Show r Returning Ace 1 I I I 4 i ONeal Adams One of four great holdovers Arkansas Five Should Lead League Again This ThIL I Is the third in a I. I series erles of or eight stories outlining the basketball outlook in inthe inthe intile the tile various sectors By HAROLD v. v RA RATLIFF TUFF DALLAS Dec 13 1 JP When you mention basketball down here herein herein herein in the southwest its it's spelled s. s The tall Razorbacks have won eight championships and tied for another in 17 years and the signs say they'll be up there battling for forthe forthe forthe the crown again come December They call Coach Glen Rose Gloomy Glen although hes he's hes he's had had little to be sad about since Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas entered the Southwest conference conference conference confer confer- ence in 1924 This time though he has a wail wall coming but you still cant can't count the Porkers out of the race Noble Robbins big steady forward forward forward for for- ward decided to get married and accept a job on a defense project That left only four lettermen but what guys Tall Timber Center Gordon Carpenter is six feet f for forward o r w war a r d ONeal Adams is three six and Guards R. R C. C Pitts and Clayton Wynne each are six feet The defending champion Razorbacks Razorbacks Razorbacks Razor- Razor backs who swept through 12 games for a perfect season in the conference and lost to only one college team throughout the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- lost Forward John Adams Center John Freiberger and Guard Howard Hickey Well have a good club but we need ball hustlers like John Adams and Howard Hickey Rose said in commenting on conference pros pros- Right now Pitts looks like the player most likely to hawk the ball all the time Rose predicted Rice and Southern South South- em ern Methodist would be as strong or stronger than Arkansas The Owls' Owls two or three individual individual indi indi- vidual stars and the Mustangs' Mustangs abundance of fine team-play team men will make them tough to beat he said S M lI U 11 Promising Southern Methodist however cant can't match Arkansas when it comes to lettermen The Mustangs Mustangs Mustangs Mus Mus- tangs had figured on four but Bryan Lloyd star forward joined the air corps leaving Johnny Se- Se beck and Roy Baccus guards and big Hugh Welch center S M U has come up though with several several several sev sev- eral potential greats from junior and some promising Rice threatens to be plenty troublesome In fact Rice might well be labeled the favorite with its wealth of material including towering Bob Kinney who got America All-America mention at center last season and forward Bill Tom Closs Gloss Both are feet six feet ix There are seven lettermen in the Rice fold including the 1941 captain Placido Gomez who missed com corn petition last season because of a broken foot Texas A and M also has seven lettermen Baylor has five Texas Christian four and Texas three Bill Henderson giant guard heads the Aggie array which looks quite formidable |