Leash, Whistle, Light Rifle
Used To Train Hunting Dog
By BILL WAUGH
AP Newsfeatures
(This is the second and
final story on how to train
your 1 own hunting dog.)
Your dog has learned to
mind. On command he’ll sit,
lie down, stay in either posi
tion and retrieve.
* “When he’s finished with these
lessons, he’s ready for an intro
duction to game birds,” says John
Pippin, Visalia, Calif., amateur dog
handler.
* To explain how to train your
own dog, Pippin reviews step-
by-step the procedure he used
in training his present cross
breed English setter - German
pointed named Nick.
“Your dog has got to learn what
he’s hunting. He must build up
enthusiasm for the field. The best
way is to take him where there
are game birds to work,” Pippin
says.
Your equipment to begin with
* is a 50 to 75 foot lightweight leash
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Now the job is to steady him on
point.
And if you’re a novice, Pippin
points out, you’ll probably have
to settle your own nerves. It’s a
tingling thrill to watch your dog
come- on his first point and re
main staunch. Don’t get excited
and run up.
Walk very slowly. It’s a good
and a slip collar] And'don’t forget' idea to talk lowly to him as you
to take your whistle. It’ll come in
handy now.
Work your dog into cover where
* there are birds. The dog will flush
them and give chase. After a few
times, you let him start after
them and then set up short on the
leash, at the same time giving a
sharp blast on the whistle.
Walk the dog back to where
the bird.y were and give the com
mand stay. You should walk
ahead a few steps before giving
a command to go on. Some hunt
ers use the voice command and
make a sweeping motion ahead
with their arms. Others use two
« sharp blasts and the arm signal
to get the dog going again.
This will have to be repeated
many times. But eventually the
dog—if he’s a pointing breed—
"will come up to game and re
main rigid.
A&M Swimmers
To Open Season
Against Okies
Coach Adamson’s Aggie
webfeet open the swimming
^season in P. L. Downs Nata-
"torium at 3:30 p. m-, January
31, against Oklahoma Univer
sity.
Adamson said that this promised
to be a tough opener for his tank
men. The Aggies took the Sooners
last year in Norman by a score of
50 to 34, but the Okies have only
a few losses from that squad and
are strengthened by the services
of McClosky, the Oklahoma State
AAU backstroke champion and al
so holder of the Southwestern AA
U backstroke championship, which
he won in competition at Dallas
last year. McClosky also swims in
the relays along with Burns, the
Sooners capable distance man.
The Aggies in turn will be hurt
by the loss of Howard Spencer in
the backstroke, Jack Riley in the
^ dashes and relays, and John Hee-
’ man in diving. They Will be aided
though by the addition of Jimmy
Flowers in the breast-stroke and
possibly the relays. Danny Green
. is also expected to be up to his
old form and take most of the
dashes.
TEAM SCHEDULE
Feb. 2.—Baylor, here.
Feb. 12—SMU, here.
Feb. 19—Northwestern State of
Louisiana, there.
Feb. 24—Baylor, there.
March 5—SMU, there.
March. 12—Pensacola Pre-flight,
here.
March. 17—Conference Meet, at
Waco.
Two dual meets have also been
scheduled with T.u., but the dates
for these haven’t been set as yet.
Coach Adamson said that our
toughest meets this year would be
those with SMU and T.U. and of
course the Conference meet.
approach walking on the leash.
Get up to him and stroke him on
the back. Let him know you’re
pleased. Then walk around and
flush the birds yourself.
You might not get there in time
before the dog breaks. But bring
him back and stand him at the
spot and use that command again
—stay.
Before long the dog will re
main staunch as you walk in
and put up the birds. Some
hunters like their dogs to re
main steady to wing. That is
remain staunch on point as the
birds rise. Some require that
their dogs even remain staunch
after they’ve shot—that’s called
steady to shot. In this latter
case the dog doesn’t break off
to retrieve—if you’ve made a
kill—or to go on hunting until
commanded.
But that’s a matter of prefer
ence. Pippin likes his dog steady
to wing but likes him to break
on the shot. You lose less cripples
that way.
Up to now we haven’t mention
ed shooting during the training.
There hasn’t been any need of it.
Getting the dog used to the
sound of the gun is no great chore
but you should be careful—a gun
shy dog is a pitiful thing to look
at. Pippin suggests starting by
shooting a small gun—say a .22—
in the vicinity of the dog. But
make certain you don’t shoot di
rectly over the animal.
Carry the gun when you first
start going afield. He’ll associate
it with going out. After the actual
shooting ■ begins increase the size
of the gun until you reach the
gauge you normally use.
Pointing dogs usually range
out of gun distance. They go
find your game. Now the next
step is to be able to control the
dog at a distance. You have to
do this with your whistle and
arm signals.
Let the dog get well out in
front and give a sharp blast on
the whistle to stop him or attract
his attention. Then, if for instance,
you want to turn him to the left,
you make a sweeping motion with
your arm in that direction turning
your body at the same time. Start
off that way and your dog will
change his course.
With a little practice the dog
can be turned right or left or sent
farther Out.
You should be ready now to kill
birds over your dog. For the best
training go out after quail pheas
ant or Whatever type of upland
shooting you prefer.
Pippin adds a word of advice to
the nimrod hunting with a dog
for the first time:
“Let the dog have his head
in hunting,” he says. He’s got a
nose that smells out the game.
Don’t try to tell him where the
birdsi are. If a dog makes a cast
(run) at a patch of cover but
doesn’t remain long you can bet
it’s sterile ground. Many begin
ners try to do the hunting for
the dog.”
You’ll run into problems not
mentioned by Pippin in this brief
series. There’ll be other things
you will want to teach your dog
—to heel, as an example. But it
isn’t difficult. All you need is a
little time each day, patience and
the dog of your choice.
Texas
ft
Gagers Trip Baylor, Win ^0-3f
Bears Held to One Field Goal
Sam Jenkins, Gene Sehrickel Elected As
Co-Captains of Aggie Basketball Quintet
GENE SCHRICKEL, along
with Sam Jenkins has been nam
ed captain of the Aggie Cagers
for the 48-49 season. The Arling
ton passing specialist will take
over the job of team captain
when Jenkins graduates at mid
term.
on John
DeWittBrothers to
Duel Here Friday
By SACK SPOEDE
When the Aggies meet the Baylor Bears Friday night
at DeWare Fieldhouse, something of a family feud will be
featured on the hardwood court between the DeWitt brothers
of Waco.
Bill is the performer for the Bruins and is olAer than
his brother John, who mans the center spot for the
Maroon and White. +
The DeWitt at Baylor graduated
from Waco High in 1944 and then
went into the Navy where he play
ed some outstanding service ball.
After leaving the Navy at the end
of hostilities, Bill enrolled at Bay
lor along with David DeWitt, the
oldest of the three DeWitt boys.
During the 1946-47 season Bill
saw only limited service with the
Bear team as a freshman. When
the basketball season in the fall
of 1947 rolled around, however,
he had earned a starting posi
tion on the squad.
He has never lost that position
since that time on the conference
championship team. While not a
sensation as a offensive player,
Bill is recognized as one of the
toughest defensive players in the
loop.
Because Baylor uses a shifting-
offense, Bill, who is one inch
shorter than John’s six feet, four
inches, plays either guard or for
ward.
Aggie John, a sophomore Ani
mal Husbandry student, has been
gathering momentum as the sea
son progresses until he has led
the Aggie scorers in the confer
ence games played this year.
In the game in Houston last
Thursday John had his best day of
the year.
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This is what “The Thresher”,
the Rice newspaper, had to say
about DeWitt and the perform
ance he made that night:
“In case you didn’t have a pro
gram at last Thursday’s basket
ball game which Rice won, 54-53,
from Texas A&M, number 11 for
the Aggies is John DeWitt. De
Witt is a sophomore. DeWitt
stands some six feet four. De
Witt was the outstanding player
on the floor. And DeWitt should
have been playing for Rice!
Yes, DeWitt, who was all state
for Waco high school in 1947, en
rolled at Rice as a freshman last
year. However, after one week, De
Witt had a wrist watch stolen, and
the next day he was gone.
But he was back Thursday—
really back. He played a great
game on the defense, holding*
high scoring Bill Tom to only 8
points, and all of his own 15
points came at important mo
ments.
It was DeWitt who kept the
Owls from running away with the
game in the second half. After
Rice had pulled away to a 30-19
lead, DeWitt got hot, and Rice’s
halftime lead was only 31-27. Then
in the second half he teamed with
Billy Turnbow to put the Aggies
in the lead, but when both of
these guns fouled out, Turnbow
with 8 minutes left and DeWitt a
minute later, Aggie hopes faded.”
Although the Rice writer made
a few mistakes, the extraction
above will give you a slight idea
of the type of game John played
in Houston. One of the mistakes
made was that he held Tom to
eight points while actually the 6’7”
Rice center made only six points
over his head and two more after
John left the game.
John has averaged 9.6 in the
games this year, while up to their
game with Texas yesterday Bill
had averaged 6.2 points per game.
Range and Forestry
Wins Club Football
The Club Flag Football race
came to a close Tuesday afternoon
as Range and Forestry defeated
ASCE on penetrations.
Individual action brought Ralph
Parkhill and D. B. Polk to the fore
for Range and Forestry while the
combination of Schodde and Gaber
provided yoeman sex-vice for AS
CE. Each side had one 20 yard
penetration but Range and Fores
try pushed through their opponents
40 yard marker three times to
take the decision.
Sam Jenkins and Gene
Schriekel have been elected
co-captains of the ’48-’49
Aggie Basketball Team, Coach
Marty Karow, announced
yesterday. The voting was held
last week just before the team
official pictures were taken.
Jenkins, also last year’s captain,
will be playing his last game for
the maroon and white Friday night
as he graduates in mid-term. This
is Jenkins second season at A&M.
From El Paso, he played for Texas
Mines in 1946 after leaving the
army. Oddly enough, he will close
out his college career against Bay
lor, where he played while serving
there in the ASTP program.
The 24-year-old letterman was a
prisoner of war, and spent 18
months behind barbed wire in Ger
many.
Jenkins will take his pretty
wife on a second honeymoon trip
to Mississippi in a few days. He
won this trip on a radio program
in New York on the squad’s
northern tour there this winter.
Last season Jenkins was fifth
in total points for the Aggies, and
his shooting eye and defensive
play will be missed the rest of the
season. A fast-breaker, he has
been responsible for many of the
Cadet’s offensive.
Schriekel, who will handle the
captain’s chores after Jenkins
leaves, is a six foot one letter-
man guard from Arlington. He
transferred from NTAC last sea
son and fitted right into the
Pictured above is SAM JEN
KINS who was chosen by his
team mates for the second
straight year as their team cap
tain. Jenkins is majoring in civil
engineering and will graduate at
mid-term.
A&M starting lineup.
One of the best long shooters on
the squad, Schriekel scores in
spurts, when he is hot. In spite of
his relatively short statpe, he is a
backboard specialist and has scor
ed several tip-ins under the noses
of opposing tree-top players.
This is Schrickel’s last year of
eligibility at A&M.
S Battalion
PORTO
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1949 Page 3
Coach Taylor Wilkens watches his Fish cage charges work out
with a satisfied air. The Freshmen are undefeated as yet, but will
meet their stiffest test of the season against the Baylor Cubs here
Friday night.
Ag Cagers to Meet
Strong Bear Five
Here Friday Night
Baylor’s bounding Bears
will be the opponents of A&M
improving basketball squad
in the first conference game
that the Aggies have played
in DeWare Fieldhouse. To
date the Cadets have won one
and lost two in conference
matches.
Baylor, lacking the services of
Olympian Jackie Robinson, start
ed slow until they found them
selves and scored one of the big
gest upsets of the decade by
turning back the amateur Phil
lip 66 Oilers in a pre-season
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At the Oklahoma City Tourna
ment, the Bears turned back the
Texas Longhorns, who were ex
pected to furnish top competition
in the conference, without much
trouble. From Oklahoma City on,
the Bears have not been pushed by
any team up to yesterday’s game
with the Steers in Austin.
In a preliminary tilt, the Ag
gies undefeated freshman five
will take on the young Baylor-
ites. “The Fish Squad, will be at
full strength” says Coach Taylor
Wilkins. The freshman have al
ready defeated Allen Academy,
Wharton Junior College, Sam
Houston B team and the Rice
Owlets in contests in games so
far this season.
This will be the last tilt that
the Fish team will have the ser
vices of Jewel McDowell. McDowell
will become eligible to play varsity
ball at the end of this semester
and will move* up to Coach Marty
Karow’s squad after the fray with
the Baylor freshmen.
Coach Karow has not yet an
nouncer the lineup for Friday
night’s tilt but Jenkins, Schriekel,
DeWitt, Kirkland, and Turnbow
will probably go to the post for
the Farmers.
In First Half by ’Sip Cagers
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 19.—(TP)—
Texas’ Longhorns climbed back
into the thick of the fight for the
Southwest Conference basketball
championship on the burly should
ers of Dallas’ Tom Hamilton Tues
day.
The Longhorns stopped favored
Baylor, conference leaders, 40 to
37 here in Gregory gym.
The beefy, balding forward ac
counted for nearly half the Texas
scores, with 18 points, and fought
like an enraged bear under the
backboards to control rebounds.
The first half was ail Texas.
The Longhorns made good eight
of thirteen shots from the field
while the Bears could sink only
one of twenty. Texas led, 22 to
11, at half-time.
Lanky Philip George and A1
Madsen combined with Hamilton
to give Texas its dominance. George
took the rebounds Hamilton miss
ed, and the omnipresent Madsen
time and again broke up Baylor at
tempts to drive under the basket
by batting the hall away from re
ceivers.
A tight Texas defense which kept
the foul circle blanketed and for
ced the Baylor team to move out
to the corners played a big part in
the one-sided first half.
Baylor needed only eight min
utes to erase their 11-point de
ficit after the intermission. Mad
sen, with four personal fouls
chalked against him, was reliev
ed. And the Bear offense began
to click.
As A1 trotted to the side line,
Texas led, 27 to 16. In the next
four minutes, Baylor tallied 13
points, Texas 2, and the score was
tied at 29-all.
Then Madsen came back, after
a Texas time out. Hamilton plunk
ed in his favorite left-hand hook
shot, Martin hit from far out with
a 1-hand push, and Madsen made
a free throw to give the Steers a
34-to-29 margin.
Baylor never came up to even
again.
But the closing minutes of the
game were packed with drama
as the Bears fought to within a
point of Texas, Bill Owen and
Bill DeWitt led the Bear surge,
until Owen fouled out with four
minutes left, and Baylor trail
ing, 37 to 35.
Martin made a free throw. Then
Hickman of Baylor hit a long shot,
and Texas led, 38 to 37, with a
minute and a half left.
But Martin broke free after a
missed shot and dropped the clinch
ing score.
The victory put Texas into a vir
tual tie with Baylor for the con
ference lead. Baylor now has won
four, lost one, while Texas has
won three, lost one.
The game was played in the af
ternoon to avoid conflict with the
Governor’s Ball, held in the same
building Tuesday night.
Baylor 37
fg-
ft.
11. tp.
Owens, f
3
1
5
7
Heathgtn, f
1
3
5
5
Preston, c
1
2
2
4
DeWitt, g
2
2
2
6
Johnson, g
1
2
2
4
Hickman, f
3
0
0
6
Cobb, f
0
3
0
3
Srack, g
1
0
1
2
Total
12
13
17
37
Texas 40
fg.
fh.
fl. tp.
Hamilton, f
6
6
2
18
White, f
3 ,
0
3
6
George, c
2
1
3
5
Madsen, g
1
2
4
4
Martin, g
3
1
2
7
Huffman, f
0
0
0
0
Taylor, c
0
0
0
0
Womack, g
0
0
4
0
Total
15
10
17
40
Basketball Crown Annexed
By “E” Infantry Quintet
The Corps Intramural Basketball championship went to
“E” Infantry Monday night as they edged out “A” Infantry,
13 to 10 in a tight game.
The game started slow enough. Only two points were
scored in the first five minuted
quarter and those were by “A”
Infantry. By the half the tempo
was accelerated by “E” Company,
when it ranged ahead 9 to 5.
The third quarter was a static
affair with fouls, and free throws
taking up most of the time. A good
number of charity shots were mis
sed. “A” Company went into the
last period with a one point advan
tage, the score being 10 to 9.
Both teams really bore down
in the last half but action was
eager and scoring slim. Until
the last minute the final score
was still in doubt till Ted Lewis
sank one field goal and Will
Barber added another for “E”
Infantry. The final score was 13
to 10 with “A” Infantry threat
ening still.
As to methods of play, “A” In
fantry preferred to risk the long
shots, most of them from twenty
feet out. “E” Company had pulled
up a stout three man zone de
fense that caused this. Most of
“A” Company’s scoring punch was
wasted when they failed to cap
ture rebounds. “E” Company drop
ped their baskets from in close
after working against a hard man
to man defense of their opponents.
Herschel Jones was considered
the best player for “E” Infantry.
He scored five points. M. E. Kuta
racked up as many points for “A”
Company.
COUPLE KILLED BY TIGER
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eration of Malaya—(dP)— While
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huddled inside their thatch hut, a
Malay and his wife were killed by
a tiger in a Malay settlement re
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