Tuesday, February 6, 1951
THE BATTALION Page 3
Officiating Best
Possible, Yet Fans
Boo; For Shame!
Ky RALPH E. GORMAN, JR.
Battalion Sports News Editor
Let s stop and think for a moment... go back just one
short week . . . narrow it down to the cage contests where
A&M was pitted against Texas University, then Arkansas.
Remember what happened when the of
ficiating failed to meet with the approval
of the spectators who had crowded into De-
Ware Field House? . . . when a member of
the visiting team had the privilege of a
free throw?
Sure, we all remember. And as we re
call these slightly nefarious deeds, we vain
ly try to spit out the bad taste it left in our
mouths.
Each year about this time we have to
be reminded that the men selected to offi
ciate our various athletic events have been
hand picked from qualified men throughout
this section of the country.
Yet, we howl louder than John L. Lewis in his most bit
ter wage dispute when we disagree with the referee’s find
ings. Howard Grubbs, executive secretary of the Southwest
Conference, stepped onto the floor before game time in the
recent Arkansas cage battle and explained to the fans that
the officials for SWC events were “the best we could possiblv
obtain.” 1 ^
Give It A Little Thought
Gorman
One of the officials in the Hog
game was obtained in Oklahoma,
while the other has a brilliant rec
ord of coaching the roundball sport
at SMU, and still we make them
feel about as much at home as Tru
man at a Republican convention.
Why is it that we are always
right and they are inevitably
wrong? We like to believe that an
official will, in no way whatever,
display partisanship while acting-
in his legal capacity. And until
substantiating evidence is shown
against them, why not leave it
that way.
Incessant howling on the part
of the spectators will not .cause
the official to alter a ruling that
he has made, nor will it bring to
his attention, in time, the> offend
ing actions of a player not observed
by the officials.
Next time, let’s give it a little
thought before the chorus begins
with the Bronx cheers.
Free Throws Can Win Or Lose
When a member of our own team good sportsmanship,
has to ask for silence in the On this particular instance, the
Cadet Corps while a visiting play- Cadet eager who “begged for si-
er is attempting a charity toss, lence should take offense, for
we are falling into the ruts and even he was greeted with disre-
furrows that lead to anything but (See GOLDEN GLOVES, Page 4)
Davis Warned Star
Of Week By Batt
Potent Frogs Seek Revenge;
Floydmen After Clear Title
By FRED B. WALKER
Batt Sports Staff
A twice defeated, but still po
tent TCU Horned Frog aggrega
tion will be sticking- their barbs
in the Aggie side tonight at Fort
Worth in an attempt to break the
two-way Southwest Conference
basketball tie between A&M and
Texas.
TCU defeated Baylor 60-48
early last week to stay in the
front running, but the Longhorns
spilled them 53-43 a few days later.
While trailing second to the 5-1
marks of the Aggies and Steers,
they are only a one game leader
to SMU who is in third place with
three wins and three losses.
On January 13th, the Toads piled
into DeWare Field House full of
confidence and plenty of basket
ball savy to back it up. Several
hours later they limped back to
Fort Worth with a 36-39 defeat
for their trouble.
A&M had built up a good ten-
point lead right after the start
of the second half of that game
By JOE HOLLIS
Batt Sports Staff
For his outstanding performance
in the games against Texas and
Arkansas, Top Cager of the Week
honors go to Buddy Davis.
This 6’ 8”, 205 pound giant from
Nederland was almost the whole
show in the two games played last
week.
In the game against TU, Buddy
chalked up 11 points, as he dropped
three field goals thru the net and
had a perfect record for the night
in the free-throw division—five for
five. On the defensive side of the
game, the Ne. 1 cadet center held
TU ace Joe Ed Falk to six points
and cleaned 13 rebounds from the
backboard.
Buddy Davis
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Buddy was’ again high scorer
for the Aggies in the game against
Arkansas; this time racking up 13
points. He won the ball game and
the saviour’s role in the last sec
onds of the frenzied melee, when he
captured a rebound and sank it to
•set the score at 34-33 as the clock
ran out.
Buddy leads the line of Aggie
scorers and places fourth in sea
son scoring with 214 points, while
ranking fifth in conference com
petition with 78.
Last year Buddy was a lanky
lad, lacking'the coordination need
ed for a strong quintet. But, due
to hard work on his part and the
concerted efforts of A&M Cage
Mentor John Floyd, the one-time
polio victim has developed into
material adequate enough to give
anyone a fight for the 1951 All
conference center title.
When the Aggies go against the
Horned Frogs of TCU tonight, they
will be banking heavily on the
proven assistance of Walt “Buddy”
Davis.
Beat TCU
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and coasted home for the win.
Jewell McDowell was high scorer
for the Aggies with 10 points and
was followed by John DeWitt and
Marvin Martin, who had eight
apiece, Buddy Davis (7) and Don
Heft (6).
But the high-point man for the
game was a Frog. Six-foot three-
inch center George McLeod led
both quintets with 13 markers,
while limiting Davis to seven. The
Cadet center had previously fouled
out early in the second half.
According to statements by Far
mer Basketball Coach John Floyd,
the game in Fort Worth promises
to be a better and tighter one than
their first contest.
Two men from the TCU squad
lead both divisions of point scor
ing- this year. Forward Ha^ey
Fromme tops the leading confer
ence scorers with 83 points while
McLeod leads seasonal totals with
248.
Davis Strong
Davis is the nearest Aggie to
both these men, as his 214 points
rates him fourth in the latter div-
isipn while 78 markers is good
enough only for fifth in confer
ence play.
A&M beat TCU 49-45 and 60-
58 last year and will be looking
for a repeat tonight. After the
Texas game they were ranked as
the No. 10 defensive team in the
nation and with only 33 points
scored on them by Arkansas they
rank a stronger ninth place.
Beat TCU
Ags Lose Todd
To Redskins
Washington, Feb. 6—UP)—
The Washington Redskins
yesterday signed one of their
brightest stars of years gone
by, Dick Todd, as backfield
coach.
General manager Dick McCann
made the announcement for the
national football league club.
Todd, who played for the-’Skins
from 1939 through 1 1948 at half
back with two years out for navy
service, has been backfield mentor
at A&M for the past two seasons.
A rancher at Crowell, Tex., in the
off season, Todd is the third high
est scorer in Redskin history. He
totaled 214 points in his pro career.
He joined the Redskins after grad
uating from A&M.
Fish Bow to Wharton, 44-57
Coach Johnnie Frankie’s Whar
ton Junior College quintet found
sweet revenge last night in humbl
ing a visiting A&M Fish team, 57
to 44. The Aggie freshmen cagers
were victors in the initial meeting
of the two teams this season, 41-38.
The Frankiemen got off to a
fast start with a four point lead
on two quick field goals from the
outside by Jim Cecil.
Fish James Addison cut the lead
to one point on a charity shot and
a bucket as Pat McCrory and Ad
dison vied with D. Gilder and Cecil
to exchange the lead three times
in the opening period.
A&M’s Roy Martin and Addison ■*"
found relative trouble in guarding
Cecil, Wharton’s No. 1 guard, as
the latter hit the bucket nine times
on long set shots and garnered
two gift tosses to gain high point
honors for the night with 20 points.
Under the supervision of Man
ager Don Binford, as Coach John
Floyd was enroute to tonight’s var
sity Frog tilt in Fort Worth, the
Fish displayed little of the coolness
that fans had witnessed earlier in
the season.
D. Gilder cleaned the backboards
time and again, racking up 13
points, as A&M’s Addison was run
ner-up in the point-making division
with 16 tallies.
Frankie’s stalwart cagers carry
an impressive record in their 1951
cage campaign, with 15 wins in 19
starts. The Junior College men
show losses to the Aggie Fish, TU
Shorthorns, Tyler JC, and the
Champion Company — a semipro
five from Houston.
The A & M - T C U basketball
game Avill be aired tonight over
Radio Station KORA, with game
time being 8 p.rti.
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