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Maroons Win First
Spring Scrimmage
By HAROLD GANN
: Airgfe football followcni y«.
cclvecl an approximate example of
'what Couch Harry Stitcler’a i»BO
irrldiron aquad would be lilco Sat
urday when tho Munion* boat
the White*, 20-7, In the flr»t of
four apriiiff training K amc*.
After only clarat day* of pnu:-
- tloo, the unpoliahed Krldatera cx-
hihited mrRronsivu hall an a crowd
I of mound-800 watched them bat-
■ tie in perfect football weather.
J Pans playa and off-tacklc slanta
dominaU'd the attacks of both
units. Sparked by Dick Gardemal,
J Doyle Moore, and Angie Saxe in
the backfield and William Rush,
Carl Molberg, and Jack Little in
, the line, the Maroons piled up a
13-0 lead before the half.
> | Passes Fisrure in Touchdowns
For the first 12 minutes the
• two teams battled on. even terms
with effective defensive work be
ing turned in by Little, Molberg,
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L NE WS
Seven,, divisions, saw action Fri
day afternoon as the first week of
intramural wrestling came to an
l end. The 129-pound class reached
- the quarterfinal stage when C. W.
Penn of F. Air Force defeated
George Laing 1 of H Air Force.
In the 169-pdund. class Kenneth
Baker of A ^Tjunsportatlon drop
ped Mondal Ammons of B Quar
termaster, JOe* Villereal won by
• forfeit over R. W. McGaw of E
Infantry, and P. Cotta of A Field
^ downed J. J. Dalphite of E Flight.
The matches Friday narrowed the
169-pound division to the s e m i r
final stages.
A forfeit was also featured in
- tho 17(l-pound: division with War
ren Pierce of D Air Force tak
ing a default win over Fred Klatt
of tho White Bund. Oeorjre Hoover
of D Infantry matted E Flight's
Oharlea Parr, and Homer Terry of
H) Vet lost to Charley Davis of
B CAC.
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J. w. Wilhelm of 1) Field Ar-
tlllery «n.«l-»Don Grubbs of E Infan
try galjtft'il wins In the heavy
weight: alvUlon.
The 1110.pound illvision offer
ed the largest number of the
mntchaa with nine winners ; ad-
vanolng to the next round (and
two wins I'esuiting through ’‘Tor.
felts, Ken Timmons of A Infantry
and Harold .Springfield of A Ord
nance won thuir figlits op forfeits.
In Tile other clashes Pi)luI Moore
• of A Artillery defeated Alton En-
Ine *f B QMC'i J. H. Edwards of
H ItUAuUy dropped Joq Jackson
of wVw, and Btnn'Perkins of E
Air f*nrce matted the White
Band’s Edwin Anderson.< Non-mil
itary student Mux Word, won
his second match in the 159-pound
class, scoring over H. R. Witten-
I burg of A Quartermaster.
F. If. Christian of ASA lost to
Dave Haltom of B Field, while
Harold Chandler of C Air Force
drubbed Nace Trauth of H Flight,
and Bob Davis of F Air Force
■ matted Bob Kirk of A Flight.
Winners of the 149-pOund class
included Lowell HolmeS of tho Ma-.
roon Band, who defeated Gus
•j Sanders of i A Air Fcjrce, Tom
j'Spatachenc of G Flight, who drop
ped T. T. Hillman of B Flight, and
Jolly Johnston of K Air Force,
who won over Frankie Prochaska
of A Cavalry.
Dick Frey, Jiip Fowler, and
of the Maroons; and Dorbant
ton, Russ Hudbck, Marshall
Elo Nohavita, and Austin
of the “Whites.;
Forward passing figured
four touchdowns. The Maroons
soored the first TD late in the
.first quarter when Gardemal fl
psd to halfback Augie Sake in
flats. The play was good for
yards. Darrow Hooper split
uprights to give the Maroons a
♦even point lead.
For another; 12 minutes tho pig
skin moved back and forth, never
penetrating either team’s 20
line. t-
Saxe Sets Up First TD
Little, playing at the defei
tackle slot, fell, on a White _ r
hie at midfield. Saxe, who pla.
a fine, all-around game, swept feft
end to the White 10. Moore and
Lippman combined to advance the
ball to the three on two smashes
through the I middle. Gaidemal
faded to the 25 and hit Rodnty
East in - the iend zone. Hooper’s
kick sailed wide.
Quarterbacks "during the first
half were Gardemal for the Ma
roons and Del mar Sikes for the
Whites. Stitelcr tested his fresh
men engineers—Hooper for the
Maroons and Ray. Graves for the
Whites—during the last two chapi
ters.
Both teams! failed to score dur
ing the third quarter. The White
eleven missed a chance to tatty late
in the third When cine of Grave’s
aerials was intercepted, after the
Stephenville Slinger had placed
the team inside the enemy’s 20 on
his passes.
Yale Lary Shines
The Whites made their only
touchdown early in the fourth
when Graves; pitched to “Bull”
Lawson on a screen play, good for
10 yards. Charlie. Hodge’s puss
snaring and lie ft tackle i thrusts Tby
Lawson and (Charlie Royalty set
up the score! Hodge successfully
Battalion
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Howell "Urpie” Johnson, Hart Hall senior who Is
majoring In Physics, topped the diving compe
tition Saturday night to contribute five points
tO the Aggie total as A&M topped the Memphis
Naval Air Station, 52-23. The sturdily built
spring hoard artist is seen above going through
some of his above-water gymnastics.
converted to make the score 7-
13. f
The Maroons bounced back with
a beautiful 50-yard run by Yale
Lary after the Farm.er punting
specialist took a pass in the light
flat from Hooper. Lary reversed
his field and raced diagonally ac-
cross the turf, untouched. Hoop
er’^' extra-point try was gdod.
Standouts of the game on! of
fensive play were Jaro Netardus,
Molberg, Rush, Bob'Bates, James
Flowers, Max Greiner, Dwayne
Tucker, and Nohavitza along; the
forward: wall, arid Gardemal, Lipp-
man, Moore, Saxe, Graves, Royal
ty, and Lawson in the backfipld.
Hooper and Graves Promising
Gardemal and Graves were toss
ing the hall with remarkable ac
curacy while Hooper looked t im
pressive while throwing cannon
ball passes that found their rriark
half the time. Hooper, a shot-put
stalwart, heaved the ball 50 yards
in the second half. If Hqoper
cou|ld become more accurate, and
his receivers could wear bullet-
proof vests, Stitelcr would have
a top-notch passing team. j|
yule Lary, stationed at deft-
half, was the top ground-gainer
of the game. Lawson, Lippimin,
and Moore were consistent gain-
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Farmers Fall Before
Rice’s Spirited Attack
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Tankmen Defeat
hisNaval Airmen
By CHUCK CABAMSS
Art Adamson’s churning mer
men turned what had been pre
dicted as a close battle into a nin
es they defeated the Mem-
62-23, in
Saturday
away *s they d
phis Naval Air
the local natatorium
t.
night.
Butterfly-strokor Bill Karow
led the way with two individual
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Slimes, although Leroy | Miksch,
tall Waelder pivot man, sank eight
field goals, and three gift shots to
walk away with high poirit Honors
for the night. Carl Jowell, a Dim-
mitt product, was high pointer for
the Owlets with 16 markers.
Box Score:
Texas A&Bf (62)
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
DeWitt, f
2
0
4
4
Turnbow, f
2
2
5
6
Davis, c
1
2
4
4
Moon, c :...
2
4
3
8
McDowell, g
9
5
2
23
Garcia, f
0
1
0
1
Howser, f
. 0
1
3
1
Miller, f
. 0
0
0
()
Farmer, g
. 1
1
l
1
Martin, g
1
0
1
2
Totals ,
.18
Hi
23
52
Rico (02)
lg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Switzer, f
3
2
a
8
Oorhnrdt, f .a,.
0
5
n
17
McDermott, -c .
•1
4
5
12
White, g
2
2
5
6
Only Two Fives Certainties
New Ybrki Feb. 20
lege baskethitH’s post season tour
nament pletujro still is somewhat
clouded tmlajf with only Holy
Cross anti 0hi(rBtute virtually as
sured of participation.
The Crusaders (22-0). only Ina-
jor unbeaten! five in 'the nation
rind the No. jl team in the Asso
ciated Press poll, are first In |lne
for the District 1 berth In the
NCAA tourney. The Crusaders,
who were under consideration for
the 12 team! National Invitation
tournament iri Madison Square
Garden, announced they would not
accept a NIT bid but would take
the NCAA bid.
Ohio Stati is running arjmy
with the Big Ten race and the
winner ^bf that battle usually is
selected to represent District Four
In the NCAA. extravaganza.
16 Teams Possibilities
The following teams are among
the candidates for the National
Invitatiori, Duquesne (20-1); lyen-
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tu«|kv (20-4). St, John’s CJO-M).
Hiadley (2;)-:l), St. Louis (lir.-f.),
Toledo (20-1), Western Kentucky
(22-4), North Carolina State; (20-
■It. U. C. L. A, (itt-i), Cnnlaiun
(KM), CCNY (14-1), LaSsMUO-
:i)J Kansas State (16-6), Itltl
07-3) and Niagara (16-6), ! and
Sab Francisco (15-0), last year's
invitation winner.
!
LaSalle, St. John’s, DuqUosne
an|l CCNY also are in the ruiining
airing with Syracuse, Viildnova
and Columbia for the District 2
lri<| in the NCAA tournament; Du-
quesne and St. John’s appear to
hapm the inside track.
Kentucky Contending j
Kentucky, defending NCAA
chrimps and North Caroling are
the chief contenders for ; the
NCAA’S District Three berth; The
Wildcats are a close second iri the
Southeastern Conference ‘ race
while the Wolf Pack enjoys a Slight
ef|ge in the Southern Conference
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Kansas State and ^Ichrnsku in the
Big Seven nre the eiindldutes for
the District Five slot. District
Six finds Arkansas or the Bouth-
west C«>"ferenco ami Arizona of
the Border in contention at the
moment.
Wyoming stands a good chance
of landing the District Seven nom
ination. The District Eight berth
usually goes to the winner of the
Pacific Coast Conference, champ
ion. At the moment Washington
State is ahead in the Northern Di
vision and UCLA in front in the
Southern.
Tighe, gj 2 5| 4 9
Grawimdr, f 3 2 2 8
Hudgens, f 0 Q. O 0
Demors,! g 10 0 2
TotaH 21 20 24 62
Officials: Albrecht arid Wallace. 1
Free ThroWs Missed: Switzer 2,
Gerhardt 2, McDermott 2, Grawim-
der, DqWitt, Turnbow 2, Davis,
Moon 3j McDowell 6.
Half-time Score: Rice 31; Texas
A&M af.
Fish Box Score:
Fish (49 Fg Ft Pf Tp
Garrett; f 10 3 2
Fooshe, f 2 2 2 8
Velvin, f 112 3
Cleyl, cj 0 2 0 2
Miksch. c j 8 3 2 19
Heft, K 3 10 7
Gullege, g 2 2 2 6
Montegrit, g 1 2 0 4
TotalR jis 13 11 49
Mil men (55) Fg Ft Pf. Tp
Bailey, g I 110 3
Dickon|t, f j, 7 1 2 15
Ghuokd, f I, 0 0 4 0
Muffed), f j. 2 1 1 5
Jowell, e H 0 3 16
Teuguej, g .2 0 5 4
Baker, g |, 3 0 a tl
Watson, g 2 2 a (I
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Scott, Hoff Arc
Semi-Finalists
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 20 <&>—
Heavyweights Dick Scott of A&M
and James Hoff of Rice Institute,
defending champion, will meet in
one of the semifinals tonight as
the 14th Annual State Golden
Gloves Tournament draws to a
close. j-
Tom. Adams of Hardin-Simmons,
state light-weight titlist the past
three years, will meet Andy Eag
les ton of Fort Worth, state mid
dleweight champion in 1940-41, in
the other heavyweight match.
Johnny O’Glee of iNorth Texas
State College, defending light
weight king, will meet Johnny
Hernandez of Amarillo. O'Glee
sustained a painful blow to the
liver while outpointing Eddie Gar
za of San Antonio last night. If
O’Glee should be unable to com
pete Monday night, Garza will
take his place.
Morales Back
Bantamweights Freddy Morales
of Hardin-Simmons University
and Tony Maiorana of San An
tonio Witt meet in one of the semi
finals:
Maiorana went tri the bantam
finals of the tournament of cham
pions in Chicago last'year and
(See FIGHT. Page 4)
Tntats
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Official*: Tniet, Craddock.
Free Throws Missed: Dickens,
MoffriU, Jowell 2, Bnker 2, Gnlfrett,
FoushMea, Velvin, Mtkneh 2, Vlul-
lege 3.
Half-time score—Rice 31, Fish
2*1.
Southwest Conference Standings
Team W. L. Pet. Pta. Ops.
Arkansas' .... 6 3 .667 164 443
S M Uj 6 4 .600 524 5!
TCU 5 4 .556 498 41
Baylor; s5 4 .556 473 4<
Texas A&M . 5 5 .500 502 41
.Texas L 4 5 .444 422 4(
Bice 2 8 .200 534 5'i
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© 1449, Th. Cocc-Colo Cowptiy
wins and a* a member of two vic
torious relays. Karow’s 100-yd
breasUtroke win waa the highlight
of the evening as ho set a new
pool record at 1:03.6.
The earlier mark of 1:06.8 had
been held by Johnny Crawford
since 1048 when the Dnllaslite wss
swimming for Woodrow W’llson
High School. He Is! now a member
of the Texaa squad. Jim Flowers’
conference record of 1:06,8. Was
not endangered; however, t h e:
event Is not longer swum; in tho
conference meet since the, longer
200-yd. distance replaced it last
winter.
, Tommy Comstock of the Agi
gies pushed Karow to the record
no he finished the race only four I finished thitd, and E. D. Don-
strokes behind the NCollege Sta- " * “ •
tion splasher. R. EL HOehn ojf
Memphis NAS was third' in th)e
event.
Relay Ties Record
A&M'S 400-yd. freestyle relay
copped the~final event of the
night’s program in conference rec
ord-tying time, 3:44.6. The loop
mark wag set Mat year; by the
Cadet quartet of Danny Green,
Bernie Syfan, Jim Flowers, and
Gilbert MtKenzie.
Tommy Butler, Ralph ElMs, Ka
row, and Van Adamson swam the
laps in the race with Butler lead
ing off. The foursome ended with
a lead of a third of the pool de
spite strong efforts on the parts
of the final and Initial 'Memphis
swimmers.
The P. L. Downs, Jr.,! Natator
ium record of 3:43.5 set in 1948
by Green, Jerry Fisher, Jack Ri-
l%y, and Syfan successfully with
stood the onslaught of -the speedy
Cadet mermen.
Medley Threesome Wins
Bill Sargent, backstroke; Ka
row, breaststroke, and Adamson,
freestyler, overwhelmed the visi
tors in the first event of the even
ing as they took thfi 300-Yard
medley with a 3:14.9 time,
gent was even with his Memph
opponent, Karow took a healthy
lead in his lap, and Adamaon pour
ed on the coal to win going awfy
by a margin of one and a qi
ter lengths of tho pool. <
Memphis' first victory eame In I
the second race—freestyle compe
tition at.230 yards. Squad captain
A. G, Rocdcl of the flying sailors
swam the distance in 2:22.8 .to
best Ellis of-the Aggies. J. E. Phr-
ncll of the Cadets took thiYd.' i :
Roedell won hy four, body lengths.
Karow captured the BO-Yd. |
freestyle to add to his point to
tal. His time for the event was '\
26.1 as J. P. Westcrvelt of A&M <b|
finished thl*d, and - E. D. EWn- '*
nelly of Memphis grabbed third.
Johnson Tops' Divers .
Howell Johnson of the loial
team topped the diving compqti-
tioit The event was unusual only,
because the NAS divers used I ho
low spring board'while the Cad !ta
performed ’ from tyie usual hij h-
er board. Johnson’s score was
83.36 as two visitors, Hoehn with
78.0 and R. E. Christians with
74-.06, trailed him.
Ellis came hack to take the 100-
yd. freestyle race by a stroke andl
a half. He was timed at 57.2 as he
came in ahead of runner-up Don
nelly and third place R. L. Wil
liamson, both of Memphis.
Sargent won the lOO-yd. back-
stroke by a stroke with Memphis’
R. L. Elliott crowding him nndi
Aggie J. D. Blundell third. Tho
winning time was k:(f6.7.
Following the breaststroke
event, Roedel of' the sailors took
his team’s only other win and his
second of the night in the 440
freestyle. He held a lead of a quar
ter of the pool as ho finished)
with a-5:32.3 time. A&M’S'Parnell)
was timed at ,8:44.0 in{. second)
place, and Cadet Dave Vurdumau
was third.
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