Lamar University - Cardinal Yearbook (Beaumont, TX)

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Ralph Stone with his trophy as Most Valuable Player in The T961 Tangerine Bowl. 441' M? KVI N. H A' 5 T T ,,, H-. XV!-. - X, ww ff 4 4 . f-Prw ' ' i f , 1' V, KX Q-m1 'f? f ' ,. ST 's -f ,, . fl- ' Wfwyw 1,.a,s, Tackle Ray Buflingion l68l moves To help Winclell H lmrt ll5l elulf Middle Tennessee guard Ronnie Camp Dr. McDonald and Coach I-HQ' gins discuss Lamar's Tangerine Bowl trophy.

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. has Q. T, Na f Lo 'Q mor Tech holfbock Richard Preieon is stopped by Middle Tennessee cl G . en ory Wholey cincl Don Foulk in Tongerine Bowl oction. Cardinals Defeat Middle Tennessee, 2I-I4, in Tangerine Bowl The Tangerine Bowl clash at Orlando, Fla. was one of the most exciting events in Lamar Tech's history For the coaches and the team it was the reward for an outstanding season's work. Their opponents, the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raid- ers brou ht t l f ' ' ' ' , g 0 tie Bowl a team similar to Lamar in style and record, young and fast, the Raiders showed only two defeats on their season slate. A come-from-behi d n team, the Raiders finished second in the Tennessee Valley Conference. The Cardinals' first quarter touchdown was made by quarterback Win Hebert in a sparkling 52 yard sprint. Lamar's next tally was, to say the least, a bit unusual. The Card d f ' ' s rose from their own 17 to the Raider 2. Here the Redbirds received one of their 13 penalties of the game, this time for a loss of 18 yards. Coupled with an incomplete pass, Lamar was left in a fourth down situation. A field goal attempt was short but the ball was still rolling inside the field of play when a guard for Middle Tennessee kicked the ball over the goal line. Lamar's Lindley King p0urlCCCl on the pigskin for the second Tech touchdown. The Raiders scored in the third quarter with 17 seconds lf ' ' e t in the period. Both teams rallied in the last period, but Lamar TeCh sewed up the game with a pass from Hebert to end Armour McManus. Walter Smith added the extra point for a perfeCf night. Thus, paced by fullback Ralph Stone and Win Hebert, Lamar Tech officially came of age as a four-year institution by winning the 15th annual Tangerine Bowl. Sophomore fullback Ralph Stone was the Redbirds, lead- ing rusher and a terror on defense. For his outstanding play' mg, the Beaumonter was voted the most valuable player ill the game.

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Basketball, I96I -62 LSC Co-Champions Y- Lamar Tech's 1961-62 Basketball team, Lone Star Conference Co-champions. Kneeling, left to right, Robert Willie Williams, Weldon l-ligginbotham, Robert Perry, Richard Smith, Ronnie Rucker, James Barrum, Howard Stahl, manager, Standing, left to right, Jack Martin, head coach, Carrol Aulbaugh, Jerry Parker, Wesley Newman, George Zurenda, Larry Augsburger, Billy Tubbs, assistant coach. Picked to finish in the second division after losing four starters from the 1960-61 Lone Star Conference champion- ship team, the Lamar Tech cagers surprised everyone by coming up with a 13-1 league mark to tie for first place with Howard Payne. Senior james Barrum repeated on the All-LSC team while sophomore Richard Smith, one of the brightest pros- pects ever to play in the Lone Star Conference, garnered first team honors as a forward. The Cardinals advanced to the NCAA Southwest Re- gional tournament at Jonesboro, Ark., and saw their hopes for a regional title tumble as they lost the opener by a one point margin, but then roared back in the second game to overwhelm Abilene Christian College for the consolation championship. Smith was named to the first team, All- Tournament squad. Three individual team records were set- by the 1961-62 team, five team standards and four McDonald Gym records. Smith d 45 ' ' ' ' score points against Sul Ross in Alpine for one mark and hit 15 of 17 free throw attempts in the same game for a second record. Larry Augsburger hit 608 per cent of his field goal attempts in conference play for the third indi- vidual record. The team scored 2,257 marks in season play for one new t d d s an ar 3 hit 830 field goals for another, tossed in 128 points against Sam Houston for a third mark, and scored 50 field goals against Sul Ross for a fourth. The final record came against Arlington State when Tech pulled down 74 rebounds. McDonald Gymnasium records were 128 points against Sam H ' 0 ' ' ouston, 2 4 total points in the Sam Houston gameg and a 52 point margin of victory over Sam Houston' and 3 Wesley Newmanls 22 rebounds against Arlington State, tying one record. Posting a 20-8 season record, Tech lost six of the games by a grand total of 14 points. Northeast Louisiana dropped Tech by a one point margin, University of Southwestern Louisiana won by three points, Texas ASLM edged the Cardinals by four points, University of Houston had a tw0- point overtime victory, Arkansas State escaped with a one point margin' and Oklahoma St t , a e managed to down Tech by three points. Graduating members of the team are Barrum first team a d d gu r g an Wesley Newman, first team center. ,Returning starters are Smith at forward, Willie Williams at guard and Larry Augsburger at forward. C in ai 25 d tl fi II ti g, Zi bi P tr S4 st V S ti Gm o If vi sn h st a If e o