The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, February 10, 1950 Page: 4 of 4
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THE OPTIMrST
FEBIlUAnY 10. 1950
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ACC Leads Conference
With Win Over Javelinas
ACC's title - bound Wildcats
swept their scries with Texas
A&I's Javelinas Monday and Tues-
day nights taking the first game
60-51 and the finale 51-48.
In the first game the Wildcats
jumped into an early lead and
were never headed as Coach A. B.
Morris swept the bench in an ef-
fort to keep the score down. Three
minutes deep in the second half
the Morrlsmcn led 40-22 then a
new team moved in and allowed
the Hogs 39 points in the last ten
minutes. Bill Tcel paced the Cats'
scoring with 15 points and Dec
was runnerup with 10. However
the Hogs' uncanny Harlan Huib-
regtse meshed 26 points for top
honors of the night.
Texas A&I looked like a differ-
ent ball club in the second game
which was close all the way until
the final three minutes when the
Cats pulled away to their winning
margin. Bob Richards and this
fellow Huibregtsc combined to
score a total of 36 points for the
Hogs but that was not enough as
eight Cats scored four points or
more on ACC's well-balanced
quintet Dangerous Dee racked up
16 points to show the way for ttho
Cats sixth straight league win.
A&I led at the midpoint mark
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HARTMAN HALTS in mid-air for a one-handed basket
shot. Teammates Bill Teel and Austin Webb stand by.
THIRD PLACE TROPHY
Kittens Win Honors
At San Angelo Meet
Abilene Christian College's B
team won consolation honors in
the recent San Angelo men's in-
vitational basketball tourney. The
Kittens downed Checker Cab's B
team 57-47 for the third place
trophy.
In their first round game the
ACCians eased by the Ozona Mel-
ton Motors 44-32. Bob McKinney
sank 14 points Harold Thomas 12
and Larry Plasters meshed 11 to
be the Kittens' top point-makers.
Meeting San Angclo's American
Legion club in the second round
the Kittens were pressed but
managed to pull away in the final
minutes and take the contest 55-
44. Rex Bennett of the Kitten team
tied with the Legion's John Kiick
for top scoring honors of the game
with 18 points. Dale Bevcrs and
McKinney accounted for 14 and
10 points respectively in the Kit-
tens' win.
Displaying a well-balanced at-
tack the Kittens moved to the
third round without much diffi-
culty but that was all. Gem Jew-
elers solved the problem and took
the measure of the Kittens 61-
42. Tho JewelcrSj who were later
beaten in the finals by Modern
Cleaners of Abilene 79-47 led the
ACC B team throughout the en-
tire gamc. McKinney grabbed
high point honors for the losers
with 13 points.
In the battle for consolation
honors the Kittens defeated
Checker Cab's B team 57-47. The
Kittens' center Thomas dropped
in 18 points for game scoring
honors and McKinney was close
behind with 14.
At the conclusion of the tourna-
ment Thomas and Bevers were
chosen to the 10-man all-tournament
team. Coached by Bill Mc-
Clure other members of the B
team were Kenneth Hester Paul
Southern Donald Porter Clinton
Black Wayne Boaty Avon Ma-
lone and Lloyd Mansfield.
Thus far this season the B team
has won ten of fourteen games.
Their only losses have been at the
hands of Big Spring and Ranger
Junior Colleges Lorraine Inde
pendents and" Gem Jewelers
They were to meet Graham's In-
dependents in Graham Wednesday
night.
Wildcat
Sportlight
by Robbie Robinson'
22-21 but saw that lead fall when
Nutt slipped in for a layup follow-
ed by another nifty two-pointer
by Harold Hartman.
SAME NAME NO RELATION are these two new-
"comers Harotd Thomas left and Warlick Thomas right to
the Morrismen squad.
NIP AND TUCK
Panthers Are Downed
By Coleman Bluecats
Christian High School's Panth-
ers dropped a 36-35 basketball tilt
to Coleman High's Bluecats last
Friday night in Coleman. The
game was nip and tuck all the
way and went two extra periods
before a free toss decided the
outcome.
At the end of regulation time
the score was knotted 33-33. Rex
Nutt popped in a fielder for the
Panthers but a Coleman lad
matched it as time ran out. In the
second overtime Firtle sank a
gratis pitch giving the Coleman
club their one-point advantage.
Tommy Morris led the Panthers
with 13 points and tied with the
Bluecats' Rodney Pirtle for scor-
ing honors.
Ballinger High School's A and
B teams come to Abilene and
Bennett Gymnasium for a return
match with the Panthers Thurs
day night. A week ago the Bear-
cats swept both A and B tilts
from the Panthers in Ballinger.
McMurry Austin Meet
Conference Leading ACC
Rulers of the Texas Conference
top division Abilene Christian's
Wildcats will meet the cellar
team McMurry College tomorrow
night in Bennett Gymnasium.
Thursday night the Cats will play
host to Austin College presently
breathing on the Cats' heels in
second place in the conference
race."
The Cats hava defeated both op-
ponents in oarlier games this sea-
son. Shading the Austin crew by
one-point 46-45 the Cats return-
ed home and were pressed all the
way in defeating the Indians 43-
38 in Abilene.
Kimbrcll vs. Nutt
McMurry's attack centers a-
round their all-Conference for
ward Hershall Kimbrcll. He and
Dee Nutt the Cats' thrice All-
Conference all-star will tangle in
the evening's offensive fire works.
McMurry's Dell Riley will vie
with A. B. Morris' Harold Hart-
man in an interesting defensive
sidelight. Riley will be guarding
Rlloy
Kimbroll
Nutt while Hartman will be as-
signed Kimbrcll. McMurry's Dick
Richey along with Kimbrcll and
ACCians Hartman and Nutt rank
among the conference's eight lead-
ing scorers.
The hottest Austin College
quintet in ten years Coach Byron
Gilbreath's 1950 Kangaroos are
paced by Jim Wilson all-conference
center and Ralph Buckley
a Dallas cage whiz. Hopers' start-
ing five will probably be Bill
Evans and Clem Sylestine for-
wards; Wilson center; Ralph Mc-
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Wilson is second among the con-
ference's scorers with 253 points.
Buckley is fifth with 221.
29 Wins
ACC and McMurry have met 35
times. The Cats have taken twenty-nine
and haven't been beaten
since 1945. The Wildcats have met
Austin twent-nino times since
1933. Austin has been able to win
only twicef The Hoppers' last vic-
tory came in 1941 when they turn-
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Congratulations to ACC's B
team who won consolation honors
in tho recent San Angolo men's
invitational basketball lournoy.
Bob McKinney omorgod as tho
Kittens' top tournament scoror
with 51 points in lour games an
avorago of 12.8 per game. Other
standout players Included Harold
Thomas Dalo Beavors Larry
Plasters and Rox Bonnolt. Thom-
as and Beavors wero chosen all-
tournament. On tho B team can
bo found tho varsity playors for
tho next couplp or so seasons
Bobby Francis pint-sized Cat
guard got his start on tho B
stringers as did L. G. Wilson var
sity squad mombor.
Welcomed sight on the campus
last week was Snyder's E. J.
"Tiny" Moore 1948 Wildcat let-
terman at tackle. Tiny who weighs
in around 250 pounds will prob
ably fill a big gap in Coach Tonto
Coleman's 1950 Wildcat forward
wall. As a freshman in 1948 Bro
thcr Moore was one of the con
ference's line stars.
Gono from tho campus as a
mid-term graduate is Dick Quails.
Ho may bo gono but ho will novcr
bo forgotten. Not only was Quails
tho backbono of tho oquipmont
departmont laundry injury and
any other department you can
think of around tho gymnasium
ho was a fair hand in track heav-
ing tho platter or to "tho intollccts
tho discus. Ho was active in cam-
pus activities but in tho athletic
department ho drow tho most
praiso and criticism. Taping some-
ono's anklo or taking a cripplo to
tho horso-pltal was all part of
Dick's job. "You never miss tho
water 'till tho well goes dry" is
true and you don't appreciate
Quails until you havo to do tho
things which ho formorly por
formed. Farowoll to ACC's two-
timo All-Confcrenco watorboy.
and 1949 "All-Amorlca honorable
mention."
It won't be too long until the
banging of heads and slapping of
leather will begin. Spring foot
ball practice is around the corner
in fact it is in its first stage-
conditioning. Playing basketball
running relays and physical ex-
ercises are daily must3 for next
year's potentials. Sam Davidson
halfback recently underwent a
ly; operation for the removal of
a chunk of glass. Sambo missed
participating in the Golden Gloves
as a result. A lcttcrman last year
Sam will be back next year for
his final fling in the Cats' back-ficld.
ACC's track ioam is readying
itself for its first moot tho Bordor
Olympics. March 10 11 at Larodo.
Coach Oliver Jackson has poten-
tially tho best material in yoars
and avers that places on tho team
will bo hard to make. Gono are
Johnny Mason Arnold Falrloy
Loroy Mlddlolon Dick Quails
Ralph Ellis all lottermcn last
year. Among tho nowcomors this
year are Don Chism and Bailey
Woods. Chism Is a mlddlo-distanco
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, February 10, 1950, newspaper, February 10, 1950; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99240/m1/4/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.