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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Tuesday, February 17, 1959 PAGE 3 Tough Farmers Deflate Tech In Action Filled Battle, 53-52 By BOB WEEKLEY Battalion Sports Editor Coach Bob Rogers’ giant killers chopped down the Texas Tech Red Raiders’ beanstalk Saturday night in White Coliseum, edging the vis itors 53-52 in a Southwest Confer ence contest. The loss dropped the Raiders out of second place in the conference to third, one game ahead of the die-hard Aggies. A&M now has a 5-5 conference record and a 14-6 season mark. The Farmers led all the way in the hard-fought contest but the last minute surge by the Raiders probably scared a year’s growth off the Cadet five. It Was Close With little more that a minute left to play the Aggies led 53-50, when Leon Hill, the conference’s second leading scorer, hit on a jump shot inside the circle to close the gap to 53-52. A&M worked the ball back up the court after the score and then went into a stall, hoping to stave off the fired Tech quintet. Tech, tightly pressing the A&M ball handler with two men, picked of a bobble by Neil Swisher and immediately called time out with 17 seconds left in the game. Gerald Myers was the alert Raider who stole the ball. Myers brought the ball back in to play for the Raiders while Rog ers sent his squad into a triple screen, hoping to keep the Tech gunners from working the ball in close enough for a successful shot. Myers dribbled under the basket and was immediately covered, forcing him to throw the ball out to Gene Arrington. Arrington, his eye on the clock, took a 40-foot desperation shot from the left side of the court that fell short. The game ended with the Aggies on top, 53-52. Swishelr Nears Record Swisher led the scoring attack for the Aggies with 17 points, moving him closer to an all-time scoring record for A&M. The 6-0 guard needs only 23 points in the remaining four games to break the old record of 952 points set in 1949 through 1952 by Buddy Davis. Hill scored 13 points for the Raiders, making 1,003 points for his collegiate career, the fourth Tech basketball player ever to score over 1,000 points. Wade Wolf led the scoring for Tech with 16. The Aggies started the game with a quick surge? that saw them build up a 15-8 margin with nine minutes gone in the first period. Four points were scored in the first 35 seconds when Swisher hit a jump shot and speedy Jack Col lier stole the ball from the Raiders for an easy layup. Ags’ Shooting Hot A&M continued their domination of the hardwood early in the sec ond half when they built up their biggest lead, 39-28, with less than five minuted gone. The CadAs hit 48.1 per cents of their shots in the first period and 45 per cent for the game while the hard pressed Raiders could manage on ly 36.7 per cent for the game. Archie Carroll was second lead ing scorer for the Aggies with 15 points while Wilmer Cox scored she and big Jim McNichol 19. The Raiders won the battle of the back- boards, collecting 33 rebounds to the Aggies’ 30. Ags Eliminated from Loop Race; Seek Best Record in 37 Years The Texas Aggies, eliminated from the Southwest Conference basketball scramble, now look only to posting their best season mark in 37 years and an outside oppor tunity at being invited to the Na tional Invitational Tournament in New York this spring. Texas Christian’s runaway Toads have all but annexed the crown, establishing a 9-1 loop record and a two-'game lead over runner-up Southern Methodist with four con tests remaining. Moored in fifth place behind the Frogs, SMU, Texas Tech and Bay lor, the Farmers are presented with a chance at collaring their best record since 1922. That year the Ags were enroute to capturing their third in a string of four circuit titles, run ning their wdn-lost count to 18-3 in the process. This year, the Cadets, with four contests still to play (Arkansas and SMU here and Rice and Tex as on the road) can expand their present season mark of 14-6 to 18-6 by winning the matches. Out of the corner of the other eye, the Aggies are looking for information from Manhattan Is land in the form of an invitation to the NIT, second only to the NCAA tourney in prestige. Basis for hope came with correspon dence from the NIT committee, sent to colleges posting the out standing records. This news was exemplified at mid-season when the Cadets were marching to the conference pre season tourney crown and riding two, four-gaine winning streaks. Since that time, however, the Farmers have fallen off to fifth place in the loop after being nom inated as pre-season favorites to take it all. Also, the Frogs have made a farce of the race and are complete ly in command, though they have yet to score in the top 10 in the national rankings. Numerous other college indepen dents such as St. Louis and Bradley have forged into the top spots and presently hold the inside track to invitations. Colgate’s first football victory over Syracuse came by a 19-14 score in 1950. Chandler Greets Candidates Tom Chandler, newly appointed head base- diamond behind Kyle Field. Included in the ball coach, greets his candidates for the fold are 11 returning lettermen. coming season with an informal chat on the Quick Service HOTARD’S Cafeteria Cox in Control The Ags’ Wilmer Cox (24) gains control of a loose ball under the upstretched arms of the Red Raiders’ Harold Hudgens (35) and Gene Arrington (34). The Farmers de feated Texas Tech 53-52, eliminating the Raiders from the loop title chase Saturday evening in G. Rollie White Coliseum. North Carolina Ranked On Top In Nation’s Poll (A 5 )—Mississippi State handed Kentucky its second defeat of the basketball season last week but it was North Carolina and Auburn who reaped the benefits in the na tional rankings. The 66-58 setback they took last Monday shook Kentucky’s Wild cats loose from the hold they had taken on first place in The Asso ciated Press weekly ranking poll back in mid-January. North Caro lina’s Tar Heels moved up from second to first place and unbeaten Auburn, the only team to defeat Mississippi State this season, jumped from fourth to second. Kentucky landed in third place. Mississippi State, which went on to trounce Florida 105-68 in its second game of the week, climbed from tenth to fifth in the ratings. ■i- Coming February 24 Hughes announces campus interviews for Electrical Engineers and Physicists receiving B. S., M. S.,. or Ph. D. degrees. Consult your placement- office ndiv for an appointment. r 1 HUGHES I HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY Culver City, Los Angeles, El Segundo arid Fullerton, California and Tucson, Arizona Chandler Greets 38 Candidates As Baseball Practice Begins Baseball Coach Tom Chandler greeted 38 players yesterday for the first day of baseball drills. This is Chandler’s first season at the Aggie baseball helm. Prospects appear bright for the Cadets with 11 returning letter- men and the loss of only* two starters from last year’s team. Leading the list of returnees are A1I-SWC Catcher Gary Herring ton and Pitcher Donnie Hullum. Herrington batted .367 last season and led the club in total bases with 52, home runs with three and doubles with 10. Chandler put his charges through conditioning drills and a short pepper game during the first work out. Batting practice will begin today. Junior Bill Clifford was the lone casualty for the day, hurting his shoulder while chasing a ground ball. 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