The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 18, Ed. 1, Friday, February 14, 1964 Page: 5 of 6
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Friday February 14 1964
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BACK ON THE ROSTER Mike Meriney 6-3 senior forward has
been placed on ihe Poke rosier. Meriney was added to give ihe
Cowboys added reserve after losing two players because of scholas-
tic ineligibility. Meriney had been coaching the Poke Junior Varsity.
Ed Murphy who broke his ankle early in the season will lake over
his duties.
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With TOMMY MILLER
Brand Sports Editor
Tuesday was a battle of stub-
borness between Hardin-Simmons
and Abilene Christian. Both
schools were determined to get
the home court advantage but
finally compromised to play both
basketball games in Abilene High
Gym.
Tuesday morning ACC officials
announced that Saturday night's
game would be played in their
own Bennett Gym. Bennett Gym
seats 1620 people; ACC has an
enrollment of approximately 2500.
ACC students and faculty were to
be given first chance for tickets.
Then H-SU students and faculty
were to be given a chance to buy
tickets if any were remaining.
Now anyone with any mathe-
matical training can see that no
tickets would have been remain-
ing. Even some ACC students
would have been left out in the
cold.
But late Tuesday afternoon an
Rappard McHenry Declared
Ineligible Lost For Season
Books were the downfall for
two Poke cagers as the Cowboys
lost Charles Rappard leading re-
bounder and Clarence McHenry
freshman reserve for the re-
mainder of the season because of
- scholastic ineligibility.
Rappard the Pokes' 6-7 start-
ing center and 6-3 reserve for-
ward McHenry have been declar-
ed ineligible for further compe-
tition this season according to
Cowboy Coach Lou Henson
The loss of the two athletes
came at a time when the Pokes
n were having their greatest court
success in a decade. The Cowboys
have a 16-6 record the first win-
ning season since 1957-58.
Adds Two
The loss thinned the Poke ros-
ter to eight but Coach Henson
has added two players for reserve
strength. Mike Meriney a 6-3
senior forward has joined the
a Poke roster after sitiing out the
past two semesters. Meriney has.
servdd as a student coach for the
Cowboy junior varsity this sea-
son. Ed Murphy out of the line-
up with a broken ankle vJU K
over these duties. "
Dick Pospiech a 6-0 ireahman
gunrd7wa;alsoadded to the Pcto
roster' Foapiech had been on red-
anae
agreement was made that both
games would be played in Abilene
Gym. Hardin-Simmons was to
be allotted 1000 tickets for the
first contest.
Reasoning Valid
We can see the reasoning be-
hind ACC's action and H-SU's
reluctance to play both games on
a neutral court. Both ACC and
H-SU realize the value of the
home court advantage. ACC is
a tough ball club at home. They
beat Arkansas State at home;
they were walloped by the same
team on the road. They also beat
Lamar Tech on their court; how-
ever they lost to the Cardinals
in Beaumont.
The Cowboys are also tough at
home. They have won 11 of 12
games in Rose Field House. But
the Pokes are a better team on
the road than the Wildcats. They
knocked off OCU in Oklahoma
City beat Howard Payne in
shirt status. The Syracuse 'ath-
lete along with Scott Rust and
Dick Nagy will round out the
reserve strength for the Cowboys.
Coach Henson was not optimis
tic over the loss of Rapard and
McHenry.
"Most of our remaining games
will be tough close ones and
without Rappard and bench
strength I don't see how we can
win with them" Coach Henson
said. "I consider Rappard to be
one of the top defensive centers
in college ball" he added. "Even
with Rappard in' there ..we were
considered a small collegeteam
and now we are even shorter."
Chances Slim
The Poke coach concluded:
"Prior to losing the two I felt
that -we. would have to play out-
standing ball in order to win '.our
three games with ACC and Mc-
Murry.' Now that we have lost
our great defensive center I see
the odds as being pretty slim to
win."
Rappard through 19 games had
scored 211 points for an 11.1 aver-
age and had 164 rebounds for an
8.0 average. He led the team in
field goal and free throw shoot-
ing. McHenryvhad iplayed spar-
inglyii II game and scored 31
points and- grabbed. 40 rebounds.
City Title NCAA Bid
At Stake In ACC Battle
The city collegiate champion-
ship and a bid to the NCAA Re-
gional Tournament may hang on
the outcome of tomorrow night's
battle between the Cowboys and
the Abilene Christian College
Wildcats. The contest is sched-
uled to begin at 7:30 in Abilene
High gymnasium.
This is the first contest between
the Pokes and Wildcats and the
winner will hold the upper hand
in the battle for the city cham-
pionship. Both clubs are also
trying for an invitation to the
NCAA Tournament.
Excluding Tuesday night's game
against Arlington State Coach
Lew Henson's squad had a 15-6
record. In their last few games
the Cowboys have been on a
scoring rampage. In three of the
last four contests they have hit
the 100 mark. A 100-71 win over
Midwestern started the Pokes off
on their scoring spree. Then the
Cowboys set a new school scoring
record with a 103-68 victory over
West Texas State. But the rec-
ord stood only three days as they
beat Trinity 106-66. Their high
scoring finally tapered off with
a 72-64 decision over Arlington
last J? nday.
Defense Reason for Success
But even with their potent of-
fense defense is the reason for
the Pokes' cage success. They
have allowed their 21 foes an av-
erage of 63.2 points per game.
"If we were not playing good
defense our opponents would be
scoring 80 or 90 points on us at
the rate in which we've been
shooting" Henson said.
Henson will have ten players
on the roster for Saturday's bat-
tle. Two losses because of grades
forced the Cowboy mentor to add
two players to the squad. Dick
Pospiech 6-0 guard was taken
off redshirt status and 6-3 Mike
Brownwood and defeated Eastern
New Mexico in Portales.
ACC knew that the Cowboys
would be hard to beat in Rose
Field House. They wanted to
play both games on a neutral
court. Since they didn't get their
way they took their marbles and
went home. H-SU was left in
the position to do the compromis-
ing and did.
For ihe Best
The decision to play both games
in Abilene Gym was on the
whole for the best. Obviously
feelings were running high among
H-SU students. There probably
would have been trouble if the
game had been played at ACC.
This could have resulted in the
cancellation of the second game
between the Pokes and the 'Cats.
It could also have resulted in the
cancellation of all further ACC-H-SU
games.
A similar situation occurred
back in the thirties with regard
to Howard Payne-H-SU football
games. Over a period of years
more battles took place off the
field than on. The rivalry finally
got out of hand and no further
games were scheduled between
the two Baptist schools. Only in
the last several years were games
re-scheduled.
Coach Pessimistic
Coach Lew Henson views to-
morrow's contest with an eye of
pessimism. He realizes that the
Pokes .are hurting for bench
strength with the loss of Rappard
and McHenry.
We feel that both squads are
top-notch ball clubs. Using sports
jargon the team that is "on"
"hot" or "gets the breaks" will
be the winner.
Poke Junior Varsity
Drops Two Contests
The Cowboy Junior Varsity
dropped their last two outings
evening their season record to 7-7.
The Pokes were edged by the
ACC junior varsity 74-70 on
Thursday Feb 6. David Hales
and Darrell Turnbow each sank
19 points for the Cowboys. Ron
nie Turnbow added lb.
H-SU led 33-30 at halftime and
was out front by 63-55 with 3:20
left. But a layup by David Wray
who scored 32 put ACC ahead to
stay at 69-68.
On Feb. 4 the Poke JV lost a
decision to the Fort Hood Tankers
82-69. Mike Foreman and Ronnie
Turnbow bucketed 18 points each
forc'the Cowboys ; David Hales
aadsd 15 and Dick Neal 14 to the
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Meriney a senior who had been
coaching the junior varsity was
added. However Meriney had a
case of the flu and did not play
in Tuesday's Arlington game. It
was doubtful whether he would
play in the ACC game.
Henry Peacock 6-6 junior for-
ward has stepped in to replace
Charles Rappard at center. Rap-
pard a 6-7 veteran center was
felled by grades after the fall
semester after leading the team
in rebounding as well as field
goal and free throw accuracy.
Peacock was moved into the
starting center position against
Trinity and scored 27 points while
getting 15 rebounds.
Nate Madkins the Pokes' Little
All-American candidate has been
scoring the nets in the last four
games. He has netted 114 points
against Midwestern West Texas
Trinity and Arlington. He hit
34 against Midwestern 42 against
West Texas 28 against Trinity
and had a "bad night" of 19
against Arlington. In 21 games
Madkins has collected 425 points
for a 20.2 average. Even though
he is the next to the smallest
player on the team he is the
top rebounder with 177 and an
8.8 average.
The other starters will probably
be 6-0 Don Seamster 6-1 Charles
Dishman 6-6 Peacock and 6-5
Paul Fortin. All four with the
exception of floor general Seam-
ster are averaging in double fig-
ures. Dishman has 212 points
and an 11.8 average Fortin 235
points and an 11.2 average and
Peacock 100 points for an 11.1
average.
For reserve strength Henson
will have 6-0 Scott Rust Pos-
piech Meriney and 6-5 Dick
Nagy. Nagy has become a top
"sixth man" for the Pokes.
Against Trinity he scored 20
points even though he was not a
starter.
Excluding Wednesday night's
contest with Texas Wesleyan the
Wildcats will bring an 11-6 rec
ord into Saturday's game. Coach
Dee Nutt's squad were defeated
92-66 by Arkansas State in their
last outing.
The Wildcats will be at full
strength for the battle against the
Pokes. Two seniors who have
been sidelined with injuries Pat
Agnew 6-6 center and Jim Wom-
ack 5-10 guard will be at top
speed for the contest.
Womack broke an ankle in the
Wildcats' opening game of the
season. Agnew who was the
team's leading scorer before being
felled with a knife injury is now
fully recovered. In 16 games he
boasts a 16.6 scoring average.
Jim Reynolds the Wildcats'
College All-America candidate is
the two point producer and he
has come on fast of late to in-
crease his average to 20.1 for 16
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games. Against Wayland College
on Feb. 3 he set the season high
for ACC with a 38 point per-
formance. Reynolds who averaged 254
points per game last year is hit-
ting an even 50 per cent of field
goal attempts.
Two other Wildcats were aver-
aging in double digits in 16 games
David Wheeler 6-2 guard 13.5
and Charles Cleek 6-8 forward
12.4. Wheeler is the leading foul
shooter on the team with an 83.3
mean while Cleek is top in re-
bounding with a 10.4 average.
In 16 games the Wildcats were
averaging 85.3 points per game
while giving up 74.4 a contest.
For comparative scores the
Cowboys walloped the McMurry
Indians by a 91-71 count while
ACC fell 80-79 to the Indians.
Both quintets split a pair with the
Midwestern Indians but ' the
Pokes won theirs handily 100-71
while the 'Cats took a 67-66
squeaker.
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