Winner Uncertain;
Ags Have Chance
By CHUCK CABANIS8 [
KatUlion Sports Editor
A glance at the Southwest Conference cage race still fails
to show anything resembling a “sure thing.” Only one game
this week is between top contenders for the title—the Arkan-
sas-TCU clash at Fayetteville, Friday night
—with the others important only if upsets
are registered.
From this corner it appears that only
; SMU is in a position to take an undisputed
crown. If the Ponies fail to win the remainder
of their tilts, from two to five teams could
deadlock for the top. Only Race and Texas
appear to be out of the running already.)
A&M could undoubtedly grab a portion of
cabakiss the championship by taking its, remaining
three games—a difficult assignment in itself; Probably the
. toughest of the trio will be next Tuesday’s Cbwtown fracas
with TCU, but an Upset-minded Rice five cdiild completely
up-end the Cadet apple cart if the locals aren’t ready Satur
day night in Houston.
The Baylor veterans seem to be the best bet to hand
the Mustangs their fourth loss when the two aggregations
meet in Waco in the final game of the season on Feb. 28.
However, the Methodists must also hurdle Texas at Austin
and Arkansas at Dallas.
/ Either Arkansas or TCU must drop from among the
teams /that have lost only three contests. They have two
games remaining with each other. If they split the series—
which is probable—both will drop fTom their presently held
rung hear the top of the loop.
, Loss of DeWitt, Davis Hurts Chance
If the Arkansas tussle Monday 3", were in the contest, but once
night can he used as evidence, the the Ozark cagens had the advan-
loss of both Long John DeWitt and tage they kept pulling away until
Walt Davis via the'personal foul the last few hectic seconds,
route means the Aggies are going Possibly the earlier use of Sut-
'to lose that night's game. ton;and Martin in tilts in which
Repeatedly after the two had Davis and DeWitt pick up an
been thumbed to the bench, the overly large foul handicap would
announcer would say; "and Gath- enable the latter two huskies to
,cart takes the rebound and moves enter the fracas when the oppon-
up court” or “]ambldr bats the ent is making aj final-minutes at-
ball upward for la seebod attempt tack.
at the goal," • ,, Certainly Martin can contribute
During the first minutes of the points to the AAM offensive to-
second half the Cadets had seemed tal, and Sutton; who has yet to
to be completely outplaying the show any strong; tendency towards
Porkers, but after the big boys netting many goals, should be able
were out the Ag point margin be- to team with Martin to maintain
came a deficit rapidly. Ken But- an adequate coiitrol Of the back-
ton; 6' 7", and Marvin Martin, 0' hoards.
Cadet Free Throw Average Dropped
JC Tourney Rule
Changes Probable
By 1
; Some m
During the first half and Up to
the middle of the second stanza,
the Fayetteville announcer was
amazed at thd free throw accuracy
of the visiting: Teicans. I believe the
the deciding factor in the score
that might and tjhe same would be
true almost any; other time.
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A&M’s clash with Baylor the
Cadets once: have made 11 or/12 other night pointed out an obvious
and later l^ Of Id, but before the , need in the field! house. When Bay-
* final buzzer the. Ags had misSed lor chose to stall the ball until
10 of 28 charity tosses. «' atttertipting a final second field
The average of 642 for the go * 1 the Bears had on,y 10 glance
whole night wasn’t bad, but With “P at Ord^r^o fell 1 when
.three of the 10 failures coming in the gym-in order to tell when
10 look««Blity tie f Saturn. .hS,tSj
Tom Hamilton and his mates set at t h e West en( j of the court. It
the locals a goal which—if and would have beeii auite possible for
when they achieve it—would pra^Ug em to have fatled t0 get the win _
tically assure the Cadets' winning^ ng . goal i ofte< i in the instant it
most of their games. Against A&M took Jewell McDowell to check the
the balding wheeihorse of the, distant block. T. t
Steer five dropped in nine of 10 Neither team! should have such
■f-'i chances and his teammates tallied a n obvious handicap. Something
on all Sf*vpn of. tne*“ * . .. i t . , _
it-
on all seven of, their opportunities sh ould be done to have either a
at the free .throw line. complete scoreboard or at least a
The night’s percentage for the second clock placed on: the west
Steers, 94% on 16 out of 17, was wall Of the field house.
HAROLD GANN
Some rule changes may greet
ball players and fans when
annual State Junior College
«t gets underway In De-
Field House March 1.
Tournament chairman Mar ty
said the newly innovated
minute rule, which practically
playing to 38 minutes, will
discarded.
Karow hinted toward a possi-
change in the foul-out rule. He
id many noted basketball auth-
ties do not like to see a team’s
r player (or players> leave the
leup before the end of the game,
is definitely detrimental toward
kctball as far as; the fans and
bhes are concerned. ,
Foul-out Buie Avoided
] The fans come to see the; best
bgll players in action, and most of
them are forced ito leave the game
ause of fouls before the fans
|et their money's worth," Kardw
>id last nikht.
Plans have been proponed where-
|y a player, upon committing hi*
fth foul, will be barred from the
for a designated period
me, as a hockey player is treat-
after being! charged with foul
1 ^fter the plajier serves his time
dn the bench, he will be allowed
(so enter the lineup again.
| For every foul a player edm-
its after he has served time, the
ffleiala will award the foulee
idee as many free shots. Theiie-
lore; a player who is fouled in the
let of shooting by a “fcourt con-
ict”, will receive four gift-tosses
instead of two.
' Tall Players Rule Game
Many coaches have decided that
something should be done in order
t o. keep short players in the ganie.
I lie sky-scrapers can “cheat” the
shorter players by merely tapping
ijn a two-pointer whereas the les-
• gifted participants generally
have to rely on long shots.
Ih order |to stop the big boys
1 rom consistently scoring under the
(See J C, Page 4)
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All Aggies interested in playing
soccer 4iave been urged by Richard
V. Mendoza to contact him at
, - Room 228, Dorm 17. Mendoza re
ported that games are scheduled
for Dallas, Austin, and possibly
-- San Antonio as well as here in
College Station.
Practice will begin as soon as
[ ' possible, MendoiHij said. He urged
( everyone who is interested in the
game to join the Leam, regardless
of whether or not previous exper
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Depicts Cadets
, "Down but not out” aptly de
scribes the condition of the 1949-
90 Aggie basketball team after
plummeting from a lofty first place
to an unaccustomed fourth place
berth la the unpredictable SWC
campaign.
During different stages of this
season, the Cadets have maintained
possession of first place alone
twice, have shared the lead three
times and have been lower than
their present position only once
—at Uie outset while displaying
• 1-1 record.
AMU’S well-coached Mustangs,
the dark horses of the race, are
currently hanging on to first pos
ition by a scant half game, having
won six and dropped three.
Don Heft, alert Fish guard from Paiarios, has been one of tbe
most consistent performers for the first-year Aggies during the
past campaign. The ball-hawking back court man can come
through with needed tallies at crucial times, and he may be needed
for such markers this very Saturday when the Fish face the Rice
Slime in Houston.
Turn bow Nears End of Fine
Basketball Career* at A&M
By SKIP SIMMEN
basketball was.
When asked who
considered
When Texas University's cagers i t jj e best players, both defensive-
arrive in DeWare Field House Feb. ; jy ant | offensively, he ever played
28 for their final seasonal session j against. Bill quickly answered,
of maplewood maneuvering against j “Alex Groza and Ralph Beard, Ken-
the Aggies, they had best beware ; tucky beat us something like 82-
of A&M’s most forward forward,
Billy Turnbow. For Mr. Turnbow,
6ne of the two graduating senior
regulars on Karow’s quintet, has
played through four years of com
peting against the Steers withbut
once beating them, and trampling
TU has become something of a
Turnbow obsession.
The Perrin point-maker will fin
ish his . last and final season; of
SW conference basketball compe
tition with that TU-Aggie game.
"We haven’t beaten them since
I've been playing hero," said Tiirn-
bow, "Kinds feci this is gonna: be
It." '
Coach Marty Karow has had the
S' 1",; three - year letterman: In
and out of the Farmer starting line
up since he entered Aggicland in
the fall of '46.
Not only has he played every
position on the team, but he hss
participated in more games than
any of the present Ag oagers.
Turnbow lettered his first year
as a freshman in the '46-'47 cam
paign when the wail-time rules en
abling freshmen to compete on the
varsity team were still in effect.
Hails f#om “Out West”
A West Texan from birth, Turn
bow plans to teach some where
“out west” upon graduation. Al
though born in Throckmorton in
’29, Bill soon moved over to a
small town outside of Perrin.
•T’ve been playing basketball for
a long timeT’, said Turnbow. A long
time can be more specif ically ; ex
plained to mean as long as he knew
18 when I was a Fish,
forget that one.”
Entering high school in the fall
of ’43, Turnbow quickly proceeded
creating a name for himself.
All-State Twice
He was chosen on the Class-B
All State team in ’44 andT also ’46.
He and his Perrin teammates were
never able to win a state title,
although they grabbed the runner-
up spot in 16 and^ slipped into
fourth place in the '44 state race.
Picked to participate in the i
11-Star gamd his senior y;
Bill Turnbow
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Turnbow played on the same team
as Mustang captain, Harold Sal
mon, and agalinst Bill DeWitt of
Baylor and Bill Huffman of Texas.
“We lost that one by one point,"
said Turnbow. ] \
The hefty West Texap tallied 208
points last season to rank second
among leading Aggie scorers.
Eighty-seven of those points were
made in conference competition.
Now Scoring Record
Probably his most outstanding
feat came on an Eastern tour when
tiie Perrin lad was a soph. Turn
bow must have worn his electrical
ly heated jersey in the Baldwin-
Wallace game for that night he
meshed 27 points, enough ito set a
new Cleveland Coliseum scoring
record. . |
Adding to the pecularitics of his
career, Turnbow has also covered
more milage ih basketball trips
than any present Ag cage^.
The 21-year-old eager has made
four eastern trips, one West Coast
tour and numerous jaunts around
thb conference.
"Hardly had more than an ankle
injury since I started playing irt
'46,” said Turnbow. The fact that
he was knocked out in last year's
Arkansas game did not enter his
mind, for it seems he was right
back, in the middle of things min
utes after he hit the floor with a
few other cagers on top of him.
Baylor Game Undoubtedly
There was little or no hesita
tion before he answered ‘last Fri
day's Baylor game" to a question
of "his most exciting game.
To date, the 180-potmder has col
lected 135 points this season. Turn
bow has not only participated In,
(See TURNBOW, Page 4)
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Last year and years long ago,
there was a box in the Battalion
known aa the Forfeit Doghouse.
After only three days of activity
In two Intramural sports this se
mester, there have been nine for
feits. so for these missing athletes
the Forfeit Doghouse will be start
ed again.
Forfeits acquired this week from
the wrestling included E Field Ar-
tfflery. G. Air Force, t> Field, B
Infantry, B Athletics, and A CAC.
Defaults in handball Were handed
out to B Engineers, C Flight, and
E Veterans. M
Seven 130-pound Pinner*
In the seven 139-pound division
matches held yesterday, Harold
Cottle of I Air Force dumped Rog
er > Jensjvold of C Field, Kenneth
Lewis of W Band defeated R. G.
Quasi of A CAC, whUe Pate
Rainey of A Transportation lost
to jD. W. Davis of B: Air Force,
John Vlttrup of W Band matted
Bob Lincecum of A Cavalry,
Gay lor Jones of Ai Transpor
tation basted Woody Waldrip of
A iQMC, Dick Batten of F Air
Force tossed Richard Anderson of
D Infantry for a loss, and R. D.
wascott of I Plight defeated Levis
Cordes of B QMC,
Carlson Wins Again
Bobby Carlson of C Infantry,
who has won titles in wrestling at
A&M for the past three years, ad
vanced a round when he pinned
Herman Thompson of K Air Force
after a well fought match In the
149-pound class. In other 149-
pound division matches BUI Holl-
owell of B Engineers won out over
Chester Donlin of the White Band,
June Clark of A QMC pinned Bill
Nipkolson of F Air Force, Johnny
Harrison of D Infantry dropped
Jim Barry of A Transportation,
while D. R. McCoy of D Field lost
to Charley Wyatt of the Maroon
Band. Herman Thompson of D Ar
tillery battered Jack Morris of I
Air Force to the mat, and G. gears
of’A Field Artillery dropped H. G.
W|lliford of ASA.
Five other winners of the 149-
pound class included Bobby French
of I Field, who defeated; John Caple
of E ArtiUery, John Wallace’s win
over W. J. Spears of D Air Force
fop C Battery, F. D. Frazier of K
Flight took a default decision over
R|p Torn of C Cavalry, F. Thur
mond of the A Airmen bounced
Bob Chapman of A Signal out of
the winners column, and Tommy
Spatackene of G. Flight defeated
Lynn Plttard of B Field ArtUlery.
The heavier divisions composed
of the 179-pound weight and the
heavy weights claimed the final
three matches. Joe Pate of F Air
Force downed Jimmy Reed of B
Engineers, and Fred Klatt of the
W. Band drubbed Leroy Hoermann
of B Transportation in the two 179-
pound weight class. In the heavy
weight Charles Jackson of A CAC
gained a win over BiUy Ditto from
A Transportation.
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Steer Hurler Gorin
Breaks Right Hand
Austin, Tex., Feb. 1*—/—Char-
lip Gorin, one of the leading piteh-
efa of the NCAA championship
University of Texas baseball team
last year, broke at>or» in Ida right
hand Tuesday. He will mis* from
f'four to eight weeks" of training,
which started today,
ij Thirty-one candidates in eluding
five lettermen, reported to Coach
Bibb Falk for the x
tlce session. Two
peeled to join the
28.
The -other lettermen, all-Ameri
can Tom Hamilton, first baseman
and pitcher-outfielder Frank Wom
ack are expected to join Coach'
Bibb Falk's squad when basketball
season ends.
Three of the six lettermen expec
ted to report were pitchers Mur
ray Wall, Jim Ehrler and Charley
Gorin. Wall led the Texas hurlers
With an 11-1 record last year.
Outfielder Bob Brock, third base-
man Frank Kana, and' catcher Don
Cavneas are the other lettermen.
Presly Askew’s Arkansas qula-
et, which nipped A&M Monday «f-
ailtng for the first 8
is resting in second
PCU. The Frog* slapp*
Bears Nip Rice,
60-59, Ags In
Third Place Tie
Houston, Feb. 15 ---Baylor
blew a 12 point second half
lead tonight and then stalled
to swing ont<^ a 60 to 59 vic
tory over the Rice Owls in a
Southwest Conference basketball
game that saW 46 fouls called.
The victory sent Baylor into a
tie with Texas A&M for third place
in conference standings. It was
Rice's eighth defeat in nine league
starts.
Baylor had held a 52-40 lead
With 12 minutes to play and stiU
was shed 98-49 seven minutes lat
er. Three quick goals by Rice
pulled the advantage down to 58-
99.
; By that time four players—Don
Heathmgton and Bill DeWitt for
Baylor and Warren Switzer and
Jim Oerhardt for Rice—-had fouled
opt
A free throw exchange made |t
59-f>« before Baylor pulled a two
minute stall that left 99 seconds ij"
play. .
Howard Hovde added another
Baylor point before Charlie Tlghe
and Joe McDermott scored throe
points in the final 15 seconds.
It was Center Odell Preston who
sparked Baylor spurts in each per
iod. Four straight points broke a
17-17 tie and put Baylor ahead to
stay. Prior to that time the score
had been tied seven times and
changed hands eight.
\ In the second half seven quick
points by Preston were primarily
responsible for the 52-40 advan-
tege.
J. I>. White led Rice scoring with
18. I 'reston was one point behind. |
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TCU. The Frogs Slapped T«X-
In Fort Worth’. Monday after
to the Longhorns in Austin
preceding Saturday. !
ext come A&M and Baylor
r>-4 records. Texas and Rice
aCe the only teams considered out
of the race. Suffering one of its
humiliating seasons, Texas
won three while dropping
Owls, who shared the con-
crown last year with Bay-
and Arkansas, are providing a
for other unite this cam-
with a 1-8 mark.
All But Bioe Have Chaaee '
The race is so close that Texas,
now next to the bottom, has a good
mathematical chance of coppiag
the crown, and A&M and Baylor,
in fourth position, are literally
breathing down SMU’a neck, ogjy
one game out of first.
Coach Marty Karow’s crew if
one full game off the pace, and
TCU and Arkansas are only trail
ing by a half game.
The home-stretch grind definite
ly favors the Mustangs since they
have only three remaining games
that shouldn’t be too difficult to
master, according to the record.
SMU invades Austin Monday night
tp play Texas, a team that they
ped in Dallas last Saturday,
on the Texas-SMU tilt Coach
arty Karow is basing one of his
strongest hopes of winning the
crown. Karow said in an inter
view last week that he couldn’t
visualize SMU, a team rated sixth
before the race started, beating
'texas on their own hardwoods.
Home Stretch Hugged
The present league-leaders Will
be hosts to Arkansas, pre-confer
ence favorite, in Joe Perkins Gym
nasium February 25. This game
could well decide the outcome of
the struggle. And the Aggies know
how tough the Ponies are on homo
grounds.
The Cadets have gotten by the
’(big boys", and If they carl nr
off fast-lmpfoving TCU,
Should be sure-shot* for
Second, should they win the Rice
game in Houston Friday and their
finale against Texas here on Feb
ruary 28. /; „
Other games that will play im
portant roles in the outcome of
the race are: Baylor at Texas Feb
ruary 21; TCU at Baylor Febru
ary 2,5. and Arkansas at TCU Feb
ruary 27. i
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