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PORT SLANT
By GARRY ROLLINS
Battalion Sports Editor
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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texan
Friday. January 17, 1958
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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.
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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. There will be no game
involving the freshmen. The con
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The Aggies already have two
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