The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1960 Page: 6 of 8
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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY It, I960
Meet Baylor Saturday
Rice Invades Waco
Rice's embattled Owls, smoth-
ered by Texas A&M and cut down
by SMU, escape from the thick
of the fight for first place in the
Southwest Conference when they
journey to meet Baylor Saturday
in Waco.
Baylor Only Win
Baylor, the only team to bow to
the Owls in conference play, holds
the key to Owl hopes for seventh
place. If the Owls can duplicate
their victory of two weks ago,
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they will have passed the TCU
Horned Frogs, dropping them in-
to the cellar. TCU still must face
SMU, A&M, and Texas in the
final round of play, while Rice
meets only Texas.
The Owls seem destined to pull
out of the basement Tuesday
night, as they raced to a 35-28
halftime lead over SMU. With
David Craig scoring 20 of the
Owls first 31 points and Steve
Smith rebounding brilliantly, Rice
hit 52% of their shots in the first
half.
10:10 To Go
Then, slowly, the roof began
to cave in. SMU wrested the lead
away on a free throw by Jan
Loudermilk but Rice bounced
back on seven straight points by
Mike Maroney to lead 48-42, as
the clock showed 10:10.
In quick succession Max Will-
iams hit a pair of jump shots,
Loudermilk tipped a shot in, and
Steve Strange hit a jump to give
the Methodists a lead they never
relinquished. Rice did not score
again until SMU had piled up
a 58-48 bulge with 5:54 to go.
Aggies Fall To Texas
Thus SMU was able to regain
its share of the Southwest Con-
ference lead it lost to Texas only
three days before. The upstart
Longhorns, deadly on the road
and unbeatable at home, crushed
the hopes of the Texas Aggies to
move into a tie for the lead and
the favbrite's position in the
SWC. The 79-62 victory left a
decisive SMU-Aggie match to
eliminate the loser from the title
picture. Texas has beaten both
SMU and A&M in second round
play.
After meeting Baylor, Rice re-
turns home to face Arkansas
Monday night. The Razorbacks,
still in the title chase, trail by
two games with five to play.
■OWLOOK
Owl Nine Favored
In '60 SWC Race
By TED HERMANN
Thresher Sports Editor
Baseball practice starts in earnest Monday, with the
Owls favored to capture this year's conference crown.
The selection of the Owls over the Aggies was evidently
made on the basis of Rice's strong hitting and pitching,
and despite one of the most porous infields in the league.
Rice's chances were further weakened this week as
shortstop Lynwood Stallings lost his first semester battle
with the books. Furthermore, outfielder-pitcher Butcfh
Blume appears to be lost for thei first few weeks of the
season due to a shoulder separa-
tion received in spring training.
Another blow to the Owls'
hopes could be the pending de-
cision by Alvin Hartman to pass
up baseball competition again
this spring. Hartman was a hefty
.400 hitter as a freshman first
baseman.
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Another Disappointment
Tuesday night proved to be an-
other disappointing night for
Johnnie Frankie's Rice Owls.
Tallying twelve points in a four
and a half minute interval in the
first half, while holding SMU
scoreless, the Owls pulled away
to a ten point margin.
However the Mustangs turned
the tables in the second period
when they hit for sixteen in a
row to spurt from a four point
deficit to a ten point lead and
crush any Owl hopes of an upset
victory.
After playing outstanding ball
in the first half, the Owls re-
turned to their mediocre form
in the second period as they
watched SMU hit 60% of their
second period shots and score a
soaring 47 points in the twenty
minute interval.
^Craig, Maroney Hit 48 of 58
Handicapping the Owls' scoring
threat was the fact that of Rice's
58 points, 48 of them came from
the sure hands of Butch Craig
and Mike Maroney. Craig, with
his second highest production of
the season, nailed another spike
in his All-Conference hope chest
with twenty points in the first
half and 29 for the night. The
only other Owl to score more
than two points was top rebound-
er of the evening, Steve Smith,
with four.
The third reason for the Owls'
second half defeat was the twelve
fouls registered against Rice in
the second period. Each team fin-
ished the^ first half with two
starters charged with three viola-
tions, however three Owls fouled
out of the game, while no Mus-
tang failed to finish the game.
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a political football for the last
twelve years at least. Mr. Nixon
continues to cement the Dixie-
crat-Republican coalition which
blocks any direct action on this
sphere, Mr. Rogers' smokescreen
not withstanding. The present
Senate debate is a good weather-
vane to watch in this stormy
sector.
, Perhaps timidity only indicates
sterility and we must look for
the rise of a new set of political
forces in our society. That the
decade of the 1960's is going to
demand more than apathy in the
American people and unimagina-
tiveness in their leaders if we
are to survive, (iis one thing we
can forecast for certain.
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