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Don Mitchell, Bernard Place, Eton Englehart, and Rob
ert Atkins have been determined as the four members of the
■; mile relay team which has been invited to compete in
ugar Bowl track meet in New Orleans on Janary 1.
Ray Holbrook, present holder of the 440-yard dash rec-
—*— -j-f- f or( ] j n the Southwest Conference,
will enter the half-mile event but
will be running unattached. Last
year he was a member of the A&M
mile relay team but will be wear
ing the Maroon and White for the
last time at this meet. He wifi be
ineligible to compete in track for
A&M next spring.
Bernard Place Monday afternoon
copped the fourth berth on the
team which will go to New Or
leans. Previously, Mitchell, Engle
hart, and Atkins had already cop-
ped- places on the team.
The. team which coaches Frank
Andersdn and Ray Putnam take
to the Sugar Bowl event this year
is a new version. The only man
returning from last years famous
team which copped the Sugar Bowl
event is Dofi Mitchell. The speedy
little runner will rub the anchor
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John DeWitt has been chosen
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The Battalion sports staff chose
DeWitt despite his poor perfor
mance ‘ against the Arizona Wild
cats Saturday night. In fact, it
was felt that Long John’s having
an off night clearly demonstrated
the important part he has been
playing in the Ag early season
Contests. With DeWitt not in tdp
form, the Cadets were unable to
stop the Wildcats and lost, 50-56.
In the first of the week tilts
with Abilene Christian, the for
mer Waco standout was instru
mental in maintaining control of
the backboard when ACC was on
the attack. The Tuesday night fra
cas found DeWitt in top form as he
gathered in numerous rebounds and
parted the net for 16 points; on
Monday he had scored 10.
Schoolboy
Finalists WiU
Be inlop Shape
“We’n be ready.”
That’s the sum of com-
ts by the four coaches
have teams in the finals
of Texas’ Class AA and A
hi it! school football races.
The four coaches yesterday took
stock of the physical conditions off
thei • squads and found, no serious
injuries.
I i New Plays
Austin mentor Jqhnny Kitchens
planned to give his Maroons some
new offensive plays to use against
Wichita Falls Friday at Fort
Worth in the finals of the Class
A) A | race.
Wichita Falls’ -tundefeated, un
tied Coyotes will go into the game
ir tip top shape. ^
- J. Fikes and Ty Bain voiced ap
prehension for their clubs in the
Cla^s A title game at Abilene Dec.
26.
Ejain said his M ex > a Blackcats
w ould have to play '‘better than we
did against I;valde” to beat the
powerful LitMefiejd Wildcats.
Fikes thinks his once-beaten
South Plains eleven will. have to
P|lay its "best game of the year’’
Win. : ;
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College
Trinity bombarded by Bud
dy Davis for 31 points, but Long
John again contributed valuable
aid as he bucketed eight imints.
Saturday the Cadet forward tal
lied only a single point as the
Border champs from Tifscon, Aria-
one, caught the Maroons with only
a single player—Jewell McDowell
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the honor this week came from two
of his mates, McDowell and Dayis,
and Julian Herring. Herring', SWC
cross-country champion, lead the
Aggie harriers to a one-sided vie-’
toi'y in the Gulf AAU. The slen
der Abilene runner set a new rec
ord in capturing the 2.5-mile I run
in Houston.
Merchants Finance
North Gate Walk
A fund: has been raised by the
business men and merchants of
the North Gate area to put in. a
six foot gravel walk between Var
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been given to II. E. Burgess. The
walk will be laid as soon as jthe
weather will permit, Burgess said
The Favorites
Right 'now, Wichita Falls
and
Littlefield stack up as favorites to
cjop titles.
All four clubs Are exponents of
traight power football. Each team
a? a capable passer, but the pass
as not been one of the biggest
actors in putting the teams in the
inals.
This is the first time for Austin
o reach the finals since it won
he state championship in 1942.
t is the second tipie in the school’s
istory. i j
Wichita Falls is also a former
tate champion and a consistent
rformei- in the championship
layoff.
Class A schools are playing to a
tate title for only the second
ime. Lafct year Monahans defeat
ed New Braunfels at Odessa for
the first Class A championship.
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The Box Score
lap for A&M this year.
All of the athletes Who make the
trip to New Orleans will stajnover
for the Sugar Bowl game between
Oklahoma and LSI! to be played
the next day.
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Player—i FG
FT
PF TP
DeWitt,! F ......
•] 4
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0
4
8
Turnbowi, F
4
3
8
M. Martin, F ...
■3 2
1
1
5
Sutton, C-F .....
2
1
6
Williams
0
5
0
0
0
Davis, C
0
3
10
McDowell, G .....
1 6
5
2
17
Moon, G ,4—4 S
0
2
6
Houser, j G 0
0
2
0
Garcit ; .4 4
0
3-
8
Miller ! i.
3
0
0
6
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31
12
21
74
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Player
Ffv FT
PF
TP
Rutherford, F .
4 1
5
0
7
Wise, J?
0
1
2
Edwards, F
... 0
0
2
0
Slaughter, F .
0
0
1
0
Deardojlff, G ...i 4
6
2
14
Cain, G -0
0
1
0
Johnsoii, C 1 0 1
1
2
1
Wall, G> .l.
Kelly G 4.
2
1
4
5
2
1
4
5
Allison, G .........
0
0,
2
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Thurmon, G 4..
0
0
1
0
Lutrick, G
0
0
1
0
Totals
Half Score:
10
A&M
13
(.30)
20 33
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Free throws missed: (13) De
Witt, Davis 4, Sutton 2, McDowell
2, Moon.
Officials: Wallace and Albreeht.
(13); Rutherford 3,
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Ray Holbrook, senior track star
from Baytown, will be wearing
the Maroon and Whitei for the
last time when he runs in the
half-mile event gt the. Sugar
Bow l track meet itt New Orleans
Januarv 1. Holbrook, who holds
the SWC 440-yard dash record,
completed his eligibility last
year.
Lots of Passing In
North-South Game
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 20—OPi —
North and South squads continued
hard workouts today in prepara
tion for the Shrine all-star football
game in the Orange Bowl, Dec. 26.
South coaches Andy Gustafson
of Miami and Bob Woodruff of
Baylor promised spectators plen
ty of aerial fireworks with Bay
lor’s Adrian Burk doing the pass
ing.
“Burk is another S am m y
Baugh,” said Woodruff. “He’s the
greatest passer I have ever seen.”
Burk completed 110 passes this
season and Woodruff said he whip
ped the great SMU team which
almost knocked the props from un
der Notre Dame.
“Burk made one of the touch
down passes against SMU and set
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Against Trinity U. In their game in Alamo Gym In San Antonio
last Friday night. Aggie forward Rljll Turnbow (12) has his hand
ralKrd to assist while Trlnltylte Ernie Kakieln (In white) tries
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—The football bowls expect to
stuff some 70,000 more
tomers into their games Jan.
2 than A year ago, f giving
them something of an all-time
record bulge. Y
All four of the major poat-season
attractions—Rose, Sugar, ! Cotton
and Orange Bowls—have found Ur
built new sitting space'and are
counting on crowd increases rang
ing from 2,000 to 10,000. ;
The Rose Bowl is arranging for
a turnout of 103,000 to see the
game between unbeaten California
and Ohio State’s big ten Calijfor-
nit arena.
The Cotton Bowl at Dallas, jfea-
tuming Rice’s Southweat tltllsts
against North Carolina’s SoutHern
Conference kingpins, has issued
tickets for 75,500—a jump of 8,500.
Around 65,000, an increase of
5,000, are expected to attend the
Orange Bowl offering, an inter
sectional clash between Santa
Clara ^nd Kentucky.
The Sugar Bowl hopes to squeeze
at least 2,000 more people into the
giant ball park at New Orleans
so 83,000 can see undefeated, un
tied - Oklahoma tangle with Loui
siana State, conquerorj of three
conference champions.
In all, 661,500 fans are expected
Jo shell out for the 18 remaining
post-season extravaganzhs, begin
ning with the North-South shrine
game at Miami Dec. 26; and Jend
ing with the main bowl’ outburst
Jan. 2.
Western foot
odiit directir
r first workout
hors, Dec. 31.
mighty Notre Dime
toughest oattle of the INS
gave the Western squad
pjtwijln his version of the single
and double wingback formations.
rie #iaa as4l«tea by Coaches Leo
(Dutch) Meyer of Texas Christian
mM. cr,, “ h * 8oulh,n '
Eddie Lebaron, clever College
of the Tadlflc quarterback, was
assigned to the tailback position
in one backfield group. It is the
key position In the wingback set
up, calling for most'of the pall
handling. Lindy Berry of Texas 1
Christian was named tailback! ih
the other Quartet.
Teaming with Lebaron in bne
baclcfield were Renle Johnson of
UCLA at left half; Dick Gray of
Oregon State, right half, and Bill ■
Martin of Southern California at
Berry Calling
Berry called signals* in a Unit
Dick McKisaack, Southern^ Meth
odist, fullback.
Although Lebaroh has played ’
the T-fomtation quarterback
tion for the last three years, Head
Coach Bell predicted the 5-foot
8-inch, 165-poimder *Would easily
fit into the rylngback style.
It was' BfeH’s first look |ai(, Le-
barpn. He yras so impressed by
the, Ip-year-old youth’s pas
ability, he remarked, “He can
oh ; my team any time.’’
Johnson to,Help
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son of UCLA, in addition to ruq-
also said that John-
helplessly to block the
watches in hnckgroiind.
tip in. Aggie guard Wally Moon (15)
Mexican Turtle Surprises Scientists :
In Amazing Swim of the Atlantic
Plymouth, Eng., Dec. 21 — i.'Pt A Mexican turtlejturned up on the
Cortiish coast yesterday and sent Cornishmen into a dither of excite
ment. i
A scientist said the little fellow may have swum over across the
Atlantic, j 1 11 ,
The Mexican Loggerhead, about the size of a man’s head, was
first spotted ambling placidly along the seashore highway several
thousand miles from the Gulf of Mexico where he belongs.
Cornishmen named him ,Theodore, and whisked him off to the
Williams Fish Market. The fishmongers put Theodore in a bucket of
sea water and telephoned the Marine Biological Laboratory here.
“Very rare thing, this,” said Dr. D. P. Wilson, the laboratory’s
aquarium chief.
Wilson said it was quite possible that Theodore crossed over under
his own power, helped along by the Gulf Stream.
Walker Is Ready For Senior Bowl
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Dallas, Dec. 20, (A*) - Doak Walk
er. Southern Methodist's All-Amer
ican who passed up the East-West
garpe because of a leg injury, ex
pects to be ready for the Senior
Bowl game at Jacksonville, Fla,,
Janl 7. j
, Walker suffered a bad charley
horbe and had trie leg reinjured
in the game against Texas Chris
tian. He couldn’t play in the
SMjU-Notre Dame game but had
planned to appear in the East-
Wept contest in which Southern
Methodist Coach Matty Bell is
heajd coaqh for the West.
He has been taking treatments
but| the injury has not responded
sufficiently for him to play at San
Francisco. If he did he would take
a chance of a crippling injury.
“It will require about two weeks
for! the injury to thoroughly heal,”
Mrs. E. D. Walker, his mother,
says. “A calcium growth or spur
hgs developed in
must be removed.’
the leg and it
The Senior Bowl will be Walk
er’s first appearance as a profes
sional. Players in this game get
part of , the receipts, thus making
them pi-os. Doak has not yet de
cided if he will bnter organized
professional football, however.
Injured Ben Hogun
Makes Settlemnt
El Paso, Tex., J/Pl—Ben Hogan,
golf’s mighty mite who :was ba< ly
injured in a collision between his
car iand a Greyhound bus last
Feb. 2, has made an opt-of epurt
settlement with the bus rcompniiy.
The settlement, annbujpced Wday
by Hogan’d attorney, Joseph G.
Dennis, Walt reached about three
weeks ago. Bennie wouldn’t dis
close terms of the agreement.
The accident occurred near Van
Horn, Tex. Hogart'was hospitalized
here for several weeks. before rej-
turning to his home in Fort Worth.
The little golfer, at the top of
the pro ranks before the wreck,
has been wdiking out/
mug from one of the wing spots,
would spell Lebaron and Berry
Ojt tailback. Johnabn was out
standing for his team at the poal-. ‘
tmh this year. j 1
Twp sets of lines, described as
temporary, were selected by the
l oaches. One forward wall com
prised Ends Harry Kahqnnua,
University of HaVvall, and Ken
Ftbse,'Stamford; tackles Dob Nar-
rell, Texnk Christian/ and Carl..
Kllsgaard, Idaho; puards Warren
\Vbod, College of Puget Bound,
and Jack Hnlllday, Southern
Methodist, and Center Jini Cue-
tagnoll, Btanford. ' |
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KpHIri Prather, Kansas State, and
VinCo Cisterna, Arizona State,
FMagstiff; .Tat'kles Steve iDoititf;
Oregon, and Thurman \jograw,
\ & M; Qtiardq' Tom
Orb gon State, and
George Bayer, Washingtoh and
Center Toih Novak, Nebraska.
The other two members of the
nquad. Emery Mitfhell, Stanford
Colorado A
Pesylvla,
fullback, and John:Rodhe, College
in on of the Pacific • end', alternated at
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