The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
Tuesday, January 6, 1959
PAGE 3
Wilmer Cox
The 6-3 guard from Houston has added tremendous
strength to the Aggie defense as well as the offense. Cox
has averaged 11 points per game in 10 outings.
Cadet Fortunes Rise
During Yule Period
Last minute victories and a
stingy defense have established
the Texas Aggie cagers among the
elite of the Southwest Conference.
The long Christmas recess found
the Cadets annexing the consola
tion prize in the Birmingham Clas
sic, capturing the coveted pre-sea
son Southwest Conference Tourna
ment, and stopping Southern Meth
odist in the conference opener.
Only Alabama has had any mea
sure of success in the rise of Coach
Bob Rogers’ quintet as they halted
the Ags in the opener of the Birm
ingham Classic, 66-£2 r .
Since that reversal, the Aggies,
with a defense that ranks 12th in
the nation and some clutch closing
second performances, extended
their season record to 9-1.
With Wilmer Cox riding herd on
Texas Tech ace Gex-ald Myei's and
holding him to but one field goal,
the Aggies began their underdog
march to the SWC Tournament
title with a 66-58 triumph over the
Red Raiders. Neil Swisher car
ried the offensive load as he netted
22 points.
In the second round, a goal tend
ing foul by Rice and a free throw
by Wayne Lawrence gave the Ags
a 56-53 margin with but 3:41 left
to play as they eked by the Owls,.
60- 59. Swisher, who was nominat
ed to the all-tournament team,
again paced the Cadet attack with
13 points. Archie Carroll, who
along with Lawrence was placed
on the second team, followed with
11.
Jim McNichol held the tourna
ment’s most valuable player, H. E.
Kirchner of TCU, to but 13 points
as the Ags roared past the Frogs,
61- 45, to take the.. championship.
Lawrence was the big noise in the
Cadet offense, dunking 17 points.
McNichol and Carroll added 12
more as the Cadets took top honors
for the first time in the 11-year
history of the tournament.
In the conference opener, 15-de
gree weather failed to cool the Ag
gies as they slipped past the Mus
tangs on a bucket by Lawrence
with three seconds left to play.
The elusive Cox had knotted the
contest at 63-all with 2:02 to play,
then stole the ball with but 1:17
left to set up the field goal by
Lawrence.
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Ags Seek Second Win
Against . Rice Tonight
Carroll Broussard
Broussard is averaging 24.3 points per game for the Ag
gie Fish and also leads the squad in rebounding with 37.
The 6-5 freshman hails from Port Arthur where he was a
high school All-American netter.
Ags Rated 19th Nationally
The red hot Aggies, paced by
sharpshooting Neil Swisher, tangle
with the Rice Owls tonight in their
first Southwest Conference home
game of the season at 8 p.m. in
White Coliseum.
The Aggie Fish meet the Rice
Owlets at 6:15 p.m. to open the
double-header.
A&M enters the game" with a 9-1
record and the SWC Tournament
crown, while Rice laments its 6-5
showing, including a tournament
loss to the Aggies by the narrow
margin of 60-59.
Leading the Owls onto the hard
wood tonight will be the SWC’s
leading scorer, Tom Robitaille, and
Guard W. A. Preston. Robitaille,
6-9 center, has been named to the
all-SWC team for the past two sea
sons and looks like a sure thing to
repeat this year.
Preston, second tallest Owl at
6-6, has been doing heavy duty for
Rice at forward both in scoring an
rebounding. The slender senior hit
for 12 points in Saturday night’s
losing game with Texas University.
Another good hand with experi
ence, E. Jay Mcllvain, is Rice’s out
standing threat at the guard posi
tion. The lanky Mcllvain hit for
11 points against the Steers.
Rounding out the Rice team will
be Dale Ball, 6-0 senior at the other
guard position, and 6-2 senior
Steve Galloway at forward.
Crafty Neil Swisher, /with his
16.3 points per game average, will
lead the Aggie attack. The 6-0
senior has scored 163 points in 10
games from his guard position.
On the other side of the court,
Swisher’s running mate, Wilmer
Cox, will be on hand to fill out the
top guard combination in the SWC.
Cox has averaged 11 points per
game with a total of 126, the Ag’s
third high scorer.
At forward for the Farmers will
be lanky Wayne Lawrence, hero of
Saturday night’s win over the SMU
Mustangs, with 21 points to his
credit. Lawrence has averaged 13.7
points per game and is the team’s
leading rebounder with 86. His
basket with three seconds left en
abled the Ags to top SMU, 65-63.
Opposite Lawrence will be senior
Archie Carroll, the second leading
rebounder with 72. Carroll has av
eraged 12.6 points per game.
The firey-headed Jim McNichol
will hold down the center position
with 54 rebounds and a 6.3 per
game average in the point-making
department. McNichol held Robi
taille to half his scoring average
in the SWC tournament.
Coach Shelby Metcalf’s freshman
basketball team will open the
night’s play when he pits his squad
against the Rice Owlets.
The Fish, paced by Carroll
Broussard, 6-5 scoring ace from
Port Arthur, have split two games
with Kilgore Junior College and de
feated the Houston Kittens.
Broussard is averaging 24.3 per
game and his 31 of -50 £ield goal
attempts gives his a hot 62 per
cent. It his latest outing against
the defending national junior col
lege champs from Kilgore, Brous
sard hit 12 of 19 from the field and
28 points. He hit 21 against Kil
gore at Kilgore and 24 at home
SWC Standings
SEASON STANDINGS
w
L
Pet
Pts
Op
Texas A and M
9
1
.900
655
572
623
Texas Christian
8
2
.800
672
Texas Tech
7
4
.630
761
677
Southern Methodist
6
&
.045
736
729
Rice
6
5
.545
707
647
Arkansas
4
6
.400
626
641
Baylor
4
6
.400
603
607
Texas
3
7
.300
575
618
CONFERENCE
STANUINUS
W
L
Pet
Pts
Op
Arkansas
1
0
1.000
61
57
Texas
1
0
1.000
61
58
Texas A and M
Texas Christian
Southern Methodist
1
0
1.000
65
63
1
0
0
1
1.000
.000
62
63
72
65
Rice
0
1
.000
58
61
Texas Tech
Baylor
0
0
1
1
.000
.000
57
57
61
61
Last Week’s Results
Texas A and M 65, Southern Methodist 63
Texas Christian 72, Baylor 62
Texas 61, Rice 58
Arkansas 61, Texas Tech 57
against the Houston frosh. He al
so leads in rebounds with 37.
Gary White of Milwest City, Ok-
la., Ron Sheldon of Woodstock,
Conn., Don Riggan, 6-10 center
from Del City, Okla., and John Kel
ler of Terrell round out the start
ing five and the scoring in that
order.
White, a 6-5 forward, has scored
43 points while Sheldon, who
played against Metcalf in German
service ball, has tallied 34. Riggan
has 25 points and Keller, 6-5 for
ward, has 19. Keller is second in
rebounds with 34.
Riki Waghorne of San Antonio
Jefferson is the first alternate and
if his play in the last game was
pleasing enough to Metcalf he may
break into the starting lineup
against the Owlets,
Broussard hit eight of 10 field
goal tries in the second half
against Kilgore this, week for an
80 percent, shooting effort. Most
were jump shots from 15 feet. The
Port Arthur all-stater and all-
American also is tops in foul shoot
ing with 11 of 14.
The Aggie basketball team
last night finally broke the long
drouth as far as national recog
nition goes when the Associated
Press named them to 19th place
in the national standings.
The Cadets presently boast a
9-1 record plus the Southwest
Conference Tournament Crown
won in December. Their lone
loss was a 4-point squeaker to
Alabama in the Birmingham
Classic tournament.
C PORT SLANT
C/ By BOB WEEKLEY
Santa Claus wears a suit, a rather conservative suit,
and smokes a black cigar. The popular giver of gifts visited
A&M on the Brazos two years ago and liked it so well that he
decided to stay.
“These people need me,” he boomed, “and here I’ll make
my home next to the beautiful coliseum.”
The first Christmas he was here Santa couldn’t do much
for the Aggies. His reindeer were tired, and besides, he was
busy putting new shoes on their worn feet and teaching them
new tricks of the trade that would fool people in the years
to come. j, , , ....
Ah, but this year is a different matter. He started early
in December, on the 5th to be exact, and gave the Cadets a
present—the University of Houston. Not satisfied, he added
Sam Houston, Wyoming, Trinity and Centenary to their
stockings. He grew a little careless somewhere along the
way, though, and let Alabama slip through his gift bag.
But Old Santa didn’t give up, presenting the Aggies
with the Southwest Conference Tournament crown along
with victories over Rice, Texas Tech and TCU. He then
wrapped it all up in a colorful bundle—their first conference
victory, over the SMU Mustangs.
Now St. Nicholas is swinging into the pace. Called Bob
Rodgers by the uninformed, he drives his sleigh full of bas
ketball tricks into White Coliseum tonight where he’ll try
them out again against the Rice Owls.
Pulled by his five reindeer (three were benched) he’ll
field a combination that’s hard to beat. If you’ll listen closely
you can hear his call:
“Up Carroll, up Lawrence, up Cox and McNichol; go
faster Neil Swisher, give help there, friend Turner.” And
the fearless five will move around the floor with a poise the
old master has taught them.
It’s a great sight to see the old boy on the job. The day
will come when rival coaches of the conference will rue the
day the bustling Rodgers came to grace the coliseum of
A&M.
The day may be now. It looks like it!
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