Thursday, February 1, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 5
Phils Get TU Star
In $50,000 Deal
Philadelphia, Feb. 1—hP)—The
Philadelphia Phillies paid a bonus
of some $50,000 yestei'day to sign
Ben Tompkins, University of . Tex
as junior rated by owner Bob Car
penter as a “great pi'ospect.”
Tompkins will leave school to
join the Phils. Carpenter said the
youth was signed to a contract
*vith the Phil’s class B farm club
at Wilmington, Del., of the Inter
state League. He is 21.
*' The young infielder is better
known as a football player. He
starred as quaxlerback on the
' Texas Longhorn’s Southwest Con
ference championship team last
season.
» “Didn’t Raid Campus”
^ Phils’ schout Hap Moi’se said at
Dallas “I want it definitely stated
that we did not go after Tompkins
but that he called the scouts in
and talked contract. I don’t want
anybody to start saying we raided
the campus.”
Carpenter refused to disclose the
exact sum for which Tompkins
signed. An informed source said
the youth was paid a figure
i “slightly less than that paid Curt
■vj Simmons.”
Simmons got $65,000 for signing
and fulfilled the Phils’ faith in
him by winning 17 games in the
club’s pennant drive last season.
Curt is now in the army.
May Go To Army
Tompkins may find himself in
tne army soon, too. Morse said he
is in lirtc for induction. If he isn’t
filled up, however, he will x-eport
to the Phils’ Clearwater, Fla.,
■iraining camp and then play for
‘Wilmington.
Tompkins play shortstop, second
and thii’d base, {ind is regarded by
Carpenter as “the greatest pros
pect from the Southwest since Ted
Lyons came out of Baylor.”
Lyons, a pitcher, was a stal-
i wart peiTormer for the Chicago
1 White Sox for two decades.
Carpenter Elated
Carpenter said he was “elated”
. to get Tompkins. He said nine
other major league clubs bid for
the youth’s services.
Moore said Tompkins was signed
TU Coach OK’s
Tompkins Pro
Baseball Move
Austin, Feb. 1 —(AP)—
Bibb Falk, baseball coach of
the University of Texas, said
, last night he certainly had no
‘ objection to his shortstop,
* Ben Tompkins, signing a contract
with Philadelphia with a big bonus.
“Of course, it wall hurt our team
this year but I have no criticism
of baseball for signing him off the
Texas campus and I don’t blame
him in the least for signing,” Falk
declared.
“Tompkins wanted to sign in pro
baseball and called in the scouts
himself.”
Falk said he doubted very much
that Tompkins would x-epoi’t to the
Phillies this yeax-, however. “He
was deferred fi'om the service until
June if he stayed in school and if
he leaves will bo eligible for the
draft now,” Falk said. “The Phil
lies took a big chance in this.”
Falk declared that he certainly
wished Tompkins the best of every
thing. “He’s a fine boy,” the vete
ran Texas coach said.
within the past two days at Austin,
where he is finishing up the semes
ter at Texas. He has another year
to go befox-e graduation.
TU Counts Chickens Early
Dallas, Feb. 1—hP)—The Uni-
vei’sity of Texas found out yes
terday you get those athletes only
when they’re enrolled—not by pub
lic announcement.
Melvin Work, Dallas high school
baseball stax - , said Sunday he was
going to Texas.
Tuesday he went to College
Station and entered Texas A&M.
He just changed his mind, that was
all.
lllWitlf
Head Grid Mentor Harry Stiteler is shown ex
tending the traditional Aggie welcome to Ray
George,, recently appointed line coach for A&M’s
varsity football team. Effective with spring
training, George will step into the post vacated
by Bill DuBose who returned to TU recently.
George comes to Aggieland from the University
of Southern California where he had been line
coach for the past two years.
Addison Is Star Fish Cager
By JIM ASHLOCK
How many times has it been said
that before one can succeed in the
“big time” he must be brought up
in “big" time” surroundings.
Certainly the Southwest Confer
ence may be considered “big time,”
but James Addison, star forward
of the Aggie fish cage team, is
ample suppoil to those who deny
the above expression.
Addison began his career as an
athlete in the small community
town of Lipan, Texas. Basketball
being the major spox’t at Lipan
High School, “Addie”, as his
fxiends call him, litei’ally grew up
in a gymnasium.
Most of the teams Addison and
his teammates encountex’ed in the
small “B” class circuit likewise
stuck stidctly to basketball. Thus
competition ran high. It was
through this stiff competition that
James acquired his ability as an
outstanding player.
Those who have watched James
perform on the hardwood have
marveled at his unusual jumping
ability. There is a x-eason for this
excessive “spring” in his legs.
Everyday after the practice ses
sion was over, and the rest of the
players had retired to the showers,
James i-emained on the couif to get
in a little private practice of his
own. He would make, not just
shoot, but make one hundx-ed jump
shots before calling it a day.
As James puts it, “I could us
ually make about fifty percent of
them, so I only had to shoot two
hundred. Small wonder the boy
possesses traits similar to those of
a kangai'oo.
During the four years Addison
Arkansas-Tulane
Meeting Postponed
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 1—CP)—
Tonight’s basketball game here be
tween Arkansas and Tulane has
been postponed because of a snow-
storm which has stopped virtually
all ti’affic in this state.
LISTEN, AGGIES
A
Ole Lou appreciates the business you guys gave
him between semesters, when you traded books
with him, and bought books or sold books. Lou
tried to make a trade that he thought would do
you both good.
He has a few books left, so if any of you men
still need to buy books or make a trade, Lou is
still ready to trade. So come to see him.
And if any of you men sold Lou a book that
you’re going to need, or traded for a book that
you’re not going to need, or if you think you
didn’t get a square deal on a trade, then go see
Ole Lou and he’ll straighten everything out with
you.
Lou believes that if you help the Aggies, they’ll
help you — and he’s interested in helping the
Aggies.
HELP LOU HELP YOU !
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TRADING POST
North Gate
College
lettered at Lipan he and his fel
low x'ound bailers captured the
district and bi-district champion
ship four years in a i’ow. Sexwing
as captain of the team his junior
and senior years, he began develop
ing rapidly into the type of materi
al in which colleges are interested.
Leading his team to 35 victories
out of 42 contests his senior year,
Addison rolled up an average of
sixteen points per game, which is
exceptionally good for a boy of
high school calibex - .
Apparently the good side of fate
took a hand in the situatiion the
night the A&M scouts came around,
for that night James practically
wore the net from the rim, scor
ing 32 points.
Addison, an agriculture major,
is a hard worker at his books as
well as at his chosen sport. His
performance in fish games up to
this time has branded him as sui’e
varsity material in his remaining
years at A&M.
Davis, McDowell, Standouts As Aggies
Capture First TV Win In Five Years,
(Continued from Page 1)
Scaling worked desperately to keep
their colors in the game.
Opening the final period, Mc
Dowell, Davis, and DeWitt scored
repeatedly to widen the lead and
in a short thi’ee minutes the Ag
gies were out in front 23 to 13.
Scaling and Dowies were han
dling the scox’ing chox-es for the
Orange and White, but their at
tempts were futile as the Cadets
showed a 80 to 19 margin with
but five minutes and 40 seconds
remaining in the game, this being
the largest lead of the game.
Gray Switches Style
At this point Gray, who denounc
ed Hank Iba for his ball conti’ol
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tactics, but had been employing his
strongest defense throughout the
game, changed his mode of play
and replaced his tall men with
shoifer, faster men in a dying
atetmpt to come fx-om behind.
His efforts weren’t entirely in
vain as the game made a quick
transformation from “ball contx-ol”
to a wild melee of scoring and fouls
at the expense of the Cadets.
A&M (32)
FG FTA FT PF TP
DeWitt, f ..
3
3
1
5 7
Martin, f ..
2
2
1
2 5
Farmer, f ..
0
0
0
4 0
Davis, c
3
5
5
1 11
McDowell, g
.... 4
2
1
4 9
Heft, g
0
0
0
1 0
Walker, g ..
0
1
0
3 0
Totals ..
12
13
8
20 32
Texas (29)
FG FTA FT
PF TP I
Dowies, f ..
2
10
2
1 16
Cobb, f
1
0
0
0 2
Scaling, g ..
2
5
5
3 9
Klein, c
1
0
0
5 2
Falk, f
2
8
2
2 6
Black, g
0
0
0
1 0
Morgan, g ..
0
1
0
0 0
Viramontes,
g- 0
0
0
1 0
Womack, g
1
3
2
4 4
Totals ...
9
21
11
17 29
Halftime:
A&M
16 UT 11. Free
thx'ows missed: DeWitt 2,
Martin,
McDowell, Walker, Dowies 7, Falk,
Morgan, Womack.
Officials; Wil-
Hams and King.
Texas A&M won thx-ee of four
games with the 1950 SWC co
champions, splitting with the Ax - -
kansas Razorbacks and defeating
Bavlor twice. But splitting with
cellar-dwelling Rice and dropping
two tilts to Texas forced A&M all
the way from first down to a tie
for fourth.
Nine times the officials brand
ed the Aggies as offenders and
each time the nxling was met with
more intense jeering and booing
from the frenzied throng.
The Cadets scored once more as
playing time faded out, but the Ag
gies held fast as the Longhorns
played “catch-up” to dwindle
A&M’s lead to three points. The
final horn spelled disaster for TU
and the scoreboard x-ead, Aggies
32, Longhorns 29.
Accurate Cadets
In the defense-dominated con
test, neither of the teams were al
lowed their usual number of field
goal attempts, but the victors
showed a better percentage of
successes in counting for 12 out
of 37, while their adversary gar
nered but nine of 34 attempts.
Personal fouls wex - e prominent
in the low-scoring cage bout, as
each team lost a play via the of
fender’s x’oute—DeWitt for the Ag
gies, and Klein for the Longhorns.
If TU’s cagers had made good on
even half of their gift toss oppor
tunities, the score would have been
decidedly different. Coach Gray’s
Longhorns tallied 11 times in this
column, while missing 16 and the
Cadets were credited with eight
for 13.
High point honors for the game
went A&M’s Davis with 11 count
ers, while McDowell and Texas’
Scaling garnered nine apiece.
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