Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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' Nutsy Harris Taking the Air for a Backboard Bounce O RE E 1 I r Grccnic cagcrs h.id a ratlicr mediocre season, playing erratic hall, good at times and not so well in other spots. The ly-gamc schedule included a Western tour in De- cember. Coach Little Monk Simon ' s fairly large squad took to the road in rather poor shape, due to lack of practice. BASKETBALL Houston was the first stop on the Western trip where the powerful Rice Owls defe.ited the Wave c ngers 40-18. Pare was minus his usual accuracy at long range, and the whole team was pretty inconsist- ent. In the University of Arizona tilt, the Tulane quin-

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9 t pf iimtHkx Front row: Thibaut, Thomas. Wolf. Burwick. Borsage. Comer. Austin. Judlin. Flettrlch, Krobcrt. Second row: Class, Steib. Micelli. Maqruder, Owens, Stein. Tittle. Richard. Block. Wi ' lson. Grush. Third row: Assistant Coach Simons. Dufour. Wolbrette. Rexer, Luthy, Benti. Vincent. Muliin. Sims, English. Assistant Coach Dalovisio. Vanzant. Ely, Mandich. Coach Rucker. i BABY BILLOW Or fflJL lWE, JO: I. S. IJ., O The 1938 Freshman team not only shapes up as the best in the history of the school, it not only whipped the hated Tiger frosh from L. S. U. at a time when tiie Hcngal threats at a Southern football monopoly w ' ere just beginning to skid, but it also bids fair to supiily the most promising Tulane varsity since the 1931 Rose Bowl team with enough regular prospects to line the stacks three deep at every position. Rob Glass, the Massilon, Ohio, back who threatens off the strength of his three performances against Southeastern in Hammond, Alabama, and L. S. U., to go down as a Tulane immortal, locnis as the greatest prospect of a group that boasts many. Jimmy Tliibaiit showed up so well at fullback in spring practices that he was shoved into the number one spot ahead of such seasoned veterans as Hutler and Cjloden on the varsity. Hob Grush, Jack Tittle, John Sims, Louis Vincent, and Johnny Micelle are other very promising backs. Linemen who stood out during the season and spring practices were Charley Dufour, Cjordon English, Bob Wilson, and Pete Man- dich. Moon Mullins, pass catching end, is another prospect who played well in the season games and looked good enough in spring practice to step up to the first team at the injury of Del ' raites. Louisiana State fell by a 20 to O count in the la.st tilt on cold, windy Thanksgiving Day. Southeastern went down before the Bil- low 19-0 when B(;b (jlass showed his stuff up in Hammond, and .Alabama eked out a 19-13 ' i ' much hobbled last minute touch- down pass. Freshman Fans ' J CHARLES RUCKER Amicable Frosh tv entor I ' or the first tirm- in fifteen years, Charley Rucker ' s frosh liowlecl ii er L. S. I ' . ' s Uaby Bengals, and did so in a surprisingly hanily fashion, 20-0. Consider- ing the length and the type of practice the frosh indulge in, the victory proved that they have more than ordinary t;ilent, liecausc the L. S. U. team was no pushover, and it looks from here as if the 1938 Wave frosh should supply the university with a championship tcain, possibly two, considering the other leftover material Dawson has to draw from.

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Assistant Coacti Cram and Head Basketball Coacti Claude Little Monk Simons. Jr., During a Hot Play M. J. BUDDY JUIvfONVILLE, Forward LEW HARRIS, Guard JOE ANDERSON, Guard AL BODNEY, Center tet showed improvement o cr the Rice encounter hut dropped a close one, 2( 32, after leading at the half- way mark. On December 16, Tulane ' s traveling baskcteers met Southern California ' s Trojans and came out on the short end of a 40-24 score. Al Bodney starred, and was one of the most consistent players during the trip. The high spot of the California journey came in the game with University of California at Los An- geles when the Green ies put on a last minute spurt for a 37-35 win. Harmon. Bodney, and Pare starred for the Green team. The New Me.xico Aggies, played on the return trip, were too much for the Green Wave, and ran up 61 points, holding the Wave to 41. In the second game the New Mexico team was again victorious, 63-45. Back in the Wave gym the squad dropped two games to Alabama, 32-41 and 31-38, to open the Southeastern Conference play. A week later the Greenies showed better shape in taking the New Or- leans Athletic Club, 49-41. Ole Miss at Oxford, next on the schedule, split a two-game series with the Greenies, taking the opener, 23-33, and losing the second game to the Wave, 40-35. A one-night stand in Atlanta found the Georgia Tech cagers one point better, as they nosed out the up and coming Wave squad, 32-31. Back in New Orl eans the team ran over Troop 65 roughshod, 46-26. Showing plenty of improvement as the season pro- gressed the Tulane quintet split the series with a snappy Millsaps five, with a 34-26 win in the first game and a 29-33 defeat in the windup. Given little chance against the Louisiana State Tigers, the Green Wave traveled up to Baton Rouge for a two-game series. The initial game went to L. S. U., 33-36. The next night the Greenies reversed the score and came out on top for a 36-33 win, due to the fine playing by Pare, Harmon, Jumonville, Brun- ner, and Bodnev. JOHNNY McGHEE, forward FRED CRASSIBRY, Guard Fighting It Out With ' Bama