0
....0
1
3
1
Voiding,c
1
1
2
3
....2
1
2
5
Smith,c
8
2
2
18
...0
0
0
0
Adams,g
6
0
2
12
....6
1
3
13
Garcia,g
4
2
1
10
....1
0
1
2
—
—
—
....4
3
5
11
Totals
- 26
7
13
59
—
—
—
—.
SMU
Fg
Ft Pf
Tp
20
8
17
48
Prewitt,!
8
2
2
18
Ff
Ft
Pf
Tp
Tomlinson,! ...
8
1
5
17
....1
0
0
2
Channel!,f
0
1
0
1
....0
0
0
0
Pugh,c
1
3
3
5
....2
2
1
6
Harris,g
2
1
2
5
....1
0
1
2
Rollins,g
6
0
1
12
....2
3
5
7
Salmon,g
0
0
1
0
....0
0
0
0
—
—
—
....2
0
3
4
Totals
- 25
8
14
58
....0
0
0
0
HALFTIME
SCORE:
A&M
25;
....4
1
2
9
SMU 21.
...3
2
2
8
Free Throws Missed: Tomlinson,
Pugh 3; Garcia, Harris 2; Batey,
Kamperman, Voiding 1.
Officials: Curtis, referee; Deit-
zel, umpire.
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Basketball Captain
HOMER ADAMS, 6-foot Ag
gie guard from Dallas was told
Saturday night that he had been
elected captain of the 1946-47
basket ball squad. The only Se
nior on the team, Adams lettered
in 1942 before entering the Army
Air Forces where he served for
two years as lieutenant in the
Eighth Air Force, and again
when he returned last year.
Adams was the only Aggie
chosen to play on the All-Star
team against Texas University
in a Red Cross Benefit Match
to be played Tuesday night.
Aggie Bees Lose
To Houston U. 54-45
The University of Houston Bee
team stretched its undefeated rec
ord to 17 straight last Sautrday
night by coming form behind in
the last two minutes to down the
Aggie Bees 54-45 in a fast-moving
tilt in DeWare Field House as a
preliminary match to hte A&M -
SMU tilt.
In the first seven * minutes of
play the Aggies ran up seven
points before the visitors were able
to score. -
At halftime the Cadets trailed
23-17 but at the end of the third
quarter they led by a count of 35-
33. At the four-minute break the
count was tied 42-all and then
both sides score to make it 44-all.
At that point the Houston Bees
stepped out and left the Ags trail
ing, tallying 10 points for the
Cadets—one, a charity sunk by
Shugart.
Ken Schreber of the University
was high with 12 tallies.
High Score Man
BILL BATEY, 6-foot Aggie
forward from Moulton paced the
scoring on the A&M team for
the season with 287 tallies.
Playing his first year of College
Aggie Swim Squad
Downs TU 54-39
For Win Number 7
The Texas Aggies established
themselves as heavy favorites to
win the 1947 Southwest Confer
ence S w i m m in g Championship
when they scored a convincing re
peat win over the Texas Longhorns
by a score of 54 to 39 at the P. L.
Downs Natatorium Saturday after
noon.
Records fell by the carloads in
the dual meet as Danny Green led
his talented teammates to a sur
prisingly easy win over the de
fending Southwest titlists. Five
marks were shattered as Coach
Art Adamson’s charges staged one
of the classiest exhibitions ever
seen at the local pool.
Green completed a grand slam
in the free-st^le events, adding
new records in the 50 and 100 yard
races to go along with the stan
dards he had previously set in the
220-yard and 400-yard events.
The new times of 23.7 in the
60 yard and 53.2 in the 100-yard
new pool records also. In addi
tion, Green also anchored the Ag
gie 400-yard free-style relay team
composed of Fisher, Knox, and Ri
ley to a 100 foot victory in the
record-breaking time of 3:49.3.
Jimmy Flowers, the freshman
flash, also got in on the record
breaking proceedings, winning the
100-yard breast stroke in 1:06.9,
one-tenth of a second under the
existing conference record. Flow
ers also had a hand in the Aggies’
fifth record breaking performance
of the afternoon, teaming with
Harold Spencer and Ed Fisher to
win the 300-yard medley relay in
3:11.7. The conference record in
the event is 3:13.2.
Texas’ only wins were recorded
in the 220-yard and 440-yard free
style, which were taken by Joe
Demmer, and diving, won by Paul
Quaitance. Demmer was pushed
in both free-style events by Ber
nard Syfan, the fast-developing
Aggie swimmer.
The victory was the eighth
straight for the Aggie mermen
who have yet to meet defeat this
season.
A capacity crowd saw the Ag
gie triumph.
basketball, Batey sparked the
team at the beginning of the
season and, despite his lack of
height, played a floor game that
had speed to burn.
Batey starred at Corpus
Christi Naval Air Station while
in service. His length of serv
ice was 3 years and three months
during which time he served as
an aviation machinists mate
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