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.
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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
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di’opped in a free throw in the final
two seconds of the game to give
the Cadet freshman a 36-35 win
over the Texas Shorthorns in De-
Wai’e Field House Satui’day night.
The thrill-packed Fish game
proved to be a good preview for
the varsity battle which ended in
almost the same mannei’, except
the tables were turned. The Long-
homs won the vai’sity tilt, 38-34.
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
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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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