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Win Keeps ‘Cats
In League Race
By FRED SANNER
Reporter-News Sports Editor
A pin-point bomber and a 214-pound block-buster led
the San Angelo Bobcats to a 26-13 history-making vic-
tory over the Abilene Eagles in Public Schools Stadium
Friday night.
A crowd of 14,000 plus watched the thriller as the
Bobcats defeated the Eagles for the first time in Abi-
lene since 1945.
The victory kept the Bobcats in a tie for the District
2-AAAA lead with the Big Spring Steers, who defeated
Abilene Cooper, 27-0.
Quarterback Larry Mullins completed eight of 11
passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns and skipped
for a third TD himself, while Mike Tabor, who hits the
line with unquestioned authority, kept the Warbird de-
fenses from ganging up on the passer and scored a
touchdown himself.
ai
Left halfback Jack Middle-
brooks was the night’s leading
rusher with 90 yards in 14 carries,
including the longest run of the
night, a 32-yarder for the final
Eagle TD.
Fullback Sonny Jones scored the
STORY IN FIGURES
SAN ANGELO Team ABILENE
19 First Downs 14
159 Rushing Yardage 122
140 Passing Yardage 88
8 of 11 Passes Competed 9 of 18
3 Passes Intercepted By 0
1 for 30 Punts, Average 2 for 37.5
4 for 40 Pen-lties, Yards 2 for 30
1 Fumbles Lost •
other Eagle TD on a 7-yard dash
over the short side of the Abilene Ray with a 16 . yard bullet on
line to give Abilene a 7-0 lead the Eagle 20. Two plays later
and send thousands of yellow bal-
loons flying as the Eagles drew
first blood with 5:38 left in the
first quarter.
TD Passes
Mullins tossed touchdown pass,
es of 20 yards and 22 yards to
ends Dennis Gray and Bill Sinch-
es, respectively, and tallied the
first Bobcat TD with a five-yard
gazelle-like scamper to the left
corner with 11:12 remaining in the
first half.
Tabor got the final Bobcat
touchdown on the first play of the
Mullins found Gray over the right
side and the Bobcat end raced
fourth quarter on a one-yard
plunge.
It was the same old story as
far as the respective backfields
were concerned, with halfback Bill
Cameron joining Mullins and Ta-
bor to make a terrible trio for
San Angelo while Middlebrooks
and quarterback Don Leveridge
formed only a great twosome for
the Eagles.
Leveridge completed • of 17
passes for 88 yards but had three
intercepted.
Cameron was the leading Bob-
cat rusher with 84 yards in 20
trips while Tabor added 53 yards
in 14 carries to the Bobcat total
However, in the end it was the
pin-point passing of Mullins that
made the big difference.
Big Plays
the rest of the way after spinning
out of Cotton Ellis’ fingers.
Brown bulldogged Mullins down
and spoiled the extra - point at-
tempt and Angelo was ahead, 12-
7, with 1:34 left in the half.
Mullins intercepted a Lever-
idge pass on the San Angelo 45
to forestall any more Eagle ac-
tion in the half.
The Bobcats held the Eagles
to open the second half, then
drove 64 yards in seven plays
with the help of a 15-yard pen-
alty and despite a 5-yard penalty
against them.
The key plays were a 16 - yard
pass to Tabor on the Abilene 43
and the touchdown loss of 22
yards to Sinches in the left cor-
ner.
Brown piled on, penalizing the
Eagles to their 17 but Angelo was
set back to the 22 on an off-,
sides penalty to set up the touch-
down toss.
BEST BACK PICKS UP FIRST DOWN — Abilene’s Jack Middlebrooks (25) ram- (80) Mike Tabor (35) Bill Sinches (341 T mD . .
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Molder (62) and Gary Williams (63 on ground in center). Bobcats are Dennis Gray
Steers Shut Out
A Mullins to Sinches pass for
the extra points fell incomplete.
Then it was Abilene's time to
roar back.
Sophomore Rusty Harris return-
ed the kickoff 21 yards to the,
35.By JERRY SCARBROUGH touchback by Steer halfback
R ... Reporter-News Sports Writer James Gilbert.
I BIG SPRING — Quarterback Big Spring started moving in
Middlebrooks raced to the 42, Jerry Tucker riddled 'Cooper's high gear at that point as the
then Newman went wide to the
Cooper, 27-0
an identical play for the two-point Big Spring fumbled the second then hitting Gilbert, who made a
up at lunge and caught the ball falling
Cougars failed just inside the end zone on the
84. right side. Pryor’s kick was true
STORY IN FIGURES Au d P 1 the TWU POIRE 215 ppunS Eumoed the
COOPER Team BIG SPRING conversion, giving the Steers a half kickoff getting Cooper
» Rustin# Varanse 153 14-0 bulge with 58 seconds remain-e s 0
us. * Passing Yardace 212 ing in the first half the Steer 35, but the Cougars
pass defense with 15 completions Steers went 80 yards in 10 plays i 2 Passes Intercepted by 042 Cooper was unable to move in to get anything moving Boyd-
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decision over the Cougars. , rambled to the 36. Two more line After halfback Bill Boyd picked 2P____________two passes went incomplete. serious
The win kept Big Spring dead- plunges netted 12 yards, then full, up five yards off tackle, McCraw
Time and again the Eagles ap- ________—____________
peared to have the Bobcats short side all the way to the
stopped but Mullins would come Bobcat 44.
up with the third-down killer, us- On third down, needing 10, Lev-
ually a pass that. caught the eridge hit wingback Willie Phil-
Eagle defenders flat-footed. lips on the Bobcat 32. „ . _ . , - ...... J .one
The Bobcats came to play, and Then came the finest run of locked with San Angelo for the back Jack Irons shook loose over round t
so did the Eagles, but after the the night for 5*^ ™ “ District 2-AAAA lead Both teams a gaping hole at right tackle. He found Boyd in H* flat for eight
initial shock of seeing the Eagles brooks, with great blocking from have 3-0 league marks. --------"- —
score first, they drove right Lack the right side of the Abilene line,
for 63 yards in 13 plays with Mul- turned the corner and cut down.
Uns evading the grasping fingers fieid for a 32 - yard sparkler
of Eagle defenders as he crossed Leveridge kept for the points but
over from the five, was stopped short.
Abilene had held the Bobcats for
almost went the distance, but yards to the 22 and a first down.
■ But there two passes went incom-
The scrappy Cougars were no Cougar safety Owen Smith made
match for Tucker’s aerial mastery the save with a shoestring tackle
as the 160-pound senior completed at the Cooper 3«.
his first seven passes and had 10 Halfback David Maberry re-
for 11 in the first half. His favor-ceived a tremendous block by
plete, a screen pass to Chapman
was stopped for no gain and Mo-
Craw’s fourth down fling to end
Jessen, Suggs
Lead Civitan
The Cougars made their last
serious threat at that point with
From the 33, the Steers scored second-string quarterback Don
Herttenberger leading the charge.
From the Cooper 38, he faded back
and hit McCharen on 35-yard pass
and run play to the Steer 27.
He connected with Jowers at the
in five plays. Tucker contributed
one pass, an 18-yarder to Everett,
but Irons was the big gainer.
He went straight up the middle
for 20 yards to the Cooper 39
and then, after the pass comple-
tion, smashed to the 11. On the
next play he twisted and powered
. . ite target was end Eddie Everett tackle Mike Hughes and went over Roy McCharen carried just inside SAN ANTONIO, Tex, (AP'- ' - --------*——
Tabor Then San Angelo put the final who snagged five losses for 64 left tackle for 18 yards to the 15 the 13, inches short of a first Ruth Jessen and Louise Suges way over right tackle for the
three downs HIOPDIE BARE a icing on a sweets - laden victory yards and one touchdown. . .. NS PrPE Lick wee mid---.
the 2 largely Tommy Boyds ef-with a 64-yard drive that needed
fort), halting him again for no nine plays. Tabor got the TD on ]
gain and then throwing Cameron the first play of the fourth down the middle to
back to the 5. Larry Rodsess was quarter on a one-yard plunge.
But the key plays were a 31- ing. He seldom had to look long
5 to Gray to find an open receiver as the Irons lanced to the 4, then Tuck-
on the Eagle 29 and 12 - yarder,Cooper secondary was slow to cov-er dropped back and hit Mendoza
breaking across the middle for
the chief Eagle in that effort.
Down The Middle
on the next play.
After two ground tries failed to
down.
The Steers, who didn’t mind
Most of Tucker’s losses went gain. Tucker went to the air, hit- ,
receivers ting end Willie Mendoza in the having to 8° long distances for
breaking across or button hook- left flat at the 8. their touchdowns, marched the
their touchdowns, marched the
Mendoza Scores
full 87 yards in 12 plays for the
longest drive of the night.
Tucker hit on seven of eight
passes in the drive to account for
But Mullins would not be yard pass from Mullins
stopped. ... . cus
Still the Bobcats found them; from Mullins to Sinches on the,er on down-the-middle flings.
selves trailing, 7-6. as W ayne r o | Warbh rd one. Cooper was given a gol den op-the tally Guard Bobby Pryor’s
kick went low and wide . . Mullins passed to Tabor and portunity in the opening minutes attempted kick for the conversion nearly aU the yardage.
Abilene had marched 67 yards San Angelo led 26-13 with 11 56 as the Steers lost a fumble on - — — 4- *-------- - -
for its score without ever relin-t i e 4 1 with 11.5612 - - -------------
quishing the ball after Chuck m the8
Hughes returned the kickoff to the
was no good and the Steers led, He passed to Gilbert for 13 and
fired two-under-par 69s Friday to
grab the first round lead in the
$7,500 Civitan Open Golf Tourna-
ment.
Miss Jessen, the first of the
touring professionals to tee off.
came within a stroke of the
women’s record for the back nine
as she posted a 38-31 on the
6,217-yard Brackenridge Park
course.
TD. Pryor’s kick was wide and
the Steers were 20-0 in the lead
with 8:50 remaining in the third
period.
Abilene 33.
Middlebrooks picked up five
yards, then was almost away for
a touchdown on the second play
but Sinches pulled him down on
the San Angelo 46.
Stop Drive
Three plays later Middlebrooks
picked up a first down on the Bob-
cat 33. but the Bobcats seemed to
have stymied the Eagles there as
they pinned the blond halfback on
the 34, then the 38.
But Leveridge came up with a
big third-down pass to Hughes on
the 17. He handed off to Dickie
Newman, who in turn handed back
to him and the pass caught the
Bobcats off guard.
Middlebrooks and Jones again
were stopped cold but Leveridge
hit big end Phil Brown on the 7
and Jones took it home from there
with 5 38 left in the quarter.
Middlebrooks booted the extra
point.
The Eagles were on their way
_ _ their own 31 with tackle Bill Tif- 6-0, with one minute still to play 11 halfback Tommy Young for
The Eagles were down but not fany recovering for the Cougars. - 4 “-• —nd
out. The Cougars pushed down to the
out.
They drove from their own 35
to the San Angelo 40 but Weldon
Allen picked off a Leveridge pass
and returned it to the San Angelo
38.
Abilene held and Jim Gali-
more’s punt died on the Eagle 25.
This time the Warbirds moved
all the way to the Bobcat 34 with
Leveridge’s 11-yard keeper gain-
ing that point.
But Sinches intercepted at that
stage and returned to the San,
Angelo 35. Angelo ran out the
clock with Mullins picking up 16
yards to the Abilene 46 on the
last play.
IS as fullback Drew Tucker hit
the middle for one, then three
yards and halfback Danny Chap
man went wide for eight and then
for four, but quarterback Bobby
McCraw’s aerial from the 15 was
in the first period, „ ,. - .
A short punt early in the second 13 and 8, to Maberry for 14 on a
period gave the Cougars a chance screen pass, and the last two
from the Big Spring 49. McCraw losses went to Everett. The first
took to the airways and carried
the Cougars to the 13 before re-
linquishing the ball.
He hit end Charles Jowers in
picked off in the end zone for a the left flat for 14 yards to the 35.
Buckaroos Batter
Kangaroos, 29-8
WEATHERFORD
(RNS)—The
San Angelo has now survived Breckenridge Buckaroos went on weaTEKFORD
theother two members of the pre- —
season Big Three — Odessa Perm-
ian and Abilene - with co-leader
Big Spring, Odessa, Abilene
Cooper and Midland Lee the four
remaining steps to the Bobcats'
first district football champion.
ship since 1960.
rampage here Friday night
of 9
running up a 29-8 score over the
Weatherford Kangaroos in the I tor 2
went for six yards and the payoff
pitch went for eight. Everett butt-
onhooked across the middle and
pulled the perfect toss in.
Identical Play
Tucker found Everett again on
Her round included birdie putts
on the 10th, 11th. 14th and 16th
holes to compensate for bogies on
the 1st and 8th holes.
Miss Suggs, the defending
champion and last to tee off, saw
her chances for an unchallenged
lead cancelled by three-putt per-
formances on the 10th and 16th
greens
Marilyn Smith came in a stroke
back at 36-34—70, the days only
other sub-par score She turned
Cougars Gamble
Taking the ensuing kick, the
Cougars made nine yards in three
plays and decided to gamble from
their own 36 for the first down
Boyd hit right tackle on a quick
opener that didn’t open and center
Dexter Pate pulled him down for
no gain.
The Steer * went across in two
plays with Tucker finding Everett
for nine yards down the middle.
14. but a 15-yard penally pushed
the Cougars back to the 29.
Kills Drive
Tucker rambled to the 10 on
the draw play, but a five-yard
penalty nullified the gain. Gilbert
picked off his second interception
of the game on the next play as
the Steer halfback grabbed Hert-
tenberger's toes at the 9 to kill
the drive. ....
Irons was the leading rusher for
the Steers with 55 yards in eight
tries.
Herttenberger was the main
offensive threat for the Cougars
as he completed five of 10 aerials
for 67 yards.
COOPER
BIG SPRING
THE ARILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Saturday Morning, October 21, 1961
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i Downs
'Quakes Fail
To Mar Meef
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) -
Six earthquakes jolted the Mesa
Navy Sails Past
Detroit, 37-19
in what was probably the day’s
most consistent round, hitting 17
greens, using 34 putts and picking
up a stroke on par with a 4-foot
birdie putt on the 17th hole.
Mickey Wright, the leading
money winner of the year, had and losing
what she called a '’dull” round overcame Detroit's Jerry Gross
DETROIT (AP)—Navy, seizing
: a quick 13-point lead.
She shot a 75.
ercested #." 1J Verde Country Club course Fri- J
$1 a day during the second round of 1
* — ° the $20,000 Orange County Open s
The leaders:
Run Sewmen
Larry Vargo passing tandem Fri-
day night with three fourth quar-
11—6 ter touchdowns that produced a
W1 37-19 victory.
5 It was Navy’s own passing
PETFOIT SAP)-Statisties of the Navy-
NAVY DETROIT
21 20
263 50
First downs
tushing yardage
Passing yardage
Paste intercepted by
re.n.a
13-22
2
2-29
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2
again after the Bobcat TD. mov-
mg from their 41 to the Bobcat
46 with the help of a 7-yard pass
from Leveridge to Rodgers.
But a 15-yard penalty back to
the Eagle 39 slowed the attack
and whan Middlebrooks was
thrown for a 6-yard loss on a
screen pass, the Eagles were
forced to kick.
Sinches returned Gary Williams’
46-yard boot to the Bobcat 37
but fumbled. However. Gray re-
covered and the second San An-
gelo drive was under way.
The big gamble came on the
Eagle 41 as Mullins, needing a
long two on fourth down, sent
Cameron through to the 16 on a
SAN ANGELO
ABILENE
0 12 6 8—26
7 0 6 0—13
Bell, Mercer Hil
Golf Meet Finals
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP)
Robert Bell, stocky one-time Ohio
District 4-AAA opener for both
teams, roopunt 45 yards. Ledbetter pas- | Tournament but they didn’t shake M
Weatherford was held scoreless sed to Tolbert for the e x t r a Buddy Sullivan out of first place g
until the fourth quarter, points with nearly two minutes Sullivan, from Yuba City, Calif "
4 ***** ” added a one-over-par 72 to his M
A little later Kangaroo quarter left in the quarter
back Bobby Tarpley, who had The Kangaroos finally began opening round of 64 for a 36-hole
the game after being injured while | rolling in the fourth quarter mak-
trying to pass ing a 62-yard drive, climaxed by distance. That gave him a one
Breck's scoring began in the Tarpley’s one • yard run for the stroke margin over two tourna-
second quarter when a 42-yard touchdown. Tarpley passed to ment freshmen. Jerry Steelsmith
drive was climaxed by a two yard halfback Larry Watson for the ex- of Glendale, Calif., and Bob Har-
run by fullback Troy Kennedy, tra pointe. rison of Pacific Palisades, Calif.,
Quarterback Harry Ledbetter Buckaroo halfback William and veteran Jim Ferrier of Bur-
passed to end Leonard Tolbert Wimberly carried the ball for bank, Calif.
for the extra points, four yards to make the fourth ' u
Moments later Buckaroo tackle Breckenridge touchdown of the oei Oraies Coine oennone
Jerry steeisie 2 1
State football player, and Dr.
John Mercer, 135-pound, 5-4 op iusueute oucnew .aun_________..______-__
tometrist, scored semifinal vic- Kenny Palmer covered a Kanga- night, climaxing a 75 - yard drive
tories Friday in the North and - .....-
South Senior Golf Tournament
roo fumble, and on the next play Ledbetter kicked the extra point
total of 136. six under par for the Amarbara" Fuett"
a Denotes amateur
rison of Pacific Palisades, Calif.,
handoff to the right.
Tabor picked up four but Brown
threw Mullins for a loss on the
36 and the Eagle supporters
breathed easier as a third-down
pass to Gray was incomplete.
But Mullins came up with that
They'll meet for the title in an
18-hole match Saturday.
Bell, who is 56 and from Worth-
ington, Ohio, won the lath hole
to got even, then went on to edge
James Ackerman, 65, of Prince-
ton, N.J., in a 22-hole marathon.
A 10-foot birdie putt was the de
great play again, hitting Sammy cisive stroke.
halfback Don Coody shook loose Before Breckenridge n.ade Its
for 35 yards and the second first score of the game, the Kan
Breckenridge score of the eve- garoos held then once on the
ning. Weatherford two. In the third
Ledbetter’s pass attempt for quarter, the Buckaroos were,
extra points was intercepted by stopped again on the Weather
the Kangaroos, ford three.
ford three.
Breck scored again in the third
WEATHERFORD
0 008
when Kennedy returned a Kanga- BRECKENRIDGE OMI 7—29
ex
Ch game, led by Ron Klemick, plus field goal early in the second
7 Greg Mather’s field goal kicking quarter before Detroit started the
- that put the boot to the Titans battle of comebacks
Mather booted three field goals The Titans, driving against the
that kept Navy in the game until clock in the final two minutes
its winning, strike five, minutes the first half, went 75 yards in
‘after had gone ahead late n N
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in the third period. straight passes and the last six
Gross, No. 2 among the na-were complete. Vargo made a
--------tion’s total offense leaders, hit diving catch of a floater in the
a J Vargo with three scoring passes end zone 34 seconds before the
Moss Sets Record of 6,10 and 26 yards. half time gun.
I % * At .The touchdown that won for the Mather booted another 31-yard
In Monterey Dun Middies was a 2-yarder from three-pointer early in the third
III MONICICT KUIl Klemick to halfback Carl Fink, quarter. Gross again fired up the
Navy quickly added two more Titans and they moved to two
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — scores, one on Klemick s 25-yard quick touchdowns before the
Stirling Moss of England pushed pass to Gary Kellner, period ended.
his peagreen Lotus Monte Carlo! The first time Navy had the
to a course record of 92 miles an ball, Klemick pitched a 30-yard Datoi ":”:™""“: “ I3‘5
hour at Laguna Secs Friday dur-pass to Jim Stewart. The long Navy FG Matier n
ing qualification runs for the Pa-pass set up the first of Mather’s Navy—Sai ’‘^ (Mather kick)
cific Grand Prix Saturday and field goals, a 37-yarder. NA FC Mather M
Sunday. Next time the Middies had the
Moss sped around the 1.9 miles ball, Johnny Sai, • chunky half-
course on nearby Ft. Ord in back, broke around right end.
1:159, shaving 14 seconds off the shook off two tacklers and
record he set last year in the skipped down the right sidelines
same 2.5-liter Coventry Climax 74 yards for • touchdown,
powered sports car. Mather then hinted a
The Titans, driving against the
Next time the Middies had the
De" Vargo • saea from Gross (ick
Der’vi. W A.. from cron qus
Mather then booted a 31-yard Y',
I pass from Gross (Gross
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Sr (Mather two
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