The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 15, 1949 Page: 4 of 4
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4—THE J-TAG
Tuesday, February 15, 1919
By ED THIELE
The Plowboys have a thorny task before them tonight Iri
the East Texas city of roses. Their job is to knock some of'
the wahoo out of the Apaches* wigwam, but thpse war-
painted Tyler cagers have massacred theii* opponents in
ten straight conference : games; It is significant that the
narrowest gap. separating the Apaches' score, $ntj that of
any SJCC opponent encountered so far came in t!>^ir 40-31
battle in the Tarleton gym. Coach Hughes is unable to put
the same combination on the floor as in their previous
entanglement; he does have a hustling crew, . Ifroiyever,
primed to upset the league leaders. . -'ii\ 5
Thinly clad ti'ackmen are taking this spririg weather in
stride. The first meet is only six weeks off, and those strides
have to come long arid fast from now on. Coach Frazier has
that stop watch working almost every afternopn to check in-
dividual development.' Some good times have already been
turned in on the cinder path, and a large group of aspirants
are busy in the field events. The conference meet will be held
at'NTAC this season; that makes the crown an even wealthier
prize to JTAC cindermen. :
..The Southwestern JC cage machine is grinding out vic-
tories at a rapid pace and except for Tyler's product the
teams are of almost equal strength in a top division; scram-
ble. Laniar eked by Kilgore, 61-59, and Paris stpmped the
Rangers, 51-37. Tyler notched its tenth verdict^ a 80-44
conquest of Sclueiner. Ban Angelo garnered two wing, de-
feating NTAC 48-36 and Tarleton 53-46. Thatfs the totai
output ready for distribution at the deadline.
Walter Johnson and Rubs Kersten' are the parading Plow-
boys to get the nod this issue. It has been said that Walt is
invisible when he turns'sideways but he's really not that
skinny. That 6 ft, 5 in. frame was raised in Wellington where
he was outstanding, in both football and basketball. Johnson
operates at forward in number 44 jersey. Russ (the pride of
Sealy) Kersten is a returning squadman and is filling in at a
guard slot on the 'Purple five. At set shots, his specialty, he is
one of the most accurate ,of the cagers. hear war
-whoops as number 38' enters j-h.e game it's,-just because the
6 ft 2 Wh Kersten has earned the nickname of "Chief" among
his friends. / \
. Tarleton basketball fans have thre'e -more Opportunities to
see* the hoopsters in action on the home court and two of
those games will be reeled off Friday and Saturday nights.
The Lamar Cardinals will furnish the opposition as the team
triea to climb the conference ladder. Game time is 7:30 p. m;,
Jso let's, make, this basketball emphasis week by .getting behind
the plowboys. The quint chalked up 639 points , to 481 for
opponents in the^r ih*st 14 games. Whoaj Boy! Until next week.
PLOWBOY CAGERS
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WALTER JOHNSON
KKJN GIBSON
FLORY AWARDS
"T'S" TO FIVE
CHEERLEADERS
"T" awards have been made to
five cheer leaders who were chos-
en by the student body and served
during the past football season.
Coach C,' M. _ Flory made the
awards to Rosemarie Stasny, Mar-
tha Noi*man, Betty Jo Loveless-
John McCoy ahd Herman Thomp-
son. ' „ .
On behalf of the team the eheet'
leaders are now leading yells at
the. basketball^ games on the home
court. They ask for your support.
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I CALENDAR J
Thurs.-, Feb. IT— Stephenville -+
4- Masonic Research Group, 3 ■+
p.m., Masonic Temple. +
4- Thurs., Feb. 17-—AMVETS +
+' meeting, Vet ftec Hall, 6:30 +
+ .jp.nn +
.f Thurs,/Feb. 17—Senior Class +
^ , meeting', j Home Ec Audi- +
•f torium, 6:30-8:00 p.m. +
+ Thursday., Feb. 17—-Scholar-, 4
-f ship Society] Dining Hall, rfr
+ • 0:45-8:00" p'^m.- +
^f'Fridayy Feb. 18—Basketball, +
-f Plowboys vd. Lamar, con- +
+ i'erence., .7:30 p.m., Gym. ■+
Sat,. ^ Fdx 19 — Basketball, +
-f '.piowbefys, vs. Lamar, con- >
+ . ference, 7:30 p.m., Gym. +
■f Sat., and Sun., Feb. 19-20— +
+ AMVET State Exec, Com. 4
■f meeting, Home Ec Audito- -f
+ rium. • +
*f Sat., Feb. 10—Student Coun- +
cil Dance, Rec Hall,
p.m.
7:30 +
+
+ Sat.. Feb. 19—AMVET Banr +
quet, Little
7:30 p.m.
Dining Hall, +
: +
+ Tues,, Feb. 22—Basketball, +
+ Plowboys vs. Paris, confer- -f
; .ence, 7:30 p-nj., Gym. +
MHH ++++
PLOWBOYSTEST
LOOP LEADERS
Tyler's. Apaches will be host to
the Plowboys at 8 tonight in a con-
ference (cage battle. This is the
final contest between the two
quints this season.
In their previous encounter in
Stephenville,-the Purple quint un-
yfitied?a suprise package, By play-
ing: for; possession of the ball the
hustling hoopsters limited Tyler
■to a 3-point -halftime margin and
wound Up 9 points behind. The 40
points registered by the Apaches
in that game was their lowest to-
tal of the current ..campaign. In-
cidentally, more of the game style
may be the vogue this evening:.
'Gibson, Garrity, Cadenhead,
Simpson, and Ball are slated to
begin action for the Plowboys.
Johnson, Davis, Kestern, Askins,
and Basham also made the jour-
ney east.
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College Students 60c
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Tickets are being sold in advance at the
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STEPHENVILLE LIONS CLUB
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Backstops Complete
On New Girls' Courts
lib Hunewell Park
- The backstops to the new ten-
nis courts in Hunewell Park are
now completed, • These backstops
resemble baseball backstops in
shape and design. —
The backstops are made of heavy
net-wire similar to • that around
the, football.. fieid. They are re-
inforced at the, bottom with storm-
proof wire and at the top with
light netting wire. Iron posts
wfiich are eighteen feet high, ten
feet apart, and some three feet
in the ground reinforce .the wire.
The backstops are twenty t/feet
from the ends of the coui t.'These
backstops should be a great asset
to the new courts.'
Cadets Take Army
Qualifying Exam
Cadets recently took an KOTO
qualifying examination sent. out
by the army,.This examination will
partially determine whether the
student will be eligible for a con-
tract for advanced KOTC work.
Companies will be divided into
two platoons instead of three
this semester due to reduced reg-
istration.
Plowboy Scoring
Individual scoring in 14 games:
Player .
Ed Logan J—
Harold Ball •
John Simpson -
Harold Parks
Herbert Cadenhead
Johnny Garrity
Howard Brawley
E. W. Smith
Ed Basham —
Kenneth Gibson
Gerald Davis
Walter Johnson
Russ Kersten .
Billy Asking ^
TOTAL
Pts.
-■ 123
ii9,
_ 74
73
63:
- . 47
.. 39,
_ 37
.., 27
17
10
_ ' 4
- 3
3
639
JTAC FENCERS
WININ DALLAS
SWORD EVENTS
.. The Knights of Tarleton fought
their way to four of the first.six
places in open- foil competition of
!he 'Northern Section, Southwest-
v n Division Foil and- Saber Tour-
riainent in'Dallas recently.'Three
of the Plowboy swordsmen sur-
vived competition in the novice
saber division of the meet, and
they will return to compete in
the 'finals. February 12. Competi-
tion in the novice epee and open
saber division will begin on Febr
l-uary 12. . ■ ■
Lacy I3reckenridge ^took first
place in the open foil competition.
This was the third straight touiv
nament and gold medal that Lacy
has won.. Third place Went .to
Travis Smith,, while fifth and sixth
places were captured by Bill
Spinks and William Bentley, re-
spectively. The , fighting in the
division started at 2 p.m. and
continued, without stopping until
2 a.m. the next morning'., .
. The highlight of the tournament
came when Travis Smith ;defeated
the Fort Worth coach, a veteran
of about twelve years of fencing,
5-0.
Surviving to reassemble ' .and
compete in the finals of the novice
saber division on February 19' are
-Bobby .Myers, William -Bentley and
Travis Smith.
Bill. Spinks,' Jim Moss, David
Hic.kerson, Walter Wirth, Dale
Vandever, Cleave Dickinson, Joe
Mays, Lacy fireckenridge 'arid sev-
eral other plan to attend the Dal-
las meet for entry in,a. novice epee
and open saber-tournament.
Huge Intramural
Fencing Tourney
To Be Held Here
The Tarleton Intramural Fenc-
ing Tournament starts tomorrow
at 5:00 p.m. Competition, will be
held each day the remainder of the
week from 5:00 to fi-.OO p.m. There
are 32 entries so far in the tour-
nament. This promises to be the
largest foil tournament ever held
as an intradural event in th^
southwest.
Awards wiU be given for the
first six places. The first1 place
award is an eight-inch trophy .with
the golden figure of a fenctsi
mounted, on top. The second place
award will be a large sterling sil-
ver metal- while the. third pla^e
winner will -receive a smaller silver
medal. Fourth, ^ifth and, sixth
place awards will all be' bronze
medals. These awards will be put
on' display in the college bo6k
store, as soon as they .arrive. ■ ■
■ All fighting of the tournament
wijil bo held in the recreation hallj
and everybody is invited to attend
and cheer on their-favorite swords-
man, There will'be no charge;
Intramural Sports
To Return to Full
Scale Operations
Assuming' that Tarleton students
have had their . share of- .ice. and
snow for a while,, intramural
.sports will be making up for .lost
time during. the. next few w.eeks.
Athletic . Director. C. . M. Flory
urges vplleyball team managers t!o
get their entries in as soon as pos-
sible;, all those interested in boxing
should contact him immediately. •
• "Soft ball teams should also be-
bin to* organize, as this - will be
next in line/' he said, schedules
will be • announced as soon as
enough entries.are, in.
FENCING AWARD
LETTER CONTEST
Don R, ^Chaney -recently submit-
ted the . winning design to Mr.
George Beakley, who- presented a
design problem io the Architecture
Department. ,
The/problem consisted of draw-
ing an award letter for the fresh-
man fencing fleam-of Tarleton. This
is the second time in the past few
Weeks, that Chaney has won a de-
sign contest. Previously he sub-
mitted the winning- drawing of the
stamp put on all outgoing mail of
Tarleton commemorating the estab-
lishment of the college fifty years
ago this year. ' . -
The entries made by the Archi-
tecture Department were judged
by the members of the varsity fenc-
ing- team. Second place was award-
ed' Bill Chamlee and third place
was. won by Royce Beck.
Reaching for the top di^ion,
the Plowboys haves an imi>q|
two-game ' series with the Afear
Cardinals this week-end. ifjgday
and Saturday nights at 7:'jMthe
pair will collide in the Ta$S|ton
gym. 5
Lamar 'College's cagers coffgj: to
Stephenville with an enviabl^fikea-
son record and only thre^set-
backs in conference play. Thei$ of-
fense is. built .around Moo^ a
rangy pivot operator, who is one
of the loop's high scorers. Tv/o of
the reverses were supplied* JSy
Tyler and Lhe third was ap:;'up-
set by Schreiner Institute $n a
55-53 thriller. i&' -
Coach Marshall Hughes dedj&red
that the Tarleton line-up vva| not
set. Gerald Davis,' a letterm§S, *is
now rounding' into top fori#. A
foot injury ift responsible his
late start this season. S
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 15, 1949, newspaper, February 15, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth141057/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.