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Owls Show Hustle
Hustle-
And Improvement
Improvement-
By TED HERMANN
HERMANN-
Editor
Thresher Sports Editor-
Frankies
Saturday night in Oklahoma City Johnny Frankies-
Rice Owls wind up their third week of basketball competi ¬
competi-
tion and then take an eight day holiday prior to their
holidayy their-
opening encounter against Texas in the SWC tourney on
Texa
Texaa on-
Dec 28
Prospects Bleak-
Bleak
four
Starting the season with only one letterman four-
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squadmen four junior college transfers and five sopho ¬
squad men sopho-
mores the inexperienced Owls were generally expected to
Dwls weregenerally
awls
match their 1959 football cohorts
cohorts-
Never Miss
Miss-
in their absence from the win- win
win-
ridingHihe-
ridingHihe
riding Ahe he
In an effort to make one cor ¬
cor-
column
colu However Ahe-he-
rect prediction in two years on-
on
reak
gamewin sfre k
streak
crest of a two game win streak-k-
crestof s reak-
the Thresher we would like to to-
the Owls are not exactly livingliving-
take a crack at picking the re ¬
re-
up to expectations
expectation-
expectations-
sults of this years SWC basket ¬
basket-
Expected
Expected1
Expectedto
Expected1 to take their opening
Expected
sExpectedto opening- heldon
ball tournament to be held on
heldon-on-
games with Trinity and Centen ¬
Centen- Autry Court Dec 2830 From- From
ary the Owls fell to defeat But
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But- here it appears that the Aggies
Aggies-
then they came roaring back back- will cop top honors by doWning-
downing
downing-
against supposedly tougher op ¬ op- SMU in the finals while Arkan ¬
Arkan-
position to almost upset Villano
Villano- sas is wrapping up the number
number-
va before taking two easy vic ¬ vic- Texas
three spot by defeating Texas-
tories from LSU and TulaneTulane-
Rice In Bowl-
Bowl
Defense Weak
Weak- This Saturday Rice makes its its-
The Owls have thus far exhi ¬
exhi-
exhi-
debut in whatt should prove to
whit
wh to-
to-
bited two outstanding charac ¬
charac- be an annual participatig i for
an
n participatio for-
participation
teristics hustle and continuous-
continuous the Institute Houstons first first-
improvement Howevr these two-
However two Bluebonnt Bowl Too bad our
Bluebonn
Bluebonnet b d our-
attributes along with thet fine
the fine- teamdid not make it just our
team did makeit oui
our-
oui-
play of letterman Butch CiaigCraig
Ciaig-
Craig- any rate ongratula
stadium At anyrate congratula
ongratula-
congratula-
big
bigDon Maroney and Roger Mc
big Don
bigf Mc- Bluebonnet
tions are due the Bluebonnet-
Queary have not been enough-enough Bowls selection committee for for-
to overcome Rices decided lack- lack scheduling what should prove to- to
mainly
of experience exhibited mainly- be the dullest of this years post
If post-
defense
on defense- games
season games-
Continually failing to switch-
Continually switch Evidently we are not the only- only
men on screens and to guard
kcreens guard- on S who feel this way for less-
ones less
against fast breaks especially on-on than 50000 tickets have thus- thus
tips Rices defensive mistakes
mistakes- far been sold in a city where
have been too much for mediocre-
bave mediocre 30000 sat through a freezing freezing-
except against Tulane shoot
shoot- ¬ raIn t 1
rain td see lowly Rice and AM-
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ing Owls to overcome
in play earlier this fall