'■-i i ■■ 1 . . \ 1 I r Playoffs Reached i V ' S' ' . : F I®] Sports as Semester FRANK N. MANITZAS A Infantry defeated A Uhem Warfare, 2-0, to grain the Finals of the Intramural tennis championship playoffs against C Infantry. Art Gorman, Jack Prince, Ed Moses, and Bob Selleck formed the win ning Infantry tennis team. \ Semi-final brackets in the In tramural horseshoe playoffs be came complete, when £ Field Ar tillery downed F Air Force, 2-1. W. E. Goodwin, Willie Scripp, Tiger Matush, Bill Dickens, and Fish Hoover formed the winning E Field htorseahoe team. Playoffs Reach Final Week In the-] upper bracket of' the horseshoe playoffs are B Engin eers and.- E Field Artillery, while in the knjjer bracket -A Infantry meets B Veterans. Thuradajy after noon the Waco-McLelland Club meets the Business and Finance Club for the' Club football cham pionship. All of the intramural evepts including the football cham pionship plavbff between A Infan try and K Quartermaster will be completed this Week. Last week, Mitchell Hall won the non-military flag football cham pionship when they Slaughtered the college View team, 16-0. Sammy Boswell, Dick Procter, and Deke Patterson scored the touchdowns for the Mitchell team. One thing could be saiid for the College View team, they were the first fdot- ball team to bring along a femin ine pep squad, cute, too. Handball Team to Houston , The A&M handball team made a trip -to Houston last weekend and split the ten thatches played. Com-' posing the Aggie handball team were Burr Layfue, Don Grant, Powell Scheumack, Jack Wood, and Barney Welch. In the matches won Layne and Grant dropped Fraser and Coale of the Houiston YMCA, 15-21, 21-19, and 21-9; Welch and Scheumack routed Petrite and Bos tick; 21-17 and 21-19; and in the , singles matches, Welch dropped ■ Bostick, 21-4; Grant bested Coale, 14-21, 21-17, and 21-19; and Layne sneaked pass Bostick, 21-20. , i The matches won by the Hous ton YMCA, were John Lomax’^ vic- • tory over-Wood, 21-16 and 21-2; Fraser erased Layne, 21-3; Lomax ran over Scheumack 21-5 and 21- 8; Mike Gdmex bopped Welch, 21- 19; and in the final match Bos- ' tick thumped Wood 21-13 ,and 21- 4. Lomax is the best handball player in Houston having won the open title at the YMCA for the r last two years. The rest of the Houston:, tbam were good, but they wore not the best. players in the 5 dub, r - - i The Aggies won all of the dou bles matches, but they could ivotr play singles us we lUfltiM iiH wt*tt in 'courts'ofths YMCA. Compared to JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES fill mtiomi fOUMPHiQN ret mr/umit hiaiysis Winter loses 'pip- r N ■■ IJI ' J I I I . ■ I l -I "I Diminutive Dribbler , ^ courts in the little gym, thi stem courts are 40 x 20 x 20 feet while the Little gym’s courts are approximately only 80 x 18 Quoting oneof the best | NCAA Planning Tough Methods; NeW York, Jan. 16 (AP —The National ‘Collegial Athletic Association, rebuffed in its first efforts to get tongh, sought new methods today for cracking down on r i- calcitrants. Prof. Hugh C. Willett of South ern California, the NCAA's income ing president, announced; violatois of the sanity code still be sought out and punished. He didn’t say how. Tt ^ evident expulsion is fe It to be too severe a penalty fck up. DuQuesne defeated Loyola Of Chicago for its 12th victory Satur day, 62-54. The Dukes are eighth in the poll. Last week’s most startling upset was Tennessee’s Saturday trounc ing of Kentucky, 66-53. The Wild cats rank second in the poll. \ , It’s the first tijme since 1946 v that a Southeastern .Conference five Has whipped Kentucky, j Sectional leaders as of today are Holy Cross, Kentucky, 'Bradley, Colorado, Arizona and UCLA,j with a number of fives in each | area right on their heels. players at Aggieland, Barney,.. Welch, who said: “It’s a ■ shame'. ’ that a., school like A&M doesn’t: have the facilities to sponsor such ; i a popular short (handball) at A&M, .when there is so much de mand for it. With all the interest in this game, and if the facilities could be obtained, the best hand ball players in the state could be produced from here.” .1 “Although we do have some handball courts, they are not enough. The interest in - the game can be shown by the number of - participants (288) in the last open tourney. Anyone interested in play- „ ing inn the Aggie Handball Club,,: and Team is open to all who Want- to play. (Hh«r matches to be played; this year will be against the Uni versity of Texas, Houston YMCA, and others”, Welch concluded. Vl r Trophy Wp pay the highest prices lor Used Books— We maintain wholesale and retail lists the year 'round. GET OUR PRICES BLf ORE SELLING THE EXCHANGE STORE "Serving Texas Aggies" COMPLETE i BRAKE iSEPVICE Frequent examination o f I l • - ' your car’s brake system by v j I experts, is as important to you as your life insurance policy. When new lining * n . is needed, accept only na tionally known brands . . . “Over-all Overhaul Service!” ROBESON MOTOR CO 724 N. Main Bryan -J- • jt Phone 2-&815 To Walker For Sportsmanship- i * Boston, Jan. 17 (AP) —$ Doak Walker, Southern Meth odist's three-time All-Amer ica football star, was awarded the Sw6de Nelson trophy for outstanding sportsmanship during the 1949 season at the Gridiron Club’s annual dinner Saturday. Two years ago Walker was voted the Maxwell trophy and last year he was the recipient of the Heis- man Award for outstanding grid iron performances. The winner of the Nelson 1 trophy, dedicated to the former Harvard star player and coach, was decided by a nation-wide Vote in which 96 coaches, sports writers and sportscasters participated. Walker was named by 49 of the selections committee, and his clos est rival was Kyle Rote, his team mate, who: scored 20 points against Notre Dame. Walker shared the limelight with Matty Bell, the SMU coach," and Bud; WRkinson of undefeated Ok lahoma, who was named “Coach of the Year” by his colleagues. After naming his choice for the Nelson Award, each committeeman cited an outstanding act of sports manship. Bell’s tribute to Walkqr wag: ~ J .. “After being knocked out by the' Rice team. Walker visited the Rice dressing room and congrat ulated their team on winning the game. In four years of college foot ball I believe this boy has been the greatest sportsman I have evdr Known. This was the first conference game SMU had lost since November 1046. Along wltl); the Hetsman Award and the Max), well Award and All-American for three years, he remained the same modest, sportsmanlike boy.” Award to Hart As Male Athlete New York, Jan. 17 —Leon Hart, Notre Dame's huge and bril liant All-America end, Saturday was named male athlete-of-the- year for 1949 by an overwhelming margin in the Associated Press year-end poll. Of 98 sportswriters and sports- casters who cast ballots in the 19th annual competition, 37 chose the great co-captain of the undefeated Irish as the year's outstanding fig ure in the entire field of sports, amateur or professional. Far behind Hart, Jackie Robin son, famed Negro second-baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers, placed second by a narrow margin over Sammy Snead, the year’s outstand ing golfer, with Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox fourth and Joe Page, star relief pitcher of the New. York Yankees, fifth. Thon came George Mikan, tower ing star of the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Asso ciation, sixth with 24 points, and Jack Kramer, giant of the pro fessional tennis game, seventh with 16. Mathias, who gave Lou Boud- reau a grapple for the ’48 crown, was next with 13 points. iff SIPS' 1 1 .th■: ..n q .\ l ■’laui'r 'rtHMHRPfelller, diminutive Cadet guard froni Houston; fe rtto of Six ? letter winners who have returned for the 1950 Southwest Confer- 1 ence campaigning. Although only a spot player, Jackie possesses - a nifty one-hand push shot that is usually good for some points when he is in a contest. Miner is completing his final year of play for the Aggies. ' ' ■ . Southern Methodist Takes League Lead ASSOCIATED PRESS It’s Southern Methodist in the lead in the Southwest Conference basketball race. The Mustangs came out on top in a standings shuffle last week, but their first foe this week is poterft Arkahsas, currently in sec ond place. Baylor, which fell from the lead Saturday night by bowing to South ern Methodist, 60-47, meets Texas Christian Wednesday and Texas A&M takes on Rice. The only other game this week matches Rice and Baylor at Waco Saturday. Texas beat Texas A&M out of a share of the lead when Joe Ed Falk dumped in a field goal at the game’s end Saturday night to give the Longhorns a 48-46 victory. ( Everyone IIns A Chance Last week’s results show just how wacky the conference {face is this year—and why everybody still has a chance at the championship. Texas Christian beat Southern Methodist, 62-50; Texas beat Rice, 55-52; A&M thumped Arkansas, 48-35, and Arkansas beat Rice, 00- 56. That left Texas A&M tied for third, with Baylor fifth, Texas Christian sixth and Rice in the cellar. Joe McDermott of Rice held his scoring leadership for season play and went into the lead in confer ence competition. He has 244 point s for the season and 66 in league games. A&M’s Jewell McDowell is notch ed in second place with a total at 216 points. Conference ! Teaqi W SMU ’ J. B. Steen Named President 4-H Club Bob. Steen, junior AH major fronj Goldthwaite, was elected presfdent of the newly formed Col- te 4-H Club at a meeting last ,rl Edwards and> Joe Bennot, both seniors, were elected vice- president and treasurer. H. E. Reyes was elected treasurer at a previous meeting. The club is made up of former 4-H club members who are still interested in 4-H work and would like to see it furthered throughout the istate, Steen said. Plans are being made to broad cast news sent in by 4-H club president throughout the state over the local station. The first program in this series will be given Frreiay morning. _ LOOK AGGIES! Sirloin Steaks o nly... 85c ; i. with PLENTY FRENCH FRIES [j r COMBINATION SALAD PIPING HOT BISCUITS Now at ONYX j Bryan, 1 v; : 1 ii • !—r ■ CLUB n- Ark j ...,.{2 Texas ..St A&M J8 Baylor ......1 1 TCU .... r .1 2 Rice 3 Leading Scorers Player— McDermott, Rice, C McDowell, A&M, G Hamilton, Texas, F Brown. SMU, F . Mitchell, SMU, C Standings L Pts Op Bet 1 216 218 .7|60 1 1556 160 .667 2 197 207 .500 2 186 181 .500 1 96 93 .500 2 168 179 .333 3 249 239 .250 rs (Season) G F TP 96 54 244 h .83 60 216 ..|.73 62 208 ,68 67 193 ..,.65 54 164 Six Cross-Countrymen Wirt Letters 4$e -rt-f Bv TUMk, JAN. 17, 1950 B * v.X lihm.ot. country tea: fine record e)uuny*.| 1 Crosby’s Golf Tourney Ends In 4-Way Tie Pebble Beach, Calif., Jan. 16 -^(AP)-t- Bing Crosby’s persona) gott tournament, the one for which he puts up all the money/and has as much fun as any, was one of the moat unusual In Its nine-year history. The 54-hole, invitational affair ended yesterday in a four-way tie for first place among the) pros. There will be no playoff. They split the money' for the first four places . f??Sng the pros, slamming Sam homa . University ^oners .retprm Snead, national PGA champion. — High altitude of “them Oklahoma hills” probablv got |the hoys. The Okie Aggies, after defeat ing the Cadets 17-36, went on to prove the truth of the pre-season prognosticators by becoming one of the strongest teams in the Seuth. Julian Herring, >vho wa* later to become the outstanding in dividual star of the conference, finished fourth, the first; Texan to cross the line. , | i, | ■ O. U. Downed I ■ . d .r■ r • |’i j..* '.ij Another Oklahoma team came to College Station, to face the Ag r October, 22,! Thq Okls- 'Sooneri putted himself ;bul of undisputed first place by missing an eighL footer on the final green. . His 214 for the three rounds was equal; led by Dave Douglas, Wilmington; Del., Jackie Burke) Jr., White Plains, N. V., and Smiley Quick, Culver City; Calif. The quartet each pocketed 51,* 287.50. In the pro-amateur competition there was a two-way deadlock for top money. Amateur Bud Moe of Spokane, Wfash., and pro Ralph Blomquist of Glendale, Calif., tied Don Edwards, San Jose, Calif., and Marty Furgol, Albuquerque, with, beat ball scores of 201 for the three rounds. In the. passing golf parade was one whose reward position was strange to the gallery of thousands. He is little Ben Hogan, former triple champion — national open, pGA and Western open—who is fighting his way back after a near fatal auto accident eleven months ago. Hogan’s dramatic comeback in the Loa Angeles open last week, when he tied for first place with Sam Snead, ,was still fresh in the minds of the onlookers who saw him trudging soggy fairways here) Hogan will meet Snead in the play off Wednesday In f^oa Angeles. Blit he was only an also ran in the clas sic Bing Crosby scrkmble. Season *s announcement of awards to six mem- AAM croas- m brings to mind the of the : conference ifeiirdL l/V 1 The letters were won by Jerry Bonnen* College Station; John Gar- many, Richmond; Julian Herring, Abilenef- Mawand Jones, Robstown; SfiSiP point loss to show for their ef forts. In defeating the Soonera, 27-28, -the Cadets were again paced by HdiTrng, 1 who finished second with 9:62. '4 ' •) -- The North Texas Eagles were the next victims of the winning Ag harriers, 116-44, on November 3. McMahon and Herring finished in a dead-heat tie for first spot, followed v - Jones, Alexander, and Ortiz, respectively. With two successive victories tucked securely away, the Cadets prepared to meet the arch-rivals Longhorns of Texas University here November 11. Herring came even closer to nabbing dn undis puted first place, but was edged out, though the Farmers won, 25- 34. Herring’s time over the 2.6 mile coursejvas 18:05, one s econ d behind the Steers! Tom Rodgers. McMahon, Garmanly, Jones; Ortiz, and Bonnen finished fourth through eighth in that order. Conference Champs Then came the j big meet The Aggies ftoiial within the fi cross-countrymen returned Austin with their third entive conference title «n Neve gi ber 22. Again it waa Herrini ■ whe paced the victors, hut this time the man paced the entire «infer ence, winning first slot with a sis- zling 11:63.1 ever the 2.6 mile ter rain. . -.'-v ; l' : F • j P' '■ Five other Austin meet - ... The Cadets tallied only 30 the runner-up Arkansas hacks 46, and the Teasii Fourth was, SMU, with 110. Longhorn Tom Rojdgeni the short end of the one- margin; this time, finishin behind] Herring. Herring again hit top f few weeks later in the Gulf {Coast AAU meet in Houston, est^bjish- ing a Gulf Coast record of “ A young high school lad, Davis of Joh|n Reagan, Houston, pressed Herring and turned in the second-place performance. D|a v 1 a was running in the juniorj divi sion. v Now that the season is , over, most of the top cross-countr run ners will be in uniform again for the coming track sessions. 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