The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 31, Ed. 1, Friday, May 16, 1941 Page: 4 of 4
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TOE OPTIMIST
May 16 1941
Badminton Team Captures
Team Trophy In TAAF
Wildcats Win By
69 Point Margin
Coach W. M. (Prof) Dowell's Wild-
cat shuttlecock batters brought homo
the honors last week-end nftor win-
ning the state Texas Amateur Ath-
letic Federation contest held at San
Antonio last Saturday.
The Cats captured 418 points G9
points moro than the runner-up San
Antonio who gathered 349 markers.
Waco Galveston Houston and Beau-
mont were represented In the event
Waco winning third In the tourna-
ment Tho TAAF Is one of the major at-
tractions for badminton players over
tho state. While strictly an amateur
affair It attracts contestants with as
many as seven or eight years expe-
rience. Tho competition therefore Is
as keen as any Coach Dowell's team
has met during the year.
ACC won first in men's singles
when Eugene Tcnncy "dropped Irvine
Stewart. Stewart formerly held the
Texas State championship and went
to Cleveland Ohio on an all-expense
trip to participate in the national
contest. His defeat gave Tcnney the
undisputed Texas State championship
In badminton". -
Tcnney and Robert Faver teamed
to win the men's doubles. Doris John
ston placed second being defeated by
Miss Ilonnakcr of Day lor in women's
singles Miss Johnston Is recognized
ns tho second best women's player in
the state at the present. Miss John
ston also teamed with Kendall Jones
in the mixed doubles to go as far ns
tho semi-finals. She and Iola Haun
went to the semi-finals In women's
doubles. Pete Jones and Annie Leo
Johnston went to the third round In
mixed doubles.
Trophies were presented to the
school in chapel Monday morning by
Garvin Beauchamp president of the
student council.
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DDD
ILDGAT
ANDERIN6S
By Earl West
For Her Graduation Gift . . . Ster-
ling Silver Hearts and Indian and
Western Charms for her bracelet;
50c to $1.95 each at MINTEIt'S main
floor.
By Earl West
Tho way things have been running
on tho diamond this year ACC may
send a man to the big leagues before
very long.
Zcne Clayton scout for the Brook-
lyn Dodgers cornered Delbcrt Smal-
ley at tho Hardln-Slmmons game on
the ACC field last week nnd gave
him n good speech. The main topic
of conversation was tho possibilities
of a baseball career for the said Smal-
Icy. Smalley president of the sopho-
more class and quite a popular stu
dent On the campus plays short stop
for Coach Iva Wooslcy and seems to
bo somewhat enthused over the pros
pects of baseball for a career. Clay-
ton phoned him before he left town
tho next day nnd made arrangements
to keep in constant contact with the
ACC shortstop.
Maybe nothing will come of the
deal but one can never tell. Three
years ago Whitlow Wyatt now a star
pitcher for the Dodgers decided he
could do better farming. Scouts saw
good material in him and pushed him
Into a position with the Milwaukee
Brewers. Here he made an excellent
record for himself so the manager
decided he needed a chance. He con
tacted Larry MacPhail the Dodger
manager nnd convinced him to give
Wyatt a chance. If ho didn't make
good It didn't cost him a cent. This
year incidentally the Dodgers arc
leading tho National League pennant
race. Sports writers haven't denied
that Wyatt has done his share. Smal-
ley may never get there but he's got
a start and that is something.
Fans who haven't been nttending
the Softball game on the ACC field
have really been missing things. Out-
side of a royal good time rooting
for your favorite team you can ex-
pect most anything to happen . . .
anything except Garvin Beauchamp
striking out a batter.
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Wildcats Lose In
Play-Of f Games
To Indians
The McMurry Indians overthrow
tho ACC Wildcats In the first two
games of the play-off scries In the
City League last Monday and Tues-
day afternoons by scores of 2-1 and
5-0.
In Monday afternoon's battle hefty
Bob Shclton occupied the mound for
the Braves and lanky Norman Thom-
as for the Cats. The Woosley boys
tabbed "five hits from Shelton while
the Indians received only three from
Thomas. In the fourth inning Jimmy
Austin small but powerful Cat right-
fielder smacked a single over second
base. He stole second and scored
when Allen hit a hard one down third
base line. The next inning Al Sim-
mons got a single In center field stole
second and went home on a hit over
third by Bud Wheeler
In the sixth Howard Green walked
On Simmon's out he went to second.
Wheeler popped out nnd Shclton sin
gled to score Green. From here on
the game was scoreless and the In'
dlans won 2-1.
Tuesday's Game
Al Simmons of McMurry pitched
against Woosley's favorite Sam Bor
roughs Tho Braves tallied 12 hits
against 5 for the Cats. Borroughs
however struck out eight men and
didn't allow a hit after the fifth in-
ning. Gann Green Simmons nnd
Ellington accounted for the McMurry
runs. Green scored two.
Taylor Goes Undefeated
In Nine Net Matches
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Academy Players To Giye
Two One-Act Dramas
Two due-act Tilttys "FarcwcllrCrucl
World" and "Be Home by Midnight"
wilt be presented In Sowell auditor
ium Monday May 19 at 8 o'clock by
the High School Players of Abilene
Christian academy.
Actors for "Farewell Cruel World"
will be Imogeno Blggerstaff Betty
Lou Dcnman nnd Joe Victor Hnrvey.
Playing In "Be Home by Midnight"
will be A. G. Jenkins Paulino Witt
James Sikcs Jackie Morris and Bil-
lio Gene Brown.
Price of admission 13 to be 10 cents
Charles II. Itoberson became i
grandfather again Monday. Tho par
ents of the new grandaughtcr Mary
Elizabeth are Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Roberson.
On the same day Mrs. C. II. Robcr
son was re-elected Regent of the D.
A. R.
and to- UtiUne QluUitian Gallexje.
an the- cotHfiletiau a ill 194-0 -'41
ScAaal 2eai
Wooten Hotel
Bob Westbrook Manager
Netters Down
H-SUTeam
In the final tennis matches of the
spring senson ACC netmen defeated
Hardin-Simmons 5 to 1 and lost to
Texas Tech at Lubbock by a score
of four matches to throe
In tho II-SU match Monday Joo
Taylor No. 1 ace player of ACC de
feated H. C. Burrus of H-SU 01
C 0. Other results were: Paul Boyce
of ACC downed Bonner of H-SU
04 0 3; Sonny Compere won tho
only match for H-SU by overcoming
Bill Bognrt of ACC 01 "u-iZpEd
Haun playing for ACC outstroked
Clark Orr of H-SU by G 1 G 2. In
the doubles Taylor and Boyce defeat
ed Burrus and Bonner 04 0 3. In
the second doubles Haun and Bogart
outlasted Compere and Orr by 54
1 U 8 U.
The results of tho Texas Tech meet
in Lubbock lost Saturday were: No.
1 singles was forfeited to Joe Tay-
lor because of the absences of Tech's
No. 1 mnn. Reese of ACC was down
ed by Lovelace 0 3 0 4; Paul
Boyce defeated Shanks of Tech by
04 6 1; Tech's Story downed Bo
gart 0 1 02; Branson won from
Hnun 01 75. Tech's No. 1 dou
bles team Lovelace and Shanks was
defeated by Taylor and Reese 0 4
0 1; Story nnd Brunson of Tech de
fcatcd Boyce and Bogart in the sec
ond doubles 76 02.
The juniors freshmen and sopho
mores were among the winners in the
intrn-mural Softball games played on
tho Wildcat diamond last Monday and
Tuesday afternoon. The Juniors
downed the sophomores while the Fish
and Sophs both dropped the seniors.
In last Monday afternoon's game
the Fish and seniors were running
ncck-'n'-neck until the lost half of
tho seventh Inning. The score was
7-all when Garvin Bcnuchamp took
to tho mound to replace Horace Tom-
pleton The frcslimcn pounded Beech
for ten runs to hand the seniors their
first defeat of the series by a score
of 17-7. J. E. Mullins pitched for
the Frosh.
Tuesday aftemdou the juniors put
on a little air and gathered n 11-0
victory over the Sophs. Mike Hughes
and Gene Bennett pitched for the second-year
men whilo big Jim McWhor
ter hurled the pill for the juniors. P
II. Hill junior short-center man gath-
ered a run on errors to start tho scor-
ing and at his second time to bat
smacked tho ball over center-field for
a home run to make the first two
markers
Tho samo evening a largo crowd
was on hand to watch tho seniors fall
to a 13-7 defeat at the hands of tho
Sophs. Buster Dixon pitched for the
Sophs and Garvin Beauchamp for the
seniors. Tho Soph attack started
early in the game. Tho last half of
tho first Inning tho Sophs' first two
men hit two long flies over the out-
field for home runs.
Leroy Rawlings
Joins England's
Air Fighters
"England Is an extraordinary
place" commented Leroy Rawlings
upon arrival from London two weeks
ago in a cablo to his parents and bro
tlier Ivan a student In ACC.
Leroy quit ACC last spring to teach
ground work In a Dallas air school.
He enrolled for primary training In
tho army air corps and took other
flying on the side. He left a month
ago to offer his services to England
Leroy's work has not been defl
nitely assigned. He Is engaged at
present In ferrying planes from fac-
tories to bases and has consequently
had no holr-ralslng experiences to
cablo homo about.
His brother Ivan remarked that
if he ever found Leroy's misplaced
address he would probably write him
"Well I finally got Into tho movies."
"How did you do It 7"
"Paid them a quarter."
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Coleman Names
Track Lettermen
By Ray Rushing
fAn in Afirn trnpU InHnra fMfl vpnr
Jirc Joe Beadles Elmer Womack Ver
non Hollingsworth Durell Sanders
Mickle Hughes Oliver Jackson Bill
McCoy nhd Eugene Stanford. The
first four arc graduating seniors
whom Conch Coleman will miss very
fmuch next yenr.
Beadles Womack and Holllngs
worth are the first track men to let
ter four years since tho four year
eligibility rulo went into effect In
the school yenr of 1030-'37.
Durell Sanders has made three let'
ters in track and four in football.
Horace Tcmpleton failed to letter this
season because of an injury received
in the first meet of the season which
kept him from competing tho remain
der of tho year.
Beadles ran what seemed for a
while to be the most sensational race
of his career Saturday out at Camp
Barkcley. He pulled n whlrlaway
start and ran the 880 In 1:48.4 which
is better thnn the world record. A
checkup showed thnt tho Berkeley
oval was quite n few yards short
of the 440 yards It was supposed to
be.
It Is a shame that the Texas Con-
ference meet was not held this year.
J3eadle3 was a sure shot for a new
record in tho 880 at the meet. He
had run under tho conferenco record
most every time ho ran the 880 this
year. In his last race ho ran a 1:51.8
half mile and the conference record
for this event is 1:55 0.
Even though interest in the Texas
Conferenco track meet lagged to the
extent that the meet wasn't held this
year track will be n more looked-to
sport in the future. A new confer
enco ruling has abandoned spring
training for football and states that
all Texas conferenco schools will have
to take part in the conference track
meet.
Joe Wins Singles
Doubles Matches
Joo Taylor Is undefeated In Inter
collegiate matches for the season of
1041. Representing ACC In nine
matches the Wildcat ace has sacked
up a liko number of wins against
no losses.
Leon Reese playing at the number
two position nnd on one occasion at
No 1 spot has n record of five won
ngninst three lost. Paul Boyce play-
ing nt two and three has won seven
nnd lost threefor the Wlldcnt cause
this year. Boyce Is the only man
on the sqund to play In all matches
as Taylor was In Houston when the
latter played Daniel Baker.
Bill Bogart number four hns won 3
nnd lost 4" whtlo TJnrvin BcnUclrarnp
during his short stay on the sqund
at the number four position found
time to win one out of thrco matches.
Beech's matches were all on the tough
eastern trip where the netters- etr-j
countered tho roughest going they
met all season. Ed Haun playing
number five when tho occasion de-
manded turned in four victories
against two defeats.
Taylor and Reese lost only two
matches in doubles wherens the Wu
Boyce and Bogart duo went down
thrco times. Reese nnd Boyce when
playing together were not defented.
Taylor and Boyce were nho victorious
in their mntches together.
Although deprived of going to tho
conference meet tho Wildcats turned
in a creditable showing for tho year
1941 In defeating nnd playing close
matches to some of the best squads
in Texas.
Graduation
Gifts
Graduation
Clothes
SALE Priced
Now in full swing . . . Campbell's annual May Sale.
Brand new grand new clothes and wearables at rec-
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