The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 26, 1964 Page: 10 of 10
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THE THRESHER
WED., FEBRUABY 26,1964
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Will Rice Beats Wiess
For Cage Crown, 70-59
Malcolm Walker turned bas-
ketball player Saturday night and
Will Rice defeated Wiess for the
college basketball championship,
70-59, before several hundred en-
thusiastic spectators.
The game was played as a pre-
lim to the varsity match, and was
ably announced from the press
box by Rice Publicity Director
Bill Whitmore.
IT WAS largely the rebound-
ing of Walker and Jim Redford
and a quick zone defense which
kept Will Rice in the lead all the
way. Will Rice held Wiess' Frank
Pickens, the intramural scoring
champ, to 9 points, some 20 below
his average.
Redford also led his team in
scoring with 20 points and Cor-
dell llaymon contributed 16,
mostly from the outside.
BUDDY HAWKINS had 21 for
Wiess, hitting frequently from
around the free throw line. Jer-
ry Woodfill and Pickens had 9
each.
Other men's intramural activi-
ty last week was limited to vol-
leyball. Geo J ox took over the
lead in the Monday League with
a 15-8, 8-15, 15-12 victory over
the Ohingaderios.
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Fans Prefer Fight
To Dull Rice-Texas
Tussle At Gregory
By JOHN DURHAM
i AT ST 1N ) —The Rice basket-
lial1 t'-'iim saw a re-run of "How
T<> Hit the Basket Without Often
.Missing" in Gregory Gym last
Might and Texas won the pre-sea-
son championship, 95-8.3.
The Owls had one of their best
nighis from the field, hitting 57',r
iii' their shots in the first half
and 50.9'.; for the game. But the
Longhorns had (>2.2',; in the first
half and 54.9'; overall.
KICK'S ONL Y consolation was
a new school scoring record for
Kendall Rhine. Rhine went into
the game tied with Gene Schwin-
ger of the '52-'54 Owls at 1328
points. He scored 27 and has 3
more games to add to his record.
The Owls jumped off to an
early 11-7 lead but were down
40-49 at the half. Texas hit 7 out
of their first 8 shots in the sec-
ond half and took a 68-50 lead.
From that time on there was
more attention paid to the tran-
sistor radios tuned to the fight
than to the activity on the floor.
STEINKAMP HAD 21, Phillips
16 and Spradling 11 to round out
Owl scorers in the double figures.
Things went little better in the
freshman prelim. The Shorthorns
taxed the capacity of the score-
board with 101 points. The Owl-
ets had 92 themselves, but they
were playing catch-up all the
way. Marty Ivey had 22 and Mike
Inselman 20 for the freshmen.
defeated Maruski's Metskis 15-5,
15-8 to take the lead in the Wed-
nesday League.
THE PETUNIAS won over the
Brutes for the leadership in the
Thursday League, 15-3, 15-12.
The last round of league games
are scheduled for this week. Play
ofl's and college games will be
played next week.
On the female side the basket-
ball tournament will wind up to-
morrow when the OWLS meet
the PALS for the championship.
The OWLS have a perfect rec-
ord of 3-0 in the league play as
they come up against the defend-
ing champs.
The PALS shared a 2-1 league
record with the Jolly Green
Giants, but defeated them in a
play-off game last week. Game
time is 4:15 and Miss Hahamis
says that spectators are welcome.
The following intramural en-
tries close Monday, March 2:
Men: Softball, Tennis (singles,
doubles, mixed doubles), Volley -
wallball. Women: Volleywallball,
Tennis (singles, doubles, mixed
doubes.)
TRAINING-
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completely past the opposite end
zone.
Describing punt coverage drill,
Malcolm Walker says, "Y o u
sprint downfield about 35 yards
(average punting distance for
kicks) and look up for the ball,
and there it is — still rising. He's
running me to death; guesg I'll
have to start bouncing my snap-
backs."
THE OWLS are experimenting
with a new system of "flip-flop-
ing" the ends. Starter Dale Cal-
lihan is termed the "strong-side"
flanker, and he plays on the same
side as the wingback. Bert Bar-
ron, the "weak-side" end is used
primarily as a pass receiver, de-
coy or downfield blocker.
Presently Rice football prog-
ress is developing well on a sec-
ond important front—the recruit-
ing of high school' athletes. Sat-
urday's signing of San Angelo
quarterback Ronald H e n s o n
brought to 24 the number of fu-
ture Owls inked to date. Henson
is a 6-5 180-pounder, was high
scorer on last year's 4-A basket-
ball state champs, and has won
all-district honors in three sports
for two years.
Rice Nine To Meet SHSTC Friday;
Pitching Will Be Big Question Mark
The Rice Owls open their var- also departed.
sity baseball campaign on a
hopeful note Friday at 2 pm on
the Rice diamond against always
strong Sam Houston State. It will
be head coach Doug Osburn's
second season at the helm.
The Owl pitch and catch boys
will have seven returning letter-
men from last year's squad and
one letterman from the '61-'62
season. The seven lettermen in-
clude all-SWTC Joel Tiggett, who
can play either outfield or first
base, and clutch-hitting infield-
er Billy Hale.
The KICK outfield boasts three
returning players—Gene Fleming,
James King and Don Longcppe.
Don Kirks will be back behind
the plate and promising John
Wilkins returns at first base.
These men form the nucleus of
an Owl squad that should play
good defense and give a good
account of themselves at the
plate.
From the foregoing list it is
easy to see that the Owls short
suit is pitching. Only two ex-
perienced hurlers are available:
Wayne McClelland is the '61-'62
letterman and the other is Tex
Spear who saw some action last
year.
There are some promising
frosh prospects including Ronnie
Waldo and Bill Eiland.
THE SHORTAGE in numbers
and experience of the Rice mound
corps is expected to keep the
Owls from being a serious con-
tender for the title of the de-
fending champion (who else) U
of T Longhorns.
Surprise development of the
pitching staff could swiftly boost
the Owls into a strong chal-
lenging position.
EXPECTED TO bring help
from last year's frosh team are
infielders R. J. Nitsche and Ric-
ky Blume. Returning squadmen
who provided keen competition
for starting spots are catcher
Bart Rice and infielder-pitcher
Mike Evans.
Owl losses from last season
are not too severe with the ex-
ception of the pitching corps
which lost the number 1 and 2
starters Ken Schoppe and Butch
McKeon. Infielders Lee Raesner
and catcher Randy Kerbow have
THE OWLS will be a hustling
young outfit that should develop
as the season progresses. Fol-
lowing Friday's opener against
Sam Houston, Rice takes the road
for games with St. Mary's at San
Antonio and a return scrap with
Sam Houston at Huntsville.
NexT home game will be March
3 with St. Mary's and on March
14th the SWC title chase begins
with TCU playing here.
The Rice Owlet squad is under
Dr. James Castameda of the
Spanish department who formerly
played professional ball and will
probably open this season Sat-
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Keilin, Eugene. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 26, 1964, newspaper, February 26, 1964; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244909/m1/10/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.