Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 47

THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abileee Tessa Sunday Mnli Nmnbn S3 1912 AlbanyfWiftasf Giants Need Redskins1 Scalps in Title Chase Penn Stale Rips Pitt I Ottered Bowl By JACK CLARY Associated Press Sports Writer The New York Giants hot on the trail of a second consecutive Eastern Conference title the National Football League are favored to end Washington's rags-to-riches dreams Sunday Cleveland if the Browns could beat the third-place Pittsburgh Steelers All four teams have a shot at the title but New York holds a two-game edge on both Washington and Pittsburgh and is 24 up oo the Browns with three games sizzling after the Detroit Urns' stirring 26-14 victory Thursday over the Green Bay Packers Bath are idle Sunday with defending! champion Green Bay holding a one-game lead and each team having three left In other games Chicago's Bears M) try to bold third place in the West against the Baltimore PITTSBURGH (API Record-Colts 3-51 San Francisco (4-6) is breaking quarterback Pete l-tetfr at St Louis (2-7-1) Dallas (4-5-1) I Passed for two touchdowns follow -is at Philadelphia 1-7-1) and Losing Penn State pass intercept iuv Angeles 41-9) is at Minnesota Saturday as the Xittany Limp A victory in Washington would remaining after Sunday A loss by be one of the few remaining stepsjany of the three pursuers an but the Giants must take in securing spells tiU next year" the Eastern title and they would! Meanwhile the title chase in the get an even bigger boost from i Western Conference is suddenly exans Can Tie For Crown Today lighting itself in quashing herald ed offenses draws Crane in the second round of the playoffs and the Blizzards are not expected to be overly troubled by the playoff-seasoned West Texans who experienced much more difficulty than anticipated from unheralded Comanche before winning 24-7 Rotan will have its eager bands dll this week however since it confronted by unbeaten Big Lake which squeezed past Fa-bens 26-23 Friday night This contest will pit Class A's No and No 3 rated clubs together and Rotan will probably reign as a slight favorite The only losers in the area last week were in the Class ranks where Rising Star and Loraine fell If Loraine had to be beaten however it was nice of the Bulldogs to choose an area team to fall before Knox City obliged whim winning 39-8 to advance to the Region II-B finals opposite Matador Rising Star meanwhile succumbed to a last-half Johnson City rally 23-14 but the Wiki-cats' loss was partially offset by 42-14 victory over Valley View of Cook County Throckmorton's blits moved the Greyhounds into position to defend their Region III-B championship this week against Allen The last floprish of regular-season activity saw Brownfield annex the District 3-AAA crown by downing Sweetwater 13-12 am San Angelo win its second-straight District 2-AAAA title by routing upstart Big Spring 48-6 rolled to a 160 football victory over traditional rival Pitt The victory earned Penn Satie bid to the Gator Bowl A university spokesman said the team would not discuss until Monday Halfback A1 Gursky made the first key interception In the end zone and caught the second scoring aerial from Liske in the ninth victory in 10 games Liske a junior in his first season as starting quarterback broke Penn State record for total offense and passing yardage Haack Junior Powell set up the 18-yard scoring toss to Gursky in the fourth quarter with a spectacular halting and twisting 46 yard run after snaring a Pitt pass send Oakland (610) to its 16th straight loss since mid-season 1961 Cotton Davidson quarterback until he was traded early in the season leads the Raiders' attack which will be without foil-back Alan Miller because of an injury By KEN ESTES Reparter-News Sports Writer Small Texas cities have their own special ways of doing things and Albany mri assuredly is no exception For example the good people of Albany decided to observe Thanksgiving Day on Friday this year Oh sure they enjoyed the turkey the cranberries and the pumpkin pie on Thursday just like everybody else but they waited until about 10 pm Friday to give thanks You may ask what were they thankful for at such a late hour but you probably wouldn't if you stepped to realise that most Texas high school football games end at approximately 10 pm And when the Albany Burnet contest ended Friday the Lion faithful paused in remembrance for an unsuccessful fourth down drive which helped to decide a 28-28 tie in favor of Albany Yes that aborted drive did not produce a touchdown but it did give the Lions a penetration their fifth which matched Burnet's total And since the score was tied and the penetrations were even the issue was decided on first downs something in which Albany led 20-16 Thus next week will find the Lions still pushing forward in pursuit of an unprecedented third-straight Class A state champion ship against the winner of the Everman-Munday game That magic third straight title is supposed to elude the Lions however and if it does another Abilene proa school Rotan may be around to stake a claim to Albany's title Last week Rotan Winters am Brown wood considered to be the best area bets for state championships won impressively to further prove their capabilities Rolan was absolutely awesome while mastering Seagraves 27-0 in a bi-district encounter and Winters projected itself as a definite Class AA title threat by boxing highly rated Olney 34-7 Brown wood the tone undefeated squad in the state's Class AAA ranks mcanwhlie closed out its regular season with a crushing 41-6 decision over Wichita Falls Rider and Friday the Lions who have lost only twice in three years will open playoff warfare against newly crowned District 3-AAA champion Brownfield Winters which has been de Pent SUM PiU ro cmh a Korhmaa si Sm 1Ui (Caatea kick! PS-urrtr IS mm (mm Liakt (kirk (ailed I Attendance 4SJ45 24) Another aerial battle looms between quarterback A Tittle of New York (62) and his Washington counterpart Norm Snead Tittle riddled the Redskins for 505 yards and a record-tying seven TD passes last month in a 4634 victory Snead hit on four scoring passes in the same game The difference may be the Giants' physical condition which finds all hands ready Washington still is without offensive end Bill Anderson but has end Fred Dugan back Iran the injury list Fleet Bobby Mitchell injured in theVirst Giants game after running his TD pass receptions to 10 also says he has fully recovered He scored since that game Pittsburgh 64) has won ks last three games but faces a Cleveland team that got full mileage out of fallback Jimmy Brown and quarterback Frank Ryan in a 36 14 victory last week against St Louis Brown gained 85 yards and Ryan picked up 241 on passes The Steelers with quarterback Bobby Layne nursing an injured mich ohio ni jaw still have Ed Brown whose 74 pair of TD passes helped beat Washington last week They also have fullback John Henry Johnson the No 2 rusher with 850 yards1 COLUMBUS Ohio Full-1 Baltimore quarterback Johnny back Dave Francis wound up his Unitas on a 33-of-55 passing tear collegiate football career in star- in his last two games will have spangled fashion Saturday as Ohio to beat the stingy pass de-Stak overwhelmed Michigan 260 fense The resurgent of-m a televised Big Ten Conference fens has picked up with the im- kr feXT last year as Ail -America Bobu Ferguson's understudy the entire Wolverine running and fcdie passing corps as he ate up 186 fut lts Jl yanis in 31 carries scored trun touchdowns and set up another and Prentlce The one he set up was on 52-yard run on which he fell L1 injured utter exhaustion on the 6yard line Meredith again get the call without a hand's being put on him at for Dallas which Bob Butts another senior fuU- 4rehf1 aten th Eagles 41-back counted the third Buck 19- Philadelphia will start sprint score on a yard plunge with Fran- Frank Budd at the flanker cis carrying four of nine times and move Tommy McDonald the 52-yard drive The last splurge PUt end trying to compensate went 70 yards in five plays with foe rash of injuries to its re-Dave Katterhenrich third of the ceivers senior fullbacks going 6 yards on I The revamped Rams have the first play after long moved halfback Jon Arnett to split run lend Ollie Matson from flanker to a Plral i Rink inf yantake Kami nU Paaaca intercepted by Fumblee tad Verde peselued READY TO GO Coach Lou Henson left and Captain Barry Oxford are shown following a practice session of the Hardin-Simmons basketball squad as the Cowboys prepare to open the season Saturday night at Oklahoma State New Coach Cowboys Open On Road Saturday at OSU By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The surging Dallas Texans can wrap up at least a tie for their first Western Division title in the American Football League Sunday if they win as expected over the hapless Oakland Raiders Whether the title game next month will be an All-Texas affair depends on Houston's success in lidding onto first place in the Eastern Division The Oilers will have to get by their two-time title opponents the San Diego Chargers to strengthen their chances for a third straight crown Boston Houston's closest pursuer beat Buffalo Friday night while Denver ail but eliminated itself in the Western Division race when it lost to the New York Titans on Thanksgiving Day now is 6-2 while Denver stands at 7-5 Houston (7-3) has won three in a row' as it makes another late-season dash for the Eastern Title The Oilers have cast their offensive lot with the passing of quarterback George Blanda who has gained 2048 yards and thrown for 19 touchdowns and the rushing of Charlie Tolar Tolar is the No 2 ground-gainer and both have combined to pace the league's leading offense The Chargers who have lost title games twice to Houston currently are on a five-game losing streak and are only 3-7 overall Injury riddled most of the year San Diego recently signed fullback Gerry McDougall who twice led the Canadian League in rushing The Chargers also hope to have halfback Keith Lincoln back from the injury list Len Dawson's passing and the rushing of Abner Haynes and Curtis McClinton are favored to FRONT END ALIGNMENT 50 and he had 106 points as a sophomore feel that Barry is one of the best ball handlers that I've seen" says Henson He adds us using the high low post set-up which actually amounts to having one guard it takes a tremendous ball player to handle the quarterback Good depth at all positions is expected to be the greatest benefit to the Cowboys this season Good outside shooting and ball handling is also foreseen The Cowboys will play only two of their nine December games at home but will have 10 more in Rose Field House and another pair in Abilene during the later stages of the season We Feature Bear Front-End Equipment Save Nerves Save Tires Save Lives 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SEARS 135 SAYLES BLVD Phone OR 4-2811 uFrenrie i rw uiemiiie 13K first 1962 win against Los Angeles Katterhenrick I'nuTtManiuia kick) (and since then have come on with Attendance ej improved offense led by quar terback Fran Tarkenton and halfback Tommy Mason Meets Mmgton Coach Lou Henson who grew I He win have a squad composed up with a basketball in his hands of only three old hands The re-and a proven theory that mainder of the team will be new can't win unless you play good Lettermen who wiU be return-defense" will be guiding the Har-ing this season include guards din Simmons University Cow- Barry Oxford and Don teamster boys for the first time Saturday and forward Mike Meriney The night when they open the 1962-63 trio which scored 674 of the 1684 basketball season against Okla points made by the Cowboys last homa State University at Still- year is expected to see plenty of water action Making up the remainder On the opposite side of the court of the varsity unit will be Saturday night will be the past outstanding junior college transmaster of defensive I fers who are expected to bolster Coach Hank Iba of Oklahoma the Cowboy squad in depth speed State who was coaching the sport shooting rebounding and ball before Henson was born in near- handling by Wagoner Okla The newcomer include guards Abilene fans will get a preview Nate Madkins 6-1 185 pound of the H-SU team Tuesday night junior Hal Benson 6-1 165-pound at Rose Field House when the junior forwards Art Haynes 63 Purples battle the Golds in an 190-pound junior Ron Zeigler intra-squad scrimmage 6-5 180-pound junior Paul For The 7:30 pm contest is being 190-pound junior Jehn sponsored by the Cowboy Club Rer 6-3 210-pound sophomore proceeds to be used for the ath-and centers Charles Rappard 6-7 letic program Admission will be 195-pound junior and Ed for adults and 25 cents for Phy 67 196-pound junior children Henson who came to H-SU aft Wilton (Hook) Davis president er winning three state champ ion-of the Cowboy Club will be in ships during his four years at charge of the Purple team and Las Cruces High School Dick Collins H-SU sports pubii- developed his theory on defensive cist will handle the Gold unit basketball while playing for two Henson will view the game from years at Connors Okla State the bleachers College under Coach Bob Rogers Tickets for the game will be now of Texas A4M who in turn sold at the Rose Field House box learned his from Iba The H-SU offices coach also gives credit for his The Oklahoma State contest Is defensive appreciation to Coach one of 26 the Cowboys will play Presley Askew of New Mexico this season in their first year as State coach for two an independent Abilene basket- years ball fans will have an opportune feeling is that the offense ty to see the Pokes in action the will take care of says following Monday Dec 3 when Henson "I feel that 75 per cent they host Howard Jack- of the work needs to be centered cts in Rose Field House around the defensive game I Coach Henson is relatively new believe that you can win-to the local scene replacing Bill unless you can play good defense Scott after the 1961-63 campaign That part of the game must be emphasized and stressed because it the colorful part of the game to those who thoroughly versed on the sport" The Cowboy coach believes that offensively the Pokes have the ability to score but they still need some improvement on defense He singled out Oxford Seamster and Fortin for turning in the best defensive work at this stage of the workouts He labels Fortin Ziegler and Rappard as the top rebounders Oxford a fiery little guard from ort Worth and the team's only lonurable mention last year al though missing eight games with Permian Cools Odessa High CLASS AAAA Bi-District El Pass Austin (l-AAAA) at San Angelo (2-AAAA) 2:30 pm Saturday CLASS AAA Bi-Distrtet Brownfield (3-AAA) vs Brown-wood (4-AAA) 7:30 pm Friday at Sweetwater CLASS AA Regional Winters (6-AA) vs Crane (7-AA) 7:30 pm Friday at Midland CLASS A Regional Rotan (6-A) vs Big Lake (8-A) site and dafe to be set at meeting fat Big Spring Monday Albany (10-A) vs Winner of Everman Munday game site and date yet to be determined CLASS Regional Finals Matador (5-B) at Knox City (7-B) 7:30 pm Friday Throckmorton (9-R) vs Alim (12 B) 7:30 pm Friday at Weatherford NJERESJED MTJjTJJA'Ii eundsTtT PREFERRED STOCK wszsrjm IRWIlin IMSQVV Kimbrell says McMurry will play both Hardin Simmons University and Abilene Christian College this season and that means 14 games Abilene one being at H-SU's Rose Field House two at the Abi ene High gym (with ACC) and on the Indian Gym floor The Indians will again be in Dallas' Cotton Bowl Tournament Dec 28 29 30 and 31 (TOST IN ODESSA Tram FEBMIAN Firm Down 10 1 Rurtun Yardaxa 1H7 1 Puruil Yardage SSI Paaara Completed I I Paoam Intercepted Sr 1 1 1 (or 4t Paata Avrraac 4 (or Ml lor 45 II A BALANCED FUND? INVESTORS MUTUAL INC AcbMMbMBTbCKFUNri? yjafvfcSTOll' STOCK fund I OPEN SATURDAY Ellis Slafton Meet Dalton Boys Cowboy Bob Ellis and Don Slat-ton tangle with Jack and Jim Dalton in the tag team main event Monday night's wrestling card at the Key City Sportatorium The bout will be two falls out three with a one-hour time limit The first bout is scheduled for 8:15 Tito Carreon and Gypsy Bivi-a no clash in the semifinal also two falls out of three with a one hour limit Station battles Jim Dalton in one fall to a finish match bi He represents INVESTORS Diversified Services Ine exclusive netkmel distributor for these mutuel funds For prospectus-booklet on any of these funds call telephone number below Or clip this complete advertisement circling the service which interests you and mail it to your INVESTORS Man: to Start IFive Juniors ODESSA (RNS) Odessa Permian's Panthers slipped past rival Odessa High 14-12 here Sat-1 urday afternoon in the District 2- AAAA finale for both teams The win enabled Permian to tiel Abilene High for third place ini the final district standings Both teams posted 4-3 records Odessa's defeat sent them into a tie for fifth with Midland High both with 661 marks Permian built up a 14-0 half-1 time lead and withstood a fourth quarter rally by the Bronchos to eke out the win Nick Harries scored the first Panther TD in the first quarter on a 32-yard run Harmon Smith ran over the two points after for an 60 lead Early in the second stanza I Smith took a pass from quarterback Alan Moravcik and raced 67 1 yards to paydirt Odessa pushed for its first TD early in the fourth quarter quarterback Bill Parka climaxing a drive by scoring from I yards out Parka was stopped! attempt to run for the! With 23 regularly scheduled games and a Christmas tournament in Dallas ahead of them Coach Hershel KimbreU's McMur-ry College basketball team opens the 1962-63 season in Indian Gym Saturday with Arlington State being the first foe The Indians play their first two games at home facing St in the second game here Dec 3 Then they move down to Brown-wood to take on Howard Payne Dec 8 McMurry will be in a rebuild-ng phase following last year's trip to the NAIA tournament in Kansas City and a 24-5 season record best in the history of the college Gone are high scorers Lance Stephens and Toby Burkhardt but Kimbrell will have four letter men around which to shape his current Indian team plus several promising young player Three of the lettermen are what Kim-rell calls boys their leight being around six feet Only one letterman Ross Shivers has eight Shivers a 69 senior is from Marlin The other three lettermen are Jerry Stone Arkan sas City Kan senior Clayton IJrooka Abilene junior and Pres ton Vice Garland sophomore Stone started every game last year and the others were starters at one time or another Shiv era has two letters Stone two Brooks two and Vice one Shivers and Stone are the only seniors on the varsity squad of 12 Kimbrell has said his three lettermen are good as you'll find anywhere" The McMurry team will be hurting for height this year however and Kimbrell is counting on sophomore squadman and freshman to help plug the gap Mac Cade a 66 center from liam tin who joined the McMurry squad as a freshman laxt year and Run-sell Noll a 64 center and forward: from Pueblo Colo who is freshman Both boys weigh: around 200 Kimbrell has already indicated the Indiana will play a little dif- frrent type of ball this foster offensively and defensively and gumc that keeps pushing the opponent from hit-tie to whistle know with a lot nf hard work that we can he a contender in the NAIA district again this year Our- boys have plcnly of 11 of Pflugerville Loses To Holland 12-6 PFLUGERVILLE Tex AP)-Tiny Pflugerville was shrouded in gloom today Its football team in an that set a national scholastic rec- points 32-yard four a broken foot and was named toenor bas been selected as the the NCAA Southwest Regional All- team captain As a starter last Star team lyear Oxford was the sec- The young ACC team of 1961-62ond leading scorer with 296 points dropped both games in the NCAA playoffs 57-55 to Southeast Missouri and 83-74 to Lamar Tech This marked the third time in four years for ACC to compete as an at large representative in the NCAA College Division play offs Backing up the top six juniors on the squad will be Wilbanks 64 sophomore forward Jim Mor-gnn 6-6 freshman forward-center Jerry Morgan 67 freshman cen- INDIANA Pt'RM'E Find dewM II II tHdilni yarriiie 121 1M to it yardage in lit 'aaaec ill 1120 The Bronchos recovered the ensuing onsides kick and drove 50 yards for their final tally Paries got the six points on a 24-yard run Fullback Gary Howell was halted short trying to run for the points PERMIAN 8 6 0 6-141 ODESSA 0 0 0 12-12 ord for consecutive victories has finally bitten the dust End of the string that stretched through 55 games came Friday night as Pflugerville bowed to Holland 12-6 Pflugerville broke the record of Abilene Tex which won straight from 1954 to 1957 49! A aophnmore Abilene Christian College basketball team "cut their teeth" on a 16-12 season last winter and saw action in the NCAA Southwest Regional playoffs so Coach Dee Nutt has good reason to expect improvement from his starting quintet of juniors The Wildcats will open play Saturday night at Abilene against the Tarleton State the beginning of Nutt's seventh year as ACC head coach Tarleton State faces Dallas University Thursday night in its season opener Nutt has tapped a tentative starting lineup of 6-5 forward Jim Reynolds a strong IJtlle All-Amcrican candidate: 641 center Pal Agnew 6-6 forward Izniis Slone: 6-2 guard David Wheeler and 5-10 guard Doug Beaty Guard Jim Womack a 5-10 junior la contesting Wheeler aqd Beaty for the guard positions blit if he should move in would still be an all Junior lineup Only one senior will play with the Wildcats this season 5-10 guard Bill Wilbanks Reynolds and Agnew will form the nucleus of the Wildcat scoring punch Agnew tallied 4511 minl last season for a 16 8 game average but Reynolds owned a better average 218 for 416 points Reynolds a Colorado high school AU-Stoler won Little All American JOHN STKBKK HKPRtENTATIK KKS PH OK 64I1S LOW KLL DIST MANAGER RLS PH 06 63838 lCTrlc81clock' jrr mLi 74? ward Bill Warren and 610 Junior Fumble iwt 2 guard Joe Curtia IVnt mnaihM 7 12 LAFAYETTE Ind (AP-Marv Woodson a brilliant Negro hak- honorabkT1 nSKl AU Stater ck Mississippi carried an for Lubbock Monterey and Cleck p31 yrda Satur won All State honor at Las Mw touchdown that gave Cruces High School War- Indiana a 12-7 upset victory over ren transferred from lamar Purdue for the Old Oaken Bucket i Colo i Junior College where he it was Indiana's first Big Ten iivcraunl 130 per context Conference victory since 1959 am After ACt "a opener on its homcjij firm over Purdue since 1947 mill the Wildcats will meet three npiKitionls on the road Dallas I University on Dec 3 Tarleton ferEf'lT '2" Stole again on Dec 6 and Northmj- fr Texas Stale on Dec II IndWmdg IntenwnUti iktrk felled I AllMdam-d MJ4J OPEN SUNDAY 9-3 DISCOUNT PRICES Smitty's Auto Supply 1 1041 MOCKINGBIRD OR 4-2691 2 2526 14TH OR 4-8133 OPEN MON -SAT SUNDAY 9-3 im ERSIFIED SERVICES ISC 216 FIRST STATE BANK BLDG PH OR 2-1911 1 aoviRTism in ur fl PotfiooiC ri amH btcilf.