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TU Freshmen Fi Tromp Fish, 51 I M '' By HAROLD GANtf . i f ■ ' • •• ~ • <— • A&M’s fast improving ■ Fish quintet lost to TU’s fast-breaking Shorthorns, 3&-51, in Gregory Gymnasium Saturday night. Failure to keep abreast of the Yearlings in the first ten min utes of play coupled with an in ability to stifle a highly effec- -tlve frosh fast-break were the two main explanations of the Fish defeat. I . Leroy Miksch, all-state center from - Waelder, again paced the Fish with 14 points, 10 of them coming in the, second half, Miksch was the Ags’ chief rebound threat. Texas' Leon Black, class B all- stater, garnered 14 points to share high-point honors with Miksch. Most of Black’s six fieldgoals came on lay-ups after he had sto len the ball from unalert Fish guards. Yaarjinga Use Fast Break As the game got underway, the Yearlings, a shorter group than the Fish, relied on fast-break pat terns. and this aggressive type of play paid dividends. At one point during the first stansa Tex- na controlled a 2U-II lend. The Utile Longhorns alio main tained a rigid defensive wall that even the Fish long-shot specialist —Max Montcgut, Don Garret, Don Heft and Jimmy Branam—could. 1 n’t shoot over. i Aggie Places In Galveston Meet ’ In an open foil 1 and novice sabre meet held Saturday in Ft. Crockett Gymnasium at Galveston, John Gbtlob and Jerry Monks made the semi-, final round. _ Gotlob was edged out of the finals by a 1-3 count and Monks went into the finals. Monks came in fourth with a final score of 1-3. • : The open foil meet was open to all persons interested in fenc ing and did not restrict the en trants on the expedience they had had. A run down of the final score showed J. E. Brown, Galves ton team, first, and Clem D’Abl- bergo, ex-Galveston Bucaneer and former State champion in foil, second. - Frank Lever, Rice fencing team captain, [was third with two' wins and two t losses. Monks came in fourth \yith a 1-3 record in the finals. Jack French came in fifth with .a score of 0-4 in the last round. • __ . Monks was the only Aggie to »nt4r the novice sabre. He lost in the sabre meet, with a score of 2-4. Carroll Belli E. T. Jennis, and Quincy Berlin from the A&M fenc ing team entered but failed to qualify for the semifinals. Miksch, however, was penetrate the barrier on occasions, driving in under wide assortment of under-th ket shots. Cold Fish Frustrated A&M’s first-year-men mesh a single point duri: 10-minute span at halfti; 14, never relinquishing theii throughout the tilt. The Fish roared back second half with Miksch’s able court-coverage;. Heft’s set shots (one of these, a 38-footer, was the longest of the game), and Jimmy Velvin and Branam’s ener getic defensive play that caused thm Yearlings to pass wildly. . Branham, a prospective baseball idout from Amarillo, gave an idea of his baseball is: g ability. In attempt! knock the bail away from a »ho hbrn forward, Branam sciously swung from the heels a: almost slugged the ball Into th. bleachers—a distance of some fif tyjfoet. Trimming the lead to 30-44 btn fore the two-minute rule wept into effect, the Fish .were held score- less for the reiu«1n<l<ir of th* con test. The pace whs fast and 1 furi ous during the last 10 minute* of play. -Box. Score A&M (.1*) FCT FT l*F TP Heft, F 4 1 4 9 Stagg, F 0 0 0 0 Motnegut, F 0 0 0 0 Branam, F 0 0 4 0 Miksch, C B 4 3 14 Bleyle, C 0 0 2 0 Velvin, 0 .]: 0 0 :1 0 Dougless, G 0 0 < 1 0 Garrett, G 2 2 If3 6 Gulledge, G 1 1 3 ! ,1 |j6 5 Carpenter, G 1 0 2 2 Totals ..........13 10 [is 36 Texas (51) FG FT PF TP Morgan, F !.... 3 4 4 10 Thurman, F 0 0 1 0 Hudel, F I-....., 1 15 3 Ogden, F 1 0 ! 5 2 Black, C 5 4 4 14 Weaver, C 0 0 4 0 Scalding, G ■ 3 6 4 12 McCoy, G \r... Brewer" G Gonzales, G . Totals 17 17 28 51 Score at half: Texas 32, A^kM 14. Free throws missed: Heft,: Bran am. Miksch 8, Velvin, Garrett 2, Gulledge 5. Carpenter 2, Morgan 8, Ogden 2, Black 2* Scaling 5, Gonzales. Officials: Gordon Bailcjy and Tommy Birdwell. • [ ||l | Battalion ; SPORTS MON., JAN. 16, 1950 Page 3 l; “FIVE for FOUR" Bring V» Five of Vour Old Books You Don’t Need Pick Up Four Good Books You Do Need , LOUPOT'S TRADING POST You Know “I-OIT ; He’s for “YOU” -rr- •T" $ LOWEST PRICES SAVINGS — SAVINGS — SAVINGS v'-"' „r * 4, -4 on 0. D. PAMS ! , ‘ V I : ■. [ | ' ' [NEW and USED $ SMITH’S “We Give S&H Green Stamps’ North Gate Phone 4-4444 ' I . ■ V 1 Pbtk Sausage for the Cadets . - 1 . r r. f \ • i f" T ^ 1 i ~ M I . ;i By FRANK N. MANITZAS Texas A&M’s swimming team was nosed out by a powerful Tex as University squad, 52-48, in the first annual Southwest Conference Swimming Relays which were held <<xhj at the SMU pool Saturday night, gies Southern Methodist finished third- \ n j with 40 points, and Baylor was with 24 points; ; ji All of the relay races were close it none of the events were more I, the fh Van Adamson, Billy Iph Ellis. BUI Sargent, and the st of the Aggie swimmers came ioyable than the diving. Al- ~ ly Karow, through none were diving team that meet in many a s< As some of the Ti sity performers and s la the first ti^r ) > ever won the . c don’t know how ! Matlock Out. Gibb Matlock led era with a perfo outstanding especially has just started a sophomore, pli diving event with Howell Johnson and dSpot nk Mjetet also of the Aggie tank V|uad, tak>- plkces. —r~ Ouster Move Fail Williams New Veep j Two points that put the Cadets out ahead of the Porkers for good resulttd from the shot Buddy Davie (16) of the Aga Is Just about to launch. Big Bob Ambler of the Razor backs Is straining In vain to block Davis’ one-hander. HustUng Mike Garcia (24) is moving In to follow up on the maneuver. The Maroons downed the Hewgs, 48*85 Thursday, but lost Saturday to the Texas Longhorns, 46-48. Coaches Question Value Of Two-Minute Basketball Rule py WILBli Ajssociated WILBUR MARTIN Press Staff Willi a regulation 40-minute bas ketball j game now be over in 38 minutes? Yes,] say some Southwest Con ference coaches. They blame- the new rule which gives |a team fouled in the last two minutes of play a penalty shot—and possession of the ball. “It will mean basketball games will | pb just 38 minujtep long,” says Jack Gray of the University of Texas. Baylor’s Bill Henderson echoes the statement. Hayes Not So Sure E. O. (Doc) Hayep, Southern Methodist basketball coach, isn’t quite sure what to think of the new rule. “I don’t believe we’ve seen enough of it to make a wise de cision on whether it ip good or bad,” he says. "On the surface it would appear it’s a gopd rule if Last Second Score Stops Win Streak (Continued from Page 1) go, bu| by the time the clock read five minutes to play, the score was again [knotted. * Back and forth the lead swung, changing hands so many time the press box considered demanding additional pencil, to keep all the action recorded. The near four thousand crowd cnimincd into the gym almost hud nervous hysteria ns the g a m e went Ihto/tm^finnl seconds. The score wai all [lied un when the busxer soqnded Indicating only two minutes leltK. Davis trle<r-xpne\from outside the circle that kullt chqnot with 80 seconds to go. Again the ci owd went) wild. Hamilton then came through with a ff«e shot to make the count stand at 46-45 with the Maroon margin a single point. jHamilton Draws Fouls The] Aggies then stole the ball only ['TO lose it On a bad pass— which was just what the TU cag- ers wire waiting for. After four unsuccessful attempts on the part of Halmilton to draw a foul, the big bald-headed Steer came through, a foul being called on one .of the Cadet defensive men. As Hamilton approached the line to shoot, he found the ball was covered with sweat and three men ran out on the court, with Turkish towels to dry the ball. When Big Tom finally shot, the try was good —with only 36 seconds left in the game. |_ ti this time Falk, fighting des- ately under the hoop, recoy- a rebound from an errant free, Mo^ji /. shot,by Hamilton, jumped into the aiiv-tandi plunged the ball into the hioopi ! » Quickly Mike Garcia grabbed the sphere and passed to Wally Moon; who had, to dribble through the crowd which was already jatnmiNg on the floor. Breaking ti sank a successful crip; But it didn’t count. The whistle had blown about the same time as Falk ha<| a hot. The I game was over and the Aggies had llo*t, 46-18. Ilox Score A&M (16) Da Witt, F Garciaj F Davis, c McDowell, G Moon, G Martin,,.F, G Turnbow, G ... you're ahead- hind.” * -bad if you’re be- The rule virtually] kills ] any chancps of a team that !is be hind getting control of the ball in the last two mihjites. It was written into the rule book, of course, when cofeches sought some means ; to control de liberate fouling in the] two minutes of the game by teanjs seeking to gain the ball. • Leader Cinch Winner But, say those edaphes who op pose it, a team that is even one point ahead is am almost; cinch winner. The players can Control the ball and even if; tjhey are foul ed by the opnositi()n[ still get to keep it. Gray is of the opinion that after 38 minutes of play, the team ahead is “in”. Unless, of yourse, the ball is legitimately stolen by [the other team. Ahd, in modern basketball that doesn’t pappen very often. There’s sure to j be much an guished yelping for a change in this rule. Some Rule Needed “But we’ve I got tb have some sort of rule to control deliberate fouling,’’ sttvs Hayes. The | new rule maiy nin n ; team’s chancps of getting the nail] in the last two minutes of play. Mil pro bably won’t slow ddwn any I of the action] -L " i We can’t imagine Texas—be Bay lor— standing by \vith pained ex pressions the last (wjo minutes of { play while, say Texas A&M, or K5 j Rice protects a one-point lead io 1 I' N*w York, Jan. 16 i&Pu-The r*bel schools which defM the National Collegiate Athletic As sociation’s sanity code won a rous ing victory Saturday. A vot« to expel thorn failed of a necessary two-thirds majority. Huge C. Willette of Southern California was elected president of the NCAA for 1950, succeeding Dr. Karl Loib of Iowa. A vioe-4>resideht was elected from each of eight districtsli In cluded was D. W. Williams of A&M from District six. The association voted today to hold its convention at Dallas next year. The executive committed set the date for Jan. 10-13, 1961. The American Football Coaches Asso ciation will meet at the same time. Vote Failed To Carry Delegates Voted by secret J bal lot 111 to. 93 for expulsion of'the' seven recalcitrants. This was 25 votes short of the number needed. . The seven W'ho gained this- par tial vindication of their! athletic policies were Virginia University, Boston College, Maryland, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Roly, Villanova and The Citadel. Immediately after the vote |was announced, President H. C. i)yrd of Maryland introduced a resolu tion calling for a special committee to investigate the athletic practices of all member schools and! to make a report at next year's meet ing. This wasj passed 87 to 71] Citadel Still Out The result of the ballot appar ently yill not alter the decision of The Citadel, Military School at Charleston, S. C., to withdraw from the NCAA. Its official resignation afas presented early Saturday. (Sports Editor's Note: Includ ed smong the seven schools were two Aggie opponents, past and present, Villanova and Virginia Military Institute. The Villanova Wildcats trounced the Cadets In |48 and ’49 34-14 and 35-0, re spectively, Next fall the Aggies lake on VMI In n night, tilt bn Oct. 14 in the fourth con test of the campaign.) \ During the lengthy discussion which followtid presentation of the case against j (he rebels by ’ ('lur- epee Houston [of Tufts, chairman of the NCAA’* compliance commit- Me, two of the schools, Boston Cbl- Ibgo and Villanova, were disclosed to have advised the committee they wished to comply with 1 the code. VUi The three Virginia schools, . 1 U ATTENTION SENIORS!! OL’ LOU WANTS TO CONGRATULATE ARE" GETTING THAT WONDERFUL SH HIS GREETINGS, WISHING YOU ALL CESS POSSIBLE. ’ NU ■ OU SENIORS WHO JN- HE EXTENDS ,; PPINESS AND SUC- Totals 17 12 15 46 Texas (48) KG FT PF TP Hamilton, F 0 9 2 9 McGee, F 5 1 2 TI Falk, c 5 0 I 10 Womack, G 4 1 3 9 Huffman, G ...\„ 2 2 2 6 Harris, C 0 12 1 Clark, F 0 0 0 0 Cobb, G 0 2 3 2 Totals 16 16 15 48 Score at half: Texas 21, A&M 19. 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W| uitu Plt>r TOBACCO ■spa TS & TIES well as Maryland, did not lg\ck down a foot. N« bowl S< l Inn No action wax tAkrn jin thr howl eommlttw'V *lx-polnt ri'cortimond- atlon, It spaclfled sponsors of pojit- season games must give competing schools 80 pei; cant of th* gross receipts niul allot (hem ode th nl of the ticket*. A special committee waa inform ed, instead, to compose a; set'of by-laws in which such items may be incorporated; Bernie Moore, commissioner of the Southeastern Gonferenfe, pre dicted today’s developments would result in a Workable code tp which the entire membership c< form. Two Decisions Posai It may call for open scholarships, such as pn Virginia, Maryland and the other recalcitrants, or provide the year-around table, voted down Sal to 106. The anticipated firewori to materialize. Tempers 1 strained and the speech moderate. The rebels won r a major coijld con- athletic ’ by ome of t m*y iblrig y, '115 *'■ & failed [ere! re ft werfe victory when it was decided to vot; on (he seven as a group rather than take them one by one. . ; 1 The sanity code restricts schol arships and stipulates an athlete must work for his keep. uses Boalner Addre Air Force Reserve Col. Haydon L. Boatner, 'com mandant, spoke on China to the members of the Ain Jlet erve at Base Fidld Connally Ajir Force' day night. Conally Waco..- ••• ... Colonel Boatner went tc in 1942 with General] Jos* well, and after ! collajwe o ance there, became chief of the Chinese Army in He also served as[ comb) of combat troops- in the I,u[ tor ami as deputy comminder of the ('hlnese Combat Comim lid iVednes is. near Burma ph Stit- 1 .Vesist- bf ktaff I|ndin, lamtant >do see ing the next two The first swimming evening was the foui evsnt of th ► !our-i aan free > style relay which the T xas Lean 1 won, noeing out the Mistanga hi the last hew strokes. TI e Aggie’ 1 relay team of Tomnrr Butler, Ralph Ellis, Johnny WesterVelt, and Gilbert McKenzie fnished in third spot ahead of Baylor. Aga Cop Breast Stroke The Aggies copped the next event, the four-man breast stroke relay, with Van Adamson, BUlj Karow, Tommy Comstoqk. and George Dieck composing the win ning relay team, while 'Vixas and SMU, finished second anti third re spectively. Baylor did not enter a team in the breast stroke divis ion. Texas barely touched [the finish side ahead of the Aggies in the four-man back stroke «lay Which was one of the best rac es of the day, Swimming for the Aggies In that event Were Joe Hh ndell, Hill Sargent, Van Adamson, and Billy Karow, , ' \ ■ j , At this point the diving event* began In the meet and Hie Aggies cam# through |o win li the end. Baylor took their only second plner of the evening, Texas Was third, and the Ponies were f«ui tlt.i Before the diving eve tta began, the Longhorn* were lendng In the meet with-28 points, the Aggies had 24. SMU wan holding 20 and Baylor held four. ; HMU Win* Medley In the three-man distance mod- ley race the SMU Muqtangs kicked their heela to the. Longhorns and the Aggie* to take flratlplace. The Ponicp finished a half stroke abend of the Steers.. The Cadet medley team was formed by Tom my Butler, Billy Hale, and Gilbert McKenzie which finished in third .spot ahead of the Bear team. e last and largest event of the t was the six-man medley ich the Steers won with the Aggie* placing close second. The Mustangs were third and Baylor followed up in fourth spot. The Aggie medley team included Sarr gent, Dieck, Ellis, Karow, Corn- stock, and Adamson. The Reau^tii:! Four-man Freestyle Relay;-. !. —r Texas (Frank Campbell, Eddie Gil bert, Calvin Langford, Don Smith); 2—SMU; 3—Texas A&M; 4 >— Baylor. (3:23.4). 1 rt}rvri» a The night which L 'Four-man Breast Stroke Relay: 1 Texas A&M (Van, Adamson, Billy Karow, Tom Comgtock, Dieck); 2—Texas; 3 SMU. j Four-man Back Stroke" Relay: 1—Texas (Mark Yancey, Bob Cone, Bob Crawford, Hugh Grbves); 2—Texas A&M; 3—SMU; 4—Baylor. J Diving-)-(Three-man team): 1— H; Texas A&M (Johnson, Shaffer); 2~»B*ylor; 3 —SMU. ■ ’ 1 Three-man Distance Medley: 1 SMU (Doug Conner, Mljce Muckle. rpy, Arden Amerine); 2—Texas; l —Texas A&M; 4 Buylor, Six-man Medley: 1 —■ Trxaii < Hugh Groves, Fred Boatwick, Ed die Gilbert, Bob Cone, Hylmnr K#r bach, Calvin Lung ford*; 2 -Texai Matclock -Texas; ( A&M; 3 1IMI SMU: 4 -Baylor, T ': j ; ' ; f r' :r Bookil Wanted ■ ! 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