The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1964 Page: 4 of 4
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THE YELLOW JACKET, APRIL 3, 1964
PACE 4
&juc HPC Enters Texas Relays
Jackets To Compete
In Distance Medley
IT'S NOT WHETHER you win
or lose, it's how you play the
game.
This is an old adage that is
often quoted in regard' to sports,
and there are still those who
strongly believe it to be true.
From an idealistic point of
view, playing with no definite
motive of winning may make
sense; but in a realistic way of
looking at it, winning has to be
the most important thing.
For today we live in an era
of million-dollar gate receipts
and even larger television
rights.
And what are American
sports fans paying this huge
sum of money per year for?
A winner.
☆ ☆ ☆
TWO YEARS AGO, if you had
asked the average man in the
street, "Who is Sandy Koufax?"
He would have given you a
blank look a mile long.
But today, nearly everybody
has heard of Koufax.
Why, Because he was voted
the National League's most val-
uable player in 1963 and he won
two games for the Los Angelos
in their 4-0 sweep of the New
York Yankees in the World
Series..
Thus, the importance of win-
ning cannot be denied. We at
Howard Payne must also realize
that the ultimate goal in any
sport is winning.
Perhaps we sometimes get so
involved with such things as:
mums, bands and sweethearts,
that we forget our main ob-
jective at a football game is to
see a winning team.
☆ ☆ ☆
WHAT MAKES a winner?
In Koufax's case, it was a
good arm, combined with hours
of practice dtevoted to his con-
trol in order to make the most
of what he had.
Now if we were to ask Glen
Whitis that same question, he
might answer, "A good attitude
and hard work."
Whitis, who after serving as
basketball coach for eight years,
was appointed athletic director
a few months ago.
Taking the policy that helped
him win three conference
championships in basketball,
Whitis has set up the whole
athletic program with a positive
winning theme.
Never one to compromise,
Whitis has set up a definite
standard to govern his pro-
gram. "We intend to get 100
per cent effort out of each
group of athletes, if we can do
this we are going to win our
share".
i.
TRACK COACH, J. H. (Cap) Shelton now in his forty-fifth year of
coaching track at Howard Payne makes ready for the Texas Relays.
Last year, due to illness, was the only time in 36 years that Coach
Shelton failed to be in attendance at the relays.
Cindermen Cop
Second At ET
COMMERCE — Howard Pay-
ne's cindermen rode the talents
of Alex McKee, Jim Ewing and
Bill Thomas to a second-place
finish in the Bast Texas Relays
unreeled here March 21.
With 36 points, the Paynemen
finished second behind the host
East Texas State Lions who
paced the field with 68 points.
Running behind the Jackets
were McMurry with 35% points,
Hardin-Simmons with 21, Ar-
lington State with 19 and Okla-
homa City University with 18.
McKee turned in a 4:20.5 in
the mile run, enough to earn a
blue ribbon for the Gold and
Blue. Running a close second
behind McKee was captain
Tommy Sikes who broke the
tape at 4:22.9.
Ewing, a freshman from Scot-
land, came through with a first-
place showing in the 880-yard
Sting
Spring
With two lettermen gone the
Howard Payne Yellow Jacket
basketball team goes about the
task of building for next year
with daily spring practice work-
outs.
Hoping for a higher place in
the Lone Star Conference, than
the fifth place finish of last
season, Coach Glen Whitis has
thus far been encouraged with
the progress his team has made.
"If we can keep on improving
and our injured get well, we will
be capable of giving anybody a
real tough time," said Whitis.
"Our main problem will be
depth, wo were hurt a good bit
last year and we had nobody
to come in and take up the
slock."
Even now the cagers face the
Hold
Drills
problem of manpower. To hold
a workout, Coach Whitis has
been forced to recruit two play-
ers from a P.E. class to bring
his numbers to ten, which en-
ables him to have two complete
units on the floor to scrimmage.
There is hope for re-enforce-
ment, Danny Faubion who let-
tered his freshman year, was
forced to sit out the entire year
with a leg injury. He was oper-
ated on over the Easter Holi-
dlays and a calcium deposit Was
removed from his thigh. It is
hoped that he will be ready to
go full steam by next fall.
Returned after a semester's
absence is Larry Scievers.
Scievers, who is 6-7 has shown
no lasting effects of his layoff
and according to Whitis, "Is im-
proving all the time."
run. He was clocked at 1:55.2.
Jack Petty was second with
1:56.2.
Thomas, the other half of the
Paynemen's Scottish cinder
punch, held up his end of the
HPc show, when he paced the
field in the two-mile run. With
a time of 9:19.9, Thomas took
first-place honors.
Ewing, who saw plenty of
duty for the Jackets, finished
second behind Thomas in the
two-mile run with a 9:30. Sikes
and McKee tied for fourth place.
Displaying steady improve-
ment with each meet, David
Silar also represented Howard
Payne in top fashion.
Silar, who came to HPC from
Melvin High School, teamed up
with Alton Carlson for a pair
of third-place ribbons.
While Carlson earned a third-
place berth in the high hurdles
with a time of 15.5, Silar turned
in a nidentical performance in
the high jump. Carlson was also
fourth in the 33-yard inter-
mediate hurdles.
In other field events, big
Robert Young continued his
mastery with the shot put. De-
spite the fact that he had to
settle for second place, the
weightman heaved a 54 feet 7
inches, almost 12 inches better
than his throw at Odessa last
week which won a blue ribbon
in the West Texas Relays.
Competing against some of
the best talent in the state in
the college division, Young also
came through with a second-
place showing in the discus
event. He stretched the tape to
142 feet 2 inches.
The Paynemen did not com-
pete in the difficult sprint-relay
event. The McMurry Indians
nosed out Arlington State and
East Texas for first-place hon-
ors in this event The Rebels
finished second, while the Lions
came in third. '
In the mile relay, East Texas
was first and McMurry second.
With two of their top-drawer cindermen battling the injury
bug, the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets will assume the role of the
thin-clads again today when they compete in the 37th annual run-
ning of the Texas Relays in Austin.
Bill Thomas and Tommy
Sikes, a pair of competitive dis-
tance men, will not appear in
the famed meet if the present
situation remains.
Thomas, who captured a blue
ribbon in the East Texas Re-
lays' mile run with a sizzling
4:13.1, is suffering from a leg
injury. The Scottish miler re-
ceived the injury two weeks ago
and has been bothered by it ever
since.
Sikes, winner of the two-mile
run also in the East Texas
meet, has been sidelined because
of a back injury sustained in
a practice session. The HPC
captain may see action in the
three-mile run but nothing is
definite as yet.
Despite these two complica-
tions, however, J. H. (Cap)
Shelton and his cindermen are
ready for the nine teams which
will be on hand in the college
division.
"We are in a pretty bad way
with two of our best boys
hurt," said Shelton, "but all!
you can do is take the best
horses you have and try your
best, and that's what we plan to
do."
Competing with the Payne-
men will be East Texas State,
Texas Southern, Lamar Tech,
McMurry, Arlington State, Em-
poria of Kansas, Pittsburgh of
Kansas, Southwest Texas State
and Hardin-Simmons.
The Jackets, who captured
second place in the East Texas
Relays held in Commerce March
21, will atempt to specialize this
week. They plan to enter the
distance-medley, the three-mile
run and shot put
Representing the Paynemen in
the distance-medley will be Al-
ton Carlson, Jack Petty, Alex
McKee and Jim Ewing. Carlson
will lead off with the 440, Petty
will run the second leg of 880,
McKee will bounce back with
the three-quarter leg and1 Ewing
will anchor with the mile.
Closing out the HPC entries,
Robert Young is slated to heave
the shot The big weightman
will be trying to top a throw of
54 feet 7 inches, his best of the
season.
For the first time since the
meet's institution in 1958, the
Paynemen will not compete in
the two-mile relay.
Paynemen Slate
Invitation Meet
A week from Saturday, .the
second Howard Payne College
Invitational track and field
meet will be run at the J. H.
(Cap) Shelton track.
It will be only the third col-
lege track meet ever run on the
new red dog cinder track.
Directing the meet will be
J. H. (Cap) Shelton now in his
45th year of coaching at HPC.
"We don't plan to charge any
admission for the meet," said
Shelton, "We just want the
track fans of Central Texas to
come and enjoy themselves."
Expected to compete with the
Yellow Jackets are: East Tex-
as State, Hardin-Simmons, Tar-
leton State, Arlington State,
and possibly the United States
pentathlon team in some of the
distance events.
(Some of the top track talent in
the state is slated to visit in-
cluding; R. L. Lasater, East
Texas State, David Bailey, Ar-
lington State, Russell Poleh-
mus, East Texas State, and
Donald Hardaway, Arlington
State.
Korenek, Hobby
Named To Posts
B. J. Korenek, co-captain of
the 1963 Howard Payne Yellow
Jackets, and Ted Hobby, cap-
tain of the 1964 basketball team,
will be at Howard Payne next
year as graduate assistances,
announced Glen Whitis, athletic
director and head basketball
coach.
Korenek, who played quarter-
back for the Yellow Jackets,
will be an assistant football
coach as an aid' to Joe James,
while Hobby will assist Whitis
in basketball.
Hobby, a two-year letterman
in basketball, was named hon-
orable mention for all confer-
ence. He was among the nation-
al leaders in free-throw shoot-
ing for the season.
Gridmen Resume Workouts;
Scrimmage Held Tuesdag
Coach Darrell Royal of Texas
University may have a mono-
poly on control football in the
Southwest Conference, but
Coach Joe James and his How-
ard Payn? Yellow Jackets are
sure to be the "four yards and
a cloud of dust" team in the
Lone Star Conference next year.
At least, this is the way the
forecast looks after Tuesday
afternoon's scrimmage, the first
since the Easter holidays.
With Coach James directing
the defense and assistant Jerry
Millsaps controlling the offense,
the Paynemen held a hard-nosed
full-scale scrimmage for 46
minutes.
During that time — except
for a few exceptions — the
Jackets displayed power up the
middle. Operating with two
units In the "T" formation, they
showed improvement with both
pass and running plays.
The backfields were composed
of Gene Young and Wendell
Byrom, quarterbacks; Grady
Eggleston and Ronnie Jensen,
right halfs; Wesley Johnson
andl Jerry Gilchrist, fullbacks;
and James Bunnel and Rodney
Senterfeit, right halfs. Billy
Cavin and Larry Pickel also
saw backfleld action.
Turning in outstanding per-
formances on defense were Paul
Mac Woodfin, left guard; Ken-
neth Hudson, left tackle; and
Joe Wilhoite, right defensive
end.
The weather was just a little
too hot for practice, but it
dfidn't slow the Paynemen down.
Prior to the scrimmage they
went through tackling, blocking
and agility drills.
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The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1964, newspaper, April 3, 1964; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128463/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.