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Thursday, February 14,1952
THE BATTALION
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Caught Off Base
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports Editor
Jack Gallagher, so-called sports writer for the Houston
Post, has been caught so far off base it will be impossible
for him to be called anything but out.
In a recent column, Gallagher claimed
criticisms directed toward A&M Coach Ray
George and his football teams were unjus
tified because he was new to the conference,
lacked depth in line material and received too
much nation-wide pre-season publicity.
However, the Houston sports writer
nominates the Aggie basketball team as the
Southwest “flop of the year.”
This is the second time in less than a
month that Gallagher has displayed a com
plete lack of knowledge of basketball. In
both cases his column usually starts or ends
with a confession that he doesn’t know what
he is writing about but will write it anyway.
This article proves to be no exception to his peculiar
style.
Gallagher Assumes A&M to Win
The ex-TU graduate starts off with the assumption that A&M
was picked to win the SWC title.
The highest the Aggies were rated in pre-season polls was third
and in many cases, they were picked as dark horses.
He also says the Aggies are blesed with practically every mem
ber of last season’s tri-championship team. The fact that they lost two
starting forwards at the end of last year and Jewell McDowell after
four conference games at mid-semester is conveniently overlooked
by Gallagher.
Near his conclusion, Gallagher claims the method practiced by
■iseveral teams destroys all individuality. “Certain players are not
^allowed to shoot; other chosen deity fire only from certain positions;
pfeasy shots at the basket are passed, and that no decisions are left to
: the player.’’
At this point, the Houstonian violates an important rule of jour-
; nalism—always check your facts.
a If Gallagher had taken the time and trouble to find out what he
T’was trying to say before he wrote it for publication, he might not have
appeared quite so ridiculous.
Explanation of Ball Control Play
The ball-control system is based on the principle of
j allowing the individual to think and in giving him many j
alternatives from which to work plays.
Each play has at least six different results. It is im
possible for certain individuals to shoot and even more im-
; possible to limit themselves to certain spots on the court.
When he says that the coach does all the thinking, all
■ the play calling, he appears completely lost in his own cloud
Df ignorance.
Basketball charts and statistics will prove this much
i tasier than any amount of words.
Gallagher Slipping In Economics
We also find Gallagher has slipped up on his study of economics
H and he is going out of date. He quotes Adam Smith’s laissez faire
i policy, claiming the government which governs best governs least. It
I seems to us that nowdays the government has its hands in all the pies.
The relation between this and basketball is purely coincidental,
I however Gallagher seemed to be so mixed-up by this time that almost
anything seemed sensible.
However in his article we found one statement beyond approach.
• Gallagher says of himself: “The conductor of this cell makes no at-
I tempts to pose as a basketball expert.’’
Undoubtedly the cell he is referring to is “padded” for his own
comfort.
A&M Cagers Seek Revenge
Win Over SMU Saturday
Winners of the Intramural Club Basketball Cham
pionship, the Port Arthur Club, included A. S.
Tucker, Charles McDonald, Richard Gardemal,
mal, Melvin McFarland, Dale Deroven, and
phy Vaught.
Mur-
Sports Thrill of a Lifetime
Walker Tells of ’51 TV Tilt
By RAYMOND WALKER
as told to
JIM ASHLOCK
“We got to Gregory Gym about
6:30. As we came through the
door I couldn’t help but notice
that the place was already jammed
full of people, and they were yell
ing ‘poor Aggies!’ We went on
down to the dressing room and
started putting our stuff on, but
I could hear them yelling ‘poor
Aggies’ even down there, and I
began to get plenty nervous.”
It was the third game of the
three game playoffs between A&M
and Texas to determine who would
SWC Basketball Statistics
Scoring Leaders—Conference
Through Games of Feb. 9, 1952)
Player Ga. FG FT TU Av.
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McLeod, TCU 6 40
Johnson, Bay. 7 38
Dowies, Tex. .. 7 38
Davis, A&M .. 7 37
Scaling, Tex 7 25
Schwnger, Rice 7 34
Kearns, Ark. 7 34
ambett, Ark. 7 28
28 108 18.0
31 107 15.3
26 102 14.6
25 99 14.1
92 13.1
92 13.1
90 12.9
79 11.3
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Scoring Leaders—Season
(Through Games of Feb. 9, 1952)
Player Ga. FG FT TU Av.
McLeod, TCU 18 119 76 314 17.4
Johnson, Bay. 19 104 61 269 14.2
Davis, A&M 18 102 55 259 14.4
Dowies, Tex. 19 83 79 245 12.9
Price, Tex 19 89 48 226 11.9
Schwngr, Rice 19 89 46 224 11.8
Scaling, Tex. 18 55 92 202 11.2
Teague, Rice 19 78 44 200 10.5
Field Goal Percent Leaders
(Through Games of Feb. 9, 1952)
j Conference Games
at least 30 attempts)
FG FG FG
Player Att. Made Pet.
Schwinger, Rice 69 34 .493
McLeod, TCU 84 40 .476
Walker, A&M 37 16 .432
Childs, Rice 42 18 .429
90 37 .411
61 25 .410
69 . 28 .406
56 22 ,392
Davis, A&M 1 36 25 .694
Childs, Rice 25 17 .680
Season
(at least 40 attempts)
FT FT FT
Player Att. Made Pet.
Hester, Ark 78 59 .756
Kilpatrick, TCU 48 36 .750
Childs, Rice 73 54 .740
Scaling, TCU 128 92 .719
Bryant, SMU 45 • 31 .689
Starkey, Bay 80 55 .688
Dowies, Tex 117 79 .675
Davis, Bay 52 35 .673
Woody Walker
Guard
represent the Southwest Confer
ence in the NCAA basketball tour
nament in Kansas City at the end
of last years cage season.
The season ended in a three
way conference tie between A&M
TCU, and Texas. Texas had drawn
the bie for the playoffs, which
meant the winner of a single game
between the Aggies and Frogs
would engage Texas in a best two
out of three series, the winner
earning the trip to Kansas City.
TCU fell to the Farmers in
Waco, and two nights later the Ag
gies took on Texas in DcWare
Field House.
A&M-TU Play-Off
The Steers took the short end
of the score in the first game, but
came roaring back the following
evening in Austin to recapture vic-
tory by one point on a last minute
free throw.
This threw the playoffs into a
tie and called for the third game
to be played in Austin.
"We went out on the floor and
started warming up and running
through our drills. I had really
Davis, A&M ...
Scaling, Tex. ...
Lambert, Ark. ...
McDowell, A&M
Season
(at least 75 attempts)
FG FG
Player Att. Made Pet.
Schwinger, Rice 197 89 .452
Davis, A&M 228 102
Childs, Rice 125 53
Lambert, Ark 145 60
Grawunder, Rice ...115 47
Hester, Ark 140 57
McLeod, TCU 300 119
Price, Tex 224 89
Free Throw Leaders
(Through Games of Feb. 9, 1952)
Conference Games
(at least 15 attempts)
FG
.447
.424
.424
.409
.407
.397
.397
FT
FT
FT
Player
Att]
Made Pet.
Kilpatrick, TCU ...
16
13
.813
Scaling,
Tex
54
42
.778
Lambert,
Ark. ...
30
23
.767
Bryant, !
SMU
18
13
.722
Ethridge.
, TCU ...
24
17
.708
Johnson,
Bay
44
31
.705
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gotten nervous down in the dress
ing room, and I was still scared
even during our warmup. But as
soon as the game got underway I
was too busy to be scared.”
Walker vs Scaling
“I was guarding George Scal
ing that night, one of their best
boys. In all the other games I had
played against him he had talked
to me during the game, compli
menting me whenever I made a
good shot or did a good job of
guarding him, but tonight he was
n’t saying much. The other boys
weren’t saying much either. They
were all too busy trying to win
that ball game I guess.”
“The game was pretty fast and
I don’t remember much about it
right now. I do remember that
once they got about six points
ahead and it seemed like we could
n’t make a point.
“We went eight minutes once
without scoring a bucket. Miksch
was hitting pretty good the first
half, and so was Dowies.
“That: last half was so fast
that I can barely remember a
thing that happened, but one thing
I will never forget is when Miksch
was fouled and I looked up at the
clock and saw that the score was
tied 31-31 with 12 seconds remain
ing.
“I wasn’t nervous when Leroy
took the shot, but just after he
made it I suddenly realized that
12 seconds is plenty of time for
Texas to make a goal, and then I
got scared.’
“That was the longest 12 seconds
of my life, and I can’t tell how I
felt when that buzzer sounded
and I realized that we had won. I
only know that the sound of those
Aggies yelling ‘poor teasips’ was
the best sound I will ever hear.”
A&M’s basketballers will be out
for revenge when they tackle the
SMU Mustangs for the second
time this year.
The game is scheduled for Sat
urday night in DeWare Field
House. Last time the Cadets and
Ponies met, SMU finished with the
long end of a 49-34 score in Dal
las.
Jewell McDowell was high point
man with 13 points. Since that
time the Aggies’ ace guard has
graduated.
Coach John Floyd’s cage crew is
in the depths of a slump and must
still play TCU, Texas, and Rice
along with SMU.
During their skimp the Aggies
have lost five straight games,
four of them conference tilts.
SMU’s hoopsters lost the ser
vices of their star player, Darrell
Richard Bryant
Forward—Guard
Murphy, at mid-semester, but ap
parently haven’t missed him. They
have beaten Baylor and Arkansas
since that time.
Baylor and Arkansas have both
scored victories over the Aggies
after their loss to the Mustangs.
Whitey Holm, the Ponies blond
pivot man and co-captain for the
Mustang quintet, is one of the
top scorers of the Mustang five.
Jack Krastman forward, is a
junior and has developed into one
of the big guns of the SMU of
fensive attack. The other co-capt
ain, Fred Freeman, alternates at
forward and guard and was the
high scorer on last year’s Mustang
cage crew.
Charles Galey and Henry
Wheeler, are the guards for the
SMU five and handle the ball well
enough to keep the Pony attack
sharp and on the move.
If the Mustangs win over the
Aggies Saturday night, the series
which dates back to 1918 will'be
tied up at 39 victories each.
Probable starters for SMU are
Galey and Wheeler at guards:
Richard Bryan and Krastman at
forwards; and Holm at center.
The Aggies will probably start
Davis at center; LeRoy Miksch and
Don Binford at forwards; and
Woody Walker and Don Heft at
guards.
In the preliminary contest, the
Aggie Fish will tangle with Whar
ton Junior College. In their first
meeting the A&M Fish lost to the
Wharton five.
For the Aggie Fish, Coach Larry
Hayes will probably start, Don
Moon and Rodney Pirtle, guards;
Cecil Neely, center; Bob Johnson
and Dale Fisher at forwards.
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