’~'vzy ^' THE BATTALION -»------ Aggie Quintet Meets Rice Owls Here Tonight 411 ■WA LEADS CAGE Conference Leading Scorer ‘Outcome of Game Will Depend on Watching the Aggies : TEAM TO VICTORT BY CARROLL ROBERTS Aggies Ability to Guard Kelley Battalioa Sport a Editor OVER BAILOR U Buoyed up by the hope of finishing second in finsl Southwest Conference cage percentage, Coach John Reid’s , WELCOME COACHES t ! Thf for A and M athletics appears to SUr Ajnpr Captain Xccomiis youthful Texas Aggies will entertain the Rice Institute Owls near coaches have arrived at Ajr be very brijrht indeed. for Twenty of Tour's It, here tonight on the Memorial Gymnasium court st 8 o’clock. irWland to make it their home for JOS MERKA. or better known »ointa. If the Aggies win, they wili clinch at least a tie for eventual the next month. Th^jr are jubi M “Wimpy" amonr his basketball second plaeBTa ranking they have not reached in many years. lent over the Aerie prospects for associates, was devastation itself After making a whirlwind start Their best showing of recent years was third place In next jreer and are anxiooe to start •vtUi the Baylor Bears m Waco ia the first half, and then allow- 1933. Saturday nirht. After making a ing Baylor to take the lead in the Facing the Aggies again will bfW~ the sprtnr train!nr. ajpftk be billed as a “Battle of total qf 20 tallies in that rente he second. Coach John Reid’s Texas (Tree top) Kelly, 6 feet inch­ CAL HUBBARD waa astonish *-as described by Jinx Tucker. Sophomore*" for at least eight oi Aggie Cagera led by Captain Joe es Rice center who gave them so ed at the sixe of A and M. When j gports scribe extraordinary of the Merka stagad a last minute rally the starters, three for Rice and aaked what impressed him moat Wra) News-Tribune, as being able to take the basketball game Sat­ much trouble at Houston early in four for the Aggies, probably will at ftrat rlances at the Collars, he I „ stand on the bridre leadinr to urday night from the fighting Bay- : the season when the Owls trim­ be first-year varsity men. The ‘Well, I watched the boys (he girls dormitory and chunk the lor Bruins by a margin of 34-32. med the Cadets by a 39 to 11 Owls probably wiU start Captain Harry Journeag, a junior, aad march in to supper. It looked like | .^u dear to the rym ai d into During the first half, Merka hit count. In that game Kelly not only thousands and thousands of boys tj,,, basket. Tay.or Wilkins, soph Harry Witt, sophomore, at for­ his stride and almost by himself, gave his team the tipoff consis marching. I juat can’t forget that J ()more ruhni who always has a as far as scoring was concerned, ward; Kelly, a sophomore, at cen­ airht But the part about it that I brirht crark handy for all oocas- ran over the Bear team. The score tentiy but also tallied fifteen point* ter; and Eaton, a sophomore, and tickled me waa the way the 'boys lons, then brought back a story at the end of the first half was A for individual scoring honors. The Tom Brum met, senior, at guard did when they got within about 0f just what Merka waa doing on and M 20, Baylor ll. At the be­ task of stopping him and also get­ The Aggies' tentative lineup in­ cludes Captain Merka, a senior at twenty feet of the mesa hall steps, the bridge leading to tie girl's ginning of the second half, how­ ting some of the tipoffs will fall center; Max Tohline and Johnny Without an exception, they all j dormitory. ever, the Baylor lads began to stay to Aggie Captain Joe Merka, of Davis, sophomores, at forward; broke and ran for it." with Merka and held him to no ONLY ONE MORE WIN and the Bryan, who now ranks among the and Wilkins and Monte Carmich­ • & ■ 1 1 __ field goals until there was only A MERE 275 POUNDS!! And Texas Aggie basketball team will ael, sophomores, at guard. three minutes left to play. Dur­ lending individual scorers in the bdbbling over with personality and finished higher ia the conference ing this time. Parks and- Clark, conference. gbod humor—that is Hubbard, the than they have since 1023 when star Bear forwards began to sink Besides having their principal all-time, All-American tackle who they last won the championship, TCU Wins Southwest field goals and the score at the scoring threats at the pivot po­ will coach the thin Red Wall oi if the cadets win both of their re­ sition. the Aggies and Owls are Conference Basket Aggieland during spring training maining games, they will only be ' three minutes to play period was Baylor 32, A and M 29 closely similar ih at least two oth- and next year. When Jeremia two games behind the conference With his team on the small side respects. They rate almost Ball Championship (Peck) Merka, Aggie guard and champions, TCU. Of course “irs” yiV !■ . i of the score, Merka darided that Squally in respect to offensive and Jack Roach, center, first aaw him don’t coqnt but juat how close the his first half starring should not defensive ability, judging frem When SMU beat Rice Saturday, they looked at each other and ex­ Aggies came to the pennant this be in vmin and started an Aggie their own and opponents' scoring the TCU Horned Frogs stepped claimed, “Whew, he's a giant. I’m year can be realised by this one. glad we're on his aide!” rally by sinking a long field goal. tabulations. And each can offer a into Southwest conference basket­ If the Aggies had split the aeries ball championship. The Frogs in­ Something of the good humor Wilkins. Aggie guard who always sterling sophomore guard, the Ag T • — with TCU, they would now be tied gieS listing Taylor Wilkins, of and spirit of this massive player wraits aatil late in the game to creased their margin of leadership for the ehampienship. score, then added to this by mak­ Jack Franklin, and the Owls having R. by then coming out and defeating and magnetic leader can be got­ Coach John Reid has done n won­ ten from a story told by Lon ing one of his famous long shots ing record. Coach T. Eaton. Just as Wilkins' goal Rice Monday hi their last game of derful jo6 of the Aggie team this tossing from his guard poet has the season by a score of 42-36. Evans, great TCU guard who play that was good. This gave the Ag versity quintet moota the Aggiea ia Memorial Gymnasium Saturday year. At the first of the so pulled the Aggies out of several This makes the second time in ed next to Hubbard on the Green giem a one point lead and Shep- night Gray is a'junior and haila from Wills Pplat little hope was given to the Aggie tight spots, so has the work ef the last four years that the Frogs ’ back Packers professional team herd then made good a free throw team and, Httle was expected of Eaton made the way easier for the have taken the basketball cham­ Evans said that Hubbard waa al to get the other point them. Then Reid began to work Owla pionship under the leadership of ways ready for fun and that one The game was rough al the way with his tiro lettermen. Merka and TRACK TEAM WINS iAGGIESWIMIIRC The Owls will come here after Coach Francis Schmidt. time they were playing against a through with both teams fighting Breageale,. and his crop of sopho­ having had twe hard games over The race between second, third, team that Ox Emerson, great hard. There were 39 fouls made more* and before long the confer­ the week-end. one with the SMI and fourth places ia still open with player from Texas University was and three Baylor stars were taken SECOND PUCE IN TEAI MEETS SMU ence had Its eyes open and were game because of fouling, Mustangs and the other with the A and M leading the field over Rice on. When Hubbard learned that watching the Aggiea. The cadet- MerkM high ^ ^ ^ , Chaotpion Texas Christian Homed and Arkansas as the favorites for Emerson, who was playing oppo­ had a faat neat' working clear M of ^ and p,rlt!( w„ BORDER OLVIPICS SATDRDAT NIGHT Frogs. The Aggies have seen no this second position. Of the games site him waa from Texas, he turn­ thinking cage team that put plenty jj. action since Saturday night, when, to be played yet, the Aggiea would ed to Evans and said, “He's from of fire into the conference race. ____________ after receiving the scare of their have to lose both games and Rice Texas, let's give 'Im the works”.— Irwin Wins Only First Place Contest Will be Held Follow­ season, they came from behind ia or Arkansas would have to win and they did. BELL TO T C for A and M in Discua ing A and M-Texas Basket­ u?? now that Wrestling Opens As the fine! three minutes to defeat both their remaining games in or­ negotiations are being Throw; Skripka Takes Sec­ ball GaWe. HERE'S A STORY from Hunts­ emg made be jy|ajor intramural the Bayler Bears 34 to 32. der to oust the Aggies from the tween Francis Schmidt, head coach ond.