Tuesday, February 28, 1956 THE BATTALION Page 3 For ^Sports Day^ Events 800 High School Aggie Five Encounters Seniors Due Here Longhorns At Austin By BARRY HART Assistant Sports Editor With Southern Methodist’s un­ west Conference Raymond Downs scoring artist, was one of 15 play­ The names of more than 800 outstanding' high school beaten quintet already occupying poured in 49 points, one shy of ers mentioned on all-SWC cage seniors have been submitted by about 40 home town clubs the Southwest Confei'ence throne the record set by SMU’s Jim teams. Brophy is tied with soph­ on the campus to be invited to A&M’s annual High School Day room, A&M and Texas meet at Krebs earlier this year. omore Ken Hutto for the individual program this weekend. Austin tonight in a game that could The Aggies haven’t beaten Texas scoring lead on the A&M squad “Sports Day", scheduled to begin Saturday at 1 p.m., is see the Aggies and Longhorns wind in Gregory Gym since 1951, and with 294 points over the season. expected to get most of the attention from the young guests. up the season in a fourth place tie. can boast only two conference wins Brophy and Hutto are tied for Tickets to this full day of* Tonight’s game will be broad­ over the Horns in their last nine ninth and 10th in SWC season all three schools. sports activities are $1 and cast over KORA starting at 8. meetings. A&M edged by Texas scoring. A&M’s TENNIS TEAM goes in­ can be purchased at the Stu­ Mike Mistovich will bring a play- here in White Coliseum, 75-74, in to action at 2, meeting the Hous­ Three seniors, Brophy, Don dent Activities Office, MSC, by-play description of the action. a January meeting this year. Athletic Office or from any ton Cougars on the clay courts Bilbrey and John Fortenberry, The Aggies, currently fifth in Downs’ 49 point performance will be playing their last game T-Association member. west of the MSC. The Cadet net- SWC standings with a 3-8 mark, men finished fourth in conference against Baylor last Saturday for the Maroon and White to­ A&M’s GOLF TEAM, winner of end their season tonight as do the vaulted him into the top spot night. All three have been start­ its opening- match with Southwest standings last year behind power­ Steers. Texas is only one game ful teams from Texas, SMU and among conference scorers in both ers at one time or another this State Teachers College last week­ in front of the Cadets with a 4-7 season and loop play. He has a Rice. season. Besides these three sen­ end, gets the athletic events undei’- record, and rests in fourth posi­ 26.3 point average in league iors, Coach Ken Loeffler will The Aggie baseball team, de­ way at 1 p.m. Saturday, entertain­ tion. games and 25.7 for the season. probably start Hutto and George fending SWC champions, open ing Lamar Tech on the A&M Austin, long a nemesis for Ag­ Bill Brophy, A&M’s 6-3 senior Mehaffey. course. A&M was second in SWC their home season on the Kyle gie athletic teams, lends its ad­ golf last year. Field diamond at 3 p.m. Saturday, vantage to a Longhorn team that High school seniors and A&M clashing with the Cougars of Hous­ has been very impressive in its ton. Coach Beau Bell’s nine is last few outings. Last Saturday KEYS MADE U-PAK-M students get a prevue of this year’s While You Wait fine track team at 1:30 as the Ag­ ranked as one of the strong con­ night at Austin the Steers Don’t forget . gie thinly-clads host the University tenders for this yeaT’’s title, and trounced Baylor, 101-95, in a For • SANDWICH MEATS of Texas and the University of will have 11 returning lettermen to free-scoring affair. All-South- Dorms •COLD BEVERAGES hack up its claim. Autos • CRUSHED ICE Houston in a triangular meet on I^P AND IN—Ted Harrod (above) goes high off the floor CONFERENCE STANDINGS • ASSORTED NICK-NACKS Team W E Fct. Ft. Op. Etc. Kyle Field. FOOTBALL, COACH PAUL to sink a lay-up shot in last Friday’s game with the Rice SMU ............................. 11 0 1.000 901 723 OPEN 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. Bi-yant style, winds up the action- Rice ................................ 8 .3 .727 863 778 The Cadet tracksters were nosed Owls. The Owls won the game, though, 85-67. A&M Arkansas .................... 8 3 .727 777 712 out by the Longhorns last year in packed day as the Maroon and finishes its season tonight at Austin against Texas. Texas .......... 4 7 .364 843 872 Texas A&M............... 3 8 .273 786 916 U - PAK - M the Southwest Conference meet, White elevens tangle on Kyle Field x—Baylor .................. 3 9 .250 885 916 and both teams are expected to be at 7:30 p.m. in their annual battle. TCU ............................. 2 9 .182 738 843 3800 So. College x—Finished season. Gus Ellis, ’37 top contenders for this year’s There are 24 lettermen back from East Week’s Results LOUPOT Texas 94, Rice 82; SMU 89, Baylor 68; crown. There will also be a meet the team that was runner-up for TCU 91, Texas A&M 67; Rice 85, Texas between the freshmen teams from the loop championship. Sport Shorts A.&M. 61; SMU 80, Arkansas 72; Texas 101, Baylor 95. This Week’s Schedule Tuesday — Rice vs. SMU at Houston; By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ships. They confidently predict­ Texas vs. Texas A&M at Austin; Arkansas OPEN FOR ALL BANQUETS, DINNERS ST. PETERSBURG—M a n a g e r ed the Yanks again would make vs. TCU at Fayetteville. Thursday—Arkansas vs. Tulsa at Tulsa RECEPTIONS, WEDDINGS AND LUNCHEONS ENROLL NOW Casey Stengel yesterday called his the Davis Cup Challenge Round. (non-conference). New York Yankees pitching staff March 5 — Arkansas vs. St. Louis at Spring Term Opens Monday, March 5th it it it Fayetteville (non-conference). stronger than the one which helped BATON ROUGE, La.—The na­ INDIVIDUAL SCORING (CONFERENCE) win the pennant last year. He Flayer, Teab FG FT TP tion’s top golfers are arriving for Ray Downs, Texas........................85 119 289 MAGGIE PARKER DINING HALL DAY and NIGHT SCHOOL, named five certain starters, listing the $12,500 Baton Rouge Open Golf Dick O’Neal, TCU ........................35 105 275 Louis Estes, Baylor .... 93 49 235 TA 2-5089 Whitey Ford, Bob Turley, Tommy Tournament, which opens Thurs­ Temple Tucker, Rice ..................83 50 216 HY-SPEED LONGHAND will be offered for the Byrne, Mickey McDermott and Don Manuel Whitley, Ark. ..... 59 80 198 day. Heading the entry list is Ted Joe Durrenberger, Rice .... 70 58 198 “The Oaks" — TA 3-4375 first time in a special ten-week course at night. This Larsen. Kroll, who is now the leading Jim Krebs, SMU ...........................73 40 186 Norman Hooten, Texas .... 69 34 172 BRYAN is an ideal system for taking notes in college and for ★ ★ ★ money winner of the 1955-56 win­ x—Jerry Mallett, Baylor . 65 39 169 taking light office dictation. Typing will be given TAMPA, Fla.—When Chicago ter circuit. Ken Hutto, Texas A&M ... 52 01 165 with this special course. traded Chico Carrasquel to x—Finished season. Cleveland in the Larry Doby deal. Phone TA 3-6655 for information or call at 702 South White Sox fans asked the ob­ Washington Avenue, Bryan, Texas vious. Who plays shortstop now? It could be Jim Brideweser or Carl Peterson, but it’s more like­ McKenzie-Baldwin Business College ly to be Luis Amaricio, a dashing Latin from Venezuela who won’t be 22 until 10 days after the season opens. * * it HOUSTON—Rice closes a “dis­ appointing” basketball season to­ night trying to down the team that Engineering won the Southwest Conference Championship—^unbeaten Southern GRADUATES • UNDERGRADUATES Methodist./ HERE’S FORD’S it it it RECORD AT NEW YORK —The men who NASCAR’S NATIONAL pull the strings on American ten­ SPEED WEEKS nis deelined to panic yesterday FIRST over the poor U. S. showing in In Sports Car Acceleration the National Indoor Champion- A Ford Thunderbird set a new record for American pro­ SET YOUR COURSE duction sports cars. FIRST Aggie Golfers In Top Speed—'Class 4 NOW • A Ford “Six” took top hon­ ors in the flying mile for class 4 American Prodviction Club Cats 8-1 passenger cars. FOR A CAREER AT A&M’s golf team clubbed FIRST Southwest Texas State’s Bob­ In 160-Mile Convertible Race Ford V-8s took 1st and 2nd cats, 8-1, last weekend in a place in National Convertible practice meet on the Aggie Championship Race. SPERRY golf course. It was the Cadets FIRST first outing against another school In Over-All Performance this Spring. Ford won the Pure Oil The Aggies took all three doub­ Manufacturer’s Award for Now is the time to look ahead, to the most consistent perform­ les matches and lost but one sing­ ance. plan ahead, to get ahead with Sperry. This les match. Bob Nichols of A&M is a young-minded organization with a solid downed Walt Smith, 3-2 in the history of engineering achievement dating back to opening round. Marcelino Moreno 1910. It has contributed a notable list of engineering dumped John Smith, 2-1, and Dave "firsts".