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Februry, 148 RNGE RDER ae3
Cowboys Take Fourth
Narrow Victory at Rose
Field House Emporium
The magic that brought the Hardin-
Simmons Cowboys four narrow victories
in Rose Field House early in the season
prevailed again as the Ranchers edged
by Texas Mines, 53-51, to hand the Muck-
ers their third consecutive defeat and
knock them off their perch atop the Bor-
der conference standings.
The game began in see-saw fashion,
with the lead changing hands twice be-
fore Jack Martin put Hardin-Simmons in
front, 11-9, after five minutes of playing.
With a continuous victory of field goals
during the second quarter, the Purple and
Gold crew went to the dressing room
with a 12-point lead. The short and crafty
Miners with a display of basketball wiz-
ardry inched closer to the Cowboys until
the last quarter of play when they man-
aged to reach a tie score 49-49. Pinson
regained the lead for the Cowboys with
a free toss following shortly by another
free throw by Larry Wartes and then Jack
Martin, who played an outstanding de-
fensive game intercepted a Miners' pass
and canned a lay-up to stretch the lead
to 53-49, but the Muckers came through
with a goal to goal lay-up before the Cow-
joys realized what was happening. Elect-
ing to hold the ball during the last 45
seconds of play, the Cowboys nudged the
VIiners by a score of 53-51.
This proves that the Hardin-Simmons
University spirit backing up a good bas-
retball team pays dividends.
Prospects for '48 Football Team Zoom
A mid-term enrollment check-up re-
:ently revealed that freshman football
prospects for our Cowboy eleven was
riven a tremendous boost by the mid-term
enrollment of 12 better than average new-
:omers. Also the Cowboy varsity team
will be strengthened by three huskies who
will be eligible next fall.
Al Milch, ex-Cowboy of '46, will coach
he 1948 freshman team. This will be the
'irst post-war yearling squad fielded at
tardin-Simmons, which, with the increase
NEW CHEER LEADER--
W'EW SETTING - H - SU
:heer leaders, including A
tewly elected Pat McMinn,
;econd from right, are ii
;hown in action with the
)aneled walls of Rose field
louse in the background.
,eading yells and generat-
ng enthusiasm at basket-
,all games is the current
nterest of the quintet. They
are, left to right, Bob Moore, i
J/aewyn Bailey, Leroy Hall,
'at McMinn, and Bob Er-
in.of other athletes at the fall enrollment,
might easily produce the greatest fresh-
man eleven in Hardin-Simmons Univer-
sity history. Some of these newcomers
are as follows: Bill Cagle of Childress,
Texas, possibly the prize catch of the mid-
term freshman group, who was awarded
a trophy as the most outstanding player
in District 2-AA; Dick Sparks, voted the
most valuable player by his teammates
on the night of the Eastland Quarterback
Club banquet; Bobby Blair, pile-driving
fullback, and Wayne Lambert, a chunky
guard, also of Eastland. Tommy White,
the sensational pass pitcher and ball car-
rier with the Coleman Bluecats; James
Laird, a regular guard on the Coleman
eleven of last fall, and from Wichita Falls
Coyote team, ranked, as state's No. 1,
comes Johnny Allred, an end. Also from
Childress comes Roger Ulmer, six-foot
two, 185-pound youth; Ralph May, from
Sudan, 190-pound fullback; Armand
Champagne, a tackle at Hot Wells in
South San Antonio; Gean Myers, a center
from Cleburne, and Bill Murray, tackle
from Richmond, are of the group of prom-
ising youngsters recently moved into
Cowden-Paxton hall.
On the varsity side are Charlie Dean,
195-pound guard from Lawton, Okla.; Bob
Surratt, 218-pound tackle from Altus,
Okla., then John Cowsar, a 225-pound
husky who formerly attended Texas
and Baylor, and who has been enrolled
as a third varsity prospect, becoming
eligible next fall.
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H-SU. SAN ANGELO TIE FORfrom the rafters as a thrill-saturated,
drama-packed, fist-flying display of en-
ergy rung down the curtain on the. 1948
regional Golden Gloves tournament. San
Angelo and Hardin-Simmons each gar-'
nered 16 points through the three-night
performance. Biggest surprise of the final
night's swinging was turned in by game
Robert Crudgington, only remaining
Breckenridge fighter in the finals who
copped the nod over San Angelo's John-
ny Munoz for the fast finish.
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DIAMOND DRILLS BEGIN FOR
HARDIN-SIMMONS NINE
Coach Murray Evans announced-that:
the 1948 Cowboy baseball team began
their initial practice session February 2.
The first Border conference diamond
championship playoff will be unreeled
May 10 and 11 in Tucson.
First competition for the Cowboy nine
will be given by Texas Christian, March
15, at Abilene. On March 19 and 20, they
will meet SMU in Dallas. Evans voiced
the opinion that H-SU prospects for 1948
are as good, if not better, than last sea-
son's crew. Bob McChesney is expected
to be ace hurler. Hook Davis will be on
hand to steal bases and to set another-
batting average record as he did last
year. He will play in the outfield rather
than third base this year.
The 1948 season will be the first to see "
Border conference teams competing for
a loop crown.
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JACK ELLISON TO MUCKER STAFFTEAM TROPHY IN GLOVES FINALE Jack Ellison, 1947 guard and captain of-
Before an estimated 5,000 fans jamming Hardin - Simmons University football
the spacious Hardin-Simmons sports plant, team, joined the coaching staff of Texas
Hardin-Simmons pugilists and the San College of Mines upon his graduation at
Angelo team tied for a team trophy. This mid-term. "Cactus Jack" was selected on
was the most colorful gloves tournament the All-Border conference team last year.
since the classic made its inauspicious "Mr. Ellison will either coach or help with
debut in 1938. That was the year when a the freshman team and will be in our
turnout of 500 was considered a huge physical education department," athletic
throng. Yes, they were literally hanging director Jack Curtice explained.February, 1948
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