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hi Wildest, Perhaps We; Conference Race Co] r' By TBB ASSOCIATED PRESS The Southwest Conference bas ketball campaign has run it? course^ distingushed as the clos- b S a t bry a< the i, ‘^Sr althOURh Pr °- The intersectiMwk 'record is something the boys had rdther just forget. The conference mem- \ h^r 8 w ere blasted from here to \there-; They wound up , with 13 victories against outside foes compared to *7 defeats. c ^P ion8hi P race was a thriller. _ It appeared for a while there might be a six-way or five way tie for the title/. But the last ganws of the campaign cut it down to a two team deadlock. Ar- ; kansas and Baylor shared the title. \ Porkers Topped TCU ,r v£ 1 *^ n8 • ,, clinched i,ts place by »feiiS. d ch s ?®vS odist, 70-61. Texas managed to wind up in a tie with Texas A&M lace by beating thef- Aggi^ r M-r,2 n . The only toi team tlwit never was L n 4 Pl c ^ ure w i» Rice which had Its poorest Season in years. The Owl* won only two confer- once games. Texas Christian. Baj/- log' ami Toms had the best season records, each winning' 18 while losing U. ", Toni Hamilton, the hlg Texas forward who signed a |irofe»*|6nsl jaaoball contract as, soon ^a* he finished the basketball season, led a had iirtii *-* ■ m 17 krenco. Hlg Tom points for tho ycar—18 nutre than runner-up Jo* McDw- mett nf Hie*. llamTlton got 'n conference play. Ueorge Ismd of Texas Christian was ond with 177. Heason Htandlngs (Final) iTeam-. W L Pta Op Pet TCU .18 11 1260 1241) 1 .1*42 £*y ,0 *‘ 18 11 1187 13tt> ".1*42 Toxas 18 IJ 1170 11B8 .642 Ark. ...... 12 12 1180 1171 .600 You must be satisfied i 1 i ! 1 | (.' t~l . . . or a new jjair FREE! Guarantee a Co. *. i: _ ^ S M ^..^...10 18 1214 1216 .435 A 4 M 10 14 1271 1223 .417 Rice 8 15 1238 1323 .348 Conference Standings (Final) Team— W L Pts Op Pet Ark. ........ 8 4 618 677 .677 Baylor .—. 8 4 S M U 7 6 esj, leted .. 6 A 2 6 6 7 10 Scorers T C U Rice 7.. Leading Player— Hamilton, Texas, F . McDermott, Rice, C . McDowell, A&M, G. (average, 13.8) Brown, SMU, F Mitchell, SMU, C 618 643 642 614 671 637 613 677 598 599 635 694 667 •683 .500 .500 .417 .167 (Season) G F TP #132 99 363 .433 84 3.1: 125 81 .162 .101 78 76 282 278 ,SA 1 11 i*»4» Paul LmiltiK Um M kt SM * ! PlaiMS Former Beaumont! flyer took both hurdles events Saturday, TCU, C in fefS I, :. r Ark., F 4.AM, C .. erage, 9.8) -:|:i thelb r h> 9.0) Scorers Tex.i F TCU, C ... Rice, ngton, Bay., i I, A&M, d rige, 12.0) SMU, C SMU, F 93 78 —-»t8 85 92 70 92 48 66 U 256 248 244 236 235 93 31 217 (Conference) SlfiU, G — url Ark., F Fromme TCU, G - &M, C v)—average, 4 Itt, A&M, F .. (15th)—hverage, 8 G 76 67 C 64 F 59 .61 56 48 49 47 48 F 51 43 44 50 34 39 38 36 34 32 TP 203 177 172 168 156 151 134 134 128 128 4 44 21 108 r ... 44 15 103 non Ljnksmen Matches A4m*|i golf tea n will open its 1950 season with natches against two nonfconferenct foes this week. Both matches will lie played at the nen by Bryan Country Club, homo course or th > Aggies. Southwest Tcxai Stale of Smi Marcos Svlll furnlsi the opposition nesday aftermoh and the Uni- PPhc..-. versltv bf llousto 1 Cougars will «iom«i hfix* foe a Friday match. yitiuerro, nnnher tw«t play, er for the Aggies, has been hos|d- tallsed I with ptonalna polsouing and iirobnhiy will 1 ot nlay in either mateh. Gent Datbr of Pharr, Vie- tor Curdle of Bryni), J. C. Fletch er of S*n Antonio and Tom Altken of Dallas will mnjte up the Cadet foursonije. •4--S- Nat’l Invitational Near; NCAA Positions Open r Texan Article, Ag Conduct Criticized rmirir raRAMiea 1 ^ By CHUCK CABANISS Battalion Sports-’Editor Once again a self-righteous voice has sounded from the eMMipi" r-x . .a.rnr » . n.j to the west of A&M—from The Forty Acres. And complaints from Aggies have been frequent and vociferous since an article tiUed “Spirit of Aggieland Is a Noisy Ghost” appeared in the Friday Daily Texan. So, reversing our usual procedure of attempting to cor-' rect conditions concerning ourselves before censuring oth ers, we would like to remind the writer of the Texan article: “People who live in. glass houses shouldn’t throw rocks.” A few choice excerpts from the writers article are: “Then) clowns are told when to holler (as opposed to yell), how to holler, and when to shut up . , . “The Fanners were not yelling because they had some thing to yell about as individuals. They were just yelling. The aim is, of course, confusion .. . “Those poor guys lead a rough life. They have to come for the freshman game at 6. They start screaming then and get a short intermission between games and then really get warmed up for the varsity contest. The only time they pjpe down is when an Aggie gets a free throw . , , “Them farmers are a funny lot, kinda hard to under stand. But we recommend—as part of your education—take New York, March 6—UW—Tlje field for the post season Nation al Invitation Basketball Tourna ment , is expected to be filled to day but the final lineup for the N43AA tourney wills not be com pleted for at least another week. Tim* is running out on the NIT officials a* the tournament, in volving 12 teams, is-echeduied to betfn ^Saturday In ''New York’s Madison Square Garden. Nine of the 12 teams have been c'idsen and the other three, along with the pairings, are expepted to be announced today at the weekly luncheon of the New York Basket ball Writers Association. ~ These Nine Named Teams already picked are, San Francisco, the defending champs, Bradley, the No. 1 team in the As sociated Press Poll; Duquesne, St. John’s, La Salle, Syracuse, West ern Kentucky, Kentucky, and Long Island University. Kentucky won its seventh straight SEC title Sat- Basketball Notice All 1950 vanity basketball players are to meet at DeWare Field House at 5 p.m., March 7r to elect a team captain and to have a squad picture made, Coach Marty Karow has an nounced . Karow urged every member of the cage team to pass word of this meeting to ..the other basketball players to order to Insure u complete turnout for the picture. unday 5S1 defeating Tennessee 95- S| ts were r -cived last night zona has accepted an in pate in the Na- nvilationaBj Jack Gray, the NO A District S i x committi e, said that this n* effect on his Ratjcjp as hot p rospccts to com plete tpe field are Kansas State, CJ| C. N. Y, and I iagara. North Carolina State defeated Duke, 67-47, yesterday to win the Southern Conference champion ship fdr the fouith straight time. “ »te Accepted the NCAA District instqad of a NIT of- invitation dates .minations. Ken- meet the Caro- a pjlayoff. rusaders, luckeyes In' y Cross and Ohio the only other :or the NCAA like booing, hissing, or ringing when an opposing player is about to take a free shot, re member what you thought about the Aggiea, and don’t do it. It accomplishes nothing.” Longhorn supporters created just as much noise when Aggies were attempting free throws in the January Gregory gym content as did the Maroon supporters when the orange- snirted cageru were at the charity Mne last week. A Neither group of supporters was *i>ortamunUke. Both were In tho wrong. I And if the Dally Texan writer had anything constructive Iji mind when he wrote his article, ho surely did a fine Job of bungling when ho stooped to such potty back-biting as was displayed in his writing. ’ Hut hack to local conditions. We were always of tho Inin pression that basketball was a game in which five men wore itted against five others. Scenes In DoWarc Field House on’t support this idea. We believe that organised yelling should be Intended to support and encourage the Aggies, not planned to lower the efficiency of A&M’s opponents. Of course spontaneous yells are to be expected when a spectator disagrees with some act Of a player or an official.- But attempts of, spectators to apply “psychological war fare” methods to basketball or any other game hardly seem within the spirit of sportsmanship. And this idea applies to the habit of having the band break Into fast, unnerving musi during the final minuted 'of a contest. ' Perhaps this habit is not aimed at unnerving the oppon ent since the music continues while both teams are on th Offense or defense, blit it would seem to lessen the chan of the team winning Which has actually earned the victory As late as., last year, we could look anv Southwest Con ference student in the eye and say, “Maybe you raise cai when the Aggies are attempting’ free throws, but we 'don’ hive to stoop to that at A&M.”- 4 ; j We c^an’t say that! anymore, although it may have bee: the unaccustomed prosperity of a possible championshi] which led to the discarding of this admirable habit durin the past season. We hope that in the future, champions’ or not, we Aggn ~’Ui once'again set the pace in sportsmanship. And we certainly hope that this article has been more constructive than the words so childishly expressed in The Daily Texan. McDowell Selected Fo lAH-Sflpage Honors s that he was jam selectees — the others Five-foot, nine and a ; half-inch ewell McDowell, the perpetual lotion man of the Agrfdes, haa — named to the 1950 All-South- Conference Basketball Team lected by the se' t coaches at the loop. The team averages 6’ 2.1” in height, but A&M’s Amarillo, Sand storm so thoroughly convinced ob- Re-Set Sports Day Has Big Program A&M’s annual spring “Sports Day”, re-scheduled for Saturday, March 11, will include three sports events and an exhibition by the Kilgore Rangerettes. A night football intra-squad mie between the “Maroons” and will climax the program lion to winding up spring drills for the Cadet gridmen. “Whites” in additu drills for H Afternoon entertainment will in clude a baseball game between thb Agjjries and Brooke Army Medics of San Antonio and u tennis match between the Cadets and versity of Houston. Hero’s the schedule: 2 p. in.—RaHclmll game, A&M vs.iHrooko Med lew. Hi p. m.—-Tennis, University of Holistnn vs, Aggies. 71:1)0 p. mr—lntin-Hiiund foot ball game on Kyle kinra. Half time of font bull itnme, .|ier- foiinanee by Kilgore Hshgertiltos, Battalion l 4 SPORTS ifltEH., MAR. 7, 1950 Page 9 servers of his prowess that he one of the three team named unanimously — being Tom Hamilton, Texas for ward, and Don Heathington, Bay lor forward-center. Fourth selection waa George Mc Leod, 6’ 5)4” Texas Christian cen ter, with Southern Methodist^pla|c- ing two mep, forward Jack and center Paul Mil itchell, * or 1 Iiktrurtturui Boxing Entries In the Intramural hex ing who have not reealvad their schedule sllus, should check Im mediately with the Intramural of fice, Barney Welch kald today. Bmita will begin In the DeWare Field House tomorrow afternoon, Welch concluded. of ccHctoe/' X ZXUmty**: 4- Consolidated Announces Scheduler Crusaders, who suffered Irst defet t of the season 16 victorie s yesterday, will nt Diatri ct One and the es, Big Tc n champions, Dis- ur. Cross bit the dust at the of Colunbia, 61-54, and rbsult the Lions jumped into picture for the Distrlef Two Be*()le« Colum >i», Duquesne and prlncmon are ii the running for Spring competition in t h r e e s.pio r t s Jfor Consolidated , High School’s Tigers has been announced by Coach, pthel Chafin. The local high school nine will compete in a Class A loop, Dis trict 20-A, during the coming base ball campaign- Games scheduled are as follows: March 18—Huntsville—hero March ^0—Huntsville—there April 4-r*Franklin—there April 7—*GroesbcCk—there April 11—Open April 14—"Marlin—hero April 18—"Hearne—here April 21—"Franklin—here April 2.')—"Groesbeck—hero April 28—Open May' 2—"Marlin—there May 5—"Hearne—there "Conference games Competition in both track aqd (See SCHEDULES, Page 4) District |Hee NCA Two nomination. A, Page 4) ^^8 m ■ 1 if mmmat ,&■ * it a: MESSAGE TO THE JUNIOR CL AS i- -i • ' | ; - ■ . . | , 'j I ■ ■ V ■■ [J I wish to bring to your attention that this is tl e . . . 20th year in / l ) bring 1 _ ^ succession that HOLICK’S have served the needs of senior boot wearers at Texas A. & M. We as a firm Have always given priority to tlie bUilding and service of the senior boot; even durii g the war years when materials were scarce iund mo ’e profits could be made in other lines of leather good s. j > \ v** I ' [ • ' * ' v ■[ '{ ’ |i . ^ : , I urge you to call on us as early as possible that we can serve >you to the best of our ability. O location at North Gate near the campus is convenie at A for placing your order and for servicing your boots after they are made. Thank you, Gilbert C. Holick, Osw ot’39 y. 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Co-champion Arkansas and cel lar-dwelling Rice both failed to place a man on the honor group, In on Bento nuance McDowell was all-state in 1917 while playing for Amarillo in the state Class AA nlayeffa lh Aus tin, Enfolllhg at AAM ip Feb- rutry, 1948, ha joined the Fish squad, Ho and tho other outstapd- Ing 'recruits the Aggies boasted that VeuV -Tructt Mobley of All** tin, Marvin Martin of Jeff Duym (Houston), Fred Anderson of Luf kin, Johnny Do Witt *f Waon, K|m Hutton of floonaeroelt, Frod Hum mers of Han Jacinto (Houston), Wully Moon of Bay, Ark„ (lay Wallace of North Dallas, Buoiie I’lcknus of Amurtllu, and several others began, the reitulssanot In local haskethnll. , l ' McDowell again playeif fresh man hall during tho fall Hemesthr af I94M9 wllh stltt-Trnullvrr Ifrouo ibf top-notch lalept, then with mhl-lenn moving him up a "Fkfo 4)“ I WITH SMOKERS WHO KNOW... 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