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Page 4 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, January 5, 1965 FROM THE Sidedii ined By LANI PRESSWOOD The big- basketball game tonight is going to prove several things. It will show whether or not Baylor is a pre-season flash-in-the-pan or a bona fide contender. It will give the world a clue about the chances the Aggies have of defending their SWC crown. And it will show if the A&M students and local residents deserve to have another winner. It’s an old but sound adage that to win in this league you must win all your home games. A full gallery goes hand in hand with winning basketball teams. The turnouts for the games thus far have not done justice to Shelby Metcalf's championship crew. The crowd for the Houston tilt was especially demoralizing. At 8:00 tonight the first chance for redemption arrives. ***** Holiday Leftovers: John Brotherton caught a six-yard pass for the only Rebel touchdown in the Blue-Gray game. . . . Co-Captain for the Gray squad was another Aggie, Guard Ronney Moore. . . . A&M track great Walter (Buddy) Davis was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame recently. Davis was the Olympic high jump champion in 1952 and set a world’s record the next year. . . . Randy Matson broke Gary Gubner’s record in the Orange Bowl Invitational Meet with a 62-11% heave. The Ag sophomore has been working in Abilene since his return from Tokyo. His weight is now reported to be around 265. He will begin his sophomore year at mid-term. . . . In the Sugar Bowl Meet, Cadet quartermiler Ted Nelson placed third in the 400-meter dash and the Maroon sprint relay team finished second. . . . Hank Foldberg was one of the West coaches in the annual Shrine game . . . one of the starting tackles in the rain-marred tilt was Ray Gene Hinze . . . other SWC per formers in the contest were Rice’s Malcolm Walker, TCU’s Ken Henson and Steve Garmon and Baylor’s Lawrence Elkins. . . . Fish Tackle Howard Van Loon and Guard Jerry Brausuel were selected by the coaches to the second unit of the All- SWC Freshman Team. The Waco Tribune-Herald conducts the poll, dominated this year by TCU and SMU. . . . Former Aggie golfer Bobby Nichols has been voted 1964 “Putter of the Year” by the U. S. Golf Writers Association. He pocketed over $75,000 for his efforts last year and wound up fourth on the PGA money winners’ list. . . . ***** Holiday headlines which still stand out: Basketball Official Slugs Utah State Coach. . . . Four Oklahoma Players Declared Ineligible For Gator Bowl . . . Alabama Quarterback Signs With Jets For $400,000 . . . Marathon Basketball Game Won 690-673 . . . Maybe it’s just as well the holidays only come once a year. Pardee Joins Staff Two Others Named Over Holidays JACK PARDEE former All-American returns to Aggieland. Jack Pardee, All-American full back at A&M in 1956, will return to his alma mater as a member of Gene Stallings’ varsity football staff. Pardee comes back to Aggieland following a brilliant eight - year professional career with the Los Angeles Rams. Stallings, in announcing the hir ing of Pardee, said, “He will be a tremendous asset to our staff. Not only was he a great All- American at A&M, he did an out standing job for the LA Rams. His collegiate and professional background and his ability to re emit youngsters makes him a great addition to our staff.” PARDEE IS THE seventh as sistant to be named by Stallings. The others include Elmer Smith, Don Watson, Loyd Taylor, Jack Hurlbut, Dee Powell and Bud Moore were announced over the holidays. Pardee and his wife Phyllis have four children. The 6-1, 200-pound fullback at Aggieland didn’t play 11-man foot ball until he came to A&M. He had been an All-State six-man ace at Christoval High. He became the Ag Trio In Double Figures Entering Conference Ploy Three Aggie cagers are averag ing in double figures entering Southwest Conference play. The three are John Beasley aver aging 21.6 points, Ken Norman hitting at a 14.1 clip and Paul Timmins with a 13.7 mean. Beasley is also leading in the rebound department with 87 grabs. Forward Bill Gasway is running a close second with 74. Norman is third with 46. Player John Beasley Ken Norman Paul Timmins Dick Stringfellow Bill Gasway Tim Timmerman Eddie Dominguez Billy Atkinson Dick Rector Sonny Fethkenher Tommy Bantle Reggie Gilbreath John Reynolds AGGIES FOES Dick Stringfelloy is the most consistent Ag starter as he has hit 27 out of 50 shots from the floor for a .540 average. Follow ing him is Beasley hitting at a .509 clip and Norman with a .479. Timmins is the most accurate from the foul line as he leads the team with a .848 average. Norman is right behind him with a .778 average. highest single game performance with 38 points. He is followed by Timmins with 21 and Norman with 20. The Ag roundballers have a .479 average overall average from the floor and .671 mark from the line. They are also averaging 77.7 points a game compared to their foes 68.8. Beasley leads the team for the pick-up statistics — three column Games FG-FGA Pet. FT-FTA Pet. Reb. Pts. Avg. High 9 81-159 .509 33-48 .687 87 194 21.6 38 9 46-96 .479 35-45 .778 46 127 14.1 20 9 42-96 .437 39-46 .848 24 123 13.7 21 9 27-50 .540 16-28 .571 28 70 7.8 12 9 23-53 .434 10-19 .526 74 54 6.0 10 9 15-34 .441 9-19 .474 28 39 4.3 10 7 11-25 .440 3-5 .600 9 05 3.6 10 9 7-13 .538 11-17 .647 4 25 2.8 9 8 8-12 .667 5-7 .714 9 21 2.6 7 5 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 5 6 1.2 6 4 1-2 .500 3-4 .750 2 5 1.2 2 7 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 7 4 0.6 4 7 2-9 .222 0-3 .000 4 4 0.6 4 9 267-557 .479 165-246 .671 386 699 77.7 98 9 228-554 .411 163-237 .688 383 619 68.8 82 leading rusher on the Fish team and went on to All-American fame as a varsity fullback. Pardee will work with the line backers and defensive ends here. Dee Powell, former Ag linemen who was on the Alabama coaching staff this past season, became the fifth member named to the Aggie football staff by head coach Gene Stallings. POWELL WAS BORN in Lock hart, in 1935. He played two sea sons of football at Lockhart High and lettered three years at A&M as a center-guard. Following his graduation from A&M, he spent five years in the Air Force. He was a captain and a jet pilot. He joined the Ala bama coaching staff in March, 1963. Stallings, in announcing the hir ing of Powell, said, “He was one of the outstanding coaches at the University of Alabama where he worked with the defensive line. He will be in charge of the de fensive line at A&M and I’m cer tain he will continue to do an out standing job.” Actually, Powell had two stints at Alabama. He went there with Coach Paul Bryant in 1968 and worked in spring practice before going into the Air Force. He was married to the former Diane DuBoise of Lockhart in 1958 and they have two children, Elise, 3 and Kevin, 1, Powell, who reported to work be fore the holidays, said, “I’m very happy to be back at A&M and I am looking forward to work here. This is the p!i I learned a lot of vail sons.” BUD MOORE WASti assistant added by Stalling: has been the assistant Kentucky for the last sons. Moore grew up in Bii Alabama. He lettered thnl at the University of Alai as a end and one as a tm He graduated in the 1961 and coached a yearn den High before going t tucky. He worked with the i line at Kentucky and will in the same capacity at Ag Moore married the forc Marion. They have a se age two. Moore said upon being ar; assistant,” I played undt: Stallings at Alabama at: looking forward to be •with him at A&M. My I have always wanted to. Texas.” BILLY PICKARD WAS Athletic Trainer by Sli Pickard worked at Bit High for the past eight ya was a student trainer i: under Smokey Harper. He graduated in 19:i worked one year at Port before going on to Brazi Stallings said, “Billy toi student trainer under Sim I look for him to do a for us.” Pride Given Credit By Coai For UCLA Basketball Team (A*) — Coach John Wooden says Bruins to three victories last week, including one over Minnesota, ranked third nationally. “Our kids have a lot of pride,” Wooden said Monday. “They don’t like to be compared with last year’s team.” Comparison is inevitable. Last year’s undefeated team won 30 games and the NCAA champion ship. This year’s team, ranked fourth nationally last week, has won nine straight after an opening-game humiliation against Illinois. The Bruins confidently expect to move higher in the polls this week, based on last week’s convincing te “Illinois really thrashed 2 33,” Wooden said. “It bra string at 30 and it really k boys. “But I told them it wasrt string. 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