The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 25, 1947 Page: 3 of 4
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1947
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PAGE TERSE
COACHFRAZIER
WARMS UP HIS
28 TRACK MEN
* Lt. Col. Oscar H. Frazier, whose
J former record at Tarleton glitter-
ed with twelve conference or state
championship teams in the 15
years he competed with them, is
now sharpening up his 28 man
* track team in daily workouts. A
well polished team is expected to
** compete in the Fort Worth Fat
Stock Show on March 22 and in
the Texas Relays seven days later.
Some of Coach Fxmier*s former
students are holders of the world
record in the 220 yard- low hur-
dles, the 120 high hurdles, the
southwest conference shot put
king; and one boy ran the hundred
in 9.5 seconds. This season "cer-
tainly shows prospects of one or
two record breakers," Col. Fraz-
ier stated.
J. S. Murray placed third in the
Louisiana 220 yard state meet and
looks as if he will show more this
year in the 100 as well as the 220.
Mark Geeslin appears to be shad-
ing up very nicely for the mile,
and J^mes Guthrie in the 880.
There are other boys that seem
s, outstanding in' other1 running a^d
field events.
The present track team, which
is by no means the final list as
more men are expected out, is
made up of the following:
100 and 220 Yard Dash
J, S. Murry, Chas. Cover, Roys-
tonKothman, Mart Farrow, Mar-
vin Sanders, Wayne Lancaster,
Marvin Reed, Vernon Compton,
and Earl B£\hrens.
440 Yard Dash
Vernon Compton, Glynn Key,
■ Marvin Heed and Marvin Sanders.
880 Yard Dash
James Guthrie and Bob Elliot.
Shot Put and Discuss
Billy Anderson, Joe' Harrell,
Vernon Brock, Robert L. Ebeling,
and Charles Lundquist.
Mi)e Rum
M. A. Vallee, Mark Gieslin, Bob
Elliot, Harold Pitard, Murrey Car-
ter, Harris ^McGollum, Robert Ebe-
ling, James Holland, and Tom
• 'v? Smith.
Hurdles
Billy Moring, Mart Farrow,
Speirs, and Edwin DaiJiels,
Broad Jump
Roystan Kothman and Robert
Jones*"-* .
High Jump 4
.Marvin Reed, Spiers, Glenn Key,
and Pat' Mitchel.
Pole Vault
J. S. Hurray, Roy Lehmberg,
and Roystor* Kothman.
Baggett Wins Crown;
Will Box In Chicago
A fighter who has -been knock-
ing at the door of greatness for
a long while achieved it recently
when James? (Bud4y) Baggett,
John Tar}eton's most capable pug-
ilist, set himself upon the Texas
Golden Gloves flyweight throne
amidst the Ijurly-burly of smoke-
filled Will Rogers Memorial Colis-
eum.
The state finals found the Tarle-
ton lad in top condition, coping
with Louis Allen, 113 pounds of
dynamite from Port Arthur.
Both boyk held muct respect for
the other, and the first round went
slowly. Then Baggett found his
range. Bobbing and weaving he
played havoc on Allen with his left
jabs and beautiful right crosses.
A solid right sent Allen to his
knees. Buddy then displayed his
ring talents artistically as he fol-
lowed with booming lefts and
rights to the head, finally send-
ing the game, but out-classed Port
Arthur boy t^ the canvas.
Allen then hung on for a third
round, but Tarleton's pride and
joy of the boxing world, Pee Wee
Baggett, had the dicision sewed
!up completely.
Baggett had a long hill to.climb,
but he njade it. The pe^k of state
amateur boxing success was his,
a state golden gloves champion-
ship. But on the other side is the
Western National Golden Gloves
to ,be held in Chicago, February 25,
26, and 27.
These are only the national pre-
liminaries though, for next comes
the finals on March 7th, and from
there' to Madison Square Garden
for the National Golden Gloves fin-
ale in mid-March.
If any boy deserves to go the
distance, Pee Wee does, for he
most certainly has the brains, the
brawn and the fighting blood to
accomplish the goal he has set.
GRID MEN HOLD
DAILY WORKOUTS
Daily workouts by Coach Flory
and his squad of pigskin toters
show good signs for Tarleton in
next year's conference running.
About thirty backs have already
completed a week of fundamental
drills on the T formatio)i, and
Coach Flory said, "Don't be too
surprised if Tarleton takes the
championship, in '47."
Among the outstanding pros-
pects out for spring training,
many of last year's players can be
seen. Among these are Casstev-
ens, Guthrie, Cameron/ Powers,
Dawson, and Anderson.
Spring training will last well
into March, as the conference does
not have ,a ruling on the length of
time it may last.
The following named men are
showing great enthusiasm in Tar-
leton's football spring training
program: Chas. Casstevens, Robertr
Cameron, Dan Spears, Chas. Co-
ver, Andrew Jackson Cotten, James
Guthrie, J. Miller, Burel Mullins,
Jack Winn, James Willingham,
James Holland, Don McMains, Earl
Smith, has. Lundquist, Chas. Gee,
Gene Arbuckle, JD. E. Smith, A1 S.
Rosin, Dennis Taylor, Adrian Ger-
nandt, Albert Green, Bill Powers,
Jack Daniel, Charles Dawson, Tru-
man Olds and Donald Warden.
TARLETON TOPS
RANGER, 60-28
Coach Oscar Frazier : is now
coaching his track, team on the
fine points which make champions.
Coach Frazier has deevloped some
outstanding stars in the past and
if there are any among his group
this season he is sure to notice
their good qualities and start them
on the road to fame.
After their limbering up ex-*
ercises and fundamentals the
Plowboy gridsters have set-
tled down to some earnest,
work. Four linemen showing >
up well in the first few work- ■
outs and who will give some:
stiff competition on the 47-48:
squad are James Holland, •
Charles Dawson, Marvin San- j;
ders, and Don McMains. Jor- ^
dan Murry should prove to > ,
be. a fast, rough, backfield man .
with a berth on next season's
team.
NATURAL
compan!
DELICIOUS STEAKS
Appetizing Vegetable Lunches
Excellent Coffee
ONYX CAFE
J. C. Caraway, Proprietor
John Tarleton's top - scoring
Plowboys bowled over a hard
fighting Ranger i Junior College
Quintet in the Plowboy field house
last Tuesday night, 60-28.
In this Varsity affair, Corkey
Cox added 23 points to his already
hot record, while Bill Hicks and
W. C. Smith got together and de-
fensively limited the Rangerites
to 28 points. Salty boy for the
ganger five was J. Sullavan who
sank 10.
Although the Tarleton "B"-Tar-
leton Independent game was the
curtain raiser, it turned into a
feature attraction when little Bud-
dy Higgs and company came out
fast to down the much favored "B"
squad 45-28,
These laddies of the independent
five showed class and ability in
running over this Varsity team.
Coach Blub's boy turned into de-
fensive whizzes perfecto,- as Doc
Woods and Lee Tate bottled M. C.
(Matador) Jones and held the for-
mer Plowboy regular to 10 tallies.
Aside _from the fact that the
Independents used a zone defense
to perfection, they were hot. as
the proverbial forest fire all night,
only missing six baskets in the
first half.
Incdentally, some other lads
had a hand in this win which was
their ninth straight. Jim Whitacre,
Ike Hyde, Hot Shot Castleberry,
and Buddy Mitchell all got a hand
in the pie. The final gun sounded
with Tarleton Independents 45
and Tarleton "B" 28.
This victory keyed the Plow-
boys to the heighth of their am-
bition for their second N.T.A.C.
game. Although Coach Hughes is
known for his defensive tactics, he
still knows it takes bucket shots
to win, so he had 'em shooting
Tuesday night.
Tarleton Ind. 43—Tarleton "B" 28
James Guthrie, outstanding
guard on the 46-47 squad, has
been shifted from guard to the
backfield. If Guthrie shows as
much pep and determination in
the backfield as he'did as guard,
he is sure to make' a regular star-
ter. '
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Tarleton Independents FG
FT
PF
TP
9
X
6
Tate „ 3
1
2
V
1
1
7
X
1
5
Higgs 5
0
3
XO
Castleberry _ 2
0
0
4
0
2
6
3
10
, 45
Tarleton "B" FG
FT
PF
TP
0
1
4
Goodwin _ _ 1
1
X
3
Jones, M. O 4
2
2
10
Jones, R, 3
X
2
7
0
1
4
Totals 12
4
7
28
Tarleton 60—Ranger 28
Tarleton FG
FT
PF
TP
Smith _ 4
1
2
9
Gilbert _• 4
0
0
8
Davis _ 1
0
3
2
Gee , — 1
0
2
Thetford _ : 0
0
0
Brawley _ _ _ „ 1
2
t:
4
Hicks 5
0
0
10
Cox • 9
5
4
23
Lowry 0
0
0
0
Cope^and _ .... 0
z
■x
2
Logan 0
0
1
0
Totals 25
10
12
60
Ranger FG
FT
PF
TP
Littlefield _ > 1
1
1
3
Anderson _ 0
O
O
0
Ready _ ■ 2
0
0
4
Fyfee-- 0
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0
Boney „ 4
1
2
9
Sullivan _ ; 4
2
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12
0
0
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Totals , ^11
4
14
28
Stone's Place
William Jackson, 225 pound tac-
kle, is back with the Plowboy
squad; Jackson cracked an ankle
during the first few days of train-
ing last fall knd was off the squad
for the season. But the fractured
ankle didn't keep him from attend-
ing the theory classes and from
helping the Plowboys as much as
possible. In the few days he was
out Jackson showed signs of be-
ing a first rate tackle and he
should hold a position on next
year's squad.
The fights sponsored by the
William E. Dyess American
Legion post started again last
Thursday night and the re-
sults show that there was
plenty of excitement and good
fighting. The Tarleton and
Stephenville fighters gave a
good account of themselves
during the recent tournaments
and will produce some good
lively fights in the future,
The weather slowed up the Ta'r-
leton golfers last week but spring
is sure to bring the team out in
full force for the coming tourna-
ments, The golf team is coached
by Dutch Flory, who is quite a
golfer himself.
The tennis club is being formed,
and as soon as basketball season
is over, Coach Hughes is expected
to give it the organization which
will produce a first rate club.
Competition Waxes
Hot In Intramurals
Competition is keen in a num-
ber of minor sports now that the
basketball season is coming to a
close,
In Intramural basketball the
Bears pushed over the Wolver-
ines 28-18. The Owls gave the
Badgers a thorough beating, 34-4,
and the Lions romped over the
Tigers 20-4.
The basketball teams are as fol-
lows: LIONS — Rice, Biggs, Mil-
ler, Davis, Pryor, Hevenor and M,
T.^ Smith; TIGERS — Henderson,
Nixon, Tisdale, Early, Sims, and
Mancil; BEARS — Fuqua, Woer-
ner, Pipes, Stockton, Brannon,
Boone and Grassman; W'OLVER-
INESU — Brawley, Sanders, Li-
gon, Kelly, Neily, Fondren, Hunt
and Herring; BADGERS — King,
Coates, McKinney, Lancaster, Fry,
McLarty, and McEIreath; OWLS
—Garrett, Thompson, Grantham,
Hutchins, Quinn, Moles, Kennedy,
Leath, and Luttrell.
In touch football the Hons ed-
ged out the Tigers 6-0. and the
Owls won over the Bears 18-12.
The teams are as follows:
LIONS -- Rice, McEIreath, Pry-
or, Lancaster, Bostiek, Ellis, Allen,
Boone, Kelly, Biggs and Herring;
TIGERS—Henderson, Nixon, Tis-
dale, Robinson, Smith, Grossman,
Houston, Anthony, Fondren, and
Neely; BEARS — Brawley, Sims,
Miller, Coates, Mancil, McKinney,
Baxter, Ligon, Sanders, and Hunt;
OWLS—Garrett, Thompson, Gallo-
way, Smith, Luttrell, Leath, Ken-
nedy, Moles, Quinn, Hutchins, and
jGrantham.
In horse shoe pitching the re-
sults were as follows: Anthony 21,
Cooper 51; Boone 21, Wagner 10;
Ellis 21, Jones 21; Durham 21, Fry
11; Jones 21, Anthony 10; Stock--
+on 50, Givens 25; Givens 21,
^oone 16; Cooper 21, Fry: 10;
Ellis 21, Wagner 6.
Ten Bouts Crowd
Fight Night Card
In 'the fifth fight night at the
city recreation hall Thursday, Billy
Dickerson, fistic wonder boy of
Stephenville, gained a three-round
unanimous decision over Guinea
Garrett.
This was the feature attraction
of a fast ten bout card. Billy came
out* fast and, fed continuous lefts
to Garrett's face. Then he closed
up quickly to use his beautiful body
blows to win.
The only TKO of the fight came
when, Harwell Banks, Tarleton's
able welter, downed Wayne Lucus
of. Fort Worth in the third round.
Following this affair Lynn Fos-
ter, the fighting flyer, calmed Glen
Earl Whitesides in a middleweight
encounter. Foster, very cool and
taking it ,easy, sent Whitesides
down twice with fast lefts and
rights to the button.
i Complete Results
Jim Johnson, 102, of Stephen-
ville,' deeisioned Phil Hale, 100, of
Stephenville.
Red Price, 124, of Stephenville,
deeisioned Tom Carver, 134, of Ste-
phenville. \
Travis Wright, 125, of Stephen-
ville, deeisioned George Deason,
130, oi Stephenville.
Harrell Banks, 147, of Tarleton,
won by K.O. over Wayne Lucus,
142, of Fort Worth.
- Johnny Willingham, 172, of Ste-
phenville, deeisioned Verne Mar-
tin,, 170, of Tarleton.
Joe, Harrell, 190, of Tarleton,
deeisioned Cliff 'Prather, 202, of
Tarleton.*
James Dickerson, 130, of Steph-
enville, deeisioned Frankie Hale;
139, of Stephenville.
Lynn Foster, 161, of Tarleton,
deeisioned Glen Earl Whitesides,
165, of Stephenville.
Virgil Little, 141, of Stephen-
ville, deeisioned Chuck Prather,
143y of Tarleton.
Billy Dickerson, 133, of Stephen-
ville, deeisioned Guinea Garrett,
139, of Stephenville,
Ex-Tarleton Cag*er Is
Shown In Magazine
Bob A. Savage from Big Spring,
a student of John Tarleton and
member of the basketball team in
1941, was pictured in a recent is-
sue- Of the Collegiate Digest, a
picture section issued wtih every
other J-Tac,
;Bob is now -attending the Colo-
rado State College. He is one of
their star basketball players. Back-
ing him on the sidelines are his
twin daughters.
.50
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Plowboy Scores Are
Listed For Season
Tarleton—Opponent
39 McMurry
43 Daniel Baker
63 Cisco Jr. College 20
41 McMurry
39 Daniel Baker 23
45 Cook Drilling Co. 36
40 Hobbs Trailer Co. ...41
70 Wayland 42
38 Amarillo College -43
44 San Angelo ^ ..48
88 Gainesville J. Col. 15
50 Weatherford College 32
46 San Angelo ,„-37
45 Decatur Baptist 14
41 N, T. A. C. 48
64 Gainesville - 9
52 Weatherford 36
34 Baylor (IB'' 44
60 Ranger 28
How Tarleton
Cagers Scored
Player FG
FT
PF
TP
1
X
5
Thetford 3
2,
1
8
Gee ^ 16
12
14
51
Gilbert _ 28
13
41
69
Davis _ 11
4
26
26
Jones, M. C 34
9
17
77
Hicks 34
6
16
74
Brown _ 28
2
12
58
Brawley 9
8
13
26
Copeland, A ..C ,61
32
30
157
Logan _ 8
9
8
25
Lowefy J 9
4
7
22
10
22
36
Cox ~ 90
48
44
228
Smith _ 33
8
13
74
Note: These scores do
not include
the
N. T.' A. C. game.
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