Monday, January 14, 1952
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Seeking Third SWC Win
Cadets Clash With
Mustangs Tonight
Aggies Score
Tonight the Aggie cagers will
seek, their third straight SWC bas
ketball win when they face the
SMU Mustangs in Perkins Gym at
Dallas.
SMU has been especially hard to
beat on their own court for the
last couple of years. The home-
court jinx gave the Ponies eleven
wins in 12 starts in 1951 and they
have defeated the Rice quintet, 57-
53 in their only home-court start
this season.
Pony Big Guns
Darrell Murphy, Fred Freeman
and Tom “Whitey” Holm are the
bi^g guns for the SMU cagers that
have a SWC record of one win
•ai^two losses this season. The
t'^Bosses were at the hands of
coherence favorites, TCU, and the
Texas five which is rated as a
strong contender for the title.
The game may give a compar
ison of the Cadets with these two
clubs. TCU downed the Mustangs,
58 to 43, while the Longhorns
turned the trick 41 to 31 in a
low scoring contest.
The Pony aces, Murphy, Free
man, and Holm have a, tendency
to foul out of most of the games
played so far. Holm and Freeman
are seniors with two varsity let
ters to their credit and are the co
captains for this years squad.
Holm, SMU Center
Holm is the SMU center, stand
ing six febt three inches tall,
while Freeman who alternates at
forward and guard stands an inch
over six feet.
'• The only other letterman on the
squad is Murphy, who is a six
foot three inch forward with one
varsity letter and is the leading
pointmaker on the Mustang team.
Other starters on the Pony five
are Charles Galey at guard, a
junior squadman who. is five foot
ten inches tall and Jack Kastman
at forward, a six foot three inch
junior.
Henry Wheeler and Hal Haynes,
two senior guards, ■ standing six
feet even and five feet ten respect
ively, are the replacements when
Murphy, Holm and Kastman foul
out.
Sophomores See Action
Sophomores, Richard Bryant and
Milton Propp have seen quite a
bit of action for the Mustangs this
year.
Again the Aggies will be facing
a team that has an advantage in
height, but that hasn’t stopped
the Cadets in conference play so
far.
Walter Davis, A&M’s ace center
who scored 22 points against Rice
Friday night, is back in. top form
of last year, and has averaged 14.6
points per game this season. Con
sidering the Farmers control-ball
style of play this is a good aver
age.
Davis Among Top Ten
With an average of .504 on 131
attempts in 11 games, Davis is
among the top ten in the nation
on field goal percentages and leads
the SWC in this department.
Coach John Floyd of the Aggies,
will probably be trying to find a
replacement for Jewell McDowell
who is playing his next to last
game against the Ponies tonight.
McDowell will play his last game
for the Cadets Friday night against
Baylor in DeWare Field House.
Possibilities to get McDowell’s
vacant position seem to be Ed
Houser, Bobby Farmer or Don
Heft.
Probable starters for the Cadets
tonight are Don Binford and Lc-
Roy Miksch at forwards; Davis at
center; Raymond Walker and Mc
Dowell at guards. Houser or
Farmer may start the game instead
of Binford or McDowell.
Beat SMU
Lack of Distance Swimmers
Hurt A&M tn SWC Relays
Aggie forward, LeRoy Miksch goes into the air
to complete a shot over the head of an unidenti
fied Rice player, Buddy Davis (99) blocking
out another defending Owl while Aggie Don Bin-
ford (55) and Jewell McDowell (12) fre shown
in the background.
Aggies Clip Rice, 55-44
0 ® \ 9
Fish Squeeze Owlets, 48-47
Davis Aims
Buddy, Aggie high scorer with 22 points, takes aim again while
Jewell McDowell (12) heads for the rebound. Rice players Don
Lance (29), forward and Leonard Childs (19), guard form Owl
defense under the bucket.
fits Tigers Split Pair
In Navasota Tourney
Fish forward, Robert Johnson, was red
hot Friday night scoring 26 points as the Ag
gie Fish edged out a scrapping Owlet five
48 to 47 in the final seconds of play.
It was a nip and tuck battle all the way
with neither team out in front by more than
six points at a time.
Johnson seemed to hit the basket from
anyplace and in any position on the court as the
Fish took a first period lead, 16 to 10.
Without the services of starter Don Moon, who
was out with an ear ache, the Fish didn’t look as
sharp as they have in previous"*
contests, although they looked very
good.
The OWlets*' closed up on the
fish in the second quarter and the
halftime score was 25 to 21.
A determined Rice frosh squad
came back in the third period to
outplay the fish and go into the
final stanza leading 36 to 35.
The score see-sawed back and
forth all through the last period,
as the Cadet Fish, sparked by
Johnson, Rodney Pirtle, Steve Row-
ley and Cecil Neely fought to keep
a one point lead.
All seemed lost when the Owlets
Indiana star Pahmier, sank a set
shot to throw the Rice cagers in
the lead 47 to 46.
But on a fast break, Pirtle,
raced down the court and pushed
in a layup to send the Maroon
and White Fish out in front 48 to
47 as the final whistle sounded.
The amazing finish had the
crowd on its feet almost the whole
last period.
Tuesday the A&M Fish will
travel to Wharton to play Wharton
Junior College, a team which de^
feated the Owls, 62 to 60, earlier
in the season.
Game at a Glance
A&M (48)
Player FG FT PF TP
A capacity crowd watched big Walt Davis
score 22 points Friday night to lead the Ag
gies to their second straight SWC cage vic
tory as the Cadets rolled over the Rice Owls,
55 to 44.
It was A&M all the way as the inexper
ienced Owls couldn’t stop the sparkling Ag
gie attack.
After leading by 17 points at one time, Coach
John Floyd, sent in the second string for most of
the last period.
Magnificent ball handling by Jewell McDowell
, and Raymond Walker, and their
ability to set up plays, feeding the
ball to Davis was one of the de
ciding factors of the contest.
LeRoy Miksch helped to Control
the backboard along with Davis
and the Owls couldn’t get the re
bounds.
Starter Don Binford was 1 used
sparingly by coach Floyd as he had
a pulled muscle in his leg, but Ed
Houser and Bobby Farmer did
a good job as his substitute.
The first eight minutes of the
game saw Rice tie the score 9-9,
but Davis, Walker and Farmer
By HUGH PHILIPPUS
The lack of distance men spelled
defeat to the Aggies Saturday in
the SWC Relays at Austin in the
Gregory Gym. Coach Adamson said
in an interview after the meet, “Pm
very pleased with the boys, but as
I said before, the weakness in dis
tance men is what hurt us today,
and may hamper us throughout the
season. Parnell is our only dis
tance man on the team.”
To start the meet off, the 400
yard relay was won by SMU with
a time of 3:45.2. The Aggies fell
way behind on the second and third
leg of the relay to run third be
hind TU.
The second event was the Ag
gies’ only first for the afternoon
and they did this to a time of
4:43.6, while the record of 4:39.7
stood.
The Cadets in lane 3, were
brought to the lead by Van Adam
son, swimming the second lap of
the event, and remained there
throughout the race.
In the 400 yd. backstroke event,
the Aggies ran second to SMU who
registered a time of 4:31.1 coming
close to Texas’ record of 4:30.7
In this event the Aggies were
about five lengths behind the SMU
anchorman, while Texas was run
ning a poor second.
In the 3-meter driving event, the
Aggies showed some weakness, but
still ran a close second to SMU
While these two were battling it
out for second, the Orange and
White ran away with first with
a score of 129.4, to SMU’s 85
and A&M’s 84.6.
Cammeron, Johnson and Gilbert
were the Farmer’s entrants. Skip
py Browning was the outstanding
man in this event with almost per
feet dives.
The 700 yard Medley Relay was
the downfall for the Cadets, as
they ran a poor third by finishing
about 210 feet behind. In 2nd lap
the event, the Aggies fell way
behind, and remained and lost more
on the third.
The last event on the program
as the Double Medley Relay, in
which the Cadets were second at
the end of the of the first lap,
and stayed there throughout the
race. SMU broke the record set
last year by the Aggies of 6:21.7,
with a timing of 6:21.3.
This event brought to a close
the Third Annual Southwest Con
ference Relays, and gave to SMU
first place with a score of 70,
Texas came out with a final score
of 64 for second place, and the
Aggies ran a thii’d with 58 points.
I he MSC Proudly Announces
the return on
SATURDAY, JAN. 19
of last summer’s popular
SMORGASBORD-MSC
The Swedish buffet — an informal
gathering of folks who enjoy good
friendship amid a galaxy of fine foods
prepared with pride to tempt even the
most jaded palate.
Come and eat as much as you like
for one price, $2.00.
R
eservations are being accepted now.
Call 4-5124 and ask for “Miss Smorgasbord”.
The Consolidated Tigers were
eliminated Saturday night in the
Navasota Invitational Basketball
tournament, by Navasota High
School, 53-26. .
The Tigers had won the right
to meet Navasota cagers by de
feating Richards High School, 52
to 28.
Cameron won over the Navasota
five and was downed in the finals
by Vedias, winner of the othe£
bracket.
Joe Motheral was highpoint man
for the Tigers in both games, scor
ing 13 and 9 points respectively in
each contest.
Games at a Glance
CHS (52)
Player FG FT PF TP
Motheral, f 5 3 2 13
Cooner, f 3 5 0 11
Jackson, c D 0 2 2
Bonnen, 9 3 2 0
Andrews, g 2 4 0
Smith, c 3 0 1
Leighton, f 2 0 1
Totals 19 17 6 52
Richards (28)
Player FG FT PF TP
Fisher, f 1 1
McCullough, f 0 1
Johnson, f 13 0
Neely, c 1 1
Homeyer, c 0 0
Latoof, g 1 1
Rowley, g; 2 0
Pirtle, g 3 2
Wood, g 0 0 2
Welch, f 3 2 5
Montgomery, g 6 1 4
Spears, f 3 0 5
Stewart, f 0 10
Totals 12 4 20
W il li ngham Elecled
Head Sirloin Club
Jack willingham was elected
President of the Saddle and Sir
loin Club Wednesday night meet
ing. He is a Junior Animal Hus
bandry major from Hamlin.
Other officers elected were Bob
by Rankin, vice president; Jack
Pierce, secretary-treasurer; and
Richard Miller, reporter.
Willie Thomas was elected Cor
responding Secretary for the Block
MSC Starts
Bowl League
An Invitational Bowling league
was started . Thursday, Jan. 10,
sponsored by the MSC, which will
be completed April 24, 1952.
The Invitational Mixed league
was completed Dec. 13, with a very
successful season.
Col. Ed Sauer, team captain,
Virginia Sauer, Dr. Paul Audette,
and Lillian Audette composed the
winning team of the Invitational
Mixed league.
High game honors went to Capt.
Paul Bennett who bowled 227
while- Maj. Jimmy Davis bowled
528 for high series honors.
Jean Fowler rolled a 154 to take
the womens high game honors with
Totals 21 6 23 48
Rice (47)
FG FT PF TP
Pahmier, g ...'. 2
Everitt, g 3
Telligman, c 5
Gundelaich, c 0
Robichaux, f 4
W'ohn, f 2
Moegle, f 2
and Bridle Club, a national organ
ization to which the Saddle and \ Virginia Sauer taking high series
(Sirloin Club is affiliated. honors with 432,
Robert Johnson, Fish forward,
sinks a long shot. Johnson,
scoring 26 points, paced the
Freshman team to a 48-47 vic
tory over the Rice Owlets Fri
day night.
Chemical Co. Gives
$1,500 for Research
The Pittsburgh Chemical Com
pany, New York, has made avail
able $1,500 to the Texas Agricul
tural Experiment Station. The fund
will be used in support of research
on control of mesquite at Substa
tion No. 7, Spur, according to Dr.
R. D. Lewis, director of the TABS.
(See AGS, Page 4)
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Game at a Glance
A&M (55) FG FT PE TP
Miksch, f
2
3
5
7
Houser, f
0
2
4
2
Davis, c
8
6
4
22
McDowell, g
3
0
2
6
Wallace, g
4
1
3
9
Farmer, f
. 3
0
1
6
Binford, f
. 1
1
1
3
Addison, c
. 0
0
0
0
Heft, g
. 0
0
0
0
—
—
—
—
Totals
.21
13
20.
55
Rice (44)
FG FT PF TP
Grawunder, f
. 4
4
3
12
Dickens, f
.. 3
3
3
*9
Schwinger, c
.. 4
1
2
9
Teague, g
1
3
3
5
Childs, g
.. 0
1
2
1
Bailey, f
.. 1
0
2
2
Fulfer, f
.. 1
0
0
2
Fulton, c
.. 2
0
2
4
Small, g
.. 0
0
1
0
—
—
—
—
Totals
..16
' 12
18
44
Score by quarters:
A&M 15 15
14
11-
-55
Rice 9
11
12
12—44
Officials: Bacus and Lee.
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