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THE OPTIMIST
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CINDERMEN FIFTH AT LAREDO; FAT STOCK SHOW NEXT
Cats in Fort Worth
Frdiay and Saturday
Eleven Points Scored
In Tough Competition
Making a total of 11 points
the Abilene Christian college
Wildcat track team finished fifth
in a field of 13 in the 10th annual
Border Olympics in Laredo last
Saturday. North Texas State
scoring in almost every event
rolled to an easy 43 '4 points to
win the college class. Southwest
Texas gathered in runner-up hon-
ors followed by East Texas and
Howard Payne in third and fourth
places.
The Purple who qualified five
men in the finals finished fourth
in the mile relay and took a third
in the spring relay.
Johnny Mason won second in
the 440 yard dash Bill Carter was
lunner-up in the? record breaking
broad jump while newcomer Abe
Wadley won fourth in the samr
event. H. D. Terry took fourth
in the 440 to bring the Wildcats'
total to 11 points.
Complete track results (college
division):
440 yard dash first Mercado
East Texas; second Mason ACC
third Smith North Texas; fourth
Terry ACC. Time 51.0.
100 yard dash first Adams
North Texas; second Howell
North Texas; third Bingham Sul
Ross; fourth Carter Howard
Payne. Time 10.0.
Mile run won by Nichols
North Texas; second Landers
North Texas; third. Jolly Howard
Payne; fourth Pate Howard
Payne. Time 4:34.7.
120 high hurdles first Tope
Southwest Texas; second Worn-
ack North Texas; third Robert-
son East Texas; fourth Miller.
Trinity. Time 15:3.
Shot put first White Howard
Payne (45 feet); second Crawley
Southwest Texas; third Whiscn-
ant Southwest Texas; fourth
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H. D. TERRY aco quarter-
milor captured second in the
open quarter and anchored the
Wildcat mile relay loam in for a
fourth place in the tough Bordor
Olympics last Saturday. Ho will
bo striving for more- honors at the
Fat Stock show in Fort Worth on
Saturday.
Cooy East Texas.
220 yard dash first Carter
Howard Payne; second Howell
North Texas; third Bingham Sul
Ross; fourth Duncan Howard
Payne. Time 22.5.
220 low hurdles first Tope
Southwest Texas; second Worn-
ack North Texas; third Robert-
son East Texas; fourth Fowler
North Texas; fifth Hartsfield
Howard Payne. Time 24.4.
Discus first Curry East Texas
134 feet 2V inches; second
Townsf Houston university; third
Slacks North Texas; fourth
White Howard Payne (125 feet
t inch).
440 relay first North Texas;
second Texas A. & I.; third ACC;
fourth tie between East Texas
and Howard Payne. Time 43.8.
High jump first Hackney
Southwest Texas 0 feet l'.'s
inches; second Littleton South-
west Texas; third Southworth
Trinity; fourth Grundy North
Texas.
Broad jump first Fambrough
North Texas 23 feet one-half
inch; second Carter ACC; third
Crittendon East Texas; fourth
Wadley ACC.
Mile relay first East Texas;
second North Texas; third South-
west Texas; fourth Abilene Chris-
tian Time 3:25.9.
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OF REFRESHMENT
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The pause that refreshes
Spring Football Continues Into
Third Week With Tough Drills
Spring football training moved
into the third week on Monday
with another tough drill for the
future grid stars of next season.
Some 45 candidates for the 1948
squad remained from the original
G2 that began two weeks ago.
Prospects of more weight in the
lino have not materialized to date
but Coaches Coleman and Beau-
champ were giving A-l priority
to the line play both defensive
and offensive.
Heading the list of new line-
men are Abe Lincoln former all-
state center from neighboring
city Sweetwater and Jim and Bill
Watson ' brother transfers from
Hillsboro Junior college. The
Hillsboro 11 won the Little Sugar
Bowl on Jan. 1. Both Watsons
play guard.
Outstanding in the backfield to
date have been holdover backs
Marion Crump and Onion Brown
Russell Coffee and Don Ayres.
Able assistance in the form of an
other of the Ayres family younger
brother Bill has also been found.
He is a left halfback who along
with Johnny Ramsey up from
Sherman has been handling much
of the ball handling chores in
practice to date.
Center Mark Culwell along
with tackle Sam Stovall and ends
Billy Joe McKeevcr and Fred
Stirman has also been bringing
smiles to Coleman.
Practice sessions to date have
been remarkably free of serious
hampering injuries. Only excep-
tions have been the sidelining of
center Dub Orr as a result of a
knee injury and the stopping of
Ira Connor due to a twisted an-
kle. Although neither will sec
much more if any action this
spring they will be ready to go
next September.
Coleman staled that there is a
possibility of an intra-squad game
at the conclusion of the 30-day
period.
Golfers Defeat AHS
Coach A. B. "Bugs" Morris' golf
team defeated the Abilene high
school golf team two weeks ago
at the Country club in a series of
matches 7-2. Gervis McGraw
ace of the Eagle team shot a 67
for low score of the matches while
Donald Cranfill and Bob Craig
posted 72's for the Wildcats. In
the matches the results were as
follows:
Cullen Cranfill of ACC was de-
feated by Gervis McGraw of Abi-
lene high 5 and 4 Donald Cran-
fill of ACC defeated Dan Win-
ters 4 and 3 Bob Craig of ACC
defeated Dilmus James of Abi-
lene high 4 and 3 Jack Walding
of ACC edged Lee Pinkster of
Abilene high 2 up and Jamie
Chenault of ACC dropped Reed
Sayles 5 and 3.
The match oeiwecn Charley
Floyd and E. ..C. Cockrell was
called a split. This was the first
defeat suffered by the Eagle team
in quite some time and the first
victory for the Cat squad in their
new season play
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By JOE M. YOWELL
Indications from the results of the Border Olympics last week
at Laredo lead one to believe tnat the nationally famous Wildcat
track squads nave come to the end of the trail of glory. With
so much being said about the past supremacy of the Wildcats on
the cindcrpath it might be difficult for some to realize the terrific
competition that is to be found this season.
An analyzation of the facts might help. Although the weather
at the Laredo classic was not favorable and the track was com-
paratively slow it was the best meet from standpoint of entrants
and from the angle of records.
In all divisions competition was the keenest in the 16-ycar his-
tory of the running of this the first major out-of-doors meet. As
an example the Wildcats won the mile relay last year in the slow
time of 3:42. This year the Purple quartet ran fourth in a 3:25.9
race the Wildcat time being 3:28.
In the preliminary heats of the 440 yard run Monty Wolford
ran his fastest time to date breaking the tape at 52.3. He did not
qualify for the finals. Last year the Wildcats did not have a single
quarter man run in the preliminarys at Wolford's time yet three
including the great John Saunders advanced to the finals.
Bill Carter holder of thcTcxas conferenco broad jump record
lcapod to 22 foot 8 inches at tho Laredo moot only ono inch shy
of tho meet record yet it was good only for a second placo to North
Texas' Fambrough at 23 feet one-half inch.
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The meet went according to the prognosticatcrs with the five
favored squads finishing in the first five places. Newcomer to the
top ranking group was the Howard Payne team who finished the
meet with 19 points in fourth place.
The Yellow Jackets winners of the Texas conference in 1942
and always a power in any field of athletic endeavor will provide
most of the opposition to the Wildcats in their claim for their third
cinder championship in as many years.
Tho Jackets finished second in last yoar's competition and
probably will be the team to beat this season. Winners of tho mile
run and tho 880 last year they will bo hard to defeat this soason.
Also tho Brownwood Baptists havo picked up a now sprinter that
finished in the money in both tho 100 yard dash and tho 220 yard
gallop winning the latter in the time of 22.5.
The Jackets also placed in the low hurdles and the discus and
won the shot put. Their sprint relay team tied for fourth a fraction
of a second behind the Wildcats' third place team.
Possibility of a dual meet between Howard Payne and the
Wildcats a week before the conference trials in May has arisen. A
warmup of that nature would lead to a great conferenco meet on
May 0 and 7 with the possibility of more records being set than
ever before.
Bright spots in tho events of tho past week-end includo H. D.
Terry and his anchor lop of the milo rolay coming from sixth
placo to a fourth finishing a fraction of an inch ahead of Harrison
of Howard Payne tho runner who defeated Saunders two years
ago in tho quarter; Abo Wadloy placing in the broad jump which
is seemingly becoming a Wildcat affair with Bill Carter and Johnny
Mason both being top notch competitors; Monty Wolford's fine
showing in his first major moot along with Loroy Middloton's
4:45 mile tho best he has run. Hampered with a bad cold over
tho wook-ond ho should improvo groaily in the next few wcoks
and Johnny Mason's fino showing in tho open quartor defeating
some of tho lop 440 men in this part of the country.
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BILL CARTER will roproscnt
tho Purplo and White in the broad
jump and take a place on tho
sprint relay team in tho forth-
coming' Fat Stock show moot in
Fort Worth. Ho placod second in
tho broad jump at Larodo last
wcok-ond.
Linksters Move Into
Fort Worth This Week
The Wildcat golf squad under
the tutelage of Coach A. 13. "Bugs"
Morns will be entered in the va-
rious golf contests in the annual
Fort Worth stock show. Cullen
Cranfill. Don Cranfill Dob Craig
and Jamie Chenault will be the
foursome to represent the Pur-
ple and White. There will be
tough competition in every phase
of this outstanding meet
The Abilene Christian college
Wildcat track squad will cntcr(
the second major tra'pk and field
meet of the year wh;n they go
to Fort Worth on FridayVSfldSatr
urday for the running of the Fat
Stock show.
The cindcrpath squad placing
fifth in the Border Olympics last
week will be seeking to regain
some of the lost prestige against
the same top competition that
was found .it Laredo.
Winner of two events last year
the mile relay and the football
shuttle race the Purple and White
charges of Coach Oliver Jackson
will again face the winning East
Texas quartet in the mile classic.
Tiie Lions took the Border Olym-
pic race in a record breaking
3 25 0 Theie will not be a foot-
ball relay this year.
Expected to pick up points this
week at cowtown are Bill Carter
in the broad jump V. T. Smith
in the javelin and Johnny Mason
in the open quarter mile run.
Coach Jackson is also hopeful
that newcomer Austin Webb will
be able to garner some points in
the weights.
The team will go to Fort Worth
in two sections the sprinters and
middle distance men on Friday
and the weight men and the dis-
tance entrants on Saturday.
According to advance reports
from the headquarters of the
meet in Cowtown. records of scv-
eial different events are due to be
bioken in all classes of competi-
tion Moie than 1000 athletes
.ue enteied in this one of the old-
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 21, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 17, 1948, newspaper, March 17, 1948; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99186/m1/4/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.