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ies Cold as Weather 67-58 Loss to Bears Kansas Still 1st In Poll Despite Loss to Cyclone By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A high national rating does n’t necessarily bring the tra ditional kiss of death to a col lege basketball team, but it often brings out those special efforts and defensive setups that spell trouble. Top-ranked Kansas, fourth-rated Kentucky and No. 10 Vanderbilt can show proof. The votes had barely been count ed in The Associated Press poll of sports writers and broadcasters, giving Kansas the No. 1 spot for the sixth consecutive week, when Iowa State came up with a way of handcuffing Wilt Chamberlain and handed Kansas its first defeat in a 39-37, hold-the-ball tussle. Tulane stopped Kentucky 68-60 and Mississippi State conquered Vanderbilt 63-62 in other low-score Monday games. The rest of the top-10 standings showed another shuffling, one of many which likely will be contin- ned. Southern Methodist (13-1) moved into third place ahead of Kentucky even before the Wildcats ran afoul of Tulane’s zone defense. 1. Kansas 49—12-0 923 2. North Carolina 30—14-0 828 3. Southern Methodist 2—13-1 594 4. Kentucky 5-11-2 562 5. Louisville 1-9-2 418 6. UCLA — 13-1 338 7. Seattle 6—12-2 297 8. Illinois — 8-2 230 9. Iowa State — 9-2 188 10. Vanderbilt — 9-2 187 A&M MENS SHOP 103 MAIN ~ NORTH GATE AGGIE OWNED A&M Drops 4th Conference Game By BARRY HART Battalion Sports Editor The thermometer outside of Baylor Gymnasium read a chilly 36 degrees but inside the Aggies were even colder, hit ting only 32.5 per cent of their field goal attempts as they lost to the Bears, 67-58, last night in Waco. Neil Swisher, Ted Harrod and George Mehaffey all turned in double-figure point totals, but they weren’t enough to offset the shooting of Baylor’s Jerry Mallett, Gene Mc- Carley and Tom Kelly. Swisher, playing his fourth consecu tive conference game without rest, led the Aggie scorers with 15, followed by Harrod’s 14 and Mehaffey’s 10. Mallett meshed 23 to take game honors while McCarley got 19 and Kelly 11. Although out-rebounded by the Cadets of Coach Ken Loef- fler, 41-45, the Baptists drop ped 40 per cent of their shots with the margin of victory coming from the foul line. Baylor hit 19 of 28 free throws to A&M’s 12 of 19. Larry Barnes opened the night’s scoring with a long set shot after 23 seconds had elapsed and the Bears were never behind. Swisher and Jack Schwake tied the score twice, at 2-2 and 4-4, but the Ag gies couldn’t get any closer. Principally on the foul shooting of Mallett, the Bears pulled in front by 10 points midway in the first half, but Mehaffey, Ernie Turner and Fritzie Connally got hot and got to' within one point, 23-22, with 4:30 remaining. Mallett hit a pair of field goals and the Bears left the floor at the intermission with a 31-28 lead. Clark Neal on, sports editor of the Houston Post, presented Bay lor guard Bill Glass with a set of matched luggage for being named the Post’s outstanding lineman of 1956 at halftime to the joy of the partisan crowd that packed the Bear’s match-box gym. BOOKS WE BUY ’EM WE SELL ’EM STUDENT CO-OP NEW & USED ED GARNER, ’38 EYES EXAMINED GLASSES PRESCRIBED DR. E. LUDEMANN DR. G. A. SMITH OPTOMETRISTS • BRYAN OPTICAL CLINIC Dial TA 2-3557 (Next to Lewis Shoe Store) 105 N. Main Bryan, Texas The Aggies pulled to 33-32 early in the final half on Harrod’s jump shot, but Baylor kept bang ing away to keep two points in front of A&M for the first eight minutes. With A&M consistently missing, Baylor began piling up the points, scoring 10 to the Cadet’s four in a five-minute period to put the game on ice. Mehaffey fouled out with 5:55 remaining and the score 55-47 and A&M could get no closer. BOX SCORE Eg Ft Pf Tj> Reb AGGIES (58) Schwake, f . Swisher, f . . Mehaffey, c Hutto, g ... 0 5 5 0 Harrod, g 7 Connally, f 3 Turner, f 3 McNichol, c 0 Kolle, f 0 2 15 10 3 14 8 6 0 0 Totals . BAYLOR (67) Mallett, f . .. McCarley, f . . Kelly, c . . . . Pack, g . . . . Barnes, g ... Franklin, f . . Jackson, g . . Fite, f 23 12 16 58 45 Eg Ft Pf Tp Reb Totals . . ... .24 19 13 67 41 Score at half: Baylor 31, Texas A&M 28. Officials: Curly Hayes and Dan Watson. Rattlers Batter Tigers, 52-39, In 23AA Game The Navasota Rattlers bombed Consolidated’s Tigers, 52-39, in a District 23-AA cage game last night in Nava sota. In the opening contest, the Rat tler “B” team dropped the Tiger “B” squad, 35-26. Consolidated now owns a 0-2 district record while the Navasota five are 1-0 in district. The Tigers were hot in the first half, hitting 12 of their first 14 field goal attempts, to hold the Rattlers to a one-point halftime lead, 29-28. The Rattlers turned on the heat in the opening minutes of the third quarter and moved out in front at the end of that period, 42-34. They increased their mar gin steadily with the final score the biggest lead of the night. TRADE OLD FOR NEW SEE OLD AR/AY LOU I Lo u Pot's iiiffliiii. " EARN $5? Think of a new jingle for above or a new cartoon and come see LOU. A&M’s FRITZIE CONNOLLY—dropped in eight points last night as the Aggies lost to Baylor, 67-58, in Waco. Connolly has come into his own the last three games and is now rated as a starter for Ken Loeffler’s quintet. The Batin lion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Wednesday, January 16, 1957 PAGE 3 Gubs Crush Fish In Fouling Contest By BARRY HART In a game marred by 58 fouls (and the poorest officia ting in recent years) the Aggie Fish were routed by Baylor’s Cubs, 99-66, last night in Waco. A&M committed 32 of the fouls and the Cubs managed to mesh 25 of their 49 free throws, a mediocre percentage, but enough to go along with their 37 of 99 field goal attempts to run up the huge score. Once again it was a strictly two- man affair for the Fish. Wayne Lawrence raised his point total to 108 and kept his average up with a 27-point night while pick- BOX SCORE FISH (66) Eg Ft Pf Tp Reb Corson, f 4 4 5 12 8 Meyers, f 2 2 5 6 5 Lawrence, c 9 9 5 27 23 Wallace, g 0 0 3 O 3 J. Anderson, g 2 0 2 4 1 D. Anderson, g 3 3 5 9 7 Frels, f 2 2 4 6 5 Edge, f 1 0 2 2 1 Mills, c O 0 1 0 0 Totals 23 20 32 66 53 CUBS (99) Hughes, f-c Turner, f 8 Lock, c 2 Borders, g 5 Mitchell, g 4 Miller, f 3 Lentz, g 2 Goodier, f 2 Nichols, g 1 Kirklin, g -O Eg Ft Pf Tp Reb 10 1 5 21 10 O 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 18 4 12 13 8 6 10 Totals 37 25 26 99 62 ing off 23 rebounds. His partner, 6-6 Dave Corson, dropped in 12 points and gamered 14 rebounds. 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