Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1979 Page: 6 of 10
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Cross Timbers Savings
and Loan
is moving to its new location.
In looking over the club’s ac-
complishments for 1979 a
number of members were
recognized. Appreciation was
expressed to Danny Prater
and his ag students for the
work done at Proctor Lake ; to
Norman Jenkins for his time
consuming work on the club
books; and to Troy Spears for
his organization of door
prizes.
The local club is proud to
have two members who have
achieved recognition on the
state level. Jimmy Chew is the
TABC president and Jimmy
Mauldin is a regional director
for the state organization.
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isn’t giving up on his star trio,
although he has faith in their
ford Nielsen, Phillips said:
"He’s showed me every time
The other Saturday game
pits wild-card Philadelphia,
which beat Chicago 27-17 last
Sunday, at Tampa Bay. On
Sunday, defending Super Bowl
champion Pittsburgh enter-
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in other years, but after seeing
them on film I can tell you that
he’s got a lot of good ones right
now.”
Nebraska, 10-1 and runner-
up in the Big Eight Con-
ference, conducted its first
workout in Dallas at Texas
Stadium, home of the Dallas
Cowboys. The seventh-rated
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was expressed to the club
members for their good sport- .
smanship throughout the year
in the intraclub tournaments
and for their willingness to
release the fish caught.
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recently moved to Abilene and
• has to make a special effort to
make it to the Stephenville
• Bass Club tournaments.
The TABC has announced
• an increase in the member-
e ship dues to $6 per year per
member. It was decided at the
e last meeting of the local club
that that since a club has to
• have ten members to be a part
of the TABC affiliation. $60
The Top Six team for the
local club was determined
after the final tournament.
The team was headed up by
Jimmy Mauldin and includes
(in order of their finish) Nor-
man Jenkins, Mike Vaughn,
JIM THORPE TROPHY K3
NFL Player of the Year Nfl
1979 - Earl Campbell, rb, Houston
1978 - Earl Campbell, rb, Houston
1977 - Walter Payton, rb, Chicago
1976 - Bert Jones, qb, Baltimore
1975 - Fran Tarkenton, qb, Minnesota
1974 - Ken Stabler, qb. Oakland
1973 - O.J. Simpson, rb. Buffalo
1972 - Larry Brown, rb. Washington
1971 - Bob Griese, qb. Miami
1970 - John Brodie, qb. San Francisco
1969 - Roman Gabriel, qb, Los Angeles
1968 - Earl Morrall, qb. Baltimore
1967 - John Unitas, qb, Baltimore
1966 - Bart Starr, qb. Green Bay
1965 - Jim Brown, rb. Cleveland
1964 - Lenny Moore, rb. Baltimore
-1963 - (tie) Jim Brown, rb. Cleveland
Y.A. Tittle, qb. N.Y. Giants
1962 - Jim Taylor, rb, Green Bay
1961 -Y.A. Tittle, qb. N.Y. Giants
1960 - Norm Van Brocklin, qb, Philadelphia
1959 - Charlie Conerly, qb. N Y Giants
1958 - Jim Brown, rb. Cleveland
1957 - John Unitas, qb. Baltimore
1956 - Frank Gifford, rb. N Y. Giants
1955 - Harlon Hill, e. Chicago Bears
the evening will be the presen-
tation of trophies.
A change from previous
years was indicated in the
“coat” of the banquet. While
the treasury has “picked” up
the tab in previous years, this
year it will be strictly dutch
treat with each member pay-
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nhusker defenders had little
experience against this year.
"Missouri ran the veer, but
it’s probably the dimension we
haven’t seen that much,”
Osborne said. “Houston
primarily is an option team
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37-7 naments being hosted
this weekend; the op-
portunities are abun-
dant.
The Dublin Lions will
be in Brownwood this
weekend to participate
in the prestigous 38th
annual Howard Payne
tournament. The Lions
meet San Antonio
Southwest in the first
substitutes. Of backup QB Gif’- round tonight at 7. The
But more important than
statistics is the fact that while
Campbell has been with the
Houston Oilers, that club has
made the NFL playoffs both
—— their first appear-
m post-season play
since 1969
Proctor, a May li tournament
at Brownwood and a June 7
tournament at Hubbard
Creek.
The December tournament
was held at Lake Proctor with
Troy Spears taking top
honors. The final tournament
of the year also proved to be
the most successful as close to
60 pounds of fish were caught
by club members. Spears
banquet but the highlight of ^igighed tn somewhere around
13 pounds to claim first place;
outstanding collegian in thr
pation Campbell, a native
of Tyler. Tex., has played pro
— ball only two years
would be sent from the
treasury. Each Stephenville
Bass Club member who wants
to join the TABC will then be
asked to pay four of the six
dollar membership fee while
the club pays the other two.
Club members- were also
reminded that the $5. dues for
the Stephenville organization
are now being accepted.
Landry says he
should retire
with Staubach
By DENNE H. FREEMAN
AP Sports Writer
DALIAS (AP) - Tom Lan-
dry figures Roger Staubach __
might possibly retire if the
Dallas Cowboys go to the
Super Bowl again.
And Landry adds he would
be dumb if he didn’t follow his
37-year-old quarterback.
However, Landry laughed
like he was joking when he
said he would hang ’em up if
Roger did.
And Landry also said he
thought Staubach should play
at least another year.
Asked how long he thought
Staubach would play, Landry
said “He is going to play as
long as he feels he can do a
job. If we are fortunate
enough to go to the Super Bowl
he might quit this year. He has
pride and he’ll never let
himself get over the hill.” *
Landry said at Staubach’s
age “It (going downhill) hap-
pens all at once. But I think he
should play another year.
Roger just has to go by feel
like Bob Lilly and Lee Roy
Jordan did when they quit.
They just decided that’s it.”
Staubach has said he will
not decide whether to retire
until the spring no matter
Dallas' fate in the playoffs.
Landry; asked how many
more years he will coach,
quipped: “I’m in the same
boat. If Roger quits, I'U quit.
If I don’t I’m not very wise."
Landry said he felt it was an
injustice that Staubach failed
to make All-Pro this year
“He is having one of his best
years,” said Landry. “He
really put us into the (National
Conference) Eastern Division
Championship."
Staubach will take a 6-3
record against the Rams into
Sunday’s NFC first round
playoff in Texas Stadium. He
is 3-1 in playoff games against
Los Angeles.
His best performance
against the Rams came in the
1975 NFC Championship game
when he completed' 16 of 26
passes for 220 yards and four
touchdowns in a 37-7 victory.
Staubach will be starting his
13th consecutive playoff game
for the Cowboys. He is 8-5 in
the playoffs and has quarter-
backed two Super Bowl cham-
pions.
The 1979 Top Six team was
also recognized for their 11th
place finish in the state tour-
nament which included com-
petition between 49 teams.
The Top Six team for 1979 in-
cluded Mike Vaughn, Norman
Jenkins, Jimmy Mauldin,
Wayne Williams, Bill Pers-
inger and David Bragg.
By BARRY WILNER
AP Sports Writer
The eyes of Texas are upon
the Houston Oilers training
room and Roger Staubach’s
future.
Three regular patrons with
the Oilers’ doctors make up
most of the team’s offense:
All-Pro running back Earl
Campbell, quarterback Dan
Pastorini and wide receiver
Ken Burrough. They all are
listed as doubtful with groin
injuries for Houston's
American Football Con-
ference playoff game at San
Diego Saturday. They were
hurt in Houston’s 13-7 playoff
triumph over Denver last Sun-
day. - .
If all three are sidelined, the
AFC West champion Chargers
will be heavy favorites over
the wild-card Oilers.
The Cowboys might need to
be concerned with something
far more permanent —
Staubach’s retirement
akthough the ace signal-caller
has said he won't decide until
next spring whether to return
for the 1980 season. 1
“If we are fortunate to go to
the Super Bowl,” said
Cowboys Coach Tom I^andry,
whose National Conference
East champions are preparing Oilers Coach Bum Phillips
for a Sunday contest against
NFC West titlist Los Angeles,
“he might quit this year.
In those two years, he has
been the dominant individual^
in the league He has led the
NFL in rushing both years
And the 3.147 yards he has
gained arc the most in the
first two seasons by any run
nmg back in pro history
In addition, the 19 touch
downs he scored this season
tied the all-time record set by
Hall of Famer Jim Taylor in
1962
over an hour Wednesday in
temperatures 50 degrees
wanner than the last time
they were here.
Houston lost to Notre Dame
35-34 last January in the Cot-
ton Bowl in 20-degree
temperatures. The wind was
blowing so hard the chill fac-
tor was 13 degrees below zero.
It was 70 degrees when the
Cougars arrived in Dallas
Wednesday and went through
a light workout.
“Boy I hope it stays like
this,” said Coach Bill
Yeoman. “I hope we don’t
ever have to play again in
weather as cold as it was last
year.”
Yeoman said the Cougars
were here to have a good time
but added “You’ve got to get
ready to play a game. You
can’t enjoy anything if you
lose."
The Cougars were three-
point underdogs against the
Cornhuskers..
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a lot. If something happens to
one of them, they’ve got
another one they can bring
in.”
One of Nebraska’s goals in
Tuesday’* game will be to
ease the pain of the 17-14 loss
to Oklahoma in the regular
season finale. That setback
cost the Comhuskers not only
the Big Eight title, but a
chance for an unbeaten season
and the national champion-
ship.
Osborne said he is confident
the players can bounce back
from that loss, adding it’s not
something he reminds them of
constantly.
“If you want to browbeat
them for the Oklahoma game
r_____ _ and punish them, it might be
and that’s different for us. something they might not pull
out of,” he said. "But I think
18,19 and 20-year-old players
are pretty resilient. I expect
them to come back from
that.”
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Year’s Dey classic. The only
blemish on the Cougars’
record was a 21-13 loss to Tex-
as.
Texas was the only team to
score more than two
touchdowns on Houston this
year.
Offensively, Houston
operates out of its famous veer
offense, something the Cor-
Earl Campbell has become
a force unto himself, the most
devastating runner in the
game .since the great Jim
Brown And the only one close
to him for a combination of
strength, quickness and
balance
ton Bowl for today’s practice
and will hold their remaining
workouts there.
Osborne said he intends to
pracJkfe'eVwy day until the
game, although no heavy con-
tact work is planned.
"We hope to get in five or six
good days down here,” he
said.*
- Eighth-rated Houston, also
10-1, is co-champion of the
Southwest Conference and is
the host team for the New
capable of starting in this
league.”
Rob Carpenter would
replace Campbell and Rich
Caster and Guido Merkens
probably would take over for
Earl Campbell — top NFLer again
Despite the pounding Camp-
bell takes game after game,
he has been amazingly dura-
ble He finished the regular
1979 campaign With the
amazing feat of gaining more
than 100 yards in each of the
final seven games — an NFL
record.
With all the acclaim" and
increased public exposure
through an impressive list of
-television commercials (soft
drink, smokeless tobacco,
automobile, etc), Earl has
remained a notably private
person. And a grateful one
Last year, in appreciation
for its blocking, he took
Houston's offensive line to
dinner Fortunately, an
admirer saw the brawny
party, and. without identify-
ing himself, picked up the
check ,
Feeling magnanimous. Earl
decided a few weeks ago to do
it again, this time expanding
the group to other members of
the offensive platoon
"Earl, everybody's going to
dinner," complained wide
receiver Mike Renfro one day
"Why not me’”
“If you throw one block for
me all year, you can come,
too," said Ear), who can dis-4
play a sly sense of humor
So this whole offensive unit,
led by Earl, showed up at
Angelo s Fisherman's Wharf
and chomped through dinner
This time, a mogul from a big
advertising agency saw the
group and insisted on picking
up the $2,000 tab, plus the
$400 tip
The next day. collared by
his teammates. Earl was told.
"Look, if we re-going to go out
with you. some day you gotta
pay, evdn if it's only for
hamburgers.”
"No," said,Earl, "all I said
was-fim going to take you all
* out to dinner And I took you "
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Missouri ran some options,
but Phil Bradley is their only
quarterback so they didn’t run
him that much.
“Houston, on the other
hand, runs their quarterbacks
ing for himself and his guests. ■
The next tournament for the-
Stephenville Bass CjMo^
members be_-
January 6 at Lake Gi
Headquarters will be at the
McKelvey’s Marina and the
tournament will start at 7 a.m.
Other tournaments set up by
the club for the coming year
include a February 9 date at
Lake Leon, a March 9 date at
Palo Pinto, an April 5 date at
I Bowl
ner of the Marble Falls
and Brady game.
Other teams . in the
highly competitive tour-
nament include Col-
eman, Crane, Seminole,
and Ballinger. Others
participating , include
Waco, Odessa Permian,
Brownwood and
Lamesa.
The Huckabay In-
dians and Hied Tigers
will both be in the Santo
tournament .this
iL
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Area teams participate
in holiday tournaments
Comanche Indians will
also play in the tourna-
ment but they drew a
bye in the first round
weekend.
The Indians and
Maidens played this
morning, against old
and wait to play the win- ' foes Gorman. The two
teams have already met
several times this year
and the Indians have
won all the contests.
Huckabay Coach Royce
Wright was concerned
about meeting the Pan-
thers again, particular-
ly since each time the
final margin has been
smaller and smaller.
The Indians already
have first place trophies
in the Stephenville and
Gorman tournaments.
Stephenville Bass Club
sets annual banquet January 4
The Stephenville Bass Club
has set their annual year end
banquet for Friday, January
4, at 7 p.m. at the Red Ban-
dana.
The banquet is usually held
on New Years, but since the
first of the year comes in mid
week this year, the annual
program was moved to a
weekend. A short business
meeting will be held at the
Final Cotton preparations begin
Nebraska sees no weaknesses in Houston
By CHUCKSCHOFFNER
AP Sports Writer
DALIAS (AP) — In most
cases, Nebraska Coach Tom
Osborne says, an opposing
team will have a weakness
that can be exploited.
But after extensive study of
the University of Houston,
Nebraska’s opponent in the
Cotton Bowl, Osborne con-
cedes he has found no weak
links.
"Houston has an excep-
tional defense and a good of-
fense,” Osborne said Wednes-
day, shortly after the team ar-
rived in Dallas for its final
Cotton Bowl preparations. “I _
don’t see any position in their
football team where they are —-
lining up with inferior players.
“About a year ago,
(Houston Coach) Bill Yoeman
was talking at a meeting about
the 30-scholarship limit and he
said he had more good
athletes now than he ever had.
“I don’t know what they had
Eyes of Texas centered around
Houston now, Staubach’s future
Roger has pride and he’ll
never let himself get over the
hill He'll play as long as he • he's been in a game that he's
fegls he can do the job.”
Staubach did such a good
job this season that he led the
NFL’s passing efficiency
ratings. But Landry
acknowledges that his
quarterback has reached the
age where all the skills can
disappear ...’"and it happens
all at once.
“BUt I think he should play
another year. He is having one
of his best years and,he really
put us into the division cham-
pionship.”
The Cowboys manhandled
the Rams 30-6Oct. 14 at Texas
Stadium, where Sunday's
game will be played. Staubach
had one of his best games ever
in the 1975 NFC championship
against the Rams, completing
16 of 26 passes for 220 yards With numerous
and four touchdowns in a ‘
victory.
Dallas may have to carry
the hopes of the Ixme Star
state for a Super Bowl con-
tender if Campbell, Pastorini
and Burrough are unable to
play against the Chargers,
who — along with Pittsburgh
— had a 12-4 record, tops in the 1
NFL.
While most are still
enjoying the freedom-of
the holidays, several
area teams have
already started back in-
to basketball action,
tour-
HOUSTON (NEA) - The .
hardest thing in football, said
the late Vince Lombardi, is
not winning It's winning
AGAIN
And so it's particularly sig
mficant that Earl Campbell
the relentless running back of
the Houston Oilers, has been
reaffirmed as the top man in
professional football
Campbell is the winner of
the 25th annual Jim Thorpe
Memorial Trophy, presented
by Newspaper Enterprise
‘Association to the player of
the year in the National Foot-
ball League It is a repeat of
the honor he won in 1978
This marks the first time in
the history of the dislin -
guished award that a player
has won it consecutively (The
great Jim Brown Y A Tittle
and John Unitas also were
muUiple winners, but in
spread-out seasons >
Campbell was put on this
rare pedestal by a jury of his
peen the coaches team
capMwis and player repre
sent^tives of the NFL. who
are pTnled by NEA to pick the
player of the year
His closest cornjielitron in
this year's hallolting came
from a pair of quarterhacks
Dan Fouts of the San Diego
Chargers, who was second in
the voting, and Terry
Bradshaw of the Pittsburgh
Steelers
The Oller sparkplug is ide
ally hujlt for his rugged role,
at 5-foot-ll and 225 pounds,
and a speed of 4 5 seconds in
the 40-yard dash
At 24. he is already in a
class by himself
Never has a man come into
the NFL with (ampbell's
impact
A graduate of the Universi-
ty of Texas where he won
the Heisman Trophy as the
Wednesday, December 26,1979
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