The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1970 Page: 4 of 4
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Fall football drills are well
under way at Howard Payne
as the Jacket coaching staff
anticipates the oncoming sea-
son.
Coach James Cameron and
his staff have been working
the newest recruits, the in-
coming freshmen and trans-
fers, in hopes of spotting play-
ers who have the potential to
fill gaps in the Jacket line-
up.
But optimism is the word
among those in the know
about Jacket football. The
JaJckets are expected to put
in a record showing aaginst
all opponents this season.
Some of the top newcom-
ers include backs Charles
Louis, Clarendon; Ken West-
brocks, Lancaster; Eddie Mc-
Clain, Snyder; and Robert
Woodard, Sweeny.
Linemen include Buster
Flandry, Teague; Thurmand
Bradford, Ernest Hubert,
Brenham; Mark Bachtel, Bra-
zosport; Nathaniel Moore,
Sweeny; Charles King, Mar-
lin; and Pat Mclnturff, Tem-
ple.
"We think," Coach Camer-
on said, "We have rounded up
some of the top freshmen foot-
ballers in the state, and we,
undoubtedly, will try to break
them in as specialists, need-
ed reserves and hopefully as
starters."
This season will mark the
sixty-third campaign for the
Yellow Jackets, and several
armchair quarterbacks seem
to think this could be a ban-
ner year.
Three reasons for such op-
timism are backs Danny Ehle,
a senior two-year letterman
from Houston; Bobby Ham-
mer, returning letterman from
Itasca; and Ronnie Colliflow-
er, an incoming quarterback
from Weatherford.
Ehle enjoyed lame as a
running back last season by
setting the Howard Payne
rushing mark with a net of
873 yards.
Hammer had a record of 104
carries for a net of 739 yards
last season to rank behind
only Ehle.
Colliflower represents the
Yellow Jackets' hopes of end-
ing a long streak of quarter-
back trouble.
HPC has been plagued with
quarterback trouble for the
last several seasons, and if
Colliflower, who was impress-
ive in the spring drills, comes
through the Jackets could
easily wind up as contenders
for the Lone Star Conference
crown.
Colliflower, 6-0, 177, is an
adept passer and runs with
ample authority.
Along with its star materi-
al, HPC will be fielding its
most experienced club in
years this fall with eight re-
turning starters set for of-
fensive chores and seven slat-
ed for defensive action.
Center Terry Brewster, 6-2,
227 senior two-year letterman
from Jacksboro, and defensive
specialist Ernie Storms, 5-10,
three-year letterman from La
Feria, will serve as co-cap-
tains.
ther returning offensive let-
termen include; strong tackle
Bill Lambert, a two-year let-
terman from Tyler; quick
tackle Mike Martin, a two-
■y-jI'/fi-fMJ.I'iy
year letterman from Richard-
son; and strong guard Mike
Murphy, a two-year letter-
man from Dallas.
Defensive starters include:
ends Ken Sanders, a two-year
letterman from Valley Mills,
and Ray Sulak, a two-year let-
terman from Rogers; Weak
linebacker Gary Homer, two-
year letterman, Odessa; mon-
ster Charles Airhart, two-year
letterman from Mineola; rov-
er Steve Watson, sophomore
letterman, Boswell; left half-
back Alex Williams, sopho-
more letterman from Piano;
and right halfback Edward
Robinson, two-year letterman
from Brownwood.
Robinson, ,an outstanding
high school star for Brown-
wood, is considered by many
as the best pass defender in
the Lone Star Conference. He
intercepted nine passes last
season for a new HPC mark.
This year's Yellow Jacket
club is headed by head men-
tor and new athletic director
James Cameron.
Back to assist Cameron will
be Dean Slayton, Bob Peters
and David Noble.
Also joining the staff as a
graduate assistant will be Ray
Jacobs, .a nine-year profession-
al football veteran.
Dr. Allan Spence will con-
tinue as. team physician. An-
thony Dunn will be the train*
er and Darrell Miles will serve
as the manager.
The Yellow Jackets will
open the 1970 season Septem-
ber 12 at Abilene Christian
College in Abilene.
They have an open date the
following week, and after that
they start their nine game
Lone Star Conference slate.
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JACKETS WORKOUT—The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets, under the watchful eye
of coaches James Cameron, Bobby Peters, Dean Slayton, David Noble, and
Jacobs, work towards the beginning of the 1970-71 Lone Star Conference race.
for 1970
Howard Payne is not the
only aggregation tuning up for
the season beginning.
Wally Bullington's Wildcat^
of Abilene Christian, who
compete in the Southland
Conference, must first do bat-
tle with HPC's Yellow Jackets
in Abilene September 12.
Sparked by the return of sen-
sational quarterback Jim Lind-
sey, the Wildcats are expect-
ed to make an excellent show-
ing. Nine other offensive start-
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Abilene Christian College ...1 There
Open
Stephen F. Austin Here
East Texas State There
Sul Ross State College There
Angelo State University There
Sam Houston State Here
Southwest Texas State There
Texas A&I University Here
McMurry College Here
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct. 17
Oct. 31
Nov. 7
Nov. 14
Nov. 21
Henson Succeeds Whitis
As Jacket Cage Goach
A new face will be direct-
ing Howard Payne cage
forces when the 70-71 basket-
ball season opens.
Ken Henson, coach at Cisco
Junior College for the last two
years, has been hired to re-
place HPC head coach Glen
Whitis. Whitis resigned July
29 to accept a coaching po-
sition at Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity in Abilene.
Henson's 1969-70 five was
one of the finest junior col-
lege teams in the nation, post-
ing a 30-6 record and reach-
ing the regional finals before
bowing, to Christian College
of the Southwest, 98-90. Cisco
had led by 12 points with 10
minutes to play.
Henson's five-year career
record as a head coach is 92-°
36. ■' '
He launched his head coach-
ing career at Tulsa, Okla.,
Washington in 1965-66, finish-
ing with an 11-9 record.
He moved to Cisco Junior
College in 1968-69, posting a
13-13 record before coming
up with last year's 30-6 rec-
ord.
Henson called the HPC as-
signment "my greatest oppor-
tunity."
A graduate of Northeast
Oklahoma State, Henson is
the brother of Lou Henson,
former cage coach at Hardin-
Simmons and currently men-
tor at New Mexico State.
Whitis's resignation opened
up the position of Athletic Di-
rector which was filled by
head football coach James
Cameron. "• ilfk* *1!" .j,
ers will be back from last
year's eleven.
Defensively the Wildcats are
in slightly worse shape. They
are returning eight of last
year's starting eleven, but Ail-
American Chip Bennett and
AU-SLC end Ken Roberts will
not be among them.
Four Lone Star Conference
foes also begin their seasons
September 12.
East Texas State begins the
1970 season at home against
McNeese (of Louisiana). The
Lions will miss the All-Ameri-
can running of "King" Arthur
Jones, but will try to make
up for their loss with thirty
returning lettermen.
Among the returning Lions
is quarterback Jim Dietz who
is described by his coach as
simply "a winner." '
At any rate, the Lions will
have their- hands full if they
are to repeat their 1969 per-
formance which saw them
emerge with a share of the
Lone Star Conference Cham-
pionship.
The Bearkats of Sam Hous-
ton State in Huntsville must
travel to Dothan, Ala., to be-
gin their 1970 season against
Troy State.
Coach Tom Page's squad,
which sports 39 returning
players, should provide a
competitive flavor to the LSC
race. ,
The Yellow Jackets' oldest
rival, Southwest Texas State,
kicks off is season by taking
on Texas Lutheran ,at home
in San Marcos.
The Bobcats return 14 let-
termen, seven of whom work-
ed as starters on the offensive
team, and six defensive start-
ers.
Several Bobcat starters are
potential star material. These
are Clarence Holt at middle
guard, Don Caldwell at de-
fensive back, offensive tackle
Mike Wuest, and John Park-
er at split end.
The only other Lone Star
Conference team to start on
September 12 is McMurry who
will play Prairie View A&M
at home in Abilene;
The Indians have 16 return-
ing starters, eight each way,
and should be a definite im-
provement over the 1989 club.
Angelo State, Stephen F.
Austin, Sul Ross, and Texas
A&I all are scheduled to play
their first gamfs September
19.
Angelo , State sparked by
sophomore tailback Jerry Aus-
tin, will meet Southwest Tex-
as State in San Marcos.
The Stephen F. Austin Lum-
berjacks begin their season at
home against Northwestern. 1-' ^pr'
Coach Travis Hughes sui\
veys this year's squad with
increasing optimism. His all-
star candidates include: Andy
Hopkins, running back who
gained -1,023 yards last sea-
son, and Danny McKeown J
who caught 53 passes for 1,095
yards to become the first LSC
receiver to break the 1,000-
yard bearer.
Sul Ross plans to kick off
its season against tough East-
ern New Mexico University in
Portales, N. M.
The Lobos should be tough,
returning 31 lettermen. Seven
of these were offensive start-
ers anct six defensive.
Texas A&I, returning with
the other half of the Lone
Star Conference belt, will face
Trinity at home in Kingsville.
The defending National
NAIA champion Javelinas re-
turn 31 lettermen. Seven
started on oifense and eight
on defense, but head mentor
Gil Steinke still admits to a
depth problem which can
hopefully be filled with fresh-
men and" redshirts.
Tarleton State will be the
last Lone Star Conference
team to hit the gridiron.
The Texans, under the di-
rection of head coach Lloyd
Taylor, are in the process of
rebuilding the entire club. *
However, Taylor, in looking
to the future, said that he
had enjoyed a pretty good re- -
cruiting season.
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