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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1960)
THE BATTALION Thursday, January 14, 1960 PAGE 5 s PORT SLANT By BOB WEEKLEY 5 Lee Walkers, the 6-7 cliff-hanger from the bustling city of Three Rivers, Texas, is the crown prince of laughs for the A&M freshman basketball team, and he doesn’t even try to provoke a chuckle. Walker had become something of a celebrity on the Frosh squad for his reluctance to try for q field goal. As a matter of fact, prior to the TCU game last Saturday he had only shot one time, and Freshman Coach Shelby Metcalf swears it could have been a bad pass that just happened to bounce off the backboards. After the Wog game Metcalf was razzing Walker, in a gentle manner, about the field goal situation, but the 200- pounder refused to take the bait. Came Tuesday night and the freshmen game with Kil gore, Walker had been shoved to a starting role and was rather confused by it all. Everytime he got the ball, his teammates urged him to shoot, which he didn’t want to do. But the urging proved too much, and Walker hoisted a ball toward the goal, and sank a two pointer. Grinning widely, Walker turned to the A&M bench and gave the big “O” for success. Having broken the scoring barrier, Walker went on that night to score a total of four field goals. The Ag freshman is without peer when it comes to sinking them from the free throw line. So far this season he has missed only one shot out of 17^ and is batting a .941 shooting per centage on charity tosses. Walker is something of a brain when it comes to physics, his major here at A&M. Walker had roommate Lewis Qualls scared out of his wits, before Qualls married and moved out of the dormitory, by his homemade preparations of rockets fuels and the like. Metcalf says that Qualls thought Walker was going to orbit him into space every night when he went to sleep. Metcalf is proud of the wa*y Walker has come along in basketball, and plans to continue him in a starting role as long as he continues to sink the field goals, which he is liable to do now that he’s broken the mental blockade. Teaming with Qualls, a seven footer, and Jerry Windham, a 6-7 for ward, the frosh could go a long way towards the unofficial freshman Southwest Conference Championship. ★ ★ ★ The Aggies lost their first game of the young SWC basketball season Tuesday night against SMU, but they’re far from being knocked out of the league race. Ninty per cent of the coaches in the conference believe that the team who can get by with only two or three losses can claim the title this year .... the teams are rated that close. A&M’s biggest test of the year will probably come Fri day night in White Coliseum when they tangle with , the league-leading Texas Longhorns. Texas is riding high on the hbg after successive wins over Rice, Arkansas and SMU, and will be hard to beat. Add on to that incentive of revenge, and you have the makings of a top notch match. The Ags defeated the Long horns in the conference tournament by 10 points. ★ ★ ★ The SMU game saw 6,800 fans invading White Coliseum. The Texas contest should see the gate increase to over 7,000 fans. r White Coliseum has yet to enjoy a capacity crowd. Freshmen Boast High Stats; Minor May Be Out for Year With four wins and two losses to their credit, the Aggie Fish are setting a brisk pace in the statis tic columns. Charlie Minor, who has missed the last two games is still nursing a knee injury suffered in the Bay lor game. Before his injury. Mi nor was setting the pace the Frosh with a 14.7 scoring average. He has hit 57.5 per cent of his field goals and 65 per cent of his free tosses. It was first believed that Minor’s injury would only hold him back about 10 days, but now he has become doubtful for the re mainder of the season.. Another starter and second high scorer for the Ags is Jerry Wind ham, but he has been sidelined with the flu. Windham’s average is 12.8 per game and he has 37 re bounds to his credit. His flu may keep him out of Friday’s contest with the Texas Shorthorns. Running close behind Windham is Lewis Qualls who paced the Ca dets in their 65-53 win against Kil gore as he tossed in 17 points. Qualls scoring has been boasted considerably by his accuracy at the free throw line. He has missed only one free tosses for a 94.1 per cent, and is the team’s leading re bounder with 76. Jimmy Cobb who has had a lit tle trouble finding the bucket all season, has pushed his average up to 8.3 points per game and is only one rebound behind Windham. With Windham and Minor side lined, Coach Shelby Metcalf has been relying heavily on his re serves. Dave Ison and Willie Lager have been alternating at Minor’s posi tion and in the last two games done a respectful job at it. Jimmy Keller and Billy Young have found their way to the foi’- ward position. Both have been Walker’s Roommate Shivers! Lewis Qualls has many a sleepless night now when he remembers the antics of his ex-roommate, Lee Walker, who likes to make his rocket fuel at home. Qualls used to dream of going into orbit every night when he went to sleep. Intramurals This is the end. . .the end of intramurals for this semester as semi-final and final matches were played Tuesday and Wednesday in class A handball, horseshoes and football. Class handball’s final game went to Sq. 12 as they topped Sq. 14. Tuesday, the semi-final, games were played in class A horseshoes. Sq. 10 bested Co. F-l and Sq. 1 topped Sq. 15. In the final match yesterday Sq. 1 beat Sq. 10 to win the title. Class A semi-finals in football found Co. L-2 beating Co. B-l, 8-0 and Co. D-l topping Co. H-l, 6-0. When Co. L-2 and Co. D-l tied up in the final game, they really tied—8-8, but Co. L-2 was the victor on penetrations. Another close football contest was played in class C as Walton and Mitchell fought to a 0-0 dead lock and Walton won on penetra tions. Two games were played in class B as Sq. 12 beat Co. G-2 in hand ball and Sq. 14 topped Co. E-2. For ACCREDITED BIBLE COURSES for Aggies During 2nd Semester See Your Official Class Schedules Under “RELIGIOUS EDUCATION” KGDL KROSSWORD No. 2 ACROSS DOWN 1. Careful examination 2. Rest up; lie down 3. Skilled worker 4. Gelett Burgess’s little creatures 5. War god 6. So. African general and statesman 7. When your throat tells you it’s time for try Kools 8. More like unpowdered noses 9. Boos, razzes, etc. 19. Big 19 Acrosses are tfjeyebrows 20. Like a grad d of r Kools he 21 - Floral hula ho °P 22. What to do with 19 Across 25. Toothy types 27. Makes a booboo 30. Kind of ling 31. Disc]ockeysville 32. Open 34. What the gal who got away was 35. Lily-like part of Maria Callas 1. Rugged rock 5. Humiliate 10. Rock Hudson type 11. Rock, Frenchified 12. 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