The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 11, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 17, 1971 Page: 4 of 4
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THE WAR WHOOP
Norember 17. 1971
A SPORTLIGHT
ftJK j By PUG DEAVENPORT
Unless you have gone through
the experience of a twenty mile
walk you might not think It
would be on appropriate topic
for a sports column. True it
might not involve athletic abi-
lity but after participating in
such a feat I can now under-
stand more about endurance
and prosistencc.
The twenty mile journey
known as Walk for the Hungry
was sponsored by various church
and youth groups. Its purpose
was to raise money for CROP
Christian Rural Overseas Pro-
gram. Those who participated in the
walk solicited sponsors to pay
them so much a mile.
About 230 met at McMurry's
Indian Stadium at 7:30 Satur-
day morning to begin the walk.
It's hard to tell which was
worse walking or getting up
on Saturday morning.
About 156 finished the 20 mil-
es some ten hours later.
The pace on the first few miles
as the group left McM and head-
ed up Barrow was fast. The
walkers sang shouted and dis-
played signs. As the group pass-
ed beauty shops rollcred heads
would appear in the windows
and doors and watch as the par-
ade of youth four columns
wide and almost a block long.
The walking was still easy as
Barrow turned Into Mockingbird
and the group headed toward
Ambler. The first rest stop was
taken at Scars Park. After five
minutes of checking feet the
group and its police escort head-
ed toward Hardin-Simmons.
At H-SU the walkers had their
first "food." Well you might
call punch cookies and honey
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Then . . . back on the road for
the long treak to ACC. The ef-
fects began to show on this seg-
ment of the walk. Some would
complain that the pain was
spreading from their feet up
their legs. As we approached
ACC Hill someone sighed "This
hill's no fun. It only goes upll"
And someone else offered the ad
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ground then you can't tell it's
a hill." And we trudged on.
At ACC the Homecoming
crowd looked at us with confus-
ion and bewilderment. Again it
was food time this stop was
without punch though. Oh well
. . . back to the rood again . . .
down T&P Road to Cnl Young
Park.
One guy hod brought a guitar
(Surely it was getting heavy.)
and played as we sang folk
songs and even Christmas tunes.
When you're walking it's easy to
get simplcd out
On and on and on. After a
while it was hard to make your
feet quit. The momentum car-
ried you on. At Cal Young Park
we celebrated the half way mark
with more punch and cookies . . .
what else?
Then back to the rood . . .
walking into the wind. The
group headed to South 11th
down Treodway to KWKC for
another rest
Things were really slowing
down. The feet were wearing
out fast Ask Jesse White and
Gaylot Bcights. They carried
two Junior high cutlcs on their
backs for over a mile and then
sprinted the last 100 yards to
KWKC with the girls resting
piggyback.
Back on the road . . . across to
the Brookhollow Christian
Church (behind Gibson's.) And
then we ate again punch and
cookies. I was beginning to doubt
if I could get anything else
down.
Then ... the last stretch . . .
back to McMurry. The enthus-
iasm returned. Strains of Christ-
mas carols "On McMurry" and
others came back.
A new alignment appeared
raw armpits from swinging your
arms.
At last . . . Radford Tower!!
Those younger and with more
energy ran ahead.
And what was waiting for us
at McMurry as we trudged in
more punch and cookies.
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Of SHSU
McMurry found itself on the
short end of everything Saturday
night in Shotwcll Stadium as
the Tribe took a 24-7 pounding
by way of the Sam Houston
The night wasn't completely
without any bright moments. A
pass interception and 79 yard
runbock by freshman Daniel
Johnson put the Indians on the
scoreboard and generated some
excitement among the sprinkling
of loyal fans.
The Bcarkats spread a total
of 327 yards rushing over three
TD's. The Kats also added a
24 yard field goal in the first
quarter to round out their 24
points.
The SHSU defense kept the
pressure on all evening and al-
lowed McM only 79 yards rush-
ing. James Page who started the
game threw only once an in-
completion. Senior Roger Martin came in
for Page during the second quar-
ter and connected nine times out
of 21 attempts for the Indians
sum total of 128 aerial yards.
Two Martin passes were inter-
cepted however.
Dclbert Dearing also got into
the pass business but his half-
back toss was intercepted.
The Bcarkats got on the score-
board following their second
drive of the night. A tough In-
dian defense bore down and
prevented the six-pointer. That's
when Anderson came in for SH-
SU and converted the 24 yardcr
for three points.
The next set of possessions
looked more like ping pong with
the ball going from team to
Monday Volleyball
Features All-stars
Vs. Facuty Women
The women's Intramural coun-
cil will sponsor an All-Star vol-
leyball game Monday night
November 22.
The game will match the wo-
men's all-stars against the facul-
ty women. The game will begin
at 6:00 p.m. in Indian Gym. Ad-
mission will be 50 cents.
Playing for the all-stars will
be: Pat Long Kay Herron Sher-
yl White Janice Stanford Sher-
ron Baumanv Gayla Hutton
Wanda Baxter Margaret Wat-
son Linda Ezell Sandra Carter
Delza Moore and Mary Davis.
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team without as much as a first
down. Finally the Bcarkats took
the pigskin and Initiated another
scoring drive. This one covered
58 yards. It looked for a minute
that the Tribe had stopped the
Kats with a fumble recovery
but McM was ruled off-side on
the same play and SHSU kept
the boll long enough to reach
a 17-0 half-time lead.
McMurry took the ball in the
third quarter and marched
downficld for what looked like
n sure TD. But a crucial penalty
and a five yard loss killed the
drive.
The Bcarkats took the ball and
headed toward the end 7one but
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this time Daniel Johnson had a
surprise in store. He took the
SHSU aerial at the 21 and made
like a sprinter to the opposite
end of the field. His long Journey
was not n total solitary trip.
Bcarkats were hot in pursuit and
managed to make contact about
the five yard line but Johnson's
gct-up-ond-go carried him in for
McM's sole score.
With the score at 17-7 SHSU
proceeded to wipe out any In-
dian optimism with one final
TD. With only a few minutes
gone In the fourth quarter the
Kats scored the last TD of the
night and the game rolled on to
Its 24-7 ending.
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