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THE BATTALION
Thursday, February 26, 1953
INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
Wrestling Enters
Semi-Final Series
Ry JERRY W1ZIG
Sports News Writer
Semifinal berths in four upper
classman weight classes were fill
ed yesterday as the intramural
wrestling program entered the
final lap. Only the upperclassman
heavyweight division lacks a semi
final schedule, and with four quar
terfinal bouts on tap in this class
today, the stage is set for semi
final battles in all freshman and
upperclassman weights.
Three bouts that were decided
in the last seconds and 12 pins
highlighted action yesterday in
this year’s best set of matches.
Conrad Webb, A Ord., broke a
0-0 tie in the last 15 seconds to
decision Meyers, A TC, 1-0. Webb
won the 157 pound upperclassman
title last year.
Two points scored on a take
down in the last 10 seconds gave
John DeWald, Sq. 11, a 6-4 win
over Fisher, Sq. 5, in a 157 pound
bout. Fisher had knotted the score
at 4-4 at 4:32 after DeWald had
forged ahead, 4-2.
pels, Sq. 21, pinned Marshall, Cb.
B, in 2:11;
157 pound—Heldenfelds, Co. B,
pinned Griffin, Co. C., in 1:17;
Stinnett, E FA, decisioned Swof-
ford, Sq. 21;
167 pound—Dickey, Sq. 22, pin
ned Douglas, Co. A, in 2:11; Rial,
Co. F, decisioned Witcher, Sq. 21,
13-10; Drury, Sq. 20, pinned Al
len, Fish Band, in 4:23; Behunko,
Sq. 23, won a forfeit from Denard,
Sq. 18;
177 pound—Moore, Co. A, won
a forfeit from Willis, Sq. 20;
Sofge, Co. H, pinned Nourie, Sq.
17, in 3:21; Zernial, Sq. 21, won a
forfeit from Detal, Co. I;
19L pound—Vivian, Co. I, pin
ned Economides, Sq. 18, in 1:41;
Keith, Sq. 20, decisioned Bush, Sq.
23, 5-0;
Winkler, A Ath., decisioned Mc
Guire, Sq. 14, in a heavyweight
match, the only upperclassman
bout of the day.
Dick Weick
Is Basketball Dying?
Coach Floyd Comments On
Harlem Globe tro tier A rticle
By GUS BECKER
Sports News Editor
Winckler Makes Comeback
Bob Winckler, Sq. 10, trailing
4-5, netted two points on a near
pin in the last 12 seconds to snatch
a 6-5 decision from Southward,
A Inf., in a thrill-packed 147
pound scrap.
Paul Loustaunau, Bizzell, 1952
fish 167 pound champ, pinned
Priesmeyer, AAA, in 1:22 to gain
the semifinals in upperclassman
167 pound class. He fights Hayes,
C. FA, Hayes had to go all out
to decision Lee, Sq. 13, 4-3.
Jerry Pyle, 147 fish title-holder
in 1952, reached the upperclass
man semi-finals in this class with
a 4:59 pinning of Labhart, A Cml.
He had piled up a 6-0 margin at
the three minute mark.
Wednesday’s Summary
A summary of Wednesday’s re
sults follows:
147 pound — Winckler over
Southward; Seth, ASA, scored de
fault over Brooks, C FA; Henson,
Sq. 5, pinned Rowland, A QMC, in
1:36; Pyle over Labhart. Seth
meets Henson and Pyle scraps
Winckler in semifinals.
157 pound—Hughes, AAA, pin
ned Gordy, Sq. 4, in 3:30; Johnson,
A Ord., decisioned Venard, AAA,
4-2; DeWald over Fisher; Dodd,
Sq. 11, pinned Lilly, Sq. 9, in
2:19; Semifinal schedule is John
son and DeWald and Dodd and
Hughes.
167 pound—Webb over Meyers;
Loustaunau over Priesmeyer; Mil-
ton, A Cml., pinned Barr Sq. 15,
in 1:26; Hayes over Lee. In semi
finals Loustaunau battles Hays
and Milton scraps Webb.
177 pound—Braswell, A Ord.,
pinned Holt, A Eng., ip 4:37; Ben
efield, Sq. llv, pinned Shultz, B
FA, in 4:20; Granton, A Inf., pin-
Jied Hightower, Sq. 6, in 1:55;
Murray, A Arm., took Hall, A TC,
in 1:30. Semifinals are Benefield-
Murray and Braswell-Granton.
Other Semifinals
Remaining upperclassman semi
final matches are as follows:
123 pound—Gay, Sq. 14, and
Haddock, ASA; Cameron, Sq. 4,
and Condon, A Inf.;
130 pound—Fisher, A Eng., and
Brent, A TC; Green, Sq. 7, and
Beattie, A Eng.;
137 pound—Andrews, B FA, and
Rowland, Sq. 11. Their opponents
will be decided in other fights.
In handball, C FA eked out a 2-1
win over Sq, 13 as C. G. Elliott
and Bill Cole took the last set for
the victory. Tuesday A Ord. blank
ed Sq. 11, 3-0, and A Arm. took
Sq. 14, 3-0. In other blankings,
ASA shutout Sq. 5, 2-0, and Sq.
10 whitewashed Sq. 2, 3-0.
Tuesday’s Mat Results
In Tuesday’s mat bouts, fresh
men stole the spotlight, with all
but one pairing matching fish. A
summary of yesterday’s results
follows:
130 pound—Pinson, Sq. 17, pin
ned Broderick, Co. A, in. 1:47;
147 pound—Gilbert, Sq. 17, pin-
In the current issue of Look
magazine there is a story entitled
“Why Basketball is Dying,” by
Abe Saperstein, owner-coach of
the internationally famous Har
lem Globetrotters basketball team.
Saperstein makes several good
points in his well written article
concerning the hoop game.
Although the Globetrotters play
to sell-out crowds nearly every
time, Saperstein says that basket
ball as it is played today can no
longer be considered anything but
a fourth-rate spectator sport.
Head Aggie basketball coach,
John Floyd had some interesting^
comments to make on Saperstein’s
article,
Floyd Doesn’t Agree
“It is an interesting story,”
Floyd remarked, “and it brings up
some questions, but there are some
hidden facts and I don’t entirely
agree with Saperstein.”
The Globetrotter coach states
that one professional league is
about to quit and several of the
National Basketball Association
teams are losing money.
“Everybody can’t win and fans
don’t usually follow a losing ball
club,” explains coach Floyd con
cerning this statement.
One reason for basketball de
crease in popularity is the tre
mendous offensive attitude of the
teams, with the present day scores
ranging from up in the 90’s, con
tinues Saperstein.
These high scores are not found
prevalent in the SWC nor in any
other college conference, but the
professional scores are.
Pros Play 60 Minutes
Floyd explains, “professional
basketball plays with 15 minute
quarters which means they are
really playing a game-and-a-half
of college ball. If they only play
ed 40 minutes then their scores
would be in the 60’s also.”
Saperstein advocates *a “hesita
tion point” to slow the game down.
The Globetrotter coach claims that
the elimination of the center jump >
made the teams too offense con-
cious and they have forgotten de
fense. Also that referees blow
their whistle too often against
the defensive squad.
“I don’t entirely agree on this
point,” said Floyd. “The defensive
teams are whistle-shy allright,” he
continued, “but I don’t believe the
emphasis on offense is the reason.
When they raised the number of
fouls from four to five on the
player, the referee began to call
the fouls closer.
“You can still have good de
fense and there are several good
defensive teams in the SWC. An
offensive player can do almost
anything with the ball and not get
a fouled called. When the referees
start fouls on the offensive play
ers .consistent with the defensive
played then the game will be bet
ter.”
Saperstein believes that the in
termission period of basketball
game is’ bad psychology and has
entertainment acts during the rest
periods of the Globetrotters games.
“I agree with him (Saperstein)
on this point,” said Floyd. “Next
season,” Floyd continued, “the Ag
gies are going to have something
going on during the half of all
Coach Floyd
our home games. If we don’t have
our tumblers, we’ll have a singing
grbup or something.”
Globetrotters Use Center Jump
Saperstein closes his article by
saying that next year the fans
watching the Globetrotters will see
the players line-up for the center
jump once again.
“This won’t change the present
college basketball rules,” Floyd
commented, “maybe the profes
sional teams will use it but I
don’t think college coaches would
go for it. Basketball may need
something but I don’t believe the
return to the bid center jump will
help it any.”
Coach Floyd, completing his
third season at, th.e h.elm. of.the
Aggie cage squad, thinks that the
SWC is gradually playing better
basketball.
Teams Have Slowed Down
“Almost all the teams have
slowed their game- down since« I
first started here, and are mov
ing the ball and waiting until they
get a goqd shot jnstead of the old
wide-open style of play,” Floyd
added.
Floyd was born in Wellington,
Kansas, where he played on the
cage team which won the- state-
title twice. From Wellington Floyd
went to Oklahoma A&M, playing
under the old cage-master, Hank
Iba.
After graduating from Oklaho
ma A&M, Floyd was freshman
coach for Iba, until he went into
the Navy in 1943. After three
years in' the Navy, Floyd returned
to his alma mater as an assistant
to Iba.
In 1947, Floyd went back to
Wellington, Kansas and coached
his teams to one state champion-
ship and two state finals, before
coming to Aggicland.
Fans Interested
“The fans "are getting used to
our style of basketball,” Floyd
admitted, “and they are beginning
to watch for plays, passes 'and
mistakes that we make.
“To attract fans you have to
have a winning team. Secondly
you have to play good basketball.
“If we have a couple of good
winning seasons, I expect that the
new field house will be packed
every time we play. Instead of 1,500
students there will be 3,500 - and
the people from Bryan and the
surrounding area,” Floyd contin
ued.
Coach Floyd is married and has
two sons, Dennis, 10, and' Kenny, 5.
ned Winborn, Co. A, in 2:18; Cap-
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in observance of Texas Independence Day, the
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THE EXCHANGE STOKE
“Serving Texas Aggies”
UT Tankers Drop Ags
As Weick Wins Two
By JERRY ESTES
Sports Staff Writer
The Aggie swimming team could
garner only three firsts, two being
won by Dick Weick, as they lost
a dual meet to Texas Tuesday in
Austin.
Weick took the 200 yard hack-
stroke and 150 yard individual
medley events as the varsity bow
ed 60-24. The freshmen were los
ers by a 44-31 margin.
The Cadets other first came in
the 300 yard medley relay. Tom
my Devenport, of A&M, took sec
ond in the 200 yard backstroke,
and John Speich took third in the
100 yard freestyle.
In the 400 yard freestyle relay,
Texas won over the Aggie team of
Speich, Jimmy Burns, Lee Pep
ping and Bert Koegl in the time of
3:46.8.
The Freshmen fared better,
winning four first places out of
nine events.
Winning firsts for A&M were
Judson Devilbiss in the 50 yard
freestyle, George Parr in the 100
yard breaststroke, Gayle Klipple
in the 200 freestyle. Klipple won
again in the 150 yard individual
medley.
Varsity results were as follows:
440 freestyle—Yriart (T), follow
ed by Batson of Texas and Frank
Gajewski of A&M.
In the 400 freestyle relay, Texas
won in the time of 3:46.8.
Hoff of Texas won the 200 yard
backstroke in 2:27.0 followed by
Devenport of A&M and Robert of
Texas.
Weick Wins Two
Weick took the 200 breaststroke
in 2:30.7 followed by Hoyt of
Texas and Wayne Stricklcr of
A&M.
In the 150 yard individual med
ley, Weick won again in the time
of 1:38.3. Jimmins of Texas was
second, and Johnson, also of Tex
as was third.
Bobby Brodnax gathered 313.2
points to win the three meter div
ing for Texas followed by Giles
of Texas and John Cameron of
A&M.
Hodden took first in the 100
yard freestyle in 54.3 seconds, fol
lowed by Milton to give Texas the
first two places. Speich of A&M
was third.
In the 300 yard medley relay,
A&M’s team of Wynne Snoots,
Weick, and Speich took first with
the time of 3:05.7.
Yriart brought Texas another
first in the 220 yard freestyle in
2:22.3. Humphries also of Texas
was second, and Gajewski of A&M
was third.
Texas won the 50 yard freestyle
with Black first in 24.5, Ragland
of Texas second, and Koegl of
A&M third.
4 J ,? President Calls
Monday Session
First steps in the revision of
the “T” Association constitution
will be completed in a meeting
Monday night in the Civil Engin
eering building, Howard Zuch, as
sociation president said today.
Following are the freshmen re
sults.
Devilbiss of A&M won first in
the 50 yard freestyle with a time
of 25.7 seconds with Fowler of
Texas second and Irmin Stawicki
of A&M third.
Texas won the 150 yard medley
relay in the time of 1:28.8, and
the 200 yard freestyle in 1:42.9.
Box took the 100 yard back-
stroke for Texas in a time of
1:06.8. Shelmire of Texas was sec
ond, and John Kirkpatrick of A&M
was third.
Bell of Texas won the 100 yard
freestyle with a time of 54.4, fol
lowed by Devilbiss of A&M and
Nolan of Texas.
Lawler won the one meter div
ing piling up 202.2 points. Sta
wicki of A&M was second, and
Million of Texas third.
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