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PAGE EIGHT- -THE WACO (TEXAS) NEWS-TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, IMS Athletes in AAU Indoor Track Meet Tonight Eye Olympics Jinx Hot Shots Officials Describe In the Dear Dead Days Field as Best In History of Event HOW IT LOOKS TONIGHT over Arkansas by two TiTT A. and M. by two 8 MU over Rice by eight Three Southwest Conference games are to be played again tonight. Texas meets Arkansas in the second game of the series, and as these lines are written I do not know the outcome of the game last night, but did predict they would split even, so after picking Arkansas last night, I am taking Texas in a close one tonight, but will be pulling for the team that failed to win last night. If Arkansas and Texas does split even, Baylor is the champion even though it loses Its two remaining games.

TCU lost to A. and M. at College Station by 26 points. Nevertheless I am guessing that the Froggies will win tonight. They have a team good enough to win aomewhere down the line, hut am also hoping that they get the victory tonight, instead of a week from tonight when it plays Baylor here.

plays Rice in Dallas tonight, and after defeating Rice in Houston should repeat on its home court tonight. JsMIT has a fine team, despite its poor record. It has given Baylor more trouble than any team in the loop. Baylor, by the way, has not been forced Into an overtime game this season. Back in 1946 when it won the title.

It played in several overtime contests and won all of them. The Baylor football banquet, sponsored by the Baylor Chamber of Commerce, is due to take place tonight at the Roosevelt Hotel. Bill Henderson was In Fort Worth last night, scouting hut will be on hand at the banquet tonight. Byron Townsend, the Odessa High football star, is now the sports editor of an Odessa radio station. If he wants to give his listeners a bit of authentic news he can tell them where he is go- iruf to school to get his higher education.

Johnny Kitchens, an assistant at Austin High under Stan liambert, has been made head football eoaeh of that school. Before going to Austin last Fall, he wai the roach at Fort Worth Poly. Ray Morrison, former SMU coach, and now head coach at Temple, says he is not Interested in becoming head coach at Yale. His name has been prominently mentioned bv New Haven sources. Palestine High hopes to a strong football team next Fall.

Coach Jack Graves will lose only three lettermen from his squad of 1917. It will open the season with Hillsboro High on Sept- 17. The game will be played in Palestine, and it will play Corsicana in Corsicana on Oct. g. Other non-district are with Henderson and Greenville.

No word comes from Granger i to where Gilbert Bartosh is golf to school. Although he played with a Class team last Is considered one of the best prospects in Central Texas. Texas, Baylor and A and M. are trying to land him. and chances are that he will go to one of the three schools.

Baylor finally got trophy for winning the Southwest Conference basketball title. It be long before the order is put in for the trophy. In addition to the NCAA Tournament this year and the Madison Souare Garden Tournament, will be an Olvmpic Tournament. Two of the NCAA leaders will be among those invited to that meet, couple of great AAU teams, the Madison Square Garden Invitation winner, the A1B winner and several others The two Olympic Tournament winners will represent this country in basketball in the Olympic games. It is difficult to name the best team in college ranks in the tin' this year.

New York University has made a great record, but has the advantage of playing nearly all its games at home. We set word that Sherman-Den- Ison of the Big State league this will hive an all-Cuban team. 4oe Rodriguez will manage the team. Babe Peebles, an old-timer, will manage the Gainesville team. He was a manager In the Texas- Okiahoma league 25 years ago.

Marty Carrola will manage the Wichita Falls team this year, and Hank Oana, the former IHUas star, will manage the Austin team. The Paris team will be known as the Rockets this year, and Homer Peel will be the manager. Buster Chatham, of course, will manage the Waco learn. He is not exported to arrive here until about March 1. If we uere selecting an all-time Baylor team, it would have to come from recent teams with one exception.

Raymond Strickland of Baylors championship team of 1932 would go on the team. He was tall, a great shot, and sensational on the offense, but what made him of so much value to the Baylor team of that year was the fact that he was even greater on defenve than on the offense, and one of the best defensive players in Baylor's history. Dwight Parks of the Baylor team of the early would have to go on the team He smashed the conference coring record in his Senior and was a great all-around player. For the other three I would have to take Bill Johnson, Jackie Robinson and James Owens cf the present Baylor team, and before he finishes his career, Don Heathington might have to go on the team. He has two more years.

In the Baylor had Hubert Kirkpatrick, one of its tallest of all time, and he also broke the conference scoring record, heint a great but hardly to the mx I have mentioned. Gil Absence Robs Mile of Glamor NEW YORK, Feb. 20 AP Athletes from all over the country, their eyes on the coming Olympics, will compete in the Na- Field championships here Saturday night, forming what officials describe as the finest field in the 60-year history of the meet. orty-eight present or past national champions, as well as countless holders of collegiate. Junior and district titles, are among those set to try for the 12 individual and three relay crowns before a sellout throng of more than 15,000 at Madison Square Garden.

600-Yard Run Is Feature Sewanee Played in Glory And Tyson Tossed a Pass Although an indoor title is no guarantee of an Olympic berth, this climactic test of the board track season will give both athletes and fans their first reasonably accurate line on the talent, which Uncle Sam will have available for the London games in July. Probably the night's hightlight will be the 600-yard run, which has drawn the best quarter-milers from three countries and promises to be the nearest thing to an Olympic preview found on the boards this year. Defending Champion George Guida of Villanova, Herb McKenley, w'orld quarter-mile record holder; Bob McFarlane, Canadian quarter-mile champion, and Dave Bolen of Colorado, who barely beat Guida for second place behind McKenley in the national outdoor 400-meter event lost year, head the sparkling field for the 600. Reggie Pearman Favored Reggie Pearman of New York University, outdoor 800-meter champion, ranks as favorite in the run with Tarver Perkins of the Illinois Athletic Club and Jerry Connolly of Fordham the most serious of his 26 challengers. The mile has been robbed of its customary glamor by the illness of Defending Champion Gil Dodds and the withdrawal of Gerry Karver, Penn National outdoor champ, to run in a dual meet with Notre Dame.

With them absent, the man to beat among ten or more mile starters appears to be Bill Mack of Michigan State, who finished second in both the indoor and outdoor championships. E. on M. the Lynn and Levy Arc New CSty Handball Champs Ed Lynn and Elehugh Levy are the 1948 city wide handball champions as result of their triumph over Joe King and Van Pelt Friday afternoon YMCA court. Lynn and Levy won the last two games after King and Van Pelt had captured the first by a 21-10 score.

The winners won the second contest, 21-13, and the third and deciding game, 21-17. Lynn and Levy gained an early 13-2 lead in the final game and the losers started with a rush to tie the count at 17-all, but could not keep up the pace. Robert E. Has No Trouble Replacing, Politics With Baseball HOUSTON, Feb. Robert E.

Hannegan ficulty in replacing baseball. The former Postmaster General and chairman of the national Democratic committee carefully substituted baseball comments as answers to political questions he faced following his arrival here for Friday second annual Houston baseball dinner. "No, sir. I did not come to Hous-i ton to talk he said. pulled the curtain down on that lor good.

talk The new president of the St. Cardinals of the National League traces part of his Initial interest in baseball to the old days when he played in the outfield for the Paris club of the old East Texas League. finds no di politics with By JINX TUCKER News-Tribune Sports Editor The other day I am walking down the avenue of our town, because it is a good morning to be around and about. I really am hoping to run into Johnny Fort In hope of rigging up a fishing trip with him, because nearly always when 1 go fishing with Fort, I catch lots of fish while listening to him tell me about Sewanee, a little school which is up in the mountains of Tennessee. Fort goes to that school in the long ago along with several other old Wacoans, including Doug Herring and Neil Edmond.

Sewanee, it seems in those days, has lots of good football teams, and although I am far too little at time to be remembering what Sewanee does in football. Fort tells me so often that sometimes I begin to think I remember great teams. Baylor Wins Title Back in 1915 Baylors win conference football title, but that same year Sewanee plays Texas on Saturday, and loses, but play lors following Monday and win. However. Sewanee finally drops out of football limelight, largely because of increasing prices of football players, and now while Sewanee plays footbnll of some variety each year, followers of that school have to recall years of generation or so ago to be able to impress anyone.

I finally run into Fort, the man I am looking for, and he beats me to the draw. Before I can say fishing he says, Sewanee. Johnny is all put out because Baylors match early season game here with Tulsa University instead of Sewanee, but also me that Sewanee is now strictly 100 per cent, amateur and does not give a penny to its athletes. Looking over what they do during recent years, I really do not think they are underpaid if they do get nothing at all, and first thing I am going to agree on is that they are amateurs. I might put word in front of amateurs, but I do not do so, because it is not good policy to say such things to Fort about Sewanee.

Also. I do not want to put. my fishing trip in jeopardy. Fort and Tyson Talk Fort Is always, however, a fountain of information in Waco sports of long ago at a time when I am down in Bronham wrestling with my aritlunatic problems in third and fourth grades. Paul Tyson, who once upon a time goes to TCU, ambles up.

and that switches conversation to TCU as I listen. It is one of first sunshiny days after lots of cold, rainy and icy weather, reminding one and all that baseball season is around corner. Fort and Tyson begin talking about TCU baseball team of 1908 At that time, TCU is in Waco, and coach of that team Is late Ellis Hardy, described by Fort as greatest manager, All-America gentleman and sportsman, that ever lived. Fort says to Tyson that he has a mental picture of TCU team in action when it beats famed New York Giants, 3 to 2. Fort, it seems, is waterboy of TCU team that year.

He remembers that Big Drucke is pitcher and Little Drucke the catcher, and that Tyson 1s also one of pitchers of that great team, but does not remember many others. Tyson says he has a picture of that team on the wall of his room, and ht says in addition to Little Drucke, TCU of 1908, when it beats New York Giants, has Dago Lamonica as catcher. There is also another pitcher on team named Manney. First baseman is Fuzzy Baldwin, and then Tyson and Fort begin to forget, so along comes Billy Smith and he helps out with makeup of that great team. Second baseman Is a star named Manning, but no one can remem- Cy of her name of third baseman.

Perkins is shortstop, and one outfielder is a great player named In fact, he is so good in right field for TCU that he later plays for New York Giants, with Louise Drucke, also going to the majors. Center fielder of team is Leslie Proctor, and for years he is superintendent of schools in Temple. Johnny Fort says back in 1908 Billy Smith is too old to be ing, but is very good a few years before that time. All ol trio fail to remember name of other outfielder and try to find Tom and Oscar Moore to fill in positions, but they aje not around. They also say that John Fischer of Waco might know, as Fort says he is one of Baylor's most effective pitchers about that time.

Talk Shifts to Football Maybe Baugh Is Slipping, But He Still Sets Records PHILADELPHIA, Feb. If you hear it whispered about that Sammy Baugh is slipping, tell your informant to go soak his head in a record book. That so-called aging and bent character born Samuel Adrian Raugh 33 years ago. set three all- time passing records and led National Football League pitchers in six individual departments last season, league statisticians announced Friday. Sammy, who once did his tossing for Texas Christian, but now is an NFL veteran with the Washington Redskins, tossed 354 passes and completed 210 of them for a gain of 2,938 yards.

All three were record-breaking performances. In addition. Baugh had the highest percentage of completions 59.3). tossed the most touchdown aerials and had the lowest percentage of interceptions Marshall signed Harry Gilmer, the Fancy Dan from Alabama, to spell Baugh In 1948. but if the records are any indication, old Sammy has a long, long path still before him.

What makes perform ance even greater last year was that the Washington, by and large, was a pretty poor ball club. The Skins barely beat out the New York Giants to finish fourth in the five-club Eastern Division. Thus, with a losing ball club and in his eleventh year in the league, Baugh enabled the Redskins to set three new league team records and pace the circuit in a total of six departments. Baugh was fifth a year ago when the Redskins captured 1hird place In the Eastern Division. Los Bob Waterfield, king of the league in the 1946 ledger, slid all the way down to ninth place last season.

Tommy Thompson, whose strong right arm was a major factor in leading the Philadelphia Eagles to the Eastern Division title, plarrd second behind Raugh In total passing with Sid Luckman. the perennial pitcher of the Chicago Rears, in third spot. The talk shifts to football as talk often does even in basketball or baseball seasons, because when TCU is located in Waco, rivalry in football between Baylor and TCU is something that no old- time footballers is ever going to forget. Paul Tyson speaks up to remind Fort of an incident in 1907 and 1908. Fort says it cannot happen in 1906 because Baylor does not have a football team that year due to death of player in 1905.

Well, on this date, (says Paul) Bayloi and TCU trt battling it out in the third game of their annual three-game football series for championship of the great city of Waco, and county of McLennan. TCU, says Paul, has a gled play to use on Baylor, called the forward pass, and Tyson is due to do passing. The score at end of half is 0 to 0, and between halves under pecan trees near Waco Creek, TCU gets instructions to surprise Baylor with that forward pass early in half. Back to Everything seems to be moving along smoothly, says Paul. He gets back to pass as coach orders, and he spots what looks like a TCU player far down the field, because he has on a TCU uniform, and Paul tosses a perfect pass to that player.

The player, however, happens to be John Fouts, one of Baylor's subs, and ho Intercepts pass, and runs for a touchdown. Baylors learn of new fangled play and slip TCU jersey on one of Baylor's players, and according to Johnny, this sub is not noticed as TCU goes into quick lineup. The play, instead of winning game for TCU, wins it for Baylor, and Tyson says never in his life does he throw a more accurate pass than he does on that occasion. Fort quickly agrees, and says I am going to tell you about a play that happens when I am at Sewanee with Julian but that it where 1 come in, so I amble on down the avenue, knowing I am going to have to postpone fishing trip anyway. II 1 oimg Nelters (riven Cup Team Berths NEW YORK, Feb.

20 Fourteen outstanding young women tennis players, headed by girls champion Nancy Anne Chaffee of Ventura, were named Friday for the 1947 National Junior Wightman Cup squad by the United States Lawn Tennis Association. Miss Ohaffee was one of five Californians named to the squad. The others were Joyce Baker of Santa Monica, Marjorie McCord of4 Berkeley, Mae Newcomer of Burbank and Helen Stella Pastall of Angeles. Besides the five Californians, the squad was made up of Laura Jahn of Bel mar, N. Adrienne Ruth Goldberg and Barbara Jane Scarlett of Baltimore, Stephanie Prychitko and Josephine Smilka of Hamtramck, Doris Jansen of Des Moines, Iowa; 1 Martha Miller of Hinsdale, Deborah Welsh of Lima, and Anne Gardner Wofford of Scarsdale, N.

Y. Appointments to the squad, made on a oasis of Junoir Wight man Cup competition during the year, are honorary, since the team does not compete as a unit. Killy Patterson Speaks Tonight At Baylor Grid Fete Billy Patterson, who throws as slick a tongue as he did a football in his playing days at Baylor, will be principal speaker at the banquet honoring Bear gridders of 1947 at the Roosevelt 1 lot el's Crystall Ballroom at 6:30 this evening. Baylor Chamber of Commerce is sponsor of the annual affair. "Bullet as he became known on the gridiron at Hillsboro High School and Bavlor, is now an attorney at McAllen ami also president of the Baylor Ex- Students Association.

He'received his A. B. degree in 1939 and his law degree in 1942, then served in the Navy during the war. The footballers will elect a 1948 captain before the feast, and he will be announced by Coach Bob Woodruff, who is also going to award letters as another feature of the program. Among guests Invited is George (Red) Forehand, coach of the State championship Brackenridge High School team of San Antonio.

probably be kept busy by the Baylor pigskin scouts, always ready to sign up a prospect or two. Bill Allcorn, president of the Bavlor Chamber of Commerce, will welcome the guests following the invocation by W. J. Wimpee. Then the awarding of letters by Woodruff, and introductions by Guv Crouch.

Wives and dates present will try their luck at tossing the pigskin right after talk. Banquet Speaker BILLY PATTERSON Navarro Season Hnds CORSICANA, Feb. 20 SPL Navarro Junior College cagers end their season here Saturday night against the Allen Academy Ramblers of Bryan. The Bulldogs hope to finish with a victory after losing to Henderson County Junior Cmlege Wednesday night, 58-38. City Junior High Title ol Stake In Tourney Today Four Junior high cage outfits stage a tournament on the Waco High court today with the city champion at stake.

Play begins at 8:30 a. m. The finals are scheduled for 2:30 this afternoon. North takes on South in the curtain-raiser to be followed by West and La Vega at 9:30 a m. Losers in the morning round tangle at 1:30 p.

m. for third place with winners squaring championship fracas. Admission prices are 25 for adults and 15 cents for dren. off in the cents chil- Siki Sikes Named To Succeed Sauer As Kansas Coach LAWRENCE, Feb. J.

V. Sikes, personable Texan and end coach at Georgia for the past 10 vears, Friday was appointed head football coach at trie University of Kansas. Sikes succeeds George Sauer who resigned last month to become coach at the U. S. Naval Acadam? Ha la to arrive here next week to make plans for Spring practice E.

C. Quigley, Kansas athletic director, declined to say what salary Sikes will receive for a vear contract, but it is believed to be $10,000. Star at A. and M. The appointment of Sikes means Kansas will continue using the formation which Jav- hawks employed In sharing the Big Seven Conference championship with Oklahoma the past two seasons.

A star at Texas A. and M. in his playing days, Sikes went to Georgia in 1938 and in the past I 10 years has turned out some of the finest ends in football. Prominent among his products are Van Davis, with the New York Yankees pro team last season; King of the Buffalo Rlsons; George Young of Cleveland Rams; Teresnln.skl of the Washington Redskins, and Georue Poschner. a second team All- America in 1942.

CTiosen From Field of 65 Sikes. 43 years old. graduated from Texas A. and In 1928 after three vears of football under Dana X. Bible, now athletic director at Texas University.

He was head coach at Burleson College. Greenville. Texas in 1929-30; head coach of East Texas State 1931-34, and coach at Texas A. and 1935-36 Qui glev losen foi said that Sikes was chosen for the Kansas job from a "field of worthy 60 in number, and expressed confidence that Sikes would give the Jayhawks a football program "second to none in our Wallace Butts, head coach at Georgia, described Sikes as one of the top coaches in the nation. Sikes will have full power to select two of his assistants at Kansas.

During the recent war he was head coach of the St. Navy Pre-Flight team. Sauer, was an assistant to Sikes at St. Mary's. Sikes Was Thrcc-Sport Letterman at A.

and M. COLLEGE STATION, Feb AP J. J. tSiki) Sikes, who Friday was named head foot ball coach at the University of Kansas, Is one of the all-time athletic greats of Texas A. and M.

College. Sikes was a three-sport star here in 1925-26-27, lettering in football, basketball and baseball. He was assistant coach at East Texas State College and later came to his alma mater as assistant before going to the University of as end coach. Sikes was prominently mentioned among those under consideration for head coach at A. and succeeding Homer Norton, res rn- ed.

Harrv Stlteler, another for- 1 mer Aggie, got this job. however. Plenty of Experienced Plavers Back at Hardin WICHITA FALUS. Feh I Coach Bill Stamps of Hardin Col! lege, who recently reported in for the head football tutoring job for the Texas Conference school, will find a wealth of experienced material when Spring training opens here Anril 5. The Indians have 26 lettermen from the season who will return next Fall, In addition to 11 soundmen.

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