— SMU Pro Grid Perform *> 4] J|| m mam u (Is Before closing the 11947 grid season an the basketball seasp ready in progress, i : well, take a loo' | football prospect -Southern Metho S^VC champions mve r ^ as oni th tinjf t ist al ijehi as year’s 1 i i have back next . backfieldt that s |.on fire4n the pas or Repeat of ’47 in Linemen Out bcin ? back George Wfalmsle tiar that, the Owls shoiil v ea cened to any gteat IfB8< s. . i i ,. land iiri addition, the Big! j Kyle ‘Kote will be |elij vaeslity./. berth when' t co/nbs. With Doak Wa ia I Johnson, Paul Page* jDic j j. s^cki, and Co., how cpiil : i j aud blue go wrong? 0ii)yij»^e stands in the way of he 1 >"j an- bven better fiqualll rteen i ourjced that, though he ijs eligible vb graduate by tailing wrt-k n; the sumner, will not lehve until gfter t re'i8 Season. , .... r , | ylor promises little than a mediocre team th nigh young Bob Woodruff w 11 le in a better liosition to :ufee n'bat talent he has. BobUy GriFfin "|»ri •ugh I ’'' |' Seven of the fourte 1 ! leaving. Texas Christian tpjast crop of sophomores ii»n and should have same team that wbMni third spot this year] pm and I’ete Stout wilt spitrk the attack plus a gr^gation of linemen,! Rice Institute 'vHll.jU se iveljr few men, the large ; unjors y 'the]! upb in | ' Berr y;! !bicl4>toj| ipie i&g- Jo;inp^rtf! leafiest I Ip.s 4-1- , by fullback who, illcni Lyle Blackwood, spargei Bruins this year, jwfll be and the biggest loss appeals ‘ ck. be in Center QUie Jack S k] AiJiM suffered a heavier Hss in layers this year than at an>| itimp ince 1941. twelve nien on the first tring have hung up their mbroon nd ! white doeiskihs! fbr proibably i r , . {• * A !, / --r last time. We jsay 4 p>lo'>pbly' ruse some of tKese inch tHgibrlity left but rrarihbte. NKOU'NCI.NG N, Offering Ag i • :! I t-'i fH HAND and MERY esipebest . 1 Tt Two-Gt iIr li 1 I Aggies in Playing Ti Seri# :SS«3 i: the hlj the first of & two gaj One years will ly ART HOWARD |.J | jf' »<-scoring Aggie Basketball teama in several oi'jit 8 p. mi, in DeWare Field House tonight in 1 !cries with Southwestern!Oklahoma Teachers ’ ’ ' ifionday .jthe Aggies ■j !!! iV F ,4i -b-j.i li'i M ! tf /■ iaVe IK i i ! DERYL (BILLY) TURNBOW, a product of Perrin, is a for- wjard on the Cadet hardwood fouad. He is slated to start to night against the visiting cage j squad from Southeast Oklahoma uhiCjh IS; the first in a two-game Serbs between the tWo teams, the Ccond being Saturday night. Rule Changes Have LitUe Effect On 194748 Basketball . DALLAS, TEX.,. Ddcjx &-W- Therfc will be. few changes inihe wdy basketball is played this sea son. Even 1 those will :not be dp] parent to the spectators. For that matter, no^ many peo ple pay attention to the rules any essive stan,, ^oacn inarty rvaryv working his team hard this week. With only one starter oyer 6’ 2”, worried about getting the ball off the backboard a fid has irt^ his stfuad oh rebound practice. The team hgife also been { plays to speed up their scoring rate. Aggie required to wear glasses if he gites the ball s maroon-clad players when the Aggies are wearing the white jerseys, according to Coach Karow. , : Father team' will be slowed up tonight because ss of razzle-dribble Mike Garcia. Mike will rest tonight and! possibly tomorrow night also on doctor’s orqers because of ap injury suffered in practice last week. He has not been able to work out steady recently, and consequently he is not in top form 88 yet. .j ' I- 1. I I : 'l.ijl • 4 Potent Bill Batey h is been shifted to the guard position to give him a chance to shoot his long shots and let the .tallfjr jboys get under the basket. Batey v as the high-scoring man on the Aggie team last year and made 17 points last Monday in the season opener. As the season goes on ther^ will be a fight for the center spot on the squad with Bob Ka nperman and Don Voiding vying for starting honors. Both men have shewn up w r ell in practice and Coach Karow may alternate them in coinpe ution. Kamperman has looked good In the scoring column while Veiling does his best fighting for tiho; hall Not overly optopiist ic, Coach Marty Karow said that the caliber Of his squad will be proved by this time next week. After, tpmorrow’s and Saturday’s game with SE Oklahoma, the Cadets will be host to the East Texas Teachers College here Monday or Tuesday njight. Should the Farmers come through with wins, prospects will look good for a few conference wins. i A&M is expected .t i have a much bettdr season this year than laSt in conference play, due to the weakening of the other teams as much as thfe added polish of the Aggies. Texas has only three men returning from their Corference Championship squad, lajit year, and they may have trouble filling the gap left by All-America John Hargis. Coupon holders' having surnames starting with A t«f G’ inclusive will be given priority for admittance at the game tonight; if the gym is not filled! by 7:45 b.'irrj., it will be opened to other coupon holders and to the public. Tohiorioiw night surnames II to 0 willIbij admitted NEW YORK, Dec. 5 UP Confident, Joe Lpuis do: training today for his wor se against Jersey uan P C'ii-yi HI "p* . .. weight title defi Joe Walcott ini Madison Garden j tonight. “I will win,’] said Jo^ as h< prepared to dp a final fo^r rotindi public y at Pompton Lakjs, N. J. ut WiVh Walcott Wm or hii lie igates on his Icott, I jr* 1 out at Gretjloch Park, ixed it hard,” said ftana- Rqxbdrough,, “to get., smaller, faster than " milled slightly htheir ^ FCLLOW nr Champions Hold Long Reign As Boxing Business Becomes Art hflfe - DOUGHNITS By R. L. BILLINGSLEY \Vi.th the approach of the jfistic encounter fcotVitoen chanlpion Jor Louis , and fhief contender Jersey Joe Walcott tonight, jwe fare given i sessor of the title ate slim. Al though not so long a holder of his office as his co-champions. “Sug ar Kay". Robinsoq has so thoroughly left homed his way have more money. I donT like to be cal ud ojne for what I’m getting I hovr.” | The Southwest Conference rais ed tho pay f-om $25.00 to $40.00 last spring. ! low,;the fans should be hblg [to call tho officials so-and sos without so manyjgripes from I the referees and umptrps Here sire the only, changes t|ie basketball: Jr Last year the offinhls informed i note in the basketball rules: ‘’the apaches when thefd were only four minutes left to play. Whole sale substitutions could he made alt that tim*. From then oh. How ever, just «,e at a time could be made. This season time will stop aiitjoi taticajly ot^ all dead balls in thej last three ; minutes but the coaches won’t be informed; on how much time is left. Unlimited sub- Istitutiion may be made. ' In other words, there was noth- ( ing but confusion resulting from the fuur-mirtutd rule; There’s no : use in stopping the game to vir- |tually ask trie tbach to make sub stitutions. I . ;j Foialk that occur i^eri play is suspended will be tecprlical instead of penional anil the | ball will go out j during the war years, the promis ing boys were gaining weight on army potatoes, managers and train- ,1 era went into more lucrative fields, and the gyms arid stables were gen erally barren. It otakes several bouts, a rigimus training schedule and that old element time to round a likely puncher Into a title con- tonder, and tlie new crop of talent pimply hasn’t had the time to come ijip tol the lower rope. In general, Professional boxing Has grown up during the past de cade, and the late trend of exert- i‘d stays may well become the rule father than the exception. With no ; pd ill sight of the growing Louis iegepd, the extremely popular i I; COVIRWINT DcS __ pause to survey the balance of the" in ^ w *He YNeltorweight berth that other recognized world :itles and when the N.B.A. issued its an- become confronted with one force- n . ua ‘ report, .they ritudo no men- _ , , ....... . jway. tf their team is losing the ful fact. Of the seven'popular club : , ' on w f challengers,-but only of Browln Bomber serves as an in- offiepils are bound to l>e calling wejight divisions, five lave been outstanding boxers in the field, tea tor of this possibility. Inspect them : wrong. That’s why one pro- corivefted into virtual nvo implies by Although he was ;j temporarily if you will the list of mgn who imineii; official sqid nqt long ago: their respective ticlehoHers, and I slid under during the war months, Have stopped into the squared circle j “If I Fin gojng to have to be called f 0 j- a business that boosts short little Willie Pep has ! hd!d the fly- for a second try at Jolting Joe. a so4nd-s|o I at, leak ought to reign there jure quite a few long weight-feigns With euf-h length and. Max Schmeling ko’d Louis in a tefm leases, being held. firmness that only the fight fans i bon-tit|e fight, came back for To anyone who has aii ear fnr with beards remember his prede- another go, arid is still rcadjust- tht radio' of an eye fop The press cessor. Literally hip! time -hasn’t ! ing hii jaw. there ,is noi Ineed explaining that • been quite that longi liut he has -fj— — frjericl Joseph Louis Bafrowi first! held the title (pir ^ucfi U; length o'* 5 blew into New York from Detroit; time that he Wears St "with mor as' a promijdrilg lightweightj pros-! familiarity than his; given name, pejet, and Hmashed his waV into; ' The explanations fir (these gnass 1 the highest pugilistic office jin tho j monopolies are manjl and varied, world, he hds been an urisui passed The most obvious reason of course leader in his field. Not sj well j would ;be the ekraotmiriiry ability • knttwn but ju|8t as firmlv en trench-! that seems to have’ toq^arid from 1 ed are somb of the less weighty I all directions- jat (ince. Louis’s champions, ^vho, despite their lack twenty one successful defenses of ity, put his crown,! 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