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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1948)
l-V-j o..>i • r ■Ai ;r t! t- '*' I I . S ” 'if i ' i k ,i I I Aggie basketball suffered anoth-1 yointer to make ird blotv in Houston lastj night . for A&M. 30* |! > i i-\ e Rice Owls nipped the Aggii ^ar(?ity 4}).ito 47 in a see-saw bat tle, fin another hard fought game ihe [Aggie Blah-Bees lost to the "lief Blue Bolts 431; tp 42 in the our seconds. | I ling away toi an early 5-0 leajd ,the Owls held thtf Aggies reless during the first five tes of the game. Then in next three minutes the Ag- gitjs scored M points to take an 11-') lead. i ■ i. ! ' After these two learly scoring plies 1 the Owls slkjwly crept up i ml. • he Farniers to talie a slim 25- !4 hratl at half time. ggies took the lead for the time gaily in the second half With Bill TonJ Ricd’s lanky he thri 'll™ ' ! ' I ; i . . [i -i I I 4W47, Fish 43-42 The Aggies took the lead for tfy a st ,vhtn Billy Turnbow sunk a two- t-f* f - J ' ^fodt 6 inch center ip the drivers the Owls took over and lead with ijnore than thj 8 of the tiltigone. Tom Was i high scorer for the night with 23 points.: , it ' . : ; With only one minute to go A&M made 1 there last serious try for victory when they knotted the count at 45-all on Don Volitf- ing’s tip-in-shot. But the Owls dependable center, Bill Tom. sav ed the day by sihjdng two buck ets before the Aggies could make another point. Bill Batey ended | the game by! kinking two free i throws.- ; ;i u With last nights loss the Aggies j Tolu,c now rest in the Conference cellar 1 Foley,g ,, • v . . Jl I V! ; no wins and five defeats. The j Fish-Bees was the first! in Conference ‘ Swann,f for the Owls, 'j Mobleypf |H a prelim to tpe varsity clash Martin,f thd i Fish-Beek ; lost a heart-break-}, Sutton,f er !to the Blue Bolts by one point. Eckles.f With less than a minute to go DeWitt,c Ricg’s Rex Proctor sunk a tree j Sommers,c throw to tie the; score at 42-^11. Mi!ler,g Then with only four sfeifcnds re- Wallace,g the T ining Proctor sank anotl ter char- ! Kirkland,g i A&M Conso Bolts a i i Totals the sec- Blue Bolts toss to give the Blue 43i^2 victory. Last night’s defeat was ond loss suffered by ‘llio Junior Turpin,f Aggies this seasOSt. j McDonald,f Gerhardt.c McDermot,c Meyers ,g Tighe,g Proctor,g 22 !. 42 Pf Tp i Rice Svifitzei.f Walker,f Statistics ] Fa ' Be;., i-t i 4- >y. v - i < ! a i»ce N. ^FLOI■ I’ ipin apd ouMjil .V- STAN IMOlilMIC •^valuable pla|y(ir dur i leUcirm|ut <j(uarter||a> h|\ri| (loach, take: OI.|j(lN' (upper, right), lira/.os County Insur- ( tjhe Itra/ds County i\&M Club, presents (he! I,ipsconil)-('olsoh aw aril for the most fhH lDIT Grid campaign. IHi^llmig. a two-year Ik ' Cook.g Taylor.f Croucher.g Sprull.c Vahldiek.g Totals | A&M Turnhow.f Jenkins,f Kamperman.c j Batey ,g | Gureia ,g Molding,c Schrjekel.g Wh ittaker.f Totals Totals 15 13 Ifi 43 Free Throws Missed—McDonald, 1 I Gerhardt, McDermott, Meyers, . 7 j Tighe 2, Proctor 2, Martin, Sut- 0|.ton, Sommers, Miller, Wallace and 0 Kirkland. — I Half-time Score—Rice 2U; Ag* 49 | gies 13. Second Week Plav Begins Monday For Volleyball League Slated Hert Sixteen High School jl|lii| Friday and Saturday to wanis Club Invitation Consolidated Higlt| Scho of the tourney will pit High School in thel;Gonso|ic flym at 2 p. m. .Friday. Most of the teams' enter® 1 jfrom nearby [towns jvilh thii teption of St.: Jamefj'High Jijh of Port Arthur. Only tlass B| are entered, j Some of the best ch|ss B t' l in the stale yre entered with James, Navasota, ijNormiii i| [ei l.ovelady and A&M jConkoU^®*' S: rl it st lit! ill , Ki 'i «tivcr al JIM WINKl.ku J[t Winklel. (hired yeafe ell sason. |a,s mni yeai pf . I JAM ; dorter, rigm!). new 1\&M Head hi* |fia/.os Count| \&Ml ( Inh Bamiuet ijvf; Her I I’fafr trophy ijor ihe l)est !|n|m and an All-Comfeyencc tackle iliiWility left. ■M i has two years of eligibility left. •( BOB GARY, four-year letterman center, receives one of the Lipscomb-Colson Co-Captain I rophies from W. N. “FLOP” COLSON ajj the Annual Brazos County Football Banquet, ihe Other Co-Captain a&vard ««nt to Barney Welch, three-year letter in an' halfback. Both Welch and Gary haw completed (heir eligibility. • -r- ,1 IhjotbaH o aye ard h locker. Only Three SWC Tilts Slated During Remainder of January Hll CLEARANCE <>|) (jMls f lo.ml i ■ • j! 12.5(1 15.0(1 TC I 'dm SV iHi'OATS )ATS :N)ats Now S2H.5(I Now 29.50 Ntiw 32.511 -4L ?i UUi :^.5o M/u ■4. ml ■V i ; l‘ 'n h m "Mr hr Aliy a 4 l f K(l. v iiot«$: Sincic the Battalion suspending publication until iffler the final exttminalions. we t|iilie this occasion to publish a list of the Southwest Conference basketball games to be played 'between now and the next issue. eMai'ty Karow’s Aggies are slated .j t(| tangle with Baylor Saturday, j Jshuai‘>i 31 in DeWare Field House. .yK a preview to the varsity clash, tde, Cadet Fish-i! team and the .1 .■ T~~ I : | Sehaeper Leaves ‘Mural Mana«ers ' •* : I O . 4fdOL HO'I'ANY UOlllvS 3 Discount pfn- IM • -! jr AY & CO. Across friunt 1*. Oi ■ -1 1 Baylor Cubs tangle at (5 p. in. The main event falls at 8 ip. m. The Farmers have dropped one tilt to the Bears already this year, and the Cubs have handed the Junior Ags their only defeat of the •season. Rice and Baylor play in Waco in the meantime. The two clubs jure scheduled to; meet Saturday, Jan uary 24 in Wact>. Southern Metho dist play’s Texas in Dallas Satur day, January 31. Arkansas- goes out of the S\VC to find an opponent when it meets Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Arkjihsas tonight, j' Texas Christian will lie idle un til February d when the thus far unjippressivc Horned Frogs meet the undefeafed Texas Longhorns < for the Second time this year. I By ART HF.NGST f \ViIlian| K. ‘‘WVljie" Schaeper is' i)ie, of the two Senior Officials in •'t;hf lntrai|nural IDepartmient who will eiiid of the gladuate at; .the .Ijjr.esent siemester.) , x ? The 24 year old setiioi is a Waco .nfoduet. and gradpkted from Waco (Jlgh in "1941. Wlitjie will get his K(J neat ion, to be a Team Has Record With Only 10 Fouls Officials: Ab Curtis anti Ad Diet- zel. Free throws missed: Walker, Foley 2, Turifbow; Batey; Kamper- matij Schrickol 2; Garcia, Halftime sc^re: Rice 25, A&M 24,| Governor Awards Thompson ‘Player Of Year’Trophy AUSTIN, Tex,, Jan. 23 kPi—Jer ry; Thompson oiitstanding Unjver- .s!it f V. of Texas distance runner, yes terday received Varsity Magazine's award for “outstanding ability and brilliant tedm ‘play*’ from Gov. Beauford H. Jester. I • Jj Jester jo hied Varsity's editors in paying tribute to the diminu tive tnlek man, first in this par ticular sport ) to receive the i award. j | M i| ' “It is vefy isignifiej nt that a (rack man cgn win such a trophy,” the GovernoJ said, observing that such awards usually go to men in Sports such as, football, baseball, hi’ basketball, (Where; tin athlete’s 0 , teaih leadership! Is iiftorej easily rec ognized. J Jester also applaudell the work j of Thompson’s poach, dlyde Little- heitding the jlist Thg Normaligee Pijnth('rs| 1 rennial powjer, werd one c f j sU'ongest tea pis in |he sta|e 1 year and tH’ey appeijr to bf bettor this season. The Fit i h ! arejljid by Morris Plejghns an) ffi | tv Anderson. • T| . J , . | Sri James.jone of tihp! most 11! The College Station Volleyball j t , (i | t ]. ams j,, the sL&e, is i He League moves into its secojid week | the Smoothest teaniislenteret of play with six undefeated teams t ^ they aefoatdd Cohsd i|at| in the Consolation finals Nayjisota Tmirnameijt. The! is Speedy Bill Guardliimal. Les Richurdson’Hj A&M sol (dated Tigers, the host scheduled to see action beginning at 5:30 p.nii. Monday, January 26 in the A&M Consolidated Gym. Undefeated to date are the Ath letics, Indians, and Senators of ! the American League and the Cubs, Pirates, and Braves of the | National League. , Monday night’s' games- ih the National League will pit th® Car dinals against the Pirates at 5:30 ! the Braves vs. the Cubs at 6:30, | and the Dodgers vs. the Giapts at ! j 7:30. In the American League,-ithe i Red Sox vs. the Yankees at 5:30 1 and the Athletics, vs. the Indians | i at 7:30. I Games on February 2j will see j i the Cubs taking |on the Dodgers, the Braves playing the Pirates. | and the • Cardinals meeting the) , Giants in the National League. In 1 the American League the Athletics battle the, Yankees, the Red Sox ) meet, the Senators, and the In dians play the Tigers, j'* Tl -Irish Game Not True, Says Bible * AUSTIN. Tex Ulion, - 1948 ; lie ■j 3 uri aturday P- i .’A ■|.i. tball istjuads invade Aggielafid • dipate [in the second: annual Ki- jBhball Tdupiament with A&M k the host. The openring game | (Joii|tk<!>lidat(|‘d Against ts’orth Zulch i atj‘ju*t 1 ; '' 1 —-4t— -H-H'l-'U - of jthe : T 6 u r n e y, are favofites to cdp the- till®. • TigojrH! are led by high scoring Red T'ashiun and lanky Vkn Adamson; who fqwers threb. j ; • ' Aftjor t|ie. openi i afternoon ihetween t\ six tout (Tfi. ig game! Fridoy North Zvjdch And [iConstjilidkied the tltumti pair off as ‘’follovys: lolu vs. Centerville (Fri- k lias vs, Richujrda ), Loth vs. Som- 5 p. m.), Nor- nr day I alt 3 pt pi.), Bel (Friday alt 4 p. m. lerVtBje (Friday nt jmangee vs. St.-.1 limes (Friday at !7 p. :iiv.),;Loviela(ly vs. Bryan “B" tSutijirtigy at l| a. m.), Franklin vp. ;Calv®rt (Friday at 8 p. m.), him Austpnio fv®, Navusota (Friday at 9 p. jm.|J ! .. jl '' ’'J All fir^t .round gam®s wijl ^ played iri the Consolidated Gym except the Lovelady-Brynn “B” -affaijr whjidh will be plaved in De- Ware Field House. The final gjcmc r one Semi-final game and twq'qunr- ter-flinal i tilts will be play’od ih ■v v Jil ler iinui ums win oe , piaiyeu t I'd r DeWare Field House, Saturday* J- r • •- - Jan. 23 '.T'- Texas Longhorn^ wiIJ‘;not fjeltl, in (leveloping I Ihe fine runner. The I play Notre Dame in football; next sea-, soin, says Athletjic OtreHor Diuay X. Bible of the Univi i sity of Texas. Bible said there are ijo negotia tions in progress to book a game', with the Irish, nor have jthere been [ any. r 1 . . ii’j[ i _ - u.;;. •I v .f smas/m mtowcMwerrops BIG SIX NOW BIG „SEVKN .consider l oach I Littlefield one of the outstanding track Coaches (if th« nation,” the Gov ernor said, i . . 1 , , , , ’ KANSAS CITY. Jan? 22i I hompsoii, .slightly abashed by gp or i„ editors of news-papers cov- the (lovernor $ geneijnis praise, er j n jr ^) ie Missouri Valley Inter- I said only tWo words, “thapkl you, collegiate Athletic Association af- 1 as he received the; handsome t . a have elected to change the trophy. 4- jogrec m Agrieulture Md, ; all present, plans Sjajh'sina.n,' ■< v During his days in the corps, fljlillie was in D Trjoop Cavalry. He i. f |liayed oh that outfit's teams in Wothall, softiiall. and track from |‘J41 to 19-13. Fotf hobbies Willie •Ijifcos fishing, horselhack riding, and Reading. , • | Active in Caijipu- iu-tivfties, >'.IV i I lie is,a memllibr of the Wajeo- 'Nel.cnnop Club, the F. K. A., the i-11 t'luh, the Prefs Chili, and ‘the lintlamural Man;i(gei's Club. ! jl f 3 j Duriipj the .war Willie was a fo.rporal in the Ciyalry in the 12nd IhvisioP, He sei’yfed in .the Euro- jjieaii. Theatre o| Operations and {•([•ceived the Brojijfce - Star ajid the F;. T. ’ O. ribbon! With two battle 1 pars. Insult to Injury r»r » 1'L-c 01 ilo/• 1'.. 1 Bv HUGH FULLERTON. JR. NEW YORK, Jan. 22 CP'—A few days ago Matty Begoyieh, a top- rank refereh and coach, sounded /off at length (pi basketball fouls and officiating and said that a lot BLACKSBURG. Val, '.P'—Boh ol the blame should be put on jj.. Smith, co-cdptain of Virginia; coaches who teach race horse lias- * k, J , ketball and thpse who send play-I T ech s 194 ‘ fo P tbal tCi m ’ m dtfepse to get the ball p itaI 'z«d four: times n 1940 and I they can and start run- j came back with a brokdn nose, hand j fracture and coneussiOn in 1947. I ■ • -4-4—2- riickname of the leaguerfrom ' hSix” to “Big Seven." The University of Colorado was ('admitted tri the M.V.t A-A last : December 1 atui since ttiat time newspapers have been dividing on the matter of a^ nickname for the • seven-team league. injure them. They original freshness thtj MOME^Bl] Oveij Aggr CIS out any way ning. The spirne night C'airl Braun of the New Yoj'jv Knickerbockers played the (full 48. minutes against the Philadelphia Warriors and wasn't fouled once. Only ten fpuls were called against the arriors. which probably is a record. , Youngest competitor in the 1936 Winter Olympjjcs was Yetsuko Ina- i da, 11 years o||l and otjly four feet, i ' nine inches tall. She whs ii member j j pf the Japanese figjure skating ! This see pis (it operatiyes etrn! without fouling. prove thiit skilled I [team, play basketball: It I ill rN'^ei T [Yoji’ll •| inmirt, fcloriul ) viTh» fcolliraol j latihdn Ivitl i ilhmger tlian i»u ; 1 Yi| g.-ltypi , ... Ishi ihl ilily ] } Anjier d u. L1 I ( Golhit: if am ’’j : go jlitiR^ gold ! ; •iJ;) L. S. i’*t. op. i r * ■ ifpmia mhe \v;ty these ! 1 sioi'ts stay pul ! j indtal grippers i|t lusting, stay i ■ Jf f ot|l trusting, stay oh if 1 . t<U. . lM,V, D.” “ mm ■ ll’JI .11. ’ ’ A I cotjlifo ’t .in ui sjnni’t shorts! -i I YY'islpiH Hty it iptoycd by i| » t’j! InstitnUi. :f vours while thfe- | * ! ,- • j ■ $1.25 and up ‘evCIclNe ■ o’AfqStTv r ; (a ilk'llp ! Bryan wim\ lii ' T ■ i -- . ■ yi — ★ ; . terris Fain, the athletics first!! saeiker, has beep entertaining folks ( on the winter banquet circuit pith a tale about playing with Bobby Feller’s All Still's on a field at ; Guadalajara, Mexico, which had a lailroad track nnining through the outfield, prekepting additional haz ards to a gu'V going after a fly hall. ’ During thi) seventh inning the umpire called 1 df-ime,” a gate in the left field fence opened. A man pumping a handcar came ( through, crosijed the field, and opened the right field gate—then a train slowly chugged its way across the park. “Guadalajara.’’ continents Fain, “what a pretty! name for a round-.! house with bas®s.” . 1)1 BOSK’S stlircKSSOK NAMED |j WACO. Texas. Jan. 22 (.Pi Carl Rice, 36j, has beeh named head football coach of VVaco High ; Sehodf to succeed Bill Dubose, : selected line cqach at Texas A&M college. 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