The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 19, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 14, 1935 Page: 4 of 4
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I Wildcats Beat Austin College
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'Thujky February 14 19?5
Dickens' Own Life
Mirrored In Novels
"David Copperflcld" tne nil-star
feature which comes to the Para-
mount Theater Monday and Tues
day Feb. 24 and 20 Is more than
a classical work of fiction trans-
ferred to the screen
-In a certain measure it Is the
Jlfo story of Charles Dickens the
novelist.
For It U generally known by all
students of Dlckcnslana that at
ono time the author began writing
n biography. But ho
Southwestern Team
Bows To A.C.C. Men
Parker And Hill Lead
Cats To 28-23 Win
Over Pirates
MORMSMEN EVEN COUNT WITH
AUSTIN TAKING 45-28 FRAY
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Parker And Anderson Lead Wildcats In Scoring
Winfrey Sets Pace For Invaders Inl Slow
Conference Game Tuesday Night
The Wildcats evened up the count with Austin College
last Tuesday night by defeating them 45-28 in Bennett gym-
nasium. Tho Cats had previously lost a ono point game to
the Kangaroos. Although the game waa slow the Christians
rticmlnvn1 onnni-?ni-if v f lirniifrlimif lnvlrn InnA 4-Un nff-nnV
With 18 points. Anderson was next with 12 marks. Winfrev mri poignant the scenes so nd Daniel Baker In falling from
was high for the invaders with eight field goals to his credit. I viyd mJ mGmory "t he could "o top through thC wildcat' of-
TRINITY TIGERS INVADE LAIR
TO END HOME GAMES SATURDAY
Postponed Game Expected To Bring Victory For
Cats Who Hold One-Point Win Over Bengals;
Anderson Hill And Parker Are Threats
Tho A. C. C. basketball squad
upset tho dope bucket last Thurs-
day night to defeat Southwestern
Pirates 28-23 in ono of tho best
gomes of the current season.
Southwestern until that time lnml.
found the lnS tho conference joined Trinity
The fray started with
With The
ATHLETES
3y
Iardegree taking the tip-off ' not contlnuo- r r wns hKhPlnt mm
pnsslng.to Wnlkcr who scored. Aus- Aftcr two or thrC(? attempts to 'of the fray with Hill rankng a
tin took possession of the ball but cntinuo ln biography ho rcwroto close second with 10 and 0 points
had difficulty findinir the baskot.1 il completely making it a third- respectively Newton lead tho vis.
Tho Kangaroos were obviously wild Pcrsn story and creating the fie- "ors with 0 marks.
The Trinity Tlgcra wfnd up a
thrcc-gnmo tour' of Ab'Iono next
Saturday night with a irumo nt A.
C G. Trln.'ty boasts ono" of tho
strongest teams fn the Texas Con-
ference nnd are expected io give
tho Wildcats n tough battle. The
Cats hold a one point victory over
the visitors gained earlier in the
season. Thu Morrlsmcn aro favor-
ed to win by oven a greater mar-
gin in tho fray this week following
their Improved showing against
conference leaders
Triiilty lost n decision to Inward
Poyno tho past week and on this
basis tho Christians aro doped to
win. Tr.'nlty brings u sound of
sophomores which Is the strongest
Hill and Parker who hnvo been
giving tho other conference Indi-
viduals fits for tho honor of lend-
ing tho scoring of tho league will
seo nctlon against tho Bengals nnd
expect to strengthen their posi-
tions nt tho top of. tho scoring ladder.
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for tho first few minutes. Walker UUo.us character "Uavid Copper-; ooumwestern started tho scoring tQ roDreBCnt tho rhnnt In m -fl
tho boy y ringing n two charity tosses. fow RDnBDn). T. nm '- 'T ";
Hotel Wooten
Pharmacy
302 Cypress St.
Abilene Texas
Phone 8833 2-0028
G. Granville Johnson
owner v
went in under tho goal to score
again. Parker nnd Anderson co-
operated with "Andy" adding two
marks to tho growing count of tho
Cats. Clements took n nno-hnruled
shot to bring the points to 0-2.' Hill fully told n tho stry.
had bad luck w'tli hl rvn. thn fcnsJ -nlly believed that he
field" who was. In reality
Dickens. Parker followed soon aftei words to
Portrait of His Father evon tho count. The Invaders again
Alnny incidents connected with jumped Into the lead nnd were over
tho novelist's childhood arc falth-ftan "V Hill. A free toss gavo
It is gon-jtho Pirates 6-4 ndvnntagc after 11
drew the ' minutes of play. Up until tho last
ELBERT "ANDY" ANDERSON
Saturday eve the Wildcats tan
glo wUN the boys from Wnxahn
chic who will be out to avenge the
ono point loss they suffered nt tho
lutnds of the Alorrismcn earlier in
tho season. We anticipate n real
battle between these two first-
class quintets but our prediction
is more than a one-point victory
for the Cats.
Tho highly touted team of.
Georgetown left Abilcno last week
with their hopes for conference
championship shattered sufforing
three losses to local teams. Tho
Southwestern lads aro good but
did not rate with the West Texas
opposition.
Jtet seemingly having nn over-size
rim. Tho Kangaroos got together
to put Winfrey In position to score.
Parked pivoted and pushed tho
ball in to make tho record 8-1.
Parduo made good on a charity
toss.
Anderson found the range from
tho field to increase tho Wildcat
lead to 10-5. Parker duplicated his
previous performance to score. Ho
followed the shot up with n two
handed effort which wns clean givj
Ing A. C. C. n 7 point advantage
serio-comic character Micuwbsr
from tho experiences of his own
iather who like Mlcnwbcr was
"always expecting something to
turn . up." Other characters and
scenes nro likewise bits from
Dickons' own experience.
This according to authorities
explains tho fact that the story wns
Dickens' bost work and wus fro-
fivo minutes tho Buc8 lead but
Parker broko looso to tlo tho count
nt 7 all. The Christians lead at
half-time. Walker and Hardcgrci
looked good at guard posts and
hold the visiting forwards score
loss for the first period.
fow seasons. The gome was orlir.1
innlly scheduled for January 22 but
was postponed becnuso of tho enU '
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Djn.-) inuiwug n unwise to bring i
tne team on such a trip. Anderson.
THOMSON-
(Continued from Page Ono)
P1GGLY-WIGGLY
Operated by J. P. Nichols
and Sons
Four Stores Four Markets
in Abilene
speech in sections of.
States Mr. Thomson
tho United
.... ..-w...0V.l D1I1U. J.I1V
1 American speech is becominir more
ino homo-town boys held n ono and nioro homogeneous. Tho ra-
point advantage after 12 minutes Ho nnd automobile arc two factovs
of tho second half had elapsecK Par-1 that oro craslntr tho differences
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quently referred to by tho author. Ker nnl Hill wero. all over the floor '" American speech." Mr. Thorn
htmnelf as "my favorite child." I attempting to widen tho mnrgln. son carries out his democratic pcr-
On tho screen "Dnvld Copper-' Nowron and Barnes clicked to give sonnlity oven in his att. Ho snd
field" retains all the spirit of com. t the Pirates a lend of 21-i7. Hill "I oven take on cnouirh of the la-
Tho Christian forwnrd found tho dy' l)atlDB nnl romnnce that dfe-land Parker accounted for two buc- callly to keep from 'being obtsu-
basket growinir larger nnd tho I tinBuishod the novc1 Tho Picture. kta to knot tho count with five'sivcly Bostonlnn."
Tlnrrlnlrrnnl " 3l OJ BlXiy-IIVC SUITS " v Bw. will jll UCL'VUUU IO
iikiuiiuii . . . f . . .. !. ... ...... t
iinu icaiureu piuyers in mo pnn- " w 'y "' vug uy ainKing
clpal roles. It is n David O. Seh-1 thrc beautiful goals for right side
A $... ... ... ..... :. ..inlck nrodu.-ton for Metro-Gold- court.
tin. inft fnr tho r-t hnif. ni. fwyn-Mnyer with George Cukor dl- bouthwestern
i ... .. rcctlng. Gicsecko
love narrowed the margin to 14-8. """' ';
wir i ..uu i w Among tho brilliant players aro' Simmons f
count went up to 14-7.
began to show his power at guard
and the Austinites found their pass.
H-SU looks like n cinch winner
of tho Texas Conference crown.
The Cowboys have such a nice
schedule with which to accomplish
the feat. It seems unfair to the
olhcr schools that Hardln-Sim-mons
does not have to meet two
of Uie strongest teams in the rncc
McMurry nnd A. C. C. The Hill
Billies aro the only (cam that will
gain a decision over the .Cowboys
and this is only a prediction.
Parker had trouble in hitting tho
goal in tho Austin fray ho could
only account for nlno field goals
totalling 18 points. Tho- depart-
ment wishes Parker better luck
next time. This was tho best game
the Wildcat center haB played this
season and there arc five left so
Jio may improve.
. "Hardcgrco turned in some won-
derful defensive work in the last
tew games although making
- lew points many times ho has
taken care of two or three men
under their own goal till he was
finally given nid.
SPEECHES-
(Continued from Page Ono)
nnd men's debate.
Thoso schools uttendlng wcro:
Mary Hardin-Baylor BeltonjNorth
Texas State Teachers Denton;
Southwestern University George-
town; Baylor Unlvorslty Waco;
Southwcntern Teachers Durant
Oklahoma' Central State Teachers
Edmond Oklahoma; Texas Chris-
tian University Fort Worth; Texas
Tech Lubbock; Oklahoma Baptist
University Shawnee Oklahoma;
Abilene Christian College; Wichita
Falls Junior College; Southern
Methodist University DnllasjHow-
nrd Payno Collegot Brownwood;
Hardln-Slmmons Unlvorslty. nnd
McMurry College of Ab'lcne.
One Table of Ladies Shoes
$1.59 pr. WINTER'S BASE-
MENT STORE SALE.
to odd two more points.
Parker tipped the ball In to start.
tin Christians off and Anderson
followed with a tvro-hnndod effort
tj bring tho rer rcls to 1SK.
Iirtedlove countsred bu. Walker
dropped one In frjjii close under to
give A. C. C. an 8 point advantage.
Hardcgrco looped in n beautiful
shot before Haggard was sent m
for Hill. Anderson pushed tho cow.
hido balloon to end tho half with
tho Wildcats maintaining tho lead
21-12.
Coach Morris sent Baldw'n Car.
tor and Stono in to replace An
dorson Hardegree and Hnggard in
starting tho final stanza. Parker
soon found the range to increase
the lead 2(5-12. Austin profited by
tho intermission nnd was clicking
better. Parduo added n single point
nnd was followed by Winfrey's long
shot to narrow tho margin to 2C-15.
Tho Kangaroos repeated tho per-
formance to draw closer by three
points. Carter passed to Parker to
make the count 28-18. Tho Wild-
cat subs were withdrawn with Hill
Uatdcgrcc and Andy coming mlo
tho gamo.
With 15 minutes left to play both
captains wero given frco throws
Crook connected to give tho Kan
garoos an extra point. Parker
sought rovongo with a push up
giving tho Purple nnd White un 11
point lend. Winfrey shot one In to
bring tho count to 30-21. Ho fol-
lowed the score by rolling tho ball
Into A. C. C. territory where ho
began to dribble nnd recorded a
bucket.
Tho next five minutes found Hill
making n set-up which wag offset
by Purdue's field goal. The ball
went from Hill to Anderson thence
to Parker who dropped It In making
tho count 34-24. Anderson follow-
ed with a nice shot. In tho next
threo minutes Wnlker scored and
Inter mado a perfect pass to Par-
ker who utilized the opportunity.
Clements gavo his team-mates n
i W. C. Fields as Micawber; Frank
Lawton and little Freddie Bar-
tholomew sharing the title role;
Lionel Barrynioro Madge Evans
Maureen O'SullivAn Edna May
Oliver Lewis Stone Elizabeth Al-
lan Itolund Young and Basil Rath-bone.
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mural activities will be sponsored Hardegree g 0
by tho department this spring.! Baldwin g 0
INTER-CLASS-
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They state that several Intra-' Carter c
Newton f
Endicott c
Gddlngs c .
Barnes g
Rodgcrs g .
Fikes g
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Anderson f .
Hnggard f I
Hill f
Inter-class basketball will bo start
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Volleyball stnndings:
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Juniors 10 2
Freshmen .. ... 8 4
Sophomores 4 8
Seniors 2 10
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Thomson commended President
Roosovclt on his real democratic
feeling and said that tho poise and
energy of his speech revealed his
genuine feeling for nil men. As
to the understanding of art nnd
the common man ho atd "I have
no patience with these people who
worship some fettlsh that Is 'the
pure art which is too high to bo
appreciated by tho common
horde'."
THIS YOUNG LADY
is on her way to buy
her artist's supplies
nnd picture frames at '
The Abilene Builders
Supply
At
1182 Ncrfh 3rd
Phone 5345
We go the Limit to Please
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Officials: Payno nnd Crnnflll of
Bethany.
ALPHA CHI-
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selectivity courago honesty ob-
jectlvo leadership activity nnd
rendincss.
A brief business dlsruss'on was
held in order to decide the speaker
and program of tho chtpcl exor-
cises of which tho Alpha Chi has
charge.
thrill with a goal nnd Walker used
his charity toss. Haggard replaced
Hill Scott for Walker. Winfrey
connected but Haggard evened It
up by rushing down tho length of
tho court and hitting tho bucket.
During tho next two minutes the
players had a game of "keep-away"
varied by nn occasional shot Hag-
gard ended tho gamo with a good
shot.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 19, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 14, 1935, newspaper, February 14, 1935; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101275/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.