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THE BATTALION
Thursday, February 12, 1953
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Ry BOB BORISKIE
Sports News Editor
What’s wrong with SWC track regulations?
The fact that this is a column and not a novel precludes
answering the question in full, but an effort will be made to
point out the glaring deficiencies.
Perhaps the question is misworded. Perhaps a better
question would be: Are there any SWC track regulations?
We are fully aware that the conference officially func
tions under the NCAA regulations for the record, but how
closely are the regulations adhered to ?
The 1952 Southwest Conference Track and Field Meet
held in Dallas provided much material for discussion. Since
several conference records were broken, it might be fitting
to discuss the circumstances surrounding the events.
The Saturday on which the final events were held turned
out to be a very, very windy day indeed, with a 20 mile per
hour gale whipping down the track from North to South.
This was very convenient for the sprinters and hurdlers, who
ran their events with the wind to their backs.
Under the existing NCAA rules-f-
concerning wind velocity on the
track, no marks set that day would
be considered where the wind was
a factor.
On that Saturday, the SWC 220
yard dash record, set in 1035 by
Chink Wallender of Texas, was
broken.
It is now jointly held by Thomas
and gale (Charles and north).
Thomas, a good Texas sprinter,
pushed by a 20 mile wind at his
back, broke the tape at 20.4,
which clipped one-tenth of a sec
ond from Wallender’s mark.
Thomas is a very good sprinter
who may win his event both this
spring and the next, although
there are other dash men who will
insist that he go through the for-
Don Moon Is Large Factor
In Aggie Defensive Record
of running the event,
we will wager our future
kin (nebulous thing though
against a pair of his old
rimes, that Thomas will not
i another 20.4 mark for the
.ml dash in his remaining
at/s of competition, without
r large assist from the
„ Don Moon, scrappy sophomore
guard, is a very handy man to
have on any basketball squad.
Moon, a 5-8 Minden product
who tips the scales at 1(50, is a
really great defensive player, and
was well on the way to an out
standing season in the SWC when
he suffered a cheek bone fracture
that sidelined him for several cru
cial mid-season games.
A fiery competitor who takes
great pride in stopping his man,
Moon is very adept at intercepting
passes when the opposition gets
too casual in its ball handling.
He is constantly hustling, both on
offense and defense, and possesses
a very good outside set shot.
This timing is good on feeding
into the post, and if the opportun
ity presents itself, can drive in for
layup baskets with lightning
speed.
Outstanding Gaines
When the basketball season be
gan Moon turned in outstanding
games against the University of
Houston, Trinity University, Uni
versity of New Mexico, and Colo
in his phenomenal scoring spree
during which he chalked up 18
of the 20 points the Aggies scored
in the first half.
Moon’s defensive tactics consist
of continually worrying his man
whenever he has the ball, being
a firm believer in the theory that
if a player is never given a mom
ent’s rest, he’s bound to make a
mistake sooner or later.
Moon has frequently made op
posing players travel with the
ball or double dribble through his
harrowing defensive play.
Aggies Defend Home Court
rado A&M.
However, in
preceding the
Tournament in
a practice session
SWC Basketball
Dallas during the
Christmas holidays, Moon broke
his cheek bone in a collision with
an Aggie baskctballer, and sat out
the ne it seven games.
Finally getting back into action
against Rice in Houston in the lat
ter pn i of January, he continued
to play outstanding basketball as
though he had never missed a
ing style of basketball
garni at i)eWare Field
a main factor in keep-
u,slangs off stride whjlc
’s Ro\ Martin indulged
Perse
LAUNDRY TROUBLES,
TRY . . .
Campus
Cleaners
f.
Texas broke the conference 220
yard low hurdles mark with a
sensational time of 22.5, which was
three tenths of a second better
than the mark set by Robert Hall
of A&M in 1949.
Again, the 20 mile wind may
have been a factor in these events.
In the contest, Walter (Buddy)
Davis of A&M turned in a prodi-
| gious leap of somewhere between
j six’ feet, 10Mi inches, and 7 ft,
| .1/8 inch. You may select the
j height from the following data.
(See JUMP, Page 5)
The Aggie basketball team will
meet the Rice Owls Saturday night
at DeWare Field House in a var
sity-freshman doubleheader.
Out of contention for the SWC
crown, the Cadets are still in a
strong position to help determine
where the championship pennant
will be flying at the end of the
season.
Although Rice has fallen be
hind in the conference race, the
Owls are still a top quintet and
will be tough Saturday night.
In the Fish-Owlet encounter 1 ,
the order in each camp will prob
ably center around stopping one
man. The Fish assignment will be
to slow down to the Owlet’s Joe
Durrenberger, G-G center and high-
scoring ace.
Try Stopping Fortenberry
The Owlets will concentrate just
as heavily on reducing the point
total of John Fortenberry, sterling
Fish forward. Fortenberry is
maintaining a 20 point per game
scoring average, on a team win-
less this year.
Gene Schwinger, the Owls scor
ing machine, will be the man to
stop as far as the Aggies are
concerned. Schwinger is second in
conference scoring, and he can be
dangerous anytime.
The Cadets have found a tall and
capable combination in Leroy
Miksch, James Addison, and Roy
Martin. With all three of these
men in the line-up, an average of
(i-5 between them is added to the
squad.
Miksch is the leading scorer for
this year, and a top
or. He has gained 179
‘asonal, play.
>w start because of in-
Martin has developed
pivot man and does a
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