The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965 Page: 9 of 16
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dropped a boat anchor on H
while working in the family
garage. Physicians expect the
fracture to heap him on- the
sidelines for a loaat aim weeks
“Wall bo lucky If we get
him back in time for district
play,** Coach Birchfteld mid.
Thweatt was a defensive half-
back starter last season and
was due to start both ways this
year.
Thweattt was one of only
ftve lettsrmen returning from
last year's 7-1 season. The in-
jury hit right in the middle of
the Tiger's main problem area
ax parts nee.
Witn Tnweatt miming from
the right halfback post, the
top candidate appeared this
week to be A D Burton, a Id-
pound junior who played last
yeas at Aycock High School. *
Burton la one of two Negro
athlete# who are expected to
aid the RHS backfteld cause
tackle. Junior. • IM; Carey
Wayne Offuki left guard,
junior, Itl; Ronnie Heflin,
center, senior. 17g. Mike Spear,
right guard, sophomore, 1*7;
Billy Bob Farr right tackle.
• >phomore, Iff; Gian Chmeiar,
right end, sophomore, S10.
Other top candidates who
could wind up with cither de-
fensive or offensive starting
assignments are end Jeeee
Baca, senior, ltd; tackle Jerry
Young, sophomore. 178; tackle
Charles Diver, junior, 171;
1IOCKDALS (Tmu)
A Bit
Snake
BILL COOKE.
THWEATT, someone .remarked the other day, is
'snake bit." The RHS senior gentleman, scholar and athlete
has had so much hard luck that he brings to mind Johnny
Richards of a few seasons back. Both potentially tremendous
footballers, they seemed to be accidents looking for places to
happen.
If there were 100 folding chairs in an auditorium, they'd
the one that would collapse and give them some sort of
dislocation or fracture.
Sunday night, Tommy found more of his misfortune in the
Igaruge of their family home. While moving some items, he drop-
ped a boat anchor on his left foot. Bingo! A cracked bone that
leads to the toe next to the big toe.
So once again Tommy is watching football workouts from
the sideline while leaning on crutches. His sophomoie year
he cracked a bone in his leg, and it was a long time haaling.
Tom had reported for duty this year in excellent shape.
He weighed in at a muscular 180 pounds and carried the ball
in scrimmage like this year was going to belong to him. __
But that's the breaks, literally "I’ll be back for district
play," says Tommy. The doctors predict six weeks for healing.
It’ll be a close race.
Sullivan, Menn, Kubiak
RICHARD SULLIVAN, RHS class of 1963, has joined halfback
Runny Menn and linebacker L. B. Kubiak at Sam Houston
State College. When RHS stormed to the state finals in 1962
with a 13-2 record, Sullivan and Kubiak were the linebacking
demons who played major roles in the team's success. It's now
possible they could wind up shoulder-to-shoulder again, this
time for the Bearcats.
Sullivan, who played at Navarro Junior College, married
and stayed out of school to work a year, is listed in the Bearcat
press book as a 6-2, 230-pound ts&kle. He is now 20 yeais old.
Kubiak is listed as a guard, 6-2 and 200 pounds. He is 19.
Menn is now 6-1 and weighs 215 and is also 19. All are classified
as sophdmores. A news release that came to this desk from the
Huntsville college labeled both Menn and Kubiak as top pros-
pects who are “refugees” from Texas A&M. They played fresh-
man ball at Aggieland last year.
The three Rockdale lads are now teammates with some
of their former high school opponents: fullback Joe Ed Lynn
of Bellville, guard Mack Tyler and tackle Lloyd Long of Hum-
bid.-and. end Mitchell Baker of Jacksboro.
Menn is reported in the middle of a battle for the wingback
'position with veterans Edward Bittick, Robert Kramer and
Thel Walters. SHSC boasts 14. returning starters, eight offensive
and six defensive specialists, from a 9-1-1 season In 1964. The
Kats’ open at San Angelo Sept. 25, and play their first home tilt
Sept. 25 against Corpus Christi University. • x
Double-Eagle
DOUBLE-EAGLE is so rare in golf that only 77 were re-
corded during the year 1964 in the United States. Consider-
ing that there are hundreds of thousands of golfers in this
country, and millions of rounds of golf played annually, it is
evident that the double-eagles are scarce indeed.
One of the 1965 double-eagles to be recorded in the U. S.
will be from Rockdale, and the feat has stirred quite a bit of
comment at Ih* local country club.
T. J. Kyle was the local linksman to produce the outstand-
ing shot, and he did it on Roekdale's ‘"birdie hole," the par-five
No. 6 which is 465 yards long. Pars are pelntiful on this hole,
birdies are not uncommon and a number of eagles have been
produced on No. 6. But the double-eagle that Kyle pulled off
takes the cake. y
It happened July 22 when T. J. was playing with his brother
Harry and son Wayne. Wannie Miller was also a witness*. T. J.’s
tv. shot was down the middle. He hit his second shot, a 4VS-
wood, 210 yards, and holed it out. Golf Magazine reports that
only 77 double-eagles were recorded last year, and that only
54 were recorded in 1963.
37 Out for Frosh,
B-Team Positions
A total of 37 candidates were
repurled in B-tcam and fresh-
man team workouts this week.
The B-team crop is 20-strong
mostly sophomores, and there
were 17 frosh continuing the
twice-daily schedule. •
Coach Duane . Vincent is
again handling the B-team this
year and Coach Leroy Lorenz,
assisted prior to the opening
ot school by junior-high coach
Travfs Grindle, is working with
the frosh.
B-Ttim Candidates
Candidates fur the B-tcam
were listed -es follows:
Terry Joe Balch, sophomore,
130, halfback; Johnny Cruz,
sophomore, 160, center; John
Richard Doelitsch, sophomore,
131, back; Willie Clark, sopho-
more, 167, end; O. D. Nealy,
sophomore, 152, end; Dwight
Pracsel, sophomore, 155, back;
Eddie Nealy, 126, back; Ray
Speer, junior, 182, guard.
Also, Charles Walton, junior,
133, back; John Collier, sopho-
more, 152, guard; Ronnie Dyer,
sophomore, 129, back; Calvin
Whiteley, sophomore, 114, back;
Jim Curik, sophomore, 147,
end; Brent Caywood, sopho-
more, 166, back.
Also, Hurschal Joseph, junior,
140, end; Wayne Bennett,
sophomore, 100, end; Call
Allen, sophomore, 165, tackle;
Robert Brady, sophomore, 145,
back; Bill Brown, sophomore,
170, tackle; Clift Clark, sopho-
more, 155, tackle.
Freshmen
Freshmen out for football
this year are:
George Chmtlar, 152, tackle;
Joe Reed. 122, tackle; Jimmy
Maines, 105, back; Don Lester,
124, back: Denny Dupree, 145,
guard; Eldon Ball Jr., 143, back;
James Crocker, 143, back; Tom-
my Voskamp, 140, guard;
Richard Kubiak, 168, back;
Dudley Farrell, 158, end;
Clayton Behnett, 96, line;
Ernest Garza, 113, guard;
Frank James Williams, 118,
guard; Donald Hirt, 126, end;
Douglas Oalick, 122, end; Craig
Fenter, 15 7, center - tackle;
Larry Parker, 164, tackle.
First
tbs IMS
Tigers in action
•t 7 p. ri. ton
Coach Ray
chargas wtH aertmmage the
■Round Rock Dragons at
Round Rock.
The second weak of
workouts started with dis-
appointment Monday as
■enlor halfback Tommy
Thwaatt. a 1 Ho-pounder wtth
two letters, turned up •*>
mt
at his
ripen be
r*an
anchor on
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A BAD BREAK, INDEED—Halfback Tommy
Thweatt, who was due to lead the Tiger backfield
effort this year, will be out of the lineup for at
lease six weeks while a broken foot mends. He was
team
quit the squad
Other backfield*
listed wtth the vartetv by
coaches are halfbacks Vernon
Guest, sophomore. 111; Mika
Rek. junior, IdS. A L. Moul-
trie. senior, 147; Edward Lar-
ina, junior, 1X7; Wayne Block,
junior. 184; and fullback Ken-
neth L. Suirsuel. junior, ldt.
Probable offensive line start-
one of only five returning lettermen and all
to serve as co-captains. The others are (L-R) Ronnie
Heflin, Carey Wayne Offield, Jimmy Keen and
Bobby Moorman. (Reporter Photo)
this year. The other Is 187-
pound sophomore H Earl
Marion who is giving 174-pound
land. Junior, aid; end Gory
Tumi, eophomore, 17S; end
Carl Banders, senior, 1X8; and
center Ernest L. Phillips, senior,
I 178.
McCall's Record 65 Wins Tourney
* 784 Play Here; Petri Runner-Up Medalist +
Big George McCall of Aus-
tin devoured the Rockdale
Country Club golf course Sun-
day like so much cotton candy.
McCall won medalist honors
in the second annual Fall
Tournament at the club and his
fantastic 9-under-par 65, in-
cluding three eagles, was four
strokes better than tha runner-
up, 1965 Texas Amateur
Champion Randy Petri.
Randy, the University , of
Houston see and one of the
best-known names in Texas
golf, played his round Satur-
day. He carded 12 straight
4’s before turning a hot hand
and knocking in birds on five
of the lari six holes.
But McCall and his Austin
playmates—Roan Puett, George
Seaholm and Bill Gainer—
came to town Sunday, and al-
most everything George hit was
dead on the pin. On the greens,
his putter never failed him.
A total of 184 golfers played
in the two-day, blind-bogey
event, and a good portion of
Sunday’s turnout wound up
following McCall, Puett, Sea-
holm and Gainer
McCall finished the first
nine holes with a 5-under 32,
which is also good for a course
record for a single round. His
three companions all hit well,
but McCall moved out front to
stay when he eagled the par-
five No. 5.
He had parred the first three
holes and birdied No. 4 with a
20- foot putt. Then on five, he
banged his second shot, a three-
wood, to within 18 inches of the
pin and dropped the putt for
the eagle.
After a birdie at No. 6 and
another at No. 8, both five-pars,
he finished his first round five-
under and in good shape to
erase the course record of 67
set in last year’s tourney by
Ray Klcer of Austin. Kizer,
now a club assistant pro in
Wisconsin, played in ’64 with
Petri who, ironically, finished
runrer-up that year also.
McCall’s back nine started
out with three straight pars but
he picked up his only bogey of
the day at No. 13 when he
missed an approach out of the
rough. However, he got the
stroke back quickly with a
birdie on No. 14 to Vet urn to
five-under.
Then on the relatively short
five-par No. 15, he picked up
his second eagle of the day.
His four-iron second shot stopp-
ed just four feet from the cup
and he holed the putt to go 7-
under
After a par on the three-par
No. 1$, he again went after an
eagle on the five-par No. 17.
This time his booming drive
landed in the rough, but his
three-iron shot that followed
covered 200 yards and settled
on the green five feet from the
pin.
When the putt dropped, Mc-
Call was greeted with a round
of cheers. That put him 9-un-
der and insured him the course
record, even if he followed!
with a bogey on the final hole
which is almost what he did.
After hooking a drive into |
the rough, his . second
landed to the right
green and in the rough under
some overhanging branches.
Just when a bogey began to |
look good, he punched the ball
to within three feet of the cup
d shot |
of the
and holed the putt for a pa
preserving his 65
His rounds of 32 and 33 In-!
eluded three eagles, four bird-
ies. one bogey and 10 pars. I
Puett finished with a 72, hav- J
ing troubles only with his put-
ter. Seaholm carded a 71 and |
Gainer a 77.
McCall received a sat of irons
as medalist and Petri, the
runner-wp, won a set of woods.
In each of the five blind-
bogey flights, prizes were a set
of woods for first place, golf
bags for second and a dozen
balls for third. Local winners
Included Emory C. Camp who
placed third in the third flight,
Vaughn 'Pud) Owens who was
first in th* fifth flight, and
Edwin Sandidge who was
second in the fifth flight
Flight Results
First flight: 1. Jack Yancey,
Austin; X. Joe Frazier, Port
Arthur; X. Jack Purl, George-
town
Second flight: 1.
Stephenson, Austin; X. Sher-
man Hickey, Hillsboro; X. Alan
Herring. Temple.
Third flight: 1 Charlie Potts,
Bryan; X. Carl Krueger, Aus-
tin; X. Emory C. Camp,-Rack-
dale.
Fourth flight: !. Harold
Ruhlman, Austin; X. C. D.
Hanry, Caldwell; X. Halcomb
Hardee, Austin
Fifth flight: 1 Vaughn <Pud>
Owens, Rockdale; X Edwin
Sandidge, Rockdale; X. Harold
Under 'address unknown).
In the pitching and driving
contests, winners received golf
bags, second-place winners re-
ceived putters, and third-place
winners received wood covers.
Driving:. 1. Richard W. Gib-
son, Austin; X. Mike Ferguson,
Temple; X. Charlie Potts, Bryan.
Pttehingr 1. Jr* W. Gore,
Bryan; X. Louis Rogers. Corpus
Chrjsti; X. George Smith.
Heame.
Harvey F. Kelm of Thorn-
dale won a set of clubs In a
drawing held Sunday afternoon.
T. A. Weems, tn mey chair-
man, and Jim Goley, club house
chairman, said the event we* a
big success In every way and
expressed their appreciation to
all of the workers who helped
with preparations snd during
the two days.
* TOURNEY CHAIRMAN T. A. WEEMS (LEFT) CONGRATULATES WINNER GEORGE McCALL
Looking on (L-R), Austin's Bill Gainar. Roane Puett, George Seaholm. (Reporter Photos)
TICKET OPTIONS
SLOW BUT DEMAND
HIGH-MOORMAN
Persons who have an option
on irserve seats for Tiger
heme games had better ex-
ercise the option- soon, or the
seats will be sold to others.
That was the warning this
week from Supt. J. M. Moor-
man who said that season’s
tickets arc selling fast, and
that there is demand for the
tickets “already spoken for
but not put chased."
The package of ftve tickets
sell for $5. but if resewe-.^rat
tickets are purchased sep-
arately (ane-at-a-time>, they
are 81.25 each. Tickets are
on sale at the high school
office.
Sigr,
S. S»V
NO. • FAIRWAY
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Cooke, J. W. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965, newspaper, August 26, 1965; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth864528/m1/9/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.