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December 16, 1949
THE RATTLER
Page Three
Rattlers Bow to Savages
After the ball in Saturday’s game with Southeastern Oklahoma are
Rattlers (left to right) Buzzy Gittinger, Tom Sheridan, Jim Veltman
(No. 53), and Charlie Barberio. Also shown are John Ogle, Danny
Beaver, Stacey Parker, and Don Scott of the Savages.
In their first half-dozen games of the infant basketball
season, St. Mary’s Rattlers compiled a record of two victories
and four defeats, conquering the University of St. Thomas
and Fourth Army and losing to strong Southeastern Okla-
homa State twice, Texas A&l, and Lackland Air Force base.
After a three-week layoff from
caging activity over the Christmas
holidays, the Rattlers swing back
into action in the St. Mary’s gym
Wednesday, Jan. 4, against the Uni-
versity of Corpus Christi. On Jan.
10 the Snakes will entertain the
Texas Lutheran college Bulldogs
from Seguin in the University gym.
Savages 53, St. Mary’s 41
A superbly conditioned South-
eastern Oklahoma team outmanned
a game St. Mary’s team to the tune
of 5 3-41 Dec. 8 in the Rattler gym.
Lanky Jim Veltman, operating
at the center spot in the last quar-
ter, meshed 12 points to lead the
Rattler scoring for the evening.
Veltman also played good ball de-
fensively.
The fast break used by the Sav-
ages was working with machine-like
precision and only infrequently did
the Oklahoma boys have to shoot
from outside the free-throw line.
With Deaver at the helm, the Sav-
ages rolled up a 3 3-19 advantage
at the end of the first half.
Southeastern 48, Snakes 37
The Rattlers played a return en-
gagement with the Savages on Sat-
urday, Dec. 10, and the Sooner
State cagers went back to Okla-
homa with another victory on their
record books, 48-37.
The second clash of the series
was a repeat performance of the
initial game, with Southeastern Ok-
lahoma rolling up a 24-15 lead at
halftime and St. Mary’s coming up
to within four points, 26-22, shortly
after the start of the second half
only to see the Okies pull away
safely again.
Again it was Veltman, usually a
defensive demon, who paced the
Rattler offensive attack with 13
points. Leonard "Buzzy” Gittin-
ger and Charlie Barberio tied for
runner-up scoring laurels with eight
markers each.
Com par in Returns
Little Louis Comparin, who ca-
vorted around the basketball floor
and in the outer-garden for the
Rattler baseball team in recent
years, is back at St. Mary’s at-
tending classes at the downtown
evening college after a successful
first year in professional baseball.
The speedy Comparin played for
Seminole, Okla., in the Sooner State
league during the past diamond
season. After batting well above
the .300 mark for half the season,
Louie was injured and upon return-
ing to action could never regain
his stride.
Rattlers 62, Fourth Army 18
j.ne ivattiers piayeu tneir rirst
noiiic game or tne year ju»ec. a anu
smasnea tne rourtn /irmy nunets
bZ-j.8 oerore a small crowd ot zi)u
patrons.
ziiter ptaymg a nstiess tirst nail,
tne ivattiers came to me in tne
imru stanza and racxeu up z-s-
points wnne holding tne nunets to
a mere tnree points.
Jbro. mil biemer cleared the
oenen in the rout ot the soldiers,
trying to Keep the score down, but
the second and third strings did as
well as tne tirst and continued the
scoring melee.
t here was no dominant figure in
the scoring. All the Rattlers ex-
cept starter Alex Haas scored at
least one point and most had tour
or tive. Dick Kosar and Barberio
both had seven points to lead the
rampage.
St. Mary’s 62, St. Thomas 26
The Rattlers journeyed to Hous-
ton Nov. 30 for their tirst game on
the road against the University of
St. Thomas tommies and returned
home with an easy 62-26 triumph
in their possession.
After St. Mary’s ran off to a
commanding 13-0 lead at the very
outset, the issue was never in doubt.
Brother Bill used the "platoon” sys-
tem in tromping the Tommies,
playing his veterans the first and
third quarters and sending in his
freshmen the second and fourth
periods. The count at the midway
mark was 34-10.
Tall Tom Sheridan continued his
scoring pace started in the initial
game of the season against
Lackland, which St. Mary’s lost
5 8-5 5, by tossing in 13 tallies. Fol-
lowing with seven points each for
the Snakes were Haas, Louis Tanos,
and Veltman.
Javelinas 61, Saints 47
St. Mary’s was not quite so for-
tunate on its second trip out of
town Dec. 6 to Kingsville and went
down to defeat before the Texas
A&I college Javelinas, 61-47, after
blowing a 25-21 halftime margin.
The Diamondback hoopsters
seemed to lose their spark in the
last half and were outpointed 40-22
by the hustling Hogs, who stole
control of the backboards from St.
Mary’s.
Through the first six games of
the season there is a four-way race
for top scoring honors on the Rat-
tler team. Tied for the lead are
Sheridan and Barberio with 48
points, closely followed by Gittinger
with 47 and Veltman with 44
points. I
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I; SLANTS
I With Stick
Alter one look at the sparse crowd at the opening home
0amtj oi the basketball season, we can't nelp wondering wnac
this so-canea ••sciiooi-spint” is. a “tremendous” crowd ot
luO people attended the tirst nignter and or cnose Luo,
we'd veniure to say tnat about 100 were exes. That means
chat at tne most, there were 100 students from tit. Mary's
to watch "their" team play. In piamer words, about one
oiudent out of eight.
Granted, there was not much op-
position on the opening night. But
there was a game following that
which certainly should have packed
the gym, that with the Southeast-
ern Oklahoma Savages. We really
packed ’em in that night. (All of
250 people).
school spirit around St. Mary’s are
just the ones who never show their
faces at any school function, much
less a basketball game. Yet these
same people will do practicaly any-
thing to get a ticket to a tiddly-
wink show at their former high
The same students who usually
do all the shouting about lack of
school. Once more we say “Let’s
get behind our team.”
Thrills and Trills
By now, the intramural basketball season is well under
way and trom this corner it’ll probably be a three-way race
between the Dorm, Frosh, and Rattler club.
The Frosh are our choice to take
the mythical championship because
of their depth and experience. The
team is composed mainly of St.
Mary’s B-stringers and really
know their way around.
As expected, we’ve had quite a
few gripes concerning the All-con-
ference selections, so from now on,
the team captains will meet and do
the selecting. This seems to be a
much better arrangement and let’s
hope it doesn’t meet with as many
complaints.
Some of the St. Mary’s rooters
are wondering if their hoarse yells
can be supplemented by the melodi-
ous feminine voices of a cheering
squad from Incarnate Word and
Our Lady of the Lake colleges, now
that basketball season is underway.
It has been a long time since the
gym has echoed to the cheers of a
good pep squad and we think it
might do a little good for that
phantom “school spirit.” Can we
expect your cooperation, girls?
Cream of the Crop
The pigskin parade for 1949 is over with the exception
of the bowl games and as we promised, here are the fabulous
eleven who stood out for the 1949 fotball season and in our
opinion deserve the title “All-American”:
End --------“Froggy” Williams, Rice
End------------Leon Hart, Notre Dame
Tackle . ..Wade Walker, Oklahoma
Tackle . Leo Nomellini, Minnesota
Guard ----------Rod Franz, California
Guard---------------John Schweder, Penn.
Center ------------------Joe Watson, Rice
Back ------------Arnold Galiffa, Army
Back --------Charlie Justice, N. Car.
Back ----------------Doak Walker, SMU
Back ----------------Eddie Price, Tulane
As long as we are still in the
pickin’ business we might as well
get the bowl games over with. Up
in the fair city of Dallas, where the
most interesting game is being
played as far as “us Texans” are
concerned, it looks like the Rice
Owls are two touchdowns better
than the Tarheels from Chapel Hill,
North Carolina. Down in the coast
country we might say the Okla-
homa boys will take the measure
of the LSU Tigers from Baton
Rouge by one touchdown. Over in
the Rose Bowl, we are going out
on a big limb and pick the Ohio
State Buckeyes over California.
And in the last of the big ones we’ll
take Santa Clara over Kentucky.
Golfers Set to Play Matches
St. Mary’s golf team has set up a
tentative schedule on a home-and-
home basis with Trinity university,
Texas A&M, and Texas A&I for
next spring. Matches with Texas
Lutheran, Texas university, South-
west State Teachers college, and
University of Corpus Christi are
in the process of arrangement.
Chuck Ribelin has not shot over a
74 in the last five practice sessions.
There has also been steady improve-
ment in the games of Ed Wesolow-
ski and Al Sturchio, according to
Don Nichols, captain of the team.
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Features Play in Close Hoop Race
The lead in the intramural bas-
ketball league was decided Thurs-
day, Dec. 15, when the Rattler
club and the Frosh met in the sec-
ond game of a twin bill at the St.
Mary’s gym. Prior to that game
Kegmen Plan League
St. Mary’s bowling league needs
at least ten more players to round
out the desired six teams of five
men each. At present 32 men have
signed with the league, according
to John Castille, league secretary.
Anyone desiring to enter the
league can contact H. H. Weaver,
president; Richard Golding, vice-
president; or John Castille, secre-
tary.
The league will bowl Thursday
evenings at 6:30 p.m. on the Wood-
lawn Bowling center lanes. The
activities of the league will com-
mence on Jan. 5, 195 0, and will
run for a period of 20 weeks.
The league will be open to both
beginners and more experienced
pin-topplers and handicaps will be
given to even up the play.
All students interested in rolling
in the league have been requested
by Castille to sign the list immedi-
ately
the Rattler club had led with two
wins and no losses, and the Frosh
were in second place, having won
one and lost none.
The scores of the games played
thus far are as follows: Rattler
club 30, Rho Beta Gamma 28; Rat-
tler club 27, Barons 23; Freshmen
32, Dorm 26; Barons 42, Mud-
daubers 18; and Dorm 3 3, Rho Beta
Gamma 24.
Leading the scoring was Bill Mes-
kill of the Rattler club with 24
points. George Estrada of the Dorm
and George Cole of the Barons are
tied for second place with 18 points
each. In a tie for third place with
16 points each are Joe Nehr of Rho
Beta Gamma and Bob Guerra of
the Barons.
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St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.). The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1949, newspaper, December 16, 1949; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth841696/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library.