The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 06, 1954, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 06, 1954, Image 3

Newspaper Page Textvior mf Catching fire in the final four minutes, the Aggies last night in DeWare Field House fell two points short and dropped their con ference opener to the Baylor Bears, 47-45. In the 6 p.m. curtain raiser, tlfb Fish cagers walloped Baylor’s Cubs, G9-48, in a free-scoring bat tle. Trailing by 13 points with 5:21 to play in the final period, the Ag gies scored 12 points while holding the Bears to a single free throw. In those last four minutes, A&M tallied inn-' times and held Baylor scoreless. John Fortenberry paced all scor ers with 13 points, with James Ad dison the next Aggie with 9 points. Murray Bailey led Bear scoring with 11 points while teammate Kenny Morgan tallied his 10 points from the free throw line. The Aggies led only once in the contest, taking a 4-3 lead with 6:26 Fish World Series Film The A&M freshman swimmers Saturday open the season with a triangular meet with the Houston YMCA and the San Antonio Aquatic club. The meet will be held at 2:39 p. m. in P. L. Downs Jr. Nata- lorium. No admission will be charg ed. Heading the Fish swimmers is Norman Ufer, state high school baskstroke champion at Houston Reagan. He also was named on the All-America high school team. Dick Hunkier and Wally Pen- berthy, two other top high school swimmers will add strength to the Fish. Hunkier, also from Reagan, was the state champ in the 190 yard freestyle. Penberthy, from Bryan, was second in the state in the ^eaglsTFokcT' ^ Bob Martin, winner of this year’s freshman intramural diving meet, heads the list of divers. Other ex perienced men include Tom Barlow and Bob Lamson, backstroke; George Boyett, freestyle; and Ed ward Kasper, winner of the fresh man intramural 100 yard freestyle. LAST DAY JL r «- NEW YORK — (TP) — The only movie producer in the world who is in the happy position of knowing he has a hit on his hands before he takes scene No. 1 is Lew Fon seca, the former Chicago White Sox infielder and manager, who for 20 years has recorded the im perishable moments of the annual World Series. Not for Fonseca any worries about how each succeeding opus is going to do at the box office. Even before the house lights were lowered fo^ the American pre miere of his 1953 production here he was able to forecast with some accuracy that it will be shown 75,000 times in the coming year, always to packed houses. It will make no money, for there is no charge for the use of the 700 prints of the 37-minute film, but the American and National league owners who underwrite the project feel that the eventual ben efits to them are incalculable in terms of good will and future pa tronage. Already 60 prints are overseas for showing to the armed forces. In recording the most recent se ries, in which the Yankees again combed the Dodgers by 4 games to 2, Fonseca’s camera crew ground out 23,000 feet of film. This has been snipped down to a handier ihg the football season, and some thing he said about this was in teresting. “All the cutting I’ve done,” he said in his cm-tain talk, “was aimed at showing the high spots of the Series. I have not inten tionally left out any controversial plays.” The point is that some low skep tics have in the past suggested that certain controversial plays which might have reflected upon umpires or players were given a quick shuffle or cut out entirely. Lew must have heard of this, for ic sees to it this time that there can be no such complaints. For example, just about the big gest debate of the ’53 Series re volved about a play at third base in the opening game. The Dodgers, staging a spirited rally, tied the score at 5-5 and, with none out, had runners on first and second. It looked as though they might break the game wide open and get away to a winning start in the playoff. Manager Charlie Dressen, thinking a mile a minute, ordered Billy Cox to bunt. Billy laid down a good one, and Hodges was off for third as catch er Yogi JBerra scrambled for the ball. Hodges slit! in hard, and to many sthqu.§p.n4s looked' as tho.hgh' ket’ Scprqd; gy.hlcaJ^ decision over Berra’s ssnap;: ithroxy; to • G u M<|DbWgalld; l'y 'Bdti! ‘Empire!;i iArtie>' Gore'th'e| 1 otHerr' .way!! Whxjn jbhe , bo^gef, ‘pitoJjeF Cifyn’;Labor, alsodlirfited and ’walk tlniojw ;piijt kj jwjdq.. margin, jdv^ Pi <mi|. I.\ II rally ’ '•hilled. It J®jr® Weil,i thpr^lU'icjui film dof&ji eqhikPcht^iiV Thelatltiolii is sto dead and it appears to : Hodges in there while McBouggl'd; still reaches for a ball not yet -jjjf sight. The yiew.e^s will be giveif a chancy fa aVgfief theCpfay all over again, Ngtdonal Woagqers will swear they wore robbed afid A mcr- ican Leaguers JkyiR., smile their cus tomary suporl'br ■ sWlik^ In justice to Umpire Gore, the film commentary might point out that the arhi^w&^later. .GStpRBnfH that Hodges made a hook slide— for no earthly reason inasmuch as it was a force play—and that the ball beat him while he was com ing back. It’s tough to lick an umpire, even withpictures. left in the initial period, but two gratis tosses by Morgan gave the Bears an edge they never relin quished again. At the end of the first quarter’, Baylor built up a 12-7 margin in a period which found both teams un able to hit the basket consistently. The Bears increased their lead in the second period, leaving the court at halftime on the long end of a 28-16 score. In the third stanza, A&M out- scored Baylor 14-12 and by 15-7 in the final period, but with 10 sec onds remaining, Addison tipped one in for the final Aggie points. Baylor was in possession of the ball as the game ended. In winning their fourth straight without a loss, the Fish out-pointed the Cubs 18-8 in the third quarter and 21-14 in the fourth. Forward George Mehaffey led all players with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Guard Ted Harrod scor ed 16 points. The Fish took a 16-12 lead ,at Molly Timy ndrrcid ove picks up two of his. eight point s long push shot eafly in the third mmy Stray burger holds Aggie Rodney Produced by CHARLES BRACKETT ■ DOUBLE FEATURE Thursday & Friday fmed tQ fight like a nutn before he could k&rn to love Whitney Sinks First ’54 Ilole-in-One Here Col. C. C. Whitney, retired, Saturday sank the.first hole-in-one of 1954 to be scored on the A&M golf course. The ace, Whitney’s sixth, was scored on the 170 yard 16th hole with a 5-iron. Whitney, who lives in Bryan, previously had made two other holes-in-one in the Philippine Islands, two in the Panama Canal Undefeated Tigers Heal Hearne Twice The Tigers of A&M Consolidated high school Monday night won their sixth straight basketball game, downing Hearne, 35-22, Consolidated’s B team also re mained undefeated, taking a 24-15 decision, its third straight. Guard Fred Anderson scored 11 points in the A game, followed by David Bonnen with 10. Manuel Garcia and Norman Floeck each scored 8 in tile B game. Trailing 11-14 at the end of the first half, the varsity outscored the Eagles 12-2 in the third quarter and coasted in. The B team built up a 13-4 lead at the half and was out of danger. . J. . . • - ’i, Daitortr f ’ ■’ Dickson B.stes, ( Strasburgcr, Morgan, g TOTALS . . Score by quarters: BAYLOR 12 U 12 7—4 7 A&M 7 S 14 15—15 Free throws missed: Addison. Fortenberry .‘i. McCrory 2, Pirtle 2, Hardgrove 3, Bailey 2, Dalton, Estes 2. Morgan 2. Officials: Williamson and Hamilton. 4 I BS (18) Franklin. Forderhasr Shofner. f Uilliland, c Malien, c While, g Powell, g (Trails, g Walker, g TOTALS FISH («!>> Gattis. f . Mehaffey. f Henry, f Wilson, f Judd, e Penfield, e Harrod, g . . Harvey, g . . Smith, g . . Phipps, g Bartlett, f . Stephens, f fg. :t H. 1>L 1 2 ll>. 10 15 i>r- 2 0 25 0 19 149 James Emmrich of dormitory 4 scored 10 points to help his team eke out an 18-17 win over dormi tory 2 in intramural basketball yes terday at the Grove. Warren scored eight points'while Longbrake scored six points Cor the losers. Delbert Anderson helped ilie Meteorology club romp over the Newman club, 82-16 by scoring 10 points. Error In Co u ses Mis la ke i TOTALS . . Score by periods: A&M 1(5 14 18 21—69 BAYLOR ..... 12 14 S 11—18 Free throws missed—Fish: Henry. Pen- field 3, Harrod 3, Smith, Phipps. Baylor Cubs: Franklin, Walker 2, Mallet. Officials: Barnett and Shelton. Due to a mistake in the shop yesterday, the cutline under a picture on the sports page was in error. The cutline was naming the coaches pictured and said. “Line coach Michalske will stay.” Before the error, the cutline originally said, “Remaining coach in the back row is Mike Michalske, line coach.” High man for the Newman squad was Bob Alcock with six points. Football Suadron 7’s Rudy Henson scored a touchdown and ran four times for 90 yards to help his unit de feat squadron 15, 10-9. Joe King of squadron 2 scored a touchdown on a 45 yard pass to help his unit beat squadron 8, 12 0. A pass from Clay Kowan to BiU Nourie gave squadron 3 its sole tally. Squadron 20 scored a safety to edge company F, 2-0. In horseshoes, squadron 23 beat squadron 18, two matches to one; squadron 17 beat squadron 24, 2-1; and company K won over company E, 2-1. In bowling, squadron 19 beat company L, 436-409, and company 11 defeated company E, 411-381, DYERSS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS 2-1585 lilt) S. 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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 06, 1954, Image 3

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