Leopard Tales (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1972 Page: 6 of 6
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meet the Leopardettes. The only
game they have played to this
date was with Parsons which the
Chinese won 61-59. Miss Frances
Garmon said she feels she will
know more about the Chinese team
and
There has been a revived in-
terest in the Czech culture through
such as the Supreme
FASHION APPAREL FOR
THE ENTIRE FAMILY
With this win, the Leopards
ran their season record to 12-10,
and their conference record stands
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by Kathy Love
Grand finale of the week of
opening ceremonies for the new
gymnasium will be a basketball
game between the TJC Leopardet-
tes and the Ya Tung girls basket-
ball team from Taiwan, Republic
of China.
will be only two 20-minute halves.
Each team is allowed only two
their arrival they have been play- time-outs per half, and free throws
ing anyone who wants a game. are Sjven only when a foul is
collegiate teams in the nation such /s missed- Otherwise the
as Wayland Baptist college, Par- ^ou^_ s™Ply recorded and play
sons college, Seminole Junior col-
lege, Ouachita Baptist university
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Miss Wang Shiao-ching, 21, plays for the Ya Tung girls
basketball team, and she along with her teammates will be
in Temple to face the TJC Leopardettes Feb. .5 at 7:30 p.m.
Local Santa Fe Watch Inspector
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ing anyone who wants a game. are ^ven on^7 when a foul is
Their original schedule included committed against a player while
some of the top women’s inter- s^e ac^ shooting and
collegiate teams in the nation such /s missed. Otherwise the
continues from that point.
Lack of quarters, time-outs and
and Temple Junior college. Of free throws gives the players
these, the Nationalist Chinese will much less time to rest and could
have played Parsons college, Way- he a big deciding factor in the
land and Ouachita before they game.
In accordance to rules which
are set for all games taking place
between foreign teams, the Leopar-
dettes will exchange gifts with
their counterparts in pre-game
after they play Wayland and ‘“ni n °T
Ouachita. “Fk n L J.0™1"
ed by the college with a Texas-
The Ya Tung women have ac- style bar-be-cue Friday night and
cumulated an impressive record they will be guests of the college
while touring the U. S., averaging during their stay at the Ponderosa
95 points per game. Miss Garmon motor hotel.
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are of Czech descent. Area doctors
and dentists have found that the bailgame
course is a helpful resource in the first field goal of the game,
dealing with the people of their TJC led by as much as eight
daily professions. points in the first 10 minutes of
the half and continued to stay
ahead most of the first half. With
10:06 showing on the clock MCC
gained its only lead of the night
22-20. It was short-lived as the
Leopards came fighting back and
went into halftime 49-33.
MCC came out in the second
Leopardettes host Chinese Olympic players
said she credits much of the sue- i
cess of the Chinese to the fact
that they have been playing teams
of various abilities, but she added
•‘these girls are extremely fast
and they have terrific speed, we
just hope they will be very tired
when they get to us.”
Coach Garmon also pointed out
When the women from China that “conditioning will be the
meet the Leopardettes at 7:30 p.m. biggest factor in playing them.”
Saturday, it will be one of their This is because the game will be
last games in a tour which has played under international rules
covered much of the United States, which means that instead of the
The Chinese delegation planned usua^ f°ur quarters that the
to play only a limited schedule Leopardettes are used to, there
while on their way to the Olympic
games in Peru. However, since
Czech class added to night school;
Johnny L. Chervenka is instructor
Beginning Czech is now being university, Prague, Czech. The
offered in night school at Temple class meets from 7-10 p.m. on Mon-
Junior college. Johnny L. Cherven- days in room 105. No prior knowl-
ka Sr., who is in his 15th year of edge is needed and the course
teaching Czech at Rogers high- does carry college transfer credits,
school, is teaching the conversa-
tional approach to the language.
The course utilizes a textbook agencies such as
developed by Dr. John M. Skri- Lodge of the Slavonic Benevolent
vanek of Texas A&M University. Order of the State of Texas
Tapes used for the course feature museum in Temple and the In-
native Czechs made at Charles stitute of Texas Culture in San
Antonio. Aside from its cultural
aspect, Czech is an international
critical language and is a stepping
stone to Russian. Many of the
pronunciations are identical to
Russian and the only major dif-
Leopards leave old gym with victory
over McLennan County Highlanders
by Ben Curtis half and it was obvious their points, 12 in the second half, and
_________ „ The Leopards downed the Me- strategy was to get the ball to 6-10 Charles Solomon rounded the
ference in the vocabulary is the lennan Highlanders 81-63 in a non- center Bruce Ott. Ott scored 11 of double-figure scorers with 14 points
numerical system, according to in- conference game Monday night. It his 13 points in the second half, all in the first half. MCC’s Robert
structor Chervenka. was the last game for TJC in the However TJC built its lead back Gill totaled 17 points.
Not all the 17 students enrolled old gymnasium. to 17 points twice in the second
Temple jumped ahead in the half before the Highlanders cut
Lee Williams sank the final margin to 81-65.
Julius Howard led the scoring 5-5. Their next home game is Jan.
with 32 points, 16 in each half. 31 against Wharton County Junior
Eric Clark also aided with 19 college on the new court.
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Leopard Tales (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1972, newspaper, January 28, 1972; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1380020/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Temple College.