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/ Tuesday, November 30,1954 THE BATTALION Page 3 Yar sity Beats Fish 67-52 In Warmup for Cougars ill ffxrr-'"' mwmi SPM * A&M’s vai’sity basketball team shot out a victory over the freshman team last night before about 2,500 in G. Rollie White coli seum in a prelude to its season opener here Thursday night with the University of Houston. Coach John Floyd opened with a senior, two juniors and two sopho mores in his starting lineup. The Cadets started slow, then opened up a 36-27 lead at the end of the first half. They kept that margin through the first 13 minutes of the second half, then the Fish, coached by John DeWitt and his assistant Joe Hard grove, fought to within 50-44. Guard Roger Harvey, soph, sank nine points in the last seven min utes as the varsity pulled far ahead. For the Cadets, center George Mehaffey, 6-4, made 16 points, high for the night, before fouling out with eight minutes, 40 seconds to play. Forward Fritzie Connley, 6-2%, scored 15 for the Fish. He’ll be eligible for the varsity next semester. Forward Bill Brophy, a transfer from Allen academy, where he starred last year, scored 13, and Harvey had 10. Brophy and cocaptain John For tenberry, both juniors, started at forwards, Mehaffey at center, co captain Pat McCrory and Bob Gat- tis at guards. McCrory is a senior, Mehaffey and Gattis are sophs. Center Jeff Penfield, 6-6 soph, broke his ankle in practice and will be out for about six weeks. The varsity trailed through the first seven minutes until Mehaf- fey’s goal from the comer put them ahead 7-6. Mehaffey, Forten berry and Gattis shot the Cadets into a 17-10 lead. Then Connley scored six points as the Fish closed to within 23-20 with 6:30 left in the first half. Here McCrory, Mehaffey and Brophy made baskets and forward Don Bilbrey and Brophy sank two free shots to put the varsity ahead 33-20. Led by Mehaffey, who scored six points, the varsity led 46-36 in the second half, then Mehaffey went out and the Fish narrowed it to 50-44 with seven minutes to play on two free shots by Connley. Gattis and Bilbrey sank a pair Aggie Rif levs Defeat Texas For Title Guy Andrews fired a 278 to lead the Aggie rifle team to a one point win over the Uni versity of Texas and the Southwest conference title in Austin, The match was held Thanks giving Day. Under the direction of M/ Sgt. John Collins, the Cadets nosed out Texas 1382-1381. The win gave A&M a 5-0 rec ord, while Texas finished with a 4-1 record. Aggie shooters were Sid Ferrell, Charles Bombardier, Fred Galley and Dan Gris som. Dan Barney of Texas was high point man with 282. of free shots each, Harvey laid in two baskets and three free shots, McCrory made two charity shots and the varsity led 63-48. Harvey and guard Ted Harrod, another sophomore, each sank two free shots in the last minute after a goal by Connley and two fi’ee tosses by guard Willard Hutto. The Fi’eshmen, short on height, gave the varsity trouble at times with a hard-pressing, ball-hawking defense. VARSITY (67) fgr. ft. fl. tp. Harrod, g 0 6 1 6 Smith, g 0 0 2 0 Harvey, g 2 6 1 10 Sawyer, g 0 0 0 0 Brophy, f 4 5 1 13 McCrory, g 1 3 5 5 Mehaffey, c 8 0 5 16 .Bilbrey, f 0 4 4 4 Fortenberry, f 1 2 5 4 Gattis, g 1 7 1 9 Love, f 0 0 0 0 Henry, f O 0 0 O TOTALS ..... 17 FISH (52) fg. Connley, f 3 Williams, c 1 Collier, g . 2 Elswick, g 0 Sutherlin, g 3 Archer, g 0 Wells, f 0 Ewert, f 0 Smith, g 1 Hutto, g 3 * mm mmm mi EID0M—Back SMU wii MOORE-—Back Arkansas HOOPER—Back Baylor MOEGLE—Back Rice il •n ALL-SOUTHWEST GREMMINGER- Baylor -End m '• SINCLAIR—End Texas A&M 33 28 ft. fl. -- __ __ IK TOTALS 13 26 24 52 Officials: Segrest and Wilkins. CHS Tops Caldwell In 37-31 Opener mk LANSFORD—Tackle v Texas BROOKS—Guard Arkansas* PITTS—Center TCU PAUL—Guard Rice * Jh J. R. SMITH—Tackle Baylor A&M Consolidated high school fought off a late third quarter rally and pulled away in the final minutes of the game to defeat Caldwell 37-31 last night in its season opener in G. Rollie White coliseum. Led by the outside shooting of guard J. B. Carroll and the work under the baskets of forward Nor man Floeck, the Tigers pulled out of a 21-22 deficit late in the third period. Carroll’s long one-hander from the side with three minutes, 12 seconds left in the quarter put CHS ahead to stay. Floeck and guard Manuel Garcia then hit a basket each, and Carroll made another long one as the Tigers led 29-42 at the end of the period. In the fourth, Caldwell pulled up Teams Start Drills For 12th Man Bowl to 31-28 on two goals by center Perry Schwierzke. Then Floeck and Garcia sank one each and the Tigers were out of trouble, al though two free throws pulled Caldwell to 35-31 with 47 seconds to play. CHS overcame a nearly deficit to take an 8-4 lead at the end of the first period. The two teams traded almost point for point in a hot second quarter which found the Tigers still ahead 16-14. Floeck was the game’s leading scorer with 16 points. Schwierzke had 13 and Carroll 11. —CHS (37) fg. ft. fl. tp. Floeck, f 7 2 2 16 Garcia, g '. .4 1 1 9 Oden, c 0 1 2 1 Carroll, g 5 1 3 11 Hickman, f 0 0 0 0 Engelbrecht, g 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 16 5 8 37 CALDWELL (31) fg. ft. fl. tp. Sebesta, f 0 0 2 0 Heldman, f 3 2 0 8 Schwierzke, c 5 3 3 13 Howry, g 1 0 0 2 Urbanosky, g 2 0 0 4 Fedora, f 1 2 1 4 Penalty Cosily as Ags Lose To TU By JERRY WIZIG Battalion Sports Editor A five-yard penalty rubbed out a touchdown run by fullback Don Kachtik and may have cost the Aggies the game they wanted to win most of all. Instead, the Uni versity of Texas preserved its un tarnished Thanksgiving Day Memo rial stadium record and downed the battling Cadets, 22-13. This was the second worst season A&M’s football history. The Aggies finished with a 1-9 mark. The 1948 team had a 0-9-1 record, the ’49 team, 1-8-1. The costly penalty came with about two minutes to play in the first half and A&M trailing 13-7. A beautiful 49-yard punt return by Bobby Keith had given the Aggies a chance from the Steer 11. A pass from quarterback Elwood Kettler to Keith put the ball on the 5, then Kachtik, who had another over the goal as a red flag went down. The officials ruled the Ag gie backfield was in motion before the snap. After this, Kettler and Ronald Robbins lost a total of 24 yards in pass attempts, and the Steers took over. Trailing 19-13 in the fourth quar ter, the Ags took over on their 20 and started upfield toward the ty ing touchdown. With Kettler throwing to all-conference end Ben nie Sinclair for 18 and 14 yards, the Cadets reached the Texas 24. On first down, Kettler went back to pass, and Steer guard Herb Gray roared through to throw him for a 10-yard loss, another of the game’s big plays. Facing fourth and 13 after a 7-yard pass to Keith, Kettler threw to Sinclair in the end zone, but the rangy end could only tip it as it fell incomplete. Kettler, who completed 7 of 14 totals 12 7 6 3i great day for the Cadets, pounded passes for 75 yards, finished the Workouts start today for the army and air force teams who will meet in the third annual 12th Man Bowl game at Kyle field Dec. 16. The two squads will drill for two weeks in shorts and shoes, then will be issued pads Dec. 13. Game proceeds will go to the student aid fund and the 12th Man scholarship. The student aid fund makes loans for emergency medical treatments, buys eye glasses for some students and sends flowers to student funerals. Tickets are 50 cents and will be sold by unit athletic officers. Last year’s game brought about $1,740, the 1952 game about $2,000. Handball Team Loses To Texas A&M’s handball team suffered its first defeat of the season, to University of Texas in Austin Wednesday night. Six singles and t-wo doubles were played. Jim Mathis and Johnny Johnson won the first doubles. Texas won the other matches. Games are being planned with Baylor and Rice, but dates have not been set. Plans are also being made for the four top players to attend the national collegiate handball tournament at Chicago. Johnny Johnson is president and Heiman Segrest is sponsor of the club. Each unit or dorm is allowed two players. Eligibility rules are same as for intramui-als. If a player is ineligible for intramural flag foot ball, he is ineligible for the game. Varsity football players will act ? coaches for the two teams. Equipment will be furnished by the athletic department. The following committee was ap pointed by Joe Sorrels, chairman of the student life committee, to han dle details of the game — Pat Wheat, chairman; James Caffey, operations; Hadley Foster, half time; Don Ellis, coaches; Don Bene- fiel, tickets; Jerry Wizig, publici ty; and Barney Welch, Barlow (Bones) Irvin, and C. G. (Spike) White. season as the Southwest conference total offense leader. He gained 937 yards running and passing, three yards ahead of Baylor’s Billy Hooper. Sinclair, who caught four passes for 60 yards Thursday, finished third in pass catching, with 22 good for 293 yards. Texas got started early as Ches ter Simcik intercepted a Kettler pass on the Aggie 38. Ten plays later fullback Billy Quinn, the game’s leading gainer with 106 yards in 16 carries, smashed over from the 1. Buck Lunsford’s kick was low. Early in the second quarter, Tex as went 61 yards in four plays aft er recovering a fumble by Aggie Joe Schero. Quarterback Charley Brewer pitched 36 yards to end Menan Schriewer, then threw 20 yards to halfback Joe Youngblood for the score. Youngblood converted. Bob Easley scored A&M’s first touchdown on a 2-yard plunge after a 25-yard punt return to the 31 by Gene Henderson. Texas went ahead 19-7 in the third quarter, Brewer throwing 34 yards to Schriewer for the score, ending a 91-yard drive. Later in the period, A&M tackle Dee Powell grabbed a fumble on the Texas 30. Three plays later, Kachtik burst 26 yards on a draw play, the long* est scoring run from scrimmage an Aggie has ever made in Memorial stadium. SAVE YOUR MONEY SAVE YOUR CLOTHES CAMPUS CLEANERS Adams Scores 14, B Infantry Wins Jim Adams scored 14 points to lead B infantry to a 34-18 victory over squadron 17 in upperclassmen intramural basketball yesterday. In other games, A infantry won over squadron 20, 23-7; squadron 19 won over A quartermaster, 18- 12; and squadron 18 won over squadron 11, 21-19. 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