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JURY HAMPERS BUBBA MEY.R
1956 Mustangs
Slate Abilene,
s Close Heavy Drills Breckenridge
For Big, Tough Vernon Lions
Final Wavy workouts for the
Vernon game were to be held by
the Sweetwater Mustangs today,
(allowing a heavy but satisfactory
drill Tuesday.
Coach El wood Turner reported
tkat both his offense and defense
"looked much better" Tuesday af-
ter a flat Monday workout. The
Mustangs have drilled intensively
on their offense, which will meet
one of district l-AAA's heaviest
and most stubborn defenses as
thrown up by the Vernon Lions.
Only two teams, the powerful
Wichita Falls Coyotes of class
AAAA and the Snyder Tigers,
1-AAA title favorite, have been
able to score as many as three
touchdowns, and one Snyder score
Garland Widens
AAA Poll Lead
DALLAS .?i—The Garland Owls
settled further in the top perch of
the Dallas News' AAA football poll
this week after playing Cleburne
34-0.
Grand Prairie, Brownwood and
Levelland crept up the ladder of
AAA success but remained far be-
hind Garland, division kings for
the fifth consecutive week.
Top ten teams and their sea-
son's record are:
1—Garland <5-0'
2—Alice 5-01
3—Texarkana '3-0-1
4—Levelland 14-0-1
5—San Antonio Edison 4-1 ■
6—Grand Prairie >5-0
and Brownwood 4-1)
8—Snyder (3-1 i
9—Lufkin <3-2
10—Beaumont South Park 4-0-1 >
I came as the result of a disputed . week, but is expected to be ready
i fumble recovery on the Vernon for some service against Vernon.
; three-yard line. If Meyer is sidelined, junior end
The Mustangs are expected to John Wilkinson will be in his place
, be in top physical condition for the on offense. On defense, linebacker
I Vernon tilt with the exception of Jimmy Feagan will move in to the
' Bubba Meyer, stellar end. who re- defensive end spot, with guard Pat-
ceived an injured neck against Lub rick Gerald taking over the line-
bock Monterey. Meyer has been un- backer's job vacated by Feagan.
able to take part in workouts this Guard Larry Summers. Mustang
tri-captain, who received a knee
injury in the opening game against
Abilene and hasn't seen a minute
of playing time since, has been
participating in rough workouts for
the past two weeks, and may also
be ready for limited service.
Otherwise the starting offensive
lineup will have Meyer or Wilk-
inson and Feagan at ends. Bobby
Weems and Dale Littlefield at
tackles, Gerald and Bryce Hart-
: graves at guards, Edwin Ether-
: edge at center. Don Aiken at quar-
terback, Harroll Hobbs and James
Harvey at halfbacks and Bobby
Hartgraves at fullback.
On defense. Meyer or Feagan
and David Roberts will be at ends.
Etheredge and Dickie Woods at
tackles. Bryce Hartgraves at
guard. Bobby Hartgraves. Donnie
McXeal and either Feagan or Ger-
ald at linebackers. Adolph Olvera,
' Richard Ferrell or Harroll Hobbs
and James Harvey at halfbacks,
i The bulky Lions will hold a con-
siderable weight advantage over
the Mustangs, especially ~ on de-
fense. when they use tackles weieh-
The 1956 version of the Sweet-
water Mustangs will meet two
of the state's toughest high
school grid teams in opening
games next fall, Breckenridge
and Abilene.
The Mustangs will open their
season on Sept. 7 against the
Buckaroos at Breckenridge.
Two-time class AAA champ-
ions. the Buckies dropped down
to AA this year, where they
are again one of the state's out-
standing teams.
The mighty Abilene Eagles,
defending AAAA champions,
are heavily favored to cop
their second straight state
title this year, being presently
unbeaten and untied. The
Eagles and Mustangs will
clash at Mustang Bowl on
Sept. 14, in the opening home
game for the Mustangs.
Other non-conference teams
under consideration include
Big Spring. Kermit. Ballinger
and Stamford. Big Spring will
be in AAAA next year and Ker-
mit in AAA. while Stamford
and Ballinger are perennial
AA powers of West Texas.
Sweetwater will compete in
a district composed of Snyder,
Lamesa, Colorado City, Lake
View of San Angelo and Sweet-
water.
MSC Hero In Win Over Notre
Dame Is Named Back Of Week,
Fullback MM- °i£! TdTm
* ?aiasafts art st
s x? •aw ysrvas | psrgt &a-
1 whose forward
Not only did Planutis go over for
Penn S.tate.
It was a contest between two
passes crushed ball by his teammates for his trc-
mendous work.
| It was a contest oeiweeu i u Putlth^ook to the air as
lads from the anthracite region of ground. JVellsh 34_14 t,fc
I j eastern Pennsylvania with Hazle- he sparked Na . Tht,
! Weish P'anUtiS ,0PPin8 COalda'eS y^r^ld^Midshipman set the Nit-
A national television audience tany Lions uCr™mnleted 15 of''20
saw Planutis overpower the Notre Altogether he 1 Nava! Acad
1 Dame line with savage line bucks passes for 285 yards,
: as the Spartans moved to their emy record p„nn Statp
I winning TD in the third period. It Coach R>P. Engte
was fitting for him to buck over : termed Welsh th • football
the vital points because it wiped | plished passer
out the bitter memory of 1954 when , today. ... . . „ot th,
he failed to convert twice and the b>
sportswriters and broadcasters rj|
the AP poll.
! Fullback Joe Childress of Auburn
Was praised for his work in Au-
burn's 14-12 upset of Georgia Tech
Quarterback Sonny Jurgenseh ot
Duke who tallied the winning' 1D
against Ohio State, was praised
too, as was Don Watson,
scored twice in Texas A&M s 19-1'.
Irish took a 20-19 victory.
Deer Hunters
Early Casualties
SQUEEZE PLAY —Paddy DMarco fastens a headlock on Kenny-
Lane at New York's St. Nicholas Arena. DeMarco let go long
enough to win a split 10-round decision from the Muskegon.
Mich., 140-pounder. The ex-champion was an 11-5 underdog
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Wednesday, October 19, 1955
Freight, Elevator
Men Fight For Grain
For Grain Supply
AUSTIN million d.ll.r, Ton,
worth of gram was he prize todaj " McDonald of Oklahoma: Johr.
as freight and elevator men fought myjacu ank
SSSS," " Washington Suit; John ;fJ
Crlttoal lack^I storage lor grain Majors ol Tennessee and Jon Sr-
TAKE HOME
A HANDY
CARTON!
BIG CAME BOY Allen Shiv-
ers stands proudly beside a
trophy of a hunting trip on the
Ponder Ranch in Brewster
County, western Texas. The
nine-year-old son of the Texas
governor was with dad's party.
Aggies In Strange
Role As Favorites
In Conference Tilt
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas A&M will be in a strange
role Saturday—favored to win a
i Southwest Conference football
game for the first time in two
years
Bluebird Moved
To Nellis AFB
Washburn Trial
Witness Dies
LAREDO. Tex. UP—Oscar H.
Malakoff. 60 .who was to have been
a witness in the forthcoming trial
yes-
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GARLAND UP—Garland thinks it |
ing 250 and 220 pounds. However ; has a world's record for casualties
the Mustangs have been outweighed —before the hunting season even
by every opponent played this opens.
year, with only the Levelland Lo- The deer-hunting season is a
boes and Stamford Bulldogs close month off but four Garland sports-
to the Mustangs in size. men were injured trying out newly
attached telescopes on their high-
powered rifles.
They were Elmer Newman. M.
S. Ho'llenshead, J. V. Shipley and
A. V. Morrison.
Each held his rifle too close to ;
LAS VEGAS. Nev. .?—The Blue- his eyes in getting a good perspec-
bird II, the sleek, jet hydroplane tive through the scope in firing
which sank last Sunday after an practice rounds. The gufl rebound-
ill-fated speed attempt by Eng- ed and the scope conked the man
land's Don Campbell, today was on the forehead, cutting gash
moved to Nellis Air Force Base, above the bridge of the nose and
Campbell promptly accepted an between the eyes.
offer by Brig. Gen. James G. Rob-
erts, base commander, to use re-
pair facilities at the nearby air
base. The 34-year-old Britisher said
he expects the Bluebird II to be
ready for another try on his own
water record of 202.34 miles an
hour within two weeks.
"It's most amazing, there is .
hardly any water damage to the of Harry L. Washburn, died
engine or electrical system." . terdav of a heart attack.
Campbell said. Campbell blamed Washburn is charged with slay-
choppy weather for his average of ing his former mother-in-law. Mrs.
The bubbling Aggies, hot on the 155 miles an hour over a 7-mile Helen Harris Weaver, wealthy San
trail of a championship that has Lake Mead course. He said while Angelo and Houston socialite.
■ eluded them for 15 years, meet the boat is being repaired he will Malakoff suffered his mpek in
Baylor's daring Bears at College survey the lake for a better course .San Angelo three Weeks ago and
j Station in the feature game of the j had been in a hospital there until
, conference for the week. j LT. S. cigarettes made in 1915 a week ago. He owned a hotel
This one might well decide the contained about 3 per cent nico- here and formerly lived in Pitts-
title and jhe young Aggies find tine compared to about 2 per cent burgh. Pa., and owned a water
i themselves 3-point favorites to gain today. works in a community near there.
the highly favored position. 1 "T'M
I A crowd of 40.000 is due as 1
Aggieland thrills to the drive back
up of a team that has been down
i so many seasons.
Rice and Texas clash at Austin
in,another conference game and
this one is rated even although !
Texas has won only one game this j
year and Rice has lost only one.
The Owls' somewhat dismal show-
ing against Southern Methodist
last week is the reason for their
low rating against Texas.
While the two conference games
are being played, the three other
conference members will be en-
gaging in intersectional warfare.
Southern .Methodist finds itself a
T-point underdog to Mississippi at
Oxford.
The weekend starts off with ■
Texas Christian battling Miami at
Miami. The Horned Frogs, who
lost their first game of the season ;
to Texas A&M last week, are fa-
vored by a touchdown over the
Miami Hurricane.
SWINK DROPS TO FOURTH
Navy's Welch Is Top
College Ground Gainer
sorghum, now being harvested in
the high plains country, had caused
j some of the grain to be dumped
on the ground already. Much of it
will spoil. Heavy rains would ruin
it all.
State Agriculture Commissioner
John C. White, acting quickly,
wired railroad officials last night
to urge immediate help in moving
the grain from overflowing country
1 elevators and from "ground stor-
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS yards on the ground for a 288- age" to terminal centers at Lub-
George Welsh's spectacular | yard total, top individual feat of bock. Plainview and Amarillo.
aerial display against Penn State ' the year, and the second best pass-; \ near record Texas harvest of
has vaulted the Navy's poised ing show in five vears. ) grain sorghum was expected. A big
passer from 14th to first place j In 1950, John Ford of Hardin-j part of the 138.424.000 bushels v.ill
among the nation's major college j Simmons completed 20 of 25 heaves ! COme from irrigated and dryland
football yardage gainers. j for 293 yards against Arizona State. | high plains areas. With the grain
Despite the damp weather, the ; That was the only other time in already on the ground, only about
164-pound Middie quarterback com- j five years any major college pass- 20 per cent of the crop had been
plcted 15 of 20 passes for 285 yards | er completed 75 per cent of 20 harvested today,
and 2 touchdowns, and added 3 j or more attempts for that kind of White said a repetition of recent
yardage. rain* in the high plains would
Fourth Of-fense Tocpsr , mean ruin for nearly 1.000 boxcar
With his total of 634 yards rush- ]0ads dumped on the ground in the
ing and passing «minus 1 rushing. jast few days.
635 passingi. Welsh became the Galveston port authorities prom-
fourth different player to head the ised some relief with the announce-
offense lists in as many weeks, nient that 500 cars would be freed
were Joe jn a few days with the port's ex-
nett of L'SC.
Golf Tournament
Set At Midland
WELL GROUNDED
MIDLAND. Tex. IB—A large in-
flux of golfers began arriving here The other pace-setter
today in preparation for the Ryder Clements. Texas. Claude Benham. petted heavy movement of erain.
Cup-Challenge team matches.Columbia, and Art Luppino. xhe 500 cars last night were
scheduled for Friday. Saturday Arizona. .stacked up at the port with no
and Sundav. Luppino. second in total offense place for their cargoes.
Ryder Cup team Capt. Chick ; with 606 yards, maintained his grip R. C. Martin, Santa Fe Railroad
Harbert fired a 35-35 for a two- in rushing with the same number official at Amarillo. said. "We are
under-pair 70 over the lush 7,035- of yards. A new pass leader was putting hopper and slatter cattle
yard country club course Vester- unteiled, however, in Dartmouth s ■. ears* into s^rvujp in. an effort to
day. Bill Beaele. help move grain sorghum to ter-
An 18-hoie exhibition round and The Dartmouth quarterback hit niinals from country elevators,
clinic with the Challenge golfers on 19 of 40 throws for 278 yards Me.'nwhile, the grain piled up.
and Ben Hoean. honorary chal- in the Indians' losing effort to The Black. Tex., Grain Co.
lenge team captain, will be held Lafayette. Beagle now has com- started piling grain sorghum on the
tomorrow. pleted 53 passes. His yardage total ground yesterday. D. C". McWhor-
Herbert said he would pair off of 600 is 35 short of Welsh s figure. [Cr <,aid the moisture content was
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day competition after a practice
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Broilers Bring
Top Fair Prices
DALLAS .?—Blue ribbon broil
ers brought approximately SI.300
j yesterday in the junior market
auction of the State Fair of Texas.
Another S1.350 was paid privately j
for winning birds.
Billy Joe Anderson. 15. Arling-
! ton. sold his grand champion pen
of five cockerels for S250 to J. H.
Youngblood. Waco. Youngblood also !
bought the champion exhibit of five
pullets owma by Earl Stewart.
Lubbock.
Western Hatcheries. Temple,
paid S100 for the reserve grand
champion pen of five cockerels
owned by Jimmie Soules, 10,
Goldthwaite. John Weaver, Kle-
berg. sold his exhibit of five re-
serve pullets for S50 to B&B Feed
Mills. Grapevine.
Completions are the measuring )ov enough for ground storage
yardstick in passing. , without spoilage.
Beagle's attempts and comple- At Lubbock, grain elevator op-
tions are single-game highs for the orators said acute lack of trans-
season and his yardage was second portation hampered handling of the
only to Welsh s.
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S. Simpson. Florida 5
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10. Cassidv. Ohio State 4
FORWARD PASSING
Att. C < m. I'
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huge crop. Frank Higginbotham
said the boxcar shortage was the
worst in his 20 years of experi-
ence with the grain.
J. H. Williams of the S. E. Cone
Grain & Seed Co. agreed. So did a
spokesman lor Burrus Elevator Co.
A Fort Worth & Denver Railroad
representative in Fort Worth said
all available box cars were being
sent to the critical area. There just
was not enough, he said.
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German Traffic
LONDON* .?•—-R u s s i a. which
granted Communist East Germany
sovereignty Sept. 29. will continue
to control "for the present" mili- j 1Dg
tary traffic between West Ger- j
many and West Berlin.
A note to this effect, broadcast
by the Moscow radio, has been
sent to the Western Big Three. It
replied to a U.S.-British-French
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Accused Murderer
Commits Suicide
CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex. .? — |
Juan Trevino, 63. who w as to go j
on trial Oct. 31 on a charge of
murdering Joe Aleman by shooting <
in Driscoll. Tex., committed sui- j
cide yesterday. The verdict was re- !
turned by Justice of the Peace Ama i
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