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Sports Roundup • 90 Will A’s Manager Take Over Giants? By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. New York, Sept. 22——One question currently intriguing some Midwestern baseball experts: is jimmie Dykes, who isn’t in a very comfortable spot with the Athlet ics, the No. 1 candidate on Cleve land’s list of prospects to replace Lou Boudreau next season? . . . and, while we’re asking, who the heck has fired Boudreau already? Another hint from the Midwest is that Wisconsin may be the real “sleeper” in Big Ten football . . . Earl Blaik isn’t exactly moaning, but he remarks rather pointedly that it’s a tough job getting a football team ready for the season when minor injuries have kept three guys at one position from working out. Comment heard during the Browns-Eagles rout last Saturday: “What Philly needs here in Kon- stanty.” some college in a couple of years. . ... In Texas they call McMurray College’s Mr. Inside, Floyd Samp son, the “poor man’s Bronko Ma- gurski.” Bobby Riggs argues that the present crop of American amateur tennis players is as good as the crowd he used to play against. . . He also “hopes” Art Larsen will develop into a good pro prospect. University of New Hampshire alumni are sponsoring an on-the- field barbecue at the homecoming game Oct. 21. . . . They’re unique in this respect, says tub thumper Bill Stearns. Usually at about that time, the alumni begin to barbecue the coach. Tigers Down A’s; Move into 1st Place Pigskin Kickoff Wake Forest vs. Boston College (Friday). Wake Forest’s defeat won’t be the last ’un, if Peahead acquires an accent from Baaston. Oregon State vs. Michigan State Michigan State will carve the Beavers without the use of knives or cleavers. Yale vs. Connecticut. Conn conn do sad things to the blue. North Carolina vs. N. C. State. Neither team is in compliance, but Carolina has the giants. Southern Methodist vs. Georgia Tech. The Methodists, with Rote, gets this department’s vote. Shorts and Shells Now that the Dodgers have hung out the' “wait-till next year” sign, the fans have begun whooping it up for Tommy Brown, who has been around since 1945 trying to earn a regular job. After sending his ornell foot ballers against Penn State in a scrimmage (“we looked bad”), Lefty James predicts that Rip En gel’s new team will surprise a lot of folks. . . The 50-year book of the National Association of profession al baseball leagues, to be unveiled during the December meetings, should offer some interesting read ing unless the editors get timid. A1 Lacombe, who learned the fight promoting business in Iran during World War II, finally has received his license to promote in New Orleans and offers Freddie Dawson vs. Irvin Steen tomorrow. Future book item: Observers say a kid named Worth Lutz, now lugging the pigskin for Durham, N.C., high, will be worth lots to Detroit, Sept. 22—(A 1 )—The De troit Tigers grabbed a command ing position in the American League race yesterday as they brushed past the hapless Philadel phia Athletics 8-2 to climb into a first-place tie with the idle New York Yankees. The victory gave the Detroiters a sweep of the three-game series with the A’s and left them in a good position to grab sole owner ship of the No. 1 spot when they meet Cleveland today. The Yank ees will be idle again today. Lady Luck, who gave the Tigers a great big helping hand in their 6-5 win over the A’s yesterday, came through for them yesterday in a six-run first inning that set tled the issue. It was a weird inning- for Pitcher Joe Coleman. Four walks and three hits figured in the six-run up rising. Coleman was fairly stingy with base hits over generosity in giv ing up nine walks during his six- inning stay snuffed out any chan ces the Athletics had to win. Tiger pitcher Freddie Hutchin son was tagged hard and often as the Athletics banged out 13 solid hits. Detroit collected only eight off Coleman and his successor rookie Joe Murray. Battalia n SPORTS Page 6 FRL, SEPT. 22, 1950 A&M’s top seven guards all of whom left early this morning for Sacramento, Calif, weigh in at an average of 190 pounds. Charging in front are Marshall Rush, EIo Nohivitza, and Will T. Rush, and from behind are Jimmy Flowers, Max Greiner, Carl Molberg, and Murray Holditch. A&M Consolidated Set For Navasota Tonight A&M Consolidated will be out for its first win tonight when the Tigers meet the Navasota Rattlers on Tiger Field at 8. Coach Othel Chafin ranks both teams as equal and believes that the Maroons may win if they can click. Although some of the play ers are hampered by colds and bruises, everyone seems to be. in good condition, Chafin concluded. Last year’s game between the two teams ended in a 7-7 tie, but it seems unlikely that tonight’s game will end in a draw after the 0-0 outcome between Madisonville and the Tigers last weekend. Lineup Receives Changes The line up for fne Consolidated team received a few changes as compared to last week, but Left Halfback Bobby Williams will still be starting for the Tigers. Williams led the ground gainers last week against Madisonville, and should be one of the offensive stars in tonight’s affray. He is the only back on the Consolidated team to play both offense and de fense. Starting on the offensive team Floyd New Coach A&M Cage Prospects Good John L. Floyd Head Basketball Coach RESPONSIVE GROUP Ripon, Wis. — 6P) —■ Coach Nor man (Red) Strader calls his New York Yanks club the “most respon sive” he’s ever coached, saying the players absorb work and plays faster than any other group he’s ever handled. Most of the players had worked out for a month or mere at home before reporting. A&M’s 1950-51 basketball team should be even better than last season’s which finished with a 10- 14 record, and in a fourth place tie with Texas University. John L. Floyd is the new basket ball coach, replacing Marty Kar- ow, who is now head baseball coach at his alma mater, Ohio State University. Floyd came to A&M from Little Rock Junior College and with the strongest recommendations of Hank Iba, basketball tutor at Ok lahoma A&M, under whom Floyd played in his collegiate career and also coached under. Last year, little Jewell McDow- 4ell was top individual performer for the strong Cadet combination. A former all-stater (’47) from Amarillo, McDowell earned all conference and all-District S i x (NCAA) honors on every selection named. At the center spot was 6’8” Bud dy Davis, the soph wonder from Nederland. Still not as smooth a player as he should become with more experience under his belt, big Walt might cut a deep niche for himself in the Aggie hall of fame in the .next two seasons. Long John DeWitt, 6’ 4%” for ward from Waco, lost some of the luster he gained as a soph center but often turned in excellent per formances — particularly in the first Baylor tilt. Capable replace ments included 6’ 7” Ken Sutton, Marvin Martin, and Eddie Houser. Individual scoring showed Mc Dowell leading the way with 156 points in conference play for a 12- point average and 33L points over the full season for a 13.8 point av erage. Next came Davis with 108 points in the conference and 235 for the season and DeWitt with 103 and 217. Both men won honorable mention on most of the all-confer ence selections named at the end of the season. Returning for the 1950-51 season will be two-year lettermen McDow ell, and DeWitt. Others to be back are Davis, Sutton, Martin, and Houser, all lettermen. Returning squadmen will include Tex Farmer, Woody Walker, and Glenn Wil liams. Prospects up from the Fish team include Dick Bess, Wallace Bieyl, Dale Foshee, William Carpenter, Jerry Chapman, Malcolm Douglas, Joe Gulledge, Don Heft, Max Mon- tegut, Claude Staggs, Jimmy Vel- vin and Leroy Miksch. Miksch, Waelder all-stater in ’49, scored 128 points in 12 contests for a 12.8 point average. A 6’ 5” courtman, he should prove the most valuable of the current pros pects, although several of the oth er players should see a great deal of service in the future. at left end will be Bobby Jackson at 155 pounds; Paul Harris will start at left tackle and weighs in at 160; dependable Jack Burchard will be playing left guard on of fense and the same position on de fense, and holds the scales down at 165 pounds. Cooner At Center Pinkney Cooner will start in the center position for the first time this season and weighs but 144. Turning in double time will be Royce Rodgers at right guard on offense and as a line backer on defense, while Eddie Guthrie will also see double duty, playing right tackle on offense and switching to the other tackle position on de- Zabarias Ties Suggs At Sunset Hills Tourney Carrollton, Ga., Sept. 22—(A 5 )— Louise Suggs, playing on her home course, was tied yesterday by Babe Zaharias for the first round lead in the .$3,000 Sunset Hills invitational golf tournament. The Babe was the last to finish in the 28-golfer field. Her three- under-par 71 deadlocked the lead and dropped Patty Berg into third position. Patty shot a 82 in two rounds across the nine-holes, 2,155-yard Sunset Hills course. All three leaders, along with Betty Jame son of San Antonio, Tex., are pro fessionals. fense. Bill Richards holds the right end spot on offense and will form the other linebacker for the Tigers on offense. Quarterback George Johnston will be seeking a win for his team tonight and Jerry Leighton will form the companion for Williams in the halfback positions with Ro land Jones starting at fullback. On defense the Tigers will boast Harris on right end; Melvin Free at right tackle; Dan Williams, right guard; Bob Barlow, left end; Luzon Beauchamp, halfback; and Dave Bonnen, safety. Big Spring Whams Odessa for Lead Big Spring, Tex., Sept. 22—<SP) —Big Spring whimmed Odessa 14- 5 last night to take a three games to one lead in the battle for the Longhorn League championship. The clubs rest tonight then re sume play here Saturday night. Big Spring got 11 runs in the first three innings, using three hits and three walks for five tal lies in the first and pushed over- six in the third with a bases-load- ed triple by Felix Gomez featur ing the splurge. Odessa scored four runs in the sixth with five bases on balls in a row by Gil Guerra being the greatest contributor. CAN’T DO MUCH WORSE Annapolis, Md.—(TP)—One thing Eddie Ejdelatz doesn’t have to worry about as Navy’s new foot ball coach this season is keeping- up a winning record. Navy’s rec ord for the first four postwar sea sons is one of the poorest ever- owned by a major collegiate eleven. It consists of only five victories, three ties and 30 defeats. Bobby Williams (22) keeps digging although he is being hit from behind in the game last week with Madisonville which ended in a 010 tie. Williams will probably shine again tonight when the Tigers meet Navasota at Tiger Stadium at 8. V Compliments of... Robert E. McKee General Contractor, Inc. : : : : AAf; ' ■ I' V : :A( V : •. ■ ' a : ■; ■ : : Constructors of Your New Memorial Student Center Building OFFICES IN: Dallas El Paso Los Angeles • Santa Fe