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e—THE J-TAC
Tuesday, March 6, 1951
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By BILL BRYCE
There was an electric silence in the gym as James Yancy
helfted the basketball carefully, took aim and arched his free
throw. The ball soared aloft and swished through the net.
The gymnasium exploded.
Two hundred and fifty cadets cheered lustily, co-eds squeal-
ed in delight and the band blared forth with a military march
as the faintly-heard buzzer announced a well deserved time out
for the Plowboys. Time: 8:00 p. m. Place: the Tarleton gym-
nasium. Occasion: Champion game in the Pioneer Conference
basketball race.
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Well over 400 Tarletonites had turned out to see their
basketball team soar to the heights of glory by the Schrei-
ner Mountaineer 51-46 in one of the most breathtaking,
dramatic basketball games ever to raise the blood pres-
sure of Tarleton fans. The gym was packed and the in-
spired tea mplayed such as they had never played before
to live up. to the hopes of their classmates and lash their
way to a magnificent victory.
There were six men playing for Tarleton Tuesday night—
five squadmen and Oscar P. Oscar hasn't been seen too much
lately around the T. S. C. campus, but when the chips were
down and the varsity had their most rugged game to play he
really came out of hiding, all decked out in purple and white,
whistling the color song, and voicing a thunderous replv to
"What're we going to do to Schreiner—(He did it, too.)
So nice going, Tarletonites. You all had certain people
worried for a while but when your team needed all the sup-
port they could muster you came through with the spirit that
helps make Tarleton outstanding among Texas junior colleges.
The Plowboy basketball squad racked un some pretty
impressive figures in 13 conference games and 12 non-
conference games. In conference scoring the Plowboys
massed 716 points to their opponents' 624. In non-con-
ference tilts the Plowboy total is 600 to 577 for the opposi-
tion: making a grand total of 1316 points to the opposi-
tion's 1201, an average score of 50-48 in favor of Tarleton:
Jimmy Howard. Plowboy guard., is the top conference
scorer with a total 351 -points for the Plowboys in 25 games.
In addition, Howard was named All-Pioneer Conference guard.
M. G. Jones, who enrolled at mi'd-term, scored 165 uoints
in the 15 games he played for Tai'leton and was named second
team All Pioneer Conference center.
Pence Dacus scored 319 points in 25 games, and was also
placed oij the second team,all conference squad. James Yancy
scored 184 points for the Plowboys in 25 games. With, players
like.these it is small wonder that Coach Willie Zapalac's 3951
basketball squad won the conference title for Tarleton for the
first time since the war. Next year's team will have to have
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As over four hundred screaming
cadets and coeds watched in glee,
the Tarleton Plowboys used ex-
plosive energy, precision team-
work and cutthroat ferocity Tues-
day night to wrench the Pioneer
Conference basketball champion-
ship from the bewildered hands of
the Schreiner Mountaineers, 51-40.
Behind the sparkplug ball han-
dling of Jimmy Howard, the daz-
zling speed of Billy Earl Askins,
the bulldog tenacity of Wendell
Lackey, and the massive efficiency
of M. C. Jones, the Plowboys play-
ed '"d crafty, ball-controlling game
which left the taller Mountaineers
gasping for breath and points. The
scoreboard blinked twin numbers
most of the first half as the two
squads matched scores—9-9, 14-14,
20-20, until at half time the score
read 33-33.
In the second half, the Plowboys
too an early lead and held it for
the remainder of the game. With
the score at 39-38, the Plowboys
leading, Pence Dacus scored a field
goal, then Askins swished one
through, and Howard got a free
throw. As the Mountaineers drib-
bled down court; unpredictable
Jimmy Howard flashed out of no-
where, stole the ball, dribbled down
court, and passed to James Yancy
who scored the goal. The score
then stood at 46-38.
Then Saunders, the six-foot,
seven - inch Mountaineer center,
scored two. The Plowboys dribbled
down to their happy hunting
ground, froze the ball for two
brilliant minutes and finally scored
their two points, making the score
48-38, the widest ■ margin of the
night. The Mountaineers apparent-
ly saw the writing on the wall, for
their game lagged despite the
heroic efforts of Douglas and
Bryant, Schreiner guards.
As the final gun sounded, the
score read 53-40 in- favor of the
Plowboys.
Box score:
Plowboys ; Fg- Ft Pf Tp
Yancy 1 1 1 2 3
Dacus : 1 0 2 2
Henley .... 0 0 2 . 0
Jones 4 12 9
Askins 5 0 3 "10
Howard .. 8 7 ' 3 23
Lackey 2 0 5 4
Totals 21 9' 19 51
Mountaineers Fg Ft Pf Tp
Payne 0 0 10
Douglas - 5 1 3 11
Saunders 10 G 3 26
Bryant 2 11 5
Sefton 0 1 4 1
Walker 11 1 3
Totals 18 10 13 46
In a game played the previous
night, the Schreiner Mountaineers
defeated the Tarleton Plowboys,
51-41.
Mountaineers Fg Ft Pf Tp
I'ayne 1 4 0 G
Douglas 5 0 3 10
Saunders : —— 9 3 3 21
Bryant „ 1 1*3 3
Sefton _,.0. 2.' -0 '2
Totals 20 11 9 51
Plowboys Fg -Ft Pf Tp
Yancy 10 4 2
Dacus 4 4 1 12
Henley 0 2 0 2
Jones 5 1 4 11
Askins 4 0 2 8
Howard 3 0 2 6
Totals 17 7 13 41
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 6, 1951, newspaper, March 6, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140450/m1/6/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.