The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 21, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 22, 1967 Page: 4 of 4
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Pago 4
THE WAR WHOOP
Wednesday March 22. 1967
Tracksters Take Second
At West Texas Relays
JLong's View
By K. O. LONG
Heaping benefits from depth in
the field events the Indians ac.
cumulated 43 points for second
place in the college division of the
West Texas Holays held in Odessa
on March 17-18. Dropped batons
on two of the relay races pre-
JAMES MORHIS
vented a possible first place fin-
ish by the McMurry squad. East
Texas State won the division
with a 53 point total.
Twenty-five of the Tribe mark-
ers came from the field activities.
The feathered warriors made
especially strong showings in the
weights as James Morris and
Tally Windham appeared in sev-
eral contests. Morris placed
second in the shot put with a 48
11" heave. Windham came in
fouilh with n toss of 40' HIV.
Morris moved up a notch to
first place In the discus by sailing
the plate 139' 1". Windham dupli-
cated his fourth place finish with
a 130' 7V4" mark. However
Windham's working day was not
yet complete. The Baird sopho-
more threw the javelin 153' which
was good for a fifth place in that
affair.
Max Mainord cleared 6' 1" in
the high jump to garner n fourth
place and tack two points on the
mounting Tribe total. The long
jump is a McMurry track strong
point and Fred Fox and Roger
Moore proved that by finishing
one-two in the competition. Fox's
winning jump was 23' 73'i" while
Moore flew 22' 5" for the runner-
up spot.
Leonard Peters roared out of
the blocks and never looked back
as his 14.8 clocking carried him
to the tape ahead of the pack in
the 120 yard high hurdles. At
this point the Indians seemed to
be in a good position to claim an
important track victory but then
disaster struck. It came in the
form of a muffed handoff between
Dcwitt Andrews and Fox on the
first exchange in the 440 relay.
McMurry had won two straight
titles in this event previous to
the accident. As a result of the
baton mishaps the Indians were
shut out pointwise.
Andrews came on to take fifth
in the 100 yard dash with a 10.0
timing. A 3:25.0 in the sprint
medley relay earned the Indians
a third place finish. The 880 re-
lay team clocked 1:26.3 which
was also good for third place
honors. Rudy Montez just missed
placing in the mile run as ho
crossed the finish line in sixth
position.
Before the mile relay the final
event of the day East Texas and
McMurry were tied at 43 points
apiece. With the team title rid-
ing on the four lap relay the
FRED FOX
curse of the dropsy struck again.
Jimmy Rogers lost his grip on
the baton as he attempted to cut
inside at the beginning of the
second leg of the race. By the
time that he had found the handle
and completed his lap the Mc-
Murry troops were so far behind
that they were forced to retire
from the race. East Texas won
in a 3:12 5 time that gave them
their 10 point winning margin.
The weather was a cold and
misty 50 degrees but it seemed
to have little effect on most of
the events as many fine times
were turned in by the squads.
McMurry track coach Ronnie Giles has fielded a strong
team in his initial season in the driver's seat and he has
plenty of reason to take pride in his troops. The Racing
Redmen have given good accounts of themselves in every
meet that they have participated in so far this season.
The outdoor track year is still in the infant stages and I
feel sure that by the end of the school year the McMurry
track team will literally run over some people. Lady Luck
frowned on the Indians twice in the West Texas Relays held
this past weekend. Two dropped batons meant the differ-
ence between first and second place. The ability to keep going
in the face of such adversity reflects the character of the
track team and their coach.
The McMurry tracksters are in Lubbock today participat-
ing in a triangular meet with Texas Tech and Eastern New
Mexico. The next competition for the Indians will be the
Big One the Texas Relays at Austin on March 31-April 1.
They may see lots of April Fools while they're there.
On the evening of March 31 Abilene basketball fans will
get a rare treat. A team of All-Stars chosen from the three
Abilene colleges will play the Dallas Cowboys basketball
team. That's what I said basketball. The Eastern Division
champs of the National Football League will field a squad
composed of Dan Reeves Pete Gent Mike Gaechter Dave
Edwards George Andrie Craig Morton and Harold Hays.
The epic battle is scheduled for Rose Field House at eight
o'clock.
As of this writing the all-star college cage team had not
been selected but an announcement was forthcoming. The
game is being sponsored by the local Jaycees and all proceeds
will go to the West Texas Rehibilitation Center. Tickets are
available at several locations around Abilene.
Here's wishing everyone a happy and memorable Easter.
Enjoy the vacation and drive carefully going home and com-
ing back to school.
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Scrimmage Concludes
Tribe Football Drills
The Indian football team concluded spring training with an in-
trasqund scrimmage scheduled for Tuesday March 21. The game
brought an end to three weeks of workouts.
Hosteis for the two teams are as follows: Maroon Roger Stans-
buiy Chester Dougherty Tally Windham James Mooic Harold
Mm roll Larry Owens Joe Cawthon James Morris Bill Doanc
Bill Moore John Bentley Ronnie Krejci Gordon Hubcnak Richard
l'uckett Van Grady Robeit Rivera Jerry Andrus Willie Davis
Bill Goosby. White Gary Pittard Chip Puckett Sandy Staley
Steve Bowman Tom Burrus Jerry Alexander Mike Stuckwish
Mike Reed Jim McWhirter DcAllen Miller Ray Finlcy Terry
Mclver Bobby Halbert Larry West Stanley Moore Milford Wiley
Joe Gillespie Scottie Pruitt and Gary Pension.
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Indian Track
Times Posted
With the track season nearing
the halfway point Coach Ronnie
Giles and his 12 man squad have
racked up some impressive times
against tough opposition.
The sprint medley relay team
broke a 17 year old record by
chalking up a time of 3:25.0 in
the recent West Texas Relays. De-
witt Andrews ran the first 220
Leonard Peters the second 220
Thomas Hyde the 440 and Jimmy
Rogers handled the 880 chores.
The old record was a time of
3:25.4 set in 1950.
Individual times and distances
for the 1967 season are:
100 yard dash 9.7 Dewitt An-
drews at Texas A&I.
440 yard dash 48.6 Thomas
Hyde at East Texas State.
880 yard run 1:56 Jimmy Rog-
ers at Texas A&I.
1 mile run 4:27.4 Rudy Mon-
tez at East Texas State.
3 mile run 10:13.4 Montez at
Texas A&I.
Long Jump 25' IVi" indoor
24' 7" outdoor Fred Fox.
Shot put 49' 4" James Mor-
ris at Texas A&I.
Discus 139' W James Morris
at West Texas Relays.
Javclin153' Tally Windham
at West Texas Relays.
High Jumpr-6' 2" Max Main-
ord at East Texas.
440 yard relay 42.2 team of
Andrews Fox Peters Hyde at
Texas A&I.
1 mile relay 3:19.6 team of
Ronald Sitton Roger Moore
Hyde Peters at Texas A&I.
The Indian cindermen have
three meets facing them before
they appear before the home folks
in the Indian Relays scheduled
for April 22 in Indian Stadium.
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