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For the second time this cage
campaign, junior forward John
Dewitt has Been named Star of
the Week by the Battalion Sports
Staff. John paced the Aggies in
last week’s tussels \$ifh SMU and
TCU. /H-
Marvin Martin, «’ 3” forward
enter^ from ^ Hmitttnn was a 1°'
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center 1 from ! Houston, was also
the last half
highly; acclaimed. Martin’s stellai
■formance during*
the Frog encounter' received
performance
of the Fro
careful consideration before the
Staff finally extended the honor
to DeWitt.
“Long John’’ was transferred to
• the: forward position this season
after leading A&M scores as a
pivoUman last year. He racked up
148 points in conference play dur
ing': the '48-’4D term to finish
j • eighth among SWQ scorers^ aver-
- ageing 11.0 per game. . V. .|
- i Rated Top Soph
The fl’ B? lettcrmnn from Waco
was rated by many sportswritoi*
ns the top sophomore player ip
the confcreiiee last season. Dup
ing his last two contests, the 19R-
poundor pl#yo<l the type of ball
that could niean an aH-confercnce
berth. ' | . ' ' ■ . .-1
In the SMU fracas last Wedncs-
y- day, he- almost singleihandcdty
■ let} the Farmers, taking [ most of
the rebounds for the Ags and split
ting the net with 16 points to gain
Ciidet high-point laurels. f ;
’ DeWitt’s play followed the same
„ pattern the next night in the
> - game with the Horned Frogs. He
I' poured in 17 markers 1 for the Ag-
Burnett Hires
Charlie Grimm
A thi-ee year salary of $90,000
turned Charlie Grimm away from
the Chicago Cubs to Dallas, Dick
Burnett, (owner of - the Texas
League, disclosed i-ecently.j
It is believed by veteran base
ball men that on a yearly basis
Grimm has become the highest
paid minor league manager in the
history of | the junior circuits.
The Grimm-Burnett deal over-
j \ shadowed routine business of the
!, ' Texas League Conference held
recently in Tulsa. The club owners
' adopted ai 154 game schelule with
April 11 i opening dates for all
-clubs. . j - t ; .
The oilfwealthy Burnett's con-
• firmstion that Grimm would man
age his tjeam, starting this sum
mer came as no surprise to the
fifty-fif^h anhual meeting of Texas
Ibop leaders. •
». The annual all-star game, played
since the i way between the league
leader on;.July 4 and a team com-
' posed of picked players from ! the
remaining clubs, will be replaced
by 8 contest between northern
and southern division stars.
The managers will be those of
teams leading each division at the
m time the northern-southern contest.
gies as AftM moved into a
third place in SWC
Ranks High as
Because of these two imp
outings, the ex-Waco all-j
athlete ranks high in ii
scoring statistics. He is in
position in conference scoririi
16 field goals and two free-' 1
a total of 32 points.
DeWitt is just nine points behind
pace-setter Georg* McLeod, TCU’s
surprising sophomore center
has 16 field goals and niii
throws.
In entire , season play,
sppHs a creditable point-c
tion. John has bucketed 6
goals and 28 gif ^tosses for 1
of 146 points. He how ha
age of better than Id
game. \
Hit Best Against Frogs
The 17 markers he collected
against TCU was his highest of
the season. Long John's gfl time
low came in San Antonio against
Arizona, when he could prify col^
lect one tally.
DeWitt has a brother, Bill, who
is a co-captain of. the Baylor bas
ketball team. The tall, angular for
ward is also noted for his baseball
prowess; he was one of the 1
ing sophomore outfielders jih
conference last spring.
The 21-year-old animal Husban
dry major would be gopd , (enough
for a slot on the track team if his
basketball, baseball, and (studies
didn’t consume all of his tipie dur
ing the (spring; he holds the A&M
intramural record for the 'quarter
mile event.
CAA Reviews
thietic Code
York, Jan. 11—‘A 1 *—The
National Collegiate Athletic As-
riation opened its annual meet-
ink here yesterday, confronted
wfth a “sanity code” issue that
istened a major rift,
art E. Lieb, president of the
NpAA, issued a preliminary blast
the controversial question, sug-
ting that schools that can’t
Imply with the code get out oT
big time football.
iveral southern schools, includ
ing the* University of Virginia,
promise a battle to the finish on
the two-year-year code which
sharply restricts subsidisation of
athletes.
Loib said more than 20,000
schools admitted last summer non-
compliance with the code. He said,
however, 14 promised to behave,
and were put on probabtion.
‘‘.Seven schools have openly said
they can’t comply and don’t in
tend! to," Leib declared.
The NCAA never has disclosed
the seven schools, but four are
kho^n- They are Virginia Tech,
Virginia Military, The Citadel, and
Vifiinia.
A special compliance committee
which has investigated the schools
is e tpeeted to bring its report be
fore the NCAA 1 executive commit
tee today. X
Ifl the executing committee ap
proves a inotion to expel the eol-
legeis from the NCAA, it must be
approved by a vote of two-thirds
of the (delegates at a general ses
sion) Saturday. Expulsion would
mean the schools could not play
NCAA members, in any sport. .
Ags To Meet
TU Saturday
Eight Players
ToldSituation
Dallas, Jan. 11—<A*i—-The -
Southwest Conference players
played in the Senior Bowl at Ji
sonville, Fla., Saturday knew
would end financial aid at t
various schools. ( . j
The Southwest Conference, ;at
its winter meeting here Dec. 10,
decided it would and informed them
91 the time. _ ' ] ' j
Doak Walker already had turn
ed professional and Fullback Dick
McKissack graduates at mid-ter>n.
Halliday forfeits tuitiion of $300
and $65 per month: for board, room
and laundry by playing. He re
ceived only $343 for his participa
tion. His board, room. and laun
dry money would havej run fojur
months, making a totgl erf $200.
Added to the 30(0, tuition, he gives
tip $600, So he ends with a deficit
f $217 • ■ j -
Southwest Conference
players Who forfeited benefits by
playing Were Hay Borneman and
Paul Campbell (of Texas, Rupert
Wright, HfuiV J.i D. Ison of Baylor
ttnd Therein Roberts of Arkansas!
Second
With W
By F. E.
and
night
will
nee to
spot in
by slipping
Arkansas
Now comes the ; real Aggie
losing a see-saw battle
jump into the second
the conference standing
by the favored
izorbacks. [
alow and then fast: and
then slowing down again, thje H'
have been (an on 8ml off tedrajthis
season. Although ranking ; j Way
down the line in the national: rat
ings, the rangy Oiark lads are fig
ured to cabture the SW -conference
title. [ | J |}:\;
Big Bob Ambldf,. junior varsity
eager, is probably the most talked
about Arkansas player. Ambler as
a soph came in seventh in the*; con
ference scoring race scoring 63
points. This scasfm the 6’ 77 lad
nas been slow Starting due to a
minor injury, buti is reported (back
• • 'd"' !
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r Busy Week
e Tie Possible J j
er Razorbacks ,
team to meet the Hogs,
fell in a 60-51 defeat ii
played in Fayetteville.
It will probably be Tom
tori’s famous hook shot, that
deal the Aggie basketeers
misery this Saturday bight.
24 year old veteran of the -
is completing his fourth yei
eligibility with the Lbnqhornj
Last season the near bald head
ed Hamilton ranked fifth ambng
SW conference scorers with u 12.6
minor n
in fine
Meet Steers Saturday
Wally Moon (15), Cadet eager from (he Arkansan Alps, donates
two points to the cause In last week’s 40-45 vietory over the TCU
five. Interested observers are John DeWitt (II), Aggie forward.
Froggies Harvey Fropune (24land George McLeod (33).
V
r
TDi* St* lers* who the Aggies
meet this Satunthy night in Aus
tin, have wen th(< only conference
* i —r-
per game average. This season ithc
215 pounder has compiled 30 points
in two games'and at present is
ranked fifth in the conference scor
ing race.
Baylor furnished the Tcaiipa
with their other conference lb«a.
The Bears slipped* by a sciven
point upset victory befpre a peek
ed house In Gregory Gymnasium In
Austin. • t j i-
Despite Thursday nights ‘ Cut-
come witjh Arkansas, the Aggies
will go tb Austin Saturday , bight
slightly favored’ tn Win, but! (will
enter the Hog content as decided
underdogs.
St. John’s Ranked
EFligh t 9 A In fan try
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New York, Jani 11—j-jA 2 *—-St.
John’s of Brooklyn, despite its
two-point defeat by City College,
continued to reign today ai: the top
college basketball team .in the
riatiion in the Associated Press’
weekly poll.
Their 12-game winning* streak
halted by their intracity; rivals,
the Brooklyn Redmen bounce*! back
to overwhelm St. Joseph’s of Phil
adelphia last Saturday, tp-58, to
gain the nod in a tight five-team
race for top honors.
St. John’s (13-1) received 26
first place votes from a nationwide
panel of 122 sports writers and
sportscasters to edge out Ken
tucky’s once-beaten Wildcats for
the second straight week] The
Redmen’s margin was a islim 58
points.
A first place vote wasjj counted
ten points, second place nljns third
place, eight, and so on <l<>wn the
line. (Southwest Confereriee teams
did Hot place atiiong the! fop I 30.)
LIU Placed Third
Third place'went to Lonjg Island
University despite the Blackbirds’
30 first place ballots, (he | most
drawn by any team. The bpcyscrap-
ing Long islanders (11-1 )j (received
820 points to fall 51 pointjs behind
Kentucky. The Wildcats (8-1),
with /24 first place noiijanations.
drew 29 second place (votes to
only 10 for Long Island!|to gain
the runner-up position.
Indiana (10-1) rated tni| best in
the big ten, and Holy Cjross an
other unbeaten outfit witjhj 11 vic
tories, took fourth and fifth posi
tions, respectively. The HoosiCrs
received 18 first place votes to 19
for the Crusaders. Indiajna picked
up 755 points to 702 jfor Holy
Cross. ,
Sixth place went to j Bradley
(11-2). The Bears received only
three first place votes | (to drop
three notches from their position
of a week ago. However,! they had
enough second, third aw l fourth
place votes to accumulate 659
points. k . j ; ■
CCNY Jumps Up
-The biggest advance u as made
by City College. The j Beavers
(8-2), by virtue of imp re isive tri
umphs over St. John’s ahi Loyola
of Chicago, faulted from Mth into
seventh place. They rece ved two
first place votes and-302h oints.
No other club received any first
place; nominations. DuQ; |esne of
Pittsburgh (9-0), anotheit all-win
ning combination, rankje|l eighth
with 238 points. Nbrtfvlj Carolina
Mme. Chiang Enroute
New York, Jan. f-Fi—Mme.
Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of (the Chin
ese Generalissimo, left yesterday
by plane for San Frimcisco on
the first leg of a fligh to join
hor husband in Fonnr
State, despite its 58-55 upset by
Duke Saturday night, attracted
208 points to gain ninth place. The
Wolfpack owns a record of 9-2.
UCLA (10-3) roumled out the
top teh with 194 points. The Bears
displaced Minnesota which fell to
llth.
Force swamped H! Air
the last half pf (their
nikht, 21-16, |to enter
ball finals where ! they
will meet D Infantry tonight in
DeWare Field House.
With Bobby Dohoney and! Sam
Piovenza leading the way, E
Flight took off on one of the
fastest games played this season^
Dave . Higdon : of H Ai;- Force was
high point min for the night with
five field goals. Ray Long! and
Roy Dollar of H Flight, together
with Lou Woods and Jack Sl)u-
gart for E Flight added tb the
fast play of last night.
Box Score ,
E Air Force (21) \
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FG FT PF 'TP
2 0 4 4
5 f2 21
(16)
FG FT PF TP
0 0 10
AUDREY HAAS
wkli SPIKE JONES’ MUSICAL
DEPRECIATION REVUE
Why are we running Audrey's
picture? Oh, we just thought
her picture would reveal the good
shape one could achieve through
gymnastic exercise. However,
those of you contemplating im
mediate enrollment in PE gym
nastic classes are reminded that
only males will be seen taking
pert; in such maneuvers in Ag-
-! -*ind gym sessions.
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Girl Swimmer To
Practice in Texas
Denison, Tex., Jan. 11——
Shirley May France is going to
do a little training for her next
attempt to swim the English Chan
nel by splashing around this spring
in Lake Texoma.
President Greg Walsh of the
Lake Texoma Sportsman’s Club
said today the Somerset, Mass.,
school girl swimmer has accepted
an invitatiion to come to Texas.
Walsh said Miss France was in
vited to Lake Texoma Club as a
means of helping her get into
n for he
We p<iy the lii jhest pri >
Wi maintain A’holei.al-
Y^’Or round
OFT OUH I’HICFS lii.
condition
to swim
slated to
June.
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the channel. She is
make the attempt in
Lou Woods
Bill Mayo
Jack Shugarf
Beb Dohoney : ..
Sam Provenza
Totals
H Air
Dave Higdon
Ray Long
Al Sexton r
Roy pollar
Burt (Bailey
Totals .... 7
A Infantry scored their
victory in tennis w-ith a win over
the Senior Company to gain thi
semi-final round of the playoffs.
Bob Sclick and Ed Moses of (he
Infantry downed Buck Wray and
Fred Campbell, 8-2. Bob Thomas
and Don Eberhardt scored the only
win for the Senior Company defeat
ing Zoot Gorman and Luba Prince,
9-7. Felix Copeland gnd David
Stiles lost to Russ Waterhouse and
Sam Pete °f A Infan try, S-8, in
the final match.
In horseshoe play, E Field Ar
tillery downed A Coast Artillery
2-1. iG. 0. Perkins, R. D. Sheltbn,
Russell Connected
With Baylor Job
Dallas, Jjm. 11——Southern
Methodist University assistant
football Coach H. N. (Rusty) Rus
sell had “nd comment” on reports
he was being considered for the
head coach position at Baylbr Uni
versity. ‘ i
Russell and half-dozen others are
being “talker” for the job left
open when Bob Woodruff suddenly
quit to go to the University of
'FiRRttpbj j „■ • •
Russell’s only comment that in
dicated he might be listening to
rumors connecting him with the
Baylor post.
“When a (fellow is working, he's
got a job to! do. If he’? a wood cut
ter, }ie cuts wood until something
happens. And then ht goes on to
another job-”
Others who have been rumored
for the Baylor job are Missouri
coach Don Faurot, ex-TCU passing
star Sammy Baugh, Rice assistant
coach Joe Davis, eXrTexas A&M
coach Homer Norton; i Tulane
coach Henry Fmka, Ray Morrison,
Autain College coach, and Allyn
MoKeen, ex-MUsiskippi State
coach.
Red Brewer, and Bob Fox formed
the winning team of E Field.:
Club, Football Advances)
Club Flag football advanced
closer to the finals with three
games being played yesterday. The
Waco-McClennan Club rapped VM
’51 by two penetrations—the two
only penerations of the game. Paul
Murray starred for the Waconites
with his almost perfect punting and
accurate passing which brought in
the two penetrations.
The Business Club led by
touchdown by Jack Shugart and a
twenty five yard field goal by R.
Pratt defeated the Beaumont Club,
10-0. Bill Glover of the Beaumont
Club played a eracker-jack game in
the backfield. The field goal kicked
by Pratt was his second one of
the year; his first which was for
45-yards was against the Dallas
Club in the last play of the game.
Puryear’s Tigers defeated Dorm
14, 7-2, in the closing plays of the
game on a j>ass from Dave Thomas
to Bullet Lonquist. The extra point
after touchdown was scored by the
same duo in the same way.
Goats Caught
By Cowhands
Parramore Island, Va., Jan. 11
—i/P'—The Texans got their goats.
Cowboys Cliff Clary and Joe
\Whitehead, baffled for days by the
dnery clitters, reported success
Monday night.
Already corraled are 500 of the
wild goat herd which has overrun
this AHantip Ocean strand.
They’re, ready _ for the six-mile
boat tpip \o the mainland and a
trait) ride tq, Texas.
Mdie are tiring driven from the
brush and thickets that cover this
three by 12-mile\jsland and tomor
row will mark thC\end of the first
phase’ of the last roundup. That's
when Clary and Wnitehear begin
the first overwater ftqul . in flat-
boats.
The pretty well heralded 1-
up ran afoul of bad weath it
week after Clary and Wh id
had completed the preli y
business of building roundu s.
But from now on, the is
said, things will be different.
The sponsors of the roundup,
Texas ranchers Perciy Roberts of
San Angelo and Lewis Smithyrjch
of San Saba, came up to super
vise the operation They brought a
sheep dog with them.
The dog, accustomed to digging
goats or sheep out of tough places,
gave a good performance on his
first! time out on a Seaside round
up. With Clary and Whitehead
ridjing herd and the dog-matching
bark for bleat with stragglers the
goats began to enter the pens.
How the goats behave on the
boat ride to the railhead tomorrow
is a matter for wind, tide and Tex
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11 * .Pi—Mrs. Maria! Eva Duarte
Peron, Argentina's first lady., was
resting today from (an attack of
acute appendicitis jiuffered Mon
day night.
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