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A&M Swimmers Capture SWC Relays Second Year Aggies Win by 10 Over SM.U, Texas Winning three of the six events, A&M’s swimmers raced to their second consecutive Southwest Conference relays title in Texas’ Gregory Gym Saturday. The Aggies of Coach Art Adamson swept past SMU, Texas and Rice, scoring 70 points to the Mustang’s 60, the Longhorns’ 58 and the Owls 40. The 10-point margin was the largest in three years. The A&M foursome of Robert Baird, Ray Cook, Jimmy Dye and Norman Ufer splashed to a first in the 400-yard backstroke relay with a time of 4:31.4 and the 400-yard med ley quartet of Ufer, Henry Goff, Rippy Woodard and Dick Hunkier captured their race. Bruce Gard, Bruce Martin and Walter (Dubby) Godfrey pull ed somewhat of an upset by winning the diving relay. The Aggies took second in both the 400-yard freestyle and 400-yard breaststroke relays and managed a third in the dis tance medley. The Long-horns’ Jim Barden, Tommy Smith, Jerrell Holder and Joe Lee Neal broke the only record of the day with a 3:36.0 timing in the 400-yard freestyle, breaking their own record of 3.38.2, set in 1956. The summaries: 400-yard freestyle relay—1) Texas (Bar den, Smith, Holder, Neal); 2) A&M; 3) SMU; 4) Rice. Time: 3:36.0 (new record, CATERING for SPECIAL OCCASIONS Leave the Details to me. LUNCHEONS BANQUETS WEDDING PARTIES Let Us Do the Work—You Be A Guest At Your Own Party Maggie Parker Dining Hall W. 26th & Bryan TA 2-5069 old record 3:38.2 set by Texas, 1956). 400-yard breaststroke—butterfly relay— 1) SMU (Ernest Couch, Gage Prichard, Davis Boye, Ted Scherer); 2) A&M; 3) Rice; 4) Texas. Time: 4:31.9 (new rec ord, new event). 400-yard backstroke relay —■ 1) A&M (Baird, Cook, Dye, Ufer); 2) SMU; 3) Texas; 4) Rice. Time: 4:31.4. Diving relay—1) A&M (Gard, Martin, Godfrey) 329.05; 2) Texas 295.5; 3) SMU 288.95; 4) Rice 172. Distance medley—1) Texas (Jim Bar den, Joe Lee Neal, Eddie Johnson, Jerrell Holder); 2) SMU) 3) A&M; 4) Rice. Time: 11:05.9. 400-yard medley relay—1) A&M (Ufer, Goff, Woodard, Hunkier); 2) SMU; 3) Rice; 4) Texas. Time: 4:09.3. UT Fans Unruley AUSTIN, UP) — University of Texas officials disturbed by spectator misbehavior at basketball games in Gregory Gym, Monday were looking for a way to curb it. Coins, paper cups and other ob jects were thrown on the court as fans hissed and booed to show their disapproval of officials’ de cisions in the Rice-Texas basket ball game last Friday. Texas lost 76-66 and police es corted the officials. Bo McAllis ter and Larry Colvin, from the floor when the crowd poured: on to the floor after the game. 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Lawrence has a terrific shoot ing percentage from the floor of .548 on 34 two-pointers of 62 attempts and his all-around fine play can be distinguished by his minimum of personal fouls—five. The Fish own a 2-1 record, los ing their opener to Allen Academy, then mashing the Houston Kittens and Wharton Junior College. The Bears of Baylor find them selves in a surprising third place in SWC standings with a 2-1 rec ord while the Aggies have lost three straight to the cream of the league—Rice, Arkansas and SMU. A&M, however, showed the type of basketball they are capable of playing last week against the Mus tangs, as they lost to the confer ence champions, 62-53, after hold ing Krebs and Co. to a two-point half-time margin. Captain George Mehaffey and Baylor’s Jerry Mallett are tied for fifth in the scoring race with 225 points each. Mehaffey play ed the finest game of his colleg iate career against SMU, scoring 23 points over 6-8 Jim Krebs and out-rebounding the Pony ace, 19-11. Neil Swisher, A&M’s fine little sophomore guard, holds down sev enth in the conference scoring col umn with 206 points, five more than Baylor’s Tom Kelly. — TUESDAY — “The Solid Gold Cadillac” with JUDY HOLLIDAY — Plus — “Dragnet” with JACK WEBB “AUDIE MURPHY Marshall THOMPSON * Charles DRAKE coiot w TECHNICOLOR *'**™^g™<™***{ FISH WAYNE LAWRENCE — who has led the Aggie first-year men to a 2-1 season record with 81 points and 48 rebounds. The 6-8 Pawcatuck, Conn., product owns a shooting percentage of .548, and a point-per-game average of 27, yet has committed only five personal fouls. The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Tuesday, January 15, 1957 PAGE 3 Aggie Boxers Walk Off With Trophies By CONNIE ECKARD Hosting A&M walked off with an arm-load of individual trophies and two team championships Satur day night at the conclusion of the Lions Club invitational boxing tournament. A&M’s Jesse Culpepper was awarded the tournament’s best boxer award as he captured the novice heavyweight title by flat tening John McDonough of Bryan Field twenty seconds deep in the second round. The 188-pound Culpepper used a right uppercut in the first round to send McDonough down for a nine count. A right cross to the chin by Cul pepper was the blow that sent his opponent falling forward on his face in the second. Referee Dick Gage' stopped the fight awarding the title to Culpepper. Alton Allen fought his best fight of the tournament bloodying the nose of Aggie welterweight Henry Jurado, but lost a split decision that cost him the title. Allen reached the finals by TKOing Ag gie co-captain Don Garner in 1:40 of the third round Friday night. Bill Goode captured the middle weight title for A&M as he warded off the flailing efforts of Billy Strother of Bellaire who pressed the action throughout. Don Willis of A&M decisioned teammate Jim Kelly for the novice featherweight title. 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