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Friday, February 27, 1953 THE BATTALION Page 3 Eight Teams in Battle For State AA, A Berths Gunning for a berth in the state class A and AA will be eight teams this afternoon and evening. Fairfield, a 70 to 51 victor over Columbus, and Cedar Bayou, vic- ® Despite the effort of Joe Swink of Rusk who made 18 points,. O’Dean Fuller and Charles Graham combined to outclass the Rusk quintet 47-39 . Rusk (39) CushiiiR 447) fg ft pf tp fg ft pf tp Simmons 0 2 3 Crawford 3 0 3 Hudnall 0 0 Burton 2 3 Irwin 2 1 Swink 2 Rawinsn 0 0 0 0 6 Gresh’m 4 2 1 10 0 0 Fuller 6 4 1 16 1 7 Whitakr 2 5 4 9 14 5 Bullock 12 3 4 5 1 19 Hardy 2 4 4 8 Don Heft *■ Leroy Miksch Totals 14 11 12 39 Totals 15 17 13 47 Half: 26-12 Cushing. Officials: White and Bandiss. FTM: Rawlinson 2, Fuller 2, Whitaker, Bullock 2, Hardy 2, Irwin 3, Swink 6. • The Troup cagers thoroughly outclassed a fighting Hearne 63- 45. Bob Jones of the losers made 21 points but he didn’t have enough from his teammates. tors over Mason, 60 to 53, appear to be the favorites in the class A conference, with Troup, conquerors of Hearne, 63-45, in the dark horse role. In the AA class, Waxahachie and San Marcus look like the favorites, with Cameron a dark horse. Gold basketballs will be given to the high scoring player of each class this evening after the final game at 8:30. Those in the running for the class A leading scorer are, Aiden Forsythe of Cedar Bayou with 23 points; David Lott of Fairfield, with 21; Joe Cole of Troup with 19; Freddy Cochran of Cedar Bay ou with 18; and Dean Ray Evans of Troup with 17. PALACE Bryan 2‘$$79 TONIGHT I‘REV. 11 P.M. SOPER-SALTY SONGSad SUPER-SAUCY SIRENS/ CHARLES NOW SHOWING l" ~Their NEW HiliTj Miksch, Heft End Cage Play Hearne (45) Troup (63) Leroy Miksch and Don wind up their basketball career; Saturday night at DeWare Field House when the Aggies meet TCU in the season finale. Scoring 218 points for the sea son and 112 in conference play, Miksch is a leading Aggie candi- LAST TIMES TODAY Heft date for all-conference honors. His defensive game has been one of the outstanding features of the basketball season, and he bows to no one as a ball hawk and rebound Heft, a two year letterman, has been freely used this year by Coach John Floyd to step up de fensive or offensive tactics. He is one of the finest floor men on the Aggie squad, a good dribbler who has a keen knowledge of the game and a very handy player to have in reserve'. Needing a win over the Horned Frogs to insure a sixth place fin ish in the conference race, the Ags MARTIN-LEWIS THE STOOGE SAT. NIGHT PREVIEW f 1 RANDOLPH iSCOH % Warner* 'A An Eagle Lion Films ** e ' ease PREV. SAT. 10:30 P.M. Also Sunday & Monday M-G-Ms STAR-SPANGLED COIO* BY ^chnicolor VKr /MUSICAl 'IR' NOW SHOWING “STRONG HOLD'” "iaiiN EVANS-VIVIAN BLAINE i L ■■ii—rr—i- r . CIRCLE 4-1250 Children Under 12 Admitted FREE When Accompanied By An Adult. TONIGHT LAST NIGHT “WHISTLE STOP” Starring George Raft and Ava Gardner — ALSO — “PITFALL” Starring Dick Powell and Lizabeth Scott will also be battling to eliminate the Frogs from title contention. I Returning for another year of! competition for the Aggies will be Ken Murry, Bill Williams, Don Binford, James Gallemore and James Addison. Soph players are Don Moon, Bob Johnson, Rodney Pirtle, Pat Mc- Crory, Joe Hardgrove and Roy Martin. Added to this list of returning list Avill be at least two fine play ers from the fish squad. John For tenberry and Eugene Brethauer have been outstanding players for a winless fish team. Dent fg 2 ft pf 0 2 tp 4 Hemby fg 0 ft 2 pf tp 0 2 Tisue 0 3 5 3 Langstn 1 1 0 3 Jones 9 3 4 21 Evans 5 7 1 17 Clapp 3 0 1 6 McSpdn 0 0 2 0 Bishop ) 0 3 2 Breedlve 2 0 1 4 Johnson 0 1 2 1 Sampsn 0 1 0 1 Broadus 0 2 4 2 Toole 5 4 1 14 Culbreth 2 2 2 6 Tucker 0 0 1 0 — —. — — Wilson 1 1 3 3 Totals 17 11 23 45 Cole 7 5 0 19 Half: 28-17 Troup. Totals 21 21 9 63 The class AA high point men are, Tom Oglesby of Waxahachie with 28 points; Joe Ready of San Mar cus with 22; Ray Thompson of Cameron with 17; and Frank Hoop er of Waxahachie with 16. Tonight’s finals in class A will match the winner of the Troup- Cushing game against the winner of the Fairfield-Cedar Bayou con test. The Fairfield-Cedar Bayou tilt will probably decide the class A champ. In class AA the finals will have the victor of the San Marcus-Liv- ingston game matched with the winner of the Waxahachie-Camer- on tilt. The finals will start at 7 p.m. INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS Gay, Cameron Vie; Davis Wins Match TODAY & SATURDAY —Feature tarts— 1:31 - 3f09 - 4:47 - 6:25 8:03 - 9:41 !AmcHEi Smoke ciibrt ROLAND WzgZtmzrq Officials: White and Segrest. FTM: Langston, Evans 5, McSpedden 2, Breedlove 2, Sampson, Toole 4, Cole 2, Dent 2, Johnson. ® Columbus held the Fairfield crew at the half 28-28, but fell apart in the third quarter to trail 58 to 34 and were never able to close the gap and went down 51-70. Fairfield (70) Columbus (51) fg ft pf tp fg ft Pf tp Steward 3 0 1 6 Utrmeyr 1 1 1 3 Lott 8 5 4 21 Hohnse 2 2 5 6 Emmons 5 3 5 13 Moeller 8 3 1 19 Black 6 1 3 13 Justice 0 0 1 0 Lane 0 1 0 1 Smith 0 0 1 0 Daniel 7 2 1 16 Lyndckr 0 0 0 0 — Petrsky 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 12 14 70 Brandt 2 6 0 10 Warren 3 1 5 7 Meduna 3 0 1 6 Totals 19 13 15 51 filenda FARRELL Robert HORTON Gene LOCKHART A METRO COtDWYN MAYER PICTURE NEWS CARTOON STARTS SATURDAY [‘REVUE TONIGHT 11 P. M. SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY GREATEST INDIAN: FIGHTER OF THEM ALL! GEORGE . MONTGOMERY NEWS — CARTOON PREV. SATURDAY 11 P.M. JAMES MA^ON ROBERT PRESTON Face IToFace MARJORIE STEELE Half: 28-28 tie. Officials: Wilkins and Lynch. FTM: Moeller 2, Brandt, Warren 3, Meduna 2, Lott 12, Black 2, Lane. ® Mason couldn’t stop Forsythe and Cochran although they put up a stubborn battle until the final whistle. Cedar Bayon won 60-53. Mason (53) Cedar Bayou (60) fg ft pf tp fg ft pf tp Holt 3 13 7 Blansct 0 0 0 0 Johnson 1 0 0 2 Frsyth 11 1 1 23 Carter 4 0 1 8 Cochran 8 2 2 IS Capps 5 4 3 14 Mcklroy 10 3 2 Schuessler 5 2 1 12 Bishop.J 6 2 0 14 Johnson R 4 2 1 10 McKnny 0 0 0 0 Schott 0000 — Totals 27 6 9 60 Totals 22 9 9 53 llalf: 25-35 Cedar Bayou. Officials: Landis and Harrison. FTM: Holt, Capps, Schuessler. Johnson 2, McKinney 2, Forsythe, Bishop 2, Muck- leroy 2, Bishop. • San Marcus was hot as a pis tol from the starting whistle and never let the Brenham Tigers get close as they won 58-41. Brcnliam (41) Kan Marcos (58) fg ft pf tp fg ft pf tp Clarence Gay, Sq, 14, and Cam- rron, A Inf., vaulted into the finals of the 123 pound upperclassman division yesterday in intramural mat action. Defending upperclass man heavyweight champ Delbert Davis, Co. C, gained the heavy weight semifinals with a 25 second pin of Barnett, Maroon Band. Storing up a 10-1 lead on points, Gay had little trouble as he took Haddock, ASA, in 3:47. Cameron notched a 2:31 fall from Condon, Sq. 4. In his semifinal scrap, Davis will meet Huff, E FA. Huff decis- ioned Zuchero, A Ath., 3-1. Max well, A Arm., battles Winkler, A Ath., in the other semifinal match. Leading 3-2 in ppints, Maxwell put down Hoermann A TC, in 3:30. Hahn 0 Neibuhr 2 Bbsse 0 Klussman 4 Rost 4 Barnhill 1 Snodgrass 3 Splnn 0 Henze 0 Dietzman 1 Gindorf 0 1 Scott 13 3 4 Schafer 0 0 0 0 0 10 Segler 0 111 2 3 10 King 0 0 0 0 149 Pontaln 5 1 1 11 0 0 2 Wiliams 2 3 3 7 2 2 8 Ready 7 8 3 22 0 0 0 Smith 0 10 1 0 10 Ramsey 3 14 7 436 Skaggs 2024 14 1 — Totals 20 18 16 58 Totals 15 11 22 41 Half: 29-21 San Marcos. Officials: Landlss and Adams. FTM: Niebuhr 2, Klussmann 4, Rost, Barnhill 2, Snodgrass 3, Dietzmann 2, Scott 2, Schaefer 4, Segler, Pontaleon 3, Williams 4, Ready 4, Smith, Ramsey. (See BASKETBALL, Page 4) iRKO-RADIO PICTUtrB NEWS CARTOON LI’L ABNER The Truth Will Out By A1 Capp AH NIEVAH FREKOOZES A DARE T'TEL.L.TH'TRUTH.'7'-AH'S STAYIN' BECUZ AH IS DYIN'O'COORIOSITY T'SEX D. YOKUM r S LI’L ABNER LE'S FACE' IT.r-WE IS TH'NbBLEST EXAMPLES OF MANKIND-NAMELY WIMMEN. BUT WE Gor ONE WEAK- rcoowos Does Mammy Know Best? By A1 Capp Ag Fencing Team In Houston Meet Undefeated in team competition, the A&M fencing team travels to Houston tomorrow from an indiv idual meet at Rice sponsored by the Amateur Fencers League of America. Rice, University of Hous ton, Galveston, and the Houston “Y” will compete against the Cadets in foil, epee, and sabre. Sweeping all events, the Aggies brushed aside Texas, 18-9, here in a team meet Saturday. A return meet is tentatively scheduled for April in Austin. The maroon and white swordsmen took foil, 6-3, epee, 7-2, and sabre, 5-4. They had previously had outscored Tarleton St., 34-17. Team members qualified to make the Houston trip and events in which they would compete are as follows (F for foil, E fox’ epee and S for sabx-e): Bob Braslau, FES; Carrol Foi”- ester, FES; Art Gaimer, S; Bill Huettel, S; Aden Magee, FES; Frank Mandola, F; Geox’ge Moses, FS; Jim Pigg, FE; Jeiwy Ramsey, FES; Don Roth, F; Bob Ruiz, F; Bill Willmann, FES; Gus Wulf- man, FES; Walter Andei’son, FES; Roger Clark, F; Elton Davis, F; Bill Fink, F; Ed Fries, F; and Russ Goodalc, F. Horticulture Society Schedules Barbecue The Horticulture Society will have their annual barbecue and scholarship presentation March 10 in the new greenhouse. Natatorium Stage For Two Matches P. L. Downs Jr. Natatorium is the site of two swimming meets this week end. The Consolidated High School boys swimming as The Brazos County High School Team will compete with Odefesa High at 10:00 a. m. Saturday morning. Odessa will again swim as they meet the strong Aggie freshmen at 2:30 p. m. Swimming for the Brazos Coun ty High School Team will be Wal- lie Penberthy, high school state breaststroke champion and Tom Barlow, high school state back- sti’oke champion. The Aggie freshmen offer three outstanding swimmei’s: Judson De- Vilbiss who won first in the 50 ft. fi’eestyle against the T. U. freshman last Satui’day; Gayle Klipple, who won the 200 ft. free style against T. U.’s fx-eshmen and then captux-ed the 150 ft. Individ ual Medley x-elay title; and Geoi'ge Parr, who won the 100 ft. Breast stroke against the T. U. freshmen last Saturday evening. Swimming for The Bi’azos Coun ty High* School Team will be Tom Baidow, Geoi'ge Boyett, Don Draper, Rolf Shufflex - , Wallie Pen berthy, Albert Stevens, Skippy Flechei', Richai'd Smith, and John Culpeppei'. Swimming on the A&M Fish team will be Ben Allen, Roland Lee Bali’, Robert Baidow, Judson Devilbiss, Heni'y Goff, John Kirk patrick, Gayle Klipple, Geoi'ge Pari', David Jushua, Robert Rond, Robert Sherwood, Joseph Satel, Irmin Stalwiki, William Thiessen, Melvin Winston, William Lips- come, William Short and Horace Johnson. Winkler outscored Castellanos, Sq. 5, 3-1. Johnson, A Ord., copped a place in the upperclassman 157 pound finals with a 4-2 decision over De Wald, Sq. 11, in the crowd-pleaser of the day. Johnson will mept the winner of the Dodd, Sq. 11 and Hughes, AAA, bout. Taking a 2-0 lead on a take down at 2:10, Johnson had to fight back in the last two minutes after De Wald knotted the score at 2-2 25 seconds later. Johnson scored the winning points on a near-fall at 3:50. In a 137 pound bout Birkhead, Sq. 7, counted a 6-3 win over Boy kin, White Band, to grab a semi final berth against Rowland, Sq. 11. In the other semifinal Har rington, Maroon Band, fights An drews, B FA, after taking a 9-6 decision from Groom, A Inf. A 3:45 pin of Taylor Green, Sq. 7, handed Beattie, A Efi£>;., a semi- finalplace in the 130 pound class. He battles Fisher, A Eng., in an inter-outfit scrap. Fisher pinned Brents, A TC, in 2:30. Shaw, Sq. 3, piled up a 5-2 lead in the first three minutes and coasted to a 5-2 decision oyer Van Pelt, Sq. 13, in a 191 pound quar terfinal bout. He is paired against Gerloff, White Band, in the next round. Van Hoqsier, C FA, nailed a 3:47 fall on Sessions, A Sig., in a 191 pound quarterfinal pairing. Rathbone, Sq. 24, broke a score less deadlock at 4:10 to take 1-0 win from Hall, Co. B, in a fresh man heavyweight bout. Correct Cleaning An Essential of Good Grooming FAST SERVICE EXPERT WORK CAMPUS CLEANERS /f's the Real Thing . . . Italian Spaghetti and Meat Balls SERVED EVERY SUNDAY FROM 11 A.M. Try a Big Steaming Platter Today ! Triangle Drive-Inn