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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Wednesday Evening, March 8. 1948
filllard Lining
The Fiddle
Mikan Nears
Jo Potent Array
Vernon Hilliard expects McMurry college to field one
of its strongest football teams of all-time for 1946.
Even so, he isn’t sure of winning a game. . . are the
"Everybody else will have his best team, too, sighs the Bo
AfeNfurry athletic director and head coach as he discusses S
prospects for the Indians’ first grid campaign since 1942. A
P Hilliard hasn’t been exactly, idle since assuming the res- -
ervation reins in the middle of January um
He hasn’t assembled a large squad. but. as he says, "We
don’t have many boys but the ones we do have are good
. Is Favored
1 ARCADIA, Calif., March 6.
. — (A) — Sprakling workouts
| and the important question of
who’s going to ride which oc-
1 cupied the attention of horse-
1 men today as Santa Anita be-
gan to run a temperature over
I Saturday’s $100,000 handicap.
. As far as Ed Mulrenan’s favored
i | first fiddle was concerned, every-
s. thing was all set. The Fiddle,
, fourth ranking all-time money win-
ner. worked a leisurely mile and
, one-eighth yesterday in 1:54 45.
a Veteran Johnny Longden. winner
g of three stakes at the current
1 | meet. willbe aboard the seven-
VERNON HILLIXRD
Wyear-old gray horse.
But the works that brought
, clockers up short were Sirde’s
2:02 3-5 and Man O’ Glory’s 2:03
” 3-5 for the mile and one-quarter
: handicap distance. Sirde, coupled
with Snow Boots as Mrs. A. L.1
Rice’s entry, will pack 117 pounds
0 and Man O Glory only 114. compar-
ed with First Fiddle’s top 126.
Snow Boots breezed the same
distance in 2:05. after a slow start.
Jockey Basil James is tabbed for
Snow Boots, with Otto Grohs
probably abooard Sirde. C. S.
TRYING FOR THIRD BASE—Grady Hatton (above). — Howard’s Mediterranean was
rookie from Beaumont. Tex., who has just received a bonus clocked in 2:06 1-5. . -
, eo-000 Crinnati Reds now training at Tampa. Conn McCreary again is coming
of $25,000 from the Cincinnati Led National league contract. out from Florida to ride Tom Tay-
ria., 101 alAIH aso on---------— wauona E TA: lor’s Bric A Bac. and Aaron Hir-
will probably be the Reds’ third baseman this year. He IS a schberg is after job Dean Jessop,
graduate of the University of Texas and played three sumi- 1945‘s top rider, for his filly
Bill Shield. 220. and Mel Jowell. mers of army ball at Greensboro, N. C. (AP Wirephoto)._____threat. Canina. winner of last ,
21 are the foremost tackle can- _____________:— ----------------------------week 5 Santa Margarita handicap. •
Bates Both played freshman . Young Bob Howard tried to lure #
foorbali at Rice" Shield is from IT’S LIKE THIS Eddie Arearo out to pilot Bail
Snyder while Jowell was coached ---------------•—•--- — . -- - Bond. but Bail Bond wasn’t sutti-
by Hilliard at Plainview high
ones. ..:
The former Abilene high school
mentor is especially sweet on his
ends. "Neal Bradshaw is the best
I ever coached," he asserts.
The Indian chieftain is also
high on Morris (Pat) Patterson, 220
pound runinng mate of the 205
pound Bradshaw, whom he like-
wise coached as an Abilene Eagle.
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Troy Wadzeck, Don Loyd and
Bill Middlebrook have also im-
pressed their coach Wadzech is a
190 pound Rochester lad. who let
tered for the Tribe in 42. Loyd is
a gifted pass snatcher from Vega
while Middlebrook made a great v-Y— ::
record in service football while an Fla., for affixing his signature to a
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Mack Say A’s Not
infantryman.
S 'Bad as Expected
Scoring Lead ‘
NEW YORK, March 6.=(PP)
__If he gets "hot" in his last
two games against Bradley
Tech and Beloit this week, big
George Mikan of DePaul has
a chance to return to first
place in the national collegi-
ate individual high scoring
basketball race. €
The Associated Press weekly
tabulations today showed Elmore
Morgenthaler of New Mexico
Mines heads the scoring at 591
points, followed by Bill Hall of
Marshall at 572 and Fred Lewis
of Eastern Kentucky at 516.
Mikan, the No. 1 shooter on an
average - per - game basis at 23.1,
ranks fourth at 509 points and ap.
parently has only an outside
chance of catching Morgenthaler
and Ball.
This week’s top 15 scorers as report-
ed to the Associated Press
Name School G TP AVE
Morgenthaler N. M Mn 27 591 212
Hall Marshall 34 572 164
Lewis. Eastern Kentucky 24 516 215
Mikan DePaul 22 500 231
Tonkovih, Marshall 34 494 145
Kurland Okla Aggies 25 452 181
A.— D—ling Green 31 439 141
nsville 24 432 18.0
to C. State 26 428 16 4
tern Ken 34 411 12.0
h Carolina 30 405 13A
Yong Island 23 305 V74
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Special Al
Americas Best
school
| There are no starting tackle wor-
ries. btu strong reserves are lack-
ing Only ones currently available
are Ewing (Steamboat) Jones. let-
terman in 41. who may be switch-
ed to guard. and Wallace Watson,
a w lling giant from Abilene, who
is without experience. . i
Guards are abundant with Grady
six-player all-star team will be se- Baker a 1940 letterman, heading
from € h of the three cla the ree ed the candidates-Duane
ses of high school basketball teams Sand in 180. Don Havins, 190. and
slated for tournament action here Max Fisher, 175 — played under
bezinning Thursday Hilliard at Abilene high school
The IS top school by eagers will Saran and Win de" sminted to
form an All-State squad to repre- guard."
se A Other prospects include Sam
S hE session Smith. 180. Abilene and James
P25 - hOOI coaches at Carver. 195. O’Brien. Smith is a
rugged r whom
Corpus 05s . . liard has high hopes. Carver 15
All-t urney selections, will be one of the fastest men on the
made bi ( aches Harold Dement. squad but has had limited ex-
Galena Park, and Cotton Weideman perience.
Bud Wheeler, three-times a let-
Carmichae , .of Bryan ereutie terman, and E G Barry, who play-
secretary of the Texas High School ed for Hil lard at Plainview are
Coaches as59° ation the centers Wheeler weighs 180
Coach A F Rupp of the t niver: He was second all-conference in
sity of Kentucky has been invited 1939. Barry, who tips the scales
to instr t at the coaches sch ol at 175 may be switched to the
at Corpus Chfilt Carmichae sard backfield.
yesterd The session “ 1 be held Three lettermen- Bi ly Schultz,
from Aug 5 throuen 3180. and Doc Ellis. 190. both of
Cleve and. Tenn and Doug Cox.
180. Ballinger head the list of
backfield aspirants.
All-Stars to
Be Selected
AUSTIN March 6.-UP -
Brewer Looks Good
MIAMI Fia Marc h 6_2—The Schultz was McMurry s leading
G nts have to p ck scorer in 42 He also backed the
up in the p tch ng department if line Both Ellis and Cox are triple
they are to go an where in the threaters.
National league race and they’re Among the newcomers Floren|
keeping the r fingers crossed at Hoeffer 15 and Gene Dalton,
the way Jack Brewer has been 175 are the most highly regarded
going The lean Californian starr- Hoeffer a shifty broken field run-
ed in the Boston Braves tilt Feb. ner was all-district quarterback
24 and yesterda he allowed only for Hilliard at Plainview in 1940.
one hit in f ur-innings in an ex- Dalton was second all-district for
tr Abilen e the same year Dalton al-
so passes and punts
Other backs include Gene Bush «
MAKE MONEY
WITHOUT WORK
SEL DISCARDS
WITH A WANT A
155 Abilene. Otis Holladay, 175.
Winters Wayne Loyd. 165 Vic-
toria and Gene Sutton. 150 San
Antonio
Hi lard is in the market for ad-
ditional strength at the tackles
guards. center and the backfield
YELLOW CAP
4334-,
Red Weldon May Miss High
School Basketball Tourney
By HOW ARD GREEN
CONDITIONS under which the Abilene Eagles will participate
U in the state basketball tournament are similar to those of 1941.
When the Eagles departed for the premier high school at:
traction of five years ago they were shrouded in gloom as thick
as dust on a windy West Texas day. . . . 90
Sam Stovall, regular forward who normally made 15 or 20
points per game. was sidelined by illness. .
he Eacles weren’t given an outside chance against San
Marcos one of the tournament favorites Yet, Abilene eased over
the hump. 32-31. to qualify for the semifinals. . . u. 9 Th
Again they underdogs but managed to nick Waco. 23-20 In
beating Waco. Gene Dalton, all-state ace, sprained an ankle and
missed the championship finale which El Paso took.
What’s the *46 parallel? : . .
Red Weldon star center. who is usually the high point man.
may not make the state tournament at Austin this weekend because
of "At best. the Eagles will be underdogs to Greenville. one of the
The picture looms just as dark as five years ago when Abilene
came closest to a state basketball crown. , Th. pa ,
One thing is for certain. The pressure is off. The Eagles
have all to gain, nothing to lose.
I AYDEN GREER who has a host of friends in the Abilene area,
•has been assigned to the Fort Worth Cats of the Texas league.
- Greer. who wintere n Big Spr ne reported to the Brooklyn
Dodgers camp for ex-servicemen at Sanford Fla. Feb. 1. He
looked so good he was given a Class AA contract. . . ,
The Eastland county youth was discharged from the-Coast
Guard in October. Before entering the rmed forces in September.
1942 he was a standout for Dayton in the Middle Atlantic league.
Greer is a second baseman
Good luck to him in the Texas league:
4 PPOINTMENT of Joe Bailey Cheaney as head coach at Howard
Ar ild be favorably re eived n a
Cheaney one of the fastest gridsters ever to put his foot in
a cleated shoe has made Abilene his home since accepting a po-
sition with a sporting goods concern almost two years ago
A gentleman of the highest type he would azain be a credit
to Howard Payne and the Texas conference . . ,
Cheaney who graduated from the Brownwood Baptist school
in 1924 was head coach at his alma mater from 1926-34 inclusive.
Under Cheaney s leadership the Jackets won the Texas con
ference championship in 1928. 29 ‘30.32 and 34 In 1931 HPC
was-co-champ with Hardin Simmons and in 1933 the Jackets were
runnersup to. St. Edward’s .
How ard Payne held a decided upper hand of Hardin Simmons
during Cheaney’s tenure Since he left, the Jackets haven’t beaten
In short he’s after more talent |
for every position except the ends ,
and he won’t turn down any for-
midab e wing material
Spring training is scheduled
The schedule is as yet incom-
plete but will be announced with-
in a few weeks
the Cowboys once. 1 t
After resigning at Howard Payne Cheaney was head coach at
Southwest Texas State Teachers college from 1935-42. inclusive.
Armond Lucky Jones who was a student at both Hardin-
Simmons and McMurry before enlisting for naval aviation. is the
No 2 starter on Coach Bib Falk’s University of Texas pitching
stat Bobby Layne the football star who suffers with high blood
pressure is the Longhorns mound ace He will probably hurl the
first of the two-game series with McMurry here March 29 with
Jones getting the assignment for the finale. March 30.
Arizona May Get
Bid to Garden
cient incentive for the stakes ace.
S’water Junior
Gridders Work
SWEETWATER, March 6.-
(Spl —Coaches Pat Gerald and J.
M Grigg opened a month’s spring
football training program at John
H. Reagan junior high school Mon-
day
Forty youngsters reported for
the first day $ session. The coaches
expected the number would reach
60 before the week’s end. For the
first time since the war began in
1941, all of the candidates for the
Colt team were fully outfitted in
uniforms.
Coach Gerald reported there
By GAYLE TALBOThis available money with a lavish
WEST PALM BEACH, March 6 hand. - .his
Baseball’s most remarkable | In an hour s discussion of his
specimen, the 83-year-old Connie team, however, he could day. s
Mack of the
| ies. is laboring mightily with
assorted athletes here, and about
were a number of promising junior
high grid candidates among those
reporting the first day.
The junior high coaching job is
still unfilled for the 1946-47 ses-
sion. Coach Grigg is to move up to
senior high school, but will remain
Philadelphia Athlet- hand on little about which to be
1 54 optimistic. . .
"We will be stronger than last
The best he found to say was “It season," he conceded. We have
isn’t as bad as I expected it to be." some good men coming back and
What the venerable president we have some splendid Young
and manager had expected must prospects. especially a half-dozen
have been horrible. for it is diffi- young pitchers. . . rAbly
cult to see wherein he detects a "But my young men probably
gleam of light in connection with are at least a year away and the
the coming American league race other teams also, are’, going to be
His team was, a solid last in much stronger than they were.
1945. and it figures to finish there .The oldest observers, of Connie
again this ear Mack s camps say he never before
it is not as if the first citizen of drove a squad so hard. For the
Philadelphia were not trying In first 13 days he permitted no inter
his desire to build just "one more" squad games. There was nothing
except what the players classified , m
and elding a PAL HOLLOW GROUND"
drills and running. ? PAL BULLUN o
in many years, and he is spending |, It is easier to say what the Ath Lots of men have said just that - uncl
_-------------------letics do not have than to portray p.1N
their gifts. Their pitching is ex- Pal came along. Say They
tremely uncertain. and their catch- all the same except Pal
ing only moderately promising Ordinary safety razor blades are ground
They do not have a double play like a pocket knife Pa! Blades are differ •
combination in sight, and they ent—they re Hollow Ground just like a
isn t as bad as
expected it to be.
great club before he hands over . , .:__
the job to his son. Earl Mack. Con- | as.ndrudgemthatting
nie is driving himself harder than
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have only one nutfialden A 1 barber’s razor.
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Border Meet
at junior high for the rest of the | years Your shave is cool, quick, no "bearing
present session, or until his suc McMurry will be represented by.- down And delicate e
cessor is named, it was said. . a ten man squad at the Border Wtoo. That’s why millions call it the Pal
K. E. Newton, the other member Olympics in Laredo. Coach Vernon EUDAAT
of the high school coaching staff. Hillard announced yesterdayUNETHFUAT
is working the senior high athletes The Indians will enter the 400
in track and field. Coach Newton vard football shuttle the 440. 880 due to a cold. ..let a little time-tested
will take a full team of athletes an : m 1 re | as the 100 220 440 VapoRub melt a 00000
to the Southwestern Exposition and. me h Sod ump and in your mouth ICTYS
track meet in Fort Worth and to N sprint the broad UmP and ... works fine! V VAPORUS
the Texas Relays. Meantime. a tri- Cha traveling troupe includes
angular meet has been arranged Georee Dawson 880 re lay. Football
for Friday with teams from Roby shuttle: Bill Shield, discus throw:
*0*2 than 30 highu rchool.ban/ GrouehiOR:" LtoTa Noremaccuare
PrenP TTXck ona hala -ent. . nude gen .cstfruimitpangtrepeim
relay; Doug Cox. sprint relay, foot-
ball shuttle: Billy Schultz, foot-
ball shuttle: Gene Sutton, mile.
88 and sprint relays: and James
Morgan Is Named
Scotties’ Mentor
Carver 440 and mile relay.
McMurry will leave Thursday.
Coach Tonto Coleman of the
DALLAS. March 6.—UP)—Her- Abi ene Christian track and field
man C Morgan has been elected to which also competes at Laredo
the position of head football coach will announce his traveling squad
at the Highland Park high school. Thursday.
B L. Wooley. chairman of the Injuries have hampered ACC
Park school board announced to- workouts. and Coleman will need
day all available time to decide wheth- |
Morgan has been football line er on three of his hopefuls, cur-
coach the last three years. during rently ailing
which his forwards played an im- -
portant part in taking the Scotties ita Falls. April 25 26 and 27.
to the state semifinals in 1943, to Ray Garrett, club pro. whose
the finals in 1944 and to the state
rently ailing
Ray Garrett, club pro. whose
announcement of previous dates
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Ralph Hammonds. president of Six teams already have been
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of the national meet stated that under way March 14 but the sel-
a Texas state-wide track and field ection committee. which was to
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