Height Again Hampers Aggie Cagers As Porkers Win, 61-46
TRUETT MOBLEY, sophomore eager from Austin, will turn
his attention toward baseball after the game with Rice Friday night.
Mobley was an all-State pitcher for the Austin Maroons* chunking a
no-hit, no-run game in the state meet in Dallas in 1947.
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Battalion
PORT
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1949
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Page 3
Hurdlers Top Long List
Of Star Fish Tracksters
If the Texas A&M varsity track team can win their
third straight conference track title this May, there is a
good chance that the Aggies will be able to take the crown
for three more years.
The Aggies’ good prospects may be attributed to the
great crew of freshman trackmen^-
that Colonel Anderson has assem
bled at Aggieland this spring.
With numerous 'state champions
dotting the roster, these freshmen
promise to develop into the best
track team A&M has, ever had.
Leading the group are hurdlers
Billy Bless and Paul Leming and
sprinter Gary Anderson. Ander
son, the Big City 100 and 220
champ, hails from San Antonio’s
Brackenridge High School. He
has times of 9.8 in the 100 and
21.4 in the 220 to his credit. That
21.4 was one of the fastest high
school times recorded in the
United States last track season.
Bless, a Thomas Jefferson (San
Antonio) product, holds the na
tional high school record for the
200 yard low hurdles, a 21.7 block
ing he turned in while winning
the Big City Championship at Dal
las.
Leming, the young Beaumont
High speedster, was on the all-
Aanerica high school track team
/ast year. He won both the State
AA high and low hurdles and also
placed fourth in the 220 yard dash.
Bless and Leming were prob
ably the best high school hurd
lers in the nation last year.
Other outstanding sprinters are
Karl Hollier, Port Arthur dash
man, who has a 9.7 century time
and Buddy Schaffer, an El Paso
boy who had a 9.8 in high school.
Schaffer .is also a good hurdler.
He placed second to Leming in the
lows at Austin.
Joining Leming, Bless, and
Schaffer in the hurdles will be Bob
Farmer of Corpus Christi, a con
sistent point winner during his
high school career. Billy Tidwell
and Glenn Lippman are two more
dash men who figure prominently
in Colonel Anderson’s plans.
Incidentally, the five freshman
sprinters mentioned here will get
a late start because of football
spring training. Spring training
ends March 12, and this will give
these boys only one week to
prepare for the freshmen’s first
test, the Fort Worth Fat Stock
Show which will be held March
18-19.
It appears that Coach Putnam,
Aggie middle-distance mentor, has
uncovered a successor to the fam
ous A&M 440 dash champions. He
is Janies Baker of Dallas (High-
1948-49 Cage
Season Ends
This Week
The curtain will ring on
the Southwest Conf e r e n c e
basketball race this week with
two games yet to be played.
Tomorrow night the South
ern Methodist Mustangs
travel to Austin to meet
Texas while Friday night the Rice
Owls come to College Station to I
play the Aggies in the final game
of the 1948-49 cage season.
Only Friday night’s game be- |
tween Rice and A&M can have
any bearing on the outcome of
the conference race as both the
Longhorns and the Ponies are out
of the title chase.
Arkansas and Baylor clinched
their share of the championship
last night after defeating A&M
and TCU. Rice needs a win against
the Aggies Friday night to throw
the race into a three way tie. In
case there are co-champions or
tri-champions, there will be no
play-offs to settle the tie.
The Southwest Conference rep
resentative in the Western NCAA
Regional Tournament at Kansas
City early in March will be deter
mined by a district selection com
mittee.
There is also some possibility
that the Border Conference cham
pions, Arizona, may request a play
off between the Southwest Con
ference representive and the Bor
der Conference champions.
Lew Jenkins Meets
Basset in Return
PHILADELPHIA,. March 1—(dP)
Former lightweight champion Lew
Jenkins faces the toughest battle
of his ring comeback tonight when
he squares off for a scheduled 10
rounds of action against Ycvung
Percy Bassett.
The 32-year- old Jenkins of
Sweetwater, Texas will be pitting
his experience and tremendous
punching power against a 20-year
old featherweight who has won 27
of 28 professional fights.
J. E. Boyce, D.C.
CLINIC
REPORT
“Can We Ignore Such
Amazing Results?”
CHILD CARE
Nervousness
A young lady, age 29 years,
suffered a complete nervous
breakdown. Her mind was
(confused and she was unable
{to control her thoughts and
emotions. Head ached constant
ly; faintness frequently; severe
dizziness and crying spells. She
was unable to be left alone
and could not assume the .care
of her children* or her home.
She was brought to our clinic
and a Neurocalometer analysis
I and X-ray examination found
the cause to be a spinal cord
pressure at the base of the
skull. Corrective adjustments
were given and the patient be
gan immediate improvement.
There was a gradual return to
normal and today this young
lady is enjoying good health.
Scope of Chiropractic
While the wide scope of Chi
ropractic is amazing to the un
informed, we do NOT recom
mend Chiropractic as a cure-
all. Chiropractic is effective in
those cases only where the
case is found to be defective
organic energization due t o
spinal • subluxation (mis-align-
ment). Most all of our cases
are those that had previously
resisted ordinary methods of
healing. Our examination is de
signed to eliminate those we
can’t help.
Many people are beginrfing
to think for themselves and are
investigating the merits of Chi
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the body. Learn the facts about
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land Park). Baker, who used to
run the dashes, has been converted
to a quarter man, and he has al
ready turned in a 50 flat per
formance. Baker might also try
the 220 in addition to the open
quarter and mile relay.
Two other outstanding 440 men
are Wally Anderson, College Sta
tion product, and Louie Belinsky
a former San Antonio (Jeffer
son) runner. These two men will
probably join Baker and one
other man in forming a mile re
lay team.
That other man will be one of
the following: Jack Abbot, Dallas
(Sunset), Robert Harris of Long
view, Bob Tate of Corpus, and
Harry Green, Houston (Austin).
Among the 880 and mile can
didates, A&M has some poten
tially great runners. The milers
are led by Jack Jones of Robs-
town, the top distance man on
the squad John Garmany of
Richmond, and Marty White of
North Dallas High. Jones was
A&M’s best freshman cross
country man last fall. The lead
ing 880 men are Jody Zern of
Dallas, Marciel Sorrel of Whar
ton, Bob McArthur, San Antonio
(Jefferson), and Garmany.
In addition, there are some good
freshman prospects in the field
events. The broad jumpers are J.
P. Weber, a Corpus boy who plac
ed fourth in the A A meet and
Jimmy Waldrop, Houston (Austin).
Weber*.is an outstanding pole vaul-
ter as is Don Graves of Brown-
wood and Walter Childers of
Wichita Falls.
Graves is also the leading
high jump candidate. He placed
second in state during the last
track season. Another high jum
per is Joe Kemp of Ft. Worth’s
Masonic Home.
It appears that A&M is weak
in the shot put, discus, and jave
lin. However, Colonel Andy hopes
to uncover some likely point win
ners among the freshman football
team.
All in all, the Aggies are pretty
well stocked for trackmen for the
next three years. If everybody
lives up to past performances and
future promises, it seems a sure
thing that the conference flag will
be safe at Aggieland for many
years to come.
The Eastern Intercollegiate Lea
gue Golf championship will be
held at Annapolis, Md., on May 14.
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ENCHILADAS - STEAKS
The Heavyweight contender . . . Bob Bland of “B” Air Force, on the left facing his opjmnent,
Bill Hays of “B” Field. Hays beat Bland for the Heavyweight crown Monday night.
Carlson Wins 119 Pound Title
In Wrestling For Third Time
For eight Intramural wrestlers, it’s all over this year as they stand champions in
their respective classes.
Bobby Carlson of “C” Infantry came through with the climax of the evening.
Bobby has been taking part in Intramural Wrestling for three straight years now and his
victory over Dere Keeland Monday
night was the third crown he’s
annexed.
The Carlson and Keeland match
went into overtime the only one of
the evening to do so. It was re
scheduled as the end bout, so that
other fights could clear a way
and it couldn’t have come at a bet
ter time.
After five minutes of even
wrestling, the two fighters took
their turn at advantages. Kee
land threw a body drop on Carl
son that would have finished
anyone else, but the little champ
wiggled out of it and went on
to win on points.
Two other last year’s win
ners successfully defended their'
crotvns.
Ken Rogers, “C” Cavalry had a
tough time with Hershel Jones of
“E” Infantry. Jones stood much
shorter than Rogers but used
plenty of strength to hang ontbbetween Bob Schubert and Ben
his opponent. Rogers took a lead
after several tight moments but
Jones tried to flip Rogers, who
adaptly blocked the throw and let
Jones pin himself. The time was
two minutes and 51 seconds.
Don Kutch, who won last
year’s title in the 119 pound
class repeated the performance
against Keddell of “A” Field.
Kutch accomplished his win by
a pin in but one minute and 17
seconds the fastest time of the
evening. It was the all or noth
ing match for that class, as
only one bout decided the winner.
The 149 pound class found Otto
Yelton the winner over Don Tram
mell. Yelton won on points in a‘
match that exhausted both fighters
and Yelton went through on en
durance. The winner is from QMC
and the loser’s outfit is “C” Field.
For sheer ruggedness, the bout
Lampkin took the cake. Lampkin
had the height and reach but Schu
bert had a gorilla grip that could
n’t be broken. He won in five sec
onds over four minutes. Schubert
hails from QMC and Lampkin
comes from Law.
Shorty Bill Lee, a smart and
crafty fighter from CWS, upset
the dope of Jake Leissner of
“A” Infantry. Neither wrestler
scored a takedown til after two
minutes of the tilt had passed.
Lee gained his points then wore
out his opponent by just hanging
on.
The Heavyweights, Bill Hays of
“A” Field and Bob Bland of “B”
Air Force, put on a shpw of
weight and strength. Both lads
weigh well over the 200 pound
mark and so fixed was their ac
tions that a takedown didn’t occur
till two and half minutes had pas
sed. Bland attempted to get an
early advantage but his quick
movements may have caused him
to tire in the latter moments of
the bout. Hays won on points in a
full time match.
About a thousand spectators
stayed after the basketball game
to watch the grunt and groan boys.
They certainly got their money’s
worth, since no match was a pic
nic or walk-away.
Dean of Men, \V. L. Penberthy
was on hand to make the Intra
mural awards to the individual
winners as they walked off the
mat. It was a new role for “Pen
ny” since most of the times be
fore, he’s been in the ring offi
ciating the fights. Barney Welch
was the referee Monday night.
Kearns, Ambler, Cathcart
Lead Hogs to League Win
JIMMY FLOWERS, over the ball, is a 210 pound center from
Highland Park High School in Dallas. He was shifted from tackle
this spring. Behind him is HULIN SMITH of Grand Saline, another
center, who is on the injured list at present.
Is Your Uniform Ready
For the Big Dance?
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take advantage of our prompt service.
, Drop your cleaning at the Campus
today and get it back in record time.
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NCAA Basketball
Finals Will Be
Held In Seattle
CHICAGO, March 1—(A>) —The
1949 NCAA Basketball Selection
Committee, which will determine
the^ eighth teams picked for the
championship tournament, was
named Wednesday by Arthur Lon-
borg, chairman of the NCAA bas
ketball tournament committee.
Teams selected from the four
eastern districts will play in the
Eastern Playoffs at New York,
March 21-22. The four Western
teams will compete at Kansas City
Mo., March 18-19. Winners and
runrier-up of each playoff will
meet in the finals March 26 at
the University of Washington,
Seattle.
By SACK SPOEDE
Only one more chance remains for the Texas Aggie
basketball team to win its third game of the season after its
defeat last night at the hands of the Arkansas Razorbacks in
DeWare. Fieldhouse, 61-46. Rice will come to A&M Friday
night to close the season in basketball for the Aggies.
Over-all height, the blight of4— —
Coach Marty Karow and his pro
teges throughout the past season,
was again the cause of the loss for
the Farmer team. This was es
pecially true of the Razorbacks,
with Bob Ambler, Ken Kearns, and
Jim Cathcart getting practically
all the rebounds off the boards.
Ken Kearns was probably the
fanciest operator on the court
diiring the game, exhibiting all
the shots known in basketball
circles. This eager is a 6’4” for
ward from Denton, Texas. Last
year his younger brother was an
outstanding performer in Texas
high school basketball. He also
is enrolled at Arkansas.
Bob Ambler, the six foot seven
inch sophomore center of the Por
kers showed a great incapacity
for defensive play during the game.
This lack of defensive ability has
been demonstrated in both of the
games the Aggies have played the
Hogs. In the first game, John De-
Witt, Aggie center, scored 26
points over the head of Ambler.
In the game last night Bill Turn-
how was keeping the net swinging
while he was being gtiarded by
Ambler.
Turnbow was having one of
his best nights of the season be
fore he fouled out in the middle
of the third quarter. During the
first half he scored 12 points
and had a total of 14 for the
night. Jim Cathcart, high point
man for the Hogs, stunned Turn-
bow in the second quarter in a
collision.
Ambler started the scoring for
the night when he sank two free
throws after a minute and 50 sec
onds of the game had passed. Gene
Schrickel got the points back with
a crip shot thirty seconds later.
From there the Porkers moved on
to a 10-2 lead before the Farmers
could rally again. At that point
Turnbow began breaking into the
clear and at the half the Aggies
had narrowed the score down to
25-23.
Gene Schrickel sank a crip shot
thirty seconds deep into the
third quarter to tie the score.
And then Jewell McDowell put
the Aggies ahead with another
crip after Kearns had dropped a
charity toss into the net.
Gratis tosses by Cliff Horton
and little John Horton gave the
Hogs the lead again and they were
never headed for the remainder of
the contest. With the loss of Turn
bow, Coach Marty Karow desper
ately tried to find a speedy re
placement for the Perrin Aggie.
Before the varsity game the
Aggie freshmen administered a
shellacking to the ineligibles be
hind Buddy Davis and Bobby
Farmer. Glenn “Mouse” Will
iams and Ken Sutton were the
leaders of the ineligible team
that also had a few freshman
subs on it.
Box Score:
Aggies Fg Ft Pf Tp
Kirkland, f 2 2 0 6
Moon, f 2 0 0 4
Turnbow, f 6 2 5 14
DeWitt, c 3 3/49
McDowell, g 4 1 3 9
Schrickel, g 2 0 4 4
Miller, g 0 0 3 0
Totals
Porkers
Horton, f
Cathcart, f
Schumchyk, f
Price, f
Ambler, c
Coleman, c
Campbell, g
Williams, g
Kearns, g
Hudspeth, g
19 8 20 46
Fg Ft Pf Tp
5 2 , 3 12
3 19
Totals 24 13 16 61
Officials: Wallace and Dietzal.
Maj ors Begin
Warm-ups For
Season Today
NEW YORK, March 1, —<A>)_
The major leagues will begin
spring baseball rehearsals on scat
tered warm weather fronts tomor-'
row with seven of the 16 clubs un
der managers who weren’t bark
ing the orders a year ago.
The national managers who will
be supervising spring drills of
their particular clubs for the first
time are Leo Durocher of the New
York Giants and Burt Shotton of
the Brooklyn Dodgers, who figur
ed in the sensational switch last
July; Ed Sawyer of the Philadel
phia Phillies, and Bucky Walters
of the Cincinnati Reds.
The American’s new brain trus-;
ters, all appointed at the close of*
the 1948 campaign, are Casey
Stengel of the New York Yankees,
Red Wolfe of the Detroit Tigers
and Jack Onslow of the Chicago
White Sox.
The Cleveland Indians are pre
season favorites to win the Ameri
can League flag again and their
sternest opposition is expected to.
come from New York and Boston,
who battled them to the wire last
year in one of the closest races in
league history.
The National League presents
last year’s champion Boston
Braves, St. Louis and Brooklyn
on a sort of take your choice ba
sis. The power-hitting Giants, un
der Durocher’s aggressive leader
ship, may be the circuit’s “sleeper.”
Here’s the spring training layout
National League:
Boston Braves—Bradenton, Fla.
New York Giants—Phoenix Ari.
Pittsburgh Pirates—San Bernar
dino, Calif.
St. Louis Cardinals—St. Peters
burg, Fla.
Philadelphia Phillies — Clear
water, Fla.
Cincinnati Reds—Tampa, Fla. v
Chicago Cubs—Los Angeles.
Brooklyn Dodgers—Vero Beach,
Florida.
American League:
Cleveland Indians—Tucson, Ari.
New York Yankees—St. Peters
burg, Fla.
St. Louis Browns—Burbank, Cal.
Boston Red Sox—Sarasota, Fla»
Detroit Tigers—Lakeland, Fla.
Philadelphia Athletics — West
Palm Beach, Fla.
Chicago White Sox—Pasadena,
Calif.
Washington Senators— Orlando
Fla.
Joe Vetrano of San Francisco
made the only extra-point by drop
kick in the three-year history of
the All-America Conference last
season when he dropped a poor
pass from center and hotted the
ball cleanly through the uprights.
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