The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 45, Ed. 1 Monday, January 4, 1971 Page: 3 of 8
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Jackets Depend On 'Sweet
SPORTS
Charity’ As Loop Race Begins
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BRAZOSWOOD
Hackney
a.-;ed .'ack Ko- hinan Hell Drivers share the spotlight with stuntman superstar
■ the 1971 Auto Thrill Show at Houston’s Astrodome, Friday and Saturday, Jan.
i. rashing th.-iUs highlight 28 stunts in the all-new Hell Drivers' act, an excit-
for every ■ t iber of the family. Also featured are the Men's Destruction
pular Powder Puff Derby for women drivers. Produced by Pace Management,
' Anil Shew begins at 7:30 p.m. both evenings. Tickets are priced $2, $3 and $4
and all five Foley's
Alvin Vacuum
Cleaner Co.
104 W. Sealy
Alvin. Tex.
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One of the best combined
average-and-power hitters in
the major leagues for the last
two seasons, Powell posted the
Uth best average in the A-
merican League in 1970, as
well as ranking up there with
the best in such departments
as homers, RBI's, and slugging
percentage.
Then, the 6-4 1/2, 246-
pound lefthander helped theO-
rioles demolish the strong
Cincinnati Reds in five games
in the World Series.
Powell batted .297, hit 35
homers and drove in 114 runs
during the regular season. His
289 total bases gave him a
.549 slugging average, second
best in the AL.
Powell, who has completed
10 major league seasons, is
nearing the 800 mark in RBI’s,
and has gone over 100 in three
of the last five years.
The dinner, which is opento
the public, will be held in the
Astroworld Hotel Grand Ball-
room. Tickets, priced at
$12.50 each, may be ordered
by sending check or money or-
der to: Baseball Dinner, P. O.
Box 1691, Houston. Texas 77-
001.
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The Alvin Yellowjackets
may not be blessed with great
basketball personnel this sea-
son, but from the charity line
coach Aubrey Horner’s char-
ges are red hot.
Jimmy Marburger has sunk
31 consecutive free throws o-
ver a five-game span. Homer
pointed out. including nine
charities in last Tuesday’s
81-49 loss at Brazoswood.
Tommy Crook also has had
a couple of perfect showings
from the line this season a-
long with impressive free shot
tossing from Donnie Patterson
and Jimmy Greenfield.
In fact, the Jackets in a re-
building year with only one re-
turning letterman, have emer-
ged victorious In several tune-
ups with charity line tosses
making the difference.
However. Alvin's 23 of 31
showing from the charity line
against potent Brazoswood
wasn't enough.
Regular prolific scorer.
Crook came through with 20
points, butGreenfield, who tal-
lied 26 points against St. Tho-
mas of Houston in the previous
outing, managed only one point
and Marburger, who also net-
ted 26 against La Pone recent-
ly, produced only 11 against
Brazoswood.
Jelling of a hot and cold of-
fense may be the key to Alvin's
chances in the District 24-
AAAA chase, which the Jac-
kets open F riday, Jan. 8, at
La Marque.
The loss to Brazoswood left
Alvin with a 7-lltuneupshow-
ing.
In the preliminary junior
varsity tilt. Jim Hawkins' 23
points paced Brazoswood to a
64-35 victory. Larry Hol-
dorff’s 10 was high for Alvin,
which is 8-7 for the
Several years ago, I was fishing
near an angler who made extremely
long casts. His boat was far from
shore and he was whipping himself
to death trying to drop his lure close
to the bank.
Occasionally he caught a ba.se>. Then
he fought that bass through 50 yards
of good bass water. This of course
can ruin the area for further fishing
. . . at least for the time being.
Actually, he was so far out that his
fish had many opportunities to get
entangled in submerged brush—and
did.
At times long casts are fine—such
as working with trout and red fish on
the coast. But, for fresh water fish-
ing a cast over 50 feet usually is use-
less. If you keep within this distance
you don’t disturb much water, or
scare away many fish.
Rod Makes Difference
Some good fishermen insist on
making long casts. But most of these
distance shots are for show. A light-
action rod puts the lure there, but
when a fish hits, that same light-
action rod will bend almost double
getting him in—providing you’re
lucky enough to set the hook in time.
Naturally, the farther away the
lure the longer it takes to firmly set
the hook. A split second sometimes
determines whether or not you latch
on to the lunker or he expels the
hook.
It is much easier to set the hook
with a medium action rod, although
most of us favor the light action one
for casting.
On the other hand, a light rod is
just no bueno for worm fishing.
Neither is a long rod! Most of the
best worm fishermen prefer a stick
about five feet long and not over five
and a half feet. This gives them a rod
with sufficient backbone to set the
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hook and get that big old bass to the
top as quickly as possible.
Where Long Casts Help
When fishing from the shore,
longer casts may be helpful. In fact,
most of the time you’ll need to put
the lure out close to a weed bed or
to a point, or just beyond a drop-off.
Sometimes those who fish standing
in the boat find it to their advantage
to make a long cast. This is par-
ticularly true if the water is gin-clear
and very calm.
Slab Fishing For Whites
Occasionally I fish for white bass
with two men who have entirely dif-
ferent habits in their fishing tech-
nique. One of them, after locating a
school, stands in the boat and tosses
a :1h slab-lure as far as he can. He
then raises the rod tip and bounces
that lure off the bottom. After about
three bounces he usually has a bass
(or gets his lure hung on an under-
water rock or an old dead tree).
Angler number two just drops the
same kind of lure over the side of the
boat, or maybe tosses it out about 10
feet. He lifts his rod tip and jiggles
the lure two or three times, and he
has a fish. Both methods work.
They usually wind up the day with
about the same success. Of course the
one who fishes close to the boat isn’t
nearly as tired at day’s end. (Which
means he gets to clean the fish.)
Long Casts Straighten Line
There is one definite advantage in
making an occasional long cast. It
plays out the line so that you can
wind it back tightly on the spool. On
the other hand, there is more likeli-
hood of a backlash on a long cast.
There is no firm rule you can follow-
on long or short casts, but generally
speaking you can wind up with just
as much poundage on a short cast and
not work nearly so hard.
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Scribes Select Powell
As 'Slugger Of Year’
John (Boog) Powell, Balti-
more’s giant first baseman
who capped a strong 1970 sea-
son by being named the Amer-
ican League’s most valuable
player, will be honored as
“Slugger of the Year” when
the Houston Baseball Writers
Assn, hosts the city’s 11th
annual baseball dinner on Fri-
day, Jan. 29.
Powell will receive the Ed-
die Dyer Award in recognition
of his fine 1970 season and
his World Series heroics.
THE ALVIN SUN-Monday, January 4, l$71-Pa'jc 3
I Alvin May Be Loop 'Spoiler'
tear < vaulted t an 11-0 lead in the first three min-
f .Might valiantly for three quarters until Wheatley
1-point spree in the finale
Wild .its were sparked by Hank Bauerschlag with
■17 ■ which came in the first half — Tim McCarty
.■ Boring. 18. and Craig Pence. 10.
<ind of firepower the Jackets need for serious
er stresses.
“highly pleased with our effort. I think we
maximum out of our boys."
• and Jimmy Marburger art pretty good boys,
varsity experience.”
tier has hope that “we can knock off some of
. have to play good ball and keep our heads up."
r.ncerup, Homer figures it’ll beatossup among
aytown Sterling and Galveston Ball.
good potential, he continues, but "a tough
n which they suffered several resounding
them down."
students have helped Angleton to develop
Homer believes.
s it. the primiiry role for the Jackets in
Lean Year For Jackets
l see any way we can seriously compete" for the
14-AAAA championship, says coach Aubrey Horner.
Kr-.n Yellowjackets get set for the opener Friday night
I COU: Horner is just echoing sentiments he has ex-
during the tuneup run. a losing one for the Jac-
t is, they have lost more than they have won.
first time Alvin has been faced with such a gigan-
MDC Ionic r says, "at least during my 12 years
letic staff (four as head coach)."
! that period I think we had only one losing season,
ly 60's."
wi our ( lass AAA district championship last season
reel the regional playoffs before being sidelined by
^Fairbanks.”
ntallv, Cy-Fair has four of their starters back and
i be in serious contention i.gain with a 14-5 record,
.Ii.j . a victory that snapped Houston Wheatley’s 72-
n.Tg streak this year.”
r inaugural year in Class AAAA, the Jackets will be
?ne of the state’s toughest athletic circuits. Clear
aak nutates the scene in basketball.
was lost the championship
te of t!< annual Houston Jaycee tournament last week, 100-
io po rf-.I Huston Wheatlev before 5.000 fans.
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Storrs, A. W. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 45, Ed. 1 Monday, January 4, 1971, newspaper, January 4, 1971; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1215153/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.