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H ' " t Tyler Caps First Day Of JC Meet With New Scoring Record S Battalion PORT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1949 S Page 3 Joe Louis Resigns Heavyweight Crown MIAMI BEACH, Fla., —CP)—Joe Louis yesterday for mally resigned as heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He requested and received permission from the Nation al Boxing Association to sponsor a fight between Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott to+ determine the new world’s cham pion. The new champion will be crow ned at a 15-round fight to be held in Chicago in June. Louis submitted his formal resignation by letter to NBA Commissioner Abe J. Greene and Flamen B. Adae, president of NBA. The letter of resignation was presented by Harry Mendel, the Brown Bomber’s publicity agent. Louis himsc-lf was not present. . Louis notified the NBA that he, Arthur M. Wirtz and James D. Norris had formed the Interna tional Boxing Club which will maintain offices in New York and Chicago. It will stage the fight to determine the new heavyweight champ. Louis said he had obtained the signatures of Walcott and Char les for the heavyweight crown match and that both boxers had agreed to defend their title with in 90 days after the June match with either Lee Savold or Gus Lesnevich. Louis told the NBA that each contestant also agreed in the event he won the title to defend it at least twice a year. Greene said the proposal had been discussed by he, Adae and Col. Harvey A. Miller of Wash ington, NBA executive secretary. He declared the NBA “would go along with these plans.” This is the second time in a year that Louis has retired, the first being under somewhat less formal circumstances. Before his 25th successful defense of his title against Jersey Joe Walcott in Yankee Stadium last June 25, the champion said that he was through, and the fight with Wal cott was his last. But on Sept. 17 he said he might fight again. The Twentieth Cen tury Sporting Club, which has ac ted as promoter for all of Louis’ fights, has proceeded on the as sumption he would defend his title again in Yankee Stadium this sum mer. “I am certain you know Low sorry I must be to let the cham pionship go this way,” Louis said in his letter to Greene. “I have held it for a long time and I won it in the ring. I expec ted to lose it the same way I won it. This is the way cham pions should be made. “However, things have develop ed so that I think I ought to stick to the decision to retire that I announced some time ago. “I am sending you another letter in more detail just what I plan to do in boxing in the future.” It was signed: “With best wishes Joe Louis.” Louis wrote two letters, both addressed to Greene. One was his resignation, the other his plans. jNow Showing Fashions in Carpeting iA '-i MyL A W '-wim FAMOUS CARPET MANUFACTURERS • Alexander Smith • Mohawk • Firth • Karaguesion • McGee New Broadloom Patterns on Display For Wall-to-Wall Carpeting and Room Size Rugs KRAFT FURNITURE CO. Tyler Scores 93 Points On Frank Phillips Plainsmen by The Battalion Sports Staff At the end of the first day of the Texas Junior College Basketball Tournament, Tyler’s Apache Junior College team was more than ever the favorite to walk away with the top honors. They set a new scoring record for the two year old meet at 93 points in their game with the Frank Phillips Junior College Team of Borger. Tyler did not play its first team ♦ for more than half of the game in Moody, c 6 1 1 13 Frederick, B., c 0 0 3 0 Carpenter, g 6 2 2 14 Holst, g 2 2 0 6 Palmer, g 0 0 2 0 Shoptaw, g 3 0 1 6 Carsee, g 0 1 2 1 Totals 29 12 22 70 The 1948 Vet Champions tor Tennis came from Dorm 14 and the eight man team is posed above for their Intramural picture. The front row includes, left to right, Clarence Christie, Guy Tiller, Herman Wyatt, and Lawrence Hagenmann. Top row: Alfred Gibson, George Kenedy, Andy Jarni- gan, and Paul Barrios. 44 C Head Sick Of Grid War AI* Newsfeatures NEW YORK— If you’re a little tired of the pro football “war be tween the leagues,” you haven’t got anything on 0. 0. (Scrappy) Kessing. Scrappy, new Commissioner of the All-America Conference thinks like almost everyone else that the warfare between his league and the National Football League is sheer madness. Also like almost everyone in the sports fraternity, he didn’t want to get mixed up in the battle. But he did. And this old sea dog isn’t used to being at the helm of sinking ships. “I know the Conference can th'ke it as long as the othek league Can,” says Scrappy. “We’ve got some very rich men in our cor ner. Men like Lindheimer. Mc Bride, Topping and Brueil are very wealthy and they have pride. “We’ll operate through 1949 and if all the owners haven’t recogniz ed that there’s room for two lea gues, we’ll go another year. Of course, this can’t go on indefi nitely. Eventually everybody will fold up and then some smart guy will come along and sweep up the pieces and start a new league. “Pretty soon a second league will come along and we’ll have the same thing all over again. But some time, somebody is going to get smart. Pro football will have a set-up like baseball, with two leagues in natural, healthy rivalry and a real world championship game. And what a sell-out that game will be. “Right now, aside from the terrific expenses, an owner can lose $300,000 a season in this business very easily, this war also is costing everyone big gates in exhibition games. Imagine a game between the two Los Angeles teams. Or one between Baltimore and Wash ington. And probably the best ed some pretty good teams.” During the war the new AAC commissioner worked with Tom Hamilton, former Navy coach and now Pitt athletic director, on the brilliantly organized Navy V-5 program. Many of the country’s finest athletes played in the V-5 pre-flight program at Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and St. Mary’s. Then Kessing wangled an over seas assignment and spent the rest of the war in action. He wit nessed the signing of the surren der on the Missouri. All through the war, when Ingram was sub- chaseing in the Atlantic and Kes sing Jap-hunting in the Pacific, the two friends tried to get to- (See AAC HEAD, Page 4) O. O. (SCRAPPY) KESSING natural rivalry is the one be tween the New York Giants and Yankees. That game would pack the Stadium any time.” The author of these sentiments is a 58-year-old professional Navy man. He was a scrub athlete in his Naval Academy days, playing most sports and never making the varsity at any of them. He since has been closely connected with sports, especially football through out a full and active Navy career. Kressing coached and played on ship teams before the first World War, and after the war he con tinued to coach football teams when his playing days were over. Scrappy was a wing back, no speed boy, but a hustler. He returned to the Naval Aca demy in the late twenties under Admiral Jonas Ingram when In gram was athletic director. Scrap py held the post of graduate man ager of athletics. They made very successful team, as Navy scored some of its most impres sive victories during their regime. The pair also instituted the Navy- Notre Dame series, which, next to the Southern California set, is the oldest regularly 'played on the Irish schedule. When Kessing returned to sea duty he was based with the Pa cific fleet. Again he coached fleet football teams as well as ship teams in most of the other sports. “We’d hit port,” says Scrappy, “and all the other officers and most of the men would disappear. But a couple of us would get the football players together and we’d practice. Considering the handi caps we worked under, we produc- Softball Team To Hold Tryouts The Aggie softball team will hold a practice and tryouts Thurs day at 5 o’clock on the lighted softball field, Barney Welch, In tramural Director, has announced. All men who wish to tryout for the team should be out tomorrow night. The team is just organizing and every position is wide open, Barney said. The Aggie team has a game scheduled with Texas U. on the 11th of March, in Austin. At the first meeting, Tuesday, only a handful reported, and con sequently, no action has been tak en to organize. Nick Etten’s league-leading total of 22 home runs in 1944 is the lowest winning mark in the Amer ican League since 1919. this wide open game. High point man for the east Texans was sec ond stringer Jack Revell with 22 points. Lamar’s Cardinals, the defend ing champs of the meet were the only ones who even appeared in the same class with the Apaches. In winning over Whar ton, the Cardinals were able to pull their starters early in the game also. Both coaches did this to save their men for later contests that will begin to come thick and fast tomorrow. Following are accounts of the games in the order that they were played. Henderson 60—Howard 53 Henderson County Junior Col lege and Howard County Junior College fought an evenly matched game until the final minutes of play when the Henderson Cardi nals pulled away to win 60-53. The two teams were tied up three times in a first half which ended with the Howard County boys pull up from behind to tie it up at 20-20, and then push ahead to a lead of 27-22 when the whistle blew. Three more times in the second half, the score was knotted up be fore Henderson’s lanky center, Jim McDaniel, pushed in two baskets to give his team a 52-48 lead, with four minutes to play. The Cardi nals then lengthened their lead to win by a 7 point margin. Bill Fletcher of the losers cap tured scoring honors with 20 points, followed by Weldon Dun can of Henderson with 14 points. HENDERSON Player Fg Ft Pf Tp Duncan, w. f 5 4 3 14 Duncan, j. f 2 4 3 8 Terrell, f 2 0 3 4 McDaniel, c 4 4 4 12 James, g 0 0 10 Duncan, D., g 4 1 2 9 Totals 23 14 18 60 HOWARD Player Fg Ft Pf Tp Rankin, f 114 3 Fletcher, f 9 2 3 20 Dunn, c 2 3 5 7 Clark, g 3 0 5 6 Turner, g 3 2 5 8 Barnett, g 1113 Lewis, g 2 0 4 4 Kennemer, f 0 0 0 0 Deatherage, f 0 2 1 2 Totals 21 11 28 53 Half-time score: Howard 27,— Henderson 22. Officials: White and Albrecht. Clifton 66—Paris 60 A smooth-working Clifton Jun ior College team stopped Paris Junior College 66-60 in the third game of the Junior College Tour nament. Clifton built up a large lead early in the third period and the Cowboy reserves played most of the final period. Paris began finding the range late in the final quarter and the Dragons cut the Clifton lead to LOOK! AGGIES! WE HAVE SPECIALS ON . . . 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CLIFTON Player Fg Ft Pf Tp Massengale, f 7 4 0 18 Mattlage, f 0 0 0 0 McAlister, f 7 8 4 22 Oliver, R., c 2 2 2 6 Bronstad, c 10 0 2 Crouch, c 0 0 2 0 Oliver, D., g 5 2 0 12 Dahl, g 0 10 1 Johnson, g 0 0 0 0 Pearson, g 0 10 1 Keeney, g 2 0 2 4 Totals 24 PARIS 18 12 66 Player Fg Ft Pf Tp Taylor, J., f 5 3 2 13 Martin, f 3 2 5 8 Nance, f 0 0 0 0 Wear, g 1 .0 2 2 Jackson, c 0 0 1 0 Taylor, B., c 8 4 2 20 Tiller, c 3 0 2 6 Outland, g 2 1 3 5 Strain, g 3 0 1 6 Mankin, g 0 0 2 0 Dillehay, g 0 0 0 0 Totals 25 10 20 60 Half-time score: Clifton 38— Paris 29. Officials: Williamson and Dietzel Lamar 70—Wharton 52 Wharton Junior College found too much height in the Lamar Junior College lineup and the Pio neers went down in defeat, 70-52. The Cardinals are defending tour nament champs, having defeated Tyler Junior College in the tour nament finals last year. Lamar took an 11 point lead in the first few minutes of play and the Cardinals were never head ed. Most of the Wharton points were made farther out from the basket as Lamar controlled both backboards . Topping the scorers was J. Frederick of Lamar with 15 points. He was followed closely by team mates Carpenter and Moody with 14 and 13 points respectively. Landers and Irwing- lead the los ers with 12 points each. WHARTON Player Fg Ft Pf Tp Irwing, f 4 4 3 12 Supak, f 0 0 0 0 Struska, f 1 0 1 2 Olson, f 3 3 0 9 Lurkir, f 2 1 3 5 Young, c 2 2 3 6 Cecil, g • 0 2 1 2 Burns, g 2 0 1 4 McFadden, g 0 0 0 0 Landers, g 5 2 3 12 Totals 19 14 15 52 LAMAR Player Fg Ft Pf Tp Bobbitt, f 3 1 2 7 Knobloch, f 2 0 1 4 Howard, f 0 0 0 0 Richardson, f 2 0 4 4 Frederick, J. f 5 5 4 15 Half - time score: Lamar 38—• Wharton 23. Schreiner 60—Amarillo 32 It took a talented Schreiner In-’..' stitute cage five only seven min- - ■utes to turn a close game into a one-sided tilt as they defeated an overrated Amarillo Junior Col lege squad by a score of 60 to 32 in the 4 o’clock tournament game,, Led by their two guards the Mountaineers forged quick-”" ly ahead and failed to falter ,,, even a little bit the rest of the afternoon. Coach Houston Whee- ler sent in his second stringers in the last quarter and instead of giving up some of their large lead they splurged even further ahead. With the game in process only- 20 seconds, quick thinking Jack Straus took a rebound and sank the first marker of the afternoon- sending his iSchreiner team into a two point lead. Another Moun taineer again converged, making-, it four to nothing. This quick lead was short lived as Kyle connected with two free., throws and Carter sank a long one to put the Badgers back into the fray. At this point the fast break ing boys from the Institute start ed connecting and made the lads from the wheat country look sick. Jimmy Kyle of the Badgers was the best player on the court. Kyle led his team all the way even if it was a loosing battle. He repeatedly batted the bdll out of opposing palyers’ hands and looked like the only one on the Amarillo team that could get a rebound. The second half was just as bloody as the Keirville boys con tinued the slaughter. At the game close the Badgers were at the short end of a 60 to 32 score. Allen 73—Tarleton 46 The Allen Academy Ramblers won their initial game of the Jun ior College Tournament by trip ping the Tarleton Plowboys 73-56 in a free-scoring game. The con test was a rough and tumble af fair with 63 fouls being called dur ing the game. The Ramblers jumped into a quick fifteen point lead in the first ten minutes of play. The game was twelve and a half minutes old before the Plowboys , scored their first field goal. 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