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PAGE 4—SPORTS
The Campus Chat
Friday, Aug. 4, 1961
1/7 Abner To Lead Texans
In Saturday Battle With Titans
ABNER HAYNES, the North Texas e who led the American
Football League in ruthinq and punt returns and wo the league'*
Player of the Year award, will be in action Saturday .light at Cobb
Field in Dallas.
By MIKK DUCKWORTH
Couch Odua Mitchell'* fimt im-
pression of Abner Haynea *«« of
a boy "so skinny hia pants just
barely hung on him."
Six years later North Texan*
will have a chance to see him in ac-
tion as the Dallas Texans meet
the New York Titans in Dallas at
Cobb Stadium. Kickoff time is set
at 8 p.m. Saturday.
When Haynea first reported for
practice Mitchell never thought the
skinny boy from Dallaa would
liecome one of North Texaa' fineat
football players and win the
American Football League's Play-
er of the Year award.
Haynea' football career in col-
lege started with a bang and
hasn't quit yet. In 1966 he led
his freshman football team to an
undefeated season, 'n three years
of varsity competition he chewed
up 3,(102 for an K.l yard average.
As a junior and senior he won
All-MVC honors and received hon-
orable mention for Ail-American.
A better evaluation of his tal-
ents was given in Time Magazine
in which he was listed by pro
scouts as one of the five top backs
in the nation. He was sought avidly
by pro teams all over the coun-
try. The Pittsburgh Steelers listed
him as their No. 2 draft choice and
Winnipeg of the Canadian League
also offered him a big bonus if
he decided to move north of the
border.
But Abner wanted only to stay
I at home and play for the Dallas
Texans members of the fledgling
American Football League.
When the season ended, Haffnes
was voted the AFL Player of the
Year by wire service sporta re-
porters.
"I knew that he would make
somebody a good football player,"
Mitchell said. "I wasn't too sur-
prised when he won the award, lie
got some good breaks, turned in a
couple of good games and w«*
player of the week two times."
One of tnese games was against
In MVC Football . . .
Bearcats Feature Experience
The Cincinnati Bearcats will
open their 1! « 1 football campaign
with 26 lettermen and :-ight start-
ers from the team that finished
thinl in the Missouri Valley race
last fall and compiled an over-all
record of four wins and six losses.
Adding a touch of new to the
otherwise almost set Bearcat squad
is coach Chuck Studlcy. Stt.Jley
spent five years as assistant coach
at Illinois ami one year as head
coach of Massachusetts before
grabbing the Cincinnati job early
this year.
Studley will have a squad of ex-
perienced players to work with, in-
cluding All-MVC choices halfback
Fred Oblak and tackle Ken Hyers.
Oblak is a compact 165-pounder
who stands 6-9. He is not only a
shifty broken field runner but also
an outstanding pass receiver. ' ust
season he caught 2.'l passes for -186
yards and the Valley title in that
department. He also ground out
.'14 1 yards overland.
Brickfield help is plentiful. All
13 of Cincy's top ground gainers
from last fall are available. The
group includes Kd Hanks, a 197-
pound fullback who blasted Valley
lines for 104 yards during the last
campaign. This was tops on the
Bearcat squad.
Hunks and Oblak are backed up
by two more starters from '60-
quarterbacks Larry Harp and half-
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back Hurdie Phillips. The latter is
u defensive stalwart who was Cin-
cinnati's most valuable player.
The line will also be rugged.
Along with Byers (6-1 and 218)
are end Bob McCutcheon (6-1,
196) and center Tom Keinstatler
(6-2, 192). Ken Conaster, the Bear-
cats, No. 1 center when Reinstatler
was hobbled with injuries, has been
shifted to right guard.
Help should come from the
freshman squad with Jim Curry, a
6-4 quarterback, ready to go. Cur-
ry blasted the Kentucky freshman
line for 128 yards and is an uble
signal caller.
Other prize frosh prospects are
fullback Joe Davis and tackle
Movie Smith.
Studley hopes an emphasis on
defense will improve the Bearcat
record which was the worst since
1966. With the experience and tal-
ent available the 1961 edition of
Cincinnati football should be a
strong Valley title contender.
Cincinnati blanked North Texas
21-0 during play last fall. The
Bearcats finished third in Valley
football.
Here is the team's fall schedule:
Sept. 16- Dnyton
Sept. 23— At Boston College
Sept. 30~At Wichita
Oct. 7—-Xavier
Oct. 14—Air Force
Oct. 21—Houston
Oct. 28—North Texas State
Nov. 4—At Tulsa
Nov. 18- Miami of Ohio
Nov. 26—Detroit
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the New York Titana in which he
caught six pusses for 80 yards,
cai-ried five times for 46 and re-
turned two kickoffs and three
punts for 132 yarda. He also re-
turned a field goal attempt for
92 yarda but the play waa nullified
by a clipping violation.
In the 14-game aeaaon with the
Texana, he led the league in yards
gained with 867 in 66 ruahes. He
reeled off an average of 6.6 yards
each time he touched the ball.
Hayne.. >opped the league in punt
returns with a 16.4 average.
Li'l Abner, aa he ia called by
Texan fans, apeared 66 passes to
rank fifth with 676 yards.
"He has a fine change of pace
and follows his blockers real good,"
said Mitchell.
Mitchell added that although
Haynes is an exciting runner an.1
showman, he is also modest.
"Abner's modesty always helped
our team's morale. Everytime he
would make a long gain for us,
he would always congratulate his
blockers and the rest of his team-
mates."
3A Champs' Coach To Speak
In Summer Coaching Clinic
Jimmie Littleton, coach of South
San Antonio High School, will lec-
ture today and Saturday to the
basketball coaching class.
Hia talk will In- the last before
classes are dismissed next week
so that members of the class may
attend the Texas High School
Coaches Association Coaching
School beginning Sunday in San
Antonio.
Littleton's basketball team won
the state 3A championship this
past spring at Austin. He will lec-
ture on his coaching program at
South San Antonio that has pio-
duced winning teams year after
year.
Members of the class may at-
tend the coaching school in San
Antonio as partial fulfillment >>f
the course requirements.
"Most of the students will at-
tend along with all the members
of the NTSC coaching staff," re-
marked Coach Odus Mitchell, who
teaches the course about football.
Bill Carter of Iowa Purk High
School and A. G. Kirk of Dallas'
Thomas Jefferson High School
will lecture to the track class after
the high school clinic in San An-
tonio.
Charles Avera of Wichita Falls
High School will talk to the tennis
class during the last week of
school aUiut problems in tennis
coaching.
Jim Cody, trainer for NTSC ath-
Ictic teams, will also lecture to
the classes ufter the high school
clinic. He will talk about the cor-
rect procedure of taping and the
proper care of injuries.
Approximately 36 students are
enrolled in each class, and some
students are in both classes.
Last week Coach Johnson's bas-
ketball class discussed the funda-
mentals of the gume and then went
to the Men's (!ym to suit out so
they could practice what they had
learned.
The basketball class will watch
films from the final games in the
NIT Tournament and the NCAA
Two Cagers Sign
Letters of Intent
Coach Charles Johnson's basket-
tiallers have landed two more high
school boys.
They ure Willie Wilson of Coles
High School in Corpus Christi and
Carl Miller of Hereford.
Wilson is 6-6 and weighs 196. He
sported a 17.0 point average per
game and received all-state hon-
ors. Miller is 6-7 and 206.
Sixteen Entrants Conclude
Summer Golf Sweepstakes
Fight winners emerged from
Monday's Golf Sweepstakes, the fi-
nal contest for the summer. Only
16 golfers were entered.
"I've been director of the sweep-
stakes since they began in 1954,
and that's the lowest number of
entrants I've ever known," said
Mrs. Julia Hunter.
Buster Creogh, Tim Harper, Sy
Lockhart and Charles Williams
turned in the highest team total
score of 114.
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M. H. Spain and Price Truitt.
Monday's action concludes the
sweepstakes for the summer. The
tourney was originally scheduler;
to end Aug. 6, but the low number
of entrants for the last few weeks
has forced Mrs. Hunter to discon-
tinue the sweepstakes.
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Tournament after returning from
San Antonio. Later in August they
will also hear a talk by M. N.
(Cotton) Robinson of Buna High
School, coach of the state 2A
champions.
DON JANUARY, left, Dallas, and Jerry Barber, Lot Angeles,
shake hands after they finished in a tie Sunday in the final round
of the National PGA qolf tournament. Barber won the Monday
playoff by one stroke.
Sport Bits . .
Don January Falls to Barber
In PGA Tournament Playoff
Little Jerry Barber fired a 67 to
nose out North Texas ex Don Jan-
uary by one stroke in the PGA
Open playoff at Olympia Fields
Country Club in Chicago Monday.
Barber, who stands just 6-6 and
weighs 1H7, said that a sawed-off
putter given to him by a friend
and a card file on the golf course
helped him to win.
On Sunday the diminutive golf-
er from Los Angeles stormed back
after he was down four strokes to
tie Don January on the 18th green.
Barl>er sank putts of 30, 40 and
50 feet to pull out the victory. But
it was a trap shot that snatched
victory away from January. He
was away IK.') yards in a fairway
trap and blasted the ball onto the
green. Barber two-putted to win.
"January is a wonderful player,"
Barber said. "... I told him the
best player didn't win, but I'm
glad I did."
January, HI, from Dallas had a
chance to tie when he had a similar
shot on the 18th hole but missed
a 10-foot putt.
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He is meeting with the College
Sports Information Directors of
America, the sports publicists of
the Missouri Valley Conference,
the Football Writers of America
and the Basketball Writers of
America.
American and National League
All-Stars battled to a 1-1 deadlock
in Boston Monday.
Spaghetti-armed Stu Miller of
the San Francisco Giants sparked
the National league once more.
Miller, who won the first All-Star
Game July 11 in San Francisco,
tossed the last three innings, shut-
ting out the American League.
The Junior Circuit was only able
to garner four hits off the com-
bined pitching of Bob Purkey, Art
Mahaffey, Sandy Koufax and Mil-
ler.
The Nationals did little better
however, getting only five hits,
all of them off Don Schwall of the
Boston Red Sox.
Detroit's Rocky Colovito pro-
vided the only American League
run with a solo home run in the
first. Bill White of the St. Louis
Caidinals drove in the National's
run in the sixth with a bases-load-
ed infield hit.
New York Yankee Mickey Man-
tle continued his assault on Babe
Ruth's home run record as he
blasted home No. 40 and tied team-
mate Roger Maris for the Ameri-
can League home run lead. Both
are now 17 games ahead of Ruth's
l'J'27 homer pace. Maris was out
of action with a leg injury most
of this week.
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