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Who Will Fall First
By FRED WALKER '
Sports News Editor
Three conference basketball games have come and gone
and A&M is not only undefeated but is tied with Texas for
’ the SWC lead.
The big question running through most minds is: “Can
the Aggie finish in that No. 1 spot?”
There has been quite a basketball
drought at this school for a good many
years. Not since the season of 1922-23 has
A&M been able to cop a championship. Now,
with a new coach, dynamic and intense, will
that drought give way to a harvest?
From the season of 1919-20 to the
years ’22-23, “Rule Britannia’’ was replaced
by “Rule Aggies.” Those were the golden
years for A&M which produced four un
challenged champions. Those were “the
good old days.” In 1919-20, the Maroon and
White won 19 games and lost none, and
through that four year period, the overall record was 70
wins and only 12 defeats.
For an all-time record, though, A&M has a tally of 381
wins and 357 losses. It might not be the best of records, but
let’s be philosophical; after all, it could have been the other
way around.
* There is an air of optimism about the campus and among
most Aggie supporters. But, have we a right to that feeling ?
For 28 years this institution hasn’t put a champion quintet
into the field. Just this fall John Floyd was called from Little
»,Rock Junior College where he had been head basketball
# ch and assistant football coach. With him came an en-
ly different system of basketball. 1
•
' Floyd and the Aggies were strangers. The only two “familiarities”
were the coach and the system—ball control. The first two are known
to each other; the last is becoming known. So there we have it, a
circle of friends and an acquaintance— one with whom all the friends
. would like to be inseparable.
This chumminess cannot possibly become effective overnight.
No Sentimentality
Walker
Two Arms and One Brain
“Doc” Hayes, SMU’s fine bas
ketball coach, is flanked by his
two best players. Brown, who
has been the Mustangs big gun
for the past three years, has
been receiving top notch support
from Freeman, who as a sopth
this year, is coming through
like a veteran. Both will start
tonight against the Cadets.
Brown is currently No. 3 leader
for points scored in total sea
son games with 182, while Free
man is the second best point man
in the conference games. He
has scored 51 points.
We watched Floyd work with his
men before the season started, and
if any man can bring Aggie bas
ketball back to the fore, he can.
John Floyd is tough and only a
tough man can survive coaching
these days. He has the philosophy
that sentimentality and basketball
don’t mix.
“When you get on that court, you
hate that man,” he told his men.
“I don’t care if you played basket
ball with him in high school or not;
you don’t talk to him; you hate
him.”
The gentle may shudder, but
without grounds. Mark Twain put
it correctly;
“To the unconsciously indelicate
"all things are delicate; but tis not
the word that is the sin, it is the
meaning behind the word.”
In other words, Floyd wants a
winning team and the only way you
can have that team is to have
the men who want to win. He
wants his boys to “get there fus-
test with the mostest.” There won’t
be any time for a chit-chat .or a
cup of tea if you play to> win.
Floyd is about the most intense
man that we have ever seen.
Whether it be practice or a regular
game, he never stops talking.
“ . . . Pass the ball Marvin. Move
in Jewell, Back out with it Bud
dy . . .”
That goes on and on and almost
never stops. If there is such a
thing as reincarnation, John Floyd
was a basketball many years ago.
He eats, sleeps, thinks and even
blows his nose basketball. If he
sneezes, watch for a new play to
materialize.
One At A Time
As a coach, Floyd expresses a
roach’s philosophy—play this game
How and let the next one take care
of itself. We made the mistake of
calling the TCU-A&M contest a
‘big-game.’ Floyd made it short and
sweet.;
“It’s just another game.”
Being a mere human and not a
coach (And this is said reverent
ly.) the top man always appears a
little bigger to us. Stop to think
about it and you r'ealize that
Floyd looks at it right: Cope with
the present; the future will come
quickly enough. (In basketball,
that is.)
It will be difficult to beat a
man like John Floyd, but he is
a man and has to lose sometime.
About this campus it is a bright,
sun-shiney day for all but the peo
ple who know. Many are beginning
to think in terms of championships,
not immediate games. Some ac
tually think that the Aggies are a
shoo-in. “Throw your tennis shoes
* on the court boys and the other
SWC teams wdll hide in terror” is
getting to be the popular thought.
Dean Penberthy said yesterday
that he had been waiting 23 years
’ for a basketball champion. He also
expressed the hope that there
wouldn’t be too much back-slapping
before the season was finished.
That’s a good thing to observe.
So far the Aggies stack tip
retty good, but if they were to
' n the conference title it would be
ort of being a miracle. Give
Floyd some time. Quite a while ago
he mentioned something about “in
a few years.” There was no men
tion of anything obligating, but
there was a mighty big gleam in
his eye.
Floyd, Iba and Gray
There have been some doubts as
to how the SWC, and especially
A&M, would receive Floyd’s Iba
modification. Saturday night the
score was low but the pace blister
ing. The fans loved it then, the
Aggies won, but will A&M sup
porters have the grace to cheer as
loudly when the home team loses
—which every team must do some
time ?
Jack Gray of Texas has stoutly
denounced the “ball control” way
of playing basketball. We would
like to know, Mr. Gray, if your
Iionghorns couldn’t hit the basket
when you played SMU and Ar
kansas (Texas wmn both, 42-39 and
50-42) or could you have found the
control system a little to your ad
vantage?” (Pass the tea bag
slooow-ly, Mirandy.)
Aggie fans left the game happy
Saturday and most were talking as
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Tigers Look
For 6th Win
Still feeling pesky after
their fourth consecutive dis
trict win, Coach Othel Cha-
fin’s A&M Consolidated Tig
ers took the road to Rockdale
today to make it number six.
Consolidated had its own way
against Sharp last Friday night
as they plastered that quintet 57-
27. Bobby Williams led the victors
with 22 points.
With only one letterman to lead
the way, the Tigers have done very
well in conference play. Their lone
loss has been at the hands of Mi
lano, a team which Consolidated
beat in the zone play-offs last year.
Milano has not been defeated in
ten games and has retained its last
year’s team.
Conference victories for the Tig
ers were from Snook, Somerville,
Thorndale, Buckholtz and Sharp.'
Beat SMU
TODAY & WED.
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Iba’s Ags First In
AP Poll; A&M 41st
New York, Jan. 1—kP)—The top
ten underwent a brisk shake up as
a result of last week’s tumultuous
activities, which saw the major un
beaten ranks reduced from 12 to
four. Columbia and St. Bonaven-
ture share perfect records with
Oklahoma A&M and LIU.
The Aggies and Kentucky each
went up a notch. St. Louis, beaten
by LIU, fell from fifth to eighth.
N. C. State dropped two rungs
from last week’s No. 7 niche. Col
umbia went up a peg and Kansas
State dropped a peg. t
The Kentucky Wildcats, who
have bounded back strong from
their Sugar Bowl loss to St. Louis,
drew 21 first place votes and 1,061
points. Bradley, winner of last
year’s final poll, received only 11
firsts but was represented solidly
on every ballot for 1,006 points.
Then came Long Island with
994 to complete the sport’s current
“big four.”
Okie AgT? Menaced
The Oklahoma Aggies get a
major test Wednesday when they
play host to St. Louis at Stillwater,
Okla. LIU’s unbeaten string is
menaced in a Tuesday game at
Madison Square Garden with Du-
quesne, owner df a fancy 11-1
mark.
Bradley will follow up tonight’s
Detroit game with a trip to Wich
ita Saturday. Kentucky will meet
Tennessee Saturday. St. John’s
School-Bound Parents
Must Use Forethought
If you drive your youngster to
school, the Texas Safety Associa
tion offers some suggestions for
their safety:
Make sure all doors are secure
ly closed before you start; see that
your child is sitting—a sudden
start may throw a standing child
off balance; and when you leave
your child at school or pick him
up after school, always use the
right side of the car so that the
child steps directly from the car
to the curb, and mot in the path
of approaching traffic.
A little forethought may save a
tragic afterthought.
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next date is with Brooklyn College
Saturday.
Here are the leading teams with
points given on the basis of ten for
first place, nine for second, etc.
(First place votes and team records
through Sunday in parentheses):
Top Ten
1. Okla. A&M (39) (15-0) 1,084
2. Kentucky (21) (10-1) 1,061
3. Bradley (11) (16-1 1,006
4.1 Long Island U. (36) (11-0) 994
5. St. John’s (3) (11-2) t 539
6. Indiana (7) (9-1) | 449
7. Columbia (2) (10-0) 441
8. St. Louis (12-3) • 385
9. N. Carolina State (15-2) 220
10. Kansas State (11-2) 185
Second Ten
11. Villanova (3) 12-1) 170.
12. Toledo (5) (12-2) 114.
13. Wyoming 14-1) 111.
14. Illinois (10-2) 102.
15. Washington (10-1) 80.
16. Cincinnati (3) (9-1) 78.
17. St. Bonaventure (2) (11-0)
53.
18. Siena (3) (13-1) 39.
19. Southern Calif. (12-2) 36.
20. Duquesne (11-1) 30.
Others receiving votes included:
Hamline, Kansas, Siena, Notre
Dame, DePaul, Minnesota, Prince
ton, UCLA, Duke, LaSalle, West
ern Kentucky, Xavier, Syracuse,
Louisville, Boston College, Holy
Cross, Texas A&M, Pennsylvania,
Seattle, Bowling Green, Canisius,
Beloit, Murray State, Idaho, CCNY,
Tulane.
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Cotton Bowl Is
Unaffected By
NCAA Rulings
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 15—CP)—The
Cotton Bowl - New Year’s Day
football game won’t be affected to
any great degree by the new
NCAA rule governing bowl games.
The new regulations provide pri
marily that the participating teams
shall share 75 per cent of the gross
receipts and that the NCAA shall
be represented in the management
of the game.
Howard Grubbs, executive secre
tary of the Southwest Conference
and a director of the Cotton Bowl,
said the Cotton Bowl is already un
der direct control of the Southwest
Conference.
Teams Well Treated
Teams already receive 85 per
cent of the gross receipts. Expenses
of the game are paid by television
and radio fees and by concessions.
The 15 per cent deducted from the
gross goes for rental of the stad
ium from the State Fair of Texas.
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QMC To Finals; Co. 11
Cops Freshman Crown
By JOE BLANCHETTE
Intramural Editor
A QMC advanced into the
finals of the Intramural Foot
ball Leagues by edging E In
fantry on penetrations after
their thrilling contest had
ended in a 7-7 deadlock. The sup-
plymen will face the winner of
the F AF-A Infantry battle which
will be reeled off later this week.
The QMC eleven drew first blood
in the bitter grudge battle late in
the first half. The infantrymen had
driven to the Quartermaster 39
yard line before they were held on
a fourth down try for a first. At
this point the suppliers’ ground
attack went to work under the di-
TU Herds Hogs
By Ball Control
Fayetteville, Ark., Jan. 15—GP)
Texas went into the Southwest
Conference basketball lead with a
50-42 win over Arkansas tonight.
The victory gave Texas a loop
record of four wins and no losses.
Until tonight Texas and A&M
were tied for first with three wins
and no losses.
Texas jumped to an early lead,
which it never relinquished, behind
the shooting of James Dowies, who
dropped in two field goals in the
opening minutes.
Midway of the second half, Texas
led, 46-32, and from there on the
visitors devoted most of their ef
forts to controlling the ball.
Dowies led the scoring with 14
points while teammate Scaling Was'
second with 13. Topi’ Hester and
Hess led the?-Hogs with 10 and 11.
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rection of June Clark, their talent
ed signal caller. Trahan smacked
over guard for a seven yard, pick
up.
Yeager bulleted off tackle for
five and the infantry was penalized
15 yards for unnecessary rough
ness. Bud Yeager took another re
verse and drove over tackle to the
Infantry 20. Clark took the snap
from center and handed off to
Charley Bruchmiller who drove off-
tackle for a TD. Topperwine missed
the kick but an offsides penalty
gave him another chance, and he
made good by booting the ball
squarely between the uprights for
the extra-point and a QMC half
time lead of 7-0.
Houser Scores
The infantrymen were not to be
denied however and took the sec
ond half kickoff with vengeance in
their eyes. ,
Under the bruising leadership of
Paul Shaffer the Infantry drove
to the QMC 33 yard line. At this
point a long pass was partially
deflected on the QMC goal by Bud
Yeager and Charley Bruchmiller,
who were defending. Before the
pigskin could hit the ground Ed
Houser was beneath it and the E
Infantry footballers had a touch
down. Under considerable pressure
Shaeffer booted the extra tally
which knotted the score..
The penetrations were in favor
of A QMC, 4-2.
Playing beautiful football for
each team Were Willy Minturn,
Harvey Helms, Jesse Fletcher, Burl
Purvis and Phil Snyder.
Company 11 Wins
Hillman tallied the only six
points as Company 11 annexed the
football championship of the Fresh-
riian Regiment by defeating Com
pany 4, 6-0.
Bob Hall blasted over from the
one yard line and R. D. Pratt con
verted the extra-point as the Busi
ness Society edged into the finals
of the Club Football Championship
playoffs. The TD came on the final
play of the grueling engagement
with SAM. The businessmen led in
first downs, 6-3. The SAM squad
had battled on even terms until
the latter portions of the contest.
Horshshoes ; 1
B Engineers and A Infantry will
meet in the finals of the 'Horse
shoes playoffs today as a yfcsult
of their victories yesterdayy^The
Engineers defeated B CAC|T2-0,
2-0, and 2-0.
The infantrymen edged plfit I
AF, 0-2, 2-0, and 2-0.
Wei
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