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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Franklin.
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Shofner. f
Uilliland, c
Malien, c
While, g
Powell, g
(Trails, g
Walker, g
TOTALS
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Mehaffey. f
Henry, f
Wilson, f
Judd, e
Penfield, e
Harrod, g . .
Harvey, g . .
Smith, g . .
Phipps, g
Bartlett, f .
Stephens, f
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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.
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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,
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