The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
Thursday, February 5, 1959
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PORT SLANT
By BOB WEEKLEY
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A&M’s battered cagers, tied for fifth place in Southwest
Conference'ialay with the Arkansas Razorbacks, rest and try
to regroupJ-heir forces today and Friday before they face
the upcoming Baylor Bears Saturday night in White Coli
seum.
Coach Bob Rogers’ injured list mounted yesterday with
the announcement that lanky Wayne Lawrence, the Ags’
tallest eager at 6-7, will not work out the remainder of the
week due to a severly bruished instep. The injury is a re
occurence of one he suffered last season against Baylor.
Whether or not he will start Saturday will not be known until
just before game time.
Kelly Chapman, the 6-3 athlete who can normally jump
with the best of them, should be fully recovered from a toe
injury he suffered in practice last Sunday. The injury was
on Chapman’s right foot, the one he uses for his main force
when he jumps.
The charley horse which has been plaguing Neil Swisher’s
thigh should be almost gone in time for the Baylor game.
The Ags’ ace sharpshooter missed practice today so that he
could go to Kilgore and visit his wife who gave birth to a
9-pound boy just before the TCU game Tuesday.
Rogers,’ visibly worried, sent his charges through semi
heavy drill yesterday in an attempt to sharpen his sagging
offense and defense before the all-important Bruin game.
Baylor is currently tied for second place in the confer
ence with Texas Tech, both having a 5-2 record, one game
behind the leading Horned Frogs.
With the conference race rounding the corner and head
ing into the final half of play TCU looks like it just about
has the championship salted down and ready to go into the
bag with their football flag.
Corps Baseball Florida Tankmen
GivenTenwive D<,wn ^
Feb. 23 Debut
The SWC standings:
Team
TCU
BAYLOR
TECH
SMU
A&M
ARK.
RICE
TEXAS
SWC
Won Lost
Season
Won Lost
13 4
9
12
9
12
5
7
3
7
5
7
5
11
9
12
Rice and Texas are definitely out of the SWCl picture,
while Arkansas and A&M ding to a faint hope of gaining a
piece of the crown. Meanwhile, on top of the heap it will
be TCU, Baylor and Tech fighting it out to the wire to see
who represents the conference in the NCAA playoffs.
500-Mile Race to Feature 33 Cars
INDIANAPOLIS UP)—The an
nual 500-mile auto race, fouled up
under a single-file start in the last
two years, will go back to a 33-car
line-up Memorial Day this year,
Anton Hulman Jr., said yesterday.
ter the pits were moved behind a
retaining wall.
Although second in the Ken
tucky Derby of 1939 Challedon was
named horse of the year in 1939
The race start was changed af- and 1940.
The Hollywood Queens
Surrounding Coach Bob Karstens are the Harlem Globetrotters. Both teams will ap-
lovely basketball players on tour with the pear in White Coliseum Feb. 12.
Big League Baseball Stars
Holding Out for More Money
By The Associated Press
More than a dozen big-salaried
major league ballplayers, includ
ing Mickey Mantle and Whitey
Ford of New York, Hank Aaron
and Warren Spahn of Milwaukee
and Stan Musial of St. Louis, are
among the scores still unsigned for
the 1959 season.
Also among the • high-priced
stars who have yet to come to
terms are Richie Ashburn of the
Philadelphia Phillies, Jackie Jen
sen of Boston, Roy Sievers of
Washington, Harvey Kuenn of De
troit, Ted Kluszewski of Pitts
burgh, Lew Burdette of Milwau
kee and Gil McDougald of New
York.
Their annual salaries range
from about $27,000 for Ashburn to
$100,000 for Musial.
With only a few weeks remain
ing before the start of spring train-
only the Cleveland Indians have all
their signed ’59 contracts in the
bag. The total of unsigned players
on the other 15 clubs exceeds 250.
In some* instances, including Mu-
sial’s it’s just a case of sitting
down and talking terms, but sev
eral stars have been outspokenly
critical of the contracts offered
them.
This is particularly true of Man
tle and several other Yankees.
Mantle, who received an estimated
$75,000 last season, reportedly is
battling a $5,000 cut. McDougald
and Ford also have been asked to
sign for less than last year. The
Yanks have only eight players .un
der contract.
In addition to Spahn, who got
$65,000 for his 1958 pitching ef
forts, Aaron $40,000 and Burdette
$35,000, Milwaukee has yet to cor
ral five others.
players
has to line up 22. Boston has 26
to go with Jensen, the league’s
most valuable player, the most
prominent.
Musial is
Cardinals.
one of 17 unsigned
Thiid annua 1 Co:ps baseball
league play was tentatively set to
begin action on Monday, Feb. 23,
at an organisational meeting last
night.
Rep:eecnia'Ives from Air Force
groups, A. my bat talk ns and Civil
ian dormitories laid basic ground
work for the independent league
this year in addition to making
several changes from the programs
of the past two years.
If all goes according to plan,
both the Army and Air Force leag
ues will have eight teams in them,
which will provide participants
with an extended schedule over
ast year. Only two civilian stu
dents were at the meeting but they
felt details could be worked out
to enter one “non-reg” team in
each league.
It would stack up something like
this: a team composed of residents
of Hart, Walton, Law and Dorm
16 would join the Air Force group-
and Composite Band in one league,
while a team made up of Puryear,
Bizzell, Mitchell and Leggett resi
dents would join the Army bat
talions in the other league.
Important talk centered around
using day students on the various'
teams. Basically it was decided
that each team could “sign” a max
imum of two students not affilia
ted with any other represented or
ganization, as long as those play
ers did not hold a letter in South
west Conference baseball.
Final plans are pending approval
of using Travis Park in Bryan for
the games, getting financial and
material help from various fac
tions on the campus and assurance
of Civilian teams.
“We are looking forward to mak
ing this the best program yet,”
Florida State University tank
men, led by Buck Hiles and Paul
Hammond, splashed their way
past the outclassed A1;M swim
ming team yesterday afternoon in
Downs Natatorium for a 56-30
victory.
Doth Files and Hammond post
ed dual victories for their team
with ADMs Orlando Cossani dup-
itating the feat for the Farmers.
Riles, Florida AAU champ last
year, chalked up his wins in the
220 and 440-yard freestyle. Ham
mond’s victories came in the 50-
and 100-yard freestyle races.
Cossani, SWC record holder in
the 200-yard butterfly, took first
in his specialty and first in the
200-yard breaststroke. A&M’s
only other individual winner was
John Harrington in the 220-yard
backstroke. .
The Aggie 440-yard medley re
lay posted the remaining first for
the Cadets with a time of 4:11.8.
The team is* composed of Cossani,
Harrington, Dieter Ufer and Jack
Scholl.
The victory was FSU’s fifth
straight of the season while the
defeat gave the Cadets at 0-3 rec
ord, including the SWC Relays
held last December.
440-yard medley relay—1) A&M (John
Harrington, Dieter Ufer, Orlando Cos
sani. Jack Scholl) Time: 4:11.8.
220-yard freestyle—1) Buck Hiles, FSU.
2) Dave Woodward, A&M. 3) P'axton Bri
ley, FSU. Time: 2:14.
e? "iS'^oordiffai
ting the program. “All we need is
cooperation from students concern
ed—and the weather.”
Another meeting will be held
next week at which time more
I doubtful elements will be known.
50-yard freestyle—1) Paul Hammond,
FSU, 2) Ernie Stock, FSU. 3) Don Drap
er, A&M. Time: :24.6.
Diving—1) Curt Genders, FSU (259.20).
2) Bob Weber, FSU (251). 3) Dubby God
frey, A&M (221.90).
200-yard fly—1) Orlando Cossani, A&M.
2) Lenny Koeth, FSU. 3) Dieter Ufer,
A&M. Time: 2:34.2.
100-yard freestyle—1) Paul Hammond,
FSU. 2) Ernie Stock, FSU. 3) Jack Scholl,
A&M. Time: :54.0.
200-yard backstroke—1) John Harring
ton. A&M. 2) Jim Wentworth, FSU. 3)
Jerry Lansing, FSU. Time: 2:18.5.
440-yard freestyle—1) Buck Hiles. FSU.
2) Tom Metz, FSU. 3) Dave Woodward,
A&M. Time: 4:54.5.
200-yard breaststroke—1) Orlando Cos
sani, A&M. 2) Howard Fillmore, FSU. 3)
Bud Cole FSU. Time: 2:38.4.
400-yard freestyle relay—1) FSU (Greg
Smith, Paxton Briley, Carl Butler, Tom
Jjletz),. Time: 3:48.4.
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