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s PORT SLANT By GARRY ROLLINS Battalion Sports Editor S The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texan Friday. January 17, 1958 PAGE 3 LET’S PLAY “MAKE BELIEVE!” Iowa State Coach Jim Myers was agreed upon and unanimously approved by the Athletic Council prior to the fateful Board of Directors /jneetings here Monday and Tuesday of this week. President M. T. Harrington had—also—previously approved the choice. » This is Friday, of course. But suppose since we’re playing this *silly game, that after Black Tuesday the Board of Directors got to gether by telephone, and decided to approve the recommendations on Myers and then called him and he has agreed to come. It could have happened. It may happen yet! Sure, Myers withdrew. Sure, Erdelatz steamed in here like a bat tleship at full flank speed and then sank. Sure, the famous Athletic Committee of the Board of Directors got fired. But did the Athletic Council or Dr. Harrington ever get their recommendations back marked “disapproved?” Not yet, they haven’t. But if these little assumptions happened to be true—then Texas A&M would have the coach they wanted—and that includes Eddie *Erdelatz. It’s a foregone conclusion that our football team wasn’t considered when Erdelatz was invited to the Lone Star State. If the Board had wanted some information on that, they could have asked the football 'team. And now, with the minute possibility that we could land the prize of the year—Jim Myers—the team has approved the choice heartily. Co-captains John Crow and Charlie Krueger do the talking for the Aggies. Says John David, “If we could get Jim Myers, I think it would be the best thing that could ever happen. He’s supposed to be a lot like Coach Bryant. All the players were looking forward to Coach Myers in the first place. We owe him something and I think the boys will play evtra hard for him because of what he has been through—already—for Texas A&M.” Charlie Krueger, fellow All-American, “He’s most of the guys’ choice; if only we could get him.” v And the comments go on: a large former students club 'Said, “If the students and the team want Myers, then we want Myers. The Athletic Council and Dr. Harrington recommended the man— and we want to go along with them.” n Even though Erdelatz appeared interested in the job— the question kept coming up: “Why can’t we have Myers?” They’re still asking it. This school owes Jim Myers something, and they could best repay him for his trouble by backing him wholeheartedly as their head foot ball coach. The team has promised their 110 per cent. He! was quoted as saying, “1 don’t think I could leave Iowa State now,” but how secure is his future at Iowa State ? Do they have promising days in store for him? Their Board of Regents can’t forget that Mr. Myers has been con tacted twice, after one mediocre season. They still have a contract vith him, but a man of his pi’omise and ability is destined to go with *big name” school sooner or later. And, as football powers go, we were the “big name” in 1957. Wouldn’t YOU like Jim Myers for coach? Well, we were just playing “Make Believe” but the next few days will decide the issue. Most minds are already made up. You might recall how Alabama kept after Paul Bryant until we had no alternative—why can’t we do the same thing ? Myers loves A&M and said so. Stranger than fiction? We shall see. • And if you want to add a little spice to the story, here’s some thing else to ponder. Two of Jim Myers’ assistant coaches resigned fast night with “no comment” as their reason. NEW BOOKS We Buy We Sell THE STUDENT CO-OP HOLIDAY Robert E. Lee's Birthday falling 1 on Sunday, the under signed will observe as a holiday and not be open for busi ness Monday, January 20, 1958 First National Bank City National Bank First State Bank & Trust Co. College Station State Bank Bryan Building & Loan Ass’n Injury-Riddled AgCagersSeekRevenge Against High-Flying Methodist Five By ROBERT WEEK! EY A much improved Aggie five will muster their crippled forces to night at 8 in G. Rollie White Coli seum to face the high flying SMU Ponies, now sole owners of second place in the Southwest Conference race. The Aggies, tied with four other teams for third place in the con ference, go into the game without the seiwices of high-scoring soph Wayne Lawrence, the 6-8 center- forward. Coach Doc Hayes and his Mus tangs, winners of the 1957 SWC cage crown, have fougth their way into the spotlight as the team to beat again this year. Leading the SMU quintet into the game will be 6-3 Rick Her- rscher, who has averaged 17.3 points per game in 14 games this year. On the ’57 championship team Herrscher was the team’s third highest scorer and made the second All-Conference team. Two sophomores have come up from the freshman team, which lost only one game last season, to turn in professional performances. Bobby Jones, a 6-5 sharpshooter from Ruston, La., is the outstand ing sophomore averaging 14.5 points per game. Close behind him is short, 5-10, Max Williams, aver aging 11.5 points. With Lawrence out of the pic ture for t night’s game, the Ag gies face the problem of finding a Jack Collier Former Allen Academy star guard Jack Collier has worked his way into the starting five for Bob Rogers’ Cadets. He’s a 6-0 junior from Amarillo. man to take over the center posi tion. Jim McNichols, 6-5 junior from Pa., will probably be the man to whom the duty will fall. On deck to aid and abet McNichols will be 6-6 Dave Corson, a sopho more who has seen only limited action this season. He has scored only four points in seven brief ap pearances, all in the Tuesday night game with Baylor. Leading the Ags into the fray will be 6-0 Neil Swisher, now the team’s leading scorer with Law rence out of the scene. Swisher, a junior gunner, has hit the basket for 156 points in 13 games, an av erage of 12.2 points per game. Archie Carroll, 6-5 forward, is the teams leading rebounder with 102 to his credit. He has scored 153 points for an average of 11.9 per game. Fritzie Connally, 6-1 senior whom Coach Bobby Rogers calls his “bas ketball quarterback,” will start in his position as guard. Connally has scored 31 points for a 2.4 av erage. The most improved player on the team, Jack Collier, will com plete the starting lineup for the Aggies. Collier has scored 33 points for a 3.0 average. Tonight’s game will be the only one played. 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