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Saturday May 2 1953
THE H-IXJ BRAND
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By WAYNE ADAMS
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OUR SPRING ATHLETIC PROGRAM consisting of ten-
nis track baseball and golf seems to be the best in nearly all
aspects that has been fielded around the forty acres thus far.
Our tennis team under the fine tutorship of Coach Otho Polk
has only lost one match thus far during their 1953 competitive
playing. Our track group has the makings of the finest in
the history of the Cowboy tracksters with John "Whatley Del-
nor Poss and Stewart Dowlen taking most of the credit for the
honors won.
The H-SU baseball squad is also one not to forget for thev
have more victories to their credit this season than they have
accumulated throughout their recent engagements. Although
the golf team has had a fairly poor season against non-conference
foes they have still made a great showing against such
teams as Texas Tech and some of the Southwest Conference
linksmen.
STILL RIDING THE WINNING STREAK with the Cow-
boy tracksters we discovered that Coach Bill Scott's group
won three blue ribbons last week in a triangular meet with
T. C. U. McMurry and H-SU held on the McMurry campus.
Boasting wins were Whatley Poss and Dowlen taking first in
the high jump broad jump and the mile respectively.
REGARDLESS OP WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN in the out-
come next week let's back the Cowboys to the limit whether it
may be on the golf course tennis court or the track field. Those
entering each event would certainly appreciate a little "boost-
ing" from the sidelines and only you the student can give
them that last ounce of pep to go on to win.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CRUSHERS for winning
the first place honors of the first round of Intramural softball
play. The Crushers ended their half of play with a 6 won and 0
loss record a record that one might be proud to boast regarding
the competition they had to encounter in the Intramural pro-
gram this year.
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ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT hays gotten off to a bad start the H-SU linksmen seem to b climb-
ing high on the ladder of success. Haying won the Border Conference Championship for the past two
years the pressure is being put on them to see how they wi)l turn out aext week a they go against
the zest of the BC members here in Abilene. Members of Coach BUI Ledbettax's squad are Jack Clark.
Tom Hale Coach BUI Ledbetter Joe Ed Blaok and Arlya f eeU.
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Border Conference Track;
Field Meet Slated Friday
Net Team Tops Trinity;
Lutherans On Road Trip
Cowboy netters won matches
Wednesday over Trinity Univer-
sity and Texas Lutheran net
teams to rack up their 12th and
13th consecutive wins not count-
ing the wins ported over Abilene
net foes ACC and McMurry.
After having their matches
with Texas A&M rained out
Tuesday afternoon the Pokes
continued their road trip Wednes-
day morning stopping in San
Antonio to claim a 6-0 victory
over Trinity University.
Carl Nunn defeated Wendell
Gillum in the lead singles role
6-2 6-4 while Wayne Miller de-
feated J. Allen Clifton 6-1 6-2.
Number Three Win
Gene Adams playing No. 3
man defeated Buddy Hamrick
easily 6-0 6-2 and Cotton Fow-
der Completed the team's singles
victories by passing Jack Cooper
6-3 6-4.
The Miller-Nunn duo whipped
Gillum and Cooper 6-3 6-3 and
Crushers
Round in
The Cruschers won the first
round of the boy's softball intra-
mural round-robin with a perfect
record of six won and none lost.
The Choir held down second
place with a record of two wins
and two losses. The Mustangs
were third with two won and
four lost and the Bumblebees
weer fourth with one won and
four lost.
The last two games were called
on account of the weather al-
though they wouldn't have made
any difference as to the outcome
of the team standings.
The second half of the round-
robin started last Thursday with
the Bumblebees playing the Mus-
tangs. The Crushers played the
Choir Friday.
Schedule Follows
The rest of the schedule is as
follows: Monday May 4 Choir
vs. Bumblebees Tuesday May
5 Mustangs vs. Crushers;
Thursday May 7 Bumblebees vs.
Crushers; and Friday May 8
Mustangs vs. Choir.
Adams and Fowler paired to
clean Clifton and Hamrick 6-1
6-4.
Wednesday afternoon the Cow-
boys rode to Seguin where they
engaged the Texas Lutheran
squad in a return match . and
emerged with a win over the
Lutheran lads for the second
time this season to the tune of
4-2;
Nunn Beats Ohlenbusch
Nunn tacked a 6-4 6-3 defeat
on Herman Ohlenbusch and
Miller posted 6-1 9-7 over Joe
Barrows. Adams defeated Glenn
Heiusmann 6-2 6-2 but Marvin.
Wren pulled Cotton Fowler back
6-1 6-2.
The Pokes spit the doubles
matches losing the No. 2 doubles.
In that match John Ohlenbusch
and Heiusmann defeated Adams
and Fowler 9-7 6-3. Nunn and
Miller overcame Herman Ohlen-
busch and Wren after a long first
set 10-8 6-2.
Win First
Tri - Meet
The pitchers for the intramural
league are: for the Crushers T.
R. Baack with five wins and no
losses and James Cox with one
win and no losses; for the Mus-
tangs; Bob Hanna with two wins
and one loss and Wayne Baldwin
with no wins and two losses; for
the Choir; Bob O'Brien with one
win and two losses and Euclid
Moore with no wins and one loss;
for the Bumblebees; Joe Pat Mc-
Haney with one win and four
losses.
Baack pitched two no hitters
and one one hitter which helped
him hold down the number one
pitching slot.
Leading Hitlers
The leading hitters are:
For the Crushers
A.B. H. R. B.Av
Windy Smith 14 9 7 .643
David Nelson 21 10 5 .476
Riley Cross 23 8 7 .344
Sherry Nail 19 6 3 .358
For the Choir
Tom Adams 14 5 3 .357
Ronnie Bates 13 5 1 .385
Ed Gray 13 4 4 .308
For the Mustangs
J. F. Phillips 15 6 4 .400
Troyce Raines 15 4 3 .267
Charles Cullin 13 4 3 .308
For the Bumblees
Joe Pat McHaney 14 3 3 .214
Robert Howington 12 3 1 .250
Howard Burtschell 9 3 2 .333
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Track Team Takes
Three in Tri-Meet
Hardin-Simmons track team
won first place in three of the
events in a triangular meet wtih
Texas Christian and McMurry
last Friday on the McMurry track
field.
Stuart Dowlen won the mile
with a time of 4:33.9. Doyle
Brunson also placed fourth in
this event. Delnor Poss took first
place in the broad jump with a
leap of 21 feet 1 inch. The
other first place winner was John
Whatley in the high jump with a
jump of 6 feet and 2 inches.
Other winners for Hardin-Simmons
were Kirby Lackey fourth
in the broad jump one hundred
yard dash and two twenty yard
dash. John Gray fourth in the 880
yard run and Jimmy Vaughn
fourth in the high jump.
Also the Pokes placed third in
the 440 yard relay and mile relay.
TCU was the winner of the meet
getting 83 1-6 points to Mc-
Murry's 52 and H-SUs .25.
Coach Scott said that the boys
are shaping up fine and are look-
ing better every day. The boys
are working hard and getting into
good shape for the Border Confer-
ence Meet to be held in Abilene
May 8 and 9.
Abilene Hosts
BCers First Time
By D. A. ISABEL
Brand Sports Editor
With the Border Conference
spring sports to take the spot-
light next week action is be-
ginning to "pop" around the 40
acres. As this is the first time
in the history of the Cowboys
every member of the Border
Conference will bring their par-
ticipants to the home of the Cow-
boys Friday and Saturday.
Most of the action seems to
be headed toward the track and
field meet which will be held on
the campus of McMurry College
the only college in the key city
with the facilities to accommo
date those entering.
Perhaps the next most popular
event that will be among the
tOD. is that of ffolf. 'Rntripc -for
the BC championship golf meet
to be held here in Abilene have
been received from th University
oi Arizona ana Texas Tech Bill
Ledbetter. H-SU Director has an
nounced.
Ledbeiier lo Direct Golf
Ledbetter will direct the 36
holes medal rlav tournament
which will be' held on the Abi-
lene Country Club golf course.
But due to the Border Confer
ence rule there will only be four
entries irom each of the above
schools. So it will be expected
that each school will ysend their
top four linksmen.
Arizona will send Jerry Purdy
Sherwood Owens Don Watson
and Jack Conrad. Alternates will
be Karl Estes and Larry Hunter.
rnose making the trip from Tex-
as Tech will be G. W. Warden
Joe Steltz Jerry Thornton and
Jimmy Baker. David Moorhouse
will be an alternate.
Tom Hale Medalist
The Hardin-Simmons team
will be led by Tom Hale defend-
ing medalist Joe Ed Black
Jackie Clark and Arlyn Scott.
The Pokes have won the golf
meet for the past two years.
Entries from Arizona State
College Tempe; Arizona State
College Flagstaff; Texas Western
College West Texas State and
New Mexico A&M have not
been received as yet but they
too are expected to send their
quota for the golf match.
The only spring sport that will
actually see action on the campus
of the Cowboys is that o ftennis.
Still some of the matches will
have to be played elsewhere in
order to provide adequate space
to complete the competition.
All Tennis Team
Coach Otho Polk is expected to
send his-charges through the en-
tire meet ending up on the top-
end. The Pokes have only lost one-
match thus far and have had
competition against some of the
tougher foes of the Southwest-
Conference. In order to complete the sports?
of the spring there should be
a baseball meet but due to the
lack of interest in this particular
easonal sport there are only two
schools capable of carrying on a
baseball program. These two
schools are University of Arizona
and our own Hardin-Simmons
Cowboys.
Due lo Ricalry
But due to the rivalry of the
two schools there has been a
great deal of misunderstanding:
as to where a deciding location:
could be agreed upon. H-SU
wants them to come to the Key
City for the game or games;
which ever the case may ber
where the rest of spring sport
championship meets are to be
held but their answer was "for
them to come out there."
According to Coach Joe Grbar
the Cowboys are planning to de-
clare themselves the Border Con-
ference champ-but Arizona Is
planning likewise. The results of
being the Border Conference
champion will advance the team
to the NCAA to go against the
always powerful Southwest Con-
ference nine. As of now the
Pokes have fielded their best all-
round squad yet through the fine
tutorship of Athletic trainer and
Head Baseball Coach Joe Grba.
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The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 27, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 2, 1953, newspaper, May 2, 1953; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth96940/m1/3/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.