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Ag Guard Molberg
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Our congr^tvlfttionii are rather belated, but nonethe-
leas well meaut, to;Carl Molberg, winner of the 1949 Moat
Valuable Player AWnrd. A matter of having too little apace
since the spring semester papers have begun to hit the
presses has been delaying our plaudits to the Fredericks^
burg Athlete. | !
/ Max Greiner, who teams with Molberg
at the guard posts, is to be congratulated,
too. Max won the Best Blocker Award for
the second straight year.. The Beaumont
high school product will be going after his
fourth varsity letter next fall—probably the
last such multi-monogram winner at A&M.
Molberg received the top award avail
able to a member of the grid team on the
basis, of his all-around play—offensive and
defensive. It is an interesting fact that the
CABANiss three lightest players on last fall’s team—
guards Molberg and Greiner and end Cedric
Copeland—were the only men 1 to stay in the late season
games both on the defense and the attack.
Co-captains Bobby Goff and Wray Whittaker, who were
presented the pen and pencil sets which go to Cadet team
leaders, completed their grid careers the past season, and
both maintained their stature as first class performers de
spite having to make comebacks after ’48 injuries.
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ly CHARLES BURTON
From Feb. 7,
Morning New*
There they are. the Texas
gies, right on top of the Southwest
Conference basketball standings
and Mister Marty Karow hasn't re
ceived such acclaim since he n
the AU-America as fullback
Ohio State’s gridders In 1926.
The Texas Aggie mentor, how
ever, was speaking Monday with a
and
essimistic
Ags Lead
Jnder a new selection method
initiated this “year, Molberg gain-
- ed 45 of a possible 100 points in'
the balloting for the Most Valu-,
; able T*layer Award. Close behind
t the sturdy guard was Bruisin’ Bob
Smith with 36 points. Smith, who-
was made two of the ’49’ All-Cdn-
ference teams, paced the Maroon
attack all year.
“ Support was also givenl Greiner,
Whittaker, and Copeland in the
voting for the award. This year all
reHtrictiona on the honor were re-
UV 1
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moved — any man, regardleHs t>r
previous awards, was eligible for
It,
For the -first time both the
coaches and the players themselves
participated In the selections pre
viously only the eoaehes had vot
ed. Tne eoaehlng staff had M
points at Its disposal,- thus eurh
of the six roaches’ vote was worth
H.ili’l points, — I ,j . t .
The ’49 lettermen had 50 points
at taelr disposal! since onjy 31
lettermen voted, each man’s] vote
was worth 1.(11. points. (The total
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fine mixture of cautiousness
modesty.
They’re just cheering so hard be
cause it’s been so long since I was
up! there," said Karow. „ "A blind
hog Will root up an acorn now land
them”
Mister Karow has great respect
for every team in the league, [but
at the moment he Has more
for Southern Methodists’ Musi
Sam Moses is down, but not for long. Alien Academy boxer! J.
Lewis landed a hard right to tie jaw' of “Big Sam” In the second
round of their scheduled bout In lapt Saturday’s Golden Gl<
competition. Moses recovered from the slight shock though
preceded to cck out a decision over the 218-pounder.
than anybody he can think of off
hand. His Cadets play the Meth
odists at Joe Perkins Gym Tues
day night, you know.
/“They beat us here on'our own
’ “ Mr. Karow reminds you.
ea, but that was a month
ago," counters Mf. Doc Hayes of
the Methodists. ‘‘And I told my
boys after that game that I
thought they had beaten a fine ball
club.”
Mr. Hayes, who is having as
hard a time guessing at the event
ful winner of the championship as
anybody, now warns, “I believe
those Aggies are the team' to beat.
They’ve improved right along”
The Southern Methodist mentor
would like to put his team on
stilts for the encounter with the
Cadets. However, this procedure
is unwieldy and also probably
would bring forth stern frowns
from the National Collegiate Asso
ciation, an organization that
frowns very easily.
“That’s our problem,” spates
Mr. Hayes, “Their height.”
And then he goes into statistics:
Walter Davis, the center is 6-feet-
8; John DeWitt is 6-feet-5, etc.
These skyscrapers: make it
tough around the backboard, j
McDowell Wrecked Bruins
However, you shouldn’t be sur
prised If a 5-foot-9f&-inch Whirl
wind from Amarillo, namely Jewell
McDowell, does more damage to
the Methodists than the gents
with the built-in stepladders.T
Mr, Bill Hendefson, the Baylor
mentor, whose bristling Bnylor
Bears were rudely brushed pside
by the Cadets the other evehlng,
credits McDowell With breaking up
the party.
i “Rill DeWItl did a good Job of
guarding hlfn," Mr, Henderson re
late*, "hut he gut three field goala
In a row there In the second half
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DeWitt Plays Role of Thief £
In Ags Victory Over Bears
Big John DeWitt of Wgco was
chosen by the Battalioh Sports
Staff as the Star of tih«f Week
for his brilliant all-arobiiid per-
forinanpe in the Baylor-A&.M bas
ketball] game last Fridlayf night.
Although Big John waen’t tjhe high
scorer for, the Cadets, no contri
buted 12 points and fortjr {minutga
of outstanding play that'engineer
ed the Aggies to their {filrat win
over the Baylor Rruina (In four
seasona.
Playing behind might,y-fnlte Je
well Melhtweil, who tong high
point honors with 14 points, and
the gallopin’ old timer, HIM Turn-
bow, who also snored IS points,
DeWitt used his great ball hawk-
inn ability in setting up a large
Champion Owls Begin
Rebuilding Process
BASED ON AP REPORTS
The Rice Owls, losing 20 Iptter-
men from their 1$49 championship
squad, began rebuilding Monday.
Coach Jess Neoly had a long
dummy scrimmage session ajs 50
prospects reported for the open
ing of spring training.
Scholastic difficulties have hit
the Rice athletic teams hard blows.
I
number of the Aggie’ goals,
DeWitt pjayed thb part pf a
thief during most of the game
with his stealing the ball from
the unsuspecting Bears, and tally
ing with his push shots from every
position in the court.
Having sunk 77 field goals thia
yeai’, DeWitt is tied with team
mate Buddy Davis la* eighth place
as a conference high scorer. Last
year Big John lead the Aggies
In acoring with 24* point*.
(Darby Top
Golfe
By NIOC M IT/AH
finished
Of tM
berths
in
with th« : lowest «
modal playoffs for
on the ll»b0 Aggie
team. These fouv golfers
represent AAM In the coming t
nemente unless they are dele
by fellow members in a seric
matches. . i 4
Thirteen Aggies turned out to
compete in the playoffs fob the
links team. Gayther Nowell, Brtr^
an Country Club professional golf
er and conch of the Aggie golf
team, stated that any of the thir
teen players could challange any-!
one ranked above him and the
Winner of the beat two out of;
throe matches would advance upj
This year’s Aggjc team will be:
a fresh one, but rt will have the;
same favorable schedule that j MJ
had in 1948 when the Aggies won:
the Southwest Conference golf
title. Two of the Cadets hardest
matches—Baylor and Texas—will
be played here. if' .
Runner-up Last Year
Last year saw the defending
second. The Big of the Agitj
ie golf team are gone. Bnrt Hal-
pn, Travis Bryan, Jr., John Henry,
and Jack Barnett,! all of > whom
were on the ’48 championship teamj
graduated last yeajv i
Eugene Darby phot the lowest
score of the present Aggie four-
Some which was a 139. Aitken ami
Currie were tied for second with
149 und Dohoney trailed with 159)
The other nine 1 Aggies compc
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Oton querrerp (IS
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and Don Joseph (V7B).,
Matches Hcbeduled
March h Sun jttnrcos
hpre.
March 28—Ban 'Marcos
there. I
March 81—-Bnylof, here.
April 6—Texas, here.
April 14—Arkansas in
ville.
April 21—8MU In Dallas.
April 27—SMU in Dallas.
May 2—Rice in Houston.
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Begin - Maybe
Weather permitting Coach
Harry Stiteler i will field a
squad of about 75 aspiring
footballers this (Friday after
noon. If the wjeather is not
favorable this week, the beginning
of spring practice will be post
poned until a Friday that is to the
coach’s liking. I *
I Work on fundalncnta s will be,
stressed by a co iching staff of
five coaches and four assistants.
Stiteler and “Do|Dnlwson Will
handle the end poaching chongi£'
while Dick Tod< and Gilbert
Steinkc will do the; backfield coach
ing. Bill Du Bose Will sutPfrVisc thu
line coaching.
Bobby Goff Hint “Hub"
Jong with Marion' Flsj
Milton Routt wi|l pi
assistance to the Senior copchof.
A returning fullback from Tylpr
Junior CollcKe, iiipuurd Lemmoijs,
will he]|> strengthen the backfield.
Lemmons will finish up wo^k to
ward graduation from Tylej' this
summer. ■.
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Aggie Great Hunt Scouring
Southwest for Pro Players
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By ROGER COSLETT
“Pro footballers are faster and
have more ability than college
players. That is why professional
football is a faster,and smoother
running game. And that is W(iy
Texas and Oklahoma, where bo^s
.grow big and fast, are the hamiy
hunting grounds pf pro grid
scouts/’
A former Aggie triple threat
man, probably the best all-arou
back to; attend this institution!
Joel Hunt--r-made this statemji
Monday afternoon. And he is
man who knows both Texans pnd
the. pro brand of football.
Hunt, who is backfield jeo|ach
for the Baltimore Colts of the
National-American League,. was
here at A&M checking on senior
grid’ graduates. He serves aaj a
contact man for pro football draft
prowjHictx .here in the Southwest
when not occupied with his eppph-
ing duties.
Although Hunt has been iiiljk
coaching game
rear
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mp-
lidnt
rssbu
35. .
he w
tiop from A&Mj in 1928, he'
easily pass for a man of 3|
one time during his career h
badkfield coach 1 under Mattjj Bell
here at A&M—and coached the
little white haired gentleman] him
self, Harry Stiteler. When ] these
tW6 men stand beside each j other
today it looks like Stiteler j could
have coached Hunt instead of Hunt
epaching Stiteler.
Hunt was head coach at Georgia
in ’38 and head coach at Wybming
id '39. LSU played in four; bowl
gjaim® 8 , ' n ’49 ’41 ’45 and '4^, dur
ing hrs tour as backfield co^ch at
E|Sjton Rouge. The intervening
years he spent as a captain pn the
Aip Force.
Odell ptautjzenberger, Aggie
All-ConferOnce, choice in ’48J play
ed guard for tne team that Hunt
helped guide last year. His ’49
position as backfield coach with
thh Buffalo Bijlis marked Hunt’s
first, season as a pro-mentor.
oolhall imsn’t been the only
sport in! Hunt's career. Ho
played five years of pro baseball
under contract to St. Louis (Card
inals immediately following his
graduation. He spent the between-
(See HUNT, Page 4)j
Seven sophomore athletes have.
withdrawn from the school.
Among them were ! two sopho
more ends who had' been looked to
to help plug holes left ih the 1949
Southwest Conference champion
ship football team. They are Bill
Howton of Plainview and Sonny
McCurry of Wharton. Mike Mich-
on, a hard driving back from Kerr-
ville who was ineligible last sea-'
son, but starred in scrimmage ses
sions, also has left.
★
Spring football practice at Tex
as Christian University will start
Friday, a week later than origin
ally scheduled, Coach L. It.
(Dutch) Meyer said Monday. Rain
and cold weather caused! the de
lay.
★
Continued bad weather in Aus
tin Monday caused University of
Texas football coach Blair Cherry
to postpone the opening spring
(Spe AP SHORTS, Page 4)
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