Fish Basketball Squad Goes
To Wharton Saturday Night
Aggie Trainer Has Hands Full
Healing Athletes’ Sprains *
By FRANK SIMMEN, JR.
Aggie Athletic Trainer Blaine Rideout can boast of
holding three track records. The 31-year old Navy veteran
moved to College Station from Denton last year where he
was assistant coach of football, basketball, and head track
coach at Denton High School.
Blaine and his twin brother 4-
Wayne won world recognition for
their middle distance running at
North Texas State College from
1937 to 1940. The young trainer
ran mile laps on two medley re
lay teams, and the 880 on another,
which set the still-standing world’s
record.
Rideout graduated from Tus
cola, Illinois High School after
setting a state mile record of
4:29. He cut the time to 4:08.5
at Memphis on May 11, 1940.
His twin brother, Wayne, is now
in the Rio Grande Valley in the
life insurance business.
The Navy cut short Blaine’s
coaching career, but it led him to
his present vocation of physical
theraphy. He was attached to the
4th. Marine Division, and saw ser
vice on Namur. Iwo Jima, Saipan
and Tinian in the Pacific. He was
discharged from the Navy in ’45
after two and one-half years with
a Chief Pharmacist Mate’s stripes.
He spent two years at his old
alma mater before coming to Ag-
gieland last fall.
Rideout doesn’t have to worry
about what to do with his week
ends here, for he is gone most of
the time. He accompanied the
football team on every one of
its trips ,and promply changed
to basketball when that sport
arrived on the scene.
Much of his time is taken up
taping sore ankles, / giving foot
baths, spraying throats, dressing
cuts and bruises, and giving mas
sages to ailing muscles.
Rideout also has several types
of heat treatments available. The
most modern of these are the dia
thermic and infra-ray heaters,
which heat from the inside.
Intramural Play Nears Finish;
Mitchell Wins Vet Volleyball
“E” Infantry crashed into the intramural basketball
quarter-finals Wednesday night as they defeated “B” Ath
letic 23 to 15.
The Infantrymen proved to be a fast finishing team.
While managing to score only six points in the first
half to 12 for “B” Athletic, the*
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on a spurt in the /Second half to
win the ^ame. H. l L. Jones was
high point man for the athletic
crew.
Mitchell took the Veteran vol
leyball championship by down
ing Dorm 3 in two straight
games. The second game was a
close one with the score tied
14-14 at one time. Mitchell then
quickly added two more points to
win the game. This marks the
second straight time that Mitch
ell has taken the volleyball cham
pionship.
In two quarter-final volleyball
games among Corp teams, “A”
Transportation tangled with “A”
ASA and won after being forced
other game “A” Quartermaster,
which has had a fine intramural
season, defeated “A” CWS in two
straight games.
“C” Infantry and “A” Infantry
will meet for the Corp tennis
championship. Both teams won
,their - semi-final matches Wednes
day afternoon. “C” Infantry down
ed “D” Veterans in straight sets
and “A” Infantry defeated the Day
Students, two games to one.
Red Auerbach, coach of the
Washington Capitols of the Bas
ketball Association of America,
was a member of the 1939-40 Geo.
Washington U. cage squad.
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If so where, when, and how many bouts won?
Fill in the above blank and bring it to The Battalion
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Freshman Cage
List Is Cut To
Twenty Players
By FRANK SIMMEN, Jr.
The freshman cage team
will meet Wharton Junior
College in a game tomorrow
night in Wharton. The strong
fish five will have a real bat
tle on their hands when they
meet Coach Johnny Frankie’s
quintet.
Coach Taylor Wilkins has cut
his freshman basketball squad for
the second time this season. The
young mentor has decided to keep
20 boys on the official list.
“The squad has shown a mark
improvement since they came
back from the holidays and have
looked better than they ever-
looked before.” said Coach Wilk
ins when asked about his teams
chances in tomorrow night’s tilt.
The freshmen lost by a slim four-
point margin in a practice game
with the varsity squad Wednesday
afternoon. Buddy Davis, who will
be counted on heavily in the fray
tomorrow night, outscored varsity
center John DeWitt under the hoop.
The varsity took an early 12 to
2 lead but it was shox-t lived as the
freshman soon caught up and tied
the score 23-23. In the latter part
of the game the freshmen went
ahead by a 34 to 31 margin but
failed to keep the lead in the
closing minutes.
The official cage squad now
includes: Gibbs, Davis, Bybee,
Glover, Brethauer, Walker, John
son, Wood, Smith, Berry, Sand
lin, Skipper, Houser, Farmer,
Ogletree, Talley, Church, Ecrette
Parks and Leonard.
Another eager who will stay
out with the squad is Wescombe
(Rabbit) Jones. Jones is ineligible
for the freshman team because of
an excess of hours but will stay
with the freshman team to pick
up some experience. The young
eager played some fine ball in high
school and is expected to be of
some value to Coach Marty Karow
next season.
Taking the post for tomorrow
nights game will be Bentley and
Houser at forwards, McDowell
and Farmer at the guard slots
and Davis at center.
All the boys appear to be in top
shape. The freshman five will be
seeking their third straight win
of the season, having defeated Al
len Academy and the Sam Houston
State “B” Squad in opening tilts.
Went, Evans Sign
Pro Contracts
EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 7 <A>)—
Texas Mines’ little All America
tackle, Ray (Sugar) Evans, and
star fullback, Fred Wendt, had pro
fessional football contracts today.
Evans, who usually cleared the
way for Wendt’s spectacular runs,
signed yesterday with the Cleve
land Browns of the All-America
Conference.
Wendt, who set a new individ
ual rushing record last season
of 1570 yards, signed with the
Chicago Cardinals of the Nation
al League.
Evans was chosen the outstand
ing player of the Border Confer
ence the last two year-s and was
rated one of the finest lineman in
the Sagebrush circuit’s history.
Wendt, who started out to be
an end, reached his peak last sea
son when he sparked the Miners
into the Sun Bowl New Year’s Day.
Gagers to Start League Play Tonight
Farmers Open Battle to Stay Swimmers Open
COACH . HARRY STITELER inspects the operation scars of
Aggie center HULIN SMITH. Last season Smith was hobbled by an
injury cartliage and did not see much action, so the Athletic De
partment arranged for an operation during the holidays.
Smith will not be well in time to participate in spring training,
but should be ready next fall.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949
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Page 3
Out of Cellar With SMU, TCU
By LEON SOMER
The. Texas Aggies will begin Southwest Conference
competition by playing two games away from home this
week-end. Tonight the Cadets take on the fast improving
TCU Horned Frogs in the Will Rogers Memorial Colliseum
in Fort Worth. Saturday night Coach Marty Karow
will take his team to Dallas to*
meet Southern Methodist.
Coach Buster Brannon’s cagers
already have pulled the first upset
of this season by defeating SMU
58-52 last Tuesday night in the
opening Southwest Con ference
game. Tonight TCU will be out to
notch their second victory at the
expense of the Farmers.
A&M has been off to a slow
start this season, taking only
three of twelve games played.
Two of these victories were over
Southwestern Oklahoma Teach
ers and the other was a win
over Abilene Christian.
The Cadets have been working
out hard all week, hoping to find
a combination that will stop the
Frogs who showed plenty of hustle
and determination in Tuesday
night’s win over the Mustangs.
Pacing the Frogs in that game was
their 29 year old center Julius
Dolnics who led both teams in
scoring for the night with 21
points.
Six games are on tap for this
weekend involving Southwest Con
ference teams. Five of the six
contests to be played are confer
ence tilts.
In the only other game tonight
Texas plays SMU in Dallas. The
Freshmen Expected To Bolster
Baseball Squad This Season
By BILL POTTS
Its not long until another
spring rolls around the corner
and when it happens, another
baseball season will be here.
Marty Karow, combined basket-
ball-baseball coach, will start the
boys practicing even before the
current basketball season is over.
He will have only five lettermen
returning- from last years’ team
that finished in the runner-up spot
next to Texas. Four of the return
ees, Cotton Lindloff, second base-
man, Russel Mayes, third base-
man, Bobby Fretz, first baseman
A1 Severance is in his 13th sea
son as head basketball coach at
Villanova College.
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LUBBOCK, Jan. 7 <£>)—.Texas
Mines flashed a warning to other
Border Conference basketball
teams not to regard it so lightly.
The Miners upset Texas Tech’s
Red Raiders last night, 57-53, with
little Kayo Perez taking starring
honors. Perez scored 17 points and
it was his tricky ball handling that
enabled the' Miners to stall suc
cessfully in the final two minutes
of play.
The University of Arizona
staved off a last quarter upris-
ing.-by Hardin-Simmons to take
a 50-43 decision in a conference
tilt.
West Texas State’s game with
New Mexico at Albuquerque was
postponed because of a city power
failure.
Two games are scheduled to-
night. Texas Tech plays New Mex
ico A&M at Las Cruces, N. M., and
Hardin-Simmons plays Arizona
State of Tempe at Tempe, Ariz.
Tomorrow, Hardin-Simmons and
Arizona State of Flagstaff play at
Flagstaff, Ariz., and Texas Tech
meets New Mexico at Albuqurque,
N. M.
Leon Blevins paced Arizona with
15 points. Julius Stagner was high
for Hardin-Simmons with 13
points.
Guard James Hill led a strong
Texas Tech rally in the second
half, scoring 14 of his 16 points
in this period.
Lost An 6 E’
WASHINGTON, D. C., —(/P>—
The Washington Lions of the
American Hockey League recently
made a deal with Springfield
whereby the two teams exchanged
players—and the Washington team
lost an “E”. The Lions lost the
vowel when they sent W’alter Ba-
bey to Springfield in exchange for
Johnny Baby.
and pitcher, and Jim Calvert, cat--
cher, were on the starting nine.
The fifth, Alvis Nixon, was a re
lief pitcher.
Returning squadmen from last
year include Bruce Morrise, a
promising pitcher, Danny Green,
outfielder, Johnny Blazen, out
fielder, Drego, catcher, and Her-
schel Maltz, first baseman.
Coming up from last spring’s
fish nine will be the most promis
ing crew of freshmen to don base
ball uniforms at Aggieland in a
long time. Coached by Charlie De-
Ware, the fish team compiled one
of the best records ever made by-
an Aggie freshman team. They
won 13 and lost two—one defeat
coming near the beginning of the
season at the hands of the Sam
Houston State Bearkats, and the
other from the Texas Shorthorns
in their final game.
Karow can expect to have an
other team of sluggers this spring
if the Fish team’s record means
anything. They finished last spring
with a batting average of .314,
and eleven members of the squad
were clouting the ball above the
.300 mark.
Guy Wallace was the big gun
of the Fish last year and much
is expected from him. He finish
ed the season with a prodigious
.434 batting average, and on top
of that, was the classiest short
stop on an Aggie fish team in
many years.
Right behind Wallace was fifst
baseman Bill McPherson with*- a
batting average of .391.
The leading home run hitter for
the fish was Blanton Taylor. The
centerfielder divided his time be
tween baseball and spring football
training, but still managed to hit
j 13 homers and ended the season
I with a .343 average.
Six men tossed for the fish
last spring and the workhorse of
i the lot was Pat Hubert, who led
them all with five wins. Right
! behind Hubert was Truett Mob-
j ley with three wins.
J. B. McCoy was the oldster of
the crew and he ended the season
with two victories and no losses.
Red Wiggins, who also hit the
win column twice, Harold Higgins,
who won his only start, and Larry
Ludtkc complete the pitching staff.
These pitchers had plenty of
good men to back them up last
season and most of them are back
again this year. Experience is the
only thing they need.
With the replacements mention
ed plus a host of other stellar
players that made the Fish team
what it was, Karow is going to
have plenty to pick his starting
nine from.
Where the Aggies will end up in
the conference race this spring is
hard to say, but you can bet on one
thing, they’ll be close to the top.
Three basketball stars are play-
I ing their last season for George
j Washington U. They are Maynard
1 Haithcock, Dave Shapiro and Bill
Cantwell.
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A1 Saenger of Houston, ’32,
will be toastmaster at the
third Annual A&M Club Of
ficer’s meeting at College Sta
tion January 14, 15, and 16.
Friday night, January 14, at 7
p. m., the annual “T” Banquet, hon
oring varsity and freshman foot
ball players and the cross country
men, will be the highlight of the
evening. At this time letters, a-
wards, and “T” Medals will be
given to persons participating in
all forms of athletics during the
fall. Kern Tips has been invited to
make the principal address, Dick
Hervey, former Student Associa
tion secretary announced.
The following day, Saturday,
sport films will be shown. The
athletic department is making then-
entire film library available for
the showing of whatever picture
members of the group wish to see.
At the officers forum, scheduled
for 9 p. m. Saturday night, Jan
uary 15, problems peculiar to the
individual offices will be discussed.
The following Sunday morning,
breakfast will be served the guests
as a courtesy of the Former Stu
dents Association, Hervey said.
Beauty Only Hide-
Deep
NEW YORK—CP>— Donor is
probably the homeliest of racing
thoroughbreeds, but the son of
Challedon has banked $261,910 for
his owners on the track. However,
he was so bony and unattractive as
a two-year-old, none of the grooms
wanted to rub him down. And he
could have been claimed in his
first race, which he won, for
$3,500.
12 Winners
MIAMI —.GP>— Trainers of, 12
Kentucky Derby winners will sta
ble their horses this winter at Hia
leah. They are B. A. Jones (Law-
rin, Whirlaway, Pensive and Cita
tion), Jim Fitzsimmons (Gallant
Fox, Omaha and Johnston), Max
Hirsch (Bold Venture and Assault)
Ivan Parke (Hoop, Jr.), John Gav-
er (Shut Out) and Hollie Hughes
(George Smith).
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Steers will be several point favor
ites over the Mustangs. In Martin
and Madsen they have the finest
guard combination in the confer
ence.
Tomorrow night the Aggies
will be in Dallas to play the
Ponies while Texas moves over
to Ft. Worth to meet TCU.
Rice plays its first conference
game in Waco Saturday night
against Baylor. This will be the
second game for the Bears who
trimmed Arkansas in Fayetteville
Wednesday night.
The only non-conference game
left to be played this week finds
Arkansas traveling to Little Rock
to meet the strong Phillips Oilers.
BILL TURN BOW, a six loot
one inch letterman forward from
Perrin, is one of the starting five
for the Aggie cagers this sea
son. He ranked second in total
number of points scored last
season and has consistently been
one of the most dependable play
ers on the floor this season. He
has one year of eligibility re
maining.
Women Pro Golfers
To Play in PGA
DALLAS, Jan. 7 The top
women professional golfers in
America will compete in a new di
vision of the Texas P-G-A tourna
ment here May 2-8.
The tournament director, Gra
ham Ross, announced acceptances
for the women’s division of the
tourney had been received from
Patty Berg, Mildred (Babe) Zaha-
rias, Louise Suggs, Betty Jameson
and Helen Dettwiler.
The DAC country club pro
said final plans for the $11,500
P-G-A tournament would be
made at a meeting this week
end. It will be played at the
Tenison Park municipal course.
Byron Nelson is the defending
champion in the tournament. Ross
said the Roanoak ace will defend
his title, won last year in El Paso.
The tournament will open with a
36-hole qualifying round for the
national P-G-A. On the second day,
the pros will stage a doubles eyent.
The third day’s feature will be a
pro-amateur event. In this, the
women golfers will play, Ross said.
Then,- the entries will begin the
72-hole stroke grind, winding up
on Sunday, May 8.
Dire Plans
BUFFALO—CP)—Tom Rocky of
the Buffalo club in the American
Hockey League is an undertaker
in the off-season, but before his
teammates discovered it they got
quite a scare. Rocky drove up to
the Buffalo training camp in a
hearse he uses in his business. The
squad was sure hockey was quite
that rugged a game.
Tallest player on the Villanova
College basketball squad is John
Holland, six-seven.
Workouts As
Season Nears
This could be the year for A&M
to break the Longhorn’s strangle
hold on the Conference Swimming
crown, but Coach Art Adamson is
not overly optimistic. He lost only
two important men off of last
year’s edition. Dash star Jack Riley
graduated, and Johnny Heeman
used up his eligibility.
But Texas has retained most
of its powerhouse from last year
also, losing only Jack Tolar. To
lar specialized in diving, but also
captured points in the short
dashes. It remains to be seen
whether Campbell of Texas can
take Tolar’s place on the board.
For the last two years A&M
has beaten Texas in dual meets,
only to lose the all important
conference meet.
Danny Green, one of A&M’s
all-time swimming greats, will be
back for his last year of com
petition. Green has a corner on
both the 50 and 100-yard dash
conference records. This season
he also expects to try for points
in the individual medley (back-
stroke, breaststroke, and free
style).
Perhaps the second most im
portant post on the team goes to
Jimmy Flowers. The husky foot
ball player is fast in the breast
stroke and free style, add may fur
nish the margin of victory for his
team. Art is expected to use his
talents in two relays, in addition
to the breaststroke.
Next on the list of point-getters
is Bernie Syfan. Syfan is good in
both distance and dash races. He
has been working out on the 1500
meter distance swim, the new ad
dition to the conference events.
Syfan will also handle a slot on
the 400-yard free style relay.
Gilbert McKenzie and Paul Flem
ing will team with Syfan in the
distance swims.
Texas has its greatest power
in the breaststrokers’ post, with
three top men. It will be up to
“Tiger” Moye, Gene Summers,
George Diek, and Arlan Mc
Kenzie to swipe some points for
the Aggies, in addition to Flow
ers. Summers will also compete
in the individual medley.
Ed Kruse, Reeves, and Buddy
Fisher will handle the backstroke
chores for the Aggies.
Our admitted weak spot is in-
diving. Heeman was rounding in
to fine form last season, and his
loss will hurt A&M in that event.
Bill Starit, Scotty Potter, and
Howell Johnson have been work
ing on tthe high board, but it is
doubtful any of them will be
able to garner many points this
season.
Adamson will throw his squad
into action on January 31 here
against Oklahoma U. in a warmup
fray. Then the weak Baylor Bears
visit here on February 2nd.
The Aggie squad has been work
ing out most of the semester, and
should hit their form early. Many
of the swimmers were on the
championship Water Polo team,
and are ready now.
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