Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 15

BUCKIN' THE LINE By BUCK FRANCIS Things Start Popping Today In NCAA Meet TIIE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene Texai Thursday Evening January 10 1952 Ted Slated For Duty With Marines May 2 Abilene Hordwoods Busy Borger to Win 1-4A Pokes Meet Miners in BC Clash picked up the ball and ran 90 yards to a touchdown The officials allowed Cleburne try for extra point which was missed but Cleburne was leading 12-7 But Coach Dewey May hew of Abilene protested that It was not fumble but an incomplete pass Ben Lee Boynton the referee called Coach Howard Parker of Cleburne Howard'' said Boynton hew says this wm an Incomplete mrs and not a fumble that Bent-ey didn't have possession id the bell" what I thought" replied Parker hew was correct" And so the ball was brought bark and the touchdown erased Cleburne went on to lose 204 Had it kept the touchdown however it might have won the game and entered the state finale But Parker wee honest And the coaches God bleu 'em are like that moat of the time They take the knocke If they think they should regardless of whether it means defeat That's why we think the coaches are the greatest people on earth' Starting in this edition Is a series on how to With the bowling season about to begin again after the fire destroyed the old Bowling Palace the series might help some of your scores The new bowling alley which will be open soon Is located on Third and Oak just across from the Courthouse BOSTON Ted Williams baseball's top salaried slugger has been recalled by the Marines and If physically fit probably will he lost to I he Hoxtun Red Sox until he reaches the comparative old age of 35 That SlOOOOO-plus performer Is one of several hundred former Marine flyer being called bark as replacements for Korean veterans due active service release Reports from Marine headquarters in Washington were that Williams now 33 will report at nearby Squantum Mass for a physical examination on April 2 If found fit he will go on active duty on May 2 for at least 17 months Unde Sam wants me I'm ready I'm nut any different than the next fellow" Williams phoned General Manager Joe Cronin from his Florida Everglades fishing retreat last night I'll go through all of the spring training and I'll stay with Hie rluh and await further orders" Williams added Williams' chanres of passing the strict physical tests for lls flyers are considered dubious in that service's local circle Ted fractured his left elbow duping the 1950 all-star game and the resulting surgery has hampered that arm's mobility ever since Williams missed three season from 1943 through 1945 because of World War II service He qualified as Marine Dyer at Chapel Hill and Pensacola Fla end served as an Instructor at Pearl Harhor Washington reported that WIL llama wee being recalled aa raptaln a rank that would entitle him to about 1600 a month compensation Including allowances for dependents ami previous service He is married and the father of a small daughter Recently he purchased a new home for hie family In Miami Tribe Hosts 'Red Hoi' Bobcat Quinl Southwest Texas rampaging Bobcats invade Indian Gym at o'clock Thursday night seeking another tasty mouthful of Me-Murry Indians The Bobcats devoured the Redskins 99-47 earlier at San Marcoe Since then the San Marcoe quintet has aspired to an even moth expensive diet nibbling away at the Baylor Bears of the Southwest Conference for a 5956 victory The Bobcats earned one of Texas' two berths in the NAIB meet at Kansas (Sty last spring and four of the five starters from that Lone Star Conference championship team are back (Spider) Mase beads the Bobcats He was an All-Lone Star Conference choice last year Catl Jowell smooth operating McMurry center continues to lead the Warriors through the boope owning a fraction under-1S-point per game average The lean Tribesman has scored 215 points In 12 games Co-Captain Dick Richey Jack Henderson Fred Shelton and Eddie Behrends will be in the Indian starting lineup with Jowell McMurry will be seeking its second victory of the season The Tribe which split a two game series with St Edward's University of Austin for its lone victory owns an 11-1 season record The Bobcats are the last non-conference opponents for the Redskins before they start Texas Conference competition with Austin College at Sherman Saturday night CINCINNATI 14) Michigan State'! Dr John Hannah drop in for a cail today the television committee make ill report and things start popping at the National Collegiate Athletic Association convention Notre Dame and Pennsylvania are girded fur a fight against controlled television of college football games hut admit it's a hopeless cause I am convinced the committee and conventtisi wUI vote for a restrictea program'' said Ed (Moose) Krause Notre Dame athletic director "but we a a against controls counsel telle us the NCAA plan is in violation of anti-trust laws We vote for something against the law "We have an open mind We aren't sure the year's survey proves TV is damaging to attend ancc We'd like to see a year of uncontrolled television Just to si-e whether It Notre Dime teamed with Pennsylvania fought for unrestricted television a year ago and lost to an overwhelming vote for a year's moratorium The controls reportedly cost the South Bend Institution 9600000 in TV receipts Penn's militant athletic director Francis Murrey wee delayed In his flight here and wasn't able to Join in yesterday's preliminary jockeying A Penn epukeeman laid he hoped for support from the South and Southwest which received the full impact of the medium but it wee obvious he couldn't count on heavy hacking The hoys from Dixie were lining up pretty solidly behind the NCAA controlled plan "We feel uncontrolled television could ruin us" said Southeastern Conference Commissioner Bernle Moore The National Research Opinion Center of Chicago haa prepared 91-page report to he made public today along with a recommendation by the NCAA TV committee The report highly secretive la aid to contain evidence that television unharnessed is harmful to football gate receipts The NCAA TV committee heeded by Columbia's Ralph Furey is ready to recommend continued controls but with a much broader program than in 195L The issue will be discussed openly at an afternoon round table meeting at which time television interests will he permitted to present their views Hardin Simmon Cowboy eager entertain the Texai We tern Miner tonight in Rose Field House in their third Border Conference tilt id the leaion Game time la 8 pm Coach Bill Scott' Poke own a 1-1 conference record having defeated Arizona State of Flagstaff 73-47 and lost 62-53 to New Mexico AAM The Cowboys have a 9-5 season record The Miners lost their only loop contest of the year to the New Aggies last week by a score of 71-5) Texas Western Coach Dale Waters has only three returning let-termen but his squgd is fortified by a number of top freshman performers Workhorse on the Miner roster is Gerald Rogers 8'4 center from Vega number two scorer in the conference last year with a season average of 161 points per game Other Miner veterans are Merrill Autry senior guard who averaged 104 points last year and Billy Rex Johnson 5' 11 junior guard Co-Captain Bill Preston is leading Cowboy scoring with a total of Ml points in 14 games Preston two-year letterman guard uses a one-handed set shot for most id Ms markers Joe Simpson speedy junior transfer is second high man with 144 points while lanky Hank Green 6-7 center has meshed 135 points this season The Cowboys will play at home again Friday night when they meet the Sheppard Air Force Base Jets who own an early-season 58-50 victory over the Pokes The freshmen Buttons will take to the floor in preliminary games both nights at 6 pm Tonight they will meet the Five Aces H-SIP intramural squad composed id Cowboy footballers Trvi Kelley Sherry Nall Jim Riddle Chester Lys-sy IXck Ham Burl Troutman and Bob Hart Friday night the Buttons will entertain the Sheppard team Hart coaches the freshmen TONIGHT BEGINS A heavy weekend of baskelbelling on the local hardwoods Eight games are carded for the Abilene gymnasia the remainder of the week with Hardin Simmons and McMurry starting off tonight The Cowboys should win their second RC meeting in three atarti when they meet Texai Western It should be an interesting game however Coach Mel Jowell's Indians are taking on one of the college quintets in the state when Southwest Texes State calls at the Tribe playhouse The Bobcats last night overwhelmed a good East Texas Baptist team 82-38 so you can readily see the San Marcos boy are a pretty rough outfit All pf the hardwoods will be busy tomorrow night Both the Abilene Eagles and ACC will swing into conference play The Regies will take on one of the 1-AAAA favorites the Btnger Bulldogs while ACC sites on the invading Texas AAI Javelins One at Rose Field House Friday the Sheppard Air Force Bate team make a return call on the Cowboys The Pokes will be out for revenge In this tilt the Airmen having defeated the Cowboys at Wichita Falls 5950 The other home game Friday pits Clarendon Junior College against the McMurry Freshmen Clarendon la coached by Donald Loyd a 4-tlme All Texas Conference eager for McMurry (194949) Rounding out the week's home late Saturday will see ACC going against AAI again and the Eagles taking on another 1-4A toughie the Pampa Harvester You can just about take your pick on any type of basketball you care to witness in this jam picked weekend of activities HERE ON THE EVE OF THE District 1-AAAA openers we would like to take this opportunity to line up the teams on how we figure the seven school district will finish up It appears any one of the seven teams maybe with the exception of Lubbock stands a chance of walking off with the flag But none appear to be as tough as the Borger Bulldogs tomorrow's Eagle opponent If Borger bee lad that can make fane forget Keith Lane It mean the Bulldogs ere going to be hard to contend with As for the Eagles their chances seem to be a year away what with four of their five starters being juniors The Flock will make It rough for the district teams this season and with a few breaks along the line could nail down the pennant Anyway here la the way we see the outcome of the race at this point: 1 Borger 2 Pampa 3 San Angelo 4 Abuene 5 Odessa A Amarillo 7 Lubbock TED WILLIAMS Korean replacement Fowler to Manage '52 Vernon Dusters VERNON (41 Chet Fowler wee named manager of the Vernon Dusters In the Longhorn League Wednesday Local Bowlors Sot Moating Sunday at With new bowling alleys erected at 232 Oak Street to teat their metal Abllene'i bowlers will meet Sunday afternoon at I o'clock at the Oak facet Pla-Mor Bowling Lane to re-organbw leagues for the remainder of the season BUI Wtbb secretary of the Abilene Bowling Association said Wednesday that it was hoped that the Civic League would start play January 21 and the Major League January 24 The old allays the Abilene Bowling Palace on Cypress Street burned last Sept 20 2 Teams Fall From Unbeaten NEW YORK (41 Syracuse and Mississippi State were knocked out of the unbeaten rank in college basketball last night narrowing the list of undefeated major teams to seven Syracuse took a 7949 lacing at the hands id Pitt at Pittsburgh while Min State absorbed a 77-61 whacking from Mississippi at University Miss Syracuse had won six in a row and State nine This leaves Kansas 11-0 Florida 10-0 Seton Hall 10-0 Iowa 94 Illinois 94 Duqueane 94 and St Bonaventure 94 as the seven unbeaten majors CAGE SCORES Coyote Quint Chalks Up 5th Straight Win When the South Junior High basketball team Invades Sweetwater Friday afternoon to play Sweetwater Junior High School a return match Hie Coyote will cerry 54 record Into the contest Latest victim wee the Abilene Christian High School team which nowed to the Coyotes 50-28 Wednesday afternoon Previously the South-ftiders had defeated Sweetwater Junior High Abilene High amihomorce Edison Junior High of San Angelo and Brownwood Junior High Bob Gay wee hlgh-pointer Wednesday with 14 points and Twyman Aah also of the Coyotes sank 11 Carter Compton led ACHS with nine Wildcot Cogtrt Mott Cisco Tonight Coach BUI McClure's ACC WUd-klttene seek their second victory of the weet at Cisco Thursday night when they engage the Cisco JC Wranglers Tuesday at Plalnview the Wild-kl Ileus were defeated by the Way-land team 6542 Starting for the Frenzied Felines at Cisco will be Tommy Johnson and Boh Couch at forward Von Morgan at center and Gordon Cockerham and Rex Nutt at guards Also on the traveling squad are Joe Powell Lukey Hankena Burl McCoy Bobby Deal and Rex ooixaoa Wm Van Stata Maw Naalaa ASH a aalfewaal Tan SI Taaaa Saa- Army's Amtn Elected College Diomnd Head CINCINNATI 141 Paul Amen of West Point wu elected president Wednesday of the American Association of Colie ft Baseball Coaches succeeding Aruthur Rei-chel of UCLA a JC Bauar JC IS CMy Wteklta IS newNae Ortaa Tate IS Oaarate TaaX Aakan CalBBkU narrate SI Any Faarta Maa IS Maay 11 CalhaOa CaUtaa Rkaia Srtaai IS Mlaaiaalpfl 11 MaaUaiepI BUIa Aatsata Ltklffc IS StaaaMB Maw Ballarl TlUte Tarawa! 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OalfarS IS Ofela Wwiaraa Cayltal as VIHaaara IS Ciatsktaa Cl laka MatMte Tiger Ace Signs DETROIT IF Art Houtteman ace Detroit Tiger pitcher who will be back in action after a year in the Army signed his 1953 contract Tuesday for an estimated 922000 to 923000 Houtteman who recently received a medical discharge won 19 and lost 12 games in leading the Tigers to a second place flqlsh in 1950 Bo McMill in Awarded Stagg Grid Trophy CINCINNATI ill Alvin (Bo) McMilUn was awarded the Stagg Ikophy Wednesday for his contribution to football The trophy is given yearly by the American Football Coaches Association McMIllin was coach of the Philadelphia professional Eagles until ha became ill early last fall Datkwsa GaisnBI nalean Cwasa af Baatt Jana SI Traatea State flHlin 7 Arkaasaa State SI Maairis 4t WUIlaa 0 Mar IS SupteMriHr JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE CONTINUES SOWL BETTER WITH BOMAR NO I Bomar Urges Bowlers to Have Their Own Ball Bag and Shoes SHIRTS SHOES Laak Bavaa (Fa) SI Blaaaakar LafaraMa SI aklaekarf Bi (Fklte) Htaakatetewa WMtefU 79 Tafia 4S Cater 1 law Sate 1 YaaBfitaara BteBkaaaBI 4t aprtkg MW (Ala IS Late Xf Or- HAROLD RATLIFF IN ONE OF HIS recent columns revealed an incident that occurred in a game he wee covering 23 years ago that we think it will be worthwhile to reproduce here Ratliff was saying in the column that coaches are the greatest people on earth Here is an example of what he meant: was 23 years ago when Cleburne wee playing Abilene in the emi finals of the Texas High School football race Abilene was leading 74 when it tried a screen pass new to high school football that day The man who took the pais wee Jake Bentley now a coach at Abilene High School Aa he caught the bell two Cleburne boys tackled him He dropped it end Wilbur Sayres of Cleburne Famous NUNN BUSH Shoes $1395 Values to 92000 On Sale Now Special Group on Name DRESS SHIRTS $2 95 PANTS Aepalaaklaa 11 Blaa IS MaCrarr laxt Baa! 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There's no difference in choosing bowling shoes While the beg is not neceaiary to improve your game it la a convenience in carrying your ball and shoes Just as every golfer knows he can't develop hie game to any extent without hie own dube you cannot expert to improve your bowling very greatly without proper equipment (Next: The Stance Only 75 Pair of New MEN'S PANTS Values of $2000 for the continuance of this sale All new fall shades $995 ANOTHER WONDERFUL HONOR-LEO Giants Named Comeback Champions of 1951 Men's Short Boots Values to $1195 $795 Now Now CURLEE-VARSITY TOWN -TIMELY-STEIN BLOCH SUITS TOPCOATS sport coats 75 Three Groups of Sport Coats and Jackets in All New Fall Shades 'a off Vi off 1 off This group ranged from 94950 to 96500 Our enUre stock of famous name auita which In Curlee Veroity Town Timely and Stein Bloch era Included in thi group You are Invited To Open A Charge Account At Whitehurst's HATS 3-2-1 point vote for the first three places: Bobby Feller baseball 52 points Staniord football 47 Ben Hogan golf 40 6-Chiragn White Sox baseball 33 Ray Robinson boxing 32 Auburn football 17 Joe DtMaggln baseball (in world series) 12 Detroit Lions football 11 Durocher himelf received a couple of comeback votes GOLDEN GLOVES Entry Blank 1 plan to enter the (write Novice High School or Open) Class in th 1952 Abilene Regional Golden Gloves Tournament February I 2 and 4 at Rose Field House I certify that I aualify under amateur rules ond that I am 1 6 years old or older Please send more information to this oddress: Fall Felt Fall and Winter Hats in all the latest and most popular shades Values to $1000 $4950 $5350 $6350 $6950 $7950 $8950 Were 95950 Reduced to Were 16500 Reduced to Were 97500 Reduced to Were $85 50 Reduced (o Were 99500 and 9100 Reduced to Were 9110 Reduced to $595 SANTA MONICA Calif I4L-The selection of the New York Giants as the Comeback Champions of 1951 was hailed by Manager Leo Du roc her today as "another wonderful honor for a great bunch of guy" never saw a team with more determination or will to win" he said Which explains the New surge to Uie National League pennant against odds so staggering that 165 out of 214 sportswriters and iportcasters picked it as the No 1 comeback in the Associated annual poll "The Giants weren't the greatest team I've managed or played said Durocher I've never had or seen one with more hustle They were really groat and never quit" He indicated that maybe the old St Louis Gashouse Frankie Frisch Durocher the Deane Medwlck et el had a shade in ability on his Giants but certainly not In the spirit department The home run by Bobby Thomson climaxing the Giant' uphill fight in the final game of the playoff with the Brooklyn Dodger gave Durocher hi higget thrill of ail time "I never had anything to compare with it anytime in all the years I've been in baseball" he said The Giants' feat of winning the flag after dropping 13 games behind the Dodger in August earned them a total of 549 points in the AP poll for the greatest comeback by a team or individual In 1951 Jersey Joe Walcott's knockout of Ezzard Charles for the heavy weight boxing title was rated second with 127 points Other leading comebacks (on a Now Only SPORT SHIRTS ONLY $339 All colors and fabrics TOPCOATS Sizes 34 to 45 All Wool and in All Fall Styles Gabardines Coverts Cheviots now $34 50 Nome Street nr Box No ALL SALE ITEMS ARE FROM OUR REGULAR STOCK Were Were $4975 Now $3975 Were $5500 Now $4450 Were $6500 Now $5350 Were $6950 Now $5450 City Ph Number Age Weight (Clip and fill out this form and mail to: Golden Gloves Director Abilene Reporter-News ABILENE'S SMART SHOP Only by constantly using the same qulpment can you progress says Buddy Bomar (NEA).