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HI! ' mnmmmwwmw innminiiiiii umi bt: r: THE BATTALION Pa^e 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, January 19, 1961 Louisville Falls, Tarheels Roll On By The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Xavier’s Mus keteers rallied from a shaky start in Cincinnati last night and then went on for an 84-77 basketball victory over Louisville, rated fifth in the nation in the Associated Press poll. National League Will Be Pushed In Houston for ’62 HOUSTON—Gabe Paul left no doubt Wednesday that emphasis will be on Houston’s 1962 National League entry instead of building an American Association contender in 1961. “We’ll be shuffling players in and out of Houston on a whole sale basis this year,” said the general manager of the Houston Sports Association (HSA), holder of a 1962 National League fran chise. “We’ll be looking for the player who will help us in 1962,” he said. The HSA cleared a major ob stacle Tuesday night by obtaining Houston area baseball territorial rights by purchasing the Houston Buffs of the triple A American Association. The Buffs will operate this year under a working agreement with the Chicago Cubs. Renewal of the Cubs agreement had been worked out prior to Wednesday night’s action. The Buffs will train at Mesa, Ariz., with the Cubs. AGGIES WE WILL PAY CASH FOR YOUR USED BOOKS AT oCoupot 5 It was only the second defeat in 15 games for the Cardinals. Xavier now has a 10-3 record. Louisville, capitalizing on fine marksmanship by John Turner, shot into a 10-4 lead early in the game. In one Si/j-minute stretch, however, Xavier outscored the Cardinals 20-3. In that spurt a field goal by Leo McDermott tied the count at 16-16 and Ron Nico lai’s two free throws put Xavier ahead. The Musketeers twice had 11 point leads in the first half but they were ahead by only 45-36 at the half. Turner led the Louisville scoring with 30 points while Bill Kirvin was tops for Xavier with 24. ★ ★ ★ North Carolina’s sixth-ranked Tarheels humbled North Carolina State 97-66 Wednesday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference bas ketball game before 12,000 spec tators. The Tarheels’ pair of York La- rese and Doug Moe each pumped in 27 points as Coach Frank Mc Guire’s team grabbed an early lead, ran up a 39-25 halftime mar gin and poured it on after inter mission. In bouncing to their 10th straight victory, the Tarheels shot a blistering 66.7 per cent from the floor during the second half. Over all they hit for 53.5 per cent. State hit on only 36.6 per cent of its tries. The triumph gave the Tarheels a 12-2 mark overall and a 5-0 con ference record. State went down to its fifth defeat against nine victories overall and its fourth loss in six conference contests. ★ ★ ★ Other Scores West Virginia 73, Pitt 68 Akron 65, Otterbein 58 Norwich 66, Middlebury 64 St. Anselm’s 107, Tufts 74 New Hampshire 66, Springfield (Mass.) 56 Iowa State 71, Drake 70 Colgate 67, Columbia 57 Maryland 63, Navy 62 Niagara 97, Syracuse 77 § Coach Metcalf ‘Very Happ^ After Fish Win Over Yearlins Barney Welch leaves intramural post Welch Quits Post As ‘Mural Director’ By LARRY SMITH After serving as director of intramural sports for 13 years at A&M, Barney Welch is resigning Feb. 1 to enter the insurance busi- Welch was born 38 years ago in Stephenville, and first came to College Station and A&M in 1941 when he was a member of the ’41 Fish football team. After lettering on the ’42 team, he went into the service and while in Europe he was chosen to the All ETO team (European Theatre of Operations). Welch returned to Aggieland in ’46 and lettered in ’46 and ’47 at a halfback position. In ’47 he was chosen captain of the squad. Welch graduated from A&M at mid-term in ’48 and the next day took the job as intramural direc tor. A job he has held ever since. Barney Welch is probably one of A&M’s most famous halfbacks from the mid-’40 era. He was the first Aggie to ever score a touch down in the University of Texas’ Memorial Stadium. He accom plished this feat as a sophomore in 1942. W L. Penberthy, a professor of physical education here at A&M, has been named the man to suc ceed Welch. Ironically, Penberthy started intramural sports at A&M in 1925. Welch’s final comment about leaving- Aggieland and the intra mural director post was, “I’ve en joyed every minute of my stay at Aggieland.” 1960-1961 DIRECTORIES OFFICES-STAFF-STUDENTS TEXAS A&M COLLEGE AVAILABLE Student Publications Office YMCA Bldg. $1.00 Per Copy Fish Coach Shelby Metcalf’s first comment on the Fish-Yearling game last Monday night was, “You just can’t keep from being happy when you win in Austin.” That just about sums up the game. For the last two years, the Yearlings have failed to beat the Fish in a basketball game, but they seem to mature in their sophomore year as they carried the load in beating the Aggie varsity Monday night. The bright spots for the Fish in their win over the Yearlings were the brilliant Bennie Lenox (who dropped in 36 points, and the sparkling play of Playmaker) Dave Johnson. Even though the Fish won the score, the Yearlings beat them de cisively in the rebound department, 58-40, but the Fish cashed in on the oppoi-tunities. Metcalf explain ed this by saying, “I guess you could just call us opportunists.” Fomard Lenox continues to lead the Fish squad in total points with 134 for five games and a 26.8 aver age per game. He also leads in the charity line department with 42-54 for .778 per cent. Following Lenox in scoring are starters Lynn Merritt with 11.8 points per game, Bill Robinette with 11.2, Dave Johnson with 9.4, and Chuck McGuire with 3.2. In the rebound department, which happens to be the Fish’s weakest department according to Coach Metcalf, Center Bill Robinette is ahead with 51 for five games. Mer ritt, Lenox and Cecil Ferguson fol low with 37, 34, and 31 respective ly. The Fish will have their hands full when Tyler Junior College come to Aggieland Feb. 4. At the present time, the Apaches are num ber one in the nation in the Junior College basketball rankings. Tyler will undoubtedly have the advant age over the Fish in height. Their three top men are 6-9, 6-7, and 6-6. 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