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PAGE TWO In On KRBC THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Tuesday Morning, March 1.1. 1941. Army Teams to Participate-ENTRY LIST FOR DISTRICT TAAF TOURNEY GROWS TO SIX Augmented by the addition of the 158th Infantry and the 120 Medical regiment, entry list for the district TAAF at the Eagle gym Wednesday and Thursday nights had grown to -six last night. Teams already entered included Modern Cleaners, city champions; Marvin Owen Jewelers, city runners-tip: Ray jewelry and Hardln- Gimnions freshmen. Entrance fee is S3 and any independent team in tile section is eligible to compete.

The tournament is so wide open that no team rates the favorite's roll. The 158th Infantry, bulwarked by the addition of two former stars, Lauro Apodaca 'and Thomas Coach, may be tough to Apo- played for the New Mexico Aggies when they were tackling the giants of basketball in Madison Square darden. The Marvin Owen jewelry has been strengthened, too. Added to an already quintet have been Porter Willis and Bobby Morrison, McMurry stars; and Leon Reese, Abilene Christian standout. The Jewelers already boasted a lineup including Hayden Oreer, city league scoring leader, and Elton Hailey, one.

of the best of all Abilene 1iigh school players. J. B. Neely. coach of the Modern Cleaners, has the entire Hardin-Simmons varsity at ills disposal and may be expected to be double tough.

The Crovvell team Includes most of the McMurry varsity- Bill Ellington, Frazier Damron, Floyd Doty, Bud Wheeler, R. L. Wood, Elmer Watson and J. E. Garrett, Little Is known of the quality of the 120th Medics.

They have been serious rivals to the 158th for 45th division supremacy. The entry deadline is p. m. All entries'should be turned in to J. B.

Nccly at Abilene high school or Howard Green at the Reporter-News. Tribe, Cats Begin Grid Practice Many Backs Al McMurry McMurry college football aspirants 24 strong, romped at a rather brisk pace yesterday as sprinc practice got uncienvRV at the reservation. Included in the number of hopefuls were 16 letter-men, a quartet of transfers, three squadmen and four youngsters to football as enacted at McMurry is something new. Passing, punting and the routine quota of calisthenics and jogs about the field were a part of the opening day drills. The squad was long on backs.

Lettermen showing" up included R. L. Wood. Bill Eliington- Jini Baug-h, Dillard Adair, Frailer Damron, Clifton Beasley, Al Simmons, Johnny Walker. Ben Braly and Elmer Watson.

Beas- ie.v and Simmons did not play on the 1940 team. Armond Jones and Floyd Doty were transfers aspiring for backfield slots. Other veterans included Gerald Anderson and J. E. Garett, ends; Arthur Wylie.

tackle; Don and Dick Raymond, guards; and Bud Wheeler, center. Stanley Sieman. tackle- center, and Dick Jones, guard, are transfer linemen. Both formerly attended Texas Tech. Porter Willis, lanky basketball forward- was among the end aspirants as was Harry midterm addition from Carlsbaci, N.

high school and Sam Darby, squad- man of San Antonio. Bob Horton. Abilene, is an additional guard candidate. Ray (Goon) Steadman, McLean squaaman, and Evrinr Jones, Abilene, are out for tackle. Sixteen Teams Enter Lawn Event LAWN.

March 10--Sixteen teams are lined up for the girls' invitation volleyball tournament which gets underway here Thursday night. It will continue through Friday and Saturday nights. Teams entering include Bradshaw. Merkel. Tuscola.

Ovalo. Oplin. Buffalo Gap. Butterfield. Elmdale, Wylie.

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BURTON-LINGO Phon SIMON SIMPLE FOR LOUIS? Abe Simon (above), says his manager, Jimmy Johnston, hits harder and takes a harder punch than anyone Joe Louis has met. Also, says Johnston, the 6 foot, 5 inch. 250 pound challenger is determined to be the first Jewish heavyweight champion since the late 1700s. But. say the experts, he has to contend with Joe Louis himself.

And. say the experts, Simon should he simple for Louis. They meet in Detroit on March 21. the occasion being Louis' 15th defense of his heavyweight championship crown. Gordon Is Looking Great at First For Unpredictable Ruppert Rifles By WHITNEY MARTIN ST.

PETERSBURG. Fla, Mar. 10 --The moving of Joe Gordon from second base to first base on the New York Yankees came as a surprise in some quarters, but it was no pin-prodded jump on the part of Joe McCarthy. He isn't the kind 10 turn out a mushy, half-churned idea, "Been thinking of it quite a while." he said casually. Marse Joe stood beside the dugout at Waterfront park as his Yankees were tuning up for a game Baseball Groups Meet Tonight Final organization plans for two sandlot baseball leagues in which Abilene and its trade territory are prominently featured will be perfected in meetings at the Hilton hotel tonight.

Both are to start at 8 o'clock. One concerns the six-point circuit which is to begin operation April 13. It will be presided over by T. J. Bailey, president.

Five teams Abilene, Hamlin. Baird, Novice and Trent--are ready to go. A sixth. 10 come from either Bronte or Snyder--will be selected tonight. At the other gathering Ivo Woos- city amateur league president, will head a discussion of the possibility of admitting four army Abilene Christian, McMurry, Hardin-Simmons and the state Mtal are set.

The league sche'dule Is to begin Friday. McMurry meeting the hospital. HSU and ACC will play Monday. Sfff'S SMW FULL OP Just Had Her Filled-Up With Onyx Leaded Gas!" Note the smoother running, the extra zip Vrhen you fill-up with 1 of the 3 Onyx Leadfd lints! with the St. Louis Cardinals.

His quick, dark eyes followed the ball on its stuttering journey--from lean Red Rolfe to agile Joe Gordon. from chunky Phil Rizzuto to lithe Gerald Friday. "He'll be all riffht," McCarthy continued, referrinf to Gordon. "He's got some little things to learn here and there, but I'll bet he never makes the same mistake twice. It all depends on Rolfe whether we leave Gordon on first.

"Rolfe looks better than he has in years at this time of the year. He had his tonsils out and it seems to have helped Dickey looks good too, bigger. Did he have his tonsils out too? I don't know. he called to a player standing nearby, "did Dickey have his tonsils out las: R-Jnter?" The player said yes, and McCarthy continued: "Some seem to think that Gordon isn't big enough for a first baseman. He's as big as McQuinn, and Judge and Sialer." GORDON A NATURAL That seemed to stop the argument as far as McCarthy was concerned, and watching Gordon reach out and hook the bail with one hand or dig it out of the din you were forced agree with him.

The kid is a natural athlete and would fit in anywhere with a little tutoring. He doesn't care where he plays, just so he plays. McCarthy's remarks left the im plication that if Rolfe didn't regain his form of two years ago Gordon would be shifted to third, with probably John Sturm or Tommj Henrich, or even some player brought in from outside the fold taking over first. They're an odd team, these Yankees, one you just can't figure. They might win the pennant by 10 games They mignt do well to finish in the first division.

They might have a lineup including eight .300 hitters Their batting average might be about .240. It's a coin-flipping situation, but one man's guess i that Lhe Yanks wlil finish no lower than they did last year. 31 Report for ACC Drills Thirty-one candidates for the Abilene Christian college 1942 varsity, including eleven lettermen and last year's yell leader, reported yesterday for the opening spring drill for the Wildcats. The veterans who reported to Head Coach A. B.

(Bugs) Morris and Line Coach Tonto Coleman were Johnnv Owens. Bill McClure. Buster Dixon. J. E.

Mullins and Bobbie James, all backs- Arrell Roberts, Gene Bennett. Hulen Strom- qulst. Henry Roberson, Dick Stovall and Dave Lovelace, all linemen. The yell leader who is giving up the megaphone and sideline stunting for a spin with the varsity is Clayton Colson. PVEATT UNCERTAIN Mike Hughes, letterman at end, probably will work some with the footballers but he is concentrating mostly on track and field at the present time.

Still another veteran, Tackle Tiny Pycatt, Is not out for spring practice. Pyeatt may not return to school next fail since he has been offered a coaching: job at Clyde. Outstanding among the newcomers at the ACC practice were Tip Money, an all-conference fullback with Oklahoma Baptist university fall, and James McWhorter. all-conference tackle with the same team. The cwo boys transferred to C.

along with Backfielder Oliver Jackson, now out for track, when OBU dropped football. Remainder of the roster includes Ivan Rawlings, James Quails, C. W. Johnson. Juan Haines, Dudley Lemmons.

J. P. Ward, Preston Ward. Herbert Staff. Bert Powell, Fred Roy Grain and Leonard Woods, IJnemen, and Richard Golden.

Bill Hay and James Burton, backs. The spring training period will run for 30 days, scrimmaging likely to get underway by the last of this week and squad games probably starting by a week from Saturday. Southwestern Sports Chaff King Oilers Win First of Playoff King Oilers defeated the ACC Ragknots, 31-21, last night in the first of a three game playoff for the slow division basketball title at the Hardin-Simmons corral. Benny Scott led the Oilers with 14 points. Tops for ACC wns J.

P. Wara who racked in ten. T.ne two teams clash at the corral again tonight. Bears Start Under Kimbrough Today WACO, March The Baylor football squad, under a new coach for the first time in 15 years, starts a month of instruction in the Frank Kimbrough style of play tomorrow. The squad a month ago in 'he midst of training when Morlcv Jennings, head mentor since 1926, resigned aclivc coaching to become athletic director at Texu Tech.

OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma nigh school basketball champions, crowned Saturday night; Class A boys--Tulsa Will Rogers 28, Enid 27. Olass boys- -Pawnee 30, Friendship 29. Class bovE--Arnett 40, Mason 26 Girls--Yynnewood 48. Brag 45. OKLAHOMA CITY--Gene Nance, former Haiilburton Cementer out- leider.

signs w'th the Oklahoma Citv Indians. State won the Big Six conference wrest- ng title by copping four individ- ua- championships for a total of 35 joints. Kansas State, the defend- champ, was runnerup. Okla- iomd was third followed by Nebraska. Missouri and Kansas did not compete.

FORT COLLINS. Aggies and Denver university ended their Big Seven conference basketball race in a tie for fifth place. Utah kept its flag hopes ailve by beating Brigham Young. Fort Collin high school won the northern conterence championship by down- Ing Loveland, 31-25, Friday night. Army Meets, Navy in Rassle Arena Wrestling at the Sportatorium tonight has the army versus navy touch.

Meeting In the main event will be Sailor Olscn of Kansas City, formerly of the United States Navy, and Bob Foster, a soldier stationed at Camp Bowie. George Bennett clashes with AH Bey in the preliminary. Ray Clements will referee. It's Like By HOWARD GREEN I THE lengthening shadows of a New Year's afternoon--Jan. 1 1937--the New Mexico Aggies splattered the contents of a badly battered dope bucket over every inch of the turfted green floor of El Paso's Sun Bowl.

Their fine eleventh-hour efforts, sparked Spanish backfielrt star Lauro Apodaca, netted a 14-14 tie with Hardin-Simmons. If there ever was one, it was a "moral" victory. That same Laura Apodaca is with us again, not as a football player but as a soldier wearing the khaki of the 158th Infantry, whose basketball team Is the pride of the 45th division. A PODACA was in the rear detachment and had not yet seen Camp Berkeley when the 158th was engaging in games with city league teams last week. He is here now, though, and raring to play in the district TAAF tournament at the Abilene high school gym Wednesday and Thursday nights.

With his teammates he hopes for a chance at sweet revenge over the Modern Cleaners, team that licked the proud 158th last week. The Cleaners are a group of Hardin-Sirmnons athletes and Apodaca's boosters figure just that will add to his ball handling zeal. Coach of the Infantry quintet, affable and bespectacled Lieut. Paul W. Davis said nothing of Apodaca's football past but passed out all the verbal bouquets In lauding his skill upon the painted boards.

"I'm certain of one thing," Lieut. Davis candidly remarked, "Lauro Apodaca will be the best guard In the tournament." Apodaca played 3 years of varsity basketball for the New (Mexico Aggies, who, in his day, were synonymous with power. He competed in Madison Square Garden in the NCA'A tournament and cavorted against the great Long Island U. team. In that tourney were such basketball extants as Seton Hall.

Richmond and other star-studded quintets from every section of the country. Another addition to the 158th aggregation is. Thomas Couch, a forward, who was a varsity man and a good one for Gila college. THER members of the 158th starting brigade include Billy Murray, forward; Carl Engtestead, center; and Paul Micklebaugh, letl the army offense in both games here last week, scoring 30 points. He learned the rudiments of basketball playing Bisbee high school.

A letterman three years at Flagstaff (Ariz.) Teachers, Englestead is a valuable man under the basket. He scores his share of the points, too and should compare with any pivots in the tourney. Micklebaugh participated as a collaslan for the Tempe (Ariz.) Teachers Hardin-Simmons players and fans are familiar with Tempe "rid teams. The Cowhands defeated Tempe three straight seasons but encountered difficulty doing it. ESERVE members of the 158th basketball corps include Peter Jones, Phoenix union high school; and James Price, Phoenix Jr.

college forwards; Manuel Durazo, Douglas. high school; Jay Goodman, Flagstaff State Teachers- and Jay Goodman, Nogales. high school, guards; Sergeant Jack Hackett. Douglas, team manager- and Sergeant Joe Diaz, Douglas, trainer. The coach.

Lieut. Davis, is a former Grinnell, Iowa college athlete. He won a freshman numeral in baseball and football and a letter in baseball while at Grinnell, playing tn 1932 and 1933. Lieut. Davis is intensely interested in baseball and says he'll have a team in the city league.

A meeting has been called for the Hilton tonight to discuss and possibly admit army nines. ROM THE mail box: We thank you very much for the invitation ot enter the semipro baseball league, but because so many of our boys have either gone to the army or are to be called soon it will be impossible for Sweet- Dorr mouth Cops Title NEW YORK, Mar. 10-- mouth won its fourth consecutive eastern Intercollegiate basketball league championship tonight by defeating Columbia, 39 to 33, arid thus equalled a league record. 24 Hour WRECKER SERVICE Out of Coi? Col Hat It Your Battery Down? PHONE S411 Mark Womaek STANDARD Oil. rKnlMICTII 24-na.

MKrHAMr.ti. Hunt UK Ogmi Ml. 1411 Committee Interviews Five Coaching Applicants at HSU No Action Due Soon Hai'din-Simmons university's committee to select the school's new head coach studied nearly 60 applications and interviewed five can didalcs for the post yesterday in an eight-hour session at Hotel Woolen. Appearing before the 1 were Warren Woodson of Arkansas State Teachers college at Conway Clyde Lee of Kilgore junior H. N.

(Busty) Russell of Masonic Home, Fort Worth, Gerald (Uncle Joe) Smith and Joe Gibson. Both Smith and Gibson are former Cowboy football stars, Smith serving as ine coach last season under Prank Kimbrough, and Gibson has coach ed at Childress for a number of years. ANOTHER MEETING SLATED Jake Sandefev. a member of the specfal committee and chairman of the board of trustees, announced last night that no action will be taken for several days. Sandefcr indicated that he would call, another meeting of the com mittee--made up of trustees, faculty representatives and ex-letter' men--before Kimbrough's sticcssor is named.

Kimbrough resigned recently to take the head football coaching job at Baylor. Although committee members announced the job is still "wide open." the five men invited to neet with the committee apparent' field the inside track. Latest, comer in the field of can' didates was Huch Wolfe, former University of Texas football and and field star. Wolfe, now in msincss at Stephenville. was in town ast night- to confer with members of the committee He played professional football with the "Philadelphia Eagles after graduating from Texas.

In addition to Sandefer. mem- jers of the committee are Tom Roberts. Clarence Cowrfen, Solon 'eatherston of Wichita Palls. Foy of Dallas. Dr.

W. R. White. L. Q.

Campbell. Herschel Schooley. Gib Sandefev, T. J. Bailey and George Foster.

water to participate. It would be difficult to get up a team that could supply suitable competition. We'll have to pass until next year. Sere's hoping your league is a success from every standpoint. O.

O. Hollingsworth, Sweetwater. Although we have only three reg- alars returning for next, football season. I think we will have a bet- team than you predicted in your Wednesday column. We will win more than three games.

I really think we have a good chance of winning the district championship. --A Rotan Football player. Basketball Scores WcftlFViiii 7 1 KvHtm-Ulr. R2. John Tnrlrton 40, Tyler 34.

Alum 43. Pnnlmnellr AjrrlM 14. ANOTHER COLLINS! -Eddie Collins is a promising gift to Connie Mack's outfield from his famous father. The elder Collins was a member of Mack's a $100,000 infield of 1914 and is recognized as one of the great second baseman of all time. Plowboys Gain Tie In Baffle for Flag STEPHENVILLE, March lO The John Tarleton Plowboys tumid back Tyler here tonight, 40-43, .0 a li In the battle for the Texas junior college conference basketball title with Lee college of Goose Creek.

There remain two more games, ooth at Tyler between Lee nnd ryler and Tarleton and Tyler, which might throw the play-off into a hree-way tie provided Tyler won both games. Chisox to Lose Johnny Rigney CHICAGO. March Chicago White Sox appeared al- nost certain today to lose pitcher Johnny Rigney to the army before the American league baseball sea- on gets well underway. A checkup of his local draft ioard In. suburban River Forest re- that Rtgney's number probably will be called in April or May.

Rigney, 27, and engaged to Dorohy Comiskey, treasurer of the White Sox. said in Pasadena. Calif, vhere the club is training, that he not seek deferment. He won 5 games in each of the past two easons. West Texas Sets Record KANSAS CITY, March Two red hot Texas quintets advanced to the second round of 1B41 National intercollegiate bas- keUnll tournament tonight In an eight game program that saw Tar- klo.

Missouri, college, the defending champion, eliminated. The Missourians- were into the discard by St. Mary's of Winona, 38 to 28, but the real fireworks were put on display before the more than 5,000 spectators by a pair of fives from the Lone Star state. Texas Weslcyan of Fort Worth, whirled to a 71 to 62 triumph over Evansville, Indiana, college, and West Texas State, the world's tallest cage machine, climbed over the University of Dubuque. Dubuque, Iowa, 77 to 39, in a tourney scoring mark.

The previous one game mark was set at 73 by Glenvllle, W. In 1939. Charles Halbert, 6 foot. 10 Inch center, for the winners, counted 8 points and he robbed the lowans of dozens of tallies. Time after time he stood on his tip-toes and lifted the ball out of the maw of the Dubuque hoop.

Bert Alaskan forward for the lowans, was their hero. The Giants led. 33 to 25. at the rest, Clint Wager, 6 foot, 5 inch, Kangaroo center, controlled the rs- oounds for St. Mary's in the Minnesotan's triumph over Tarkio.

He was the pivot in all the plays. Overlin Triumphs PITTSBURGH. March Overlin, middleweight boxing hampion in York and Penn- ylvania, had little trouble winning 10-round decision over Mose Brown, a hard puncher from su- urban McKeesport, In a non-title ight here tonight. Overlin weighed 63, Brown ON VOUR REPAIRING SAVE DO IT NOW! NO MORTGAGE LOANS FROM $60 TO For Repairing or Building ABILENE BUILDERS SUPPLY 1I8Z No. 3rd.

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