University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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H U -9 Ed Maxey, Forward Glenn Thompson, Forward Paul Wiitman, Guard Floyd Garrett, Center fine floor game. Captain Elkins added two charity shots to his two field goals to tie Price. At the half Rice led 16-8, but the .Steers came back to score eight points before the Owls counted again and knot the score at 16-all. Rice won in the last four minutes on a sensational scoring spree by Captain Jake Hess. T. C. U. 36, Texas 14 The T. C. U. Horned Frogs had an easy time with OUe ' s crew at Forth Worth February 6, winning 36-14. Again inability to make their shots count cost the Longhorns heavily. They made only four field goals. Ed Price was shifted to forward in an effort to better the attack, but the stellar guard could not hit the bucket. Adolph Dietzel led the scoring by sinking six field goals and six free throws for 18 points. The game started slowly but increased in pace as the Christians got their short passes working against the Steers ' combination man-for-man and zone defense. Buster Brannon ' s guarding wrecked the Longhorn offense. By holding the brilliant Doc Summer, all-conference for- ward, without a field goal, Bennie Rundell accomplished one of the outstanding defensive feats of the entire confer- ence season. .Texas 29, S. M. U. 17 Coming back with a sensational drive after the Mustangs had run up a 10-1 advantage in the first ten minutes, the Milton Kelly, Trainer Arthur Duggan, Manager Longhorns soundly trounced Southern Methodist in a game at Dallas February 8. Bull Elkins ' great all-round play featured. After the Ponies had taken their big lead, the Longhorns began to find their long-lost goal-tossing ability and scored 22 points before the Methodists hit another field goal. P2d Price, back at guard, turned in a neat defensive game, and the forwards, Elkins and Tullis, looked much better. Elkins was high point man with 11 tallies. Rhea Williams led the S.M.U. attack by scoring three field goals off Rundell. Texas 32, A. M. 31 Ed Pric e caged a crip shot in the last minute of play to give the Steers a 32-31 triumph over the Aggies at Austin February 13. The winning counter came after the Farmers had gone basket-wild in the last ten minutes to overcome a big Texas lead. The end of a slow first half found the Longhorns ahead 24-15. Gaining speed near the middle of the second period, the Aggies quickly overhauled the Steers, and a long basket by Beard sent them into a 31-30 lead with time growing short. Rundell took the ball as it bounded off the Texas backboard, dribbled down and passed in to Price, and Eddie obligingly tossed the winning bucket. The rival captains. Bull Elkins and Charley Beard, tied for scoring honors with 11 points each. Texas 28, Centenary 24 After trailing Centenary until the last three minutes, the Longhorns rallied when diminutive Glenn Thompson sank a field goal to give them a 24-23 lead and managed to eke out a 28-24 win over the Gentlemen atShreveport Feb. 15. Coach Olle started his second string and the half ended 15-9 in favor of Centenary. The Texas first team went in for the second half, but the Gents continued to score and ran the count to 23-12 before Rundell and Kubricht be- gan hitting the basket to start the Steers on their victory drive. Centenary 32, iexas 31 Centenary earned an even break in the two-game series with the Steers by winning an extra-period game, 32-31. Elkins ' field goal in the last minute of regular time sent the contest into an extra session. At no time during the game was there more than four points ' difference in the scores of the two teams. As the extra period started, Bill Kubricht, who scored ten points, sank a brace of field goals to put the Steers ahead. John- son ' s basket and Nolan ' s free shot made the score 31-30 for Texas, and with a few seconds to go, Nolan uncorked a wild heave from mid-court which slipped through the net for two points and a Gent triumph. Page izS

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H U S 3 3L AkA. Wilson {Bull) Elkins, Forward John Tullis, Forward V onii erence Oeason BAYLOR University, boasting a well balanced team and several outstanding stars, nosed out the T. C. U. Horned Frogs, ' 31 winners, for the 1932 champion- ship after one of the best basketball races the Southwest Conference has seen in years. It took a sensational last- game upset victory over the Toads by Southern Methodist to give the Bears undisputed possession of the title. Ark ansas 24, T exas 21 Led by their captain, Hoot Gibson, who scored eight points, the Arkansas Razorbacks handed the Steers a 24- 21 defeat at Fayetteville January 8, in the opening game of the conference season. The Longhorns had a one- point lead with five minutes to play, but Doc Sexton, stellar Arkansas center, was rushed back into the game and caged three foul shots to put the Porkers ahead. The Steers led during most of the first half, but a spurt by the Porker five enabled them to push ahead 14-13 at the end of the half. Both teams continued the fast pace in the second period and the result was in doubt until Sexton, who was being held out of the game because of three personal fouls, came in to ice the game for Arkansas. Bill Kubricht and Captain Bull Elkins starred on the offense for Texas with seven and six points. exas 27, Arkansas 25 Coming back the next night to sweep the Porkers off their feet in a whirlwind battle, the Steers earned an even break in the series, 27-25. Texas jumped into an early lead and at the end of the first five minutes was ahead 7-2. Brilliant shooting by Doc Sexton put Arkansas in the lead, and the score at the half was Arkansas 15, Texas 13. In the second half Sexton went out on personals, and from then on the Porkers played a losing defensive game while the Longhorns played splendidly, making their long shots count and penetrating their opponents ' defense often. Kubricht with 11 points and Ed Price with eight led the Steer attack, and Bennie Rundell turned in a great de- fensive game. Sexton, with ten markers, was high scorer for the Hogs. Texas 35, S. M. U. 29 Displaying a strong defense and hitting the basket regularly, the Steers downed the Southern Methodist Mustangs January 15, in the first conference game at Page 12 ' ; Bill Kubrick ' , Center !cx Bennie Rundell, Guard home, 35-29. Big Bill Kubricht led the Longhorns to victory with 16 points; John Tullis followed with 11. Fine guarding by Price and Rundell held down the Mus- tang score, although Price ' s man. Captain Ray Johnson, managed to sift through for three crip shots and two long baskets to lead the Pony scorers. After Texas had drawn away in the early minutes, the Ponies started a spurt which brought the score to 19-14 at the half. Field goals fell thick and fast in the second half and at one time the Mustangs got within two points of the Steers, but field goals by Kubricht and Tullis pulled Texas out of danger. T. C. U. 52, Texas 22 Flashing the most brilliant off ' ensive ever seen in Greg- ory Gym, the Texas Christian University quintet land- slided to a 52-22 victory over the Steers January 20. Showering in baskets from every angle, the Toads jumped away from the Longhorns at the opening whistle and were never headed. The score at the half was 27-14. Adolph Dietzel, i Christian center, led the scoring with 15 points. His team- mate Buster Bran- non played a sensa- tional game at guard and was second high scorer with 11 tallies. Kubricht led the Steers with eight. The Longhorns fought hard, but they could not stop the Horned Frog at- tack or penetrate their defense. Ben- nie Rundell kept the score from mounting even higher with some excellent guarding. Wyatt Taylor, Guard Rice 25, Texas 22 Inability to hit the basket cost the Steers a 25-22 game against the Rice Owls at Houston January 23. Olle ' s men outplayed Rice on the floor, but the big guns of the Steer attack, Elkins, Tullis, and Kubricht, were strangely silent. Ed Price starred for the losers with three field goals and a

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H U Jjaylor 35, lexas 28 The Baylor Bears continued their pennant march by downing the Steers at Waco February 20, 35-28. Seven- teen personal fouls, converted into 11 charity points by the Bruins, led to the Texas downfall. Otherwise OUe ' s crew held their own with the Golden Grizzlies. After the Bears had pulled away in the early second half, Te.xas came back to within six points of a tie with six minutes to play, but a flurry of fouls stopped their drive. Bennie Rundell contributed his second almost-impossible feat of the season by holding big Raymond Strickland, leading Baylor goal-tosser, to exactly no field goals. . exas 26, Rice 19 The Longhorns cinched fourth place in the conference race with a 26-19 triumph over Rice in a slow game at Gregory Gym February 24. Flashy passing by the Steers featured the game, although the Owls managed to hold the score low by excellent guarding. Only once were the listless Owls on even terms with the Steers. Early in the second period several free tosses knotted the count at 16-all, but the Longhorns soon re- gained the upper hand. Bill Kubricht scored eight points to lead the night ' s counting. Jake Hess was high for Rice with seven tallies. Rundell held the mighty Dixon to one field goal. Jjaylor 35, lexas 30 The Orange and White went down fighting as the power- ful-driving Bears from Bayor, forced to play their best basketball, kept pace with the Horned Frogs by a 35-30 victory in the final game of ' 32 at Gregory Gym February 27. With rangy John Tullis giving the greatest personal per- formance seen on the local court last season, the Steers staged a lightning-fast rally as the first half ended to shoot ahead 18-13. Coming back with a cool, precise attack, the Bears scored 1 1 points before the Longhorns counted in the second half. Another desperate spurt by Texas sent shivers up Bear spines and made the score 27-26, Baylor, but Frank James broke loose for a pair of field goals which sewed up the game for the Wacoans. A. M. 14, Texas 9 A weird defensive battle which wound up the conference season at College Station March 5 ended 14 to 9 in favor of the Aggies. Neither team could hit the basket with any fre- quency whatsoever. The score at the end of the first ten minutes was 2-1 for the Aggies. They al- so led at the half, 7-5. Olle ' s men scored only two field goals, one by Elkins and the other by Kubricht. Joe Moody, Aggie forward, outscored the entire Texas team. He eluded Rundell for four field goals and added two free throws for ten points. Next S eason Ed Price, guard from Corsicana, was elected captain for 1933. He will lead a team built around seven returning let- termen. They are Bill Kubricht and Floyd Garrett, centers; Ed Maxey and Glenn Thomp- son, forwards; Ben- nie Rundell, Paul Wittman, and Price, guards. Three 1932 letter- men were lost by graduation. They were Captain Wilson (Bull) Elkins, John Tullis, and Wyatt Taylor. Several good prospects from the ' 32 freshman squad will be available. Ed Price, Captain-Elect OUe starts his cagers on a practice scrimmage at Gregory Gym fage 119