Thursday, March 15, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page 5
Fite Nile To Offer One Floyd Proud o/Ags;
Says ‘They’ll Do
All Right In NCAA’
Of Biggest Mural Shows
By JOE BLANCHETTE
Batt Sports Staff
One of the biggest sports shows
» to be witnessed on the campus
this year will be unreeled at De-
Ware Field House tonight begin
ning at 7:30. Among the many
•• events will be a weight-lifting
show, a gymnastic exhibition, and
the finals of Intramural Boxing
and Wrestling.
* Boxing
In the finals of the heavyweight
boxing class J. D. Guidry of A
Vets will match punches with
' Jack Harper of Mitchell. Guidry
gained the finals by a decisive win
in the semi-finals over A AF’s
Strong. In this bout some of the
hardest and most effective upper
cuts in the tournament Avere toss
ed by the experienced Guidry.
Harper was not forced to fight
in the semi-finals as he drew a
bye to fight in the finals.
Harold Williams of C Vets will
battle Dick Randell of Company 2
in the finals of the 177 pound
class.
Williams has considerable exper
ience in Golden Glove matches and
Avill enter the ring tomorrow night
a favorite to defeat the freshman
pugilist.
Akridgc Meets Kirk
Roy Akridge of Company 11 will
.swap blows with Bob Kirk of A
AF to determine the champion of
the 167 pound class.
The freshman battler gained the
finals of the middleweight class
■ by besting Mathews of the Com
pany 8 organization. In this bout
the classy scrapper displayed
strong left jabs and hooks to gain
the nod over his rival freshman
boxer.
Kirk reached the finals of the
167 division by defeating Ander-
»son of the Freshman Band. Kirk
apparently lost the first round of
the battle but came back strong in
the final two stanzas to cop the
decision.
157 Round Class
Two freshmen, will battle for the
rhampionship of the 157 Pound
Class. Carl Wilson of Company 4
Ivill meet Jack Fowler of Com
pany 3.
Wilson gained the finals of the
class by besting hist company rival
Fulton.
Fowler fought in the Golden
Gloves this year and gained a win
in his initial match before he was
defeated. He defeated Childers of
F AF in the semi-finals of the
'Mural competition.
Jackson Opposes Lucas
Joe Jackson of D Vets will at
tempt to gain the championship of
the 147 pound class by climbing
into the ring to oppose Charles
•Lucas of Company 3.
i In a match that set a blistering
pace Jackson gained the finals by
^topping B. D. Manning of Com
pany 2. The match was a toe to toe
^ slugging match with Jackson win
ning the decision.
Lucas I'eached the finals by de
feating McDuffie of Milner in
match which closely resembled the
Jackson-Manning affair.
Fans going to witness the Intra
mural show tonight will have an
opportunity to witness a former
Golden Glove semi-finalists in ac
tion.
Quinton Milhollen of C Infantry
will battle Ernie Picazo of A Vets.
Milhollen has achieved the semi
finals of the Golden Gloves and
displayed top form in completely
defeating Eby of Company 5 to at
tain the finals of the class. The
sturdy, former Golden Gloves box
er hit Eby with everything in the
books.
Picazo gained the finals by de
feating Fuller of Puryear.
130 Pound Class
Weldon Calhoun of Squadron 8
will battle Lee Howard of A AF
in the finals of the 130 pound
class.
Calhoun gained the finals by
beating C Vets’ Castillion. Howard
defeated Kupfer of Company 4.
Wrestling
The Intramural Wrestling finals
will see such men as Joe Jackson,
Wayne Bradford, H. D. Maxwell,
Don Grubbs, Bill Lay, Curly Penn,
Bob Fletcher, Royce Brimberry,
Dick Batten, Dare Keelan, Pete
Manos, Rudy Riviera, and A. R.
Stoddard in action.
Gymnastics
The gymnastics show which will
be presented at the field house Avill
see all of the men who Avill parti
cipate at the show for the veterans
at McClosky Hospital in Temple
later in the year.
The matmen and high bar
specialist have been woi’king long
and hard under the coaching of
Nick Pontheiux of the P. E. De
partment to give the show.
The men participating in the
show are Bob Doby, Conrad Webb,
Bob Waggoner, Harold Turner,
Claude Holmes, Bill Curry, Carl
Johnson, Jack Ross, Bert Beecroft,
Craig Patton, and Olan Boyd.
Walker
John Floyd, head basketball
coach, is smiling for a good rea
son. Tuesday night his men beat
the Steers 33-32 to gain a trip
to the NCAA playoffs in Kansas
City. This is Floyd’s first year
at A&M and already he brought
the Aggies a piece of the SWC
title.
Sports Writers
Wanted at Batt
Anyone interested in sports
writing may find a job on The
Battalion Sports Staff. See
Ralph Gorman or Fred Walker
in The Battalion office in Good
win Hall.
Regis Handily Beats
SW Texas At NAIB
Kansas City, March 15——
Florida State of Tallahassee pro
duced the unexpected by whipping
George Pepperdine of Los Angeles
Wednesday as four clubs moved in
to the quarterfinals pf. the National
Intercollegiate Basketball tourna
ment.
The Florida State Seminoles’ 61-
59 win was the first major upset
of the 13th tournament. That
form reversal and Memphis, Tenn’s
81-79 overtime victory over Hast
ings, Neb, College were the after
noon thrillers.
As was expected, Regis College
of Denver manhandled Southwest
Texas of San Marcos, 82-64, and
James Milliken of Decatur, Ill.,
rolled over East Texas Baptist of
/Jig Leaguers Show Stuff;
Tigers, Red Sox, Phils Win
St. Petersburg, Fla. The Detroit
Tigers, with a big eighth inning in
which seven men walked, scored a
10 to 8 victory over the St. Louis
Cardinals today.
Until then the Cardinals had
things pretty well in hand.
Rookie Larry Caiffone, testing
out for an out-field job manager
Marty Marion figures is open,
bagged a home run and two singles
in four trips.
Sarasota, Fla. Three consecutive
walks by right hander Normie Roy
in the tenth forced in the run which
%ave Boston’s Red Sox a 9-8 vic
tory over the Boston Braves.
Walt Dropo of the Sox and Walk
er Cooper of the Braves each wal-
4oped a homer. The Braves’ Earl
ToPgeson cracked four consecu
tive hits and Ted Williams got the
ball out of the infield for the first
time. He rapped two doubles.
Clearwater, Fla. A home run
with the bases full by Eddie Wait-
kus followed by another round trip
per by Richie Ashbufn brought the
Phillies five funs in the sixth and
a 7-6 victory over the New York
Giants today.
Charlie Bishop, 27, Rookie right
hander, was the victim and losing
pitcher.
San Bernardino, Calif. Bob Lem
on poked a two-fun homer over the
right field wall in the fourth to
provide the margin by which
Cleveland defeated Pittsbufgh to-
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With some 200 Milliken rooters
in the crowd of 3,500 cheering their
team on, Scottie Steagall shot and
passed the Big Blue to its second
tournament victory. Steagall, one
of the nation's leading scorers,
got 27 points.
But the thrills were provided in
the Memphis overtimer. Running
along with a 15-point lead the
Southerners suddenly found them
selves tied 73-all when Chuck Stick-
els of Hastings made a field goal
and free throw in the closing sec
onds. But Bob Griffis got a sleep
er with three seconds remaining in
the overtime to put Memphis into
the quarterfinals. Stickels was the
afternoon’s top scorer with 37
points.
With Tom Kavanaugh, Dick
Petry and Bob Wallace hitting
with regularity Regis had no
trouble trimming Southwest
Texas.
Four games Wednesday night
completed the second round play.
Fusari Loses Title
To Johnny Bratton
Chicago, March 15—'A*)—Johnny
Bratton won the National Boxing
Association’s version of the welter
weight championship last night by
defeating Charley Fusari in a blis
tering 15-i'ound battle.
One judge voted 76-74 for Fu
sari, the New Jersey ex-milkman.
Fusari survived two knockdowns
to make a courageous fight from
start to finish.
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CONTE • TOTTER
NEWS — CARTOON
By FRED WALKER
Batt Associate Sports Edittor
Head Basketball Coach John Floyd seemed to be more
relaxed today than he has been in 28 games.
“All the boys did well up there (Gregory Gym), all of
them.”
Most of the tight lines so noticeable in
a coach’s face when he is under a strain were
gone. We had gone in to see Flyod, still
bubbling with enthusiasm over last night’s
game. Five minutes later we were relaxed in
his office taking the world in stride.
Floyd outwardly appeared to be just the
same, but there was a new amount of pride
and warmth in his tone when he spoke of
his boys.
“They’ll do all right in Kansas City,” he
said. “The field house seats about twelve or
twelve and a half thousand and that means
lots of people, but it won’t bother the boys.”
We guess he figures that there couldn’t possibly be any
more noise in the world than there was in Gregory Gym when
i Miksch stepped up for his all-important free throw.
Another heartening comment of Floyd’s was that “the
boys took it in stride.”
A dinner was given for the team last night by their coach and
there is another scheduled for them tonight.
The Aggies took yesterday off and today’s practice was still un
decided, but Floyd maintained that the team would be back in DeWare
Friday—working harder than ever.
There has been a great deal of speculation going about concern
ing Floyd’s tactics of taking the ball out of bounds in place of shooting
foul shots. After all, there are so many people in this world who can
run the show better than the coach.
To all those unhired and underpaid sideline coaches, let us direct
the words of Floyd.
•
“You take free throws when your offense is working.
When your defense is surpassing your offense, as otir’s
was those two games, yor, 1 try to keep the ball.
“The idea is to keep the ball if your offense isn’t
right, hut you also want to pick up as many points as you
can. Every time you miss the basket, you take the chance
of the other team getting the ball.
“I had the boys take it out the first night so we
could keep the ball as Long as possible. It just worked out
that we didn’t hit enough of our shots even under those
conditions.
“These are theories, and both are gambles any way
you look at it. Last night it came out for the best.”
(See FLOYD EXPLANS REASONS, Page 6)
Oulu ’ The Park
A&M Nips Houston 3-1
In Close Ball Game
By JIM ASHLOCK
Batt Sports Staff
Working in a too-cool-for-base-
ball-atmosphere, A&M’s baseball
team collected three runs to humble
the Houston Cougars 3-1 yester
day afternoon.
Pat Hubert, senior veterinary
medicine student and All-iSWC
hurler last year, was the start
ing pitcher for the Ags.
In this, his first appearance of
the season, Hubert struck, out six
men and allowed only two hits
during the five innings he worked.
The first inning of play was un
eventful, with the first six men
up to the plate going down in con
secutive order. But in the bottom
of second, Russell, Aggie center-
fielder, set things off fast by
smashing one of Cougar hurler
John Boon’s offerings over the
left field fence.
Bases Loaded
Hank Candelari then cropped a
single and Joe Ecrette followed
with a double. The outlook for
well advanced lead then brightened
as Hubert drew a walk, loading the
Seton Hall Is
Team to Beat
In 1951 NIT
New York, March 15—(JP)
Dark-horse Seton Hall “tour
nament hot” and rich in re
serves, was labeled by rival
coaches Wednesday as the
team to beat for the National In
vitation Bastketball championship.
“Those boys are hot as a stove-
lid,” said Dayton’s Tom Blackburn.
“When a club gets all steamed up
like that it’s hard to stop. I’m
afraid they’re not going to cool
off.”
Frank McGuire, Saint John’s
coach, threw in an “amen” to this,
adding:
“Seton Hall has the best bench
in the tournament, ten to 12 boys
of about equal ability. When one
team doesn’t click, another one is
thrown in. They’ll be tough.”
“We may need Stilts to stop that
big hoy, Walt Dukes,” moaned
Stanley Watts of Brigham Young.
“It may be impossible.”
The immediate problem of chill
ing this blast-hot surprise entry
out of New Jersey happens to fall
in the lap of Watts and his gang
from Utah, who face Seton Hall in
the second semi-final game Friday
night at Madison Square Garden.
First-seeded Saint Johns and
Dayton, another unexpected guest
in the round of four, dash in the
opening game. The championship
will be decided Saturday night.
bases and putting All-Conference
shortstop Guy Wallace in the bat
ters slot.
But luck turned away as Hubert
went down swinging.
The third inning saw the Hous
tonians come to life. Taking ad
vantage of shortstop Joe Jones’
single, and two walks drawn by
John Boon and Felix Fraga, the
Cougars quickly loaded the bases
and manned the scoring position
with only one out to their disfavor.
Great Catch
UH third baseman Jack Reed
connected with a high fly to right
field which should have spelled
one tally for the Cougars, but
Boon was caught too far from
second as right fielder Shug Mc
Pherson gathered in Reed’s fly.
A quick peg to Wallace got a
double play which quelled Cougar
hopes of overtaking the Farmers
in that inning.
In the fifth inning Ernie John
son, junior transfer student from
John Tarleton JC, replaced Hubert
on the mound. During the remain-
Doing Well
Arnold Lost
To Longhormns
Austin, March 15—'A*) — Texas
lost another star lineman today
from its 1950 SWC football cham
pions.
Joe Arnold, who teamed with all-
America Bud McFadin at offensive
guard, will not play this fall.
Arnold suffered a concussion in
Spring practice. Coach Ed Price
said it would he risky if Arnold
continued to play. Arnold had a
similar injury previously.
Price now has only one return
ing first stringer from the 1950
offensive line, end Tom Stolhand-
skc.
Head Baseball Coach Beau Bell
is another first, year man at
A&M, at least as a coach. Bell
captained the Aggie baseball
team in 1931 and also hit a hom
er off Longhorn pitching in a
crucial game that year to snatch
the SWC title for A&M. Bell’s
charges have won two of three
games this yeai. They split a
two-game series with the pro-
laden aggregation from Brooke
Field and yesterday slapped the
University of Houston 3-1.
Jimmie Russell, Aggie left field
er, broke •the ice for A&M in
yesterday’s ball game with the
Houston Cougars when he slam
med a 350-foot homer in the sec
ond inning. Russell has hit one
out of five, walked once and
sacrificed once.
Texas Loses
Opening Tilt
To Milwaukee
Austin, March 15—/—The Uni
versity of Texas, NCAA champion
for two years, opened its baseball
season today with a 10 to 4 loss
to the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Longhorns meet the Ameri
can Association team again Satur
day.
Jim Basso, Milwaukee center
fielder, scored three runs and drove
in another. Ed Burrows, Texas
shortstop, brought in three men
with a ninth inning double.
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der of the game Johnson gave up
only three hits, one of these re
sulting into the lone Houston score.
Ags Score
The second Aggie Tally came in
the bottom of the fifth when
A1 Ogletree latched onto a Cougar
fast ball for a triple. A high fly
to right by Wallace paid Ogle-
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Aggies, a 2-run lead.
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The final Fanner score came in
the bottom of the seventh when
Ogletree, stationed on third after
working his way around on his
single, a single by Wallace and a
sacrifice by Johnson, scored on
Yale Lary’s single.
A return engagement between
these same two teams is scheduled
for Saturday afternoon in Hous-
•
Houston
Player AB R H PO A
Fraga, lb 3 0 0 5 0
Reed, 3b 3 10 0 1
Walton, ss 3 0 0 1 1
Jezerski, 2b 4 0 0 0 0
Payton, rf 2 0 110
Gregg, rf 1 0 0 0 0
Moore, If 2 0 1 2 0
Winfield, If 2 0 0 1 0
Jones, cf 4 0 1 .1 0
Newman, c 4 0 118
Boon, p 10 15 0
Heilman, p 1 0 0 2 1
Totals 30 1 5 19 11
Texas A&M
Player AB R H PO A
Wallace, ss 4 0 13 2
Baker, cf 4 0 110
Lary, lb 4 0 1 5 (1
McPherson, rf 3 0 14 1
Russell, If 2 1 1 2 (I
Candelari, 3b 4 0 111
Ecrette, 2b 4 0 1 2 3
Ogletree, c 4 2 2 2 9
Hubert, p 0 0 0 2 0
Johnson, p 1 0 0 7 1
Totals 30 3 9 29 17
Double plays—McPherson to
Wallace; SB—Wallace; Umpires
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