The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 15, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 11, 1970 Page: 4 of 4
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THE WAR WHOOP
February 11. 1970
Tribe Drops Squeakers
On Dismal Road Trip
Long's View
By K. O. LONG
Southwest Texas State guard
Ralph Rhodes canned a despera-
tion 35-foot shot at the sound of
the buzzer to shove the f icsty Bob-
cats past McMurry 64-62. The loss
dropped the Indians to a 6-7 mark
JOHNNY WATSON
in Lone Star Conference play
while the Cats scratched their
way to the .500 plateau in loop
competition raising their record
to 7-7.
Randall Causscy making a
strong bid for all-conference led
the McMurry assault with a 19-
polnt effort. He drew close sup-
port in the scoring ranks from
sophomore postman Johnny Ray
Watson who added 16 to the Tribe
cause.
The game was a see-saw battle
throughout and spectators in San
Marcos saw the score knotted 12
times. The SWT crew held a slim
38-36 lead at the intermission and
the sustained action in the second
half built to a boiling climax in
the last two minutes of play.
Rhodes warmed up for his car-
diac 'finishing shot by bucketing
a jumper to tic the score at 59 all
with 1:50 remaining to play. Cau-
sscy came right back to bingo and
hand the visiting Warriors a 61-59
advantage.
Clutchman Rhodes who finish-
ed the evening with 23 tallies un-
limbcrcd his long range artillery
with a bullseyc jump shot that
tied the clash for the. last time nt
61-61.
Mark Johnigan of McMurry
flubbed a free throw and the Bob-
cats who outrcbounded the War
Party 38-23 garnered the errant
shot.
Alan Rheaume of Southwest
Texas drew a foul from Tribe
guard Willie Nelson and Rhea-
ume's successful free throw sent
the Cats ahead by one 62-61 with
only 17 seconds left. Nelson was
then fouled as he sank a driving
layup but the officials ruled the
basket no good stating that the
foul occurred prior to the shot.
Nelson swished the charity to tie
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it and set the stage for Rhodes'
heroics.
The loss kept the San Marcos
jinx alive for another year since
the Indians have never beaten the
Bobcats in their hometown den.
McMurry Vs. Texas A&I
McMurry's wandering Indians
tried valiantly to bring home the
bacon Monday night but the Tex-
as A&I Javclinas managed to es-
cape the slaughterhouse by one
point 88-87. The defeat marked
the second straight game that the
Tribe had dropped by the span
of a field goal.
The battling Braves trailed by
as much as 15 points during the
second half but they mounted a
spirited effort to narrow the gor-
ge. After trailing 54-44 at the half-
time intermission the Warriors
watched as the potent Porkers
padded the bulge to 59-44 with
17:46 left in the game.
Sparked by the play of Willie
Nelson and Randall Causscy who
tallied 29 and 22 points respec-
tively the visiting Redskins be-
gan to cat away at the A&I ad-
vantage. McMurry pulled to with-
in five points 88-83 in the last
minute of play and sliced that
edge to one marker on one play.
Postman Charles Tabb banked
in a jump shot and Caussey drew
a foul underneath the basket as
Tabb scored. The cool guard
bucketed both ends of the bonus
free throw situation to pull the
Indians to within one with 34
seconds remaining to play.
The Jnvelinas brought the ball
downcourt and Tabb promptly
fouled the Pigs' Bob Vidaurri
who made the strategy look per-
fect by choking the free throw.
McMurry grabbed the rebound
one of the 35 that the Tribe cor-
ralled as opposed to the Hogs'
44 captures.
After taking a time out McM
brought the ball in with 24 ticks
remaining to play for a final win-
ning shot. It never came.
Caussey passed inside to Tabb
who tossed back out to Robert
Hickman and Hickman was still
dribbling when the buzzer sound-
ed. The loss left the McMurry re-
cord at 6-8 in Lone Star Con-
ference play and 8-12 for the sea-
son. The Indian cagcrs' next action
is Saturday night when they wel-
come rugged Sam Houston State
to the spacious comfortable con-
fines of Indian Gym.
Football season has just completed but already the thoughts of
fans coaches and players are turning toward next fall. At various
times from now until the conclusion of the semester colleges and
universities will be staging their spring drills in preparation for
the 1970 season.
A great deal of attention will be focused on Stratford Univer-
sity both this spring and next fall. The cause of the excitement is
the Stratford quarterback Bill Shakespeare who will be returning
for his senior year next season after leading the nation in total
offense making all the major all-America teams and driving the
Bards to a 9-0-1 record this year.
Bill is considered by pro scouts as the best of a bumper crop of
college signal callers and he is rated as the leading candidate for
the 1970 Heisman trophy.
This corner recently interviewed Bill on the Stratford campus
and we found him willing to offer opinions on a variety of subjects.
The following is a portion of that interview:
LONG'S VIEW: "Bill I certainly appreciate your giving up your
leisure time for this interview. How would you like to start?"
SHAKESPEARE: "Let's talk of graves of worms and epitaphs."
LONG'S VIEW: "I believe that I'll pass on those subjects but you
might tell us a little about your background."
SHAKESPEARE: "I was no gentleman born."
LONG'S VIEW: "To what do you attribute your football ability?
Are you a natural athlete?"
SHAKESPEARE: "I was not born under a rhyming planet . . . There
was a star danced and under that was I born."
LONG'S VIEW: "I understand that you went to a parochial high
school. Did anything there contribute to your development?"
SHAKESPEARE: "The weird sisters."
LONG'S VIEW: "Did someone teach you your peculiar hunchbacked
running style? If so who?"
SHAKESPEARE: "The Anthropophagi and men whose heads do
grow beneath their shoulders."
LONG'S VIEW: "What was the first thing that struck you upon
your arrival at Stratford?"
SHAKESPEARE: "A very ancient and fish-like smell."
LONG'S VIEW: "Pretty raunchy huh?"
SHAKESPEARE: "The rankest compound of villainous smell that
ever offended nostril."
LONG'S VIEW: "Bill how did you feel before you played your first
college game?"
SHAKESPEARE: "I had most need of blessing and 'Amen' stuck in
my throat."
LONG'S VIEW: "You have been called 'the Joe Namath of the col-
lege crowd' because your eccentricities. What is your answer to
that?"
SHAKESPEARE: "I am not in the role of common men."
LONG'S VIEW: "You caused considerable furor last year by grow-
ing a beard. Why did you do it?"
SHAKESPEARE: "He that hath a beard is more than a youth and
he that hath no beard is less than a man."
LONG'S VIEW: "I hear that you're a health food addict. What do
you cat at an average meal?"
SHAKESPEARE: "Eye of newt and toe of frog wool of bat and
tongue of dog."
LONG'S VIEW: "Rumors were flying last month that you are quit-
ting the team because a disagreement with the coach. What's your
comment?"
SHAKESPEARE: "It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and
fury signifying nothing."
LONG'S VIEW: "What do you think about your coach?"
SHAKESPEARE: "His face is the worst thing about him."
LONG'S VIEW: "Is it all right if I print that?"
SHAKESPEARE: "Men should be what they seem."
LONG'S VIEW: "You are going to be put to a strong test next sea-
son since the Bards lost so many men to graduation . . ."
SHAKESPEARE: "We have seen better days."
LONG'S VIEW: ". . . Yes well who will be in the starting back-
field with you?"
SHAKESPEARE: "Dwindle Peak and Pine."
LONG'S VIEW: "What will you do if Stratford wins every game
it plays next season?"
SHAKESPEARE: "I shall laugh myself to death?"
LONG'S VIEW: "Why?"
SHAKESPEARE: "They laugh that win."
LONG'S VIEW: "What do you think of spring training?"
SHAKESPEARE: "It makes us or it mars us."
LONG'S VIEW: "What do you get out of spring drills?"
SHAKESPEARE: "Some of us will smart for it."
LONG'S VIEW: "How do the coaches react to spring workouts?"
SHAKESPEARE: "They kill us for their sport."
LONG'S VIEW: "I nbtice that you are a drama major Bill. How do
you do in your academic work?"
SHAKESPEARE: "I am slow of study."
LONG'S VIEW: "One final question what do you think are your
chances in next year's pro draft?"
SHAKESPEARE: "The ripest fruit first falls."
Shakespeare went on to comment about everything from officiat-
ing ("Fair is foul and foul is fair . . .") to injuries ("I bear a charmed
life . . .") to wardrobe ("Old fashions please me best . . .").
With that Bill concluded the interview in order to return to his
dorm room. The Bard QB stated that he had to finish a play that
he was writing for an advanced drama course. Snmpthing about c
Prince in Denmark that mopes around the castle all day . . .
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