Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Es Mc Escobar, Dorothy, 9th Escobar, Maria, 10th Fischer, David, 10th Fisher, Rodney, 9th Flores, Delores, 9th Flores, Norma, 12th Fucile, Tanya, 9th Galan, Patricia, 9 GarAmillo, Robert, 11th Garza, Hilda, 9th Garrett, Chris, 9th th Gibson, Chris, 11th Gilmore, Lisa, 9th Glenn, Norma, 10th Gomez, Maureen, 11th Good, Jimmy, 9th Ganzales, Gary, 10th Gonzalez, Jesse, 10th Greer, Bonnie, 10th Grimes, Cindy, 9th Grubbs, Warren, 11th Guerrero, Mary, 10th Gurganus, Tammy, 9th Hall, Barbara, 10th 15th round Ali's fans plead for knockout When the bell rang for the 15th, each fighter slowly moved to the center of the ring. Their legs were made of rubber. They were both too tired to keep up any defense. Ali fans pleaded for a knockout but he couldn't put together a combination. Spinks landed good blows but couldn't follow up on any of them. By the end of round 15 both fighters were ready to collapse but both reached back for enough energy to stand up. When the bell rang a crowd rushed to the ring to help the boxers. After deliberation a split decision was announced in favor of Spinks. The crowd went wild, the boxing world was stunned. Minutes after the fight Ali showed people why he was Hamblin, Rhonda, 10th Harper, Andrea, 11th Hebert, Kellie, 1Oth Hinkel, Harold, 11th Hogue, Wiley, 10th Hood, Earl, 10th Huber, Carolyn, 9th Hutsen, Randy, 10th Isbell, Cynthia, 9th Jameson, James, 1Oth Jones, Cynthia, 11th Jones, Donna, 10th Jones, Loretta, 9th Jordon, Alfred, 10th Kelly, Tonda, 9th Kinney, Gary, 9th Landrum, John, 11th Lara, Sandra, 9th Layton, Judy, 9th Mace, Deborah, 10th Madera, Nulkia, 10th Maxey, Lori, 9th McFarland, Aubrey, 9th McGinnis, Dorin, 11th underclassmen always the least nervous of everyone. He clowned arouni acting like he was crying very loudly. He kept saying hi funny little poems. I was the champ, now l'm a tramp. He gave Spinks credit for fighting a great fight. He did n complaining about the decision. Ali and Spinks bot showed fine sportsmanship by having a press conferenc together. Spinks also praised Ali recognizing that he was an al time great and that it took every effort he could have t beat him. Champions have more than just ability. They have corr mon sense, leadership and guts. Champions like Leo Spinks and Muhammad Ali prove this. l A 15

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AI-ES X 7 XS -Ysvq I 'Ll ff 6 ,sz abbing, dancing ltli sucoumbs to Spinks hooks Ali knew that he was in trouble. He began to dance and b but Spinks counter-attacked with lunging jabs. At the :ginning of the tenth Ali tried to set up Spinks for a left Jok, but Spinks stayed low and kept up his seemingly ever ending strength. Ali calculated that Spinks would 2 drained because he had never gone more than 10 unds. But Spinks kept a steady rain of jabs and hooks 1 Ali. Ali had fought a good fight to this point and still id a slight lead on Spinks after 12 rounds. ln round 13, Spinks began to connect on hook after :ok and landed several combinations. Ali tried to keep dancing but his weary 36-year-old legs began to give out. ln round 14 both fighters began to wear down. Spinks used his second wind to outpunch Ali in the second half of the round. As both men went to their corners at the end of the round they seemed in a daze. Ali would not sit down for fear that he would not get up again. Ali's brother came to his corner and repeatedly told him that he was the champ and that Spinks was just as tired as he was. Spinks had what seemed to be a bucket of water poured on him. Ccont. on pg. 1593 Cuellar, DeLeon, DeLeon, DeLeon, Dunbar, Edwards, Sandra, 11th Escalon, Gilbert, 10th Fscalon. Gonzalo, 11th Q Alsip, Jim, 11th Anderson, Edward, 10th Anderson, Ruthell, 11th Archie, Darlene, 9th Archie, Donnetta, 11th Arguelles, Anna, 10th Ashley, Vickie, 10th Amelia, Barrios, 9th Bass, Leslie, 10th Bass, Leslie, 11th Bear, Jimmy, 10th Berry, Lesa, 10th Brooks, Annetta, 1 1th Brooks, William, 10th Brown, Perry, 9th Burns, Mike, 10th Butler, Alma, 9th Caradine, Dale, 10th Cardenas, Dianne, 10th Cerda, Rose Marie, 10th Chapa, Jake, 11th Collins, Dee, 9th Coltrane, Cindy, 11th Colunga, Darrell, 10th Colunga, Jacquelin, 10th Compian, Millie, 9th Cook, Fluth, 11th Corley, Jay, 9th Corpus, Mary, 10th Cot, Bobby, 9th Couch, Gary, 10th Creech, Patrica, 10th Luz, 10th Fidel, 9th Manuel, 9th Theresa, 10th Betty, 1 1th retakes 157

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iS Xx I can 't be failing, smiles a confident iun- ior, Bill O'Quinn. 'M Boo. This masked person was trying to be inconspicuous but people soon found out he was William Bradberry in dis- lf, I guise. 4 .2 , are ' Q 5 E1 In Vasquez, Rosa Marie, Waldrep, Susan, 9th Walton, Melissa, 10th Watson, Carmen, 9th Watson, Dennis, 10th 10th 'wa McSwain Kay 11th Mayfield Debbie 10th Medrano Mark 10th Mckee Tamera 10th Mendoza Eddie 11th Miller Kimberly 10th Millican Rhonda 9th Milner Russell 10th Minger Barbara 11th Mixon Genice 11th Mora Linda 11th Morden Michelle 11th Morgan Bob 9th Nelson Angie 10th Owen Rob 10th Padilla Elizabeth 10th Padilla Joe 9th Parrott, Cynthia, 1 1th Pena, Dolores, 11th Perez, Rachel, 1 1th Pittman, Virginia, 9th Poindexter, Kerry, 10th Preston, Gail, 9th Ramirez, David, 1 lth Ramirez, Debbie, 10th Reginold, Paul, 10th Reich, Cherrie, 11th Rendon, Helen, 9th Reyes, Beatrice, 1 1th Reyna, Rosario, 9th Riojas, Thomas, 1 1th Roberts, Lorinda, 10th Rodriguez, Freddie, 1 1th Rodriguez, JoAnn, 9th Sanchez, Anita, 10th Smith, Pamela, 11th Smith, Steve, 9th Spann, Kenneth, 9th Sprenkle, Dina, 11th Stewart, Pamela, 1 lth Stone, Danny, 9th Strader, Brenda, 10th Tesch, Karl, 1 1th Tobar, Stella, 10th Torres, Lydia, 1 1th Trigo, Yolanda, 1 1th Tristan, Edward, 9th Vasquez, Helen, 11th underclussmen 159