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CH each oth f' Jack Kn 75 mats eign But utjt' Harris has most luci expedition days of B ly.Thirtie: As i matter 1 of Kramer, ind Riggs into eaci other thr first 211 matches, -.-i y ein in ft< sail* i (» their counted iip “4 recird-bjr^akii attendance (if lie.62 J a receipts iof $219,175 promoter enthusiss tops evirything, >iti|rlud den’s tours, by fad” When Mramer, Dav i an 1946 and |947, scored tory herejirecently, th the citjy's histor^- 11,622—pjl id upwanfis oi $21 to watch IjJaek andr i^obb r. sb ItY LISKA IV' laylbe t! ’4 tennis bra ns a” er and BobbjyrSij in this covjmry Piromolter J; thfe hottest ahj ofestionil teni i ptayffpr-pl i •; wi ical yi s Ci ip wo champion <jf his 12th dia- laifeiest t or| 4-i nm u a it iv watcu ijavK aimi jdmi/u f out at thC Chicago stadiirp- j i] . • i ^Imost ias much as Tilien w|' ; he . turned professional ih 1 i Kramer ejlitered the moneyed ru with a brilliant amjateut red ^ But wherjeas Tilden easily hurql iiuth opponents as Vinhie Rich , ^Bruce Bairnes, Emmdtt Fare, xi Lott, and Henri Cojthet and clear sailing until 4 sme ipd li 4 worth VSnes yslappc il han 'do! Kramer had pocky Bo nby Riggs; ' ' net kinglUwiaiting tc pin his back, in [Bobby’s owli werds-; 1 • It waij : a box-oflice “nati from the'lhtai-t and ijiarri s actug ing morieyj in ‘the hen he signed Kill ,000 guarantee) am g® a champidh’^; sha n (- was putj -himself for a $E sured RiJ the gate i , ' The tj stage fj as Rigjg “Km t( ■t znng .. obvious ban jyet the couft will wane - , finish traipsing through d a projected j | to bash M i m t'OI JACK KRAMEK \ Fast ball . . . T opjaed thij Ja(|k” At r a crowd confidcntlj smart f Kranier retorted ‘iRiggs ti ink he has | corner onjall tnie.t<h|n| n the land. 1 shall tr brains ovp such ^ theory/’) ][•' Who migtt bej’cxpccw'd to d> Kraijni . to shew | a prinla Jonni off Kis ■ '« to the mateur reebrd, [has ro gamie wjith kurj tre)( it-' shrewdness and leydheajledi! ess}! “I plhy better wlien peoule: ire close up and yelling,' exnliainjs Jqbk in, commenting on t) tndetu y fans to give,players ;he sanie raent, by cheers or I, jeerst thj letes receive in prof ess ioinal "liaie- Jjall, f^qtbati and bbxingi I 41 a “L< t ; ’them rib md or needle or ch;flr me when they fed HI It,” Kramer contim es. ! Tm a pi now anjd Pm takinjj: the«r moinw^.- 4 Let tfifm:have full Jike they lo in the }>al! parks.’ Thevel is ond iim|, '.h(D’Wev®r is (i|oi|I(ljr titd “At thjat sjecond,” he i says, “you havie to do three things— run, watch the ball and swing at the same tjime. A lot of sud den noise might throw you mff. “I know thalt would have both ered me at Wijnbledom ahtl Forest Hills when I Was an amateur, but maybe by the) time this tt^jir is over they could shoot off! a cannon next to me ahd I wouldn’t hear it.” ' ’ / ] ’ Kramer gets quite hot at any speculation thiat the players iwill keep even all the way to mairjtain fan interest irj the tour, f “I’m guaranlteed $60,000 for this tour,” he snapped, “and I Wouldn’t ‘carry’ that Riggs one match for twice as much money. Boy^ he sure makes people niiad. In New York, one fan rarzzed him) all dur ing our match. I asked him why, ;>f! iro; altenyardp. Thp fan replied: ‘I shape of | his Kramer!wishes the; down. That’s When the c j!- | 4> r tnat JM5 isj1g(jjing|or n : i , , just don’t like J thc t ja|h-|,head.’ ” Promoter HarrisJ who also has Pancho Segura and Dinny Fails to add a talented foreign touch , to the entourage, is gleeful over the fact thalt Riggs and Kramer are “two competitors who won’t give an inch.” After the! United States tour closes this spring, Harris plans a swing through Australia, India, New Zealand' and South America. 51 tens xas SWC Champ Baylor 32-29 f ’! W im Ui t wmi Int )BB" RIGGS L Steady ball |;i amural Mat ' 14- •a diamond) edge 11 POCKET fiNIVEiS j | t j: N yl 4^ SPORTING) G tr i \ 2013 Ilillcresjt a 1 .! IlardwaPi; CoUe -4r - 'l CLKAI IHil «d Curve l oo Much For Fitzsimmons ) .Playing ir( a chaj'ity Exhibition j Sjutiday, fat) F-reddie Fitzsimmons Iwhp’U he made a “citizen" of i; Brooklyn Thlursdayfin spite of the f fjacjt that hejs now a Braves coach j jkwtHig at a curve hall and dribbled j 'ii Weak rolkjr to the infiijld. ; | Puffing back to the bench after 'alloping toward first, Freddie re- Events Slated To Bej ih March 10 The lf>4H Intramural Wrestling tourhi merit will open Wednesday, Maieh at 4:00 With'21 bouts schedi led for the opening day. Four of the seven weight classes will hi ik-presented on the opening day with the 159 pound class get ting s arted with 12 mutches. Par nas ,:for March 10 are as follbws: ;i 119 1b class: She by C AF vs, Skidmore B Inf. 119 IF. class: I 1 Fie ;hdr No. 14 vs.- Grier A Inf. Doikeliv A Coiinp. vs. Steven B 1 iifin . Cloi geii). 1)6 TC vs. Currie C Inf. | Fo^ tcflCdomp. vs. Barker C AF. We Is C ;Cav. vsi CoX No. 15 Ha :ri^pn? B Eng vs. (Ireeves A . I ng. | 159 I) class: ] Young (j Cav vji. Hurley White I I arid. ; ; : ] I Le.'snjCi A Eng vs Diidgan C AF. j Bu rofw C FA vs. Beck A Cav. MayOl A A;F vs; Bessetfer No. 14 | Zu nwalti C Comp vs. Potts Mit- • I ’j chidt. ; : Mi H A .FA vs. Sykes B FA. Sri lyH’ iFA vs. Timmons A Eng. Wi |iami B FA vs. Holleman A . Cnri ;i i f, Mi lej- A AF vs; Valdtts No. 5| He npsey Leggett vs, Roach C Comp. Bu-s(?ll B Eng vs. Taylor C Cav. liprgfield A Comp vs. Wilson A ’ay. ; ; ■ ' i Heai)Weight class: Sn ith Nor? vs. BlantJ B AF Rc\off A Comp vs. Kruse B AF. Last Texas Glove • j'n : \ 0 amj) Bows Out i! f »' 1 ' " ■ 1 By The Associated Press I Little A1 Madsen gave his versity of Texas mates their i veqge over Baylor. His three pt ‘ in the last 30 seconds of play night spoiled the Bears’ per Southwest Conference basket record, 32-29. I / !, A.packed house of 9,000 peri saw the Longhorns make uj sdme extent for the licking hai them by Baylor two weeks ‘ The result had little meanim the conference race though as ' lor has already clinched the The defeat was the first for Bjgy- Ijoif in 11 conference starts, victory was Tekas’ seventh ail, l|hree defeats and kept them in running for second place. . i Baylor jumped into an early 1< but the Longhorns started to c| late in the second half and hi’ljl a 21-15 lead at the! intermissio: Playing cautious ball in th< omrhalf, both teams slowed) siderably. A field goal by James Owjgns tied the score at 29-all, then M sen broke through the Baylor Ifle- fense to sink a one-handed sHi>t. Then he added a free throw -for good measure* — : It i Sports Chlendarl Friday — Fish-Bees play Tekas Shorthorns here at 7:30 p.m.ip* priority. : Saturday-r-A&M vs. Texas 'U Swimmers, Austin, 3ip.m. First Spring Training Scrim mage. 5 p.m. Fencers meet U. of Hougljpn, gym, 2 p.m. [ : | , Monday—Junior College Touriia- ment starts, gym, 9 i.m. to 9 fpn. Texas Christian^ Indiana U Meet On Gridiron in 1941 ' . I ;! , i ;• j |l FORT WORTH, Fob. 26 t-T(ftl’s Horned Frog football team will gh on the night shift for the 1*948 .Season. Five of the Frogs’ 10 gapjies will be played under the lights— three of these at home and tiso on the roajd. ^ A contract for a powerful light ing system has beep let for the TCU Stadium and should he imnly for use next fall. The Arkansas game, Oct. 2; Oklahoma U., jOct. 23; and Baylor, Oct. 30—all in Ft. Worth—will he played at; nig|tt. The Horhcd Frogs have 1 add|d a new opponent to their schedulet for the ’48 season—Indiana University. TCU opens the season, as ugual, against the University of Kajisas in Kansas City, Mo., Sept, th under the lights. The second|lon- tesjt is wit*h Oklahoma A&Mj'this one in Oklahoma City and l alis' under tbh [lights. 'i* • r I • -?» 4 lit 1 / i 4- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1948 | : f on _ ;■ IS ■ .,!■ Page 3 ’V IS Probable changes Allowing more thai ches get in a huddl y be tested in the si it at Texas A&M Colleg. as coac ma; ment G 2>mi 3. The experiments), four will be put to the vote ol ^coaches who will have tea; tournament, r ■ Tournament Director M row who has called a - * “ Sundig meeting for 8 p. m. Sundi AM’p DeWarb Fieldhouse that the changes may be a< National Basketball I ■ v jj the i a five iiT with the. Association for ui and 49 season. during •tj states d by ches 194t sshqiat nd 49 s Tpe proposed changes i i ‘ V- j J • • ' To allow more than fi V * sonal fouls pwr player, wi! ‘ foul after the fifth being’ as a technical foul then in*) the offended player t or shots, and the offend possession of the ball _ r bounds after the action from.the foiil line. These are the trophies which will be awarded to the first. second, and third placb winners, plus one for the consolation team, in the Junior College Basketball Tournament to be held here. Coach 1 Marty Kamw, left, is the Tournament Director, and W. N. “Flop" [Colson, right, is in charge of the arrangements. KICKING IT AROUND By ART HOWARD 2, To allow the coache to their playeijs during tiqic 8i To toss up each jump the! nearest Of the three painted on theicoupt floor.) 4, To raise the arm of th er who is charged with a foul to clarify in the min spectators as well as theiji coaches and other offiem i was Charged With the rulifk tiw-u , I • Y. If i.l Karow explained that tifj< of!tin propositions are not new|its spe| tatoirs of Texas A&M gain season and that the Aggie selves have 'tried—and Ijl third proposed change. The Aggies already h quirt’d the h^bit of raislh? is He Is, Or Is He Isn’t?” Is Worry Of Scouts On Townsend’s Front Porch 71 , f [-4 PRESSING liRATlONS j f <i AT r lL v IIjLj|R BEST — AT CAR^lif GLEANERS iih jj’i i ■ [/• r Over TisoH Exchanyc Std»re i— ;! 1 4 -f- fciit! After an Interview ijvith Byron Townsend of Odessa, Jthii sports ed itor of the University of Houston’s Cougar, Bob Weatheily, stated that it 'was his belief that Town send would go th tifher Texas A&M qr Rice Institute. Townsend had stated that he was Interested in taking! Engineering, so Weatherly naturally assumed that he would pick the best Engi neering school — since Townsend Can take his choice of almost any School in the nation. What aroused the U.jof H. stu dents was the fact that this writer, probably a Liberal Artis man, did for an autograph op a che a photograph. .er, arms when they are chjbgod o fouls and all Southwest C>! Ferenc teams have been fcrirjf ng tm jump-balls to; the nearest ircles When the Aggies plajel Ohic State at Columbus, Ohioi in I)e cemlHT, Coach Karow talked t I'm Iketl Y i L lies, such Jetting the time oubi' ill tourna- I: | .J 'V- opts, hall in cirtlcs b play Brsonii 1 of the layen, s who infra* es th then jllked—jt i vc ac the >4t. Thi tryinfi •hang* so This leayes five opponents jtjo be met on Saturday afternoons^ In diana U.'at Bloomington, IndYOct. N); Texas 1 A&M at College Station, Oct. 16; university of Texas,[[Fort , Worth, Nlov. 13; Rice, Hoijmton, I(['AGO, Feb. 26 I.Y -The last Nov. 20; jtmd. SMU, Dallli?, ;Nov. rparkiec}: “Fve been playing hall for j Triers ’champion in the National. 27. 25 years arpl . they always keep j Gqld »nt Csoves Boxing Tournament.' j- — hrowing tbpse things at me. The i.bow* djjputj last night. j ^ (word sure gi-ts around,(doesn’t it? i Ki r)l W'enhounie <-t Sioux City. i La., won over Tom Adsims df Fort rf-*! I I fff Wor h when the referee stoppeq | I IlOllllcIS JCII •— the 'ijjfhtiiq the third j’ound after| ’ ^Y • ! || a ileef igash had. hpen cut on j By The Associated Presk Adana’ cjhejek. _ _ j . . j Harifngjen has joined Denton in The Telxafs light heavy-weight,; th«-Class'AA High School Basket- ahriR ;op | prints at the time, pro-j ban State Tournament. next[kveek teSit* ti ithtj rj,*forces’ (h eisiop to stop ) j n Austin! and the other six places the 'ight' atid was given a trumen- w j|| ( )e ( |eci(fed by Saturday bight, (loud Nation when he left the ring. The Dijst.' 16-AA champion dc- hk . fealted Thjomas Jefferson, Sag An-i ART HOWARD not consider their Engineering cur riculum to be any good, j ;( i' Weatherly is’now running a page called “I>eUers’ To The Sports Editor.” What is important to A&M is the fact that Townsend is considering coming here. He was recently vot ed the most Valuable high school player in the state after leading It is doubtful ifj the new foot ball “Purity” rules will do much good to actually ;eliminate sub sidization to athletps, j Not too long a#o, Carlisle had an Indian [With along unprounc- able name, something like “Kin- kinnech.” He played on Carlisle’s team for 13 years before the lother tpchools, Harvard and Yale, raised tt hue about the three year eligi bility rule. Next fall this athlete was back j in Oklahoma, and a judge asked ) him how dome he wasn’t playing football that season. When the hoy explained, the judge .asked him: ■“What does Kiiikinnech mean?” .. The Indilan!replied, “Under a tree.” “We’ll fiix that,” said the judge, “We’ll change your name.” So the Indian went pack to Car lisle and played four more years as “Underwood:” This illustrates tHt[ point that public is pot behind the officials in demanding a close check on sub sidization . . . they just consider it a necessary evil. j As long as football remains a big-time sport with Iqg gates and large expenses, schools will lure; good athletes by one means or an other. . s , them during each time Big Nine Conference out that proposed rules this season.) Rarow majde it clear visiting coacjhes would finnl say about any changes in rules, but that if any [would tested, he would make, f full !*j port of the experiment, to the Nf tional Basketbiall Rules)) |kssbc’ii Horn Martin's Phi BARBIJCUE PL Jl, with all trirnmirjgp 50c & "75c SANDWICHES . . 11 Midway on College [[rive! Phone 2-8030!; 4"—:—-4 WE HAVE WHA YOtl SCIIOOIk SC BXJ i! SWtf*fv**m« toriio (15i, 26-23, last night to win\Odessa to oncj 1 state championship ‘ ' : thd bi-diitrict series, two j^mes Pnd as far as the semji-finals lapt FiovtI All Areas No Ticket Priority to one. i Abilene! (3) and Bowie Elf Paso Glqn Lippman of El season. intention to Lwo couldn’t I I .Ji \ % are Sou ten (4), <>peii thesr bi-district jleiies !already indicated his ^ept>j-ope intersec.tidnal games'; tonight it| El Paso while tWo|k»ther ;come,here. What those hpiong the 47 scheduled by playoffs jeontinue. ,! 'do to help our football prospects, jjthwesjt. <’onfemiCe| football. Croz.ier) Tech, Dallas (8) and.i. Although players don't always live ns; fof thet negt caripaigo. * Poly, Fort Worth (7), play!; their i up to their press clip ettjns) fifom every : area, West! ^cond gs me in Dallas and Texar-1 would be a pOssihilitjy st to the East, are included in. jjana (11) and Lufkin (12))! meet slate |Y , again in Texarkapa: (Croziejt and ( klahojma and Louisiana State : Lufkin have one victory apighe. wit meet three Sopthyirst Confer- | * There Will be no priority on tickets to the A&M-TU freshman Campn has basketball! game as was announced In the Batt yesterday, W. R. Car michael said today. The game will he open flpr everyone to attend. COLLEl L l’ North Gate '[owe 1 i ward p fll’Do’vejll liojiits ly' tee ;ejl t per Co ‘8 Jii hi His' 2 [f h H foi w morrow curtail lalls on the Aggie 1P58 l asketball schedule ijght| whijn the Junior! ‘t th* Texas Shorthorns LeWSure Fieldhouse. o*ch! Juhnnit Frankie’s charges 4 ry to male it two in a row the Shirt!iorn»| In the first etjtjng: jetvpe i the. two clubs the (thi ijvqn a 46-44 contest at iry Gjyi ina sium in Austinj iday’^ lit will be the eleven- >f tihf Hea ion for the Fish- Tjhe Farmers have a rec- [,of !iij(i nih* against five set-' .8. I()wcv«r, the Baylor “B" ,d v a|h thcfonly club to hand : Bet|8 a de isivei trimming. itic n. •f Ujntfei lithti will probably have witt, cinverted center, at of th starting qi Iftilviinl spots. J«w<.|l ishou d handle the other f was lipiited to nine in alert Tyler Junior p last week hut his 15- inui pace still tops the .am ini) cagfrj ft tbab y ;siart wrtin aijtin, sjx fwit, four- pm Houston, wilt at the pivot spot. , ... T , Jifd *n even fifty i piijnt« or tjhe |Fj|d»-IW*f« this seii- hie4 Idijihlty lind Guy Wallace (1 m nil o it the startriig five, ace fi[v*| fc )t nine, is the short tn C u; l £h ml* % the TyfeHgii#. , I here w ill be NO priority s m usied for admittance to 2 Bui lings, there of A&M cm c teaips and Tulha will play two* 'J I —f— 1 ! Int irirfuctiion When !i H a 1 having a Davis-Blanchard combi-; nation if Townsend; were to corne l here.! . ‘\ v Plenty of Sewing buffalo —bPi- | Jackson, .... ! for the . rofrl j. Zyski,; si ito; auto license America)! Hockey -Ljcaguc, Iras a nilncr, ^0.11 tends therd are np member j of the Chicago Black feet driveits and he scores ap- Hawks, lie suffered a shoulder in-:! jury thai required 175 stitcjjies to mend. j. , 1^) iff ! ! ^ rr—— Rut there are probably more football Scout* on Townsend’s front ,. i porch right now tfiah there are | now starring on rRfense | (lu( . kp i„. 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