The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1961 Page: 3 of 4
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The Yellow Jacket, March 24, 1961
Page 3
SpvtUSpring Grid Practice
To Begin On April 4
BY DON NEWBURY
USUALLY EASY-GOING J. H.
(Cap) Shelton is not so easy-going
concerning the scoring method
followed at the West Texas Re-
lays, and when this gentleman of
the first order shows signs of be-
ing disgruntled, something really
has to be wrong.
And, we're inclined to agree with
him. A somewhat inconsistent scor-
ing procedure definitely cost HPC
the team title in the college divis-
ion at the West Texas Relays Sat-
urday, and, believe it or not, the
meet was lost the night before at
the coaches' meeting.
The unexpected came to a head
when respective coaches in the
university and college divisions
went into their separate sessions,
where it was decided that there
should be two distance medley re-
lays—one in both classes.
This was well and good. "Cap"
has long since been shooting for
this, but on the same ballot, he has
been shooting for a divided field
in the mile run, too.
The inevitable happened: HPC
won the college distance medley
race in a breeze. But, what wasn't
anticipated was that other colleges
with make-shift teams entered the
race, and picked up bonus points
by virtue of the unexpected event.
For example, East Texas and Mc-
Murry, second ^nd third place
winners, respectively, would not
have dreamed' of entering the uni-
versity-college event, but were
more than eager to enter the col-
lege race. This, in itself, cost HPC
second place in the meet, because
it was a recognized fact that HPC
could Hardly finish any worse than
second, even in the tough univer-
sity field.
Then, on the same night, college
coaches voted almost unanimously
—and you can guess who casted the
dissenting vote—that the mile run
should be run with university and
college entries all thrown together.
Universities didn't care if this did
come to pass, because they simply
overlooked all college entries any-
way. For example, if two college
performers had finished one and
two in the mile run, and a univer-
sity entry had finished third, the
latter would still have been award
ed! fifth place for his finish, in that
he led all other university runners.
Not so for colleges. They were
awarded points only for their actL
ual placings in the total field. HPC
—with four of the five small-col-
lege entries in the class race—plac-
ed Dick Ivey fifth, and yet received
only one point, whereas the Baptists
would have received at least a
dozen points had the field been
divided. Even the way the scoring
was handled, McMurry scored 70
points to barely out-distance East
Texas with 66, and Howard Payne
with 63%.
This is not intended to sound
like sour grapes, but when Howard
Payne unquestionably had four of
the five best milers in the college
ranks it hardly seems fair that the
Jackets received only a single point
for this event
It just doesn't give a good, clear
picture of the college division.
And, it's certainly not hard to
see why other college coaches
voted1 as they did: They simply
didn't have any good milers, save
perhaps, East Texas, which had a
See SPORTS CALL, Pa*e 4
Easter will have come and gone
before Howard Payne College grid-
men don pads for their 1961 spring
training session.
Opening work-outs are docketed
for the afternoon of April 4, accord-
ing to Bennie B. Williams, HPC
head coach and athletic director,
"We have 36 calendar days to
get in 20 work-outs," Williams ex-
plained, "So this gives us time to
miss a day here and there for bad
weather, or if several injuries crop
up."
Most Lone Star Conference
schools conducted "spring" drills
during the winter—in February.
Six new faces will appear at
spring training, 1961. Five new
transfers include lineman Bob
Browning, Navarro Junior College;
Bill Lee, Navarro Junior College;
Jerry Wallace, San Angelo College,
and Israel (Tank) Cortez, Victoria
Junior College. Only backfield
transfer is Wendell Byrom, Baylor
University.
Final new face—which will really
be an old one—is Fred Edgar,
Blanket fullback who is attempt-
ing to regain his eligibility this
spring.
In the first week of drills, the
Yellow Jackets, who won six of
10 games last fall, will work out
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday, with the latter to be a
morning session. In succeeding
weeks, no work-outs are planned
for Wednesdays.
"We'll likely scrimmage each day,
and plan game condition scrim-
mages for our Saturday sessions,"
Williams said.
"ten lettermen—consisting large-
ly of heefy linemen—have graduat-
ed from the HPC fold, but 19 mono-
gram winners will be back on hand.
V.
BUT PETROSS WON—Howard Payne's Gary Petross and East Texas' Charles Bode seem to be neck-
and-neck in this hurdles race, but before they get to the wire, Petross wins in his opening triumph
of the season at Fort Worth's Southwestern Recreation Meet. Petross, still undefeated in his specialty,
has twice beaten bode since this photo was snapped. He and the other HPC cindermen are idle this
week, but will return to action next weekend.
HPC SNARES THIRD
ODESSA — Winning three out*
right and figuring in ties for two
other blue ribbons, Howard Payne
College trackmen finished a strong
third in the cool and windy West
Texas Relays here Saturday after-
noon.
The charges of Coach J. H. (Cap)
Shelton amassed 63% points, and
were nosed out by McMurry with
70 and East Texas with 66 for top
honors in the meet. Texas Western,
Arlington State and Sul Ross
brought up the rear well in the dis-
tance.
HOLCOMB SETS HARK
Alfred Holcomb, San Antonio
weightman, made a successful as-
sault on his own 1960 discus throw
record of 158 ft., 2 in. when he
sailed the platter 161 ft., 9 in. on
his final throw of the day. Even
this throw might have upped, how-
ever, because he earlier threw 165
ft. in the prelims, only to have the
disk fall out of bounds.
Besides getting his best discus
effort of the year, Holcomb took
third in the shot put with an ef-
fort 48 ft., 4 7 / 8 in. and was joined
by teammate Larry Nettleship, who
took fourth in both events.
Gary Petross, Brownwood junior,
remained undefeated in his spec-
ialty this year when he charged
into a 15-mile-an-hour wind in 50
degree weather to clip off a 14.8
in the high hurdles race. HPC's
other hurdles entry, James Keel,
became entangled in a spill with
East Texas' Charles Bode with
neither finishing.
BEST TIME
Keel had the best qualifying time
of the day.
For the first time this year, the
distance medley race was divided
between colleges and universities.
HPC won its division in a breeze
far ahead of second-place East
Texas. Danny Keller, who tied for
second place in the high jump dur-
ing the afternoon, opened with a
49.3 440-yard stint, David Noble
hit a 1:54.2 on his half-mile leg,
Glenn Petty did the 1.320 in 3:05.5
and Doug Reid finished with a
4:25 flat mile.
WAY AHEAD
HPC was timed in 10:16.1 and the
Baptists' nearest competition came
in 10:33.3.
The Yellow Jackets were held
to almost nothing in the mile run
since the event was run in a joint
class with both university and
college performers. HPC entered
four runners—the only four from
small college ranks—but only one
finished in the money with Dick
Ivey taking fifth.
DISCUS THROW: 1. Alfred Holcomb,
HPC, 161-9; 2. Cecil Groves, East Texas,
147-0; 3. Sal Rocha, Texas Western, 141-7
and V4; 4. Larry Nettleship, HPC, 138-4
and V4; 5. Ernest Park, McMurry, 137-4.
(New Record. Old Record of 158-2 by Hol-
comb, HPC, 1960).
POLE VAULT: 1. Three-way tie among
01 in Davis and David Slices, East Texas, and
Kris Stengel, HPC, 12-6; 4. Three-way tie
among Ronald Bean of Arlington State, Joe
Starling, Texas Western, and Thomas Torres,
Arlington State, 12-0.
JAVELIN THROW: 1. Tracy Byrd, Mc-
Murry, 199-6Va; 2. Paul Hernandez, East
Texas, 173-5Va; 3. Gus Umphress, Mc-
Murry, 156-V4; 4. Phynus Witherspoon, Sul
Ross, 152-5Va; 5. David Sikes, East Texas,
146-5Va.
880-YARD RELAY: 1. McMurry; 2. East
Texas State; 3 .Howard Payne, 4. Arlington
State. Time: 1:26.1
100-YARD DASH: Bill Miller, McMurry;
2. John Lewis, McMurry; 3. Fred Schaefer,
East Texas; 4. Mike Etell of McMurry; 5.
John West, East Texas. Time: 9.7
SHOT PUT: 1. Tracy Byrd, McMurry,
51-8 and 3/4; 2. Cecil Groves, East Texas,
50.3 and V4; 3. Al Holcomb, HPC, 48-4
and 7/8; 4. Larry Nettleship, HPC,
45-5 3/8; 5. Don Wright, McMurry,
43-9 7/8. (New Record. Old Record 50-8Va
by Byrd, 1959).
HIGH JUMP: 1. Tie between Danny Kel-
ler, HPC, and George Roman, Sul Ross, 6-2;
3. Leslie King, Sul Ross, 6-0; 4. Ronnie
Howe, Sul Ross, 5-10; 5. Ronnie Lowe,
McMurry, 5-8.
DISTANCE MEDLEY: 1. Howard Payne
(Danny Keller, David Noble, Glenn Petty,
and Douglas Reid.); 2. East Texas; 3.
Arlington State; 4. Sul Ross; 5. McMurry.
Time: 10:16.1. (Establishes record. First
time run in college division only.)
HIGH HURDLES: 1. Gary Petross, HPC;
2. Paul Paxon, Texas Western; 3. Gary
McLish, Texas Western. Time: 14.8.
SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY: 1. East Texas;
2. Howard Payne; 3. McMurry; 4. Texas
Western; 5. Arlington State. Time: 3:30.4
440-YARD RELAY: 1. McMurry; 2. East
Texas; 3. Texas Western; 4. Howard Payne;
5. Arlington State. Time: 41.5
BROAD JUMB: 1. Bill Miller, McMurry,
23-2; 2. Joe Starling, Texas Western,
22-10Va; 3. Dudley Haas, East Texas,
22-6; 4. Tom King, Sul Ross, 21-11; 5.
Danny Keller, HPC, 21-7Va.
MILE RELAY: 1. McMurry; 2. Howard
Payne; 3. Texas Western; 4. East Texas
State; 5. Arlington State. Time: 3:15.5
(New Record. Old record 3:15.8 by Texas
A&I 1960)
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The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1961, newspaper, March 24, 1961; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128373/m1/3/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.