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By HAROLD V. RATLIFF
Associated Press Sports Writer
It was a shock to hear that
Southwest Conference basketball
was under suspicion. The confer
ence had weathered the backwash
of scandals in other sections and
apparently had taken every pre
caution known to man to stay
clean.
But there came a report out of
New York—from a sports writer
—that the league was doing so
many illegal things even the book
ies were holding down the amount
of bets that could be placed. The
players were not involved but
some officials might be, was the
way the report came.
SWC Turned Over Info
The Southwest Conference im
mediately turned over all infor
mation it had on the games in
question to state and federal au
thorities. Then it clammed up—
in typical fashion it turned to its
“gag rule” although it was in an
indirect way.
This probably is the best plan.
The conference wants to be sure
somebody js found guilty before
it releases any information. It
doesn’t want anybody to be hur-t
if they are innocent.
It is ironical that this hint of
a scandal should come in the very
year that most precautions were
taken. Authorities were called in
to talk to the squads before the
current season opened. The play
ers were told about the pitfalls
that awaited them, that they must
not make themselves available to
strangers, etc.
The coaches did everything they
possible could to prevent any play
er being contaminated.
The conference thought its offi
cials were above suspicion. Only
men with steady incomes from
business are used to officiate. It
was reasoned that if a man didn’t
need money he would be able to
better withstand the blandishments
of the crooks even if so inclined.
$75.00 Per Game
Officiating in basketball doesn’t
pay enough to furnish a living and
those who do it have other sources
of income. In the Southwest Con
ference the pay is $75.00 per game
plus expenses. Generally the men
who officiate say they’re not doing
it for the money—they could make
more of that doing something else
or staying on their private jobs—
but that it’s the love of the game
and the desire to be near it.
McCabe, Carll In
Gym Meet Firsts
Tom McCabe, a freshman from
B-2, and Pinky Carll of F-3 dom
inated last night’s competition in
the first Open Gymnastics Meet
on the third floor of G. Rollie
White Coliseum. Freshman George
Sprague took first in the free ex
ercise event.
McCabe entered every event of
the evening except the side horse.
This lad had also wrestled a full,
six-minute bout in the afternoon
Class B competition.
Carll entered all except the par
allel bars and he took second in
the free exercise without even
having practiced the routine.
Results of last night’s competi
tion are: parallel bars; McCabe,
B-2, 14.8 points; John Killings-
worth, Sqd. 13, 13.2; John Gray,
A-3, 12.6; Leon Perry,- Sqd. 13,
11.5 and Ronald Furder, Sqd. 12,
11.0.
Long Horse: McCabe, 15.4
points; Carll, F-3, 15.3; Tommy
Whittlesey, Sqd. 13, 14.4 and E. V.
Smith, Sqd. 14, 13.8.
Rings: Carll was first with 15.0
points and McCabe second with
14.0.
Carll scored 15.0 to take first
place in the side horse.
Free Exercise: Sprague, Sqd.
13, 12.5; Carll, 11.2; Killingswoi’th,
Sqd. 13, 10.7 and McCabe, 10.0.
The meet was carried out by
gymnastics instructor and team
coach Henry H. Walton and the
judges were members of the gym
team.
The second part of the meet,
which includes competition on the
trampoline, horizontal bar and the
tumbling mat, will be held in the
gym room at 7:30 tonight. Indi
vidual winners in the meet are
given intramural medals. Students
may enter on the spot if they
failed to register back in February.
Ag Golfers Go
To Laredo
Having won its opening match
6V2-2 V2 against Lamar Tech, the
A<&M varsity golf team goes to
Laredo Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday for the Border Olympics.
Coach Henry Ransom will take
a six-man team consisting of Jim
Fetters of Port Arthur, John Live
ly Jr. of Athens, Harry Hoskins
of Fort Worth, Dickie Duble of
Galveston, Wayne Stroman of Mis
sion and Johnny Johnson of Har
lingen.
Fetters will play the number
one match after posting the best
score in qualifying rounds on the
A&M course.
The Port Arthur senior shot a
23-over-par 723 for 180 holes, fol
lowed by Hoskins, 736; Lively, 742;
Duble and Stroman, 748; and John
son, 752.
The Aggie golfers will x open
Southwest Conference play against
Arkansas here on Mar. 24.
Basketball probably is the most
difficult sport in which to uncover
wrong-doing since there is so much
action, so many ruling—practical
ly all of them matters of judg
ment—and the fact that no two
men ever see anything exactly
alike. But the fixes have a way
e£ getting out in the open by
somebody talking. It’s difficult
to imagine anybody taking a
chance even if they were inclined
toward crookedness in the first
place.
THE
Thursday, March 8, 1962
BATTALION
College Station, Texas
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Gymnastics Team Meets TU
A dual gymnastics meet between
A&M and Texas University will be
held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Greg
ory Gym in Austin, Henry Walton,
sponsor of the A&M Gymnastics
Club announced.
Ten Aggies will compete in nine
different gymnastic events. The
events and entries listed on the
program are free exercise, Leland
Jackson and Pat Higgins; side
horse, Jim Ellisor and Richard
Sullivan; long horse, Jackson and
V^oody Powell.
Also, rope climb, Mike Beau
mont, Butch Prather and Buck
Hammond; horizontal bar, Ham
mond; tumbling, Jackson; parallel
bars, Powell and Higgins; still
rings, Beaumont, Dave Sandefer
and Tom Cory; and trampoline,
Jackson and Powell.
The final meet will be the South
west AAU Championships in Dal
las on Apr. 13 and 14.
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