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Steinke Hired, Promoted For Athletic Director Barlow Irvin announced today that AftM’e vat- Hity football coaching staff la "aot” for I960 with the addition of Gilbert Steinke as a backfield coach and promotion Of William (Dog) Dawson to an end tutor. Steinke reported for work Tues day. He in a former little all-Ameri can back at Texas A&I. Steinke played professional football three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and led the National League in punt returns in 1946. Later he was backfield coach at Trinity University in San An tonio and freshman football Coach ‘Sinful Seven’ May Not Play NCAA Teams Chicago, Jan. 18—OP)—The Na- —-• ! tional Intercollegiate Athletic Con- ' 4 ference set about proving today that it has teeth in its bite after all. TI snapped back again at six violators of its sanity code—-Vir ginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia Mil- t tary Institute, Maryland, Boston College and Villanova. They are barred from schedules and NCAA, sponsored meets under the organization’s constitution. It , is as simple as that. At least, that is what the new NCAA presi dent, Hugh C. Willett, of Southern California and secretary-treasurer, K. L. (Tug) Wilson, Big Ten com mission, think. -u It is all' a matter of reminding NCAA members that they (brush v up on: the constitution and abide by What it says in black and white —the "conditions and obligations of membership” clause. This re quires that members schedule in tercollegiate -contests "only with institutions which conduct their athletic programs in conformity with the principles set forth in ar- iticle Three (The Sanity Code).” lid. After a stormy New York con- . ] vention, last week, many observers I wandered where the NCAA’s teeth ' were. Seven schools were branded 4 as'code violators, a charge which they admitted. When it came down to voting about their expul sion, they survived by a mairgin •' • of 25 ballots. i " » The seventh School, The Citadel, resigned from the NCAA. |The at Oklahoma A&M| last fall. ' Stsinke is married apd has foi year old twin sobs year-old daughter. Steinke Tutors Pish Next fall Steinke and aj' yet to be named mentor will handle the freshman squad. Head football coach Harry Stiteler said new backfield tutor will serve i: a “specialist" capacity, helpin Todd with the varsity backs, too, Irvin said that- Steinke wil help with the freshman basketbai and baseball program during those sports’ seasons. | The new coach said whefn inter, viewed yesterday. “I’m pleased to come to A*M and work with such coaches as Harry and Bones. I( is indeed a privilege." , Dawson Scouted ia *49 Dawson served as a scout in ad dition to working with <thb Aggi< fish and ineligible squads in 1949 Under the new setup, lie become; a member of the varsity Staff. Stiteler said that in spring drill: he and Dawson will work with th« ends, backfield poach Dick Tod<i and Steinke with the backs, ant line coach Bill DuBose and the yet to be named freshman line coach with the tackles, guards and centers. Dawson played on the outstand ing football teams that represented A&M just before the war and' wap an all-conference eager as a cen ter for the Cadets. ! i Dawson Varsity t£P&4e re ® ed ' declaring that if strikes at reCruit- uhworkable and imprac- Willett ajnd Wilson believe that although the so-called rebel schools retained membership, the vote cer tainly cannot be construed as giv ing them a clean bill of health. Safety Course Starts in Sbisa i v ■ : * 1 ‘- ■ I. J. C. Stennet, chairman of ASSE Committee on cooper ation with Egineering Col leges, got the three day safety short course underway at 10 this morning with a talk: on a de scription of the course, its needs, and objectives. Three more talks were heard dur ing the morning, one of which was “Cooperation with ASSE” by a A. D. Cadell, executive secretary of the American Society (of Safe ty Engineers of Chicago. Talks were heard ih the after noon session by various members of the course on; Instructional Materials Required,. Staff Require ments, Facilities Required, and a Discussion of Admihistratjive Prob lems. , j Tomorrow the course goes into its second day with announcements and into introductions; by the course director, followed hy a talk. Introduction to Course hy W. N. Cox Jr., Head of the Safety De partment' of the Georgia Institute Technology. The course closes- at 4 :30 p. m. Friday after a discussion headed by Stennet. "r • . I Jan. 18 MPl—Holy • - - John’s Cross Monday replaced St. Johr of [Brooklyn as the nation’s No. college basketball team in tl iwceklv Associated Press poll. red-hot Chusaders of Wor- t Mass., one of the country’s •major unbeated teams, nosed t. John’s 1,037 to,982 points, ranked fifth in last week’s Crusaders made it thirteen ht triumphs last Saturda; srtaight triumphs last Saturday night by trouncing Georgetown, 77 to j61. The previous night George- r «■>..«. .i, a terrific ten finally -to-66 vic- gave St.j Johri’s ire! before the Red Men out a squeaky 67-to- toify.l Red Men Fall . The Red men (14-1), who fell off the top perch for the first time this \ season. Swung thirty-five firist place votes to capture the rutmer-up spot from Long Island University. The, Blackbirds (12-1) attracted twenty-seven first place nominations to finish with • 871 point and retain their hold on third place. Bradley of Peoria, 111., boosted it self two notches into fourth place by picking up la pair of Victories over i the week. I Kejntucky. upset by Tennessee Saturday, dropped from second to fifth!: place. The Pittsburgh Dukes, undefeat ed ini twelve starts, whipped strong Cincinnati and Loyola of Chicago to climb two 'notches into sixth place. Top Teams Ranked The top teams (first-place bal lots in parenthesis, pnd records in cluding Saturday night’s games with ; first place worth 10 points, seconid place: 9 points and so on doWn the linier! TtiPm— ! ■ j Rec. li Holy Cross! (47) 13-0 2 St. John’s ! (35) 14-1 31 Long Island (27) ... 12-1 4. Bradley (3) 1... 14-2 5i Kentucky (3) U 9-2 6. Duquesne (4) ...! 12-0 7. OCNY .....J U. 9-2 Pts. 1,037 992 871 709 623 610 373 237 204 177 Skyscraper Davis Receives Plaudits SAVE 10 TO 20% On Your Automobile and Fire Insurance j Stock or Mutual Policies ALEXANDER - BEAL AGENCY 203 South Main , ! ffcoob 2-5547 Indiana (3) UCLA (3) .. 10. LaSalle (1) J 0-2 ~ Second Ten 11. Ohio State i..„ 8-2 12. N. C. Statie j 11-3 13. Kansas State (2) - .10-3 14. Western Ky 9-4 15. Tulane 11-2 16. Minnesota j.,. 9-2 17. Tennessee 7-5 18. Villanova 10-2 19. Louisville ! 14-2 , 20. Cincinnati ! 7-1 Others With; 10 or more i included: USd (10-S) 35, Arizona (11.1) 32. Wisconsin (9-3) 31, I Wyoming (1544) 24 Siena (15-1) i 23! Oklahoma. City 12-2) 21, Ok- | lahoma (6-4) feO. W ashington (13 2) 20. Colorado (8-3) 17, Canisius (9-3) 16, and :Bowli;ig Green (11 6) 16. *Taki'cieorettei, for instance.'It^Aao been recognized bp eminent noee and throat dpecialiete tkat there jg a differ- 2 — among cigarettes. Therf t NO CIGARETTE HANQO when yon smoke Philip Morris because they have proved definitely leeg irritating, definitely than any other leading brand. Now, to NO CIGARETTE HANGOVER in the eft sense of the term.. In short, Philip Morris b America’s l’’ Cigarette. Tty ’em . # find not foe rMIllP.MOR Fish and Game Club Will Have Pics Made Members of the F Clubj will have a made for the day, January 18 at the East side of the tiqn Building, accord Swank, club Sponsor 159 115 99 64 58 55 50 47 40 36 points Improving his Walter “Buddy ter from Nederla sen by as the Star of performance! in Davis guardet during; most of the veteran Steer ing a single gqa‘ the Aggie soph Him. Sparkling Jew flashy all-conference contender, al play steadily DSvis 6’ 8” cen- nd, has been cho- The Battalion sports staff t he Week for his tjhe Texas contest. Tom Hamilton tlhe fray and kept center from scor- during the time so Won the plaud servers for his standing play. basketball at Nederland High School and made all-district the last- three seasons. As a senior hie collected 648 points for the Bull dogs and later played in thb ’48 All-Star game at the Texas coach es annual schooh Somewhat unbsual is the fact that Davis’ father has never „ — . rhissed a varsity game in which was assigned to Budd” competed i that was played in Texas. And both his father arid McDowell, mother are frequent visitors to Aggieland to watch him perform for the Cadets bn the maplewood court. • C4 ■; - I ! | . ijl' " I Struggling Rice Face Ags Bryan-College ‘Sports’ Named Leauge Entry The Bryan-College Station Sports are the newest mem bers of the East Texas Base ball League, according to re ports received last night. Replacing the defunct iBryun Bombers, the Sports are owned, by a group of men—names undis closed—who form the Bry«n-Col- lege Station Sportsman’s Club. This group recently posted $1,700 as a player’s salary guarantee, heading the team into a fourth season for local professional base ball. Arrangements for use 8f Bomber Field have not been disclosed, but are expected to be released soon. Franchise for the new local club was approved at a meeting yester day of the East Texas league at the Randolph Hotel in Henderson. Last year’s season found the Bombers in the cellar at the close of play. Their total attendance figure for the year was also dis appointing. A&M’s baseball team defeated the Bombers, 8-3, in a game here last spring. Later the Bryan team avenged th? loss with a 10-4 win on Bomber Field. Battalion SPORTS WED., •IAN. 18. 1950 ts of the local ob- conjtinually out- Particularty first ish and Game group picture Aggieland Wednes- 5:30 p. m., on Administra- ing to Wendell of the club. Swank also statec that _.ig wits scheduled for 5 p. m. the sanie day in the Wildlife Manage- students plan- annual North Conference in meiit Lab for ’ those ning to attend the American Wildlife San Francisco durinj; March. Wild- lifef management ju and; graduate studen iiiors, seniors, :s interested in attending the conference are urged to be present Swank added. class jwas Little Mac’s play against Arkansas. He scored 17 points and handcuffed Pork er standout Ger ald Hudspeth, holding him to six. Improvement Shows Big Buddy cujt the meshes for 16 points in the Steer clash in Austin, and by his “hitting spree” gave evidence of living up to some of his potential ties as an offen sive ace. The Nederland athlete led the Cadet al tack, topping Mc Dowell’s runner-up total by three field goals. Last year Dt vis sparked the Fish cagers with his 13-plus point average per tilt. He tallied 162 markers during his first year at A&M as the freshmen won eight] of their 12 games. Not: just one-sport man. Buddy is a top flight high jumper. He wop points for the Fish in several meets last spring. Head varsity track coach “Col. Andy” Anderson is: expecting the youthful giant to improve oh his best ’49 jump— at the 6’ 4” mark—during the com ing cinder season. Majoring iii AH Davis is majoring In animal hus bandry and is slated to graduate in 1952. The twenty-year-old eager’s older brother, A. J., was attending A&M last year and playing on the ineligible football squad but has since transferred back to Lamar Junior College in Beaumont. Buddy lettered fbur years in NK HOLIDAY The banks of Bryan and College Station will be closed Thursday, January 19, 1950 in observance of Robert E. Lee’s birthday, a legal holiday. FljRST CITY FIRST NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL BANK STATE BANK & TRUST CO.. COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK ’MURAL NR WS By FRANK N. MANITZAS C Infantry gathered in the In tramural tennis championship (with a 2-1: win over A Infantry. | This was the seventh straight win for C Infantry this season. Forming the winning team were Frank Thomas, Roy Nance, Bob Grimes, Bob Nailer, Bob Grimes, and Jim Steen. In the other intramural pvent yesterday, E Field Artillery drop ped B Engineers, 2-1, to reach the final round of the horseshoe play-offs. E field will meet the winner of thej A Infantry and B Veteran match for the champion ship. W. E. Goodwin, Willie £lipp, Tigted Matushj Bill Dickens, BUI Walker, and Gene Colville com posed the E Field Artillery team. A Quartermaster and A In fantry will play Friday lot the flag football championship of the military class. With the playoffs in all. of this I semester’s sports almost complet- I ed, interest is turning to wrestling | which will offer the next intra- ! mural competition. ^ed the name: vest Last year’s champions included ^ Hard . tn ‘* un , iw TT*” Bobby Carlson of C Infantry, who » tiU operatfa j f oM: won his third consecutive 139- pound title; K,en Rogers of C Cav alry, who annexed hid second straight 179-pound diadem and Don Kutch of C Field Artillery, who chalked up a second consecutive 119-pound championship! Other titlists included Otto Yel- ton in the 149-pound division and Bob Schubert of QMC in the 159- pound bracket. Bill Lee of CWS took the 169-pound division with an upset win over Jake Lessner of A Infantry and Bill Hays of A Field Artillery downed Bob Bland of B Air Force for 1 the 'Heavy weight crown. , A&M’h team will try ito improve record tonight when the ing Rice Owls make a ter field Mouse. five m the cage-curtalir at 6. playing: the Bluebells. The Sllrned have beaten Wharton Junior College, n team that the A&M first-year men lost to in their firat outing. Currently tied foi* place with Texas, the Aggies will have a good chance tonight to pu|l back into the thiqk of the raep. The Owls have one victory to their credit against three losses. The game is uniqub In that the conference’s leading dffensive unit, Rice, will be bitteef against the top defensive quintet. Also, the tilt will feature the league'!) leading point-makers — Jesyel McDowell and Joe McDermott,; crubc or the feathered attack. ] 1 High Average Rice, despite its ! poor record, enters the game with a 62 point average per game. Thje Cadets have held the opposition : to only 46.4 per contest, ij j ,|j J Before the fight ; for the con ference crown got underway, the two Macs—iMcDowdll and Mc Dermott—held the j number one and two slots in scoring. During the first two weeks, Mc Dermott set the pace.. McDowell took the reigns two’: weeks before conference | competition started, and, many sports-faijs believe that the two court-masters will regain the top two[ positions sooh, with DeWare Field House the launch ing spot tonight. Hogan in Playoff With Sneac Today By BOB mVf.R!«; Los Angeles, Jan. 18 •b’P' Lit tle Ben Hogan, Mr. Comeback himself,'gets!.a chance fop revenge today from Bam'Snead.: ; Top two names ii| th?; realm of professional golf, they are booked to tee off ih an 11-hole duel to break their tie registered Jaiit week in the $15.0<)0 Los j Angeles Open. The scene: | the Riviera Country Club; with its 7,020 yards of par 35-36—71 chpllengei l ! It was a belated play-off, post poned when rain washed put the original struggle last .Wednesday. Today's winner Collects $2,600, the loser $1,900, and both! split ev enly 50 per cent ojf tjie i gate re ceipts. But much more than the $700 difference iini prize! money; Is at stake. • I ' 1 Last Week’s finish is well record ed In the minds .of golf fans: now — how Hogan, in his first tournament since a car-bus crash nearly killed him 11 months agtj, had tpc title won, and hoW Snead, heeding, two pars and two birdies in the final four holes tojtie Hogan, got! them. Midwestern New Name Wichita Falls, TeX., Jam 18 -(.'Pi Midwestern Upivermty is | the new name of a Texas School.; Hardin College's board of Warren Switzer Rice Captain Battleship Missouri Goes Aground in Mud Washington r .Jan. 18 lAb—-lihe Navy said the battleship Missouri went agroqnd oh a mud flat known a? Thimble Shtjmls in Hampton Roads today. The battleship was headed hut to sea on a routine run to Guan tanamo, Cuba. Twelve tugs failed in an attempt to pull the Missouri free. The Navy said Captain W. D. Brown expects to wait until this after noon’s high tipe before making another attempt to get off. The Navy skid no cause had been determine^. iTTERS prvyM tej iwiTfii i ' . I ' : ; 4; .'i ’-i ]. :: \ " \ if? ‘ . ' ; College Station Representative — Loupot’s Trading Post ' V • t ~ ’ j : 1 4 \’~ ' ' " AA Schools Begin Golf Austin, Tex., Jan. 18 — (Ah— Texas Class A A high schools will begin golf competition this year. The Big City Conference inaugura ted links competition last year. Cager Tickets Change Price A new to basket announced partment. , r Beginning w|th Rice contest, will be $1 | De - I Ith tonight’s est. tickets for adults .90; for students (kin dergarten : through’ [college) 50e, and for “T” Card holders, basketball I that: there the var- ere is a br r e n k !r g OUt filled gym the placers. 17f. Marty coach, has be no sm, slty games. He possibility tof fi: and also a sm< definitely^ bindei Jrlng Your Books In Early While They are and Save S3 (4 to 50 % LOU POT'S TRADING POJ Trade With LOU — He’s Right Wfth Y< package*, has piled goals and 14 free-shots for of 66 points in SWC play. For the entire season, leader from Lufkin has i shots from the field and tosses for a grand total Of 244 talliaa. t ? He haa averaged better than 16 points per game. McDermott Ihingerotts Because of hi* active rebound work and “hocus-pocu*" hook shots, McDermott possesses all- around court flnessse. He's the player to Watch In the Owl 'attack, and the Aggie player who Will watch him in an attempt t,<> choke- his scoring will be either John De- Witt or Buddy Davis, who turned in a top-notch defensive job against Tom Hamilton In Satur day's TU game. McDowell Has bucketed 244 points in entire season play to loom high in the scoring column. He has made 83 field gohls and 50 charity shots to average better than 13 markers a game. Rice’s starting alignmeht will probably consist of Warm Switz er anti Jim Gerhardt at the forward positions, J. D. White and' Charlie Tlghe at the guard slots, : rid .Mc Dermott at center. Switzer, captain of the team and , three-year letterman, tear is with McDermott, to work Rice’s one-two I punch.. Switzer has a nHty way of - fcking his guard out if posi tion and dribbling in for lay-ups. The 6’2” Houstonian is dlsp fair oh set-shots. Switzer has [swished the. nets for 44 points during this flag race, an. average of lA points 1 per tussle. Number three Owl to watch is guard J. ti’ 2” transfer student fro White has also meshed* 1 a game. Two Year Fasting r . . T The Aggies have not; beaten Rice since 1947 when thc^ troun ced the Owls, 52-39, at College Sta- tihn. During the same season, the flock won a 53-48 game in iHoustnn although the Cadets led, $0-24, at half time.. .* A&M finished fifth, one notch ahead of Rice at the close of the, ’17-46 campaign. This was the last time the Aggies finished ahead of the. Owls. In 1948, Rice won 52-48 and 49- 47. In 1947, the two teams' aplit tlieir gpmw. - ! ■ Fabulous Marine, ‘Shotgun’ Crojwe, Plays Self in Film ! One of the most fabulpus per- sonalittes in all Marine cirps his tory, Lt. Col. Jarmps Crbitve, was persuaded to portray himself In Republic’s tremendous saga of the Marine Corps, “Sands iof l Iwo Jima,” which is so big it will be prevued twice, Thursday it 11:00 p.m. and Friday at 11:00 p.m. at the Campus Theatre. Crowe, whose deeds and whose personality are now part iof Mar ine .heritage, appears in a [scene in the film by special permission of the Marine Corps. Crowe was one of the battalion commanders in- the invasion iof Tarawa^ He was famous for bis personal eccentricities. He always carried :a shotgun instead of the ordinory issue carbine, which habit won him the soubriquet “shotgun” Crowe. ! | |Vf Spiked Moustache X s He effected |a spiked arid waxed "Kaiser Wllhelfn” moustache which was his pride and Joy dur ing the war but which he since has shaved to conform w 1th pres- erit day hirsute fashions. For the film though, he was Urg >d by as sociate producer Edmund Grainger to have the moustache duplicated. His only dissatisfaction Ute false moustache long or as spiked as hie was that w4s not os real one had bejen. Director Allan Dwan feared 'that It would see m burles qued if It appeared on the screen as ferociously is it hat)! been In real life. -‘-I’aid Adv. V/ANTED TO BUY YOUR USED TEXTBOOKS BOOKS APPROVED FOR NEXT SEMESTER j' BRING HIGHEST PRICES NOW! : North (G^to SHAFFERS BOOK STORE O'jj *" r i i r T'.ff/j