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ALPINE - Crucial clutch
baskets by McMurry College's
Dennis Bradford earned him
the Texas Intercollegiate
Athletic Association Player of
the Week honor this week.
Bradford, a 6-3 sophomore,
hit two free throws against
Eastern New Mexico Univer-
sity to send the game into its
second overtime, allowing the
Indians to post a 71-68 win over
the Greyhounds.
Then, with only five seconds
left in the McMurry game
against cross-town rival
Hardin-Simmons University,
Bradford sank a 20-foot
jumper to give the Indians a
75-73 victory. For the two
games, Bradford had 35 points
along with 19 rebounds.
Other nominees for the
Player of the Week were Bill
Koenig, Sul Ross State Univer-
sity, 91 points and 44 rebounds
in three games; Dwayne
Johnson, Tarleton State
University, 29 points and 34 re-
bounds in two games; Bill
McGee, Lubbock Christian
College, 37 points and all-
tournament choice in the
USOA Tournament; Marshall
Smith, LCC, 33 points, 26
assists in three games; Melvin
Eugene, Austin College, 33
points, 14 rebounds in two
games; and Wayne Gordon,
Trinity University, 22 points,
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Duncan would get the next
three shots and close the once
out-of-sight margin to two, 48
to 46, with 2:14 left in the
game.
Kenny Weldon put a re-
bound through the hoop to
stretch the lead back to four
but shots by Duncan and
Woods would tie it at 50 with
1:11 left.
The Lions fouled .Kyle
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in both the third and fourth
quarters as the Lions made
their comeback bid.
A couple, of buckets early in
the third gave the Jackets
their biggest lead 38 to 20
before the Dublin press got the,_
results they were hoping for.
Three straight buckets,
thanks to Robby Duncan and
Bryant began to close the
margin and the Lions would
hold the Jackets to only six
points in the last four minutes
of the third,
Bryant would break the
margin to eight,.40 to 32 before
shots by Manley and Fomes
ended the quarter and boosted
the Jackets back into the lead
44 to 32 going into the final
eight minutes.
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shots and being squeezed out
of the rebounds, the Jackets
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By BRUCE DALLAS
AP Spotts Writer <
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -
They both stumbled over three
straight losses, but neither the
Philadelphia Eagles nor the
Dallas Cowboys fell flat.
The Eagles recovered from -
their tailspin to upset the
Cowboys 31-21 in Dallas last
month and have since won
three straight to become the
first National Football League
team to earn a playoff berth.
The Monday night loss to the
Eagles was the first of three
games in 10 days for the
Cowboys. Dallas lost all three
to fall a full game behind
Philadelphia in, the National
Football Conference Eastern
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OOMANCHE-The Stephen-
ville Yellow Jackets won
it...but not without , a fight.
Dublin showed the courage of
a Lion as they battled back
from an II point deficit to
come within one of the victory.
It was only a missed last se-
cond shot and some scrambl-
ing for the rebound that sent
the Lions into the consolation
bracket of the Comanche tour-
nament and headed the
Jackets through the cham-
pionship round. Stephenville
never did fully give up their
hold on the lead and a final
bucket by Kenny Weldon
made sure the Jackets came
* away with a 53 to 52 victory.
The Yellow Jackets play
Brady this afternoon with the
winner to advance to the finals
Saturday night and the loser
playing for third place Satur-
day afternoon.
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Jimmy Connors did the same
by defeating Hie Nastase of ’
Romania 4-6, 7-6, 6-2, and
Bjorn Borg defeated Pat
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Lions with nine points while
Terri Bradley and Wanda
Keith had six each.
The Lady Lions play
Hamilton tonight in the con-
solation bracket.
OOMANCHE-Tlie Stephen night and although they won
that game by a similar score,
65 to 54, the Stephenville girls
were in much better command
Thursday. The Honey Bees
had trailed in the early going
on Monday night, but in the
Comanche tournament they
uneven bars and the balance
beam and were penalized
severely. /
Marcia Frederick, 16, -of
Milford, Conn., dropped from
second place on the uneven
bars to a seventh-place tie
With the Soviet’s- Maria
Filatova.
Frederick, the defending
champion in the event,
became the first American
female gymnast to ever win
the gold at the world cham-
pionships a year ago at
Strasbourg, France.
•’’’ She scored 9.85 on the vault,
9.65 on the bars, and 8.25 on
the beam and squeaked into
the all around at No. 36.,
Also advancing I to Satur-
day's all-around competition
were national champion
I^slie Pyfer, 16, of Eugene,
Ore., 24th; and Suzy Kellems,
17, of Westminster, Calif.,
22nd.
Christa Canary, 16, of Nor-
thbrook. Ill, failed to make the
all around, but qi^lified for in-
‘ "dividual competition . in the
vault with 9.90 in that event.
She racked up scores of 9.45
bn thejjncvyLbars, 9.10 on the
beam and 9.00 on the floor.
In other individual perfor-
mances, Pyfer garnered 9.80
in the vault, 9.60 on the floor,
and 9.10s on the bars and
beam.
Kellems, the team's most
consistent performer had 9.75
on the vault. 9.60 on the bars,
9.50 on the beam and 9.40 on
the floor.
York Giants last Sunday to
end their skid.
It all becomes academic
Saturday, when the Eagles,
10-4, host the Cowboys, 9-5, in
a nationally televised remat-
ch.
In another game Saturday,
Denver is at Seattle in a game
that will help decide whether
the Broncos or San Diego take
AFC West Division honors.
The Chargers face the Saints
■ at New Orleans Sunday.
“The game against Dallas is
for all" the marbles,” said
Eagles tight end Keith Krep-
fie.
“If we win it, we have a good
chance of winning the divi-
sion,” said Dallas Coach Tom
Landry. “And if we lose it,
there’s a chance we won't
even be in it (the playoffs).”
Dallas is still one game
behind the Eagles, tied with
the Washington Redskins, who
the Cowboys play at home to
close out the regular season a
week from Sunday.
"I don’t even know all those
tie-breaking things, but I know
we’re going to the playoffs,”
said Eagles Coach Dick
Vermeil after Philadelphia
guaranteed itself at least a
wild-card playoff spot with a
44-7 win over the Detroit Lions
last Sunday.
“A game like that helps us
from a momentum standpoint
going in against Dallas,”
Vermeil said. “Beating the
Cowboys once in a season is
tough enough, but beating
them twice in the same year is
next to impossible.
“Now we’ll raise our sights
to draw on their offense and
they were outshot 18 to eight in
the final period.
The Honey Bees hit a much
improved 10 of 13 free shots to
help them protect that
margin.
J Wendy Parsons is still
leading the Honey Bees in
scoring as she contributed 22
points against Goldthwaite.
Lura-Dunh was the only other
player in double figures with
11.
Melanie Vaughan was the
biggest threat for the
Goldthwaite shooters as her 30
points claimed the game high
and kept the Eaglettes in the
Friday, December 7,1979
stumbled,
City volleyball league
has one week to go
loyal Manor won over Erath
County Dodge; the Volleys
beat the Spotters; and Dyke's
Service Center defeated
Golden Fried Chicken.
Dyke’s Auto Service Center
continues to finish .strong in
area competition as they won
another out of town tourna-
ment. The women competed in
an eight team round robin
tournament at the Riverside
Recreation Center in Fort
Worth and won first place.
Free Spirit of Arlington finish-
ed second.
* COMANCHE-The Stephen-
ville Honey Bees junior varsi-
ty defeated the Dublin lady
Lions 36 to 28 yesterday in the
opening round of the Coman-
che tournament. The junior
varsity girls were set to play
the Comanche varsity tonight
with the winner moving into
the championship and the
loser playing for third place.
The Honey Bees led 10 to 6 at
the end of the first quarter but
were held to only four points in.
the second as the lady Lions
roared back to tie it at 14 all at
Stephenville outshot Dublin
in both the final quarter to
secure their win.
Kim Pack led the Honey
Bees with 12 points. Amy
laudermilk had eight points
and Kasi Clark had six. Becky
McCollum and Debie Watts,
each had four and Cheryl
Roberson had two.
linda Brown led the lady
first round victories
GORMAN-The Lingleville
boys and girls both advanced
to the winner's bracket of the
Gorman tournament this
weekend as they each claimed
wins over Ranger Thursday.
The Cardinals defeated the
Ranger Bulldogs 68 to 52 in the
opening round Thursday.
Coach Charles Parnell called
„ the effort the “best game the
boys varsity has played all
year.”
The Ranger players were
reportedly a lot bigger and it
took extra effort for the Car-
dinals to take over the reboun-
ding and shut down the
Bulldog shooters. The Car-
dinals also kept their tur-
novers under control giving up
only 17.
The score was tied at 18 all
after the first quarter but the
Cardinals took a slim lead 33 "
to 29 lead at the half,
lingleville held the Bulldogs
to only six points in the third
and established a 47 to 35 lead
which they would protect
The Honey Bees were to
play Brady at noon today for
the right to a play in the cham-
pionship game on Saturday.
—Honey Bees
Pack 3-2-68; Hatley 2-64-4;
Gandy 4-0-2-8; Lowry 3-0-1-6;
Goldsmith 2-1-6-5; Dunn 4-3-1-
11; Parsons 9-4-0-22; EU1OU 2-
6-2-4; totals 29-16-12-68.
Goldtirtvaite
Vaughan 14-2-3-30; Berry 3-
0-2-6; Henry 2-O-3-4; Beavers
4-2-4-10; Carothers 2-0-14;
I^ndrum 64-14; totals 254-
14-54.
Kansas City. He duplicated
the feat Wednesday night in a
game here against the San An-
tonio Spurs. . ’
As a result, both games
were delayed over an hour
while workihen replaced the
backboards.
"Out in the boondocks, Dar-
ryl is being viewed as some
sort of wonder of nature,”
Williamssaid after the latest
incident. "The legend of Dar-
ryl Dawkins-grows around the
country.
"Of course, if this gets to be
a-wmmonplace thing, it will
be annoying," -jWittiams add-
ed.
Dawkins said breaking
'. backboards is dangerous.
1 Then, in the spirit of the old
West, the 252-pound player ad-
ded, “That glass comes down,
it's tirtie to get out of Dodge."
Williams said that the 22-
year-old Dawkins was not
busting up backboards inten-
tionally, nor was he breaking
any NBA rules.
"If he was doing something
against the rules, then, yes,
the league could step in,"
Williamssaid.
An NBA official said the
league is considering a collap-
sible basket that would
separate from the backboard
under more than 260 pounds of
7-,*5Sure.
' The. player would end up
holding the rim," explained
Joe Axelson, the NBA’s direc-
tor of operations. "The rim
could then be' re-attached
quite simply so the game
wouldn't be held up.”
put in one of this free shots to
inch the Jackets back out 51 to
50 with 58 seconds remaining.
A jump ball was called on the
rebound and the Jackets came,
up with the possession.
Weldon didn’t hit that many
for the night but his shot from
mid key, would be the most
cnynal as it gave the Jackets
a 53 to 50 lead.
With time-running out, Bill
Boy Bryant lofted a long
jumper that whipped the net
with 28 seconds left to bring
the Lions back within one, 53
to 52.
House of Bargains
M2SE.WashingiM
Dublin would get the tur-
nover they were looking for
but their shot at the goal was
off and the scramble for the
rebound kept it out of anyones
possession until the buzzer.
Four of the Jackets five
starters finished in double
figures. Kyle Fomes had 15
points. Kyle Heffley had 14
and Scott Manley and Scott
Wilkins each had 10.
Bill Boy Bryant and Robby
Duncan led the 'Dublin
shooters with 20 points each.
Yellow Jackets
Fomes 7-1-2-15; Heffley 7-0-
1- 14; Manley 4-2-3-10; Weldon
2- 0-34; Wilkins 644-10; totals 1
25-3-13-53.
Dublin Lions
Jeter 34-66; Bryant 164-2-
20; Taylor 0-2-3-2; Duncan 9-2-
1-20; Woods 0-2-3-2; Morton 1-
64-2; totals 23-6-11-52.
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tirely to Stephenville. Dublin
did get off to al short lead but
shots by Kyle Fomes and
Scott Manley tied it up at 6 all
and then put Stephenville into
the lead. A couple of shots by
Kyle Heffley and another by
Fomes gave the Jackets a 14
to 8 lead at the end of the first
quarter.
Scott Wilkins got the magic
touch in the second quarter as
he put all 10 on his points on
the books in the eight minutes
before the half and guided the
Jackets to a 20 point period.
Meanwhile the Lions were
struggling. -
Bill Boy Bryant was the only
Dublin shooter finding the
hoop with any consistency. His
six points and a couple of
buckets by Lee Jeter would be
the only points for the Lions
who trailed 34 to 18 at the half.
The Jackets would need
every bit of that big margin in
the second half as their
The first half of the game ' shooting fell apart and their 44 to 38 with six minutes left.
Thursday belonged. most en-
Division.
With 10 days’ rest after the
Thanksgiving Day loss to the
Houston Oilers, the Cowboys
simplified their offense, got * • camp, figuring last year’s 9-7
their running game going and record wouldn’t be enough to
took a 28-7 win from the New . get the Eagles to the playoffs
again.
Landry said that wide ... game. Angela Beavers had 10.
receiver Drew Pearson, sixth • ~ “
in the conference in receptions
and second in total yards, and
defensive end John Dutton are
both questionable with bad
knees.
Pearson injured his left
knee against the Giants after
catching the second of three
touchdown passes when he
threw the football into the
stands and landed off-balance.
“I’m depressed and disap-
pointed that I did that to
myself, particularly at such a
critical point in the season,"
said Pearson.
On the Cowboys' bright side,
defensive tackle Randy White
appears completely recovered
from the sprained foot suf-
fered against the Eagles.
Philadelphia has replaced
free safety Brenard Wilson,
who broke his foot against the
Lions, with veteran Deac
Sanders. Sanders will back up
JohnSciarra. ....____
In other NFL action Sunday
with a bearing on the playoffs,
the Chicago Bears are at-----j
Green Bay hoping to keep
alive their playoff chances;
the Redskins host the Bengals '
in a key game for Washington;
the Rams and Falcons face off
in Atlanta in a game that could
help Los'Angeles to an NFC
West Conference champion-
ship; NFC Central leader
Tampa Bay travels to San
Francisco; and New York’s
Jets host the Patriots, who
need a win to stay alive in the
AFC East race with Miami,
which is at Detroit.
would need the margin as a
That gave the local varsity a—number of substitutions began
45 to 21 lead at the half. to draw on their offense r~J
in gymnastics standings
By SHARON HERBAUGH
Associated Press Writer
FORT WORTH, Texas (iAP)
— Die pressure of performing
before the “hometown" crowd
and the psychological blow of
losing teammate l^eslie Russo
took its toll on America's
women gymnists.
In a roller-coaster-like ride
Thursday night, the United
States plunged to sixth place
after the five-woman team —
delivered poor performances
on two of four exercises at the
1979 World Gymnastics Cham-
pionships.
Ahead of the United States
were perrenial powers from
Romania, Russia, East Ger-
many, China and
Czechoslovakia.
-But.. despite the United
States' poor showing before a
sellout crowd at the Tarrant
County Convention Center,
four qualified for the all- -
around and five will compete
in individual competition.
“ Shortly before entering' thF""
arena, the U.S. delegation an-
nounced Russo, 16, of Milford.
Conn., had been scratched
from the lineup because of a
cracked rib.
The decision apparently had
a negative effect on the young
American athletes.
"It’s hard for them to take,”
coach Linda Mulvihill said.
“They've already had to ac-
With only one week remain-
ing in the city women's
volleyball league competition,
Dyke’s Auto Service Center
remains the only unbeaten
team in the standings.
Dykes remains on top in the
standings while Royal Manor
is second and Golden Fried
Chicken is third. Durant
Chevrolet of Granbury is
fourth in the rankings and
Erath County Dodge is fifth.
The Volleys and Spotters are
on the bottom of the con-
ference. ’
In last Wednesday’s action,
through the final quarter.
Judd Hare led the Cardinals
in shooting with 24 points.
Scotty Smith wick added 17
points and Mondo Vazquez ad-
ded 14. Joe Staude came off
the bench and had a fine game
contributing six points.
Freshman Scott Stephens also
played a fine game in relief.
In the girls bracket,
Lingleville breezed past the
Ranger girls 54 to 24. The Car-
dinals held Rangers to ohiy
two points in the first and third
quarters on their way to the
easy win.
Die lingleville girls played
a particularly strong defense
in shutting down Ranger and
stopping the Bulldogs tall in-
side shooter. Lingleville show-
ed good hustle through the
game and commanded the re-
bounding as well as the
shooting.
Teena Riddell led the
Lingleville girls with 19 points.
Marsha Rice had 18. Tammy
Merriman had eight and
Becky Moon had five. Toni
Whitefield and Cindy Decker
each had two points.
Both lingleville teams will
meet Novice today with the
winners advancing to the
championship rounds on___
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cept losing Rhonda
(Schwandt) and Tracie;
(Talavera), but they’re going
to do the best they can. ”
. Schwandt suffered a torn
ligament, and the Interna-
tional Gymnastics Committee
disqualified Talavera because
she was too young for interna-
tional competition.
Russo's injury began as a
“light stress fracture" last
-- week. However, she competed
in the compulsories and ex-
pected to participate in
Thursday's optionals.
Mulvihill, a three-time
Olympian, said she decided to
pull Russo from the remaining
competition after "X-rays
showed her injury was too
severe for her to compete."
Ranked fourth going into
Thursday night's optionals,
the five-woman team stumbl-
ed through the floor exercises.
The highest score in the event
came from defending bronze
medalist Kathy Johnson with
9.70 points.
Johnson received 9.85 on the
vault. 9.65 on the bars and 9.00
on the beam and qualified for
the all around at 18th.
The Americans appeared to
re-bound in the vault, posting
no less than 9.75 in the event.
However, the gypinasts
became the victims of bad
falls and dismounts in the
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Honey Bees meet Brady today;
defeated Goldthwaite Thursday
took charge immediately. Stephenville matched
The Honey Bees outscored Goldthwaite point, for point in
the Eaglettes 18 to eight in the the third and Rill held a
first quarter and blazed the healthy 60 to 34 lead going into
bucket for an outstanding 27 i the fourth quarter. The Bees
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -
Darryl Dawkins, the National —
Basketball Association's top
backboard buster this season,
and two of his bosses have
z been ordered, to report to the
league commissioner today in
response to a stern summons.
NBA Commissioner l^rry
O'Brien requested the
meeting with the Philadelphia
76ers' center. Coach Billy Cun-
ningham and General
Manager Pat Williams on
Thursday, one day after
Dawkins shattered his second
backboard in a month.
O’Brien had already warrfed“
that intentional destruction qf
backboards would not be
tolerated. However, the 6-foot-
114 Dawkins insists his
destructiveness is purely ac-
cidental — the result of simply
being more powerful than
other players.
He calls it
Thunder."
The commissioner's warn-
ing came after Dawkins
destroyed a backboard Nov. 13
in a game against the Kings in
Yellow Jackets fend off
Lions 53-52
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