The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 14, 1951, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 14, 1951, Image 3

Newspaper Page TextWednesday, March 14,1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Gregory Gym Myth is Fallible; ks it from Foul Line Standing left to right are Bernard Place, Billy Bless, Bobby Ragsdale, James Baker and Bill Stalter, A&M’s sprint aces. Baker is the Aggie 220 speedster who placed second in that event at the Border Olympics in Laredo. The other four men make up the A&M 420 relay team that captured the 440 relay in the Olympics. The relayers posted a 42.7 while beating second place Texas who has for many years regarded this race as “her baby.” The two quartets will meet again this Saturday on Kyle Field when A&M meets Texas in a dual meet. 440 Relay To Highlight A&M-Texas Meet Sat. One of the closest and most exciting races in next Satur day’s A&M - Texas meet on Kyle Field, will probably be the 440 relay. Long a Texas event, the Aggies upset the Steers in their pet race at the Border Olympics by a yard. Time: 42.7. The Cadet team, composed of Bernard Place, Billy Bless, Bobby Ragsdale and Bill Stalter, is the best 440 relay quartet that the Ag gies have had in many years—with the possible exception of the ’49 group which upset Texas to win the SWC meet in 41.7. The Longhorns will field a bet ter team this Saturday with the ad dition of footballer Red Mayes. Mayes is the only Steer to have placed in last year’s conference 100 and 220 events, having taken 3rd and 2nd respectively. He, togeth er with sprint stars Floyd Rogers and Ralph Persons, will make the Aggies better their Olympic per formance if they are to win. It is interesting to note that on ly one of the' Maroon and White relayers is actually a sprinter. Place is really a 440 man who runs in the No. 1 spot on the mile relay. He was the only Aggie to place in last year’s SWC 440 dash. Bless is the Cadets foremost low hurdler, having been runner-up to Aggie Bob Hall in the conference low hurdle race last year. Ragsdale is also a low hurdler and a broad jumper, too. He took 3rd in the low hurdles and 2nd in the broad jump at the Border Olympics. Stalter, actually the only sprint er on the 440 relay, had a little bad luck last week, finishing 5th in the 100 and 4th in the 220. How ever, he hopes to improve Satur day. But, no matter what they do, the Longhorns will have a hard time beating the Aggies this year. Af ter seeing Texas dominate the relays for five or six years, A&M tracksteefs are determined to keep a firm grasp on the title they fought so hard for and finally wrested from the Steers. So, Saturdays race will be quite a test for the A&M sprint relayers to see if their four boys, with James Baker as an alternate, can make it two up and continue their newly won dominence over Texas. (Continued from Page .1) ed it. They brought the ball in with one minute to go, and held on, working toward a scoring posi tion. Then George Cobb, a Texas sub stitute guard, fouled Miksch—and Miksch sank his free-throw. Time ran out on the Steers as they tried vainly to score again. 9 Three minutes passed in the first half before A&M’s sky-scrap ping center, Walt “Buddy” Davis, broke the ice will) two free-throw scores. Two minutes later Dowies evened the count at 2-2 with a hook shot. Davis drew another foul and sent teh Aggies ahead, 3-2. Op position center Don Klein nabbed a set-shot for two points, leaving A&M behind 3-4. High-scorer Dowies then slipped through the Aggie defense with three consecutive field goals, boosting A&M’s deficit to 3-10. Buddy, Mas Hit A&M’s two all-conference play ers, Davis and Jewell McDowell, followed Dowies’ spurt with a field Aggie Golfers Clip HSimmons For Second Win Adding another victory to their list, the A&M golfers out-stroked the Hardin-Simmons University linkmen here Monday, 4-2. Johnny Barrett and Bob Da- honey were the top men for the Ags, together scoring 3 of A&M’s four points. Barret’s individual 73 shoved the Cowboy’s Frank Frier into the losing slot to establish himself as low stroke man for the day. Guerrero’s loss in the singles event was the only dark factor as Dahoney and Bill Baker dominated their singles matches. In the doubles contest the Ags split two. Barret and Dahoney took first in their match while Baker and Guerrero bowed out to give the Cowboys the second of their final two points. Dayton, Seton Hall Cripple Foes To Gain NIT S-Finals New York, March 14—(A*)—Two Unseeded but undaunted dark hol ies—Dayton and Seton Hall — tanked today as definite threats to gallop into the final round of the National Invitation Basketball Tournament. In a pair of smashing quarter- final upsets, Dayton trimmed fourth-seeded Arizona, 76-68, last night and Seton Hall blasted sec ond-seeded North Carolina State 71-59, before 9,630 surprised fans at Madison Square Garden. Tomorrow night Dayton and Set on Hall will go against the other seeded teams—St. John’s, No. 1, and Brigham Young, No. 3. A six-foot-seven bundle of scor ing and rebounding dynamite — Don Meineke—was the big differ ence for the Dayton Flyers. Meineke was a near-perfect play er last night. , He poured in 37 points and had magnetic hands un der both backboards. The wiry junior flipped in 11 field goals and LAST TIMES TODAY “COLT .45” THURSDAY & FRIDAY An I0A LUPIN0 Production*An Eagle lion Films Release Also Second Feature •*** + ** + ++ 4- + + + 15.fouls, the latter an NIT record. Dayton sped to a 39-29 halftime lead even though Meineke went 7% minutes before connecting with a field goal. Twice during the second half Arizona cut the margin to five points, but Dayton refused to crack. Roger Johnson, with 19 points sparked Arizona’s attack. But he, Jerry Dillon and Leo Johnson foul ed out, crushing any hopes Arizona had of coming back. Arizona Smothered In the second game, Seton Hall completely smothered the nation’s major top-scoring team. After a slow start, Seton Hall 1 came on like a spreading brush | fire, Walt Dukes, a six - ten speedster was the big gun behind Seton Hall’s attack. The lanky Negro star, checked with one field goal in the first half, got hot in the second half and wound up with 19 points. Roy Belliveau, a sub, helped Dukes off the backboard besides handling the playmaking chores, j He got 11 points. N.C. State’s Sana Ranzino had a tough ■ night although at times he flashed the brilliance that made him an all-America this year. The 'Gary, Ind., expert scored 11 poitns in the first half but trailed off to five in the second half. Receiving TODAY thru SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:23 - 3:10 - 4:44 - 6:31 8:18 - 10:05 Starring RICHARD AUDREY CONTE • TOTTER NEWS — CARTOON goal apiece for a 7-10 score, with the Cadets still trailing. Davis drew a foul from Texas forward Joe Falk, sank the charity tos„ and placed the Aggies only two point behind. Falk, however, reversed the trend with a quick three points. He was fouled by Davis, made the free- throw, and then added a field goal for good measure. Miksch then scored one point on. a foul by Falk to bring the Ag gies within four points of the Steers, 9-13. Hustling little Jimmy Viramontes, substitute guard for Texas, found a jump-shot worth two more points. Three and one- half minutes remained in the first period and A&M trailed, 9-15. Ags Rally for Tie The Austinites, though, had completed their scoring for the first half. Miksch sent a field goal flying through the hoop, gave Walker time to sink a free-throw, then came back with a charity him self and a field goal. The first half of the crucial cage battle ended, 15-15. Texas nabbed a quick lead in the second period with guards Womack and Scaling tossing successful free- throws. Walker retaliated with a sfet-shot to even the score once more, 17-17. Dowies Scores Again That man Dowies found the hook- shot working once more, then drew a foul from Cadet forward Marvin Martin to send Texas into the lead, 17-20. Martin in turn whipped the ball in for a free shot, courtesy of Wo mack, as Miksch followed with a tip-in. The Aggies trailed but by one point, 19-20. DeWitt then sent the Cadets into their everlasting lead with a lay up, while the scoreboard showed 21-20 and Aggie fans breathed a little easier. TU Catches Up A free toss by Scaling and another by Dowies tied the game at 23-all, after McDowell had scor ed his second and last field goal of the evening. Davis and Martin drew fouls and gave the Cadets two more points. Falk hit one-of- two free-throws to bring Texas closer, 25-24. Sophomore Miksch wasn’t about to see the Aggie lead lost with A&M (33) G F FT TP Miksch, f 4 3 1 11 DeWitt, f 1 0 1 2 Davis, c 2 5 5 9 McDowell, g 2 0 3 4 Walker, g 1 2 2 4 Martin, f 0 1 1 1 Hest, g 1 0 0 2 Totals 11 11 13 33 Texas (32) G F FT TP Dowies, f 8 1 O 17 Falk, f 1 3 4 5 Klein, c 1 0 1 2 Scaling, g 0 2 2 2 Womack, g 0 1 4 1 Viramontes, g 2 1 3 5 Price, c 0 0 1 0 Black, g 0 0 1 0 Cobb, g 0, 0 1 0 Totals 12 8 20 32 Halftime score: Texas 15, Texas A&M 15. Free throws missed: A&M—Mc Dowell 2, Walker; Texas—Dowies 3, Falk, Scaling. Referees—Bac- cus," King. ChcmdlerMay Enter Politics For Next job Palm Beach, March 14—(A*)—A. B. (Happy) Chandler, refused reap pointment as baseball commission er, said today he has no definite plans for the future. A report, entirely unconfirmed, said he might be a candidate for governor of Kentucky in the Fall. “I am free to do what I want to do,” he said today. “There is no pressure on me. I’m going to stand by and sec what they are going to do.” By “they,” Chandler made it clear he meant the big league base ball club owners who voted not to renew his contract. “They haven’t got anybody, have they?” Ho inquired dryly. Will he, Chandler, try to have Walter Mulbry ousted as secre tary of baseball? Chandler replied: “I appointed that fellow. His term is’ up to the executive coun cil.” LAST DAY SHOWING TOR HEAVENS SAKE’ THURSDAY iSmsMSli only 10 minutes gone and banged- the basket with another jump-shot. A free-throw by Raymond Walker gave A&M a four-point margin, 28-24. “Tit for Tat” Dowies answered once more with a field goal, followed byanother from Davis. Tit for tat, it was. A&M still held the lead, 30-26. Viramontes added three points with a charity and a jump-shot, bring ing the University squad to within one point of the Ags, 30-29. A&M’s ‘Don Heft let the fans respirate reticently again he sank a lay-up shot for two points. A&M led, 32-29, with three and one-half minutes remainig in the game, Dowies drew a foul from Mc Dowell, but missed the throw. Falk brought the score to 32-30 as he sank his free toss. Davis Fouls Out The tall Texas forward had been fouled by Davis, who then left the game with five personals against him. One and one-half minutes were still on the clock when Dow ies aimed at the basket and tjed the score, 32-32. Then came the fatal, final foul by Cobb against Miksch. Miksch loosed the lethal free-throw, and the scoring ended. A&M had taken Texas, 33-32. ‘Poor Teasips’ Shakes Austin As Jubilant Ags Run Wild by DEAN REED Aggie fans literally went wild last night as the final gun sound ed in Gregory Gym in Austin. A&M had broken a 17-year jinx and lick ed the Longhorns at home base. Players embraced each other, the A&M partisans immediately broke into a sing-song “Poor Tea- sips,” and pandemonium became king. “That’ll learn ’em, durn ’em!” Those were the words of Walt “Buddy” Davis’ father as the game ended. He’s the man who never misses an A&M game. Another family member of the A&M team wasn’t available for comment. Jewell McDowell’s wife, Pat, fainted at the battle’s end. Trainer Bill Dayton revived Pat quickly, however, and she suffered no ill effects. Trainer Dayton al most had another patient — this sports writer. After dragging myself off the A&M Plays Houston Today; Roth Clubs Split Openers By FRED WALKER Batt Associate Sports Editor The Aggie baseball team will play its third game of the season this afternoon when they meet the University of Houston Cougars on Kyle Field at 3 p. m. Both teams have played two games this season and both have split their series. A&M was host to the Brooke Field Medics twice. The Cadets won the first game 8-7, but were limit- Throwing •r „ a , ri n 8 PAT O'BRIEN • RANDOLPH SCOTT ANNE SHIRLEY* EDDIE ALBERT* ROBERT RYAN »tadj;!d b/ iOUt >EU0« • Di.-eda j by IICJUU W»U»CE • Scten Pi ay by JOSH MIST Pat Hubert will probably be A&M’s starting pitcher this afternoon against the Houston Cougars. Hubert was named to the AP (Coach’s) All-SWC team last year for hanging up five wins and one loss in conference play. \\\ Ca/xxlF \ FLvv, Inj. VOLLAND <5> Put “all your eggs in one bas ket” by selecting your Easter Cards from our large display. Come in and s>ee them today. Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies’’ ed to three singles in the second contest and lost, 2-1. After winning the first game from Baylor 5-3, the Cougars dropped the second, 4-6. In each game Houston collected six hits. Coach Beau Bell said that at least two batteries will see action in today’s tilt; Pat Hubert and A1 Ogletrec, and Ernie Johnson and Mart Hamilton. Hubert has not pitched this year but Johnson pitched five innings in the second BFM con test. In those five frames, John son gave up only three hits, walk ed two and struck out one. McPherson Leads The leading Aggie hitter has been Shug McPherson. The burly right fielder has rapped out four singles and a home run out of eight times at bat. Ogletree has a single and a hom er from eight trips to the plate, Hollis Baker has two for eight and Guy Wallace has two for seven. All other Aggies having hit safely are Blanton Taylor, one for four; Henry Candelari, one for nine; Joe Ecrette, one for seven; and Yale Lary, one for three. The next game for the Aggies will be played against the same Cougars. That match will be play ed in Houston next Saturday. Host To Gophers A 25-game schedule has been arranged for A&M this year which includes out-of-conference add out- of-state games. Besides the Medics and Houston, A&M will meet Sam Houston and the Golden Gophers of Minnesota. floor—where several back-slapping buddies had|placed me—1 managed to find my way to the dressing room, with the aid of Aggie sports drumbeater Kennie Bond. . By the time we reached the dressing room, much of the team’s initial excitement had died down. They were still a happy group—as happy as any basketball team could be—but they seemed to be taking the win quite naturally. “I wasn’t particularly scared when I made that shot.” The man speaking was Lei’oy Miksch, TU’s demise and A&M’s man-of-the- moment. “I just knew that I had to make it—so I did. I guess I was pretty lucky.” * “Sure, we’re ready for the Kan sas City trip,” the boys answered when questioned on the NCAA tournament. Coach John Floyd seemed to be the calmest man of all. He de clined to name any particular out standing player for the night, but said every man played an “excellent game.” “We just had to win this one; that was all. So we won it.” the coach said. And win it he did. Into the NCAA Western Tournament during his first year as A&M coach isn’t (See GAME, Page 4) FOR EASTER Dress up for Easter —w i t h one of our smart good - looking Suits that were tailor ed for us by Palm Beach Michaels - Stern . . . Clothescraf't . . . Hyde Park and Society Brand. You will like the fine fabrics and smart new colors — $29.50 to $65 CONWAY & COMPANY 103 N. MAIN “Your Clothing Store” BRYAN Easter Is Barely A Week Away NOW is the time to offer those New Spring Styles to the public for the Easter Parade. And NOW is the time for you Ag gies to get ready for the Easter Season. Merchants and Aggies can get together through the columns of THE BATTALION College Station’s Most Widely— and Thoroughly-read Newspaper

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