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Basketball Playoffs
By Buck Wright
The Loss
<> fHarmon Walters was a major athletic casualty. Wal-
ters, a sophomore who played all-state Class B ball for Living-
ston High in 1989-40, was the ablest replacement on the squad,
which now numbers just ninep —~—— ——
men. Coming at a time when
Coach Brannon sorely needs
anyone who can throw a ball in the
general direction of the basket, his j
absence will be a terrific blow to the!
championship aspirations of the)
Owls. The f i v e starters will be j
forced to play more cautiously so as j
not to be taken from the game on
fouls. Their stamina will have to be
good enough for from thirty-five to;
forty minutes of hard play.
The Owls
had nothing but praise for the!
ability of Hank Luisetti of
66. An unhealed knee injury kept
Luisetti from performing for the
Oilers when they played in Houston
J i record is most impressive
all of his three years in Stanford | ers.
University, he was chosen All-j Rallv
American, During that time, he
-cured over a thousand points. Ev-
< ry season he has played the Oilers,
he has been selected on the AU-
YAU. He was even featured in a
motion picture three years ago.
Cagey .1 ess Neely
is resolved to make the most of
Bulletin:
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Late results Thursday night
intramural playoffs:
West Hall 40, Rally Club II 35.
Navy 36, PE Champs 25.
Consolation:
Engineers 26, Unknowns 12.
1're-Mods 26, Rally Club I 24.
Fighting 42"s 36, Supermen 21.
Schedule for Saturday:
Playoff finals — Big Gym at X
p.m.: Navy vs. West Hall.
Consolation — Little Gym at 1
p.m.: Fighting 42's vs. Pre-Meds;
Engineers vs. Seductive Sophs at
1:45.
Playoffs were resumed Thursday
night after the completion of regu-
lar schedules before the examination
period. Consolation rounds will be
completed before championship fi-
nals.
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Rally Club, Navy Favored
As Cage Playoffs Begin
The intramural basketball race closed last week with the
heavily favored Rally Club II and West Hall teams coming in
strong, both teams undisputed leaders in their respective
leagues and both boasting unblemished records for the season.
Phillips (However, the P E Champs and
the smooth-working Navy are
being counted on to make the
ln going plenty rough for the lead-
club 11, boasting of ex- j
|K ri'-nced players, a number from
the championship teams of the last!
two seasons, are held up as the fav- j
orites, although their margin is I
slight. The Clubbers do not boast j
stars have been Jack Rodgers, Sid
Nachlas, and John MacKenzie. This
team was picked as one of the pre-
season favorites, but. now stands
less than an even chance of coming
in ahead of the Rally Boys. With the
heat on full blast in the playoffs,
they will have to pull some fast
and hard playing to cop the honors.
The team voted most likely to
succeed to the final berth is the tall
Heavy Exam Casualties
Include Walters, Wells,
Coffman, Stockbridge
of any one high-seorwing star, but and
the standout players of this season
have been John Tomforhdc, Ox Col-
lated thirty days spring prac- i ](.y> Don Leigh, Ben Smith, and Red
t he
t ice permitted by the Southwest
Conference-rules. He has put off the
(.cninir workout until this after-
noon. The biggest advantage of
pring training is that .it familiar-
izes the freshmen and new men with
rb< N< ely system, a thing that, could
nardty be acotnplished in the prac-
•,• ■,■ session preceding the regular
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fast
Navy team, composed of
freshmen ROTC students. It stands
8 fine chance of winning over the
Rally Club, but first it must win
Anderson. This quintet will grobab-t ever the muchly-improved P E
ly compose the starting lineup for Champs. The Champs will pit their
the playoff games. j better physical condition and ex-
West Hall Weakened j perience against the Navy's height,
In the West Hall aggregation, de-' and will be strengthened by the
pleted from early-season strength | return of Jim Deal, Deal, Bob
by the a>. my and withdrawals, the! Treseh. Dick Dwelle, Mitch Sadler,
College Station Crisis
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Hats Oft
to Phu
to: ward. Plat:
• ■i(honinre t hi t (
junto:
lineup
t.' o 11 f
o m i- */„ scintillating
first lettered as a
years ago. In his
year he was in the starting
and received hon<*able men-
,r the all-conference, team.
Elected c
' ieen his
:.. wa 11 in
house be
aptain in what would have
last: year, he crashed into
a scrimmage at the Field-
fore the season had even
begun and broke an ankle. This in-
jury benched him until mid-season,
and by that time the Owls were
hopelessly out of the race, so Plae
was held over. For the present edi-
tion of the Owls, he is playing his
same hustling beads-up game. A
superb passer and & crafty fakpr, i j.|1(
he is one of the hat (lest of all men
to guard.
Fred Wolcott
in condition ot out remains the
mastei of the field of hurdlers.
Whether the race is fast or slow, he
always seems to win "by two feet."
. . . Jimmy McNatt, Phillips Oilers
forward, is acknowledged to be the
fastest man in basketball. . . . Ath-
letes fell like flies in the. February
exam purge. . . Buck Sloan is now
lee pi tig in a tent in San Antonio, a
potential member of the army air
force. . . . Rice was ranked fifth in
Aggie-Razorback Clash
Features Weekend Play/
Owls vs SMU Saturday
The bust-out boogey cut a terrible,
swath through the field house
Thursday, leaving in its wake two
almost certain starters on the 1942
football squad, an essential cog in
Buster Brannon's cage team now
staging a last-ditch fight for the
conference flag, the current holder
of the conference high-jump record,
and a host of freshman losses.
Athletic officials were chief
mourner and pallbearer at the schol-
astic funeral of Clark (Red) Wells
and Harold Stockbridge, who be-
sides bidding strongly for varsity
gridiron posts formed a promising
baseball battery, eager Harmon
Walters, and high - Jumping Henry
Coffman.
Freshman Losses
Freshman losses featured Ray
Mae Donald, rangy basketball center
from Maud, and Billy Wyman, stel-
lar tackle. Also departed are Leroy
j Denson. halfback and sprinter, and
j Kenwood Sutton, end from Corsi-
| cana.
Another Neely loss at the hands
! of the faculty is Ralph Noble, soph-
j omore tackle.
i Wells, a 190-pounder from Qua-
| hah, was one of the finest end pros-
pects in the conference. Brilliant on
defense, he was pulled hack in emer-
! geneies for punting duty. Stock-
bridge was the o n ! v remaining
wingbaek with varsity experience.
Walters All-Stater
Walters, all-stater from Living-
ston, had been counted upon heavily
since the withdrawal from school of
Guy Lewis, first-string cage re-
placement. His loss leaves Brannon
with but nine competitors on his
cage combine.
The lanky Coffman literally leaped
from obscurity to Southwest fame
last spring when he jumped six feet,
seven and three-quarters inches to
set a conference mark in his first
attempt at varsity competition.
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Box Scores
Rice
Cloas.f
Gomez, f
Walters,f-K
Kinney, c
Lambert.
Palrocr.r
FjrFtTp
2 2 6
2 1 5
i 0 2
19
Totals
Personal fouls:
Lambert, Palmer,
Tex. A&M
Jarrett.f
Nabors.f
U nilerwooil
3 21Dawson,f
0 2jHen<lerson,c
0 SI Huffman,g
|Cokmoa,E'
| Peden,tf
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Totals
Fsr Ft Tp
7 0 14
0 0 I)
1 0 2
0 1 1
ft .) 18
2 0 4
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6 441
Clows 2, Gomez, Kinney 2.
.Jarrett 2. Nabors, Hen-
derson 2, Huffman. Cokinos 2, Steven* >n
Underwood, Dawson.
Free throws missed: Walters, Kinney 0.
Palmer 2, Jarrett. Naliors 2, Henderson 2.
Peden, Dawson 2.
Half time score: Texas A&M 21. itiiv V.
the nation
pert.
by Hick Dunkel. cage ex-
[.tadinu
Player. Team :
Parks, Paylor
K inney. Rife
Pitts, Arkansas
Palmer, Rice
Carpenter, Arkansas
Henderson, A AM
('loss. Rice
Conference Scorer*
CI FO FT TP Ave.
8 52 23 127 15.0
1 89 20 <W 14.0
It 31 11 7ft 13.1
7 42 3 87 12.4
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Going into the home stretch, the
Southwest Conference presents four
games over the weekend which will
partially clarify the hottest and
most surprising race in years. Feat-
ured tonight is the game between
league-leading Arkansas Razor-
backs and the stubborn Texas Ag-
gies to be played in College Station.
The same duo square off again to-
morrow night, as do Rice and SMU
in Dallas and Texas and Baylor in
Waco.
Arkansas on Way
Arkansas, with one of the out-
s,anding records in basketball over
the last twenty years, seems on the
way to its second consecutive South-
west crown. The Porkers are mak-
ing their last stand away from Fay-
ettoville, and will return home to
run out the balance of their sched-
ule. A. and M., victor in only one of
five starts, is but a step above the
conference cellar. However, the total
margin by which the Aggies have
dropped their last games comes to
just seven points, and this against
stellar competition. Since the con-
tests are to be staged before the
spirited cadet audience, A. and M.
will enjoy a considerable mental ad-
vantage. The Razorbacks, generally
selected to add a pair to the win col-
umn, can look forward to no breath-
er, and should they suffer a let-
down they may find themselves on
the wrong end of the score board. !
Owls vs. SMU
Rice, dominant choice for the top'
slot in pre-season forecasts, facesj
SMU's hard luck quintet in Dallas. I
and Stoop Dickson will probably
compose the starting line up for
the P E's and for the Navy, it will
be Galloway, Sparks, Gregg, De-
Moss, and Richards.
Consolations
In the consolation playoffs, teams
have been entered by the Engineers,
Unknowns, Supermen, Rally Club I,
Pre-Meds, and Fighting 42's. With
the 42's being called uppon to as-
sume the favorite's spot.
Rice
C loss, ('
Watkins.f
Gomez, f
Lewis,f
Kin ney.e
MeDonald.c
Palmer, g
Lambert, g
Totals
Fk Ft Tp] Arkansas
3 3 9| Adams,f
0 2, Wilson,f
0 6
0 0
3 11
0 2
1 19
0 2
f g Ft Tp
3 0 &
22
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2
Carpenter,c
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Pitts,k
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14
Wynne,p
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Honea.g
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0
0
Bradley, g
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0
0
Rayentra.K
0
0
0
Totals
14
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7 51]
Half time score: Rice 25, Arkansas 1"
Officials: Iioutfess and Sears.
In a pair of extra conference games
last week, the Owls made a poor
showing, taking a tremendous
trouncing from the Phillips Oilers
and winning narrowly from a medi-'
ocre ETSTC team. The Mustangs j
have played seven conference tilts j
and have yet to turn in a victory. |
Baylor and Texas are currently in
the middle of the conference. Neith- j
or can have a look-in at the eham-j
pionship except as a mathematical |
possibility. However, the f ray j
should be a close one, with the Bears
seeking r even g e for a set-back
handed them by the Longhorns ear-
ly in the season. Since that time the
loss of several performers has weak-
ened Texas. High scoring Dwight
Parks can make Baylor a winner.
On Tuesday the Bears move over
to Fort Worth to meet the TCL1
Frogs.
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