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    Cubs Hand Fish 1st
Shellacking, 47-37
By R. EDWARD GORMAN
It was the Baylor Cubs, sparked
by a guard the size of jockey Ed
die Arcaro, who snapped the three
game winning streak of Aggie
Coach John Floyd’s Fish quintet in
a one-sided contest last night in
Waco, 47-37.
The game was hardly 30 seconds
old when the bespectacled Tommy
Strasburger, energetic little guard
from Temple, found the ring and
net from about ten feet out and
counted his first of eight field
goals for the night.
At that point the aggressive
Cubs took a two point lead and
were never forced to relinquish it,
except for narrowing it to one point
early in the second half.
Telltale Errors
Errors and miscues were to be
found in abundance in this meet
ing of two freshmen teams, and
the Aggie Fish turned in more than
their share.
It could hardly be called a game
of ball control, teamwork, and
adept ball handling for the Fish,
when these characteristics, so im
portant to basketball, were display
ed by the Cadet first year men
only at brief intervals.
That old “click” that has been
so prominent in recent wins over
Lon Morris, Wharton, and the Rice
Owlets was not noticed in the
Farmer lineup.
For Coach Bill Henderson’s be
ginning cagers, the 17 year old
Strasburger was as cool a star as
a coach will ever want. Possess
ing only mediocre speed, and hardly
classed as a standout in ball handl-
First Loss . . .
Baylor Cubs (47)
Player, pos. Fg Ft Pf Pts
Walker, f 113 3
Shelton, f :.. 1 2 5 4
Johnson, f 0 1 1 1
Brown, f 10 2 2
Dunn, c 2 4 4 8
Strasburger, g 8 4 3 20
Cole, g 2 5 4 9
Totals- 15 17 22 47
Aggie Fish (37)
Player, posw Fg Ft Pf Pts
Dwyer, f 5 3 5 13
Gallemore, f 2 0 2 4
Addison, f 1 3 3 5
Darling, f 0-121
Martin, c 2 0 4 4
McCrory, g 2 14 5
Williams, g 10 2 2
Baker, g 0 12 1
Davis, g 10 0 2
Totals 14 9 24 37
Halftime score: Cubs 23, Fish 14.
Free-throws missed: Cubs 7, Fish
15.
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NOW SHOWING
JAMES
STEWART
BARBARA HALE m
ing, the small Temple cage mer
chant contains within him a mag
nanimous desire to participate in
the.nation’s most attended sport.
Handicapped by his glasses,
Strasburger crushed three pairs in
a recent game, but still showed the
invincible will to play and win.
Eight field goals and four free-
throws was the record of this poor-
boy’s Jackie Robinson, to total 20
points for game scoring- honors.
A&M’s Ronald Dwyer led his
teammates in the scoring division
with 13 points, while James Addi
son and Pat McCrory tied for sec
ond with five apiece.
—Beat TCU—
Simpson to Lead
Ag Track Team
Jack Simpson, senior let-
terman pole vaulter, was
elected captain of the 1951
Aggie track team by the 15
track lettermen yesterday af
ternoon on Kyle Field.
Last year Simpson was the SWC
leading pole vaulter. His best mark
was 13’ 10” at the Kansas Re
lays where he placed second. In the
conference meet at Austin, he
copped third place in this event
with a jump of 13 feet.
Originally from Dallas, Simpson
is now living in Grand Junction,
Colorado. When in High School
he set a new city record in the
pole vault in 1945, and later, in
the state meet that year, won the
broad jump and placed in the high
jump and pole vault.
Simpson, class of ’49, is a veteran
of two years naval duty.
Cte/i With
Leading the conference with three straight vic
tories among which were wins over the favor
ites—Arkansas and SMU—the TCU Horned
Frogs will invade DeWare Field House Saturday
night, for what may prove to be a crucial game
in the SW'C race. Among the top Frogs coming
include, front row, Bud Campbell, John Ethridge,
Harvey Fromme, Johnny Taylor, and Bill Elliott;
second row, Jim Knox, Richard Allen, Bryan
Kilpatrick, Tommy Taylor, and Johnny Swain;
and third row, Kenneth Miller, William Harri
son, Coach Buster Brannon, Ted Reynolds, and
George McLeod.
Cadet Five Edges Bears
In Overtime Tilt, 55-53
By RALPH E. GORMAN
A&M’s game-hungry cage quin
tet looks forward zealously to its
Saturday night meeting with TCU,
SWC leader, after turning back the
highly keyed Baylor Bears 55-53,
in an overtime contest that was
one of the most breathtaking bouts
to be played in a SWC gym for
many a day.
Perfect records will be at stake
when the Christianmen from Fort
Worth journey to DeWare Field
House Saturday to vie with a Ca
det quint that is making- more
than just a bid for the conference
title — they’re putting up a big
fight and what’s more, they’re get
ting in most of the punches.
Baylor’s Rena Marrs Gymnasium
contained a packed house of
screaming, yelling, and frenzied bi
partisan fans as the lead changed
four times and deadlocked six times
in the last half.
Miksch Scores Win
Lean and lanky Leroy Miksch, is
duly credited with the victory over
Coach Bill Henderson’s Bears for
his one handed push-shot from the
free throw line which set the score
at 54-53 for the Aggies with only
33 seconds remaining in the over
time period.
All-conference guard Jewell Mc-
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SPORTS
WED., JAN. 10, 1951 Page 3
Consolidated Stomps Buckholts
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
A&M Consolidated in a game
sparked by the shooting of Joe
Motheral, Billy Blakely and Bobby
Williams, ran over a tired Buck-
holts team last night in the Tiger
gym by a huge 63-28 score.
The inspired Tiger team ran
their number of games won in con
ference play to four and in doing
so scored twice as many points as
they had so far against any other
team. v
Blakely was high man for the
Consolidated cagers with seven tal
lies to his credit for a total of 14
points; Motheral was second with
one less point than Blakely at 13;
Bobby Williams was third highest
scoring a total of 12 points. •
Sharp comes to College Station
next Friday night to meet the Con
solidated team in their sixth con
ference tilt. The go against Sharp
will be the mid-point in the Tiger’s
conference season.
last times today
“PEGGY”
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
wins
With only one returning letter-
man from last years team, the Ti
ger hoopsters have done pretty
well considex-ing the necessity of
breaking in new playei-s.
Fg
Ft
Total
Motheral
6
1
13
Blakely
7
0
14
Williams
5 .
, 2
12
Jackson
....... 4
1
9
Bonnen
4
1
10
Anderson
2
1
5
—Beat TCU—
Football Crowd
Less in 1950
As'compared to the previ
ous year, attendance at A&M
football games took a drop
last season, but was up one
per cent over the 1948 crowds
which saw the same home schedule
as last season. Over 306,501 pei’-
sons saw the Cadets in action in
10 games this season.
The Southern Methodist game at
the Cotton Bowl drew the largest
crowd with 75,457 people watch
ing the game. A&M’s excursion to
the West Coast, however, proved to
be the fluke as the Nevada crowd
numbered only 7,518. Official
figures for the Presidential cup
Game were not obtainable.
Here is a numerical picture of
the football season attendance:
Home Games—90,450
Texas Tech 16,912
Virginia Military 15,746
Texas Christian 17,807
Arkansas 14,839
Rice Institute 25,146
Out-of-Town—216,051
7,518
36*566
65,169
31,341
75,457
Nevada
Oklahoma
Texas
Baylor
Southern Methodist
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TCU Cagers
Romp on Owls
For 3rd Win
Fort Worth, Jan. 10—<7P>—TCU
broke one record, tied another-and
took first place in the Southwest
Conference basketball race last
night by swamping the Rice Owls,
87-66.
It was a new one-game scox-ing
record for the Fx-ogs, breaking the
mark of 81 set earlier this season
against Abilene Christian College.
The 153 points scox-ed by the Frogs
and the Owls tied the Southwest
Conference record set by Univer
sity of Texas and Arkansas in
1946.
Harvey Fromme and George Mc
Leod paced Coach Byron (Buster)
Brannon’s winners with 24 and 17
points, i-espeetively. Center Joe
McDermott was high for Rice with
19.
3rd Straight Win
It was the Frog’s third straight
conference triumph and was the
third consecutive loss for coach
Don Suman’s club.
The Purple meets the Aggies
Saturday at College Station in
what should prove to be one of the
beest conference tilts of the year.
Texas Christian has defeated two
of the top three teams who were
supposed to lead the conference
this season. They blasted South-
ern Methodist, 57-46, and Ai’kansas,
the pre.-season favorite, 42-31.
Coach John Floyd’s Aggies were
ranked to finish in second but
the Horned Frogs seem determined
to stretch their SWC recoi-d to
four straight. A&M has downed
Rice, 51-39, and last night edged
Baylor, 55-53, in overtime.
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Hogs Fall Again As
SMU Wins,- 60-45
Dallas, Jan. 9—(TP)—SMU hand
ed Arkansas their second straight
Southwest Conference defeat in a
row with a 60-45 win last night.
The Ponies were paced by swift
Fred Freeman, who tossed in 21
points for game seoi'ing honors,
followed by teammate Jack Brown
with 17 points.
Big Bob Ambler, the Bazorback’s
6’8” center led his team with 14
points.
A good defense line and sharp
shooting helped the Mustangs to
their second conference win in
three games. Only a loss to TCU
mars their conference record.
SMU jumped to an early 13-0
lead before the Hogs could score,
and with 10 minutes of the game
gone, SMU. led 24-9.
Leads Fish Scorers
Dwyer—Fish Quintet Star
Has Musical Talent; Plus
By JIMMY ASHLOCK
Many times . when an. athlete
proves outstanding in a sport, he
also possesses hidden talent of
which his fellow teammates are not
conscious.
Such is the case of Ronnie Dwy
er, the star of this yeai'’s Fish bas
ketball team.
Unknown to the other members
of the team, Dwyer has musical
talent rvhich he has somehow kept
hidden up to this time, being able
to play both the bass horn and
the violin. He also trys his hand at
singing, but this is no seci’ct,
much to the disgust of his fellow
players.
Fair Catch Liked
By College Coaches
Dallas, Jan. 10—(A*)—College
football coaches are generally
agreed that television has hurt at
tendance and that the fair catch
rule should be restored to the game.
Incomplete results of a ques-
tionaii-e cii’culated by Lou Little
of Columbia, chairman of the
Coaches Rules Committee, showed
strong sentiments on these two
points. On almost all other ques
tions, opinion was divided.
Replies show that thei’e has been
little change in the elapsed time
of games due to liberal substitu
tions and the “platoon” system and
indicate no definite trend toward
either tightening or further, liber
alizing the substitution rule.
Most successful of the recent
rules changes was barring the use
of the x’ough forearm block by of
fensive players.
Another rules proposal which re
ceived considerable support was to
have a uniform way of starting the
time clock after every play “if it
can be arrived at.”
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Dwyer came to A&M from Wel
lington, Kan., where he was active
in sports throughout jjis high
school cai'eer. Although- the six
foot three inch, eighteen year old
has 1‘eceived his chief recognition
in basketball while attending col
lege, nimors say that while in
high school he was much more out
standing at the fullback position
on Wellington High’s grid team,
excelling running, passing, and
kicking.
He was voted honorable men
tion on the all-state football team,
and was named to the 2nd team of
all-Arkansas Valley selections.
However, while serving on the
Wellington basketball team, he was
under the direction of John Floyd,
the present Aggie cage mentor.
Dwyer was also placed on the All-
Arkansas Valley quintet. This no
doubt accounts for his coming to
A&M and his familiarity with
Floyd’s style of play.
Dwyer holds a starting berth at
guard on the Aggie fish team, and
is an unusually good ball handler
and dribbler for a freshman. His
best shot seems to be a jump shot
from the free throw circle ai’ea.
He obtains a great deal of spring
in his legs which renders him val
uable also in rebounding. In Fish
games up to this time he has scoi'-
ed 21 field goals and 8 free
thi’ows for a total of 50 points,
making him high point man for
the sea.son.
Beat TCU
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heavy traffic is very high. If we
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ly, we must constantly be alert
to all that is going on about us.
Be courteous and cautious in
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Dowell added the 55th point on a
chax-ity shot as the clock ran out.
Miksch wasn’t the only Cadet
who can be lauded for pulling the
Baylor game out of the fire, for it
was John DeWitt who meshed the
net with a beauty from the corner
to tie the game at 46 all and send
the contest into a five minute over
time period.
Bill Harris’ bucket and gift toss
and Gox*don Cari’ington’s charity
shot sent the Bears zooming out in
fi'ont 50-46 as the overtime started
and then 6’8” Buddy Davis dx-opped
in three quickies to establish an
other Cadet margin 52-50.
Bears Open Fast
Only a few minutes after the
opening whistle sounded the Bears
found the range on their home
court and led the Floydmen 8-2 to
finish the first half holding the
same seoi’ing lead 26-20.
The Aggie cage mentor appar
ently spoke “softly and carried a
big stick” dui’ing the halftime pe
riod, for it was in the fast and
furious second half the renaissance
occuri’ed.
Bobby Farmer’s fi’ee throw nai’-
rowed the Bear margin to five
points and Bruin scoring aces
Ralph Johnson and Harris retaliat
ed swiftly to garner a nine point
lead, 33-24, their longest of the
game.
Aggies Born Again
At this point the “rebirth” took
place and the Aggie defense stood
like the Tower of Babel allowing
the Beax-s only two field goal at
tempts in the following eight min
utes, while McDowell, DeWitt, Da
vis, and Don Heft narrowed the
lead to 32-33.
A&M’s aggi’essive cagers showed
complete conti’ol of the ball as they
captured same with deftness that
would make Houdini look like a
piker, and they led for the first
time in the evening, 37-34, with but
eight minutes showing on the clock.
Fishery Director
To Speak Tuesday
Dr. Gox-don Gunter, director of
the Institute of Maxnne Science at
Port Aransas, will speak on the
history and development of the
fishei’ies and fisheries biology of
the Gulf Coast at the Fish and
Game Club meeting Tuesday.
The meeting will be at 7:30 p. m.
in the lecture x’oom of the Agx’i-
cultural Engineering- Building.
■ Although they trailed by two
points four more times before the
game ended, the Farmei’s contin
ued to show that they were the
team-of-the-hour, as they cleaned
both backboai’ds and moved with
the speed of a Saberjet—not allow
ing the Bears time to set up the de
fense that they had displayed in
the early minutes of the game.
Teams Shoot Accurately
Accurate shooting can be ci’ed-
ited to both teams, as the Cadets
meshed 19 of 51 field goal at
tempts and garnered 17 of 22 from
the free throw line. Baylor made
good on 18 of 49 field goal at
tempts and cashed in 17 of their
20 charity tosses.
Davis Virtual Star
Without a doubt, Aggie center
Buddy Davis was the commander
of the court as he turned in a ter
rific night, counting 22 points and
claiming ownership of the back-
boards, garnering 17 rebounds from
either end of the court. Davis led
both teams in scoring and re
bounds.
Baylor’s Harris earned scoring
honors for the Bruins with 17
points, while Johnson got 12. Mc
Dowell and DeWitt followed team
mate Davis in the scoring division
with 14 and 13 points respectively.
—Beat TCU—
Too Close
• •
•
Box score:
A&M (55)
■ fg
ft
Pf
tp
Martin, f
.. 0
1
3
1
Miksch, f
.. 1
0
0
2
DeWitt, f
.. 5
3
3
13
W. Davis, c
.. 8
6
3
22
McDowell, g
.. 4
6
4
14
Walker, g
.. 0
0
0
0
Heft, g
.. 0
0
3
0
Farmer, g
.. 1
1
2
3
—
—
—
Totals
.19
17
18
55
Baylor (53)
fg
ft
Df
tp
Mullins, f
.. 2
5
2
9
Johnson, f
.. 5
2
3
12
Harris, c
.. 7
3
2
17
Hovde, g
.. 1
0
5
2
D. Davis, g
.. 2
2
.2..
4
Carrington, g ......
..2
5
9
Miles, g
.. 0
0
3
0
—
—
Totals
..18
17
22
53
Halftime score: Baylor 26, A&M
20.
Free throws missed: DeWitt,
Davis, McDowell, 2, Heft, Mullins,-
Johnson, Carrington.
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