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; ; Maroons Meet Razorbacks In Ozarks Tonight A trip into the lair of thai Ar kansas Razorbacks is seldom any; fun. for a conference cage quintet, and this may be particularly tftieH for the crippled Aggies who play the Porkers tonight' at eight on the FayetteVille hardwoods, j Station fcORA will broadcast the Contest for listeners in this area who are following the bas ketball fortunes of the Cadets. When the Maroons entrained for the Ozarks Saturday evening, Jew ell McDowell was still bothered by the sore shoulder which has handicapped him during the past two outings of the pennant-seek ing Farmers. The remainder of the equad was in good physical condition except for Mike Oarcta, who had ankle trouble during the Hruin-Cadet clash Friday night. The pareuniat championship threats from the University of Ar kansas are currently In a third place tie with the TCU Horned Frbgs only a -half game back of the Age, who afe In a flret spot ,.tle with AMU., AAM has won ft vs, lost three: the Hogs have won four, loot three, : In their eight league tilts to. date, the College Station basket- eera have averaged r.o.n points while their potent defenae has held opponents to 44,(1 points. Ths margin of difference for the Mar oons Is the best In the loop—9.2 points. V ' v , Arkansas, on the other hand, has tallied an average Of 81.4 points In each of its seven conference games- buf has allowed opposing fives a robust 50.^ points per meeting. The Porker’s slight .8 margin over' . opponents is hardly impressive, yet the home floor factor can very well make such statistical advan tages vanish — and on its own Stomping grounds Arkansas will probably be favored in most quar ters. The usual Ozark qUintet'is sla ted to face the Ags at the starting whistle: high scorers Jim Cathcart and Gerald Hudspeth at the for- .ward positions, Jack Hess and D. L,. Miller at the guard slots, and 6’ 7” Bob Ambler at center. Nor man; Price, 6’ 3” guard, might go into the game for Miller if Porker coach Presley Askew desires to use more height against the tall Farmers. -a ..••‘j , Ambler was the star of the last Razorback’conference win, a 51- 37 triumph oyler Texas at Austin, but he Has been bothered the past (See AGGIES MEET, Page 4) SWC Rankings’ Scorers Given ' * tetx - « .•.* Alii Season Standings team— . W L Pet. Pts. OP TCU 12 7 .632 1027 980 Texas 10 9 .526 945 925 Bay lor 9 11 .450 957 1116 Tex AAM p 11 .480 1<061 998 Arkansas ...]^8 11 .421 881 948 8 M tl ....... 8 41 .421 995 1003 Rice 7 II .380 000 1040 * Conference HtuiHlliigs Tex A&M .... ft 3 .625 404 373 8 M U ... T C U ... Arkansas Baylor Texas Rice 3 .625 3 .571 3 .071 4 .ftOO 4-. 4 29 0 .143 423 404 860 413 887 365 418 383 3ft4 403 .■!«« Ill lauding Scorers (Season) Player— - FG FT TP McDermott, Rice, C......111 63 28ft Hamilton, Texas, F 07 83 277 McDowell, A& m - O........100 61 261 Mitchell, SMU, C 86 63 23ft Bfown, SMU, F 82 66 230 Freeman, SMU, F 81 43 205 Davis; A&M, C 78 43 199 Fromme, TCU, G ... 81 34 196 Switzer. Rice, F 76 42 194 Cathcarf, Ark., F: 6» 47 188 Beading Scorers (Conference) Player-4 FG FT TP ; Hamiltop, Texas, F...i.„. 41 35 117 Mitchelhr SMU, C 41 26 108 McDermott, Rice, C 42 23 107 McLeody TCU, C .1 41 21 103 Heathington, Bay. F.J. 35 33. 103 McDowell, A&M, G.....J. 36 14 86 Cathcart, Arkian. F. 31 19 81 Freeman, SMU, F. 34 13 81 Fromme, TCU, F..; 31 18 80 v it. A . -p. m i ■ jpr .'■-r ' SS? i Monte got, posing adZInsti the bricks of the Interior of De- Ware Field House, came through with two vital free throws Friday to edge Baylors- Montegut, a Texas City lad, led the port city to its first state cag» title last season topping the Stlngarre scorers. Second In the Fti h m irker battle, Montegut is expected to be a big help to the yarsity next season. AgSwm 38-37 m mers Win Finale Ags Top Baylor With Field Goal In Final Second By HAttOLD GANft Four thousand tense DeWare Field House basketball fans turn ed into a melee of joy Friday night when Jewell McDowell sank a 37-footer in the last second of an overtime period to give the Aggies a vital 56-54 victory over the Bay lor Bears. The spine-tingling SWC battle was truly the sport-spectacle of the season in the eyes of A&M fans, despite inconsistent officiat ing and a one-sided first half Which ended with an eight point Bear lead. Baylor was definitely at peak. Having scouted the Agf Dallas Tuesday, Coach BUI He By SKIP SIMMEN What had looked to be a i! triumph for the Ag squadfrkrt- turned intb a near upset Friday, night as the Aggies, coming fron behind in the final event,! eeked out a 38-37 win over the Nortlf- westemers of Louisiaha in; If. J/. Downs Natatorium. Going into the last event Of night, the 400-yard free stfle lay, the Aggies - were behind 31- This meant that to win the d competition the Cadets had i;d> (take the closing event. They took it; It was Gilbert McKinzi: who swam the first lap of the 4( 0-yard long race* finishing just i. little in front iof his bayou state oppon ent. Then Bill Sargent tool over; he gained ; a little, but the final test was yet to eome. Ellis Comes Through j Ralph ! Ellis, swimming v ith the Vigor he could scrape up-i-and it was jtjist enough—barely ed u body length in front pack td wlh this relfty i # rajaot. Coach Art Adamson, figuring ho had a win In swam his second stringers first' events. But finally irig that his team could be and very decisively in nobably th)s; bag, in tho rijaliz- benten, started sweating and . , of heart, failure before thle; final whistle bleWv It wa* Van Adamson, B gent anil most amazinj: REFINISH - Your Furniture with the new PENCHROME WOOD FINISHES STXIFTUOLORS INCLUDE: Platinum — Blonde Bleached Mahogany Driftwood — Sandalwood Light Oak — Dark Oak Maple — Mahogany . .Vi' - v American Walnut PENCHKO.MK CLEAR . . . a transparent finish for use over the above stains. Dries quickly tolai.soft, wax-like texture, but ^fa thoroughly waterproof and can be wash^ cd repeatedly. It will stand years pf wear pa any Inters lor surface. LONDON’S PAINT STORE 2201 College R« wliojcon- of the riiglit. Before the < ontest, tie throe lads got togethc Adamson and decided' they try for a new pool record 300-yard: medley relay. They Made the Goa ! And that was exactly w three ybung sophs did. led off aind wound up a bodj length behind His opponent in this ‘ stroke. It was Karow, sw the breast stroke, who, pulled the Ags ahead and Adamson cHftcked the record by crawling in njiarkablie time. | The trio finished with a 3:06, four-tenths of a second better than the past pool record set by How ard Spencer, Jimmy Flowe rg, and [Danny Green in '47. The Louisianans had to feo td neighboring Arkansas to find their prize swimmer, Nichdlas The Little ROck product SpOrfree style and finish end in the 100 and 440-yard free style exeats. “Totty” Westerfield finished third in the 50-yard free style; Howell Johnson, competing against two polished springboard-tnen fin ished third in the diving event, and Bill Sargent clapped the, deck! of the pool (just behind his opponent in the IpO-yard backstroke after leading most of the race. Bill Karow captured the Agsjies only other first, place rote in the (See SWIMMERS, Page 4) iU in 0R- doraon had carefully geared hi* team* for Maroon maneuvtr* In lahg, rugged practice »o»*lon*. The Rear* hadn't forgotten that 11> point pounding in their own *tomp> ing ground*. Heathington Red Hot During the fir*t half the Bruin* Munmd well on their way to a convincing victory and a fir*t* place berth. Crafty Don Heathing ton, (t'3" forward who amassed 30 points, intentionally drew foul after foul from his gusrdcfs while breaking under the bucket for short under-handed shots. Bill Hickman ana BUI Srack were continuously screened loose at the free throw line for suc cessful set-shots. Odell Preston and Bill DeWitt, both six feet- three, teamed with Heathington to give Baylor a majority of the re bounds during the first chapter. It was such a combinatioin that kept Baylor in the lead until the last eight minutes of play. Age Comeback But it was a more efficient Ag gie team that took the floor at the beginning of the second half —a team that was bolstered by Mike Garcia’s great all-around game, Buddy Davis’ heads-up ball, and Bill Tufnbow’s defensive back- board /grabs. Battalion SPORTS FEB. IS, 1950 points, his ; since the Second to of 11 free shots d last week only it’s 81 total against set-shots of the Fish Nip Cubs With Two Charity Tosses By FRANK N. MANfTZAS Coming from behind in the fliec- -ond half, the Aggie Fish / defeated the Baylor Bruins, 43-42, last Fri day night in the DeWare Field House. Teamwork was the main theme promoted by the [Fish as they played their best game of the year and' displayed 1 for jthc fans one of tho most thrilling per formance* in freshman linsketball ever to be played in the field house. Max Montegut, Fish forward from Texas City, cashed, in on [two charity shots in the Iasi / few sec onds of play to give the fish their fifth win of the season agajinst only four loses. Un his first free shot, Montegut tied upi the. Iball game, and on the next ope he (won the .tilt. I -J Don Garrett and Lero^r Miksch sparked the Fish under the bpek- boards and received considerable help from Montegut and Jimmy Velvin, who set up a great num ber of the baskets. Miksch I^eads Fish Miksch Jed the Fish sedrers with 12 points and Garrett trailed close behind with Kb John Starky of the Cubs led £he field with IT points. The Cubs were greatly hampered by the loss of Roland Elledge and their high scorer for the season, Derrel Davis, who saw limited Ac tion last Friday. Coach Bill Menev free’s team suffered its second loss of the year as the Fish Won. The only other loss acquired / by SENIOR Have You Had That Full Length Picture Made? TAKE AD VAN’PA* EXPER SERVE EXPERIENCE. IVE THAT Tou Can Not OF OUR YEARS OF IT NOW . . . PRE MEMORY. ; Fiild Better Photography An j where in Texas — RATE! 5 THAT PLEASE — “iOiYeijr* Serving Aggies" ;j AGCIEIAND STUDIOS North Gate the junior Bruins was at the hands of the powerful SMU frosh. Don Garrett started the scor ing early in the first half as tho Fish pushed to the lead. A free shot by Velvin gave the Fish a 3-0 count but the Cubs caught fire and tied the game at 3-8. After two more baskets by both teams, Starky, Joe Miles and Parker gave the Cubs a six-point lead. Four Free Throws With the Fish kinking four free shots in a row and Miksch coun tering with one from under tho board,] the Fish closed the Cubs lead to one point with five min utes remaining In the first half, But thfe Cubs racked Up 10 points to thef Fish's and the first half ended with the Cubs ahead 27-21. Miksch tied up the ball game at the start of the second half, but in the remaining 16 minutes of playing time that remained, the lead changed hands six times. Dur ing the second half, neither team held a lead long, and the largest lead seen in the second half was Davis cell best scoring Texas game, Heathington’s field goals —which ws to Tom TCU Tuesday. Garcia’s were, the mo#’ long shots on six of ’em his season ... aw DeWitt, Martin Out Midway through the final period, Heathington’* foul collecting gan to take it* toll. John De had to leave the lineup beea five personal*. But M*rvln tin, 9'8" handJfman, took i. •lack by equalling hi* TCU perfor mance, making three vitally need ed Jump *hot* at the enamy cir cle before Heathington em*ed him with five fouls, Baylor enjoyed Wad* of 18-9, IK-19, 80-88. land 88-94 befUrd A&M started chopping at the lend lifter three minutes had elapsed in tho second half, Garcia'* back- board play and long shots coupled with Davis’ rebound play narrow ed the margin to four points with 15 minutes left In fhe game. Garcia sank one from the free- throw line to make tho score 35- 37. For five nilnutes neither team scored a single marker. The Ags’ weakness durihg this fast was their inability tb follow up their shots. Meanwhile the Bruins had trouble holding the ball, which Seemed to have turned into a jack- rabbit while in their possession, fumbling it out of bounds seven times. Ralph Johnson, Bear forward who gave A&M trouble during its first meeting, finally broke the monotony with a freje shot, which came as a result of DeWitt's fifth foul. Davis Turns Tide Three minutes liater, Walter Davis turned ball hawk, stealing two passes in succession front Johnson, and dribbling the en tire length of the court for two lay-ups which] put A&M into the lead, 39-38, Heathington then: drew a foul from Martin and khotted the is sue at 39-39. Martin added two with a jump Shot and Heathington countered with a hook shot to tie the score at 41-41 with four min utes, 20 seconds left. Heathington put A&M back in front when he slapped the ball out of Martin’s gfasp—into the Cadet hoop. McDowell followed with a right- Ip- hand bank shot that gave A&M a 45-41 lead. Just before the two minute rule went into effect, Bill DeWitt drew a foul from Garcia while shooting and stepped to the line to make the sepre 45-43. DeWitt Tallies DeWitt followed with a jump shot at the free-thiiow line to tie the Rcoro at 45 all before Davis tapped a Garcia inis* into tho basket. Heathington spun past Martin, who was nOw'assigned to him, and made a beautiful loft hand hook-shot to knot the acore lor the sixth time, i With 51 seconds left, Heathing ton caused Martin to foul him. If tho court-stalwart could have *unk (Sec BASKETBALL Page 4) Jr if* • "KiMy’’ in Friday Da via la la on ntla points in Friday Might's narrow vlrtory ovro tfe Baylor Mocking Davla la Odell 1‘restoa, while hlgb-iteoring Don Heat Ington, liniltt forward, closes M. On the far right la John DeW’li Grid DrUt Opened /Vifdtoj Spring training began Friday on Kyle Field ad Col Harry Stiteler and his ase ' ^ ^ £ ^ ' associates ch of {the ng, blolck- ihter-sqiiad games which will be held during this month. / The first will be held on February 18. The dates of the other games will be announced later. Cadet workouts con tinued Saturday.’ Eighty-one prospects turned out; but missing were three letter-men halfbacks—John Christensen, Gaby Anderson, and Robert Schaffer—who are out due to illness or participation in spring varsity sports. ■ A. ,. if j Ags, SMU Tied For Loop Lead As End Nears I f f By Associated Press The next to last week of the Southwest Conference basketball season is on tap and you Can 'still take your choice as:the win- flgf' 1 j i ' A&M and Southern Methodist are tied for the top right now, but the confusion cap thicken this week when seven conference games will be unreeled. ! A four-team tie fer the top was broken last week in s4me wild and wacky action. , A&M kicked Baylor put V>f a ■hare on. Jewell McDowell’s final second field goal in an!overtime period. The score Was 66h64. Arkansas lost out on tho law of averages. The Porker* didn’t play a single loop tilt. Texas polished off TexSa Christ ian, 69-57, hut practical!^ blimint ated itodlf from tho titld race bif bowing to Southern Mothinlihl, ill- Texaa { ChrlMtlnn. how«\jor, kept alive It* i'haiU'0* with la 64-68 win over Hlbe. The standing* now hake two Ut«ti6*—A*M and HMIU lied for flriki Texas Christian am Arksn- deadlncked In l hi i d, M»yll>l• Texas sixth and Hliv a ills- las<|, HMr Vlrtlok K I starts timuittiiw night ns the dmilt heitd* for Do /Irtish, Texas meets Texgs Chrlsllan, Ar kansas play* A&M, and Ri:e meets Southern Methodist. ” ’s /' . ] The home team has bden tho winner In most Instances this son- sort and if this holds true Arkan sas may gain an advantage. The Razorbacks catch A&M and Texas Christian oh their home court at Fayetteville. Baylor’s only game is on the road, against Rice at Houston, while Southern Methodist has to go to Austin to meet Texas. A&M has one other road game, with R* co at Houston, -too. only five points. Box Score Texas A AM Fish < *3 FG FT PF TP Oarrett. F 4 2 2 10 Velvin. F 1 3 4 5 Bleyl. F 1 0 1 2 Miksch. C , 5 2 5 12 Gulledpe. F 0 1 0 1 Montegut. F 2 5 1 f Heft. O 1 0 1 2 Fooshee. O 1 0 1 2 Douglas. F 0 (* 1 0 Totals 15 13 16 43 Baylor Cubs (42) FG FT PF TP McDonald. F 3 O 5 6 Quillen. F 1 0 1 2 Starky. C 7 3 2 17 Miles. G 3 1 4 7 Parker, G 3 1 4 7 Davis. G 0 1 0 1 Warburton ! 1 O 2 2 Totals 18 6 18 42 Half score: Aggie Fish 21. Baylor Cubs Free throws missed: Fish. 9; Cubs. 11. Officials: Wilkins and Breazeale. USE OUR FAST . . . CONVENIENT Charter Bus Service Reasonable Rates PHONE 4-7114 MACKS MOTOR COACHES Bus Station North Gate ARE YOU BROKE?? . . 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