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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1961)
THE BATTALION Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 23, 1961 FROM THE Sidelined By Joe Callicoatte ‘The task of a sportswriter, if he be a good one, is siingular, yet totally comprehensive: it is to tell what hap pened. To do this, he must be objective and honest, and he must write the facts as he sees the facts.” This Quote was taken from a letter written bv Bob Glaves, on the staff of The Dallas Morning News, after he had several “vrines” from nro-A&M readers of his account of the A&M—Southern Methodist University basketball game played in G Rollie White Colisdum. . So. in like fashion, here aro the facts about the Pony— Ag basketball game plaved in Dallas Tuesday night. ★ ★ ★ © Soma students cama to the game with the ultimate thought in their minds to ridicule the Agvies. Statements in the student ticket lines we v e generallv. “I haven’t been to a basketball frame a 1 l year, but I wouldn’t pass up a chance to ride the Aggies.” ★ ★ ★ © Before the game started, the SMU Band extended A&M the courtesy of playing the Aggie Wnr Hvmn, but be fore manv notes were plaved. a group of SMU students were on the floor mimicking the Ags. ★ ★ ★ • A group of SMU students brought in a four-sectioned sign that reads, “Beat the Hell Out of the Aggies.” Still another placard read, “Poor Fanners.” (See picture on Page 1). ★ ★ ★ • As the game started, the public address svstem manned by the Mustang Cheerleaders began to emit pre judiced comments against A&M and against the game of ficials. Several times, the person on the public address svstem disagreed with the official’s decision. At one point in the contest. Carroll Broussard. A&M’s versatile forward, was injured and fell to the floor. The person on the speaker couldn’t have been concerned with the possible seriousness of the injury, since he was all wrapped up in telling the of ficial that Broussard had traveled with the ball. ★ ★ ★ © During the game, the playing floor was littered with paper, pennies and small peas. The peas were of the variety that children use in a “pea-shooter.” ★ ★ ★ • The flags that were issued were later thrown onto the floor and the public address system cried, “Let’s not throw those things on the floor, we don’t want to act like the Aggies.” v ★ ★ ★ © The SMU students also took another opportunity to use their signs that were given them before the game. The signs were frequently put face down on the floor until the officials made a call that didn’t meet with the approval of the SMU faction. This prompted the card bearers to pick up the section of card that read “The Hell,” and proceeded to parade it around. ★ ★ ★ • The SMU coach failed to try anything to halt the peppering the floor with litter—as Harold Bradley of the University of Texas had done earlier this year—even though, ironically, one of his players slipped and fell after stepping on a pea. ★ ★ ★ • After the game was over, several SMU students and even one former student admitted that they were ashamed of the conduct of the student body at the game. ★ ★ ★ There is no personal comment in this account of the SMU conduct. I was there and saw all the action, from start to finish. COPYRIGHT © 1961, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY. COCA-COLA AND COKE ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS BETWEEN CLASSES... get that refreshing new feeling with Coke! Bottled under authority of The Coca-Coia Company by Bryan Coca Cola Bottling Co. Soph Center Scores Sophomore Center Jerry Windham sinks a Dallas battle taken by the Mustangs, 65-61. jump-shot over the out-stretched fingertips Jim Hammond of SMU is shown to the right of SMU’s Steve Strange in Tuesday night’s of Strange. Prairie View Remains A lop Small College Cage Rankings By The Associated Press Prairie View pushed further ahead of Tennessee State this week as leader of the Associated Press’ small college basketball poll. Intramurals A beautiful day greeted the in- tramuralers yesterday and nine games were participated in. In Class A Volleyball, Sq. 13 blanked Sq. 1 by the score of 2-0; Sq. 4 edged Sq. 8, 2-1; and H-l won over L-2, by forfeit. In the only game scheduled in Class C Tennis, Legett took Wal ton by forfeit. In Class A Tennis, Sq. 3 de feated G-l, 2-1; Sq. 14 halted A-2 for a 2-1 victory; D-l swatted past W-Band, 2-1; M-Band beat G-3, 2-1; and G-2 swept past E-l, 2-1. The Texas team received seven of the 10 first place votes from a special panel of sports writers and broadcasters for a total of 93 points. That was 26 points ahead of Tennessee State, which led the poll for several weeks midway in the campaign. The Nashville, Tenn., team, small college cham pion three straight years before losing one last season, got only one first place vote and 67 points. A week ago, Prairie View held only a slim four-point edge over its Dixie rival—72 to 68. Points are based on 10 for a first place vote, nine for second, etc. Prairie View has lost only one game in 23 starts. Tennessee State has a 22-4 mark. Mississippi Southern (19-2) moved ahead of Southern Illinois (20-4) for third place, followed by Hofstra, Northern Michigan, Grambling, Westminster (Pa.),I St. Mary’s and Maine and Clavi who tied for 10th. Northern Michigan and Ws minster each gained a notch wli ' Grambling fell from sixth tost enth. Kentucky Wesleyan, ]( last week, dropped from the lii Mt. St. Mary’s and Calvin moti into the top 10. The leaders, with first plj votes and records through Salt day’s games in parentheses points on a 10-9-8, etc., basis: 1. Prairie View (7) (22-1) 93 2. Tennessee State (1) (22-4)1 3. Mississippi Southern (1) (1 ( 2) 54 4. Southern Illinois (20-4) 37 5. Hofstra (1) (17-2) 35 6. Northern Michigan (16-2)1 7. Grambling (25-4) 18 / 8. Westminster (Pa.) (13-3) ^ 9. Mt. St. Mary’s (16-3) 16 10. Tie—Maine (16-4) 10; Ca J vin (17-0) 10. J Aggies For the third straight month, the Aggie Match Team maintained their seven game lead over second place SMU in the Texas Intercol legiate Bowling Conference. The meeting was held in Umphrey Lee Student Center on the SMU campus where, last year, the Aggie five set several league records which are still standing. It was here that Larry Dantzler set a 9-game total of 1886 which has yet to be beaten. Also his 691 paced the Match Team to a series of 2975. Last week, little Dick Pfeil of Arling ton State set a new all-time high game mark of 264 which paced his team to a new season series of 2888, which is high for the league this year. Bob Korose, a freshman making his Jebut with the Match Team, shot a very impressive 247- 641. Other Aggies making the trip were Parks Mahaney, John Tinney, Jimmie Guy and Larry Dantzler. Gulf Coast Bowling Conference The Gulf Coast Bowling Confer ence was organized at the OST Bowling Lanes in Houston, Feb. 11, 1961. The officers elected were Ken Barrett, U. of Houston, presi dent; Scotty Harris, A&M, vice president; Veimon Mitchell, Sam Houston, secretary; and Tom Ben der, St. Thomas, treasurer. They elected one officer from each school represented in the handicap Gulf Coast League. Chuck Haynes of A&M led the first match with a very respectable 190 average. How- Alley ever, the Aggie team is third be hind league leading Sam Houston and the U. of Houston. 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