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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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.
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