McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 12, 1946 Page: 3 of 4
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Thursday Dacambar 12. 1146
McMURRY WAR WHOOP
Bradshaw and Hoefer Selected
By Coaches as All - Conference
"C5
By BUCK FRANCIS von Hoefei touchdown ptovid-
Two Indian footlnllus end led the difference. In the Mussing
Neal Hiad-shaw and hack Floiin dopaitmmt Hoefei completed "t
Hoefei weie sell tut on the All- on 322 tosses foi 127 yaids and
Tevns Confitetue giid te.un foi had nnl two Inteicepted
the 114(1 seison .is w.is .innoiincul I Unanimously ihosen foi all-
Inst wnk Hoth Hi.idshnw and lonfeuiue honois weie Huslct
Hoefu ue fuslinicn and have Divin of ACC Ted H.ue of South-
time M.ns of oligihililv left. Tho western and Joe Kvans of the
lemiindii of the fust turn vns Puates Dixon tindouhtcdlv was
I the most valuable hack the con-
feionco pioduced this yo.u and
was i.ited by seven al spoils ex
pel ts as one of the best backs in
the entile southwest
TM... -...1.. ..... .... ! injo
o llieillllV IL)VIILI IIUIII III I nt
I season which was the last year
the uinfeience football was in
opuat ion was Dick Stovnll of
ACC Stovall made the '422 nil-
confuenco team as n guaid and
this veai made it at center. Sto-
vall turned in a hangup defensive
game foi the Wildcats through-
out the season
The all confeiencc team was
picked by the Texas Conference
coaches
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VB)!. -WS.
Meutpsig
the co-cham
MH
divided betwein
pions Southwest) tn Piiatis and
Abilene Chi isti in Wildiats who
each lmilid fie plneis on the
all-ionfeunce
The Soulhwisliin all-stais
witinus wue Td Hue mil Din
Davonpoit t.ukle M.i Joins
guaid and backs Fiank Means
and Joe Kans The ACC win-
nets consist! d of Will ml Paine
tackle Ch ulis Flovd guaid Dick
Stovall until anil backs Hustct
Dixon and V T Smith How aid
Pane and Austin Colkge the
othei two menibus of the loop
f uled to put a m in on the all-
stai ti am
Hiadbhaw i.ited as one of the
fim st defensive i nds even seen
in the Texas Confeunce oasilv
won his position on the all-con-fiunce
team Though theie nie
no sueh lecoids on file it is be-
lieved that Biadshaw saved moie
enemy touchdowns with a timely
tackle than anv othci plavei to
eci lepiesent a Teas Confer-
ence team In addition to his de-
fensive play the giant Abilene
end snagged 18 passes foi 232
atds
Hoefu the speediest of the five
backs selictid tied with Fiank
Means of Southwestern foi the
fouith position in the secondatv
The Plainview hick earned the
ball 94 time's foi 552 yatds and
tabbed 42 points to supplv most
of the Indians offensice punch
In thiee of the foul wins the
Indians chalked up the past sea-
The 1946 All-Texas Conference
Team
Ted Baie 110 Southwestern
end (jumoi) Ontauo Calif
Footballers Pick
All-Opponent Team
I lai din-Simmons and South-
western mill plated thiee men
on the MeMtuiy Indians all-
oppom nt team foi the 1046 sea-
son to lead the vvav of the nine
sihools the Tiihe contested The
Cowboys walloped the Indians
31-0 in the season openei and
the Puates hung a 41-0 licking
on the lied Skins in the season
(male
Olhei teams lepiesented on the
all-foe team weie two from North
Texas and one each from ACC
Austin College and Howaid
Payne
The only unanimous choice was
Joe Evans of Southwestern
Kvans was constantly dealing the
Indians tumble thtoughoiit the
game as he lacked up three
touchdowns in addition to seveial
othei long i uns that set up score
Halph Hollvwood Austin College
lacked only one vote of being
unanimously chosen at one of the
1 1.. 1.-1. Tl... Inl n ill ....
Nenl Hradshaw 220 McMtiity ""' " """"" "H
..' ... . poncnl team includes
eno uiesiuiian; lunciic ie-xis
Dan Davenpoil 235 South-
westem tackle (jumoi) San Antonio
Willaid Paine 220 ACC tackle
(jumoi) Merkel
Max Jones 205 Southwestern
gu.ud (smior) Childress
Chailes Flovd 185 ACC guaid
(sophomoie) McAlester Okla
Dick Stovall 180 ACC center
(senioi) Abilene
Flank Means 178 Southwest
ern centei (senioi) Abilene
V T Smith 18U ACC back
(fieshman) Ventura Calif.
Joe Evans 175 Southwestern
back (sophomoie). Blanket
Bustec Dixon 195 ACC back
(senior) Ennis
Floun Hoefei 155 McMuny
back (fieshman) Plainview
Second Team
Ends Joe Akin ACC and
Geoigc Blow nice Howaid Poyne
Tackles Halph Hollywood
Austin and Hoyett Browning
Howaid Payne.
Guards Edmund But lei
Southw ostein and Marion Giant
ACC
(Continued on page 4)
Ends Ted Bate SiUthwcstcrn
Thomas Blow nice Howard
Payne
Tackles R a 1 p h Hollywood
Austin College Dan Davenport
Southwestei n
Guards Al Milch H-SU Jack
Ellison H-SU.
Centei Jim Coopei Noith
Texas
Backs Joe Evans Southwest
em Bustei Dixon ACC Bob Din
kle Noith Texas and Doc Mob
ley H-SU
PLAYERS
FULL SEASON STATISTICS
Floiin Hoefei
Vemon Townsend
Bill Schultr
Howaid Collins
Rudy Haile
Tinman Nix
Gin land Lasatei
Doug Cox
Tiov Keagans
Liinni Moore
Doc Ellis
Totals
552
70
187
74
83
31
15
15
115
2
(37
15
21
5
4
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0
3
2
5
2
133
0
234 1221 133 112 42 12 351 71-30 82
In addition to the scoiing E C Bauv scoied 0 and Max Fishei 3
127 4-30
201 24-31
0 J-J
0 0
0 0
0 (1
0 ()
0 31-38
10 0
0 1-7
13 0
351 71-3(1
Indians Suffer
First Defeat
The McMuny Indians suffeied
thoil fiist defeat of the season
al Wichita Falls Satuuliv night
at the hands of 11. u din Colli ge
40-37.
Hondall Coopei and Hcischel
Kimbiell led the Hiaves with 11
points eaih
ll.u din College led at the half
With a stole of .10-14
The box seoie1
Hilliard Vannoy Moore
McDaniel Attend Meeting
Three membeis of the coach-
ing staff and n faculty membi i
will repiesent McMuny at the
annual meeting of the Texas Con-
ference to be held in Dallas Sat-
urday Deecmbei 14 Along with
head conch Vernon Hilhat d will
go Jeiome Vannoy and Wilfoid
Moore of the athletic depai tment
Dean.W. B McDoniel secictaiy
of the confeience will be the
faculty lepresentative
Among business to be conduct-
Hilliard Announces
Baseball Schedule
i The Li..z Department i
I Store
I i
Everybody's Store
m TUa ErSanrJIw Qlrtr rxt All 9
I College Students
Indians Wallop
Daniel Baker 57-31
The McMuiry Indians romped
ovet the Daniel Bakei Hillbillies
at Biownwood with comp.uativc
ease to the tune of 57-31 for their
third straight win of the sea
son and then second over the
Biownwood team The half-time
scoie was 33-19
Hcischel Kimbrell sparked the
team with a total of 18 points
with Donald Lloyd aptly assisting
with 12
McMuuy-
Cooper
Robinson
Wadzeck
Clary
Lloyd
Riley
Kimbrell
Stev enson
Cook
Moore
Fionas
Totals
fg fp pf tp
12 0 4
0
0
0 3
1 12
1 4
1 18
7 0
0
2 2
0 0
26 5 5 57
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P and ff
p We will be expecting to see
I you when you return to
I school after the holidays S
College Sweetshop 1
Daniel Baker fg fp pf tp
Pittman 6 1 1 13
Caffey .0000
Cole 4 14 9
Davis 0 13 1
Wilson 12 14
Ray 2 0 14
Smith 0 0 0 0
Totals 13 5 10 31
n
Texas TCU Bay lot A&M and
Oklahoma U will be on the Mc-
Muny baseball schedule sche-
dule this spnng athletic dnectoi
Vetnon Hilhaid announced last
week.
All are Southwest confeience
schools with the exception of
Oklahoma The TCU and Okla-
homa games will be played heic
Definite dates for these games
will not be set until the Decem-
ber meeting of the Southwest con
ference
The Indian baseballers ate ex
pected to field the strongest
team in the history of the college
this spring if not the stiongest
in Texas Confeience histoiy The
Tribe met Baylor and Texas last
spring in two game seues split-
ting the series with Bavloi but
losing both games to Texas Nine
lettermen from last spung will
be bidding foi places again this
year Several promising rookies
nn 1hr nnmruic nrn nvnorlnH In
strengthen the Team's piospects I
ed will be the voting on accep-
tance of two new applicants foi
admission to the confeunce Thev
are H.ndin Colli ge of Wichita
Falls and Sul Ross Slate Teach-
eis College in Alpine Daniel
Bakei is also seeking leuistate
ment
The confeietue will also aw aid
the liophus foi wmneis of this
veals football lace and will ill aw
up a sthi dule foi the l')47 foot
ball si ason as well as the baski t-
ball schedule foi this fill Soli it-
ion of i site foi this vi.u's iiin-
fi'ietite ti.uk unit will be made
and the gioup will vott on win th
in not to plate basiball on
the list of lonfiietue activities
foi the coming season
Accoiding to Coath Vannov
Texas Wesh van will usume foot-
ball mxtyi.u Tiny wue allow -
id to ltm.un in the confeunce
in oi del to plav baski tball last
season with the piovision that
they diaw up a foothill sclud-
ule foi the 1947-48 session Thev
must do this befoio tiny will
be allowed to ingage in confu-
ence baski tball this ve.u and
Vannoy undi islands that they
plan to submit a sclu dule at this
meeting of the confeunte
McMuny
Wadeck
Kimbiell
Lloyd
Coopei
Cook
Gn nek
Kilev
Cl.u v
Biedenmeyii
Stev enson
Moote
Totals
H.ndin College
Ci i nshaw
D iiightv
MeKenie
Oee
Flhotl
Lemons
Moote
Sew 1 11
Hallingu
Unlet
Bioekman
Civ tub
Walling
Williams
Totals
fK ft Pf tp
1 3 3 5
fg ft Pf tp
2 0 2 4
0
0
0
(1
4
4
0
1
0
1
1
0
3 Id
Golf Club Sponsors
Golfers' Playoff
The Golf Club is holding a con-
list to last thioughoul the
semestei and into the spring
semestet to deti inline the team
to lepiesent McMiiuv in Texas
Confuetue match play.
The pliyets nie nt tanged on a
laddi t aicoullng to scoie nnd late
enti nits ai e ldded at the bottom
Anv pliyei mav i h llletige anothci
pi iv ei within one oi two steps
above him on the laddei. If he
wins the match the two players
exchange positions on the ladder.
The pui pose of the contest is
to give the plaveis ptactlee in
m itch play and the top foul on
the laddn will lepiesent Mc-
Muny in matches with othei col-
legis Matthts will be played
thioughout the ve.u with othei
college pi ioi to the conference
plav off .ucoiiling to Di H S
Von Hoi dei sponsoi
The tonft'iitiie thampionshlp
will be d tit mined on team play
as well as individual honors
Hole is the laddei as it is to
date
Albiit Kilpatiuk 76
E J Kay 83
Joe B ish im 86
GeoiLo Moms 89
John Haines 98
R C Ftv 106
Bill Sh iw 108
David Giav 110
Donald Lovd 112
Bill Cook 117
Buck Planus
Ditk Giant
Hugh Lidfotd
Joe Fiancis
R W. Mi Kinney
The last five on the list ate
late entiants
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Dial 3211
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McMurry Indians Difwrt
John Tarltton Plowboys
McMuny's undefeated Indians
came from behind to win their
fourth victory of the season
This time they defeated the
John Torleton Plowboys 52-39
Donald Loyd set the pace for
the Indians with 21 points follow
ed by Troy Wadzeck with 11
The Plowboys were leading at
the half 26-22 McMurry tied the
(Continued on page 4)
Intramural Toumamtnt
To Bt After Christmas
Assistant coach Wilford Moore
who will direct the intramural
basketball tournament this win-
ter announced early this week
that match play will commence
immediately after the Christmas
holidays and for all piospective
entries to watch for a called
meeting in which all entries will
be turned in and a schedule
made out
A maximum of eight teams
will be accepted and a squad
list of not more than seven mem-
bers must be turned in w ith each
entry Moore stated in his an
nouncement of the tourney No
varsity cagers will be eligible to
compete Other rules and ugtt-
lattons will be taken up at the
called meeting which will likely
be sometime next week
Five teams have already given
intentions of entering this years
race the IHR KIVA Ko San
Ministerial Forum and the Sweet
Shop Any other team wishing to
enter should contact etthet Moore
nr Buck Francis of the War
Whoop.
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