The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1960 Page: 6 of 8
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HARK, A BIRD IS THERE—Or so "Big Bo," prize pointer of J. W. Wetzel tries to say. This point is
"poetry in motion" to the avid quail hunter, who is oiling up firearms for quail season, which opens
Dec. 1.
Are
To see J. W. Wetzel in the) cafe-
teria, a stranger might think that
this congenial chow-chopper does
nothing hut prepare fdod and iialk
about football games.
They couldn't be further wrong.
A visit to Wetzel's home would
change a "dtoubting Thomas'"
mind in a minute.
The newcomer might even sus-
pect another of Wetzel's favorite
sports before reaching his home—
if he has a keen ear, he might
hear a few barks.
Because, right in the dietician's
back yard is a huge dog pen, and
romping around inside are a whole
host of bird dogs.
"When I'm not working, I'm
either fishing, hunting or training
dogs," Wetzel remarked.
Right now, he is training a five-
month-old pointer, "Big Bo," an
offspring of Wetzel's "Minnie
Pearl."
"Big Bo's mother and dad have
had a tremendous number of quail
killed over them in the past four
years," Wetzel commented, "And
advanced training indicates Big
Bo is going to be one of the best."
He gets an itchy trigger finger
even thinking about quail season,
which opens in this area Dec. 1,
and extends through Jan. 15.
Legal hunting time is from sun-up
until sundown.
Wetzel has contrived a training
meehanism to drill his pointers
right in Hie back yard. He has a
clump of bird feathers attached to
a string on a fishing pole, and puts
the dogs through their paces with
the make-believe bird. He has a
leash on the trainees to yank them
back when they get too brave.
He points out that it takes six
months to train a dog for good
• hunting, and about 12 months for
performance perfection.
"You have to Work with them
often to keep them from being gun
shy, to obey your command and to
hunt for you," Wetzel commented.
He added that training was ne-
cessitated in order to prevent "false
points," a rare occurrence when a
dog points at some "foreigners,"
such as skunks or non-game birds,
Wetzel reveals that a good point-
er Kill come to a point at one bird
or a whole covey, but that the
dog's position will generally re-
veal whether they are many r or
just a few birds.
"There's no prettier sight in the
world than to see a dog work—
travelling at a good speed—come
on a scent, and come to a point—
all in one motion," Wetzel said
breathlessly.
Points will usually be within
eight to 10 feet of the prey, but
may' be as close as 12 inches. The*
dog' often stands motionless, ton-
gue in mouth, for several minutes.
He may have one part of his body
at an angle, or approach the co-
vey head on.
"Dogs are always ready to go
hunting, and any time of the jday
you can go is the best time/' Wet-
zel contends.
He adds that he believes pointers
have a way of "hypnotizing" birds,
but did not elaborate on this mat-
ter. .
"Hunters Will know what £
mean," he laughed.
Wetzel encourages married hunt-
ers to own two cars.
"Mama is not going to ride in the
car used to carry the dogs on a
hunting trip," he vouches, "So
you'd better just get her a car."
Wetzel, a Brownwood ' resident
since 1918, is a good sport and has
some pretty good philosophy along
the line of sports.
"Show me a man who likes to
hunt and fish, and I'll show you a
man who'll make you a good
neighbor,"' he closed.
Yellow Jacket, November 11,1960
Page 6
Weight-Lifting Team Is Fine,
Even When It's Brother-Sister
nY BON KEWBTJRY
BDPC Sports Publicist
It'fi not unusual to hear of a
brother-sistei; dancing team, or a
brother-sister skating team, or even
a brother-sister singing team.
ft is something out of the ordi-
nary to hear about a brother-sister
weight-lifting team, but there is
just such a. pair at Howard Payne
College. They are Larry and Peggy
Nettleship, both of whom are just
about as dedicated to their weight-
lifting programs as "Lassie is to
coining home."
Neither; was a "97-pound weak-
ling" when the unique weight pro-
gram was instigated, and, while
neither is yet a Charles (or Char-
lene) Atlas, both appear to be
pretty rugged specimens who could
more than hold their own in a
fight.
Larry, a 21-year-old HPC junior,
is almost a living example of
"look what weight-lifting did for
me." He weighed! 115 pounds when
a high school sophomore, and now,
after being on a weight program
three years, he has added 85
pounds, and few will disagree that
his 200-pound frame is nothing but
bone and muscle. He has increased
his chest measurement from 39 to
47 inches, and the circumference
of his upper arms from 14% to 18
inches.
The prettier member of the team,
a 19-year-old sophomore beauty,
works with weights "to keep in
trim, and to keep muscles firm."
She actually started1, however, to
help shed: an asthmatic condition.
"I ised to have a severe case of
asthma," Miss Nettleship • said,
"And my breathing capacity wasn't
what it should be. Weight-lifting
has helped increase my breathing
capacity a great deal."
With something of a pioneering
spirit, she remarked, "If weight-
lifting could help Larry, why
shouldn't it help me?
She works out each Monday,
Wednesday and' Friday for an hour
and a half with Larry and other
HPC weight men in the college'
weight room. Miss Nettleship also
works on her Weights at home.
She follows—at least to some
degree—a rigid diet set down by
her brother, and strongly rec-
commends weight-lifting for other
girls—if they have a good trainer.
"I feel much stronger, and have
a better appetite—at least on
MWF," she said.
Miss Nettleship, who has been
lifting weights about seven months
—stands 5-9%, and weights 135.
Larry, naturally, follows a more
rigorous weight program, and
works out at least two hours da-
ily. He works with his upper body
on MWF, and his legs on TT.
The he-mannish, 5-11 athlete
See WEIGHT LIFTING, Page 8
College Athletic Trainer Is Versatile
Albert Wilton, Trainer
Ifs not every college that has at
athletic trainer who is 'able to
carry a "full course load on the
side." ■
But Howard Payne College has
a busy trainer who is doing just
that.
"Theoretically, Albert Wilsbn's
first job is going to school, and
he's obligated to only parttime
work as a trainer," saidl Athletic
Director Bennie B. Williams, "But
as a usual rule, Wilson does the
reverse. He seems to be every-
wnere around here."
Except for the fact that he
doesn't have a degree in medicine,:
Wilson is very like a doctor. In'
fact,; he makes HPC athletes walk
a,- chalk line, beaith-wise, and
makes them say about; as many
"ahs" ,as the MD's do.
"I don't try to assume the role
of a doctor, though," Wilson charg-
es, "I know just, about how far to
in diagnosing a hurt, and if
there's, /any question in my mind
about an athlete, needing medical'
attention, I send him straight to
the team dloctor." ,
It's easy to see why Wilson
spends busy afternoons.
The 5-8, 140-pound red-head has
taping to do for athletes in three
different sports during these busy
autumn days. - * ■ •
His first responsibility, natural-
ly, is to ready ankles for the grid-
men.
But, with the fall also comes
basketball practice and Cross-
country track season. These two
sports add to his taping load.
Over the course of a school year,
the senior student figures he un-
winds more: than 30 miles of tape.
Wilson is now in his fourth year
as HPC trainer, but his training
experience dlates back even fur-
ther to bis sophomore year in high
school, when the football coach at
Hamilton High School, F. W. Pu-
lattie, encouraged him to attend
Elmer Brown's training clinic,
which is held annually at Texas
Christian University in Fort Worth.
He did, and it didn't take him
long to realize that he had found
his life's Work.
He took care of all the taping for
Hamilton High School athletes for
three years, and, after high school
graduation in 1957, enrolled at
Howard Payne College.
He hasn't missed a training lick
since the fall of *57.
"I guess t first became interest-
ed in a training profession when I
finally learned in high school that
I was just too small to play foot-
ball," Wilson said, "and by enter-
ing the training field, I can stay
close to sports."
In 1957, he was invited to attend
the Greenbelt Bowl at Childress,
to be head manager and assistant
trainer.
They must have liked his work
at the schoolboy football bowl, for
he has been retained for four suc-
cessive years, with more and more
of the training responsibilities be-
ing placed on his shoulders each
year.
He is an associated member of
the National Trainers' Association,
and is majoring in physical educa-
tion and secondary education with
a minor in business at the Brown-
wood college.
Wilson plans to get his master
of education degree before launch-
ing his career in full-time training
circles.
Always trim, andready to go on
any sports trip as the Yellow Jac-
kets hit the highways for rugged
Lone Star Conference athletic com-
petition, Wilson still finds time for
some tennis and golf.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrk.
M. A. Wilson of Hamilton. , *4,
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