The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1939 Page: 3 of 4
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By Pat Nicholson
Congratulation* from this eorfter to
Kenneth Whitlow, captain of the 1940
Bice Institute football tuain—a fine
competitive center who plays for the
sheer love of football. His will be the
task of leading Rice hack put of the
wilderness. Players who balloted
Tuesday night made Tuffy almost a
unanimous choice. He has the spirit
and capability that mark a true lead-
er. ,
All-Opponent
George Shoultz, manager of the
1939 football team, has released the
all-opponent team selected by the
Owls after an eleven-game schedule
that carried them from Baton Rouge
to New York City. The selections
follow: Ends, Looney, Texas Chris-
tian;! Kavanaugh, Louisiana State;
tackles, Boyd, Texas A. and M., Kuz-
mani Fordham; guards, Robnett,
Texas A. and M., Simington, Arkan-
sas; center, Alexander, Texas Chris-
tion; halfbacks, Grain of Texas,
Thomason of Texas A. and M., quar
of Texas University and Eakin of
Arkansas.
Final Round
Rice played a real football game at
Dallas Saturday, flashing offensive
power for the first time in five weeks.
Ironically, Ollie Cordill had to be the
instrument of defeat in his last game
for the school. Cordill was battered
all over by the end of the first half,
but insisted on returning to the game.
When he left with some five min-
utes to go, Houston fans stood up to
applaud Mm. Who could have foretold
In the triumph of 1937 that Cordill
would play his final game in confer-
ence competition with the Owls mired
deep in the conference cellar ?
Here and There
The AP nominated the tale of
Arkansas's Simington walking off the
field to snap up a lost quarter glint-
ting in the sun as number one foot-
ball oddity of the year—Broadway's
Jack Doyle opened betting odds on
every bowl game except Missouri-
tor, Eakin of Arkansas; fullback, ««wgie T(?ch 4-5—In their first
Kimbrough of Texas A. and M. The
two unanimous selections were Crain
In the U. S. there are 118 colleges
and universities accredited to give
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eight games, Tulane and Texas A.
and M. scored and allowed exactly
the same number of points—the Tu-
lane Council is paying one dollar on,
a $2.75 ticket for every Green Wave
student who wants to sit in on the
Sugar Bowl classic—Four Rico men
appear in the list of conference stand-
outs officially sanctioned by the AP
and picked by coaches and sports
writers. Cordill is on the first string
at halfback; Hager, Whitlow, and
Brandon are given honorable mention.
Reserve Power
A wealth of substitutes is going
to assist Buster Brannon considerably
in his quest for a conference basket-
ball title. The court game has been
speeded up to a point where a mo-
ment's rest for a key man with some
Irl Mowery's horoscope wa« ! ex-
plained the other day in Dr. Carroll
McCamden's Shakespoare course.
The incident came about when Dr.
McCamden ran across a passage in
King Lear that needed explaining.
Following his usual procedure when
stumped by a passage of the bard's,
he asked u member of the class, in
this case Irl Mowery of the Dramatic
Club Mowerys, what he could toss
on the heap of unenlightened class
comment.
Quick to take his cue, Mowery shot
back, "Everything." He added that
he had had his horoscope read not two
weeks ago and that he felt quite ca-
pable of explaining the passage on
astrology.. ;
Then forgetting about the question,
Mowery launched into the personal
aspects of his horoscope, the high-
light of which was a long summer
trip he would take if the stars should
keep to their scheduled course.
McCamden was not amused. Such
a trip was commonplace thing in
anyone's horoscope.
Not amused was Frank Eidmatv ol'
the second vow who awoke with a
start and cried out in a carefully mod-
ulated voice, "That's assured; he'll
be going to Europe."' ; ;
McCamden swallowed and said,
''One can hardly predict what Mr.
Kidman will do or say when he is
awake."
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capable reserve in there for him may
spell the difference between victory
and defeat. A football injury suf-
fered by left-hander Siiman Wiillthurt
'unless the former Thomas Jeff star
can recover fully before conference
competition begins.
R Banquet-
Continued; from Pago '1:,
Don,.'Hager; Tlal Husbands, Ernie
Lain, Harold Palmer, Ed Singletary,
and Reinhar't Stahstol.
Kenneth Whitlow, one of 'the fast-
est and hardest tacklers in the con-
ference and barely shaded by 'MM|
lor's". great. Nelson n all-star selec-
tions, Was elected captain by a large
margin. I.
McCants Presents Letters
Thomas Blake acted as toastmasteV:
throughout the program, which was
Opened 'by' .John Coffee, president of
the R Association. The twSTmiufred
guests present then rose and sang,
"Rice's Honor." Dj . Scott Introduced1
the squad, and Captain Singletary,
retiring captain, expressed fyi'ti appre-
ciation of the Other players and of
tbe fans.
.J. T. McCants, bursal' of the Insti-
tute, presented R's to Singletary, Bas-
sett, Brandon, Brannon, Briimley,
Cordill, De Woody, Everett, Classic,
Cioforth. Green, Hager; Hartman,
Husbands, Kunetka, Lain, MeDougle,
Mechler, Palmer, Price, Robb, Sloan,
Smith, IStaley Stanzel, Stevens Su-
man. Tipton, Whitlow Wood, and
Zander.
Varsity Coaches Speak
The varsity coaches Jimmy Kitts,
Cecil Grig'g and Lou Hertenberger,
were introduced and each spoke.a few
words. Kitts thanked the seniors, i the
lettermen, and captain SiiiK'letary for
their Work, the fans for their sup.
port, and above all the noii-lottermon
and freshmeii: who have taken all of
the knocking around and none of the
ghiry. He urged tbe boys, to be un-
ashamed of their defeats, but to look
tbe world '.squarely, in the eye with
the knowledge that.."they bad done
their best.
With his usual sharp wit: flowing
readily, Coach Uiigg. .stated . that,. ,he
was always glad to make1 a, talk be-
fore a Rice 'crowd because, he never
knew when it Would be the, last. Her-
tenberger, congratulated the; boys for
—"never losing your head when oth-
ers lost, theirs~--for we neVef wty'c
beaten badly even by the best of
them." Captain Baker, 'one of the
trustees of the Institute spoke brief-
ly, and pointed out that, 'despite a
losing season in l(IUi>, Jimmy Kitts
had twice piloted the Owls to a con-
ference championship.
Dr. Lovett Stresses Tradition
Dr. E. O. Lovett then made a short:
address, setting forth the tieditions
of Rice and urging the boys to follow
those traditions for the bettermep of
their future lives as ihany otller fine
daughters and sons of Rice have done.
The president then cited the story of
the river.boat captain who was ac-
costed by a passenger while the boat
was delayed in a heavy fog, "Why
don't we move on." inquired the
passenger. "1 can see an opening
through the I'tig in that direction;" lie
said, pointing in his ignorance in
direction the Captain know to be an
unwise course.
"Mister," said the captain, "unless
the boilers blow up we Will not go in
that direction." Dr. Lovett urged the
players likewise not to lose their
sense of direction in the face of de-
feat, and to base their hope upon the
support of the faculty, the "R" As-
sociation, and the students and fans
who have remained behind the Owls
in spite of continued defeats.
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Fountain Pen repairing. All makes
sales and service. Fountain Pen Hos-
pital, 601 Kress Building.
uniforms
safely stored away for another year,
fans are gaining interest ill the per-
sonalities of the hardwood floor. The
Southwest Conference will open Jan-
uary 5, immediately after the holi-
days. Texas University and Rice seem
to be co-favorites at the moment for
the title, with Arkansas regarded as
the teani to beat. All of these teams
along with Baylor have practically
the saine combinations they boosted
last winter.
Regardless of which squad comes
out on top, the Southwest should be
able to boast some of the finest bas-
ketball play in the nation. A good
bet would be to take Southwest teams
ill all intersectional games.
Owl Squad Development Past
Here at home, the Rice squad is
coining along in splendid fashion. Bob
Kinney, six-foot, five-inch sophomore,
has been the sensation of the practice
sessions. Bob is without a doubt one
of the most graceful tall boys I've
ever seen. He: handles himself as
gracefully as a cat, and even in the
rough play under the basket, he, seems
to literally flow between players,
seldom touching an opponent or a
member of his own team in his high
jumps for the rebounds.
Frank Carswell, of course, is still
bitting the basket from all positions
with miraculous accuracy. He is by
far the high point man of the squad
in practice, having actually made
about f 0 per cent of his shots. One
day Frank sank -18 out of 50 free
shots. Levi Cruddock's peculiar un-
derhand shot from near the basket
has improved over la<t year.' and he
rarely misses this hard-to-guard
shot. Gomez's beautiful passing and
heady floor work is every bit as "good
as it was during lad season. The
latest find is little (.'htt Palmer, a
deadly passer arid ii Very |f|§ shot.
Even A Blind Hojr—
Before goii'g- to the Jiowl games,
llm goimf cut ru If limb ,;ui<l pick the
Baylojf1 Bears to beat out Rice and
Texas for the' conference basketball
title. Also i take :Jiinniy Kitts oyer
the field .'for Rice's, heftd coach m?\t
year.
. Tulane, ]i0,. Texas !A'j and M. -the
Aggies and the nation are' in for !a
rude awakening, I'm afraid. ,
Tennessee 21, Southern. California,
:i (S-rThis; should :be the best game of
the day. I see how Southeir|
Gal can stop the Vols'! ' ,
Clemson 13, Boston 7~~Dallas has
two fine football teams here.
Missouri ,l.'i, Georgia 0—The Ram-
hlin' Wreck had, best stay home.
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