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Aggies Battle Bearkats
Here Tomorrow Night
Coach Ken Loeffler’s hoop-
sters take a welcome breather
from the frantic Southwest
Conference title chase here to
morrow night against Sam
Houston’s Bearkats.
Standing fourth in conference
play at present, the Aggies have
copped two games while losing
three. A&M has a 4-10 mark in
season games.
George Mehaffey, 6-4 sniper
from Houston, continues to set the
pace for Cadet scorers with 186
Boxers Defend Title
In Waco Tournament
Twenty-three boxers carry A&
M’s colors into the opening matches
of the 14th Waco Golden Gloves
Tourney tonight in search of their
second straight Open Division
championship. The four-day tour
nament will last through Saturday
in the Waco Arena.
The Aggies won five out of sev
en championships in 1955 to cap
ture the Open team trophy. Only
James Earle A&M lightweight who
was named the top Open fighter
WEDNESDAY — FRIDAY
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“Flame of Araby”
with Maurine O’Hara
for two straight years, is missing
from the ranks of the returning
Aggie champions. Earle gradu
ated last spring.
Replacing Earle will be Paul
Adams freshman from Beaumont,
who has a long and impressive ring
record.
Leading the A&M repeating - title
holders is Bill Goode winner, of
last year’s Novice middle-weight
crown, who will be shooting for
the Open title.
Jack Fowler senior from Lake-
view, the Waco light-heavyweight
champion, and co-captain Connie
Eckard, from Irving last year’s
feather-weight champ will be out
to'repeat their 1955 performances.
Co-captain Jim Vandermeer,
southpaw light-heavyweight, will
lead a strong Novice team which
will include Don Willis, Phil Wein-
ert, Paul Carroll, Mike Henderson,
Tom Carter, Frank Cinatl, Don
Weeks, Don Garner, E. B. Gray,
Bubba Hulke, Don Hollister, Sonny
Ellen and Ernest Reesing.
points and a 14.3 average in 13
g'ames. Mehaffey has registered
88 points in conference action to
rank third behind Texas’ great
Raymond Downs.
Ken Hutto, scrappy 6-0 sopho
more, jumped to a second place tie
in scoring on the Aggie five this
week with 153 points. Bill Brophy
has dunked 153 points also, but
has appeared in two more games
than Hutto.
The rivalry between A&M and
Sam Houston dates back to 1913,
the Aggies’ first season on the bas
ketball court. A&M crushed the
Bearkats, 72-9, in their initial
meeting, and in the 63 game series
the Cadets have managed to win
47.
The Bearkats are winless in Lone
Star Conference games, having lost
four straight*. Powerful Sul Ross
managed to defeat Sam Houston
by an average of only seven points
in their two recent meetings at
Alpine.
A&M resumes its SWC activities
Saturday, playing host to high-
scoring Dick O’Neal and the Texas
Christian Horned Frogs in White
Coliseum.
A&M SCORING (14 GAMES)
Player
fa
ft
tp
avg.
G. Mehaffey
63
60
186
14.3
Ken Hutto
57
39
153
13.9
Bill Brophy
54
45
153
10.9
F. Connally .
55
39
149
11.5
J. Fortenberry
32
37
101
7.2
Roger Harvey
18.
27
63
4.5
Ted Harrod
19
11
49
3.5
John Henry
10
11
31
2.4
Don Bilbrey
9
8
26
2.6
B. Sutherlin
- 6
11
23
2.3
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Sqd. 10 Dumps
Sqd. 2 Quintet
In Fish ’Murals
Unbeaten Squadron 10
handed Squadron 2 its second
loss of the young - freshman
intramural basketball season
yesterday. John Crews, 6-4,
forward, was outstanding as his
high flying Sqd. 10 team romped to
a stunning 22-8 victory.
Joe Parten was the game’s lead
ing scorer with eight points. Ron
nie Parsons was second with two
baskets and two free throws. Crews
scored three points while Truman
Hearn and A1 Williams each rang
up two. Chuck Brown scored the
remaining Sqd. 10 point.
Sqd. 2 scoring was accounted for
by Rodger Craig, Jimmy Parks,
Dennis McBride, and Ralph Horn-
ick, who each chipped in two
points.
Sqd. 19 walloped Sqd. 2 in upper
classman ping pong. Jay Page
defeated Don Hicks; Jim Collins
beat James Willborn; G. U. Brown
downed Curtis Tyler; Hal Wallace
blanked Donald Banker; and Wel
don Walker edged J. B. McLeroy.
Sqd. 7 outrolled C-FA freshmen
bowling 437-368 with Tommy Blan
ton, Felton Phillips, and W. G.
Swanzy getting the points. James
Taylor, John Windham, and Rex
Weaver composed the C-FA line
up.
Sqd. 9 edged A-AAA in another
Class B bowling match, 404-359.
Wednesday, January IS, 1956
THE BATTALION
Page 3
In District Go
CHS Rips Tomb all 47-26
By MAURICE OLIAN
CHS Correspondent
Scoring quickly apd. pulling away
to a commanding first-half lead,
A&M Consolidated’s Tigers buried
the Tomball CoLLgars, 47-26, to re
main undefeated in District 25-A
last night in Tiger Gym.
The amazing Tigers hit 17
points before the bewildered Coug
ars could score, and led 17-0 three
and a half minutes deep in the
second period. CHS pulled away
to its largest margin of the even
ing at intermission, 26-3.
Again paced by their two all-dis
trict performers, Norman Floeck
and Manuel Garcia, who meshed 39
CHS (47)
fg ft pf tp
Floeck 7 10 2 24
Garcia 6 3 2 15
Hickman .0 0 4 0
Hall ... 2 0 0 4
Perryman 0 4 0 4
Potts 0 0 0 0
Avera 0 0 10
of the Tiger points, Consolidated gar “B” squad, 27-38 in the first
led all the way and hit 53 per cent ! game of the doubleheader,
of their field goal attempts, dunk
ing 15 of 45. Floeck pushed
through 24 points, 10 of them
coming from free throw tries, and
his scoring partner, Garcia, netted
15.
The Tigers built up a cautious
9-0 first quarter lead then turned
on the steam for 17 points before
halftime. Tomball started hitting
after the intermission and brought
the scox - e to 33-20, Consolidated’s
smallest margin, just before the
end of the third period, tmt
Floeck’s long set shot made it 35-
20 at the end of that quarter.
The Tiger “B” team, leading
17-9, at halftime, could score only
one poi»t while their opponents
were hitting for 19 during the
third quarter, and lost to the Cou-
TOTALS ... 15 17 9 47
TOMBALL (26) fg ft pf tp
McAdams .... 3 15 7
Higgins 2 2 3 6
Roach 0 0 0 0
Spell 0 0 0 0
Chennault 3 1 2 7
Hoyt 2 0 3 4
Dubose 10 12
TOTALS ... 11 4 14 26
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