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Fish Cagers Risk Unbeaten Slate Against Cubs Tonight Leonard Named Villanova Coach The Villanova Wildcats will have a new football coach when they open theii’ 1949 season against, the Texas Aggies in College Station on September 17. The new head mentor at the school is James “Big Jim” Leon ard. Leonard played football at Notre Dame under the late Knute Rockne and later was coach of the professional Pitts burgh Steelers. The new Wildcat coach also played four years of pro football with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. Af ter leaving the Eagles Leonard was assistant football coach at Holy Cross for a number of years. Leonard succeeds Jordan Olivar who resigned as Villanova’s head coach last month in order to ac cept a position at Loyola Univer sity in Los Angeles. Freshman Team Seeks Fifth Victory; McDowell Will Join Varsity Squad By SCOTTY SWINNEY The Aggie Fish basketeers will again risk their perfect record when they meet the Baylor Cubs tonight at six o’clock in DeWare Field House in what promises to be a hard fought preliminary. Coach Taylor Wilkins, who saw the Cubs lose by one point to the TCU Polywogs last 1 *" week, said that they would be hard to beat. The Wogs are supposed to have a fine team and wei'e hard ^Jratapcls 'Where the Art Has Not Been Forgotten” TODAY I’TVS .. . Broiled Spanish Mackerel with Lemon Butter Shrimp A La Creole with Steamed Rice and Fried Jumbo Shrimp with Remoulade Sauce SATURDAY Seafood Cutlet a la Newburg Italian Meat Balls with Spaghetti and East India Curry with Steamed Rice — HOURS — 11:00 to 2:00 and 4:45 to 7:30 FOR SUNDAY . . . Turkey and Dressing with Cranberries Turkey a la King on Toast Roast Prime Ribs of Choice Beef Baked Sugar Cured Ham and lots of other selections. pressed in their win over the Cubs after trailing the Baylor freshmen in the final seconds of play. Tonight’s game will mark the last appearance of Jewel McDowell as a member of the Fish team. Mc Dowell finishes his freshman year at the end of January and will move up to the varsity team next month. In winning four straight games the Aggie freshmen have defeat ed Allen Academy, Wharton Jun ior College, Sam Houston State “B”, and the Rice Blue Bolts. The Baylor Cubs have a record of one win against two losses. They defeated the SMU Colts for their lone victory while losing to TCU and the North Texas Eaglets. Showing up well for the Cubs this season are Billy Fleetwood and Ralph Johnson. Fleetwood took high point honors in last week’s game against the Polywogs with ten points and was closely followed by Johnson with nine. Coach Wilkins probably will stick to the same team that stai’t- ed against the Rice Blue Bolts last week. This lineup will find Houser and Bentley at forwards, Davis at center, and McDowell and Farmer at guards. TOURNAMENT AT LONG BEACH OPENS TODAY LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 21 (A*)—Golf’s big names go into ac tion today in their first round of the $10,000 Long Beach open tour nament — and a lot of lesser knowns hope they don’t shoot too well. Slated to tour the Lakewood Country Club’s well-watered pat 35-36-71, "course were such favor ites as Ben Hogan, Lloyd Man- grum, Sam Snead, Jimmy Dema- ret and others. BURMA CABINET QUITS RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 21 —• (TP)—Burma’s 21-man cabinet re signed yesterday. The resignations came after an emergency session called by Premier Thakin Nu to discuss the serious situation aris ing from 10 months of civil war. Effervescent is the name of Circle M’s two year old son of Bubblette. 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Feeling as if they were on top of the world after their surprise win over the Texas Longhorns, the Owls will meet a team in Arkansas that has a record foi; the season very similar to their own. Both teams have played Baylor and Long Island University. Bay lor beat the Owls by 16 points in Waco and the Razorbacks by 4 points in Fayetteville. In the Long Island game the Owls come out with the advantage in the comparative scores losing by only three points while the Hogs were defeated 56-42. Ken Kearns of Denton, Texas, is one of the leaders of the Porker cagers, while Warren Switzer, Bill Tom, and Joe McDermott are among the top Owl cagers. Coach Stiteler’s secretary, MRS. HELEN FRADY, has the job of keeping the coaching staff going—making appointments, typing letters, keeping records, and listening to “Dawg” Dawson’s jokes. As you can see, her desk is a regular stop for the sports reporters. Aggies Play Baylor In First SWC Home Game Bears Rate Favorites Over Improving Cadet Cage Team Trinity May Play William and Mary SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 21 —(A 5 )— Trinity University is seeking a “name” team for its 1949 football schedule and indications are that William and Mary will fill the bill. Athletic Director Bill James says a decision on whether the South ern Conference team will be on the schedule will be made by the end of the week. James said both schools had open dates Nov. 12 and that William and Mary is awaiting a letter from Trinity stating that it will furnish a guarantee of not less than $20,- 000 to come here and play in Alamo Stadium. Thirteen Notre Dame football players will graduate in 1949, in cluding backs Frank Tripucka, Terry Brennan, John Panelli and Coy McGee. The Largest . . . ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE STORE in Bryan— Come in and see us for large or small appliances: RADIOS . . ELECTRIC IRONS STUDENT LAMPS FLOOR LAMPS PRESTO COOKERS COFFEE MAKERS KELVINATOR . . HOT POINT —and many other usefuls— UNITED APPLIANCES FARM & HOME STORE & AGGIE RADIO Phone 2-1496 S Battalion PORTO Page 3 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949 Highlights Of Olympics Shown In Films At Guion By SCOTTY SWINNEY On the screen at Guion Hall, the United States is again running away with titles in the 14th modern Olympic Games held at Wembley Stadium in London last summer. The film, which will be showing 1 through tonight, was brought here as a special roadshow feature and is the only print of its length made of the Olympics. Seventeen tech nicolor cameras were used in film ing the scenes shown in this excel lent job of photography. Part of the scenes were shot in the rain and Under dismal skies. In fact, every technicolor camera to be found outside Hollywood was used. Contrary to previous announce ments, the Aggie star of the Olympics, Art Harnden, who won his gold medal in the 1600 meter relays, was not shown in the film. The probable reason for this is that when Harnden start ed running, there wasn’t a cam eraman in the stadium who could keep up with him. However, there was one South west Conference star shown in the film, and if you thought Clyde Scott of Arkansas did some fancy running on the football field, you should see him on the cinders. Scott really stepped out on the screen at Guion in placing second in the low hurdles. Probably the most amusing inci dent in the film came at the end of the 100 meter dash when the United States’ Barney Ewell, thinking he had won the race, broke into a spirited victory dance and accepted the congratulations of Mel Patton, also of the U. S. team, who placed 5th. in the event. His dance was premature however, for the official photo of the finish showed that Harrison Dillard from the United States had beat him aci’oss the finish line. Undoubtedly, the most dramatic race in the Olympics, from the point of view of seeing it on the screen, was the 26 mile marathon run. The announcer, in this por tion of the film, was definitely pro- British, and his sentiments were echoed by the audience with cries of, “Come on Tom,” for thg British hope, Tom Richardson. There were a lot of tired men who finished that run and others who didn’t. COBKY’S ~€&c£iL(iiwe C&a&ukl-, See Our New Spring Samples North Gate College Station Radio Repair... ... is our specialty The Radio Shop One Bloch west of Post Office on W. 26th St. “A member of Philco Service” BRYAN PHONE 2-2819 COMPLETE REPAIR . on all makes and models of radios Also BATTERIES FOR YOUR PORTABLE Horticulturists To Meet With Canners Dr. G. W. Adriance, head of the Horticulture Department, and R. F. Cain, also of the Horticulture Department, have announced that they will spend January 26, 27, and 28 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley conferring with members of the canning industry. While there, they plan to talk with the superintendent of Sub station No. 15 at Weslaco and the superintendent of Rio Farms, re garding a program of graduate work and assistantships in horti- cultui’e. By BILL POTTS The Aggies will play their fist home conference game of the basketball season tonight when they take on the no- longer-so-high-riding Baylor Bears in the feature event at eight o’clock in DeWare Field House. Slated to rebound from their embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Texas Longhorns ♦ Tuesday, the Bears are expected to outscore the much improved Ag gies tonight. Baylor is still lead ing the conference by virtue of the fact that they have played more games than any other team. The Bears have won four games and lost one while the Longhorns who are in second place, have won three of four games played. Farther down in the standings are the Aggies who have shown improvement with every game. The Farmers won their confer ence opener against TCU and lost to SMU the next night. Last Thursday night, they gave the Rice Owls plenty of worry be fore loosing a heartbreaker, 54-53. With that record, they rate fifth place in the conference standings. The lucky fans that don’t have a couple of finals Saturday will see a friendly little feud when the two varsity teams take the court at eight. The DeWitt brothers, John of A&M and Bill of Baylor, are both holding down starting berths on the opposing teams. Bill is the older and more ex perienced of the two but John is, expected to hold up his share of the family’s honor tonight. In fact, he’s been doing somewhat better than his brother this season in that department. He is now leading the Aggies in scoring for the season and has averaged 9.6 points per game while his brother, Bill, has averaged 6.2. John is the Aggies tallest man at 6’5” and will be at the center spot tonight. He got off to a slow start at the beginning of the season but finally hit his stride last week when he held the Rice Owl’s pride, 6’7” Bill Tom, to six points before he fouled out. This is Bill’s second year on the starting lineup for the Bears. He measures 6’3” and can be very dangerous with his shooting and fine ball hawking and will be a constant threat to the Cadets. The starting lineup for the Bears stfEf way TAXI Prompt Courteous Service PHONE 2-1400 Bryan Attend mm CHURCH First Baptist Church College Station -INVITES YOU TO ALL SERVICES— Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship .... 10:50 a.m. Training Union 6:15 p.m. Evening Worship .... 7:15 p.m. A CORDIAL WELCOMES AWAITS YOU Sunday Send THE BATTALION Home The remainder of the school year for only $2.00 SEND TO: Name Street Address City & State besides DeWitt will probably in clude Red Owens and Odell Pres ton at forwards, Don Heathington at Center, and eirher Bill Srack or Ralph Pulley at the other guard. Defense specialist Bill Johnson usually starts at the other guard along with DeWitt but he suf fered a knee injury in the Texas game Tuesday and will prob ably be sidelined for a major portion of the game. First line reserve Bill Hickman was ^Iso injurea in the Bears’ game with Texas and may not see much service. For the Aggies, the starters will be John DeWitt at center, Sam Jenkins and Gene Schrickel at the guard posts, and Bill Turnbow and Jim Kirkland at the forward posi tions. Jenkins, recently elected co-cap tain of the cage team, will be play ing his Igst game with the Aggie cagers tonight. The -6 foot, 150 pound guard from El Paso grad uates at the end of this semester. As an ironical note, Sam will be playing his last game against the team that he was once a member of when he was at Baylor in the ASTP. All members of the Cadet squad are expected to be in top shape after having had oyer a week c#f rest since their last game with Rice. All students with names be ginning with the letters A through M will be admitted first tonight. The doors will be thrown open at 7:30 on a first come, first served basis, if the gym is not filled at that time. Greentree Stable’s Capot got his name through his dam, Piquet, which is the name of a card game. In piquet, capot means to take all the tricks. Oklahoma Aggies Top St. Louis In 29-27 Upset STILLWATER, Okla., Jan. 21 (A 1 )—Folks down here say it takes a miracle for a basketball team to whip the Oklahoma A&M Ag gies on their home floor. And today the St. Louis Univer sity Billikens, rated the nation’s No. one squad, are thinking 1 it— if not saying it, too. Last night a standing-room- only crowd of 9,600 saw the Ag gies topple the Bills from the country’s unbeaten ranks by the low, narrow score of 29 to 27 in a one-period overtime game. St. Louis came to town confi dent of victory. Coach Eddie Hick ey said earlier this week he wasn’t bringing his team here “to play mumblety-peg—we’re going to win at' Stillwater this week.” A&M coach Hank Iba wasn’t talking. He just said the “game is in the hands of the boys.” The Aggies, ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press first na tion-wide basketball poll, have lost only eight games out of 136 played here in 14 years. The lead changed three times before the overtime period began with the score at 25-up. J. L. Parks counted a field goal within a minute to send the locals ahead. A&M’s Jack Shelton, sub stitute center, followed with an other two/ points. The scoring was closed out when “Easy” Ed Macauley, St. Louis’ mighty center, found the net for two points. The Aggies were the only team to defeat the Billikens last year. In fact, they beat them twice. 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