Wednesday, December 12,1951 THE BATTALION Page 5
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Chapel.
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Pro Wrestlers Tangle In
Lion’s Club Mat Program
Madison Square Garden Next Stop
By HUGH RHILIPPUS
Battalion Sports Writer
When the imported profession-
| al wrestlers take to the ring this
Friday night in the Consolidated
[ High School Gym, it will touch
off the campaign for improvement
of the local school facilities start
ed by the College Station Lions
Club.
Jack Steel of the Business De
partment announced today that all
ready $900 had been commited for
this campaign, and most must be
I made from the Mat Card to be pre
sented Friday. He also emphasized
L, that the whole proceeds were for
I charity purposes, and that one
would not only receive a night’s en-
I tertainment but would know that
L he was helping out the advance
ment of local school facilities when
I. ( he purchased his ticket.
j Steel also announced that there
would be attendance prizes given
away during the wrestling match
es. These prizes would be given
away from a drawing determined
by the numbers on the stubs of
I the tickets.
Prizes include 10 gallons of
the more famous bad men, and the
next time in the ring he will ap
ply a variety of holds that stamp
him as a man of science and skill.
Scholar Wrestler
Born in Detroit, Al spent most
of his early life in Canada, much
of it being in the far Canadian
North where he worked as a hard
rock gold miner. With the money
he saved in the woods, he put him
self through Queens University,
aided by an athletic scholarship.
At Queens University Al played
football, basketball, hockey and
the rough Indian game of La-
Crosse, but his chief distinction
came in winning the Canadian in
ter-collegiate heavyweight wrest
ling title.
Around Columbus, Ohio, Love
lock turned pro and made his start
in the light heavy-weight class
about 1940. His background in
Canada held him in good stead, and
he progressed rapidly, but soon
outgrew the lightheavy class he
came into the heavyweight group
with the. same success.
In the ring Al is a fast moving
and aggressive contender, who
Fighting Fury
Tough as they come, Fritz Schnable is a past master at the art
of eye gouging, skull-cracking and mayhem. Barred from ever
appearing in two states, Schnable, plans to batter his way to the
top spot in the Lone Star State beforej spring turns to summer.
Humble gas and a wash and grease
job, courtesy of McCall’s Service
Station, and a . waffle iron, cour-
bsy of Redmond the real estate
;ian. These plus many others will
be given away to attenders.
Tickets On Sale
Tickets are pn sale at present
ef. m at the Memorial Student Center
‘W Main Desk, Madeley’s Pharmacy
and the Aggieland Pharmacy along
with any member of the Lions Club.
At present there has not been too
much of a rush on the ducats, but
f a large crowd is expected, because
of the rare appearance of such
ivrestlers in this area. Tickets for
this aggregation of mat artists and
r attendance prices are $1.00.
An all-professional program is
on deck for the night and some of
the big-name wrestlers in the
Southwest will be on hand, to give
out with the rough stuff on the
mat.
One of the fastest rising wrest
lers on the mat today is Al Love
lock, and many predict great, things
for this boy on the professional
mat. The unpredictable youngster
never ceases to amaze people with
his versatility, for one night he
will wrestle as rough as any of
really mixes it up and loves the
spoi't of wrestling more than eat
ing.
Fritz Schnable—Most Cussed
Fritz Schnable from Chicago is
one of the most cussed at wrest
ling in the ring today. He is a
past master at the art of eye goug
ing, skull-cracking and mayhem.
He has been booed, hated and
stomped from one end of the coun
try to the other. But one fact can
not be denied—he is tough, as
tough as they come in this profes
sion.
Fritz Schnable is coming back
to Texas with blood in his well
scarred eyes, for he figures he
wasn’t well treated the las’t time
he journeyed here, and he plans
to batter his way to the top spot
in the Lone Star State before
spring turns to summer.
Some critics have said that the
vicious wrestling of Fritz has been
“reformed”, but the first to deny
the fact is the husky U. S. born
son of German parents. He vehe
mently denies the allegation and
declares that despite the fact that
he and his brother, Hans, have
been barred‘from’ever appearing
in two states and five individual
arenas since their last showing
here, ’ He ’ is bigger, better—and
rougher—than ever before.
Rudy Valentino
In Lima, Peru, they christened
Rudy Valentino with a long name,
but it was too long for the wrest
ling fan to remember, and way too
long for the sports scribes to deal
with, so people looked at his face
and referred to him by the name
of “Rudy Valentino,” due to his
resemblance to the great motion
picture star of yester-year. The
name stuck and is still with him
despite the fact that he has tra
veled many miles and won a lot of
wrestling matches.
Once they have seen him in. ac
tion, fans pin another name on
him—The Peruvian Panther—and
with good reason. Valentino moves
with all the athletic grace of a
wild animal and can spring into
sudden and fierce action with the
same spirit and ferious ability of a
beast of the jungle.
Rudy was born the son of a
poor sheepherder in Peru, but vow
ed he would outgis ^ ms meager
environment some day. He strug
gled to develop his strength and
finally ran away from his flock
to join a traveling circus as an
acrobat and strongman. When he
saw his first wrestling match he
realized that he had at last found
a way to employ the strength and
speed he had worked so hard to
acquire and set out to learn the
new sport.
Rudy’s success at wrestling did
not interfere with his life as a gyp
sy. He traveled through every coun-
try in South America and met and
defeated every wrestler of note in
that continent. He entered ever;
major tournament and grappled ir
every principle city on the huge
continent with the : same amazing
results.
Rudy is single, and still a Peru
vian Gypsy at heart. His trip tc
Texas marks his first appearand
in the State, and he hopes to mak'
the most of his chances here. If
Texans accept him the way the
rest of the athletic world has greet
ed him, then Rudy Valentino may
have found a new home.
Leo “The Lion” Newman
Leo Newman may resemble a
lion in the ring, and sometimes out
of it when he gets in a heated
wrestling match, but people who
know him at home, class him as a
student and winter and regard his
love of lions as one of the foibles
peculiar to people who sit and
think a lot and watch the Mississip
pi flow by.
Leo lives in a house boat that
he once piloted to the mouth of
the Mississippi, but now the bat
tered old relic is high on a hill over
looking Leo’s favorite stream. It’s
pilot house is now a many window
ed den full of his favorite books
and his typewriter, and when he is
at home he sits there for hours
writing as the river rolls by.
But when the mood moves him
he loves to get out and follow the
river and his most recent exploit
has been to build an oversized
rowboat and manhandle the skiff
some 1198 miles from St. Louis
to New Orleans accompanied only
by—his five month old lion cub,
Rex? With such a companion as
this around constantly, no wonder
he’s on the Lion’s Mat Card.
The trip put Leo in the best
shape of his career both mentally
and physically. During the long
trip, unlike his lion, he ate only
raw vegetables and stuck strictly
to his vegetarian diet, something
he does periodically.
Leo’s dietary principles are
something that he rarely for
sakes and once, in order to cure
an infection gotten during a match,
he went on a complete fast for
ten days and lost some 28 pounds.
Leo follows strict ascetic prin
ciples of training and will put
himself through rigorous courses
of exercises that most wrestlers
would scorn as far too strenuous,
but Leo does them in addition to
his regular wrestling training.
Yes, if Leo resembles a lion in
the ring there is lots of reason
for it. He really wants to be king
of the wrestling world, just as
his pet beasts are king of the
jungle.
With the wide variety of wrest
ling forms and methods, qute a
show is scheduled Friday night in
the CHS gym.
Cadet Five Loses
To Marshall, 46-40
In their new game uniforms, the Aggie basketball
teams shows what they will look like in appear
ance for the 1951 season. On the home court the
Cadets will wear these white uniforms but will
switch to maroon when on the road. A&M also
has two sets of warmups, both summer and
winter weights.
Kentucky Ranks
First In AP Poll
BASED ON AP REPORT
Kentucky, which won the NCAA
Basketball championship and the
final Associated Press poll of bas
ketball teams came out on top
again Monday in the first AP poll
of the nation’s top cage teams.
Coach Adolph Rupp’s Wildcats,
who opened their season Saturday
night with an impressive 96-46
walloping of Washington and Lee,
apparently convinced the nation’s
sports writers and sportscasters
that they still rate the top berth.
Kentucky polled 40 of the 98
first place votes and wound up
with a total of 1,021 votes, the
only team to go over, the 1,000
mark.
No. 2—St. John’s
St. John’s veteran team was
ranked second, pointing up the
two teams’ clash at Lexington,
Ky., one week from Monday night
as one of the early season’s top
games.
The Brooklyn Redmen, who have
won three straight without undue
difficulty, received 17 first-place
votes and a total of 849 points.
Points were awarded on a basis
of ten for first, nine for second,
eight for third, etc, down to one
point for tenth place.
Illinois, St. Louis and Kansas
State, perennial Midwest powers
who also made the final 1950-51
poll were next in line.
The defending Big Ten champ
ions from Illinois, fifth last year,
are rated third with St. Louis
moving up from tenth last year
to fourth and Kansas State going
from fourth to fifth in this poll.
Illinois had 757 points, St. Louis
486 and Kansas State 382.
Washington, pride of the Paci
fic Coast, finished sixth with 299,
ahead of Seton Hall. The South
Orange, N. J., school had 268
points to edge out Kansas, which
had 250. LaSalle with 209 and
168
North Carolina State with
rounded out the first ten.
The second ten was made up of
Indiana, Duke, Oklahoma A&M,
Notre Dame, Villanova, Stanford,
Louisville, Vanderbilt, Eastern
Kentucky and New York Univer
sity.
The Top Ten
The top 10, with first place votes
in parentheses:
Points
1. Kentucky (41) l.,000
2. Saint John’s (17) 840
3. Illinois (.3)
4. Saint Louis (3) ...
5. Kansas State (7)
6. Washington (4.) ..
7. Seton Hall (2) ..
8. Kansas (5)
9. LaSalle (3)
.... 757
.... 486
.... 382
.... 299
.... 268
.... 250
.... 209
10. North Carolina State 168
11. Indiana 162
12. Duke 109
13. Oklahoma A&M 94
14. Notre Dame 80
15. Villanova 75
16. Stanford 69
17. Louisville ,. 67
18. Vanderbilt 58
19. Eastern Kentucky 55
20. New York University 47
Other teams receiving votes: To
ledo (2), Idaho (1), Louisiana
State, Hamline, Minnesota, Depaul,
Brigham Young, Western Ken
tucky, Murray State (6), Seattle,
Dayton, Cincinnati, Oregon State,
UCLA, Southern California, Wyo
ming, Texas Tech, Whitworth, Gon-
zaga and Eastern Washington.
College Teams
Meet at MSC
Bowling Alley
Bowling teams from six
Texas colleges will gather
here Saturday to discuss plans
for forming an Intercollegi
ate Bowling Association,
James Koontz, MSC Bowling Club
publicity chairman, announced this
morning.
Teams from Rice, U of H, SMU,
Baylor, UT, and A&M will attend
the afternoon sessioin to be held
in the MSC Bowling Alley.
Plans will be discussed for an
intercollegiate tournament to be
hekr'ycarly.
A trophy for the tournament
winner ..will be provided if a sat
isfactory plan for financing its
purchasing can be arranged. The
trophy would rotate yearly to the
winning school.
Any team winning the tourna
ment three years straight would
be allowed permanent possession
of the trophy.
All members of the MSC spon
sored A&M Bowling Club are urged
to be present for the meetiing,
Koontz, said,
Based on AP Report—A&M lost
its eastern tour, 46-49, to Marshall
College of West Virginia. Even
in defeat, however, the Cadets
showed more than they have all
season.
This marked the third straight
loss of the Aggie basketball team
j that shared the Tri-Championship
i with Texas and TCU last year.
■ The 40 points tallied by the losers
| was the most points picked up by
: the A&M five this year.
Thursday night the Aggies go
to New York to tangle with Man
hattan, one of the top teams in
the nation, in Madison Square Gar
den.
The Texas Longhorns move
along at the head of the pack in
Southwest Conference basketball
but all the teams are looking good
except Baylor and A&M.
The showing of the Aggies, rat
ed one of the teams to beat in the
championship race this season, has
been ultra-disappointing.
Texas was winning its fourth
straight and remaining the only
undeefated team in the league by
trimming East Texas State 57-49.
SMU Shows Fire
Southern Methodist either has a
lot better team than anticipated or
Oklahoma A&M is highly overrat
ed. The Sooner Aggies, ranked
thirteenth in the nation, had
trouble aplenty with SMU last
night.
The Methodists forced them into
an overtime before they were able
to come through 50-45. Don John
son paced the Aggies with 20
points.
Rice’s improving Owls slashed
Sam Houston State 67-53 for their
second win of the season.
Texas built up a good half-time
lead and staved off a fine East
Texas rally. George Scaling of
Texas was high scorer of the game
with 17 points.
Joe Dimaggio Quits
Goes Into TV
New York, Dec. 10—(VP)—Joe Di
maggio, one of the greatest play
ers ever to lace on a pair of spiked
shoes, hung’em up for good Tues
day.
“When baseball is ho longer
fun,” said the internationally-fa-
mous New York Yankee slugger,
“it . is no longer a game. And so
I’ye played my last ball game.”
Listing “physical injuries” as the
chief reason for his retirement aft
er 13 fabulous seasons in the ma
jor leagues, the occasionally emo
tion-choked DiMaggio, said he has
not decided on his future plans but
admitted “leaning toward televi
sion or radio,”
Aggie Coach Floyd Seeks
Second Straight SWC Title
John Floyd, starting his second
season as head coach of the Ag
gies, defending SWC tri-champions,
is again teaching the deliberate
style of basketball that made A&M.
the greatest defensive quintet in
the nation last year.
Born in Wellington, Kan., in
1918, Floyd played on the eager
team which won the state title
twice. He attended Oklahoma A&M,
playing under the old cage-master,
Hank lha.
As freshman basketball coach j
there in 1942-43, Floyd’s loam won ;
1.6 games and lost one.
tougher than the last season. Ev
ery school in the conference is
given a chance for the SWC title
with one team, Arkansas, boasting
too much height. Something the
Aggies could use.
WRESTLING
Three members of Michigan
State’s 1950 football team are now
officers on active duty in the
Army. They are halfback Sonny
Grandelius, guard John Yocca and
safety man Jesse Thomas.
A CAC Wins Over C AF
A CAC nosed out the battling
footballers from C AF yesterday,
15-13. The tilt featured two evenly
matched squads pitting air and
ground attack against one another.
The margin of victory was a
safety score late in the game. Both
ball clubs had five penertations.
The Business Society, although
outplayed, tallied one TD and bat
tled tenaciously to hold on as they
defeated the Wharton Club, 6-0.
The Port Arthur Club displayed
a well-drilled ball team as they
ground out a 26-0 triumph over
the El Paso Club.
The winner’s defense proved as
impregnable as their offense as
they held the El Pasoans outside
their 40 all afternoon.
WIN HER
H AND
With the Smart
Appearance
Campus Cleaners
Quality Cleaners
Squadron 13 topped the club
from the Fish Band, 20-0. The
penertations read 6-2 for the win
ners.
J. M. Couch was the winner of
the Freshman Cross-Country race
held Friday afternoon. The Fish
band was the team winner of the
event.
Couch was followed across the
finish line by F. M. Jenkins and
Burran Wrinkle.
The Fish Band was the winner
over Squadron 2, second; Squad
ron 4, third; Company 12, fourth;
and Company 10, fifth.
The winning team from the
Freshman Band was composed of
Dick Warren, Hugh Harrington,
Bill Alrcad, Claude Hendricks, and
G. H. Lamplcy.
Bob Smith Named
On Western Team
Bob Smith, bruisin’ Aggie the West roster to play in the
' fullback, has been added to annual Shrine East-West foot
ball bowl game Dec. 29.
The gridiron classic which is
held in San Francisco added one
man each to both sides which
brings the total of grid stars to
participate in the charity game to
25.
Smith one of the finest ground
gainers in SWC history, was handi
capped by injuries much of this
season. Cornell Guard Frank Vitale
was invited to join the East side
when Smith accepted the West
invitation.
Vitale, considered one of the out
standing linemen in the East, was
voted Cornell’s annual “Pop” War
ner award for sportsmanship and
football ability.
Smith will join teammate: Glenn
Lippman in representing the Ag
gies in the Shrine event.
Coach Floyd;
Basketball
Floyd played basketball two sea
sons on the Norfolk Naval Train
ing Station team, a quintet rated
second only to the Great Lakes
team. Nexj; season Norfolk beat
Long Island University, and again
was rated among the top basket
ball teams in the nation.
After three years in the Navy,
Floyd returned to Oklahoma A&M
as assistant to Iba during the
1945-46 season. In 1947, Floyed re
turned to Wellington.
His eager teams won the state
title ih 1947, lost in the quarter
finals in 1948 and was runner-up
in the state meet in 1949.
Iba labels Floyd as one of “the
truly outstanding young basket
ball coaches in the country.”
This years job for Floyd; is even
Leo (The Lion) Newman
FRIDAY - DEC. 14
— 8 P. M. —
A&M Consolidated
Gym
$1.00 PER PERSON
— TWO MATCHES —
BEST TWO OF THREE FALLS
—Sponsored by—
COLLEGE STATION-
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and at Madeley’s Pharmacy and
Aggieland Pharmacy
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