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In Southi game thatjsHqu[ld do!mile standings bf ihie bonferbnie i !’• - ward clearing up the mude second division clubs, vie the Farmers into fourth bh gtaqdifigsJ and ijince'f—. '• :; iililnf dames arie (|vitlh m vill the I W < KB I i ) Friday 4veMbg ftt 8 team takeg $n the Oil 1( _ the An A£g e |vjn Will ng) in confute: the Ag's re; TCU and dx^pting I, ode game with Tfexas, th> A&M jdreEg will 'have a^godd dhamce nf 8 i^ing in fourth plgce it they can by the Owls Fridaiv. : •i,-] r| || i A&M chances ior a v ctdiy. ie s Tend chiefly on die confcinied good showing of he starljind! quintet of $arciaj, 1 urnbowl kins, Bateyt and $cirickel. !'04)re and Kamiigrman upon for ihost v >f strength. } The Owls: will bcjastia vantage in! height i-,, three men oh their ktart ’ over six-fobt thrjee starters' stawd '-six ( ter; Sparkpjlug bf tack is 6 foqt sfev ‘ Bill Tom who dro >p id ii against the jAgs fht two teams diet. The Aggios wiljl lineup .that! ayeragis d ba)H deft" ball Rreea defenses.] Ag's starting t inch forward Miky (fare) In a preluide to. the Aggie Fish- the Rice Fjjsh-BeW m. the improved A&M basketbg 1 .!■; feet^amH-ely jargjel^ on spef-c hjad(nii|g !.] Ta le team be\ , l I'M big ad- >V'il l$ieup .. anjdca 1 j five fodi tWo on l)el- '* the Rieei at- m-irjefi "i htdr 2‘.) jijinnts las|t til . the loiinfer j^fth a six ujnid to crai k the ?t n ;an i\ the is diix-fojv a. start at 6 p| ni. 'Students I’lwhosd llist jriarrjej thi vaj'sity i rlahh eps will ; I attle '|m3 first gin with letters l| bf) Z’tvill mitted to tfaej ‘g; row night. t| 'The dnly time the gym has bee two ArKanShs gafru tins seasojn! • riilrtLl filled vd 8. : two , ' :;f r.n : ; if f ri Jack Riley's sqiiad nosed opt] Howard Spencer’s tbim jidt higpt exas, Baylo Settle SWC Race Leader: 1 * ntra Meet Final Ev QH vard Spencer by a thrilling finish/; The: event Was an Sntra-sqii^d meet, #nd the! score, was tied, 66 all, with the; final and deciding 140 yd] relay] race coming pp. ; | |.;p j Paul Flemmingy Gene Sunimers,] and Jack Fisher each gained a few feet or. Paul Clevenger, Jolpb Wes-:. 1 j . , tei-velt, and DpVe Vardanian. ^Thpl ,A npw Icopference j champion left Riley with a fijve yard lead won’t be crowned tonight when the over Danny Green. J; | | Texas University Longhorns play Everyone blew thaj Green was | tfie Baylor Bears in Wajco, but this In Waco Tbnite ■i" I'r-! ; - fl The Kazorbacks are hard beat on their own court and stand a good chance of at least split ting with the Texans. Baylor has already hurdled the Hog barriers and only weak Rice m m m m ^ WM % * :lj . ];• I ::| Both teams wilt enter the tilt wi ] The tension was almost Unbear- unscathed conference recoi-ds. fe able as Green gained] on Ri|ey foot; 1 ps hasvthe better noii-conferencc ! i by foot. Bbt the j handicap, and; record, but the -T- The first codlcnence swim ming meet for: thV Aggies this season will take place tomorratf afternoon against the Uaylor , B(qa«a' rate the’i favorite’s chpiiv for several reasons, i The Bears are a better second lift ¥ if m *1 Tank Team. Tl e mieet is Sched uled to start at 3 p.m. |n the P. L. Downs, Jr. Natatorium. ■■4 - n Paul Vajhldiek Hiram Walker . Two Rice players, whi .h twe'j. Aggies will sfcp a lot of Friday night are Paul Vahldiek an<! Hirain VVhlker. Both playing good defensive ball for the kiwis. Vahldiek s follows center Bill Tom in; points scored til|is Season. \\ hiker’s specali- *'■' " —- - - - * . ... down on their in iu giijie to i t - v j is guarding high-scoHng opponents fjind cutting point total against the Owls. be- i hf : a(J -; 1] tejmor-, ■i! I that the rr-t——xmwjrrtrir fl Pro Golfers Converge in \ alley For $10,000 Harlingenj Open ■go If dam 300 Medley team; Reves, M 220 Free Sty man, Helbing, 50 yard Frge sty lb ley, Westeryelt. M ; half team, haying scored the ma jority of thei# j points! w-hen the | other team slowed doWn. , Of the six conference high- scorers, four play for .and gold. , ; -y- r u - -r-yt These four players, pad, was Itoo big : Rdathingtoib Jofeison, x vet dome, and he can hit the hirtket from far or • r " 1 nVar. Riley’s frenzied fbr Danny to o .. ... was a foot behipd |al the finish.] j near. ? S the green '■i Robinson, i^nd Owens, short; over in Baylor and the squad has been working out hard ini preparation for what may theif crutial game of the year. Texaid rtances rest mainly in |* t ; hands Of Slater Martin and Tjdm Hamilton. Both men have kept ; t ^ Steer < ffenaive going with . t eir timely scoring and if they cm penetrate the Baylor defense, Texas migh i win. Caoeft Jgck Grey of the Long- wrns scouted the Baylor-Arkan- ias last Week and learned one thing yhiiqh may hep him to- light. Arkaipsas changed i ito a man j ibr man defbnse in the second half. i( e smooth ‘t-runnijng Bears then „t thiem behind i s (hey racked i)p quite a ’ew points. There wil be a packjed house, at Waco (onigltt and Tctas rooters will hajve aj hard t me getting in. s wa; may be. the . deeidin l(Iot many Baylor stluddnts want to ", yitiss what may be. tie deciding game bf th|$ ’48 SWq basketball Remits •1 ! n j| (if the Texas Team j .! th,ey still wouldn’t ha ReMy— SpcnceUs ro|ad to the crown. Two •Keiizie, Kpox. e should win, ve a x ^leaf games tyitb the towering Razor backs remain 'iVov/lu on the. schedulfm addition to th; Syfan, iiNangi- mat( | wit h,Ba mce. ,1 ; T* ciLjWjS; ■; ~' j' CREETINC CARDS 1 [i’li rt : .11 ' i Q/rr £>/, TW/iV/r YOb' at Ine ;he >qr f T/tAY£L rl j . ' jf </ 'UXP(?$k ro TAsrss \ YOH AE Hvh COM£ ' h' Jifo 1 , MOtfAo 100 yard Medley- Summers ajid Spencer, dead heat; Fisher, B. Diving—Herman, Plotter, Lander] 100 yard Fm* Style—Supitpej's, Knox, Kafdw. I 100 yard Backstr|oke—rSpe|ebrj y, , | Kruse, Fisher, B. r | If' ’ r 1 100 yard Brbastsiroke—r LeSa] HAKLINGEN, Tex., Fet). 14 4(VP)-F-The track shots of; Di.cck, McKeijzik A.; ve started ■ tearing;, Hail/ingf^n numicfpal course • .A 1 ® *2!?} ap&rt. indicating that the \oxvet kid Grande VAlley Open be- im /ob 1 y<i iSy-Fldmming, Sum-' ginninjfjtomoFvow will see the 'vom debacle in par wrecking , ners , Fisher,TRjley. along the winter tournament .triil.’M—rr Fresh; from the Vexas q|peh ; San Antonio, the field mo throujeh its second tunenip over 6,045 yard course, with x 15 of entries b av ' n 8 already clipped 35-36-71; figures. Sopie Sbf the others either didn't j)lay the] full course or didn’t kbep score as] thpy practiced putting oiy each green. Wee-Ben :Hogan, singing Jn’pmy TJeMarei, Methodical Bobby Ijocke and Nadi opal Open Champion [Lew Wdrshaijn i jjoined the touringj bri gade .today. They went from 'Saij! AnjtOnio; tb [Corpus thristi for aiF exhibition.' yesterday while theiiij fellow players-got in first rouqds at the local course. j I - ! ] " ':V f ' A ' H High Scoring Cage Player Gets Pilints, Publicity for School Grid Practice Postponed By Rainy Weather Football spring training has bet'n postponed u itil nex^ week, Bill Carmichael, athle tic director, ahnouncled yester day. 1 ! 11 fir . SPEEDY TWOSOME- r Th|s pair of University of Teki s gua lor m Aud- ! ra ^ Cl . amj ong the nation’s; best backcourt tandem for the cpi son. Left is Al Madsen, a twiii-Umc All-t'onference choice Slater Martin, an all-time Tekas high school great. They long shots, speed for the Longhorn’s fast break and aggrasLvd feipske plgj. ; ! ' >1 :; ‘" I 'I ■ ^ I ^ l. ffrf Battalion P 0 fe T ming 4 a- l h i i. i 11 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12; 1948 j; Coach Hufry Stiteh r - left iu- Some 1171 will begin : the (battle for! the ^10;900 in prized today bdt 75 ;df them will be eliininal[e|l m | the ! jfirsi 18 holes. This rjicaiis of thinning th<j field wa ] tying rpunt. Eighteen mo|j'e h Al’ licv[sfeatures ]TAC(i>|A, Wasi. — A highboy <y|tjh]jnandsj like a iunch of bananas h|s jjoaijed out of the small college I)ds4;?tl);jll scramble to take the Pacific X'orthwestfjiicoring-.spoflight af ay Trbm the big guns of the big s(ih<:(|ls.\ ; - j H«s ilittr.v McLaugh|in, six-foot tkre^ inch desceildarit lof a South I'Venjch, Irish anR Indian, idol of ihe fair-haiired Nordics who niake up a heaf.v; percentage of the Enrollment at; Pacific Lutheran 'frfTjFiT this fhea^s of thinning th<f field j -M ,er ®jj 8 * ww ■vak takf’ii ii preference to a qijijili- r «Hmg P<j«h|s through The fyihg rount. Eighteen mope hbSos ; V?? 0 H[ *K e I 10 asi playing tidogldy • will be play 3(1 Friday when thejow : to r mtU-ica jlarfy siit iori ; S Mech In one! tvjip-game series he | t , fkscaded f|6 cjouijilers into the net khd-Aifter 20 games his total was ~|l{M-an averagd; of nearly 17 a . amip. Opposing roaches natch him > ho<d and say i ’s impossible. He *)ts| his points with a peculiar backward flip o iondlly without It the basket.; S* ‘ ■(J i Last year, as lilt'd loj point p in 29 games \Vas|iington in|eiCol- giijTe cpinfe(enfe scoring record ith; 228 tallies ijh 12 tussles. With 63 i’in his first; Jseven conference ingdgements this; year, McLaugh- |n 4iould crack the mark again. fl the hand, occa- - looking diredilv I - ' f a Freshman, . Aipother thing] {they like about Harry is his two] remaining years ijf eligibility. Pacific Lutheran — flhji; lichfipl that (placed Don D’ Vn- sta uctiojis before leayini: pn a short tijip that if: it; rained anymore, spring training; would have to be delayed until the ground hardened.! Spring training can lun only 30 : calendar dayk, .dddording to South- l west Confejrendd. fegula ;ions. Once a team starts, pr4ctice nust go on or the time is lost. The next tentative c Coach Stiteler to start Friday, February 20. If er is still bad at that tiirfe, a fur-1 thee delay may be nece ate set by trailing is the xveath- ssary. Coach Mai.ty Karow h a s scheduled a meeting lo be held Thursday, February 12, at 4:80 p.m. in DeWare Field (House for all persons interested in trying tut for thej baseball team this year. I § ! [ Last yeait’s ulayjers and new comers are urged to attend this ’ ing. plans soon as! meeting so that train may he completed as possible. ^.he I (hit ball Little All last fall — thinks High vill be something of a sen- liyiithe time he’s a Senior. it- miration! ;r e (1 u c e tf man j Ijduis i i the prcfeuction of an acre <pj .i.rn fpr oiiel group of farmers 11.Sj; hoursTo 6.4 houjr(s. Turnbow Follows Kok in SWC C|e Scoring Statistics I j ’ IjiT 1; of the umbi kennel Club Dog Show Set March 25 The Brazos Valley Kennel Club is holding ap AllrBreed Dog Show in the Animal Hiisbancjry Pavilion on March 25. The dog show wijl be a part of the (Texas Circuit. ' Entries wiHif be accepted untjl March 10 by 4the Bnzos VsUle| Kennel Clvib Seciretary, Box 80$, College Stutiorh i ; Obedience trai]ning classes mem Wins of the kennd club arc hehl every .Sunday at 2 p. ni. front of the Administration Build- 1 '«- jjFour;other confergne; games arew achcdulied this week. Tomorrow night, Teras A&M is host to Rise at College Station., dnd Texas Christian mjets Arkan- ajas at FayctUwille. lid^ Saturday, Arkniisas and Texas. Christian w U cohifolete their series it Fayetteville.,; !h amp ion Losers SWC. Frogs To /cave lor Ark o: ' fVtiT"’ FlpRT W6RTH, Feb . 12 -T,C lasketball i quad—champion Idshrs if the Sout Invest Conference—will idch off t)day for Fayettuvijlq, vhue the Ftogs meet Arkansas •’riijjay and Saturday nights, Cj>ach H ib Mct^uillan plans to,, iavit‘ his leys keep the bull as liu ni gs poskibljei, in an effort to ; ipldj down the points by the tall ta; hi back players, Gpjni Schfriidt, junior Frog gjuaid leading. TCU KCbitT, iial ux utentlf 68 po lik |ll-p( behind eil Geqrge Kok, with lj4 i gaines, is ides nts in six int in'erage] tTough, is 1 the Arkansas )acer A 4 .'in*: fora 19-point'average.' ;he two contests, with 18,- he Frogs meet Rice in rSus Foi Worth Feb, 2.1; A4M. Feb. 22s Bilylor tin Waco, Feb. 28; and .1 iln Fo it Worth, Mardp 3. ff 3- ' ' A meelling of the ‘‘T , " Club i II be h ill the (’. iCUHS aid pther d Thursday at 8 p. m. E. Lecture Room to a ns for Sports Day spring activities, Red ’resident, announced . V For Your Sporting Goods Needs JONES SPOUTING •> 1 GOODS 8U3 S. Main Ph. ?-2832 Bryan , -1 ; GRETCHEN MERRILL — Win ner of the ladies' national figure skating title the last six yeapr She is 2t. a Boston blonde has been skating 11 years, won her first medal at the age of four but it was for swimming. and Sjhe 4-1 Billy Turnbow. pjho of the nflihi reasons for: Ihe!! Aggie : CagtuA« exit fi-om the ceiflii', is how Hie second highest scorer in thp South west Conference vfi|th 87 pdhifsf His j last bek’fj24 poiiijl .totajl - pu.t him just'! above! hotshot:!Ja(]M<' Robinkon of Baylor! who hasyi tptal, of 86 points. ■ (j : - ; Among his! acconiplishmerilts thif • season is thej seoriitig recori! which he br>kc in the Glmtlamj ] Aifpna against the Baidwin-WallaCe \‘el- olw J ickots. He tallied 27 ; fiointf as conpam] with! the previous Arena jecorll of i 2(6. This is also kind v,!i ■ \ i Miss Merrill recently plaei'd 5th; in the Olympic W'pqicn’s Skating Finals in Switzerland, \ j I * . , Sihb lost to Barliaira Ah Scott in the frtjc skatJhg evei aftgr ix'itvg in seeomi place one time. : •1 ~ " V .-..f A** ; \ 1 : i j i J Li' 1 i ! SEE II. L. WHITLEY. JR. for (iood Used Ears •I | fl' 1 I | jv Phone 247009 1 ■ ■ i J i i ’ Bryan, Texas the highest jinidivj^bai sccftl madfe j by any Aggie thiiki seasoq 'in any ’ single'ganiej -T i . I ] : : : In the same game he ippped in nine chjirity jtossop in ten attempt^ which is iudithei- seasonal record BANISH Food Odors! Vt|nt-A-Hood, tjbe modern kitchen ventijlafor, gaO rid- of grease- laidejn steam at the stove... i before fit has time to circulate through! the house. Saves tin arvd effort in house cleaning sqves money ii\. redecorating costs. , A-tnitfill Vmt.A.Mttod in vour ore ... tihkher: S(la8ona|| reCqixl for the Aggies. ■ ]|]| [Jl].' j’||: Turnbow, as a fovwa is (5.1 aind ho bdgan thja; season as a foi-wani and is novfi| cert ter. weighs j ||90 poinds.! He is a former highi school player NEW SI fl? i i JUST RECED "OCK OF CAMERAS from Perrin] He'■ rats . one’ varsity letter to his crcdtwartd Iqitks for ward to twd more years (df eligi- II ’s, WITH RANcfe FINDERS bility. 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