Smooth Pony Cagers Give Aggies A Lesson To Tune Of 49-35
Tyler Jr. College Hands
Fish Team 78-43 Defeat
By FRANK SIMMEN, JR.
Tyler Junior College brought the Aggie Fish six game
winning streak to a halt l$st night when they handed the
Fish their first defeat of the season by the overwhelming
score of 78-43. The Fish were simply outclassed from start
to finish.
Palafox led the scoring with 164
points followed by Champion and
Rodriquez of the Apaches who
racked up 15 and 14 points re
spectively. Aggie center Buddy
Davis ended up with 15 points to
pace the Fish.
Combining a fast break with
an excellent brand of floor play
the Tyler lads, early in the
game, took a five point lead.and
literally scored at will to win
going away. The Apaches,
throughout the game, gained
control of both backboards and
taking full advantage of their
height, as well as their skill,
handed the hapless Fish their
first setback.
With Miller and tall center Bob
Rodriquez under the Aggie hoop
Davis was screened out most of
the time; he had considerable
trouble in getting his hands on
the ball, let alone taking a shot
at the hoop. Davis made a few
of his shots from under the bas
ket, but since the Fish could not
work the ball in through the Ty
ler defense, the tall center had
to rely on the long ones for count
ers.
Quickly taking a 15 to 4 margin
in the first seven minutes of play
the Tyler cagers quickly and calm
ly ran away from the Fish. By
the end of 13 full minutes of play
the Apaches were out in front
by a 30 to 9 count; within 16 min
utes they jumped ahead even more
racking up 37 to the Aggies 15
points.
At the start of the second
half it looked as if the Fish were
going to give the Tyler cagers
a run for their money; but this
was short lived as the Apaches
with the combined help of Mil
ler and Champion, together sank
seven field goals in five min
utes of play to further increase
the Apache lead.
A total of 49 fouls were com
mitted on the part of both squads.
BOX
Tyler JC
SCORES
Fg Ft
Pf
Tp
Richardson
....4
3
1
11
Miller
.. .1
1
3
3
Rodriquez
....4
6
5
14
Palafox
....6
4
4
16
Champion
....5
5
1
15
Orona
1
0
1
2
Mathews
....1
1
2
3
Hunt
....1
1
2
3
Revel
....1
0
0
2
Penberton
....0
2
4
2
Holiday
....3
1
2
7
Richardson W.
....0
0
0
0
Total
..28
25
25
78
Fish
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Houser
....2
0
3
4
Bentley
....2
0
1
4
Church
....0
2
3
2
Davis
....6
3
4
15
Bybee
....1
3
2
5
Farmer
....1
0
5
2
Walker ..
....2
4
1
8
Gibbs
....1
0
3
2
Ogletree
....0
0
1
0
Johnson
...0
0
0
0
Bredthauer i
...0
0
1
1
Total
. 15
13
24
43
The Tyler bunch counted for 25
with the Fish committing 24 mis-
plays as the whistle sounded al
most automatically throughout the
fray. The Fish were only able to
slip through the hoop 13 of their
charities while the Tyler basket-
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Star Of The Week
John DeWitt, Aggie Cager,
Selected As Star Of Week
By SACK SPOEDE
This week the Battalion Sports Staff inaugurates its
selection of the STAR OF THE WEEK each Thursday. Ar
rangements have been made for the winner of this award to
receive a week’s pass to the Campus Theater.
Our first selection as the out-*
standing athlete representing A&M
in the week from Monday, January
31 to Sunday, February 6 was John
DeWitt of the varsity basketball
team. During this period the Ag
gies played Arkansas University
and Texas University in basketball
and met the University of Okla
homa Sooners in swimming meet
at Downs Natatorium.
In the Arkansas game in Fay
etteville, DeWitt scored 26 points
for the Aggie cause to top all
scorers for the Maroon and
White. Although the Aggies lost
the game, they led most of the
game and gave a very good ac
count for themselves.
Against the Longhorns of Texas
U., DeWitt again led the scoring
for the cadet five. In this game he
racked up 10 points as the Aggies
again put up a good fight before
finally being submerged by the
Steers from Austin.
While playing for the Waco
High Tigers in the 1946-47 sea
son DeWitt made the All-Tourn-
! ament teams at the Dallas and
Houston cage meets. John was
considered one of the outstand
ing prospects in the state as
Waco won the district and bi
district titles and moved into the
state play-offs in Austin.
Waco had the bad lufck to draw
Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio
in the first round of the state
tourney. Kyle Rote, Ben White,
f’at Knight, and Charley Lutz, all
now at SMU, were the leaders of
the Jeff Mustang cagers at that
time. Waco was trampled at Rote
and White went on to make All-
State. Lutz had made it the pre
vious year as a Junior. Other mem
bers of the All-State team of that
year were Joe Palafox of El Paso,
now at Tyler Junior College, Jack
Brown of Dallas, playing for SMU
and Jewel McDowell of A&M.
• John’s two brothers, David and
Bill, are both enrolled at Baylor
where Bill is a starter on the Bay
lor team. David was a member of
the Baylor squad last year but
di’opped the sport this season.
John, in his second year at Ag-
gieland, has two years of eligibili
ty remaining in which to continue
to show the great form that he
showed last week.
Aggies Favored Against
Frog Cagers Here Tonight
The Aggie cagers play their
second game in as many days
tonight when they take on
the Texas Christian Univer
sity Horned Frogs in DeWare
Field House at eight o’clock.
Students with names beginning
with the letter's N through Z will
be admitted first. At seven-thirty
the doors will be thrown open to
any others wishing entry.
The Aggies will be in a strange
role tonight;' they are favored to
win this one because of their de
feat of the Frogs in an early sea
son contest on the Frogs’ home
floor. In their first conference con
test of the current basketball sea
son, the Aggies had little trouble
in whipping the Christians, 58-42.
Scheduled to be the main
trouble-maker for the Cadets to
night is “daddy” Julius Dolnics
the Frogs’ high scoring center.
At present, he is leading the
scoring in conference play and
has averaged 14.8 points per
game.
In the opener at six o’clock, the
Aggie Fish cagers will take on the
Wharton Junior College cagers.
The Fish had little trouble in, de
feating the Wharton team in an
earlier meeting and are expected
to repeat.
BOWLING LEAGUE
FORMED
The Wesley Foundation has an
nounced the formation of a Church
Bowling League, which will bowl
on Tuesday and Thursday nights
at the YMCA lanes.
At the present time eight teams
have been entered in the league.
They include the Baptist, Presby
terian, Church of Christ, Catholic,
Hillel Club, and two teams from
the Methodist Church.
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Spring Football
Practice Will
Begin Friday
Candidates for Texas A&M’s
1949 football team will start learn
ing their assignments from two
different formations when the Ag
gies plunge into 30 days of inten
sive spring training here tomor
row afternoon.
Head coach Harry Stiteler an
nounced today that the Cadets will
use the “same formations we us
ed in 1949—the T and double
wingback.”
“At least we will work from
those two formations during the
spring training. I can’t say at this
time whether or not we swing
over entirely to the T or wingbhek
next fall. It all depends on what
clicks in spring drills.”
Stiteler said the week’s delay in
the start of spring work would
not change the plans for four dif
ferent Saturday afternoon games.
No squad game is planned for
Saturday, Feb. 12.
One of the hottest battles of
all will be the fight for the ball
handling slot on the T-formation
Jimmy Cashion, senior letterman
from College Station, and 1948
squadman, Don Nicholas of Min
eral Wells, are the only hold
overs at the quarterback slot.
These two are due to get much
competition from Dick Gardemal
of Port Arthur and Delmer
Sikes of San Angelo, ineligibles
of last season, and three boys
up from the freshman team, Yale
Lary of Fort Worth, Gerald Bo
wen of Corsicana and Fred Bred-
thauer of Brenham.
Jimmy Flowers of Dallas, who
worked as offensive tackle and de
fensive linebacker last season, may
be shifted to center. The Cadets
expect to be strong at center with
Flowers getting plenty of help
from letterman Bob Bates of Ft.
Worth, squadmen Hugh Meyer of
Gainesville and Hulen Smith of
Grand Saline and several promis
ing freshmen.
Stiteler must develop a punter
to replace Bob Goode, who did 95
per cent of the kicking last fall.
He will groom Frank Tor no of
Cameron, Bob Smith of Houston
Lary of Fort Worth and Mack
Stoeltje of Beaumont for this
job.
For group work, Dick Todd will
instruct the backs, J. T. King the
ends and Bill DuBose the tackles,
guards and centers. Freshmen
Coach Barlow (Bones) Irvin and
Stiteler will work where they are
needed most.
Mustangs Never Lose Early
Lead As Brown Rules Board
A smooth playing Southern Methodist basketball team trimmed Texas A&M in DeWare
Field House last night 49-35 in a rough and tumble affair. The Aggies collected 19 fouls
in the game while the Mustangs committed only ten.
The Ponies took the lead in the first minute and a half of play on a crip shot by guard
Charles Lutz and from then on they were never behind. The Aggie cagers never seemed
to find the mark and many times
S
Battalion
PORT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949
S
Page 5
Outstanding High
School Athletes
Enrolled at A&M
Little Aaron Cohen of San An
tonio Thomas Jefferson, 1948 state
Big City schoolboy singles tennis
champion, heads a group of out
standing athletes who enrolled at
Texas A&M for the spring semes
ter.
Other new Aggies include G'ene
Landrum, baseball and basket ball
player from Abilene and a partici
pant in the 1948 North-South all-
star cage game; trackmen Harry
Green, Houston S. F. Austin; Da
vid Yiengst, Houston Rnagan and
Louis Belinsky of San Antonio
Thomas Jefferson.
Also enrolled were baseball
players Elmer Locke of Port
Arthur, Charles Smith of El
Paso and Dean Jordan of Hous
ton Reagan, and two swimmers
from Houston, Dwight King and
John David Mitchmore.
Carl Menger, a star runner and
passer for Hearne the past two
seasons, is the sixth freshman
football player to enroll at mid
term. Menger who weighs 176, now
lists Paducah as his home and is
considered a fine prospect in base
ball and golf.
Another outstanding fx-eshman
football prospect enrolling in A&
M for the spring semester from
Sulphpr, Louisiana, is Jim Mat
thews. Matthews is a 190 pound
end who made the All-State team
in the Bayou state last season.
The other Sulphur player enrolling
at A&M, Paul Todd, is a 185 pound
guard.
lost the ball on bad passes under
their own basket.
Jewell McDowell was the main
spark of the Farmer offense and
his long shots kept the Cadets in
the game. McDowell was a demon
on defense and during the second
half, while guarding Lutz, he kept
the Mustang cager scoreless after
Lutz had racked up nine points in
the first half of the game.
Leading the scorers last night
was Jack Brown of the Ponies
with 14 points. He was follow
ed closely by teammate Bob
Prewitt and McDowell of the
Aggies with 12 points each.
! Center John DeWitt got off to a
slow start in the first half for the
Cadets and failed to score a point.
However, he came back in the
second half to rack up seven points.
DeWitt held Pony center Penn to
six points.
In the first six minutes of the
game SMU took a 9-3 lead and the
contest was better than seven min
utes old befox-e Wallace Moon
dribbled under the basket to scox-e
the first field goal for the Cadets.
The Farmers began to close in
on the Mustang lead in the clos
ing minutes of the first half
and with two minutes left the
SMU margin was cut to 18-16
before the Ponies pulled away to
a 25-18 lead at the half.
The Aggies came back after the
intermission and once again cut
the SMU lead to two points, 28-
26.
Then the Mustangs, led by foi’-
ward Jack Brown, who scored two
quick field goals, increased their
lead and coasted on to victory in
the final minutes of play.
Forward Bill Turnbow of the
Aggies, who was injured in last
Saturday’s Texas game, made his
appearance in the second half of
last night’s and should be ready
to go against Texas Christian to
night.
BOX SCORE
WALLACE MOON, sophomore from Bay, Arkansas, scores the
first field goal for the Aggies in the game last night with the SMU
Mustangs. Trying to block Moon’s shot is JACK BROWN of the
Mustangs. This bucket brought the score to nine to five with the
Dallas team on the long end of the count.
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Aggie Track Team
Will Lack Balance
In Field Events
The 1949 edition of the Aggie
ti'ack team will again be a strong
contender for the Southwest title.
The Cadet’s chances of winning
this crown for the thii’d consecu
tive time depends largely upon
the points garnered in the weight
events.
A once formidable array of
talent in these events has abrup
tly dissolved to where only one
dependable performer is left. The
Farmers lost Bob Goode when
he signed a professional foot
ball contract. Franklin Young
has graduated, Bob Smith is in
eligible, and Gene Salmon quit
school. That leaves a staggering
load on George Kadera’s capable
shoulders.
All is not black though, for
Coach Anderson’s charges are well
stocked in the track events. Re
turning are Ray Holbrook, Ervin
Bilderback, Connally Ludwick, Don
Cai-don, Walter Evans, Don Mitch
ell, Fuston McCai’ty, and Don En-
glehart in the quarter-mile alone.
The other running events ai’e
equally well taken care of. In fact
the Aggie track squad leaves little
to be desired.
1499 TRACK SCHEDULE
March 12—The Border Olympics
at Lax-edo.
March 19—The Ft. Worth Stock
Show and Exposition Track Meet.
March 26—A dual meet between
the Fish and the Vai'sity.
April 2—Texas Relays in Austin.
April 9—A dual meet with Texas
here.
April 16—A triangular meet
with Rice and Texas in Corpus
Christi.
April 23—A dual meet with Rice
in Houston.
April 29—The Drake Relays.
May 4—A triangular meet in
Denton with NTSC and ETSTC.
May 14—The conference meet
in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
A&M
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Kirkland, f .
0
0
3
0
Martin, f ...
1
2
1
4
DeWitt, c ...
3
1
3
7
Schrickel, g
1
1
3
3
McDowell, g
5
2
3
12
Turnbow, f .
0
0
1
0
Hi*achovy, f
0
0
0
0
Baty, f
1
1
0
3
Mobley, g ...
0
0
1
0
Moon, g
3
0
1
6
Miller, g
0
0
3
0
Totals
14
7
19
35
SMU
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Bi-own, f ...
5
4
1
14
Prewitt, f ...
3
6
5
12
Penn, c
3
0
1
6
Salmon, g ...
2
3
3
7
Lutz, g
4
2
0
10
Owen, g
0
0
0
0
Martin, c ...
0
0
0
0
Totals
17
15
10
49
Half-time
score:
SMU
25, A&M
18.
Free throws missed: SMU —
Prewitt (2), Salmon, Owen. A&M
—DeWitt, Baty, McDowell.
Officials: Ab Curtis and Ad
Dietzel.
AGGIES MEET BUFFS
HERE
The Houston Buffs of the Texas
League have been added to the
Texas Aggies’ 1949 baseball sche
dule. Houston and the Aggies will
clash here on April 11.
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