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Monday, February 25, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 3 TU Lay-up Shot ... mam Aggies Drop Close Tilt To TU Steers, 38-34 TU forward Gib Ford (31) slips by Aggies’ Don Heft (44) and Don Binford (55) for a crip shot early in the first period of the conference game in DeWare Field House Saturday. Jimmy Vira- montes, (10) Texas guard, is visible in lower right corner. Baseball Injuries Bother Aggie Nine The Aggies dropped a narrow one point lead, 34-33, Saturday night with less than five minutes to go to lose a close 38-34 decision | to the Texas Longhorns. TU staged a five point tally in DeWare Field House for the win that kept the Steers in contention for the SWC crown race. George Scaling, who was high point man for the Steers, with 13 pointes, knotted the score at 34 ev en a charity toss, then hit a long set shot to put the game on ice 36-34 with two minutes left. A lay-up by Jimmy Viramontes with less than a minute to go, add ed insurance to the Longhorn lead 38-34, and the final whistle sound ed, before the Cadets could get a shot. Steers Take Lead The Longhorn cagers took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a free thx-ow by Gib Ford, six foot three inch sophomore. Raymond Walker, Aggie guard evened the count 1-1 on a gift shot moments later. Scoring three points on a long set shot and a free toss, Viramon tes gave the Steers a 4-1 lead. A lay-up by Eddie Houser and a hook shot by center Walt Davis gave the Aggies the lead for the first time in the game, 5-4. Goals by Leon Black and Scal- By HUGH PHILIITUS Battalion Sports Writer I With less than a week gone since .the beginning of baseball practice, the injury list of the varsity dia- mondmen has taken a sharp in crease. Five of Coach Bell’s charges have been added to the list up to date. With the numerous other headaches a varsity coach has at the beginning of a season, BelJ has been given a big one early in the season. It All Started It all started when veteran catcher, A1 Ogletree, sprained his ankle while playing basketball at the gym. Then Joe Ecrette, 2nd Sack letterman, wrenched his knee in a PE tumbling class. Charley Russell, an infielder, was added to the list with a pulled muscle. Later, two more diamondmen ( were reported to have been forced *to go to Doc Dayton with injuries. Sharley Leisner, a boy who was a possible replacement for the va cant short-stop spot in the infield, hurt his shoulder, and was told not ing put the Texas quintet out in fi’bnt 8-5 when the quarter ended. Davis started the scoi'ing in the second period with a free throw to close the gap, 6-8, and Don Bin- ford sank a lay-up shot tp tie things up a 8-8. A crip shot by Ford gave the Longhorns the lead, but LeRoy Miksch, hit one from the free throw circle to even the count 10- 10 with four minutes left in the first half. Free shots by Houser and Davis put the Cadets out in front 12-10. Black sank a charity shot but Binford made a short shot to give the Farmers a 14 to 11 lead at halftime. Two points on gift shots by Black and Scaling and a tip in by center Don Klein put the Steers out in front 15-14 with three min utes gone in the third quartei'. A short shot by Ford increased the Longhorn lead to 17-14. But two free shots by Davis and one by Miksch evened the score 17-17. Scaling Hits Long One Scaling hit a long set shot and Jim Dowies, tipped Klein’s free toss in for a 21-17 lead. Binford made a short one but Scaling hit from the outside again to make the scoi-e 23-19. Hitting a shot from the right corner of the couxt, Dowies gave the Steers one of their longest lead of the game, 25-19. Klein fouled Davis for his fourth personal of the game and left with 2 minutes and 45 seconds (See A&M LOSES, Page 4) Game at a Glance A&M (34) FG FT PF TP Miksch, f ... 1 1 4 3 Houser, f ... 1 1 4 3 Fai’mer, f ... 0 0 0 0 Davis, c ... 5 5 3 15 Binford, g ... 5 0 2 10 Walker, g .... ... 1 1 3 3 Heft, g ... 0 0 0 0 Totals ...13 8 16 34 Texas (38) FG FT PF TP Ford, f ... 3 1 2 7 Dowies, f ... 1 2 0 4 Klein, c ... 1 0 5 2 Price, c ... 1 1 2 3 Scaling, g ... 5 3 1 13 Viramontes, g ... 2 1 1 5 Black, g ... 1 2 3 4 Powell, f ... 0 0 1 0 Totals ...14 10 15 38 Score at Periods Texas 8 3 17 10- -38 A & M 5 9 10 10- -34 Fi-ee Throws Missed— Dowies, Ford, Klein, Price, Schaling, Black, Miksch, Davis 5, Walker. Travel and study ABROAD this summer to be into to big of a hurry to start working-out again. Sam McDonald, an outfieldei-, was the second entrant oxx the in jured list for yesterday, reporting with a sore muscle. Intersquad Games The last two day’s Bell’s charges have run through batting practice, and inter-squad games have taken up the rest of the afternoon woxk- outs. Days rob on and the varsity diamondmen go through their work-outs showing their talents to Coach Bell, who at present has the tunc —“Injury Blues”— i - unning through his head. With the number that the in- juiy list has taken the last few days, Bell might be lucky that he had a lax-ge number of boys out for baseball this year. Of course this high percentage Of injuries for so few a days, can be connected partially to the bad weather the squad has been foi'ced to work-out in. Coach Bell didn’t like working in the disagi’eeable weather, but was forced to do so, for the speeding arrival of the opening game March 7, gave him no alternative. LOWEST FARES EVER make university-sponsored tours via TWA most attractive. Spend your summer profitably and enjoyably on one of 16 four- to ten- week study tours in Great Britain, Europe, Scandinavia, Asia or Africa. Earn full credit while you travel and study. Arranged by specialists in the educational-travel field, in co operation with TWA. Tour price takes care of all necessary expenses, including TWA’s money-saving new tourist fares.* For tour information, mention countries that interest you most when you write to: John Furbay, Ph.D., Director, TWA Air World Tours, 80 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. ^Effective May 1 subject to gov't approval TUANS WORLD A/RUNfg Tennis Team Opens Season On March 15 With four lettermen back and assistance expected from freshmen of last year, A&M could have its best tennis team in several years, W. M. Dowell, Aggie tennis coach, said x’ecently. Retunxing lettermen ai’e R. G. DeBerry, Odessa; Gene Letsos, Galveston; Royce Tate, Corpus Christi; and Tommy West, San Antonio. DeBerry is the lone sen ior of the foul*. The other three ai’e juniors. DeBerry and Letsos combined as doubles partner's and finished as runners-up to Southwest Con- ference champions Julian Oates and Bill Harris of the University of Texas in the 1951 SWC meet. The xxetters will open their sea son March 15 against the Univer sity of Houston at College Station and close it in the SWC Meet in Dallas on May 8-9. Giant Davis Scores Adding two more points to his record, Buddy Davis (98) leaps high into the air beyond the out-stretched arm of James Dowies (32) to score for the Aggies. LeRoy Miksch (back turned) Binford (55), and Woody Walker (22) form a circle around Davis. Aggie F encing T earn Cuts Texas, 28-15 Aggie Swordman downed the TU fencers 28-15 Saturday afternoon in DeWare Field House. This was win number two for A&M in team rivalry, having pre viously defeated John Tarleton’s Fencing team last semester. Aggie Epee men were the sti’ongest element of the team with a win-loss ratio of 8-1, while the foil and sabre teams were weaker with ratios of 11-7 and 9-7 respectively. The Cadets were mixius the ser vice of their co-captain John Gott lob, who was unable to fence due to bronchitis. The only mishap of the meet was Ted Fields spi’ained his ankle during a bout. Fields went on to win his remaining two bouts. A&M’s Lacy Breckemldge and Zapalac to Take Rebel Coach Post Willie Zapalac, former A&M ! football star, was named head ■ coach at Aldington State College Saturday. Dr. E. F. Hereford, president of Arlington, announced the appoint ment. He said Zapalac will report ; March 15, at which time will bc- | gin spring training football for the Rebel footballers. Aden Magee were the top foil men with three wins and no losses. Bob Jones, Joe Pafford, Bobby Myers, and Bob Braslau added sup port to the Aggie foil team. Withers, Parker and Cochran of Texas tied with two wins each for the TU foil squad. , In Epee competition, Wally Schalther and Bill Willmann won all three of their bouts with Aden Magee running a close second with a 2-1 record. Parker won the one lonlcly TU Epee point. Braslau was the ranking sabre- man for the Cadets with a 3-1 x'ecord. Fields, Myers, and Kickei’- son followed with 2-2 each. All members of both the Aggie Fish and the Texas Shorthorns were caught in this predicament Saturday night. Aggie Dale Fisher (11) has the ball. TU’s Jim Magill (25) and Casey Wise (10) are closing an, and Cecil Neely (17) tries to help teammate Fisher while Aggie Don Moon (far right) is on the out side looking it. Fish Win In Last Two Secnods 36-35 of Fast.,.! someone thought of it! Yes, Now you can buy only what you wear-no more wasting money on the half you don't wear. 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The low scoi’ing game di’agged even slower in the second half af- O Game at a Glance A & M Fish (36) FG FT F Pis. Fisher, f 4 0 3 8 Johnson, g 2 0 2 4 Neely, c 5 2 2 12 Pirtle, f 4 0 4 8 Moon, g 2 0 2 4 Totals 17 2 18 36 Shorthorns (35) FG FT F Pts. Wise 3 1 Scallorn 0 0 Bi’adshaw 4 2 Stewai’t 1 1 Magill 2 0 Hart 0 0 Gage 3 1 Kidd 2 0 8 35 Totals 15 Score by quartex’s: 12 3 4 A&M 14 9 10 3 Texas 10 8 7 10 ter the Aggies were leading 23- 18. While the Aggies wei*e only scor ing three points in the final period the TU fish tossed in 10 to help close the gap. It was Aggie guax’d Don Moon that stole the show during the en tire clash. Moon seemed to take charge and displayed some di’ibbl- ing and ball tactics that wei’e sen sational. Moon held the Aggies togethei’, who thx’oughout the game seemed to have complete control over the situation despite the fact that the fans were going ci’azy. 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