Page 4 THE BATTALION Friday, February 16, 1051
SMU Threat To
Ag Cage Mopes
Cage Coach E. 0. “Doc” Hayes
will bring his Southern Methodist
Mustang quintet to DeWare Field
House Tuesday night with both an
advantage and a disadvantage to
face the Southwest Conference’s
leading exponent of ball-control—
Coach John Floyd’s Aggies.
The Ponies will have the advan
tage of being the victor in the
first meeting of the two fives,
as they shot down the Cadet quin
tet in Dallas 51 to 44, Jan.-16.
Disadvantage
At the same time, the Aggies
will have the advantage of being
the host team and the home court
always adds a threat to the visit
ing team. Also, the cagers • from
College Station are the No. J team
in the SWC while the Ponies are
ranked fifth.
Three of the Mustangs were
listed among the top eight scorers
in the Southwest Conference race
last year, and .it is around these
men—Co-captains Jack Brown and
Charlie Lutz, two-letter winners,
•and Paul Mitchell—that this year’s
team is being built.
Brown Leads
Brown, who was an all-state for
ward for Coach Hayes during his
high school days at Crozier Tech
of Dallas, led the Ponies in scoring
during his sophomore and junior
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Dean H. W. Barlow, dean of the
School of Engineering, announced
this morning.
They may be picked up at his
office of the Dean.
Fullback Bob Smith of Texas
A&M has been selected by the All
America Board of Football to re
ceive a Card of Merit as one of the
outstanding players during 1950.
Smith is to receive the Card of
Merit in a leather wallet from the
board.
years. As a sophomore forward he
when he was used at both forward
and guard, he accounted for 282
points. He was named on the All-
Conference team. He had his big
gest nights against Baylor, mak
ing 21 points in each of the Con
ference games with the Bruins.
Charlie Lutz, an all-state per
former for Thomas Jefferson High
of San Antonio before entering
SMU, became a Mustang regular
as a sophomore. Last year he was
handicapped by injuries part of the
season, but he played brilliantly in
several Conference games to wind
up the year with 134 points in
Conference competition, the same
number made by Brown.
Mitchell—High Scorer
Paul Mitchell, a star at Sunset
.High, Dallas, before playing ser
vice and junior college basketball,
earned a regular berth at center
with the Mustangs last season. He
led the Ponies in Conference scor
ing with 151 points and had a sea
son total of 278. Mitchell made 24
points against Rice, the largest
number scored by a Pony in any
one game last season.
Other starters on the Mustang
team will be chosen from a group
consisting of three lettermen, three
squadmen, and five stars from the
strong 1950 freshman quintet. The
lettermen are Fred Freeman, who
scored 222 points last year; Tom
Holm, who made 116 points; and
George Owen, a fine ball-handler
and play-maker. The squadmen are
Henry Wheeler, Lawrence Young,
and Hal Haynes.
Soph Stars
Sophomores due to see lots of
action include Derrell Murphy, an
all-state performer from Shallo-
water; Charles Galey, who gained
all-star recognition while at Lub
bock High; Jack Kastman, a star
on the Mission High team of Kan
sas before enrolling at SMU; Ralph
Kendall, a stand-out at North Dal
las High in his prep days; and Mil-
ton Propp, aggressive forward
from Muskogee, Oklahoma.
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decide who will be a member
of the A&M Bowling team will
be held in the Bowling Alley
of the M S C from Monday
Feb. 19 through March 2.
Any student is eligible to enter
the tournament and is urged to do
so.
Nine qualifying lines will be
rolled on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday for the following two weeks
—three each night.
Application blanks must be turn
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later than Monday afternoon. Ap
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in the Bowling Alley, the Snack
Bar, or in the Browsing Library.
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averages at the end of the tourna
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Floyd Plans ’Em; De Witt Plays ’Em
By JOHN DEWITT
The man in the driver’s seat of
the Aggie basketball team is
youthful, hard working Coach John
Floyd. He drives himself hard,
and he expects his boys to do the
same. That’s the way it’s been
so far this season.
When Floyd graduated from Ok
lahoma A&M he was made fresh
man basketball coach there for the
1942-43 season. He then entered
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Winners of the fourth annual
National Script contest will be
awarded more than $1,000 in prizes
according to Dr. Sherman P. Law-
ton, University of Oklahoma radio
professor and contest chairman.
Students of all accepted col
leges may enter dramatic or non
dramatic scripts written either for
radio or television.
Entries must be in by March 31,
Lawton pointed out, and winners
will be announced about May 1.
All scripts should be mailed to
Dr. Lawton at the University of
Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
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the Navy and after serving three
years he returned to Oklahoma
A&M where he was assistant to
head coach Hank Iba.
In 1947, Coach Floyd returned
to his birthplace, Welington, Kai-
sas, where he coached at Welling
ton High School for three years.
In 1947 his team won the Kansas
high school state championship.
The next season his boys lost out
in the quarter-finals and in 1949
they were runner-up in the state
competition.
Coached Football, Too
Little Rock Junior College was
Floyd’s his next place coaching
position; there he was assistant
football coach and head basketball
coach. His record, at Little Rock
was not quite so impressive but
his team did manage to win six
games while losing ten.
Coach Floyd is amrried and has
two sons who are often seen watch
ing the Aggie practice sessions.
Eight-year-old Dennis has already
shown a big interest in his fath
er’s sport and likes to dribble the
ball up and down the court before
and after workouts. Young Ken
neth, age three, prefers the buzzer
on the clock to a basketball and
when no one is looking, he fre
quently buzzes it right in the mid
dle of a scrimmage.
Drive, Drive, Drive
The Aggie mentor is one who be
lieves in hard work and plenty of
it. He says that condition is the
most important part of the game
of basketball because to play good
basketball, you must be in good
shape. While he’s working his
boys hai’d, he is working just as
hard doing the same things as they.
He even takes part in the scrim
mages sometimes, and this usually
nets him elbows in the face and all
the other punishment that comes
with basketball.
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The Aggies have great respect
for the new coach as well as con
fidence in him. They have learned
that i’f they do what he tells them
to do they will become better bas
ketball players. Coach Floyd has
done a fine job in developing the
boys individually and then combin
ing them into a team.
None can deny that Coach Floyd
has not done a magnificent job
so far in his first season at A&M.
Baptism of Fire
He wasn’t given much of a
chance when he first arrived, for
first year coaches usually fare
none to well. When his “ball con
trol” style was first ah’ed, any
hopes for Aggie basketball seemed
futile. Today, with his team rank
ing second is the SWC, the “baby”
of the circuit has become a respec
ted coach.
With the determination and drive
he possesses, John Floyd will turn
out good basketball teams as long
as he coaches.
Basketball is a family affair for
the DeWitt family of Waco of
which the Aggie’s John is the
youngest member.
John’s older brother, David, is
head basketball coach at Pecos
High School of Pecos, Texas. Bill,
who is 18 months older than John,
graduated from Baylor last June,
where he lettered in basketball for
three years. Incidentally, Bill was
a starter on the Baylor team which
went to the NCAA finals in 1948.
John entered A&M in 1947 after
lettering for three years at Waco
High School, He also lettered two
years in baseball for Waco High
and was selected all-state catcher
in 1947. He is unmarried and an
animal husbandry major at A&M.
John says he would like to play
professional baseball after he fin
ishes his schooling at A&M.
Versatile Player
Since entering A&M, John has
played almost every position on
the floor. As a sophomore he play
ed center, as a junior, forward
and this year Coach Floyd has him
used mostly on the outside. The
lanky Cadet admits that he likes
the post position best but thinks
he is more valuable outside when
taller Buddy Davis is on the post.
John likes to shoot a one-hand
shot from outside and also makes
a few points on driving lay-ups
and tip-ins. He’s very proud of the
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shot he made which forced the Ag-
gie-Baylor game into an overtime
in his home town on January 9th.
He’s also proud of the defensive
game he played against TCU when
he held high scoring Harvey
Fromme to four points.
Wants Two Crowns
Says he’d like to end his career
at A&M with a Southwest Confer
ence championship in basketball
and baseball is John’s great with.
This indeed would be a good way
for him to end his career at Ag-
gieland.
Washington, Feb. 15—i^)—Sam
Baugh, the record-setter from Tex
as, sent in his contract to the
Washington Redskins Tuesday for
his 15th year in pro football, set
ting the stage for another record.
Baugh’s passing already has ac
counted for 17 national football
records.
As Baugh goes into his 15th
year, he will become the only play
er to stay with one club that long.
Mel Heiirf the durable center, put
in 14 years with the New York
Giants, a record Baugh has tied
and will better next season.
Johnny Blood played in the
league longer than anyone, 15
years. But he worked for Milwau
kee, Green Bay and Pittsburgh.
Baugh always has been a Redskin.
Outlasts Luckman
Baugh’s contract arrived the
same day that Sid Luckman an
nounced he’s quitting after 12
years as an active player with the
Chicago Bears.
The Redskins didn’t say how
much the 37-year-old Baugh will
make.
They know they have a certain
record-setter, even though he now
shares the passing chores with
Harry Gilmer of Alabama.
A Regular Disc Jockey
Practically every time Baugh
touches a football it’s a record.
He’s thrown more passes—2,829.
He’s completed the most—1,622.
He’s gained the most yards—20,-
782, or more than 11 miles. More
Baugh passes have been caught for
touchdowns—178. His lifetime com
pletion average—.575—is a record.
Page nine of the record book
shows Baugh’s domination. In 1945,
it says, Baugh set the alltime high
for passing efficiency, 70.3 per
cent.
Baugh also holds the second best
record, the third best record, the
fourth best record and the fifth
best record. Not until we get down
to sixth place do we find another
name, Tommy Thompson oi
adylphia.
“Good Old Boys ...”
Owner George P. Marshall
Baugh a letter with the co
Baugh answered, as usual, b:
ing on the bottom of Marshal
ter.
Said he’d been looking ove
prospecting pro material. Sa
found “several good old
Said he wished Kyle Rote of
ern Methodist had been lam
the Redskins. “He’s a go<
boy,” Baugh said.
Baugh didn’t mention I
Probably figured by now ev'
knows he’s a good old boy.
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Stars to Shine.
Tennis Bout
New York, Feb. 10
ball’s Jack Robinson will sv
tennis recquet and tennis sta
Talbert will serve with a ba
unque tennis match tonight.
Rocky Graziano and Maxii
enbloom of boxing will i
Frank Shields, Jr., and !
Wood III, ton year old sons
international stars of a decac
The odds are 10 to 1 in fa -
the kids.
Eddie Fagan, chairman o
New York State Athletic
mission, will referee and
Simon, giant former heavyw
contender, will be the knock
keeper.
Dozens of glamor gals al,“
appear, some to play and so
promenade, in a benefit she
the American National Theat
Academy.
All this will take place
Seventh Regiment Armory, t
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following night for a nil
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