The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 24, 1949, Image 5

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    Bernard Syfan Chosen Star
Of Week For Swim Roles
As the Star of the Week, the
Sports Staff has picked Bernard
Syfan of S'an Antonio.
Syfan is a distance man on the
swimming team and is in his last
year of eligibility. He is Coach
Adamson’s outstanding varsity dis
tance man, and also turns in a very
creditable dash when called upon.
In the opening meet of the
season against Oklahoma Univer
sity, Syfan won first place in
the 220 and 440 yard freestyle
and swam a leg on the 400 yard
freestyle relay event which the
Aggies also won, giving him a
total of 11 % points for the meet.
Against Baylor, Syfan swam
only one race, the 220 yard free
style, and that he won easily giv
ing him 5 points. Then against S
MU the following week Syfan
again won the 220 yard freestyle
as the Aggies trimmed the Ponies.
When the tankers took to the
road to meet Texas, they alter
ed their usual swimming lineup,
BERNIE SYFAN
and Bernard swam the anchor
position on the two relays in
stead of the distances. The first
relay was won by Texas, but in
the 400 yard freestyle relay, Sy
fan anchored the winning team,
which unofficially broke the con
ference record for that event.
After swimming a very good
race at Austin last Thursday, Sy
fan accompanied the team to Lou
isiana where he did his bit to set
up the Aggie victory in that meet
by placing second in the 220 free
style and first in the 440 yard
freestyle. It was in the 440 that
Syfan really stepped out and made
himself the choice for Star of the
Week. In this event, he stepped
out and set a new pool record with
a time of 5 minutes 32.3 seconds,
breaking the old record of 5:47.6.
Last week’s meet brought Ber-
nie’s total for the year to 34 1 / 2
points and also, keeps up his stand
ing. of not having finished an in
dividual race without gain i n g
points for his team.
Sharpshooters Will Not Return To
Compete in Annual JC Tournament
The two sharpshooters who es
tablished most of the individual
scoring records in the first annual
state junior college basket ball
tournament last year will not re
turn to compete in the second
tournament here next week.
Sydon (Rocky) Hrachovy and
Charley Whitten performed for
Blinn JC of Brenham and Paris
Junior College, respectively, last
season. Now Hrachovy is on the
Texas Aggie squad and Whitten is
a Starter at East Texas State.
Hjachovy, a comparative “shor-
tie* at 6-1, scored the most
points, 72; compiled the best
point-average for players en
gaging in more than two games,
18; received the most free
throws, 33; sank the most free
throws in one game, 8; received
the most free throws in one
game, 13, and looped 11 field
goals in one game for secpnd
high honors in a single game
department.
Whitten, a 5-11 guard, played
in only two games. He meshed 30
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points in one game and averaged
20 per game before his team was
eliminated.
Among other records that play
ers in next week’s tournament
will be shooting for is the mark
of 15 field goals made in one
game by Charley Whitten.
In the free throw department
there is one record that can only
be equaled. This is a six for six
free throw mark that was made
by D. W. Hawkins, then playing
for Wayland JC.
McMurry Sets Pace
In Bridge Tourney
Edgar McMurry took top honors
in the bridge playoffs Tuesday
night in the YMCA Lounge with
a total of 4510 points in 16 hands.
Each of the 20 contestants played
four hands with four different
partners during the night.
Although McMurry won only 3
of 4 matches, he amassed enough
in those three hands to come in
first,. .Second place went to Frank
Simpson, who tallied 4250 points
for his efforts.
Simpson and Guy Norfleet, the
sixth-place winner, were the only
two men to win all four games.
It. C. Lyons and Tommy Split-
gerber made the highest total
for a four-game stand, marking
up oyer 2300 points. This score
gave both players enough points
to put them on the eight-man
squad to represent A&M in the
national intercollegiate match.
Other team members selected
were James Bothwell, Clifford Mc-
Gown, and Royce Brimberry.
There were several other good
players whose bad hands or weak
partners kept them from making
the regular squad. H. M. Moore, R.
L. Blakeney, and G. B." Whisen-
hunt were among these.
Whisenhunt and Moore will be
alternate players in case that
some of the team members fail
Thursday, Feb. 24
Broiled Redfish, Maitre d’
Hotel
Chicken a la Morengo
with Rice
Stuffed Peppers with
Creole Sauce
HAM ’N
’49 Schedule
Rated Best In
Buff History
HOUSTON, (Spl.)—By far the
best schedule of Major league ex
hibition games in the history of
Houston, with a parade of some
of the greatest stars of them all,
will be seen in Buff Stadium this
Spring.
Brooklyn, the World Champion
Cleveland Indians, the New York
Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals,
the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Chica
go White Sox, the Chicago Cubs,
all will make their appearance.
That means such greats as Stan
Musial and Harry “the cat” Bre-
cheen of the Cards, Lou Boudreau
and Bobby Feller of the Indians,
Walker Cooper, Johnny Mize of
the Giants, Ralph Finer of the
Pirates, and Jackie Robinson of the
Dodgers will be seen in action
here.
Also, there is a generous
sprinkling of night games, so
that more fans will be able to
watch the Major Leaguers.
Advance reserved tickets now
are on sale at Buffalo Stadium
and may be ordered by mail.
Games in which Major League
teams will play cost $1.75, those
between Minor Clubs cost $1.25.
Orders, with P. O. money orders
or cashier’s checks attached, should
be mailed to the Houston Baseball
Association, P. O. Box 1691, Hous
ton, Texas.
to show up for the tournament,
which will be held Friday night
at 7:30 in the YMCA.
The tournament will be compos
ed of 18 pre-delt hands, and each
hand will have a proper bid. A
failure to make the correct bid
will count against the bidders and
for their opponents.
Visitors will be welcome to watch
the tournament.
Wally Hood, ^r., is a New York
Yankee pitching rookie. His father
hurled for Brooklyn in the twen
ties.
KELLEY’S
EGGER
Italian Pork Daube
with Spaghetti
Beef Stew a la Dutch
Friday, Feb. 25
Broiled Trout, Lemon
Butter
Fried Shrimp
Renoulade Sauce
Shrimp a la Creole, Rice
Veal Pot Roast
Philadelphia Pepper Steak
49c (2) Eggs 49c
Scrambled in Full Cream
(1) Slice Virginia Ham
(2) Hot Biscuits
Jelly
Served G to 10 a.m. Daily
KELLEY’S COFFEE SHOP
“Good Food — That’s All”
Hays And Bland Head Wrestling Finish
Finals to Be Held Monday
Night Following Cage Game
Rice Dumps Steers 65 to 49,
Baylor Beats Ponies, 47 to 38
HOUSTON, Feb. 23 (A>) —Rice
couldn’t miss in the second half
Wednesday night as the Owls
knocked the University of Texas
Longhorns out of the Southwest
Conference title picture, 65 to 49.
After trailing twice by nine
points in the first half, Rice
drew even, 21-21, at the intermis
sion and took complete control
to win going away in the final
period.
Gerhardt, McDermott 2, Foley 3.
DALLAS, Feb. 23 <A>)_Baylor
University whipped Southern
Methodist 47-38 here Wednesday
night in a Southwest Conference
basketball game.
The victory was Baylor’s fifth
straight over the SMU Mustangs.
The Mustangs led most of the
first half, but Baylor’s Bears
roared back to take a 22-to-21
halftime lead.
It was Baylor’s seventh confer
ence victory against three defeats
and kept alive the Bears’ anemic
title hopes.
opportunity to
draw
into
a first-
Don Heathington led
the Bears
place tie in conference standings
with 18 points.
Jack
Brown
was
by defeating
league-leading
Ar-
high pointer
for the
losers
with
kansas here Saturday night.
17 points.
Texas
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SMU
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P
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White, f
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2
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Prewitt, c ....
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1
3
9
Hamilton, f ...
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7
4
13
Salmon, g ....
.1
1
1
3
George, c
....0
0
4
0
Penn, f
.0
0
2
0
Madsen, g
....8
5
3
21
Brown, f
.6
5
2
17
Martin, g
....4
5
1
13
Lutz, g
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3
3
5
Taylor, c
...0
0
3
0
Cannady, f ..
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0
1
0
Womack, f
....0
0
1
0
Martin, g ....
..0
0
1
0
—
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—
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Gillespie, g ..
.1
0
1
2
Totals
...16
17
18
'49
Owen, f
..1
0
0
2
Rice
G
F
P
P
Zatopek, f ....
.0
0
0
0
Switzer, f
....4
2
1
10
Wilson, c
..0
0
0
0
McDermott, f .
...5
4
3
14
McKnight, g
.0
0
0
0
Tom, c
8
5
2
21
Young, g ....
...0
0
0
0
Cook, g
....5
1
2
11
—
—
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Foley, g
2
2
3
6
Totals
14
10
14
38
Tighe, g
0
0
0
0
Baylor
G
F
P
P
Gerhardt, f
1
1
0
3
DeWitt, f ....
...2
1
3
5
Vahldiek, g
0
0
1
0
Heathington,
g-
...5
8
4
18
Proctor, g
0
0
1
0
Preston, c ....
...0
3
5
3
—
—
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Owens, f ....
...6
0
3
12
Totals
...25
15
13
65
Hickman, g ..
...3
0
2
6
Halftime score: Texas
21,
Rice
Srack, c
...1
1
1
3
21.
Pulley, f
...0
0
0
0
Free throws
missed:
Switzer,
—
—
—
—
Totals 17
Halftime score:
SMU 21.
13 18
Baylor
47
22,
Free throws missed: Prewitt,
Penn 2, Brown 4, Cannady, Mar
tin, DeWitt, Heathington 2, Pres
ton, Hickman.
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PORTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1949
Page 5
EMIL (AL CAPONE) MAMALIGA can still be recognized even
without his greatest prop, the cigar.
Aggie Diving Coach Has
Never Competed In Diving
By SCOTTY SWINNEY
Ohio has given one of her native
sons to Texas, and he is located
at Texas A&M. This son is Emil
Mamaliga, who came to Aggieland
in the fall of 1947 as diving coach
and physical education instructor.
Mamaliga was born in Canton,
Ohio, and it was there during his
sophomore year in high school
that he swam his first race against
competition. That was the year
that his high school went into a
three way tie for the top high
school team of the country. Emil
was swimming breaststroke on the
team.
Before leaving high school
competition to enter Ohio State,
“Mammy” made the All-Ameri
can High School squad in the
breaststroke. Then at Ohio State
he kept up his swimming and
further made a name for him
self as a tankman.
As a junior in college, Mama
liga placed second in the 200 yard
breaststroke at the Big Ten Con
ference Meet, and as a senior plac
ed third in this event.
Also while in college, Emil
placed 5th in the Intercollegiate
Meet as a breaststroker, and was
again 5th in the same event in
the International AAU Indoor
Meet. His senior year at Ohio
State, they took all possible
championships. This marked the
first time any team had made
this record, one which Ohio State
has twice since repeated.
There may be those who wonder
about a diving coach who wasn’t
a diver himself, but Mamaliga has
some very good points to qualify
him. He learned how to teach the
boys the best in diving practices
under the tutilage of Mike Peppe,
who is recognized as the world’s
best diving coach. Under him, Emil
was taught to analyze divers, and
diving techniques, and also how to
show the boys what they are do
ing wrong.
‘Mammy’ is, according to all
reports, married to a very won
derful lass from Chicago, whom
he met there while in the navy.
He is also the very proud fath
er of a four year old boy, who
answers to the name of Paul.
Some of the veterans who ser
ved in the Pacific may have seen
him before, for Mamaliga was in
on the invasions of the Phillipines
and Okinawa.
The most amazing thing about
the Aggie swimming team under
the leadership of Art Adamson and
Emil Mamaliga is the fact that
the two coaches get along fine and
work very well together. This is
outstanding because Emil is an
Irishman, and Art is an English
man. No other team can make that
statement!
GOLFERS MEET IN
HOUSTON
HOUSTON, Feb. 24 —(£’)— Top
amateurs were here for competi
tion in the Houston Country Club’s
thirty-first annual invitation golf
tournament.
Ed White, Houston, the defend
ing champion, topped the list.
Frank Stranahan, Toledo, Ohio,
British Amateur champion and
former titlist of the Houston Invi
tational, was also among the com
petitors.
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Battalion Sports Quiz
(1.) Man’s fastest time in going from the foot of Pike’s
Peak to its summit, a distance of 12.5 miles, is about:
10 minutes; 15 minutes 30 seconds; 25 minutes 30 seconds
(2.) Has the American or National League won the majority
of the All-Star games?
(3.) Brooklyn’s Dodgers played in the longest major league
ball game in history when their game with the Boston Braves
lasted:
24 innings; 26 innings; 28 innings.
(4.) Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in:
1923; 1927; 1932.
(5.) In 1924 a Texan in the Major Leagues hit .424 to top the
all-time records. He was:
Ty Cobb; Babe Ruth; Roger Hornsby.
(6.) What Southwest Conference Basketball coach was an
All-American performer in that sport at the school where he is
now coaching?
Joe Davis; Marty Karow; Jack Gray; Bill Henderson
(7.) Man o’ War was beaten only by:
Upset; Regret; Black Gold.
(8.) The average horse can run a mile in about:
1 minute 40 seconds; 2 minutes 5 seconds; 2 minutes 50
seconds.
(9.) Who holds the record for the total yardage gained through
out their collegiate career:
Frank Sinkwich; Red Grange; Glenn Davis; Dick Todd
(10.) The first college to broadcast a football game was:
Harvard; Cornell; Duke; Texas A&M.
it, “We should’ve stayed home.”
Williams also posted the second
top score of 175, beating Claude
Lee’s best by one pin.
Emmett Trant was second to
Williams in total score with 489,
and his line of 172 was fourth
high for the night.
Several members of the squad
could not make the practice ses
sion because of impending quizzes.
Absent were Wally Dixon and Don
Boston, while Marvin Hagemeier
was on the sidelines with a case
of “bowler’s thumb.”
Claude Lee and R. C. Lyon,
both member of the first team,
hurt their averages considerably
in last night’s practice. Lee
dropped from an average of 180
to 166, and Lyon from 171 to
162.
Harris Cox, Fred Wilson and
A. B. Harris, the three low men
on the squad, had equally bad
games last night and called it a
draw.
The Aggie challenge to Rice has
not been accepted as yet, but ap
peared in yesterday’s issue of their
school newspaper. Notice of the
acceptance will be made in the
Batt.
It has been a long and hard struggle for 14 wrestlers
who will fight for the championship in their class. The hard
est struggle of all came yesterday afternoon in the Intra
mural semi-finals.
Two real titantic battles came off in the Heavyweight
class. First bout was between Bill
Hays of “A” Field and Don Grubbs
of “B” Engineers. Both men strug
gled upright in the ring for two
and a half minutes before Grubbs
forced a take-down. Hays won the
match on points.
This was but a warmup for the
other Heavyweight bout that pitted
Fred Klatt of White Band against
Bob Bland of “B” Air Force.
Bland had the weight on Klatt
but couldn’t force a quick deci
sion. The match went into three
overtime periods leaving each con
testant weak and sweaty. Bland
emerged victorious after 14 min
utes of fighting.
Bland and Hays will then battle
it out for heavyweight title.
Otto Yelton of QMC made the
quickest fall of the afternoon
over Harold Springfield of Ordi
nance. Yelton took his opponent
down in a minute flat and gets a
chance at the championship of
the 149 pound class.
Two lightweights in the 139
pound division put the fastest
show of the day. Bobby Carlson,
‘C’ Infantry, won a decision over
Jack Mason of CWS. Neither wres
tler stayed still very long and
spectators saw action galore.
Cliff Pfiel of ‘A’ Field lost a
close match to Bill Lee of CWS.
Lee went the whole five minutes
and won on a two point to one
decision. It was a 169 pound fight.
Dere Keeland was a point win
ner over Frank Thurmond. In
this tight the lead changed hands
several times tor the two 139
pound lighters. An evenly fought
match saw Don Trammell oi' ‘C’
Field beat Leo Mikeska of ATC
in the 149 pound class.
Law Hall’s Ben Lampkin pin
ned Wylie Wooten of Ordinance in
three minutes and forty seconds
and advance to the finals of the
159 pound class. Another winner
in that class was Bob Schubert of
QMC who pinned Ernest Trenck-
mann of Law in five seconds less
than three minutes.
In the 169 pound class, “A” In
fantry’s Jake Leissner pmnecj Al
onzo Vick from College View in
two minutes and a halt.
Ken Rogers of “C” Cavalry
goes to the finals by virtue of
his win over Joe Pate of “F”
Flight. Pate, noted for his air
plane spin, tried this hold on
Rogers but was unable to make
it effective. A match determined
by hard fighting and brute
strength was between Hershel
Jones of "E” Infantry and Dick
Baugh of “A” Signal. Jones won
on points.
Of the wrestlers advancing to
the finals, four are following an
old route they took last year. Don
Kutch of “C” Field won last year’s
119 pound class and fights again
this year. It’s the third straight
year in wrestling for Bobby Carl
son in the 139 pound division. He
was champion last year.
Ken Rogers will defend his title
in the 179 pound class that he
won last year. Fred Klatt was
Heavyweight winner in 1948 but
lost out yesterday in the heavy
weight semi-finals.
The finals will be fought Mon
day night after the basketball
game with Arkansas in the De-
Ware Field House.
Bowling Team Has Bad Night;
Bob Williams Tops With 198
Robert S. Williams of Dorm 16 temporarily holds the
high score record in the YMCA bowling race. His 198 was
the best that the “Cream of the crop” could muster last
night. This score is not expected to last long.
The entire team was off last night, with several games
coming dangerously close to the+
century mark. As one bowler put
Aggie Golf Team
Prepares for ’49
SWC Campaign
Texas A&M golfers are giving
par some regular poundings on the
Bryan Country Club course as they
warm up for the 1949 conference
campaign. The Aggies are defend
ing Southwest Conference champ
ions.
Twelve Cadet hopefuls are now
working out daily at the Country
Club course. The Aggies’ starting
foursome for early season matches
will be determined soon by 54 holes
of medal play.
Travis Bryan Jr. broke the
Bryan course record this week
when he posted a 61. The prev
ious record, a 63, was also held
by Bryan.
Among other Aggie golfers who
have turned in low scores are Mon-
ta Currie and Bart Hal tom of Bry
an, John Henry of Ennis, Gene
Darby of Pharr, L. R. Mays of
Corpus Christi, Jack Andrews of
Fort Worth, and Jack Barnett of
Eastland.
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