The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 15, 1951, Image 3

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    Freshman James Addison (28) and an unidenti
fied Allen Academy eager juggle the ball dur
ing the curtain raiser of the games Saturday.
The Fish lost their second game of the season
to the Ramblers, 40-47.
Photo by Battalion Chief Photographer Sam Molinary
A&M’s. high scoring All-Conference guard Jewell
McDowell successfully sinks a crip shot after
McLeod (33). McDowell led Aggie scorers with
out-maneuvering TCU’s top player George
10 points, McLeod scored 13.
Three 11s In Mural Playoffs
Ry JOE BLANCHETTE
Three teams reached the semi
final round of the intramural
football playoffs Friday afternoon.
The other semi-finalist will be
found Tuesday afternoon when A
Infantry and F Air Force clash.
A QMC used a vicious ground
eating attack to sink A Vets 6-0,
while B Engineers easily swamped
A Signal Corps, and E Infantry
edged out A Engineers 6-0, al
though the latter led on penetra
tions and first downs.
The QMC depended chiefly upon
their ground assault to carry them
to victory as their backfield speed
sters, Frank Trahan, Bud Yeager,
Charley Bruchmiller, and June
Clark, pounded the Vet line re
peatedly with powerful lunges. -f
The first time the suppliers got
control of the pigskin, they rolled
to a touchdown. They gained con
trol of the oval immediately as they
received the opening kickoff.
Yeager Stopped
Yeager took the kickoff and was
nailed in his tracks on the QMC
nine yard line. Yeager went off
tackle for three yards. Bruchmiller
crashed over the center of the Vet
line for six. Trahan carried for a
first down to the QMC 35.
A penalty moved the ball to the
Vet 45. Yeager swept end to the
30, then Trahan drove off tackle
on a double reverse for 10 yards.
Bruchmiller moved the hall to the
(See ’MURAL PLAYOFF, Page 4)
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The Battalion
Classified 4-5324 Ph. 4-5444
TU Edges A&M
Tankers, 5248,
In SWC Relays
Texas Longhorn tankers
edged the Aggies, 52-48, for
their second straight South
west Conference Swimming
Relay .Carnival title Saturday
night in Rice Institute’s new pool.
Southern Methodist was third with
42, while Rice and Baylor follow
ed with 24 and eight points, re
spectively.
It was the first time that the
0\yls had ■ onioned ; a teUin, • but it
wh-snft the 'first timethat'-tllh ■Lhhg-
horns had won the meet. Last
year in Dallas, they edged the
Cadets by the identical score and
Southern Methodist was again
third, although they scored but
40 points that year.
The Aggies won both the 400
yard breast stroke relay and the
double medley relay while Texas
won the 400 freestyle relay, the
400 backstroke relay, and the only
individual event, the diving.
Skippy Browning, NCAA diving
champion of 1949, led both of his
teammates, who finished second
and third.
In the backstroke relay, Tommy
Comstock gave the Cadets a lead
which was partly lost by Arlen
McKenzie, but Van Adamson came
back to again give the Farmers
the lead, and footballer Jimmy
Flowers swam the anchor length
keeping well ahead of TU’s Johnny
Crawford, who finished second.
Summaries
400-yard freestyle relay—1-Tex-
as (Crawford, Montgomery, Wil
son,); 2-SMU; 3-Texas A&M; 4-
Baylor. Time 3:44.7.
400-yard breast stroke relay—1-
TeXas A&M (Comstock, McKenzie,
Adamson, Flowers); 2-SMU; 3-
Texas; 4-Rice. Time 4:39.7.
400-yai-d back stroke relay—1-
Texas (Crawford, Hoff, Gilbert,
Grover); 2-Texas A&M; 3-SMU; 4-
Rice.
Distance freestyle medley relay
—1-SMU (Farrell, Muckleroy, Am-
erine); 2-Texas; 3-Texas A&M; 4-
Rice. time 7:39.9.
Double medley relay—1-Texas
A&M (Blundell, Comstock, Adam
son, Sargent, Flowers, Ellis); 2-
Texas; 3-SMU; 4-Rice. Time,
6:21.7.
Diving — 1-Browning (Texas);
2-Davis (Texas); 3-Lyvers (Tex
as); 4-Slocum (SMU); 5-Johnson
(Texas A&M).
Beat SMU
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TODAY thru WEDNESDAY
NOW SHOWING
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Ag,PonyCagers
Clash Tuesday
In Perkins Gym
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Sports Editor
Tomorrow night in Perkins Gymnasium on the South- !
ern Methodist campus, the Aggies will be hustling for their ;
fourth consecutive Southwest Conference victory against the i
highly favored Mustangs.
In the other conference game, to be played tomorrow !
night, the Rice Owls will meet Baylor at Houston.
A&M and Texas are now tied for the conference lead, |
each having won three games. The*
Longhorns have scored 157 points
while allowing their three oppon
ents to garner 151. Coach John
Floyd’s Aggies have held their
three opponents to 128 markers
while scoring 145 themselves.
Although the Longhorns are sup
posed to be a fast break team, and
their coach Jack Gray claims that
ball control basketball is ruining
the game, the Steers froze the ball
for the final four minutes in their
42-39 victory over SMU.
Best 5 in Years
Led by veteran letter man Jack
Brown and sophomore starlet Fred
Freeman, the Ponies will be pitting
their best team in recent years
against the Cadets. Holding a 9-6
season record and a 2-2 conference
slate, the Dallas five will be a
team similar to that which the
Aggies defeated Saturday. SMU,
like TCU, also likes to run with the
ball.
In defeating the Horned Frogs
with the ease which they displayed
Saturday evening, A&M broke
TCU’s conference winning streak
and also their scoring record. Har
vey Fromme, who hud been aver
aging 18 points in each conference
game, was held to four points by
the excellent defense work of John
DeWitt.
McLeod Unable to Score
George McLeod, one of the top
scorers in the league with 496
points, fer , 14 v:ga,mes, scored 1*3
bpjnts 1 , but was nevpr able to score
with his fabulous hook shot. Buddy
Davis and Marvin Martin were
largely responsible for guarding
McLeod.
A&M, on the other hand, was dis
playing their top ball-control form,
and instead of running with the
Horned Frogs as Coach Buster
Brannon was hoping the Aggies
would have to do, the Cadets slow
ed the visitors down. But the game
was well received by the audience
which was solidly packed in the
field house.
Saturday’s game placed A&M
among the top six defensive teams
in the nation, and cinched the Ag
gies as the top defensive team in
the conference. The Aggies have
allowed their 14 opponents an aver
age of 47.5 points for game, while
holding their three conference foes
to 42.6 points for game.
Rice, who didn’t play Arkansas
during the weekend because of fog
gy weather which kept the Owls’
chartered plane from landing in
Fayetteville, meets Baylor in
Houston in the other scheduled
conference game tomorrow night.
Battalion
SPORTS
MON., JAN. 15, 1951 Page 3
Williams Leads
Tigers to Easy Win
Coach Othel Chafin’s A&M Con
solidated Tigers took their fourth
straight district win, knocking the
edge off Sharp’s qnintet to the
tune of 57-27 last Friday night in
the Tiger gym.
Sharpshooter Bobby Williams
found the hoop successfully for
22 points, while red-hot Billy
Blakely tallied 16 markers for
the high-flying Consolidated team.
Consolidated’s B squad tore
through a weak Sharp B team for
a 30-8 win High scorers for the
Kittens were Jimmy Richards and
Pinky Cooner with nine points
apiece.
The Tigers take the road to
Rockdale next Tuesday night to
play the game which will mark the
mid-point in district competition
for the College Station cagers.
LAST TIMES TODAY
“Ma and Pa Kellie
Go lo Town”
Tuesday & Wednesday
Pet.
145 128 1.000
157 151 1.000
222 182 .750
211 181
76 102
159 194
148 180
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Season Standings
Team W
TCU 9
SMU 9
A&M 8
Texas 7
Rice 5
Arkansas 5
Baylor .• 5
Conference Standings
l earn W L Pts. Op.
A&M 3
Texas 3
TCU 3
SMU 2
Arkansas 0
Rice 0
Baylor 0
Last Week’s Result
SMU 60, Arkansas 45.
TCU 87, Rice 66.
A&M 55, Baylor 53.
Texas 42,, SMU 39.
A&M 39, TCU 36.
This Week’s Schedule
Tuesday—Southern Methodist vs.
A&M at Dallas, Baylor vs. Rice at
Houston.
Saturday — Southern Methodist
vs Rice at Houston, Baylor vs Ar
kansas at Fayetteville.
Leading Scorers (season)
Player G F TP
McDermott, Rice, c 79 46 204
McLeod, TCU, c 72 52 196
Brown, SMU, f 66 51 182
Dowies,, Texass, g' 67 44 178
Davis) A&M, o 71 34 176
McDowell, A&M g 69 36 174
Johnson, Baylor,, $-g , 66 , «31? 163
Gerhar'dt, Rice, f 60 42 162
Freeman, SMU, g 60 ! 38 158
Mullins, Baylor, g 52 43 147
Leading Scorers (Conference)
Player
G
F
TP
Fromme, TCU, f
23
13
59
Freeman, SMU, g
18
15
51
McLeod, TCU, c
18
14
50
Brown, SMU, f
McDowell, A&M, g
14
19
47
16
10
42
Johnson, Baylor, £
16
10
42
Dowies, Texas, g
Scaling, Texas, g
16
9
41
15
10
40
Davis, A&M, c
14
12
40
McDermott, Rice, c
13
10
36
Graham Leads
AC to Victory
Los Angeles, Jan. 15—(TP)—Quar
terback Otto Graham, scoring two
touchdowns, led his American con
ference teammates to a bruising
28-27 triumph over the National
conference yesterday in the pro-
Bowl postseason football game be
fore 53,676 fans in Memorial Coli
seum.
3rd SWC Win
TCU (36)
Fg Ft
Fromme, f 1 2
Reynolds, f 3 1
Allen, f 6 1
McCloud, c 5 3
Ethridge, g 0 1
Campbell, g 0 0
T. Taylor, g 3 1
Swain, g 1 1
Pf Tp
3 4
3 7
1
13
1
0
7
Totals 13 10 19 36
A&M (39)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Dewitt, f 3 2 4 8
Martin, f 16 2 8
Davis, c 3 15 7
Williams, c 0 0 10
McDowell, g 4 2 3 10
Heft, g 14 16
Totals 12 15 16 39
Half-time score: A&M 25, TCU
15.
Free throws missed: Fromme,
Reynolds, McCloud 3, Ethridge 2,
J. Taylor, Swain 2, Davis, McDow
ell 2.
Officials: Shaw and Park.
A&M’s Buddy Davis (16) takes a rebound away
from TCU’s George McLeod (33) during the
Aggies third straight conference victory Sat
urday night. The Cadets upset the Horned
Frogs, 39-36.
Photo by Battalion Chief Photographer Sam Molinary
John Dewitt of the Aggies ties the ball up
with TCU’s Ted Reynolds while Reynolds’ team
mate Harvey Fromme looks away. Fromme is
the top scorer in conference play with 59 points.
A&M Fish Downed by Allen
By JIM ASHLOCK
Meeting defeat for the sec
ond straight time, A&M’s
Fish quintet bowed to under
dog Allen Acadamy 40-47 in
the preliminary game Satur
day night in DeWare Field
House.
James Addison got things
rolling for the Fish with a
field goal while the contest
was only one minute old. This
quickly developed into an eight
point lead with the Fish exhibiting
excellent ball control and team
play.
Allen was held scoreless for the
first six and a half minutes of
play, being unable to find a weak
ness in the Fish defense. With
twelve minutes remaining in the
•first period, Allen finally found
the range, , and before the Fish
could muster, another goal the
score was tied eight all.
The Aggie freshmen partially re
covered their lead a moment later,
but Allen quickly snuffed out the
sputtering flame and added fuel
to their own fire. During those
remaining four minutes Allen
stretched their lead seven points,
the half-time score reading Allen
27, Aggie Fish 17.
Halftime Refreshes Fish
A halftime rest seemed to re
fresh the Fish as they resumed
play with the fire and coolness
they had displayed during the
early stages of the first period.
Addison once again started the
scoring, and seven minutes later
his free throw locked the score at
28-28.
But the Freshmen’s hope of vic
tory was short lived. Less than
minute later,' Allen once again
found the range and climbed to
the top. In a vain attempt to drive
ahead, the Fish seemed to forget
the ball control and team play in
which they had been drilled so
consistently, and resorted to indiv
idual measures. Allen took ad
vantage of the rattled condition
and controlled the ball until the
final horn. Score: Allen 47, Fish
40.
Two things were apparent in the
Fish defeat, the weakness of their
defense and rebounding ability. Up
to this time, in previous games,
Addison and Roy Martin, the big
Fish center, had been the predom-
SPORTalk...
The NCAA Sanity Code bit the
dust during the weekend in Dal
las .. . We sacrificed the Sanity
Code to save the NCAA is the
opinion being expressed by the na
tion’s sports leaders . . . the be
lief was that retention of the con
troversial errant members would
have disrupted the organization . .
. . E. D. Mouzon of Southern Meth
odist succeeded D. W. Williams of
A&M as vice-president of District
6 . . . other new tnembei’s to the
NCAA committee include Jack
Gray of Texas and Matty Bell of
SMU . . .
Navy’s 14-2 upset victory over
(See SPORTalk, Page 4)
AT
THE EXCHANGE STORE
“Serving Texas Aggies”
inate figures in cleaning the back-
boards.
But with Martin collecting four
fouls in the first half, Fish Coach
Don Binford was forced to hold
him on the bench for the major
part of the second period. The loss
of Martin proved to be fatal as Al
len proceeded to take control of
the backboards.
The sinking man-to-man defense,
which the Fish have executed to
the highest efficiency in past en
counters, proved effective for a
short while only, with Allen drop
ping in many long ones. Allen
players driving in for crip shots
likewise brought to light the vul
nerable spots in the freshman de
fense.
Dwyer Unable to Shoot
Ron Dwyer, the versatile jump
shot artist, was unable to find the
hoop throughout the evening as he
was forced continually to shoot
from lohg range. This added Td
the plight of the .freshmen;" for
Dwyer’s showing has proven to be
the deciding factor on several past
occasions.
High point man of the evening
was Addison, with sixteen points,
followed by Dwyer with eight.
Aggie Fish (40)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Gallemore, f 0 0 10
Davis, f 0 0 0 0
Addison, f 6 4 2 16
Montgomery, f 2 12 5
Martin, c 2 3 4
Harris, c 0 0 0
Williams, g Ill
Dwyer, g 2 4 1
Darling, g Oil
Swatzell, g 0 0 1
Totals 13 14 13 40
Allen Academy (47)
Fg Ft Pf Tp
Graham, f 113 3
Barrett, f 0 0 5 0
Pridgeon, f 5 0 2 10
DeZavala, c 13 5 5
Carswell, g 6 2 2 14
Chambers, g 2 0 3 4
Ficky, g 5' 1 4 11
Totals
.20 7 24 47
Malftime score: Allen £4, A&M
17. ' '
Free-throws-missed: Martin 3,
Addison 2, Darling 2, Dwyer, Mont
gomery, Chambers 3, DeZavala 2,
Barrett, Graham, Carswell.
Officials: Wilkins and Segrest.
Beat SMU
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