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Volume 77 Number 10 Page 4
Wednesday September 28 1908
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Braves scalp
Cat gridders
for third loss
By MARY BANKS
Associate Sports Editor
For the first time since 1937 the
Wildcats have dropped to 0-3. The
Cats fell prey to the Alcorn State
Braves 34-13 Saturday.
Although the score was lop-sided
the statistics showed the Wildcats
stayed close with the Braves
throughout the game. But turnovers
continued to plague ACU.
"The thing you can't do is turn
the ball over as many times as we
did" said John Payne ACU head
coach.
The Wildcats fumbled the ball
fqur times and Alcorn recovered
three of the fumbles.
Alcorn State generated a total of
286 yards which is the fewest yards
the ACU defense has allowed this
season. The Wildcat offense
countered with 230 yards.
Payne said the coaching stafF
knew Alcorn had one of the
toughest defensive secondaries ACU
would play this season. "The result
was our wide receivers didn't catch
a pass" the coach said.
Alcorn State is the first team to
stifle the ACU pass attack since
Payne has been head coach.
Running back Gerald Todd and
tight end Mark Stevens were the
only Wildcats to catch passes from
Stan Stephens. Stephens completed
seven passes in 34 attempts and was
intercepted three times.
"I was really proud of the way the
ofTense ran the ball. We had some
Eroblems protecting the quarter-
ack though" Payne said.
Todd gained 132 yards on the
groutfd'andfgrabbed five passes for
43 yards. The coaching staff
selected him as the Offensive Player
of the Week.
Defensive end Tim Mullican was
named the Defensive Player of the
Week. He had 13 tackles two
quarterback sacks and a blocked
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"I was proud of the defense.
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They're settling down a little bit
now and they re playing good"
Payne said.
The Wildcat defensive line stop-
ped Alcorn four different times
when the Braves were on third
down with less than four yards to
go. Payne said the line earned the
Big Play of the Game award.
The coaching" staff has been try-
ing to motivate the Cats to play
more intensely which they did
Saturday the head coach said.
"I was pleased with the way they
accepted the challenge to play ag-
gressively. Now we've got to elimi-
nate the mistakes and we'll be OK"
Payne said.
Although the Alcorn squad out-
weighed ACU the Wildcats played
a physical game Payne said.
"We played as physical as they
did but we made more errors.
Everything seemed to bounce their
way Payne said.
An area of major improvement for
the Cats was in the punting game.
Former starter Kevin Kaufman was
injured last week during practice.
Brent Stalls filled in for him Satur-
day and now has the starting posi-
tion. Stalls averaged 35 yards per punt
which is 10 yards more than Kauf-
man's average.
"For his first time I thought he
did a good job" Payne said.
Stalls' efforts earned him the
Special Teams Player of the Week
selection from the coaching staff.
The Wildcats started the game
with an onside kick but the Braves
recovered the ball on the ACU 49-
yard line. After exchanging punts
with ACU the Braves jumped to a
7-0 lead in the first quarter.
The Wildcats tied the game with
1:31 left in the first on a Richie
Jaynes run.
The Braves had a 20-7 lead at
halflime.
Todd ran the ball into the end
zone-with 1:14 left in the game for
ACU's final points.
ACU named six of its outstan-
ding athletic achievers to the
ACU Sports Hall of Fame.
Among the honorecs are sprint
champion Bobby Morrow and
former Los Angeles Rams star
V.T.Smith.
The other four men to be in-
ducted are Garvin Beauchamp of
Abilene Kendall K. "Ace"
Jones of Arlington Les Wheeler
of Alice and the late Earl M.
"Pop" Bailey of Abilene.
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ofFamewillboOct.28.
Morrow often has been called
"the greatest sprinter of all
time." He won three gold medals
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Pam Pomeroy center freshman from Soldotna Ark. runs with loft wife of assistant coach Rodney Smith during a cross country
Debra Tlnnel right freshman from Lubbock and Annette Smith meet at Nelson Park Saturday morning.
Harriers do well despite few contenders o
By MARY BANKS
Assoclato Sports Editor
The ACU cross country teams suf-
fered from lack of competition
Saturday but assistant coach
Rodney Smith said the runners per-
formed well.
No team showed up to compete
against the men's squad so sue
Wildcats participated in a local
five-kilometer road race.
The Lady Cats ran against the
Hardin-Simmons University team.
"They really don't have much of
a team but they agreed to run"
at the 1956 Olympic Games.
Smith who now resides in
Lake Dallas played for the Rams
after earning All-America
honors.
Bailey died Aug. 16 1988 and
will be the first addition to the
Hall of Fame in the category of
special achievement.
Beauchamp recently retired
after 50 years of service to the
university.
Jones was a three-year varsity
letterman in basketball and ten-
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The Lady Cats saw improvement
over their Sept. 10 outing at Nelson
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Smith said.
Pam Pomeroy freshman from
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three-mile course in 19:18 an im-
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"It was her first race of the year
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Spikers fare poorly
By DAWN ELIZABETH TREAT
Sports Editor
The women's volleyball team came
home from its weekend of play with
a disappointing performance at the
Angelo State Tournament coming
away with three losses and one win.
The Lady Cats ccked out a victo-
ry against Concordia Lutheran
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8-15 15-12) to qualify for the con-
solation tournament match.
They faced familiar opponent
Texas Woman's University a team
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Tinnell also said she was content
with her second-place finish.
"I thought I ran O.K." she said.
"I was kind of out of shape because
I was out about a week with a back
injury."
Tinnell said the lack of competi-
tion may have hindered the women.
"We had to run against ourselves"
she said. "I think it would've been
better to have some other team to
push us."
Freshman Shellie Malone from
Fort Worth finished third in 20:19
an improvement of nearly two
minutes Smith said
they defeated 15-5 15-11 15-5 in
Moody Coliseum last Thursday.
This time however TWU walked
away with a three-game victory
winning the match 16-14 15-7
16-14.
The spikers also lost to the Uni-
versity of Texas at San Antonio
15-4 16-14 15-5 and Texas Lu-
thcran 15-11 16-14 15-10.
Coach Wcs Kittley said he was
confused by the losses after the
women played well in Moody Col-
iseum the week before.
"I just don't know what happen
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Senior Susan Warner bettered her
time by 36 seconds placing fourth
in 20:35. Kim Allen junior from
Garland placed sixth in 23:22.
The improvements on their times
will help the Lady Cats when they
compete in Denton Oct. 7 Smith
said.
"It gives them a little bit of self-
confidence" said the assistant
coach.
Neal Brooks sophomore from In-
gleside placed second in the five-
kilometer road race in 15:17. The
other five ACU runners rounded
out the top seven places. (
at Angelo
ed" Kittley said. "Our concentra-
tion was shot and we played as flat
as we've ever played."
Kittley said the team had trouble
adjusting to the different challenges
each match brought.
"We saw every brand of team at
the tournament' he said.
The exposure to different types of
teams will help prepare the spikers
for conference play Kittley said.
The spikers LSC play begins this
weekend with two home matches.
The Cats play Eastern New Mexico
Friday and West Texas Saturday.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 10, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 28, 1988, newspaper, September 28, 1988; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101473/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.