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Tuesday, February 13, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 5 bpring Training • Gets Underway As 70 Gridmen Report That Man Again By RALPH E. GORMAN B;itt Sports Ediltor | More than 70 lettermen, squad- f men, and freshmen players report bd for the opening day of spring Htraining yesterday afternoon and ■went through light drills and lim- fcering up exercises. [ Head Grid Mentor Harry Stiteler .|led the 1951 Aggie football hope fuls through a workout that stress ed form more than strength. The roster of spring candidates iis composed of some 25 men from ■the varsity lettermen group, nine |squadmen, 20 from last season’s B team and a like number from the ranks of the freshmen. Revised Coaching Staff As the revised coaching staff of [Stiteler, Gil Steinke, newly ap- (pointed backfield coach; Ray jGeorge, 260 pound line mentor Ifrom the University of Southern 1 California; Bill ‘Dog” Dawson as lend coach, Dalton Haircloth as B Iteam coach and Bill “Doc” Day- ton as trainer get started on the -fundamentals and making acquain tances the Cadets appear in high [spirits for the out of season head knocking exercises. Lathem Takes MSC Bowling Tide With 224 Tom Lathem, junior busi- Bness student from Abilene, it bowled a high game of 224 to ■ cop the MSC weekly Saturday H bowling prize, awarded to the whigh singles bowler of the day. Second place went to Warren ■ McReynolds, sophomore business ■ student from Houston, who toppled • the pins for a 219. MSC personnel presented the i prize-winners with unusual gifts— K edible ones. Lathem won a cake I with a chocolate “bowling ball” I atop it, while McReynolds’ award | was a free stack of the MSC pan- I takes, complete with butter, syrup, and bib. The idea of an all-day bowling , match was originated by Chris Gent, assistant director of the MSC, and Jimmy Rose, bowling alley manager. Beginning each Saturday when ^ *'the lanes open at 9 a. m., the H contest continues during the day jj and until 10 p. m. The alley, how- T ever, remains open until 11. Each week prizes will be award- Hcd to first and second place win- tyners. If a student has won a first K prize previously, he is not eligible <■ »to win any award for another 30 Bdays. fiL Any A&M student is eligible flffor the kegler competition. Accord- t ing to the alley manager, a student Bis “anyone enrolled for one hour’s B credit or more.” This, he said, in- B eludes corps, civilian, and grad- - uate students. M No “pros” are eligible. Management Meet Set For March 1-2 The fourth annual Management j Engineering Conference will be held at A&M March 1 and 2. Industrial executives will take part in the conference which will stress management problems in in dustry. J. L. McCaffrey, president of In- | ternational Harvester Company, | Chicago, will speak at a banquet | session the evening of March 2 on | the Role of Executive in a Free * Enterprise System. Darnell Official Judge i For Judging Contest A. L. Darnell of the Dairy Hus bandry Department was the offi cial judge at the FFA and 4-H Dairy Judging Contest sponsored by the Houston Fat Stock Show Saturday Feb. 10. Two classes of dairy cows from • each of the four major dairy breeds were judged. Hogwaller ARKANSAS g f pf Ip Smith, f 10 12 Lambert, f 1113 Price, f : 10 12 I Ambler, c 6 3 3 15 I Hess, g 13 3 5 | Miller, g 5 2 3 12 - Williams, g 3 0 0 6 Totals .... 18 9 12 45 A&M g f pf tp DeWitt, f 0 0 3 0 Martin, f ....: 4 0 4 8 Miksch, f 114 3 r Davis, c 3 5 4 11 I McDowell, g 5 0 3 10 I Walker, g 2 2 4 6 VHeft, g 0 0 10 Totals .... 15 8 23 38 Free throws—Arkansas: Smith 1, Lambert 3, Ambler 4, Miller 1. Texas A&M—Martin 1, Davis 1, McDowell 3, Miksch 1. Halftime score — Arkansas 15, , Texas A&M 13, There is no word as yet on the appointment of a new freshman coach to replace Perron Shoemaker, who went to the University of Georgia. Smith Not Suited Three stalwarts from the rank and file of gridsters who helped put Aggie athletics through their most successful year since 1943 were not suited up for the opening day and will not see service in the spring football program. Bob Smith, A&M’s All-American fullback who added the “away” to the art of breakaway running is on the roster of track candidates, as is sophomore quarterback - end Darrow Hooper. Yale Lary, who played in every backfield spot but the man-under ; post and experienced more playing | time than any of the Kyle Field : stars other than Carl Molberg, | will be seeking his second letter in the Cadet baseball lineup. Lary played both right field and the first sack and was regard ed as one of the top hitters in last season’s diamond play. New Baseball Coach Beau Bell is counting heavily on the young Cowtowncr to deliver the goods when the baseball campaign gets undei’way Mar. 2 Dollar—New Star At present all eyes around Kyle Field are pinned on the recent junior college acquisition, Roy Dol lar. Standing 6’ 2”, the 192 pound Del Mar Junior College quarter back comes to Aggieland via the graduation route and will begin his two years of eligibility in the fall. His record in JC competition shows 15 paydirt passes for a team that won 19 games while dropping but two. Hip quarter- backing experience dates back to his high school days when he play ed tailback for Mexia and in Dol lar’s most recent season with the Corpus Christi Junior College, he handled the punting shores with an average of 40 yards per boot. A convert to the T formation style of play, Dollar joins Dick Gardemal, Ray Graves, and Delmar Sikes as top candidates for the man-under slot. Gardemal Shows Well As the first day of practice opened, Gardemal fell right in line with the adept ball handling duties, while Graves and Sikes exhibited little need for polish in the passing game. Stiteler plans—plenty of scrim mage in the two hour per day, six day week training period. His de sire is for every player to get a chance to find the position best suited for his abilities. The training schedule calls for three intra-squad games on the last three Saturdays of practice, and possibly one next Saturday, provided the squad progresses rap idly enough. Although most of his shots come from the outside, All-conference guard Jewel McDowell is a capable eager under the basket as well, as is shown here against Baylor. Against Arkansas last night McDowell hit five times from beyond the 25 foot mark and was high point man for the Cadets with 12 counters. SWC Vetoes Rule Change, Others OK Lubbock, Tex., Feb. 13—(A*)—The I tive secretary of the Conference Border Conference yesterday voted 1 said the poll was on making the to allow freshmen to play along- j changes effective immediately and side varsity squadmen in spring sports. Earlier yesterday in Dallas, of ficials of the Southwest Confer ence announced that a similar pro posal was defeated by a narrow margin. Southern Conference O. K. Last week the Southern Confer ence voted to allow freshmen to take part in varsity sports. Dr. J. William Davis of Texas Tech, president of the Border Con ference, said the needed major ity of six votes was reached today. There are nine schools in the con ference—from -T-Oxas, Arizona and New Mexico. Border Conference freshmen will not be eligible for the rest of the 1950-51 basketball season. The freshman eligibility proposal was defeated in the Southwest Con ference when three schools voted for the measure and four against. A majority of five votes was need ed for approval. However, Howard Grubs, execu- reflected an opinion on spring sports, but possibly not on football. The conference has a meeting scheduled the second week in May and another vote may be discussed then, Grubbs said. Ags Bow To Bout; Frogs, Hogs In Overtime Bears Score Wins The Southwest Conference basketball campaign took a turn last night in three con ference camps that threw the race into a melee of chaos and confusion. Buster Brannon’s Horned Frogs up at TCU jumped from third to a first place tie with the Texas Longhorns, when they down Jack Gray’s Or ange and White quintet 49 to 34. The Christians and the Steers show six wins and two losses apaiece in confer ence play to lead the league. Up in Fayetteville, Coach Pres ley Askew’s Hogs unleashed lethal fury in the closing minutes last night, as Coach John Floyd’s Ca det cagers fell apart at the seams in an overtime period to bow to the Razorbacks, 45 to 38. A&M’s cage quintet fought their hardest game of the season and came from behind twice to find the score deadlocked 36 all at the end of two regular periods. Then in that fatal extra session, the Cadet attack began to wither and innumerable fouls were called at the expense of the visitors. Bob Williams scored on a hook shot that sent the Hogs ahead and big Bob Ambler followed through with a tip-in, as D. L. Miller counted on a charity toss. The Ag gies were trailing 36-41 with less than tAvo minutes remaining. Cadet Marvin Martin narrowed the Razorback lead with a one hander for the final Aggie tally, as Norman Prince and Williams bucketed field goals on lay ups and the final score read: Arkansas 45, A&M 38. Buddy Davis led the Floyd char ges as he scored 11 points for the Aggies and cleaned the backboard time and again during regular play to keep the Cadets in the game. McDowell Hits Five All-conference guard Jewell Mc Dowell found the range five times from outside the 25 foot mark and cut the cords for 10 points and runnerup honors for the visitors. Ambler led the Arkansas team in scoring with 15 points. His sterling play kept seven-foot Billy Hester on the bench throughout the game. TCU 49, Texas 34 Six-foot, seven-inch George Mc Leod scored 19 points last night as he led Texas Christian to a 49-34 triumph over Texas in Will Rogers Coliseum. Some 5,100 fans witnessed the game. The victory pulled the Frogs into Kentucky Still No. 1 Cagers, Ags No. 2 Bonus Baby Ben Gets Draft Call Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 13—GP) ^-Ben Tompkins, the latest bonus baby of the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League, has re ceived orders to report for induc tion into the army next Monday. Tompkins signed a contract with the Phillies less than two weeks ago reportedly calling for a bonus estimated between $25,000 and $50,000. He was due to report at the Phillies’ Clearwater, Fla., spring training headquarters Thursday. He was signed off the University of Texas campus where he had an other year of eligibility after star ring in both football and baseball. New York, Feb. 13—UP)—Ken tucky’s Wildcats still ranked No. 1 today in the ninth weekly Associat ed Press poll of the nation’s bas ketball greats—but look out for the Oklahoma Aggies. Oklahoma A&M, which came through Kansas, Oklahoma and Drake with colors flying last week, is on the poll prowl. The Aggies are only 44 points back of Ken tucky in the latest tabulation of votes from the nation’s sports writers and sportscasters. There were no chances in the top 10 teams, but the order of ranking was scrambled. A week ago, Kentucky had 78 first place votes to only 15 for Oklahoma A&M. This time—and it undoubtedly was the showing of coach Hank Iba’s Aggies against Kansas and Oklahoma—it's much closer. Kentucky, which mauled Georgia Tech in its only game last week, received but 55 votes this week as the No. 1 team, while Oklahoma got 31. In points, Kentucky is ahead by 1,063 to 1,019. A total of 119 votes were cast. Kentucky has a season mark of 19-1. Oklahoma A&M, now boasting a record of 21 victories and one de feat, undoubtedly picked up heavy support by avenging its only loss to Oklahoma last month. Last Chris Gent Tom Lathem Gent, assistant director of the MSC, is shown presenting Lathem with a white cake and chocolate bowling ball Saturday night for his high game of 224 in that day’s bowling. ALL A’s SON!... Just Remember to Go to Aggie Clean ers & Your Clothes Will Get an ‘A’, Too! A Word lo the Wise Is Sufficient .... Bring those clothes to us and make them look GOOD again. DO IT TODAY . . . DON’T DELAY AGGIE CLEANERS North Gate College Station Casual, Modern Viking Moccasin Bostonian Trim as a wind full sail, accented with sturdy stitching. Bright shoe to add the streamlined, casual touch to any suit in your wardrobe. Bostonians’ prime, walk-fitted comfort is assured... enjoy it in the JNorvik. CONWAY & COMPANY 103 N. MAIN “Your Clothing Store” BRYAN week the Aggies turned the ta bles, beating the Sooners, 48-45. WHY PAY MORE LONG PLAYING RECORDS (33 Vs R.P.M.) 30% OFF Free Complete Catalogue and Price List Write To: RECORD HAVEN, INC. (Dept C) 520 West 48th Street New York, 19, N.Y. a tie with the Longhorns for first place in the conference. Both have six triumphs and two defeats. TCU flattened Texas in the open ing minutes and applied the pres sure most of the way, although in the last stages the victors were content to protect their lead. Frog Didn’t Score TCU didn’t score a field goal the final 11 minutes. The Longhorns hit only three field goals the first half, the re sult of a combination of a tight TCU defense and cold shooting. TCU led at the half, 28-14, and at 10:05 minutes of the second half by 46-24, the largest margin en joyed by the Frogs. Bears 61, Owls 58 Baylor roared from behind in the last five minutes, then put the ball in deep freeze the last 93 seconds to trim Rice, 61-58, in a Southwest Conference basketball game in Waco last night. Little Howie Hovde made the clincher for the Bruins, dribbling past his guard for a lay up shot to give the Bears a 61-57 lead with three minutes to play. Sec onds before he had broken a 57- 57 tie on another drive-in shot. Johnson Again Big Joe McDermott of the Owls popped in 18 points in the first half, then went scoreless the last half. Ralph Johnson of Baylor tabbed 20 to increase his scoring lead. The score was tied 17 times with Rice holding a 37-33 lead at half time. The victory enabled Baylor to sanp a 6-game losing streak and climb out of the SWC cellar. Based on AP reoprts. When the gang drops in NESCAFE makes coffee right...this minute! Get set to play host... at a moment’s notice, any time of day or night! In the sec onds it takes to start a bull session, swe// coffee can be ready for the gang. Nescafe* makes roaster- fresh coffee . . . right in the cup. Simply put in a teaspoon ful, add piping hot water— and stir. Every cup's good ... ' and fresh! No pot. No grounds. 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