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Sports Sidelines
BY RAYFORD RUSSELL
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The 'PIo\vfyoys took one J The
small but" loyal crowd of 'Plow-
boy rooters who'were out on, Hays
Field yel)ii3^. Friday night were
treated to.^ spectacle of a swift-
charging, ' hard-blocking Plowboy
eleve^.that couldn't, be stopped.
The J?lowlhoys did-everything well.
We.« musj; say that the Weather-
ford boys were game as they didn't
quit fighting "until the final whis-
tle. For the^Pfowboys several facts
i were evident. For - instance one
could readily see that the back-
field freshmen , who played most
of the last,quarter are going to be
a shades more. than jough with a
little experience under their belts;
that Ralph Keener is more than
,a good blocker, b^t he's a 'first
• class ball ^ lugger;, t and that the
slightest man in the backfield, Bob-
,by Sherrtll',' is gust'about as'good
all1 .around < back-punier,: pas-!
ser,'' runner, '' and - 'safety.' * man as
.'Tarletpn^h^ overseen/lucky- en-
ough; to have" represent her. This
Sherrill boy is a grand ball play-
er with a fine spirit -for the game.
It was his flashing drives around
the Coyote terminals that set up
the Plowboy second and third toueh-
- downs. His passing was accurate,
and his punting kept tjhe Coyotes
<on their'own end of 'the'field jmost
of the last half, ijaiph Keener can
really go with the best of them
' for this column^ money.
The 12-0 win of N.T.A.C. over
San Angelo seems-to me an indi-
cation that the "Turkey Day" clas-
'sic ^ill be fasti qlpse, an,d plen-
ty rough. We will really have to
go tq" take them, but we can if
-we 'will get our .shoulder to the
, vwheel 311$, push, rjtj is too early to
/thinly of this game yet as we have
f both, Jiyisboro and the Hardin-
« Simmo® Fish to be^tl This' c'ol-
•umn holds that if'the freshman
backs will really hustle as. they*
did Friday" nightf" the "purple", arid
white will have tasted defeat for
•the. last tjme this seasonl,
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ELEGTRIC SHOE
SHOP
Jerome Burns, Operator
Saturday saw some of the 'big-
gest upsets in the nation's his-
tory of pigskin contests. Unde-
feated Navy went' down 20-13 be-
fore Notre Dame, while Harvard
was beating Army, tied once but
not beaten. Vanderbilt was beat-
en again to drop them farther
down'in the national ratings. Pitt's
Panthers dropped Fordham's Rams
13-0 in one of the biggest upsets,
of the current season. In the South-
west Conference the nation's • fore-
most grid upset came when Bay-
lor's Bears bounced' back from a
48-0 trimming, by the Texas Ag-
gies and a 21-12 defeat at the
hands of the- T.C.U, Frogs to trim
the mighty Texas Longhorns in
a moral victory by-tying them 7-f.
The Bears ,w.er© led "by a. reserve
b^ck, one. Kit K4ttre.ll the substi-
tute for Mighty Jaek Wilson who
was injured at the: .outset of the
game. The Bears -held the Long-
horns fairly even in all depart-
ments. The Longhorns were han-
dicapped by the los§ of Mai- Kut-
ner, Tackle Garrett, and back Pete
Laydeiv. Layden was in the game
for only three plays, on which he
threw passes, in an attempt to save
the game for Texas, but the val-
iant effort was wasted as, the whis-
tle ended the* drive and the game.
The Texas Aggies capie back from
the half of their S.M.U. ganle fac-
ing a 10-9 score .from the little
end'- to ,forge> jahead 21-10 before
the final gamei.Derace-Moser turn-
ed in a magnificent game to com-
plete eleven passes, average 46.2
yards per kick on his punting, to
score one touchdown- running, and
tutfu in a"'good,*'average.oi| punt
returns. Arkansas was propped by
Rice by a, 20-13 score, jnost' of
which wascompiled in . the first
half. T.C.U.' crushe'd weakened Cen-
tenary 35-7 in a run-away, at
4Shreveport, Louisiana. .•
V Mills S€Hcliflnrjumped"lhis scor-
ing average by 20 points Friday
night. It's too early to start think-
ing about N.T.A.C. yet, much any-
how, but we can keep them in the
back of our minds 'til' later and
.then we- cap think ?ab<Ju^ -them;
and later we will devote more to
them than mere thinking. We must
take that game .above,,all the rest
if we aye to have a successful
season. Winning that game would
make this season successful. Let's
turn out for a pep' rally and take
HUlshoro so.wa can start prepar-
ing for N.T.A.C.
STRICKLEN, KEENER, CHRISTIAN,
SMITH, AND SHERRILL STAR IN
BACKFIELD; MAXWELL IS INJURED
^ Queen bees treated with ultra
violet rays can be made to lay
from 10 to 40 per cent more eggs.
TEXAS UNIVERSITY AND
BAYLOR TIE A 7-7 SCORE
, A valiantly fighting Baylor Uni-
versity eleven turned in one of,
the biggest upsets of the 1941 foot-
ball season when they battled the
mighty University of Texas Long-
horns to a 7 to 7 stalemate be-
fore 12,000 astonished spectators.
As the Saturday afternoon shad-
ows began to darken Waco's Mu-
nicipal Stadium, Kit Kittrell, with
only 17 seconds of play remain-
ing, reared above a mass of Long-
horn linemen and tossed an 18-yard
pass into the Texas end zone where
Walter Coleman was awaiting for
it on his knees. With the thunder-
ous roar of the capacity crowd in
his ears, the great Jack Wilson,
kicked the game-tying extra point
rand by so doing he also kicked
the Longhorns -out of the dwind-
ling ranks of unbeaten and Un-
tied major football, teams.
The Steer's touchdown was scor-
ed in the second quarter by Roy
McKay, three plays after ^ Bruin
punt had slithered out .of bounds
on the Baylor 10-yard line. Jack
Crain kept his scoring*streak in-
tact by booting the extra point.
What effect this game will have
on the Longhorns' national ratings
and their chances at a Rose Bowl
encounter remains to be seen, but
it will long be remembered as a
history-making' upset.
The Steer's touchdown was scor-
ed in the second quarter by Roy
McKay, three plays after a Bruin
punt had slithered .out, of bounds,
on the Baylor 10-yard line. Jack
Crain kept.his scoring streak in-
tact by boqting the, extra point.-
\Y"hat effect this game .will have
on the Longhorns.' national rpjapgs
and their- chances- at a Rose Bowl
encounter." remains to be ,seen, but
it.jyill long'' be. remembered a3 -a
history-making upset;- \ • •
Willis, Coats, Gideon,
and Rushing Sparkle
in Plowboy Line
Mrs,. Oliver King, ' the former
Miss Sallye -McElroy, - w,ho was a
Tarleton student in 1939-'40, an-
nounces the birth of a baby-boy,
David Lynn, on October 31. Mrs.
King now lives at Knox City.
Miss Opal Lee, of Crews, was
married to Mr. F. M. Larner, a
graduate of Tarleton, on Saturday,
October 25. Mr. Larner is the head
yi -the vocational agriculture de-
partment of the Novice school in
Coleman County.
to Tommy Fields and his Plowboys on their victory
over Weatherford Junior College.
Here's wishing you success Friday night when you
.tangle with Hillsbqro Junior College. How about win-
ning this one for Pete Maxwell? And, students, don't
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' forget Pete whil6 he is in the hospital.
SERVING TARLETON STUDENTS
. By Rayford Russell
J-Tac Sports Editor
In the best performance of th'eii
season to date the Plowboys drop-
ped the Weatherford Coyotes to the
tune of 27-6 on Hayes Field last
Friday night. The Farmers look-
ed better and better as the .game
progressed; and by the time the
last .whistle sounded* they were
pushing the wilted Coyotes all
over the field. The Plowboy ground
game was especially - improved.
Fullback Mills Stricklen., had a
field night, against the - Coyotes
on the scoring end of the scrap by
plunging for two touchdowns, and
scoring another on an intercept-
ed pass from the eighteen yard
line. "Strick'-' also kicked., two ex-
tra points raising hi^ total to twen-
ty points for the "night,
The galne may prove rather
costly to the Plowboys as "Fete"
Maxwell, Plowboy tailback and
passer, was-removed with a col-
lection of cracked ribs. His Io?s
as a passer will be felt of course,
but B6bby Sherrill, wing-back
from Rock Springs, will fill in here
He is more than capable as his
heaving to Ruby and Gideon
^learly indicated.
In the Weatherford game there
were two l?oy's who turned in star
performances although they did
not do any scoring personally.
These were JBobby Sherrill, who
turned in a grand running, passing
and putting- game, and block-
ing - backj Ralph Keener,, who was
simply running ov0jr.,the .Coyotes
•Qii-the-line smashes-cuv-which he
lugged -the. balli' The'.-Freshman,
backfield, composed of Cox,. Chris-
tian, Graham,-and Smith, surely
came through, jit a 5way tg please
this .Plpwboy bapker.
Christian showed £reat drive on
several occasions, chief of which
was when he carried the ball from
the Coyote twenty-six over into
the end zone in five smacks at the
center of the Weatherford line. On
this particular drive freshman
blocking back Graham looked ex-
tremely efficient on that particu-
lar chore. "Fish" back Gene Smith
looked good on those off-tackle
slants.
At one time the entire Plow-
boy lineup was composed of fresh-
men. They did right well for them-
selves too, both 0*} defense and
offense. They scored one touch-
down themselves and held the Coy-
otes scoreless while they, were in
the game. Mills Stricklen showed
terrific drive in his line plunging.
In the line Ruby and Gideon
turned in as fine a game at the
terminals as Coach Fields could
have wished for. Gideon was snag-
ging passes from every angle and
doing some fancy cruising after
he made the catches. ,At guard
for the Plowboys, Rushing and
Willie turned in grand games both
on offense and defense. L. II. Ma-
tthews, Pat Keith, and Chick
Schmidt were looking- grand at
tackle.
Reserve guard Men-ill showed
up good, and Roy 'Glamour Girl"
Hutchins showed that he can do
well on the football field as well
as wear a chambray. Guy Harri-
•son played in his first game since
he received an eye injury' early
in the season. At center "Red"
Coats turned in a great line back-
ing job to fill up what holes de-
veloped in the Plowboy line.
When the Plowboys play the
Hillsboro Indians on Thursday
night, they will have to offset the
loss , of tailback "Pete" Maxwell
by extra hustle and heads up ball.
Elmer Finley, ex-Tarleton Student,
To Train Under Gene Tunney
Elmer Finley,. a Tarleton stu-
dent from Meadow, Texas,* who was
graduated in 1936, has been chos-
en by Gene Tunney, former world's
heavyweight boxing champion and
now athletic ' director-general in
the Navy, as one of a selected
group of young men to take a
special six weeks' course in ath-
letic training at Norfolk, Virgin-
ia, After Finley completes the
course, he will be assigned to- a
Naval base with the rank of Chief
Boatswain's Mate,' which 'is com-
parable to" the rank4, of a sedond
lieutenant'in1 the'army. '
"While1 'at* Tarleton, JPinley 'ma-,
jored in ' physical '' Education'' and
minored in business administra-
tion, He was an outstanding bas-
ketball player, a member of the
undefeated teams that Tarleton
had during that time. He held a
position at the College Store dur-
ing the two years he was at Tar-
leton.
After graduating from here he
attended the University of Tex-
as, where he took a degree in phy-
sical education. While h<? was at
the university, he*'was a member
of the Varsity basketball sq^p,d.
For the past two years ^inley;
has been the manager of th^ E.s
M. Mott "Company at^Fort Worth,
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE IS PROGRESSING
Three fast games were run off
the past week in the intramural
basketball schedule. In the first
one Wednesday afternoon Com-
pany A defeated Company D 47-
24. Thursday night the Band upset
favored Company E by nosing
them out 19-18. In the final game
of the week on Friday afternoon
Company F slipped past Company
A 22-14'. ThesS were the only
games to.be played this past week.
Team
Band
,Co. A
Co: E,
Co. D
Co. B
Co, C,
Team Standing
W L T
10 0
0 0
1
1
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1
0
'.in•
0
- 0
,0
, ,0 0, 0
.0-0,0, (
< Schedule foir thig -tfeek: -
November .10,•• Monday, 4 P, M.
Band—-Co. Bf
-November 11,'Tuesday, 4 P. M.,
Co. D—Co. F. , ,
1 '~2foY$mberi.i2>' Wednesday, 4 P.
JYL, Co. D—Co. E.
November 13, Thursday, 4 P. M.,
Band—Co. D;
November 14, Friday, 4 P. M.,
Co. F—Co. 3.'
November" 10, Monday, 7 P. M.,
Co. A—Co. C.
November 11, Tuesday, 4 P, M.,
Co. B—Co. D.
November 12, "VJfednesday, 4 P.
M., Co. B—Co. A.'
November, J.3, Thursday, 4 P.
M., Co. A,—Co. E.'
November 14, Friday, 4 P, M.,
Band—Co. F.
The Industrial Arts Department
has finished six n6w study tables
for the farm barracks. The de-
partment has also finished several
leather horses for' the farm shop.
Miss Welda Faye Trice-and Bill
Honk, former Tarleton students,
were married in September. Houk
is now employed with the Lock-
heed Aircraft Company of Los
Angeles.
TEXAS AGGIES DEFEAT
S.M.U. MUSTANGS 21-10
The Texas Aggies Saturday
climbed into first place in the
Southwest Conference standings
by beating Southern Methodist
University at College Station, 21
to 10.
The Mustangs fought stubborn-
ly and were leading at the half,
10 to 7, bu£ the superior reserve
strength of the Aggies overpower-
ed the Ponies in the last twp per-
iods.
The Cadets opened the scoring in
the'first quarter when Derace Mos-
er galloped 11 yards for the touch-
down, and Jake Webster ran his
extra point-string to 24 straight.
The Mustangs retaliated' jin the
same period with a touchdown and
extra point by Preston Johnston,
who played one? of-, the greatest
games of "his' career. -' -
The Mustangs .took the lead in
the fading,seconds of the second
period on Wayne Campbells -field
goal. ' • '
Then came the second half, in
which the Aggies overtook and
palssed thp Mustangs in scoring
with the help of a Mustang saf-1
ety, and two touchdowns by Mar-
shall Spivey.
This victory, coupled with the
Texas Longhorns' tie At the hands
of Baylor, sent the Aggies into
the conference lead by one-haif
tgame.
Peace must be planned as cour-
ageously and waged as skillfully
as war—Rep. John M. Vorys, Ohio.
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PLOWBOYS PLAY
HILLSBORO ON
THURSDAY NIGHT
The Tarleton Plowboys journey
to Hillsboro this week to tangle
with the Indians in a scrap of con-
ference importance. The Plowboys
must win this game if they are to
stay in the first division of confer-
encq standings. The Plowboys will
be without the services of two of
the boys who,started the season a?
first stringers. These two are Joe
Coleman, letterman end from Bal-
Iinger, "and back "Pete" Maxwell
who has done-most of the Plowboy
punting-and passing this season,
41 These boys will be missed, of
course,, but the situation does not
look as bad as would be expected,
as freshmen backs are now able
to take over. These backs are Cox,
Christian, Smith, and Graham. In
the line Ruby, Harrison, and Ad-
cock are ready to go at the termi-
nals along with the veteran Stan-
ley (Sugar) Gideon who has been
playing grand ball at the left end
position. The Plowboys seem in
fair shape with the exception of
these two injured players. The
chances of the Plowboys seem' to
be greatly improved following the
grand exhibitions of ball toting
turned in by blocking back Keen-
errand reserve backs-Smith, Chris-
tian, and Cox. If Mills (Muscles)
Stricklen does not cool off from
the scqring spree he indulged in
I^st Friday night, t^e Indians had
better start-ducking early in the
Thursday .night,session at Hills-
boro. Hillsboro has ^a_ serappingv.
team and the Plowboys must play
a good t brand of ball if they are
to take- it. The game is to be play-
ed at Hillsbpro on Thursday night
at 7:45« ' / •
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