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Aggies Meet SMU Here Tonight, TCU Thursday, In Basketball
Aggie Cagers Take On Strong
Tyler Junior College Tonight
Apaches Have Strongest JC Team In
State; Davis Develops Sore Ankle
By FRANK SIMMEN, JR.
Coach Taylor Wilkins will send his undefeated freshmen
cagers into action tonight against a strong Tyler Junior
College quintet in a preliminary game in DeWare Field
House starting at 6 o’clock.
The underdog freshmen will run up against five all
staters that are now members of*"
the Tyler team. Going into the
fifth week of conference play, the
Tyler cagers are undefeated in
seven games and only have one
loss against their near perfect re
cord.
Leading the list of Apache
basketballers is Byron Miller,
Texas’ most valuable high school
eager last season. The young
Dallas eager who played with
Crozier Tech last season, has
topped the Tyler lads in the
scoring column in most of the
games this season.
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Another all-stater, Joe Palafox,
played last season with the Apa
ches, has exhibited some fine floor
play this year and should be a real
help to the east Texans in their
quest for a victory tonight. Pala
fox won the outstanding player
award in the junior college tourna
ment that was held in College Sta
tion last year.
A Sidney Lanier product of
the Tyler squad is Robert Rod
riquez, starting center for the
Apaches. The young 6’5 ? ’ eager
of San Antonio was an all-state
product during the 46 and 47
cage seasons.
Filling out the list of Apache
starters is Champion and Richard
son. Champion, another all stater
from Crozier Tech, will hold down
a starting forward position. Jim
Richardson will hold down the
other post in the tilt tonight a-
gainst the Fish. He is an east
Texas product who was chosen on
the all-national squad last sea
son when the Apaches were parti
cipating in the national JC meet
in Kansas City.
The Tyler quintet lost its first
game of the season to the SMU
freshmen by a close margin, but
since that time have remained
undefeated. In one of the wildest
scoring contests in Texas history
the Apaches defeated the Le-
Tourneau Tech cagers in a con
test in Beaumont by a score of
108 to 26.
The Baylor freshmen five also
fell before the Apaches by a score
of 72 to 42. The young Bears could
not seem to stay together against
the Tyler attack. The east Tex
ans also ran up a twelve point
margin in a game with Lamar
Junior College.
Jumping over to the Aggie
side of the fence we find
Buddy Davis with a sore
ankle. Coach Wilkins stated that
he will start Davis in
hopes that his ankle will prove
to be alright. He has been tak
ing it easy in practice the last
few days in hopes that he will
see action against the Tyler
team.
Royce Sandlin, a reserve center
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Corpus Fencers
To Meet Farmer
Team Saturday
The Texas A&M Fencing Team
will meet the Corpus Christi YM-
CA in the Houston Y, February
12, in a dual meet. The meet is
one of the team matches scheduled
by the Amateur Fencers League
of America.
The Aggies who have had only
one official match scheduled and
that with the University of
Houston, which withdrew from
the AFLA before the meet, are
inexperienced with the exception
of Ignacio Barrios, returning let-
terman and top man in the South
west Conference in saber, and
Gus Mistrot, also returning let-
termen in foil.
The team which will make the
trip is as follows:
Foil—Ignatio Barrios, Gus Mis
trot, and Gerald Monks.
Epee—John H. Happ, Alvin
Hope, and J. C. Fails.
Saber—Ignacio Barrios, Gus
Mistrot, and John Happ.
The meet will consist of three
matches in each weapon, the
winners being the first to get the
required number of points in the
respective weapWq 5 for foil
and saber, and 3 for epee. Points
acquired will count on the final
scoring of the teams in AFLA
competition.
Members of the team who have
won individual points in the cur
rent year are Ignacio Barrios, 3rd
place and 7 points in an open foil
meet in College Station, “Speck”
Fails 5th place and 5 points and
Gerald Monks 6th place and 4
points both in a prep foil meet in
Houston.
from Moody, Texas is also on the
injured list. Sandlin sprained his
ankle in practice the early part
of the week.
Coach Wilkins will probably
start Davis at the pivot post,
Woody Walker, who showed such
dazzling form in the Yearling- con
test, at a guard slot; Eddie Houser
and Bentley at forwards and Bob
Farmer at the other guard posi
tion.
The Fish will be seeking their
seventh straight win of the sea
son tonight, having already de
feated the Texas, Rice, and Bay
lor frosh quintets as well as
Allen Academy, Wharton Junior
College, and the Sam Houston B
team.
As a preliminary to the varsity
contest between A&M and TCU on
Thursday night the freshmen will
again perform against Wharton
Junior College. The Fish have al
ready defeated the Wharton Coun
ty lads once this season by a score
of 52 to 41.
Frankie McFadden, who was at
A&M until the early part of De
cember, has since transferred to
Wharton and is playing on their
cage team at present. McFadden,
who was having schoolastic trou
bles at Aggieland, is catching up
on some back hours that he needs
at the south Texas college.
Bob Tomlin of East Bernard,
who led the Pioneer attack in
the first Fish-Wharton tilt, is
the leading eager on the Pioneer
'squad. Tomlin, who is 6’6”, scor
ed 10 points in that contest as
well as leading his team de
fensively.
In this contest the Fish squad
will not have the services of their
star guard Jewell McDowell, who
has moved up to the varsity. The
voung Amarillo eager racked up
24 points to lead the scoring as
well as pace the Aggies floor play
in the last meeting of the teams.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1949
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Low Scores Posted in Bowling
Playoffs; Barrett Tops Field
Scores in Monday night’s bowling playoffs were all low,
with no kegler able to post a 150 average. Donald Barrett
came closest with a 3-game total of 438, an average of 146-
Strikes were few and far between for most of the bowl
ers, with the exception of Marvin.Luceford, who racked up 4
strikes in a row his last line for a-* *
188-game. But a bad middle score
of 111 kept Luceford’s total to
433.
The only other four-hundred
game was made by Harry
Vaughn, who hit 418.
Two of the bowlers with the
smoothest form, A. B. Harris and
Vernon Smith, both had hard
nights and hit below their par
game.
The ironical part of the night
was that Lyon, a non-entrant,
was averaging 180 on the vacant
fourth alley. Lyon will be given
a lane in Friday’s playoff if all
of the alleys are not filled.
Eight of the 12 bowlers in Mon
day’s playoff still are holding on
to their tentative squad positions.
However, several good keglers are
still on tap for Friday’s session.
Wednesday, February 16 has
been selected as the tenative date
for the tournament with Baylor,
but this date may be changed if
facilities will not be available
there at that time.
An announcement of the squad
roster will be made in Monday’s
Batt, and team members will be
asked to attend a practice session
that night.
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Aggie Soccer Team
Opens Practice In
Need of Sponsor
This semester the A&M Soccer
team begins its activities with a
five game schedule.
The Aggies have coming games
with Oklahoma A&M, Oklahoma
U., Allen Academy, Texas U., and
a team from Galveston. Team work
outs will be held on Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday at 5:00 p. m.
behind the baseball diamond.
The team is open to anyone
wishing to play soccer, and new
uniforms, which have just arrived,
will be issued to the players dur
ing the next workout.
At the present time the team is
interested in getting a sponsor.
Spring Events
Set for ’Mural
Calendar
Intramural wrestlers continue to
weigh in this week for their events
that start next Monday afternoon.
Over 160 entries have signed up
so far.
This afternoon, a wrestling dem
onstration will be held in the little
gym at 5 p. m. All bouts are sche
duled to begin at 4 p. m. next week
but Corps Athletic Officers should
check their schedules on drill days
for changes.
There are eight classes in In
tramural wrestling. Last year’s
winner in the 149 lb class was
Don Kutch. In the 129 and 139
lb classes, Bob Garcia and Bob
Carlson were the title holders.
Joe Flescher won the 149 lb di
vision and Rudy Koenig annexed
the 159 lb class.
The 169 lb defender is Jack Scott
and Ken Rogers plans to defend
his championship of the 179 lb
division. G. B. Klatt was the 1948
Heavyweight winner.
Team Handball schedules have
not been announced; Monday was
the closing day for entries. Ath
letic Officers will be notified of
times and dates.
So far only two dates have
definitely been set for Intramur
al events this spring. Wrestling
gets underway on Monday the
14, and Boxing will start on
February 28. Boxers must get
their entries in by February 21
and will weigh in on February
22 and 23.
Closing date for entries in soft-
ball and horse shoes is February
15. Vet softball will likely begin
Students A-M Get in First;
Doors Open to All at 7:30
By LEON SOMER
The Southern Methodist Mustangs invade College Sta
tion tonight in the first of two games to be played in De-
Ware Field House this week. Tomorrow night Texas Chris
tian will engage the Aggies in another conference tilt here.
Both varsity games will begin at eight o’clock.
Monday night the Southwest
Conference cage race was thrown
wide open by the defeat of Tex
as and Rice, two teams that had
been on top of the conference
scramble as the result of Bay
lor’s loss to Arkansas last week.
Four teams are now definitely
in the running for the champion
ship. These teams are Arkansas,
Rice, Baylor, and Texas. Baylor
and Arkansas, with five wins and
two losses, now lead the confer
ence race. Close behind these two
teams are Texas with four wins
and two losses and Rice with three
victories in five games played.
Against the Cadets tonight the
Mustangs will depend on their
two high scoring forwards, Jack
Brown and Bob Prewitt. In Mon
day night’s 47-46 win over Rice
these two cagers scored a total
of 27 points.
The Aggies will rate as several
point underdogs against a Pony
team that has already defeated
Marty Karow’s cagers once this
season. The Farmers’ chances for
an upset tonight were dealt a blow
Saturday night when forward Bill
Turnbow was injured in the Texas
game. Turnbow probably will see
only limited action against both
the Mustangs and Frogs.
The Aggies’ hopes for victory
against SMU will rest largely on
the shoulders of center John De-
Witt and guard Jewell McDow
ell. DeWitt is now in second
place in the conference scoring
race with 84' points. This total
is only five points less than that
made by Julius Dolnics who is
the present leader.
In the other conference game
tonight, TCU travels to Houston
to meet the Rice Owls. The feath
ered flock will be favored to de
feat a Horned Frog team that has
won only one conference game this
year.
Student coupon holders whose
initials are A through M will be
admitted first up to 7:30 in to
nights game. After that time
students will be admitted on a
first come first served basis.
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
School
W
L
Pet.
Baylor
5
2
.714
Arkansas
5
2
.714
Texas
4
2
.667
Rice
3
2
.600
SMU
3
4
.429
A&M
1
5
.167
TCU
1
5
.167
LEADING SWC SCORERS
Name
T.P.
Ave.
Dolnics, TCU
89
14.8
DeWitt, A&M
84
14.0
Heathington, Baylor
84
12.0
Ambler, Ark.
83
13.8
Prewitt, SMU
77
12.8
Hamilton, Texas
69
13.8
Brown, SMU
Tom, Rice
68
11.3
67
16.7
Owens, Baylor
66
9.4
Kearns, Ark.
56
9.3
White, Texas
56
11.2
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earlier than Corps competition this
spring.
On Tuesday, March 24, entries
for open golf and open tennis, as
well as Swimming and Diving must
be in. April 14 is the closing date
for track and field entries. May 5
is the last day for entries in the
Open Weight Lifting meet.
No dates have been set for Fight
night; Track and Field meet, Open
Badminton Meet, and Open Weight
Lifting Meet, nor has any date
been set for the Appreciation Bar-
B-Q and the Victory Ceremony at
the Penberthy Message Center.
Sports
Calendar
AVEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Basket ball game 6:00 p. m.
Texas A&M Freshmen vs. Tyler
Junior College.
Basket ball game 8:00 p. m.
Texas A&M vs. Southern Meth
odist.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10
Basketball game 6:00 p. m.
Texas A&M Freshmen vs.
Wharton Junior College.
Basket ball game 8:00 p. m.
Texas A&M vs. Texas Chris
tian.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Spring football training be
gins.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Fencing Meet— Texas A&M
vs. Corpus Christi YMCA at
Houston.
Swimming Meet 3:00 p. m.—
Texas A&M vs. Southern Meth
odist in P. L. Downs Natator-
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