Texas Wesleyan University - Txweco Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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BASKETBALL Clvampionsff Tlwo Texas Wesleyan Rams can iusTly claim To be Tlwe besT baslceTball Team in Texas, wiTlT Their record oT no deTeaTs in Tlwe regular season. Tlieir only Two deToaTs during Tlwe year, boTTi in posT-season TournamenTs, were To Sam l-lous- Ton, a Team Tlwey lwad beaTen decisively Twice during Tlne regular season, and To San Diego, Tlie naTionalcT1ampions. lXloTable games during Tlwe year included Tlwe game wiTl1 Sam l-lousTon aT Tlwe Rec, a lward- TougT1T sTruggle wiTl1TlTe lead in doubT unTil Tlfie regulars reTurned aTTer Tlieir Two minuTe resT in Tlie lasT guarTer, and The l-loward-Payne game aT Brownwood, wlwere an inspired Jacl4eT Tive played Tar over Tlieir Tieads To Tiold TWC To a dangerously small margin. Again Tlwe class oTTT1e Texas Comcerence, Tlie Rams reacl'iedTl1e guarTer-Tinals againsT The na- Tion's TinesT, losing Tinally by Two poinTs To The Team TlmaT won The clmampionsbip. This year's Team probably reaclied a pealc Tl1aT will never be exceeded by a Texas Wes- leyan Team. Six members oT Tl'ie Ten-man sguad graduaTe, and oTl'iers may be draTTed. YeT, somoliow, we liave a Teeling TTiaT wlfien nexT year's champion is announced, The Team will be Tlie Rams .... ...,-,.,--, ,,- -,-,. . M..- cu.- A -. ,.,... --,.,.,. ,-.....a...,,,. fFI?'E'EiZi'i'i !i.D1-i'IXTlVE,iT'5l FY EDITT

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-31 WELDON SNOW, back DON lTrainerl MacHENDRlE WAYNE DICKIE l-lard-charging Tullback, Wel- Trainer managed The Team Wfiyne used marry a I don made good his TirsT year, .g gy F , rl I F Tape and brmfe T f He alsa did a good job baclfe mimi diiwn Tj lk lnumd' A blrfrd durini Ti I ing up The line on deTense. real sixTy'n T n was he. Trainers assisr by downing Daniel Baker's lr-lill Billies in a mud baTTle in Brownwood in The Tinal game oT The season. Qnce in each oT The TirsT Three periods The Rams sTruck aT The Billies' goal line and each Time neTTed a score. John l-losea charged in and blocked a Daniel Baker punT, picked up The slippery leaTher and scampered I6 yards Tor The TirsT Wesleyan score early in The iniTial period. The only pass compleTion in The game wenT Tor a score in The second and Ruel l-loTTman Took oTT Tor 2I yards and The Rams' Tinal score in The Third. The charging Wesleyan Torwards played one oT Their beTTer games, never leTTing The Billies inside The Rams' 4O all nighT. ATTer one punT exchange Graham Kyle guick-kicked 4l yards over The Billies' goal. Two plays aTTer Daniel Baker Took over on iTs own 20, John l-losea wenT in To block Childs punT and picked up The ball, galloping The I6 yards To The goal Tor six poinTs. Kyle kicked The poinT. Kyle, who played his besT game oT The season, seT up The Rams' Third score by guick-kicking 44 yards To The Billies' Two where iT was killed by FosTer Miller. l-loTTman reTurned The Billies' kick QI yards To The QI. l-ToTTman called his own number, The Rams opened a huge hole in The leTT side oT The Billies' line and he scampered Through iT. pasT The linebaker, and inTo The end zone. F I F T I E T H A N N V 11 my T T 1 .. ,. I ,-

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The Team .... RED WALST-l is always where The acTion is ThickesT. Red geTs more Tie-balls Than any oTher player, and will go To The Tloor aTTer The ball any Time necessary. l-lis specialTy is a looping shoT ThaT sTarTs wiTh his back To The baskeT. IT Walsh is assigned To The opponenT's hoT-shoT, you can be sure ThaT The oTher Team's sTar will have a hard row To hoe. Somehow you never realize how many goals Killer makes unTil The box score comes ouT. l-TAZEN WARD has been high-poinT man in more games Than any oTher player. AlThough acTually Tall he looks like a liTTle man on The Tloor where Walsh and -l'hornTon dwarT him. Lucy's specialTy is a seT shoT Trom The corner oT The courT, and he's usually The one To crip 'em in when The Tirebrand is going. CECIL lVlcCLUlXlC5, The TooThless, is The TasT, smooTh shorTy ThaT impressed Pop Boone so much ThaT he devoTed mosT oT a column To him. Cecil has perTecT Torm-any coach would like To have him around To show his players iusT how iT's done. ln addiTion To his beauTiTul Tloor work, lvlcClung is Dead-Eye Dick on The long shoTs. Two or Three oT his seT shoTs Trom way ouT can compleTely demoralize The opposing Team. JACK Tl-TQRNTCN amazes everyone seeing The Rams Tor The TirsT Time wiTh his TavoriTe shoT-a com- binaTion beTween a crip and an airplane ride. Like The man on The Tlying Trapeze, he Takes oTT Ten TeeT Trom The baskeT, TloaTs up, drops The ball in, and makes a graceTul Two-poinT landing. When he's hoT Jack can swish The ball in Trom The middle oT The courT, as well. ThornTon had The Kansas CiTy wriTers agog aT The lnTercollegiaTe l'ournamenT. CLIFTON lvlcNEELY, playing his TirsT season Tor The Rams, conTounded his criTics, who said ThaT he would be shoT-crazy. Coming as a TransTer Trom DecaTur BapTisT Junior College, where he made amazing high- scoring records, he has TiTTed perTecTly inTo The Ram's play. AT The TirsT, he was almosT Too bashTul abouT making shoTs because oT his Tear oT unTair criTicism, buT has rounded inTo one oT The besT players on The Team. l-le was largely responsible Tor The Rams' win over Sam l-lousTon aT l-lunTsville, The TirsT Time The Rams had ever made iT. . ln The Top phoTo Killer heaves one in aTTer Taking iT oTT The boards, . . Raymond Barnes piTches one in The Rec's wesT baskeT in The lower picTure. . .