Floyd Opens ’SO-’Sl Cage Drills
As 24 Report; First Game Dec. 1
, By GLENN WILLIAMS
Mid-October is here and for bas
ketball players throughout the
Southwest Conference that means
only one thing—the official begin
ning of fall practice.
The 1950-51 addition of the Tex
as Aggies held their first work
out yesterday afternoon in De-
Ware Field House with some 24
candidates reporting to John Floyd,
the Cadets’ new fulltime cage coach
who was hired last summer after
the resignation of Marty Karow.
Floyd and his charges expect to
be very busy during the next 45
days before they open the sea
son Dec. 1 against North Texas
State in Denton which will dedi
cate the Eagles’ spacious new field
a house. .
® Early season drills will consist of
the basic fundamentals—passing,
shooting, dribbling' and etc., accord
ing to the youthful Aggie mentor,
and defensive and offensive organ
ization will follow.
Floyd expects it to be January
«or February before his hoopsters
will have satisfactorily perfected
their team offense and defense,
both of which will be somewhat
similar to the style of play which
‘"Floyd learned under masterful
“Hank” Iba at Oklahoma A&M.
The Cadet coach does not plan
to play “ball controll” as it is oft
en mistakenly thought of by most
basketball fans. He admitted that
“when we have the opportunity to
run, we’ll run but when we don’t
we’ll slow down and use a delib
erate and organized offense.”
’* A&M’s offense for the coming
campaign Will be a revolving type
wherein the customary breakdown
of positions into forwards, guards
and centers are eliminated and
numbers are substituted with a
player likely to' be in a different
position each time the quintet sets
up its offense.
Returnees from last year’s Ma
roon and White cage squad remem-
j.ber the small taste of Oklahoma
A&M-styled defense they received
early last December. The Sooner
Aggie didn’t allow the Cadets to
"Score a field goal during the in
itial 13 minutes of their battle in
Stillwater, Okla., which the host
five won handily 55-34,
Five Lettermep Return
Included in the two dozen hard
wood hopefuls who participated in
yesterday’s opening session were
five returning lettermen, four
squadmen and nine sophomores up
from the 1949-50 freshman squad.
The letter-winners back are Jew
ell McDowell, an all-conference se-1 hard-driving
lection last year who averaged 14 | Spring.
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points per game and hails from
Amarillo; John DeWitt, two-year
letterman from Waco; Walter
“Buddy” Davis, 6’ 8” pivotman
from Nederland who was a regular
as a sophomore last season; Mar
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from Houston; and Eddie Houser,
1950-51 Varsity Cage
Schedule
The complete varsity schedule:
Dec. 1—North Texas State at Den
ton.
Dec. 2—Oklahoma City University
at Oklahoma Sity.
Dec. 5—Siena at Albany, N. Y.
Dec. 7—Canisius at Buffalo, N. Y.
Dec. 9—Duquesne at Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Dec. 14—San Marcos Teacher^ at
College Station.
Dec. 15—San Marcos Teachers at
College Station.
Dec. 18—Sam Houston at College
Station.
Dec. 19—University of Houston at
Houston.
Dec. 22—Sam Houston State at
Huntsville.
Dec. 29—Trinity University at San
Antonio.
Jan. 4—Rice Institute at College
Station.
Jan. 9—Baylor University at Waco.
Jan. 13—TCU at College Station.
Jan. 16—SMU at Dallas.
Jan. 31—Texas University at Col
lege Station.
Feb. 3—Arkansas University at
College Station.
Feb. 6—TCU at Fort Worth.
Feb. 9—Baylor University at Col
lege Station.
Feb. 12—Arkansas University at
Fayetteville, Ark.
Feb. 17—University of Houston at ■
College Station.
Feb. 20—SMU at College Station.
Feb. 24—Rice Institute at Houston.
Feb. 27—Texas University at Aus
tin.
Returning squadmen are Bobby
Farmer, Amarillo; Raymond Walk
er, Woodhouse; Glenn Williams,
Amarillo; and Ed Sandlin, Nevada.
Leroy Miksch, Waelder; Don
Garrett, Fort Worth; Don Heft,
Palacios; Richard Bess, Beaumont;
Bill Carpenter, Deer Park; Jerry
Chapman, Waco; Max Montegut,
Texas City; Wally Bleyl, Houston
and Dale Foshee, Houston, are the
sophomores up from last year’s
potent first-year squad.
Tennis to Basketball
Other candidates include Fred
Sommers, freshman numeral win
ner in 1947-48, from Houston; Eu
gene Letsos, Galveston all-around
athlete who was the No. 1 Aggie
freshman tennis player last spring
ball; and two transfers who are in
eligible.
Jack Straus of Austin and Don
Bihford of Wellington, Kans., are
the two hoopsters in the latter
category. Straus came to A&M
from TCU last January so he will
become eligible for varsity compe
tition at the end of this semester.
Binford, who played under Floyd in
high school, played freshman ball
at Wichita University last year
and thus will not be eligible here
until the 1951-52 season.
The North Texas battle on Dec.
1 will launch the Aggies’ annual
road trip which also will include
games in Oklahoma City, Albany
and Buffalo, N. Y. and Pittsburgh,
Pa. Only four of the Cadets’ 12
non-conference tilts will be played
in DeWare Field House, the first
of which will come Dec. 14 against
but did not participate in basket- San Marcos Teachers.
Army, SMU, OU
Lead in AP Poll
The first 10 gridiron machines
have been listed by the Associated
Press poll of national sports writ
ers and sportscasters, and Army,
for the second consecutive week,
grabs the No. 1 spot, but they are
being hard pushed by second place
Oklahoma and the No. 3 team
Southern Methodist.
The first 10 are 1) Army, 2)
Oklahoma, 3) SMU, 4) Kentucky,
5) California, 6) Stanford, 7) Tex
as, 8) Maryland, 9) Ohio State and
10) Washington (Coast).
Aggies Dominate
SWC Statistics 1
By Ralph E. Gorman, Jr.
Through both individual and combined efforts the Ag
gies retain a clear majority of first places this week among
the rated statistical totals and averages in the Southwest
Conference.
Bruisin’ Bob Smith continues to lead in total yards
gained rushing as well as total points scored, while team
mate Glenn Lippman holds on to the No. 1 spot among the
punt returners. The combined Aggie team smashes on in'*
first place in the net gain rushing column with a total of
1,136 yards, as compared with their nearest rival TCU with
887.
‘Bruisin’ Bob has proven his reliability as a ball carrier
and continues to do so in each game. He has lugged the
pigskin 76 times to be the most worked ball carrier in the
Conference and shows an individual net gain of 447 yardg.
Nine of the 76 times that Bob has started from scrimmage
he has hit paydirt for a total of 54 points—24 points ahead of
SMU’s Kyle Rote. . ' , _
Lippman was not giveji a chance to run back a VMl
punt last week and so peiiajris Ms lead on his 21.2 yard aver
age of the week before.
Rote places second to Smith among the ten leading ball
carriers in SWC play with a net total of 316 yards and an
average per carry of 6.7. The Longhorn orkhouse, Byron
Townsend, has rolled up 293 yards against teams like Purdue
and Oklahoma to run a close third in this division. Ar
kansas’ Ray Parks has come into the limelight as quickly as
has his teammates new split-T attack and shows a net gain
of 288 yards for 44 carries and an average of 6.5 to rank im
mediately ahead of Smith in the average column.
Following Parks is fleet Glenn;“ 7 : —
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Aggie wingbacks who have ac^
counted for 534 yards against the
opposition. Responsible for 272 of
these yards on 40 ground-eating
jaunts, Glenn holds an average of
6.8 and a second place in the per
carry averages.
Tidwell Has Top Average
TCU’s Gil Bartosh ranks in the
No. 6 spot among the leading ball
carriers and is just one spot ahead
of Billy Tidwell—the other half of
the Lippman-Tidwell wing-back
combination. Although he did not
see action in the VMI game, Tid
well retained his lead of 9.4 yards
in the average per carry column
and shows a total of 262 yards
for the 28 times he has, carried.
Rounding out the leading car
riers are Baylor’s James Jeffrey,
Arkansas’ Buddy Rogers, and
Rice’s George Glauser.
Following Smith’s lead of 54
points in the scoring division is
SMU’s Rote who has crossed the
double stripe five times for a total
of 30 points, just one touchdowp
and six points ahead of Rice’ Billy
Burkhalter and Arkansas’ William
Jurney. Both of these men are
tied for third place with four TD’s
apiece.
Hillhouse, Hooper—18 Points
Two Aggies are among the eight
SWC scoring stars who are tied
for fourth place in the points
scored column. Andy Hillhouse has
snagged seven aerials during the
season’s play and three have car
ried on into paydirt for a total
or 18 points. Sophomore quarter
back Darrow Hooper has gained
prominence in the scoring section
with a clear head, keen eye, and an
educated toe. In 24 attempted con
versions, Hooper has sent the pig
skin thorough the uprights 18
times for his fourth place lead.
Closing out the scoring section
are Rice’ Glauser, TCU’s John Mor
ton, Arkansas’ Parks, Texas’ Town
send, and SMU teammates “Rus
ty” Russell and Val Joe Walker.
In the punt returning division
and head of the list is Glenn Lipp
man and Rice’ Rex Proctor holds
the No. 2 spot behind him. Follow
ing in the order named are Ar
kansas’ Dean Pryor, Texas’ Bobby
Dillon, SMU’s Bill Richards, TCU’s
Dan Wilde, Arkansas’ Johnny Cole,
and Baylor’s James Mott.
Lary, No. 4 Punter
Yale Lary maintained a 38.3 yard
punting average in last Saturday’s
contest despite being forced to
punt out of bounds on several oc
casions. His overall punting aver
age is now 37.7 yards to rank as
the No. 4 punter in the SWC.
Fred Benners has tossed 67 of
{he 138 SMU aerials and completed
39 for a total of 554 yards gained
through the air to lead the con
ference in passing.
Sikes Among Top Passers
A&M’s Delmar Sikes places
seventh among the leading passers
with a completion record of 17 in
43 attempts and two of these ac-
non Glass follows Benners in the
No. 2, slot and completing the list
are Texas’ Ben Tompkins, TCU’s
Bartosh, Baylor’s Isbell, SMU’s
Rote, Sikes, and Arkansas’ team
mates Jim Rinehart and Don
Logue.
The Aggies’ Andy Hillhouse has
caught seven passes off the arms of
his teammates for 120 yards and
18 points to rank ninth among the
pass receiving stars. Leading this
division are four Mustangs in the
persons of Russell, Ben White, John
Champion, and Jimmy Hawn.
’Mural News
By JOE BLANCHETTE
With big Gerald Davis, 6’ 5”
center, controlling the backboards
and tossing in the winning point
the cagers of “A” Transportation
edged past the hasketballers of
“A” Ordnance 21-20. With only
50 seconds remaining jn the contest,
that had been nip and tuck all the
way, Davis was fouled by the over
anxious pien from the Ordnance.
The pivotman missed the first shot
but sent the second through the
middle of the net for the point
which broke the 20-20 deadlock.
The final 40 seconds of the melee
found the losers firing desperately
from all corners of the court and
missing two gift fosses when Bill
Hegmann was fouled.
Tom Colley was high point man
of the game with nine points and
his brother Ken Colley runnerup
with eight. John Wakefield led the
Transporters with seven counters.
“Doc” Darilek was outstanding on
the defense.
“C” Seniors led by Dick Vehon
romped over “B” Composite in a
complete rout, 22-6. Vehon hooked
in eight points fop the winners,
while “Boone” Gower pushed in
five of the Composite’s six points.
“Hub” Horton and John Hill
dropped in all of “B” Seniors’
points as the senior company
stopped “A” Composite 16-9. Hor
ton tallied 12 points for the win
ners and Hill counted the other
four. Henry Josey was high point
man for the losers with seven tal
lies.
Jim Froelich was the whole show
for the “A” Cavalry as the “Jocks”
stopped “A” Engineers 8-4 in a
very slow moving contest. Froelich
dumped in six points for the win
ners.
In another thriller, Wayne Top-
perwine of “A” Quartermaster
rung the hoop with a long shot in
the fading seconds of the game
with “L” Air Force to give the
supplymen a 17-15 victory. Jewell
Raymond of the squadron was high
point man for the contest with
seven points. Kiebler led the Quar
termasters with five points.
“H” Air Force led by Sexton who
dumped in 10 points stopped “B”
Air Force 23-17 in a fast game.
Paine dqdvthe “B" Squadron
with eight points. ‘
“P”Air Force dropped ASA 24-
14. It was the security men’s sec
ond consecutive defeat. Riley drop
ped eight points through the net
for high point honors, while Bert
Gorrod led ASA with four counters.
Dick Brown and Ed Moses led
“A” Infantry to a 25-8 win over
“C” Cavalry. Bobby Bell and Bud
Williams led the Cavalrymen with
three points each.
TENNIS
Robert Lqng ^and Ray Reeisby
won the opening match fpr j‘A”
Vets as “B” FA defeated the vete
rans 2-1. Jack Wilder, Lewis Mes-
sersmith, Joe Lively, and Joe Mat
tel won the matches for the artil
lerymen.
“I” Air Force took tjiree straight
sets from “B” Engineers to turn
in a convincing net win. The scores
were &3, 5-3, and 5-0.
“D” Vets stopped the “B” Trans
porters in tjiree straight sets. But
ler and Stotts stopped Beck and
Kabanek, 6-2. Fjeld, PaVenport,
Jones and Schrank won their
their matches 6-0 and 7-1.
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Poliwogs Play Host To Fish
Wednesday Night in Cowtown
By FRED WALKER
When asked if he thought the
Fish would take the Wogs in Wed
nesday night’s freshman grid class
ic, Coach Perron Shoemaker as
sumed a blase attitude and confi
dentially mumbled, “I doubt it.”
The rest of Shoemaker’s remarks
were also alarmingly to the point.
He thinks that the outcome of this
encounter will be based
upon the deciding factor in
the Cub-Fish affair—line play.
The Fish tried hard enough, but
they just ran up against a better
ball club (Line, that is.) and were
punished for their troubles.
“Baylor isn’t 33 points better,
though,” he went on to say, “We
were unfortunate to have four boys
put out in a few minutes, and we
just didn’t recover. We made a
few costly mistakes that set up
three of their touchdowns. The
score should have been about 13 to
0.”
“Fish Line Slow, Wogs. Fast”
Shoemaker concluded by saying
that “Our line is fcqo slow, and the
Wog line is pretty fast.”
The Fish front a .5Q0 average
by stumbling over Allen Academy
33-20 and retreating before the
Cubs 33-0. The latter contest turn
ed out to be a wild and wooly battle
with three Aggies three Cubs ex
cused from further duty before
games-ond.
CaVileer Out
The only Fish to miss the Fort
Worth tilt will be Johnny Cavileer
who suffered a back injury and
facial laceration at Waco. The rest
of the squad is intact and the pro
bable starting line will be Petty
and Price at end, Burtchall and
Cotter at tackle, Gibbens ai/d
Capt as guards and Billings
over the hall. In the backfield will
be Salyer, Gibson, Criswell, and
Battalion
SPORTS
TUBS., OCT. 17, 1950 Page 3
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Mayeaux.
Press releases from TCU bemoan
the idea that this year’s Wog team
could not possibly duplicate the
feat accomplished by the 1949
fpeshpiifm outfit—fopr wins out of
five games—but other sources say
that when they tied Arlington
State College 6-6, the Wogs showed
fine hacks in Danny Powell, the
Archer City triple threater, Ray
McKown of Dumas, Dan Hallmark
of Ballinger, Sammy Morrow of
Paris and Glen Jones from Paschal
(Fort Worth).
The line, which is reputed to out-
average the varsity at 193 pounds,
produced good blocking and excep
tional speed.
TCU’s “yoqngsters” had their
noses pressed to the grindstone by
Coach Walter Roach wjio insists
that their offense failed to click
against Arlington. He wants them
to “be ready” for A&M.
It should be a good game be
tween the two clubs as both have
been working to improve offem,
sive play. It will take only 60 min
utes of football to find out if
Coach Shoemaker’s “I doubt it” is
an expression of impending doom,
or a dabbling into amateur psy
chology.
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