The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 22, 1937 Page: 4 of 4
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Weemsmen
To College Station
First Win Yet
To Come Since
Two Years Ago
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S Cats Beat Aggies
Couple Years Back
With 8 Point Lead
Tuosdny morning Cotoch Wooms
will bundle up a group of 20
tinpafnl olndormon and Journey to
Cohcgo Station where they will
meet tlio A. & M swlftlca in a
ilnnl moot which Is scheduled .tor
2:po on Wednesday. TIiq team
will return on Thursday.
Tlio dopo bucket has It that tho
JV. "fc M. lads will emerge with
a ten or twelvo point margin but
qoncli Weems' boys say that tho
clojto buckot Is nil wot. They hovo
pledged theniBolves to gi'o tho
Tjcat thoy'vo got and will bo out
to Win.
TWO YKAItS 8IXOK WIN
Tho Cats have beat the Aggies
only once. That was two years
ago when they catno out with an
lght-polnt lead tho count being
5.57. Last year tho A. & M. boys
won by a wldo margin but tho
meet next week promises to bo a
much moro Interesting affair.
' Xast week Texas U. won over
i. & M. Tnxas tnklng nlno first
places nnd A. & M. taking soven.
.A.&M showr.l particular strength
in tho Javelin high and low hur-
dles the twe mile run. tho shot
rnt. tho pole vault and tho 410
yaidrtnsh. 'Ihese wero the events
In which A.&M heat Texas.
311011 HUItm.KS imOMISINO
Tho high an I low hurdles prom-
5-s to.be ( classy dual for Mol P'nco In Shorman on May 14. This
Ht-rzlclt of A. ft M. ran a 14.9 inwl" l curtains to sovoral track-
tlie high and a 23.7 In the low to sters wll havo seen much service
tnko two first places. Dowoll of sInce their careor began. Tho ones
.ACC has bottuied Herzlck's hIghnakInB tholr lost trip will bo
Jr.irdlea mark and Is capable of Captain Sonny Cowan Hosa Pnrk-
teinmlllng the line mado In the er Jap allulch nnd Whit Whit-1'iu-n
-wTilch 1 coptlonnlly good. ton burg. Loulo Cure Is a senior
In tho two mile run Ellis will but has another year of ollglblll.
liave som? c1jsh competition for.ty and Is going to take advantage
iA.&M. won ihe first two places ot 't.
".n tho TWsih U.-A.&M. meet.
"Ilowovor wit! his best raco of
the year V.'feemi. expects him to
d.i rnder n 10 mluuto two mile.
avRi:nT i:r.nn:iu:i
IFUlirr Pi"ipkc:. or North should
a'.'e the nail irlle and Rushing
sind A hiitml'iirg aro expected to
set tho pattern in the mtlo run
Tihilc Da en puri. Parker Ueav-i-a
and Hatilcli are making points
2n iln field events.
n'niitt is expected to bo fully
recovered from his Illness by the
end f tho week and to be run-
.nlng the first of next week which
will add strength to the toam.
AXNOITXCTC TOMORROW
U -will not bo definitely known
Just exactly who will make thtt
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rlp to College Station until io-J ::'" ."T. W
morrow when Weems will put I J" r T?' . nVentr-
his boy through tho paces nnd I J er' 8t" aml 0"r
pick the best men. However tho I ' W W'Jatri column (until
tollowlng men will probably mako''in8Jaek; S"ny SPrt SoP-
hr h-ln- I Sony a the handy mnn around
Dashes Prultt Summers na.
1er; 440 and mllo rolny Captain
Sonny" Cowan Burnett Lovern .
WcAdnms; half mllo Simpson
nnd North; two mllo Ellis and
lurnor; field events Parker
Baulch McCook Davenport Wil-
Hums Beavers McBeo and Wll.
won; hurdles Dowell.
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""Across the Street From
the Post Office" '
HICK'S GROCERY
(For Graduations EL'GINS
C. M. PRESLEY
JEWELER
Service and Quality
209 Vine St.
Tt
Bundle
HPC SWEEPS TRACK MEET
FROM WILDCATS 66-51
sonny s
sport
soup'
As Slung by OlU Gnrncr
Flowers whito ones ond pink
onos rosos and posies mourning
flowers for tho (wildcat cinder
shakers who .failed to shako thq
clndors on the Cat track Saturday
afternoon and wero left holding
tho bag Tho men who woro most
oxpoctcd to mako points wero tho
ones who faljod to tally. Tho field
mon camo through beautifully
but tho runners oh well we'll
got 'cm at Ilrownwood and nt thoj
Conforonco meet In Shorman wo'
hope.
s's S
Congratulations to Thomas
Whittonburg the senior from
Sweotwqtor who turned In
one of tho best races of tho
day and tho beet raco of his
career. Nlco gains Whit; a
4:35 Is not a bit bad. Wo hope
you knock 10 seconds off of
that before tho Conforonco
meet.
S S S
Tho track calondar as It re-
mains hnlita anlv tliron mnrn trnrlr
moct8. no with Texas A & M next
Wl.nn..nv nt on
Wednesday nt College Station
another dual meet with Howard
I'hyne Collogo on May 8 and tho
Conforonco meet which takes
SS3
Dack In tho goffd ole homo
town wo nlways pick tho
schools best all-round nthlote.
It doesn't scorn 'to bo n cus-
tom hero but I'll mako a
nomination for the position.
Lewis "Ross'' Parker has
played 4 years of football 4
years of basketball and has
been a WooniBman for 4 years
and has taken part In nearly
every other activity oth than
tlddle-de-wlnks und p I n g-
pong nnd seems to be tho one
most eligible for tho slot.
So "Hoss" Parker Is my can-
didate for all-round nthlote.
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Laurels are duo to another fa.
.Vnt'ltn nn Mm ...... ..
this burg. Ho serves on tho Ath.
letlc Committee. has managed
fo00tlmU a"1d """"nil team for
- yenis and now Iq captain mnna-
Bor bus-driver and water boy for
tlio track team. There's nobody!
HKe "Joe" Cownn to drive that
bus. My Compliment to Sonny la
this He's tho guttlest llttlo run-
ner that ever donned a track shoo
sss
Flash ! ! ! Grady Jackson
the thunderbolt from Throck-
morton Fort Sill and nil
points north will henceforth
nnd hereafter bo called Hir-
am "Sora - Arm" Jackson.
Jackson. (Plcaso atir contents
thoroughly shnko woll. nnd
throw away.) '
Thnt Canadian .from Canada
seoms to bo ono of the best pro
spects Coach Weems hag had In
many n day. Coach says "Ho's
the best eligible two-mller in Tex
as and Is In the class with na
tlonal rnmptitlon." Power to
you ElHs; I hope you go a long
way. Kills If ybu run two .miles
In 10 minutes' flat nnd its 1800
miles to your home town way up
there in Canada 'you don't need
a car you -can 'run home In 6
Up For Journey
Next Tuesday
days nnd 6 hours "nt counting
time out for weighing in nt tho
border.
sss
J O Black literally skun-
ked his opposition last Sat-
urday night In tho Badmin-
ton exhibition In tho first eyt.
J. O. won it lli-0. However
J. O. doesn't want it mention-
ed that thn follow ho played
was not tho Dallas champ but
n Bubitltuto. Tho champ hap-
pened to bo a Doctor and a
call kept him from filling tho
engagement.
BBS.
Coach Mortis sooms to havo
trouble gottlng a few guys liko
Holvey Klrkpatrick and a. Orr
out for practlco whon It's announ.
ced that thov aro to scrimmage
Simmons. Q. Orr says "They play
roughor than I fight." But little
Orammlo really mixed It up with
ulgn8 of being n very promising
them tho other day nnd shows
signs of being a very promising
pigskin snnpporback.
BSS
It's dotorml nation nnd con-
rfldoncQ that builds any athle-
tic team into a winning team
whoro you liayo somo ability
to build on. Boys llko Dowoll
Rushing North Prultt Sum-
mers Burnett Baker nnd oth-
ers nmong tho clndermon
havo plonty of ability. All they
nood now Is confidence and
determination. C'mon gang
show that grqnt guy Coach
Weems that you'vo got what
It takes on the Inside and lot's
beat that cocky Howard Pay.
ne bunch.
sss
And In tho meantime: Lot's tlo
A &M's tall In a knot Ilk tho
Weemsmen did 2 years ago.
So on to A..& M.
Power to yo Cnts.
BBS
Musings: Well R'opo McCook
could run the dashes If ho would
try I'll lay money on Squlbb's
team in the Intra-sqund skirmish
tomorrow bocauso ho has on his
toam that Incomparable pair P.
Orr nnd Loo the Lion Tamor from
Oil Well City Jap Baulch says
"With La NoIIq watching me I can
Jump over 22 feet every Jump
However Baulch & Ross tho
social elites aro putting tholr
whole hearted nt'tentlon to their
social duties Tho Brown's Bonrd
ing Houbo Boys dldn'i make a
Snlln T m9n ISatUrdni1- RoU!
tor drop tho anvil boys. Charac
teristic names in the hoy's hall
now aro: "D. D." Miller "Soro
Arm" Jackson. "Uncle" Sloan
"Jnp" Baulch "Watch-chain" New
mdn Wubbns" Garner (Big G.)
and "Woll Rope" McCook. If In
uuuui u iu muuiung bsk mom.
Everyono seemed to enjoy and np-
preclato all thoso nlco seats the
school officials had out at tho
track last Saturday We'll soon
havo n stadium though cause I
saw Mousle building It. And If
you don't think Mousle Is a good
workor nsk him. Coach Weems
was In tall cotton last week whllo
in Des Moines. Even the (iovornor
asked him out but Coacii. refused
becausq tho Governor used "with
tho wlfo and I A. & M. looks
nwfully tough fellows; hotter get
ready ifor them Sleopy Smokey
Joe Death. Wind Landers wants
a leading role In the Junior In-
tra-mural play but he won't play
anything bijt ft cowboy gangster
or foqtball hero. As a last
word trackstors let's spill tho
dope bucket and sinash A. ft M
Boys . . we have tho npy ttyc
in VtTl-j U.U'XJlllJH i bu.iw
Pair SnNTPKR'H BASpfNT
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Yellow Jackets
Best In Short
Races Dashes
ACQ TAKES LONG
CONTESTS AND
FFIELD EVENTS
Saturday artornnoon tho How-
ard Payno ColIcKo track and field
aggregation swopt a dual moot
with tho ACO tracksrers on tho'
local gravol path by a point total ncsday night tho quartot mado
of GC to Clj Tho'Yolidw Jackets its dobut nt tho breakfast. Law-
showed unusual strength in tho ronco Smith managed tho trip un-
dnsllca' and'feliortor tolepiI' wlilo ill Wnilnn1nv nlirht wimn nn tt
tho 'wildcat thinly dads plfcked!
up sovoral points In tho longer
races and field events Outstand.
ing exhibitions wero turned In by
Howard of HPC who ran tho
440 In 49 seconds nnd by Reese
of HPC who captured first placo
In both tho high and low hurdles
Tho results of tho two dashes
mlcht hnvo -been tnncli illffnrnnt
had Everett Prultt. freshman
sprinter from Mundny been en- ScUoot "nd nnotlor to Waxoha-
torcd. iPmltt was 111 with tonsil- ch tor a Uolnry cMb (lnnor'
litis nnd was unnblo to run. I nd a v0y hot nn(1 hmnW irl
Following is ft detailed account t0 narlw tt" tho same to En-
of tho results: nls tor ft church sorvlco Thursday
100 yard dash Miller (HPC) "sht- '
Summers (ACC) tlmo 10:1; Miltord High School henrd a
220J yard dash Miller (HPC) program Friday morning nnd
ummors (ACC) 21:2. jthencq to Itasca whoro COO stu.
410 Howard (HPC) BarbCO.i lonts wnrn nlinnnf wllillv nnlii.
(HPC). 49;
Half MIIo Wilson
Simpson (ACC). 2.03:
Mllo Whittonburg
(HPC)
(ACC)
Honson (HPC) 4:3C;
Two mllo Ellis (ACC). 10.22:
220 Low Hurdles Reese (tvo anA artistic programs of tho
ID?C) Dowoll (ACC) 23:8; tour' was at Cleburne Church
110 Low . Hurdles Recso 'Friday night.
(HPC). Dowoll (ACC). 14:7: Saturday morning pilot Blrchltt
Mllo Relay Howard Payno. B"Wed "Hosporus"' Jnto Fort
Tlmo 3.26; Worth boforo 8:30 and eyeryono
plscus- Beavers (ACC) Flot- t tot for tne WBAP program
cher (HPC) 1356"; j Thondq to one o ftho extravngant-
iShot Put Flqtchor (HPC)1 v furnished Minora Wells hotels
Wiedoman (HIPC). 45' 2"; for dinner nnd merrily Into ACC
Javolln Parker (ACC). Price nt 4 ended tho tour. Audloncos
(HPC) 182'8"
High Jump McBeo (ACC)
Wilson (ACC) nnd Llttlo (HPC)
tlo for second C 11";
Brond Jump Baulch (ACCj
oCook (ACC) and Nunley
(HPC) tlo for second. 22' 7 1-2"
Polo Vault Nunloy (HPC)
Little (HPC). Jwlndlo (HPC).
Three way tie for first 11 feot.
FIRST ACC SPORTS
CARNIVAL SUCCESS
First A. C. C. sports carnival
SrVOd t0 b0 a great 8UCCC8S l08t
Saturday night.
Approximately
400 peoplo saw tho evening nor.
lormanco ana seomeu to enjoy it
thoroughly.
Tho tumbling team from the
uauas y. w. u. A. wnicn was
headed by Jamos Parker veteran
coacii ana Hnowman received thq
greatest acclamation of tho sports
fn na Tim fumMAtui n m n nn
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ontlro crowd.
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Nine girls teams entered tho
Volleybnll tournnmont tho final
being won by tho Estollno dole-
gntlon ovor a fine outfit from
Sunset Consolidated school. Other
teams entered wore from Abllpno
Clydo Denton Morkol Wyllp
Hawloy and Ovnlo.
In tho ward school division.
Munday won evoryi game they
played In the round robin scho-
dule nnd were winnors In that
division. Other teams finished In
the following order: Denton of
Callahan Co. Buffalo Gap Haw-
ley Wyllo and North Park. I
Threo teams of men volleyball-'
ei'B from Munday Dallas and
IJowena mUod. It up oni Munday)
emerged yjctorlous. In that divl-!
slon of thq sports carnival.
TJio IJallas amlnton Champ-:
Ion was unable "9 appear and his!
l!
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.' Monday marked the beginning
of a wook of Inlonso drill among
tho spring training aspirants. Dur-
ing the wook offensiro woVk will
be stressed being climaxed by nn
lntra-sqund Hcrimmago on Friday.
Several scrtmages with tho
Hardln.SImmon8Bo.und are also
on tho bill of faro. Tho toam has
boon divided into two groups and
coaches aro Ross and Cnrruthors.
Coach Ross group of hopofulB in-
ehido O Orr Coloman Nolson S.
Cox Cnublo I)o Moss Notting-
ham. Stokes Landors Riddlo
CUro McCnlob Connol Klrkpat-
rick McDonald Black Rollings
nnd Jackson.
Coach Carruthors' squad con-
sists of F. Orr Scott Durham W
Cqx Mqoro Bargesley Hnrdgrnvo
Skelton Ritchio Mcprlght II.
Bennett Holvey Miller Shelnnsky
DqButk Johnson and O. Bennett.
A OAVKIihA AIKMRKR
(Continued from page one)'
fast for tho chorus and with tho
addition of Jimmy Wlms on Wcd-
Morris rollovetl him nnd lntonsi-
fiod tho schedule Thursday to tho
virtual exhaustion of thosingers.
Thursday morning tho soxtot
hail tho shortest program but tho
most exacting of tho tour whon
thoy wore guests of tho "Early
Birds" and Jimmy Jeffries on
WFAA. Thon tho brenkfast nnd
n fnBt trln to Midlothian High
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lastlc ovor tho variety program
(tho ctudents wero missing nftor-
noon classes).
I According to Director Leonard
nm"rrd nc of tho most effoc-
aggregated hetwpen 9000 and
10000 persons and Inestimable
numbers hoard the radio pro-
grams. The singers covered 825
miles nnd snng 20 G numbers dur-
ing tho week. Miss Trentle
blrchltt toured wth tho chorus.
wn(" Poni was cniot nccom-
pnnlst for secular programs and
Rhoda Copelniul and Edith Futz
snng incidental solos In the pro-
grams. I (Chorus members making tho
I trip were:
I Quartet Harvpy Pendorgrnss
J Paul Edwards Omar Blxler and
.Jimmy W'ns;
Soxtet Rhoda Copoiand La
vr u.nn mnw.i it
Margaret Ann Williams. WHma
D Smllhi nd mlih FolU.
othor .orus members Robert
HornbnkeI.( nly Van Wayne
Mlckoy. Ruth Iris White. Imogeno
Hnrrnll. Mnlml Mnrtoi R.llinr
rana.. vniu xfii
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nnd
LoIg Johnson.
BUb8tltue wna
badly beaten by
our city champion j.
O. Black.
Black was presented tho city
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'championship cup and It now u.
fl hs roonl
For .Graduation
A Beautiful Watch
Convenient Terms
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Jeyeler and OptomeWst
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Abyepe Texas
Intense Drill'
Begun fylonday
FISHF.K
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Frida Only "Hef HUBbarid's
Secretary" wlth Jean Mulr Bov-
erly Roberts and Warren Httl.
Saturday Only Special return
ongngiomQnt of "Ono Way Passa-
go" starring William Powoll and
Kay -.Francis with Frank Mciiugh
and Aline Mac Mahon. An 6ut-
Btnndlng romanllc-drnma ot sov-
oral soasons. back. "Ono.i Wny
PnBsage" hag hcon ro-lssucd for
first run showings In. answer to
thousands of request from movio
goers everywhere.
Midnight Show Saturday nt
11:15 For ono performance
ortly ot tho stage. "Clifford's
Midnight Spook Party" wherein
tho BUpernntural reigns supreme
nnd an ovenlng ot fun and chilis
is promised those nttondln'g. On
the 8proen: "Tho Houso'ot So.
crotB."
Sunday Monday and Tuosdny
Parnmount'a gny Hawaiian musi-
cal "Walklkl Wedding." starring
Ring Crosby Boh Burns Martha
"Where Smart Clothes Need Not Be '
Expensive"
Now Showing' ACohipIete Line of Sports Wear
Gulottes BVD Swim Shorts
Slacks .' Suits Sporty SHirts
Overalls. n l pc. Dresses
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Jeweler
CONGRATULATIONS ACC
Is This a SLACK Year For The Ladies
Emphatically It Is!!!
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City Service Taxis
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Ride in a Taxi that looks like a privately owned car
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