The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 13, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 17, 1958 Page: 3 of 4
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THE WAR WHOOP
Wednesday December 17 1958
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.By Bob
The Indians returned home
fiom a dlsastious load trip
Tluusday when they take o
Howaid Paynes Yellow j ac 1 -ets
In Indinn Gym Not onl
did the Tilbe stiff u a losing
skein on the load but also
at one time thcic weic only
two ltgulars who were able
to play Only Bud Shelton
and Bill Snow den weic able to
tart In the latter parts of
the tilp.
Defeat Is bad but lnjuiles
can be even worse They can
We Wish You A
Merry Christmas
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And A Happy
New Year
MERLE NORMAN
Cosmetics Studio
2nd at Cypress
May happiness be with
you and yours at this
Christmastime . . . and
throughout the coming
New Year!
Presley's Jewelers
1059 N. 2nd
Mr? WW
VFW Bowling Lanes
No. 2nd at Kirkwood
Student Rates between 9 & 5
Bowl where the students bowl
rcBIV 'J fSssfZr MsxaLSr
ohomb
Holcomb.
ilcmonlL' a team and t a 1. e
the flfht out of It ao l.othln
the can
This is a rood team which
lus all the cumaik ot i fine
rlub by pos.L slnr a peed
height and shooting ablh
The bill has a peculiar wa
of bouncing and foi the
Tribe It has boon going no-
thing but the wrong way all
j car They hae had enough
of theh share of bad luck
In these opcnln;; weeks to last
out the season
The game Thursday will
give the Redmen a chincc
to regroup theh battle-tired
Braves Then of course it
will be a home game and
that does help.
Against Howard Payne the
Indians face a powerful squad
that has poise and experi-
ence The Ye 1 1 o w j a c k-
ets pushed Hardln-Slmmons
to the limit before losing In
a bitterly-fought contest
Only a team effort plus
unlimited support from Hit
student body can bring vic-
tory We look foi victory
Thursday night
Santo Repeats
For Invitational
Tourney Honors
Santo High School claimed
championship honois for the
second consecutive car in
the McMurry College Invita-
tional Basketball Tourmment
Saturday by defeating Anson
54-41.
The winners entered the
Saturday finals after defeat-
ing Ballinger Hawley and
Wylle Anson had previously
won over Trent and Cisco.
Ballinger took the conso-
lation bracket bv beating
Eula 63-52.
The all-tournament team
was composed of Jim Pur-
jer Santo Jim Womack
Hawley Bud Patterson Mer-
kel Delbert Wilson Anson
Kenneth Wlngington Ballin-
ger; Gale Warren Santo
Milton King Jerry Nettlk
and John Adams Cisco and
Lonnle Vlckert Noodle
Home OBener 8
ForRedmenThursday
Coach Stanley Burnham's
hard-luck McMurry Indian
cagtis will play in Indian
uym foi the first time in thU
young hoop season lhursda
night when they seek to
avenge an cailler defeat suf-
fered at the hands of the
Howard Payne Yellow! ackets
Game time between the In-
dians and the Jackets 1
slated for eight p m
The hoopstcis from Mc
Murry will close their two-
game home stand Saturday
night with New Mexico West
cm The Wanlors have pre-
viously fallen to Westtrn 78-
70 In Silver City
McMuiry with five play-
ers injured at one time or an-
other finished its second
week of play with Its losing
streak extended to eight
games List week losses
were sustained at the hands
of New Mexico A&M Texas
Western New Mexico West-
ern and Howard Payne.
Of the Injured hoopsters
Bobby Drhcr and Owen Mob-
ley are ejjpectcd to be out foi
theh rtmalnder of the sea-
son Drlvci with a split mus
cle and Mobley with the
mumps Otheis who were In-
jured but are now ready to
go Included Charlie Bakei
Earnle Rcusch and Ronnie
Lowe In addition transfei
Toby Buikhardt won't be eli-
gible until mid-term
The Indians staged their
tour to New Mexico by falling
to New Mexico A&M 80-60 in
Las Cruces last week Reusch
led the way for the Indians
with 18 points while captain
Bud Shelton tossed In 13
Charles Price paced the Ag-
gies with 20 Mobley was the
Tribe Gridincn
Land All-City
Berths lor '58
Tour McMurry College In-
dians landed first team pla-
ces on the Abilene Hepor-
tcr News' All-City Team
Charlie Davis guard Ernie
Davis fullback Tommy Mc-
Adams quarterback and
Charles Baldwin tackle were
all placed on the all-s tar
unit
The team Is composed of
four McMurry players four
Hardln-Slmmons stais and
three ACC grldclcrs
Charlie Davis was unani-
mous choice for most valu-
able lineman
Dalton Hicks end Jimmy
Baldwin center and George
Bridges halfback; were Mc-
Murry's representatives to the
second team. Bill Gorman
tackle was honorable men-
only Indian to miss the Ag-
gie game
With foui Indians Moblej
Drlvei Bakei and Reusch
absent fiom the line-up dur-
ing their second cncountei
on the road trip the Warri-
ors fell to the Texas West-
ern Miners 02-43 Despite the
fact that they held the Min-
ers' fabulous Charlie Brown
to five points the Indians felt
the injury toll in the second
half to bow to the cagers from
El Paso after a terrific strug-
gle Lowe Shelton and Lee
Wescott paced the Indians
with nine points while Jon
Sanders was high loi the
Miners with 17.
Next came the battle with
New Mexico Western A second-half
lapse once more
proved disastrous foi the
Redmen as they were tied
w 1th the boys from New Mex-
ico at halftlme 37-37 before
finally succumbing 78-70
Shelton meshed 14 points to
take individual honois foi
McMuiry while J Howaid
pumped In 19 to lead West-
ern. After returning fiom the r
trip to New Mexico the Indi-
ans tiavcled to Brownwood
Monday night and fell to
Howaid Payne 79-42 The
Indians were behind f om the
start and could never make
up the deficit MeM tnlled
at half-time 34-20 Rtusch
leading Indian scorer for the
season upped his total to 70
by tallying 11 to lead the ca-
gers from McMurry Stanlej
Owens and Doyle Ro;cis led
the Jackets with 19 and 17
respectively
Following Saturdays con-
test the Indians will not re
Sayles Beauty Salon (jl
Invites you to visit their
modern shop and
"Sue Eunice Iva Sally and Shirley"
Closest to the Campus
1405 Sayles
J. R Tieldcr
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410
Dial OR 4-8171
Yellow Jacket buzz-In
'round
Mako-um aggiaatln'
sound
Injun gottum insect
gun-
Heap big fight Injun
won!
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sume play until Januaij 7
when they meet Midwestern
Unhersltv at Wichita Tails
drink
THE FRIENDLY
"PEPPER-UPPER"1
THAT
NEVER
LETS
YOU
DOWN! SyA
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As you gathei 'round your
tree may all tioubles and
woules dlsappcai. Hcic's
wishing you the best of ev-
erything foi the holiday
season!
Blossom & Gift
Shop
1027 N. Mockingbird
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O D. Dillingham
Chestnut
' Abilene; Texas
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The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 13, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 17, 1958, newspaper, December 17, 1958; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth103809/m1/3/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McMurry University Library.