The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 8, 1957 Page: 6 of 8
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Tuesday, October 8, 1957
To Play
H-S Frosh
STEPHENVILLE, Oct. 5— (Spl.)
Almost completely recovered from
tlieir mass bout with the flu, but
still somewhat shaken by the 64-0
trouncing they took from the
Texarkana College Bulldogs in
Texarkana, the Tarleton Plowboys
have begun practice' for their meet-
ing with the Hardin-Simmons
Freshmen in Stephen ville Thurs-
day.
New Faces
New xsees are expected in the
starting' lineup this Week as a re-
sult of the Texarkana massacre.
Coach H. A. Sanford may take to
the air with a passing attack that
statistic-wise looks good, but so
far has not won a single game. Y
did, however, account for the lone
touchdown in Texarkana, a 10 yard
pass that was lugged 80' yards, by
Clyde Noonkester, Tarleton's All-
Conference end, for a precious, but
ineffectual six points.
More work may be given to Don
Aiken, a strapping 190-pounder
from Sweetwater, who has return-
ed to the gridiron after a year's
layoff. Aiken, a late starter this
(season lias taken a while to get in
condition and learn the plays. But
he .did some powerful and effective
rtinrjing from the fullback spot
against Texarkana and should see
ill ore action now.
Nine Yards Pet-
Truman Hobbs, who earned some
degree of fame with Texas West-
ern last year demonstrated his
running ability Thursday night.
He ■ moved smoothly through the
tough Bulldogs, and averaged nine
yards per carry in four times with
the; ball. B^ckfieid Coach Johnny
Dunn has been working with
Hobby to improve his defensive
play which has kept him on the
sidelines for the most part of the
Plowboys three games.
Walls Back-
Bobby Walls, Tarleton's hard-
• running halfback will see action
against the Hardin-Simmons But-
' tons this week after being side-
* lined for a week with a sprained
" ankle.
Hornet Newman, weakened by
the flu for the Texarkana game
■will be able to contribute more this
- week acording to Coach Sanford.
The Hardin-Simmons Buttons
will come to Tarleton fresh from a
32-6 win over the West Texas
State Calves.
Game time' is slated for 8 p.m.
in Tarleton's Memorial Stadium.
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TOO LATE! — Plovvboy guard Glen Simpson (61) got there
too lete to get in on the tackle, but he stands ready just in case.
Bending over the downed ball carrier is end Clyde Noonkestei
181). Plowboy at right is Tommy Cheek (10).
Seven Buttons Top
200-Pound Weight
S'even men on the Hardin-Sim-
mons Freshmen team top the 200-
pound mark on the scales.
They are Bill Voss, center from
Hermleigh; Jerry Morris, guard
from Spring Bvanch; Daryl Grif-
fith, tackle from Brady; David
Thomas, tackle from Valley Mills;
Earl Byerly, tackle from Peters-
Burg; Tomy Capps, tackle from
McKinney, and Harold Gary, end
from Cross Plains.
Plowboy Passing Remains
Sharp Despite Three Losses
The passing arm of the Plowboys
is still sharp despite the record in
the win-loss column.
Picking up 134 yards passing in
the game wit!) Texarkana, brought
the Plowboy total to 364 yards
passing thus far in the season. The
Plowboy quarterbacks fired 12
passes and completed G in Thursday
night's game which ran the totai
up to 20 completions in 3G attempts
for three games. The Plows have
completed 55.5 per cent of all the
passes thrown. ' .
Pu!!t."i .
Billy Bob Golson is still the lead
ing punter for the Plo\ys with ai:
average of 35.5 yards per kick. Gol.
son has kicked 18 times fur 4(52
yards. -
The -opponents lead by. a 'wid-'
margin in the yards rushing de-
partment with 707 yards to the
Plowboys 289 yards.
In the scoring' column, Bob Walls
and Clyde Noonkester have both
scored six points each. Charlie Cast
has kicked the lone extra point.
Tarleton's two , top ground gain-
ers remain the same as Golson has
gained 100 yards and Jackie Rus-
sell 9L yards rushing.
TAltLETON STATISTICS
Tarleton Opponents
21 First Downs 3(i
289 Net Yards Hushing 707
361 Net Yards Passing 26!)
36 Passes Attempted 31
20 Passes Completed 13
11 for 95 Penalties 14 for 140
13 lor 462 Punts 11 for 391
S Own Fumbles Recovered 2
2 Opponents Fumbles Recovered 4
Hard-Pressed Plows
Drop Third Tilt 64-6
Arlington State
Gets Early Lead
In Pioneer Race
Arlington State' took over the
top spot in the Pioneer Confer-
ence as far as the records go last
we'jlc when Cameron State fell
before Tyler Junior College 1(3-7.
Arlington is still undefeated and
untied, and is leading- the confer-
ence offensive statistics. Before
their contest with Navaro Junioi
College, the Rebels had scored 112
points compared to 14 for their
opponents. CanVerons loss to Ty-
ler marked the first time that they
had been scored on this season.
They have won Ihe only conference
game yet played by topping Ran-
ger 32-0. The Cameron Aggies have
racked up 78 points against 10
for their opposition.
FARMERS-FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Commercial Banking for Over 51 Years
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Headquarters for School Pictures
KODAK FINISHING
Portraits Frames Film
MITCHELL STUDIO
'West Side of Square
Stephenville
Phone L-4221
Ballow Coaches
Baseball South
Of the Border
Cecil Ballow, Tarleton baseball
coach, and Wayne Stone .Tarleton
student, are with the Big State
Baseball Camps Ail-stars at the
Junior Amateur Baseball World
Series being held at Mexico City.
The fifteen man squad left for
Mexico last week and will return
at the end of the series on October
13.
For the second year the. Big
State League Camp has had an
all star team in the Mexican base-
ball classic, having won six out
of the seven games on the tour
last year.
Ballow was chief instructor for
the camp held in Meridian last
year. Also he has coached the
Stephenville Junior American Lea-
gue nine which has won 10 dis-
trict championships.
The teams are quartered in the
Waldorf Hotels in l^exico City.
Lutheran Student
Meeting Tonight
The Lutheran Student Associ-
ation will hold its first meeting
today at 7:30 p. m. in the Christ-
ian Student Center.
This, announcement was made by
Rev, Paul Uhles, minister of the
Lutheran Church in Hamilton.
Rev. Uhles will meet with the
students and the business of the
meeting will be organization for-
th e new year.
The Lutheran Student Associ-
ation is for all Lutheran students,
regardless of synod, according to
Rev. Uhles.
Wise Joins Squad
As Returning End
Jimmy Wise, sophomore from
Brownwood, has joined the Tarle-
ton Plowboy football squad. Wise
joined the group last week, and
played about half of the game
with Texarkana at an end posi-
tion.
Wise played for the Plowboys
as an end last season, but tip until
last week has not played this year.
The hard-pressed Tarleton Plow-
boys with 12 members of the squad
either flu ridden or injured were
completely outclassed Thursday
night by the Texarkana Junior Col-
lege. Bulldogs 04-0 for one. of the
worst defeats in the history of
Tarleton.
Coach Sandy Sanford's squad
performed well considering the cir-
cumstances. The Plowboys were
able to hold the score to 19-6 at the
half.
Thursday's defeat at the hands
of the Bulldogs marked the first
time the East Texas school has de-
feated Tarleton in the four game
series, Tarleton having won ths
first three games handily., San-
ford's flu ridden and injury riddled
squad played good ball the first
quarter, but; the long trip, injuries,
and illness took its toll, in the lat-
ter stages of the game.
The Bulldogs opened the scoring
in the first quarter on a one yard
plunge by George Jackson for the
tally. They added the extra point
and led 7-0. Tony Mandino- got the
second score of the quarter for the
Bulldogs with a 40 yard gallop
around the Plowboy end. Tarleton
struck for its only touchdown oi
a well executed pass and run plaj-
from Tommy Cheek to'Clyde Noon-
kester. Noonkester caught the ball
on his own 20 yard lirle and raced
the remaining 80 yards for the
score. The try for the extra point
failed. At the end of the quartei
the Bulldog's led 13-6. "
Texarkana increased its lead to
19-G in the second .quarter, and
the Plowboys trailed by that mar;
gin at the half. —',
In the second half the roof fell in
for the outmanned Plowbo.ys. ,Th?,,
Dogs got 19 points in the third an<J
20 in the fourth with their potent
running and passing attacks,; San- .
ford hopes for his ill and crippled .
players to be back in action ThurS-;
day night when the Plowboys t,a,ke';
on the Hardin Simmons University,,
Freshmen on Memorial Field; -Dom,
Burden, Plowboy .fullback now cqh-: ,
verted to end was forced. out-oif
last weeks game in the second
quarter because of - illness; . and
Jacky Russel, a . halfback,,.reinj,vU'-}
ed a broken finger. Otherwise th.e ,
team came out of the. battle in
good physical shape for the HS-U
contest. . •
Game At A Glance
TSC 'I'.JV- .
7 First. Djny.ns Pi .
50 Yds, Rushing
134, ■ Yds. .aPssing < 181
6 of 12 Passes t of Pi
3 , Fuipbles . . , ,. 1
0 Qppm Fym. Kee. ' . i f-,,
6 for 233 jpunts ...2, for <t'(t
3 for 35 Fen. . 8. for Yd
t Interc. , 3,
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OFF RUNNING! — Plowboy end Bobby Caffey got off too late
to stop John Hitchcock (23) of the Bulldog's. The.- Plowboy
in the center is guai'4 Br-ice Hartgraves. , ' ■
Kilgore Shutout
First Since 1953
The 14-0 loss to Kilgore was the
first shut-out against the Plow-
boys since the 1953 game .with: Arl-
ington with the exception of a
scoreless tie with Sail Angclo in
1954.
The 1953 Plowboys had a sear
son standing of three wins against
six losses and still came out sec*
ond in . the Pioneer Conference'
standings with a two win-two loss
record. They also had two men. on
the All-Pioneer eleven.
Since 1953 the Plows have woij
20, games and lost 17 while tying
two. Tarleton has been Pi onset
Conference champs twice. They
were champions in 1954 and trir
champions in 1950. The 1956 sea-
son was the best as far as the won*-
loss column is concerned. Last
year's team won seven and lost
only one while tying one. The
championship team of 1954 won
five, lost three, and tied one.
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