The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1942 Page: 3 of 4
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DUNN
Now that the last whistle has
blown on Rice Field, ending the 1942
football season, sports fans on the
campus turn their attention to bas-
ketball. The writers of this column
personally feel that the football sea-
son was a grand success and our
only regret is that we did not get to
see Windell Williams play the whole
season at tailback. For the few min-
utes that he ran from this position
we thought he looked like as fine a
ball carrier as we have ever seen
and in our humble opinion the big
soph will become immortal in Owl
grid annals if allowed to complete
his eligibility. He would indeed be a
worthy addition to the list of Un-
derwood, Brick, Kalb, Frey, Hassell,
Lagow, Wallace, McCaul^, Miller,
Lain, Cordill, Whitlow, Hartman and
Brumley.
* * *
The basketball team shapes up as
a strong contender for the confer-
ence championship with captains
Lambert and Closs forming a strong
nucleus for an otherwise inexpe-
rienced squad. Coach Joe Davis has
welded together a strong starting
five with Rusty Darling, John Mac-
Donald and Bill Cummins joining
the two veterans.
Both Closs and Lambert have re-
ceived two varsity letters, and Closs
was named all-conference last year.
Darling, a sophomore, has looked
good in practice and is a hustling,
ball hawking performer comparable
to the unforgettable Chet Palmer.
MacDonald has earned one varsity-
letter serving as a replacement for
either Closs or Kinney last year.
Besides Closs, "Mac" is the only man
on the starting team over six feet
tall. For Cummins it is his first
year of collegiate basketball, hav-
ing devoted all of his time in the
past to some very classy hurling on
the cinder paths.
.Among the freshmen made eli-
gible by last week's southwest con-
ference meeting, two Owlets stand
out. Cook might well prove the best
shot on the team and is an excel-
lent floorman besides. It is not at
all improbable that he will develop
into a regular before the end of the
campaign. A charley horse will keep
Cook out of the LSU games. The
other slime apparently destined for
stardom is Bill Henry, six-foot-sev-
en-incher from Dallas whose great
height will make him invaluable to
the unusually short varsity five.
* *
The naming of Joe Davis, foot-
ball line coach, as head basketball
coach was no improvision. Davis
served as coach of the cage sport
for many years at Clemson. His
teams won Several conference cham-
pionships and many stars were de-
veloped under his tutelage, includ-
WINES'IIOUI
iwmiin
ing Banks McFadden who gained the
unique distinction of being an all-
American in both football and bas-
ketball.
♦ # *
Dont worry, dear readers; we
won't let you down. Besides, if you
think we'd let pass an opportunity
like picking the bowl games you're
crazier than we think you are for
reading this column. You must
promise, though, that any money
you win will be invested in war
bonds. O.K., here we go.
Take Sinkwich in the Rose Bowl
and give 20 points. Georgia despite
the Auburn defeat is still way yon-
der and afar the best team in the
country and the final score should
read about 34-6.
In the Sugar Bowl you will be
wise to take Tennessee and give as
few points as possible. The score
will be close, say 14-6. Tulsa has a
strong team and might surprise.
Down in Miami, 'Bama goes
against Boston College, still smart-
ing from the pasting Holy Cross
gave them. The Crimson Tide has
been good but not real good and we
like BC 21-17.
The best bet of the day will be
Texas over Georgia Tech. You will
probably (be able to get odds or
points. We aren't fooling when we
say Texas is going to play their
best game and beat those imported
damyankees by a touchdown and a
half. The score, 17-7. (Ed. Note:
Mr. Mackey at this point hit the
ceiling in violent protest, but suc-
cumbed quickly.)
The Sand Bowl is the easiest of
them all. The Montgomery Lions
will make a corpse of the Afrika
Korps. The score, 2,967,831 to %.
On the other end of the field, Full-
back Eisenhower will spin through
the center of the Nehrings line and
go clear to the Isle of Capri.
* * Jit
• *
Bill Christopher, broad-jumping
jerk from Baton Rouge, will soon
take the big jump into matrimony,
that is, if he doesn't mistake the
church for the southwest conference
track meet and turn up with his
customary pulled muscle. (He's
picked himself to win the last two
years and hasn't jumped yet.) The
girl . (we didn't say lucky) is a gor-
geous brunette from Iowa. What we
want to know is how in the hell a
doll like that can see anything in a
face as ugly as Bill's. Maybe there's
some hope for us.
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Bowlerettes End
First Half In Tie
The girls' bowling league for the
first half ended up in a tie as the
OWLS and the PALS both swept
their three-game series last Friday.
The PALS defeated the YWCA
three games to none to dim out the
YWCA's hopes for the title, while
the OWLS turned back the Pin
Busters in three games.
The OWLS and the PALS each
suffered seven losses in 24 starts
during the season to tie for the
championship position. In third
place is the YWCA team with 14
wins and 10 defeats while in fourth
place are the Pin Busters having
eight victories and 16 losses.
The high game of the year was
turned in by Nadine Hoke, and the
high series of the season was gar-
nered by Martha McCollum. For
the high team game and the high
team series, the OWLS were the
lucky team. An all-star team picked
from among the four teams in the
league was composed of Martha Mc-
Collum, Pin Busters; Nadine Hoke,
PALS; Dado Burnham, OWLS; Do-
renda Hale, PALS, and Mary Boud-
reaux, YWCA.
By Km Kridner
The PALS, usually a mild, easy-
going group of girls, have shown
they know their way around on a
basketball eourt by taking their
first three games without a defeat
to lead the girls' intramural basket-
ball league. Following the PALS are
the EBLS, suffering only one set-
back, which was to the PALS last
week. Tied for third position are
the Reserves and the Owls with one
win, one loss and tie, while the
Girls' Club and the Independents are
fighting for the cellar position with
two losses and one tie each.
In last week's encounters, the
PALS nosed out the EBLS in the
last seconds of the game by a 20-18
count. Dorenda Hale and Grace Pic-
ton were the stars of the PALS' big
show, while Margie (Stroup and Dor-
othy Jean Weghorst were providing
the fireworks for the EBLS. The
Girls' Club and the OWLS battle
ended up in a 7-7 tie at the end o\
the regular playing time. Martha
McCollum was the mainstay for the
Girls' Club while Jane Sinclair and
Mollie Alexander were keeping the
OWLS in the game. The Reserves
and Independents game was not
played and each team was given
credit for a tie.
The last week of play will be held
after the holidays and the champion
of the field determined. The PALS
can win the title without a playoff
by taking their last game, unless it
is decided to have a round robin
playoff.
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Weldon Cabaniss, business man-
ager of athletics, announced Wed-
nesday that the student body had
been allotted 600 desirable seats for
the varsity basketball games which
are to be played at the field house
adjoining the new high school sta-
dium. Supplementing his statement
of last (week that a choice center
section would be set aside for the
student body, Cabaniss announced
that the undergraduate section would
begin in the center of the east side
and extend to the end of the stands.
In explanation he said that it was
their original intention to place the
students squarely in the center of
the east stands but that an inspec-
tion of the field house had revealed
that the location of the timer's and
official scorer's desk in the middle
of this east side would render this
impractical, especially in view of
the activities of cheer leaders.
He further announced that the
Discusse
faculty would be admitted to
student section upon presentation of
their blanket taxes at all non-con-
ference games. For conference
games they may obtain reserved
seats by applying at the athletic
office before 5 o'clock the day of the
game.
In regard to the difficult trans-
portation situation, Cabaniss de-
clared that representatives of the
Houston Electric Company were
present at the Autrey House and at
the Fannin & Texas comer last
night and will be there again to-
night to ascertain just how many
busses will be required to handle
traffic to the games. If sufficient
need is shown, extra busses will be
operated over the Bellaire route to
town. Students taking these extra
busses, however, will have to trans-
fer to the stadium bus downtown.
Busses, will leave the Fannin & Tex-
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