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Longhorns Take Double-Header, Varsity 56-43, Fish 45-43 TU Frosh Eke Out Last Minute Win; Walker Shines for Aggies By FRANK SIMMEN, JR. The return of lanky Ed Fauk to the Shorthorn cage lineup was all the Texans needed to slip over a 45-43 decision over the Aggie Fish last night in Austin. The talented Houston freshman, who missed the last meeting of the two teams because of scholastic inability, kept his team in a tight race scoring 15 points an<14 playing a rugged defensive game The ex-all stater truly made the difference in the two squads as he kept the Fish guards from working the ball into Davis' under the backboard and then getting most of the rebounds right from under the arms of the Aggies’ lan ky center. It was a tight fray all the way with the score tied seven times. A last second basket by James Dowies gave the Texas Frosh a 23-23 tie at the inter mission. Little Woddy Walker did some fancy ball handling, dribbling and shooting to lead his teammates to an almost win over the more fortunate Sips. With two minutes to go in the closing moments of the fray the score was notched at 43 all. Davis fouled out almost immediately and Falk made a tip in after the at tempted free throw by Dickie Har ris. This was all the Austinites needed and they froze the ball the remainder of the game. Fish Bobby Farmer started off the scoring for the night when he made a spectacular long shot from side court to give the Fish a two point margin, but this was short lived, for a minute later Falk, after taking a handoff from Klein, jumped high into the air, twisted, and almost went with the ball as it sailed through the hoop. This opening action al most repeated itself as Farmer made good a free throw attempt and Falk came right back for the Teasippers, after being foul ed, to notch the score again at 3-3. It stayed that way for quite a while until Bob Farmer again con nected to make it 5-3. This was too much for the Austin boys so they called time to discuss the matter, but this resulted in a burst of power for the Aggies as they went quickly ahead sinking four field goals in five minutes. The Aggie lead was not threat ened again until just before the half. With the accurate shooting of Farmer, Davis, and especially Walker the Fish maintained a 23- SEAT COVERS 17 lead with only 2 minutes to go. Shorthorn center Don Klein made a charity shot good which was fol lowed by field goals by Scarbor ough and Klein and Dowies to give the Texans enough to fill the seven point gap before mid-period. In the second half fleet guard Luther Scarborough of the Shorthorns made a long shot count, but Eddie Houser quick ly made it a tie game again when he took a handout from Walker to dribble in for a crib. The score shifted back and forth from time to time with neither team being able to get more than a five point lead on his opponent during the whole second half. The Fish guards had consider able trouble in getting the ball into reaching distance of Ag cen ter Bud Davis, who was very closely guarded by the Shorthorns’ Joe Falk. Eddie Houser seemed like the only Fish eager on the squad that wanted to give the tall center a chance to get his hands on the ball. Long shots on the part of the College Station boys came al- omst immediately after posses sion of the ball. A majority of these were missed and recover ed by either Don Klein or Joe Falk of the Shorthorns whose long reach and accurate coordi nation gave them possession of both backboards. The decision evened the annual series between the two teams, the Fish having won in a previous meeting in College Station by a score of 56 to 41. This was the second loss in eight starts for the Fish and the third victory in six starts for the Texans. BOX SCORE $11.95 Installed Free LACK’S Joe Faulk ’32 Owner 217 So. Main Pho. 2-1669 A&M Fg Ft Pf Tp Bentley, f ...1 1 1 3 Houser, f ...3 1 3 7 Davis, c ...3 1 5 7 Walker, g ...4 4 1 12 Farmer, g ...3 2 3 8 Bvbee, f ...3 0 1 6 Church, f .0 0 0 0 Gibbs, g ...0 0. 0 0 Totals .17 9 14 43 Texas Fg Ft Pf Tp Falk, f ...7 1 0 15 Harris, f 1 0 3 2 Klein, c ...4 3 3 11 Scarborough, g ...4 2 4 10 Loe, g ...0 0 3 0 Dowies, g ...3 1 2 7 Totals .19 7 15 45 Score at half: Fish 23, Short horns 23. Free Throws Missed: Houser, { Davis 2, Walker 2, Farmer 4, Falk 3, Harris 3. j Officials: Carl Bredt and Gor- ! don Bailey. REV. W. R. HALL GUEST MINISTER at THE COLLEGE STATION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Each evening this week 7:15 p.m. EVERYONE WELCOME GRAND OPENING of the NEW MODERN Wallpaper Show Room & Appliance Mezzanine (Free Cookies) STOVES RADIOS WASHING MACHINES TELEVISION Free Gifts for Everyone Saturday, Feb. 19 Since 1888 Gene Schrickel Chosen As Second Star Of The Week Tigers Win Over Jewett 45 - 40 In Playoff Series By LEON SOMER Basketball came into the spotlight again this week as Gene Schrickel of the Aggie cage team was chosen as the second STAR OF THE WEEK. Last week another Aggie eager, John DeWitt, was nominated for this honor. The second Star Of The Week selection was based on athletic contests held during the4 week of Monday February 7 to Sunday February 13. During this week Aggie teams played South ern Methodist and Texas Christian in basketball and held duel swim ming meets with Baylor and Sou thern Methodist. Schrickel is a 6’1” guard from Arlington, and is playing his last season for the Farmers. He came to A&M from NTAC where he played basketball and was chosen on the second all-state junior college team. Last season Schrickel lettered at guard with the Cadet varsity and this sea son he was chosen as captain of the Aggie basketball team. The selection of Schrickel was was slow in based on his fine performance in Consolidated last week’s basketball tilt with TCU. The Aggie guard counted two field goals in the last two minutes of play which enabled the Cadets to win 39-37^ and to climb out of the Southwest Conference cellar. Schrickel was also high point man in the Aggie-Frog game with nine points. Golfers Open Houston Tourney HOUSTON, Feb. 17 —(A*) Rough golfing is in prospect for 150 am- ateu?’S and professionals who began play in the Houston Open Tourna ment today. The tournament will be held at * 0U L the Brau Burn Country Club. The 1 course is spotted with pine trees, 1 narrow fairways and numerous, traps. The A&M Consolidated Tigers won the first of a two out of three game series for the basketball championship of District 61B when they trimmed the Jewett Eagles : 45-40 in Jewett Monday night, j The Tigers took an early lead ! and were never headed. Scoring n the first half with leading 7-6 at the end of the first quarter and 17-14 at the half. The Tigers increased their lead to 33-23 in the third quarter but in the final quarter, with 68 seconds remaining, the Eagles pulled up to 40-42. Jake Magee then added three points on a gift shot and a field goal to ice the game. Scoring honors for the night went to Brown of Jewett who scor ed 18 points. Close behind Brown was teammate Lagrone with 16. Red Cashion and Sonny Prewit scored twelve points each for the winners. Other Consolidated scor ers were Magee with nine, Dowell with eight and McDonald with These same two teams will meet again tonight at 8:30 p. m. in the Consolidated Gym. Should Jewett win tonight, a third game will be played in the Madisonville High School Gym on Saturday night. The winner of this series will represent the district in the Reg ional Meet in Huntsville on Feb- Greathouse Signs With Chicago Cardinals CHICAGO, Feb. 17 —<A>> Full back Myrle Greathouse of Okla homa’s Sugar Bowl champions was | ruary 24, 25, and 26. signed by the Chicago Cardinals j of the National Football League, j Mississippi will play three night Greathouse, 26, is a native of football games next fall, against Amarillo, Texas, the home town Auburn in Mobile on Sept. 24, Bos- of the late Stan Mauldin, Cardinal ton College in Boston on Oct. 14, tackle, who died after a league and LSU in Baton Rouge on Oct. game last season. 29. 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It looked as if the visitors might sweep the match when the third line started, but an early slump by the first string assured Baylor of at least one point. A&M’s first team, Don Bos ton, Wally Dixon, Bill Klabunde, R. C. Lyon, and Claude Lee chalked up games of 817, 810, and 838 for a total of 2465. The second squad, Brad Holmes, Em mett Trant, R. L. McClure, Mar vin Hagemeier, and Robert Wil liams hit 775, 767, and 721 for an aggregate of 2263. With Lunceford’s help, the third team of Harris Cox, Fred Wilson, Floyd Henk, and A. B. Harris fin ished with 676, 717, and 763. for a 2156 total. Baylorite Bill Sprecher took high game honors for the night with a 228 game, beating Lunce ford’s best effort by one point. But the best game of the night was a practice nine-strikes-in-a- row 255 line by Bill Klabunde. Aggie R. C. Lyon gave A&M one extra point by hitting 198 in his first game, when the Baptists trailed in total team score by only 20 points. Lyon did not hit that good the rest of the night, but his other two games of 157 and 183 gave him second high score on the A&M team. Wally Dixon also hit a nice 198 final line, at a time when the Ag gies were losing their lead uncom fortably fast. His 524 earned him third-place laurels on the Aggie roster. Another five-hundred man was Claude Lee with 508. A curve ball expert, Lee had trouble in the second game and posted a 152. Several other keglers had trouble with the strange, slick . alleys. Holmes, Harris, and Hagemeier were also plagued with inopportune splits. Undoubtedly the worst hand!- ’Mural Bouts By Wrestlers Nearly 60 wrestlers squar ed off in the Little Gym Wed nesday afternoon as the larg est number of bouts to date were run off in Intramural Wrestling. Fastest time of the afternoon was .when Saunders of “A” Field pinned Todd of “B” Infantry in 53 seconds. Savage action was seen in the 179 lb class as Hughes, ‘B’ Engineers, pinned Cotton of 'B’ Vets in less than two minutes. Here are all the results by classes: Martin, ‘B’ Field, flattened Barlow, CWS in the 129 lb class. Last years winner in that weight Carlson of ‘C’ Infantry, won over Cooper of ‘C’ Cavalry on points. In the 139 lb class, Keeland of ‘C’ Air Force pinned Coslett of ‘A’ Flight. ATC’s Duffie scored on points over ‘B’ Field’s Currie. Clark, ‘D’ Flight, was pinned by Penn of ‘F’ Flight. Seth of ASA lost to Mason of CWS. Simpson, ‘A’ Infantry, pinned Leon, ‘B’ In fantry. One lone event in the 159 lb class saw Eubanks of ‘A’ Cavalry win over Arnest of ‘C’ Cavalry on points. The 169 lb field found Sykes of ‘D’ Field outpointing Moran of ‘D’ Infantry. Lee of CWS defeated Turner of ‘A’ Signal. Mims of ‘E’ Engineers was pin ned by Crowell of QMC; Ramb- lin, ‘A’ Signal did the same to Oliver, CWS. On- points, Leisner of ‘A’ Infantry scored over Holl- man of ‘A’ Engineers. Lantham of ATC pinned McDaniel of ‘B’ Engineers. ‘C’ Infantry’s O’Con ner outpointed Dykes of ‘C’ Field On a pin, Faulk of ‘C’ Air Force beat McCullough of ‘E’ Engi neers. The largest number of bouts oc- cured in the 179 lb class. Baugh of ‘A’ Signal flattened McConnell of ASA in an overtime, Vornfall of CWS outpointed Kaplan of ‘E’ Flight. Cotton of ‘B’ Vet was pinned by Hughes of ‘B’ Engineers and Braden of ‘A’ Field allowed Bennet of ‘C’ Infantry to press him for the count. Rogers of ‘C’ Cavalry pinned Hughes of ‘B’ Em gineers. Sullivan of ‘B’ Engineers out pointed Crumoine of ‘B’ Infan try. Jones, ‘E’ Infantry, pinned Bowlman, ‘B’ Vets and Kadel, Ordinance, did likewise to Jekel of QMC. Liberto of Dorm 3 flat tened Breadle of ‘F’ Flight. Or dinance company’s Berryman outpointed Daily of ‘B’ Vet. In a lone heavyweight match, Bland of ‘B’ Air Force won on points over Reckoff of ‘A’ Signal. Second Half Longhorn Attack Proves Fatal to Aggie Cagers By TRAVIS BROCK Striking like a bolt of lightning in the second half of play with almost perfect shooting by Vilbry White and Tom Hamilton, the Texas Longhorns downed the Aggies 56-43 last night in Gregory Gym. Texas jumped into the lead in the first thirty seconds of play with a field goal by stouts Tom Hamilton. Slater Martin and i were from the foul line. A1 Madsen each added two point ers to give the Longhorns a six point lead after five minutes of play in the first period. Bill Turnbow broke the ice for the Aggies with a field goal from close under the basket after six minutes of play had elapsed. Wallace Moon and John DeWitt found the range then, to bring the Aggies within three points of the “Sips.” Play in the first half was slow with both teams not being able to hit the basket much, but the Longhorns left the court at inter mission leading by a slim margin of 19-17. Texas began to open up in the last half with a fast breaking offense that slowly increased their slim two point lead into a 16 point margin midway of the second half. It was the long looping one handed shots by White that really told the difference in the last half of play. Held scoreless in the first half, White began hitting the hoop early in the second half with great accuracy to gain second high scor ing honors for the Longhorns with 14 markers. High point honors for the night went to Tom Hamilton of the Longhorns with a total of 17, while Bill Turnbow of the Aggies fol lowed a close second with a total of 15 points. John DeWitt of the Aggies and Vilbry White of the Longhorns tied for the runner-up spot with 14 points each. Jewell McDowell, the Aggie Sophomore Flash, could not find the range of the basket from the court, but totaled five points by the free throw route. McDowell’s point total slowed the Aggie of fense, but his defensive play against' the high scoring ace of the Longhorns, Slater Martin, was great. Martin was able to sink only nine points during the game and a large percentage of those In 1948, when they won the Na tional League pennant, the Boston Braves had the lowest percentage in the league for hitting home runs at home. THERE HERE!! We now have in stock— JUSTIN Cowboy Boots of many colors and designs— Sold at regular prices. HOLICK’S BOOT SHOP “Serving Aggies for 60 Years” N. Gate DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS merican cap the Aggies had to put up with was the abstainance from smoking while bowling in Bay lor’s student center. On the Baylor ledger, Spreech- ed led his team with 553, followed by Gene Clark with 521. Low game honors on the Aggie team went to Fred Wilson, with a 110 score. Tentative plans call for a return match with Baylor here on March 19. An attempt will be made to arrange a match with Rice in the next few weeks. One of the sidelights of the trip was the hearty welcome ex tended by Baylor’s checkroom manager, Buddy Tinsley, Bear All-Conference football player. Another great defensive game for the Aggies was played by Wal lace Moon, who held A1 Madsen, the little boy with a thousand el bows, to only seven points. Moon also aided the Aggies offensively by dropping in three field goals for a total of six points. A win over the Aggies last night gave the Longhorns a clean sweep of the games played this season between the two teams. Texas hav ing deefated the Aggies in their pi’evious meeting 50-41 in DeWare Field House. BOX SCORE A&M Fg Ft Pf Tp Turnbow, f .. 5 5 4 15 Batey, f 0 0 0 0 DeWitt, c 5 4 3 14 Schrickel, g .. 0 1 4 1 McDowell, g .. 0 5 0 5 Kirkland, f .. 0 0 0 0 Moon, f 3 0 3 6 Martin, f 0 0 1 0 Miller, g 1 0 2 2 Mobley, g 0 0 1 0 Totals ....14 15 18 43 Texas Fg Ft Pf Tp Hamilton, f .. 5 7 ' - 2 17 Martin, f 3 2 4 8 George, c 3 1 4 7 Madsen, g .... 1 7 3 9 White, g 7 0 0 14 Kelley, f 0 0 1 0 Womack, f .... 0 0 3 0 Taylor, c 0 1 1 1 Totals ...19 18 18 56 Score at half: Texas 19, A&M 17 Free Throws Missed: Turnbow 3, DeWitt 3, McDowell, Hamiltor 3, George, Madsen 2, Womack Martin. Officials: Mike Williamson anc John Radford. HOLIDAY An Adventure in Good Smoking tai/inad The finest Shirts y-ni’ll find at the low price of— $2.89 Made to sell at from $3.50 — $4.50, these Shirts are available to us on a consignment basis. White . . . Fancy Patterns All Sizes . . . Varsity Collar Styles DON’T DELAY — THEY’RE GONG FAST The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies”