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THE OPTIMIST
SEPTEMBER 21 1M3
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Cats HPC Meet at Brownwood
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ACC Seeks
Of Season
The Albllcne 'Christian Wild-
cats will (be looking for their first
victory of the season in the Sept
22 meeting with Howard Payne
in Brownwood.
The thirty-second renewal of
the 43-year old classic with the
Yellowjackcts is due to begin at
8 p.m.
ACC holds a current string of
live consecutive victories over
the Paynemen and is striving to
match HPC's 25-year old record
of eight consecutive series wins.
The opener between the two
schools was played in 1920; ACC
won 7-3 and had a season record
of 4-0-1.
PAYNE AND ABILENE both
lost their season openers. Mc-
Murry took the Jackets multiple
offense 7-0 while the Lions of
East Texas State eked out o nar-
row 3-0 victory over the Wild-
cats Defensive play for AOC was
exceptionally good but the Cat's
could never get their offense
going against the tough -East
Texas line.
According to head coach Les
Wheeler the heavy rains prior
(o the opening of the season hurt
the Cat's offense. Heavy offen-
sive practice could not be sched-
sive while the torrential down-
pours continued. When the skies
finally cleared only a week re-
mained before 'the East Texas
game; no real contact work was
scheduled that week in order to
keep away from Injuries to team
personnel.
"YOU'LL SEE A real improve-
A Short Drive
To reach Brownwood Abi-
lene Christian students can
take Highway 36 out of Abi-
lene to Cross Plains. Highway
279 will take you from Cross
Plains to Brownwood. The in-
tersection of highways 36 and
270 is plainly marked. Tickets
for the 43-yard old series
game between ACC and How-
ard Payne are on sale in the
Students Exchange for one
dollar.
First Win
This Week
ment in blocking against Howard
Payne" Wheeler promised. ACC
was to work primarily on its
offense this week in preparation
for the Jackets.
Wheeler appeared to still be
bemoaning the effects of his
team's setback as he blamed the
failure of what should have been
a going offense on improper
blocking.
"THE ENTinE defensive unit
was good" said the former ACC
Little All-Amorlcan backing up
his assertion that nothing more
could have been asked of the Cats
from the defensive standpoint.
"We made good tackles and the
ends are defensively tougher
than they have been since I first
came to ACC."
Coach Wheeler joined the
Wildcat coaching staff in 1956.
Noting that his charges are
going to be outweighed in almost
every game this season. Wheeler
said 'The first down play has
got to be a big help for us."
SPECIFICALLY the Wildcats
were to emphasize blocking and
passing in their week's workout.
A muffed second quarter snap
cost ACC the Sept. 15 .contest
with tlhe Lions. Ceniter Auble
Terry fell on the ball and ETS
took over on downs on the Cat's
42.
East Texas moved to ACC's 28-
yard line before quarterback
Marion Turner made his success-
ful field goal attempt from the
35-yard line.
ALTHOUGH HINTING at one
change Coach Wheeler Monday
planned to use just about the
same line-up against the Jackets
that fie did against the Lions.
This would ptot Charles Mc-
Cook at quarterback Duane Hale
at fullback Elgin Conner at
wlngback and Thayne McKnight
at tailback.
In .the line would be Jesse Har-
well at strong end Larry Curtis
at strong tackle Leo Owen at
strong guard Eddie Anderson at
center Don Bennett at off guard
guard Jerry Turner at off tackle
and A.M. Dycus at off end.
Sports
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powerful Maryland. The Ponies
have switched from a passing to
rushing attack under Fry but
the loss of Jerry Rhome is still
going to be felt when the yard-
age gets slim.
Texas Christian has the only
o'ther afternoon game scheduled
for a conference member this
week. The Froggies take on the
Kansas Jayhawks at Lawrence
in what should be one of the two
best contests on tap. Underdog
TCU upended nationally ranked
Kansas in the first games of the
1961 season and the Jayhawks
presumably have not forgotten.
THE REVAMPED Aggies of
Texas A&M under new mentor
Hank Foldberg travel to Baton
Rouge to meet an LSU team with
no weakness except the fact that
Paul Dletzel is not in the head
coach's position. After this game
the Aggies will be a bit easier to
evaluate. Arkansas and Texas
are the only two other teams on
the A&M schedule rated as high-
ly as LSU. This game could be
the day's most Important
Baylor opeas against the Uni-
versity of Houston In Houston
and another highly touted quar
Cats in Defensive Action
Tailback Thayne McKnight and strong guard Leo Owen
move in on an unidentified East Texas State ball carrier in
ACC's Sept. 15 opener with the Lions. Head Coach Les
Wheeler called his entire defensive unit good after the 3-0 loss
to East Texas. The Cats were scheduled this week to work over
their offense which they could not get going against ETS in
preparation for Saturday's contest with Howard Payne. ACC
currently holds a string of five victories over the Yellow
Jackets.
Howard Payne ACC
Out for First Scores
BROWNWOOD Tex. Spec-
ial to the Optimist Two teams
with similar offenses both re-
puted to be of wide-open pro-
portions will be out to score
their first points of the season
here Saturday night when the
Howard Payne College Yellow
Jackets play host to arch-rival
Abilene Christian College.
terback Don Trull will be call-
ing the signals for John Bridgets
pro-'type offense. Bill Yoeman
freshman Cougar coach has little
more than ambition but Hduston
could be a good indicator of the
Bears' quality as a conference
darkhorse.
TEXAS TECH opens against
traditional rival West Texas State
in Lubbock. It's always been a
good contest but the Red Raiders
are fast out-growing the Buffalo's
brand of football. Pete Pedro
however could still put on a fine
show.
Texas meets Oregon at Austin
and Oklahoma State journeys to
Little Rock for a battle with
Arkansas.
Oregon plays good football but
almost any team fades up against
this year's "Longhorns. Ditto
through not to quite the same
extent for Arkansas and the
Oklahoma team.
The weekend of football should
go this wayi
ACC over Howard Payne
McMurry over Hardln-Slm-mons
Baylor over Houston
LSU over A&M
If fair weather prevails a
crowd of approximately 5600 fans
is expected to jam Lion Stadium
' for the tilt which will be the 32nd
of a long and colorful series in-
volving the former Texas Con-
ference cousins.
And. for the first time in HPC-
ACC football feuds the Wildcats
of now Head Coach Les Wheeler
have opportunity to square the
series. ACC which has won the
past five consecutive grid scuffles
with HPC is now behind In the
entire series by only 15-14 with
two games having ended in ties.
AT HOWARD PAYNE where
H.Ti. (Rusty) Russell also Is in his
first season of coaching the vet-
eran mentor of 40 years of foot-
ball ware has 10 positions which
are almost Injury free.
But at that one most important
spot in a wide-open multiple
offense the quarterback posi-
tion there Is real reason for
the Baptists to groan. Veteran
quarterback Bobby Goforth Ga-
lena Park senior will be out for
at least one more game to allow
injuries sustained in an auto
smash-up time to heal. Joe Caro-
thers transfer from TCU did not
show -up this fall and in the third
period of HPC's 7-0 loss to Mc-
Murry here last week apromislng
170-pound freshman Grady West
sustained his second Injury of the
contest to make dire conditions
even more serious.
West who sustained a deep Up
cut In the second period was
sidelined in the third chapter by
a charleyhorse. This forced full-
back B. J. Korenek 188-pound
Waco junior to fill In at quarter-
back and he performed admir-
ablyrunning passing and kick-
Hale Leads
Cats' Stats
Fullback Duane Hale moved
lor on early rushing lead in Abi-
lene Christians Sept. 15 football
opener against the East Texas
State Lions.
Halo a 105 pound junior from
Cisco carried the ball 12 times
for 41 yards. Nearest competition
for the rushing lead comes from
quarterback Jerry Gibson who
has 10 yards and tailback Thayne
McKnight who has nine.
THE ACC WILDCATS failed
to move the ball authoritatively
against the larger East Texas
team. The Abllenians got off 37
rdshlng plays gaining 93 and
losing 34 for a net of 59 yards.
ACC attempted five passes.
Gibson and QB Charles McCook
each completed one for yardage
of eight and five yards respec-
tively. Rushing and passing combined
ran the total offense for the Cats
to 72 yards on 42 plays.
THE LIONS RUSHED 48 times
for a net of 144 yards and con-
nected on five of 11 passes for 62
yards.
East Texas had one pass inter-
cepted. Wildcat senior guard Leo
Owen was the thief; he returned
the ball 14 yards.
Abilene Christian's pass re-
ceivers gained 13 yards on the
two completed passes. End A. M.
Dycus collected eight yards while
wlngback Buddy Rawls got five.
.
Ing to keep the Paynemen
very stoutly in contention
throughout the game in which
they made two penetrations with-
out scoring results.
RUSSELL HOPES however
that West will be ready to go
Saturday night and fondly hopw
too that the following week when
the Yellow Jackets open Lono
Star Conference play against
Texas A&I at Klngsvllle Goforth
will be back in the saddle to give
the Jackets some badly needed
depth at quarterback.
"I'm highly pleased with our
good team effort against a very
fine McMurry football team"
Russell said "And I'm happy to
add that even though we made
numerous mistakes I think very
strongly that most of them can bo
corrected we'll work on ex-
actly that this week."
This games carries with It the
traditional battle tor the torch.
Back In 1955 mombers of the
ACC student body relayed a torch
on foot from Ablleno to
Brownwood with Olympic sprint
king Bobby Morrow carrying the
final lap Into Lion Stadium. HPC
won that game and the 1956
contest too to keep the trophy
ACC has owned the torch for tho
past five years however.
HOWARD PAYNE'S probable
starters: Forest Hanson 178
Brady LE; Robert Young 240
Brownwood LT; Israel Cortez
202 San Benito LG; Blll'Lcc 193
Electra C; Stuart BeeBe 214
Corsicana RG; Hal Rowe 221
Temple RT; Ray Reed 180 Gran-
bury RE; Grady West 176 De-
Leon QB; B. J. Korenek 188
Waco LH; Harry Krenek 179
Elgin RH; Dan Gandy 185
Brady FB.
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