Shallowater High School - Corral Yearbook (Shallowater, TX)

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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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1 . DERRELL MURPHY BENNY WEBER DIiRRliLI. MURPHY JERRY LINDSEY BOBBY REED CHARLES LUCK DALE WHSTISROOK Ball Boys

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Derrel Mur-' win' dan- .f phy scored 15 markers, and Hut-V E-2 I vi iallenter Cigars Dsleat lulabodi Outntel 28 lo 22 Shal1owater's smooth-working eagers, paced by Jack Murphy's 12 points, defeated the Lubbock Westemer quint, 28-22, Saturday night at the Lubbock High gym in the first schedule game ot the Qing!-xx'QqfSll Cage Tourney Tilt Second round games ln the Roosevelt school cage tourna- ment were unreeled Friday att- ernoon and night, with the strong Shallowater and Roosevelt quints moving into the finals in the boys' bracket. Shallowater drubbed the Lub- bock Cowhands, 39-17, in a tilt Friday night, while Roosevelt trounced Lorenzo, 36-19. The two winners will meet for the toumey championship tonight at th. Roosevelt gymnasium. ' In the girls' division, Roose- velt nosed out Lorenzo by a 414 su qt! .. 0' ' 5 ai- A gui' s 1--' si ' Z ua i un. o W7 gre , 35 ,caved u 3: EE Kea 5 .sr W afesu l00l - . , 0 T I Th, ' cailug? Tj E 2 5 .2 Tltlrgame Us P :Q gen Biz 5 J: 1 9-15:2 2 -fi S 2 - 2- WSE' in ,g U E: c C lcd mer N vi . ..... 3 0 50,165- -la '5 gs Q geetl vii L2 'E E U SG '5 U if 2 W-5 ' 5 Id ' E S:-.. : P-'U -1 W-5 :l -4: 3 Mp 3 III.: .. o ,M 5 3:5 5 be all :shea WB BT 'WT l: I eats renshlp 13 53 5 SHQLLOWATER. Jan. 28. - GOES, fsbeclall-Shallowater High EE E M 3 schools basketball team drubbed - s Q, 3 3 Fljenshlp boys, as to 27, in a 1 of :bg District 7-B game here tonight. sp- L-3. ,D9l'f'U Mylfphy led the winners - ip was w , h E E-EEE racked up 10 tallies. ar S W 0 1-'Eg 3 shihallliwaggrt gigs defeated Fren- ' : ' BH' S, o , behind M l 55255 'Cfllmpfs 16. points. Mary Hitilrllegl 574- B- o. Frfrnshtgae wgh 14 baskgs. 5 831119. ll t EE E-J beat Frenship, 13 to 8, 3:0032 ez District is-A mr, Bobby Reed ted fiiuatitelstlm. e . . points. osers with tive Shallowater will tangl 'th Whitelace in another Distlictwill-B game tomorrow night at 7 p,m, 31 count, while Whiteface pound. ed Shallowater, 51-26. The girls' crown will also be' decided tussle tonight. Earlier. the Shallowater had ousted Slaton, 49-18, Roosevelt had eliminated ship, 32-13: ina boy: amd Frm Shallowater Cauers Beat Wellman Twice SHALLOWATER. Nov. 30. TSpe- clali-Boys and girls basketball . teams from Shallowater High school tumed in victories over Wellman here tonight, the girls winning 29-18 and the boys by 42-28. Clydene Whittaker paced the Shallowater girls with nine points, but was forced to share honors with Louise McBeth of Wellman, who had the same number. Capt. Derrell Murphy caged 21 points in leading his Mustang courtmen to victory, while-play- ln? a fine game at center. .lack Hyman led the visitors with elght points. Shallowater will have both teams on the court Thursday night, when they play host to teams from l l l Frenship. l .ton made ll. The leading scorer 'tor New Deal was Robert Gentry uwith eight markers, and Freddy Harkley had seven. ln the B game, Shallowater emerged with a 31-24 triumph. Reed tallied 13 points. Three New Deal players hit the basket tor slx points each. They are Foy Covey, Wayne Worley, and C. S. Wales. Shallowater sixth and seventh graders made it a clean sweep by downing the New Dealers. 20-9 Shallowater Gains District T-B Title SHALLOWATER, Feb. 19. tSpe- qciall-Derrell Murphy had a field 1 night against the New Deal eagers 'here tonight and the Shallowater Mustangs wrapped up the champ- ionship of District 7-B with a lop- 'sided 10-22 victory. Murphy burned up the hoops lwith 29 points, bringing his total t tor the year to 731 points. Twen- l ty-four of his points were on held 'goals and the other five were on free pitches, He had able support from Benny Weber, who had 18 counters. Christie and Henry each had tive for New Deal. Immediately atter the game, County Superintendent Roy,Boyd presented a trophy to the winning team, which will represent Dis- trict 7-B at the regional tourna- ment in Texas Tech gym next week end. Shallowater now has won 38 games and lost four during the regular season. ln a B squad game, Shallowater tripped New Deal 40-30. Bob Reed had 11 points for the winners. Thiel had five for New Deal. ln a junior high school game. Shal- lowater again scored. winning 16- 4. Tom Stanton had 10 points. while Hnhgnod got all four of New Deal's points. Sllallowaler tagerx Defeat Coopers 0uinl, 49 Tu 29 COOPER, Feb. 4, tspeqiall- Shallowater High school cagci. invaded Cooper tonight ann walked ol! with a 49 to 29 District 7-B court victory. Hulin Fowler paced Shallowa- ter with 16 points and William' Ward scored nine points tor the losers.