The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 16, 1949, Image 3

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Gaining: fame and recofrhition
about as fast as he scampers
across the hardwo6d»7 Jcwelli Mc
Dowell, Aggieland’s all-cohfer-
ertcc guard .candidate, was selected
for the second^straight week as the
Star of the Week by the Batt sports
staff.
Startling pljay op the part of Although playing only hhlf a sea-
seon with the Maroon apd- White
McDowell in -the Oklahoma and
St. Louis games won him the honor
this week. ,
his toughest competition
awai f this week, as t
flash in the same two gam
ed U points besides
rugg ?d brand of ball d
hoop
Dowell will probably^ he
A&m’s last four-year etterman.
edge^s last season, he camejthrough
in excellent fashion, win ring him-
Tho littli man from Amariilo j 8elf f major varaity ktt!r - !
led his- teammates offensively in with two and a half teasotW;Of
I both contests, scoring 18 points in -- - 1 • • ’
! the St. Louis fray and slipping
: through the hoop two field goals
and four free throws in the game
against the Okla. Cowboys. ^ ^
Oklahoma’s; All-American can
didate Gail McArthur had 'con
siderable trouble from the Aggies’
! fi’8” pack of speed. McArthur was
| busy with Johri DeWitt, Aggie for
ward, in the first half, but was
assigned to McDowell in the sec-
I ond periodi • ' i v .<i
“Little Mac" held McArthur to
three points during his stay with
the Okife Aggies’ best defensive
man, while scoring eight himself,
in the St. Louis contest, ai-;
j Uunighmn.t playing his usual brand 1
of defensive ball, McDowell man
aged to lead the Aggie lit the hard
fought contest by tallying - 1H
I: points*
eligibility left, and a freshman
numeral of last year, th ; ?0-yea
old guard ought to leave Aggie-
land in ’52 with a varied j collec
tion of awards.
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foil the
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Paces Harriers
I^gst season Mcbowel
competition in mid-seaion, man
aged to collect 62 points-|n eight
games, while being gi arded by
such defensive aces as S
tin, and Bill DeWitt.
entering
ater Mar-
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Fayetteville
(AP)—Dr.
be named to .idiot the Arkansas
(back football
Jonhs said head coach Barnhill
wbuld stay on at the University
a? athletic director.
caflec
Dr. Jones cafled a meeting of
th|c entire student body ati the
AhoS 11 iZ7 niphti in the second game of a
Udiversity. About 1,50(1 students: .... sr u p(4ll , p .r* t i, p npw
in physi
is consid-
Married and majoring
cal education, McDowell
ered the best cage prospect to en
ter Aggieland in recent years.
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Af his prevent pace it won’t
take? the shifty eager long to con
vince sports funs that he ii just
thatl-Scoring. «n uveratr of 12.5
poinjls a game*, McDowe 1 has sunk
27 llicld goals and 25 clitrities for
a total of 7',I points to had all oth-
.luhn DeWitt, the Aggies fl'd" | er Aggie hnsketbnllers in thd seor-
foruurd, prulmbly gave McDowell lug [bracket.
were on hand in! the field house to
h(|ar the announcement.
He said the name of the new I
) cojach to replace Barnhill would
b<f announced today.
With the signing by Dutch Mey-i
ei of u new three-year TCU con- j
tract and the.settling of difficulties
involving Boh Woodruff at Baylor,
it appears that the hiring of a new
o ., ... -> , Parker coach Svill be the only
Southwest (onfercnce ; j among Southwest Confer.
champUmship cross country t«*»n i ,. 0 a C hes
will participate in the Texas AAU e ’'" ^ a(1 .
meet in i Houston tomorrow. Jui-1 However, Bully Gilstray oi Tex-
ian Hep-ring is the pre-meet favor- ' * 1as ^ en switched from a coach-
ite to cop the title won last year, ing position to a front office job
bv A*rrie J. D. Hampton. Herring 4 1'™°" worker with alumni
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ULIAN HERRING
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Ark. Dec. 10
Lewis Webster AAM’s
Trinity in Sait
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Jcnea, president of the Uni
versity of Arkansas, said
LThuraday a new coach would
be named
Riizorback football team.
’a resurging jgroons left it i Alamo Stadium Gymnasiuii. The
' .f-oo^n Antonio f-‘ X ^
one this afternoon fo,
and an opportunity to raise their j Opening wjuatie"at*i”p. m"
season win average to a healthy' . , . ,1
The t.o Artie
who will attempt to thwart the Ag , g am e ends, but the contest should
ambitions are the Trinity Tigers j start about 9:46. The Cadets were
and Arizona Wildcats. originally assigned the curtain
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The Cadets will face Arizona to-
ght in the second game of a _
double bill schedule for the new have caused a probable
raiser in the San Antonio Chamber
of Commerce-sponsored ? i double
header, but travel requirements
»le swit
itch to
k* late ga
Saturday
Conference fiv<
with the
the first til
m. Texas w
cats in ithel
Odds Against Two Wins
ange
ying
begins at & n.
on the W(ldt
game/ ? 'I
Chances arc.tho
not take two vietd
end games as! ‘>J
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ti the Cadets will
lien In the wdek-
eX|K*rts’’ ha\[e] al
ready given the Win-nod to 'AHz-
Cadets’ Top Reserve
junior crown in '48.
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Seven crons country men will be
chosen to represent A&M out. of a
group |of eight harriers now com
peting] for the team. Runners in-
elude Herring, Robert Allen, Jerry
Bimncn. John Giirmauy, Calvin
IIuhcrl, Howard Jones, Jim Mr-
M'thon. and Alexander Orti/..
Charlie Hudgins said Mauriee
Isirarine, top Pish distance men,
will also be entered, but will run
unattached to the Aggie team.
groups. J. T. King, A&M end coach,
iJ leaving College Station to re-
pace. GiUtrap as the Steer end
ntentor. H:
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ha\[e s
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He in the k*c-
ona in tonight’s cofttest. A A M
light f»#rl‘
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Trinity defeated the Mu
56-49, last season In the. Ags’ fii'fit
game. The Cadets had led until: the
closing minutes q£ the clash *rhcq
the Tigers roared from seven points
back to overtatorfnd best thejvis*
iting Farmers.
Reports are that the Sain An
tonio club hajs moat of its men
back from last ►•ear/ Some idea
of the TigeriT strengUi can be
gathered from thivftwt that Trin
ity beat Texas Tejph, 66-58, a ■\vcck
ago.
Wildcats Afa Champs
The first Ag opponent, Arizona,
has been champion of the Border
Conference foi- thp past four yiears.
The last two years the Wildea,ts
have been recognized by being
asked to participate in playoffs
with the SWC winner irt order to
determine ! the aoulhwewt repre
sentative ip the NCAA champion
ship matches.
In ’48 the Sunshine Staters fell
before the Koblnsun-puecd Bruins,
hut last winter i they turned the
tables on the MnpIlHlH aiu| ile
47. Ark’i
Eddie Houser, fi-foot sophomore from Big Spring, is the number
one reserve for the Aggie eagers. He, Ken Sutton, Marvin Martin,
and Mike Garcia provide the Maroon quintet with tv capable re
serve of players who can produce good results when railed on to
replace one of the first string performers. Houser scored 6-1 points
as a forward on the l-lsh squad last winter. This year he is playing
both forward and guard for Marty Karow’s team.
fcated thorn, 6r>.j47. ArkaiiHaij, iho
tea
Team | la Urn
Coach K
graduate,
thi i '■
defeatjid
Krdd Enke, a Minnvsoti
, has guided his team to
four victories without a' lbs* *o
far this season. Victimk of 4ho
Wildcats ha\ c been the, San DtOip
Nav-ql Air Station, twice, Culvei-
“tockton *Cc liege, and iCalifoniiu j
olytechnic. J | >* ii
Last year the Wildcats won II
only J ..
wins w*»e
their. Cflr-
with litlJe
games whiU* dropniiig
However,' most of their
within the ;onfinea of
fejence and they ,me^
iuccCss in intersectioiu 1 compel
ce Enke took ov|er the cojaclji-
Oina at the Tuscon schoof,
has (won 85<! games and lost on y
166. Because of his fine! record ai d
interesting
remained a
6,900 studepts at
school.
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stylo
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anft
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constant idol of the
the
Thre^ Regular
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and thiitl left scorei-s
tionr he stiH has tic
Although Enke loHt
, s
thret* top scorers fr<
squad. Leoii Blevins, #
who won a 1-confererlcr
a I fjoi ward last
1941) team vlrith a total elf HOI* poirjts
in 28 ganus for u 18.57 average.
He is continuing his putt ilim
yeur, too. ^' I Jwl
At the < thpr forwn
or lelti rrnan,-Bo »
Jun
util
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mlrits for
ant
USS' a%4! K < V W® ‘fc T'-f nr- ***. Wda
tnU in the finial playoff gaftiu,
however.
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The hiuit*-uillfdrmcd fpilntei ein-j Roger .lohnson,Who it * a frevhn
ploys the weffterin wide-open style, led his tetm with 1 Ml points
fast hieak offense. .Shifting,: mmi* 1 111 games,
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pfilrils i»lur in tiaeh j'lmtcst, t
Geo Johnson, ((' if ignui'il v mi
ferrlng fidm Glln
T shes for i|J26 points in
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