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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1949)
,iL.J,r .( Xj.iw-•>'?( ! Fotogenic m 1 * t y I I i A veteran line-up will represent A&M on the hardwood courts this winter as the Cadets threat en to move into the first division among SWC hoop teams. Starters are (1. to r.) Bill Turn- l*r^hreHette^enlol^ohn junior; Buddy Davis, sophom winner t • Jewell McDowell, let* letterman junio: ’MURAL \ NE WS On the football ^klds. D Vets' bowed to a strong B TC eleven, ft-O, afUr a hard fought but rath er slow game. G Flight downed A Coast, 9-0, In a fast game on both the offense and defense. Lou ie jCaplan caught a runner be- the goal for the two points. G Flight score was made Just .. plays after-the start. E Flight won over B Field, 13-6, in a smooth offensive match. B Infantry defeated A TC in a rout, 2640, while E Infantry took A Flight, 19-0, in the two high score games of the day. The play-off 'between 17 and Puryear in the non-military bas ketball championship was held Thursday night in the gym, Schedules for Monday FOOTBALL, MILITARY DeWitt, leterman lomore (fish numeral winner); Jewell McDowell, letterman sophomore; Wally Moon, Seven Aggie-Exes “Business Successes” i n t-V' t Play-for-Pay Ranks Include Sixty-Six Texas Products v ,. •■■■ r , i Teams Areas Time B INF C CAV .1 5:10 C INF S CWS 2 5:10 B AF B TC 3 5:10 AjINF B CA 4 5:10 A ASA B COMP 5 5:10 | HORSESHOES, MILITARY F AF E VET 11, 2, 3, 5:10 B ENG H AF 4, 5, 6, 5:10 G AF A SIG 7,8,9 5:10 A CAV C FA 10,11,12 5:10 E INF A TC 13,14,15 5:10 E. FA B ATH 16,17,18 5:10 TENNIS, MILITARY A FA A QMC 13,14,15 5:10 BY FRANK N. MAN1TZAS Bob Goode, Odell Stautzenber- ger. Bill Johnson, Martin Ruby, Damon “Greek” Tassos, Herbert Ellis, and Joe Scott are dx-Aggies among fifty-sjx of ! the Texas collegians that are now play ing big-time professional football. There are ten other pro-players who hail from Texas but attended colleges outside of the state^and are listed on the rosters of the^Na- tional League and the All-America Conference. ' Texds leads the nation with play ers in the National ^League where there are 36. Thirty Texans are per forming in i the All-America Con- ferencei "? " Goodo Stars Bob Goode, 6’-4”, 200 pound full back from Bastrop who ran the 100 yard dash in 9.8 seepnds, is corn- first year with Washington Redskins. In his first year at A&M, Goode made the All-Conference team and played in r the East-West tilt as a pile drivihg fullback. Stautz Helps Buffalo Odell Stautzcnburge.r made the pro-ranks at Buffalo this fall after leaving A&Af In ’4(), his freshman year, he received the most valuable player award trophy. Stautz’s last season at A&M was very successful as he made the INS and UP All-Conference first teams apd the AP second team. Herbert Ellis played over the ball for the Aggies from ’44 to ’48 and proved to be very efficient. Hub is now playing at the saine slot for the New York Bulldogs. Ruby Tops Tackles Martin Ruby played fbr the Ag gies in I “the years Playing for A&M in ’39, ’40 and ’41, Ruby ^helped the Cadets win two unchallenged Southwest Con ference championships and one co championship. Ruby was co-capt ain of ihe ’41 team, and is nowf employed by the New York Yank ees. He has made a number of the all-pro (teams and is recognized as oho (|f football’s top half dozen tackles. , ' Bill Johnson left A&M in ’46. He ^s the younger brother of LIU Blackblr In Madison § season Madison BY GLjBNN WILL Special Eastern Correspondent New York City, N. Y., Dec The Texas A&M baske team opened its 194 r here tonight in fam Square Garden by falling to sharp-shooting Long Islai versity Blackbirds 66-52 some 14,000 onlookers. This crowd, probably one of the largest ever to see the Aggie cag- ers in action had switched their support to the visitors from Tex as by the final whistle when the Cadets staged a late tally in the, last five minutes of play and chop ped away the winner’s 27-point advantage. Coach Marty Karows tall Tex ans proved they weri also swift of foot when they began pressing the LIU quintet all over the (court in those final minutes. Inuring that period the Aggies tallied 12 points, five of those by (Guard Jewell McDowell. While holding their opponents scoreless. The Blackbirds held a 60-33 lead before the outburst and numerous fouls during the final two niinuteS of play under the new rules caused the exciting battle to fi out a flurry. Sherman White, a 6’ 7%? Negro forward, walked away with the in dividual scoring honors. He ac counted for 19 of those points in the first half when he dropped in eight of the 13 shots he attempt- ted from the field. Walter “Bud dy’’ Davis, thejCadets’ 6’ 8” soph omore pivotnian, took over the guarding duties of the jump-shot artist for the last period and held him to six points. Herbert Scherer, the Blackbirds' 6’ 9” center, trailed White with 16 points. Davis and McDowell shared point-making latjrels for the losers with 14 apiece. Fol lowed closely by John DeWitt with 13. ? McDowell also drew considerable attention from this Gotham city audience for his defensive work against Leroy Smith, speedy with- guard rying Battalion j SPORTS if f-jrj ; FBI. DEC.. 2, 1949 - Saturday night; four-game BOX * continue tour trip. of those c ime midday in Texas A&M ( ond half tfhen McCtowell D eWltt, F Multitude of Bowls Gain Grid Interest Smith and one the was taking a breather on: the Tumbow, J ' j }' . Houser, F .. The Blackbirds hit the basket Davjii c ...... with great consistency through SuU on, C .... both hajlves. TheV sank 38 out McDowell. G of 35 shots attempted from the Miller, G floor and 8 out of 12 free throws in Moon G the first half to gain a 24-2Q.edge. Ga rc "k, G T: Then ip the final stanza ft hey canned 14 of 36 field goal tries and Totals four of 13 free shots. Theke fig- mj /gg)' v ures gi^e the winners a shooting white F average* of 38 peij cent from the Qilquist, floor aijfd nearly 50 per c?nt on smith, > .J.. free throws for the game. * Wooltfan, F Texas A&M wak soundly Off the sherer C " first hilf, bucketing seven: of 31 Mukhi, c L' chances in field goals and .'six of Card, G .J 13 at the charity toss line.! They/ H a8 b’ r0 uck improved their average in the Jf- peurtado, G nal half, making 12 of 29 attempts Bigos, G ... from the floor and eight outofnine free pitches. This gave them a 31 Totals per cent average on field goals and nearly 66 per ce^t on free * u . throws. \ /. ' I ; Free throvO* yii The Aggies, who arrived here by Witt 2, Turnixjw, train this morning, will work out 2, McDowell. ’ * ' * iv apd in Buffalo, N.Y, Murtha, Card Feurtado . * '•‘i I n HalftimS scMe: LIU 34. free 20. * Tr train l heVe tomorroy/ i agara University Issed; A&M- Houser 2, 1 Mcuoweu. -1; LIU—White?2, Smith2, Sher BY HAROLD GANN When the final whistle of the SMU-Notre Dame game is sounded ijn Dallas Saturday, Southwestern football adherents will tast their complete interests bowlward. Of the ever-increasing number 1 , • ' 'll ; : r— ^ 1 r Buy Records Non On Sale 3 for 81.00 ' Recordings by Famous Artists BING CROSBY FRANKIE LAINE " DORIS DAY & MANY OTHERS: ! [■' ! L While They Last THE AGGIE RADIO & APPLIANCE CO. ■ iT'- North Otto ' - . Gimlet Gil. After leaving Aggie-(of bowl games (28 are on tap for this year) there are approximately eight major conflicts. The recently formed Senior Bowl of Miami now ranks with such outstanding ones as the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, Orange, Gator, Shrine and North-South Spectacles. Bears, Buckeyes in Rose California’s Bears will repeat last year’s Rose Bowl appearance when they collide with Ohio State’s Buckeyes, co-champions of the Big Ten Conference. The Bears lost a dozen stars from last year’s team, including All-America Jack Jensen and were not considered as strong land Johnson made the Junior Col lege Allj-America after a fine sea son with the Tyler Apaches in ’47. | Johnson ! is now playing at center fpr San Francisco. Jde Scott, who attended A&M at one time, later played for the University of San Francisco dur ing his varied collegiate career. DamOn “Greek” Tassos, guard for the Green Bay Packers, cap tained the ’44 Farmer football team. In ’43 he was an outstanding perfornjer for the Kiddie Korps eleven. After finishing at A&M he signed with the Detroit Lions. Don’t Miss ... R.U. R The Play of the Year! j GUION HALL 1)L( KMBLK X & U I’M DIAL Visas •Jngpfcafi College Station Representative — Loupot’s Trading Post You Can This 6 Ft. DeLuxe WIN Mixlel HOT POINT REFRIGERATOR! Just follow the simple rules below and suggest a new name for our present name—The Clayton Furniture Company— ■ . 1 ! 1 ' j. I . ; ' I■ Here Are ihejRttfes to Our -NEW NAME CONTEST- Submit Your New Name. Entries Must Be Written and Brought to Our Store. V. . All Ideas Become the Property of Our Firm. , \ TILL YOU CHANGE Entries Must Be Dated and Timje- Marlked at Time of Entry. Duplicate Entries Decided by Time. The Decision of the Judges is Final. Contest Closes 6 P.M., Dec. 22,1949. v, • j■ • I'K j WE ARE Clayton Furiiit PCC contenders/by pre-seastffc prog nosticators. Neither^ was Ohio State picked to win its conference. (California earned its bowl-berth by (sweeping through all its games (without defeat: the Bears stacked up a total of 305 points against the opposition’s 114. Ohio State’s slate , was marred by Minnesota, the team previously picked, to win | the conference, 27 to 0. . : . ^ c TThen, in the final tussle of th6 j season, the Buckeyes fought Mich- I igan to a 7-7 deadlock to share the crown with the Wolverines. Most experts are giving the nod to Cal ifornia in predicting the winner. . Sugar for OU, L8U Oklahoma’s grid machine will re new Sugar Bowl relations on Jan. uury 2 when it meets giant-killing Louisiana State. The Sugar Bowl Committee extended to Oklahoma it»( third bowl bid in four years.’ L8U is the winner ovei three con ference champions--Rice, Tulancv Hiul North Curollba.' Bud Wilkinson, poker-faced Soon er Coach, him the cards stacked before the fray even gets under, way, meaning of course that he holds a “Royal Flush”, a super* eHaiged harkficld with stiake-nlp-1 pod Darrel Royal the man underr All-America Wade Walker will ( give the Okies a helping hand at tackle. So, it will be a hard-charg ing power team, L.SU, against the; wli(le-open deception of the Split-T. ! In the Cotton Bowl A record crown—73,347 fans—| are expected to bi* on hand to see Rite (9-1) and North Carolina (7r3) tangle in Dallas’ prized Cot ton oval. Although both teams lost to LSU by a touchdown, (Rice is expected to win by twfo touchdowns. Santa Clara and Kentucjky will play in the Orange feowl (for the first time in either; school’s his tory. The Wildcats maintained a torrid pass during their first five games, running (up a total of 206 points while allowing one touch down. They had defeated such strong teams as LStl, Mississippi, and Georgia. In their sixtjh game they were upset by SMU, 7-20. Then they took and Cincinnati in gi fore losing again (to Te 0-6. Kentucky outscored 21-7, Saturday to clinch th vier, (Florida, fasnion be- nnessee, Miami, Orange Bowl bid. A perennially surprising eleven, Santa Clark, whp upset two PCC powerhouses (Stanford and UCLA, will be “touch stuff” for the Wildcats. A crowd of 64,- 538 is expected. Gator Matches Ifowerh ouses expected Missouri’s Tigers to out-maneuyer S^arylarid’s Tur tles in the Gator Bowl. 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