The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1950 Page: 4 of 4
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MARTIN and LOCKHART
SWC Opens Race; SHflU Takes Two
Last week, Southwest Conference
basketball teams hit the .500 mark
against the opposition, for once.
Yep, last week the Conference flag
chase opened.
Perched on top of the league at
this writing are the strong SMU
Mustangs, victors over Texas A&M,
53-48; and Rice, 63-61. The Ponies
feature the pivot play of Paul
Mitchell, listed as a junior on the
squad list, was not on the team
last year. Sophomores Fred Free-
man and Tom Holm, with juniors
Charley Luts, who hit for 101 points
last year, and Jack Brown, who tal-
lied 135, round out the starting five.
Arkansas, winners over Texas,
60-51, are currently in second place
Avith Baylor. The Hogs, who meet
the Owls here tomorrow night, fea-
tured the shooting of Jim Cathcart,
letterman forward who scored 84
points last year. Junior Bob Ambler,
their giant center, tallied only 5 in
their win, while hitting 145 last
year. The Bears, winner over Tex-
as, 49-43, are paced by Don Heath-
ington. He tallied 17 against the
Steers, scored 150 last year. Odell
Preston, Bill Hickman, Bill Srack,
and Bill DeWitt, all lettermen,
round out the starters.
Tied with Rice in fourth place
SOCIETY —
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dance for freshmen at Milby Park
club house last Sunday. The en-
tertainment consisted of songs by
Jerry Stephens, John Eisenhohr,
and Jerry Sobel (aided by Emmett
McGeever). Later the whole group
joined in the singing before more
dancing.
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are the hustling Texas Aggies. Let-
terman John DeWitt again has led
the Cadet attack with 32 points in
their two games, against SMU and
the win over TCU, 49-45. Jewell
McDowell, a mighty sweet guard,
Walt Davis, Bill Turnbow, and Wal-
lace Moon are the other A&M
starters.
In the cellar currently are TCU
and Texas. The Longhorns have
lost A1 Madsen and Slater Martin,
but Tom Hamilton is still around.
Hamilton hit a total of 30 in the
first two battles, and tallied 151
last year. Frank Womack, Bill Huff-
man, Joe Falk, and Dickie Harris
were slated to get the starting nods
last night against the Owls.
The Horned Frogs, losers of two,
CoHfereico Cagers, Owls, In Dead Ikat
feature a sdphomore-studded squad,
with seniors Bruce Craig and start*
er Gene Schmit the only exceptions.
Currently leading the pack of scor-
ers is George McLeod, a 6 feet 5%
inches fellow who has really devel-
oped since his high school days at
Sam Houston of Houston. He's hit
41 points in two games, playing
against centers like the Ags' John
DeWitt and Walt Davis, and the
Owl's Joe McDermott. Tommy Tay-
lor and Harvey Fromme have start-
ed both games, together with
Schmidt.
This year the brand of basketball
offered the customers may not be
as smooth as in the near past, but
it will be more even, with a repeat'
of last year's tri-Championship, or
worse, not impossible. Arkansas
seems from here to be the team to
beat, with Baylor not far behind.
SMU got off to a good start, may
have had some trouble with tra-
ditional rival TCU Tuesday night.
Rice and A&M are still very much
in the picture, with TCU and Tex-
as the real long shots. The game
tomorrow night with the Razor-
backs will be one of the many key
ones in the Conference this year.
McOenaott b Lsadia; Scorer;
KU Fall* To Owls WNo Fall To SMU
The Owl cagers have jumped into
sudden prominence in the SWC pic-
ture as a definite contender for
the laurels in what appears to be a
wide open race as they split even
in their first two games.
Opening the schedule with Kan-
sas University, the Blue Team rack-
ed up an 80-61 victory. The Frog-
gie's George McLeon fouled out ear-
ly in the fourth quarter, although
he had already hit for 22 points—
good for high point man for the
game. Joe McDermott opened up
and netted 20—high for the Owls.
Warren Switzer shot 16 points, and
J. D. White got 15. Warren Swit-
zer looked good as a front line
guard where he joined the ever-
hustling Charlie Tighe.
The next night Coach Suman
mightily wished his charges had
some more of their dead-eye hit-
ting as the Ponies from SMU edged
the Owls 63-61. Big Paul Mitchell,
a lad with springs in his legs, gave
the Owls plenty of woe. The Luf-
kin Junior—McDermott again was
high for the Institute with 19. The
Owls chances were hurt when Swit-
zer fouled out with some 10 min-
utes remaining.
A bad tip from center in the last
two minutes when the Owls were
fighting to stead the ball from the
stalling Ponies, was the highpoint
of a generally sloppy exhibition of
officiating. The Mustangs were hurt
as well as the Owls, but the RI lads
saw many questionable decisions
called against them late in the
game—stopping their usual second-
half spurt.
Joe McDermott is the leading
point maker for the SWC cagers,
as he has totaled 216 points for
a 16 average. Warren Switzer is
usually among the top five in point
scoring. One of the major factors
in the Owls showing is the play of
Ralph Grawunder and Jim Ger-
hardt. The closeness of the race is
shown by the defeat of SMU by
the Texas Christian cagers Tues-
day night.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1950, newspaper, January 13, 1950; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230828/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.