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By Buck Wright
The HIue ( hips
ait' out: the series with Arkansas
will provide the acid test for Rice.
To lose either of these games will he
a blow from which the Owls may
not recover, since the Razorbacks
stand a good chance to smash
through the balance of the confer-
ence without, a defeat. If Rice takes
both games. and does it easily, the
.Aggie setback will be branded as
"just one of those things" and par-
t ially forgotten.
The Baylor Hears
remain very much in the running
and they have to their credit wins
iiver TCU and S.MU. The latter was
an overtime affair with the count
being tied at 41 as the final gun
sounded. Baylor sank two field goals
while holding KMU scoreless in the
overtime period. Little Dwight
Parks thus far has Jived up to his
press notices, being high point man
it: both Baylor games and topping
conference scores with Bobby Kin-
ney at 33.
The Most Authentic
explanation for the Owls' loss to
t he Aggies was offered by Bob Kin-
ney: "In all 'our other games we
worked the ball in to the hole men.
For some reason we stopped doing
it against A&M, and we just could-
n't hit. the basket." Asked why they
bad forsaken their usual offense
Bob shook his head sorrowfully and
admitted that he did not know, but,
"If we expect to beat Arkansas,
we'll have to work that hall in."
Hats Off
Hats off to Chet Palmer for the
sparkling brand of ball he has play-
ed this season. Easily the most im
proved player of the squad, and win- j
ning heaps of praise on every side, j
Chet can look back to days when j
things were not so good. He used to
lack poise on the court and was fre-
quently accused of s h o o 1 i n g too
much. But all that has changed.
Chet has become a ball handler de ... . • , ... . .
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Stop Them Hogs!
H. C. Pitts, lanky Hog offensive
star, is captain of the Arkansas five
luxe and has not lost an ounce of!
his hustle.
a crucial series with the Owls.
Round-up
Full Conference Schedule
Listed for Weekend Play
Owls, Razorbacks Begin
Crucial Series Tonight
The league-leading Arkansas Razorbacks, victorious in a
pair of tilts with SMU, invade Houston tonight for a two-game
stand against the Owls, victims of the season's most startling
upset Tuesday at the hands of the Texas Aggies. The fray will
begin at 8:15 at the Coliseum.
The Southwest Conference race,
deviated from its expected course by
the T e x a s A&M win over Rice,
shifts into high gear over the week-
end with five tilts which include all
seven quintets carded. Tonight the
feature attraction will he the Arkan-
sas-Rice contest in Houston, but at
the same time Baylor will be taking
on A&M in College Station and
Texas will be swapping baskets with
SMU in Dallas. Tomorrow night's
schedule lists Arkansas-Rice again
in Houston and Texas-TCU in Fort
Worth.
Arkansas Leads
Arkansas currently shares the
conference lead with Baylor, both
having two wins on the record.
The Texas Longhorns, winners
over A&M, losers to Rice, open their
annual North Texas expedition
against SMU's hard luck Mustangs,
; who have lost three games by a total
i of eight points. The Longhorns are
.-elected to take this one, as they are
the fray with the TCU H o r n e d
Frogs in Fort W o r t h tomorrow
night.
The rejuvenated Texas Aggies en-
tertain Baylor's pace-setting Bears
tonight. A&M has shown unexpected
defensive strength and may press
the Bears, but the form players like
Baylor.
Tuesday night it's Baylor against
Texas in Austin in a battle that is
e n t i r e 1 y unpredictable. Give the
Longhorns an edge only in that they
i are playing on their home court. j
Wednesday Rice's Owls are slated j
to revenge themselves against Texas
A&M in College Station, as SMU
arid TCU fight, it out at Fort Worth.
No preliminary is scheduled.
This is the series which will have
more bearing than any other on the
outcome of the Southwest Confer-
ence race. Arkansas, the defending
champion, last week narrowly best-
ed the Mustangs in Fayetteville.
Rice, almost unanimously selected to
ride through to the title this year,
after a decisive win over the Texas
Longhorns, missed fire and dropped
a two-point decision to A&M. A
clean sweep of this series for either
team would lie almost tantamount
to the conference crown.
Slime-Fish
Box Score
One Point
SOUTH
TEXAS
COMMERCIAL
NATIONAL
Close Shave In 1941
Rice came within one point of setting an all-time conference record
in 1941, losing the honor to Arkansas' offensive machine. Three Owl
players dominated the league scoring charts, counting 443 points between
them to take second, third, and fifth in individual standings:
SOUTHWEST STANDING, 1940-11
Fish
Hope.f
Sample, f
Fold berg, f
Hovel,f
Woods,c
Barton,c
Adams, e
Moore,K
Vtanichia.g
Scott,k
Totals
Fr Ft. Tp!Slimes
3 -1 101 Walker.f
1 ljLow.f
2| Akin.f
2jMeDonald,c
8lGuillet,e
7'Thomas,c
2]Croucher,E
8!Cary,K
4 [Darling,g
Oj'fhonn pson.fr
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Fe Ft Tp
3 5 11
2 4
0 2
1 5
0 0
1 3
0 4
0
0 12
5 9
0 0
IS 8 441 Totals
IS 14 50
W.
L.
F.G.
F.T.
T.P.
OP.
Arkansas
12
0
252
140
046
444
Rice
S
4
254
137
645
568
Texas
7
5
213
124
550
511
Baylor
6
6
210
108
528
523
S. M. U.
6
6
161
125
447
493
A. & M.
3
9
1 7!)
!>8
456
606
H. C. U.
0
12
185
118
488
615
LEADING
SCORERS
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F.G.
F.T.
T.P.
Adams, Arkansas
76
54
206
Carswell, Rice
.74
27
175
Kinney, Rice
52
40
144
Henderson, A. & M.
52
28
132
Closs, Rice
49
25
124
Hull, Texas
53
18
124
Officials: White and Wallace.
Personal fouls: Hope 4. Foldberpr. Hovel 2.
Woods. liarton, Moore 4, Manirhia, Walker
2, I.ow :j. Akin, McDonald 2, Thomas. Darl-
imr. Thompson, Cary.
Free throws missed : Walker. McDonald,
Thomas. Darling. Thompson, Foldberg,
Woods, Barton. Moore 2. Scott.
Half-time score: Slimes 23, Fish IS.
Hogs at Full Strength
Back at full strength since the
navy rejected O'Neal Aclams and
Gordon Carpenter recovered from an
appendectomy, the Arkansas quintet
is primed for its best effort. The
Razorbacks, like the O w 1 s, have
faith in the theory that a good of-
fensive is the best defense. They
shoot accurately and often, willing
to swap tosses with the best of
them.
Coach Glen Rose's cagers boast
no outstanding leader such as Jump-
ing Johnny Adams, who compiled
the admirable average of 17 points a
game last season, but the present
Arkansas aggregation is well bal-
anced with speed and height. Cap-
tain R. C. Pitts, Carpenter, and a
promising sophomore, Ott Young, do
most of the scoring, but no single
Razorback dominates the club.
After their heart-breaking loss to
the Aggies, the Owls should be at
their keenest mental edge. Physical-
ly, they may have to spot Arkansas
an advantage. Both Captain Bob
Kinney and Bill Tom Closs, the six
foot, six inch duo who team to con-
trol the ball under the basket, have
leg injuries which, while not serious
enough to keep them on the bench,
will hinder their jumping.
Closs, Buster Brannon indicated
late Thursday afternoon, may yield
his starting position to sophomore
Guy Lewis if a troublesome charley-
horse continues to hamper him Fri-
dav.
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