The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 26, 1964 Page: 9 of 10
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Thresher Sports This Spring
PARKER LEADS WAY
Netters Take Opener
By ANDREW JITKOFF
Rice's tennis team started its
season Saturday by defeating
highly regarded Pan American
College 4-3. This was a very
good win for the powerful team
which returns two top players
from last year's conference run-
ners-up and 5th place finishing
team in the NCAA champion-
ships.
Rice once again will be led
by defending Southwest Con-
ference champion, Jimmy Parker.
Parker, a native of Missouri, is
a nationally ranked player and
a former conference freshman
champion. He is one of the na-
tion's most promising players
and should have no trouble win-
ning the conference title.
HOLDING DOWN number two
spot is returning letterman Frank
Bertram of Austin. Bertram is a
tremendous fighter who never
quits and is famous for winning
long marathon matches. Frank
is also well known for his aca-
demic successes, having just won
his Phi Beta Kappa key.
Coach Giammalva should be
very proud of his "brain trust"
for this is the second P.B.K. he
has had in as many years.
Dale McCleary of Houston will
be number three. Dale is a power-
ful left hander who has been
hampered by a very heavy lab
schedule, but with some more
practice could challenge Parker
for number one spot. He will
team up with Parker and play
number one doubles.
ROUNDING OUT the team
are two Floridians, Ed Turville
and Chip Travis. Turville is num-
ber four on the team and Was
conference freshman champion
last year. He will play number
two doubles with Bertram.
Turville along with Parker and
freshman John Pickins gained
highly coveted spots on the na-
tional Junior Davis Cup Team.
This is made up of the best jun-
ior players in the nation.
CHIP TRAVIS is the fifth
member of the team. He is an
all-around athlete who is probab-
ly the most improved player this
year.
Rice has a highly regarded
freshman in John Pickens from
Alabama. John is a very high
ranked junior player and should
be the best freshman in the con-
ference.
Rice once again has a very
tough schedule playing such pow-
ers as Lamar Tech, Pan Ameri-
can and Trinity, probably the
best team in the nation.
IN CONFERENCE play, Tex-
as will once again prove to be
Rice's strongest opponent. For
the last couple of years Rice and
Texas have traded the title back
and forth and this year should
prove no different.
Last year Rice lost the con-
ference title by only one point so
all eyes should be on the May
2nd meeting with Texas in Aus-
tin.
TEXAS TECH and Texas A&M
could also prove troublesome.
Losing a doubles match to Tech
cost the Owls a share in the title
last year, while A&M has sev-
eral good boys from Latin Ameri-
ca.
The biggest attraction of the
Rice tennis season is the Rice
Tournament which is played here
on March 19-21. This tournament
features many of the nation's
best players and is one of the
best collegiate events in the na-
tion.
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Rice Fencing Club
Outscores Steers
In First Endeavor
The Rice Fencing Club de-
feated the University of Texas by
a score of 11-5, Saturday, at
Rice. This was Rice's first inter-
collegiate meet of the season.
Fencers for Rice included Bob
Butner (3-1, 18/20 points) Har-
vey Pollard (3-1, 18/20 points),
Frank Schroeck (3-1, 19/20
points), and Cullom Jones (2-2,
16/20 points). Total touches for
Rice were 71, while the total for
the University of Texas was 49.
TEXAS JUMPED to an early
one match lead, but Rice erased
the lead with four straight vic-
tories before losing another
match. The lead never changed
hands after this point.
"Power, balance, and accuracy"
were the main characteristics of
the Rice team, in the words of
Daryl Williams, Texas coach.
Miele Nagle, Rice coach, said that
the Rice team was "sloppy and
lucky."
Rice fences Texas next on
March 14, at Rice, 2 pm in the
gym.
Rice Outdoor Track Season Begins
With Aggies And Longhorns At A&M
By PAUL BREWER
The track team finally has the
one thing that it perenially lacks
—depth. This depth, according to
Rice standards, may very well
bring the Southwest Conference
track championship home to Rice
after a twenty-five year absence.
Rice returns fourteen letter-
men, ten of whom won points in
the SWC meet last year. Rice
was second to Baylor last year,
losing by ten points.
RICE OPENS the track season
with a visit to College Station
this coming weekend for a triang-
ular meet against Texas and
A&M. The following weekend
(March 6-7) will be the first real
test for the Owls as they com-
pete in the Border Olympics.
The track team will make only
two appearances at home. The
first will be on March 25th
against the Aggies and their fi-
nal appearance will be the Little
Southwest Conference meet on
May 22nd.
ED RED AND Warren Bratt-
loff will be the main cogs in the
field events. Red won the SWC
javelin crown with a record throw
of 249.3. He went on to finish
third in the national AAU meet.
Brattlof vaulted into the magic
sixteen foot circle with a 16-1J4
effort in the National Federation
meet last year. He set a confer-
ence record of 15-6 in winning
the SWC title last year. Fred
Hansen, Rice's other sixteen foot
pole vaulter, completed his eligi-
bility last year but will partici-
pate in invitational meets.
BOBBY MAY TOOK the SWC
intermediate hurdles title and fin-
ished second in the highs. Since
the 330 hurdles have been drop-
ped in this Olympic year in place
of the 400 meter hurdles, May
will probably make the decision
as to which type of hurdles he
will run.
The sprint and mile relays fin-
ished second last year.. Rice has
lost through graduation Wayne
Windham, who ran legs on both
of these relays. But replacing him
will be one of Rice's finest soph-
omore prospects, Jimmy Elling-
ton.
LAST YEAR Ellington's 47.3
quartermile won the freshman
title and was the second best
freshman time in the country.
Also lending strength to the
Rice attack will be Russell Wayt,
j who placed third in the discus
throw at the SWC meet. Glen
Darby leads the sprinters and
help is hoped for from sophomore
Bill Leon. Bruce Thompson and
John Sweeney along with sopho-
more Gene Timberlake could
prove to be the deciding factors
for Rice's title hopes as they seek
half mile honors.
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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/m1/9/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.