Tuesday, December 1G, 1952
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Ry ED HOLDER
Sports Editor
Ijino Coach Paul McMurtry of the Aggie footl)all team
has turned in his resignation which will become effective
Jan. 3.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to have associated
with A&M College. With deep regret I leave Ray George and
this fine school with many friends I have made here,” said
McMurtry upon announcing his decision.
He plans to return to Rio Hondo where he owns a farm
with his father-in-law B. O. Taubert. McMurtry says farming
conditions are better in the Valley now than they have been
for a long time, and he wants to take advantage of them.
“The experience of coaching at A&M,” he continued,
“has been one of my greatest. The kids here are in there
trying all the time, and working with them has truly been an
inspiration.”
McMurtry says he has made occasional trips to his farm
during the past two years, but now feels he should devote
his entire time to it.
Barlow (Bones) Irvin, athletic director, when learning
of McMurtry’s resignation, said, “We have enjoyed having
him on the coaching staff these two years, and regret his
decision to leave.”
“We have not yet named a successor to McMurtry and
we don’t plan to in the immediate future,” Irvin said.
Paul McMurtry
MrMnrtry came hero when Hend
Coach Ray Georpre took over. He
was Oeorp'e’s choice to coach the
defensive line. “I only planned to
stav here one vear when I came,
and have already stayed two,” Mc
Murtry said.
He said for the nast two years
his home in Rio Rondo has been
“sitting idle,” while ho “paid a
lai’ge portion of his salary to
Vent a place” here in College Sta
tion. “It was worth it though, just
being a part of this great school,”
he said.
“The hoys here like to nlay foot
ball. They aren’t professionals,
just amateurs, but they get a lot
of fun out of just trying. And I’ve
had a lot of fun in helping them
try,” McMurtry added.
Too Good A Future
“There’s just too good a future
in that farm to pass up the chance,
so I feel I should start working
it again.
“I guess I’ll always remember
the ups and downs we’ve had here
at school, and I’ll always remem
ber the fine boys I’ve worked with
these two years,” he said.
McMurtry made All - Pacific
Coast his senior year and was
team captain at the University of
Southern California. During this
time, he played under the tutelage
of George who was line coach at
use.
He went directly into the navy
upon gi’aduation from Rio Hondo
High School, and served eight
years.
McMurtry is married and has
a boy, Jimmy, 8.
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B FA Takes 31-6
Win From A Arm
NEWS — CARTOON
Running through, over, and
around the opposition for five
touchdowns, B FA thundered to a
31-6 victory over A Arm, in one
of yesterday’s four intramural
football games.
Red Scott scored once for B FA
on a freak pass play, snaring an
aerial on the 3-yard-line after it
had been deflected by a defender.
Jim Boyd scampered 43 yards
for a touchdown. James Pruitt un
reeled the most spectacular offen
sive play of the day, a scintillat
ing 80 yard touchdown dash for
B Arm.’s only score.
Goal Line Scoring
Lack of goal line scoring punch
cost Sq. 3 heavily as Sq. 2 edged
out a 7-6 thriller. Sq. 3 twice put
together thrusts penetrating the
20-yard line, but a stubborn, hard-
fighting Sq. 2 defense threw them
hack. The losers held the edge in
penetrations by a margin of six
to two.
Showing a versatile offense and
a hard-hitting defense, Sq. 13 roll
ed to a 15-0 shutout over Sq. 4 Sq.
13 counted two touchdowns, a con
version, and a safety while hold
ing the losers outside their 40-yard
line during the entire game.
Shattering a winning skein held
by their opponents, Sq. 6 ground
out a hard fought 6-0 decision over
Sq. 10 in an upset. Marching
through the Sq. 10 defense for
five penetrations, Sq. 6 had to go
all out; to crack a stubborn goal
line defense.
Basketball
With Jerry Nelson connecting
for nine points, A Ath. scored a
20-11 basketball win over C FA
yestei'day, after building up an
8-5 halftime lead. Allen Heimer
found his basket eye in the second
half, netting eight points, to spark
A Sig. to an 18-10 win over A
Eng. The score at the half was
4- 4, but with Heimer and Chaides
Smith hitting the basket, A sig.
soon pulled in front. Smith tallied'
six points in the second half.
ASA, scoring all their points in
a thrilling second half come-back,
nosed out A Cml. 10-6. Trailing
5- 0 at halftime, largely due to
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Dick Chamblin’s field goal and
two free throws, ASA rammed in
five goals in the final minutes to
chalk up the win. Swayne Scott
scored two of the baskets.
In horseshoes competition, Sq.
19, A FA, and Sq. 23 decisioned
Co. E, A Eng. and Co. F by 2-1
scores.
Three of four football games
Wjere won by shutouts Friday as
comptition appeared one-sided. A
QMC marked up the highest score,
a 26-0 trouncing of A Comp, who
played with seven players. AAA
gave Sq. 5 a 13-0 lacing, and Sq.
14 beat Sq. 15, 7-0, using a spread
formation to good advantage. A
Ord. licked Sq. 11, 13-6.
More Basketball
A second half scoring spree
sparked Sq. 14 to a 26-9 basketball
win over A Arm. George • Boyle
scored eight points to pace the
winners. B Inf. outpointed Sq. 13,
14-5, with Bradshaw and Temple
scoring six points each. A FA
nudged Sq. 15, 8-6, and A Ord.
staved off a late rally to shade
B FA, 22-19.
Following are the results of Fri
day’s horseshoes matches:
Co. A over Sq. 18, 2-1; Sq. 20
over Sq. 19, 2-0; Co. C over Co.
E, 2-1; Co. D over Sq. 21, 3-0; and
Co. H over Co. F, 2-1.
In ping pong - matches Sq. 7
beat A QMC, 4-1, Fish Band
trounced Co. B, 4-1, and Sq. 23
blanked Co. G, 5-0.
Ags Face Trinity
After Second Win
By JERRY ESTES
Battalion Sports Staff
The Aggie engers piny their
third game in five days here to
night against Trinity University
of San Antonio. This will leave
only one game, Colorado A&M
here Dee. 22, before the Christmas
tournament inJTallas.
Friday night the Farmers drop
ped their first decision of the sea
son to Northwestern State College
of Natchitoches, La., by a 53-58
score. A&M led for three quar
ters only to see Waple Lillie, a
sophomore enter the game for the
first time in the fourth quarter
and score 10 points to lead the vis
itors to victory.
Don Binford took scoring honors
for A&M with 15 points. Rodney
Pirtle was runner-up with 13. Le
roy Miksch, the Farmer’s No. 1
man who scored 18 points against
Houston, sat out the game nursing
a bruised hip.
Second Win
Last night, the Cadets stormed
back into the win column with a
68-48 win over Eastern New Mexi
co University of Portales.
With everyone back in shape and
playing, A&M jumped into a lead
which they never relinquished.
Miksch was very sharp throughout
the game, scoring 18 points and
taking 12 rebounds to keep the
lead for the Cadets. Binford was
high point man with 19 points.
Showing the mark of improve
ment from added experience, the
Aggies were much smoother and
their eye for the basket was much
better than the past few games.
The Cadets hit 24 of 63 shots from
the floor, and 20 of 33 foul shots.
Martin Shows Improvement
Roy Martin, center, showed
great improvement and drew noth
ing but praise from the A&M head
coach John Floyd. Martin added
the height and smooth ball handl
ing required of the post man to
make the offense click.
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Last Night’s Game
New Mexico
Player PF FT FG TP
J. Griggs, f 4 6 3 12
B. Griggs, c 3 6 7 20
King, g *.-.1 2 0 2
Burner, g .1...1 10 1
Ashcraft 0 0 12
Rice 1 10 1
Mathena, g 2 0 12
Sexton,* L 1 113
Poff, f 1 1 1 3
*Franse 3 10 1
A&M
Player PF FT FG TP
Martin, c 0 0 12
Miksch, f : 3 4 7 18
Binford, g 4 3 8 19
Moon, g 4 10 1
Pirtle, f 1 3 4 11
Heft, f 1 0 12
Addison, c 4 113
Hardgrove, g 3 6 18
Johnson, f 2 0 12
Williams, g 1 0 12
McCrory, g 2 0 0 0
Murry, f 0 2 0 2
Gallemore, f 0 0 0 0
Blaine Leads Aggie
Harriers To Win
James Blaine of A&M led the
Cadet cross-country team to an
other win Saturday in the annual
Bill Williams AAU Cross Country
Run at Houston, where 15 colleges
and 47 high schools were compet
ing.
Blaine, currently the Southwest’s
finest distance runner, broke his
own record, finishing first for the
second year in a row. His time
Saturday morning was 10 minutes,
55.8 seconds. The old record was
12:13.2.
Aggies Dale DeRouen finished
second, Dale Imel, North Texas
State third, Vernon Westmox-e-
land, A&M fourth, and Charles
Hudgins, alos of the Aggies, fifth.
This gave the Farmers four out
of the first five places.
The A&M harriers have lost only
one race this year. This was to
Oklahoma A&M. Since then, the
Cadets have defeated Ai’kansas,
Texas, and won several meets.
Blaine is px-aised by track coach
Anderson of A&M as being one of
the best distance runners he has
ever coached. Anderson expects
even more if that’s possible, next
year when Blaine is a senior.
Herman Sheffield of Reagan
took first place in the junior divi
sion with the good time of 12:09.4.
This time was better than the pre
vious recoi’d in the senior division.
Finishing behind Sheffield was
Tom Beck, Victoria; Jim Ross,
Reagan; Max Gadena, tSephen F.
Austin; Sonny Boren, Reagan;
Robert Erwin, Port Arthur.
College Basketball
Texas 63, Coloi’ado A&M 46
Texas A&M 68, Eastern N. M. 48
Loyola N. O. 52, Valpax-aiso 41
Virginia 69, VMI 62
Miami Fla. 75, Florida 73
Illinois 96, Michigan 66
Wake Forest 74, McCrary 65
Wisconsin 75, Iowa 70
Seton Hall 77, Louisville 66
Mississippi 111, Florence 92
Ai'kansas St. 75, Nebi-aska St. 63
Fty big, powerful Pioneer Pacemasters to
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Martin sprained his ankle early
in the first quarter and was forced
to leave the game. The injury
was repox-ted to be slight, but
coach Floyd expressed doubt that
he could be x-eady to play tonight.
Addison replaced Martin and the
Cadets continued to increase their
lead.
Don Moon, soph guard was out
standing on defense all night,, and
had a big hand in stopping the
New Mexico Aggies. Moon is very
fast and shows a lot of px-omise.
At the end of the first ouarter,
A&M had a 16-9 lead. In the sec
ond quarter, the Farmers drove
for 18 more points with Rodney
Pirtle and Don Binford looking
good for the Aggies. The half
ended 34-20.
Bill Gxaggs, the center of the
New Mexico team, was outstand
ing also. He scored 20 points axxd
had a dangerous hook shot that
couldn’t be stopped. Gxiggs was
a smooth ball handler and fine
play maker.
Jim Griggs, a brother of Bill,
also looked good for the visiting
team. He was xunner up for his
team with 12 points.
In the second half, the Aggies
just had too much Miksch, Pirtle,
Binfoi'd, and Moon for the visitors.
Their leaad was never seriously
(See BASKETBALL, Page 6)
Cadet Fencers Win
AH Honors In Meet
The Aggie fencers made a clean
sweep of the first, second, and
third places in the Amateurs Fenc
ing League of Amox-ica (AFLA)
px'op meet held at A&M Saturday.
This prep meet is only for tlm
first year fencei's and the A&M
squad showed up very well.
Taking first in foil was Dan
ny Edwards. Gus Wulfman placed
second in foil and captui'ed fh'st
in epee. Wallace Schlather was
first in sabi'e with Arthur Garner
taking second. Bill Huettel was
third in sabre.
Some of the fx-eshman who plac
ed included Louis Douglass third
in foil and epee. Russ Goodeale
placed second in epee.
Teams invited to this AFLA
meet included Rice, U. of Houston,
Galveston Buccaneers, Houston
YMCA, and A&M.
Bob Jones, co-captain of the
fencing team, was awax-ded a tro
phy with the inscx'iption “An Ag
gie trophy for the development of
fencing presented by David Van
Buskirk.”
Jones said he had never seen
such a good team of first year
fencei’s.
Charles Gets TKO Over Californian
BOSTON, Dec. 16 —<#) —Ex
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zard Charles scored a technical
knockout over young Frankie Bu-
ford of Oakland, Calif., last night
in 2:13 of the seventh round of
their 10-rounder.
Charles had dropped Buford for
a 4-count with a two-fisted attack
in the sixth and then Referee Joo
Zapustas stopped it after a
straight right to the jaw felled Bu
ford for eight in the next session.
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