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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, December 7, 1965
THE BATTALION
Aggies Squeeze By Bobcats 76-66
“We’ll be lucky to win this
one,” Head Basketball Coach
Shelby Metcalf said at halftime
Monday night during the South
west Texas State basketball
game.
At that time, the score was 35-
41 against the Aggies and less
than four minutes before the
Cadets had trailed by 13 points.
A&M went on to win 76-66, but
the final margin was only achiev
ed when the Ags bioke a tie with
3:33 left in the game, poured on
the steam and hit six for eight
free throws.
Eddie Dominguez made three
straight baskets in the last 35
seconds to pad the lead.
The Bobcats led for most of
the first half, breaking a 4-4 tie
in the first minute-and-a-half
and steadily pulling away. Hit
ting a solid 56.7% of their shots,
Southwest Texas built up their
13 point lead, only to see it
dwindle to six in a late Aggie
spurt led by Tim Timmerman,
Terry Trippet and Sonny Feth-
kenher.
The Cats kept control during
the first half, in spite of the fact
that they were outrebounded 25-
22 and the Ags shot seven more
times than they did. Their con
trol hurried the Farmers’ shots
and gave them the time to make
a great percentage.
If the first half belonged to
the Bobcats, the second half was
a toss-up that the Aggies finally
claimed for their own.
After shooting a cold 40.5%
in the first half, the Aggies hit
44.4 per cent in the second and
saw the Bobcats’ shooting plum
met to 35.5 per cent.
When the Ags came out for
the second half, they immediately
began putting pressure on their
opponents, cutting their lead to
two points after four minutes of
play. The Ags tied it at 48-48,
exchanged baskets with the
Cats for four minutes and took
the lead for the last time at 54-
52 with 12:34 left in the game.
This didn’t signal the end of
FROM THE
Sideii
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By Larry R. Jerden
Could history repeat itself ?
Could the Aggies be placed on
probation just as they begin to
see the dawn of a new football
era ? These are the questions
A&M grid fans may be asking
themselves in the wake of a SWC
investigation of this university’s
policies toward scholarship ath
letes.
Coach Gene Stallings is a pret
ty sensible man, with the best
interests of his players and this
school at heart. His argument is
a simple one: there’s no sense in
giving something for nothing to
anyone, including athletes who
quit.
There are a number of back-up
arguments that he and others
have devised should the issue
come to a head in the SWC meet
ing.
One is that when students on
academic scholarships let their
grades fall below a certain level,
they are dropped from the rolls
of the university and lose their
scholarship. Why, then, should
those on athletic scholarships be
allowed to take money, not only
when they fail, but when they
quit the task for which they were
given the scholarship.
Another point is that this may
be a case of the pot calling the
kettle black. Someone in the SWC
instigated the investigation, but
what was their record ?
The school 90 miles to the west
offers some 60 plus scholarships
a year, yet they carry only about
57 on their varsity out of some
180 that started. Where are the
123? No one investigates TU!
Surely A&M is not the only
school that has athletes quit.
As Stallings asked, why should
the school and the fans, support
quitters ?
Since the athletes themselves
didn’t force the issue, and since
Stallings has said none of them
asked to be kept on scholarship
and since Stallings has also said
no one was after they quit, asked
to leave, we should be able to
assume that someone from the
outside instigated the investiga
tion.
Why?
We really don’t know. It may
have been merely a chance to
discredit the school, or to raise
a controversy for what looked
like a dull SWC meeting. What
ever the reason, if justice is to
be done, there should be no dis
ciplinary action taken against
the Aggies simply because a
large number of gridders weren’t
willing to pay the price of wear
ing the Maroon and White.
Those that quit haven’t come
and asked for handouts, why
then does the SWC feel responsi
ble to look out for their “wel
fare?”
While talking to the coach, he
took time to commend the 12th
Man for its fine conduct during
football season. He mentioned
the respect shown other teams,
and the spirit displayed for our
own team. We didn’t always come
out on top of the score, but when
the season was over, everyone
was proud to say they were our
team . . . our Aggies.
But what about conduct at bas
ketball games?
Back to football for a look at
the future. The Ags have receiv
ed a letter from Jack Woodard,
the fabulous 197-pound running
back from Crockett, that he may
be considering attending A&M.
He’s set about every record
around his school, and has been
almost 100 per cent of the Crock
ett attack this year.
The basketball team has won
two in a row. A good start on
the books, but they are looking
a little ragged. The big test
comes Thursday against Hous
ton. THAT will be a game.
a close game, however. After
building up an eight-point lead
with 7:49 left, John Beasley was
brought to the bench as a safety
measure because he had four
fouls.
Before he was put in again
with 5:33 left, the Southwest
Texas quintet had tied the score
at 66-66. Beasley was then fouled
and added two to break the tie,
and Randy Matson hit one from
the foul line to give the Cadets
another point of margin.
After a time out with 1:50
left, Beasley hit two from the
free throw line and Dominguez
hit his three in a row to end tlit
game at 76-66.
The Ags only had two men it
double figures, Beasley led scor
ing with 32 points and Domin.
guez was second with 12, Tie
rest of the scoring was prettj
evenly distributed. Timmerman
had eight, Terry Trippet had sis
Matson and Stringfellow hai
four each while Fethkenher anl
Rector had three each.
Leading Bobcat scoring was
Henry Garcia with 14 points ani
Morris Ogden with 13.
Volu
C
BEASLEY SINKS FREE THROW
John Beasley sinks a crucial free throw in The points came with 3:08 left in the g-ame
the closing- minutes of the Southwest Texas and broke a 66-66 tie. The Ags won it, 76-66.
State game Monday night in G. Rollie White.
Stallings Commends Students
On Good Conduct At Games
Head Football Coach Gene
Stallings took a moment out
Monday to praise the conduct of
the 12th Man during the 1965
football season.
In an interview with The Bat
talion, Stallings said, “I wish to
commend the students on their
respect for opposing teams when
they had the ball, and for the
spirit they displayed for our
team.”
“I think they displayed the
Aggie Spirit and represented
A&M the way all Aggies would
like to be.
He said he appreciated the way
the students cut off their yelling
when the opponents had the ball
and for their overall conduct at
the games.
“I especially appreciated the
way they respected our team.”
Last year the Aggies were
criticized for their habit of yell
ing when opposing players tried
to run offensive plays. Stallings
said this year opposing quarter
backs didn’t once raise their
hands to quiet the crowd.
He made a plea to the student
body during All-University night
for good sportsmanship, and
President Earl Rudder challenged
the assembled students to win
the SWC Sportsmanship Trophy.
So far the school has received
numerous letters of appreciation
for their fine conduct at the
games.
“I want to commend the stu
dents simply because they DID
act so well this year,” the Aggie
mentor concluded.
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