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THE BELLAIRE TEXAN
Page 22
Wednesday, December I, 1965
Not To Be Overlooked! No. 1-Gordon Gorillas
GORDON GORILLAS 3RD & 4TH GRADE CHAMPS
The 3rd and 4th Grade Gordon Gorillas finished their season by defeating the Condit Cats 7-0. By Shutting
out the Cats, the Gorillas not only became 1965 League Champions but also set a record of 8 wins, 0 loses
and 0 ties and one scored against the Gorillas during League Play. The Gorillas, however, were able to
score 201 points against their 8 opponents and this gives them an average of 25.1 points per game for the
season. Front Row-Left to right, Ken Eige, Jack McElroy, Ronnie Yarborough, Roy Boyd, John Bradbury,
Jessie Cortez, Oscar Cortez. Second Row-Left to right, Philip Martin, Roy Price, Kevin Morgan, Kelly
Morgan, James Bushek, Martin Anderson, Tim Avera. Third Row-left to right, Bruce Boykin, Hayne
Eckhoff, David Martin, Oscar Montalvo, Kim Campbell, Mike Cooley, Brian Lohse. Back Row-left to
right, Asst. Coach, Gerald Cooley, Joey Christenson, Jim Zakos, Glean Reese, James Geeo, Brian Cog-
bum, David Biggs, Mark Lasof, Asst. Coach, Isreal Cortez Jr. and Head Coach Bobby Gracia. Not Pic-
tured: Defensive Coach, Dave Thigpen, Bill Bigbee, Lee Powell, Paul Charnock.
UNDEFEATED AND UNSCORED ON
BOBBY GARCIA
Key playc.'s in Gordon’s third and fourth grade football team
which defeated eight teams are: Back, Kelly Morgan, Bill Big-
bee, front: Tim Avera, Roy Boyd and Jack McElroy. The team
has not been defeated or scored on this year. Bobby Gracia is
the coach.
This poem was written for Bobby Gracia of 5300 Maple, who is
the football coach for the Gordon Gorillas 3rd and 4th grades of
the Bellaire Recreation Department. Bobby has been coaching in
the league for three years and is a student at the University of
Houston.
The writer, who prefers to remain anonymous, has put into
words what his boys feel for him.
ODE TO A COACH NAMED BOBBY
Our victories were rather scarce the first year you tried;
We lost many of our games, but never our pride.
We practiced every day ’til way past dark;
Our team was looking great at old Feld Park.
As our leader, we looked upon you as one of us;
We learned to play as a team without any fuss.
Suddenly our I-Formation became the talk of the town;
You had us so organized we couldn’t let you down.
The backfield began moving the ball like a train in a hurry;
Our great line blocking for Bushek, Yarborough, Cortez,and Brad-
bury.
You warned us of bruises and pains without any reason,
But we never dreamed of scoring over 200 points in a single
season!
Now we’ll never forget those after game cramps;
It’s just a reminder that we are the champs.
Now that the season is all completed,
Thanks to you we went undefeated.
Yet you told us that winning alone was a fleeting thing;
Because clean play and sportsmanship were those things to which
we should cling.
You gave us so much of your very precious time;
If more would do so it would sure cut down on the crime.
We need more like you to coach and teach a hobby;
Our team owes so much to you our wonderful Coach Bobby.
He went for his physical ex-
amination Tues. and will be go-
ing into the Air Force soon.
DAR Chapter
To Mark 75th
Anniversary
Samuel Sorrell chapter of DAR
will pay tribute to the 75th anniv-
ersary of the founding of the Na-
tional Society, Daughters of the
American Revolution, al its
Christmas luncheon meeting to be
held at the Houston Country club
on Thursday, Dec. 9, at noon.
Among the honor guests will be
Mrs. Walter G. Dick, state DAR
regent, who will speak on the sub-
ject of DAR approved schools;
Mrs. E.R. Barrow, nationalchair-
man of the 75th anniversary cele-
bration committee, who will re-
view the highlights of the recent
Washington celebration; Mrs.
James G. Hopkins, state chairman,
DAR Magazine advertising, and
Mrs. Thomas E. Hand, state chair-
man DAR approved schools.
Christmas musical numbers will
be introduced by Mrs. Neill F.
Amsler, Music Chairman.
Luncheon reservations will be
taken by Mrs. Paul E. Wise and
Mrs. Aubrey Calvin.
BY MIKE SOWELL
Tne current taa in tne country
seems to be picking a Number 1
team. While the experts have hash-
ed over many top names; such as
Arkansas, Michagan State, and Ne-
braska; they seem to have over-
looked one deserving team.
That team is the third and four-
th grade Gordon Gorillas, cham-
pions of the Bellaire League and
winners of the Bellaire Bowl Game.
The Gordon team rates special
merit because they are not only
undefeated and untied, but they al-
so went through their eight regul-
ar season games unscored upon.
You have to dig back six years
in the record books before you will
find another team that can sport
such a record as this. While blank-
ing their opponents in these eight
games, the Gorillas also held them
to less than ten first downs and
five complete passes.
With a defense that was sting-
ier than a broken vending machine,
Gordon could very well have won
all of their games with a subpar
offense. However, the offense roll-
ed up an awesome 201 points, an
average ofover26pointspergame.
This was truly one case where an
immovable obfect and an irres-
sitable force were on the same
side. Another item in their long
list of achievements is that this
was the first team in six years to
attempt to kick the point after
touchdown, and Gordon success-
fully did it five out of ten times.
After tearing up everything in
sight in their own league, the Goril-
las went into the Bellaire Bowl
Game where they met the Edge-
brook Builpups, the undefeated
champions of the Southeastern
Houston Christian’s League. Al-
though Gordon won, 13-7, they had
to resort to a touchdown in the
last 30 seconds to pull the game
out. Edgebrook’s score, the lone
TD against Gordon all year, did
not come until the final minute of
the game, giving the Gorillas a
perfect defense save that last fran-
tic minute of the last game.
The win also brought Gordon’s
final record to 9-0 with 214 points
to their opponents’ 7. And that
is about as close as a team can
come to perfection and still be
within the bounds of reality.
The credit for all this goes to
Jessie Cortez, Ronnie Yarborough
Kevin Morgan, Roy Boyd, Tim Av-
era, Philip Martin, Jack McElroy,
Roy Price, Oscar Cortez, James
Buchek, John Bradbury, Brian Lo-
hse, Kelly Morgan, and Martin
Anderson. Two other boys who
were injured before the Bowl Game
were Ken Eige and Bill Bigbee.
The head coach and offense coach
of the 1965 Gordon Gorillas was
Bobby Garcia. His assistants in-
cluded defensive coach Dave Thig-
pen, assistant coach Isreal Cor-
tez, Jr., assistant coach Gerald
Cooley, and the “Voice of the
Gorillas” A.E. (Brad) Bradbury.
Piazza Will Be Star Of
Beth Yeshurun Benefit
The Men’s Club of Congrega-
tion Beth Yeshurun on 4525
Beechnut has announced the sign-
ing of Soprano Marguerite Piazza
to headline a giant Galaxy of Stars
variety show at the Music Hall
Wednesday Dec. 8.
Miss Piazza, one of thefewper-
formers with an operatic back-
ground to make a successful tran-
sition from the concert hall to the
supper club, will make her first
public appearance in Houston in
this show. She has previously ap-
peared three times before packed
audiences at Houston’s elegant In-
ternational Club.
Appearing with Miss Piazza on
the bill will be Comedian Phil Fos-
ter and the nationally acclaimed
Ralph Marterie and his 16-piece
orchestra.
Foster is remembered for his
famed “Brooklynese” comedy
routines that he has popularized
recently as a frequent guest on
the Johnny Carson TV show. Mar-
terie heads one of the “big bands”
currently on the night club circuit.
Tickets for the star-studded ex-
travaganza are currently on sale at
all three Foley’s Depar'nent
Stores. Tickets are $2.50, $3.90,
$4.90 and $5.90.
Rummage Sale
At Beth Jacob
PIAZZA TO SING
To Be Dec. 5-9
The Sisterhood of the United
Orthodox Synagogues of Houston,
Beth Jacob and Adath Emeth, is
sponsoring a rummage, garage
sale at the Beth Jacob grounds,
on Underwood, between Stalla Link
and Braes Blvd.
The sale will continue from Dec.
5 through Dec. 9.
Mrs. Adelaide Friedman, 4839
Spellman, is in charge of picking
up any contributions of clothing,
draperies, bric-a-brac, household
accessories, etc. If donations can
be made, she would like to be
called at PA 3-0521.
The proceeds of the sale will
be used for Sisterhood projects.
Mrs. J. Dyche, 4031 Falkirk,
is President of the Sisterhood.
PHIL FOSTER
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Gurwell, Kate. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1965, newspaper, December 1, 1965; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521449/m1/22/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.