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dfr! T . . ■ j j-. 1 'll it ' I il i'i , • 1 Mi , mm iwipf imiii—r— y l! U T i; I : • r Meets a For iP , I** "A^Kies BERNll S\FAI, tke T; Ut the startiag boxes in! dash.<eRttEN broke; the po«l tk was takere. SNFAN|4' L ^ 1 in the mefet, {finishcjd Swim \s ft j * . 1 ■ J ; t J i! :1- and DANNY GjREEN sU|| M in preparatiwi for the 100-yard a few minutes after this picture i (Bhie Individual Medlty Relay earlier ■ j . ' . A ng fleam Iff 4'ies ; rfjeiel s vimmingj tj‘am AROUND DALl-AH, Tex., March 2 <VPu_ Ipr Arizona Uiiglo here week: for the right to repre- .eittithe Southwest in |>bst8eason kfctbalPpompetiti( n. ^ flnounctment of a three-game es> between the champions of e Southwest and lordei confer, ncek wasimade yesterday at Fay- tte^illtj, Ark. Eugene Lambert, on of'Arkansas and chairman El the District National Interdol- giate Athletic Association Selea- if>iv,Committee, revealed the play- ff. 1 ; i i i The firsit; two games of thq series Other Teams Come Through Schedule As Ray Cominu^ Twp settled teams fell yesterday in the opening fount play inAhe Junior College Tournament here. Corpus, see m il. ■ \ \ Horses, Major League Teams Go to Florida • i’ F ' 1 Tpj I MIAMI, Fla., March 1 —! Okay, now wc can playj Uiseball. ill be played here in the Southern Loach Lay Bpaiies figures tjtc (ethodist* gym March 12 and 13. a good pitching prete- ! a: thiird igame is needed it will Pft *n John Hall, a rookig fixpn played March 15. Winner of the Mobile who isn’t even listed on the ybflijwiill represent this section r<> fjf| r in lh® £ rfce “. play' in the regional NCAA tournament in Kansas City March l‘J-$(>. Baylor, | Southwest C|)nference champibnClost an early season de cision to A rizona, t>4-5d. | i The playoff was arrapged by the Sixth NCAA District Committee. Jack 'Gmy,, University of Texas, tning found of play inAhe Junior (Allege Tournament here] Corpus, seeded No. 4,. fell to powerful Lamar of Beaumojnt and favored KangerlJunior College took b 70-39 beating at the halnds of i ’■ T-i" 1 —r I Paris. . | j « Other results of yesterday’s Igames were: Wlayland beat Tarle- i ton 45-35; Blinn topped lion Morris j 64-47; NJAC, et|ged out Allen Aca demy 56-47; favlored Amarillo took , a <>1MI win. from Hillsboro. | Earlier in the day Kilgore edged 1 McNeese 50-41, knd the NoL |2 team, i Tyler, handed Texas Lutheran a 79- ! 38 loss. 1! '! • ' | Games starlet) this morning and will continue through today tomorrow. ' M j 1'ickets will be sold at i for each session, morning noon, and evening. The session starts at .6 p. Touyiament and coitsbla t i o n awartra will be made tomorrow When Connie Mack, who hjijis night. The third place game will been suffering from a told, drove ' start at O p. m„ the consolation at from St. Petersburg to West Palm 7:30 p. m., and the tourney cham- Beach and then stayeti through tjhe,' pionship game at 9 p. m ' * Motley ings, Texas Tech, and Many when the Swimming tlfeam gpt hi Austin last Saturdiy. Aithdui it was a voifse beafcii g than hfe; should ha ^e kaken, id was !n6| p bad as tbcj score indicjiited. ■ .In. spite of the 54|-39 odtc >r « the meet was lost by jpnly alict a] '1 i of “points. Wkat many (people d< i o know is turn Coach. Art Ailaiis ji was getting reidy' ttt [put' D .n x Green ant) Bernife Syfan in the 4' (■ yard free stj le )eveiatl|if that vgif" » have giVei the tfeam a (last|cl'ai < for a wiin If Syfain first and team had been ours p > .1 woh, at least ei tie But lexas; than it v|a s that la^-ditch ex Green had sect nd, ajjid the ,he meet woi^lt bji ope or |vyo poiintjs, took imiore plj)c):i t», add djent i hot hayd won the mjeet. But perhaps it waff for tjh after alii On the trip bic ioward —;t ■ :|i • to Texas Not >re Indicated j 1 i •|| ' ' before kxjuting weak Baylor, and no doubt their coacH was burning a fire under them tp make them get j tjl!| shaiw. ! j • 1 At the same tfime it would be hard for Art Adapison to work his men much hardeir They workout iir the pool | nearly eifery day and Art restricts their week-end jaumts. .Probably what (the team needs to work on more than anything is jfturns/’ Jack Riley, Danny (Green, 'Spd Bernie Syfan have perhaps the Wst on the squad. But some of the Avimmers .lost a few feet oh their turns in Austin. Turns and starts are almost as important as swim ming'ability. !' I • ■ 1 v • f. ’.A i I’ : A few of AwM’s opponents this year have h4d breaststrokers who swam almost the whole length of the pool underwater.! It js about a second faster that way, but the effect on the swim* me* is not worth the effort; Coach Adaihsqn figures that the (“oxygen deficit” caused by swim ming undcrwatei will slow the jehrlins A. C. TffUtch” Lonborg, Chicago, NCAA thajirman, handled arrange- y Baylor has a slight advantage in statistiaf pver the Border confer ence chain >ion. The Bears lost only one gkhvej|n 12 conference tilts and this by three-point margin. Arizand’ lost four of D> eonfer- ened; gaKnes, ami for the season lost eight: aiifj w entire dog racing program, Coalh A1 Simmons came uji with this highly original remark: ‘Mr. Muck is a remarkable man.’ | Notre Dame's Frank Leahy, who just ended a week’s visit here, spent most o)( his time fishing, swimming and dodging folks who wanted to! talk about football. N. : is i ■ I Chances: are that Citation, the Flamingo winner, will be giveii a rest and won’t start more than: once before the wood pietnorjal. The other Calumet derby hopefuls Will won 19. Baylor’s season *<> to Kentucky vvh?n Ben and record was 19 victories.against five Jones divide their forces* defeats!. |:| . Before he started north to 'n^se The AniWfiVe will hold a min- he t l,ou » h , o«the bdl for ute .heighth advantage over the ‘ asl w H.« k * Willie Pcp-Hun.bcfto Bears. I* averages six feet, two Sierra fight, Promotfn fKay) Kgm, Morris! [Udall, tallest player on the Arizona five at six feet, four inchf.'S, tpps Arizona in individual Son. Othe s in the starting lineup Laleah Saturday wh.s the hat w,,rn are Junior Crum, Link Richmond. H ^ rsR Llmel ' ^ Chaffer, u^ife _x.:„ ,r . - . joi the owner of the famed Cpld-' istream stud. ^ 1 ( ! i | i It was a wide-l)rimmed affair next winter. ★ ji | ' • One sight that attracted almiost scoringlblth SsVpoints’fprthe'sea- f‘ s . much aUention as Citationj at Mrs. Sam Jenkins was award ed a combination radio-phono graph last night. Her husband, captain of A&.M’s basketball team, accepter! the radio for her. TOUAT’S GAMES 1 p. m.—Allen Academy vs. Cor pus Christi. 1 jS ’ 6 p. m.—NT AC vs. Lamar. 7:39 p. m.—Amarillo vs. Paris. 9 p. m.—Tyler vs. Kilgore. SUMMARY <)F YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Blinn—Lon Morries in whining the Southwest Confer ence chainpioiiship to 12.1 for the pppbrgtidn. LX FretLEnkje, Jr., son of the coach, and Billy (Mann. Don Hielathington, Baylor center, . . . , led Bear' Scoring in conference play ma J e to re|,re ^‘"! ».™ ce c ". ur ,f’ with 126!))0i.As* wlth il «reen hedge around the The Bears averaged 50.0 points ^ “u fh.. rnnfer. s'de, little fur and feather horses galloping around the brim aihd even a red odds board in the ‘in field’. i I ★ J The . U. of Miami’s three-man polo team, favored to win the |na- tional title after it belted »|ver Pnnceton in a first-round match here last Friday,! has Been tabbed the ‘‘Cabarta Cowboys’ by fans; The kids, John Mather, IHok j Knight and Jack Evans, vi’ho| go , around in' high-licpied boots {uid j five-gallon hats,, played together two years at NeyV Mtxico Military Institute. \ | I • ; ! IN. I . I j | Lon Morris (of Jacksonville and the Blinn Burejane rs of Hrenhani bejtan hostilities at 9 o’clock in the morning. Blinn upset the slight ly favored Beatcast 54-47. Sydon Hracjhovy was the prin* ciple reason for the Blinii win, The tali pivdt-man tallied 23 points the hard way—hp sank 11 field goals. Reuben Joehre wgs runnel-up in the scoring department for Coach James Atkinson’s Buccaneers with 13 counters, wjhile Moor MieMillaii contributed 11 points U> the Blind score. Alberto Renjta led Lon Morris poin/makers with a 13 pojnt total. He was closely followed by Milford Bunoughs who scored 12. • if 1 11 1 ('> .. . . j ■' j 1 if/', Jf .j • f ^ | m« ; ■ •* • 1 II i. >1 rtjiveri ity’s tnick ed with troubles id a c] lance tip get ft - ier ■di! the y| IhcltipngMnui. isianie star Jerry Thompson Until- attitude w e probably I schedule than ' ’hoy hi ve been hanij er- wea her too, bul on tj we’ ia\f‘ bPWn sloped >y ths workii|g.over of our track is heii^g reeondition- epai iltioii fprlthe Texm Re- !; month, and the team has 1 abjl«! tc| wo/k out op thd loir to the Steers e |osk of lobby Whisen Hit, • sthle mile champion, fit! ik iiudigihle because gstlc di faculties. Allen Lawler •i aclio Set aeflOn because Cl * pf a n .a : purideetomyj 1 ('l.\lli' Littlefjeld hope s f r or votkout were for nought vjhpn 1 heaVy Vain i wept 1 'I •’ ; ' ; | » xj Is Named H. Coach h jt 0 3h r Hjoi sion tic Iiii.'i'jy tjil.'sjol t!ie A Hurt pjantig b| \» Hi U PfM, h}\ -Dalton Al- foriiier Ai'gie, has)] been t-gncli of Uu\University of bij]tijbiill ti\m, accdrding Eduikd director of lithle Uni’ 'ersjty.V '! kpdkit t iiieij yearn at jV'&M, is A footbpll ba\k and a pi.eheijnnd outfiiHclcjr. Hu hind pi re r (|f tlfc iProfut^ional liti.icls ill I layers of L,‘‘ l)(v g»d-s. lllef bias Wirtt ?' Ilioberly of •L-- 1 ■ " AmferieV knd the Brooklyn • \t Nanie$; of all visiting Junior CoUegCj basketball players are on file;] in the Student Housing Office.!iroom 101, Goodwin Hall. Texas Lutheran— Tyler i Notre Dame Stops \YU Wi" Sh-eH 4jp:vv yoiA, Ma Second-seeded Tyler Jqnior Col-: lege dumped Texas Lutherkn into. the loser’s bracket by.a 79-38 count! in the second tnoinitig Lilt? t • - f Ever) member of Coach Floyd < Wagstaff’s squad saw action dur ing the cohtekt. Acker Hank’s took scoring hon ors in the game with 18 points^ { Hanks was the eager who flipped j I in 13 charity tosses in a tilt against the Aggie Fish-Bees last month. ] Les Taylor hies bed 12 points for the Apaches and Herbert Richard son added ll. Center Maryiq Mace led the Lu^ v ’ the runs from Sequin wjth 1U mark- v els. Raymond Payne of NT AC) ertmes down after misslnk a ui the NT AC-Allen Aeaih-my game last night. liKk Idoqi and Louis Wills, right, get ready to go for the ball, the game EMM? after fighting off a late Allen rully. B attal i o n PORT . v- . . 1 . , 1 A i, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1948 lijlaydd ! Aviths the Fort iktH Mi ridlan. Missii sippi, dbil( ,-Al; ibaiha. While MeH tiiijro he -pitci itout against Mentgom- an fa,, uid two olhel' one- git nimjsj U 948, itllK rt’directed physical Hl ^r^rtljap)'. Ourijigjithe war, lv,‘ was Mntcu it on the* physical sjta ,ff it Fort Sill, Jklu, 4_i- ——Li—-—^4 'f sports writer^ arc : McNeese—Kilgore Adriah Bur|c sparked Coach Jim my Parks?' Kilgore Rangers to a Ml a r g h 2 <A )| - - TiT » isn’t a sijnglie unbeaten 'col lege basketball learn iti the nation today. ! jl i j* I. : The last Of the! Mohicans, New York UAs VioleH fell with a dash.',^41 decia'i J‘ore*r J*qh7McNce^ j ^ f « re the fight.aiw fury of .\otre (>f Lake Chai .j^ s iQ the first after- Madison ..quare Gaitrlen, M()()n tilt. Bui;k tallied HI points as the Rangers] overcame a 5-poiitt halftime deficit. Jackie Do la ml paced scorers for the Louisiana;entry with II points; Dame in 64-59, last night. NYU had ruri up 19 straight] vic tories and wasj orjly three g^mes away from a perfect season |mtil the Violets bunipod head-on with their Notre Dame jinx. Notre pame had whipped ,VYU 11 times in 14 tries prior to]last night and the Irish made it |2 in 15 with a relentless attack tired by the great Kevin O'Shea. / LamaiMCorpus Christi In the fingl afternoon tilt; La mar of Beau(mont, a late entry jn ■hr '■ V ik. :».J T •*.*» is but ohA of tlio many qneislwins tel^jiwone aiT) x-ulled Upon tp answer. ' f i | |t 1| ut of t If oil work bus always Iken to antie||)ate iaii(ls for personijel ,( , . to detpniiiu| jpyliat Ini jlilionaljctinipmentimist bo providt d{ wliut] pew itructibn will be necessary to hai die tlieleon- ; ‘ 1 !:■ (tly inereakiijgdenuiiitlsforst^vioA! * ■|j' || ! itirefni planning in emy pltise d telpi|idne k requife^lthei services of many qualified Jinen. The hahdsome; 123-year-old (San ; the tourney sjeorej a sjtirpiising 54- Franciscan captivated a roaring 33 victory (over Corpus Christi crowd of 18,455 ivijth ope og the Junior College, finest exhibitions seen in tlio big 1 Scoring Was evenly distributed arena 'since the i>eerless per^irm- on both Sqgads.j The Cardinals’ ances of famed Hank Luisetti more ] Charles Shojitaw shared the to(i than ..a decade agd. ■; snpt in the scoring with Gray Ear- It-Was not only the 18 poinfs he gn; (>f ( orpus Christi. Both cagers scored tq tie NYU's Ray L^mpp tallied 10 pojnts. for high scoring honors, ft w# the . Am, grace and drive : h P Exhibited. Way land—Tarietou - whether spearing rebounds or ^driv ing in for layups, )t was he* who In; one of the best games of the started the surge in the final; five night, Wayland fought a last-pe- minutes that broke fhe cdntestwuk rimi rally by Tarfeton to win 45- open. NYU wa? leading, |5-54, 35. The tall Tarleton plowboys held when O’Shea tapped in the rebound the lead in the opening period be- that put the Irish id front for good, fore Wayland caught up and went L ahead to stay. (•enter raid Yopng led the Wayjland Pioneers with 15 points; but it Was liis defensive work which stopped the Plowboys. A, The Plowboys were the fastest team in the gym last might, but they couldn't hit their snots while the Pioneers were burning the j hoop. J. D- Hawkins of Wayland, e.se- ond highest scorci 1 in the state, tal lied 1,1 points llast night. A mar illo—Hillsboro Amarillo had one of the most potent squads on the floor lakt night as they, ran up a quick Scope in the half before coasting to a 69-39 victory at the expense of Hillsboro, Junior College. Two players on Amarillo’s team, Pat Babb and Whit iPatc, scared most, of tjhcir team’s points. Both men are 11 nthe upper ten scotiers in the ^tate. Pate, made 19 and Babb 18. The 'Badgers from Amarillo ran gpup a 40-16 score at the halftiniie before Hillsboro could get started, High-scoiei' for Hillsboro Wasj Jim Fartjuhar with 10 points, fal lowed by Ed Bassinger with 8J thei»,ithis growing business (iff? ■ ity for aetivje, interesting carters. . ! J ■ here’s a future in telephony. A IS! 0 * 1 ™’ ! ' i: . r. i iX' ; Three Teams Tjed For Lone Slar L^ari ’ I ' t '! f I ^ • i 1 I. r A By The Associated Prcs4 ! : /I Sam Houston State can share the Lone Star Conference champion ship held by North Texas State and East Texas State! ( by . walloping Trinity University; tonight. | North Texas defeated Easf Tex-1 as, 52-49, last night, assuring cadr of a share of Ihe championship aft er Sam Houston lost to Southwest Texas State,] 81f7j0. Until |outh- west Texas gpset them, thcl Bear- kats from Sam Houston had a chance to take the title with no strings attached. | Tonight's game at San Antonio finishes up tpe conference rkce as far as the three leaders are con- «4 - Tfr Tt' Paris—Ranger The Diagons of Paris Junior Colldge became the second club fo hit the “70” circle by overwhehln- ing Ranger 70-39.' , t’harles Whitten of Paris bewil dered the Rangers and amazed the fans by jsinking 15 field goals dur ing the tilt. His 30-point tothl is the highest individual score com piled iu the tournament thus far ajnd in DeWare Fiellihouse this sca- son. 1 ■ - j j. Jinimy Crawley tallied 19 points to lead the losers in that dehatt- ment. MILITARY SIHTI.IKS ALTITIATIONS r SUMMER SERGE . .!■- Made. to Measure SHIRTS * .1 SLACKS OrdeENow for Quick Delivery SMITH’S _ North Gate T corned. North Texas and East Tex as finished play last night. * I —r N ;\ j 1 BSU T61EPHONE SYttEM " ' ' ! T I 1:; BKYAN INDIAN SJ Service. 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