Wednesday, March 7, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Kentucky Shades
Oklahoma ’Pokes
For No. 1 Position
New York, March 6—(^P)—-The
University of Kentucky Wildcats
won the No. 1 rating today as the
nation’s best college basketball
team for 11)51 in the final W’eekly
Associated Press Poll.
Put, it was only by the skin of
their teeth—a bare 26-point mar
gin over Oklahoma A&M.
It was the second No. 1 ranking
for Kentucky in the three years of
the AP basketball poll of sports-
writers and sportscasters. Ken
tucky, the top team of 1949, rated
third a year ag^) when Bradley
captured the lofty honor.
Ags—More 1st Votes
However, Oklahoma A&M, which
suffered a stunning setback last
night at the hands of Detroit,
62-52, actually received 10 more
first place votes than Kentucky.
This upset matched the Ken
tucky debacle of Saturday, when
underdog Vanderbilt clipped the
Wildcats, 61-57, in the Southeast
ern Conference tournament finals.
Voting in the poll was completed
yesterday before the Oklahoma
A&M-Detroit game.
Kentucky, which has clinched a
berth in the NCAA tournament,
has been voted the nation’s top
team for the last seven weeks.
Oklahoma A&M must beat Houston
tomorrow to clinch the Missouri
Valley title and a NCAA berth.
One to Go
The Aggies (26-3) end the regu
lar season against Kansas in a
non-conference tilt Saturday. Ken
tucky (27-2) has ended its regular
season.
With 185 ballots cast in this 12th
and last poll, Kentucky got 45
for first place, compared with 55
for the Oklahoma Aggies. Ken
tucky edged home first, however,
because of receiving a heavier
vote for the No. 2 spot.
Slight Change
The poll showed only a slight
change from .last week. Two teams
traded places, all the others re
mained pat. Bradley, (28-4) in the
No. 5 spot last week, dropped to
No. 6.
Illinois, (19-3) which clinched the
big ten title last night by beating
Michigan State, 49-43, moved up to
fifth.
The other teams held firm, with
Columbia, the nation’s only un
beaten major outfit (21-0) in third,
Kansas State (21-3), big seven
champs, No. 4 Indiana (19-3), No.
7; North Carolina State (28-4),
Southern Conference kingpin, No.
8; St. John’s of Brooklyn (22-3),
No. 9; and St. Louis (21-7), No.
10.
One Contest For ’Cats
Kentucky has declined to play in
the National Invitation tournament
at Madison Square Garden begin
ning Saturday. The Wildcats will
meet an “at large” team not yet
selected in the NCAA first round
at Raleigh, N. C., March 20.
If victorious there, Kentucky will
travel to New York for the Eastern
semi-finals and finals March 22
and 24.
Oklahoma A&M can have the one
open place left in the 12-team NIT
tournament if it desires. The de
cision is expected soon.
Ags to Austin
For Final SWC
Swim Contest
The Aggie Swimming team
will go to Austin Wednesday
afternoon to meet the Long
horns in A&M’s last South
west Conference meet of the
season.
Holding a 2-2 record for seasonal
competition, the Aggie tankers
can boast victories over North
western Louisiana State and Bay
lor. They lost to SMU and Okla
homa.
Swimming on the freestyle team
for Coach Art Adamson are high-
scorers Ralph Ellis, Tommy Butler,
John Parnell and Van Adamson.
Adamson holds the pool record at
SMU in the 220 freestyle.
Relayers Gain Points
Besides the members of the free
style team, the relay swimmers can
be depended upon to pile up a
large percentage of the Aggie scor
ing. Swimming for the relay team
are Jimmy Flowers, Don Blundell
—who is also a backstroker—James
Baker and Adamson.
Bill Sargent and Tommy Com
stock fill in the rest of team places
in the backstroke and breaststroke
respectively.
Texas has been thus far favor
ed to win the Conference swim
title. Last week they beat a strong
SMU aggregation who had pre
viously won over Oklahoma.
Overstreet Grabs Two
Places In NM Rodeo
Las Cruces, N. M., March 6—UP)
—Sul Ross College, led by all-
around cowboy Harley May, swept
the New Mexico A&M intcr-col-
legiatc rodeo last night with 346
points.
New Mexico A&M was second
with 279, Colorado A&M third with
162, and Texas A&M fourth with
129. Oklahoma A&M, which start
ed in the lead, was out of the run
ning.
May took first in ribbon roping
and bull riding, and second in
saddle bronc riding to win the
$300 tooled leather saddle award
ed for the top rodeo comboy.
Final results:
Bulldogging — Don Driggers,
New Mexico A&M; Max Overstreet,
Texas A&M; Roy Reynolds, West
Texas State; Bill Guest, Hardin-
Simmons University; Eldon Dud
ley, Oklahoma A&M; Bob Teagar
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By JOE BLANCHETTE
Batt Sports Staff
Bob Kirk and Elwood Schmidt
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as the intramural boxing campaign
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yesterday afternoon. Schmidt ex
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seen on the card, although Kirk’s
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to tie the game up for the last
time in the first period.
Miksch, who is considered the
most improved man on the Farmer
squad and has been commended
for his superb showings in both
the Texas and U of H games, un
doubtedly played his greatest game
at the forward post last night.
The Waelder lad, shot but seven
times against the biting Frog de
fense, but made good on four of
these occasions to add eight points
to his team’s scoring column. It
was a formidable chore for the
Brannonmen to keep the alert
Miksch from taking charge of
nearly every rebound.
TCU Leads
Reynolds, McLeod, Harvey
Fromme and James Knox led the
Frog attack for the first ten min
utes and Knox’s field goal midway
in the first half put TCU out in
front 17-10, their longest lead of
the game.
The remainder of the first half
was a nip and tuck battle with Mc
Dowell, Davis, Woody Walker and
John DeWitt pacing the Cadets as
they consumed the Frog margin
with 11 points, while holding the
challengers to four.
Ags Lead
With two minutes remaining in
the opening period, the Aggies
showed a 25-22 lead, but Knox,
Fromme, and Bryan Kilpatrick
closed the gap and went ahead to
be out in front at the. half 29-27.
The first half had been lacking
the previously prominent ball con
trol, but had been a match of
speed and field goal accuracy.
A&M’s John DeWitt was a stand
out in that period as he stole the
roundball on numerous occasions
when the Frogs had gone deep in
to their scoring grounds.
What Floyd told his charges
during the intermission remains a
mystery to all those witnessing the
game, for it was here that the Ca
dets took charge of the tip off and
charged ‘ down to score on Davis’
tipin.
McDowell added four points from
the field and Miksch did the same
on two push shots that were made
possible by the Aggies methodical
maneuvering. Marvin Martin add
ed two more points for the Aggies
and the Frogs went without a field
goal in the first six minutes of the
second half before Dick Allen scor
ed for the Christians to find the
Farmers out in front 39 to 33.
Tied Once More
The Aggies had a lead now and
they were not find themselves
trailing again, but their position
as the leader got a wee bit pre
carious when McLeod racked the
nets three times in short order
and Reynolds added one more to
tie the game at 41 all with nine
minutes left to play.
A&M shot only seven times from
the free throw line arid two of
these coming in the final period,
for the possible two points and in
evitable possession of the ball
meant more to the Cadets than
did the charities.
Ball Control Again
Davis counted on a charity and
then took the second one out to
put the Aggies back in the lead
42-41 and then teamed with Miksch
to add a couple more goals from
the field.
The old “ball control” reared its
beautiful head in the last nine min
utes and TCU found themselves
in a scoring drought, yet trying
desperately—but vainly—to keep
their team in the game.
On a long pass from McDowell
that covered the length of the
court, Don Heft scored easily to set
the Aggies in the lead 48-44. Da
vis added the last counters for the
evening on a quick opening play
that found TCU too busy with
their attempts to gain possession
to notice the big Aggie center
standing alone under the basket.
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