Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
CLUBS APPEAR
WEAK TALBOT
Razorbacks Favored to Cop
Championship With
Rice Second
BY GAYLE TALBOT. Jr.

DALLAS, Jan. 4-tA9- Another
Southwest conference basketball
campaign will be inaugurated Tues
day night at Houston, with the Rice
Institute Owls and Texas Univer-
Sity Longhorns representing the
parties of the first and second part.
There is a conspicuous lack OF
riotouS enthusiasm as the confer
c cagers begin their annual
scramble. This may be accounted
for in part by the fact that all sew
en- championship aSpirantS, up 10
and including the Arkansas Razor
backs, perennial t~iltists, have been
taking 1t on the chin with alarm
ing regularity since the practice
season opened.
The lanky Razorbacks still rank
as favorite, but they have display
ed u~nmistakable symptoms Of Slip
ping. Bereft of their wonder"
coach, Francis Schmidt. who pilot
cd them to four straight flags, the
enrkers barely nosed out in a
4ouple Of engagements with Okla
h0ma Teacher teams before the
holidays. Thursday. they embarked
on a transforming jaunt through
Kansas and Missouri that SO far
has proved far from pleasant. Drury
college knocked them off, % to 25,
Thurday night, and St. Louis Uni
versity poured il on, AZ to Is, Fri
day night. There is no telling how
long IT has been since the Razor
backs lost two straight games. Four
or five years, anyway.
Clubs Beaten
All OF the others, Texas Chris
tian, Texas A. a. M, Texas Uni
yersity, Southern Methodist, Rice
and Baylor, have been downed a
time or two. most of them by teams
OF secondary state colleges.
Coach Pug Daugherihy's Rice
Institute five seems to stand the
best chance OF tearing down Ar
kansas play house. The Longhorns
have not quite lived up TO expec-
tationS. The Owls have lost two
bouts. TO the East Texas Teachers
and Sam Houston normal.
Coach Fred Walkers Texas quin-
tet, runner-up last year and figur-
cd to be strong contender this
season. has not hit stride. There
has been no one. so far, TO take
the place Of Holly Brock, brilliant
1929 captain and scoring ace. The
Oklahoma University Sooners knock
ed them off twice at Oklahoma City.
Rice'S greatest claim to distinc-
ton on the eve II the campaign
Is a brace OF victories over the
Houston Triangles, annually one
OF the strongest independent clubs
in the state. They have Holley
Brock on their roster its year.
The Owls last victory over them
was somewhat costly. in that Garlic
ton Polk. sensational sophomore
guard, fractured an arm that will
keep him off the floor the remain
der of the season. Jake Hess and
Ray Hart OF the Owls still look like
the greatest forward cmbination in
the conference.
Open Tuesday
Anyway, the Longhorns and Owls
Will sound the tocsin whatever
that is-Tuesday night. Coacn
Walker Will take, his Texas squad
10 Houston tomorrow for a preiim-
mary workout Oh the Rice floor.
The team is captained By Mona
Rec OF san Antonio.
All Of the other five contenders
VIII have entered the won and
lost column by the end Of the week.
Texas Christian will open against
A<kanSas Friday and Saturday al
NayetteviIle. The RaZorbacks will
face the charges of their former
mentor. Francis Schmidt.
Southern Methodist. which scar
ccly can be co, s:dered a serious
contender. will open with an in
vasion OF the southern sector. meet
ing the Texas AggieS Friday night
At College Station and hopping
over TO Houston for a joust with
Rec on Saturday.
Texas and BAYLOR will clash
Saturday night at Waco. Six games
are booked for the opening week.
They should give a fair idea OF
the direction tn conference wind
is blowing.