Brownwood Bulletin from Brownwood, Texas • Page 8

SUllttlN, The Points 6v 6ILL rrOVALL Lions Try Bucks; Hirschi Trips Graham ONLY ONE Lone Slar Conference team was able to win at home Monday as Howard Payne. Stephen K. Austin and Texas grabbed early leads in the 1965 basketball race. Howard Payne and carved out important road wins, while SFA found the home surroundings to its liking in ripping Sul Ross. 73-60 The lead changed hands IT limes at Commerce where Howard Payne used a free throw by big Robert Springer with two seconds remaining to nip East Texas.

60-59. Texas nudped Southwest Texas. 56-55. in a similar battle at San Marcos. Sam Houston ciorsn't open its title drive until Saturday when the Bearkats take on Sul Ross in Alpine In other games Saturday.

East Texas visits Southwest Texas and Texas goes against SFA in Kingsville. Howard Payne won't swing back into action until Monday when the Jackets host Sam Houston in Brownwood Coliseum HPC Tops In Scoring LATEST STATISTICS released by LSC secretary Don N'ew-bury show that Howard Payne holds two team leaderships The Jackets are leading in offense with an average of 74 3 points per game, and are at the top in team field goal shooting with a .472 reading. Coach Glen Whitis' Stingers are third in rebounding with a 42 2 average Howard Payne's .707 free throw- shooting percentage is good enough for the second rung behind SFA Little All-American candidate Walter Carter is second in scoring behind Sul Ross' Jack Fryman with a 20.8 average. Fryman is averaging 24 0 Springer and Carter are running one-two in field goal accuracy with .585 and .560. respectively.

Carter is second and Springer eighth in rebounding. fty BtLL StOVALL fcmw'ft Sfifl BRECKENftlDGL Brownwood matches its run-and-shoot offense against Brecketiridge's height here tonight in a crucial battle of District 4-AAA basketball Bucks and Lions arc currently locked in a three-way tic for the district lead wiUi Coleman. All have 141 loop marks. Tonight's game is one of only two on the district schedule Coleman entertains Burkburnett in the other contest. Wichita Falls Hirschi pulled the biggest upset of Ihe young season Thursday night by bump-! ing defending district and state dwmipion Graham, 4M3.

spite 19 points by the Steers' Hoberl Nees. The victory evened Hirschi's record at J-t and dropped the Steers lo 0-1. Both Brownwood and Breck thundered to point-happy victories in Tuesday's district openers The Buckaroos, fueled by 42-point shooting of Carl Everett, ran roughshod over Burk-i bumett. 90-54. Brownwood turn-, ed back Hirschi, 82-67.

The towering Bucks are expected lo make use of a zone defense in an effort to tame a firewagon Brownwood offense that Ites accounted for belter than 66 points per outing. i While Browmvood relies on a In addition to Everett, six of wide-open style of play, the! tire district's top 15 scorers will Bucks are expected to play con- be in action here tonight. The servative ball and rclv on the Lions' Carmichael and height of such cage giants as i ftoger Hichey share seventh and 6-8 Gary DiHd and 6-5 Eugene Eighth places after the firs! Maxwell. Bfownwctfd's tallest game with 21 points. Brown- starrer stands only 6-1.

Breckcnridgc coach Doyle Reynolds will open with Ever- Ml, Lewis MeCall. Ditto, Vet- scored 10 points cnch against (wood's James Harris is ninth wiih ifl and Bucks' Ditto is lOlh 18 McCali and Wilson non Wilson and either Lang- Burkbumett to rank and ford Of Maxwell. HlJi, respectively. Everett was the district's tlichey, Carmichael and liar-; scoring champion last season rj a Jim Thomason arc ihCj and apparently Is back on tar- only certain Broxvmvood start- get this season after a slow crs. Jimmip Piper, David Hcn-j start.

His 42-poinl performance lc 1 B'Hy Scely are battling against BurkburneU was a new for the other position. Buck scoring record. Kirk Wall, Rollin Hunter and Billy Brammi round ffiil the Browftwood varsity roster. Tire Lions have the best ftill season mark. 12-2 to the Bucks' 4-tf, but records mean little in Uny Btickaroo Gym.

Harris is Ihe top Lion scot- et Uirough season games with 250 points and a 17.9 av- a e. Caffiiichacl, who has scored ih double figures in fill 14 games, is second with 217 points and a 15.5 menu. Richey has scored 149 points for a 10,6 average, Thomason 117 for 8,3, Henley 79 for S.6, Scely 54 for 3.9 and Piper 26 for 1.9. Brownwood team will meet the Buckaroo 8 In ft prellffii- Siiafy game tonight, the young Lions arc 7-1 tor Ihe season find will be heavily favored to notch 'their eighth win against the Bucks. JBrovPfnwjod whipped Hirschi Tuesday night.

Shouldering most of the load tonight will be Hoy Spctice, Mike McMillan, Tony din, David Davis, Bob Stearncs, Mike Ralliff, Bobby ry Jones and Robert fteanda. Both Bfowtiwood learns will be in action next Tuesday in Lion Gym against Colemafi. S-lfl SMtv, or HenlW t-S tr Ungford, i-M Wllidri, t-t MeColl, i-J, Top County Deer SHORT TAKES: Biggest deer killed in Brown Bounty during the past season was bagged on opening day by C. Parker. The 12-point buck weighed in at 146'- pounds.

The buzz in the XFL is that New York Giant defensive back Dick Lynch, all-pro just a year ago. is headed for Philadelphia in a King Hill swamp. Giants almost got Hill last summer. Another rumor has Joe Foss, American Football League commissioner, succeeding Ford Frick as base- bail's boss. He will at least be offered the job.

ROLLLN HUNTER Cubs Tackle Franklin In Cage Meet ABILENE Abilene Madison and Brownwood ruled the favorites as the annual Abilene junior high school basketball tournament kicked off today in Cooper Gym. Coach Joe Marlett's Brownwood five meets Abilene Franklin in a first round contest at 5:15 p.m. today. The Cubs stand 7-1 for the season. Other first round pairings send San A 1 Edison against Abilene Jefferson.

Abilene Madison against Abilene Lincoln and San Angelo Lee against Abilene Mann. Action will continue on Saturday, with the final game scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Probable starters for wood include Lane Bowen, Si Southall, Griggs DeHay, David Wallace and Wayne Fenton. KIRK WALL i i Johnny Clay Bouts Set Here Saturday Joycees Ready Boxing Tourney BILLY BRANUM Quits Pro Post DENVER (API Bill Meek, former Southern Methodist University coach, has resigned as director of player personnel for the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. Meek gave no reason for his resignation Thursday but he has indicated he would like to return to active coaching.

Gilmer New Lion Coach DETROIT iAPi Harry star of the great Crimson Tide Cowboy Hat i Gilmer. onetime teams of the middle and late Alabama collegian forward 1940s and who set records ga- passing sensation, is the new lore for his era. was grabbed up coach of the Detroit Lions of the by the Lions less than three National Football League weeks after Wilson's resignation The Lions and millionaire following the firing of all his owner William Clay Ford signed five assistant coaches. Gilmer Thursday to a reported Ford, of whom fans here were secret meeting to club head- critical for his handling of the quarters. pre-Christtnas coach removals, Gilmer, lured away from the said he was happy to get Gil- Minnesota Vikings where he mer was a top aide to coach Norm Tn Lions reportedly received Van Brocklin for four years, the approval of the Vikings be- succeeds the resigned coach fore they made their tender to George Wilson, victim of the Gilmer.

'The clubs were said to Lions' coaching upheaval last have talked together beforehand month. and the Vikings gave the Lions The 38-year-old Alabaman, a go-ahead in their effort. On one score surely the Lions have added to club luster. Gilmer. a horse lover with a stable of his own, is apt to wear his ID-gallon hat and cowboy boots out in public as well as on the football sidelines where his getup is a familir sight to NFL fans Detroit won't be new to Gilmer.

He played quarterback for the Lions in 1955 and 1956. But in those seasons he was in the shade of the illustrious Bobby Layne and seldom saw any action. The Lions traded him to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1957. Cage Scores BY flu Prtu EAST Rnooe Island Holy Crois 'i iOUTH Fiorto. Si Gews 1 iii fAeryiario t' Ciemson (.5.

two Over f- fa MIDWEST Loyola New SOUTHWEST ADut'tt Cnr.nian 67 Tanelor $1 8C WnOwei'ern 6i t.3 FAS WEST 6i 6C. overtime Ar zone Si Co' 1 Si Michaels. The Lions signed Gilmer in a private session at club head! quarters where he talked with Ford, General Manager Edwin J. Anderson, personnel boss Russ Thomas, and Bud Erickson, assistant general manager Ford said Gilmer was the Lions' first choice "from the start" and was the only man to offered the job. The list of 'reported possibilities had included at least 20 men.

The Lions finished fourth in the NFL's Western Division last year after being crippled through much of the campaign by the loss of key players Guard Believed Out For Season AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) Guard Jerry Yankee, top scorer for the Air Force Academy basketball team with a 13.4 average for eight games, is suffering from mononucleosis and will likely be lost to the team for the remainder of the season. Coach Bob Spear said a diagnosis of Yankee's illness was made Thursday after the San Antonio, junior became ill and was removed from the game during a recent road trip. through injury, including passer Earl Morrall. Wilson, coach for seven years, resigned two days after his five assistants had been fired.

Ford said the firings were effected in an effort to get a "fresh coaching start" for the 1965 season. Curtis Eyes Odessa Post DALLAS Curtis, who has guided his teams to three straight Texas schoolboy grid championships, says he is considering going to Odessa and will make a decision by Thursday. One of the state's top coaches, Curlis won the state title while i at Jacksboro in 1962 and then, guided the Garland Owls to the Class AAAA championships in! 1963 and 1964- He said that he is considering an offer to become head fooU bail coach at either Odessa High or Odessa Permian. He said that i he had studied the programs of both schools while in Odessa I earlier this week and liked what I he saw. Sounds of clanging bells, clapping 1 a i and chattering spectators will haunt Brownwood Colisuem Saturday night as Brownwood Jaycees unfurl their annual Johnny Clay Me! morial Bouts boxing show.

I The ifrst bell, signaling ap- proximately 30 fights scheduled on the full-night's card, will gong at 7:30. On tap are bouts in eight divisions, including pee wee, flyweight, bantamweight, welterweight, featherweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. General admission to this this year's edition of the bouts, staged annually as a prelude to the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, is SI.

Student tickets will be selling for 50 cents each, while reserved ringside seat tickets will go for $1.50. Central Texas entries in the tourney are expected to be heavy again this year and will include those from Brownwood, San Saba and a host of other area towns. Brownwood is expected to have at least 20 biffers in the tourney, including such standouts as Raymond Romerez. Archie Cardenas, Tommy Fulcher and Jerry Pierce. Cardenas is a featherweight who has been high school bantamweight champ for two years and was runner-up as featherweight king last year.

A lightheavyweigbt, Romerez was lightheavy high school winner last year and is expected to enter the same bracket this wood and San Saba. Pierce is a seven-year veteran who was flyweight king in 1963. Other city entries and their ages include Tommy Cole. 22; Larry Mills. 17; Melvin Winn, 15; Frank Harris.

15: Eugene Thompson, 18; Sammie Lee Thompson, 16; Adam Cadena, 14; Wayne Aguirre, 14: Ralph 13; Terrell Cochran, 10: Ronnie Mills, 15: Lynn Fulcher, 13: Billy Fulcher, 13; Carrol Pierce, 13. and Joe Fulcher, 10. The bouts will be refereed by Ed Devery, Groner Pitts and Ernest Head. Roy Pender will serve as statistician. Johnny Dodds of Brownwood is chairman for the bouts, as well as the Golden Gloves tourney.

Co-chairmen are Steve Morelock and Bill White. Others assisting include Jim Wyatt, publicity; Jake Fair, chairman of judges; Jay Diamond and Johnny Eudy, concessions; Bill Gribble, lighting; Bobby Joe Roberts, seating and ticket sales; Bob McCurry. records and pairing; Harold Stecle, weight registrations; W. A. Meek, locker room; Jan Means, seconds chairman: Tonny Gilbrech, ring chairman, and Don Clements, announcer.

Timekeepers will be Don and Jimmy Campbell. BROWNWOOD VETERAN Bennie Andrade, former Regional Golden Gloves open lightweight champion, will be in action Saturday night when the Brownwood Junior Chamber of Commerce stages its annual Johnny Clay Polio ring card in Brownwood Coliseum, (Staff Photo) season. Fulcher, who reportedly has MEET BEARKATS MONDAY Stingers Enter Second Half Howard Payne's the basketball hajf of 70 fights under his belt, is tly- jls baskelball season lcre Mon weight novice champ at Brown- Pair Inks Pact With Dallas DALLAS (AP) The Dallas Cowboys have signed Doug Me- Dougal of Oregon State and Paul Cercel of Pittsburgh. i over East Texas State ln Com njght aga nst Sam Houston State and the Yellow Jackets open the stretch drive with a winning record and a share of tile Lone Star Conference lead. Coach Glen Whitis' Howard Payne team opened the conference campaign Monday night with a narrow 60-59 victory -season against five losses.

The Monday game with rival Sam Houston, which starts at 7:30 p.m. in Brownwood I Coliseum, is the first of three games planned for the Yellow Jackets next week. A pair of non-conference affairs are slated against Texas Wesleyan at Fort Worth Thursday night and against Tarleton State here Saturday night. McDougal, the Cowboys' 16th round pick in the National Football League draft, is a 230 pound tight end who scored Oregon State's only touchdown i against Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Howard Payne will be assur- merce.

The win gave the Jack-' ed of sharing the conference els their eighth victory over the South's All-Stars Given Nod Over North In Hula Contest HONOLULU iAPi The South All-Stars, led by Craig Morton, Gale Saver and Larry Elkms, rate as slight favorites over the in the annual Huia Bow) game Friday night. And, the South gained more of an edge Thursday when Len Cassanova, co-coach of the pulled out of the game and flew back to the mainland Despite weather forecasts ior Showers, an aiJ-out passing duel is expected, with California's Morton facing two formidable opponents in' Jerry Khome of Tulsa and Mob Berry of Oregon. For the ijrst time in its 10- year history, the Hula Bowl will be nationally tclevtMxJ, Thef game will be video-taped, here! with the flown, immedjately UiS Angeles lor edjiing Saiwdjiy mainland. ing turned the Honolulu stadium field into a quagmire and forced both teams to cancel their scheduled practice sessions. The teams limbered up along Waikiki Beach and later held skull sessions at their hotel.

The South gets the edge mainly on the strength of its sive backfjeld which includes Klkins of Baylor flanker back, Sayers of Kansas at half' back and Jim Grisham of Oklahoma at fullback. Grisham and Oklahoma tack' le Ralph Js'eely, both originally barred from playing her for (signing pro contract prior UH Gator Bowl, are now sehe4yled to see action for the South according to and Frank Broyles of Arkansas jg coaching the South. Hgr4in said Casawva was to a Casanova Jiad siiared. the coaching chores with Wayne Hardin, recently res-' es Association in Chicago. Early reports said Casanova qujt ijieeause officials were al- lowing Grisjnam ami Neely of Oklahoma to play In the Hula Bowl.

The two recently were banned from the Swners' Gator Bowl team for signing pro con-! tracts. i Casanova could not lie! reached for comment, but liar- din sjW "to my knowledge" the ejjgip4lity of UKJ two players va's leaving. Broyles said Thursday JSrnie £oy of Tesas will the punting his team wittt Larry £eno of UCI.A dotog the OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK (iieturn to Bulletin Sports Pesfc) (or Mail to g'wpod Jaycews, B'wuod Coliseum) RIOIQNAl QQLDIN SLQVfS TOURNAMENT 29, 30, ft FII 1 NAMJ5 ADDRESS DIVISION (Check one) Flyweight Welterweight Featherweight W- Heavyweight Check one or both; Jphnny play Golden CLASS INTRY DEADLINE' MN 2ITH, Jan, 8 In 7 A.BUUJTJN WANT AP Will BWW6 Baylor, Rice Vie Saturday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Baylor Bears, the high riding team in the recently launched 1965 Southwest Conference basketball race, are expected to still be riding high after they meet the Rice Owls in Waco Saturday night. Conquerers of defending champion Texas in Tuesday night's opening conference play, Bear? have season record, the best in, the league. The OwJs, on the other hijnd, have suffered JO defeats in JO outings this season.

The Aggies, whose 7-3 season record is the best in the loop, meet Southern Methodist University in JQaJJas Saturday night while Texas Tech will be host to Arkansas at Ljutibock. Texas meets Texas Christian in Uic onJy SaUwdjy Sf lead until Monday night since the Jackets will be idle this Saturday while the remaining six members of the loop see action. Sam Houston plays Sul Ross at Alpine, first-game losers Bast and Southwest Texas meet at San Marcos and a pair of LSC winners, Texas and Stephen F. Austin, battle at Kingsville. Conference coaches picked Howard Payne to win the Lone Star crown, but the point triumph over Bast Texas proved that the title fight will i not be an easy one.

The hit on 20 of 3,3 shots from made 20 of 28 rebounder. The All-LSC 1 pick has scored 261 points and 146 rebounds for averages of i 20.1 and 11.2 per game, re- Ispectivdy. Big Bob Springer i and Danny Faubion are both hitting in double figures with 12.4 and 11.1 points per game. Springer leads the team in field goal shooting with a .585 percentage while Carter is close behind with .560. Springer, 6-8 senior center, Jed the nation in fieJd goal accuracy last year, has scored 43 points in the last three games 'although he hasn't worked out in over a month because of a bout with mononucleosis.

CARTR1CGE5 MI si. the fiery Kast Texans on a last- second free throw. Through 13 games Little All- America candidate Walter Carter, a 6-6 senior forward, is Howard Payne's leading scorer mouse as you Three Capture Honors At Brqdy BfiADV (BBC) James Gentry of Brady, George Adams of Mercury and Jerry Dennis of Fort Worth, have been declar. ed winners.of the Brady ber of Commerce ijunling test, Genli-y brought in the est doe at 101 pounds. Adams had Ihe heaviest buck al 137 pounds, and a tie for most points, J5, developed, between, W.

L. (Billy) Jones of Mercury" and Jerry Dennis of Fort Worth, A drawing decided to winner, Pennis. Rr. John H. Ehrke, D.C, ami Dr.

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