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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1952)
Page 6 THE BATTALION Thursday, December 18, 1952 Sophomores Start For Varsity Squad By JERRY ESTES Battalion Sports Staff A lot of the credit for the three wins and one loss record of hte Aggie basketball team this year goes to a crop of fine sophomore players. Three of these first year varsity men have broken into the starting line up. They a:-e Don Moon, Rodney Pirtle, and Roy Martin. Martin, the 6-8% center leads the px-ospects, and is expected to be of unlimited value to the team this yeai\ He had high school ex- pexience plus a year on the Fish team. Head basketball coach John Floyd says as soon as Martin gets a few more games under his belt, he will be one of the best centers in the league. Moon, the 5-8% guard from Minden, has added the defensive shot in the aim the team needed. He is having a little trouble getting his eye on the basket, but is a valuable ball handler and play maker. Pix-tle is a cool player who lives and thinks basketball. Standing 6-2%, he adds scox-ing punch and height to the team. Having play ed four years of high school ball and one year on the Fish team, Pix'tle is a big asset as a play maker and can keep a teanx cool in a tight ganxe. : Bob Johnson, another soph, is playing only his second year of basektball. Having not played in high school, he is shoi’t on experi- ZARAPE Restaurant “Delicious Food” Lunch ... 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner, 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. 4 Blocks Off Hiway 6 Sulphur Springs Rd. ence but is a very quick and ag gressive boy on the court. Joe Hax-dgx'ove, who doubles as a baseball twirler, is another one of the six second year men on the squad. Noted for his ability as a pitcher his Fish yeai’, he is now coming into his own as a basket ball player under the excellent tutelage of coach Floyd. Ken Murray has potential abili ty but needs more practice to beat out men such as Pirtle, Miksch, and Binford. His 6-3 is e^ing to be a big help when he ge™ more polish. Pat McCrory rounds out the men comixxg up from the freshmen team. He is a small boy standing 5-10, but has a lot of stamina and fight. He is a hold over sopho- more, having three years of eli gibility left. RESIGNS—C. D. Ownby, busi- xxess manager of the athletic de partment, has resigned and will leave Saturday. Pat Dial, who is now ticket sales manager', will take his place, said Barlow (Bones) Irvixx, athletic director. Aggie Stars Leave For Blue-Grey Tilt Jack Little, Ray Gi'aves, and Max'shall Rush leave today for Montgomery, Ala., to compete in the Blue-Grey Football Bowl Ganxe on Dec. 27. “We have been doing a few exex-- cises every day to stay in shape,” Little said. “We fux-nish the shoes, pads, and headgeax'S, and the bowl authorities furnish everything else.” Ray George, Aggie head coach, who was selected to direct the Gx*ey squad, left Tuesday for Montgomery to get things iroxxed out for the woi’kouts. Little said the playei’s arriving for the squad drills would have about six or seven days to coxxdi- tion themselves. The playei’s will not be paid for the game, but will have all ex- pexxses paid, and will be given $100 in bonus expense money. They are free to use the money in any way they choose, but there is no gate percentage or other money in volved. Little To Play Pro Ball “I intend to play pro ball after I finish at A&M, but I have no idea what team I will play for, because the pin football draft won’t take place until January 20, Little said. The selection of Geoi'ge as head coach of the Grey footballers is a high compliment on the driving type of football featured by his Aggie team last season. It is a general concensus that George fielded a well-coached team ,and obtained results that as tonished pre-season guessers on the fate of the Aggie football team in confex’ence play axxd over the entire season. After competing iix the Blue- Grey bowl game, Little and Gx-aves will px-oceed to Mobile, Ala., to take part in the Seixior Bowl Game on a play-for-pay basis. The incentive for taking part in this game is a guaranteed $100 plus a gate bonus. A crowd of 20,000 last year gave the victor ious North squad $500 for each Economy ON THE MEAL TICKET SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY — DECEMBER 19 & 20 • GROCERIES • 3 POUND CAN Crisco 79c MARKET 2—303 CANS—LIBBY’S Fruit Cocktail . . . . . 49c 2—2% CANS—LIBBY’S Fruit Cocktail 77c 2—2% CANS—LIBBY’S Apricot Halves 79c 2—2% CANS—LIBBY’S Pear Halves 79c 2—303 CANS Libby’s Peas 53c 2—NO. 2 CANS HAAS French Style Beans . . 51c 3-POUND CARTON—MRS. TUCKER’S Shortening 67c 15 OZ. PKG.—SUN MAID Seedless Raisins 20c 46 OZ. 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The losing South teanx received $400 plus a $65 bonus. Graves Passing Graves was selected for partici pation in these games because of his outstanding passing record. Making him even more ■ qualified as a natural selection was Grave’s amazing ability to run the ball when his receivers were crowded. Countless times, Graves, when seemingly trapped for huge losses, would stai't a rubbery-legged nin that would turn the apparent loss into a substantial gain. Selected on several all-SWC teams, Graves would make a fine pro football player if he chose to go into the money game. Little, who said that he probably would try pro ball, is waiting for the player draft held by profes sional football clubs on Jan. 20, to find out what club he is assigned to. A demon tackle, Little would be a tremendous asset to any club, either on defense or offense. It is seldom that he can be moved com pletely out of a play. Rush, a guard who dealt misery over the past three seasons with his slashing line play, will prob ably not go into pro ball because of a weight disadvantage. Coach George will feel the impact of Rush’s loss when he tries to plug that guard hole next season. CHS Wins Two Games In District Play Here Hempstead B Team Player FG FT PF TP Dewees 0 10 1 Hoke 0 0 1 0 Chamberlin 2 115 Somerford 1 10 3 Bartlett 1 0 12 Hargrave 0 0 2 0 Scharra 0 0 10 Forester 0 0 0 0 Byers ~.0 0 0 0 Total 4 3 6 11 Tiger B Team Player FG FT PF TP Carroll 5 14 4 Richards 0 0 0 0 Hickman 0 0 10 Floeck 3 0 0 6 Free 0 0 0 0 Oden 0 12 1 Beasley 9 0 0 18 Erxgelbrecht 1 12 3 Total 18 3 9 33 A&M Consolidated High School swept their two games with Hemp stead, both A and B teams, 48-23 and 33-11, respectively. All-state center, Peter Kirkpatrick of Hemp stead had the flu and only played in the last quarter. He made six points. A non-district game, it was con sidered a fine practice by Coach John Ulrey of Hempstead. Othel V. Chafin, coach of the Consolida ted Tigers considered it a fine game. “It was good all the way. They pressed us for a while but we were always eight or twelve points ahead. Even in the last three minutes, when they began to pull up on us, we weren’t too wor ried,” said Chafin. Motheral High Point Joe Motheral was high man for the Tigei's with 16 points. “Pinky Cooner is improving rapidly and is becoming a good ball-handler,” said Chafin. Bobby Jackson was well covered by the Hempstead zone defense. He had vei'y few chances to shoot and only made one field goal. Most of tixe Hempstead team was con cerned with him which allowed oth er Tigers better chances. David Bonnen played a fine game in the top of the key-hole with a few nice pivot shots and some good jump shots. The Ti- Hempstead Player FG FT PF TP Kirkpatrick, c ....2 2 2 6 Dibbens 1 0 12 Henson 3 3 2 9 Dewees 1 0 12 Stephens 1 2 2 4 Childers 1 3 15 Total 9 10 9 28 CHS Player FG FT PF TP Motheral, f 8 1 0 17 Andrews, g 2 5 2 9 Jackson, c 1 0 3 2 Anderson, f /. 2 12 5 Cooner, g 0 12 1 Bonnen, g J 4 12 9 Total 17 9 11 43 gers were stymied by a zone de fense in the Madisonville tourna ment last week-end. They seemed to have overcome this weakness last night. Byron Andrews and Fred An derson tied in number of points scored with Andrews hitting five out of five three throws. Both the speedy guards set up most of the scoring plays made by Motheral and Bonnen. Coach Jinx Sevan’s Consolidated B team won their game tonight without very much strong resist ance from the Hempstead B teanx. Roland Beasley sank 19 points for the highest individual score of the evening. Norman Floeck was sec ond for Consolidated with six and C. Chamberlin of Hempstead was third with five. 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