The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1931 Page: 3 of 4
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THOSE MUSTANGS.
Riding through their first seven
games of the 1831 cage season with only
one defeat, the S. M. U. Mustangs must
play five more games against A. and
M., Rice, Arkansas, and T. C. U. before
they can claim the conference title.
Already heavy favorites by virtue of
first six consecutive wins, the Mus-
tangs will face some stiff opposition
in their remaining contests and it is
not likely that they shall go through
the race Without another reverse.
Most critics pick the Ponies to lose at
least one of the five.
Two reasons why the S. M. U. cagers
are at the top of the ladder are Jake
Reynolds and Rhea Williams. These
two stars are crowding Dietzel for the
conference scoring lead while the
Mustangs have played fewer games
than any of the contesting quintets. Ii'
these sharpshooters keep up the pacc
they seem destined to break the con-
ference scoring record held by Holly
Brock, former Texas ace.
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STEERS BUMPED.
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1931 SEASON WITH
THREE TOUGH GAMES
Institute Baiketeers Will
Battle Mustangs in
Tilt Monday
Coach "Pug" Daugherity's Owl cag-
ers are facing a heavy schedule next
week when they wind up the 1931
basketball season, meeting the confer-
citce leaders, the S. M. U. Mustangs, tit
the Houston City Auditorium Monday
night; the powerful T. C. U. Hprned I
Frogs, here Wednesday night, and the
Texas Longhorns in Austin, Thursday I
night.
The Owls are expecting to give-
Jimmy Si. Clair's Mustangs some trou-
ble when they meet them here. The
Rice quintet is smarting from the Ag-
gies' last-minute win Tuesday, and in-
tend to show a strong defensive to balk
the mighty Rhea Williams, S. M. U.
forward.
"Runt" Johnson, another Methodist
forward, has a reputation for giving
his guards plenty of trouble and will
be a special care of one of the great
Rice guards, "Gorilla" McCarble or
_ TT . ... , Little Botchey" Koch. Bill Skeeters,
The Texas University Longhorns are -lain and „ cm„ of the Puli;, .
having one of their worst cage seasons • ^ ^ Qw wJU w to waU.h wh(,„
in years, having won only one game , th s(a,.t thfijr ^ ghooli A1
out of nine attempts Last week in KoontZ( s. M u., gUiU,d( is also laying
Houston the ^Staew rtarted_ off^ great, foj. ^ 0w]s ofTonsive nn(, by
lion he is a worthwhile foe.
The Horned Toads took
against the Owls and with only 10 i
minutes to go wore leading 37 to 35,
but here Dixon and Sellers took charge
for the Owls and when the game ended
the Steers were on the short end of a
SO to 42 score. While the Longhorns
are taking it on the chin in basket ball
they promise to have one of the most
powerful football machines in history
when the grid season gets under way.
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TRIANGLES TOUGH.
The Y. M. C. A. Triangles seem to
have some sort of a jinx over the Owls.
Out of three trys the Rice five has
not yet been able to gain a victory,
however they manage to do a little
better each time. In the last game
the Triangles were forced to the limit
to eek out a 47 to 46 win which re-
quired two extra five-minute periods.
The Rice team decisively trounced the
Texas Longhorns who earlier in the
season beat the Triangles quite badly.
Maybe if they play them enough they
will finally whip them.
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BASEBALL DOPE.
With fifteen baseball hopefuls al-
ready under contract for the Rice Owls,
and four more due to sign as soon as
the basket ball season is over, Coach
Johnny Niemic's nine is looking for-
ward to a prosperous season. The new
ruling of making each team play only
half as many games as they have in
the past is calculated to help the Owls
considerably since they will be short
of first class hurlers. Ray Hart, Sea-
man Squyres and Chester Klaerner,
arc the only likely looking pitchers on
the squad, and upon these three will
rest the Owl pitching burden for the
season. Hart last year was one- of the
best flingers in the loop, and if he
flashes his same form this year he will
be hard to beat. Squyres has not yet
been under fire in the Southwest con-
ference. but in practice last season he
showed great promise.
the Owls
down in their last engagement at Fort
Worth, but the Owls will be out for
revenge and should make it pretty
tough for Coach Schmidt's cagers. An-
other reverse for the T. C. U. team
will eliminate it entirely from the
race.
In the game Wednesday two of the
conference's outstanding pivot per-
formers will match their skill at jump-
ing and basket throwing. Blake Sellers
and Adolph "Too Tall" Dietzel are the
two gentlemen who will tangle in what
promises to be a lively battle. Dietzel
is crowding the leading scorers of the
conference.
Another Frog star whom the Owls
will be watching is "Wo" Sumner,
scrappy sophomore who formerly play-
ed with the Athen's Hornets National
champions. Sumner is a great floor
man and also knows how the art of
goal throwing.
To mach this high scoring pair, the
Owls have a strong offensive trio in
Virgil Dixon, Ray Hart, and Blake
Sellers. All three have flashed bril-
liant form throughout the season and
should make it pretty hard for the
Frog guards.
Then the Owls travel to Austin to
meet the Longhorns Thursday. The
Rice quintet defeated the Steers here
recently and are favored to win again.
Daugherity's men are strengthening
their defense in honor of "Bull" Elkins,
whose long shots are too often suc-
cessful.
Earl Taylor is another good forward.
He was captain of the varsity tennis
squad, but resigned to play basketball.
Jim Fomby, center and captain, is one
of Fred Walker's prides and is really
one of the best Texas players.
Those Owl Guards
Here are Melton Koch and George McCarble, battling Rice basketball
guards. McCarble plays his last game for Rice next week.
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TALK AT INSTITUTE
Hinton in NC-4 First Naval
Flyer To Cross
Atlantic
BEST THESPIAN
As Louise, in "Margaret of
Naxos," Althea Hill was ad-
judged the best actress, or actor,
if the Rice play contest.
Fountain Pen Hospital—Pencils re-
paired. all makes. 601 Kress Build-
ing.—Adv.
THE 'FOUHFLUSHER
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included Mary Hutton and Walter
Stewart.
Third honors went to ''Finders Keep-
ers," Kelley's sketch on a moral ques-
tion, which was directed by Helen
Williams and Ruth Sorrells, and in-
cluded in its east, Stella McNeir, W.
C. Brown, and Ruth Sorrells. Miss
McNeir received honorable mention for
her line performance as Mrs. Aldrid.
Other performances receiving honor-
able mention were those of Harry
Bloom and Lavonne Dickensheels.
"Duetto," a playlet in the ultra-
modern school, by Catherine Burgess
was directed by Leslie Arnold and
Claire Flood. The two characters "He"
and "She" were portrayed by Whitney
Reader and" Ruth Wheelan.
An unusual feature of this year's
tournament was the presentation of
two plays in the contest which were
written by students. This is the first
time that original work has been pre-
sented, and the two authors were high-
ly complimented, both on their effect
and their production.
-"A Modern Chooses" is the name of
the serio-comic product of Helen Batte.
The smoothness and cleverness of the
lines were remarkable for a student
author.
Miss Batte's play hinged around a
"hand of destiny" theme with a climax :
of suppressed hysteria that carried rare j
power. The part of the modern. Kit- I
ty, was played by Miss Batte. C. A.
Wall and Lavonne Dickinsheets, played
the part of her family, an amusing
brother, and a charming mother, while
Herbert Bollfrass played a sophisti-
cated lover
"The Bell of St. Anne's" is the orig-
inal work of Bertrand Richards. The
theme was tragic throughout, and dis-
played remarkable power for keeping
the sustained interest of the audience.
It; was directed by Margaret Wright,
and the cast included Catherine Stone.
Lavonne Dickinsheett. Lois Wright.
Jane Amcrtnan and Uertrand Rich-
ards.
Judges for the contest were Arthur
Casey, Dr. Alan D. McKillop. Mrs.
Gerald Stiles, Leslie Dufton, and Her-
bert Roussel.
Three plays were presented in the
afternoon, from 3:30 until 5:30, then
a dinner intermission, and the remain-
ing three were presented in the eve-
ning from 8 until 10. Announcement
of the prize winners was made shortly
after the presentation of the last play.
Members of the Rally club served
as ushers for the affair which drew a
large audience in the afternoon, and a
packed house at night. Julienne Sako-
witz, Martha Stewart, Hazel Rcid. Vir-
ginia Reed, and Christine Pope, served
as hostesses for the occasion, repre-
senting the girls organizations on the
campus.
Last Monday at 8 p.m. a crowd of
about 200 Rice engineers, academic
students, and townspeople heard Lieu-
tenant Walter Hinton relate some of
his experiences of his many flights in
aircraft.
Lieutenant Hinton has been a pio-
neer in this field, having piloted U'/J
NC-.i, the first airplane to cross the
Atlantic, and engaged in the initial
llinht lor polar exploration; he also was
tl"* lipst to fly from North America to
South America. It is interesting to
noli; that three of the planes which he
lias used are now on display in na-
tional museums.
Lieutenant. (Iintoj, stated that his
most thrilling trip was a flight over
llio Aiiia/on River with l>r Rice of the
iVfifxiiiiil Geographical Society, al-
though lie related aft incident that
w< ulil be mere <id"cnturuns to must
people. He staled that he and a fri-.od
made a Uiilonti ascension and. were
canglxt it! a i;tnrin. Tliey were aloft
':! Item's before they landed and v.dieri
tlves1 did land lliey were in «n isolated
district of Northern Alaska, Their jour-
ney to their' starling point coiinuncfd
day-, of walking
The major portion of Lieutenant Hiri-
ton's address was a relation of h
personal experietifes, itiiouglt he did
• • plain the new sound' w. it type oi
altimeter and some of (He new atrial
cameras Which are capable ot photo-'
ifraphint.; objects at a distance of 2.in
miles.
Li' Ulenant Hinton'si appeal mice at
Rice was under the auspices of "the
Rice ivi«ineerint: Society, through the
courtesy of thr' Houston Chapter of the
National Exchange Club, under whose
sponsorship he is touring the country
in the interest of airway and airport
improvement.
SCOUT RELAYS ARE
CARDED ^THURSDAY
Rice Field Will Be Scene «(
First Local Track
Meet of Season
j 'I'll'' first of a aerie.' oi' track meets
i to he held on Rice Field this spring
i will take place on, February 2.1, when
I the annual Boy Seoi.it relays will be
i reeled of! From then, till the end oi
the truck tea ,e!i, lli. Owl ov.'il w HI. be
i pounded i..y the spikes of college, Iiic.h
I rehooI. and junior hit|h stan.: ,e. v--
antly through the many relay
; .<ad chfitnpiotn hip meets.
All 'a/ouis fire Ui'gcd ti'j.'li'l •lie.1';
I physical exitniinHltiofi lihttlci dpi mnv
■ ihel'il'.aM not Ifkier dilfj tin' me ore.ve
|!!ie relays, Every partiem-ei1 aim.! oil
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tocied. 'be SaVnH" lender" ot J't prosit;?';r:
Fountain Pen Hospital—Names en-
graved if purchased here. GOI Kress
Building.—Adv.
DUKE UNIVERSITY
School of Medicine
DURHAM, N. C.
tin Octolier 1. Iftill. carefully
si*lecI oil first a n il third year
students will tin ad mil ted Ap-
I'lieatiotis may he sent at any
I into and will lie considered :n
tile order of receipt. Calaln.ffiies
ami application' forms '.may lie
obtained from I'.e Heait.
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