Vilbry White Smashes Aggie Plkns As Steers Triumph, 50-41
Fish Overtake Shorthorns To
Protect Perfect Record, 55-41
Texans’ Fouls Big
Factor in Contest
By BILL POTTS
Coach Taylor Wilkin’s Ag
gie Fish cagers defeated the
University of Texas Short
horns 55-41 Saturday night in
DeWare Field House in a basket
ball game that was characterized
by the football-like tactics of the
little ’Sippers. Undoubtedly, the
freshmen 'Sips must have thought
that spring football training had
already started because they all
handled themselves as if they were
225 pound fullbacks about to make
that last, desperately needed, five
yards to the goal line.
While most of the so-called first
string ’Sips managed to foul out
Aggie Fish: Fg Ft Pf T
Houser, f 13 5 5
Bentley, f 3 117
Church, f 0 10 1
Bybee, f 4 3 2 11
Davis, c 5 2 5 12
Glover, f 0 10 1
Farmer, g 2 2 4 6
Walker, g 3 4 2 10
Sandlin, c 0 0 0 0
Parke, g 0 0 0 0
Johnson, f 1002
Bredthauer, f 0 0 1 0
Ogletree, g 0 0 0 0
Shorthorns Fg Ft Pf T
Harris, f 4 0 0 8
Dowies, f 3 2 5 8
Tolar, f 2 2 0 6
Gatlin, f 0 0 10
Klein, c 115 3
Ransopber, c 0 0 1 0
Scarborough, g 2 6 5 10
Bengtson, g 0 3 5 3
Loe, g 0 3 2 3
Halftime score: A&M, 23, Texas,
26.
Freethrows missed: A&M (12).
Davis, (5), Church, Bentley, Bybee,
(2), Farmer, Walker, Johnson.
Texas : ;(11). Harris, Gerhardt,
Gatlin, Loe, Scarborough, (2),
Hopkins, Klein.
Officials: Brezeale and White.
shortly after the second half had
started, only two of the Fish, cen
ter Buddy Davis and forward Ed
die Houser, fouled out for the Ag
gies.
The Aggies started off the
game with shots that looked as
if they were only hoping to hit
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1949
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EDDIE HOUSER, forward on
the Fish basketball team from
Big Spring, has proved his abili
ty to hit the bucket consistently
this season. Although not a very
tall forward, Houser can still get
high for rebounds.
the backboard and not the basket.
In the first ten minutes of play,
the Shorthoros had forged into
a 14-9 lead. In that time, the
Fish managed to make two field
goals; the rest of their score at
that time was gratis to them,
courtesy of the Shorthorn’s fouls.
The last ten minutes of the first
half featured a lot of wild playing
on the part of both teams. The Ag
gies managed to get seven field
goals while holding the Austinites
to four long shots and four gratis
ones. Their rally was topped off by
a beautiful shot by the Woodhouse
Bowling Will Be
Held Tonight
The second round of play in the
Bowling Tournament will be held
tonight in the YMCA. The date
had to be changed from Wednes
day because of a conflict with the
SMU basketball game.
All keglers scheduled to com
pete tonight have been notified
by mail; the other entrants will
hold the final round next Friday
night. These two nights are the
only ones open on the alleys
this week as another organiza
tion has reserved Tuesday and
Thursday nights.
Thirty eight men have entered
the tournament, including the 12
who shot their tryout round last
Thursday. Prospective team mem
bers are reminded that they will
be charged the usual rates for
bowling their three games in the
playoffs, although there will be no
charge when the team goes to com
pete with Baylor University.
Seven men in the first playoff
averaged over 150, and this will
probably be the lower limit for
the team selection.
Kid, Woody Walker, from out near
the ' center line. His shot went
through the bucket as the bell
sounded ending the first half. That
made the half-time score 26-23 with
the Shorthorns still in the lead.
At the beginning of the' sbcond
half, the Fish cagers came alive
and two minutes later they took the
lead and never relinquished it. Ed
die Houser made four points to do
it, two on a field goal and two free
ones given him by one of the ’Sips’
starters, Dowies, as he fouled out.
Bill Bybee, the Amarillo boy
who is scheduled to pitch for the
Fish baseball team this spring,
sparked the Fish on with shots
Texas Never Loses Early
Edge in Taking Loop Lead
By SACK SPOEDE
Before the basketball game with Texas Saturday night,
most observers here believed that if the Aggies could stop,
or even slow down A1 Madsen, Slater Martin, and Tom Ham
ilton of the Longhorns, the Farmers would have a chance to
take the game. But out of the orange horizon appears Vilbry
White, who proceeds to throw-f- : "
the ball into the hoop for a total
Everybody is smiling as DICK TODD signs his contract to coach at A&M. Coach HARRY
STITELER, left, and Athletic Director BILL CARMICHAEL were both happy to add the ex-A&M
and Washington Redskin star to the Aggie coaching staff.
Todd will actively assume his job when the weather lets up enough to start spring training.
\ arsity Sinks Fish Tankers
that kept T.u.’s backboard smok
ing. The Fish collected 11 points
during the first six minutes of
the last stanza and kept the
Shorthorns scoreless.
From that moment on, the game
was never in doubt as the Fish
pulled away on the shooting of
Davis and Bybee and the fancy ball
handling of Walker.
Outstanding in their playing Sat
urday night were Woody Walker
because of his ball handling and
court generalship and Bill Bybee,
who really got hot when he was
near the basket.
Jewell McDowell, fireball sopho
more guard who joined the Texas
A&M varsity basketball team at
mid-term, is the best handball
player on the Aggie campus.
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By SCOTTY SWINNEY
A&M’s varsity swimming
squad submerged the aspira
tions of the Fish tankers for
an upset victory in an intra-
squad swimming meet at
Downs Natatorium Satur
day afternoon, 38-37. Not until
the final man of the last event,
the 400 yard freestyle relay, touch
ed the edge of the pool, was the
victory assured for the upperclass
men however.
Danny Green saved the day for
the varsity as he regained the
four yard lead that Butler had
allowed the Fish in the third
lap of the 400 relay.
The untried Fish were outstand
ing even in defeat as they held
the varsity to four of the nine
firsts. Three men definitely show
ed their worth through feats in the
pool.
Van Adamson demonstrated his
merits by taking firsts over Ber
nard Syfan of the varsity in the
220 and 440 yard freestyle events.
In both races there was no doubt
that one of the two would win,
as they left the pack swimming-
stroke for stroke all the way to
the finish, where, in both cases,
young Adamson pulled ahead to
win by a close margin.
Billy Karow, son of basketball
coach Marty Karow, was another
outstanding performer for the
Fish with his second place in the
50 freestyle, and by showing his
heels to the pack by a comfortable
forty feet in tlie 200 breaststroke.
His time in the breaststroke was a
near-pool record, that standing at
2:37.3, and Bill’s time being
2:38.5.
Two other outstanding swimmers
on the Fish team were Sargent
and Klipple. Sargent swam a leg
of the medley relay and anchored
the 400 relay. Also, he placed first
in the 150 yard backstroke. The
other man, Klipple, though not a
man in age, can hold his own in
the pool. Young Klipple, who plac
ed third in the 100 freestyle, also
swam a very comendable leg of
the 400 relay.
Though the meet was close, let’s
take no credit away from the var
sity team for Coach Adamson
matched the meet in such a way
as t© make it a close one by hold
ing out some of his best varsity
swimmers from events that they
would normally have competed in.
Results of the meet:
300 medley relay: Fish (Reeves,
Comstock, Sargent) time, 3:21.
£20 freestyle: Adamson, Fish;
Syfan, Varsity; Peters, Varsity;
time, 2:25.
50 freestyle: Green, Varsity; Ka
row, Fish; Fisher, Varsity; time,
0:24.8.
Diving: Potter, Varsity: Strait,
Varsity; Mitchmore, Varsity; 47.3.
points.
100 freestyle: Ellis, Fish; Fish
er, Varsity; Klipple, Fish; time,
0:59.6.
150 backstroke: Sargent, Fish;
Kruse, Varsity; Reeves, Fish; time
1:49.2.
200 breaststroke: Karow, Fish;
Summers, Varsity; Comstock, Fish
time, 2:38.5.
440 freestyle: Adamson, Fish;
Syfan, Varsity; Vardeman, Var
sity; time, 5:24.5.
400 freestyle relay: Varsity (Da
vis, Rouse, Butler, Green); time,
4:05.8.
of 21 points.
As Baylor lost to Arkansas, Tex
as took over the conference lead
with this victory.
This dark headed fellow named
White starts in a hurry, scoring
four points before the first minute
of play is up. Both shots were
made from way out at the corner
of the court and didn’t touch the
rim of the bucket.
Jimmy Kirkland had drawn first
blood in the fracas with a free
throw after the game was only
five seconds old. Then Texas’ boy
Vilbry took over to give the Steers
a lead that they never lost, or even
worried about losing.
Bill Turnbow gave the Aggies
their first field goal after two
minutes and forty-five seconds of
play when he sank a long field
goal from center court. Turn-
bow was injured later in the
first half when he twisted and
sprained his ankle. A&M’s chan
ces against SMU Wednesday
and TCU Thursday will be im
paired with the probable loss of
Turnbow.
According to Coach Marty Karow
of the varsity cagers, Turnbow will
see only limited action at the most
for the remainder of the week.
X-rays taken last night, however,
shows that there was no fracture
of the bone in the ankle.
Luckily the Aggies escaped any
further injury in the game despite
some of the attempts of the Texas
players and their use of elbows,
especially one little guard from
Wisconsin.
Height under the backboard was
again one of the factors that hurt
the Cadets chances of taking this
game from their arch-rivals of
Austin. John DeWitt, Aggie center
was blocked off from many re
bounds by bulky Tom Hamilton
and Phillip George. Incidentally,
the only substitution made by the
Longhorns during the night was to
send in sophomore center Bill Tay
lor for George.
Sophomore Jewel McDowell and
senior Slater Martin of the Tea-
sips, each guarding the other,
put on almost identical perform
ances during the game, as can be
seen in the box score. Martin
came out slightly better in the
duel, however, as he missed only
one free throw while the Aggie-
land Gem failed to score twice
from the charity line.
Texas moved to a seven to one
lead in the first two and half min
utes of play with white-hot White
scoring six of the points and Ham
ilton adding the other with a free
throw after he was fouled by De-
Witt. This was the first of Hamil
ton’s 14 points for the night.
John DeWitt, who scored ten
points against the Steers, discov
ered during the game that the only
way to keep Hamilton from drop
ping his deadly hook shots into the
basket was to prevent him from
getting the ball and being in posi
tion to move away and make the
attempt at the bucket.
At halftime the score was 21-14
in favor of the Steers. McDowell
made the first score for the Aggies
in the second half with a beautiful
jump shot, followed by a crip shot
by DeWitt that put the score at
23-18 in favor of the Austinites.
A&M’s hopes for a surge were
chilled however when Martin sank
a long two-pointer and Hamilton
hooked one into the bucket.
Mac scored the last point for
the Aggies via the charity route
after he was fouled by Martin,
Vibry White had the last say in
the game when he sank another
gratis shot.
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