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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
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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
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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 f<T
such infractions,” he said.
“However, we have a peculiar
problem. We have these membe -s
who admit they are breaking ti c
rules, who have been found guil
ty by the compliance committee
and who have been convicted by a
majorit- vote of the convention.”
He said it’s possible other NCAA
members would choose to ‘boycott
themj
The NCAA executive referred
to seven institutions who won a
battle against expulsion Saturday.
Virginia, Virgina Tech, VM1, The
Citadel and Maryland stood up and
said out loud they were not compl y-
ing with the code and didn’t ii-
tend to. It is “unworkable and im
practical,” they argued.
Boston College and Villanova,
also charged with violations, said
they were singled out through mis
understanding and are now coi
plying.
The Citadel quit the l^CAA ir
huff and Col. D. Si? McAlist
director of student activities,
dared, “I doubt if we’ll ever coi)
back.” i
The convention, using a sind
ballot, voted 111 tb 93 to exg
the seven schools. This was
short of the two-thirds
necessary. " |
Crusaders To
Unbeaten Fives
New York, Jan. IT—OPt -Pow ir-
., . ,ful Holy Cross has just DuQuet ne
the lai'g&.,|oft for company today in the un-
minrcci to ( | 0 f va ted class among :the coun
try's top basketball teams.
The Crusaders, fifth in Inst
week’s Associated Preys: poll, keep
knocking off the strbng ones at
home and on the roiid.! Their lat est
and 13th victim Is Georgetown
.which fell, 77-51, Saturday nljiht.
Only the night before, the D.
C. five lost by just one point, 67-
66, to St. John’s, ratetl| first in the
poll. This shot Holy Cross st >ck
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.
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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.
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'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
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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. _
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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
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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
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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. These
men will probably be the nucleus of
the long-distance relay teanis, ac
cording to reports from track ob
servers.
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New Rice Stadium
Not Open to Pros
Houston, Tex., Jan. 17-i-OTt—
Oilman Glenn McCarthy says he
can’t obtain Rice Institute's new
stadium for use if he lands a Na-
tional-American League prd foot
ball franchise for Houston. ;
“I believe we would be .a cinch
to land a franchise if we had the
stadium,” he said Friday; “All
this leaves us now to offer Is the
public school stadium or the pos
sibility of our building oijr own
stadium.” j ” |
The public school stadium seats
less thart 26,000. The new Rice
stadium will seat 70,000.
McCarthy’s application tor a
franchise is to be considered by the
league at a meeting JanJ 19 in ,
Philadelphia.
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