McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, December 15, 1939 Page: 3 of 4
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Friday December 15 1939
THE McMURRY WAR WHOOP
Pace Three
The Arrow Head
n mow Ann om i
As is the ciso for hapless tenms pickois of mUlncil
elevens paid onh sennt attention to McMuny m then lecont
choices
Clyde Wood sonioi end made two second alI-confeixiicL
teams those of the Rcpoi tei -News and the l'oit Woith SLai-
Telcgiam Prey Aivdeison selected the foimci team uid
seiiotisly consideied giving Hud WIiolIpi a boith on the
isecond club but fmall settled on Oi 1 of ACC foi the place
Dub King of the Stai-Tclogtam accoided honoiable men
tion to Bill Emerson Ben Bialj and Al Simmons Emotion
Simmons and Wheelei were mentioned for the Rcpoi tei-
Nows' team
Felix McKnight Associated Press sports editoi foi thv
Southwest in direuBsing Little AU-Amcrica jwssibihties
mentioned Cljde Wood No players fiom the Texas Confei-
ence made Little All-America seveiol gaining honoiable
mention
Coach Red Bost of the McMuny jrolf teams says that
shortly he'll have an official announcement concerning a
trip to be taken by the Indian golfers If present plans go
through the Tribe's mashie wioldeis will be stroking against
collegians as far away as Amonn and possibh in California
Tommy Beene McMuny giaduate of the pist spring
enjoyed a successful coaching seison at Aspcimont B belt-
ing the Wcmeit team nlso tutored b in e-Tndian Elmo
Cine Tommj's Hoi nets annexed the championship of Dis-
tinct 12B Last week at Band howevei Aspemiont lo4 13
to 7 in a spnitcd battle foi bi-dihtuct honois
Tommj his unusuilfo laigo numbei of piospectnc col
lege pel formers Jim Buigh quiitei Tom Hill full and
Tiuett Kowan. half aie all chssj bicks In the line Wan en
Donjon guai d and end also appears piomising
Cure his a couple of good men in W T Johnson full
and Sinders m the line Herrmn Jossclet quaitu is also
fan but mij be too small foi college compm
Billed to wrestle Tuesda night at the Sportatoi mm
was Clyde Woods "the Michigan non man" McMunv's
Clyde Wood had quite a bit of fun out of his fellow students
dining the euly pirt of the week telling them about his mat
debut Most of them believed him and wcic anxious to leain
Wedncsdij morning how he came out
In ieiht it was another Chdc Wood(s) fiom Michigan
who did wiestle Aftei the black ee Wood iuf feted fight
mg in the nng lust week lies hkclj to not ciiwl between
thi lopes soon
Incdontilh most of the Indians who did fight ltpio-
sented thcmsoKcs and the itsen ition in top stle Dnid
Willi im wis iw aided i pin of fighting tmnks foi bun '
ludged the second clisstst boei The Lefois flish won i
slugginr ni itch fiom i Pennslvann hd m pcih.ips the best
exhibition of the night In fict most lingsidcr. wee of the
opinion tint Willi ims should lne iceied the wnst witch
fOl fist pi 170
Jesse (Bud) Beene the Robv outh who d mbles at
haw kbhaw nig and attending classes also turned in a widel
cheered exhibition Beene took a wild mitch fiom Dilton
Leneu Eula nouce Beene s punch wis so tenific tint it
opened a cut oei Leheu's 1ft eje so seere that blood squnt-
ed on nngside spectator
In a weird bout R L Wood lost to Roscoe Powell of
Tuscola Little Woody seemed entnelv it a Toss at what to
do Howevei the decision of the judges was universally ac-
cepted ari being rotten
Glenn Hicks the othei Indian to fight lost a decision
to Roy Rogers In poor condition the hard punching Hicks
was unable to stand the pce
&
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the smma. ciRcue.yoo will
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ITS POSITION
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IrocumuBni' t cmve r ia2) rrvtmesr f
nrtxt twin) their VFS so highly
TtWTTHEY SLEPT THRSUQwr flt EVfflRe
oy owes vww. as BEflury
AID. ..for -TtaiR eyts IV"
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Coach Likely To Depend On Frosh
For Basketball Season Indications
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According to f sciEwnnc
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PJ.1NO OR IOSES HIS SIGHT T AU
SblVAGSI T5W CHOSE CFTHSI
IfHEMOWEMCMJS CTU..UWCWAtoa
Several Boys Appear
Good But Not Much
Prospects For Team Yet
Ily ClADh WOOD
As in football Coach Dak Jitor
twin of tin Indians will ulj tins
season on ficshmen for suiclss hi
the basketball Inuluoxl
W.rkiiiK out ihilj art n laiRe
Kioup of promising frosh most
of whom were hotshots in high
school Hist loiklnK of thi ht is
Porter Willis nil regional foiwnnl
at Abilene hich school Possessing
n dcnrllj eye foi the basket Willis
is also a fini defensive man Un-
doul)t(ll. he II make a stroiiR bi 1
for a starting post
Iicslle Carlton four year letter-
man from Bronte looms as likely
starter nt center Rangy and hun
p;ry looking Carlton demonstrates
surprising aftillty on the court He
comes in for his share of the
points too
For the most part howevei thn
Braves are no good Football pads
would probably bi in order for
most of the combatants Certainly
mam of them hit harder nnd more
frequent on the court than on the
gridiron
If earlj practices serc as in
indication of what to expect Mc
Muri y w ill hive a low sc lrmg
machine this winter Virj few of
the bos have lien able to swish
the mesh while those who enn
hue bicomc Mm snS nftei lieing
hit foi the nth timi is they go
under the biskct
Alout the onlj hope is now thit
the Indians will pliv as recklcssh
against opponents as thej do in
scummigc That being the case the
competitois maj not be able to
sUnd the pace After n few hirel
knocks they are likely to be
bounced from the court
To sa the least of it McMuriv
hiskctball is in din straits It's
m hope that the bojs se the er-
101 of their was seen enough
ind settle down to the real cage
gann Pel haps if thej d placd as
roughh in football we wouldnt
hiM. lost - but one gimc
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7 Piano Ensemble
Plays At Criticism
Class Monday Night
The bi monthly Cnticism Music
class met Mondav niht in tin 10I
kgL studio whin thi numbiis of
the class plnji I undii thi Miper
islon of Miss Craig 1iskj head
of the piano dopaitmenU
An ensemble consisting of siven
pianos plaj ed the First and Second
movements of Haydn s Sonato in
I) Major
Those playing for criticism were
loc Boyd Carlylc Holhouser fva
Mac Coffman Jacquelyn Stevens
Shirley Bass Shirley Jollv and
bsrah Ann Stowc
After the piano ensemble had
finished playing the Kroup played
Bach's Prelude of Fugue in D
SEVENTEEN GAMES SCHEDULED FOR
BASKETBALL SEASON MEETING SATURDAY
Fnough fruit trees and berry
incs to make n row from Browns
illi to Dalhnrt and hnlfwav back
were planted by Texns 4 II club
girls during the past jiir sns
Onnh Tacks state girls club igent
for the A nnd M College Fxten-
sion Semce in checking on thi
girls' progicss in club work
Five Games To
Be Played In
Abilene
Cnch Dili N Monison ntttml
i 1 i nutting f tin Tins Athleti
CinfiixiiCL which nut nt Dallas
last Snturdij nt which the sclic I
uli of tin loming bakitbill mii
son was announced
The Indian baskitbillers will
plav 17 games this season nc
cording to the new schedule
Opening Bnmc will bi with West
Texas State at Cnnyon Janunry
4 and 5 while the season finnl
will be with Texas Wesley an in
the McMurry pym March 1
Most of the games nre schedul
ed nway from home Thirteen
gnmes will be played on the rond
and only four games arc schedul
cd for the McMurr gym
At the winter meeting of the
Texas Conference coaches n new
ruling was adopted permitting the
runner up team in basketbill to
Diamonds Watches 1 ockcts
I uggagc Tics nnd Olovc
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Season's Greetings
fiom
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Mason of play
The complete gaskrlball sched
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McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, December 15, 1939, newspaper, December 15, 1939; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth103664/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.