The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. XXXXV, No. 10, Ed. 1, Friday, November 22, 1957 Page: 3 of 4
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Sports
Call
By DON NEWBURY
1
We thought the game Saturday
afternoon was a perfect climax to
another homecoming celebration.
The boys played terrific ball and
made their breaks then capital-
ized on them. The 14-point out-
burst in three minutes of the
third period was a grim remind-
er of the game three weeks ago
when Sam Houston scored the
same number of points in the
same period in virtually the
same amount of time to stop the
Jackets 21-20. This time though
the right team did it!
SEEING DON FUQUA and
Harvey Neal pounce on two A&I
fumbles to set up the two Jacket
TD's was pure delight but we
think equal credit should be giv-
en to a rough bunch of Jacket de-
fenders whose brutal tackles
jarred the ball loose. Playing
particularly outstanding defen-
sive ball against the Javelinas
were Kenneth Gray Jackie Wil
liams and Bullet Thompson.
SATURDAY'S game will cli-
max a football season for the
Jackets which will fail to raise
many eyebrows in the won-lost
column. The Jackets have won
three lost five and have ACC
remaining on the schedule. Two
games were lost by one point an-
other by five. A slight reversal
could have made a tremendous
difference in the final tabulation.
From this corner we feel that
the Jackets have enjoyed a fin
season and have really played
some topnotch ball. Statistics re-
veal just how closely the Jacket'
have contended in this campaign:
1) The Jackets' net yards rush-
ing total 1254. Their opponents'
combined total is 1231. Howard
Payne has gained 694 yards in
the air to 706 for their foes so
HPC leads in total offense 1943
to 1937.
2) Howard Payne has scored 16
to opponents' 17 touchdowns.
The PAT's are even at nine each.
Two opponent field goals runs
the opposition's total points to
117. The Jackets have scored 105.
3) Jacket opponents have punt-
ed 43 times for 1297 yards com-
pared with HPC's 1188 yards
punted. These totals are close but
Jacket punting is even more im-
pressive since they have punted
10 times less!
SCARCELY DOES one sport
end that another begins. In fact
Coach Whitis took his basketball
"B" team to Weatherford Junior
College Thursday night the re-
sults of which were unknown at
press time. The varsity schedule
begins December 3 against Abi-
lene Christian in Abilene. The
same two schools will meet here
come December 5.
Cindermen Annex
Abilene C-C Meet
Coach J. H. (Cap) Shelton's
cross-country runners snared top
honors in Abilene last week.
The Paynemen had the low
score of 17 points just two
points above the cross-country
perfect score. Brooke Army Med-
ical Center of San Antonio was
second with 38 points and Abi-
lene Christian failed to enter the
minimum number of five men.
The distance runners visit San
Antonio this week end to run in
the Brooke Army Medical Center
meet and will visit Omaha Neb.
next week end in cross-country
competition.
HPC Beats A&I
14-7 to Wind Up
Circuit Schedule
Howard Payne's band of'hard-
luck Yellow Jackets finally pulled
the string on a Lone Star Con
ference upset here Saturday aft-
ernoon as the team pleased a
large homecoming crowd with a
14-7 victory over the Javelinas
from A&I.
Aided by ideal weather condi-
tions all three touchdowns came
via the airlanes with both Jack-
et touchdowns set up by Hog
fumbles.
A&I Scores First
Jerry Thompkins set up the
visitors' first TD when he inter-
cepted a Walls aerial and re-
turned the ball from the HPC 32
to the 12-yard line. An offsides
penalty moved the ball back to
the 17 and a jab at the line failed
to gain but the next play saw
Quarterback Joe Green tossing a
touchdown pass to Thompkins.
Green converted to give A&I a
7-0 lead which stood until mid-
way in the third period.
Jackets Stage Rally
Following the Pig tally the
Jackets drove from their own 30
to the A&I six ony to see a
touchdown pass from Walls tn
Wilson obliterated by a 15-yard
penalty to kill the scoring threat.
Late in the third fiame Don
Fuqua hopped on a Hog miscue
on the HPC 38 with the Payne-
men using only six plays in cov-
ering the remaining 62 yards
Prophets Issue
Last '57 Choices
The pigskin prophets request a
short fanfare for last week's pre-
dictions. Though several South-
west Conference guesses went
awry the fearless trio correctly
predicted the winners in four
Lone Star Conference games
including Howard Payne's win
over Texas A&I and Stephen F.
Austin's upset of Sam Houston
State.
Since there will be no paper
next week the prophets list sev-
eral big Turkey Day games in
the following predictions (the
prognosticators will meet before
the great council fire soon to de-
cide if predictions will continue
during basketball):
LONE STAR CONFERENCE
Howard Payne 21. Abilene
Christian 20 Jackets to combine
best efforts of season to win tra-
ditional torch game from the
Wildcats.
East Texas 34. Sul Ross 6
Roaring Lions have too much
punch for basement-bound Lo-
bos. SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
Arkansas 33. Texas Tech 0
Speedy Razorbacks to make the
Raiders wonder why they ever
wanted in Southwest Conference.
SMU 20 Baylor 14 Combina-
tion of spread formation and Don
Meredith should be enough rea-
son for defeat of also-ran Bears.
Rice 19. TCU 14 King Hill and
associates have too much talent
for Horned Frogs.
OTHER GAMES
Houston 20. Tulsa 7.
Notre Dame 14. Iowa 7.
Ohio Slate 20 Michigan 7.
Oklahoma 33 Nebraska 14.
GAMES NEXT WEEK
Rice 20 Baylor 7.
SMU 21. TCU 20.
Texas 13 Texas A&M 7.
Nary 13. Army 7.
Oklahoma 40 Oklahoma State
13.
goalward. A seven-yard scamper
by Walls moved the ball to the
!5 with successive rum of eight
five and two yards by power
runner Manning Davis advancing
the pighide to the Porker 40. Two
passes from the arm of Walls
a 23-yarder to Wilson and a 17-
yard pass to Brown Smith end-
ed the 62-yard drive. Walls con-
verted to tie things up 7-7 with
6:02 left in the third quarter.
Three minutes later defensive
standout Harvey Neal pounced
upon a Javclina fumble on the
A&I 27. Four running plays put
the Jackets in business on the
12 where Walls heaved a scor
ing pass to Wilson for the go-
ahead TD. Again Walls converted
to run the score to 14-7 with 3:12
remaining in the third period.
The Pigs drove to the HPC 25
in the waning moments of the
game but an illegal substitution
cost them 15 yards and erased
any hope of scoring.
GAME STATISTICS
HPC A&I
16 First downs 11
156 Net yards rushing . 103
92 Net yards passing 139
241! Net from scrimmage 247
7 nfl5 Passes completed 8 of 14
1 Pas-es intercepted by .. . 2
3 for 48.3 Punts .. 6 for 33.8
5 for 45 Penalties 6 for 60
1 Fumbles lost .... 2
Fuqua Is Boon
To HPC Defense
There's no getting around it.
Donald Ray Fuqua has played a
vital role defensively on the Yel-
low Jacket football team this
year. One of Don's most notable
feats this season came last Satur-
day afternoon when he recovered
a fumble which led to Howard
Payne's first touchdown against
Texas A&I.
Don is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lamar Fuqua of Ballinger. He
was born in Shreveport La.
where he went to school three
years. Though he attended pub-
lic schools in Mississippi and Bal-
linger for a time he spent his
last six years in Sonora public
schools.
Don lettered all four years in
high school at the tackle slot on
the football team and was named
to the all-district team the last
two years. He was an honorable
See FUQUA Page 4
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THE YELLOW JACKET
Friday November 22. 1957
Yellow
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ACC Torch Game'
To End '57 Season
Coach Bennie Williams' How-
ard Payne gridmen began rigor-
ous workouts Monday bracing
for their final 1957 game Satur-
day afternoon against Abilene
Christian's mighty Wildcats. The
game will begin at 2 p.m. in
Brownwood's Lion Stadium.
The game Saturday will be the
third "torch game" between the
two schools. The Wildcats gained
nationwide publicity two years
ago when the ACC student body
carried the torch on an 80-mile
relay from their campus to Lion
Stadium in Brownwood with
world-famous cindcrman Bobby
Morrow carrying the thought-to-be
victory torch on the final lap
into Lion Stadium.
The torch proved to be victo-
rious in 1955 for Howard Payne
when the Jackets pasted the
Wildcats 21-6. The Paynemen re-
turned the coveted torch to the
Key City last year but again de-
feated the Christians this time
20-12. General belief is that it
will take more than a torch for
Howard Payne to win Satuiday
since the Abilcmans have been
tagged as heavy favorites.
In the 23 grid meetings be
Dendy Has Played
Vital Gridiron Role
By BOB BENBOW
It's a real pleasure to write
about a great athlete like Don
Dendy but it's difficult to give
him as much credit as he de-
serves. While it is possible to
check statistics on runners kick-
ers passers and pass receivers
there is nothing on paper to
prove the merit of the all-important
linemen.
Wearing No. 52 Don has time
and again made outstanding
plays both on offense and de-
fense. Ball centering is no menial
chore especially when one con-
siders the snap-back to the deep
man in the double-wing forma-
tion the Jackets have used of
late.
Although he stands only five
feet eight inches and tips the
scales at 170 the Haskell lad
makes up in desire what he lacks
in weight. It is uncommon to see
a player this light in the center
of the line but one need only
see a single Yellow Jacket game
to know why Don is out there.
Don's vicious blocks and tackles
have earned him the title "the
big little man." His rugged play
and self-confidence have gained
the complete respect of every
Yellow Jacket opponent this year.
Don was born July 15 1937 in
Haskell County. He was a stu-
dent in the Haskell public schools
for 12 years where his versatil-
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Jacket
tween the two institutions How-
ard Payne has won 13 lost eight
and tied two. The Wildcats were
able to score only one touchdown
in the first eight games though
they fought to 0-0 tics on two
occasions. They won their first
game over HPC in 1939 14-0 in
their ninth engagement with the
Yellow Jackets. The 'Cats scored
their greatest victory over the
Baptists in 1952 when they hand-
ed HPC a lopsided 62-6 setback.
Yellow Jacket hopes will be
riding on the pass-flinging arm
of David Walls who i cui rcntly
the passing and total offense
leader in the Lone Star Confer-
ence. The junior quaiti ibaek lias
thrown 115 passes in seven tilts
for a total of .")69 yauN and four
touchdowns. He ha rolled up
231 net aids in 69 play on the
ground.
Rushing yaidage for the Ye-
low Jackets will depend on
speedy halfbacks Brn.vn I.. Sm th
and Boyd Murphy en 1 fullbaiks
Joe Cruse and Manning Davis
Cruse 1-- Ihr team".- leading im--.1i-er
having rolled up 258 yard- in
66 tnes. He has yet to lo.se yaid-
age on a play.
ity earned him many honors. Be-
sides his outstanding perform-
ances on the gridiron he was a
two-year letterman at third base
on the baseball team president of
his senior class and president of
the student council.
See DENDY. Page 4
HARRY FORD
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DON DENDY
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