Monday, February 5, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3
Cadets Outlast Hogs in Frenzied Cage
■Bout, 34-33; Play Frogs Tuesday Night
«y RALPH E. GORMAN
Butt Sports News Editor
Big Buddy Davis wrote a story
book finish with a tip-in shot be
fore 4,100 howling fans Saturday
night in DeWare field House that
closed the curtain on Arkansas’s
,Kazorbacks with the Aggies out
in front 34-33.
As the first round of conference
( ailay comes to a close, A&M re^-
I mains in a two-way tie with Texas
i University after TQ’s devastating
[ 53-43 win at the expense of the
TCU Horned Frogs.
* The Aggies will meet Coach Bus
ter Brannon’s Christians Tuesday
night in Fort Worth in the first
game of the final round. T h e
^Cadets have a 39-36 win over the
r Frogs earlier in the season.
Coached by Presley Askew, who
“enjoyed all but the last moment”
the Hogs displayed a defense that
was unrelenting in allowing Coach
John Floyd’s ball-controllers only
a half dozen shots under the bas
ket.
Aggies Defend
It wasn’t just the lads from Ar
kansas who put up a strong de
fense, for the home court cagers,
too, played cool and tight to guard
the Hog goal like an armored car
service with the Pentagon payroll.
Hence, most of the field goal at
tempts were from the outside with
both teams finding relative dif
ficulty in zeroing in on the hoop
and net. Shooting 43 times, the
tysidet quintet hit their mark on 12
occasions, while the Hogs were
fjlightly behind with 11 out of 41.
But the tally that closed the
book, was one that sent the pack-
id house into a wild frenzy as
partisan fans swarmed onto the
court congratulating players and
coach alike for the most spectacu
lar triumph since the A&M-SMU
gridiron melee last Nov. 11.
Also remindful of the Baylor
cage meeting of a year. ago, the
powering Davis captured the re
wound of teammate Jewel McDow
ell’s push shot from the corner of
the court, and with the clock
showing a mere second to play,
* Davis and Arkansas’s Bob Ambler
leaped to the backboard, arm in
arm, in a desperate struggle to de
cide Saturday night’s winning
team.
Davis Shines
The hard-court prowess of
A&M’s nominee for All-Conference
center dropped the eager Ambler
into the shade, and Davis pushed
the roundball through and the
clock showed zeroes for time re
maining.
Arkansas’ Hogs drew first blood
on the scoreboard when D. L. Mil
ler tallied one point on a charity
throw, while the game was almost
two minutes old. Less than 20 sec
onds later All-Conference guard
McDowell emptied a two handed
set shot into the hoop to put the
Eadets out in front 2 and 1.
> Davis, High Point Honors
‘ Davis, who netted 13 points for
the evening and held Hog stars
^Ambler and seven foot Billy Hes-
to a combined total of 12 points,
while cleaning the backboards,
made good on a gift toss a few
moments later to give the Aggies
a two point lead—their longest
of the game.
It was nip and tuck then with
the game being tied four times in
the first ten minutes, but the
Razorbacks began edging out in
front and in the next four min
utes the Hogs had attained their
longest lead—a 17-11'margin.
But the Aggies were to come
back. Davis sank one; Marvin Mar
tin got a field goal and a free
throw; Bobby Farmer bucketed an
other one from the outside. Then
the ever-present John DeWitt, who
had been doing his share of the
scoring, sent a push shot swishing
through the strings from 20 feet
out, as the-clock again showed no
time remaining and the Cadets
trailed the Hogs at the halftime,
20-21.
The Farmers gained a quick one-
point lead, as the final period got
underway, with a Davis-bucket and
Hog Jim Hess retaliated to re
gain the lead. Three minutes later
Martin set the Aggies in front
again 24-23 and the fans witness
ed a see-saw contest until the
game was deadlocked at 30-all
with seven minutes remaining in
the game.
For five more minutes neither
team could score, as defenses were
at their level best, and then Amb
ler came through for the Askew-
men and the score was 32-30—2:15
showed on the clock.
With 28 seconds remaining in
the game McDowell hit the hoop
on a two hand jump shot from 10
feet out and once again the game
was tied up. In their eagerness to
guard the Hog goal, the Aggies
were branded as offender’s and
Miller, who netted 11 points' for
Arkansas scoring honors, gave the
Hogs a one point margin on a
charity toss.
A Razorback victory seemed evi
dent and silver taps was the
most appropriate thing to play,
but the Aggies were not to be
denied another victory in their
race for SWC cage glory.
Raymond Walker and McDowell
returned the roundball to the Ag
gie end of the court—a pass to
Martin, then to DeWitt, back to
Martin, over to Walker, then to
McDowell in the corner.
McDowell shot, missed by inches,
and Davis put the finishing touch
on a hard fought bkttle and the
Cadets had won another, 34-33.
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For Wrestling
Due At 5 Today
All military and non-mili
tary organizations planning
to enter contestants in the In
tramural wrestling contests
must have their entries in the
Intramural Office not later than
5 p. m. today. Five men must re
present the military pnits in or
der for the organization to gain
participation points.
The wrestlers representing the
various units must weigh in on
Tuesday or Wednesday. No wrest
lers will be allowed to enter after
Wednesday. The five men repre
senting the unit may be in var
ious weight divisions or in the
same weight class.
Handball, ping pong, and bowl
ing entries are also due in the In
tramural Office today. This is the
first time the bowling sport has
been offered on the Intramural
agenda since 1948.
All bowling contests will be held
in the YMCA and the ping pong
tournament will be held in the
MSC.
Equipment for the second semes
ter may be checked out from the
Student Activities Office. The
equipment includes softballs, bats
and handballs.
Aggie Linksmen
Launch Season
In Texas Open
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Balt Sports Staff
A&M’s golf team launches
the 1951 links campaign at
the Texas Open Golf Tourna
ment which will take place in-
San Antonio Feb. 8-11.
Team Coach Gaythcr Nowell of
the Bryan Country Club, has great
hopes for the success of the Ag
gie linksmen this season, and when
queried about the Alamo City meet,
said “the boys should do very
well.”
Included on the team playing in
the Open are J. C. Fletcher, jun
ior Business major from San An
tonio; Malcolm Douglas, sopho
more from Pampa; Tony Guerrero,
senior P. E. student from Mission;
Johnnie Barrett, sophomore AgEco
major from San Antonio, who was
runner-up in the National Caddy
Tourney in 1947; and Jimmy Rey
nolds, sophomore, CE major from
Arlington.
Barber Ineligible
Miller Barber, winner of the
Conroe Invitational last year, will
be ineligible for conference play
this season. Barber, a sophomore,
was a member of one of the bet
ter freshman golf teams in A&M’s
history.
In winning the Conroe Invita
tional, Barber was playing against
and beating some of the best ama
teurs and semi-pros in Texas golf
ing circles. His ineligibility will un
doubtedly injure the team’s chances
to some extent.
TU, No Threat
TU’s status in the SWC will be
lowered this season, because their
good golfers were graduated last
June. One of them, Bob Watson, is
making a winter tournament round
with other golfers.
Arkansas has dropped golf as an
intercollegiate sport in the SWC,
and TCU, SMU, Baylor, and Rice
are not supposed to be strong
powers; all this adds up to the
opinion of Coach Nowell that,
“A&M has a better than an even
chance to win the conference
champioflship.”
LAST TIMES TODAY
The Gun fighter”
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
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That’s Buddy Davis stretching his 6’8” frame over and above the
same length of Arkansas’s Bob Ambler to cut the cords with a
one handed push shot, as he amassed a 13 point total against the
Hogs Saturday night.
Close One . . .
A&M (34)
FGA FG FT
PF
TP
DeWitt, f
.. 6
1
2
4
4
Martin, f
.. 3
1
3
2
5
Miksch, f
.. 2
0
0
0
0
Farmer, f
.. 1
1
0
2
2
Davis, c
..13
5
3
3
13
McDowell, g ..
.16
3
1
2
7
Walker, g ....
.. 2
1
1
2
3
—
—
—
—
—
Totals
..43
12
10
15
34
Arkansas (33)
FGA FG FT
PF
TP
Lambert, f ....
.. 5
0
2
3
2
Smith, f
.. 3
0
1
2
1
Price, f
.. 3
0
0
1
0
Ambler, c
.10
3
1
0
7
Hester, c
.. 3
2
1
3
5
Miller, g
.. 6
3
5
4
11
Hess, g
.11
3
1
3
7
Total
..41
11
12
16
33
Halftime score: Arkansas 21,
A&M 20.
Free throws missed: Davis 5,
Walker, Lambert, Smith, Hester,
Ambler, Miller, Hess 2.
Beat TCU
TODAY thru WEDNESDAY
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’Horns Devour
Frogs 53-43, To
Tie With Aggies
Recovering from a 32-29
defeat at the hands of the Ag
gies, Jack Gray’s surprising
Texas Longhorns stunned the
Christians from TCU Satur
day night in Gregory Gym 53-43,
and retained a share of the crown
in the Southwest Conference cage
race.
Led by George Scaling, who gar
nered 20 points, the Longhorns
looked ragged to score their fifth
league win, as they combined
“Gray-denounced ball control” with
accurate shooting to hand Buster
Brannon’s Frogs their second con
ference loss. A&M downed the
Frogs during January, 39-35.
Texas made good 18 of its 42
field goal attempts for a 42 per
cent average, with Scaling hitting
6 of 9. TCU hit 32. per cent of its
shots, making 17 of 52.
Dowies was runner-up in the
pointmaking department with 14.
Harvey Fromme led the Frogs’
scoring with' 13 points, while Mc
Leod scored 11.
Beat TCU—
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Swimmers Top Bears, 55-20
TRANS WO RID A!RUNTS
By RALPH E. GORMAN
Batt Sports News Editor
A & M’s swimming team
opened the 1951 conference
season Saturday afternoon in
P. L. Downs Natatorium and
humiliated the Baylor tanker-
men, 55-20, in a dual meet
that found the Cadets taking
first place in seven of the
nine events.
The Bears had previously
placed third behind Texas
and A&M in the Southwest
Conference pre-season relays
in Rice Institutes new pool.
Brooks, Dickey, Cop Two
Roger Brooks, Baylor diving
star, copped top honors in the
springboard event over Cadet div
ing star, Paul Shaffer, for one of
the two Bear honors.
Bruin Frank Dickey netted the
other first place points over his
Cadet adversaries in the 100 yard
free style division.
Comstock, Sargent Star
Tommy Comstock, Bill Sargent,
and Van Adamson were the big
guns as Aggie Swimming Coach
Art Adamson’s mermen submerged
the helpless Bears.
Comstock gained a first place in
the 200 yard breaststroke event
and teamed with Adamson and Sar
gent to take the 330 yard medley
relay.
Sargent garnered a clear first
place in the 200 yard back-stroke
event for his other point-making
entry into the water.
Adamson returned to the pool
with teammates James Baker, Don
Blundell, and football star Jim
Flowers, to add the 440 yard free
style relay to the list of victor
ies.
Other Aggie winners were:
Ralph Ellis, 220 yard free style;
Tommy Butler, 50 yard breast
stroke; and John Ed Parnell in the
440 yard free style event.
Northwestern Louisiana State
will play host to the Aggie tanker-
men Feb. 10, for the Cadets’ next
engagement.
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