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7m 11 I? -»-7 [i,. l i o n R T * iil t . ‘ \ 1 1948 f .. .lu. V I, I: , l N®t fin AA Keek Si ays Adamson By lAkT HOWARD win this weeky*’ sa nit6 statemen to sav, was t recent ruling The Aggie Tankers ha very, successful sea son, eight only ome, and hafe oat in; event, i dual meets \fhilei di paratioi *- if!? Leis than a wdeh ag was lent to all of tihe.e schools which said, “M the. Cohfereitce players in AAU •to * «» $ r« :tr Students fro: stltutionfi may dividuak; but n4: a team.” Thii means th men* if; . oriferfenee f ih- r icipate as; irt- \ can g( individual member* of 1 jot.the * iMa» Mchied *> M ing men&hefs of ;thf ujp and s^iini as uhaitiichied swimjine-s, but i enter as n t *am. , s , year 1 the |A ggies tipd the Aquatic CJtib for top .honors meet. Bui i rith c»nfwence as suclrinWiOible, the? Dallas Aquatic Club is tltfd as dhejl paVor- The- whicfi selects and it is unknp this SWC ruling effect on the ill l!l v lL tt hb. orRanikltion nteic cau.d^a^ 8 whether wif not IwHI bhyteij any < ffti will lections, ftf ^1 I ^ not :help collegiht > menj in} any " easel ''l '■'IJi-'l I 1 case;. •! I Wdrst hit of ;S lay tlams. Whilt dividial ^swimmers LL S ll ,1 will be the re A&Ms idst in may be: J try fjor the Olytlplcs, QuhtAcord- brealiing' 400-yard free styjef; relay team: may not. \\ j | 11 . Ncht on the |s(hedule fei - the SwimmerB 1 ip the Southwest T Aggij- -r.., , Conferencci meeii i on March 19 an; i Ed Dudley* Was presijdei)t[ of tl * straight Season i AAU SwiAiming meet in * Adramson jn ‘one of the most made. The reason, he went <m r .nee teams are not allowed by a jials to enter as a team. 1 pmEl Baseball, Football Scbedaled for This Year’s Sports Day Charles ‘Red’ Overly, Pres: dent of the “T” Association, announced Wednesday afternoon that a base ball game has been scheduled be tween the Brooke Medical Center Comets, and thl Aggies on Sports Day, March 20. i Another attraction of the day will be a football game betwem a Maroon Squad and a White Squad. These squads have not yet lieen selected. |! ». •; The Conference Swimming Meet will be held at P. L. Downs Jr. Na- tatoHum the same day. Thq s\rim ming meet doesn’t enter i}ito the official Sjports Day Calendar. Last year the Brooke Medics fielded a fine team,.d6feating the Aggias in one of three games play ed. Brooke’s main asset then was their pitcher, Simpson. Sim fson played basketball for the Conets against the Fish-Bees this past sea son and will probably be back baseball. ], Overly stated that tickets would probably be s<j)ld in the same n In ner and at thie same price as year. (A dollar each.) . M . • w \ x ■ ‘ ■ ! ■ 1 : it : ju BlBflHHil mMh t * xm t ° Be P High for OheGaie Main Rival in It- .l‘ . J .V! ■•il „ • • •. )■ illmll ft I ,' l;r 1 J 1; HlHHHHHI i t DeteBdmg Had lime i 'i Final statistics for the Aggie ’48 Basketball team were released yesterday. Billy Torn bow carried off all of the ( honors for si: game performance, but Bill scored the mos| points over the entire season. 1 m Mt le to be here 5)0. . | '? been rq-flect PGA fdrisevi i Tfie largest stjock in Br; ojrriplete 1 re cord and the jonly r - re With sour d-proof lij irfg booths A sill an makes Lri j ,-^k BETTE* - Appliance Cent] ,311 N. Main | Ph. -.21642 . 1 / i M TOB SMSBIOte GOO last Beloit & San^Jose NIB Favorites KANSAS CITY, March 11 Rugged Beloit College and the sur prising San Jose State Spartans became favorjtes, by the slightest margins, today as the National In tercollegiate Basketball Tourna ment moved into the quarterfinal play. | J-' i. San Jose (jCalif.) State upset the defending champion Marshall College, 74-72, i*f an overtime pe riod last night:. The Spartans are certain to haye trophic tonight in quarterfinal play with Indiana State. The Terre Haute, Tnd., team walloped Brigham Young Univer sity, 82-68, yesterday. Beloit, a hard driving outfit from Wisconsin, bowled over Lawrence Tech.of Detroit, 78-62. Beloit meets the University of Louisville: to night. ’ * • . j fMa afe T ;si irks for the early game with leveland. In _ mbst points, , in one game, Tpmbow made nine field goals and a like number of frefe throws in this one gntne. f Turnbow also had the latest number of free throws, 13, in a single game. Final Statistics Player Fg FtA Ft Pf Pt Bill Batey 96 80 62 52 250 Bill Turnbow 84 113 73 77 241 Bob Kamperman 43 79 51 59 137 Sam Jenkins 53 42 29 60 135 Gene Schrickel 52 56 32 60 136 Mike Garcia 36 43 23 72 96 Don Voiding 17 16 10 18 44 Gordon Moore 17 20 10 28 44 Rufus Williamson 6 11 4 16 16 Jini Kirkland 6 2 1 5 13 Team Offense Highs Total Points scored—65—against Sam Houston. Field Goals scored—27—against Sani Houston. Free throws Scored—19—against Baylor. Personal fouls — 31 — against TCU. i* Team Defense Lows (Opponent’s Total) Total points — 22 — scored by TCU. -- 1 Field goals — 8 — scored by TCU. Free throws—6—scored by TCU. Personal fouls—11—against Tex as. The Cagers ended up with a fi nal count of seven games won to 17 lost. Final point totals gave the Ag gies 1, 114 against 1,258 for their opponents.' , Gaynell Tinsley inted New Head Coach . BATON ROUGE, La., March 11 (A*)—{Jaynell Tinsley h$d his “life long wish” today —he was head football coach at Louisiana State University, where he was an* All- America end a dozen years ago. The 33-year-old Tinsley was pro moted from end coach to head coach last night. He succeeds Ber- nie Moore, who resigned alter IS years to become commissioner of the Southeastern conference. Tinsley is the youngest man, and the first alumnUs, among the 21 head coaches LSU has had in its 55 years of football. He was also the school's first All-America, making it in 1935 and 1936, under Moore’s coaching. He played with the Chicago Car dinals in 1937-38, then came to LSU as end coach. He joined the Navy in 1942. After a medical dis charge, he became coach at Haynes- Ville, La., high school. He returned to LSU as end coach in 1942; AGGIE GUARD BILL BATEY, goes high into the air with Forward Tom Hamilton of Texas in an attempt to make a field, goal during the game with TU Tuesday night. Longhorn John Laqgdon, far left and Mike Garcia of the Aggies wait for the rebound. Texas won the contest 54. to 34. —: r— : — : —'—;—: :—. t; FRED C. ! ELECTR1 SEALE tic CO. Contracting - Appliances Fixtures P.O. Box 292 Dial 2-6424 -Bryan, Texas i-i t—u'.. J—EAT At MasM CAFETERIA Agronomy Society Helps Ex-Member Fifty-two dollars has been con tributed by members of the Agro nomy* Society and the agronomy faculty to D. B. M,cCombs, an Ag- gie-fex and former member of the society, whose home was destroyed by fire. McCombs, who has been County Agricultural Agent in Golthwaite since his graduation in June of 1947, and his wife Kathryn were npt at home whert the blaze started. Their home was completely destroy- ejf. I n. !j . j Baseball Game ' Cancelled The A&M-Hardin Simmons baseball games which wore to have been played Friday and Saturday have been cancelled because of the extreme cold. The team was on it* way down, but they were forced to return to Abilene., V Venezuela Topic For Pan-Am club CHURCH WOMEN’S ACT SAID MISUNDERSTOOD WACO, tex., March 11 —</P»-j “ . il Mrs. Charles Eidson, president of The Latin American Club will the Texas Council of Church Wo-: present another of its cultural pro men, said tbday that there has been | Krams Friday at 7:30 ]). n|. in the a misundeirstandmg_yf the action Y MCA, according to an announce- taken by the council on the matter mcnt by j. C . Casas, pf civil rights at a recent meeting i i jn Dallas, f! Ramiro Dominguez, graduate “We took no action on President I student from Caracas; Vqnezuela, Truman's ' Civil Rights Program. I will speak on “Social alnd political JHis name was not mentioned in j Conciousness of the Venezuelan this 'connection on the floor. We People.” Joseph Stadelmaiui, assjs- ural tant professor in the Modern lang- Roaeh vs. Cerdan In Garden Friday NEW YORK, Mar. 11 -UP>— Lavern Roach is training in com parative privacy for his big chance in the fight game, his battle with Marcel Cerdan of France next, Fri day night. The Pride of Plainview, Texas, is getting in his practice licks in a lower east side gym far removed from the hustle and bustle of Still man’s, near Madison Square Gar den. Down to 157 pounds, Roach plans to work oh Genian's body. Marcel, a busy scrapper with an aggresive style, hopes to beat off Roach before he can work inside. Roach can move into the front row of middleweight challengers by a win. Rocky Graziano is recog nized as 160-pound champ in many states but the title is “in abeyance” in New York. ; Southwest Con this week-end the first big € AH Southwest will enter the - their Freshmap team ior College Division. The defending elai Ity of T« ggies are tfce Ui >ma A&M, entei sion, As a result of the walloping TU suffered at the haSuis cn Aggies here Monday,! tin horns will be the unjicjr dog}! Saturday’s meet. f Col. Frank Anderson! Aggie I: iel ;Velin. I ; - il Haw^! and Albert Ricks will e Aggie entries in the high Ricks will also eqter tnc jump land polo vault. , Hli, ||U|r Jr Ag^ie entries in the pole Pat vault are iiiroy Bodcitian, Leiand ilw Tati} and Jolhnny hnny Davis. did approve the study of several recommended programs from Christian viewpoint.” Sports Calendar Thursday—Last day for box ers to weigh in. Aggie Track Squad in Laredo to participate in Border Olym pics. a j uage department, will pnisent His f impressions of his sojourn in Verie- | zuela. The program, which will be epp- } ducted in English, is designed to ! foster a better understanding' of the Venezuelan people through djs- cussipn of up-to-date ancf reliable information, Casas said. All club members aind Other in terested persons are urged to at tend, he said. MOTHER’S DAY — SPECIAL OFFER 1 • $5.00 for $2.45 • $5.00 for $2.45 ACGIELAND STUDIO # College Station, Texas OFFERS ONE 8x10 BEAUTIFUL SILVERTONE PORTRAIT for only. $2.45 “ALL PORTRAITS COME MOUNTED IN A NICE FOLDER” Proofs to Select From — Satisfaction ^uaraptccd Not good for copywork s “Serving Aggies for 28 Years' —THIS AD GOOD FOK 50c ON YOUR ORDER— T Look Your Best . . . \ It’s Good Business! ■ u - 4 1 ' f “Y” & VARSITY Barber Shops _ -T- TARRANT COUNTY DEMS BLAST AT TRUMAN FORT WORT, March 11 —DP>— Neville C. Penrose and Mrs. Ben- netLSmith, committeeman and coni- mitteewoman from Tarrant County to the Democratic State Executive Committee, in a formal statement charged that President Truman had deserted the Democratic Party of Texas. ; ! DR. R. B. McNUTT DENTIST Office in Parker Building Over Canady’s Pharmacy Phone 2-1457 Bry^n, Texas NY Invitational Begins Tonight | NEW YORK, March 11 '*P»- Four of the country’s classier col lege basketball teams, together owning 93 victories against 12 de feats, square off . tonight in the Opening round of the choosy Na^ tional Invitation Tournament. This is the stellar lineup await ing a sellout crowd of 18,000 at Madison Square Garden: Western Kentucky (26-1) vs. LaSalle of Philadelpnia (19-3). St. Louis (21-3) vs. Bowling Green, O. (27-5). . The Hilltoppers of Western'Ken tucky,' top-seeded on the strength of the nation’s best college compe titive record, and St. Louis, No. 4 in the rankings, are favored to win semifinal berths. The second set of first round jgames in the fast eight-team elimi nation is scheduled for Saturday^ like this: Texas (20-4) vs. New York U. (20-2), North Carolina State (29-2|l vis. Dcl’aul (21-6). coach; will take a squad! of tu men to the Border Sprinters who jaunt are Webb Jay a T ._ pWr. Napier will enter[ both 100 and 220 yard dashes w! Jay, who is still huitsing a ankle, will probably, limit actions to the 100 and {the spji relay. Napier, who shadedj Texas' Robertson for second ip ace in 100 here Monday, will be cqijii on for points qi both d jus hen. Low hurdler Robert Hall fieki man Bob Goode Iv 11 help and Napier in the spiii t rplaj Hall and Bill Carhn hop follow Rice’s Augie Eifurth the lows tor second anp jehird'p W 4 Walcott Win* From obnson With Ease in that event Ken Bofiijii ol ijjjxiils ft lit (jklGAG^.Xlarch ll! DPi-Jer ” ‘ rtf, Who lopt: an unpi Jbcli IValcDti lijr idecision to Joe Louis antUw-., ill 1)0 meet thiv hcayyweight/bham- again June 23\woh a timid , round boxjng exhibition With ^ lantic Cit light ip the coliseum. actioh the ous- rougnout ujjtin Johnson of A is " re wd* yeryi little | irbughout the niatch and tjnijcira booed steadily throU{_ t|ie|| four jrOpnds. Johnson, Y96 oijii|der; showed little inciinatiod linx it and retreated most of the ‘stance, ttlcott weighed 202 Va pounds nd alarmed Johnson! occasionally ntjn a fiurjry of f How Adequate? NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. -OP) —America Felipe, star Yonkers Central High eager, is blushing over the minus-one to,tal his ef forts netted him in Central’s 49- 33 loss to New Rochelle here re. cently. He connected on one foul throw, but that wasn’t enough to offset the field goal he inadvert ently tapped into the wrong basket during a first-quarter scramble. Such mixups happen every once in a while. But it w-as a particularly blushing matter to Felipe. He hap pens to be Yonkers Central’s stand out and season’s scoring leader f should be their biggest ivorry^ Cordon will also rebltesent! in the high hurdle* wjhicli specialty. Bill won th Monday's dual meet, i Connally Ludwick, jferwi derback, Kay Holbrpok ai Hamden will torai jibe mile relay team, in jadditin running the open 44( Distance, men who ijope t up points for the Mart o i and VKKijtCjlj are: Bob Atkins and!)}! j-bster Aono in the 880; Carroll ijlahn ip: die mile; and J. D. Hanjpltbn and . eiify Bpnnen in the two Hampton and Hah»i! will be try ing again ,to beat! T jxas’ , eBry Thompson. In lust M|p iday’B neet Thompson was pressjek doscil r by the two hard running! Aggies Weight man Geqifge Kawetpa will enter his thyke fav-“- ! events — the Diacdi Sho' Javelin. Kadera hloMi the record ih the Discub^. throw will be the meet fajvjdrite shot and Discus. pundljes. 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