The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 11, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 7, 1940 Page: 3 of 4
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Cowboys Blast ffPC "Jinx"
27-7 To End Perfect Season
Russell Stars In 13th
Consecutive Victory
ah the trickery and power
Howard Payne's Yellow Juclccts
could muster was not nearly
enough to copo witli Ilardin-Sim-1110119
' rampant Ranchers as the
Rold-sliirted Cowhoys sninshed the
Jackets 27 to 7 in the Brownwood
stronghold last Saturday tv blaze
across the finish line the only
untied undefeated football team
in the Southwest.
L. B. (Little Brother) Russell 150-
pound back who three years ngo Kim-
brough thought too llttlo for football
proved himself a gridiron giant ns he
passed for three touchdowns and
swept right end" for the fourth to fig-
ure In every Rancher tally.
Greatest Season
It was n day chock full of gridiron
firsts for Kimbrough mid his pass
pltchln' goldshtrts. Above all It wns
the first Hardin-Simmons team to go
through n campaign with a spotless
record. It was Klmbrough's first un-
defeated untied aggregation In 14
years of coaching. It was the first
time tho Abilene school scored three
wins in a row over the Brownwood
Baptists in tho long scries dating
back to 1007.
The Ranchers pulled all their aerial
flimflam from the bag' in whistling
by the Jackets for two touchdowns in
the second period nnd two more in the
third.
Russell had a hand in all the Hur-din-Simmons
scoring. He chunked to
II. C. Burrus for two touchdowns and
to D. A. (Rodoco Parker for another
then scored the fourth himself on an
end sweep.
Seventeen of 37 Cowboy tosses were
completed for n total of 2G3 yards
Klmbrough's men setting themselves
up for two more scores that fnijed
to materialize after pushing the ball
within tho Howard Payne five-yard
line.
Trailing by four tallies latt in the
third period tho Jackets gavo the
homecoming crowd of approximately
4000 fans one big thrill with a per-
fect "home run" lick of their own.
Jackets Score
With'the ball on their own 47 little
Tommy Samuels skirted wide jumped
high in tho air and shot a long pass
to End Roland Warren who took tho
ball on the dead run at the 25-yard
line and was away for a 63-yard scor-
ing play. It made little difference
that the counter was made at the ex-
pense of the Ranchers' second string
tho play was one of the best executed
of the day.
The Jackets were in trouble early
in the game but they managed to hold
tho Cowboys scoreless through the
first period.
After tho opening kickoff was
chased back to the 23 the Cowboys
clicked off two first down to mid-
field before they were forced to punt.
Russell got off a 61-yard beauty that
rolled dead on the Jackets' four.
Howard Payne kicked out of dan-
ger however and subsequent ex-
changes had backed tho Cowboys to
their own 10 shortly before the end
of the period.
Move Fast
From that point the Hardin-Sim-mons
heavy artillery rolled into ac-
tion in eating up 00 yards in four
plays. Fullback Moon Mullins rammed
the middle for five. Then Russell
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II. C. BURRUS end led the Cowboys
in scoring for the second straight
season with 46 points.
dropped back into deep punt forma-
tion. Ho faked a kick then headed
around his right end faked a run and
passed way out to Burrus on the 36.
Burrus-stormed on down to the How
ard Payne 30 for a 40-yard pickup.
Another pass from Russell to Burrus
was good for two yards. On the first
play of the second period Russell
wound up and pitched again to Bur
rus. This time the classy junior
wingman took tho ball in the clear
at the four-yard stripe and chugged
across for tho score. Murray Evans
added tho point.
Tho boys opened up with power to
chalk up the second score. Tho Cow-
boys took over In midficld after Evans
intercepted a pass thrown by the
Jackets' Stokes.
Mullins bullied his way through the
middle of tho lino- for 10 yards and
then latcraled to Walsh as he was
brought down. Walsh chugged on to
the 23 before ho was nailed. After
Russell pegged to Parker for nine
Mullins smacked left guard for a first
at the 10. Russell and Mullins pound
ed the' midsection for another first
down within the one-yard line then
Russell swung wide around right end
for tho touchdown. Evans kicked
goal.
Hardin-Simmons punched across its
third touchdown on a 67-yard drive
early in the third chapter. The team
moved to midfield on power and then
cut loose with the passes. Russell
snapped ono to Parker for 13 yards.
The next one rode all the way Burrus
taking Russell's heave on tho 10 and
striding across untouched for the
score. Evans made good the extra
point.
A few minutes later the Ranchers
were on their merry way again. After
the kickoff the Jackets had to punt
and the Cowboys took over on the
Howard Payne 44. Mullins made
nine then Russell hit Walsh for a
five yard advance. Mullins made
two more at center then it was the
old heave ho. Russell spotted Parker
in the open at the five. Tho throw
was good Parker wrestling loose from
a couple of defenders and storming
over for the final H-SU tally. Evans
pass to Goodnight for the extra point
was incomplete.
Tho Jackets had their backs to the
wall just before the intermission and
then again at the end of tho game.
Late in the second period tho Cow-
boys pushed to the three-yard line and
finally lost the ball on downs at lip
seven.
On the last play of the game Jim
Potts Jacket tackle recovered a fum-
ble by Mullins at the two-yard line.
'Potts Incidentally was a hero In
the Howard Payno forward sector
along with Co-Cap'taln Syd Russell
and G.- C. Graves.
The end play of Burrus and Parker
giving fine Ties to Dad
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Twelve Men Answer
Uncle Joe Smith's
First Call; Height
Is Chief Problem
By WACIL McNAIR
Moving directly from tho gridiron
to tho hardwood Coach Uncle Joe
Smith issued his first official call
Monday for varsity basketball drill.
A dozen hopefuls some of whom
have been staging Impromptu work-
outs for' several weeks reported for
the first session and several more arc
xpected to join them shortly. Some
of the football players who also take
part In the cage sport have been tak-
ing a deserved vacation this week
but they'll probably bo on hand by
Monday.
Lewis "Slick" McCalcb Leon
Autrcy Glen Crocker James
Crocker and Porter Osborne
arc veterans from last year's
squad who answered the first
call. Tructt Rattan and Dcward
Marcum arc two others who saw
considerable service last season
and they are expected to Join the
present squad early next week.
Claudo Brown and Lcland Casey
two transfers from Tyler Junior
College come highly recommend-
ed from the eastern part of the
state. Both played on strong East
Texas high school quintets and
followed up on the powerful Jun-
ior College outfit at Tyler.
Brown was a standout on the
Whltchouse high school team
and Is a cousin to Marshall Brown
of Texas Tech fame. Casey did
his high school playing at Bullard
and Glade water.
J. W. Utley nnd V. L. Jackson
transfers from Lon Morris and Way-
land respectively are two others who
may bolster the Cowboy squad.
Johnny Boren football halfback
also reported with the first group.
Up from last year's freshman ranks
Harold Prescott and DeWayne Parker
are out for their first year on the
varsity. Parker however will not
become eligible until next semester.
Coach Smith was worried this week
because of a noted scarcity of height
James Crocker Osborne and Pros
cott are the only members of the
squad reaching over the six foot
mark.
Speed among the shorter men how-
ever might be developed to offset
the height difficulty.
First workouts consisted mostly of
snappy preliminary drills and lessons
in fundamentals. Coach Smith in-
dicated that the pace will be stepped
up as the boys round Into shape and
they will probably hit their working
stride by Christmas.
The schedule Is still incomplete
but Athletic Manager Gib Sandefer
hopes to add several more teams to
the list within the next few weeks.
The present lineup shows forthcom-
ing tilts with Txas Tech West Texas
State and Soccora School of Mines in
New Mexico. A game with another
New Mexico school is still in the
dickering stage. Details will probably
be completed soon.
Coach Smith hopes the schedule will
give his boys at least one game be-
fore tho Christmas holidays.
of the Cowboys was sensational. Bur
rus often churned through to spill
the Jackets' entire set of interferers
nnd then get the ball carrier.
Outside of Howard Pyane's one
scoring jaunt the homo side didn't
make a serious threat.
The starters:
Cowboys Jackets
Parker LE Michel
Rattan LT Hardaway
Tucker LG Syd Russell
Evans C David
Moore RG Graves
Treadaway RT Nelson
Burrus RE Warren
L. B. Russell QB Fisher
Goodnight LH King
Walsh RH Terrell
Mullins FB Jones
Game at a Glance
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17 First downs 8
130 Yards gained rushing 90
22 ' Yards lost rushing 10
263 Yards gained passing 109
17 Passes completed 8
10 Passes incompleted 9
2 Passes intercepted by 1
7 for 268 punting 8 for 316"
21 Yards returning punts 27
5 for 35 Penalties 1 for 5
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INVITED TO BLUE-ORAY OAME. Owen Goodnight who shared
passing honors with his touchdown twin in the Cowboy back-
ficld nnd D. A. "Rodeo" Parker six-foot four-inch pass snaring
end have ncccptcd invitations to play for tho Southern team in tho
annual Nbrth-South game. They'll spend their Christmas holidays
drilling under Soutli coaches in preparation for the sectional classic.
Feud Bowl
AS I SEE
By BOB
Tech A. 8C M. Fall By Wayside . . . Cowboys Tops
Smashing the Jinx . . . Tribute to Coach Kimbrough
Colorful history lias been made in the football world since this
paper last went to press two weeks ago. To recall a few astounding
highlights wc recall the wreck of the once-mighty Texns Aggies in
the Memorial Stadium mishap and the fall of Texas Tech's high-
riding Red Knidcrs before the onslaught of n weak New Mexico grid
crew. Those two history-making events which never would bo ad-
mitted as upsets by Texas or New Mexico who mapped their plans and
executed them to the letter left Coacli Kimbrough 's Cowboys the
only unuercatcd untieu team In the
Southwest which is quite un unusual
feat for any squad.
Tho 1940 edition of tho Cowboy grid
aggregation will go down in history
as the first Rancher eleven to hang
up an undefeated untied record hav-
ing swept through a rugged nine-
game schedule without even a one-
point margin of victory anywhere In
the books. This team is being hailed
as the greatest Hardin-Simmons foot-
ball team in the history of the school.
Certainly It Is tho most potent offen-
sive grid combination ever assembled
here.
SMASHING THE JACKETS
by a 27 to 7 scoro In the Howard
Payne stronghold served as a fitting
climax to a perfect season. With
that memorable victory went tho
downfall of the alleged "jinx" that
had kept the Cowboys from racking
up three straight victories over the
Yellow Jackets. And it was tho thir-
teenth consecutive victory for the
Kimbroughmen this year as well as
the thirteenth win over the Jackets
since the series began.
The Yellow Jackets planned to put
a colorful feather in their cap by
knocking off the Ranchers as they
nearly did in 1937 when they spollel
tho locals' perfect season by beating
out a tie 7 to 7.
But this time tho Kimbroughmen
merely scoffed at the thought of a
supposed "jinx" and determined to
play their best ngainst a team that
they knew would bo giving their all.
Consequently tho Brownwoodltes had
to bow to their superiors and had
to admit it this time.
Although the Wasps never gave up
they were completely outclassed from
start to finish. The score might
easily have been much greater had
Kimbrough so desired. We would not
say that ho was purposely trying to
hold tho score down but surely he
knew that sending a man into the
game when tho Ranchers were on the
goal line ready to scoro at one time
would draw a five-yard penalty. And
tho Jackets would never have had
their lone tally had tho first-stringers
not been watching from tho bench
We guess It must bo getting mighty
discouraging for tho Wasps to keep
getting slapped down by the Ranch-
ers. But wo do admire the way they
never give up trying.
COACH KIMBROUGH
has again proved that ho Is one of
tho greatest coaches in tho business.
Not only is he a great coach but he
is a great man. That's why ho is
loved and respected by all who come
under his tutelage. He not only fires
his proteges with tho will to win
but he Instills in them the principles
of clenn sportsmanship. True ho
rules the roost with a firm hand and
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MURDOCH
all fear the dominator. But they re-
spect him for it.
Cowboy football players respect
him because he practices what he
preaches. He sets up high standards
of conduct and if anyone cannot
nbide by the rules they don't last long
on the Forty Acres. Ho does not
have any one-man teams and players
don't become so good that they can
break the rules and stay around
The Mighty Dutchman is a man
four-square talks straight from the
shoulder demands the best in a man
and gets it. He plays no favorites
and judges his men on the merit sys-
tem. And he gets results. .His six-year
record at Hardin-Simmons is one to
be envied by any coach in the nation.
Kimbrough has lifted Hardin-Simmons
from obscurity to gridiron fame
and fortune with recognition from
coast to coast
To one of the greatest coaches
in the nation and to one of the
finest men in the country we say
"Thanks a Million" Coach Kim-
brough. Best of luck to you on
your upward march toward the
heights.
BASKETBALL WILL
began to absorb the spotlight now
following the final curtain on the
grid season. Already tho past few
days the hardwood has begun to echo
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28-18 Here On Wet Grid
Four thousand thoroughly chilled
homecoming spectators sat through a
misty drizzle in Parramore stadium
to see the Cowboys roll over the San
Francisco Dons 28 to 18 on Novem-
ber 23. It was tho Cowboys' twelfth
straight victory eighth of tho season.
Tho West Texans chugged across
for their first scoro ten plays aftei
tho opening kickoff rolled up a 16-
point lead in the first ten minutes and
then cooled off as Kimbrough kept
a stream of substitutes running into
the game in the last three chapters.
Mullins Shines
Fullback Moon Mullins a 205-
pounder had about tho largest day
of his colorful career. The Cowboy
super-charger cracked the Pacific
Coast team's lino for 116 yards in 17
tries and scored two of the home side's
touchdowns.
Owen Goodnight passed to his
Rambling Wrecks
To Meet Haven of
Rest in Classic
Feud Bowl time has come again and
there'll be a hot time on the old Forty
Acres come next Tuesday for that's
The day set aside for the biggest and
most colorful post season intramural
football classic in West Texas.
There'll bo plenty at stake Tues-
day with a lot of glory to the winner.
The main coveted prize however is
the llttlo brown jug quite a tradition
on tho campus now. Each year tho
winning team has the honor of hav-
ing its name inscribed upon its bat
tle scarred sides.
There is usually plenty of bally-
hoo and fanfare for this contest with
a band et nl. There's a great show
In store for all spectators.
By virtue of a 6 to 0 victory over
the Haven of Rest Thursday after-
noon the Rambling Wrecks completed
the regular season with only one loss
and a tie to their discredit to grab
the victory pennant. Haven of Rest
stood runners-up with two losses and
four victories. Hence the two squads
will battle for post season honors and
the brown jug Tuesday afternoon.
The Brand-Bronco bunch ranked
third in the final standings with three
wins two losses and a tie. The Brand-
Bronco and Haven of Rest were pre
season favorites to grab the title but
yielded to the darkhorse Wrecks when
the going got hot.
The Bird Dogs became the door
mat of the league when after bad
lickings in the early stages they lost
heart and forfeited most of their re
maining games. They lost six and
won none.
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for tho other tallies.
Murray Evans the Ranchers' 200-
pound center made the other points
with a conversion after the first
touchdown and a first period field
goal.
Marvin "Monk" Moscon was the
big noise in the Dons' backfleld. Be-
sides doing a creditable part-time
passing Job he caught a touchdown
pass from Cliff Flsk and plunged for
another. The final San Francisco
tally was made by Fisk who rammed
across from the one-yard line after
the Dons had recovered a Cowboy
fumble on the two.
Quick Getaway
SFU's opening kickoff was sliced
out of bounds on the Cowboys' 42.
After an offside penalty moved the
Abilenians five paces nhead the Cow-
boys rumbled to the payoff In ten
quick stabs. Mullins cracked left
guard for five. After a pass fell in-
complete Mullins charged through
the midsection for nine moro and a
first on the 37. Russell added two
then it waS Mullins for a 11-yard lick
at left guard and a first at the 24.
Russell snapped a short pass over
the middle to D. A. (Rodeo) Parker
for 13 yards to advance the ball to
the 11. From that point It was Mul-
lins nt center for one Mullins at left
tackle for eight and finally Mullins
at right guard a thunderous drive
for the score. Evans added the extra
point.
Klmbrough's gold-shirts soon had
the Dons in a bad hole after Russell
quick kicked to the seven where Mos-
conl picked up the wet leather and
bounded out to the 15. Mosconi who
was hit hard fumbled and Truett
Rattan recovered. A four-yard pick-
up by Mullins and a couple of incom-
plete passes left tho Cowboys at the
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