The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
Friday, January 16, 1959
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PORT SLANT
By BOB WEEKLEY
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Basketball attendance in the Southwest Conference has
risen sharply during the past several years. Whether the
popularity of the game has taken hold in the football-con
scious Southwest or whether people don’t have anything else
to do but go to the game, one thing is)^certain—attendance
is on the up.
When the Aggies played Southern Methodist on Jan. 3,
over 9,000 fans filled the Mustang gymnasium and some
where close to 1,000 had to be turned away at the gates.
Even at A&M a crowd of 6,000 gathered to watch the A&M-
Rice tilt. That was a new record in home attendance for the
Aggies.
Down Waco way so many people want to watch the Bears
play that the school has started a Cinderella method of al
lowing students to attend games. Odd number ticket holders
go one night and even ones the next.
But no matter how many students attend the games at
Aggieland, basketball is going to continue to be a loser as far
as the till is concerned.
For the small sum of $8, a student at A&M can obtain
a student season ticket that will allow him to see all the
home football, basketball, baseball and track events. Most
of the $8 is proportioned out to the football team.
Even if a crowd such as the 6,000 that watched the
Rice game turned out for each basketball game, not much
cash is taken in. The figure would probably read around
$1,100.
No matter how you look at it, such a small figure won’t
pay many bills such as light and upkeep, much less finance
scholarships, equipment and the like.
In the East where bounce ball really is a big sport, thfc
schools require students to pay a separate fee to attend bas
ketball games. The fee is not unreasonable, somewhere in
the neighborhood of 50 cents.
If such a fee was inaugurated at A&M, many students
would raise a howl that could be| heard all the way to the
president’s mansion, but if they were told how this could
help A&M field a winning team season after season, the howl
I would more than likely be short lived.
By paying this small amount each time, scholarships
I could be given to a greater number of athletes. The coaches
I could travel farther and wider in their recruiting efforts.
I Better equipment could be purchased to meet the demands
I of more students.
These are only a few of the benefits the A&M athletic
I department could reap from such a move.
Would you as an Aggie pay a fee to attend home basket-
H ball games? Whether you would or not, why don’t you drop
a a line to this column and let me know your feelings on the
■ matter.
You might say I’m interested.
Youthful Coaches Win
Better than Average
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COLUMBIA, S.C. WPi—A youth
movement among football coaches
at many major colleges has been
successful. They’ve broken better
than even in almost 600 games.
Don Barton, University of South
[ Carolina sports publicist, produced
I figures Thursday showing 15
I young head coaches at major col
leges have won 289 games against
267 losses and 20 ties.
Dan Devine, now at Missouri,
is the winningest among those in
drivers’ seats for three or more
years. He has won 32 of 41 games.
In the list are those who finished
^heir own college playing or got
into coaching after World War II.
Ousted Terry Brennan of Notre
Dame is second, and South Caro
lina’s Warren Giese is third.
Here are the top 15;
Dan Devine, Missouri, 32-7-2 and
.805 per cent; Terry Brennan, ex-
Notre Dame, 31-18-0 and .640;
Warren Giese, South Carolina, 19-
11-0 and .633; Darrell Royal, Tex
as, 30-20-1 and .598; Paul Dietzel,
LSU 22-17-4 and .561.
Jack Myers, College of the Pa
cific, 30-23-5 and .560; Jack Mitch
ell, Kansas, 21-17-2 and .500; Bob
by Dobbs, Tulsa, 20-18-2 and .525;
Wade Walker, Mississippi State,
13-14-1 and .482; Pete Elliott, Cali
fornia, 12-19-0 and .387.
Ev Faunce, Utah State, 13-24-1
ad .338; Tommy Mont, ex-Mary-
lad, 11-18-1 and .383; Don Mulli-
son, Coloradb State, 11-18-1 and
.383; Ara Parseghian, Northwest
ern, 9-17-1 and .351, and Bus
Mertes, Kansas State, 13-26-1 and
.338.
SWT Cage Slate
Friday—Texas A&M vs. Texas at
College Station
Rice vs. Baylor at Hous
ton
Saturday—TCU vs. Texas Tech at
Lubbock
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Varsity Five Plus' One
Coach. Bob Rogers, foreground center, other than Rogers, are Neil Swisher, Wayne
.stands with the Aggie starting unit that Lawrence, Archie Carroll, Wilmer Cox and
will meet Texas here tonight. Left to right, Jim McNichols.
Farmers, Longhorns Battle
Tonight in White Colisum
The cellar dwelling Texas Long
horns clash with second-ranked
A&M tonight in White Coliseum
with an estimated 6,000 fans ex
pected to be on hand to watch
the traditional rivals battle it out
in their first meeting of the sea
son.
A&M will be a heavy favorite,
entering the game with their sea
son 10-3 mark up against the not-
so-good 3-10 mark of the Steers.
Texas has a 1-3 Southwest Con
ference record while the Aggies
are batting .500 with a 2-2.
Leading the Longhorns will be
6-8 Albert Almanza, one of the
most outstanding sophomores in
the conference. Almanza estab
lished a new freshman scoring rec
ord last year, averaging 21.8
points through 21 games and hit
ting a single-game high of 41.
This season the lanky forward has
averaged somewhere around 12
points per game in SWC play
At center for the Steers will be
Wayne Clark, one of the tallest
players in the Southwest at 6-11.
As a freshman he averaged 16.4
points per game. The tall athlete
has vastly improved this season,
and his hook shot and tip-ins are
a constant threat.
Jay Arnette, who has the high
est scoring average on the Texas
squad at 14.5, may be able to re
turn to action after missing seven
straight games because of a foot
infection. Arnette, a 6-2 guard, is
one of two letterman on the soph-
omorish squad. Last year as a
sophomore the Steer averaged 11
points per game in the conference.
Arnette is the fastest man on the
squad and has terrific spring for
rebounding.
Probably Bill Davenport, a
squadman last season, will start
For those not in the know,
Coach Bob Rogers’ ensemble
for the Monday night game with
Arkansas was a dark brown
sport coat with a sport shirt.
It was the first time this sea
son that the superstitious coach
has worn a sport shirt before
the game.
Rogers has been wearing the
same outfit for each game,
changing only after a loss was
incurred. So far this season he
has been in brown and blue.
Friday night’s game should
see the Aggie coach in his
brown coat and sport shirt.
at the other guard position for the
Longhorns. The 5-11 junior is one
of the top defensive players on the
team.
Bobby Puryear, 6-0 senior, is
the other leterman and will start
at forward opposite Almanza.
Puryear averaged 4.5 points per
game last season as a relief man,
with his season high being 11
points against the Aggies.
The same five that have started
most of the games for Coach
Bob Rogers’ Aggies will probably
take to the hardwoods against the
Steers.
At center will be 6-5 Jim Mc-
Nichol who is averaging 6 points
per game in conference play. At
guard for the Cadets will be de
pendable Neil Swisher and Wil
mer Cox. Forwards are Archie
Carroll and Wayne Lawrence
The A&M-Texas rivalry, orig
inating in 1917 with the Steers
winning the first game 38-16 at
Austin, has seen the Longhoims
come out on top 69 times to the
Farmers’ 37. The Aggies suffer
ed one of their woi'st defeats of
all-time at the hands of the Steers,
losing 81-36 at College Station in
1944.
Game time is 8 p.m.
Bucky Harris Chosen
As Red Sox Manager
BOSTON —Stanley Bucky
Harris, who has devoted most of
his 61 years to baseball, yesterday
was named successor to Joe Cronin
as general manager of the Boston
Bed Sox.
Cronin was approved Wednes
day as new American League pres
ident.
“Cronin stated that he had
talked to Mr. Yawkey, Red Sox
owner Tom Yawkey, and that 1 was
to be it. I’m very happy about it,
naturally,” the first of the boy
wonder managers told a news con
ference.
In answer to questions concern
ing any plans he might have about
changing basic front office policy
or switching team personnel, Har
ris said he preferred to talk such
matters over first with Cronin and
field boss Mike Higgins.
Harris has been a special as
sistant to Cronin the past tjyo
years.
He has three times been field
manager at Washington, twice at
Detroit and once each with the
Bed Sox, New York Yankees and
Philadelphia Phillies.
Harris broke into baseball at 19.
He was a rookie sensation as a
second baseman with Washington
in 1919 and was named manager in
1924 at Washington. The club won
pennants in his first two seasons
at the new job.
Yale Lary Elected
To Texas ‘House’
Yale Lary, the former Aggie
footballer in the days of Bob
Smith and Glenn Lippman, recent
ly took office as a newly-elected
member of the Texas House of
Representatives.
Lary, a perennial member of the
all-Pro defensive team, competed
in the Pro Bowl game Sunday. He
is a member of the Detroit Lions.
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