The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 22, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 30, 1960 Page: 3 of 4
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THE WAR WnOOP
Wednesday March 30 19G0 '!
Pafte
'Murals All-Star Contest
Scheduled for Thursday
McM Edged By Lions
In Duel Tilt 62-60
An All-Star basketball
game scheduled for Thurs-
day at 7 pin In Indian Gym
highlights this week's ac-
tivity In McMurry's men's ln-
tr.imurals. The opposing teams will
come from a 14-man All-Stai
squad picked by the men's
intramuial council The two
teams are composed of the
"cream of the crop' fiotn
the men's Fast League and
were selected on a point bis-
ls from the All-Opponent
teams of the separate teams
in the league.
Taeffel Heads List
Leading the voting was
Ko Sari's Bill Tacgel with a
total of 29 ot a possible 32
points He was selected as
the best player In the lct-
fue by three teams with the
Dhty Shlits' Lee Wcscott and
mil's Terry O'Brien gaining
the other two votes as the
league's outstanding cagei
Rounding out the fhst
tram were Walt MrCaullev
ol Iim and Barton Smith of
Ko Sail with Klva's Chaille
How Come
From
Holcomb
The fine perfoimancel of
the Indian tracksteis foi the
last two weeks has been
quite cncouragln? to local
clndei enthusiasts
Aitei yeais of dwelling in
the murky depths or track
medlocilty McMurry has
.s t a l t c d a i ejm enatlon
among their thinly - clads
and this year the rejuvena-
tion has really payed off
Aftei taking theh division
of the cver-iough West Texas
Relays the Wairiors came
bark and fought perenially
stiong East Texas to a stand-
off befoie finally succumb-
ing In addition five school
tecoids have ahcady fallen
this year ana they all (with
the exception! of the distance
laces) seem to be In constant
daneei of being replaced By
the time the yeai is --one
this year's Indians aie going
to have (their names enguv-
ed in the school iccoid books
with Indelible ink.
Indications point to more
of the srmo in the veiy neai
futuie too This yeai's squad
should be able to stay intact
since there is not one senloi
on the team If all goes well
scholastlcally McMurry
should be almost impossible
to contain on the cindeis
next year.
! If
Consldeilng the previous
ppiformancps of this spring
and In anticipation of more
of the same the McMuirv
Relays April 3t) should be of
special interest to all War-
rior fans.
Hall close behind The cham
pion Dirty Shirts with foui
place the most men on the
All-Star squad while IHR
and the Freshmen gained
three places apiece on the
mythical crew Ko Sari and
Klva round out the squad
with two each
One of the tcims to play
Thursday will be made up of
Teagel Ko Sari; Wescott
Dhty Shirts OBilen IHR;
Jack Jackson Freshmen
Dalton Hicks Dirty Shirts
in nan Ctmi m IHH' .
Rlchaul Comrton IHR and
rhev will onnose a unit
composed of MtCaulley IHR
Smith Ko Sari Hall Klva
George Bridges Dirty Shirts
: Glen Kic?er Dirty Shirts C
L Roges. Klva. and Buddy
Wylle Treshmcn
Dirtj Shirts Win
Tast League basketball was
wound up as Ko Sail blasted
Klva G5-56 in theh annual
Hvnlrv - filled tussle The
Dirty Shirts ended up on the
top of the heap while IHR
captuied the Slow League
championship
Handball tennis and gon
aie the next spoits on the
intiamural agenda while the
yeai will be wound up with
the annual intramuial tiack
meet
The final intramuial bas-
ketball standings:
EAST LEAGUE
W L
Dirty Shlits . 4 0
IHR . 3 1
Ko Sari . .22
Klva 1 3
Fieshmcn 0 4
SLOW LEAGUE
W L
IHR
iDlrty Shlits
rieshmen
Ko Sail ..
Klva
Chi Omlcron
5 0
4 1
3 2
2 3
1 4
0 5
After piling up a 42-10 lead
in the field events McMur-
ry's lack of depth strength
in the distance races pioved
too much of a handicap as
tl Indians fell G2-G0 in a
dual hack meet to East
Texas State in commerce
last Saturday.
The meet the Indians'
first such meet of the yeai
fcatuied two of the best col-
lege tiack units in Texas and
was not decided until the
final vards of the final ev
entthe mile relay.
McMiury while losing
showed its push to tiack
prominence to be valid as
the Waniois" ronquciors the
Lions from East Texas are
peienlally lanked anion? the
bist In Texas college elites
McM Starts Strong
McMuuy started out like
a ball of fire as weight man
Tiacy Byrd and pole vaultei
Herschel Foice showed men
versatility in giabblng two
first places a piece in the
Held events The two tied lor
high point honois In the
meet with 11 points apiece
Bjrd took first In the shot
put with a 52 foot one inch
toss his best of the i"it and
also won first in the javelin
throw His othci point came
fiom a tilid place finish In
the discus
Miller Sparkles
Outstanding pcifoimancc-
I of the meet foi the Indians
ttme leaistcred by bioad
inmnei Bill Mlllei and the
Wnriioi snrint relay team
Miller fieshman lumping
jack fiom Wlntcis defeated
the Lions James Bilid foi
the fiist time this yeai as
Miller jumped 23-0 and
Bahd leaped 23 4 12 The
Indians' othci fieshmen
broad Jumper Donald Davis
I sailed 21-0 foi third place
In the 440-yaid relay the
Redskins sped to a 41 5 tim
ing on a sojgy track to break
came In the mile relay how
ever as the Lions won by
the school record for the
sprint relay Running the re
lay mound the oval wcie
John Dale Lewis Mike Stell
Miller and Biuco Land An-
chorman Land tunning the
100-yaid dash and the 220-
yaid dasn both the 220 foi
the first time this year in
competition came home sec
ond behind Svdney Gai'on
In both races Land lost b
a yaid in the 100 and by
thiee yaids in the 220 and
lecelvcd timings of 9 9 and
21 2 around a full turn in
the two sprints lespectively
Disunites Spell Dlsasttr
The distance laces provid-
ed the Lions their winning
boost however as they fin-
ished 1-2-3 in botll the 880-
vatd tun and the mile tun
The final maigln of victoiy
a yard The dlffei elite came
when Sociates Bagiackas
sped to a brilliant 47 flat
thhd lap to give the Lions
man Don Fostei piotected ym
lesplte a Militant t'liuri. uy
the Redskins' Gus Umphiess I
to talth him Running the
mile lelay foi the Indians
were Paul Rankin Jim
Harvey In both Inn dies Um
phiess '
Big Earnest Paik ?iabbcd
tiist In the discus thiow foi I
MeMui ry's only othci first
while Rankin and Umphress
in the Javelin and Lewis in
the 220 gave McMuuy its
remaining points
This weekend will find the
Indians in Austin competing
in the Texas Relavs With
food health thev should con-
tinue to lmpiess
.. : w '.
itt j wr
IIAWI.LY COMET - Unite
Land junior spttiMer fiimi
ll.iulty tompelcil in l)Mi
the 1011-jard dasli and the
Z'JO-jard dash for the fust
tune this vear last week at
Commerce. Taking all pre
t.iiitions against a pulli I
mlistle miiIi as the o-ie
that slowed him doin lr
the greattr pail of list
j ear the slcndei sprinln
Is rapidly rtRulniiiK hi old
form and will be rc.itlt to k
this weekend .it Austin
zjr.vvfipm-rfwiB&vztt
"
Warrior Trackslers Take First
In West Texas Relays At Odessa
McMuny's up-and-coming I tor McMuny came fiom theh
Tndlan clndermen flexed theh 880-yard lelay unit and theh
tiack muscles and won their I mile lelay unit both of which
first rmlnr track meet in the sct new scno01 maiks In lhe
first major iracK meet in ine McMuriv
histoiy of the school when
they took first place in tne
college division of the West
Texas Relays in Odessa te-
ccntly. The Wanlors used theh
-ivrmii strength in the sprints
lelays and field events to pile
up G2 points and upset East
Texas the second-place fin-1
lsher with 50 points In theh i
two carllei meets the Red-
skins had finished fourth in
the Boidei Olympics and sixth
in the Southwestern Reciea-
tional I
Grabbing fhst plrce hon-
ois individually for McMuuy
weic Tracy Byid In the pole I
vault and Herschel Toice in
the pole vault 'vhile the In-
dlnn 880-vaid relay team
brought home a third blue
RH0-aid lelav the McMuny
combination of John Dale
Lewis Jimmy Diake Gus
Umphiess and Biuce Land
toured the oval twice in a
time of 1 2G5 foi a first
place In the mile relay an
Indian unit of Paul Rankin
Diake Bill Blythe and Um-
phress set a new school icc-
oi d of 3.1G flat but finished
second Outstanding was
Blythc's 47 4 quaitei.
The Wauioi splint relay
team spaikled too as anch-
orman Biuce Land put on a
rally that fell Just shoit of
Texas A and I's first-place
flnishei in a photo finish
Land running in his first
100-yaid dash of the year
finished second behind East
Texas' Sydney Gaiton as the
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The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 22, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 30, 1960, newspaper, March 30, 1960; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth103845/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.