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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.
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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.
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