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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1952)
Monday, February 18, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 3 Fight For Ball James Addison (78) fights for possession of the ball with SMU’s Charles Galey (11). Mustang center, Tom Holm (33), watches. The Aggies won easily 61-47 in the high-scoring cage battle. Davis Stops Kendall Ralph Kendall (23) is trying to get away from the watchful eye of Buddy Davis (98), who turned in a good defensive game for the Cadets besides scoring 25 points. Kendall was held to five points for the night. Walker After the Ball Woot?y Walker keeps close to Fred Freeman (42), Pony high scorer for the night. Walker displayed his usual keen defensive game and also added seven counters to the final 61 total for the Aggies. This was the first time since the Trinity game that the Cadets have passed the charmed 60 mark. Porker Cage Coach Quits Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 17—CP)— Presley Askew resigned Saturday as head basketball coach at the University of Arkansas, faltering former cage kingpin of the South west. His ball-control system has been under the fire of fans for two of the three seasons he has directed the Razorbacks. The resignation, effective July LAST TIMES TODAY “The Prowler” TUES. & WED. “The Mudlark” —with— IRENE DUNNE 1, was announced by Athletic Di rector John H. Barnhill while he was in Lttle Rock on a business trip. TODAY thru WEDNESDAY —Features Start— 1:36 - 3:42 - 5:48 - 7:54 - 10:00 Ags Stomp SMU, 61-47; Vie with Frogs Tuesday It’s Davis again. This time he is making things difficult for SMU center Tom Holm. Holm is trying to shake loose for a needed two- pointer. Holm scored three points for the Mustangs. Frogs Extend Lead Dropping TU, 54-47 Texas Christian advanced its lead in the Southwest Conference basketball race by a game and a half, in downing the Texas Long horns 54-47 in Gregory Gymnasium Saturday night two other confer ence games which have little bear ing on the eventual winning of the league race brought the Aggies back into the win column as they downed SMU 61-47. Rice stopped the Baylor Bear’s two-game win ning streak, 62-44, Friday night in Houston. A capacity crowd of 7,500 saw the Cotton Bowl champions over come a five point halftime margin TCU-TU Box Score Texas (47) FG FT FL TP Dowies 2 5 2 9 Klein 4 2 5 10 Price 1 3 2 5 Scaling 1 0 1 2 Ford 6 0 3 12 Viramentes 1 0 1 2 Black 2 1 1 5 Powell 1 0 2 2 Morgan 0 0 0 0 Scarborough .... 0 0 0 0 Totals.... 18 11 17 47 TCU (54) FG FT FL TP Fromme 2 1 3 5 Reynolds 4 3 1 11 McLeod 6 2 5 14 Ethridge 3 0 2 6 Kilpatrick 1 0 0 2 Ohlen 2 2 1 6 Knox 4 2 1 10 Swain 0 0 0 0 Totals 22 10 13 54 Half-time score: Texas 30, TCU rXTITiU Bruan Z-SS79 NOW SHOWING LAST DAY NOW SHOWING — WORLD PREMIER LOVEJOK CARLSON MM LOOK emcrtBfr MHSPMC..MWMN JOSEPHHlfffiS •HIED SIAIES PICK WARNER BROS ^ with the Purple’s George McLeod again showing the way, scoring 14 points, before fouling out in the fourth period. Ted Reynolds, TCU forward, scored 11 points and James Knox 10 points, to help pace the Frogs attack. The remainder of the score was split between Ethridge, Fromme and Ohlen. Texas’ pace setters were Don Klein with 10 points and Gib Ford with 12. Accuracy from the outside seem ed to cinch the game for TCU who hit 22 of 52 field goal attempts. Both TCU and Texas must play the Aggies again. The Horned Frogs play host to the Cadets Tuesday night, while the Maroon and White entertains the Steers Saturday night in DeWare Field House. Although the Aggies are definitely out, these two games may decide the winner. By BOB SELLECK Battalion Sports Editor A&M, paced by their big center Buddy Davis, smothered the SMU Mustangs, 61-47, last night in De ware Field House. Davis tossed in 25 points to top high-scoring honors for the even ing. The Aggie giant also put on a brilliant defensive game demons trating complete control of the re bounds. However, the game was not a one-man show as the Aggie quin tet functioned like a well-oiled machine to over power the Pon ies in a one-sided battle. Cadets Hit All Over The Cadets were firing from all The Floydmen combined ball control style with a sharp offen sive attack that couldn’t miss, making them look like the best team in the conference. Quick Start Jumping the Caddts to first period lead, Davis took a pass and with a faking spin shot dropped in the first two points of the night. He followed up with five straight points while SMU managed one free toss to give the Aggies a 7-1 lead. When the first half ended the Farmers were leading 30-21. Davis had hit six out of eight field goals. The Aggies came back even stronger in the second half, stretching their lead to 49-33 by the end of the third period. They outscored the Ponies in all but the final stanza. Eddie Houser turned in a fine defensive performance for the Ag gies before he was forced to the sideline by way of the foul route. A&M-SMU Box Score angles and positions, hitting 24 out A&M (61) FG FT FL TP of 52 field goal attempts while the Miksch 1 0 3 2 Mustangs were struggling to hit Binford 6 4 3 16 18 out of 68. Houser 1 1 4 3 In top physical condition for the Farmer 0 0 0 0 first time this year, Don Binford Davis 10 5 4 25 caught on fire to notch 16 addi- Addison 1 0 4 2 tional points for the Aggies. Bin- Walker 3 1 5 7 ford looked especially good diving Heft 2 2 2 6 under the basket for crip shots Cai'penter 0 0 0 0 and making numerous fake passes. Darling 0 0 0 0 A&M looked unusually sharp from the outside, making several Williams 0 0 0 0 long shots at critical times that Totals 24 13 25 61 helped the Aggies to main their SMU (47) FG FT FL TP large lead. Kastman 3 0 3 6 At one time during the ran- Bryant 2 2 2 6 away contest, the Aggie cagers Freeman 3 4 5 10 were 21 points ahead of the Mus- Holm —- 1 1 3 3 tangs. The game ended with the Kendall 2 1 1 5 Farmers holding a safe 14 point Haynes 2 0 1 4 margin. Galey 2 1 1 5 Fred Freeman led the Pony scor- Wheeler 3 2 2 8 ing efforts with 10 counters. Henry Flenders 0 0 0 0 Wheeler, guard, followed closely with 8. Propp 0 0 0 0 Totals 18 11 18 47 Half-time score: A&M 31, SMU 21. Free throws missed: A&M— Miksch 2, Rinford, Davis 3, Hous er, SMU—Freeman 3, Holm 3, Bryant 3. ‘PAINTING THE CLOUDS WITH SUNSHINE” TRY YOUR SKILL! one of these NATIONALLY ADVERTISED DASON DIAMOND BUGS or BRIDAL PAIR worth YOU MAY WIN THE GRAND PRIZE! COUNT THESE DIAMONDS/ NotA/ng to Buy! Nothing Eke to Do ! The man or woman whose entry shows the correct count will win a diamond ring or bridal pair worth $150.00. FREE of charge. If more than One correct answer is received, promptness and neatness will count. No strings attached. No judging will be done until contest closes. Be very careful. Make your entry as legible as possible. We cannot award dupli cate first prizes. Winner’s name will be posted in our windows. Our employees are not eli gible. Judges’ decision is final. This is not a "NATIONAL" CONTEST: Someone in this area will win the prize! BRING THIS ENTRY BLANK OR MAIL IT IN! If this particular newspaper is no! clearly printed, we'll gladly furnish clearly printed entries if you'll come in. Entries must be f iostmarked no ater than midnight (date) Entries must be post marked u’o later than midnight FEB. 25TH, 1952. POTTS Your Credit Jeweler in Bryan 102 N. Mam Bryan, Texas I hove entered in the box (at right) the number of diamonds I have counted. I agree to accept the deci sion of the Judges as final. NAME- Fill IN NUMBER ADDRESS- CITT- Aggies, who make it possible for the Cadets to hurdle the 60 point marker, werfe Don Heft, 6; Houser, 3; Woody Walker, 7; and LeRoy Miksch and James Addison 2 each. Tuesday night, the A&M five journeys to Ft. Worth to clash with league leading TCU Horned Frogs. If the Cadets can muster up a similar attack to throw against the Frogs, they could prove quite bothersome to the title-hun gry purple and white cagers. In the preliminary battle the Aggie Fish lost out to Wharton Juniior College in the closing sec onds of the game, 54-52. Despite the efforts of Cecil Neely, who scored 29 points for the Aggie Fish, B. Brown, Whar ton sank a crip shot to break the 52-52 deadlock for' the junior col lege win. AH Staffers Judge in Santone Members of the animal husban dry staff are in San Antonio to judge livestock entries in that city’s Livestock Exposition and Fat Stock Show Feb. 15-24. Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the animal husbandry department, will judge fat steers while J. K. Riggs, associate professor of Animal Hus bandry, will judge Polled Here ford cattle. Judging of swine will be done by Prof. F. I. Dahlberg. J. M. Jones will sift fat lambs and Prof. Fred Hale will sift hogs at the show. injector shavers! 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