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Page 4 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, January 14, 1964 Damnation To Texas Domination, 65-6 With a tremendous display of poise, shooting accuracy and near errorless basketball, A&M’s cagers gained sole possession of first place in the Southwest Conference roundball race with an ego-boost ing, chances-boosting 65-60 victory over the Texas Longhorns in Aus tin Saturday afternoon. Aggie Coach Shelby Metcalf showed an overflow crowd of 7,800 in Gregory Gym and several hun- TEXAS (60) FG FT RB TP Fisher Franks Humphrey Puryear Nelms Smith Fultz Olivier Holliman Clark Totals A&M (65) Robinette Gasway Beasley Timmins Lenox Timmerman Stringfellow Norman Totals who saw action are in their first season of varsity ball for A&M and all figured predominantly in the important win over pre-season favorite and traditional rival Tex as. Tim Timmerman, 6-7 sophomore from Houston, scored 12 points— one of four Aggies in double fig ures—and pulled down seven re bounds for team runner-up honors in both departments. Dick String- fellow, 6-4 soph guard, played a strong defensive game and chipped in 10 points including a pair of last minute free throws to ice the Ag gie win. THE 6-8 SOPH center, John Beasley, pulled down six rebounds and tallied six points plus holding UT’s top scorer John Paul Fultz to four points. The most recent newcomers, Lon Morris transfers Bill Gasway and Ken Norman, took the tremendous pressure of the UT-A&M series calmly in stride to contribute to the first Aggie win in Austin since 1959. The two old-timers on the squad —seniors Bill Robinette and Ben nie Lenox — weren’t resting on their laurels though. Robinette, probably the most improved player on the team, led the Cadets in re bounds with eight and twice hit on long shots to help A&M maintain its slim lead. LENOX, WHILE sitting out nearly half the game, occupied his usual spot as high scorer in the game with 17 points. The Lynx amply demonstrated the poise and clutch play for which he by hitting three buckets inti* three minutes, each witlj holding a one-point lead. The Aggie victory was a: illustration of the outstandi^ Metcalf has done in his first] as head man. Picked to somewhere in the second ditj, the Cadets are now all alo® the SWC with a 3-0 record in ing crucial road victories« SMU and Texas. FIRST AGGIE LEAD John Beasley (35) hits jumper over reach of UT’s Joe Fisher. dred thousand TV viewers a hus tling, heads-up ball club with a well-balanced attack and surpris ing depth for a squad with so many first year men. FIVE OF THE eight Aggies COACH NORTON’S PANCAKE HOUSE 35 varieties of finest pancakes, aged heavy KC steaks, shrimp, and other fine foods. Daily—Merchants lunch 11 to 2 p. m. Attention Bowl For Co-eds; Aggies A woman’s athletic team at A&M? It’s no joke. Co-eds take notice, the Memorial Student Center bowl ing Committee is looking for girls interested in representing A&M in HICKMAN GARRETT AUTHORIZED VOLKSWAGEN DEALER CARS—TRUCKS—PARTS—SERVICE MONEY SAVING MACHINES 403 N. MAIN TA 2-0146 the Association of College Unions bowling tournament. The school will enter a team in the Men’s Division and Marvin Butler, committee advisor, says they would like to have a team participating in the Women’s Di vision as well. All co-eds interested are urged to attend a preliminary meeting in the MSC Bowling and Games Area at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16. The tournament will be discussed and the co-eds can learn how they can participate regularly in the student bowling program. This year’s meet will be held at The University of Texas, Feb. 21- 22. The Aggies have finished sec ond the past two years. Yearling’s 1 Is Face Save In Austin Di Led by Curley Lenox, the.1 Fish played the Texas Yeare on even terms for 20 min™ were completely outclassed j second half proceedings as || Orange erupted for 67 points ing them to a 116-84 victory j afternoon battle in Gregory After watching their uppers men go down to the Aggie vat- the Yearlings were determine give a strong account of | selves as they lashed their wi| a fifth straight triumph, fc while, the Fish were handed ti fifth straight setback. Bo Rothchild, an Austin jraia unleashed a savage display points as he hit good for 43 pi breaking the old record of 41 by Albert Almanza in 1958. Tw ty eight of his points camefn field goals while the other 15a from the free throw line. I scored 22 points in the secondk explosion. Lenox headed the Fish thy with 23 points. J. C. Smith 1 lowed closely with 20 points end Reggie Gilbreath and Lb Howard finished with 13 and points respectively. BATTALI0 SPORTS UT BALLET USELESS A&M’s Dick Stringfellow drives in for easy layup. Metcalf Philosophy Simple: Take Them One At A Time Don’t forget.. “I'll be talking about this one for a week,” Coach Shelby Metcalf said after his Aggie cagers beat the University of Texas arid made it 3-0 for conference play. His black curly hair glistening from perspiration that had been pushed up from his forehead Met calf said that he thought the win was a real fine team effort. When asked if there was anyone he par ticularly wanted to pat on the head, Metcalf went into medita tion. He leaned back against the wall just outside the Aggie dress ing room, cut his eyes to the ceil ing, rolled his tongue in his cheek and finally said, “Well, how about Elizabeth Taylor?” By this time the Aggies had showered and were beginning to file from the dressing room. 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