The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1933 Page: 4 of 4
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Scouting The
Owls
BY BOB SCHILZE
Meagher Is Not Discouraged
One afternoon last week, Coach
Meagher took his brood aside and ad-
dressed them somewhat thusly:
"Fellers, I was a bit worried about
Rice's chances to show class next fall
—with the graduation and the comple-
tion of tha elegibility of some thirty-
five men you can see that I had small
reason for being gay. I hardly need
tell you that I'm far from disillusion-
ed now.
Since the start of spring training
you have shown enthusiasm and fire.
The doctors say that Jack Frye has a
l.{ood chance of being able to play
again next year. Under those condi-
tions there is reason to hope that we
.should do even better than our most
ardent admirers could hope.
"We will have a tough schedule, a
schedule made to order for a team of
fight and stamina. Starting with T. S.
A and I. here on October 1, we will
have tough sledding all the way. We
meet L. S. U. in Baton Rouge the fol-
lowing week, Loyola here the next, S.
M. U here the week after, and take
on Creighton in Omaha the fifth week.
After thai we go to Austin to meet
the Longhorns and the week follow-
ing we take that long trip to San
Francisco to play Santa Clara. After
the Santa Clara game we will finish
out our conference schedule.
"This tough schedule should make
you think more, and work harder
than ever. Just because Rice has
taken a couple of blows on the chin
don't get discouraged, and don't think
tor a minute that we are out of the
race by a long shot. It all rests with
you. If you think you can go, take
my word for it, you can go, fellers,
.so let's get going and stay that way."
A Trifle Air-Minded
At least one member of the spring
training football squad thinks it is a
crime to practice football in March.
Junior Clark is the gentleman who
levels the accusing linger in this in-
stance,
Now football is alL right, it has a lot
of redeeming features that make the
erstwhile Owl center and present
tackle fond of the game. . But there
is a tim-j for everything. *■
The trouble with football in March
is that it interferes with Clark's kite
fiying. Clark is' quite an arial en-
thusiast. He has faithfully taken his
kite off the rack each afternoon and
entertained himself with a dash of ad-
venturesome kite flying.
But don't be overly alarmed, several
< f the other boys are also in their
fifth childhood. It's probably just the
Spring weather.
Dumb Athletes
Tin- trouble with calling athletes
dumb is that the expression is too
often taken in its figurative, slang
meaning. There is occasion to believe
that the term is much more applicable
in the literal sense, if you follow me.
If you could have seen the valiant
though vain attempts some of the
graduate football players made to
speak a few words as requested by
Coach Meagher, you would readily
understand what we mean. Ordinarily
sufficiently glib at other times, these-
same athletes were struck dumb when
it came to telling their successors . a
Kitts Asks
All Cagers
To Report
Coach Jimmy Kitts issued a call
Thursday for all cage men to turn out
for spring basketball training at the
Field House Monday. About sixteen
men are cxpocted to show up, Kitts
said.
Letterrnen from last year's varsity
team who should report are Harold
Jolinson, Harry Journeay, A1 (Doc)
Metzler, Hokie Snider, and James Mc-
Cullough. Squadmen from the var-
sity who will report are Red Moore,
Wilbur Hess, Chink Kivell, Dick Lau-
terbach. Dave Furman, and Dick Met-
calf. Freshmen who are expected to
be on hand are Henry Bolman, Ro-
chester Eaton, Tony Smith, Harry
Witt, and Floyd Kelly,
Witt is suffering from a painful leg
injury and will not likely work out,
Lee Tynes, flashy Slimo prospect will
not be scholastlcally eligible for the
varsity team next year. Conference
rules require the passing of more
than three courses in a full year and
Tynes is taking only three courses
this year.
Despite the poor showing this past
season, prospects for next year's team
are very encouraging. Coach Kitts'
team during the past season was com-
posed mostly of Sophomores who did
not have any experience in Confer-
ence competition. Next years squad
will have more experience and the
men will be more seasoned for' the
conference grind. The Varsity played
some fine but erratic games the past
season. The teams greatest setback
was the scarcity of seasoned material.
Next year's team will have five var-
sity lettermen to iorm the nucleus of
the squad.
Much is expected of the following
men next year. Journeay, a flashy :
forward, showed many signs of de- i
veloping into a fine basketball per- ]
former last season. He Ls fast, and a j
headup player both on offensive and
defensive play. "Hookic" Snider, an-
other Sophomore forward of last year,
who did some great basketball play-
ing at times and also is in need of
more seasoning. Harold (Bull) John-
son, center, should show much class
in the next season. Doc Metzler
should develop into a first class guard
by the beginning of next semester.
Freshmen who should prove valu-
able to Coach Kitts next season are
as follows: R. T. Eaton, a former San
Jacinto High school star and an All-
few things to expect of their football
career.
Percy Burk made an inspired,
though unconvincing talk on some of
his past experience as a football play-
er. His team-mates figured that Percy
shouldn't have noticed so many of the
little incidental details connected with
these experiences. They listened with
approbation when ho told them that
they would have a great season next
year and were convinced when he
said that he was with them win. lose,
or draw.
Brutus Harris played wise, or other-
wise, and didn't show up at all. The
coach said he presumed Harris was
i ut to tea somewhere.
state performer, should come in very
handy in strengthening the Varsity.
Harry Witt, who showed much class
with the Freshman team, should see
much service, A very fine prospect
is Floyd "Too-Tall" Kelly, who hap-
pens to be the tallest man in any
conference school, will be of great as-
sistance to Coach Kitts. In the sys-
tem used by Kitts, tall men can be
used to the greatest advantage. Kelly
is a little over 6 feet 7 inches in
height.
The teanv next year should be a
serious contender for the conference
crown and everyone is pulling for
Coach Kitts to put out the best bas-
ketball team ever to represent the
Gray and Blue.
Baseball Plans To Be
GirLNet Club Topic
There will be a meeting of the Girl's
Tennis Club Tuesday at one o'clock in
A. B. 311. Kay Pearson will continue
hei discussion of strokes, and plans for
the new baseball team will be dis-
cussed.
If the play keeps up as it started the
baseball team, composed of girls from
the Tennis Club and the Y. W. C. A.
should win a lot of victories. At prac-
tices held at Hermann Park Monday
and Thursday Emmie Craddock and
Katherine Balcke distinguished them-
selves at the bat, Ruth Provine and
Katherine Horner were fighting for
pitching honors, Iris Belows was do-
ing some fine work at first base,
Madeline Simons at short stop, and
Vermelle Black as catcher. The great-
est need right now is for some good
fielders.
Any one who would like to play
with the team should report for prac-
tice on Monday or Thursday at Her-
mann Park.
Blues Defeat
.
Grays In Net
Tournament
In a series of nine matches, consist-
ing of six singles and three doubles
matches, played on the Rice Varsity
courts Saturday, the Blues, captained
by Quin Connally, defeated the Grays,
captained by Winthrop Carter, seven
matches to two. This was the first time
that an inner-team contest has been
held at Rice, and the sucecss of the
initial attempt points to even greater
accomplishment along this line in the
future.
The singles matches were reduced to
one set Saturday, so that ample time
would be left to allow the doubles
play to go' the regulation two-out-of-
three set route. Captain Connelley
(Blues) d. Wilbur Hess (Grays), 6-1,
Holden (Blues) d. Co-Captain Carter,
(Grays) 6-4, Alter (Blues) d. Nachlas
(Grays) 6-2, Allen (Blues) d. Smith
(Grays) 6-1, Scott (Grays) d. Francis
(Blues) 6-3, and Furman (Blues) d.
Lancaster (Grays) 6-4. The doubles
found Connelley and Holden (Blues)
defeating Carter and Hess (Grays)
6-4, 6-3, Alter and Allen (Blues) win-
ning from Nachlas and Smith (Grays)
6-4, 6-3, while Scott and Lancaster,
came through for the second Gray
victory of the day by taking their
match from Francis and Furman, the
Blue representative*, 6-3, 6-4, after
dropping the first set 6-1.
A round-robin tournament got un-
der way this week to determine who
shall make the reserve squad of four
men. Those competing for these places
ar? Edgar Smith, Bill Francis, Robert
Allen, Otto Nachlas, Dave Furman,
Walter ScotA, Alden Lancaster, and
Fred Alter. In addition to deciding who
shall hold these coveted positions, the
tournament will serve to give Coach
Hess a lineup on next year's squad, for
t>f this number, only Walter Scott com-
pletes his eligibility this year. With
Wilbur Hess the only member of the
first four available for next year, there
will be a merry battle for places when
1934 rolls around, especially with the
large group of freshman players en-
rolled this year. Bill Lorimer has
looked about the best of the slime
squad in practice so far, although it
is too early yet to obtain any indica-
tion of its strength.
Horace Kehl To Talk
To Cranmers Sunday
Horace Kehl, speaking this coming
Sunday evening at 6:30 at the Autry
House on St. Pauls Epistle to the
Romans, will conclude the Cranmer
Club's Lenten study program. On
Palm Sunday the club will assist in
presenting a pageant under the super-
vision of Miss Gene Burroughs.
"The appeal of flowers is' irresistible."
GET THE HABIT - USE MORE OF THEM
WADEMAN'S -FOR FLOWERS
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Golf Team To Play
At Brae Biirn Today
Rice's golf team will face its first
competition of the season this after-
noon at the Brae Burn Country Club
course on Bellaire Drive. This match
will be composed of five two ball
matches, the first twosome teeing off
at 1:30 sharp.
The Owl opposition will be headed
by Jack Cole, former Rice golfer and
one of the best putters in the confer-
ence in'his time. Captain Bill Bar-
ton, as No. 1 man on the team will
lead the Rice squad. Barton broke
into the limelight last year by tying
for medalist honors in die conference
meet at Austin.
Raleigh White, long hitting sopho-
more from Temple is playing the sec-
ond position. Maurice Sullivan, last
year squadman noted for his exop-
tionally long tee shots, ia the third
member of the team. The fourth p*>
sition will be a toss-up between Bob
Morcom, George McCarty, and Ralph
Nemir. One of these men night beat
out Sullivan for the third position.
A number of other future matches
with out-of-town teams are being
discussed by1 the Owl golfers. A pros-
pective match with a team from Cor-
sicana is being arranged, Captain Bar-
ton said Thursday.
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The magician exhibits a llower pot with hinged sides
on a table in the center of the stage. He opens out the
sides to show that this container is empty. Closing it
up, he places a screen between it and the audience.
After a short period of-magic incantations he removes
the screen. The astounded audience sees a beautiful
girl, covered to the shoulders in lovely flowers, rising
from the "empty" container. Where did she come from ?
EXPLANATION:
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The girl was hiding behind the drape of the table.
There is a trap door in the bottom of the flower pot,
with a hole large enough to allow her to crawl through.
The flowers,-called "magicians' feather flowers," are
a regular part'of a magician's outfit. The flower girl
wears a rubber tunic and a bathing cap to keep the
flowers compressed into small space. She slides the
tunic down and the flowers expand when she emerges.
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in a cigarette comes from mysterious
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