Wednesday, March 14,1951
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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
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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.
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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.”
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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-
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A&M’s starting pitcher this
afternoon against the Houston
Cougars. Hubert was named to
the AP (Coach’s) All-SWC team
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wins and one loss in conference
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“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
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