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Wednesday, February 2S, 1955 THE BATTALION Page 3 Aggies Lose Double Bill to rn exas Varsity Bows 64-74 to Steers By JERRY WIZIG- Battalion Sports Editor A&M’s varsity unreeled some of its best basketball of the season last night but stumbled on forward Raymond Downs, the radar-like free throw accuracy of the University of Jexas and the Gregory gym hex, losing 64-74 to the Steers. The Cadets, working their plays and hitting their shots beautifully in the first half, outgoaled Texas 20-17, but the Longhorns dunked an uncanny 40 of 49 free throws, includ ing 19 of 22 by Downs, who scored 31 points for UT and two for A&M. Thus the Cadets now 1-9 in the SWC, and 4-18 over the season, fell to Texas for the 67th Fish Lose 82-93 To Shorthorns By RONNIE GREATHOUSE Battalion Sports Staff A&M’s freshmen cagers scored 15 points in the final four minutes against the Texas Shorthorns last night in Gregory gym, but couldn’t overcome an early lead and fell 93-82. Guard Ken Hutto accounted for eight points in the be lated Aggie surge, led the Fish w'ith 23 points, his season peak time in 100 cage meetings in a rivalry dating back to 1917. A&M has won only 11 games in Austin and only once in Gregory gym, op ened in 1935. In defeat, A&M’s Big Three of John Fortenberry, George Mehaf- fey and Bill Brophy stood out. For tenberry scored 18 points to lead the Aggies, 13 in the first half. Mehaffey and Brophy totaled 18 of A&M’s 44 rebounds and 11 points each, though Mehaffey scor ed only two points in the final half. Downs, who took the floor aver aging 28 points in his last eight conference games, left the game with 9 minutes left after getting his fourth foul, returned with two minutes remaining and sank a goal. He also got into A&M’s scoring coltnnn, accidentally tipping in a missed free throw by Fortenberry. After Fortenberry's crip shot with 30 seconds gone, the score was tied nine times in the first 12 minutes, the last time at 19-19 aft- K & B DRIVING RANGE Will Open March 1st 10 A.M. til? Finfeathcr Hoad BRYAN er Brophy’s jump shot. This also was the final time A&M was even with the Steers. In that first 12 minutes, For- tenberry had 8 points, Mehaffey 7. Then Downs hit a jump shot, a pair of free throws, a hook and another free toss in three minutes as the score went to 27-22, Texas. Ted Harrod’s jump shot pulled A&M up to 28-30, then Texas built a 38-30 margin with 1:35 left, the biggest lead of the half. Charles Howard’s set shot made it 40-34 at its end. In the first two minutes of the second half, the Aggies leaped up to 39-40, the closest they came the rest of the way. Harrod made a free throw, then Brophy sank a crip and two free throws. After that, Texas scored 10 straight points. Downs made four straight free throws, Norman Hoo- ten a pair, Downs hit a turn shot and Hooten a set shot to make it 50-39 with 15 minutes left. TKXAJS (74) Downs, f Howard, f Olmstead c . Schmid, c Hooten, r- Kidd. c Groogan, 'i ' Stewart fg ft K 19 Tot A I.S 17 ■ 0,4) tg ! Fortenberry, f . . .0 Melwi flpy f V. < Krdphy, „ , Herrod, „ ‘ - ’ ’ ’ Henry, * £ Smith, f. 0 Phlpt>s, R , Gattis. f * ' n Love - r o 23 I*f Carter Williams, fast-improving Fish center, dumped in 21 points to rank second in scoring. He scor ed 15 in the second half, eight of them on tip-ins. Bryan Sutherlin, Fish scoring leader so far this season, had 12 points. Guard Ervel Elswick played his top game of the season, dunking four field goals and two free throws for 10 points. Before this game he had sunk only one field goal, and had a total of six points over the season. Ken Cleveland led the Shorthorns and was hig'h for the game with 28 points on 10 field goals and eight free throws. The Agf-bes" jumped to a 4-2 lead in the first minute of play, and it was the last time they led in the contest. Aided by sharpshooters Cleve land, Bohn Allen, Bobby Puryear and John Shaffer, the Yearlings piled up a 22 point lead at one point in the first half, and left the court at half-time with a 52-32 edge. TKXAS (93) fg ft |>f tl> -Could YOU Use 600 Lbs. Of Choice baby beef free ? 7 SEE OUR T AD IN THIS v PAPER v FRIDAY CHANDLERS GULF SERVICE STATION Jersey & Highland Sonthside 0 T °TAI.S »21 22 25 61 on tip in. Ha-'ftime score: Texas 40, A&M 34. , * T e Hirows missed: Texas — Downs 3, Howard, Olmstead, Hooten 2, Groogan, Stewart. A&M—-Fortenberry 4, Mehaffey '*• ® r ?Phy, Harrod 4, Smith 4. Gattis 2. Officials; b 0 McAllister and Dick For rester. Dowd, g 3 Cleveland, g 10 8 1 2S Shaffer, c 6 4 2 16 Puryear, f 5 S 3 IS Allen, f . . . 5 0 4 10 Meyer, c 0 1 1 1 Horwitz, g 4 1 2 9 Schmidt, f 1 1 1 5 Dueders, f 0 O 0 0 Gunter, f 0 0 O 0 TOTALS 34 25 16 93 A&M (82) fg ft pf tp Desikar, c .... .vlt 2 2 4 6 Smith, g •VWi.i'.lib J . : 2 4 3 S Hutto, g 9 5 4 23 Williams, c-f 9 3 4 21 In the second half the Short horns continued to stave off A&M’s attempt to close up the scoring gap until 4:20 left in the game. At that point, with the Aggies trailing 69-86, Hutto drove in and made a left handed hook shot. Finding the range, Hutto sank six more points in 70 seconds. Elswick hit a jump shot after a goal by Williams and a free throw by J. C. Smith, and narrow ed the margin to 82-89 with 1:20 to go. This was the closest the Fish got the rest of the game. A&M out rebounded the Yearl ings 55-32, and hit SO of 78 field goal attempts. The Shorthorns had a .500 mark in field goal at tempts, making 34 of 68. 'Mural Highlights D infantry edged by A engi neers, 14-12, yesterday in an up perclassmen intramural football play-off. In the other play-off game squadron 10 blanked squad ron 5, 6-0. Squadron 9 beat A field artillery in fi'eshman volleyball, 2-0; and B field artillery won over squadron 10, 2-0; squadron 11 beat C field artillery, 2-0; ,D field artillery downed squadixm 12, 2-0. Squadron 7 won over A transportation corps, 2-1; A ordnance defeated squadron 8, 2-1; and A anti-aircraft artill ery beat squadron 13, 2-1, in other Fish volleyball games. News of Sports yrtivAte."; • TtkiioaiN unoeb i2 v*ars- rKt Sutherlin, Dockery, c Elswick g 4 Archer, g 0 Hood, g Ewert, g 0 0 82 TOTAI.S 30 22 24 Halftime score: Texas 52, A&M 32. Free throws missed: Cleveland 2, Shaf fer 4. Puryear 2, Allen 2. Meyer. Horwitz 3. Schmidt. A&M: Smith 3, Hutto. Williams 2. Hood. Officials: Weinman and Ashby. WED. — THURS. — FRI. o o o o o c> e> o c> e> & RHAPSODY”^ TVCHNICOLOft Elizabeth vittorl. ° TAYLOR • GASSMAN o o o x> o co<>oz>e>ooo — SECOND BIG HIT — “MEN OF THE FIGHTING LADY” Van Johnson — Walter Pidgcon Reservations Due Reseiwations for the second an nual meeting of the Texas Orni thological society Saturday must be made before noon 'tomorrow in the Wildlife management office. Following a banquet Saturday eve ning Roger Tory Peterson, author of “Field Guide to the Birds,” will give a commentary on the movie, “Wild America” in the assembly room of the Memorial Student Cen ter. CIRCLE TODAY thru FRIDAY Based on AP Reports WACO — Baylor toppled Texas Christian 79-68 in a Southwest con ference basketball upset last night. The Bears’ Jerry Mallett scored 32 points. Sensational Dick O’Neal made 35 for TCU—but most came late in the game when Baylor had too much of a lead to overcome. 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