The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1964 Page: 9 of 16
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At Marble Falls
Class A Foe
First Test for
ROCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER—lb
PROBABLE STARTERS
Rockdale
Marble Fall*
Tigers of '64
Dennis Hir4
Roy Myers
Bobby Remakiv
'ns i t its Riehbrd McGibney
David K’llcn
Ronnie Heflin
Doug Y *ung
155 Jerry Robinson
150 Mike Allen
1*50 Harland Simmons
190 Robert Me/i»er
Coach Ray Birchfield’s
Timers will open the 1964
Tun Curiii
football war Friday in
Wayne Voskainp
170 RE 190 Phillip Wagensfuhr
185 QH 115 Butch Forehand
158 FB 1*55 Donald Thompson
155 LHB 155 George Nelson
150 RUB 1*55 Henry Wilkes
Marble Falls when
they
test the Mustangs of drs-
Cupie Perry
Johnny Pruett
Fred Woodward
Larry Jackson
Rockdale defensive starters: Left end, Wayne Voskamp. 170
left tackle Tommy Thompson. 180: left guard; David Killeo
i*50; right sjtterd. Bemriv Hirt. 1*50: right tackle. Jimmy Moore
170, or John Wav; - Morton. 17*1: right end Johnny Hirt, 1*55:
An H p. m kickoff is
scheduled for the season's
opener.
Coach Joel Erl wards'
Mustangs, a t h j rd-plare
choice in 9A behind tup-t inked
Goldthwaite and Burnett have
Conic Peri y, 185
13 letter-men returning '"with a
solid runner in halfback Georg*
Nelson and a top end in Roy
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT
Myers.
Rockdale will carry a weight
advantage into the tilt with
the Bengalis averaging 183
pounds per man in the line and
1(12 in the baekfield The Mus-
tang line average is 171 with
tli*4 Marble Falls baekfield av-
eraging 158.
Rockdale Coach Birch field
said Wednesday that the Tigers
are in relatively good shape
injury-wise with only halfback
Tommy Thweatt on the disabl-
ed list
Thweatt. a promising 170-
.]:,)<u.i.r.vd fupoeiybitts been u......
week. Just when he
able to rejoin the squad was
not known today
“Otherwise, we’ve still got
<»rne ore ankle- and muscle-,
but nothing serious,” the coach
explained
Birchfield said that he looked
tor strong opposition from the
Mustangs We looked pretty
bad in a scrimmage last week
with La Grange, both on of-
fense and defense, and we’ve
been trying to iron out the
kinks m workouts,” he said
Blocking and tackling drills
drew a lot of emphasis this
week alter the scrimmage in
which La Grange ate up yard-
age easily in the air and on
the ground and then bottled up
the Tiger offense with a scrap-
py defense
Rockdale' .starting offensive
! it i riday will include seniors ,n ‘'ddhein HI ,a\.oi
B-Team, Frosh
To Meet Taylor
Rockdale's B-team and fresh-
man-team football candidates
will be idle this week taut they
are scheduled to open play next
Thursday night in Taylor.
Coaches Duane Vincent and
. p| tip* T; ,j\ is. G• indie m nutting tlo-
will b*' young griddprs through the
paces daily with a large turn-
out and a lot of enthusiasm
reported
However the size and ex-
perience i4 slim in the B-team
camp. Coach Vincent noted
that his crew has a long way
to go but that the boys are
showing a lot of spirit.
There are 19 B-team hope-
ful-, primarily sophomores.
The bumper crop of freshmen
bam Stork, 147. junior guard;
Buddy Suttles, 146. soph half-
back: Tommy Timmerman, 135,
soph quarterback: John Jordan,
178. junior tackle 'transfer';
Ronnie Williams, 130, junior
end: Jim Alexander 136. .soph
guard: Ronnie Hubert 131,
junior guard: Hurschal Joseph,
135, soph end.
Freshman candidates are
John Cruz. 142, guard; Macario
Flores, 131, quarterback; David
Munoz. 166. center; Jim Curik,
128, end; Brent Cay wood, 161,
halfback; Billy Pearson, 142,
end; Lloyd Larnere. 125, end;
Paul Lewis. 124, center: Jerry
Young, 17 4, tackle; Mike Speer,
185, guard; Ricky Doelitsch,
124 fullback; Glen Chmclar,
185. end; Jimmy Havens, 151,
tackle: John Collier. 139, Jackie;
Robert Mclrvin, 221, tackle;
Clift Clark, 140. end; Billy Bob
Farr, 170, tackle; Carl Allen,
145, guard; Lewis Ray Gentry,
133, back; Jon Bradley Alex-
ander. 122. guard; Stanley
Arthur Bower, 151. quarter-
back, Gary D*»n Turns. 160,
fullback; Galvin Whlteiey, 100.
halfback; James Ronald Dyer,
110, quarterback.
Palmar
ROCKY IS ON THE PROWL’ nocks the T.
for the first time Friday night at Marble Pali
James Palmer of Dallas reveals, Palmer s h
will appear periodically in The Reporter this fall as the newspaper
adds a new dimension to its full sports coverage.
s goes into action
as this cartoon by
v sports cartoons
SPORTS C00KEB00K
4th PP&K Event
Is Planned Here
Mrs. Magness
Again Heads
Women Golfers
Eldon Ball, elemental v .school
principal, ha- been named
e*t director for the annual
htwkd.Ve Punt. Pass & Kick
(■•r.'evj- spo: sored e vh fall
Archie Graham PP&K ohmr-
t< an from G-other Motor Com-
pany which conducts the even'
ocaliy said that the date t
the Rockdale PP&K - .mpeti-
tion w:H be announced s+iortlv.
The National F*>< ihsll l.-ag ic
F<-id dealet of America;
1.10 .»nn* uaced full plans in
th« nation wi<»* Punt Pr —- ;»i I j
Kii’k c< mpet.tion vhich is (or
3 through-13-year olds
' PPArK pits 4hr yo ths'
punimg. passing and place-*'
k.ricking '-kills against hose of
* thcr participants of the -ame ,
.gi- Since its inception m
1962, the program has alt. act-,
cd more than 1.100.000 entries, 1
including nearly half a million
i;ut year.
Last year a Dallas boy. 3- i
' car-old Steve Pierce, von the
i,atemal championship m hn Following the halftime shov-
age category, and Mar-hall flown n Miami, the nat onal,
l.ambsou. 9 of St John- Aria*.. age-group winners will be
was tops among boys in his ag< crowned by NFL Commissioner
group Both represented the Pete Rozelle While in Florida,
Dallas Cowboys in the national See PP&K. page 5b
PP&K championship at Chicago
last Doc 29
Registration for this year'
romp* tit ion w r 11 be held <t
.. t jfk
lion.- designated by them. Sept
9
the Eastern and Western D -
\ .sion team areas—will go to
Miami for the final PP&K Tf -
competition at halftime ot the i wPbfG,.
NFL Rvinner-Up Bowl Game or » *
Jan 3 The nll-cxpense-paid ! 7
“Tour ot Champions'’ foi Uu jJBL '
youths and their parents will
Login with a visit ?** W i-hmg-
D C . on Dee
Eddie Magness was re-elect-
ed president of the Rockdale
Women’s Golf Association
Tuesday wh-m the club held its
tegular monthly business meet-
ing at the Rockdale Country
Club.
■ »f t ieet s are Tl iclma
Wininger, vice-president; TTnk-
ci Butts, -ccretary; Gertr id«
Hart, treasurer. Charlene Mill-
er. publicity chairman.
The association has also
scheduled a tournament for
association members September
29, 30 and October 1, Mrs Mill-
er reported.
Prizes will be given to win-
ners and n.inn- rs-up in thr*-•*»
flights and will be awarded at
the close of play Ocnber 1.
Winners for the past month's
play:
August 4: l Gertrude Hart;
2 Lavern Corbett; 3. Billy
Frankhn.
August 11: 1. Wanda Culp;
Rv BILL COOKE
HI" 1 r*r‘, the fnvorrte* for the 17AA loop hut a
Isttlr mor * shak*. after being taken * Thursday in ,, scrim-
mage against La Grange, -sill journc- to Marble F ill** in *e#t
• '• '■ th»t r* n b* M< t tjhJtn Vvi in dullU t M > a
dale *>:l Pc favored, but the underdog Mustangs will be hot
after them on their home ground*
Caldwell, the No. 2 choice in 17AA, draws the toughest
assignment this as the Hornets will rat. h powerful Taylor
at Taylor The Ducks, quarter-finalists last season, will be a
#ol»d choice in their opener although defense-minded Caldwell
may make it close
Cameron, 17AA's dark horse which might field ,* district
champion tor the first time since 1958. will tangle with Rosebud
m a traditional grudge match between the neighboring towns.
The C la; s A Panthers advanced to regional last season and
they re the choice in district 22A again this season. Thu# the
Ynewm hevo 5 big task ahwuJ in their opener winch wtii be
played a? Cameron.
Hear ne’s Eagles also take on one of their traditional rivals.
Franklin. Picked fourth in 22 A behind Rosebud. Groeshack and
Bremond. Franklin will nevertheless. be a salty aggregation,
especially against the Eagcls. Still Hearne will be the favorite
Na\ a so? a, not ranked is a 17 AA contender, ba> drawn a
respectable tea m always-tough Katy. The Rattlers will be the
underdogs a- Katy is ranked ju-t slightly behind powerful
Bellv i He m rugged 20 A A The game will be at Navasota
Thus it’s time tr crawl out on that September limb. With
Rock dale and Caldwell we
BY ROCKDALE COACH
2. Favt Lankford; 3. Norma
Remalry.
August 18:
2. Gertrude
Go ley.
August 25
2 Fn w Li
1 iaupt.
The att*'ndancc award was
won by Lavern Coroett. Tce-
off time for Ladies Day has
1 Tinker Butts;
Hart; 3. June
Yoemen Listed
As 17AA's Best
Tiger Head Coach Ray Birch-
laid, speaking at the Rot uialo
Lions Club luncheon Wednes-
i • ay. ;-aai that Hit: Caine mm
Vermin were his choice as dis-
trict 17AA favorites,
Wiule most pre-. . a son rat-1
mgs have favored Rockdale in 1
tlic district. Birchfield said,
that ho felt that the Cameron
team, with 7 offensive and 7
defensive starteis returning.;
deserve the top ranking.
“Coach George Kirk is do-1
mg a tnmendous job at Cam-
eron. That school .s com.ngj
licult adjusting *o do this year.
“Wo (tad a phenomenal crop "i
athletes last season but they
art gone For instance, we can-
not possibly lu Id the same kind
of dob use and force our op-
ponents to give us the ball asi
much as we dud last year," he
said.
Outlining briefly the Tiger
of tensive and defensive align-
ments. and also tiae RHS punk
formation, Birchfield de'cribee
the play-calling techniques and
check-off procedure used when
plays are changed at the ltnci
of scrimmage.
He also noted that there are
71 boys out for high school foot-
ball this season, a record num-
ber, and that separate B-team.
and freshman schedules have
been formed to in-uro participa-
tion by as many players a-
been changed from 7:30 a. m,
until 9 a. m., Mrs. Miller said.
ukcr m 17AA but still ranked high,
and Cam* top and Navasota navlng gained considerable strength
the guessing is V’olng to be tougher this season, the favorites con- .
side*ably less evident So let's get started:
Rockdale 18, Marble Falls 6 'hopefully* Taylor 22. Caldwell
12 <l)uck tough1. Cameron 13, Rosebud 8 'tough picky
Hearne 19 Franklin 8 'could be surprised*; Katy 21, Navasota
7 ‘too much Katy
Short Snorts
JHE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION will again be in charge of
program sales at the Tigtr games, and ibe programs this year
will be full of photos and player information There'll be mug
shots of all the Tigers with a thumbnail sketch about each
piaver Also, there will be varsity, B-team and freshman team
photos, and shots of the managers, cheerleaders, band and
coaches Speaking oi cheerleaders, old RHS has had some
(tit* groups irt the pist but this current crew tpkes the cake.
Chances are the |H>p and steam will be better than ever with
their leadership . . Rocky the Tiger also appears in «*>od
shape for the upcoming season That costume may get pretty
hot in the early weeks of the svakoii, but Ken 'Skipper» Whit-
mire is all set to provide Rocky s antics . . The Reporter
jumped the gun a few weeks back in announcing that the
Tiger marching band will number 140 pieces Hus year. Actually,
the hand will l>e HU strong, but only 120 will march because
oi a shortage of uniforms. Director Bill Gruscndorf sea this
isn’t such a bad situation, however, since ht can be a bit
selective on just who cots to march . . Returning lettermcn
in 17AA? Rockdale has 14, Caldwell 10, Cameron 13. Hearne
11 and Navasota 9. . . Mark To wary took in the Green Bay
Packor-Dallas Cowboy game Saturday night in Dallnsi, and got
a chance to shake hands with all the Packer# during a recep-
tion given for the team Mark's son-in-law. Leroy Caffey. is a
Packer linebacker. He’s a former Thorndale High and Texas
A&M great. "The Packers are a real friendly group of men,"
Mark reported.
|K*.'sible.
us a real bt>U game dt>p;te the
score. We don’t have near the
material 1h«it we had last sea-
son. and they have some out-
standing boys returning,’’ the
couch continued.
Birchfieki's ratings were
Cunercn first. Rockdalt second'
and Caldwell third. “I'm not
belittling our ball club. We
have a lot of developing to do
but the boys we have now will)
give it all they’ve got,’’ he said.
The bleaker noted that Rock-
dale lain, will have aouie dll-
He also ^aid that athletics arc
purely a secondary activity al
RHS and that academics an
emphasised first, sports second.
“We have outstanding coopera-
lion between coaches anct facul-
ty and we're all interested pri-
marily in givng ihc kids the
treat education possible,” he
said.
Birchfield was introduced by
program chairman Fred Morris.
The luncheon was at First
Christian Church fellowship
balL
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Cooke, J. W. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1964, newspaper, September 3, 1964; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693660/m1/9/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.