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The Cats Get a New Coach
Abilene Christian's new head football coach Les Wheeler
takes over active control of the Cat's football fortunes Monday.
Wheeler has been bllsjr since
to noaa coach in December. Not the last of his accomplishments
thus far has been the hiring of James Lyda Texas High School
Coach of the Year in 1958 as line coach. Wheeler and .his $&
sistants jiave also succeeded in signing several top gridders for
ACC.
For the post week the coaching
staff has been getting' the team
in shape with calcsthenics agility
drills and running exercises. One
prime example fa that running
drill in -which the players run 20
yiards remain stationary while
pumping their legs run 20 more
yards pump their legs run 20
ywds etc. After doing these for
600 yards one could become
fatigued.
It will be Monday however
when Coach Wheeler actually
takes the reins of the club. On
Monday spring training begins
and for the first time the Wild-
cats will run their plays under
the direction of Les Wheeler.
Wheeler has already indicated
one very important change. Next
season the Cats will send more
plays up the middle. Wheeler has
stated that the team has both
backs with power and linemen
with capabilities of firing out
which will enable ACC to pick up
yardage on this type of play.
This is good news. The fans love
the wide swings around end and
the passing team. It's flashy foot-
ball. But a team that consistently
relics on 'this type of showman-
ship more often than not ends the
season with a poor record.
Say what you will about pleas-
ing the fans nothing pleases them
more than winning. "Five yards
and a cloud of dirt" is the mark
of a team to be reckoned with.
According to Coach Wheeler
one thing will not change: fre-
quent substitution of quarter-
backs. This too is good news.
Different situations naturally call
for different strengths in a quar-
terback and there would be no
logic in sticking with a quarter-
back -who couldn't handle the
problem then facing him.
Confronting Coach Wheeler is
a job as difficult as can be imag-
ined in sports. He must resurrect
spirit in a team which has lost
the desire to win. He is admirably
suited to the problem. The team
respects him; and he has stated
that though the team will play
for fun the only way to have fun
ot football is to win.
Wheeler is the man to do the
job .but he will need the support
of the student body and faculty.
Cats Sign Five
Five high sohool football stars
have indicated that they will en-
roll in Abilene Christian College
in the fall. They are Class AA
All-State quarterback Charles
Reynolds; 100-pound guard Buck
Griffith of Victoria; 100-pound
end Larry Allen of Hlllsboro; 160-
pound halfback Jerry Lowrey of
Rule; and 210-pound guard Wade
McLeod of Roscoe.
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"Land of tha Unknown"
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Given this support Wheeler and
his staff should produce one of
the strongest football clubs in
ACC history next year.
MULLIGAN STEWi The Feb.
10 game with Trinity will be the
ACC student body's last chance
to sec their basketball team per-
form in Bennett Gym this sea-
son. The only other game to be
played in Abilene during the re-
mainder of the season will be the
March -2 McMurry tilt at Abilene
High Gym. . . . It's ironic but the
January Sport magazine named
Jim Reynolds as one of .12 sopho-
more basketball players in the
United States -who "you'll be
hearing and reading plenty
about." Moose is out for the rest
of the season with a broken foot.
Reynolds Injured
Jim Reynolds sophomore bas-
ketball star from Pueblo Colo-
rado will probably be out of the
Abilene Christian lineup for the
rest of the season.
Reynolds broke his foot either
Immediately before or during
ACC's Jan. 20 game with the
Midwestern Indians.
The ace from Colorado was
scoring a record 23 points a game
before the accident ended his
playing. Reynolds netted 345
points in his 15 contests twice
scoring 30 in a single game.
He was leading the Cats in al-
most every statistical column
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throws and 185 rebounds. As a
freshman Reynolds set a fresh-
man team scoring record of 41
points in a single game a 308-
polnt season and a 25.7 point
average.
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Wildcats Foil Once Defeat Two
During Mid -semester Holidays
The Abilene Christian basket'
ball team sandwiched three games
between the end of dead week
and the beginning of the second
semester playing the Midwestern
University Indians the Eastern
New Mexico Greyhounds and the
first of a homc-and-home series
with the Wayland College Pio-
neers. Hitting 58 per cent from the
floor the Wildcats downed the
Pioneers 82-70 in Plainview Jon.
30. ACC trailed for the first 10
minutes of the game but took a
22-21 lead on a pair of free throws
by Pdt Agnew and never trailed
again.
The Oats held a 46-34 halftimc
lead. The Pioneers closed to with-
in four points In the second half
but the Cats regained the lead on
a lay-up by Louis Stone and free
(throws by Doug Beaty Larry
Rogers and Wayne Shamblin.
ACC held a safe lead from that
time on.
Rogers was high point man
with 22 points. Agnew had 17
Stone 14 and Beaty 10. Wayland
hit 34 per cent from the floor and
22 of 35 free throws. ACC netted
26 of 36 from the free throw line.
Two Wildcats poured through
the nets more than 20 points in
ACC's 76-71 victory ove Eastern
New-Mexico Jan. 27 and two
others hit in double figures.
Rogers led the scoring parade
with 23 points; David Wheeler
had 21. Agnew had 13 and Beaty
scored 11.
Midwestern was the first team
to beat ACC on the Cats home
grounds Bennett Gym. The In-
dians had to sink two free throws
after the final whistle however
to make it a three point victory
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Agnew was high point man for
ACC with 26 points .anclVJlm
Reynolds added. 20. Thesiltwo
however were the onlyafCuts
scoring In double figures." t
Midwestern hit 50 per cent
from the floor; the Cats made
good 49 per cent. ACC out re-
bounded Midwestern 34-33.
The game was close in the first
half with the Indians owning a
39-36 advantage at intermission.
Midwestern however built up a
12-point bulge early In the second
half.
ACC made a game of it in the
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Jerry Dyes and the mile relay
team of Abilene Christian College
broke two existing Texas Indoor
dirt records Feb. 2 in the Dallas
Invitational Indoor Track and'
field meet.
Dyes' jump of 23-1 iy broke
the record of 23-10V4 set by Bill
Miller of McMurry at the 1961
Will Rogers Indoor Games. The
Wildcats broke their own record
of 3:25.5 in the mile relay which
they set in 1961 at the Will Rogers
Indoor Games. Abilene Christian's
new record is now 3:22.1.
IN THE MILE relay Bud White
led off for the ACC quartet and
brought home a seven-yard lead
to Dennis Richardson. Richard-
stretched the lead to 12 yards at
the handoff to Elvis Istrc. On the
final relay Earl Young's ten yard
advantage was chopped to a
.stride by Jimmy Langham of
SMU b.-t on the final tour of the
oval the ACC Olympian kicked
out to win by 10 yards over SMU.
The Mustangs second place was
3.24.2. Texas A&M was third with
3:25.9 and Texas was fourth.
In the open 60-yard dash ACC's
Richardsan was fourth and Hous-
ton's Boyd Timmons won. The
Wildcat foursome of James Black
wood Bobby Hargrove" Young
and Istrc finished third in the
two-mile relay which was won
by Texas in 7:50.4. ACC fresh
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was fouled at the bell and sank
two charity tosses to make the
score 81-78.
man Roger OrrelTs effort of 51
was good enough to take a fifth
place in the open shot put
DENIS MOORE of ACC picked
up a fourth place in the open
mile run which was won by
Laurie Elleott of Houston in
4:19.0 flat
Blackwood of ACC finished
third in the university 600-yard
run with 1:17.2. Hargrave took
sixth in the university 1000
which was captured by Thad
Crooks of Texas A&M In the ex-
cellent time of 2:14.8.
Abilene Christian participated
in the Lubbock Indoor Track
Meet Saturday night of Jan. 27.
College Station's " Ted Nelson
nipped Young in the special 500-
yarcl dash with a time of 59.8 to
Young's 60.4. ACC's Moore fin-
ished second to Pat Clohcssy of
Houston in the university two-
mile run. Moore's time was 9:35.6
to Clohessy's time of 9.25.2
Texas sprinter Ralph Alspaugh
won the 60-yard dash with a 6.1.
Richardson placed fourth with a
6.3 in this event. Orrell's shot put
effort of 52-3 came in second
to Danny Roberts of A&M who
had a heave of 56-1 V4. Istre's
time of 1:18.2 won him 3rd in the
open 600-yard dash. Broad jumper
Dyes placed second to McMurry's
Bill Miller with a 24 compared
with Miller's 24-5.
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