Yeoman Talks Of
Ags, Army-Navy
By FRED WALKER
Battalion News Sports Editor
There have' been many great athletes lost to A&M
through the competition of an equally “prestiguous” mili
tary school, the United States Military Academy at West
Point. We ran into one of these men in Bryan
the other day, Bill Yeoman, A&M-West
Point, Class of ’50, Army football captain
’49 and three-year cadet first-stringer.
After pulling the bull’s tail for a few
minutes, the inevitable question arose. “What
happened to Army this year?”
Bill, who has been assistant line coach
and grid scout at “the Point” since gradua
tion, didn’t hem, haw or hit us.
“Fred, it was just a case of a great
Navy team, that was capable of playing great
ball, playing its greatest game of the year.
It was also a case of a heralded Army of
fense not living up to expectations.”
We agreed with Yeoman at this point—had to, that’s
an awful lot of man. Besides, he ought to know. He has four
letters in football to prove it—one from A&M and three from
West Point. But still wondering about that great Army de
fense, we put the screws to him. Without hesitating,
“Our defense unit lapsed for one touchdown and then that
right end for Navy made a supreme catch in the endzone with
two Army boys hanging on.”
Someone said that the Army players seemed despondent.
“I guess they did. Many of the boys were thinking about
the war more than they were about football, for many of
them could have been, and will be, stuck over there after
graduation, which isn’t too far off. It was pretty close to
them.”
The talk had to be terminated at ing that was prearranged, we got
Ags Split; Play SH Tomorrow
Walker
this point as the flexing of Mr.
this story, so typical of stolen Ag-
Yeoniap’s muscles had caused a .
big* enough wind to give us a cold, 8’ ies > a hout football, the army and
but the next day, by a chance meet- marriage.
A&M Came First
Naturally,, the first school Bill
attended was A&M, back in ’45
when the Kiddie Korp was in tune.
He cut his football teeth here that
year with such men as Hub Ellis,
Monte Moncrief and Grant Darnell.
Yeoman lettered on that team, his
first year in school. After the pig
skin had been kicked around for
the last time, he tried basketball
and lettered in that sport along
with boys like Vass, Dawson and
Kirkland.
We stopped this oral rambling,
politely of course since he’s so big,
and had Bill back up to the foot
ball season. We wanted to know if
there is any difference between the
(See EAST, Page 4)
Aggie basketball coach John Floyd stresses a point in his “ball
control” defense to guard Jewell McDowell. Frim left to right,
Don Heft, Dale Fooche, (Floyd and McDowell) Raymond Walker,
Bob Farmer and Bill Carpenter watch the instructions closely.
Three wins and six losses is the standing for A&M this season.
Tomorrow night they will journey to Huntsville to play Sam Hous
ton whom they have previously defeated 40-36.
A&M will be trying for its
fourth win in ten starts tomorrow
night when they journey to Hunts
ville to battle the Sam Houston
Bearkats, one of the three teams
the Ags have beaten this season.
In Dc Ware Field House Monday
night, the Aggies nipped the Bear
kats 40-36 in a hard-fought con-
| test.
During that first meeting, Jewell
McDowell, A&M’s All-SWC guard
led both teams in scoring with 13
points. Dean Lloyd was high for
the losers with a total of 12.
Trailing at the half, 17-18, Coach
John Floyd’s boys took charge in
the final minutes with their “ball
control” style at which point the
new Aggie system paid off.
It was a different story the fol
lowing night, however, when the
Maroon and White invaded the
lair of the Houston Cougar, as the
host five led all the way to win
52-45.
Again, McDowell was leading
scorer for the Aggies with 17, but
he had to take a back seat to
Cougar forward Royce Ray who led
both teams with 23 markers. Walt
Davis, Aggie center, was third in
the scoring race with 15 points.
An early second-half rally, which
found the Aggies pulling into a
30-30 deadlock with only four min
utes gone, proved to be only a
stimulant for Royce who quickly
tallied four points to cinch the
game’s outcome.
Startling for A&M tomorrow
night will probably be John DeWitt
and Marvin Martin at forward,
Walt Davis at center and McDowell
and Raymond Walker taking up
the guard chores.
Forwards Tom Sewell and Wel
don Duncan are expected to again
furnish the spark for the Bear
kats, with able assistance from
Lloyd and guards Ferrell Kelly and
Lloyd Dickens.
Although the A&M team has
dropped six of its first nine inter
sectional games this season, Coach
Floyd is not the least displeased
with the team’s development to
date.
Five returning lettermen, four
squadmen and a host of sopho
mores l}ave had to learn basketball
all over again this year under the
tutelage of Coach Floyd who came
to A&M in September. From the
old fire horse tactics of wide open
play, the Aggies are now learning
to control the ball, parry for an
opening and concentrate on team
work.
“Some of my boys are having to
think on the court for the first
time,” Floyd said. “They are hav
ing to watch the opposition’s de
fense, select plays and then pursue
them until an opening is found
to shoot.”
Floyd predicted prior to the ses
sion that A&M would start slowly,
losing several games. The number
of losses will depend upon how
soon the squad masters the new
brand of ball, he said.
The success of Floyd’s style has,
been apparent in the Aggie wins
over North Texas State, powerful
Canisius and Sam Houston State.
It was obvious, too, in most of
the games A&M lost. The team
ran “hot and cold” in its games
with Southwest Texas and more..
recently against Houston.
Battalion
SPORTS
THUR., DEC. 21, 1950 Page 3
Cage
Scores
Villanova 68, North Carolina
State 61.
West Virginia 95, George Wash
ington 66.
Detroit 64, Marquette 51.
Washington U 74, Pittsburgh 55.
Corpus Christi Naval 67, Berg
strom Field 65.
Arkansas 45, Mississippi 35.
Drake 72, North Texas State 41.
Manhattan 75, Wagner 61.
Queens 80, Brooklyn 61.
Syracuse 82, Temple 69.
Cornell 82, Gettysburg 45.
Southwest Texas State 68, Tex
as A&I 46.
Mississippi Southern 80 Howard
Payne 73.
Seton Hall 66, Fordham 49.
Columbia 62, Tuiane 56.
Northwestern 70, Rice 61.
Purdue 73, Pennsylvania 64.
Detroit 64, Marquette 51.
Illinois 71, Washington State 78.
Navy 53, Rutgers 49.
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