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Sports Review
By DELL HEINRICHS
With the onrush of fall. comes
the glorious football season,, The
crowds will roar as a halfback
speeds GO yards for a touchdown,
and they will groan as their quart-
6erback is smothered as he tries to
pass.
The fans will crowd the stadiums
won Saturday afternoons. With the
colorful uniforms of the players
and the bands plus the fall colors
in the crowds makes a sight equal
to that of the most colorful paint-
ing in ■ the world.
After the season starts, the
■ question is, "Who. is the number
one ,team in the nation." That will
be a hard question to. answer.
• _ In the Pacific Coast Conference
"tile team to heat .will be U. C. L. A.,
the number one team on several
polis last year. They were unde-
•ifeatcd in nine games. They have
"All-American Fullback Bob Dav-
, enport returning along with sev-
eral other outstanding stars. One
of the most publicized stars never
to have played a down, of varsity
hall, Ronnie Knox, will probably
be the cogpin of the' Uclans. If
he ever starts Knox is a sure fire
All-American.
.It is Oklahoma University all
the way in the Big' Seven Confer-
once. The Sooners are undefeated
in their last 19 games. O. U.
,hasn't been defeated in conference
play since 1947. They have scored
in 95 consecutive games, a nation-
al record, and have given the coun-
try 18 All-Americans of which five
have been quarterbacks. Center
Jerry Tubbs (all state, Brecken-
ridge's state champions 1952) and
Quarterback Jimmy Harris (all
state, Terrell's state champions
1952) are mainstays and gifts from
Texas to O. U.
In the Southwest Conference
the champion will be ? ? '/ It will
be the closest race in several years.
The strongest tpam appears to be
Rice. They have Eddie Rayburn,
Marshall Crawford, and Jay Ri v-
iei'Oj all veterans, returning on the
line. In the backfield they have
Jerry Hall (FB), Jack Throckmor-
ton (FB). King Hill (QB), Frank
Ryan (QB),'and Virgil Mutschink
(HB). Ryan and Hill, both sopho-
mores, are two of the outstanding
passers in the nation.
Iowa has a good, chance of he-
coming the number one team in
the- nation if they get by such
powers, as U. C. L. A., Michigan,
Ohio State, and Notre Dame, All-
American guard Calvin Jones leads
> the Iowa line which averages 217
pounds from end to end. They have
the Big- Ton's leading ground gain-
er and scorer in halfbacks Eddie
"■"Vincent and Earl Smith.
Always has been and always will
be one of the top teams in the na-
tion, Notre Dame. The Irish are
not Ioatfed, but I wouldn't bet
against them. They have too much
fight and team spirit to ever be a
losing team. Football is 90% de-
sire'and the Irish have ever bit of
It.
Number one on several polls
last year was Ohio State. Led by
j All-American halfback Howard
; Cassady the Buckeyes went all the
way through, the season and the
Rose Bowl undefeated, and there is
^ no reason why they -can't be unde-
feated this season except for Mich-
igan and Iowa. Of course though
Watches
/
Diamonds
Jewelry
Ohio State cannot return to the
Rose Bowl.
Here he comes, there he goes.
That will be, the expression at
Michigan this year because they
have speed at every position. At
left half they have three boys who
have ran, 9.8 centurys. before in
track. In the bitcktield there are
10 boys who run a. ten flat (or
better) in the 100. On the line they
have All-American candidate Ron
Kramer at end. If they can find a
capable quarterback they could end
up in the Rose Bowl.
In the Eastern Independents it
will be Army and Navy fighting it
out for the championship.
Army has several returning stars
including Pat Uebel (FB), Bob
Kyasky, (HB) Mike Ziegler, (IIB),
and Ralph Chesnaskues, (T). Ail-
American end Don Holloder has
been switched to quarterback. The
leading sophomore backfield can-
didate and potential All-American
is Tony Munger, 190 pound half-
back who runs the hundred in 9.9
Munger hails from Mineral Wells,
Texas.
Navy wont be as strong as they
were last year, but a good season
is coming- up. Their leading- players
are George Welsh, quarterback,
and All-American end Ron Beagle.
Earl Smith, the other end, caught
two TD passes from Welsh in the
Army game last year as a sopho-
more.
Maryland once again has one of
the strongest teams in the nation.
All-American candidates center
Bob Pellegrina and quarterback
Frank Tamburello are the main-
stays of the team. The Terps clash
with U. C. L. A. on September 24.
This is the game of the week and
could very easily turn out to be
the game of the year.
Chug a Chug conies the "Rambl-
ing' Wreck from Georgia Tech led
by quarterback Wade Mitchell,
center Jimmy Morris, and half-
backs Paul Rotenberry-and Jimmy
Thompson. Franklin Brooks at
guard is one of the best in tlie
country. Look for- the 'Wreck to
Ramble' over its opponents this
year.
When the bowl games roll
around January first, be sure and
remember that the teams didn't
get there on reputation, but it too!;
desire,, ability, coaching, brain-
work, and niucho sweat to reach
the top.
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North Side of the Square
DAVID GREER
, . . driving fullback
Plowboy Fullback
David (Bull) Greer
In the Purple-White intrasquad
game a week ago David Greer
won the starting fullback position
for the Plowboys against Allen
Academy. David is a letterman
from Pleasant Grove where he
graduated from high school in
1953.
At Pleasant Grove Greer was a
four sport letterman. As a three
year letterman in football David
made the all-district fullback posi-
tion his senior year. Greer also
made- all-district in basketball.
He also lettered in track and base-
ball in high school. Greer ran hi
the track intramurals for Year-
wood Hall last spring. In high
school football Greer scored CO
points for his one year high in
high school football. He scored 12
points for the Plowboys last year.
During his senior year at Plea-
sant Grove Greers classmates vot-
ed him the best all-around Senior
boy. He not only was popular in
high school, but also is a very pop-
ular boy around the Tarleton State
campus.
Greer's main ambition at the
present is "to get out of college."
David is majoring in business at
TSC, and is undecided on where he
will attend college after he leaves
Tarleton.
Tuesday, September 19, 1955
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Tarlefbn Defeats Allen
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First Home Game
Paris Dragons
Saturday Night
The first home game of the sea-
son . . . Paris, Juitior College, at
Memorial Stadium Saturday night.
!t will, be time to-'bring out Lhe
Tarleton. spirit and^bpost the boys
on to vlctoi y. Paris, - defending
Texas Conference Champion, has
seven leettermen 'returning this
season.
In last year's game the Dragons
caught fire in the,, third quarter
and defeated the Plows 83-6.,
In the last ten years the Plow-
hoys have not been' able to salvage
a victory over Paris. In 1953 it was
f.3-13 with Paris on top. The 20-14
score in 1052 was the closest game
in the series, between the two
squads, ,
Tarletons 1955 team will carry
more weight than the 1954 aggre-
gation. The backfield will average
'77V on the starting group, and
that is six pounds over last years
group. In the liij^the '55 group
is seven pounds over the boys of
'G4 with a starting' lineup average
of 198. The overall starters will
average 189% which Is six pounds
heavier than last, years Pioneer
Conference Champions.
At eig'ht o'clock Saturday night
two defending champions will take
the field to , begin Tarleton's first
home game of the 1955 season. It
promises to.be. an exciting- game
and could produce Tarleton's first
victory over Paris Junior College
on the gridiron in. more than a de-
cade.
In 1908 a bequest of money from
a citizen of Erath County, Mrs.
Mary Corn-Wilkerson, made it pos-
sible to erect a brick jormitory
for girls.
We invite you to our Barber Shop
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10 Passes Attempted
5 Passes Completed 7
1 Pusses Intercepted by I
(I for G9 Penalties, No, Yds. 9 for !10
•f for 98 Punts, No. of Yds. 1 for 8Si
2 Fumbles recovered by f)
Tarleton's Plowboys defeated, the
Allen Academy Ramblers 21-7 Fri-
day night at Bryan.
The Plows with Jerry Flemmon
at the helm struck first on a 44-
yard pass from Flemmons to end
Mike Myers. Flemmons converted.
Another pass to Myers set' up the
second TD for Tarleton. David
Greer plunged over from the one
and- again Flemmons converted.
DeVoy Shaw sneaked for the
Rambler's TD and Jerry Whitaker
converted.
Fullback Joe Thompson rammed
one yard for the last Tarleton
TD and Joe Broyler converted..
Gary Berry was the outstanding*
runners for TSC gaining 90 yards.
Outstanding- on the Tarleton line
wfere Larry Hill Gene Baker, Jim
Roberts, Jerry Martin, and Mike;
Myers. ■
Scores by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total
Tarleton 7 7 0 7 21
Allen 0 7 0 0 7
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 20, 1955, newspaper, September 20, 1955; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140575/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.