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T * «> Ag Cagers Enjoy Good Season With Floyd at the Helm By FRED WALKER Bait Associate Sports Editor The Aggies have only four basketball games left in , their 1950-51 season, and even if they should lose all four, Coach John Floyd can still say that he had a good year at A&M. Eleven of the 19 games played by the Aggies have been victories. Last year they won only ten. It is highly improbable that the Maroon and White quintet will drop all of these games, but then fate plays strange tricks at times. A&M has not been defeated in De- Ware Field House by a conference team this year and the odds say that SMU and the Uni versity of Houston will not break the record. And, again, on paper, Rice should be an Ag gie victim, even though the game will be played in Houston. And then comes the big test—Texas. TCU practically stole the Longhorn’s garters Monday night, but that wasn’t the story. It doesn’t make a bit of difference how good a team is, sometime they are going to cool off. The Steers couldn’t hit the side of a barn in Fort Worth while the Frogs were hotter than the Copa’s chorus line. Here’s the point. It is going to take more than ordinary basketball to beat the Steers in Austin. Floyd beat them here in a beauty last month and was immediately nominated for President of the United States by overjoyed Aggies. If he beats them in Austin, the Administration here better look to their jobs. ' New Look in Bee-Bop Here’s a pretty Rood story concerning two of the fore most basketball coaches in the country—Clair Bee of Long Island University and Oklahoma A&M’s great “ball con- trot” master, Henry (Hank) I\ Iba. As a college coach, Bee took highest satisfaction from the Blackbird win over Iba’s Aggies in the Garden in December, 1949. lha had driven Bee nuts, as he had many another, with his holding, defensive game. Iba seemed to have his number until the LIU coach got the brain cells working. The result was a Bee masterpiece on Iba lines, a 38 ■ to 31 win in which the Blackbirds took only 28 shots, and used only seven men. “What pointed up that game for me,” recalled Bee, “was Iba’s remark after he lost. Hank said: ‘That little so-and-so held the ball on me!’ That was my laugh of a • lifetime. Imagine Hank complaining about anyone holding the hall on him!” Walker ’Mural Wrestling Off to Good Start By BAT LeBLANC A howling partisan crowd of About 200, densified the area of the little gym as they watched thirty wrestlers perform on the initial day of the Intramural Wrestling Tourney. Some spectators were seated or merched on parallel bar’s, wall-at- aached judge’s boxes and anything ^ that would elevate them in order LAST TIMES TODAY ‘'‘’Everybody Does It” THURSDAY & FRIDAY THE HORDES OF KUBUI KHAN ARE ON THE MARCH! —Plus— SECOND FEATURE ,, Narrated by theVery Reverend ROBERT I. GANNON. SJ. ii i .. Produced by EDMUND REEK Directed by ANTHONY MUTO that they might watch the thirty warriors. The top bout of the day was the finale, which matched Ralph Shan ahan, B TC, and Atchinson, D Inf, of the 117 lb. division. Atchinson won the bout, but Shanahan, made it rough on the winner who had no easy task of pinning the slippery Shanahan. Ledlow Downs Corbett In the 157 lb. class, Jimmy Led low pinned Corbett’s shoulders in a mat bout that was evenly matched. Ledlow’s victory came about, as the results of Ledlow’s reversal of a loosely applied hold by Corbett, who had Ledlow mom entarily pinned to the canvas. Brown, E FA, outscored Guth rie, White Band, 6-5, while Burns of F AF, did the same against Clark of C Cav. in the 157 lb. class. White Band’s Chapmen and Cog- burn, K AF, won over I AF Beagle and A Cav James McGee respec tively, in the 147 lb. division. Roberts of A Eng, garnered the largest number of points on the opening day as he quelled “Jug” Felton, 14-5. Tabb won a close scrap over the band’s Eller, 4-1. Heavyweight Bill Scuddcr of ASA, threw his weight around to a good advantage, as he beat op ponent Martin of K AF. PALACE Bryan Z‘SS79 NOW SHOWING ANDREWS TIERNEY QUEEN NOW SHOWING AT LAST ON THE SCREEN! iiMsilL rr'i-v''* * 4 ' - ^ ' COWMJ1A MCWStt P'"*"* |BORNYiSTERDAY: BRODERICK Screen Play by Albert MannheimerTproducedby S. SYLVAN SIMON . Directed by GEORGE CUKOR Based or the $tfi» Pl ay by OASSON KAfilii Luckman’s Ball Days Over; Has Office Job Now Sid Luckman—eulogized as the greatest T formation foot ball quarterback by such greats as George Halas, Frank Leahy, Johnny Lujack and Bob Williams—ended his 12- year playing career with the Chica go Bears today and became a vice president of the club. The Bears thus became runner- up to the First National Bank of Chicago in the number of vice pres idents on hand. The bank has near ly 50. The Bears have at least four officially—Luckman, technical ad visor Clark Shaughnessy, the grid iron nomad appointed last week; assistant Bear coach Luke Johnson and old-timer Jim McMillen, for mer Bear guard and now mayor of suburban Anitoch and pro wrestler.—Based on AP Report. Beat SMU Wednesday, February 14, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Varsity Baseball Starts Tomorrow Varsity baseball practice will begin tomorrow afternoon at 3 p. m. Coach “Beau” Bell has asked that those candidates other than varsity holdovers and freshmen numeral winners furnish their own shoes and a suitable uni form. Pro Basketball Beauties // w «® s >> • <■»,■'viSv.%. v mim These are the Arkansas Travelers, a sextet of Hazel Walker, organized the team in 1946 when lovely young women who play basketball better she realized what kind of entertainment the pub- than most men. Their coach, captain and star, lie was hungry for. Ag Stars To Vie With Fem Pros From out of the North come, not the hordes of Genghis Kahn or Attila the Terrible, but Hazel Walker’s Arkansas Travelers, the shootin’est, rootinest, ballhandling set of women that ever set foot on a basketball court. That’s only half of it. Who are they going to play? Why, who else but Peck Vass and his Ex-Aggie All Stars. Yessir, tonight at 7:30 in the Lamar Junior High School Gym, John Floyd and such Aggie greats Wally Moon, Taylor Wilkins, Breazy Breazeale, Jamie Dawson, Charlie Beard and Homer Adams will take the floor against Hazel Walker and her famous troupe. Massacre time has been posted as 7:30 p. m. to keep the odds, mounting in favor of the women, from getting out of hand. What? Women beat basketball team com posed of men like this? And play ing with men’s rules? Never! Look Out Men! Don’t be too sure. This isn’t just any six girls who play the game for lack of something better to do. These women are professionals who have made a hobby out of eat ing all-star teams for breakfast. Hazel Walker’s name and fame is known throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico for her phenomenal records in basketball. She is better known to the sports world as Miss Basketball for she Top Aggie Gridders Not In Spring Gear “Bruisin’ Bob” Smith, Darrow Hooper and Yale Lary, three mighty big names in Aggie foot ball, will not participate in Spring training this year. Believe it or not, their services are more val uable elsewhere. Lary, who was invaluable as the Aggie punter last year, as well as doing plow-horse chores on defense and offense, will begin working out with the baseball team tomorrow. He claims baseball as his major sport. The track team is beckoning Smith and Hooper into action. Smith, the nation’s third leading rusher last year, will go into the field events as will Hooper, a good quarterback whom Head Foot ball Coach Harry Stiteler hopes to make into an even better end. Great Hitter As a freshman at A&M, Lary played center field and batted .366. As a sophomore he was switched to first base and had a seasonal batting average of .294, with four home runs to his credit. Playing ball this past summer for the Columbus (Tex.) Redbirds, Lary batted .346 and cracked eight home runs. He made all-tourna ment in post scaspn play with a .375 average while batting .500 at Brenham to make all-tournament there, too. Hooper, a 6-5 athlete from North Side High School, P'ort Worth, holds the national high school shot putt record of 59 feet, 10 1/8 inches. In his freshman college year he bettered the SWC shot putt record of 50 feet, 2 1/4 inches. No varsity weight man in the confer ence was able to touch 50 feet last spring. Smith first became interested in football through going out for the track team as a student in junior high. He participated in several in tramural events last year. All-American Cage Candidate Fans Rate McDowell Highly By JOHN DEWITT When the subject of basketball comes up in the Southwest Confer ence, there can’t have been too much said without mention and Bell Led Baseballers Open Practice Feb. 15 A&M’s 1951 baseball team will begin training Thursday afternoon, with but 15 days remaining before their diamond prowess is put to the test against the Brooke Field Medics of San Antonio on Mar. 2 and 3. As in spring grid training, more than 70 candidates are to report for the first day of practice and Coach Bell hopes to have the ros ter cutdown to playing and travel ing size by Feb. 25. In addition to the regular con ference games, A&M has scheduled 10 “warm up” contests which will include an invading nine from the Big Ten. A&M has its first full-time coach this season in A. C. “Beau” Bell who captained A&M’s first South west Conference championship team in 1931. Bell, a major leaguer for eight years, replaces Marty Karow who doubled last year as baseball and basketball coach. Ka row has returned to his alma mater, Ohio State. Minnesota Big Foe The University of Minnesota is scheduled to play two games here this year. State intersectional foes include Brooke Field Medics, University of Houston, and Sam Houston State. Here’s the schedule: praise for A&M’s All-conference guard, Jewell McDowell. The regular season is only a little more than half gone, and already McDowell has been chosen by Collier’s Magazine as one of the nation’s 30 cage stars to re ceive All-American consideration. So SWC fans can see that this lad is as important to the Aggies’ cage hopes, as the wheels are to an automobile. Twenty-one year old Jewell hails from Amarillo, Texas, where he gained a reputation with the Amarillo High Sandies. At the 1947 High School State Tourna ment in Austin he was just about the nearest thing to a one man show the State Tournament had ever seen and fellow Amarillans .will tell you that McDowell is the -best basketball player the Sandies ever turned out. Family Man Mac is married and has a three year old daughter, Julie, who is his pet subject for conversation. His wife, Patsy, is an attractive young lady you’ll see if you happen to visit the Campus Cleaners. 167 Pounders Bohmlcr’s pinning of McDowell was the feature of the 167 lb. divi sion. Harper, B Cav had a rough task in downing Shivers of A QMC, as did Lovingfoss, F AF, in his win over A Sig Sanders. Eubanks of Puryear displayed fine wrestling tactics in disposing of Davis of B Cav. Only two bouts took place in the 177 lb. division. Hulan has to call upon his resei've strength to eli minate his fighting adversary by the name of Richerson. Hulan pin ned Richerson in a long four min ute struggle. Pierce held Cobble’s shoulders to the mat for the count in the other bout between the 177 pounders. Beat SMU Mar. 2 Brooke Field Medics College Station Mar. 3 Brooke Field Medics College Station Mar. 14 University of Houston College Station Mar. 17 University of Houston Houston Mar. 20 Sam Houston State College Station Mar. 22 Brooke Field Medics San Antonio Mar. 23 Brooke Field Medics San Antonio Mar. 28 University of Minnesota College Station Mar. 29 University of Minnesota College Station Apr. 3 Baylor University College Station Apr. 6 SMU ■ College Station Apr. 7 S M U College Station Apr. 9 TCU College Station Apr. 14 ■ Rice College Station Apr. 17 Sam Houston State Huntsville Apr. 21 Texas University Austin Apr. 27 TCU Fort Worth Apr. 28 TCU Fort Worth Apr. 30 SMU Dallas May 4 Baylor Waco May 5 Baylor Waco May 11 Rice Houston May 12 Rice Houston May 17 Texas University College Station May 18 Texas University College Station TODAY thru SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:23 - 3:09 - 4:42 - 6:28 8:14 - 10:00 SjynxL VALENTINE GREETINGS ¥ Come in and see our large selection of Volland Valentines. We have special cards with ap propriate messages to suit every need. Make your selection early while our stock is complete. T h e Exchange Store . “Serving Tewa« Aggief.*’ ■in i The new Aggie ca&e coach, John Floyd, rates tops on Mac’s list of coaches and the Aggie star says that Floyd will do great things for basketball at A&M. Like the rest of his teammates, Jewell was a little slow in picking up the new type of basketball Coach Floyd brought to Aggieland, but he wasn’t slow in making the oppon ents sweat when the cage season got under way. Jewell might be called the Ag gie’s playmaker, but he might also be called their defensive ace, or their top pointmaker. His of fensive feats somewhat overshad ow his defense, but the man he guards is usually well satisfied to make five or six points in a game for Jewell considers it a bad night if his man makes more than three Jield goals. Little wonder he’s been labeled by many top ranking sports writers as the best all-around bas ketball player in the Southwest. Prior to this year McDowell’s fa- vbrite shot was a one-handed push shot which he served with deadly accuracy from all court positions. This year, however, fans were sur prised to see him switch to a two- handed style. Any concern that McDowell followers might have had about this new shot was soon erased when the scrappy little guard proved that he could find the net with two hands as easily as one. A season’s total of 227 points, 95 of which are in conference com petition, places Jewell among the top Southwest Conference scorers. Last year Jewell was unanimous ly selected on the AP (Coaches) and Collegiate Sports Writers’ all- conference fives. He attained even greater heights when chosen for Look’s and Collier’s All-District 6 (NCAA) teams and the United Press’s All-American Honorable Mention. was selected on the All-American teams ten times, a record which stands during her 14 years in ama teur basketball. Records, Records She has won the national free throw championship six times and has held the international champ ionship for two years. Her record —in the latter competition—of 49 out of 50 tries has never been beaten in national tournament his tory. During the past season, Miss Walker and her "Travelers” play ed more than 200 games through out 42 states and Mexico. In con tests against men—always playing with men’s rules—the women emer ged victorious 75% of the time. Man vs Woman At half-time tonight, Miss Walk er will challenge any-one in the Gym to a fast game of foul-tossing. Not many takers are expected. Introducing the rest of The Ar kansas Travelers: Pat Johnson, 5’ 11”, Edgerton, Ohio; Phyllis White, 5’ 11”, Enid, Oklahoma, All-Amer ican six years; Flo Reed, 5’ 3”, Yantis, Texas; Georgia Mullins, 6’, Olive Hill, Kentucky; Margie Arends, 5’ 11”, Kramer, Iowa, pro fessional model; and Dorothy Jones, 5’ 11”, Mount Vernon, Ark ansas. With the exception of Cecil Neighbors, principal of Crockett Elementary School, all the “poor males” playing for the All-Stars will be Ex-Aggies or students now in school. Preston “Pee Wee” Smith, Carle- ton Batten, Frank Tucker, Norman Francis, James Conrad, Ridley Briggs and James Linack will com plete the Aggies line-up. All-Star mentor Peck Vass has promised a good game to the pub lic. He further stated that when the “old-timers”—such as Neigh bors and Wilkins—wear out, the youngsters will come through with a good speedy style. . the letters "start. 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