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THE BATTALION
Friday, February 5, 1954
Oklahoma Aggies
Beat Wich ita, 59-SI
By BEN PHLEGAIt
NEW YORK—(iP)—The Oklaho-
rtta A&M Cowboys are making cer
tain they won’t be left on the side
lines when the Western Regional
NCAA basketball tournament opens
on their home court in Stillwater
next month.
They took their biggest stride so
far towards the Missouri Valley
conference title—and its automatic
NCAA invitation — last night by
clipping Wichita 59-51 in a fierce
struggle. The victory was the Ag
gies’ fourth without a loss in
league play and put the second
black mark against the Wheat-
shockers’ conference hopes. Wich-
.ita has lost only three times in 22
starts, but two of the defeats
*iave come against Missouri Valley
ioes.
/ Wichita made it tough all the
'Way for the Oklahomans and led
/twice until the final three minutes.
Layups by Clayton Carter and V. R.
Darnhouse helped decide the issue
in favor of the Aggies.
Cleo Littleton of the losers was
high man with 24 points against
21 by Bob Mattick of A&M.
The Aggies, ranked fifth in the
/ latest Associated Press poll, now
^ I have an 18-1 record.
) Kentucky and Western Kentucky,
along with Duquesne the nation’s
only remaining unbeaten teams,
both extended their streaks last
night. Kentucky, No. 1 in the coun
try, trampled Georgia 106-55 for its
120th consecutive home victory
with Frank Ramsey scoring 29
points. Kentucky has won 15 games
this season.
Western found Stetson of Florida
unexpectedly tough but triumphed
81-63 for No. 21, equaling the
school’s longest winning streak.
Tom Marshall scored 17 points in
the final quarter to assure the
verdict.
Eight-ranking Duke was held to
its lowest total of the season by
North Cai’olina in. winning 63-47.
Furman’s Frank Selvy increased
his own all-time major college bas
ketball scoring record to 1,946
points with a 42-point display in
New York as his team defeated
Manhattan 92-80. Selvy broke the
all-time Madison Square Garden
record for foul shooting as he sank
16 of 19 and his total was high
for the current season.
Defense-minded Maryland held
Washington and Lee to seven field
goals in scoring a 51-25 decision,
one of the lowest one-team totals
in a major college game this sea
son.
In other action, Oklahoma City
returned home after a disastrous
road trip and showed the home
folks a winning style, 69 - 54,
against Creighton. West Virginia
whipped New York University 92-
80, Denver upset Utah State 65-60
and Dayton defeated Memphis 66-
59.
Philley, Konstanty Set
Contract Holdout Pace
, PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5—(A>)_
Outfielder Dave Philley has re
turned three unsigned contracts to
the Philadelphia Athletics, and the
Philadelphia Phillies have received
two rejects from Pitcher Jim Kon-
fctanty.
The only bright news on the
Philadelphia baseball scene was a
telephone call from Fii’st Baseman
Eddie Waitkus that he was satis
fied with the second-contract Phil
lies’ owner Bob Carpenter mailed
him.
Waitkus, a sparkling glove man,
hit .291 in 81 games 'with the Phil
lies in 1953. He shared the first
basing duties with Earl Torgeson.
In the last few' weeks of September,
Waitkus “jumped” the club and
was suspended without pay by Car
penter. He and owner Carpenter
since have made up and the first-
sacker was welcomed into the fold
by the club.
Philley had his finest major
league season in 1953, hitting .303
for the Athletics in 1£7 games. The
Paris, Texas, native drove home
59 runs and was one of the Ameri
can League’s top fielding centei’-
fielders despite numerous injuries.
Earl Mack, vice president, admits
that Philley deserves a raise, but
the amount is in dispute between
the boss and player.
Philley informs from Texas that
he’d just as soon stay home and
wrangle steers as sign for the in
crease now offered him by the Ath
letics. “I don’t want to be hard
nose about this,” said the 32-year-
old outfielder. “I guess the A’s
are hurting for money, but a man
has to look out for himself.”
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Freshmen Play Allen Tonight;
Ags Try for First SWC Win Again
Tigers Close
District Season
A&M Consolidated high
school closes out its district
25-A basketball season in Sca
ly.
Entering the contest with a
4-1 district record, the Tigers will
keep a good chance for the title
if they come out on top. Bellville
has a 2-1 record with three games
left.
Tiger coach Jim Bevans prob
ably will start his usual lineup of
Bobby Jackson, Pinky Gooner,
Fred Anderson, J. B. Carroll and
David Bonnen. Jackson scored 21
points in Tuesday’s 51-26 defeat
of Waller.
Consolidated, which has a 16-2
record, was undefeated until the
finals of the Navasota invitational
tournament several weeks ago. The
Tigers lost that contest to Klein
and then lost, 48-41, to Bellville
last Friday night.
The B team will play a prelim
inary game before the A team.
A&M’s Fish and varsity cage
squads both see their next action
on foreign courts, the Fish engag
ing Allen Academy in Bryan to
night and the varsity meeting SMU
at Dallas Saturday night.
Head coach John Floyd’s charges
have yet to win a conference game
this season, while SMU now resides
in fourth place in SWC standings.
The Aggies’ last defeat came at the
hands of Arkansas last Monday
night in Fayetteville, 80-55. It
was a double defeat for the Farm
ers that night as the Fish dropped
a 71-60 contest, their second defeat
in seven starts, to Lon Morris in
Jacksonville.
Last week SMU was firmly set
tled in the conference race’s third
place slot. Pre-season predictions
had figured the Mustangs to finish
in one of the top three positions,
probably with Texas and Rice.
However, a rousing upset last week
by comeback-determined TCU top
pled the Methodists into fourth
place while the Frogs moved into
the number three slot.
Swimmers
Win 52-32
A&M’s varsity swimming
team last night outseored
Northwestern Louisiana State,
52-32, in Natchitoches, La.
On their trip through the
South, the Cadets previously
had won from Georgia Tech
and Emory university and lost
to Florida State and the Uni
versity of Florida.
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victory on several occasions, but
only in one instance have they
come out on top of the score this
season. That was in an early sea
son clash with Trinity university
when the Cadets bested their com
petition by 10 points. Later A&M
came within one point of downing
arch rival Texas, but the clock ran
out before they could scox-e the win
ning goal.
During the past four seasons,
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the Dallas court. Even A&M’s
1950-51 SWC champions were un
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home ground.
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McCrory and Joe Hardgrove at
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