Tuesday, January 12, 1954
THE BATTAION
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Lagers Flay 1 exas
ght; Lose to Rice
A&Mi’s varsity basketball team,
minus two of its best players, to
night meets arch-rival University
of Texas in DeWare field house
at 8 p. m. after losing to Rice,
78-53, in Houston Saturday.
The Fish will play the Short
horns at 6 p.m. and will be ti'ying
for their fifth win in six starts.
Saturday they lost to the Owlets,
(35-GO, after winning their first
four games of the season.
The Aggies will be playing with
out Guards Rod Pirtle and Don
Moon, who have quit the squad.
Couch John Floyd probably will
start Roy Martin at center. John
Fortenberry and James Addison at
forwards, and Joe Hardgroye and
Pat McCrory at guards.
Texas, 64-61 victors over Arkan
sas Saturday, probably will start
Fred Saunders, 6-7, at center;
Billy Powell, 6-5, and Bob Wag
goner, 6-7, at forwards; and Gib
Ford, 6-4, and Jim Richardson, 6-4,
at guards.
The Longhorns have a 7-4 season
record and a 2-0 conference mark.
Saunders has scored 168 points
and is fourth in conference scox - -
ing.
Against Rice, the Cadets trailed
Nine Compete
For Varsity
C j if Places
Joe Fagan, A&M golf coach, has
nine candidates for the varsity golf
team.
Bill Franklin, Homer Callaway,
John Kubitz, Brad Godfrey, David
Vandeiwoort, Bob Bridges, E. W.
Williams, L. E. McNauton and
Fagan said the order would prob
ably change before the season
starts.
A match with Texas March 30
in Austin opens the Aggies’ cpn-
fex-ence schedule. Next the links-
inen play Rice here April 2, B-uylor
Api'il 10 in Waco, Arkansas here
April 24, TCU here May 1 and
SMU in Dallas May 4.
Home and home matches are be
ing planned . with the University
of Houston, Trinity university and
North Texas State. Matches may
be arranged with Nebraska and
Oklahoma A&M, said Fagan.
Out for the Fish team are T. J.
Cox, Marcelino Moreno, James
Christopher, Jerry Durbin, Doyle
Patton, Gary Fletche, J. B. Riddle,
D. Correll and Allen Rice.
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16-9 at the end of the first quai'-
ter and 39-23 at the half. Twice
the Owls led by 30 points in the
last five minutes of play.
Gene Schwinger scoi’ed 24 points
for the Owls. Fortenberry put in
15 for A&M, 12 in the last half.
The Fish neaxdy pulled their game
out of the fire in the late stages
but couldn’t quite make up the dif-
fei’ence. The Freshmen outscored
the Owlets, 21-16, in field goals,
but Rice sank 33 free throws to
18 for A&M. Ted Harrod scored
14, followed by Geoi’ge Mehaffey
with 13.
Fish Swimmers Win
First Meet Saturday
A&M’s Fish swimming team Sat
urday got off to a winning start,
sweeping- a triangular meet with
Houston YMCA and San Axxtonio
Aquatic club in P. L. Downs jr.
natatorium.
It was the first meet of the sea
son for the Fish, who scored 43
points to Houston’s 24 and San An
tonio’s 17.
Fish Norman Ufer set a fx-esh-
man pool record in the 100 yard
backsti-oke, covering the distance
in 62,6 seconds. The old .mark was
69 seconds. Ufer was the state
champion last season at Houston
Reagan.
A&M’s Dick Hunkier won two
events, the 120 yard individual
medley and the 200 yard free
st,roke. He swam the medley in
1:18.8 and the freestroke in 2:10.3.
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SW(! Swimming \
Relays Set Here .'
The A&M varsity swimming
team Saturday will play host to the
Southwest conference swimming
relays in P. L. Downs Jr. natator
ium.
Teams from the University of
Tej^-randr'SAtU^lUb v.'itf wYntpete.
Tlic meet will begin at 3 p.m., with
no admission charge.
Events to be held are the 400
yard freestyle, breaststroke, and
backstroke, diving, distance medley
and double medley relays.
Np swimmer will be allowed to
participate in more than two
events. Scox-ing will be on a basis
of 14 points for fix-st place, 10 fox-
second, 8 for third, 6 for fourth,
4 four fifth and 2 for sixth.
Freshman Walter Penherthy won
the 100 yard bi-eaststi-oke ixx 68.1,
and Tom Bax-low placed second in
the 120 yard indivdual medley and
100 yard backstroke.
The A&M team of Ufex*, Pen-
bei’thy and Edwai*d Kasper won
the 180 yard medley relay in 1:45.2.
The Fish also took third in the 160
yard freestyle x-elay with a team
of Willianx Taylor, Bill Parsons,
Georg-e Boyett and Gayle Watts.
Boyett and Taylor won second
and thix-d in the 40 yard freestx-oke.
Jimmy Cashion and Kasper placed
second and third in the 100 yax-d
freestx-oke, and Bob Martin won
second in diving.
Banquet Set
For Friday 1, Night
The “T” Association Friday will
hold its annual banquet immediate
ly prior to the A&M-TCU basket
ball game. The.banquef is planned
for 6:30 p. m. in the Assembly
room, of the Memoi’ial Student Cen-
ter - ../a:..,, 5L.- *■■*.■■&**. A&ut
After tlie DaskftbafFgafft^OTKm^
formal dance/■Vv’i 11 ft'fe-
sociatiqiy niepxbfei\s;*it^lVe-AS^«si)biy;
room.
Corps nxembers of the associa-
tioix may attend the banquet and
dance xion-x-eg, but not the basket
ball game.
Sbisa To Be Site
Of Sports Banquet
' Awards to A&M football squad-
men Saturday wil be one of the
highlights of the annual winter
sports banquet for the football and
cross-county teams to be held at
7 p. ni. in Sbisy hall.
Louie E. Throgmorton, vice-
pi-esident and director of the Re
public Life Insurance company of
Dallas will speak on “Goalposts.”
W. N. Colson of Bryan will be
the master of ceremonies. The
banquet is sponsoxed jointly by the
athletic department and the Brazos
County A&M club. Tickets arc
$2.50 pci" person and are on sale
at College Station aiid Bryan bus
iness houses.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Faulk Wins Three
Bowling Gaines
Joe Faulk Auto and Appliance
store won three games from Con-
V'ay & Co. Thursday xiight at the
MSC howling lanes to come within
one game of the All Star league
lead.
Ted Ritchey, high game and se
ries bowler fo rthe night, led Stu
dent Co-op to a two game wiix ovei-
Rivex-side. Ritchey x-olled a 158,
173, and 238 for a 569 series.
Season Standings:
Conway &‘ Co.
Faulk’s
Student Co-op
Coca Gobi 24
Rivex-side 1814
Cai-roll’s 14
McAllister’s 12; , 4
Kennedy’s 7
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Lost
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12
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Consolidated
To Try For
Second Title
A&M Consolidated high
school’s basketballers go after
their second tournament
next week after winning the
K i w a n i s club-Consolidated
tourney for the second straight
time last week.
The undefeated Tigex-s will com
pete in the Navasota invitational,
which starts Friday, Jan, 22.
Undefeated Consolidated raced
to a 48-23 win. over Somerville Sat-
ux-day night fox- its second stx-aight
Kiwanis club toux-nament champ
ionship. The Tigers also put thx-ee
playex-s on the all-toxxmament
team. They were Fx-ed Axxderson,
David Bonnen and Biobby Jacksoxx.
Twelve teams are to pax-ticipate
in the Navasota toux-ney, which be-
gixxs Friday afternoon and ends
Saturday night. They are Hemp
stead, Waller, Navasota, LaGrange,
Klein, Bedias, Cleveland, Tomball,
Snook, Cypress-Fairbanks, Schul-
enbux-g and Consolidated.
Hempstead Won Last
Hempstead won the toux-nament
last season, with Waller the run-
ixei’-up.
In Saturday night’s title game,
Andex-son scoi*ed all 10 points to
give the Tigei*s a 10-0 first quai--
ter lead, and they coasted in. Con
solidated led at the half, 25-7.
Cy Woods of the Yeguas was
high scoi*er with 14 points. Jack-
son and Anderson scored 12 each
for the Tigex-s, followed by Pinky
Cooner with 11.
Tigers Dowxx Waller
Consolidated defeated' . Waller,
58-31, in the first ropnd, and down
ed! Katy, 48-20, ’in the semifinals.
Soiherv.llle-%utpoihted Calvert, 340.-
26, and Cypre^-E^h;l^apk^,^54-43.
% Ifh-kYKe e&if^OTati)^nU?bracket,
Hempstead .^sed. Cafvert,
Sift* wiii^ke-c^K^e tmn wllagp-:
xdnship. ' r ‘ f
Seleeted to the all-tournam.^ 1 ^
team wei-e Woods and Jack Griffin
of Somerville, Tommy Towns, of
Calvert, Marvin Dibbens of Hemp
stead, Pete Z'aBbrqski of Cypress-
Fairbanks, and Andex-son, Bonnen
ana Jackson of Consolidated.
’Mural Highlights
Magee Selected Tops Again
Senior Jake Magee, a physical
education major fi-om College Sta
tion, repeated as the top intra
mural athlete of the week.
Mag-ee was selected for his brill
iant imns of 65 yards and 40 yax-ds
against A ordnance for two touch
downs to help squadron 7 win 20-
0.
Ed Henmig threw two touchdown
passes, made a 60 yard run and
helped set up the thix-d touchdown
as A athletics romped over squad
ron 11, 20-6.
Hennig tossed a 40 yax-d pass
into the waiting- arms of Sam Row
land who ran 40 xxxoi-e yax-ds for
the first touchdown.
Bexxefield to Palm
On the last play of the half,
squadron ll’s Johnny Benefield
threw a 60 yard pass to Ed Palm,
who made a brilliant catch after
the ball was juggled momentarily.
Merit of squadron 11 careied
twice fox- a total of 40 yards to
the five yard line.
After a penalty had nullified
squadx-on ll’s touchdown, Johnny
Winters, squadron 11, faded deep
and threw a 30 yax-d touchdown
pass to the waiting- Poncho Pattex--
sou for their only scox-e.
Hennig Throws for TD
Hennig threw a 40 yax-d* pass to
Bob Briggs for the scond touch
down fox- the athletes.
Late in the final half, Jim Mor
rison broke loose through center
for 40 yax-ds and the final score.
Tigers Beat
Somerville, Win
10th Straight
The Tigers of A&M Consolidat
ed high school last alight made it
10 stx-aight basketball wins, de
feating Somierville, 42-29, in the
Tiger gym.
Consolidated’s B team notched a
32-23 victor ovex- the Somerville B
team in the 1 , curtain-raiser.
The Tigei*s begin play Friday in
the disti-ict 25-A western zone,
meeting Bellville at home.
Bobby Jackson paced the A team
with 16 points, and David Bonnen
scored 9. Howevex*, the hig-h scox--
er was Somei-ville’s Cy Woods, who
accounted for 17.
Norman Floeck led the B team
victory, scoring 13 points. Rich
ard Scott scored 12 for Somerville.
Consolidated led 13-10 at the
first quax-ter, 21-15 at the half, and
32-19 at the end of the thii'd quax--
ter. The B team led 11-9 at the
half.
Jake Magee intex-cepted a pass
on his own 45 and ran 55 yards to
score and help squadron 7 defeat
B infantry, 12-0.
Squadron 21 blanked company
A, 12-0, in another game.
Company F’s Arnold© Ramirez,
Herman Veselka, Phil Spears, Gene
Haddox, Don Webber and Bob
Blanchard won the freshman tennis
chaxxxpionship by defeating- com
pany L, two matches to one.
Webber and Blanchard defeated
company L’s Jerry Jones axxd Bud
dy May, eight games to four.
Spears and Haddox won over
Charles Ernest and Chaxies Shre-
ves of company L, 10-8 while Ram-
ix-ez and Veselka lost to Ken Joyce
and Bob Park, 8-3.
The final basketball tilt of the
season saw the American Veteri
nary Medical association club beat
the Meteox-ology club, 33-18.
Cadwalder Scores 12
High man for the AVMA was
Rodger Cadwalder with 12 points.
Company l’s Bill Shepax-d bowl
ed a brilliant 202 to help his xhnit
win the freshman bowling champ
ionship Saturday by defeating
squadron 22, 529-527.
Company I has won two prior
games with a score of 500 or bet
ter.
COIN SOLIOATKIi (18)
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Cartoll
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Cooner
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TOTALS .
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Scott
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Woods
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Harper
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Griffin
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TOTALS
Score by quarters:
. .10
3
5
23
Consolidated
10 15
• 10
13-
—IS
Somerville .
. 0 7
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10-
—23
Free throws missed: Beasley, Cooner,
Jackson, Somerville: Woods 2.
Officials: JDe Witt and Lynch.
John (Jocke) Conlan, National
League umpire, was an outfielder
for the Chicago White Sox in 1934
and 1935.
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