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it k ; ■ 1 : A i; :■ M 1 y crowd fn DeWs^re t heavily capaci pling conference Win 'Dallas < 'the first red-ela( Pjaying a ||6se-che«iki|ig ageis to t hal^ C crew clrejlr first blfcoci the coHtcst when six-foot scneri inch Ito v Pugh ma le a free I 03$ tf giVe !th( Mustangs »i 1-0* leaL'’ •was the only -time khalj the were in front j | Geni Schpickel^lput^the ers ah four a a gift ed sh favyet | S I Loans Sow* dJanda , aakethall dquaif surprised F|i^ldhouse Friday night by to] quintet 41-46 for their fi e, the Aggies held the 1 tall She first fc felve mil the CUd a fad t«i Staj jiwith the|ka id a Jialf minutes ohii w toss and a ilong oneftiaiid- I ![ Tii 3 were ijp c|>n1 mg up u : 34 !thodi& J ts !;i)e ^ar and naiTowei 12; but'ejouliiln'' ) clubs in dec jr i .o4 tlie j|ra »n time rfciuiU the !ran^ gin to 1; p. -The- t he rtjmair finding the catch goals null aiid intiermi rthe free throw line •six point total. 1 v J '■—+ Tejias A&M Ga)cia, f Jenkins, f Vo ding, f - Petitit, f Tu^nbow, c ■; Kahiperman, c ’ Batey, g Scnrickel g Mobre, g» t Toth Is tire milkoon, and j while guihte ahead by a slim al-17 cjoui Dur ng the n (jess pieri| fans rere cinterlained by ah tx-i hibition of ItramimUne tuiabltng ly Flowtrrssoi rs was asslst- fron of llojus- Larows ^gressive of the iilti be tram perforjined by Ji Port 1!leches. Ho I Norman f j ,: - Marty ^ eontm^pd tljieir - as the |secon|l k ha gan antfjncreaset Mtheiv lead. $ills, TurnbojW sank th first. sjix; miiiutes ' sandwi|h'ed in long c|stanae s score to 37-22. This Ifi-foint widest margin joyed during (he At this ‘stage Methodist quintet made ip attempt dordog |j Cadets. B guard,'jloopedi twe i.hr Mustang$ stai the cloilp shdwing of playiijig time re las clua Inarriiwed Then Bill Batey the ’SMlil teain jj “Batey Blitzi” v In ess than half Ine A^gie and o more ts (. goals in i tiljti s.vU T Prewitt, f Penh, f Folsom, f KlasSeh, f Gillespie, f Pugh, <T~ Ca inady, c Ro lihs, g Salmon, g Wi Iker, g 1 Kern, g Totals Officials: to hike • tjhil r * ilead was tin ie Aggiefe (oh- :venin.g. • i l|’: he ! beyfjldjem ettled dotvni ant] ;o catch. |hei un Prewitf, Port; quick gok Islam .*d rolling. )Vitl ut five miilute ^mining the ‘Dal the gap to fg-St) stepped fn jam t a doseiotj th 1 • ' ‘ | [ , minute null a tuard scqre|ij|(4 aridjput tie game pnfvte Colffcge S ation crew, i ■I l!t We Win Over ^: ...ilij!.,;; j '!' if L i ■ i H to give 'him 1 |t . 13 20 17 Sears and Radford, :• j.pfj fBat-k Row: Thopas, R. -p-H-i Aggie Swimming [Team Defeats Dallas Athletic Qub 41 - 39 IS) AR’I' HblVARD "j ' | ]:. Danny Greeirled tlhe Agg|ei : Sjifipmers to ai;4;l-$4 victory ovjer the Dallas Athletic. Club here Saturday night before a points! for the With Hayes took ..the wraps off; All American football |r Doak Wuflkei Walker sjhowed thi 1 he could?hijindl hintself on the w ul 't as . well' A w and plfli one; shot while pin \ ihg a fti|e jflod game., 4 f J; y] Batfey rledlr the" (Farmer faftacl four minu ,es to gol (Joacl off ; Wai couhters, packed-house. The visitors? came from behind to tie the score at 34-34, but the Cadets took the fanjjil 400 yard free style re- J lay in fact) time'],to Win the meet, sHf-fn'l —— •} - It looked bad i for the Aggies in : — ■■■* i - C Bcf.aUV. OP 0 R T ; 1 ■ j ■ h | \ y. ; i y • , ; : i t.i ■ Li ^8 . - ■ 1. ii. t: s MONDAY,, FEBRUARY,9, 1948 ! Page 3 , 1; ; . r S \ i I ; Ji j :• ;S if 1 allowed fclpsel by Tumi qw iwith. 1 Schricle|, th long-sho^ arfist co nributed jlOl Bu na one was! more responsljhf £o the A'&M vicjtory tun Mi'kc«j4 lc “ Aggie fopvaid. Ga‘cl» outBuppe the tailen Miistang^l and he.j|hldpe the Fanji ers "get"insjpe th^i ’thei share of t helreboi nqs. I F One o (jheTlJei* !iiwgici|nk in baKketball, l Garc a j ’pleased ! the crqwd and; puzz edl 1 the f’onies With his tricky ball |han<]U|gi Bill Gillespie took .i coripa h moi for the v sjtors vit i a *3|) pom total/Durn i|ollin. , • ani Bultjpiewi split thij rprfhe^-ub spt wi|h eigl tallies e Fugh jfotinjij thp koirlg rodjglj ,ar| made " only {one ?bal durijng th' . evening. Bijli hejhit four tinljesjfro: n I Insur Posts Examination!! of insurant consehvatiOj nounepd by mission, Entrance $4,149 to $!|,90 Employmfnt Veterans A«mi Louisiana, and Applications from ill. Ni tary, at th Office. -ft—-f te id iiikuhan<t fider h; ve Iji'ch a G ivil £ eiwine ?Coi i opening 30(1 ward medley relay whten Hugh Branford and John; Crawford each gained a couple: <j|f yards bn A&M’s Howard Spencer j and 'Gene Summers. But A&M’s great Danny Green "Overcame Bob Snell’s four-yard I lead hwl finished five yard«i in ! front. Green was swimming with a bandaged thumb which slowed i him down. ! . it: ' I.i The: Dallasites .took five' fiiSt ; ? laces to four foi the. Aggies, tjjiit [vans in, the more valuable medly : reljiy, five points! and the seven qdi^it 400 yd. rela;,' gave the home ; teain enough points to win. ] i The visitors won a moral victory by j breaking two 'pool rCcondd to 'the; record-tying Aggie effort in ! thej 400 relay. Aggie Coaches are Given Sppml spring Training Jobs toe of the new the ; 20(rffrrdhi niatk of 2:40.8 to 2:27,3. Bob C of [A&M set thje qid poql Xtjc last year. Hugh Branford |of the D.AAl set another new pool record ip lob yard backstroke race when ho came in a foot ahead of Aggie Kd Kruse. Branfbrtl’.s jlime of -,1:18 lowered ifipfries are due today for in- t^iaijural team handball and teaU v horseshoe pitching. Dor- mitbfy Athletic Officers handle Fall entries. 44u.; i± ;*4 !j tCoactLDayfcrwLl’djon^’’ Irvin will not be hei’e, but ALL Oefcohl) DAC; Summyis, A&M; of th^’TOaclies tynrnssisi in v trafnihg his freshman squad 0 Coaches Bill Dubose,and Tuaboat* 4 S . F 'Ta ,l ^ on - D Jones have WHtUe|se(R*y&# AU.ji moiris, DAG, Vai daman, A sc hools and both men4reported fo duty on Feb. lit. :U ? \ 40Ui( yd. Relay—won by A&M; There will be fiVe coaches! for Jeiiy;.Fisher. Jack Riley, BeiVne ; lhl . e . irlv p r . ic tice ■ period .and ■ an< Zanily Gljeen. A ^ ; (hey will work on special assign- .411 • ' j * nients. j, •': t l/'Afpron ngiPAll/AC." Coach Stitejer Will handle the * CifCI dll ItCLClVCo backfield and work tin the revived “T” formation to be used next rea son. ! '. : ; • Bill Duoose will coach the tack les and guards. Both of these po-! sitions were hard hit by recent graduations, ahd Dubosu will>:have his hands full working on new-men. “Tugboat” Jones will handle the Jexas - Baylor Top SWC Tilts I •! 1 I ' I 'il'l' The Southwest Conference title race was narrowed to two teams over the weekend as the Baylor Bears took the Arkansas Razor- backs twice, 4i2-88 and 55-i47. Texas Christian took the short end of two games, to A&M by a humiliating 48-22, and to Rice, 68- 54. This lot the Frogs in the cellar spot vacated by the Aggies. SMU fared n Kotle better in Houston, taking the Owls by 69-54 Saturday night, but the 46-51 loss handed them by the Farmers left them next to the bottom rung with Rice. I - THIS WEEK’S GAMES . . . Something will have to give Thursday night when the two lea gue leaders, Texas and Baylor, tangle in Waco. Both squads are undefeated in conference play, but the Bears have proved themselves against tough Arkansas, while Tex as has taken its toll among the lesser teafns. Arkansas will be host to TGU Friday and Saturday nights while mfising wounds left over from the Bruin tilt. A&M will have a lone game this week, playing host to the Rice Ovids Friday night. ' Rv [JJ ,r ■4: n . i. : th6 rejuvena classed the visi rack up a stunning : From the time five to nothing lead thi: the game was never in the! nearest that the eajpe to closing the wsiy in the ! ed up to a six to Aggies moved avttfty quii however, and at the half stojed at 21 to seven ih A&M. [, The Aggies waxed' start of the second half: end of five minutes o run up a 34 to eight With this 26 point lead It ed the rest of the way playing a great deal q "‘'CU never seemed al ’ the s favo hot at and at da Ivaht upy m; the t J lej to Jthe Aggies fast moving i’loor g* and as a result the Ags contri the ball almost at will 4 ithel; game, At times jj. contiguous control pf two and three mini ck>n ! t irougr \&M i ij ball lute- (eriodh A&M’s defense alko pi?jyod a bitter pill for the Froggies, jng the first half the Chips coql|i manage for onl| two Crust 48-22 : BvMpi im completely out- Saturday night to iers jumped into an early —_ free throwster a points, and in the the boys from Fort dc only eight field goals. 48 points were evenly »mong the five start- _ >oint man was Billy Turnbqw with 12 followed by Bill, Batey with 10 and Gehe Schrickel fith nihei Bam Jenkins pumped in «ven aind> Mike Garcia made six. ‘ Big improvement was at the free n ow l|ne Where the Farmer xag- ra made good 12 put of 15 at- empted. Bil)y Tumbow dropped in lit out 'of seven for a .867 percent-, »ge. ! | * 'J 1 ; High point man fprTGU and also high ppmt man for t|ie night was Itimard Gene Schmidt* who racked !Fjogs’i22 points. Kud- hy followed with four pectivcly. ; ' I , Fish-Bees Split Two Games Allen Academy, Brooke Ffeh Use After ! tifc i(|s In Defeat of ;jp 14 of wty and and two respectively. Bilr * Batpy./k' 1S Ft Pf Tp ] x Late Rally Falters iThittaker. Voiding, c; Kirkland, g Pettit maqnl . -1 G'oach Johnny Frankii Is Bee quintet staged a s<S(j*ihg in the second half to beat the 4 Academy Ramblers i5# W) F night in the: pre-confisr jnce Truitt Mobley led ilit' A^i with 11 points, followed by C<j Marvin jMartin with 9.§ 11 The Ramblers took ad eitrly Naval Citation H'lP ■■ ■ I'M*- pool mark second. old I ,, . . l, n ; John P. Wells.' of Edna, senior Hl'chilt-ct student, has been award- ppjtj .ifrold star in ilieu of a second Air tojeda!, Eighth NaGal District headquarters announced today. ; Ajiftteran of air attacks on Mar- freshmen and fretupiihig letterrmcn tiud : . ijnd Wake Islands, Rabaul,. will ease Jonris' worries. In : addi- Tal(sufa and the Marshall Islands, tlon, he will assist Coach Stiteler WI ■ ’ ^ J ' - A ■■ ' J Howtard Spencet> i Wd|l$t spent three land a by foul-tentihs of I a i itoh enlisted man before being Cojjirtiissioned jn the! Navy.* He en- hatf years with the backs jand do a little scout-1 ing.' •; j 4 : I Coach Johnilie Frankie will work ;dack Riley took a lirst for.the lisfqdj in January 1912. Nineteen . ^uaSds, and tackles and 100 yd.-free «|tyljp ‘ *' «-•••— In spite of a late rally, the Ag gie Fish-Bees dropped a 42-49 cision to the Brookes Medical/Cen ter Comets Saturday nighj/in the Aggie gym. ! j / .; j |. 1 The Ags started off badly, and were missing their Iqng shots. With sixteen minutes gone in the first half the Cadets trailed 5-261 At the halfway mark they had cut the j on the scoring of EasWrling lead to 27-lb- Artfqld, j but the Fish'f fjaug Until the Cadets began hitting ■ aftdr ten minutes of pUiy and the basket in the first half the i • I Comets had combined a fast-break- ' .' ! ing offense with a good defense and had managed to steal the ball numerous times. ' [ They were paced by Mel Baskett who accounted for ten noints in the first half, but was held to one goal in the last stanza. Once the hosts began racking up the points the Medics lost much of their smooth- s j v i> pj a y for the hdpj ness and polish that they had help- - did Jackie Miller. Both od to build up such.a large lg4t|- The Fanners showed nibre ac curacy in the last period and* grad ually began to whittle away on the 12 point deficit. With two minutes left in the game the margin had been cut to four points, hut Bas- kett’s, only counter of the second half cinched the victory for the Comets.- I 1 ' 1-0 1 0 3 3 4 1 0 12' 'll. ' 1 , 0 1° 1° '0 ^ ; : Bchmidlt, g : Jjerrel,: g Craig, |f 1; irothei's, ilnicdi c jil ardyf ski, jg llendniks,] g , Bond, g j, : ‘4} | Weeks,, f Tola^ T- tfr ahead the rest of the g$ jte. A intonpission the score iji lead 2|1 in faj-pr of the home jteam. ' hired Summers looked gooj the ( center position anil underlth|p basjietL i Mobley and Mqpowd . , f new addition tp the Ag (squad, (iers i ment diatiqg from 1,500 years B Fg 4,i | I : 1S 0 0 i :T 0 0 0 0 (0 0 0 o -o 18 12 17 i£ ■ Fg Ft Pf Tp 12 4 1 0 13 10 0 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (6 2 0/.0 0 0 0 1 0 4) 0 0 0 2 i 13 ‘2 1 1 !• ! 0 0 0 0 0: 48 '■1 2 14 1 0 Q ■1 8 6.14 22 VI f 1 . ? •t r. if > M i:. Rheumatic fever is the. second Most ifreqqcnt cause 0 f death among | people in the 20 to 24 age. group in thp United I States. Egyptian | documents on parch- hittjirtg their long shqts as<l|tH; Farmer offensive Started cliclflrnj Rill Eckles, sparked); tlie <l»cr - ile! tear r nrrl ~ — —- Millei- saw action lateijj sity dash. ,C. still exist, j i-l rj*—tH- Tlu Ramblers lost iilobi'dina liojv j file A^ |i< js Aggies in the beating the l)AC kar, Wytjaqt , Wjilson. by two! yards! ....... an . . Kthei second lap. Wilson’s fast fiijii.sb : at Rabaul harbor in Novcm he grueljng 220 yarfl free styl ipel betw son ajftef j actidi: effort earned hilm first place !hut j &ie? motifs of his wartime service were j (to some §cout ng betides. 'J ^lU'titon Tor hi-i nivscnt -.ward 1 Coach Char ie DelWare, art All- lied* in tq a duel between AgjIM Bennie Syfan and Wilson after t fill l ^ifflhe^randwSti^'radion^i ^ instruct ihe celitbrs. He will 1 second class, outlines his part in * N 6 * 1 'jithjthe backs and scout. . AdSiffat Harhnr in Spring training will start, at 4 Syfjan and Dave Vardanian \ took second and third . j'!i5 , First SAM i\leet RESULTS 3 jp yd. Modlc|y. Relay—won by ^ salaries p ier yifear. v ill he ni: itration i ft issi^ippi. , ., nay bg icH»minf«l: IpO ydj Backs Yjarfllcy, local Recife- DAp (recoid)! J piped Ttijesday A&M; I Spencer, Summers, Gbcdn. 1 : f b 11 • " 2?0 y{tt; Free Stlrle-AVikson; DAjC ; (; Thi Syljan, A&M; ,’Vb 1 danian, A&M[.: monti Spring training p. m. and wijl run urjtil dark or after. ACE JOCKEY — STEVE BROOKS, veteran j«4kev who was beaten by JOHNNY LONG- DEN in the race for dost win ners in 1947, ,i» off tb a good start this winter. He’s riding at the New Orleans FaiT Grounds which fends a 75-day meeting on March 6. i ] Jewell McDowell for the Aggies was the: leading point-mqlcer of the 1 1 evening with 20. He is a former Amarillo High star and played his second game for the Ags. His long shots came close to winning a vic tory for the Fish-Bees. Kenneth Sutton was second high scorer with 7 points. ; 1 H . John Siefken led the winners with 15 pbints and Baskett follow’- ed him wiih 12. in th *. second half as, scorn 35 points to thiliir 17. It was height whi#ii|' w°n| thjh game for the Freshmoil, with lln tin. Tpwnsend, Sutton, ;uqd Dq Ifi ial| ;ta,king the rcbouhjl ) boards ,to bottle up upd Dc off l>(ptfli tgjej : Allcj |o fenfeHe.l s ' If | HANDBALL CLUB MEEl J . i •' > n- .it 1 There will be an imp4 ing of the Handball February 10th at 5:001 gym, Powell Scheumacj sgid today. All membe pective members are pteserit. Future trips w|ill bg planned. n . in. 11.1 tl ■ I,||pre8»i hi and fged qr the i|li — .FREE! jjlff jin A 5xT,ENLARGEMENT jj of your i r i FAyORITE SNAPSHOT i|or information ' write to: j' 1 EVERFINE ’B|t«>to Sei 10)1, Travis San Antonio (5) Texas ' r A&ft*, 1 «mu»«mu, ; monKor ManagciMcni will now Its i l 1 . 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