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THE McMURRY CHIEFTAIN
FEBRUARY, 1955
oore Resigns; McM Ex, Doug Cox
Heads Athletic Department
Wilford Moore
Moore Honored In
Assembly Program
A memorial program in honor
of Coach Wilford Moore, his wife,
and family, was given in the
regular assembly period on Tues-
day, Feb. 1. Grant Teaff, vice-
president of the student council,
introduced several exes and stu-
dents who each gave a brief sum-
mary of a football year in Moore's
career at McMurry.
J. B. Jordan spoke on behalf of
the Indianhead Club, while Dr.
Gordon Bennett represented the
Administration. Allen Holladay
and W. T. Stapler, co-captains of
the 1954 Indians, presented Moore
with a wrist watch as a farewell
gift.
o
Lectures—
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the eight San Antonio High
Schools.
Dr. Copeland has been Annual
Conference preacher for the Cen-
tral Texas, Northwest Texas,
North Arkansas, and Kansas Con-
ferences.
This year, Dr. Copeland deliv-
ered the Willson Lectures at Tex-
as Wesleyan College in Ft. Worth,
and next year will deliver the
Willson Lectures at West Texas
State College in Canyon.
Dr. and Mrs. Copeland have
two daughters, Pat, a senior at
Southwestern U., and Sue, a sen-
ior in Jefferson High School, San
Antonio.
Coach Wilford Moore, athletic
director and head coach here at
McMurry has resigned effective
March 1, in order to enter pri-
vate business in Clovis, N. M.
Doug Cox, head coach at Ballin-
ger and a former McMurry stu-
dent and athlete, has signed a
three year contract to fill the
post.
Coach Moore has had a very
successful coaching career dur-
ing tenure as head mentor of the
Indians. He first came here in
August of 1946 to serve as as-
sistant to Vernon Hilliard for the
1946 football season and was pro-
moted to head coach in January
of 1947. In 1951, he was made
athletic director.
The Indians, under Coach
Moore's guidance, won 47, lost 29,
and tied 4. They won the Texas
Conference in 1948 and 1949, tied
Midwestern in 1947, and finished
in a three-way tie with ACC and
Texas A&I in 1953.
Moore was named coach of the
year in the Texas conference in
1948, 1949, and 1953. His team of
1949 also won the Oleander Bowl
at Galveston.
Before coming to McMurry,
Coach Moore was a student and
played varsity football at Har-
din-Simmons University, grad-
uating in 1941.
He was an assistant at Abilene
High School in 1941 before going
to the Air Force and was dis-
charged a combat veteran at the
rank of captain in 1946.
Coach Moore's wife is the for-
mer Marian Vaughter, whom he
met while attending Hardin-
Simmons. The rest of his family
consists of three fine boys: Mike,
10; Bill, 8; and Steve 3'.
Coach Cox, who replaces Moore
as head coach of the Indians, has
been head football coach of Bal-
linger for the last five years, dur-
ing which his Bearcats made a
good record for themselves in a
| rough AA District, winning 38,
j loosing 16, and tying 1.
Coach Cox's Bearcats went to
1 the state finals in 1953.
Before going to Ballinger, Cox
j attended SMU in 1939 and San
Angelo Junior College in 1941,
playing one year at McMurry in
1942. He was in the Air Force
from 1943 until 1946. He then
played another year at McMurry
in 1946.
Coach Cox's wife is the former
Merle Adair of Ballinger, and
they have three children; Gena
Merle, 10; Stanley, 6; and Lila
Ann, 3.
Coach Cox will not be coming
into a complete group of stran-
gers in the McMurry Athletic
Department. Coach Burke was
formerly an assistant under Cox
at Ballinger and Coach Payne
played for the Bearcats.
Three of the present football
players of the Indians, Elroy
Payne, Weldon Brevard, and
Mike Egan, played under Coach
Cox at Ballinger.
Edgar Payne, Assistant Coach
Joe Dale Burke', Assistant Coach
FRIENDS OF LIBRARY
The annual dinner of the Friends
of the McMurry College Library
will be held Wednesday evening,
March 9, at 5:30, in the Iris
Graham Dining Hall. Dr. Edwin
Lewis will be the guest speaker
for the occasoin. All friends of
McMurry are cordially invited to
attend the meeting.
Douglas Cox
McM Cagers Lead
Texas Conference
McMurry's Indian cagers have
won three games and lost four in
the last three weeks cage activity.
Indian victories were at the ex-
pense of Howard Payne three
times, 82-63, 80-74, and 87-79, and
Eastern New Mexico 89-79. The
defeats were to ACC twice 52-48
and 74-71, Midwestern 93-70, and
Eastern New Mexico 92-81.
The victories were all registered
in Texas Conference competition,
putting McMurry on the top rung
of the conference ladder.
The Indian record stands at
four wins and one loss. Eastern
New Mexico has won two and
lost two, and Howard Payne has
a record of one win and four
losses.
Jim Jo well led the Indian scor-
ing with 120 points in the eight
games, closely followed by Jerry
English with 110. Bob Harris was
third with 94, followed by Don
Taylor with 85, and Fred Shelton
with 81.
McM PLACES IN
DEBATE TOURNMENT
McMurry placed second in the
Senior Women's Debate of the
ACC Debate Tournament held
February 11 and 12. Taking this
honor for McMurry were Marcie
Montgomery, Belen, N. M., and
Doris Beaty, Abilene, both mem-
bers of the freshman class.
In the overall ranking, Mc-
Murry was eighth out of twenty-
four.
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