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)
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Simmons 0 2 3
Crawford 3 0 3
Hudnall 0 0
Burton 2 3
Irwin 2 1
Swink
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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
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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.
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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
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Dent
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Totals
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Cole
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Half:
28-17
Troup.
Totals
21
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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
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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)
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Brandt
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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)
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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
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— 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)
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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
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— 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.
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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.
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