The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1945 Page: 3 of 4
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By Glenn Bryan
The point happy Owls made the
"Engineer" Saturday night after
drubbing the lowly Aggies fifty-
three to twenty-two. Henry was the
big show. After scoring nine points
the first half with most of the oppo-
sition guarding him, the big center
came back to rack up twenty-one
counters in the final frame. It took
him twelve minutes to register his
twenty-one, nearly two points a
minute. With eight minutes to go,
Davenport was sent in to even things
up.
Bob Foley, with eleven points, was
runner-up for scoring honors. He
is a newcomer to the starting quin-
tet having replaced T. G. Roach.
Roach, a letterman of last season, is
the more experienced ball handler,
but Foley holds the edge in height.
Arkansas Leads
After a week of action, twice vic-
torious Arkansas leads the race with
both wins over the Baylor Bears.
Rice, SMU, and TCU are deadlocked
for second, each with a single win.
TCU, iblack horse of the SWC, upset
many a dopester with their one point
Vin over the , Longhorns Friday
In an official notice Monday, 8
January, to all the athletic geniuses
in Intra-Mural competition, Don Su-
man announced that the round robin
scheme had been dropped in favor
of a double elimination tournament
since it was impossible to play any
tournament games during the last
two weeks.
Teams with no losses now are en-
titled to two losses before elimina-
tion. Teams with one loss are al-
lowed but onet more loss. But since
this ruling has just been introduced;
teams with two losses are still very
much in the running.
Several teams cannot avoid elimi-
nation' after the games to be played
Saturday, 13 January. William's Joy
Boys, the Horned Frogs, and the
Slippery Slimes have two losses
each. The Rally Club, Sack Hounds.
Petty's Boys, and the Wowls with
one loss each will be fighting ,to
stay in the schedule. Only the Rag-
nots, Hartsook's Boys, the Westside
Country Club, and the Screaming
Bots can afford to lose and remain
in the league.
Game schedule for Saturday af-
ternoon, 13 January, is as follows:
League I
2:00—
Field II—Ragnots vs. Hartsook's
Boys
Field IV—Horned Frogs vs. Rally
Club
8:00
Field I—William's Joy Boys vs.
Wowls
Lekgue II
2:00 #
Field I—Sackhounds vs. Petty's
Boys
Field III—Screaming Bots vs.
Westside Country Club
The Slipper Slimes drew a bye.
Any ties will be settled by pene-
trations.
At the "Engineer" last Saturday,
a black velvet evening wrap with
four buttons and a Smart Shop label
in it was given to the wrong person.
Anybody knowing anything about
this is requested to contact Rose*
mary Glaviana.
night. The Frogs have lost ten out
of twelve early season tilts, but the
majority have been hairbreadth de-
cisions. When the season closes,
there will 'be two and probably three
teams below TCU in the standings.
Henry seems determined to win
another All-American "flag" jacket
for the second straight year. His
play thus far seems to be superior
to last season. Racking up thirty
points in the initial tilt, Bill obvious-
ly is dissatisfied with his season rec-
ord of 246 set in '44. If he can coast
in the next eleven games with a
twenty point average, a new mark
will be written in the record books.
Rice Plays SMU
In this week's games Rice looks
twenty-five points better than SMU,
but they will have to stop a pair of
sharpshooters in* Dennis Haden and
Kelly Avery. Troublesome TCU will
provide sport for the Owls Satur-
day night and should end up losers
by thirty points. The Aggies figure
to lose two more against TCU Fri-
day and the Mustangs Saturday. In
a couple of non-conference games
the Porkers meet the strong Phillips
66 squad and try their luck once
more against the Oklahoma Aggies.
From all observations, Bob Nemir
has % rival as the wheel hoss of
Navasota. On the trip from College
Station the squad had to hold up
long enough for Jim "County Fair"
McBride to greet a multitude of
fans. The Bouncer seemed to have
a buddy of the opposite sex in ev-
ery car that passed.'
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PALS Lead League
In Girls' Basketball
By Mary Jane McNair
It seems the last Wednesday ses-
sion of the girls' basketball came to
a close after quite a few interesting
plays. In fact, they might actually
be getting better (I dare not say
skilled) in the game.
First game of the night was a
close one between the OWLS and
the PALS. The score was 18 to 17,
with the PALS holding the banner
line. ^They are the leading team of
the series, with two more games to
go. Chief casualty goes to Ellen
Hopkins, who was carried off after
her valiant attempt to continue with
an injured knee. Kay way became
quite angry during the game and
showed it to some extent, but de-
spite her few failings during the
night, the PALS won. Hally Beth
Last Saturday night Coach Joe
Davis' Owl basketball team began
defense of its S. W. C. title by
trouncing the A. & M. quintet 68 to
22 on their own floor.
Rice got off to an early lead, but
the sharecroppers came back to keep
the game close throughout the en-
tire first quarter, finally tying the
score at ten all during that period.
The Aggie threat never materialised,
however, for by the half they had
chalked up only two more, and Rice
led, 25 to 12.
Through the first half the A. & M.
defense held Bill Henry to nine
points, but left Bob Foley free to
rack up eleven. High scorer for the
Aggies at this point was Cherno with
eight.
The second half was all Rice.
After Bill Henry had brought his
night's total to 30, Coach Davis put
in the ragnots, who managed to run
the score up to 53-22. Even Daven-
port was able to tip a couple of
points through while nobody was
looking, and Bill Scruggs put in a
free shot as the game ended.
During the last five minutes, the
so-called twelfth man stood up,
waved its collective arms, and kept
up a continuous shout, while the
band never let up.
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NAVY DANCE—
(Continued from Page 1)
too glamorous with selections from
the University of Houston's Varsity
Varieties. There are to be three
numbers: the Exhibition Waltz, Jun-
gle Rhythm, and the Venus beauties.
Ten Couples in Waltz
The Exhibition Waltz is composed
of ten couples, dancing to the songs,
"Always" and "Together." In the
Jungle Rhythm piece, there will be
a chorus of eight co-eds in tiger
skin costumes. There .will .be „a spe*-
cial dance by Pat Chapline, ballet
artiste. Don Marsh, a senior stu-
dent, will give his original "Jungle
Chant."
The Venus number will feature
twenty U. of H. beauties, including
Elsie Roberts, Wanda Lee Coley,
Jane Gaston, Ruth Roberts, Frances
Gough, Mary Beth Roberts, and Miss
Varsity Venus, Pat McBride. Their
costumes have been designed by
Velma Whitaker and Christine Wil-
son. There will also be a song by
John McCluhan.
Refreshments Available
Refreshments of all kinds will be
available the entire evening. Since
the admission is gratis, and the en-
tertainment of such high quality,
it's a sure bet that this gesture by
the Navy will be truly appreciated
by having a large turn-out by the
Rice student body.
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NOTICE
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and Repass continue to draw honors SORRY UNCLE SAM CANT SEE
on their playing.
The second game did not 'Come so
close, but it was scarcely far—22 to
19 being the score, with Girls' Club
leading the E.B.'s. This was a hard-
fought and exciting game. At the
first few moments of the game, how-
ever, it appeared to be a one-aided
affair with the E.B.'s downing three
baskets. After the half, however,
the favor swayed with the G. C.
holding the lead by five points. Then
the E.B.'s landed one and left the
Girls' Clubbers winning by three
points. Pat Jarrard suffered a hurt
nose from the game; in fact, she
couldn't see for a minute. Mitsu and
Bellnoski continued to hold their
own, while all Mike needed to do
was just stand there and win.
The next tangles promise harder
competition and excitement with the
tournament's end approaching.
HIS WAY CLEAR TO LET ME
ATTEND THIS YEARS ENGI-
NEER. BEST WISHES FOR A
HUGE SUCCESS AND BE SURE
TO GIVE MY BEST REGARDS TO
ALL THE BOYS. PERHAPS YOU
AND GOODEARLE CAN FIND
ANOTHER BUTT FOR YOUR
JOKES.
ENS JIM SIMS
RECORD HITS
Cocktails for Two—Spike Jones
I Didn't Know About You
—Lena Home
More and More—Tommy Dorsey
I Had a Little Talk with the Lord
—Frankie Carle
1201
Main
By Woody Dryden
With the Arkansas Razorbacks
hot after nearly every record in the
conference (except Henry's) and
Henry after his own (record), it
looks like a hot time in the S. W. C.
Perhaps Baylor's aces weren't ex-
actly the acid test for the moun-
taineers, but any team that scores
184 points in two games has some-
thing. If Bill had played the whole
game, he probably would have brok-
en his own 41-point record. 30
points for little more than half the
game is all right even when he
wasn't hot.
At the game's start the Aggies
put two men (one on the other's
shoulders) on Bill and turned Bob
Foley loose. Foley couldn't miss for
hittin' and so the second half the
Aggies wised up quick and put two
men on Bob, turning Henry loose.
This piece of strategy was remark-
able in that Bill made only 21 points
the second half and left the rest to
big Dan Davenpoit with 10 minutes
to play.
SMU Is Number Three
SMU showed that they are the
number three team by skunking
the Longhorns 17 points. The Owl-
Mustang clash tomorrow night will
be one of the season's best. Con-
verse-Dunkel says it's Rice by 20
points, hut it'll be closer to 10. TCU
will lose to Rice by 25 points Sat-
urday. The Frogs will have beaten
Texas A. A M. the night before, but
it will be close. Arkansas plays a
two-game series with Oklahoma A.
& M., winners of the Oklahoma City
tournament, and the outcome will be
a serious threat for the title. The
Razorbacks will probably split the
series and both games will be close.
SMU will beat the Aggies Satur-
day by 25 points while Texas breaks
into the win column with a give-
away from Baylor's defensive kids.
"Willie" Roach's charley horse is
evidently back again. Hearty con-
gratulations to Clarence Murphy and
"County Fair" McBride on making
two apiece Saturday night. "County
Fair" holds a slight edge over Clar-
ence in the "rag-knot" scoring race,
but it's due to be a tight fight with
a short stick right down to the wire.
Incidently, Murphy has run his sea-
son grand total up to two now.
All the round ball boys made it
back from heaven in time for the
second half of the "Engineer." Hen-
ry was even serenaded and he got
back just in time! Think they hit
"Goodrock" with something about a
locket but can't remember what it
was.
Converse-Dunkel
The Converse-Dunkel Basketball
Forecast for this week picks three
games of interest to the Southwest
Conference. It gives Oklahoma A.
& M. a two-point advantage over
Arkansas. Rice is picked over S. M.
U. by 20 points. A. & M. is supposed
to take T. C. U. by seven points.
There are not any predictions on
Saturday's games.
Last week's forecasts were 50 per
cent accurate, since T. C. U. defeat-
ed Texas and Rice downed the
Aggies.
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MAGAZINES—
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Small games such as cribbage and
acey-ducy and the piano already in
Senior Commons complete the Rec-
reation picture. The room is not
available at present because the
floors are being waxed and pol-
ished.
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eat Sunday night supper at Win- j
gate's Mexican Restaurant when
they could enjoy their own home-
cooked meals in the pleasant sur-
roundings of the mess hall?
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