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rc TRAINING GRIND
Mitchell Blasts Razorbacks;
"Three Bears" In QB Battles
SwMtwator Reporter, Texas, Friday, September 2, 1955
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Southwest Conference football
players were back at the training
grind Friday, getting in shape for
the flashing runs and smashing
tackles that will thrill the crowds
this fall, while the coaches con-
sidered what they saw in Thurs-
day's opening drills.
Most important right now is con-
dition. and what they witnessed
Thursday made most of the coach-
es happy. But Jack Mitchell of
Arkansas was unhappy.
The Razorbacks, last year's
champions, came on the field with
22 lettermen. But Mitchell, succes-
sor to Bowden Wyatt, watched the
former single wing squad fumble
through the new Split T and said
they were in terrible physical con-
dition.
Mitchell has only two weeks to
get the Razorbacks whipped into
shape as the team opens with
Tulsa Sept. 17.
Things were more leisurely at
Rice. The Houston school doesn't
open until Sept. 24 when the Owls
meet Alabama.
Coach Jess Neely had the squad
running drills in shorts and T
shirts.
Of the fi8 players reporting, only
center Don Wilson was ailing. Wil-
son suffered a muscle spasm in the
back while playing golf earlier this
week.
Rice is a mild favorite for the
title this year.
Texas Christian, a school that
may surprise a lot of folks, had
what Coach Abe Martin termed a
"fine first day."
The Frogs, with lettermen al-
most two deep at every position,
spent the day on timing and funda-
mentals.
The quarterback spot is about
the only weak place in the Frog
lineup. Chuck Curtis, a junior who
played brilliantly early last year
before being injured, may fill the
slot well, but there are few re-
serves.
The Texas Longhorns opened
practice with a show of spirit that
may make Coach Ed Price a hap-
pier man this year. Price said he
is pleased—"so far."
Price said the team was in fine
condition for the time of year.
Action at the quarterback slot
was hot as senior Charley Brewer
tried to outdo sophomore Walter
Fondren for the starting herth.
Southern Methodist started drills
with Coach Woody Woodard in
Southwesl's Track
Great Calls Hail
To Cinder Parades
EL PASO, Tex. (/PI—Javier Mon-
ies, one of the Southwest's all-time
track greats, is hanging them up.
Montes, who wrote mile records
all over the country and was in
the 1952 Olympic Games, says he
could continue to run for another
five years but that he doesn't have
Ihe time or the money to do it.
At 25, Montes, still holder of the
Texas schoolboy record of 4:25 and
the Border Conference record of
4:18.4, is retiring.
Montes is entering Texas West-
ern College again this fall where
he'll take engineering. He finish-
ed his eligibility in athletics West-
ern three years ago. Since then he
has been in the Army in Korea
Javier did his last running in
1952 shortly after the Olympics at
Helsinki. His final competitive race
was in the British Empire Games
in London.
He could have stayed in the Ar-
my and continued his track career,
since the U. S. Defense Depart-
ment is encouraging athletes in the
armed forces to try for Olym-
pic berths. But Montes says he
doesn't want to make the Army
his career.
Since Montes finished up in track
some great things have happened
1o his specialty—the mile. Several
men have run it in under four
minutes.
"I don't want to sound cocky."
said Montes. "but I believe I
could have run the mile under
four minutes."
He cited a 4.07 mile he ran in
the post-Olympic British Games
"It wasn't completely exhausted
at the end either," he said.
Montes ran the metric mile in
the Olympics but was eliminated in
the quarter-finals. But he lost by
only four yards to Roger Bannist-
er, first man to run the mile in
under four minutes, while running
the first lap of a 4-mile relay in
the British Games.
"If I were rich I'd stay with
track." says Montes, who pointed
out that the mile called for year-
around training. Right now, how-
ever, Javier has a degree in engi-
neering to get and he has to make
a living before and afterward.
Kansas to attend the funeral of
a relative.
Tackle Forrest Gregg didn't
work out because of a leg injury
suffered on a summer job.
Quarterback John Roach ignored
an arm injury suffered in a hand-
ball game and fired sharp, accu-
rate passes.
Baylor's 58 football hopefuls
spent most of their day running
passing drills. Bobby Jones, Jim-
my Davenport and Kenneth Helms
did most of the passing and looked
sharp.
Coach George Sauer said the
boys were in pretty good shape
and weren't carrying too much
weight.
At College Station, Coach Bear
Bryant found only three of his boys
overweight, so he ordered contact
work at A&M. Bryant has to get
the 64 men, including 11 lettermen
and 36 sophomores, ready to meet
UCLA Sept. 16.
Three junior college transfers
joined the team and are eligible
this year. They are tackle Bob
Clennenden from Kilgore Junior
College; George Gillar, fullback
from Victoria Junior College; and
Mickey Koonce, a center from
Tyler Junior College.
Buck Coach Wanted No
Patrons At Scrimmage
A Sweetwater Mustang-Brecken-
ridge Buckaroo practice scrim-
mage, scheduled to be held Satur-
day night at Mustang Bowl, was
staged behind locked gates before
a handful of spectators Thursday
night on the insistence of Emory
Bellard, Buckaroo coach.
Elwood Turner, head Mustang
mentor, said that Bellard refused
to allow his team to scrimmage on
Saturday night before any group
of spectators, because of
the possibility of scouts from Sny-
der and Abilene, the Bucks' first
two opponents, being in the audi-
ence.
"Bellard said he would not allow
his team to scrimmage unless it
was behind locked gates," Turner
explained. "I felt that our boys
badly needed to work against a
team the caliber of Breekenridge,
and had no choice but to comply
with Bellard's wishes."
Lloyd Smith, president of the
Dallas Eagles Own
2 Game Lead In TL
As Race Nears End
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Texas League has only four
nights to run but much still can
happen.
Dallas, with a 2-game lead, has
six to play, five against tough Tul-
sa, and could lose its spot atop
the field.
San Antonio, in second place,
has five to go, four against hard-
: driving Shreveport, so even should
Dallas have trouble with Tulsa
there's no certainty San Antonio
could hurdle Shreveport and catch
, up.
Shreveport, in third place, is a
| game ahead of Houston, in fourth.
Tulsa is just one game out of
fourth and will probably have to
; sweep the series with Dallas to
| get into the playoffs because Hous-
i ton. winding up its series with
Shreveport Friday night, closes out
! against last-place, forlorn Beau-
i mont.
Dallas held the status by the quo
Thursday night in beating Fort
1 Worth 1-0 in 14 weary innings.
, Third Baseman Ozzie Virgil hit a
home run to give Dallas the deci-
sion.
San Antonio was lacing Beau-
l mont 5-1 on the 5-hit pitching of
Charley Locke, who was posting
his 18th victory. The home run
! squadron of the Missions—Joe Kir-
j rene, Willie Tasby and Kal Segrist
j -did the damage. Each put the
! ball over the fence.
Tulsa snapped back to beat
Oklahoma City 2-1 with Rod Grab-
i er accounting for both of the Oiler
runs. He hit a homer in the seventh
with a mate on base. Russ Burns
had put Oklahoma City ahead in
i the fifth inning with an over-the-
j wall clout.
Houston and Shreveport played
long and late and wound up in a
stalemate. Shreveport won the first
game of a doubleheader 2-1 on a
sparkling 2-hitter by Billy Muffett
and Pidge Browne's 33rd homer of
the season.
Houston took the second game
5-3 mainly through some great re-
i lief pitching by Harry Hoitsma,
making his 54th appearance of the
| campaign. lie came in in the sev-
| enth with the bases full and fanned
Browne to preserve the victory for
Hugh Sooter.
Mustang Booster Club, who had
made plans to sell Booster Club
memberships and season tickets at
the Saturday night scrimmage,
said Friday that the change in
plans was unavoidable, and that
Turner had no choice but to agree
to go ahead with the scrimmage
behind locked gates. "The Mus-
tangs needed the scrimmage, and
if Breekenridge wanted to make
it private, then there wasn't any-
thing else to do," he explained.
Efforts by Turner to arrange an-
other scrimmage for Saturday
night had failed Friday morning.
Ballinger, Coleman, Colorado City,
Rotan and Haskell had been con-
tacted, but none of those named
would agree to a scrimmage.
The Buck-Mustang workout end-
ed in a stalemate, with each team
scoring three times. There were no
kickoffs or punts, which each team
alternating in running a series of
offensive plays.
i Turner said he was "fairly well
! satisfied" with the Mustangs' per-
I formanee, especially in the latter
I portion of the scrimmage.
"Breekenridge worked us over
i pretty bad in the first part of the
workout, but we came back pretty
strong," he said.
The Ponies showed defensive
i weaknesses, especially on pass de-
j fense, but Mustang coaches said
that the past week's workouts, of-
| fense had been stressed with little
\ attention paid to defensive work.
Billy Savage, B team coach said
i that he thought the Mustangs did
| well considering that they have
been working out only a week, and
| that Breekenridge has been prac-
! ticing two weeks and has held one
j previous scrimmage.
I Line coach Billy Willingham said
j that there were still question marks
; in the line, but that improvement
j w as being made, and that further
1 gains should be made during the
j next two weeks. He singled out
! sophomore guard Pat Gerald for
! fine offensive work.
Chisox, Yanks, Tribe
Ready For Showdown.
BY SIX-AND-A-HALF—Eddie Arcaro,piloting Nashua across finish
line far in front of Swaps in 5100,000 winner-take-all match race at
Washington Park in Homewood, III., couldn't resist a glimpse back
at loser as he draws reins on his mount. Margin of victory was
six-and-a-half lengths. In winning. Nashua avenged his Kentucky
Derby loss to Swaps. (NEA Telephoto)
Snead Leads Golf Favorites
Today In Insurance Tourney
By The Associated Press
For all the huffin' and puffin"
they did during August, the three
leading contenders for the Amer-
ican League pennant might just
as well have taken a month's rest.
It just didn't do 'em no good, no
how.
For the past 32 days, Chicago,
Cleveland and New York all idle
yesterday have been scraping to a
standstill. Going into the final 3'/a
weeks of the season today, they're
practically in the same spot they
were Aug. 1.
At that time, Chicago led Cleve-
land and New York by one full
game. Today, they still lead both
clubs, but by a half-game.
The only difference between
them is that the White Sox, catch-
ing up in games played, had one
more game than the Yankees and
Indians and lost it.
Shared The Lead
For the month, New York was
on top 13 days, Chicago 12 and
Cleveland 5. The Indians, who also
shared the lead for a day with New
York, had the biggest August lead,
two games. The Yanks led by 114,
Chicago by one.
And with Chicago's Marty Mari-
. on and Cleveland's A1 Lopez agree-
| ing all the way, Yank Manager
Casey Stengel says it's just "too
lawful even."
"All I know is," says Casey,
"that we have 23 more to play and
must win 18 to make sure. 1 real-
ize that's 97 wins, but that's what
it will take. 1 thought before it
could be done with 94."
The Yanks were in the best posi-
tion to get off quick on their way
to 97. They opened a home stand
this afternoon with the Washington
Senators, whom they've beaten 11
times in 16, while the White Sox
and Tribe have at it in the first
game of a four-game series at
Cleveland tonight. The Sox and In-
dians are 8-8 for the season.
Counting On Johnson
Marion's counting on Connie
Johnson, the plum picked from the
Co-Captains Are
Sef For Trinity
SAN ANTONIO (A—Quarterback
Charlie Arnecke and guard Bobby
Bdtl are the co-captains of Trinity
University, Texas' only unbeaten,
untied football team last year.
Arnecke, junior from Kerrville,
is also president ol' the Trinity
student body. Beal. senior from
Fort Worth, has been an outstand-
ing Trinity lineman for the past
two years.
Eighteen lettermen were includ-
ed in a squad of 67 taking part in
two drills.
International League who's won
six, lost three, against Cleveland's
Sal (0-1) Maglie.
It's just another step along a
perilous path for the White Sox.
who after sweeping Boston in two,
next have a Labor Day double-
header at Detroit, then play two
at Washington before entering Yan-
kee Stadium for a pair.
Washington, unexpectedly stu^
born against the White Sox anW
Cleveland of late, has Maury Me-
Dermott, Bob Porterfield and Pete
Ramos on tap for the Yanks, who'll
counter with Whitey Ford, Lion
Larsen and Bob Turley.
Billy Martin, on loan from the
Army, will be at short for the Yan-
kees.
The only action yesterday was in
| the National League, where Brook
lyn made the most of seven hits to
thump Milwaukee 6-3; Cincinnati
defeated New York 7-4, and Pitt#
burgh again edged St. Louis 7-6.
In 1940 there were 60 million dol-
lare worth of 510,000 bills in cir-
culation.
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Ninety Players Report
To Baugh For Workouts
ABILENE. Tex. l/P)—Ninety play-
i ers. including 17 lettermen, showed
up at Hardin-Simmons Universitv
j yesterday to work out under Coach
Sammy Baugh.
Varsity workouts today were to
be run in shorts and T-shirts,
same as yesterday. The varsity
spent its time running through
plays in the newly installed Chi-
cago Bear T formation.
STANDINGS
The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet. GB
Chicago 79 51 .608 —
Cleveland 79 52 .603 'i
New York 79 52 .603 M-
Boston 74 56 .569 5
Detroit 67 65 .508 13
Kansas City 54 76 .415 25
Washington 46 81 .362 31V2
Baltimore 41 8(i .323 3fi'-i
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet. GB
Brooklyn 85 46 .649 —
Milwaukee 73 60 .549 13
Philadelphia 70 64 .522 16%
New York 68 64 .515 17%
Cincinnati 66 71 .482 22
Chicago 64 72 .471 23%
, St. Louis 55 77 .417 30%
: Pittsburgh 53 80 .394 33
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Cincinnati 7, New York 4.
Brooklyn 6, Milwaukee 3.
Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 6.
Only games scheduled.
TEXAS LEAGUE
W L Pet. GB
; Dallas 91 63 .591 -
! San Antonio 90 66 .577 2
Shreveport 84 72 .538 8
Houston 83 73 .532 9
Tulsa 82 74 .525 1(1
Fort Worth 74 82 .474 18
Oklahoma City 69 87 .442 23
Beaumont 50 106 .321 42
Thursday Results
Dallas 1. Fort Worth 0. 14 inn
ings.
San Antonio 5. Beaumont 1.
Tulsa 2, Oklahoma City 1.
Shreveport 2-3. Houston 1-5.
WETHERSFIELD. Conn, (fll —!
Several of the nation's top golf
professionals, among them the
magnetic Sam Snead. have more
than prize money at stake today
when they tee off in the $20,000
Insurance City Open.
They'll be scrambling for points
that mean berths on the 10-man
I U.S. Ryder Cup team, which will
be selected after the final round
on Monday.
Play in the fourth annual ICO
I got under way over the par 35-36—
Elroy Payne Makes
Bid For National
Grid Recognition
ABILENE, Tex. (Spl)—Elroy
Payne, senior fullback for the Mc-
Murry College Indians, is expect*
ed to make a strong bid for Lit-
tle Ail-American football recogni-
tion in 1955.
Payne was the nation's leading
! small-college rusher in 1953. his
sophomore year, with 1,274 net
yards 011 183 carries. He was the
No. 4 rushing leader in 1954, as a
junior, with 1.062 yards gained on
202 trys. These are official NCAB
I statistics.
A product ol' Ballinger, Texas,
Payne played high school ball un-
der Doug Cox. McMurry's new
1 athletic dirtcor and head football
coach.
Payne was McMurry's top
; ground-gainer as a freshman,
picking up 562 yards on 119 carries,
! for an average of 4.7 yards per
carry. He raced up the pace as
a sophomore, gaining 1,274 yards
and scoring 10 TD's and 10 out of
17 conversion trys lor a 70-point
total. As a junior, Payne rolled
up 1.062 yards 011 202 carries.
This brought his total collegiate
rushing mark up to 2,898 yards in
29 games, for an over-all average
of just a fraction under 100 yards
per game in the 29 contests. On
1 504 rushing efforts during his col-
legiatc career to date, Payne has
averaged 5.7 yards per carry. His
total-yards lost in the 29 games is
only 65 yards, or 2.2 yards per
game. The big (6-1. 2051 full-
back has scored a total of 122
: points in the three years.
Payne was named to the Ali-
American football team picked by
Ihe Williamson Rating System in
1954. and the third team of AP's
Little All-American selections. Al-
so. he was a unanimous choice
for All-Texas Conference honors
for the second time. And for the
second straight year he made the
nil-Texas College Elevens (below
Southwest Conference level ( pick-
1 ed by both the Ft. Worth Star-Tel-
J egram and the Dallas Morning
; News.
71 Wethersfield C o u n t r y Club
course this morning.
Snead, of White Sulphur Springs,
W.Va., the man with the erratic
putter, seeks a spot on the Ryder
Cup team for the fifth straight
year.
Qualify Automatically
Doug Ford, Yonkers, N.Y., this
year's PGA champion, and Chick
Harbert, Northville, Mich., the 1954
PGA titlist, automatically qualify
for the Ryder Cup squad which
meets a British team in the an-
nual event.
Harbert is not entered in this
tournament.
Assured of Ryder Cup berths are
Cary Middlccoff. Tommy Bolt, Ted
Kroli, Jerry Barber and Bob Toski.
All except Middlccoff are entered
here.
Snead. with 400 Ryder Cup
points, is behind Toski in the Ry-
der standings.
Close behind him are ICO en-
trants Jack Burke. Kiamesha
Lake, N.Y. (396), Marty Furgol,
LemtHii. III. (392i, and Chandler
Harper, Portsmouth. Vn. 1 '^88 >.
Mrs. Cleckler Is Double
Winner In Women's Golf
Mrs. Wayland Cleckler won both
the event ol the day, the low putt,
and the low gross as Ihe Sweet-
water Women's Golf Association
completed play Wednesday. Mrs.
Cleckler tied with Mrs. A1 Arm-
strong in Ihe low putt event, and
went on to defeat her for Ihe
crown. Others playing in Ihe
matches included Mrs. Morris
Harris, Mrs Bill Rice, and Miss
Jean Turner.
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