The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 47TH YEAR, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1947 Page: 13 of 20
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National Rifle Association Teaches Safety Lessons for Huniers with Series of Cartoons Showing Results of Carelessness With Weapons
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The Canyon Eagle* upaet tbia de-
' partment's calculations, and maybe
. some others, by walloping the Tulla
Hornets 13-0 last Friday afternoon
in the playoff, and from all reports,
<to serve plenty of credit for playing
at all, weather conditions being as
they were. The Hornets, however,
having had their share of battering
this season by powerhouses from
other districts, shouldn’t be too
downhearted over the Urn At least
they wont have to go through the
agony of being iteam-reMsmd by
the Perryton Rangers from District
1-A.
Any team which can roll over
Phillips Blackhawks the way tbs
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Hunting Safety Rules Set Up by National
Rifle Association Offer Tips to Gunners
With the hunting season In full
swing now and every hunter "fair
game" for his fellows In the field In
the annual national massacre, sug-
gestions for hunting safety released
by the National Rifle Association
seem particularly pertinent.
■erne of the major errors an
the part of banters which ac-
count for a large proportion of
the annul toO fas human lives
graphically portrayed In the car
toons at the top of the page, pre
pared by the MBA.
Know your gun and ammunition,
he sure of your target, be sure of
your backstop be careful when you
point your gun, and never guess a-
bout whether or not your weapon Is
loaded—these an the major points
In the NRA Hunting Safety cam-
pajgn.
These
will be of help to
Judging the range of
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going to provide an) picnic fbr any
opponent The much-heralded "bat-
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hunters in
tmtous Weapons: *
A M calibre long rifle le dan-
gerous ap to one mite.
A .30-.M cartridge to danger.
ous up to a mile and a half.
A .30-00 cartridge Is danger-
ous up to two miles.
A JB calibre ballet will pene-
trate at least seven one Inch
boards, so be careful when yon
tack ap your target
The box that the ammunition
comes in will tell you the range of
the ammo, and a map survey or
personal reoonnalssanoe of your
hunting ground to a good idea td
familiarise the hunter with his tar-
get background.
Be son of your target A lot
ef banters each year are mis-
taken for game by “quick-shot"
artists. A good idea, recommen-
ded by the NBA. wear bright
clothes when you’re In the field
and help some other gamier
make sure ef his target Don’t
camouflage yourself.
Watch when you point the mus-
sle of year gun. Keep the mumlc
painted in the air, or toward the
ground, when you are carrying It—
and never aim at any object you
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Never use your gun for a
cane or a vaulting pole. A clog-
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or shotgun Into a hand grenade.
More hunting accidents are caused
by unloaded guns than by any other
kind. A smart shooter always In-
spects his gun before firing, and
when It’s not In use, keeps It In
"open action." Don't depend on the
safeties—sometimes they don't work
and If that action Is open, your gun
can’t go off accidentally, and there
will be no doubt about whether or
not Its loaded.
The same man who would
scream to high heaven at the
mere thought of flying with aa
Inexperienced pilot will hunt
with a companion who to poel-
mesnder through the woods with
ssmsons whose only knowledge
of guns to whore the trigger to
located.
Duck-hunting season, wjiich is en-
joying a temporary holiday, will re-
open on December IS for another 15
days of shooting. Remember that
the plains are flat, and even a shot,
gun charge will carry for a con-
siderable distance. Be careful where
you aim before you pull the trigger.
There might be another hunter In
those bushes across the lake.
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Eagles Beat Hornets in Plau-off
Cage Season
To Open Here
Next Tuesday
Rushing the waning football sea-
son, Coach Douglas Oroom started
work-outs with his Hereford High
School squad last Thursday after-
noon and began making plans for
the season’s cage campaign.
Handicapped by their cracker-box
gymnasium which has kept basket-
ball In the realm of minor sports In
Hereford for years, the Whitefaees
will nevertheless field a team this
winter and plan to take another
shot at the district title.
The basketball district conference,
unlike the football league, remains
unchanged this year. The White-
faces will compete In District 1-A
against teams from Dalhart, Dumas,
Canyon, Tulla, Prlona and Dlmmltt
... the old District 1-A line-up,
The district tournament will be
played at Burton Oymnaslum In
Canyon In January.
The Whlteface cagers will open
the basketball season on the local
court next Tuesday night In a game
with the Vega High School quintet.
Their second scheduled match will
be with the Dlmmltt Bobcats at
Dlmmltt on Tuesday, December 0.
Only two games are scheduled be.
fore the Christmas holidays, al-
though some tournament dates may
be accepted before and after Xmas.
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Perryton Rangers in Historic
33-0 Victory Over Phillips
Coach Floyd Murry’s Rangers
from Perryton made Panhandle
football history last Friday night
when they smashed the powerful
Phillips Blackhawks, perennial Re-
gional champions, 33-0 on the Phil-
lips gridiron to walk away with the
District 1-A title.
More than 4,000 fans turned out
In Icy weather to see the game
which had been billed as the "battle
of the year” In Panhandle Class A
football circles.
The game ended a 41-game win-
ning streak In Class A competition
for the ’Hawks, who have won the
Regional title for six of the past
seven years.
After a scoreless first quarter,
the Rangers had the game under
control all the way, and set some
sort of record during the final half
of the contest when the Blackhawks
failed to make a single first down.
The Rangers were playing with-
out the services of their ace half-
back Vernon Flowers, who under-
went an emergency appendectomy
on the eve of the game; but his
substitute. Tommy Pletcher, play-
ing his first year of football, turned
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out to be a capable replacement,
scoring two of the Ranger touch-
downs on long downfleld dashes.
Keith Flowers, stand-out Perry-
ton bock, was the workhorse of the
game, however, spearheading the
scoring drives and turning In on
outstanding defensive game.
The victory left the Rangers un-
defeated for the season, and placed
the District 1-A crown In their laps.
Rangers will meet the Canyon Eag-
les of District 2-A In the bl-dlstrict
play-off game.
Down In District 4-A, the con-
ference title Is still undecided. The
Lockney Longhorns, heavily favored
to capture this conference, lost
their first game of the season last
Friday night when they went down
In a startling 7-6 upset before the
Paducah Dragons.
Although the Longhorns still have
an edge In the district standings,
they have wound up their con-
ference season, and Paducah, with
a game still to play against Mata-
dor, can clinch a conference tie by
defeating the Matadors.
If the Dragons can top Matador
In their Thanksgiving Day meeting,
they will probably get the nod to
represent District 4 In bl-dlstrict
play, since It’s too late In the sea-
son for a play-off game between the
two teams.
The District 4 representative will
meet the Shamrock eleven In the
play-off, since Shamrock has al-
ready clinched the District 3-A title.
Conference play in all the dis-
tricts but District 4-A has been
completed, and the Paducah-Mata-
dor game Is the only conference
tilt left on the schedule before the
bl-dlstrlct play-offs begin.
In last week-end’s games, the
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Ragged Play
Features Game
On Icy Grid
A blocked punt and an intercep-
ted pass set up two Canyon touch-
downs and gave the Canyon Eagles
a 12-0 victory over the Tulla Hor-
nets in a play-off game at Tulla
Friday afternoon for the right to
represent District 3-A In bl-dlstrict
competition.
The game was played in sub-
freezing weather before a handful
of chilled fans at Tulin's Younger
Field. The crowd which turned out to
wltneB the play-off game woe es-
timated at less than 400.
Numerous fumbles broke up of-
fensive drives for both teams, but
the Eagles kept the game under con-
trol all the way and removed any
doubt that their 13-7 victory over
the Hornets earlier In the season
had been an accident.
The Eagles scored first In the
opening period when Burtz and
Walters broke through the Tulla
line to block Davis' punt on the
30, Walters recovering the baU for
the Eagles on the Hornet 11-yard
line. Horace Carter scored the touch-
down, swinging around left end on
a reverse to score standing up.
The Hornets threatened In the
second period, when the Canyon
safety dropped a Tulla punt and
Lindley covered the ball for the
Hornets on the Eagle 28. A Tulla
fumble cost the Hornets the ball on
the next play, however, and the
Eagles booted out of danger.
The third period woe
with the boll In midfield most of the
way. The Eagles thrratened again
early In the fourth period when
Hunter flipped a long pass to Carter
who went down with the ball on the
Hornet 5 yard stripe. Thera the
j Hornets stiffened and held. A
! lateral cost the Eagles 10 yards,
and Burma took a fourth-down
pass from Davis on the 3-yard Has
but couldn’t make the double stripes
and the Hornets took over.
Inman intercepted a Tulla pass on
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Ezzell, Ben. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 47TH YEAR, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1947, newspaper, November 27, 1947; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth583840/m1/13/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.