u The Battalion College Station (Brazos untyf. Texas Tuesday, December 9, 1958 PAGE 5 The Sports Wire By The Associated Press Cincinnati Leads First Cage Poll The Cincinnati Bearcats, runners-up in the final Associated Press college basketball pool last season, captured first place Monday in the initial balloting of the 1958-1959 campaign by a solid margin over closely-bunched Kentucky, Kansas State and West Virginia. Cincinnati piled up 38 first place votes and 834 points from among the participating 102 sports writers and broad casters. Led by All-American Oscar Robertson’s 86 points, the Bearcats easily won their first two games—93-64 over Indiana State and 88-67 over NYU. Kentucky, the 1958 NCAA champ, collected 20 “firsts” and 695 points.to finish second on the basis of 10 points for a first place vote, nine for second, etc. The Wildcats also are 2-0 with victories over Florida State and Temple. Kansas State was third followed by West Virginia. The Mountaineers, who finished on top in the final AP poll last year, grabbed 17 first place votes in this week’ balloting to only 10 for Kansas State. But Kansas State showed more strength in the second, third and fourth spots to Garner 641 points to WVU’s 634. ★ ★ ★ Giants After Johnny Temple SAN FRANCISCO—-The San Francisco Giants still have hopes of swinging a deal for shortstop Johnny Temple of the Cincinnati Redlegs, Manager Bill Rigney said Monday on his return from the eastern trading marts. Bolstered by the acquisition of pitcher Jack Sanford from the Phillies, the Giants want another first line pitcher and an infielder, and could swing the deals next February at the joint American League-National League sessions, Rigney observed. “We haven’t given up hopes of landing Johnny Temple from the Redlegs,” he said. * * ★ Sooner Star Ineligible For Bowl NORMAN, Okla.—Orange Bowl bound Oklahoma’s start ing quarterback, David Baker, flunked out of school Monday. John G. Eriksen, associate dean 6f the college of arts and sciences, said the Bartlesville, Okla., senior was dropped because of failure to maintain an adequate scholastic stand ing and because of poor attendance. That means he won’t be eligibleYo play in the Orange Bowl. Th ( e Sooners, who open practice Tuesday for the New Year’s .Day game at Miami with Syracuse, were jolted by the aniipuncement. Ranker was a first round draft choice of the San Francisco 49er| professional football team last week. Tris Speaker D ies Monday in Whitney From Heart Attack WHITNEY, Tex. UP)—THs fipea- '-e ■ T), one of the iinmortals of ’.'f'sebnll, died here Monday, appar- of a heart attack. r ’'’ e fr inner Cleveland Indian o'aye" and a friend, Charles u hn of Hubbard, went to Lake ' i : tney Monday afternoon to go fishing-. After an afte-moon on the 'ake, Speaker collapsed as the pair pulled their boat into the dock. A native of Texas, Speaker was known to the baseball millions as the “Old Gray Eagle.” He was a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He played for the Cleveland Li lians in the 1920’s and was gener- •om the floor to the Cougars’ 25.5 xer cent. ^ i Houston never held more than i 3-point lead (6-3 in the opening ninutes of the game) while the Aggies went up and down the scale, holding a 13-point lead at me point, as Coach Bobby Rogers mbstituted freely. A&M went into the final four minutes of the contest with a 52-41 ead and began playing a stalling ;'ame. The frantic Cougars, trail- ng by 10 points, fouled seven imes in an effort to get the ball vhile scoring only four points. 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