The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1958 Page: 6 of 6
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THB THRESHER
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, INI
THE OWLOOK
By CLARENCE TEMPLE
Baylor's Buddy Humphrey set a Southwest Conference record
in racking up 387 yards passing and Rice won the game 33-21. On
this appropriate note ended the 1958 season for the Owls. Rice had
a better team and deserved to win the game, but, as usual, had to
win it in spite of their pass defense.
Looking Backward
Looking backward over the season, there were four games we
lost that probably would have come out in our favor, or at least a
little better, if our pass defense had been more effective.
In The Beginning
Beginning with the Purdue game (remember the long pass to
Tom Franckhauser that gave the visitors a 10-0 lead) and going
through the Army game (the Caldwell-Dawkins killer) through
A&M (Milstead's big day) and finally TCU (Ennis' timely tosses
when the running game had been stopped) the outstanding line in
the conference had stopped the opponent's ground game only to see
a flock of missiles sail by the Ground Observer Corps in the back-
ground. But it could have been worse. Suffice it to say that the sea-
son was exciting, and a second place finish is far above pi*e-season
predictions for the team.
The All-American
Of four All-America teams selected so far, three carry the name
of Buddy Dial at end. The outstanding player on this year's team
was also selected on the All-SWC team, was the second round draft
choice of the New York Giants (behind Lee Grosscup), and was
named the outstanding lineman of the conference by a widely read
sports columnist.
Congratulations To Three
J. D. Smith was also a member of the All-SWC team and was
the first round choice of the Philadelphia Eagles. Buddy has been
invited to play in the East-West Shrine Game, while J. D. and Gene
Jones are going to participate in the Blue-Gray Game. Our congrat-
ulations to these three.
Good Things In Store
The thump-thump you hear faintly isn't your heart thinking
about the latter part of January, but Don Suman's basketball team
preparing to gain revenge for Monday's loss to the talented Kansas'
Jayhawks. With a fine lineup of veterans backed by some sharp-
shooting graduates from the freshman team, good things are in
store for Ricemen this season. Don't miss the home opener against
Wisconsin Saturday night. The oracle says Rice to win by six points.
ftiwksT^b STAFFS ALL-SWC TEAM
65-49 In Opener,
Badgers Coming
By TED HERMANN
ALL BIG-EIGHT forward Ron
Loneski came off the injury list
Monday night to lead the Kansas
Jayhawks to a 65-49 victory over
the Rice Owls. Loneski scored 22
points to lead both teams in
scoring. Midway through the first
period Loneski scored 11 of 14
straight Jayhawker points to
give the men from Kansas a com-
fortable lead which the Owls
never threatened.
COACH DON Suman used
four different guards in an at-
tempt to find outside shooting
capable of bringing the Jayhawks
out of their tight zone defense
which limited Rice's top scorer,
Tom Robitaille, to only four field
goals. The Owls guards, of which
only the starting two Dale Ball
and James Davis were able to
find the net, contributed only
five field goals and made below
15 percent of their shots.
NEARER THE basket Rice
was more impressive as the Owl
tall men outrebounded the Jay-
hawks 54-51. In considering this
narrow margin in Rice's favor it
must be remembered that Kansas
was playing a tight zone defense
which crowded three Jayhawks
around Rice's offensive basket as
compared with only one Owl.
Another bright spot for Rice was
the play of junior college trans-
fer David Craig, whose nine point
contribution late in the game
reduced a 21 point Jayhawk lead
to the final margin.
SATURDAY NIGHT the Owls
play host to Wisconsin in their
first home appearance of the sea-
Pos.
Name School
E
Dial
Rice
one of the finest receivers in SWC
history.
E
Jones
Rice
most aggressive player in conference,
best blocker and tackier in conference.
T
Smith
Rice
steady performer, best blocking tackle
in conference.
T
Floyd
TCU
best defensive tackle in conference.
G
Keonig
SMU
outstanding linebacker, good blocker.
G
Horton
Baylor
only good defensive lineman in Baylor's
line.
C
Walker
TCU
good linebacker.
QB
Meridith
SMU
tremendous passer, fair runner, good
leader.
HB
Milstead
A&M
best all round back in conference.
HB
Moody
Ark.
only outstanding running half back in
conference.
FB
Hickman
Baylor
hard runner, -workhorse, did not have
too good a line to help him out, leaves
much to be desired on defense.
son. Although the Badgers are
not rated too highly in the Big
Ten this year the Owls are cer-
tain to have their hands full for
the full forty minutes. Especial-
ly if Rice cannot get better out-
side shooting to prevent Wiscon-
sin from throwing a zone de-
fense around Rice's basket to
smother out any height advan-
tage that the Blue team might
have.
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