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ABILENE’S ‘FIRST TEAM’ — When Abilene team enters its state finals game
with Tyler Saturday at Fort Worth, these men can say "well done” to the team for
its record during 1955. This is the entire Abilene High coaching staff Front row
(left to right) are Wally Bullington. A team assistant; Head Coach Chuck Moser;
Hank Watkins, line coach; Bob Groseclose. backfield coach. Back row (1. to r.): Shorty
Lawson, sophomore coach; Tommy Morris, B team assistant; B. L. Blackburn, B team
head coach; Nat Gleaton, soph assistant and head basketball coach. (Staff Photo).
After scaring Kentucky Wesley-
an badly Thursday night. Coach
Bill Scott's Hardin-Simmons Cow-
boys meet another tough foe Sat
urday night at Rose Field House.
It's Memphis State, the team
that now holds the honor of hav-
ing scored the most points against
H-SU of any quintet in modern his
tory of the sport at the school.
Ten days ago the Blue and Gray
team whacked the Cowboys, 102-
62, on the Memphis floor
Saturday at 8 p.m. the Cowpokes
will be after what revenge they can
muster, although Memphis will be
favored to win again. Despite a
record of four wins, nine losses
the Tigers have averaged an un-
believable 109 points per game
this season.
Wednesday night Memphis
caught Mississippi Southern on
the Tiger court and really worked
it over, 112-76.
H-SU has a 2-4 won and lost
record, holding victories over Cor-
pus Christi and St. Michael's and
being defeated by Memphis State.
Murray State of Kentucky, Ten-
nesse Poly and Kentucky Wesley-
an
Delnor Poss, who scared the
Wesleyans with his 26 points, is
leading H-SU scorer. He has hit
116 points in six games The Cow-
boy starting lineup is likely to be
Poss and Ronnie Ryan, guards:
John Whatley and Cowboy Carlton,
forwards; and Pete Murray, cen-
ter. Carlson also doubles as a
center..
Forest (Frosty) Arnold, 6-5 for-
ward who bucketed 46 points
against the Cowboys in the Mem-
phis game, leads the Tigan. His 46
points was the most scored by any
individual against H-SU. Other
•tartars are likely to be Win Wil-
long, 94 center: Elmore Fortner.
5-10 guard; Hoover Scott, 6-5 for-
ward; and Kan Caldwell, six foot
guard. Wilfong got 24 againat the
Cowboys in their previoua game.
In the Memphis contest the
teams played before 3.500 fans.
Scott would like to have even half
that many out to watch Saturday
night's game. The Tigan are one
of the top teams on the Cowboy
schedule this winer.
Memphis arrived in town late
Friday afternoon and worked out
on the Rose Field House floor.
They are staying at the Windsor
Hotel.
the semi-fi-
60-40. Har-
nger to the
arles Jack-
Eagles Eye 5th State
Aspermont
and Jayton
City, 53-37.
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at time. At
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ionship will
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Crown Against Tyler
Buttons Thump
Schreiner Five
The Hardin-Simmons University
Buttons snatched an early four-
point lead and continued to domi-
nate the rest of the game as they
plastered the Shreiner Institute
cagers, 81-67, here Friday night.
Carl Knight dropped in 28 points
to lead the Buttons, although Doyle
Edmiston proved invaluble on re-
bounds, netting 13 points in the
process. Bart Travis tied Edmiston
in points.
Tom Atwell paced Shreiner with
19. followed by Bill Klingaman’s
16 and Herman Northup's 12.
Anson Duo,
Oliver Get
Baylor Awards
WACO, Dec. 15 (—Varsity foot-
ball letters were awarded tonight
at Baylor's annual football ban-
quet sponsored by the Baylor
Chamber of Commerce, where Leo
(Dutch) Meyer, former Wacoan
who is TCU athletic director and
famed former Horned Frog coach,
was the principal speaker
The football letters were award-
ed 27 members of the 1955 varsity
squad and 2 team managers.
Two gridmtn earned their third
varsity letters, co-captain and half-
back Weldon Holley of Odessa and
tackle Bill Green of Temple. Sec-
ond letters went to end Tony De-
Grazier of Dallas, co-captain and
end Henry Gremminger of Weath-
erford: tackles Bill Glass of Cor-
pus Christi and Bill Parsley of
Conroe: guards Willie Froebel of
Bellville and Henry Rutherford of
Waco: quarterback Bobby Jones
of Hearne: halfback Delbert Shof-
ner, center, and fullback Reuben
Saage of Bellville.
First varsity letters were award-
ed to 16 gridmen. They were ends
Earl Miner of Belton, Bill Ander-
son of Refugio. Jerry Marcontell
of Cedar Bayou and David Mc-
Nair of Dallas: tackles Bobby Jack
Oliver of Abilene, Fred Britton of
Highlands, NJ., and Jim Miller of
Lincoln. Neb.: guard Gilbert Pel-
ton of Anson; centers Lee Harring-
ton of Waco and Larry Cowart of
San Antonio: quarterbacks Doyle
Traylor of Temple and Kenneth
Helms of Anson: halfbacks Dick
Baker of Birmingham, Ala., Bobby
Peters of Van and Joey Allen of
Corpus Christi and fullback Char-
ley Dupre of Texas City.
Team managers receiving letters
were Howard Hale of Vinita, Okla,
and Frank Wilson of Temple.
Only five of the 27 lettermen are
seniors, these being Holley, Grem-
minger. Green, McNair and Jim
Miller.
' Q.A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Saturday Morning, December 17, 1955
Yanks' Lopat New
Richmond Manager
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 16 (P—
Ed Lopat, crafty lefthander who
was a stalwart of five world cham-
pionship New York Yankee teams,
today was named manager of the
Richmond Virginians of the Class
AAA International League.
Terms of his one-year contract
were not disclosed.
It will be the first managerial
assignment for the 37-year-old Lo-
pat. a major league pitcher for U
seasons with the Yankees and Chi-
cago White Sox.
“It's a wonderful opportunity,”
said the redhead, who added that
he'd be a playing manager for the
team which finished last in the
league the past season.
The Virginians, purchased by a
syndicate of businessmen Nov. 14
from the federal tax collector for
just $20,000, have a limited work-
ing agreement with the Yankees.
Government Seized Club
The government seized the club
and its assets in October in lieu of
back taxes and sold it at auction.
Lopat was recommended to the
Virginians’ front office by Yankee
General Manager George Weiss.
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By JACK KOLDEN
Reporter-News Editor
FORT WORTH. Dec. 16 — Just
ANILENANON RECOMPILE
34 ■ Park * * A-1
a year ago, at Houston's Public
School Stadium, one of the flash-
iest Abilene Eagle teams ever to
E.A
0 21 Palestine
20 46 Galveston
• 27 Paris
6 49 Marshall
• 27 Lufkin
Ray
•
14
12
•
If the Eagles can take this one, gles had five men on the all-dis-
they’ll be the No. 2 team in the trict offensive or the defensive
history of schoclboy football in the team.
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enter the state finals whipped is San Ant
Stephen F. Austin, 14-7, for a 1 sunero
fourth state football champion- 468 Totals
2 5 Bton
7 341 Totals
“Steady Eddie” won 109 games
for the Yankees in seven full see-
sons (1948-54) with a baffling as-
sortment of slow stuff. He lost but
51.
In four years with the White Sox
before being traded to New York
he posted a 50-49 record. He won
4 World Series games, losing 1.
He broke into organized baseball
in the summer of 1937, when the
Brooklyn Dodgers sent him to
Reidsville, N. C., for $50 a month.
“I’ve looked forward to manag-
ing for four or five years,” said
Lopat, a native of New York City.
“Few fellows have a chance to
break in as high as Triple A man-
aging.
“I feel I can still pitch and win
and maybe help some of the young-
sters develop.”
Lopat said plans for bolstering
the fortunes of the Virginians will
be made in Florida early next
year.
Conducts Baseball School
He conducts his own baseball
school at St. Augustine until Feb.
9. Then he'll join Yankee Manager
Casey Stengel at the American
League club's school for rookies at
St. Petersburg.
There, Lopat said, he’ll get a
line on the Yankee farmhands and
discuss player assignments with
Ralph Houk, manager of the Yan-
kees' Class AAA Denver team in
1 the American Assn., and Lee Mc-
Phail, Yankee farm director.
Appointment of Lopat today was
the first official act of Herman
Krattenmaker, who took over
Wednesday as general manager of
the Virginians.
Lopat won 21 games In 1991 with
the Yankees. His best season came
in 1993 when he led the American
League in winning percentage with
15-4 and earned run average (2.43),
The Yankees traded him to Balt-
imore last season
ACC’s Jackson
Track Instructor
At Coach School
DALLAS (—Dallas was selected
as the site of the 1957 Texas coach-
ing school today by directors- of
the Texas High School Coaches
Assn.
The group names the school's
site two years in advance. Lubbock
will have the 1956 school in August.
Houston, Fort Worth and Austin
bid for the 1957 school.
Oliver Jackson, Abilene Chris-
tian College track coach, and Tex-
as Tech's trainer, Delmer Brown,
were picked to lecture at the 1956
school
Abe Martin, TCU coach, was se-
lected last night as one of the bead
instructors in football Two other
big-name coaches will be named
soon.
Lopat planned to return imme-
diately to his Hillsdale, N.J., heme
to spend the Christmas holidays
with his wife, Elizabeth, and their
two children, John, 5, and Melissa,
4.
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: # MIAMI MENTOR
1 I TO N‘WESTERN
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3 J EVANSTON in . Dec 1« (
* 11 —Ara Parseghian, head foot-
r yr ball coach at Miami of Ohio, to-
: 7 day was named head foot-
: ‘ ball coach at Northwestern Uni-
state Only Waco, with five cham- The experts figure Tyler will ebureer
pionships aad a tie for another have trouble checking Abilene's of- TOTALS:
would be out front | fense. Nobody has done it entirely, go— Institute
, It’s chapter three in the success and only one or two have done it ^J"
,' story of Charles (Chuck) Moser, partially. Abilene has rolled up 468 ki-sma :
5 Abilene Eagle coach. The former points and allowed 77 in 12 games, mow
Tyler has scored 341 to the oppo-Awen .......
nents’ 87. rumbow
With the breakaway speed of umminznam
- TOTALS:
ship -----------------------------------------
7 . 59 seconds on a scoring pass 11 star Missouri guard has had his
Saturday at 2 p.m, at TCU s Saturday's game is anything like team in the finals two of his three
Amon Carter Stadium, another as close, the 15,000 or more fans years in Abilene and has been
Eagle team, in many respects should get value received, those teams win 31. lose three and halfback Glynn Gregory and the I
even faster and more explosive Weather forecasts indicate the tie one.
than the 34 champ, seeks a fifth
title. This time it is against Tyler.
The Rose City's Lions, who have
knocked off 14 straight opponents
in two years and have a 12-0 record
Amon Carter Stadium.
Half time score: H-SU
P- A.—is missed
E a
power of fullback James’Welch and Pre “ime-eemi. A SUspa Shreiner 22.
game day will be clear and cool, Moser’s Warbirds, who have had halfback Henry Colwell, the Eagles Rot" 7" Cmloom: k4# 4
with temperatures around 50 very little trouble running up a are figured for three touchdowns |
There will be plenty of seats left string of 22 straight conquests are at the least —e-iline SEL----
for the customers in the 37000- doped to win again Saturday. But Whether Abilene outscores Ty- FL L AL .
seat stadium, although more than this one isn't figured as any push ler with its powerhouse is another Tweght Champion
5,000 from Abilene and at least over. Tyler is big, it is fast and question. Moser said this week: “II Delays Title Bout
that many from Tyler have already it has two of the state's finest play- we can hold them to twa touch- 7
bought tickets, ers in quarterback Charles MU downs, we’ll win, I believe." BUENOS AIRES, Dec. M Un—A
stead and halfback Joe Leggette Gregory has scored 148 points, scheduled title bout between fly-
Milstead, a 6-2 blood bomb- Colwell 102 and Welch 66. Col- weight champion Pascual Perez of
shell who weighs 190, is being well has 1,037 yards rushing, Greg-1 Argentina and Leo Espinosa of
hailed as another Walt Fondren, a ory 1,003 and Welch 911. So the Manila has been postponed from
Doyle Traylor or a Vince Mat Warbirds are triply dangerous run- De 30 to Jan. 7.
| thews He kicks, passes and runs ning. Quarterback David Bourland
and all of them well He isn't Ty- is a fourth weapon. He can pass
| ler'e top ground gainer, but he effectively and ia very deceptive.
. has added 769 yards to the total. Both teams may use the air-
I an impressive figure for a quarter ways in an emergency Saturday.
SANFORD Fla., Dec It P—The | Biagetti of Willoughby Ohio, Jim back. He’s also scored 114 points. but both are primarily ground
Leggette is the top scorer with units They've been warming up
120 points and the yardage hawk | their aerial weapons just in cane.
this season, are a tougher outfit
than Houston was in 1954. That
game in 54 was decided in the last
Snead Holds Miami
Lead Despite 70
weather turned cold today and so Ferre of Winston Salem N. C. and
did Sam Sneads putter, but The Marty Furgol of Lemont Ill
Slammer’s even par 70 was good Inman and Balding shot 665—low
enough to give him a one-stroke score for the day Biagetti had a 67
lead at the halfway mark in th. and Furgol and Ferrecfired i
$15,000 Sanford Open Golf Tourna- 6. remree ured
with 980 yards and * 7.9 average however
Tubbs Misses Out
Parseghian succeeds Lou On OU Scrimmage
Saban. .—.....- 22
Making Siras For Better situs
thee 1 At Lower CA
Rister Sign Works
*02 PINE PHONE aiL
All Kinds of Painted Signs
ment. ,
“I missed putts all over the
course,” Sam moaned as he
walked off the windswept, chilly
course. His record six-under par
64 in the opening round gave Snead
a 36-hole total of 134
Bunched in second place just one
stroke back of Snead were Al Bald
ing of Ontario, Canada. Walker In-
man Jr., of Augusta Ga. Leo
New High Game
Sel in Bowling
Bob Bodges hit a string of
Brooklyn strikes Thursday night
to set a new season high game and
series to Major League bowling ac-
tivity.
Bridges’ 262 game, which in-
eluded nine consecutive strikes.
1 He weighs 186 and is a senior like While Abilene has won four state
Milstead Rounding out the Tyler titles— 1923 1928, 1931 an(j 1954
Field Reduced I backfield are fullback Steve Smith. Tyler has but one behind it—1930.
The field of 123 was reduced to 175. and right half Kenneth Me | The Lions defeated Amarillo for
the 60 low scoring pros, plus ties. Guire. 140.. The Tyler foursome av that one and right on this same
and 10 amateurs for the final two erases 172 pounds to Abilene's TCU field, Abilene won its 1931
round. Pros shooting 144 or under - " in " -------
qualified
same
164 In the line the Lions figure title here also
185 to Abilene’s 199 Eleven seniors will be playing
Dow Finsterwald of Bedford. Tyler has at least four stars in their last game for the Eagles
Heights Ohio tied for second place the line, end Byron Caruthers, 186 Ends Freddie Green and Jerry
twostrokes behind snend after the center Jim Davis, 200: tackle Billy Avery: tackles Homer Rosenbaum,
opening round, matched Snead’s 70 Sims, 200: and guard Maxie wil- Vance McFadden: guard Sam Cau-
and finished in a four-way tie at 1B die, center Elmo Cure; backs Col-
136 Except far weight, the Abilene well, Bourland, Welch, Jim Busby
Others in that brocket were Mike line should match Tyler. The Ea and John Barfoot______________
Souchak of Grossinger’s. N Y
Pete Cooper of Detroit and ama PROBABLE OFFENSIVE LINEUPS
teur Doug Sanders of Miami Beach * Y • t •
Sandero had a €7, Cooper and Sou- ABILENE
.savart Weight Player
Freddie Greta ..
was also a new high in the Men’s
Bowling Association this year His
Dahlgren Co. team defeated Coca
Cola, 40 His series was 648
Not only Bridges was hot but
two other new Major League marks
were set. VFW knocked oft How
ard TV, 3-1, and rolled a team se-
ries of 2,787 in doing so But How
ard had a high game of 1,025 and
that was another season record
Chapman-Head heated McFarlin
Insurance 4-0 and Bryan Do-Nut
tamed M-System 4-0 in other ac
tian.
Splits were picked up by David
Dahlgren (210 and 3-10); Cy
Beechley, 4-5; Hank Werner, 3-10
(three times), Bob Coilinn. 3-10;
and Bob Shoemaker, 210
Novice Five Enters
Zephyr Tournament
NOVICE, Dec 19 (HW)—Coach
M. B. Maxwell has announced the
1956 de basketball schedule for the
Novice Hornets.
0a Dec. 29-30-31 they will be in
the Zephyr Tourney: on Jan. 12
with Lahn there Conference games
follow: Jan. 10, Mozelle here: Jan
17, Burkett there; Jan 24, Centen-
′ nial here: Jan. 27 Mozelle there:
" Feb. 3, Talpe there; Feb. 7, Bur
kett here; Feb. 10, Centennial
Ythem.
Ed Furgol af * Louis and Ed 170
(Porky) Oliver of Lemont III., also
grouped with six others at 137
The sun shone brightly over the
6.205-yard per 36-34—70 Mayfair 180
Inn Country Club Course— but the 170
temperature was in the chilling 40s | 183
and a biting wind ripped across 193
Rufus King .....
Stuart Peake ....
Elmo Cure...
Sam Caudle
Homer Rosenbaum
Jerry Avery
David Bourland
the fairways. 141
. Putting Troubles 175 Glynn Gregory
Snead blamed the hand-numbing 169 Henry Colwell
cold for some of his putting trou- 172 Welch
bles
Pot
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TYLER
Player
Byron Caruthers
Tracy Webb ..
Maxie Wilson
Jim Davis
Weight
.. 186
.. 17J
... 182
.. 200
John Campbell .... 182
Billy Sims ........200
Mickey Trimble ... 171
Charles Milstead .. 190
LHB Joe Leggette .....186
RHB Kenneth McGuire 140
FB Steve Smith ......173
“Shucks,” the White Sulphur ---
Springs, W. Va., veteran said, “it Ronham Grid (aff
was so cold out that I couldn’t DOAiidili vnO Didi
hold a club. And 1 waa putting n.
miserably." % Gets Pay Raises
Sam’s only birdies came aa two Fat A900
par S holes where he got down BONHAM, Tex., Dec 16 V—The
putts of about 19 and to inches. three-man coaching staff that tod
"I three-putted the 17th for a Bonham High School to its first
bogey and on the two holes before football title in to years this fall
that I missed short putts for bird has been re-elected at "substantial
ies,” Snead said ia disgust , salary increases,” School Supt C
Ted Kroll of Bethesda, Md tied H Dillehay said today The amount
with Finsterwald for second after of the salaries was not disclosed
the first round, bad trouble with Dillehay said M. B Nelson, head
his approaching and putting and football and basketball roach was
blew to a 75. His 141 dropped him given • 2-year contract and that
well back in the field. | James Acree, assistant in both
sports, and Raymoa Anders, coach
of the Class AA school’s B team.
Football
4-AAAA
Finals
ABILENE
mm /
Mth"
013
8 135
were given 1 year contracts
Nelson and Acree have been,
coaching at Bonham for 1 years
and Anderson for I years
Nic’ n in Finals
NEW DELHI India Dec. 16 —
Denmark’s Kurt Nielsen today -
qualified for the finals in All-India
tennis championships by defeating
Japan’s Kosei Kamo 6-3, 64, 3 6,
8-1,
vs.
TYLER
KWKC
1:45 P M
New Athletic Director Stu
Holcomb announced a three-
year contract had been given to
Parseghian, who completed his
fifth year at Miami last fall
with an undefeated season.
In five years, Parseghian’s
teams have won 29 games, lost
s and tied 1. Among the vie-
tories were two over Big 10
teams in 1954, the Miami
Redskins beat Indiana 6-0 and
last fall they topped North-
western. 2514
NORMAN, Okla., Dec 16 W—
The Oklahoma football squad
scrimmaged today in preparation
for its Orange Bowl meeting Jan. 2
with Maryland.
Starting center Jerry Tubbs wu
the only one left out. He continued
to limber up a game knee suffered
in the final game af the season
with Oklahoma A&M.
Pau defense, handoffs and the
pass-run option with Tommy Mc-
Donald. Bob Burris, Clendon
Thomas and Carl Dodd running it
also occupied the backs.
Fullback Billy Pricer ran at half
speed because of a cold.
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