The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 08, 1955, Image 3

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In Bryan
Fish Cagers Play
A l ien Tonight at 8
By RONNIE GREATHOUSE
Battalion Sports Editor
Acro.iI h i?- V ndGf ? ate .f , un t ied > unscored on—and unplayed—
h +n m n k + 6 the i r debut a ^ ainst a strong Allen Acad-
cmy basketball team tonight at 8 in Bryan
Alien Ov^J H , E f t l001 ' f0 *; the first this season, at
Allen Gym, the first-year Aggies meet one of their most
ac^d Close t 0 n P sn nen - tS t 0f the year - The Rambl “s have aver-
ftged close to 80 points per game against their four foes.
•m* cor u e s mto tonight’s contest with a record of two
I lld t 7 0 f 1 ° S - SeS; 9P enin £ with a one-sided, 87-56 victory
• 7<Z even^oZr™ ^ ^ ,0 ° k/d
"ve “n { °" r b ;^ a hj g h 3c ° rin g Lon Morris
“ ^5 noints. Allen Coach Leslie l° r lts J 10 ' ne opener with Louisiana
Robinson has five lettermen
back from last year’s Zone 2
championship team, and with - — *-
the addition of an outstanding more a PP r opnate time than in their
transfer from A&M, appears well Colleere Station annoavor./> 0 ~-e
w av to another crown.
-wt.v ONE Te-an will be in the
-'■--•Unnr line un for the Fish to
night. He’s Neil Swisher, an all
stater from Victoria, who is also
the shortest player in the line up
at 6-1.
Other starters include Gonzalo
Diago, 6-3, from Santurce, Puerto
Rico; Stewart Heller, 6-6, McKees
port, Pa.; James McNichol,
By JOE DAN BOYD
H. R. Patterson and Gary Leslie
pi., , , 6 " 6 ’ won the °Pen handball champion-
from pi P ^tw t f 0bertS ' G ‘ 2 ' . S,,ip last . n if ht - defeating: Bill Ash.
from Pawtucket, R.I.
Curtis Hill, 6-1, Harry Max, 6-1, _ ,
Jack Schwake, 6-5, Erwin Turner, nance eked out
6-4, and John Tracey, 6-4, make
up the Fish second team. Tracey, provided all the scoring between
and outstanding fullback and end the defense-minded teams. High-
on the freshmen football team, has
been out only two weeks but is
showing definite promise.
I think they’re a vei*y promising
gi oup, said Coach Ken Loeffler.
“Some of them could help us out on
the varsity this year.”
ASSISTANT coaches John De-
Witt and Joe Hardgrove both
agreed the tefem has more potential
than any Fish team they have seen
here in the past four or five years.
Meanwhile, back at the Loeffler
ranch, A&M’s varsity is preparing
Job Calls
The following interviews will be
held at the Placement Office to
morrow:
LOS ANGELES CO. CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION will in
terview civil and architectural en
gineers for work which involves
civil engineering investigations,
research, design, preparation of
plans and supervising ^he con
struction of public works.
CARPENTER PAPER COM
PANY will interview Business Ad
ministration, Economics, Agricul
tural Economics, and Industrial
Education graduates interested in
sales and merchandising.
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~ ' 7 —- ~
Bowl Team Coaches
Snip Rosters To 33
Patterson, Leslie Win
’Mural Handball Title
p> E wHi??q ME - H + AF ^ EY is A&M ’ S fading basketball scor
ei with 39 points. George hails from houston.
Both opposing 12th Man Bowl
coaches, Larry Winkler of the Ma
roon team and Ronald Robbins of
the White team, will cut their
squads to 33 men today.
Iii previous workouts the coach
ing staffs have been concentrating
on evaluating their candidates.
Now they can begin working hard
on their offensive and defensive
units. Assisting Winkler are John
Gilberi and Gene Stallings, line
coaches, and Don Watson and Gene
Henderson, who are working with
the backs. Robbins has help from
his brother, Donald, Dee Powell
and Henry Clark, all of whom
work with the linemen.
Full pads will be issued after
Saturday’s practice and both teams
will begin contact work Monday.
The Maroon team will run from
the split-T and will use a 5-4-2
defense while the White team will
be using an unbalanced-to-the-
Bill Stits, Detroit Lions half
back from UCLA, works as a mo
vie extra in Hollywood during the
off-season.
KEYS MADE
While You Wait!
/ € ' For
Dorms
Autos
Etc.
right T and will have a 4-5-2 de
fense.
Proceeds from the game, to be
played Thursday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m.
on Kyle Field, go to the 12th Man
Scholarship Fund and Student Aid
bund. Through 1954 more than
$4,000 had been donated to the
fund through the game. All class
es will be excused at 3 p.m. on the
day of the game.
OPEN FOR ALL BANQUETS, DINNERS
RECEPTIONS, WEDDINGS AND LUNCHEONS
MAGGIE PARKER DINING HALL
2-5089
“The Oaks” — 3-4375
BRYAN
burn and Charles McCandless.
IN CLASS A football, A-Ord-
a one penetration
victory over Sqd. 9. Two safetys
lighting play in the 2-2 deadlock
were Dick Lott and Joe Cooper for
A-Ordnance. Jack Steele and Jim
Pruitt were outstanding for Sqd. 9.
Don Lacy led Sqd. 3 to an 8-0
win over B-Engineers, shaking
loose for the game’s single TD.
A safety provided the other 2
points. Sqd. 10 displayed strong
offensive power as Tommy Harris
led them to a 15-0 victory over
Sqd. 14.
C-Infantry remained in the Class
B football title race by nosing out
Sqd. 12, 13-12. A pass from Frank
Brunson to Jim Vrba rang up C-
Infantry’s initial score. Vrba later
made it 12 when he climaxed a long
scoring drive with a 5-yard end
run. It was one-man action for
Sqd. 12 also as Henry Coy was
credited with all 12 points. Coy’s
55-yard jaunt provided the first
tally and another run from the 10
completed the Sqd. 12 scoring.
D-INFANTRY bowed to B-En
gineers in another Class B playoff,
6-0. Jim Vester passed to Calvin
Brummet for the winning TD.
Glenn Hill’s pass to Bud Hogan
carried D-Infantry within a few
feet of paydirt in the second half
but couldn’t score.
White Band defeated Sqd. 7 in a
Class A semi-final tennis game
yesterday. Sqd. 1 took a 3-0 de
cision from the Maroon Band, and
in Class B tennis B-AAA downed
Sqd. 17, 2-1. A-QMC stopped Sqd.
22, 2-1.
Class A horseshoe victories were
chalked up by Sqd. 2, B-Composite,
B-Infantry, Sqd. 17 and Sqd. 18.
’MURAL STANDINGS
All Sports
CORPS (Class B)
Teams
Pts.
1. B-Field
- 247%
2. B-Infantry ..
. 240
Sqd. 12
240
3. B-Engineers .
. 235
4. C-Infantry ...
. 225
D-Infantry ...
. 225
5. A-Transportation
.. 220
CORPS (Class A)
1. B-Engineers .
. 130
Sqd. 17
. 130
2. A-Chemical .. .
. 120
D-Field
120
A-Engineers ...
. 120
3. Maroon Band
115
Sqd. 7
. 115
4. A-Transportation .
. 105
CIVILIANS
1. Leggett Hall
.. 160
2. Mitchell Hall .
.. 70
3. Walton Hall
. 65
Tigers To Op en
Bryan Tourney
A&M Consolidated and Allen
high school open the seventh an
nual Biyan Chamber of Commerce
basketball tournament at 12:30
Friday in Lamar junior high gym.
The Tigers go into the contest
boasting a season record of o
win and two losses. Allen has
3-2 record so far this year. Allen
beat North Zulch, 51-19, last Tues
day night, while CHS lost its last
game, 42-36, to Bellville.
Teams entered in the tournament
will be divided into two brackets
of eight teams each. Making up
the A division will be South Oak
Cliff and Sunset of Dallas, Bryan
Laredo, Conroe, Baytown, Lufkin
and Port Neches.
Consolidated, Caldwell, Brenham,
Spring Branch, Kinkaid, Allen high
school and the Bryan B team com
pose the B bracket.
Championship, runner-up
tt q • .i . , ., . consolation trophies, donated by
-Have that portrait made be- thejocal businessmen, will be pre-
fore Dec. I oth for Christmas ' ’
A&M Photo Shop
No Gate 4-8844
A WONDERFUL INVESTMENT IN
HAPPY GIFTING . . .
SLACKS FROM
THE SLAXATORIUM
110 College Main
We will appreciate a visit to see our
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Students . .. Use Our Convenient Pick Up Stations
At Taylor’s Variety Store — North Gate
0
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College Staton
North Gate
sented.
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most grand slam home runs .. „„
set by Lou Gehrig of the Yankees
who hit 23 from 1927 through 1938
for
was
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