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1 . DERRELL MURPHY BENNY WEBER DIiRRliLI. MURPHY JERRY LINDSEY BOBBY REED CHARLES LUCK DALE WHSTISROOK Ball Boys
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Derrell Murphy Burns Up Courts Milk cows and you may become a basketball star. At least if you milk enough cows over a long enough period, your Milking Cows Aids Cager r r hands will become strong. After, that it's up to-the individual to adapt hrmself. That's what Derrell Murphy of Shallowater has done. lt'l been t I l effective in his ease, for he com-2 t bined his farm training with the basketball court. In a short while he was the star of the Shallowlter High school team, Last year Murphy, a tall, well- proportioned young man of 17 years, stepped into a starting r t berth on the Mustang quintet. He l played center and played it well, winding up the season with 562 points in 38 games. That's an aver- age of 14.79, not bad in your first year of varsity competition. Burn: Up Court The current season, however, ls even more successful for him and hc's burning up the Class B courts in West Texas. So far in 34 games this year. including his 15 points Friday night against New Deal, Murphy has scored 702 points. That makes his average for the 1943-:949 season 20.84 points per game And over r. two-year period, the modest .Khallowater caeer. has averaged 17.56 points per game. That's a pretty torrid point pro- duction for any high school player, whether he's in Class AA, A or B. What about this boy who is the talk of basketball circles on the South Plains? ls he spoiled? Is he a team player? Does he have violent likes and dislikes? ls he hard to manage? Charlie Booz. his high school coach. who should know him about as woll as anyone, can't sav enough for Murphy. Booz, who spent some time at Texas Tech, says that he has a good, even disposition and never has shown any symptoms of having a big head. As for the team, Murphys coach claims that hc is a natural leader and that the other boys look to him for orders. He is cool and calm in a ball game with that spark inside him that sets apart the player and the player-leader. Hun't Gone to His Head Flrs scoring record hasn't gone to hrs head. Ask hrm about his favorite shol, an overhead one- handed push shot, and he'll dash out on thc court grab a ball and demonstrate Moreover, rf he rnrsscs. which is seldom, he'll do it over until he gets it right. Last year lie didn't make anv all-state selections, which the rest of the Shallow:-rter student bodv couldn't understand. Brit ho diid find a place on the all-regional team, the onlv boy who was a un. nnimous choice of all the coaches. He was born Sept. t6, 1930, in BrN'an and lived there until he was about 12 or I3 year old, when the family moved to Shallowater. Hrs parents are Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Murphy. The YOUUEPI' Murphy has two older brothers, neither of whom have Zone to college, but both of whom were athletic. Brit Derrell is the one most developed. He I VERSATILE SOUTH PLAINS CAGER-Derrell M urphy of Shallovtater, whose eye for the basket has pared the Tltrrsterng torrrt crew to t-rrtort after xr'-tory this season. goes rn for a crrp shot during practice. Murphy rs consider:-rr one of thc realli great high school basketball players on the Plains and a grcz-rl college career' lortnrs ahead of him. Hts 20-point at erage this year is convincing proof of his .rbrlrtrs rSt:rt'f Photo ht' t, W Ratlrffl currently stands sts foot. tt-.rr inches, having gained a lrltlo flur- tnf: the surnrnor' And lv- werxns between .75 and liilr pounds That is a gain of about 25 pounds or cr last vear, Murphy nf-vor' has plawvrl ant football. although he look: like a potenlrrrlli frno rgnll. 1'-rmr-railv since he thrrtlts that he x-all pri on anothrrr li to Qll pomrulf notori- porrrg to tollcg: llrs rzru-rrrtr' gpm-Q rt bask:-toall and lt- v.rrr1-AF hard at rt. But he also has other likes rn sports. He rs a topnotch tonnrs player and has done hettcr than five feet, 10 inches. rn thc hrnh jump on the trark team lie also has run the hrnh lrtrrdlv- Bat-- ball cleftnitolv rs not a frrst low. even though f'lr.rrlrr' Booz szrjs that he rs a cond first htrscrnarx He rsn't an horror roll slrrnvnt. neither is he falling anti rnrs tear he is dorrre nell. He snakes hrs a lrltlc over school work. though hc knows rt rs neces- to be clrgrhle to play basket- lrr-4-Ci VXPVI tary trtll Chr-mrstrs rs his favorite rrrrr--hand r shft Murph? been working hard to perfect unrierhand bank shot, e , thc prtoi, of course, and this rr a rollrne shot lo atorfl guard- rr.'.i has starr-t. ln zrflrirtrrrn to that overhead, ' prrst 5 tt .rn H s rrlai zrpzrrrr-r his frrtorrte twisting rt my shot lvlrrrpltt attrrbutrs hrs stronit hands io farm work. particularly rnrllzrmz cows. He likes the life on the farm, but he would drop it rn a minute to play basketball. Asked about any funny inci- dents on the court, Murphy grin- rrerl zrnd arirnrtted that last year he rrrtrasronrrliw' would trp rn a goal opposition. But he was tif' the rtrrrtlt to add that he never did it rn nall name 'tWe always a tight lwrr a t7r'6'1tV good lead when it happened. hc laughed, l haven't done rt once this year' Collf-ve Hes atarlahle and he's also :tide opt rr to suggestions. Crrarh Gu- Miller of West Texas Stae Teachers college paid him a long xrszt Friday afternoon, one of several trips he has marie. In addrtr1rn.Baj-ior'.l'lar'drn-Srm- rnrons and Wat-land college coaches l-axe toirrted him :rrvi left the ooor' open. Texas Tech, the col- lege clo ect to home. made one visit cazlr last ycar and has not been back since thcn, He'll probably wind up at one of them, but he's a lad with I wide open mind. Hc can afford to be. Almost any institution would like to have a boy who, in one year. has scored 260 field goals and 181 free throvrs. Come and get himg I the doors open.
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