The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, December 9, 1949 Page: 4 of 4
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THE OPTIMIST
DECEMEBER 9 1949
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Slants
by Frod McClung
King football must yield cry
the fans it Is time for another
sport basketball to ascend to the
heights reserved for illustrations
of physical supremacy.
" In ono respect football could
bo called tho foster-father of
it's great rival sport basket
ball. Just for Iho record lot's
go back in history a little
way.
Since everything must have a
starting point we will begin our
investigation at McGill universi-
ty in Canada. It was here that a
young ministerial student became
very interested in sports. His in-
terest developed through his love
for football at which he had be-
come a very skilled participant
Upon completion of his stud-
ies at iho Canadian collego ho
enmo to iho United States and
enrolled as a student at ihc
Y.M.C.A. Training collego at
Springfiold Massachusetts to
preparo himsolf for a now ca-
reer as a teacher in physical
training. Hero ho again dis-
played his great football
prowess by becoming one of
iho "Groats" in American
football history.
When his football playing days
were over he was persuaded by
coach Amos Alonzo Stagg to re-
main at the Y.M.C.A. Springfield
Training college in the capacity
of a teacher. And because he did
sports history was made It was
during his stay here that this
once-famous football player in-
vented a new game His name was
James Nalsmith and the name of
the game he invented is basket-
ball. Hero at ACC wo havo rea-
son for rojoicing over iho in-
vention of this great sport.
Tho Wildcats havo won iho
conforenco crown for iho last
two years. Not only did ihqy
win tho CTOwn but they were
also undcfoaled in conference
Play.
Tfie?c "uru "many reasons why
the Wildcats should repeat again
this year although they have not
hit their pace yet. In all of their
opening games their play has
lacked the fine precision that has
become the Wildcat trade-mark.
And since the season is just be-
ginning it is quite reasonable to
expect to see great improvement.
Whilo wo aro handing out
tho criticism wo might also
suggest that thero could bo a
in tho game by iho students.
Just remember that wo aro
backing a two-timo champion
with everything pointing to
another conference crown
this year.
Students Direct
Child Recreation
P. E. majors under direction of
Mctta Dean Smith spend each
Saturday afternoon directing the
recreation of a group of the chil-
dren at the Abilene State Hospit-
al. For Saturday December 10
plans are for a Christmas party
including Christmas stories songs
games and refreshments. The P E
majors will be responsible for the
refreshments which will consist
of fruits and candies.
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Fall Concert
Tonight!
Mack Coppingor
Team Playoffs
Badminton playoffs were held
in the gym last Monday night in
which the American League had
three wins. Mary Fore of team
four won women's singles; Rus-
scl Reese of team four 'won men's
singles; Joe Marshall and Doris
Miller of team six won mixed
doubles. Betty Kyle and Mary
Blake of team three of the Na-
tional League won women's
doubles. Playoffs for men's doub-
les were not held.
In volleyball finals held Tues-
day night team six of the Ameri-
can League defeated team four of
the National League three games
to two.
Intramural
by Mac MacFaddcn
Next Tuesday night at eight in
Bennett gymnasium a very un-
usual sporting event will be un-
folded. A student team will con-
test the faculty in a basketball
game.
What's so unusual about that?
Well each player will be riding a
donkey. If you thought it was fun-
ny to watch the faculty play con-
ventional basketball just come
out and watch them play from
the back of a beast of burden.
Elsewhere on the intramural
fiont basketball for men and wo-
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Dee Nutt Given
National Reclaim
ACC's Dee Nutt has been given
national recognition as one of the
nation's leading basketball play-
ers in the recent Dell Publishing
Company's 1950 Basketball mag-
azine in which he has been a-
warded a place on the NAIB All-
American Basketball team.
This team is composed of play-
ers from colleges in remote sec-
tions of the country or from in-
stitutions with small student bod-
ies. The magazine's editor Haskell
Cohen commented on the selec-
Highlights
men is scheduled to get underway
immediately. Practice for men's
basketball begins today with a
program consisting of two leagues
of six teams each. Games are to
be played on Tuesday and Friday
nights all teams playing each
night.
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ACC Cagers Meet
A&M in Duel Next
DECEMBER 1st
TCU Cagers Romped
Over ACC Thursday
Texas Christian University's
sophomoric basketball team spot-
ted the Abilene Christian College
Wildcats five points in their game
in Fort Worth December 1 before
tying the game up and going into
the lead never to be headed and
win 52-35.
Tall Austin Webb Cat center
sank a two-pointer at the forty-
five second mark to send the Cats
ahead 2-0. Harold Hartman added
a field goal plus a free toss to
tion of 6 foot 4 inch Nutt saying
"Dee Nutt of Abilene Christian
College Abilene Texas is an ac
curate one hand shot who special-
izes in passing the ball in such
brilliant fashion that ho is called
a "magician." In the Sunshine In-
vitational Basketball Tournament
(Portales New Mexico) held last
December Nutt was chosen all-
tournament forward by the coach
es despite the fact that his team
placed seventh in the competi
tion."
Other members of the 15-man
squad included Hamlin's Hal Has-
kins and Joe Hutton George Pep-
pordine's Hugh Faulkner Bcloit's
Ron Bontcmps Delta State Teach-
ers' Harmon Boggs and Montana
State's Bob Cope.
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SPORTS
make it 5-0 before TCU even
scratched Then the roof fell in
Si minutes passed before the
Morrismen scored again. Mean-
while the Frogs' George McLeod
Tommy Taylor and Ted Reynolds
furnished the ammunition to give
tho home club a 11-5 lead.
ACC never crept closer than
five points after that. TCU left the
court at halftime leading 27-15
and came back to sew the game
up in the final ten minutes.
The Cats' most prolific point-
getter Dee Nutt was held score-
less the first half by TCU's star
Gene Schmidt a four-year let-
terman. However Nutt meshed
five field goals in the last half to
cut TCU's lead to seven points
(31-21) but that did it. McLeod
TCU's six-foot six-inch center
teamed with Reynolds to send the
Froggics in front 44-31.
Coacli Morris' charges missed
numerous crip shots during the
evening and failed to cash in on
twelve gratis pitches. Hartmena's
set shots in the first half from
way out sparked the Cats while
Nutt's antics in the second period
enabled the Texas Conference
defending champs to make a game
of it.
Top scoring honors of the even-
ing "went to the Frogs' McLeod
with 18. Hartman led the Felines
with 14 followed by Nutt with 10.
Wildcats seeing action during
the fast played game were Bobby
Francis Bill Tcel Warlick Thom-
as Mac Coppingcr Clinton Black
Ed Grantham and Oscar Dorsey.
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A. B. Morris has guided his
teams to the conference
championship the last two
consecutive years. Morris who
is also iunietic uirector oi
Abilene Christian college will
be trying for his third con
secutive title this year.
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campus queen or just killing timo between classes
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rado in Douldcr is one of tho favorite places for a
rendezvous. At the Owen's Sandwich Shop as in
college off-campus haunt everywhere a frosty bottle
of Coca-Cola is always on hand for tho pause that
refreshes Coke belongs.
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Week
Three names are on the docket
for Conch A. B. Morris' Wildcats
next week with Texas A&M
furnishing the competition for the
Cats at College Station December
12 and 13.
The third game will be with a
member of the Missouri Valley
Conference that will be making
a national playing tour. This game
will be in Bennett Gymnasium
December 10.
Following the Missouri Valley
team game the Cats take a short
Christmas vacation before moving
to Portales New Mexico for the
annual invitation all-collegiate
basketball tournament December
28 29 and 30.
In the Portales tournament last
year the Wildcats lost their first
two games by two-point margins
to New Mexico University and
Eastern New Mexico. They de-
feated Highlands University for
seventh spot In the eight-team
tournament. Dec Nutt the Cats'
ace was chosen all-tournament
for his outstanding play during
the three-day grind.
The Texas A&M Aggies who"
are sunnoscd to have 'their best
basketball team in years were de-
feated 60-52 by Long Island Uni-
versity in New York during the
Aggies eastern trip. Walt Davis
a six-foot seven inch sophomore
center is one of the standouts on
the team from Aggieland.
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