THE BATTALION
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Ags Play BU Tonight;
Freshmen Meet Cubs
A&M’s varsity basketball team,
winner of one game in nine starts,
tonight opens its Southwest con
ference season, meeting the Baylor
Bears in DeWare field house.
Game time is 8 o’clock.
The undefeated Fish team plays
the Baylor Cubs in a 6 p. m. cur
tain-raiser.
Starting for the varsity will be
Roy Martin, 6 feet, S 1 /^, at center,
James Addison, 6 feet, 6, and John
Fortenberry, 6 feet, 3, at forwards;
and Joe Ha-rdgrove, 6 feet, 2, and
Rod Pirtle, 6 feet, 2%, at guards.
Baylor’s probable starters will be
Don Dicson, 6 feet, 8%, at center;
Murray Bailey, 6 feet, 2, and Bill
Dalton, 6 feet, 2, at forwards; and
Ken Morgan, 5 feet, 11, and Tom
my Strasburger, 5 feet, 10, at
guards.
Cubs To Have Trouble
In the freshman game, the Cubs
are expected to be hard-pressed to
counter the driving lay-up shots of
A&M’s Ted Harrod. Harrod has a
scoring average of 18 points per
game in the Freshmen’s three
game winning streak.
The Aggies and Bears have met
once already this season, Baylor
taking a 64-60 decision in the pre
season SWC tourney last week.
Baylor, picked to finish in the
lower reaches of the conference by
the experts, has won five of its 10
games. Bailey, a junior, leads Bear
scoring with 140 points, good for
Three To A (tend
NCA /\ Con ven lion
Three members of the A&M
athletic department left yesterday
to attend the annual convention of
the National Collegiate Athletic
association in. Cincinnati.
Attending are Barlow Irvin,
athetic director; Mike Mlchalske,
Zaphlae, freshman football coach.
They will ceturn Saturday.
On the convention’s agenda are
wports of the football coaches
bales' committee and the television
‘.ommittee. A proposed amendment
to the NCAA’s constitution which
would require certain eligibility
rules for keeping NCAA member
ship also will be discussed.
Two Greens Added
To A&M Goli‘ Course
The A&M golf-course has two
new greens and other improve
ments, said Joe Fagan, course
manager.
The course has been changed to
fit in the two new holes and 'is now
a. par 70. Par was formerly 71.
The two extra holes are used for
putting and chipping.
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fifth place among conference
scorers.
Dickson and A&M’s Martin
should put on a hot fight for con
trol of the backboards. Both are of
equal height, but Martin has a
better scoring record.
However, Addison, who has been
the Cadet’s leading rebounder,
could be the difference in the ball
game. Baylor lacks the second tall
man needed to guard Addison, al
though Bear coach Bill Henderson
might start sophomore center Fred
Gottlieb at a forward post in an
attempt to harness him.
Saturday night the Cadets will
play the Rice Owls in Houston. The
Fish will meet the Rice freshmen
before the varsity game.
Roy Has 13.6 Scoring Average
Martin, .Harrod
Lead Ag
Center Roy Martin and Guard
Ted Harrod are A&M’s highest
scoring basketball players.
Martin, 6 feet, 814, leads varsity
scoring with 123 points in nine
games. Harrod is the Fish team’s
top point-maker with 55 in three
games.
One of the tallest players in the
Southwest conference, Martin has
hit on 43 of 111 field goal shots
and has a 13.6 scoring avei’age.
Harrod, former all-stater at North
Little Rock, Ark., has an 18.3
scoring average. He has connected
on 22 of 47 field goal shots.
Forward James Addison leads
Scoring
the varsity in rebounds and is
third in scoring.
The 6 feet, 6 inch senior, has 86
rebounds, 86 points and a 9.5 scor
ing average.
George Mehaffey, 6 feet, 5 inch
forward, leads the Fish in re
bounds and is second in Scoring.
He has taken 38 off the backboards
and has scored 31 points.
Going into tonight’s Baylor
game, the varsity has a 51.4 scor
ing average, compared to 64.3 for
the opposition.
The undefeated Fish have a 61.6
average in three games, while al
lowing the opposition 50.6 points
per game.
A&M VARSITY SCORING
PLAYER C
T
FG
FT REB
PF
TP
AVE.
Roy Martin, c
9
111-43
64-37
52
32
123
13.6
Rodney Pirtle, g
)
94-35
38-19
54
28
89
9.8
James Addison, f
)
79-26
55-34
86
26
86
9.5
John Fortenberry, f
)
76-24
24-13
25
31
61
. 6.7
Don Moon, g
)
44-12
16-9
14
29
33
3.6
Joe Hardgrove, g
)
41-13
18-3
10
18
29
3.2
Pat McCrory, g
)
35-11
11-6
19
19
28
3.1
Joe Boring, g
10-2
3-2
4
9
6
1.0
■^8
John Mcllheriny, f
?
' 2-0
3-2
2
3
2
1.0
Howard Homcyer, f
1
0-0
0-0
0
i
0
0.0
Others
1
0-0
3-2
5
5
2
0.5
Team Rebounds
43
A&M[ Totals
9
495-168
237-127
318
211
463
51.4
Opp Totals
9
524-183
329-213
359
144
579
64.3
Season Record: 1-8
FRESHMEN SCORING
PLAYER (
j
FG
FT REB
PF
TP
AVE.
Ted Harrod, g
3
47-22
26-11
13
7
55
18.3
George Mehaffey, f-c
40-12
1-7-7
38
10
31
10.3
Boh Gattis, f
21-8
12-8
20
4
24
8.0
Lew Blood, f
>
21-9
4-3
17
10
21
7.0
Lee Smith, g
;
11-5
6-5
11
10
15
5.0
Conley Phipps, g
1
14-6
3-2
2
3
14
4.6
Jeff Pen fie Id, e
j
24-6
0-0
11
10
12
4.0
Roger Harvey, g
3
11 -3
11-4
7
8
10
3.3
Others (5)
-
4-1
1-1
2
5
o
Team Rebounds
17
A&M Totals
3 193-72 80-41
138 67
185
61.6
Opp. Totals
3 157-50 109-52
115 52
152
50.6
Season Record: 3-0
LEADING FISH SCORER—Ted Harrod, freshman guard,
lias surged far into the lead among Fish scorers with an
impressive total of 55 points for three games. His 18.5
per-game point production from a guard position lias re
sulted from a fine ability to hit from the outside and his
tremendous speed while going in for layups.
Tuesday, January 5, 1954
And Then There 'Were Three . .
THREE DOWN—X marks the spot of A&M’s three ex- row is Gilbert Steinke, defensive backfield coach. Others
coaches. They are, back row, Dalton Faircloth, offensive pictured are, front row, Bill Duncan, end coach, and Willie
backfield coach, and Ray George, head coach. In the front Zapalac, freshman coach. Line coach Mlchalske will stay.
George
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Jerry Johnson
Selected
ing staff hi 1950 after a brilliant
high school coaching career in
Louisiana, where he was named
“Coach of the Year” in 1949.
’M u ra l Alhfefcro
Steinke Resigns
The resignation of Gilbert
Steinke, defensive backfield coach,
also effective Feb. 1, was announc
ed Saturday.
Steinke has been appointed head
football. coach and athletic director
at Texas A&I college, according to
an announcement made by Dr. E.
H. Poteet, A&I president. The ap
pointment is subject to Steinke’s
release from his present contract
at A&M, Poteet said.
Successor to Dewey A. Mayhew
at A&I, Steinke came to A&M in
1950. He is a former little All-
America halfback at Texas A&I
and played five seasons of pro
football with the Philadephia
Eagles.
He was later assistant coach at
Alice high school, coach at Trinity
University and freshman coach at
Oklahoma A&M before coming to
A&M.
Kremlin Wants
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vvate glued to the head, instead
of hair. Neither we nor our child
could make the doll walk.
“On the second day the doll was
completely paralyzed. Despite
careful handling the right arm fell
off. Then, while trying to make
the doll work, something broke in
side and instead of saying ‘mama’
it only made hoarse sounds. Why
do they put out such bad toys?”
Other letters complained about
flimsy table games whose parts
did not match and children’s shoes
that fell apart when exposed to
rainy weather.
Moscow newspapers complained
also about the cost of toys. A
dall’s chair cost 22 lubles—as much
By GEORGE MAN1TZAS
Intramural Writer
Jerry Johnson, junior from
Nacogdoches majoring in agricul
tural education, was selected top
intramural athlete of the week.
' Johnson was chosen for his s.cor-
ing the deciding touchdown and for
his brilliant running in a 13-0 vic
tory over A Chemical before the
holidays.
He intercepted a pass on one oc
casion to stop a threat by the op
posing team.
Johnson is junior member of B
infantry.
Grattan Stars
Dan Grattan circled his own left
end and went five yards to score
the first touchdown helping squad
ron 20 defeat squadron 24, 13-0, in
intramural football yesterday.
Squadron 24’s Jerry Cobb tossed
a pass to Hunter Breecheen which
was good for 50 yards as the half
ended.
In the second half Don Stacy
threw to Crayton Autry who scored
from the seven yard line.
The top play of game came when
Cobb tossed a 40 yard pass to Don
Bourne who scampered 40 yards
before he was downed.
ATC Wins
A transportation corps edged
equadron 3 in a 0-0 tie on pene
trations, 2-J.
In basketball, Hillel club’s Bill
Cohen scored 10 points to help his
as a chair for grownups. The Mos
cow Research Institute on Toys
came up with a toy kitchen with
a real sink, water in the tap, wash
ing machine, meat grinder, pots
and pans. But the cost was 1,500
rubles—nearly as mu^h as a real
kitchen for a real family would
cost.
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team edge the physical education
club, 32-28.
Herb Lackshin and' Fred Ablon
each scored eight points for the
Hillel squad.
Jerry Yates sparked the physical
education team avith nine points.
Fred Broussard scored seven and
Elwood Kcttler six for the P. E.
club.
Horseshoes
Paul Meiners, Bernie Spath, Ger
ry Griffin and Larry Griffin won
Rifle and Pistol Chib
Organizes Tonight
. A National Rifle Association
Rifle and Pistol club will be or
ganized tonight at 7:30 in the
YMCA, said M/Sgt. J. P. Collins,
coach of the A&M rifle team.
Membership is open to anyone
wishing to join, said Collins.
their matches to help squadron 21
defeat squadron 17, two matches to
one.
In other matches, squadron 23
beat company D, 2-1; a quarter
master blanked ASA, 3-0; and
AAA defeated A signal, 3-0.
Soccer Team Gels
Sweaters Tonight
Sweaters and uniforms will he
issued tonight at a meeting of the
A&M soccer team, said Guillermo
Cardenas, co-captain.
The meeting' will be held at 7:15
in the YMCA.
A soccer league will be formed
next semester, said Cardenas. It
will be composed of teams from
Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth,
Dallas, Austin, Bryan and College
Station.