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r' r ' W V r I-' * v " - ' if ~T. f:P ■r "tv ibw^st Conference Football Team : mi .' I ~i , ^ I ff - ' M ‘ ! .!|'! 1 ■ ■ 1 l ~/ 1 ' ' ■ '"’ I: " * - ■ ' 1 T T r<« . i a ■■ n . I If Hill •K mi I 1. k—1 * rr T. - ship teatajh. RjeadingiMt tojri^ht. first row; A- M. Alloway.l E. II Soys|-*i„Bj j. McConnell. V. F. Young. Second yoW; N. £. Lee. Mafv n l.ebi^an. F.^p. Cornelius, Pete Pfrkinsi 1 —i' • 1 — : —|—r—) i r~’ rr*—> ;; i 1 1 ■ rr 'i ''' :i ij H'- ; — 1 —- 1 -■-■■ jj"—g— i r« FI Swlliaer: and; ited Stiitt s finis ' ‘rth'kfii i : l . i ter ! 1k\ ith' i® if’, „ OpCtieilr krltb \ \ I I VA ST. MORiTZ 9—</?>)—Thq Un third in th« turbulent fi .Olympic gdinefl which c qs ^11 the 'informality; of church pienje. The gamfcs, vhiell a verbal, war . and 1 Kycre|! M . rt . with a hotiisiin or a^cavyUn storm on a-liemtu^ tfciys, W)e by Sweden] Switzerlaiul :wlU ond, passinr thje I United Stqtk the final (|ay Jby^ tijkinK: tlhtrc the trouble-|pa< The hbetfey decided :w|en j.panlida dwe; Switzerland O-jO, anil gujnqd enough poiiits tjo edgje oiibCiet Slovakia on; a rioals averlagici lb; The UnitedlStates aii association (sextet, cent.'jr .jdf the 'controversy! lost to tjll 4-3 in the finale.-! j 1 eb s led I ktdUr bbciceu ' tl * n l selves on mountain ledged and ^ te l l r r PST j p;lte|d the officials with snowballs v? Although the; A. Hi A. le^itn finished xtnJirth iin the-: h’o. , l ney, the.r three were not’ 4ddetl States tota| That prjodu points: iweden f fsf a 1 to] tiije I ■jkeii, ti points! thus [gaiped (led this : tdhle 1 tl >1 ted States Xl 1 -.! fel’iUi 511 I'|nla Italy 2^, CanaL . ri ,- r[ ,. 18, Great Hritafn 15, Hiiiig;ijly r;|kia 10, Upland li,} Czechoslov; I K * witzcr'ianil! 7 Norwky 69 'Li ,^ju id 49,| l-lrarcli a! 24 jl/ifEcig '1: - members of Dorm IB’s Intramural Rask^lballj and Volleyball Champion- Honors in tetition; U»S. Poland 1. Thirteen of the cppflpet- iijg nations did not scjjre. f ; j Even if the American .hockey points had been counted, thq SUniH’ try ted,States would have remained iii third place by a fraction of a point, the best showing of a red, white, iigjued | a id blue winter team on this sidt )w- o: the Atlantic. ' i ] ' | ran ! A1 thought the A. H. A. team has iec ‘ been disowned by the United Slates Olympic committee, the Swiss said' - L , . ,, ,, , .they would award Olympic parti- aclfed hockeyitqpri icy., c ip a ti on certificates!to the players, chamjpior iihi|)[ ’ vas j | Despite the tempers of tqejjjdst inter Games Takes Third l te< * tqn days, pleasantries and infox*- : “ st j n alities marked the closing, i . I djuritig the final hockey gaimes When decisions went agalinst thp WureiJicbi in rigid check as a show for Mazi bigwigs. ( Thp closing ceremonies here be- gaiygi-adually. : Thfe fljags of 28 nations were paraded part of the way around jibe, fink and lined up below the mountain ledge. The American flag 'was parried by Jack Heaton of New Havcai, Connecticut, who carried it in the opening ceremonies. He was coiispicuous in the white American l| jpaipde jacket. Pehn Stater Said Better Than Dobbs Barely 5,000 spectators perched Swiss in the vital game with Oanal- has | dp. a - chorus of .shrill whistles vfo(Jd|: ur-je:ho through the Alpsj'and a bar rage of snowballs would come down n ted: ffom the hillside. . Jj-, ' if | During the soieiyui'closing Uef t- of ] n onies the- spectators 1 straggled j'ii rrosS the rink for autograph;! j| n j.l e (change of greetings with ■ s . f ag carriers. 39, | That was all iir shatipl co|h|ti|h^t S'RATE COLLEGE, Pa;—Watch but, {iii Dodds, Penn State’s miler, Gcrajd Karver, figures to outracc yoq qne of these indoor track days. ; That startling prediction eomep from; 43-year old Ray Conger, and the unv with the dosing of the ijoliB i 10, j alt Gajrmisch-ParterkircHein it iijfl j nianyj T~ k tull yliar'j tuppl^4 61. antes- oir when 100,000 jspedtktcirs 1? -4t ii f•••••••• • •(•j* • j* • A, •••••••'4. r*; 1 i r.v.v.v. .v/.v.v. 4 / merer, ’ • \y.,7.r.Y.\ , * • ♦ « t-*r» • • • First A Friday; Footbal west Confe --■luUMMltldUiauiMUllBMiaBMP , ■■■Ptart Training &| PracticdiSession Slate Nineteen Lcttermen Present Coach 13 will be »looms in the spotlight as six of the! seven Sou th ence schools begin spring trainjngithis week. larry atiteler announced that Fr first dky of spring training for ■' gridstere. T ’Mural Horseshoe, Handball Play To Start Tills Week ■■pi m - Play in Intriamural handbult and hoiseshoes will start this weik, ac cording to a] statement released yesterday by Spike White, Direc tor of Student Activities. Both the Badminton and I Tournaments prill* be!delaye Hieing I . until after the basketball season. 5 :| The handball will be placed in the usual rourid-robirt system, with six teams in .each league, will start Wednesda Dormitoay Athletic ceivc their team scheduled ‘ late tonight or early tomorrow., i Entries for Softball, Team; Ten nis, and Wrestling will be due Tuesday, February 17. ;j , There arc 18 ri(tw hoi-heshog courts under ! construction across from the gyrti—next to the clay tennis courts.. These new tourts will be regulation side, with standi ard day filleri. Eighteen courts will accommo date 36 teams, 72 players, lit one time and will speed up the pro gram considerably. 5 Aggie Swimmers! To Enter TU Carnival ( •i fSTIN, Tex., Fcjb. lu-(spl)- all the aspects of a bihbing ■y It top ipiiler himself in 192$-32 when he nan for Iowa State and the HHnqis A. C. Cqriger I says Karver possessed ■‘'the is'peed and class to run a 4:04 or 4405 mi ; $iit he that! it’ll lie.’’ AUS With beauty Irevieyir, a tojp-flightiiswim show and a three-ring mrciis, Coach Tex, Robcrtsoir and hilj-Uni versity of Texas swimming Squad this week wilj present the annual Aqua-Carnival. Exhibition diving,! swim stunts, selection of tty: Univier.sity’s’iAqua- Qucen, and championship jiWater competition all fill the schedule of the show, which will run five flights,' Tuesday through Saturday, :ty Gregory Gym jpbol. Ten Univety in a field of jlSO, will face ijinlges each night uiitil the Aqua Queen is crowned on Saturday night. Going a step further, inj turn about fashuty, Uie Aquaj-Quecn nominees wilj vote on thq most handsome Lotighorn. athlet^, with representatives chqsien. front all sports. Capt. Jim JVIcCann of the 1948 Texas swirntying team, will lead the Longhorn; squad in thei swim ming competition. j. New Freshman Cjoach B a r ( “Bones” Irvin is nqt slated to ar rive at Coll u! 1, but incor February 1948 Ajfgie jow .... u -ai^ii Ij.„4iuiu Afi Cage Season In inal Month Of lay This Week i' TUESDAY, FEBI 1 ' tifll h ' I - : i-i Hon O R T S |0( 1948 ■ By"|' Station until June _ freshmen Will re? ceivc a lot, of attention during the thirty day period. The first-year Cadets will work with the vafsity to get used to the T-formation that Coaph Stiteler plan* to adopt this fall. Nineteen lettertyen, including Jimmy Cashiqn and Bobby Gofl wnq did ont letter last season, will fotyi the nucleous p] about 100 aa- pirants. Returning linemen are: Hurb Ellis, center; guards Calvin Dupree, Herb Turley. Max Greiner, and Odell Stautzenbcrgcr; tackles Jim Winkler and Marion Scttcgast; and ends Oscar Pollock, Merl Pro- kop, Wray Whittaker, and ChaHes Wright. Returning bqcks are Buryi Batcy, Ralph Daniel, Bobby Dew, Bob Goode, Stan Hqllmig, and Pi’eston Smith. ; Among, the freshipen who will don Aggie uniforms , for the first time are ends Carl Hill of Denison, Dan Sarratt of- El Paso and Averjll Davis of Nederland; tackles Char les Conner of Daljas, and Wilbur McBrydc of Ren ville; guards Dan Lanier of Freeport, and Bob David son of Port Arthur; backs Dale Cqllins of Amarillo, Clarence Law- sop of Wichita Falls, Clovis Ol- sack of San Angelo, Jim Dobbyn of Abilene and Robert Smith of Hous ton. Yesterday marked the opening day of practice for Texas, TClf and Rice, j ! The always potent Longhorns have plenty of material. Coach Blair Cherry’s maty worry is find-1 ing a reasonable facsityile for AU- Amcrica quarterback Bobby Layne. The blond bomber graduates in June. Right now Paul Campbell has the ipside trpek pn Layne’s position. Coach Duch Meyer’s TCU club is considered the team to beat in the 1948 race. The Dutchman had 31 lcttermen in a squad of 106 players which turned opt Monday, lettemen Southwest Conference bas ketball enters jta final month of play this w rs jts final n week with B and the University pf holding the leatfJwittH ikethall Iter Play feated records. The first place between the Bears and the Stepra is certaty to be broken Thu: the two teams meet in Waco, victory fpr the Bruins will jjwst about assure them of at least a tie for the crown.;After Thurscjay only three games will remain on Baylor’s schedule. SMU visits Waco February 17 for theip second and last game with Baylor.' The Longhorns entertain the Bruins in Austin February 25 in their final meeting, and tpree days later the Bears end confer ence play against winless TCU in Waco. Texas still has seven , games re maining on its schedule including the two Baylor games! and a two game series with the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Arkan- sas. I . Resting safely in third place, af ter tasting defeat for the first time last week against Baylor, are the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Porkers,' with 4 wins and 2 losses to;their credit, entertain the TCU Horned Frogs in Fayetteville Fri day and Saturday nights. The T ex as Aggies and the Rice Owls battle here in DeWarc Field House Friday night in their second meeting of the season. The winner will be the undisputed holder of fourth place in the conference standings; The Owls dqwned the Aggies 49 to 47 in Houston three weeks ago but since then the improved Farm ers beat SMU 51 tq 46. The night after their loss to A&M the Ponies beat the Owls 65-54. SMU will be idle until their meeting with Baylor February 17, in Waco. Any number of found as to why the are hugging the cel la] Perhaps the most Tty lettemen included Fullback Pete Stout and Lindy perry, lust tyty! years starting quarterback. the ' Rice Institute’s Owls were the , i otjher gridsters Who btyan their rim*, s , ttyjrimg Monday. Coach Jess Neely I.jO. will fact* mdees was g reetet | by the smallest nupv bor of gridmen of the three schools, 6ty This group included 18 letter winners of the 1947 team- The Southwest Conference Cham pion SMU Mustangs will open practice on February 16. The pon ies were hit hard by graduation apd have only 17 lettemen re turning. Coach Matty IBell does THE STANDINGS j W L Baylor T6xus Arkansas Rice n A6 TCU 8 5 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 f 6 Pet. 1.000 1.000 .667 .333 .286 .250 .000 Nine High School Stars Sign at TU have a number of promising foot- pman club, r ;il FOR THI PACKER “51” ONLY U- Colors up-to 6( font than those of othqr Keeps its qriqinql briHutnc* long os thq paper lasts. Oq average, tjl tinu s more ant to fading than gov#rn Standards iequir i. Vis ^L\ -M Qm, This Ink writes! faster thai|ord injury inks- CHOOSE ,!• i-:. I r i- C: •7' i94 morn' tyil- to, ‘tr I 1 ,ROM WHiug it,] • Him ii * ■1 it uli i i of tropic birds in flight.,. .of suhlii ribbety Seas—and you get an idea of (he of new Parker Superchijomc iihiki JT - > . finest writing fluid (iver known. m itched rdr brightncsty.it also posl i L 1 • njlfvclout ftnlmwx. Be imopg the first to fill your Parker : S ipcr-Blu:. Super-Red, Siipcr-^r<5cn,|$uf qc-BlacSjupcr-Blatk. Look for the! smn iL; „ ijnes ’ B L < 11> -styled f fotectiyc metal pqckp | hr reated to a wholly riew formula after icntften|yj:ars of-rscientific research, thik is n with this sensational new jnje. Co ors; ji SURER hat • BRILLIANT COLOR m Texak |Aggies” Stofe * ’s not sure when, except be “sometime before the tydbqv season ends.” ■ Dodds icuryently holds the na- (tioflul inpoor record of 4:5.3 for the 1760; yards. He set that mark al TIadison Square Garden this ■year: • j t Ctyiger, whose best mile was aj dlriljM) endeavor, points out that j the Boyertown (Pa.) Dutchman is j a slow starter but a fast finisher.: • That’s ! exactly opposite to the j [Dodds pace. The Flying Parson rUrts! a fast half-mile, piles up! a j blistering third,quarter, then more: olr tyss coasts in at the finish. • ‘'Some day soon;" says Conger, | a rtiimbei - of Penn, State’s School ; qf physical education and athletics,! ‘IKatyer will stay with Dodds right Top-flight; comptyitors [ from SMU, Baylor, Texas A&M, #nd the Dallas Athletic Club wull fill the field. bailers from tty ’47 fres including Kyle Rote, 1946 all-state high school back. Coach John Barnhill 6f Arkan sas also picked, February! 16 to in augurate training. The squad from ity Ozarks will have nine of last AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 9 of Texas Athletic The UniVertsSty Department said today nine of lust season's high school stars have en rolled in tty university. The return to. school of Newell Kane, former Palestine football star and Raymond Rt^gone, 1945 Jack Tolar and Flank Campbell will be featured in plain and fflncy diving exhibitions, and the always present water magic that : Coach Robertson plahs for the annual pre sentation will round out tty show, have set March 8 as probable start- s.—•„= rw.i B j-j-fc-sir srl* training is concerned. Tty Bniins \l Louis Slower Now Matricciani Says iqg date- Bear lettermep nhmed later this month. will doity to the finifeb aimi heat Him J his punches"! BALTIMORE. Peb. lOtyity Leo Matricciani—vyty shouty know r-saya Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis may be a little slower oh his feet than a few* years agp "but jyou cty’t say thiat |of his [body or 2,000 MOSLEMS KILLED; NEW DELHI, Feb. 10 —W- Thc Indian Army said yesterday 2,000 Moslem Raiders were killed Friday in the greatest battle of the Kashmir campaign. Another 2,000 were | declared wqunded in the engagement near Naoshera, 50 miles northwest of Jammu. -4—rf f-—i-f— - Wichita Falls; Jim Pakenham of Longview; Jim Mcponkey, High-: land Park; Jim Lansford, Carrizo Springs; Howard Hurt, Rorgen Morgan Broaddus. El Paso; .Dave Warren, Panhandle. GREEK DRAMATIST’S TOMB BELIEVED DISCOVERED ROME, Feb. 10 —<^1— A tomb believed to contain the remains of Aeschylus, Greek tragic dramatist, has been discovered in Sicily, ll Giornale D’ltalia sakl yesterday. tio tty wire.” “1; could happen anydav,” tydds mr- -'m l- 1 in. 'm April, 1840, a Uew York newspaper of the titye stated, Newt York had a population of 30Q,4O0 and London a population pf 1^,000,000 but that there were 17 ntyrders in New York, and only I pnq j in London. ty- Leo; a Baltimore heavyweight, boxed four rounds with limis in a no-decision fburtyound lexhibi- i tibn before 3,020 tens hcjPc last X—L : i; USED GAR headquarters * SD Ford Tudor ’■IB Ford Tudor ’16 Forid Tudor ’41 Ford Club Coupe ’46 Mercury Sedan ’-IB Sedan Coujm: ’If) Mercury Tudor Mercury Tudor , [42 Chevrolet Tudor Chevrolet Sedan HEl Ford Tudor (6) ’|J() Plymouth Tudor Mil, Chevrolet Tudor 84'Ford Coupe V-8 Bryan Violor Co. four Friendly Ford Dealer Friendly Ford night. He wpnt the same dfstanct- Wider the same conditions against the Brow-n Etytyber in 1944, \yhcn they were both soldiers in Eng land. \ Leo said “Joe hit me t pretty hard." a tew times and that.he had been hurt by a punch to the abdo men in last flight’s! bout, ji | ! Joe’s weight was announced at j 220. He had a toll of fat'a round/, his girth and riugsiders thUnght 1 his poundsgjc should have been • announced at somewhere between | 225 and 230, Vj He stalked Matriecianty 208. all the way, but threty few punches. Matricciani tried hard and struck out time and again, but did -not succeed in hurting! the champjty. Most of the actity cameity th^ third round, after Joe was stung on the nose by two jabs. Louis let loose a sharp left and followed it with a right jab! that made 23- year-old Malrieciaiji coveii [up. Late in tne final round Louis opened up again aty was tynging away with both tynds, i pilt the bell came before there was! any damage. It was Louis' last ring appear- the : United States be CLEANING l I ' i ' • [• ; ; l! A Iteration ts , I ’ • f ; ' ' N ,. "• j !•■ j.-H • I Ej ■ ' I Patches ' i, : I j: J ■ I •• . -TT ;' ;ty r ] ],: i ' UnifortiiH PRESSING /: } 7 i. SMITH’S North Gate Phone 444444 I, a nee sailing for 19, where hip Sngland on February will engage in ex- w To My Valentine"’ Suggeslions ■\ii I M Pure Silk Scarves, Sheer Nylons, Gay Painted Handkerchiefs, Slij>s and Gowns. shabby surfaces and iii PEty *h#s in one operation! s unusually hard and tough be, washed with soap and 1 to use, ! , h-looking j and: see them! J'liyCX-' the j| WC A? way tek« It,, had: ip expti QV< 1 Ark evea thougl Martin visi ag Pi were out-hustled on styeral sions in both games. Perhaps the most put reasons are lack of heii Jht Al serve strength. Height] may iper Gi by 5 Fo i i! te pltyeri must be sqnt in. The ns ppy their money te see the available perform, not When a man is lost rom the game because of exces- ve fouls, he is out for the even- nig whch hai-dly gives a fair rep- ntaltion of the relative sti-ongth the contending teams. In J fiat the rule b(H»ks gives little or no definition of certain iolations, it ia up to the ij interpret what may foul. Naturally, this vesi a lot of room for argu ment mid also a wide margin in Kllmb< ‘ Imbcr of fouls called. mmm We tyow of one game in which »ff|ei * * * determining factor a the j M SMU seems t> have rly well without it. Only six men on the lidet )f thirteen have figu :t i pi jntly in the scoring wt; 1 onlij ers, Don Voiding and r loore having been imfloduc hoop enough to rjtyke tyession. This leads to the gr^ty we I Iwity the, r«lea of the ;i me. one official called more than twice ic number of fquls than the other. »th men arc regarded as amone ic bepjt'officials in the Southwei^ inference but the differene lay In different: ways of looking at the are some of often kitked out for For (this tyason, we’d like to sci] h change in the rules regarding I fouls. Basketball is the only, sport n whiejh thic best players may be liminated from the game.[In hoc4 key, the period in which ,a player is kicked off j the floor seldom ex ceeds two minutes.'' * j We’d like to suggest an alter-, iMil five fouls so tyat must be used for tty remain of the game? We’ll fejrant basketball is essentii a contact game and j rurisi must be made to maty lit so. answer to this is awarding shots; to injured play ijty. To more teeth in the BpnR* . player having five against him is ejecty .game. - At one time, onlyi were needed to expell this was eventually four and then five. T tali some talk of further 1! number of fouls needi sion to six. This, h hardly to be the ans Many roundball ,havq to rely on five tio make a game of i: those in smaller sch all out of proportion lose a man because of When a player is 1 the game for this reaul nate method of penalizing a team • for Tom la by giving an Increasing number of free throws for ac- umulated fouls and kicking a llayer opt for a given amount of ’ ime, or for the remainder of the |usHer art half. ] ' j This would keep down foulinn ns muty as !thc pix>sent method anti give thic more energetic Players a m to pilay out the game. 1 RlcOfli, KtyAMER IN 18-18 TIE HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. KF- W, Btobby i Riggs and Jack r Krunier feteod 1*3-13: today in their current series of professional tennis match* Hr 1' i ; ■ 1 M j At tlheir; appearance here last night Dinny Pails and Paneho Se- jra split I two matches, 6-2 and ill gtirs f|5. In doublbs, Kramer and Pails Won 8-6 from Riggs and Segura,! 1-4- ' proposed inter-ocean canal n tyrpsf [Nicaragua 1 which has lopg tyen upder discussion would short en tty; sea! route from New York to San! Francisco by 400 miles. ■ ■ f Woodwork f raiture, Floors, lEi li ! m i 11 VAMO-IAC Here's just Vi to make those or woodwork, of furniture s 1 T life and beauty ity Varno-Lac a ves a , tilul finish to 6 d ate t