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I -- iT Three Teams Tied hj Basketball Race F«b. 27- U?>f-The SWC koetball race gobbles fnto its lin- al-week with the lead L • ice wc itb fhree teams tied for the lead and better than fair chances ; that two. wilt finish that ■ way. J;.. Southern Methodist, Arkansas and Baylor finished last aleek’s hectic schedule’ in a three-way deadlock for first, place. A 57-48 victory over Arkansas Saturday night gave Southern Methodist a snare of the lead and , cheated the Razorbacks out of a sure share of the conference crown. Baylor grabbed a share of the lead with a 57-42 decision over Texas Christian Saturday night. Arkansas, had protected its slight advantage over the rest of the loop earlier in the week with a 61-38 victory over Rice. The Owls also lost another one last week, winding up the season with a 41-55 loss to Texas. Baylor had stayed in a title contending position, by dumping Texas, 43-41, earlier last week. In another game, Texas A&M dawn ed Texas Christian, 60-58. Three games Tuesday, night will wind up the conference season and iPavc to the ! District! NCAA selection committee the problem of picking a Southwestern representative for the regional meet at Kansas City next month. Baylor and Southern Methodist will try and eliminate each other r from the championship chase Texas meets arch rival Texac A&M, and Arkansas, squares against Texas Christian. A Texas Christian victory wovdej leave just one team—Baylor Southern Methodist—atop 1 standings at the finish. An Arki sas win would split the champit ship between the. Porkers a. Baylor or Southern Methodist. Southwest . Conference Season Standings: - i !- Team W L Pet Pts Op TCU .. .13 10 .656 1221 |l20-i Bay. .A......12 11 .522,1117 126! I Texas 12 11 .522 1126 IlOf Ark 11 12 .478 1094 113!! SMU ........10 12 .455 1153 11141! A&M ........10 13 .435 1219 1170 Rice ...... 8 i6 .348 1238 1320 Conference Standings: Ark _.,7 4 .636 573 SMU 7 Baylor .... 7 A&M 6 TCU 5 Tekas 5 Rice\ ........ 2 .636 581 4 V.636 573 5 .545 598 6 .455 698 6 .455 518 10 .167 613 -—y-| Battalion SPORTS MON., KKB. 27, 1950 IhifSC 8 1 ':<V\ ' 'T. jjMjp m ryjt , & ' Power ‘ hitting was quite evident Saturday afternoon as baseballers engaged I in an intra-squad tilt. Hollis Baker connects with a toss in the first inning and drives the hor pellet, out of the park. ■ ■, phide ' ■[' . ’.i- f -: ..r f 'zy'" *>'»•. s‘-;| ^> S4 ■ know why, but big George Kadera (center) to be perusing through an article on how to l>lop your ruslng tl physiqu ie. Kadera and star dls- runner J7D. Hampton( second from right) ' ‘ "Tr ' elected co-captains Saturday. Scanning the 1950 A&M track the nuigaslne with the two leaden! are Coach Frank Anderson; an other strong point-gatherer in the field events, / Jock Simpson, anti Coach Ray Putnam. The track team opens Its season this Saturday against the NTSC Eagles on Kyle Field. The dual competi tion will he part of the Sports Day activities. ; ' fi; •i > i St**' ■ ;-'V 1 hoema' '!,! M Coach in Three Sports ast But Not Least’ Adage Aptly Applies to John De Witt ] By SKIP SIM MEN Basketball !was not n now sport to the DeWitt family whin the youngest brother, John, began playing around on the Waco hafd- woods, for it seems the whole fam ily whs connected jwith the sport at on|e time; or other. Hailing frbm the centralj Texas city and darn proud of it^ John DeWitt, A&M’s prized forward has been shifted almost to! every position on the basketball and baseball team during His two years of collegiate athletic participa tion. It sieems the whole neighborhood, including the: three DeWitt, [Broth ers, rigged up a basketball court in John’s back yard. “We used to play almost every day.’l com mented John, “summer and win ter”. f His first real cage competition came in high schocjl when the not ed Waco product placed ! three straight yeajrs on an all-district team. “The Whole team mjade it my second year”, said Johp? “we didn’t lose a district tilt that! year”. mm? ■••Ili«ml Tk» ««lr» «■«» KlMlMit, •mMaa toMb Mi •mMK I th * . ^ Jtort rnswl mvMt& buHdl*& ••yl laclflnfl With •••h Ml. fr*d » h*«kt •i*d «••*•••. ••y »h« h«Ml I ky ym bul h»M*| HEAlaTHW^ . ASCILU • AMt.li.MA I f riie Exchange? Store “Serving Tcxaa AggieB’’ Consolidal Loop Winners Na i Iropped Region Huntsville, Feb. 27- (A>l A&M Consolidated Tigers their opening game in the 5 meet here Friday af ernoon, bowing to Anahuac, 28-2! score was tied at intermission, 11- 11. Dick Dowell was outstanding for A&M. ★ Chicago, Feb. 27—(Ah— tional Collegiate Athletic ence Council Friday cleared ton College for immediate, mont participation, but five other violators of its code ineligible for NCAA e Dallas, Feb. 27 - (Ah—Tyler ! Ju nior College sacked up the Sopth- woatern Junior College basketball championship and by boating Da- mar oif Unaumont tonight :un fin ish the season undefeated, The Apaches clipped A State, 65-47; Schreiner 74 63-31, and San Antonio, 41-30, to run their .string of conferc \ 1 > . X- eel Downed; med Na- nfer- Bos-i topfna- ‘ pod amp< sjanl /ents. nlty ‘llngton 50, and ice, yic- The tories to thirteen. Paris won its oply start! beat ing Tarleton State, 59-47, tb hang on to second* place. Houston, Feb. 27|—(Ab—The Uni versity of Houston is the champion of the Gulf Coast basketball con ference and Trinity, Midwestern: and North Texas share second place. ★ Dallas, Feb, 27 l-(Ab—A ! couple pf games this wcc)k will officially [end tho Toxaa Conference basket ball season, but iti| really been all bver for sorpe time, Abilene Christlaiji Collegej which pllnched Us third [straight chant bionship nearly two weeks finished its confer,ottse season 110 fented last Week b.V beating How ard tfayne, 64-51. It was tpe third straight yeap th<v wjildcata h*d gone undepcatod In loop play, i Howard payhc; had already clinched second and Austin bollego third. ago, indo- he commented furtheij. Worked Under Hupp One of Johnny’s bilggest thrilW came as a senior in high school, when the then 6’ !p” lad was; coached by the famous Adolph Rupp of the then national cham pion Kentucky Wildcats in an All- Star game played before a packed house in El Paso. In that game the Aggies’ Jew ell McDowell and “Ijeppy” Pala- fox, Little AlLAmetrican eager from' Tyler JC, teamed together to defeat the Rupp-coached group, 1 Bill, John’s brother, is a regu-j lar for the Baylor Bears. It seems quite a pecularity, but the DeWitt brothers turned in [the poorest] scoring games when the Bears and Aggies clashed this season. In the first meeting of the two) DeWitt’s, John sank two points] and Bill came through with eightJ m m J IN IO R S u 1 ! L 1 . *1 IF- V t You Might As Well Go First Class! See T] ie Original PERFECT ANKLE BREAK BOOT ! - , ~3y U ■ •j. 1 J Especially^ Developed For AGGIE SENIORS By LUCCHESE q00T COMPANY E it. 1883 j | | Mr. Lucchese V dll Be Taking Orders at UNIFOF M TAILOR SHOP 'lj]' T: ■ ; j il. March 6 & 7 I:!.:".-- : 1 I m Long John DeWitt In the second clash of tho tw<] brothers, Bill collected four mark! era while the younger John sank a total of three. The Aggies wort in both contests. Another DeWitt Contribution David, oldest of the three Da| Witt brothers, and another three! year all-district performer for the Waco Tigers, played uguinsi John in a Fish-Cub clash in ’47. j John spent throe months of Iasi summer playing semi-pro ball fo]' Fergus Falls,,a little wooded comf munity deep in the heart of north* west Minnesota. The traveling outfielder canW home with a .310 battibg average, leading his tca/nninteis in home runs and RBI's, '"hut hltm In strike outs” added John reluctantly. An uccompliished backstop in schoolboy baseball, DeWitt was chosen on AP’s All-State nine bis senior year in high school. Rated Top Soph Rated by many sports writers as the top soph prospect ip the conference last season, DeWitt fin ished the season with 248 points, an average of 11.9 points a game, to finish first among his team mates and eights in the confer ence. The 6’5” lad drew t^uch praise for his outstanding defensive work last season against (taller and more experienced centers like Bill Tom of Rice, Tom B am ilt° n °f the Longhorns, and Bob Ambler, Hog pivot man. DeWitt contributed last season’s top individual performtince for the Cadets sinking tWo clarities and twelve two-pointers for a total of 26 markers against Arkansas’s last years conference champs. She Goes To Tori' At present DeWitt’s main fem inine attraction is attending Texas Teeh. where she is secretary Of the Junior Class. It seems the two met in high school and have been going together for quite some time. “Nothing definite” wps his lone comment. Majoring in animal husbandry, John said, “Guess if I ever stop playing ball. I’ll bujj’ myself a farm or ranch somewhere in the heart of Texas, and ido a little farming.” For his one and only[ pick as the most outstanding eager ever com peted against, John [quickly re plied “Slater” Martin! of Texas”. “He can dribble; he’!i fast, and can he shoot!” “About the same style of player as McDowell.” Baylor, of Course Although sitting on the bench iii the closing minutes of the Bear tussle, John also thinks the Bay lor game was the mpst thrilling contest. “That’s the game I've ever had an with," remarked DuW Capable of lettering well us baseball: and DeWitt set n\ 446 intramural roc- ord year before last When he ran the quarter mile in 51,3. "Too many things mine up in the spring,” commented John. "It would he all right if I didn’t have to attend classes closest one dhing to do tt. in track as basket bill I, STATE JUNIOR C0LLEG BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT March 1,2,3 - DeWare Field House • f ■ ' j • ■ 1 Texas A&M Campus k Sponsored 0y ' Brazos County A&M Club Tournament Ticke Adults: $2.00 WEDNESDAY & TH1 Gen. FuMic 50c Students 25c Door Prices Nightly ts: (All 23 Games) Students: $1.00 Admission to looming, AJftemoon, Evening Sessions AY: FRIDAY: ,URSD/ Session Session $1.00 50c : (Total Value $1,010 3 Ladies Suits—$70 each 3 Men’s Suits—$60 each 3 Pairs British Walter Shoes—$17.95 Shakespear Reel & Rod 3 Halicrafter Radios Many others Session Session Former All-American Perron Shbemakcr in the new freshmai football, basketball, and bi coach. Athletic Director Bari “Bones” Irvin . Has announced. Shoemaker, who starred at the University of Alabama m the latt thirties, is working with the var sity in spring football training, but will begin his Kish diamond tutoring when the' grid practice ends on March 11/ The husky, 231- pound coach made Grantland Rice’s All-Amer- ica squad in 1937 as a junior line man for the Crlmsan Tide. TW Red Elephants played in the ’38 Rose Bowl against California and in his segior yeag Shoemaker made the All-Southeastern Con ference team on the basis of his terrific defensive end play- Shoemaker originally graduated from South Park High in Beau mont. and in World: War II he was again working side by side with Texans, this time in the 36th Infantry Division : in the Italian and French campaigns. In between his graduation from Alabama and his wartime service he : was varsity ejnd coach and head basketball coach at the Uni versity of Chattanooga (Teiin.) After his release from the ser- fof five years. He played* profes sional baseball in the Souti eastern and South Atlantic leagues the same period. during Perron Shoemoki T vice, Shoemaker returned to Chat, tanooga for a year and then held tho end coaching jdb under Dixie ell at the Urifyermity of Ida- fall he switched to the _ staff of Ray "Bear" Wolf at the University of Floridg, The six-foot-three .native Texan negotiated with hejad football coach Harry Stiteler and Irvin while the men were attending the ■ National Coaches Conference ift. New York City recently. He has ’ been working with the varsity gridders since spring workouts be gin.- Spectators and players alike can verify Stiteler’s words that Shoemaker “will add a spirit and fire to the team.” J , . V Rams Acquire Winkler " Los Angeles, Feb. 27.—(A*>— Tho Los Angelos $urhs Saturday] acquired 235-pound tackle Jim Winkler of A&M fpr a back and a tackle in a deal with the Sun,* Francisco 49'ers. Me is on Army duty but is expedted to be re leased soon. 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