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Dec. 14, 1950
LEOPARD TALES
Page 3
Leopards Place Second In Local
Independent Men's Tournament
The Temple Junior College Leop-
ards registered their first victory
of the young basketball season in
the city recreation tournament held
here last weekend. The Leopards
placed second in the tourney.
The TJC quintet coasted by
Buckholdts and Belton to gain the
finals, where they were blasted
by Sheldon’s Jewelers, a stellar
aggregation featuring summer
baseball threat Barney White.
The score of the final score was
a lopsided 70-47. This, however,
was not as onsided a score as was
piled up by the Jewelers in their
earlier games, one of which was
finally completed with a final tally
of 91-51.
All in all, the TJC team gave
the Sheldon team its best battle
of the toumanient, fighting in a
rough and tumble game that fea-
tured 17 fouls called on the Shel-
don five, and an even dozen on
the Leopards.
For junior college, Fred Allman
and Maynard Westlake were high
point men, with 10 and 12 points
respectively. Ernest Festervand
was next with seven, and Wayne
Wilks, Bear McNeil, and Maxie
Jarrell all picked up four points
apiece.
Leopards Lose
The TJC quintet has gone win-
less in its first three starts, losing
its opener to 41st AIB from Fort
Hood 58-44, the second to 145 Hq.
Battalion 63-47, and the third to
Allen Academy 63-49.
In the first game, TJC scoring
was led by Sammy Hill, who score
13 points, and followed by Don Hill
with 10 points.
Donald Hill led the five’s scoring
in the 145th game, scoring 12
points.
Bear McNeil dropped in the most
points in the Allen game, which
was played to pave the way to
the soon opening district play. The
basketball schedule for the year
follows.
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Dec. 28—open
Jan. 6—South Texas College—
here*.
Jan. 9—San Antonio—here*
Jan. 12—open.
Jan. 16—open.
Jan. 19—Alvin—there*.
Jan. 20—Houston—there*.
Jan. 25—Clifton—here.
Jan. 27—Schreiner at Taylor.
Jan. 29—Alvin—here*.
Feb. 2—San Antonio—there*.
Feb. 8—Clifton—there.
Feb. 12—Allen Academy—here.
Allman and Don Hill of the
junior college team were selected
by the city recreation department
for membership on the honorary
all star team. Other selections in-
cluded White of Sheldon's, Ralph
Hollywood, also of the Jewelers
and George Kline of Belton.
The Leopards were outscored,
but not outfought. Their four
games in three days did not make
them any fresher for the cham-
pionship tilt, but even had they
been fresh, it is doubtful if their
fighting spirit would have been
enough for the faster, taller, and
more experienced Jewelers, who
have all the earmarks of a great
independent team that practically
has the city league championship
in its pocket.
Sport News
By BRYAN KING
This story is being written for
the sole purpose of trying to mus-
ter backing for the Temple Junior
College Leopards by the student
body.
In the years past, attendance
and interest in the team have been
at rock bottom, or as low as it
can get.
By low ebb, I mean so bad that
at times the only spectators at a
game have been the coaches and
a few high school students.
This doesn’t have to happen this
year. Let’s all go out and see the
basketball games. Every night of
the week the team practices and
practices hard to get ready for
these games. So let’s turn out at
the games to make this year a
year to remember in TJC history.
The year the students went to the
games.
BEHIND THE SCENES
For the first in this series of be-
hind the scene reports on TJC
basketball players, we have chosen
Fred Allman.
Fred stands five feet, nine and
weighs 165 pounds. He is consid-
ered a prospective starting guard
for the TJC quintet this year and
much is expected from him.
Fred hails from Temple High
School where he played one year
of basketball. However, in that one
year he made the starting five.
The high school team of last year
went to the bi-district before los-
ing to Corpus Christi, which be-
came state champions.
Robinson, Cloud
Trojanettes Lead
Volleyball League
The Trojanettes appear to be
the team to beat in the coming
playoofs for the Championship of
the Ladies Volleyball League,
however, the Hotshots or the
Freshmen from Scott and White
are a possible threat.
The Hotshots, consisting of Ani-
ta Berhand, Lee Ward, Joan Ber-
son, Joyce Payne, Norma Goodlet,
Edith Moore, and Faye Moerbe are
tied for second place in the regular
league standings. They have won
4 matches while losing 2, one to
the Trojanettes in straight games
15-9 and 15-10 and another to the
Westerners 15-9 and 15-4.
The Freshmen are tied for sec-
ond place, with the Hotshots hav-
ing an identical record of 4 and 2.
The Freshman team is composed
of L’ella Griffin, Juanice Williams,
Joyce Norris, Gay Hudgins, Aud-
rey Bergeron, Doris Pilling, June
Curry, and manager Janet McDon-
ald. The “Fish” were defeated by
the Trojanettes 15-11 and 15-7,
and by the Hotshots 15-11 and
15-3.
The other two teams from Scott
anr White are the Sleepers and
the Scott and White Graduates.
The Sleepers, although they
have won no games while losing
six, are to be congratulated on
the fine sportsmanship they have
shown while losing. This team is
composed of Sylvia Weeks, Bert
Rabe, Laveme McDaniels, Ruth
Spinn, Pat Williams, Marcene
Wilson, Carmen Welfl, Mimi Kies-
hcnick, and Joyce Howe.
The fourth team is composed of
graduates from Scott and White,
namely, Helen Hart, Betty Moore,
Shirley Manley, Edith Kelling, and
Jo Cortese. They have won once
and lost four times.
Veterans Club Plans
Party For Members
The Veterans Club, which is
composed of all veterans, has had
some difficulty in getting started,
as the members are so busy at
the present that there has not been
a suitable day for them to meet.
There have been two meetings
held thus far, but no definite
plans, as to meetings and definite
meeting dates, have been made as
yet.
Plans for a party to be held
next semester are being made but
the nature of the party is not
definite at the present time.
Courtesy of
* Denotes conference games.
Personals
Among the Temple Junior Col-
lege students leaving town for the
Christmas holidays are the follow-
ing:
Virginia Creamer will be in San
Saba visiting relatives.
& Curl
INSURANCE
12 W. Adams Phone 6844
Saulsbury, Skelton
Everton & Bowmer
Attorneys
Draft Board Is
Biggest Threat
To Who's Who
The biggest problem facing
most junior college boys is the
local draft board and Donnie Con-
stance is no exception. Donnie
says that he is planning to finish
his college career at Oklahoma*
A&M with an industrial arts de-
gree, if he doesn’t get drafted
first.
Donnie, a graduate of Temple
High School, is president of the
sophomore class and vice president
of the Future Teachers of America
Club. He is also a member of the
Board of Control and the publicity
committee of the Luncheon Club.
Whatever Donnie does, he will
have the hearty support of his
TJC friends backing him for a
successful future.
The second person that this col-
umn has a deal with has little to
fear from the draft. Virginia
Creamer, a graduate of Temple
High School, is a member of the
freshman class, of which she is
a very active member. She is re-
porter of her class, reporter of
the Business Club, and on the
Board of Control and publicity
committee of the Luncheon Club.
Students See
'Monkey's Paw'
In Assembly
“The Monkey’s Paw,” a one-act
play by Jacobs and Palmer, was
presented to the student body Dec.
8.
The play, under the direction of
Miss Glenda James, was produced
purely for experimental purposes,
she said, and was presented at
the freshman assembly program.
The cast included Bill Harrison,
Dana Hieronymus, Homer Oliver,
Billy Mock, and Jeff Oliver.
Student director was Peggy
Procter, and Gayle Stark was
stage manager. Barbara Martin
had charge of cosmetics.
METEOR CRATER
The second largest meteor crater
in the United States is 10 miles
southwest of Odessa, Texas. The
crater is 600 feet in diameter.
Virginia belongs to the Har-
mony Maids, is secretary-treasu-
rer of the choir and she was a
member of the college council com-
mittee. Virginia is also presented
on the feature staff of The Temp-
lar.
Virginia says that she would
like to go to Baylor after graduat-
ing from TJC to get her degree in
business admainistration combined
with floral designing and later
have her own business, but if she
doesn’t do that she would like to
be secretary to some handsome
blond-haired boss.
Whatever you do, Virginia, good
luck.
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Virginia Spohn is planning on
going to Houston.
Barbara Martin is going to Dal-
las.
Huberta Oliver is making a trip
to Friendswood, and Bill Thomp-
son is going to Eastland.
Dallas will attract Frances Hay-
don, but she will also go to Laredo
during the latter portion of the
holidays.
Ilynn Obermiller will be in Cam-
eron for the holidays.
Boyd Taylor is going to Houston
for the holiday weekend.
James Bedrich, Henry Tyroch,
and Ray Kosel expressed the de-
sire that they would not be in
Korea for Christmas, but the out-
look seemed unfavorable at the
time.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
To Students, and Ex-Students of Temple Junior College
From the Staff
Of T J C Leopard Tales
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