Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 15

7H2 A3ILZNE Tun la EL PAGE FIFTEEN Sunday Morning December 9 1913 Texas Conference Reorganizes District Golden Glovers to Compete in three Divisions Anson In Class Ballinger A Finale I ill be three separate high school novice and open I The high school class as the I name implies will be open only I to schoolboy boxers Teams from several West Texas high schools will be entered and a championship trophy will go to the top squad as well as awards to the individuals The novice class is open to any glover who has not had previous experience in the Golden Gloves The open class will accommodate the more experienced fighters hi It's Golden Gloves time again Prokpcctive young fistruffer are planning their training programs which lead to the showdown in the ring in the ninth annual net Golden Gloves tournament at the Ahilcne high school gymnasium Feb 1 2 and 4 The Reporter-News sponsored event is designed to give any youngster regardless of his previous experience a chance to pull on the gloves and show his boxing skill For the first time In the history of the show in Abilene there Nova Still After Army PHILADELPHIA Dec Little Yillanova college stuck its neck out good it will open' football season for the next three years The Rev Edward McKee moderator of athletics in announcing the three-year agreement admitted 'Army looms as another now-erhouse next hut aadcit is expected to be a stronger outfit in 1 The Wildcats who hope to re-" turn to a position of national gridiron prominence took a 54-0 shellacking from Army thia year and lost 83-0 last season 31 Hamlin 19 0 Roscoe 14 19 Crowell 13 The Tigers stick to ground plays almost exclusively but may be fnrred to take to the sir because of the strong Ballinger line one of the toughest in this section of the state The Rcarcats feature an allround attack and with the return of Sonny Davenport out of the bi-dislrict game with Dublin be-ramc as injuries can travel by the airways if need be In Annapolis Md fire hydrants of different colors indicate size of the water mains serving them Indians Card Nine Games care to qualify for the Abilene district team that will be represented in the State Golden Gloves tournament at Fort Worth Feb 13 to 18 Boxers at Abilene high school will start working out shortly under the direction of Coach Shorty Lawson Workouts also are to start soon at the colleges where boxers are to qualify either for the novice or open divisions Bruce Francis a leader in the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization said yesterday there is a possibility that the VFW will enter teams in the novice and open classes from World W'ar II vets who had boxing experience in service training or in Golden Gloves before going to war Except for special exhibitions between lads of grade school age matched in age and weight for non-judged preliminary bouts the contestants regardless of das must be 16 years old or older All entries will be certified under the AAU regulations as amateurs classes will follow the AAU charts The poundage classifications include: flyweight 100 to 112 pounds: bantamweight 113 to 118: featherweight 110 to 126 lightweight 127 to 135 welterweight 136 to 147 middleweight 148 to 160 light heavyweight 161 to 175 and heavyweight 176 and above Eight-ounce gloves will be worn by the contestants in the four lighter divisions while ten-ounce gloves will be used by the four higher weight groups swan song for West Central Texas will be sung Fridav afternoon al Ballinger as Coach Felton (rooch) Wright's Bearcats gun for their fourth Class A regional championship in six years The Anon Tigers champions of District 11 and winner over Crowell 19-13 last Friday night is the Ballinger opponent Kickoff will be at 2:30 In the only other West Texas regional championship affair the Monahans Lobos who upset the crippled Roscoc How boys the past Friday entertain the Littlefield Wildcats The region 11 finalists start play at 2 o'clock The Lobos despite their convincing 13-6 defeat of the hitherto undefeated untied Plowboys will go intu their final match the decided underdog against a powerful Littlefield eleven which has lost only to Ballinger The Wildcats gained the playoff by soundly trouncing Denver City 33-6 in bi-dislriet competition The Monahans chamber of commerce is planning a city-wide dosing of business establishments for the game and a turnaway crowd is expected Ballinger also expects the largest throng of the season The Bearcats were beaten only by Abilene in the regular campaign and have run roughshod over most of their Class A opposition Their season record: 37 McCamey 13 100 tarainc 0 0 Abilene 13 20 Sweetwater 7 60 Lake View 0 00 Brady 0 19 Littlefield 14 46 Coleman 0 46 Santa Anna 6 47 Winters 0 52 Dublin 7 The Tigers sre in the regional finals for the first time Coach Gene Sosehec's charges have skimmed through their 11 games to date with nine victories and two defeats Although their record doesn't compare favorable with Ballinger's the Tigers have been nigged on (he defense and arc expected to slow the vaunted Bearcat scoring machine Their season record: 19 Rolan 0 0 Merkel 7 26 Haskell 0 27 Monday 0 24 Throckmorton 0 13 Albany 0 26 Seymour 0 13 Stamford 12 Like The Pleasure Of Presen ling A Lifetime Of Hearing A SONOTONE Hearing Aid To Someone You Love At Six Teams To Compete DALLAS Dec 8 Texas conference reorganized here today with Abilene Christian college Austin college Howard Payne McMurry Southwestern and Texas Wesleyan represented Trinity university which holds membership in the conference had no representative present thus was not included in the athletic schedules The conference discontinued athletics in the spring of 1943 Shelton of Howard Payne was continued as conference president Election of officers will be held at the spring meeting Track golf and tennis meets will be at Howard Payne college but definite dates for these events were not set It was voted that athletic participation during the period from January' 1943 to the football season of 1946 would not he counted against a boy at a Texas conference school It also was voted (hat war veterans may enroll at any time during the year whereas non-vets must register within 10 days of the opening of school in any semester to be eligible for athletics Each member of the association must play a round rohin in football and must play every other team twice in basketball Four Texans fro Play In Blue-Gray Game MONTGOMERY Ala Dec 8 (A1) The squads of players signed for the eighth annual Blue-Gray football classic here Dec 29 were announced today by Manager Champ Pickens of the Blue-Gray association They include: SOUTH Ends Jack Russell Baylor and Air Corps All-Stars Tacklei Martin Ruby Texas AM and Air Corps All-Stars: and Tom Dean Southern Methodist Backs Howard Maley Southern Methodist Coaches are Lynn Waldorf of Northwestern Bn McMiliin of Indiana and Ray Morrison of Temple for the North and Bohhy Dodd of Georgia Tech Bernin Moore of LSU and Matty Bell of Southern Methodist for the South Golden Gloves Entry Blank for Abilene District Tournament Abilene High Gymnasium Feb 1 2 and 4 Open to hoys 16 years of age or older who are amateurs No entry fee of any kind Name Weight Age Address City Phone Experience Enter me in high school class Enter me in novice class Enter me in open class Mail entry to Golden Gloves Editor Reporter-News Abilene er intra-city skirmish on Oct 26 The schedule1 Sept Ilardin-Simmons at Abilene Sept Open Oct New Mexico A at Abilene (tentative) Oct University of Houston at Houston (tentative) Oct Texas A I at Co r-pua Christi Oct Abilene Christian at Abilene Nov Austin college at Abilene Nov -North Texas State at Denton Nov Howard Payne at Brownwond Nov Southwestern at Al lene All dates are listed for Saturdays Hilliard told the Reporter News by telephone from Dallas but they may be changed to other dayi in the week to avoid conflicts with other college schedules in the city The basketball sched-ule will be announced early next week by Cage Mentor Jerome Van noy A Morris athletic director at Abilene Christian college represented the Wildcats at the Dallas meeting but could not be contacted last night for the ACC schedules Helps Bog Limit Nichols of Clyde wss a member of a party of seven deer hunters which relumed with their totil 14 bucks Others in the group were A Miller Bill Barr Smith Hilton Edwards Fred Farmer Vance Stephenson LIKE WALKING DEEP SOFT CARPET WHEREVER YOU GO! Athletic Director Vernon Hilliard of McMurry announced a nine-game football scheduled for the Indians 1346 following the Texas conference reorganization meeting in Dallas Saturday The grid slate most ambitious in the history of the Methodist college includes four conference edntests The Indians will open with Har-din-Simmons university one of the Border conference powers on the weekend of Sept 21 and they meet Abilene Christian college in anolh- MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS gARLY for CARDS IS CAROS ENVELOPES 'Richly Embossed die-cot Greeting Cards in Gdl Box i Fielder Dillingham Lumber Co 410 Chestnut ON A YOUNGEST Signed by Ohio Stale league on recommendation of Carl Hub bell director of the New York farm clubs Henry McGowan of New York is the youngest umpire in history of organized baseball McGowan will not be graduated from high school until next mohth Because of his youth it was necessary for his mother to approve contract Cagers Facing Busy Week Here Ailene's basketball season gets underway this week with a heavy program featured by McMurry'i invitation high school tournament Friday and Saturday The McMurry tourney directed by Jerome Vannoy will draw 16 topflight high school teams from a wide West Texas area Many of the teams will be tasting their first competition of the year in the meet Among the entries will be Abilene high school and Abilene Christian high The collegiate season also starts this week with McMurry's Indians going to the Abilene Army Air Field lor a game ith the Fighters Wednesday night and with a return match for the two teams al the McMurry gym Thursday night at 7:30 Ilardin-Simmons snd Abilene Christian roilege are not scheduled to play this week Coach Jake Bentley Abilene high school mentor is anxious to book games here for the Eagles Tuesday night and the following Tuesday night hut thus far he has not been sble to arrange a game Kitfry Trouble SPOKANE Wash Dec 8 Residents of Spokane are investigating the yowling of cats in their backyards these days The reason? 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