Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1950 Page: 4 of 12
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Chrome le, Coleman Texas, Teh, 1950 j
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SPORTS
Eight Teams Entered
Kittens Win Over
Crimson Tide
SXwHIn Jr. Hi Tournament
KU^TIJTv Tlu $£S?tZ ' \ with eight team, emered- Cole , first place. runner-.,., and to the , UapMtt >» 1*» * m Ballinger
mmm 9** » 3l 41 aefe.v. 1 ........ t: .....> 9-30 a m and Oolem.n
k.tball team aa they defeated th. Blizzard* >n tournaln,nt- will1 award- will -go to an ull-touma vs Comanche at 1130 •«*. S*nt»-
tie held here Saturday February ! nirnt ram high point man and to ,final games- In both inampkrttsmp
i Ui the Coleman gym (a plaver selevted for<a sportsman- land., consolation brackets will be
[>ai<u entered Winters, j ship medal . jplaied Muring the afternoon, with
Brads Dub'l-n 1 tmpasas Itollli,.- I < tames will be played In sis min. finals set at 7 30 on the consola-
«r Cisco and Comanche Play will , ute quarters with five minute- flotl and H 30 on the championship
BdIson : the Blue, at gym 37-33 The Cut
the CrtmAon Tide
of Ban AngeUvs
Monday night lit
Bobcat gym. • had previously lost
Blizzards ui
to thi
gym ,
The victory brought tin- Blnei c
landing up to 300. with three
Three of Coach Charles Jetton
t agent accountr , fur the bulk of
the Kittens scoring. Hector made
l! iglints, while Marlin and Cleve-
land were cloae behind with ten *Uls Mlli three losses
jxnnta each. McClellan on The. '.
Tide was high point player with
12. .
Each ’ club hit 13 field g.M.iii,
but the Coleman lads had f:ii tin-
better In, .the tre,e pit' ll depart
menk, sinking "It .igatnst five i n-
their Opponents.
clo.se ^anic
Winters
(oleman
Fg
it
Rankin
J
1
Cleveland
3 i
Hector
4
3
Martin
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2'
Beal
. . 0
1
Barley
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u.
McCrea
0
Crimson Tide
n
Ft
Silos
2
l
Tdrni.-n
4
1
0
1
Smith
Harris
0
0
McClelland
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' 2
Bill Baker was high point man
- Winters with :■ b
1 PtrUe" had- 13, Hambrlght 3, Harrl-
| son 6, .md Carr 1. King of Win
j ters led the Blizzards with 11
j (JolntB.
\ Coleman sophomores and B i'
; team last to Winters 19-37 In the j
first game of the evening -Scoring |
, : i n- Ot'li-ifiin" was as follow. Brown j
Hi ’ 1 Wilder 0, Smiih t). H Baker 8. |
i; Carr 2. Welds 3. Hobbs 5, Witlwi
in lams (1 White 6, Staggs
.»-gln Saturday morning with the
finals In both, the championship
. - . *
Saturday night
Trophies will bo awarded to the
between halves ,
Bracketing is as follows Winters
vs Brady at 8 30 u.m Dublin vs
bracket
A large crowd is expected far
this tournament
Bluecats Lose To
lake View Chiefs
l ; Sariain 0.
Jacktt* lacker athS
trong tewnwl up t
am!j View a
p^www#*^#****^*^****#**^* t at Clkso Mr Alva Holland and
Walter and Mr and Mrs Rex
BURltETT
silts T 0. STRICKLAND
Holland and children vLslteM him
'Saturday. Mrs Holland remained
with him Saturday night and Sun
day.
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5Vt S3 2S "S™‘S’.™« • ** »■ ■»
Bluecats Have
Game Here Friday
Eddy -Ann
give Lake ^ rnt„
last-second 38-35 -rMstn, tj. f 01sc" wlll bring the morhing ! Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tunnel! of
t ^-vWory wr b^Ctrf^MnJBlue-j w , QanlWWacb i .-vrllaud and Mr and Mrs Fred___ _____
wilL. convene in the afternoon, | Tunnell of Cross Plain, had sup- | iieafad of cattle
ROY TISDALE RECALLS DAYS
OF FABULOUS XIT RANCH
worked on his fathers farm.
When, he was 14, Tisdale began
breaking bronCs. At 17, he ran
away from home and made his
way across the virtually fenceless
Llano Estarado to Colorado, where
he went to work as a cowboy for
Humphrey Best's .Slash X brand.
■*1 _ Rev, Prank sroiie. preached here per with Mr and Mrs J. C Bow- rcknki) vast ARF.A
^Tir.dav nn.ruiiig and evening den Tluirsday night.
9, Parsons
12
Banders
fv- “ V
Ucu Can SufiSt
* $>n Gtfeman
(-toletnsm Hl«h School
i&ve h icamf xh^UuifHi !
nigfht, -when thev r
Abilene Chrkothh Academy, an-
lounce-'v C'sHMh Nat G lea ton.
The Abilene team h-as benieb
he JlimvuU ante thin year, the
Earn# beuiif played at Abilene
Next Tues.iav the Rhiert»yts u;*:
ravel to Bradv to meet thf Bull
Ums in a rtinfenuTce kiarne The
?ata defeated the Bra<lv teafn in
heir other onfereru'e rjfednjj
sere v>m»* • tj,u K ft
•} night. .-v
} The score stood at 31 to 25 m ;
I Lake Views favor in the fast nun -
_> '!l ',! ' ! ' S.-.era! from here have bero tB
end ■ t.tuniod homo b.nvfnlay evening-, leIMani{ the stock Show In fVirt
Qtimemt 'tni.H.o.....- '!• Kurnev where . Mr Pbr- WorUl cg^,. nf them wm A. J.
cuts - In a long set shot for th- Bluei-ut s sons has been in the veterans hos- Ko#hw Kl(r! Brown Roger Wbt-
Ftl- to tic the score at 31-31 Prom Pilal for the l»vst f*w weeks He ^ Evfre(l f:()1n*t<,n sammle Ed.
......- ■ t ’ ' " 1 : '*•'- in ton Dtekie Koenig Max Wut-
the ------’----- *---- *...............
Ttie dread prairie fire was the
soourasd of the world renowned
XTT Ranch according to Roy Tl*-
dale of Coleman, one-time fore-
man of the giant cow outfit’s Mid
die-River Division
One .such fire, known as "the
big burn," swept across XIT in
Dec. 1895 eight years before Tis-
dale became an XIT foreman XTT
a sprawling 3 million acre land j graced hi, cattle ulP-Usi
delta th, -started In the northwest' the Kansas line. I
’1 T’1 . . ; ' \ 10 IMKl LON.. INS
z.tr.
‘w rmles- horse outfit, then hired on with
P4CKH4T VIST f Nick Dowling, who was headed for
Tlie big burn reputedlv had it New Me\i>-o to buy Iti.iKX) lamu-
origtn in a jiackrat nest in Eastern I horn sleei Dowling bought his
New Mexico A north wind wa- steer--, leading tlir-m at Bllver City,
blowing when the fire started The S M. he shipped them to Iwi-
wind sent the blaae shooting south Junta. Colo , where they were turn,
ward for 100 miles, meanwhile ed out on the open range
leaving slow-burning pickets all "Some of those old steers had
along Its line of travel' to turn their heads sideways to
The wind switched on the third K0 through a six font gate," TL,
day It came whistling out of the dale said. "They sure had horns."
wtk. The pockets of fire were wnmiND BULLS
whlpiied into Individual holocausts Tisdule returned to RotmdriK-k
quickly joined A wall of fire l(Xt' in 1900 He remained there until
miles wide swept eastward out "f , 1902, then rode up to . the XIT
New Mexico amt on across XIT and went, to work as foreman of
laild killing - an estimated 4 000, the Middle-River Division
I' The tinkle of wedding bells
years,"
Tisdale went Into »rtnl-retlre-
ment In HH7
The one-time XIT foreman wa,
paid $40 jier month by that out-
fit. Cowboys received $20 per
month at that time.
NO CANNED GOODS
. Fobd furnished XIT cowboy, con-
sisted of beans, bacon, sourdough,
lick tmolasses), five gallon Jar,
of dried fruit and beef
We never had any canned
goods." Tisdale said. "Canned-
fold k were loo good for us.”
Tisdale never wore a gun while
Earlier, however, In
Colorado, he wore a Colt-
Best didn't own much land, but -
the country was unfenced, and lie y, , ““
... wav to 1 Colorado, It
| "I wore it until. I got tired of
i it,” tie recalled, “then traded It
for a horse I neyr did pick up
the horse ”
Mr and Mrs Tisdale have rear
ed eight children, four boys and
four girls The sons are Clarence
of San Saba, Rov Jr. of SeRuln,,
Charlie of Dickinson, and A a,
of Coleman County The daughters
are Mrs Joyce Armstrong of Tex-
as City, Mrs Ruth WUkerson of
Coleman County. Mrs. Mary Yaf-
borough of Saginaw, and Hope
Tisdale of Austin. San Angelo
Standard-Times.
First Purchase Under
New G.l. Plan Made
Past Week
J M McDonald reports that he
handled the first purchase In Cole-
jfwtt aTA^'&zrCz H 3 3 B
could tell which way the gamejhume tram hto hospital stay Hnd lXal Gray sammlg ,Ed
w ’ M‘ " •. •.tut- ... u pjji, olace In the Class
> ■ - 1 ■ p. - ; I : Mi ..II. Mi t ,,,,,, ntll Brown won 3rd
th- ugh the ho m to ..-• Lake View 1> Bake* Wednesday , p|„-e -In Class 2 -teera Others
in U»e U'awl 33 31, but sm ^th Mr attd Mr^ Juk* wlilatt of
tht* pi*OY2d p^r»‘i>is of
soil, Ftu
mnrf*
FIRESTONE
SPORTS SCOPE
floor man Junior Carr hit a free Abilche are
thr. w to make it 33-33 Lake View a lmb\ -1)1 b.n Sulurdn She
r.-ieuuai . uT'xho.-ii , Hut: *i 17- : im-i I'ui' Diane Ml Wal
dropped a field shot tlirough the lace is the former Mias Betty
basket to gilt* Culem in » 34-33 •' W.i'ket
advantage with. Se-s than a mm I Wavne Parsons- of Brown wood
tie to go Dickey drtbblrxl in fast (visited hts parents. Mr and Mr-
landed a field goal, and Ann'- C S PnrSon.- Suiidgv
.•(: mg hi* w free throw to as.-lire j ‘Rev mid Mrs Hind I. Johnson
L.ike View the game ill Uie Iasi j a former district
few second, the Oatesvtlle district, visited In
The same had advanced tightly the home of Het and Mrs Prank
all the way Lake View moved out j Stone Sunday
with • a comfortable 10-3 lead ai .' Mrs.' WUUe Henderson and' Mr?
the end of the first quarter, but (W C Henderson are in the Cole-
the <,rapping Bluei....... :• ! man hospital It was reixirted they
16 18 by the half Lake View led | had pneumonia
winning places tn this class were
Sammle Edlngton, 15th: Max Wat-
nn 19th. Some of the others hud
not ficen judged at tlii* writing
point more than n« miles ea j f j home to R..undio<k and married
the pnefcrat nr'l in which is start- Kthd Trusdd on Nov 20, 1905.
ed. It had left, a blackened, dcso j The -couple remained in Round-
late 70 to 100 miles wide world.,-k until 1907, . then moved to
the entire 100 mile distance of the Colt-man County They lived on
burn ! rented land for a year. then, in
“We had fires while >1 was at j 1908. bought a • place two miles
XIT 11902-06V Tisdale said, “but i northeast. of Cole,mail. j
nothing to com|»re with the btg
burH 30 POLNDS \ YEAH
I ran registered Rnmbpulllet
J pe’rcent down payment for pur-
chase $7,500 and under.
The new plan Went Into effect
last year Mr McDqnald states
that Morris Mayo Jr , made the
first purchase, of the old Holmes
place from C. C. Cason.
SOAKED COWHIDES , . , „ „ . .
“We fought these fires with i TTP / 'r 2 ' T u n
soaked cowhides and wet brooms i'T had some good shearmg sheep
Mr and Mrs Oorman Miller of When flames hit deep grass we
Woodson stx-nf last weekend visit- dad to kill yearlings, split them
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In half then drag them across the
burning area at the end of a lgrlet
rojie. Two cowboys, and their
By JOHN H HOWELL
Aren't you glad you're rich'’
newspaper wmapondent reixw
that a Soviet newh.iiw in Me ow
' And as far as y.ajr part-time ath-
\ letes and weekend sportsmen 'go.
d most . of em arc still piling up
(heir first million . But wp are rjch
in at that rich in opportunity
-r.:\ rich trv l«N Jlties. rich In freedom
and to choose oiu sports and follow
can them Ixmkx like the Moscow srrib
engage in aiairu : birr was right.
Now we don t Don't miss the lunfor htgfi tchcxil l ake View
lltnow many pro- i invuhtlon basketball tournament at Armstrong
lfessioiiah but the gym Saturday Eight irround- I-ackei
••we sure must /n* town* will be represented Matthew,
know a lot of rich folks because Thr sport of rurlmg originated Riddle
moat, everybody we know has >m. by 'he Dutch, grew t« b< the Edward,
sporting hobhv like tmnlln*. fish national -port of Scotland Wr re Eord
tap. bowling, tennis golf. etc. And ; growing up .to be the best auto j Freeman
of course all the kid* In schimt 1 and-' b.«nr xupply center tn Cole- Skelton
have sport* in Ph. Ed lavs 1 man fkrprnd on us for tires, tube.. Webb
and the best asm, go out amt play - batteries- and thane swell Firestone j Bridges
on the team Offhand we' • curs- wppiwtires We have .nyihtng you ljir.ee
moat of our school .earn ;ilrtvers. :imt Hi w.-P Home V y.j’.i A-aj. Rjcli^rdson
24-21 'at
quarter1
< oleman
Baker
Harabnght
Ptrtle
Harrison
Carr ■
Griffin
Smith ......
the end id the gfilrd
Dr Janie- Henderson has re-
tng th the William Key home and
other relatives at Burkett Mr and _
Mrs Key also had as their guests rope. Two cowboys, and
Mi . Sam BMio.hmatl of Dickerson, horses, naturally, were retired to
-nt.-no-nt -f Mrs H,m„ of Throck- j pull each half It didn't take long
morion I for those prairie fires to, barbecue
Mr and Mrs. Clarence Porter of a yearling, believe me Lots of
For! Worth • visited home folks | times, the cowboys and their
'over the weekend. mount, were half barbecued be-
A few - tudent* were absent part - fore we got. th.nse fires out
of fast week due to throat trouble BI IZ/ARD LOSS
( and cold* | Other, perils beset the XIT
Too Late to Classify
FOR SALE Stewart Warner re-
frJgcratev. in good condition. 215
Kiist Ripley. Plume 8524. 8
There was one old ewe that shears
"ed 30 pounds a year for "six. years. ,
straight, When she was 11 years FOR RENT Desirable small mi-
old. she sheared 20 . pounds My ! dence,. 1705 Commercial W.
flock average was 18 pounds fot* Williams, 1709 Commercial.
Rev S P. Collins, a former Howling blizzards took their toll
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turned to Mexico ,after spending f tfi* -Preshvtrrfan Church “In January of 1903," Tisdale re-
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Tp several days with hta parent*. Mr, > g( pia|n* for 29 years, passed ; called “I saw cattle frozen
ileno 1
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6
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2
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. M * xi- Hc: „ . awav Saturday at AbilenejBIliKral death standing up. There was three
Mr : ’ M; s, n”: * sendees were held Monday in Abl feet of mow on the ground. The
and family of-Port Worth 'J(.'nr' • “ cttle drifted with the storm un
1,1, 1 'w- - send wi>h _ oer i> •' Mr and Mr * F H. Bowlin and , til they htt fence lines. Those
. ' Mr and Mr- B ( Evans children, Larry aitt Janice Ann. fence lines wen- end of the trail
4 and Other relative- of Cross’ Plains attended church for them XIT lost 50 per cent of
0 ^ Mo,<‘ f and- Burkett basket- ,.,.rV|Ce«, at th, Methodist Churchills stock in that storm. Neighbor-
— ball tesws played here Ftlday here Sunday Thev spent the rest mg ranchmen lost as high as 90
3.i ■ night The local girls wcj^ de- ^ th, day vi,iudg m the home t percent."
Tp | frated with the score Burkett 15. of (JlB T c gtrtcklanda. While ramroddlng the Middle-
14 Mo«-bc 44 Ttie Itxsl bm . won j Thp Marcj, 0l Dimes drive Is Water Division. Tisdale had a
It by a -core of 48 22 -.tin on and those wishing to eon- t string of 20 horses He rode four
Aj ^Rufu. B^nes^of tribute can do so by getting in j m fly,. B day Thefc was a mount
1_, 5 ed sway Saturday He and other rnnUct wUh w R chambers.
and our big Ime
from working of
Phone
n ‘ of his relatives were former res).
0 dent* of Burkett He wa burled
o i Mcndav afternoon at Goldsboro
. \1r and Mrs ,R M. .White vis- j
O.'ftetl n friend Iff the ljospTtal'm
i) Brownw “gt Sunday
0 Word wa- received here Friday
0 that Dtck Holland of Moran had
- j been injured hi an accident last-.
38: Monday and was In the hospital
Ucu Can
7$a 6c£
|for every purpose.
I 85-MILE RIDE
| T rode one trail horse 85 miles
I in a single morning.” Tisdale said
!' Many nights, after supper. I rode
j 15 to 20 miles ”
| Tisdale Is 72 He —was Ijoni at
' Roundrock, Williamson County, on
i April 24. 1877 the son of Mr and
i Mrs H H Tisdale A a-boy, he
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ANNOUNCEMENT
f Have Opened My
REAL ESTATE OFFICE
In Duncan Barber Shop
Next Door To Bowen Drug
Would Appreciate Your Listings On
Farms - Ranches and City Property
Phone 92071 - Res. Phone 6051
Ray Renfroe
YOUR REAL ESTATE MAN
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SYRUP K«re Vr-slal .Ml.., Pint »—U,
RAISINS
RICE
Sun Maid. 15 or. Package
Comet. 2 lb. Box
19c
15c
29c
PINEAPPLE
PRESERVES
Tuna
SARDINES
MATCHES
Tmm CdMupv Ik U«
Kim ft* IK ( 4rt*»n
3IIB
Salmi llrrnni!
Mlra<lr Whip
Pint
Oleo
Sweet Sixteen
Plain
19i;
JUICE Pineapple, Del Monte, 4G oz. Can
SUGAR
Piiwdf(«l, or Brown, lb. Box
39c
12c
^orxt
COCOANUT
PORK & BEANS
Mayfield
No. 2 Can ...t
10i
Durkres. 4 »». Package
Van Camp*
lb. Can
15c
25c
BACON i—'•— .-im a.
SAUSAGE
SAUSAGE
Fmil Curktiiil
flanU
No. t*i Can
29c
Bulk
Home-made, ale* and Imu.. Ik-
smoked Rings, lb.
Coffee $1.39 Salmon -39c
bacon -- *
ROAST
STEAK
< hue It.
Peaches--15c Pears
De4 Moalr
N* I't Fan
31c
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HOME OWNED AND OPERATED
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POTATOES..
ORANGES.
GRAPEFRUIT
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ONIONS —. av. *m
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Autry, Milton. Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1950, newspaper, February 2, 1950; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth731984/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.