The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 16, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 10, 1954 Page: 3 of 4
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MARCH 10 1954
THE YELLOW JACKET
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Jackets Eye Border Olympic;
She ton's 24th Year as Coach
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By PAUL FERGUSON
When the Howard Payne Yellow Jacket cindermen journey
to Laredo this weekend for the annual Border Olympics it
will mark the beginning of J. H. (Cap) Shelton's 34th year as
track and field coach at HPC.
Prospects look a little brighter for the Jacket thinly-clads
this season but as usual "Cap" is reluctant to admit it.
Nine returning lettermen and a sprinkle of promising fresh
men ana transiers win carry me
track and field banner for the
Blue and Gold this year.
Many of the Jacket point-making
hopes are bound in Darrell
Townsend ace sprinter from Bart-
lett. The junior dasher strained
a leg muscle last season but is
rounding back into top form.
Townsend a two-year letter-
man will enter the 100 and 220-
yard dashes at the border along
with anchoring the sprint relay
quartet.
Two other returning letter-winners
will add considerable streng-
th to the Jacket sprint power.
Clyde Blair a senior from Spur
and Frank Rutledge Crystal City
senior will run legs on the 440-
yard relay along with individual
dash events.
Rutledge an all-around per-
former can be counted on for
points in his specialty the javelin
throw and he could gain a place
in the low hurdles.
But the Jackets best bet for
points should be in the distance
events.
At the helm of the HPC long-
runners is Berna Allen senior
from Bangs. His best performan-
ces have been in the mile run but
he also runs a neat 880.
Joining Allen in the distance
races will be Allan Tipps junior
from Phillips and Dan Owen
Burkburnett senior who copped
the 880-yard crown in the confer-
ence meet last year.
Shelton is counting on Bob
Cleveland and Weldon Hill a
pair of sophomore pole vaulting
sensations to add quite a few
points in the 11 meets on the
Jacket schedule this season.
Hill and Cleveland finished in
first and second place respective-
ly in last year's Texas Conference 1
cinder derby. Both went over the
12 feet-6 inch mark last season
and have cleared the bar at 13
feet in workouts this year.
Rounding out the returning list
oi monogram wearers is George
Moore a broad-jumping senior
trom Burleson. Moore and Owen
wete slated to start drills Monday
after finishing the basketball sea-
son. Damon Miller high jump artist
and cage star said he did not plan
tn come out for track this year.
Heading a group of transfers is
Eldon Ammonett star sophomore
hurdler from Haskell who came
from Southern Methodist. Other
transfers include Weldon McEl-
reath from Big Spring David Pip-
pen from Cisco and F. B. Wood
trom Winters.
Among the new freshmen are
Thomas (Horsefly) Murr brilliant
sprinter from Junction; Billy Joe
Tate hurdler from Brown wood;
Earl Neeves distance racer from
Hobbs N. M. and Jim Webb a
high jumper from Cisco.
Spring football practice took
two tracksters from thevoval. Wel-
don Turner Comanche ace hurd-
ler and Bill Browning who will
later return to his work on the
weight events will continue grid
workouts until March 20.
Since Shelton took over the
reigns of the Howard Payne cin-
der team in 1920 the Yellow Jac-
kets have gained national recogni-
tion as one of the best small-college
track squads.
In fact Howard Payne has cop-
ped 13 Texas Conference champ-
ionships since the loop started op-
erations in 192G. Along with the
league pennants are scores of tro-
phies from some of the nation's
top cinder meets.
"Cap" may not have a record-
shattering crew this season but it
will be a good one. He never has a
poor team.
Jackets Begin Spring Workouts;
17 Lettermen Return Prospects
By PAUL FERGUSON
More than 40 gridders reported
Monday afternoon March 1 for
the opening of spring football
practice at HPC.
The spring drills will be clim-
axed March 20 by an all-day
coaching clinic for high school
mentors and a regulation game
between the Yellow Jackets and
the HPC exes.
In the group reported last week
were 17 lettermen including six
starters from last season's team.
A host of newcomers is expected
to add considerable depth to this
fall's HPC football hopes.
Two-hour workouts start each
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Most of
the time is spent with the players
grouped by positions working on
fundamentals but the final 30
minutes each session is devoted to
scrimage work Guy Gardner
HPC athletic director and head
football coach said.
In the group drills Gardner is
coaching the backfield Bennie
Williams is in charge of the cen-
leiN and Jack Brewer is working
with the guards and tackles.
"Our first objective in spring
training of course is to develop
a lootbaii team lor tnis tan tne
Jacket head mentor said "but we
plan to install several new offen-
sive patterns especially to im-
prove our passing attack."
The group was larger after the
opening day with several high
school prospects working out from
time to time.
The lettermen are divided
equally enough so that H-wcar-eis
can fill every starting post.
But several newcomers could very
easily win a starting role.
Robert Beal of Coleman who
won a regular spot as a freshman
this past season heads a list of
prospective centers. With Beal are
Denny Day who missed last year
because of a knee injury; Marshall
Cooper freshman squadman from
Odessa; Bill Wilson transfer from
Paris Junior College and Billy
Cai tcr who played at Cozier Tech
in Dallas.
Four lettermen form the back-
bone of the guards. Those letter
winners are Leland Maples Ral-
ph Bullard Kenneth (Bullet)
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'CAP' SHELTON
Thompson and Jerry Lewis. Also
making a bid for a starting role
at guard are Charlie Sessoms of
Belton Ronald Adams ace
Brown wood high gridder in 1952
and Sherwood Harris who starred
for the Lions the past season.
Joe James all-Texas Conferen-
ce selection and Jack Browning
who was all-conference in 1949
and is returning to HPC to finish
his final year of eligibility spark
a group of six Yellow Jacket tac-
kles. Other lettermen are Henry
Sollers and Sonny. Hill. Rounding
out the tackles are Kerwin Bax-
ter a squadman and Bob Walker
a transfer from Maryland.
Monogram wearers who are bat-
tling for starting positions are
Harold Garms who started at
both ends and tackle last year;
Jimmy Mullins a 1953 regular
and Jim Paul Norman freshman
from Crowell. Leroy Broadus Bill
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clieic ol i-Muiiips rienclrix Williams
of Lake-view and Weldon Turner
of Comanche.
At fullback during the spring
drills are Doug Johnson of Cisco
Joe Tyler of La Vega Curtis Coz-
by of DeLeon and Melvin Pollack
of Santa Anna. Johnson and Coz-
by who was a guard lettered last
season.
Seven griders arc struggling for
the halfback spots in the drills
Starter Dave Smith and Charles
Grimland are the returning let-
termen while Larry Miller Jack
Cromartie Irvin Brunkenhoefer
Jimmy Robinson and Joe Bran-
non round out the prospects.
Only one player from last year's
squad will miss the spring train-
ing. Halfback Darrell Townsend
will continue to work out for
track.
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I3IUWIUUB etna nixiy uacK narris tion that sent Wayland into a
all squadmen. and newcomer Ear-1 quick lead it never relinquished
ly Bartley of Tahoka are also af- j The Pioneers jumped off to a 2-0
tor the wing posts. lead and built up a i0-point mar-
Jerry Millsaps sophomore from; gin before the bewildered Yel-
Lamesa is the lone letterman at ' low Jackets could pet moving
quarterback. The 160-pound ace I Howard Payne was never closer
ball handlers started for the Stin- than 10 points in the opening half
gors last season. Joining Millsaps and trailed 43-32 at intermission
at the up-back slot at Teddy Rid- What hopes the Stingers had
Wayland Firewagons To
84-74 Win Over Jackets
SPEEDY PIONEERS TAKE BIRTH
IN NAIA KANSAS CITY TOURNEY
By PAUL FERGUSON
PLAINVIEW March 5 Howard Payne's Yellow Jackets
were as cold as the 25-degree weather here Thursday night
as they fell before the Wayland College Pioneers 34 to 74 in
the Plainview High School gym.
It was Fireman Roy Davis who shoved the coal for Way-
land's Kansas City bound Express. The six-three forward
burned the cords for 33 points to i ;
pace the Pioneers to a berth inlfor thc winners.
the NAIA tournament next week. I But the rally came too late to do
! Davis seldom missed as he hit'
from every spot on the court. In
all he hit 13 field goals and drop-
ped in seven free tosses which far
surpassed Melvin White's 22
noints that led the Yellow Jacket
attack.
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Davis also made himself known
in another department of play
that of capturing most of the re-
bounds off the backboards at both
ends of the court. What few he
missed grabbing fell to his lanky
6-foot-7 teammate Max Newman. '
Just as predicted the Jackets
entered the game wound up much
too tmht. That Handicap pIUS a
foreign field jinx simply proved
too much to cope with.
Only White the smooth little
senior operator showed anything
like usual form. Dan Owen lead-
ing Texas Conference scorer and
an all-conference standout was
almost completely throttled by the
Pioneers who limited the Jacket
ace to six small points the fewest
number of tallies Big Dan has
come up with all season.
Damon Miller favoring a recent
appendectomy wound and a foot
that has been troubling the 6-6
pivotman throughout the season
chunked in 11 points and turned
in a neat floor game but his hook-
shot markmanship was no where
near his usual standard of play.
A bi-partisan crowd of 1000
fans witnessed the firewagon ac-
of makina a aame of it in the
last two periods lasted about as
long as a balloon in a iwo-kid
family. The Pioneers punctured
the nets with a steady barrage
of 21 points in the third quarter
to 14 for Howard Payne and
then forged into a 25-point lead
early in the final stanza when
Davis and Newman kept slash-
ing away like men possessed.
Only time the Jackets resembl
ed their old form was late in the
game when they began pressing
thc attack to all corners of the !
court to pile up 28 points to 20
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had "itM in lhc baS and they didn't
bother about being too cautious
The key to Way land's succes
outside of Davis' red-hot shooting
was the snug zone defense em-
ployed by the rangy Pioneers.
They simply formed a protective
umbrella around the hoops and in-
vited the Jackets to do most o
their shooting from far outside
the keyhole circle. When they
missed Davis or Newman would
come up with the ball and before
you could say "Jack Robinson"
the West Texans would rush to
x their end of the court and plop ia
tWn mnrn nnint.s frnm nlnsn nn.
Time and again the Jackets had
opportunities to cash in layups
that bordered on the simple side.
but more than once the ball would
slide off the rims and fall into
some Pioneer's mitts.
It was from the foul line that
Howard Payne had the edge over
Wayland. The Jackets sank a total
of 32 free pitches to only 20 for
the champs.
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Youth Fellowship after Sun-
day evening services
Free taxicab transportation
for Howard Payne students
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The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 16, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 10, 1954, newspaper, March 10, 1954; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth92385/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.