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lie Wasn’t Too Sick Walter “Buddy” Davis, still wracked by flu, practically not up from his sick bed to score 1!) points against SMU last night. Mis 15 points scored in the second half paved the Aggies way to a t 45M3 A&M victory. Bribed Long Island Abandons Sports New York, Feb. 21—(A*)—College sport’s greatest scandal led Long Island University—with four star basketball players accused of tak ing $18,500 to fix seven big-time games — to abandon inter-college athletics last night. It was the aftermath of a dis trict attorney’s crackdown on play ers of three major New York cage Bryan 2'M79 teams alleged to have taken gam blers’ money to insure desired re sults in a number of games. Three top players of the City College of New York—last year’s national kingpin in the college bas ketball world—and one from New York University had been taken into custody earlier. Authorities said the eight bas ketball players admitted obtaining a total of $25,000. Long Island University Presi dent T. W. Metcalfe sent a tele gram to Ned Irish, Madison Square Garden basketball pro moter, informing him LIU is cancelling its remaining games of the season there, Feb. 22 and March 1. Two other non-Garden tilts also are being cancelled. The university’s trustees decided to return alfLITJ sports “to the status of intra-mural competition.” The trustees said it concluded that “an undue emphasis has been placed upon basketball and per haps on other intercollegiate sports.” Kith Pieston FOSlU-kk WH-talllllhiiil QUEEN NOW SHOWING Life-aiitl-Love Stories oi the West’s Most Desperate Outlaws! Paramount presents WM esBBflg MID: 'sfairirig WENDELL COREV MACDONALD CAREV WARDBOND ELLEN DREW-BRUCE BENNETT BILL WlUiAMSJNNIlBf ERE LAST TIMES TODAY “Prelude to Korea” —and— “My Blue Heaven” THURSDAY & FRIDAY 57* JULIE R o RY IB Floydmen Journey to Houston Saturday for Owls Wednesday, February 21,1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Davis Leads Way in Ags’ Final Ho me Game (Continued from Page 1) for the Aggies. McDowell then racked up four tallies with only Murphy’s goal breaking the magic. There were only seven minutes and 54 seconds remaining in the first half when Davis copped a charity—last lead point the Aggies garnered in that frame. Holm, Murphy and guard Charlie Lutz mixed free throws and field goals to set the Ponies out in front 22-16 in three fast minutes. Before too many fans could col lect their wits, SMU upped their lead to 10 points as Lutz and Mur phy worked together for seven counters, while only DeWitt could score for A&M—a free throw. Always good for the last second spurt, the Ags cut three points off the 10-point margin with only 41 seconds left. Davis tapped a free throw and with four seconds to go, the 6’ 8” pivot man meshed a one-hander. The score at half-time was 29- 22, SMU. Murphy was the split- frame leader with 10 points while McDowell had six for A&M. Second Half Different Story From an Aggie stand-point, the second half was incomparable. For Frank Davis, Buddy’s father, it was a combination of life’s great est contributions. Buddy had registered a temper ature of 104 degrees on Friday, and through the last 20 minutes he acted as if something was burn ing him to a cinder. He wasn’t satisfied with a mere 10 or 12 points, it had to be 15 or nothing —and that’s just how many he grabbed in the last 16 minutes. Ags Nip—Ponies Tuck It was nip and tuck but with more nip on the Aggies’ side, as the fans saw DeWitt, Davis, Mc Dowell, Davis, Davis, McDowell, Davis, Davis, McDowell and Mc Dowell furiously pouring the roundball through the net. When the smoke had cleared, Da vis had scored 10 points; McDow ell, seven; DeWitt, two; and the score was tied 41-41 with the clock showing 9:22 left in the game. A&M Payoff The payoff came almost four minutes later when the battling Davis tipped one in. The Aggies were now leading (time left: 7:15) for the first time since six minutes deep in the first half. After another field goal, Davis committeed his fifth foul and left the game accompanied with a tre mendous ovation. That was the game. From there on'the Agg-ies put-on one of the most beautiful displays of ball handling that DeWare Field House SWC Leader A&M (49) fff ft Pf ip DeWitt f 2 3 2 7 Martin f 3 0 2 6 Farmer f 0 0 1 0 Davis c 7 5 5 19 McDowell g 4 7 2 15 Walker g.... 1 0 5 2 Heft g 0 0 1 0 Totals 17 15 18 49 SMU (43) fff ft Pf tp Murphy L... 5 8 3 18 Brown f 2 2 2 6 Holm c 3 1 O 7 Mitchell c.... 0 1 0 1 Freeman g.. 1 2 5 4 Lutz g 3 1 4 7 Owen g 0 1 1 0 Totals .... 14 15 18 43 Half-time score: SMU 29, A&M 22. Free throws missed: DeWitt, Martin, Davis 2, McDowell 3, Mur phy 2, Holm 2, Mitchell Freeman, Lutz 2. —Beat Rice— Riggs, Gussie In Tennis Show Today Tennis fans of this area will have an opportunity to see Bobby Riggs’ Professional Tennis Troupe to night at Rice Field House in Hous ton. Interested persons were able to obtain, transportation and tickets at the Office of Student Activities. Riggs’ troupe this year includes Jack Cramer, Pancho Segura, Gus sie Moran, and Pauline Betz. BUT NOT JUST ANY CLEANER! Why not let our expert cleaners make this memo a pleasure instead of a dread ? Have you ever tried our fine service?? Do it today. "iniiji / < i i.i a f\ i tit* n North Gate Phone 4-4554 ip fans have ever witnessed. With McDowell leading the way, the Ags showed the speedy Mus tangs something new in the way of speed. Although known for their fast break, the Ponies were completely stymied. Martin scored the last field goal for A&M with two minutes re maining, and Young collected SMU’s last points a few seconds later on a double foul. McDowell made good on his half of the double and added another with but 14 seconds in the game. As the final gun sounded, Mitch ell unsuccessfully tried a crip shot, but compensated for the attempt by severely chastizing the referee for some wrong turn. There was a great deal of talk ing in the dressing rooms after the game, but not too much came from Floyd. There was not many words but the thought was ample. “The boys deserve all of the credit. They played a whale of a game,” he stated. Doc Hayes sounded off in a broader sense: “I said the other day that if A&M beats us tonight, they would win the conference. They’re in now! The Aggies are one of the best teams that I have seen this year.” In summary it will be said that the game last night was rough, tough and fast. In fact, it was the fastest game held at College Station this year. It takes a unit to produce the right effects, but Davis was truly the “lift” of the game. THE CAMPUS FAVORITE The girl? Oh sure! But I really meant that delicious, chocolaty TOOTSIE ROLL. . Try them. Buy them wherever candy is sold. Yates, Buchner Score Quick Pins in ’Murals By PAT LcBLANC Ten of the 13 wrestling matches reeled off Tuesday in the Intramur al Wrestling Tourney were deter mined by the “pin-your-adversary- to-the-mat” method. Employing their wrestling skill with extreme agility and rapidity, John Yates of L AF, and Don Buchner of B AF, won their bouts in the first one-half minute of combat. Yates came charging out of his corner and pinned the bewildered Anderson of White Band in 29 sec onds. Buchner evidently had no affin ity for long matches, downing Bud dy Barnes of F AF in 30 seconds, in a 157 lb. contest. 147 Pound Division Jn 1:38 minutes, Jones of C FA had D FA Bull’s shoulders against the matting; Wayne Bradford of A CAC did the same with A p]ng Roberts’ in 2:13 of their battle. Dick Ramming of C AF had to go into overtime to beat the Ma roon Band’s Hall. Ramming, in his advantage period, pinned Hall in 53 seconds, while the loser met no success in trying to down the rock-like Ramming within 53 sec onds in his advantage period. Stocky White of A Ord outlasted and then pinned A TC Berry in. 3:18 of their contest. Bob Chapman of A Sig was subdued by another stocky performer. This wrestler was Leop Sheplcy of B QMC. Jackson Wins Decision Joe Jackson of D Vet won a de cision over K AF Cogbum by a margin of 4-1. Another matman winning by decision was Benton of F AF, who outlasted Waggoner of A TC, 4-2. In a freshman bout, 1:29 was all the time Williamson of Co. 7 need ed to get Co. 8’s Henson held se curely on the canvas. 157 Pound Class Charlie Bragassa of L AF pin ned his opponent, Moore of C Inf. in little less than three minutes. Jimmy Ledlow came up from the canvas on a quick reversal against Ziober of K AF. The field artillery man won the bout in 2:34 min utes. Handball A Chemical won their initial TODAY & SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Feature Starts— 1:23 - 3:10 - 4:44 - 6:31 8:18 - 10:05 handball contest with G AF, 2-1. Members of the victorious gasmen squad were Mercer Rogers, Hamp Oliver, Bob Schawe, Bob Gcbert and Wilbur Lippman. Horseshoesi Co. 9 defeated Co. 5, 3-0, in the Fish Horseshoe Tourney. The Fish Band “rung” up a win, against Co. 8, 3-0. Winning by split decisions were Co. 11 and Co. 10, who took the measure of Co. 7 and Co. 6 re spectively. McReynoltls Wins Keglers Contest Again Runnerup a week ago and then winner last Saturday— that’s what happened to War ren McReynolds in the Sat urday bowling contest held at the Memorial Student Center bowl ing lanes. A sophomore business student from Houston, McReynolds toppled the pins for a 235 game, slightly better than his runnerup score of 219 for the contest of the week be fore. 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