The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 200, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 21, 1974 Page: 4 of 15
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4-THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS-Wednesday, August 21, 1974
SPORTS 1 Spectacular Golf Play
I SCENE ti c L J J r ii-i
WILLIAMSPORT Penn - IS Scheduled for Lakes
The second set of first-round 1 4 • I
games is on tap today the September 14-15 weekend will
- Little League World Series in bring a first to Ennis, a truly
: Williamsport, Penn. Red Bluff, Top Flight Partnership Golf
- Calif., plays Victoria, Canada. Tournament.
: And Jackson, Tennessee faces Successful tournaments have
reason: excellent prizes.
Two sets of Pro-Line Irons
will be awarded to the winners
in each flight. Second place
winner will receive Pro-Line
woods; third place - Pro-Line
Bags. Consolation winners will
receive Golf Shoes. Also - for the
first hole-in-one on No. 7 (3 par)
a new Chevrolet Vega will be
awarded courtesy of Bruce
Brown Chevrolet Olds.
Entry fee is $25.00 for person
with a limit of 64 teams. You
may obtain more details by
contacting Sam Coley at
Lakeside Country Club, Ennis,
Texas. 875-3641
- Maracaibo, Venezuela. been held in past years but the
• Yesterday, 12-year-old largest group of golfers ever to
. righthander Bob Trauger of participate in a golf tournament
I Tallmadge, Ohio gave up seven in Ennis is expected. There is a
f singles in his team’s 8-0 win -------------------------------
over the European champions
from Athens, Greece. 1 A / 1 • 1 . A r e_0F
Another 12 year old, Lin Wen VVhitnev SITA (anoo Roco
Hsiung, pitched a one-hitter to ‘ V1llo) C1I l VC NCCE
lead Kao Hsiung, Taiwan to a ____________________________
16-0 victory over New Haven,
Conn CIE
Teams from Taiwan have Lakeside Men Colt
I won three straight Little
- League titles. And after Accn Will UAL
I yesterday’s game, the Islanders Assn. VV 1 1 1 11010
I are favorites again this year.
Meeting Thursday
ORLANDO, Fla. — The
, Florida Blazers play the Por-
i tland Storm tonight at home, in
Orlando, but the Blazers have
9 Georgia on the mind. Blazers
i coach Jack Pardee says all the
H talk about a possible move from
A Orlando to Atlanta doesn’t
t make his job any easier. But
" . nobody expects the Blazers to
# have too much difficulty tonight
" against Storm. Portland is
I. winless in six games, while the
An important meeting of the
Mens Golf Association has been Tournament scheduled for Sept,
called for Thursday, Aug. 22 at 14-15.
the Lakeside Country Club. All members are urged to
The main topic of discussion attend, a united effort is
will be the upcoming Part- necessary if the ^tournament is
nership Florida Scramble Golf to be a success.
LAKE WHITNEY, Texas —
First national canoe cham-
pionship races ever held in
Texas are scheduled Saturday |
and Sunday on the Brazos |
River between Whitney Dam
and Waco.
The feature 40-mile race
starts at 9 a.m. Saturday just
below Whitney Dam. More than
100 racers are expected from a
dozen states.
A dozen other shorter races
. and sprints are scheduled later
in the day and Sunday between a
Reddell’s Camp near Gholson
and Fort Fisher Park on Lake
Brazos in Waco.
Cowboy Tales
WINGBACK, MARVIN McELROY . . 5-9 160, McElroy
is a senior and promises to be a potential threat to Lion
opponents.
LBJ Statue
Dedicated
Park grounds, with the figure
gesturing toward the late
President’s ranch home on the
Pedernales River which the
nation and the world came to
STONEWALL — An eight- know as part of the Hill Country
foot-tall statue of the late
President Lyndon B. Johnson
will be dedicated in ceremonies
Saturday, Aug. 24, at the State
Park near here which bears his
name.
Unveiling the bronze will be
Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson; guest
speakers will include Lt. Gov.
William P. Hobby; U.S. Cong. J.
J. (Jake) Pickle; Texas Parks
he cherished.
IT’S A
KNEE-SLAPPER
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Alba-
ny County foreclosed on the
state Court of Appeals building
and its own courthouse — to
the embarrassment of County
Attorney Bob Roach.
,. . “When I said we will fore-
and Wildlife Commission close every bleeding piece of
Chairman Jack Stone and property with back taxes due,
Ronald H. Walker, director of apparently somebody took me
the National Park Service literally,” Roach said.
which is co-sponsoring the event Computers tallied a $16.80
with the Parks and Wildlife water tax for the county build-
Department. ing and a $37.92 water tax for
A noon barbecue for invited the Court of Appeals building,
guests w’ill follow the "It’sa knee-slapper,” he con-
dedication. ceded. “But unfortunately it’s
The statue was sculpted by just the type of thing that’s
Miss Jimilu Mason of been happening to me since the
Alexandria, Va., and cast in first of January when I started
bronze in Italy. It will be per- the job. . .
manently located in a granit . I’m trying to get, through to
1 % TTT • the chief judge now, he added
plaza on the LBJ State Historic J6 "‘ 4. 00000
He elected to sign with the
Cowboys. “I figure if I don’t
With 27 seconds remaining in make it I can always go to
Saturday night’s Dallas France and play basketball,”
Cowboys-Houston Oilers game he said. ,
atTexas Stadium, the Cowbovs-When Howard reported to the
- trailing 13-6- faced a fourth- Cowboys’ training camp in
and-10 situation at the Oilers’ Thousand Oaks, Calif., it
23. The home team had no quickly became apparent that
timeouts left he was a cut above the average
player with no college football
background.
“It was surprising the way he
adjusted,” says Cowboys
Receivers Coach Mike Ditka.
University, gathered in "He had a good blocking stance
Staubach’s perfectly aimed right away, a good, wide base,
bullet in the end zone to force a And he catches the football as
sudden death over time. well as any of our tight ends."
Dallas won the coin toss Therein lies the biggest
WASHINGTON — Another ahead of the extra period and hurdle ahead of Howard. The
disagreement between the tight end Howard’s third-down Cowboys already have two
players and owners indicates catch kept alive the drive that young, talented tight ends--
that passions once again are eventually led to a 19-13 Billy Joe DuPree, the second-
nearing the boiling point in the Cowboys victory. year man who started every
National Football League It may just be that Ron game as a rookie in 973, and
dispute. This, as the 14-day Howard is the latest in a long th^-year player Jean Fugett.
cooling off period in the player line of unknowns who have gone But, ,because of L
strike reached the halfway on to make their NFL mark in a players strike, Ron was able to
point today. Dallas uniform. receive much more attention
11-year-old veteran Kermit Ron, 6-4 and 217, was a two- than a free agent rookie nor-
Alexander was told yesterday year starter at forward for mally would have. Ditka says
that he no longer fits into the Seattle. Opponents remember he’s taking advantage of it.
Philadelphia Eagles’ plans. The his ferocious rebounding and his . Ron 8 biggest problem is
owners’ side contends that hard-nosed style of play, and simply terminology, says the
Alexander, who was given they remember saying it was a coach. He simply had no idea
permission to negotiate with shame he wasn’t quite big what we were talking about at
other teams, is an aging enough to puruse a professional first. Once I could explain a
veteran. The Players’ basketball career.
Association stresses that he’s Howard had an offer to play
vice-president of the basketball in France. He also
organization. was approached by NFL teams
Meantime, management on the lookout for a “sleeper.”
spokesman Terry Bledsoe says One of those was the Cowboys,
the management council who had first contacted him
executive committee has during his sophomore year,
scheduled a meeting today in
New Yoi k to draft what he calls
“a more detailed response” to
the union’s latest offer.
ANOTHER SLEEPER?
Blazers have won five of their
six.
In tonight’s other WFL ac-
tion: The Hawaiians visit
Memphis; Southern California
isat Philadelphia; Birmingham
travels to Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Houston is at New York.
The Chicago Fire takes on the In that do-or-die situation,
Wheels in tomorrow night’s Roger Staubach sought out an
nationally-televisied game from improbable receiver. Ron
Detroit Howard, a rookie free agent
basketball player from Seattle
United States Canoe
Association is sponsoring the
National Championship
Marathon Canoe Races and the
nation’s best amateur races
have entered.
Racers may register in
Riverside Park East at Whitney
Dam at 7:30 Saturday. Guests
and officials are to be in-
troduced, and rules read before
the feature race begins at 9 a.m.
Lake Whitney Association
and Whitney Chamber of
Commerce are cooperating
with USCA officials by fur-
nishing trophies for the feature
race and serving coffee, Cokes
and donuts to racers and of-
ficials. Several Lake Whitney
beauty queens and hostesses
will be on hand to serve the
racers and participate in
opening ceremonies.
Time required for the 40-mile
race will depend on how much
water is being discharged from
Whitney Dam Saturday mor-
ning. Good discharges mean
smooth sailing, while little
water will cause as much
pushing and pulling as pad-
dling.
All awards will be presented
at Fort Fisher Park in Waco
Saturdy and Sunday afternoons.
DON’T FORGET
THE ANTACID
1974
ENNIS HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
DARRELL SHEFFIELD ... 6-1, 195 offensive full-
back and defensive linebacker, it's our guess, will spark-
sparkplug a terrific defensive when the Lions meet the
Friars here Friday night.
IONS
I INES
by STEVE NASH
The Ennis Lions continue to Friday evening at Lions Field
work and toil in the hot af- against the Bishop Lynch
ternoons in preparation for the Friars. The overall hustle of the
year’s first competition against club is good and coaches an-
outside forces which will be this ticipate the best effort to date
SCOUTS RAISE
this Friday. A little adrenalin
should begin to flow when the
Lions get ready to chew the rag
with the Friars. Lion fans
FLAG DOWNTOWN
EL PASO, Tex. (AP) — Since should make definite plans if
late May 1970, members of El they have not already done so,
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TWO ARMS make for some very long legs as evidenced
by this photograph of Mike and Paul Arms, 9 and 10
years old respectively, of Rafael, Calif. The two brothers
had planned on using the rolled up paper for drawing a
mural in their bedroom but found posing this gag shot
much more fun.
NEWPORT, Rhode Island -
It’s down to “Courageous” and
“Intrepid” in the battle to
decide which yacht will defend
the America’s cup. The New
York Yacht Club eliminated
“Mariner” and “Valiant” from
the trials last night.
VARSITY
Coaching Staff
Head Coach- Don Essary
1st Assist. - Don Barton
Assistants- Bill Cox
and Dick Stringfellow
Date
Opponent
Place
The series between
Courageous and Intrepid is Date Opponent
expected to be a close one. Sept. 6
Intrepid holds a seven-to-five Sept. 13
edge in match races dating Sept. 20
back to late June, while the
rivals have split 2 meetings
since the final trials started last
week off Rhode Island.
The winner has the honor of
facing either France or
Australia in the America’s cup
races starting Sept. 10.
The 2 foreign contenders-
“France” and the “Southern
Cross” from Australia- begin a
best-of-seven competition
tomorrow for the right to
challenge for the cup.
Sept. 27
Oct. 4
Oct. 11
Oct. 18
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
Nov. 8
Nov. 15
Place
Athens
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least one patrol from the
The Kenya capital is to play troop handles the assignment
host later this year to the first regardless of weather condi-
certain technique in terms International Gastronomic Fair tions, reports William I. Lath-
related to basketball, he picked for Africa. The slogan of the am, editor of the El Paso
it up right away. ' October event will be, appro- Times.
“He’s smart enough to ask priately, "Foodstuffs are fruits The present Scoutmaster is a
questions about something he of earth and the result of hu- Roman Catholic priest, Brother
doesn’t understand. A lot of man toil." .Tariscio Bressan, who doesn’t
just out and Foodstuffs, national dishes speak English. He has worked
something wrong rather than and drinks and other delicacies with the troop from a low in-
something wrong rather than from all over Africa will be on come area of El Paso for many
asking about it. .. . ■ displayat the four-day event, years.
Howard did something else in
July that caught the eye of
Ditka, who was known as one of
the game’s tougher customers
in his playing days. Ron never
missed a minute of two-a-day
workouts despite a pulled
muscle.
“He plays hurt without
complaining at all,” says Ditka.
“I like that attitude,”
So it was that, after Saturday
night’s victory over Houston,
Coach Tom Landry said:
“Ron is the real bright spot
for us thus far in the season. He
is the best conditioned athlete
we have. He was still going full
speed in the final period (the
Paso Boy Scout Troop 21 have to be at the scrimmage and give
been raising the United States all the support we can to our
flag each Saturday morning in Lions as they work to polish
downtown San Jacinto Plaza, their machine before the big
opener with the Athens Hornets.
Lion coaches will have open
eyes during the scrimmage as
the Lions have several positions
up for grabs and maybe some
roses haven’t begun to bloom as
of yet. For the fans, we can get
an early indication of the desire,$.,
discipline and hustle of this *
year’s Lions.
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Lynch and we’re behind you 110
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JUNIOR VARSITY
Coaches
Robert Bokies
Steve Braddock
Sept. 5
Athens
Sept. 12 Waco High
Sept. 19 Univ. High
Sept. 26 "Lancaster
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Park Donated
McKinney
McKINNEY — A new park
donated to the State of Texas
has been turned over to local
authorities and dedicated as
Limited Quanities
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SAN DIEGO — Florence
1 Chadwick knows all about
swimming at sea. And she says
I Sandra Keshka is the greatest.
The topic came up when the
two women returned from an
unsuccessful assault on the
world record for swimming
between Calais, France and
Dover, England. The 19-year-
old Miss Keshka- from Chula
Vista, Calif.,--was in the water.
And Miss Chadwick, one-time
w’orld record holder for the
channel swim, was in the lead
boat plotting the course.
The San Diego State
University junior ran into ad-
verse wind conditions and fell
about 31 minutes short of the
record held by Linda McGill of
Oct. 3
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Oct. 17
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Oct. 24 Waxahachie
Oct. 31
DeSoto
Nov.7 Waxahachie
Nov. 14 Lancaster
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7:30 Erwin Municipal Park in
7:30 ceremonies here Saturday,
7:00 Aug. 10.
7:30- The 214-acre site had been
deeded to the Texas Con-
7:30 servation foundation by Dr. and
Mrs. J. C. Erwin Jr. of
7:30 McKinney in honor of J. C.
7:30 Erwin Jr. The foundation, a
7:30 holding agency for real propery
7:30 donations to the state, later
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City of McKinney for local
Australia. But after the exer- development and operation,
cise, Miss Chadwick called Miss Facilities include playground
Keshka the grestest distance areas, picnic sites, restrooms
swimmer she s ever seen, and three covered pavillions.
Sandy says she doesn t think Mayor Al Ruschhaupt
she’ll try the channel swim presided at the ceremonies
again, because tor the next attended by local officials and
two years she’ll be busy with Mark Gosdin, head of special
her pre-law major at San Diego studies and system planning for
State. But she accomplished one the Texas Parks and Wildlife
feat that few have even Department represented the
dreamed of- astonishing the department and the foundation
great Florence Chadwick, at the dedication.
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Casebolt, Floyd W. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 200, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 21, 1974, newspaper, August 21, 1974; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1690485/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.