The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1949 Page: 4 of 4
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THE THRESHER
Owls Try For NCAA Berth Tonight;
Meet Arkansas in Sudden-Death Tilt
Tonight, the Rice Owl basketball
team will be in Dallas competing in
Girls Learn Golf,
Tennis, Bowling
The Girls' Sports Program is
sponsoring three activities — golf,
tennis, and bowling—during the
spring semester. Instruction will be
given, in golf and tennis every Mon-
day and Wednesday, beginning Mon-
day, March, 14, at 1:15 and 2:15,
respectively. Equipment will be
available at all other times between
10 a.m. and 5 p.m. for those girls
wishing to participate. Entries for
the tennis singles and doubles tour-
naments must be in by March 13.
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Track Coach Overlooks
Priceless Sprint Talent
Track Coach Emmett Brunson
has been missing a good bet for lo
these many years. As certain stu-
dents learned to their surprise and
at the expense of their pocket books,
Jack McRride can run the 440 in
less than GO seconds. While on-
lookers gasped, the lanky senior, to
settle a dispute, stepped out on the
track a"d circled the oval in the good
time of 54.B seconds.
a playoff with Baylor, Arkansas
and Arizona to determine the repre-
sentative of this district in the
NCAA playoff in Kansas City next
week. The playoff was necessitated
last week when Rice trounced A & M
to end the conference warfare in a
three way tie. Arkansas is the undis-
puted champion of the Border Con-
ference. Rice will play Arizona, and
if the Owls win tonight, they will
engage the winner of the game be-
tween. the other two Thursday. It
has been pointed out that the out
come of the playoff will have NO
bearing on the conference standings.
The race has ended in a tie, the
fifth time in conference history, and
the eighth time that Rice has won
or shared the title. The Owls have
won outright three times and tied
five times, sharing every title which
has been shared. This is also the
fourth time that Rice has finished
in first place in the six years that
Joe Davis has been coaching the
eagers.
The 53-39 victory over the Aggies
was not so convincing as the score
might indicate. The Aggies made it
mighty close, trailed only 21-22 at
the half, and only 28-36 when their
big gun, John Dewitt, fouled out
with some seven minutes to go. De-
witt had scored 11 points and he
Blues Romp Whites
In Pre-Game Tussle
For Charity Fund
The football team knocked heads
last Saturday in preparation for the
big game this Saturday for the ben-
efit of the Crippled Children's Fund.
The scrimmage was played under
game conditions with the Blues
romping over the Whites. They tal-
lied some seven touchdowns while
holding the Whites scoreless. On the
starting lineup for the Blues, who
looked great, were: ends, Froggie
Williams and Jack Wolcott; tackles,
Ralph Murphy and Billy Wyman;
guards, S. J. Roberts and,' Carl
Schwartz; center, Joe Watson;
quarterback, Tobe Rote; halfbacks,
Don Campbell and Sonny Wyatt;
and fullback, Bobby Lantrip.
The team as a whole looked very
good with the passing of Rote and
the scampering of Van Ballard and
Gene Silver standing out for the
Blues and the passing of Harmon
Carswell and the running of Teddy
Eiggs pacing the Whites.
held Bill Tom pretty well in check.
After Dewitt was ejected, the game
was over for all practical purposes.
Tom started hitting, and several
fast breaks by Dave Cook iced the
game. Tom and Joe McDermott, who
i played a swell game, took scoring
| honors with 15 apiece while Cook
1 tallied 11.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1949, newspaper, March 9, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230795/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.