The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 24, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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Texans Freeze Oklahoma Bulldogs 31-0
Fitting Climax Given
H omecoming Activities
44TII YEAR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 19(54, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
NUMBER 9
ENTERED BY ALPHA PHI OMEGA National
Service Fraternity, the float was first place
winner in this year's Homecoming- parade. De-
picting the college seal, the title of the float
was "Don't Tread On Me." Pledge Mike Thomas
and John Thiele, are riding the float, jjj
Alpha Phi Omega
First Place Float
Takes
Award
A shivering crowd of Tarleton (band, ROTC companies, Early
exes, students,, and local citizens ] Junior High Band, Boy and Girl
bordered Stephenville's square'Scout 'marching units, bands from
Saturday morning to watch the ] Stephen F. Austin Junior High of
annual TSC Homecoming" Parable.j Mineral Wells, Stephenville Jun-
Forty. units took part in this ior High, Bangs, Gorman, Hico,
Rising Star, Alvarado, Glen Rose,
Keller, Granbury, Azle, Brewer,
the Scarlet
years parade. In the float division
which had 14 entries, Alpha Phi
Omega won first place in the cash' stephenville High,
prize section. The APO float fol-
lowed the theme of this year's |
Homecoming "Spirit of Tarlet-1
on," as they depicted the Tarleton,
seal in the foyer of the school I
library. A long Tarleton tradition _
says that the seal is to never be!
walked over, thus the title of the j'
APO float, "Don't Tread on Me.",
The college seal on the APO |
float, which was largely made i
from small mums ,was backed by |
a large book representing the I
TSC Library. The float was com-j
pleite with the Greek letters APO |
on the back. j
The Tarleton Rodeo Club, which,
depicted a rodeo chute, a large |
bull, and a goal post, was winner I
of the second place cash award. |
Third place winner was the junior
-class, which depicted "The Orgin
of the Purple Poo Poo."
The Baptist Student Union
float won first and the Stephen.-!
ville Lions Club second in the
non-cash prize group.
Tarleton's Student Council float
carried the royalty of the 190-1
Homecoming, as Milly Cannan of
Conroe occupied her throne as
the Homecoming Queen. Other in ,
the Queen's Court on the float j
Were Ann Askey, San Saba; Kay
and Jann Pilcher, both of Steph-
enville, and Micki Roberson, Carl-
ton.
Other floats in the parade were
the Senior, Sophomore, and Fresh-
man classes, ROTC, Press Associ-
ation, OWLS and Silver Keys;
DST and Los Cobbs; E tern as and
Lord's and Commoner's; and Wes-
ley Foundation.
Others in .the parade were of-
ficial cars carrying Tarleton and
Homecoming dignitaries, cars
carrying the 1954 Tarleton foot-
ball team "which won the Pioneer
Conference Championship, TSC
Lancers (a twirling- corp from
Brownwood), Waiiiwright - Rifles,
and Wainwright Debs marching
units from Tarleton, and riding
clubs from throughout the area.
The Queen's Float and winning
floats were featured in pre-game
activities Saturday afternoon at
Memorial Stadium.
By BOBBY PHILLIPS
(Sports Editor)
Striking swiftly, the Tarleton
Texans paved the way for a fit-
ting climax to the homecoming
festivities. Swamped beneath the
flood of purple were the Bulldogs
f r o m Southwestern Oklahoma
State College, The final tally read
31-0.
On a day of flying balloons,
booming "Oscar Pow," and shout-
ing crowds, the "Texans smashed
the. Bulldog trenches with slash-
ing runs and ferocious blocks. For
the ground forces, Robert Cooper
paced off 142 yards, and Ed Pett-
itt ground out 131 yards.
Tarleton scored on the first pos-
session. Cooper turned the corner
on the second play from scrim-
mage for twelve yards to the Tex-
an forty-nine. Three plays later
Pettitt had powered the ball to
the Bulldog twenty-nine.
From here Cooper propelled the
drive another thirteen yards to the
sixteen. Then on second down from
the twelve Cooper found a gaping
hole and roamed in for six points.
Nestor Rivera gave the Texans*
an opportunity for a quick score
as he belted Alford Mitchell, Bull-
dog fullback, loose from the ball
and recovered at the thirty. The
Tarleton team could not move from
here.
After taking over on downs
Southwestern made its most seri-
ous threat of the game as they
drove to the Texan thirty. The
big play was a thirty-one yard
pass play from Ronnie Engel to
Kenny Bib. A field goal attempt
from the thirty-seven settled into
Cooper's clutches at the five, and
the Texan halfback scrambled
back to the nineteen.
The Bulldog defense made a
brief glimmer of hope, but Coop-
er's punt was knocked from the
grasp of" Bill Crockett at the
Southwestern thirty by a hard-
charging Rivera. Walter Moeglin
pounced on the ball for the Tex-
ans.
Holding the Texans despite an-
other thirteen yard blast by Coop-
er to the seventeen, the Bulldogs'
defense prevented another Texan
chance to cash in on a break.
The first possession of the sec-
ond quarter gave Tarleton their
second touchdown. Cooper made a
Houdini-like escape as he was
trapped behind the line and ramb-
led for thirty yards to the one-
yard line. Riding the hard charge
of his line, Cooper slammed over
on the next play. Robert: Ruckerl
converted for a 13-0 halftime
score.
On the third play of the second
half, Pettitt left on a thirty-eight
yard dash to the Bulldog twenty-
five yard line. This drive died afc
the nineteen..
The Bulldogs began to move on
the passing of Mike Freeman and
the running of Mutual .Bryant, but
a Freeman pass appealed to the
clutches of Pat Ballow who snared
the ball at the Texan twenty. After
Ballow had been stopped; the Tex-
ans had a first down at;,the Bull-
dog twenty, :
Pettitt ripped up nineteen - of
the yards on first down as he
slashed to the one. On the next
play, Pettitt waded in for the
score. •
Dale Minor fumbled the snap
from center on a punt try, and
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lin.il I OWI.KR and Orchestra, along with vo-
calis s I'.,.nr,io Hail and Dick Cole, will appear at
CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL'
this year's Military Ball. Scheduled for Decem-
ber 5, the Ball will be formal.
Military Ball December S
Hugh Fowler and kis fourteen
piece orchastra, along with vocal-
ists Bonnie Ilail and Dick Cole,
have agreed to perform for this
year's Military Ball. The Ball is
scheduled for December 5 in the
Student Center.
The Hugh Fowler Orchestra,
which is known as Dallas' Favor-
ite Party Band, has played at
such engagements as the Fort
Worth Steeplechase Ball, Tulsa
Opera Bal Masque, Oak Cliff
Country Club in Dallas, and in
over one-half hundred state, re-
gional, and national conventions
during 1963.
Dress for the ball will be form-
al, with military students wear-
ing winter greens, with white
shirts and black bow ties; boys
not in military wearing dark
suits; and girls wearing formals.
Tickets will be $4 per couple
for the Military Ball and will go
on sale soon.
TWC Tonite
For
The Texan basketball squad,
which has been working out since
the first of October, travels to
Fort Worth tonight for their first
game of the '64-'65 "season with
the Texas Wesleyan College Rams.
Head coach Donnie Campbell
has been putting the 15 candidates
through drills which are aimed to
greatly improving' last; yearns 8-20
mark. - !
Tonight's starting 1 five will
probably be R. M. Cyrrin, .6-6 sen-
ior post from Priddy; Jim Bobo,
6-5 sophomore forward from Fort
Worth; Pete Lilljedahl, 6-6 soph-
omore forward from Jonesboro;
Roy Harris, 0-0 junior guard from
Priddy; and Steve Lineweaver, 6-1
freshman guard "from Abilene.
"Currin, a three-year letterman,
and Harris, a two-year letterman,
have been named co-captains of
the Texan squad.
Seven of the IB squadmen are
freshmen.
Steve Boothe, a 6-1 guard from
Lubbock, who played a lot last
year has a foot injury and his sta-
tus for the season opener is/tiii-
certain.
Jimmy Blackburn, a 6-2 wing
from Evant, is the only othet Sen-
ior on the team. This is the first
year for Blackburn to play at T SO-
Dale Abies, a 8-1 transfer from
Ranger Junior College joins Har-
ris and Boothe in the junior Ranks.
Jimmy Tate, 6-10 of Htickabays
is a sophomore returnee.
Freshmen candidates are David
Ferguson, 6-4%, Atlanta, Ga.;
Jim Kvueger, 6-4, Hutto; Robert
Licerio, 5-9, Killeen; Florian Ma=-
ueauth, 6-5, Fort Worth; Bill Kuna,
6-5, Lancaster, and Mike Ballow,
5-10 of Stephenville'.
Tarleton's first home game will
be on December 14 against How-
ard Payne College of Brownwood,
NOTICE
Ann Bales has lost a class ring
with a blue set. Anyone finding
the ring please return it to Ann
in Hunewell Hall.
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