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Wednesday, December 1, 1954 THE BATTALION Page 3 Varsity Cagers Have Long Drill for U of H The Aggie basketball team went through a long workout yesterday, stressing offense for their season opener with the University of Houston in G. Rollie White coli seum Thursday night. With only one senior and two let- termen on his squad, Coach John Floyd divided his varsity and al ternated seven men against a team of reserves. Floyd had Pat McCrory, John Fortenberry, Bob Gattis, George Mehaffey, Bill Brophy, Don Bil- brey and Roger Harvey alternating on the first string. McCrory, a senior, and Forten berry, a junior, are the only letter- men on the 13-man squad, cut to 12 1 * now that soph center Jeff Pen- field is out with a broken ankle. Penfield, 6-6, is the team’s tallest pljlyer. Mehaffey, 6-4 sophomore, start ed at center in Monday night’s in tersquad game with the Fish and scored 16 points. Brophy and Bil- brey are junior college transfers, Harvey and Gattis sophs. The Cadets lack an experienced big man, and the Cougars will have one as big as they come Thursday in seven-foot Don Boldebuck, a transfer from Nebraska Wesleyan. He was held out of competition last season, so still has two years of eligibility. Houston has seven returning let- termen, including four seniors. The veterans are guards Jackie Bell, 5-11, Lupe Lopez, 5-11, Herb Hoskins, 6-2, and Jose Palafox, 6-1; and forwards Jim Hatton, 6-4, Jack Aggies To Enter Pistol Tourney Six A&M students will go to the Alamo City Pistol Tournament in San Antonio Saturday and Sunday, according to Sgt. R. G. Cox, train er of the pistol team. ' The team had planned to go to West Point, but was forced to cancel the trip because a plane could not be obtained. Students making the trip to San Antonio are required to pay all expenses other than enhance fees, Cox said. For 12th Man Bowl Kettler, Sinclair Will Coach Teams / * Elwoocl Kettler and Bennie Sinclair are the head coaches f<5r the third annual 12th Man Bowl football game between the air force and army set for Dec. 16 at Kyle field. Kettler, named at quarterback on at least one all-South- west conference team, will head the air force. Sinclair, selected at an end on The Associated Press all-conference team, will guide the army squad. The two coaches met their teams for the first time yes terday, as drills started for the benefit game. All proceeds will go to the student aid fund and the 12th Man scholarship. Tickets are 50 cents and will be sold through unit ath letic officers and the office of student activities in Goodwin hall. They also will be sold at the stadium the day of the game. The contest, which first originated in the early 40’s, then died out during the war, was begun as an annual event in 1952. Since then, it has brought about $3,700 into the student aid fund. Both squads started workouts with about 60 players. The coaches will cut their teams to 35 or 40 before Dec. 13, when pads and uniforms will be issued. Until then, the squads will work out in shorts. The game will be played under high school rules—unlim ited substitution and 10 minute quarters. Starting time will be announced later. Tickets will be issued in a meeting Dec. 9 to athletic officers fm distribution to their units. Air force supporters will sit on the south end of the w5st side during the game, army rooters on the north end of the same side. iVhen you pause...make it count...have a Coke BCTTIED UNDER AUTHORITY Of THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY THE BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Foster, 6-2, and Jerry Pettiette, 6-3. Seniors are Hatton, Hoskins, Pet tiette and Bell. Four sophomores are expected to give the Cougars added scoring punch. They are Jimmy Ash, lead ing scorer on the frosh team with a 15.7 average, Bobby Powers, a 6-5 all-stater from Oklahoma, An dy McElveen, a Louisiana all-stat er in high school, and Granville Hambright, 6-4 former Texas all stater. Stephens Scores 15 In B Eng. Victory Jim Stephens scored 15 points to lead B engineers to a 25-24 victory over\C anti-aircraft artillery in upperclassmen intramural basket ball yesterday. In other games, A signal corps won over squadron 5, 19-15, and squadron 15 won over squadron 3, 31-15. In freshmen football play-offs, squadron 13 beat squadron 9, 26-6; squadron 17 beat squadron 5, 13-7; and C armor beat B anti-aircraft artillery, 6-0. In freshmen horseshoes, squad ron 7 beat maroon band, 2-1; squadron 12 beat A armor, 2-1; and A athletics beat B infantry, 2-1. Four Out fils Win ’Mural Titles Squadron 14 defeated B armor 2-1 in upperclassmen intramural tennis to win its league title. Squadron 3 blanked squadron 19, 6-0, and C field artillery downed squadron 8, 6-0, to win their league championship in freshman foot ball. Squadron 4 beat B infantry 2-0, and squadron 12, 2-1, in freshman horseshoes for another league championship. S PORT H O R T S Slicer’s Nightmare CONCORD, N.H. (A*)—For years golfers and duffers alike swore loud oaths at a lone pine tree on the par-4, fifth hole of the muni cipal golf course. The natural hazard was known as a “slicer’s nightmare.” But not so any more. City workers removed the tree nearly hacked through by an uni dentified axe wielder. Bob Sturm is only 5 feet 9 but is a good passer and runner as George Washington’s quarterback. By JERRY WIZIG Battalion Sports Editor With the tail end of the football season still hanging around, Southwest conference basketball teams open their season this week with TCU, Baylor and SMU accorded the top spots in pre-season polls. Those three teams, Texas and Rice play their first game tonight. A&M and Baylor open tomorrow night. Arkansas got an early start beginning Monday with a win over North west Louisiana State at Fayetteville. The Frogs meet Abilene Christian at home. Other op ening contests are Baylor—Hardin-Simmons; SMU—-Austin college ; Texas—Hardin-Simmons; Rice—Lamar Tech; A&M —Houston. No Big Favorite In marked contrast to the preced- games last year, lacks the expe- ing football season, there won’t be rience and height needed to be a an outstanding favorite for the title contender, but the Aggies are conference title and a berth in the likely to give anybody a battle on NCAA playoffs. one of their good nights. The Frogs and Bears appear to TCU and Baylor have eight and have the most experienced re- seven returning lettermen, respec- turnees, while Rice tries to solve tively. The Toads will have three the loss of Gene Schwinger and seniors, a junior and a soph in the Don Lance. » starting lineup. That sophomore, Texas lost six lettermen and will center Richard O’Neal, might de- have to depend heavily on sopho- velop into one of the great players mores. Arkansas looks like the of the SWC. darkhorse of the race, so it can’t Seniors Ray Warren, 6-6, and be completely ignored like the Ra- Sonny Lampkin, 6-2, are the for- zorback football team was. wards, senior Bryan Kilpatrick and The Mustangs have what could junior Bill Estill the guai'ds. develop into the mightiest team in Charles White, 6-5 senior for- that school’s history, but the Ponies ward, and senior guard Buddy show signs of being a year away Bruniley probably will be top subs with just thi-ee seniors returning. in Buster Brannon’s fast-break of- A&M, winner of two out of 22 fense. Baylor coach Bill Henderson has the tallest captain in Bear court history, 6-8 center Don Dickson, and forward Murray Bailey, one of the top scorers in the conference last season. Four of last year’s starters return, including, besides Dickson and Bailey, forward Bill Dalton and guard Ken Mor gan. \, Soph forward Jerry Mallett probably will see consider able service, also. Reserve centers Louis Estes, 6-6, and Fred Gottlieb, 6-4, provide depth in the middle. High Scoring Ponies Return Doc Hayes has back nearly all ris, Tom Miller, Joel Krog and, his hot-shot basketeers who set a Carl Scharfenberger. Quite a couple of Conference scoring rec- crew. ords last season at SMU, plus at Key boy at Texas is sophomore least four sophs of whom great center Ellis Ohlmstead, 6-11. He things are expected.^ is the only really tall boy the The yearlings are 6-3 Larry Steers have, with Billy Powell, Showalter, 6-8. Jim Krebs, 6-2 Os- Bob Waggener and Fred Saunders car Furlong, the Argentine Olym- lost by graduation, pic standout, and 6-0 Bobby Mills. Texas’ four lettermen are George Then there are players like Art Gage, John Schmid, Philip Kidd Barnes, Bob Clayton, Ronnie Mor- and Jiggs Buchanan. Hogs Have Five Lettermen Arkansas has four of its top six “spoiler” team, scorers of last year back, and five Four starting berths for Rice lettermen. Cocaptains Norman have been pretty well set since Smith and Carroll Scroggins are last spring. Those ai'e Terry Tel- the top men, along with Buddy ligman, 6-5, at center, Joe Durren- Smith, the team’s best scorer as a berger, 6-6, at a forward, and Mon- soph last season. te Robicheaux and Bobby Brashear Soph center Charlie Brown, 6-9, at guard, is the only especially tall boy for Senior Charles Christensen, 6-2, the Razorbacks. Transfers Walter and sophs Glen Fields, Fred Woods Butler, 6-4, and Joe Kretchmar, and Gerry Thomas have been bat- 6-0, may help coach Glen Rose tling for the other forward slot, surprise the league like his col- Lance and Schwinger scored league Bowden Wyatt. Right now, nearly 50 per cent of Rice’s points however, the Hogs appear to have last year, and that’s too much lost too much good talent from last scoring punch for anybody to have year to be anything more than a to replace. He Knows How Winning Just Habit With John DeWitt By RONNIE GREATHOUSE Battalion Sports Writer If John DeWitt can instill some of the winning habits he has had into his players, A&M’s basketball fortunes should rise. DeWitt, A&M’s assistant basket ball coach, was on three Aggie teams that either won or tied for Southwest conference champion ships. In 1951 he was a member of two championship teams. He help ed spark the Aggie basketball team to a tri-championship with Texas and TCU. DeWitt was also a mem ber of the co-champion baseball team that was rated fifth in the nation. In both cases, A&M rep resented the SWC in national tour naments. DeWitt wound up his brilliant athletic career at A&M as a mem ber of the powerful track team of 1952. This team was ranked sec ond in the nation, and first in the conference. He earned seven varsity letters, in three sports, while at A&M. He received three each in baseball and basketball, and one in track. DeWitt was awarded all-SWC honors for his outfield play on the 1951 baseball team. He made the second team all-SWC in basketball for three successive years. The 6 foot-5 DeWitt broke into the starting lineup of the 1949 basketball team, as a sophomore, and held that position for three years. He was the only sophomore on the starting team that year. One glance at his record in 1949 shows why he was chosen the team’s most valuable player. He was the leading scorer for the Ag gies, and ranked eighth in the con ference, with a total of 143 points. He had an average of 11.9 points per game against SWC teams. Over the full season he tallied 248 points. 1949 was a big year for DeWitt. He also made the starting lineup on the baseball team. Of the 22 hits he got that year in SWC play, 10 were for extra bases. He had his best year on the baseball team in 1950. He batted .304 in conference games, and bang ed out four home runs. * DeWitt came back to A&M in the fall semester of 1952, and helped the Aggie track team win their fifth straight conference champion ship. He won the 440-yard dash in the SWC meet at Dallas, and was a member of the first place mile relay team. He was, an all-state basketball performer at Waco high school in 1947. He enrolled as a freshman at Rice, but luckily for A&M he changed his mind, and decided to come here. ^ DeWitt was recently discharged from the air force. Cage Tourney Set Jan. 7-8 The College Station Kiwan- is club will sponsor its eighth annual invitational basketball tournament in the A&M Con solidated gymnasium January 7 and 8, said J, B. (Dick) Hervey, club president. Eight teams will participate in the tournament. Those who have accepted invitations are A&M Consolidated, Sealy, Hempstead, Navasota and Somerville. Three others will be selected. Money made from the tourna ment will be used for civic pur poses such as aiding underprivil eged children in the College Sta tion area. Trophies will be awarded to first, second, and consolation win ners. An all-tournament team will be selected and medals given to its members. If you gotta go you might as well go first class Eugene Rush - Life Insurance North Gate — College Station Telephone 4-4666 or 6-5656 for appointment New filter cigarette brings flavor back to filter smoking! WINSTON FINER FILTER! FINER FLAVOR! "Coke" is" a registered trade-mark. 1954, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY ■ :: : v- . ' ^ %-0'm" m Winston tastes good— like a cigarette should! H Now there’s a filter smoke college men and women can really enjoy! It’s Winston, the new, king-size, filter cigarette with real flavor—full, rich, tobacco flavor! 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