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Fish Top Wharton
Meet Allen Tonight
Five, Ho^tontan AUh Aggte.
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
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Jumping: ~to the lead in the early
seconds of the game, the A&M
Fish Basketballrrs went oh to rout
the Wharton Junior College Pio
neers 48-37 in the first Fish game
on the DeWare hardwoods this
mil Bon.
Paced by Jimmy Velvln, 5’ 11"
forward from Longview, who
scored ten points in last nights
afray; Max Montegut from Texas
City and Leroy Mikasch. from
Weldor, each of whom scored eight
points; the Fish kept their lead
throughout the entire contest.
Tonight the Fish will tangle with
the blue and gold of Allen Acad
emy with starting time at 6;IS
as an opener for the varsity game.
The Fish to watch tonight will
be the above named and Joe Oul-
wgo of Sun Marcos and Richard
Bess. #' 1" all-state player from
French High in Beaumont. Both
played a bang up defensive game
last nl,;ht, and Gullcdge connected
with three free shots together with
two field goals in the important
moments of the game.
Last night the Pioneers took
their second licking of the season.
rThe first was at the hands of the
Ada Oil Company, : .Their victims
for the year have been the Rice
Frosh, Alvin Junior College, the
Houston Silents, and the Univer
sity of St. Thomas.
The Fish entered the second half
witlua-seven point margin over the
Pioneers. John Powell of Whar
ton struck first in the second half
with a field goal and a free shot
to boost - the : Pioneer score to 18.
Don 'Heft, right forward dor the
Fish, clicked quickly as the Fish
began to roll again.
Mlksch Off Backboards
The Fish cAitinued to control
both backboards with the major-j
ity of the hustling coming from
Leroy Miksch. But Gerald Cecil
of Wharton, who was high
man of the night with 12
and John Powell, left
the Pioneers, were not to. ~
nied as they spurted fourth
nine points which closed the '
lead to only two points.
Then Montegut began to flick
With his weaving in and out
Junior collegians' defenses to hr >ak
up their shots. Before the sec >nd
half was nine minutes old! tho
Freshmen had gained a five point
lead which remained unchallenged
the rest of the evening.
Shooting wildly at times, i nine
Fish connected with 16 field goals
In 42 attempts and taking elelven
of the 22 offered charity shots.
Out of 44 attempts eight Pioneers
chalked up 15 baskets, but: con
nected with only 1 of the 14 of'
fered free shots from the Fish.
Velvln, Fish high point :r\an,
dropped five of his six attempted
field goals through the bnsk<
Box Score:
A&M FISH (43) FG FT
Don Heft 1 0
Max Montegut .3 2
Jimmy Velvin .... 5 0
Richard Bess .... 1,0
Wallace Bleyl 1 1
LerOy Miksch .... 2 4
Jim Branam .... 0 1
Joe Gulledge .... 2 3
Don Garret 1 0
TOTALS 16 11
Wharton Junior
College (37) FG FT
Dave Gilder 3 0
Bill Brown 0 0
Joe Fuertes 0 1
Torrf Burnett .. . 3 2
Tom Irvin 1 0
Gerald Cecil 5 2
John Powell .... 2 1
Neel Kelsey 1 1
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Battalion
SPORTS
THLRS,, JAN. 5, 1056 Page
Rtrte Named As
Southwesterner
Duilas, Jan; 5--(A*>_Kyle Rote.
Southern Methodist’s smashing
halfback, was named "Southwest-
cnicr of the Ycai" Monday by the
Tekas
tion.
Sports,
Writers Associa
Koto, who lei
fepenec ;in lii
number of tou
TOTALS 15 7
Officials: W. G. Breazeale
Taylor Wilkins.
liid the Southwest Con-
.... rushing, punting and
of touchdowns scored, was
pifked for his great showing
against Notre Dame and for the
prestige! he brought to the South
west.^ \
In the Notre Dame game. Rote
scored three of his 12 touchdowns.
Fbr the 1 season, he gained 777
yards and had a punting average
ofj 44.4 yards.
The association also selected
(“Coach of the Year” for seven
other athletic divisions.
Jess Neeljy, football coach at
Rice, wps nhmed Southwest Con
ference coach of the year, nosin;
out Bob Woodruff, football coac
at Baylor.
, Wilfojrd Moore, football coach
ai McMurraiy, beat out Ray Mor
risen, football coach at Austin Col
lege, for Texas conference coach
of the year.
Maroon C<
jwy ' ■ i ‘i i
Tonight m
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Meet Frogs
A&M's erratic cagers have a
second opportunity to crack Into
the win column in conference play
tonight when they face TCU on
the DeWare Field House court at
8 following a tilt between the Fish
nad Allen Academy. The Freshman
game will begin at 6:15 p.m.
L’a clash will
league
night. AASt was dow
48-53, and TCU fall
in Houston. 61-80. i .
other conference contest, 61-50, St
ticH.
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BY FRANK N. MANITZAS
A A.M's IMP varsity nwlmpilng
team will be composed largely of
sophomore* with Bill Sefgesnt.
Van Adamson, Billy. Kuroff, and
Ralph Kllia forming the top four
on whom Coach Art Adaniison ir
pinning the Aggie hope* for the
Southwest Conference swimming
championship. J
Van Adamson, son of the 1 coach,
has won 18 races in the last flv|:
years, ranging from a 50-yard
frec-style event to a 300-yard in
dividual medley, and he nil* set
records in 12 <)f these events. Last
season in the Southwest AAU in
door meet. Van set a new record
for the 300-yard, individual medleV
and repeated the same 1(eat at
the ’4’J South Texas AAtT. Van
also won the Junior National Mite
at Audubon Park, New Orleans
last year.
Billy Rarow has an equally ins-
i ^ j h .
belt McKenzie, hfeestst
Dieck, and distance
Dave Vardeman,;all th
have lettered
of the leading divers
Bill May, Paul Klem
Peters are oUtatf fourth
I
the juniors coin,
lions on the aquadi .
Adamson KxpecN I
eke George
freestyler
... » of whom
. Hal . Jdhnsoivi—one
divers oil the *<iMa<j,
ll Fleming, snd John
rear ^wim«
9 Davis uild John sjiephafd are
juniors competing for ; posi-
~ i " , ! ' ji
proveinent
Coach Adamson said that most
most of the sophomoros were utK
triwi and young, but lhat he ex
pects them to improv*! before the
end of the season.
Other sophomores vho showed
up well in their Fish season arc
Billy Male, John Parr ell. Tommy
Comstock, Ray Hilton l Joe Blon-
deli, Gibb Matlock; and {Paul Shaff-
fer, the latter two help ng form the
diving team. • j • : '
The Aggies; under ( the leader
ship of Coach Adamson since 1934,
have won two Southwest Confer-
i’s
have
phomi
the
label
that the Pu
exclusively
year
Frog,
first undefea
c
squad is almost
up ttf sophoipoToa.
ha freshmen, the
gave •mi its
basketball
\ ; j ■ • i ■ :
Marr in Martin, 6’ 3” forward from Houston, has proven, one of
the top Cadet performers this season. The former all-city star
from Jeff Davis lettered last year and is slated to seh- a great deal
of service as the Maroons tenter conference corn petition.
Porkers Chosen As
Loop Title Favorite
pressive record, having Won 33
races since the ’47 season. He was ^ , ... ^ „
high [mint man last year, at the cnee swimming crowds and have
TAAF meet held in Tyler, and in ! "ever placed lower thin second, in
| a team (hat jwonl one conference
title and J tied ! for another.
Only returning s|tarter is Tom
Hamiltod, one of the top
of the conference and
players
leading
candidate for alii-America: this
(See PORKERS, Page 4T
BY HAROLD V. RATL1PF
Associated Press Writer
Dulli.s.—Tb, Arkaii.a, jLojJ A
aXif'SSw.- 0 ""' •
ship last season and won a play-off
! to represent the Urea in the NCAA,
1 are general favorites tb Cop the
1946-50 title. . ] \
They have a new coach, iPres
ley Askew, who kineps talking iabeut
Texas, Baylor. Tixas Chrlstiain and 1
Southern Methodist, but hi« fellow
■hunters point awesome height of
the Razorlmrks! and say fthose
are the beys.
Uuylnr comes [in wilh six letter-
mi n, including All-CobfOremte Dim
Heathlngron nil nn ! senftors—
and there are ijtiong kignsj of
resurgence froni| Texas A. Kind M.
and Texas Chi'ii|tian.
Ags !|i>ai> ('ampaign
The Agavie* mapped ■» stiitiuous
intersectionnl {schedule, , plnying
such higgles! nsj lajng Islanji. Ok-
lahnma A. and M. and BtJ Louis
on fouls to th«l cast nnd to the |
west coasts There are six jletter-
mep at Agglcland and a covpie of
i newcomers, Walt Davis; fi feet-
8, and'"Ken Button 6 feet-Ti make
A. and M. pipsipects the brightest
in a long time, j
At kansas < alko met Oklahoma
| A. and lft. and Kentucky, nlitional <
! finalists last season. |
Arkansas has five lettenOen in
cluding Bob Ambler, 6 feet 7;
Jim Cathcart, 6 fee-4, anil Nor
man Price, 6 feet-3.! On thei entire
j equad there is only one man under
] six feet. Arkansas also has some
transfer players wo are Counted |
| upon to givie (he punch lloit with |
the departure of Ken Keariis, all-
conference, iand Cliff Hortfm and
Johnny Ca.iApbell. ;
TCU Has Youngsters
Texas Christian ha!s onfy two
lettermen but Buster Branpon has
a blight array from Igst Reason's
undefeated freshmen. Veteran of j
the team iis Gene Schmidt, who
is seeking, hb {fifth varsitif letter.
Rice has: a new coach and five
lettermen with better thain aver
age height. 1{he Owls, however,
lost Bill Tain, giant center land one
of the finest players in the coun
try through graduation.
Wairen, Switzer is the top vete
ran. He is" after his fourth varsity
numeral. Rico also has some good
men up frrtm the freshmen and J.
D. White, |a junior college trans
fer who was held out of acjtion last
year. Coach is Don Sumaiii. a for
mer Rice star, who succeeds Joe
Davis. i ! ,
Rears Roast Veterajiw V
Baylor lost James Owens, all-
conferencp forward, to the pros
but returning lire Heafhington,
Bill DeWitt, Odell Preston. Bill
Brack, Bill Hickman am| (icrnhi,
Cobb, These fellows all played oni
the National Invitational at Nefiv the conference.
Orleans, Karow set a recoiyl in
the 100-mejter breast strolgi " as
well as winjning the 50-yard free
style: |
In the Jtinior Olympics * held at
Houston, Karow won the 50-metter
breaststroke, the 100-meter free
style, and the 100-nieter individ
ual medley. All of these events
were in theisenior (men’s! division.
Five Lettermen Available
Capable help for the sophomores
will be the five returning letter-
men to thei swimming squad. John
Westervelt; a senior, is{ one ’of
the sprint) men on the Aggie
squad. Jimmy Flowers, also a sen
ior, was a starting center for (he
varsity football team, but now
; he will display his taleint as a
j breaststroke artist foj- the swim
ming team.
Other senior* who are work-
i ing for berths on the swimming
squad are sprint freestyle!' Gil-
s.' fourteen
years as coach of the team, Adam
son has won : 53 meets, tied One,
and lost 31. ;
Mermen Open in Dajlaai | /
This season the Cadets 'open at
Dallas where they wi I participate
in the Southwest Conference Re
lay Carnival ion January 14, This
program wilt include a ;400-yard
freestyle, a 400-yand breaststroke,
and a 400-yard baekitrokp/relay.
Another event will b< a free style
medley relay in which one man
will swim a lOO-yajrq lap, The sec
ond will swim a 220-Vard lap, and
tho third man will f|nUh:;thc race
with a 440-yjurd lap.)
There will also" l>e a diving di
vision in which three - men will
compete from each . school. Each
performer will hav^
dive and two optlo|
Tire final event
consist of a OOO-yaijl
race with six men on
(See AQUATIC,
In 20 years, rotting up 11
averaging 60 tg. points per ;
Captain of Um Horned Toad var
sity crew thla: season la the
starting aeniqr. Gene
Schmidt, an BVanavllle. knd.. eager
who was aecond high scorers; for
the Froggies iUa*t campaign^ ia
aeeking hia rifHt letter a wartime
Incurred phenomena.
Four gopha Start
Joining, Schgiidt .at the forward
post)* will be Harvey Fromme.l At
center will be highly tout ml George
McLeod, n 6' *" pivot Irtnn iMc-
Leod tallied 1|1 points to rank as
number two worer for the VVogs
laat season. /
Gtiards on the Purple five;will
be John "Bud'* Campbell and Tom
my Taylor. ^Taylor wia the: top
point-maker »r the '49 Wogn on ,,
the:basis of t^a 1AO talnes: f
Working bfhmd thla starting
groiip are forwards Carl Knog and -
Ted Reynolds; fifth and seventh
Ing ecotfi-a for last year’s
freshman t&m; cepter Allan
Brookshire,' ifnmber fhree point-
maker for the Wogs; guard Bruce
Craig, the onlir previous Ictteriman
besides Schmidt, and ^iiard; h 0 i,
Led. a senior; iquadman.
Vietinig Were Weak
Most of tpe CowtoWners’: vic-
tinis were not major teams. How
ever, the “Btlaia" did qr(ick ah un
defeated st
of the Mfssou
The Shockers
42454, in Fort Wortjh last week.
:*arlier the! Shockers had down
ed TCU on their home court in
Kansas. Other Purple victims
were NTSC 143-48). MiBBouri <35-
37!l, Howard Payne (31-61),[ Abi
lene Christian i( 57-65 i apd (35-521,
aHd East Tegks (45-63)
Victors over TCU were Missouri
(54-45). Bradley (85-49). St. [Louis
(810-53). and [Wichita l(65-4S), in •
addition to' Rice. .
Comparative scores against! com
mon opponents- St. Lojuia. NTSC,
ami ACC definitely favor the Ag
gies. But Optimistic fans blight
DeLUXE CAFE
SEBV S SS, BEST
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The Bryan Honie
, {Texas Aggies