SEv-j.-. * .\v-.v .av • * » •V '• • • :. ■v *ye» ’**.- • 'y. ••»^ **lt;lt; ',kwXv .* ySc jkvx W;**..• ,v\o.» . » • *■*WAlt;y■A*V.f.; ■■ £if--•a. v v*BILL SENCHES. . . home opener• •PETE ZUNIGA. veteran JacketMIKE GIBBS returning starterSportsMID-WEEK SPORTS WASH:Dumas, which meets Brownwood in a Class AAAquarterfinal match Saturday, has a couple of familiar names on its roster. Quarterback Glenn Bonner is the younger brother of all stater Norman Bonner, who sparked the Demons back in 1962-63 And sophomore halfback Armando Casas’ brother Pete was a great fullback on those tine Dumas teams in the mid-60s. Peteis currently at Eastern New Mexico University. . .NEW YORK CAP) - DaveBing of Detroit, who held the scoring average lead for several weeks, took over the individual scoring lead in the National Basketball Association with f30 points, according to league statistics released today.Bing also continues his lead in per-game average with 27 9. Walt Hazzard of Seattle and Elgin Baylor vaulted into the Nos. 2 and 3 spots, respectively, with 519 and 506 points.Hazzard has an average of 22 6 points and Baylor is second with 25.3 Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia continues to 'ead in field goal accuracy, 562. while Larry Siegfried of the Boston CelticsCasas, incidentally, is a new weapon for the Demons. He came from nowhere in mid-season to take some of the pressure off ace running back Steve Burks,who has been nursing a minor knee injury for the past jfaq TolcGfive games V» UkJO I Ul\C• •HPC Cage Tourney NearTwo GamesBRACKET HAS BEEN completed for the 25th an- At Colemannual Howard Payne high school basketball tournament set for Brownwood Coliseum Dec. 28-30. The top division includes teams from San Angelo, South San Antonio. Victoria. San Marcos, Midland Lee. Austin.Gatesville and Brownwood The Lions are the defending champions. . .Shooting for honors in the lower bracket will be Brady, Comanche, Ballinger. Jacksboro. Crane. Gold-thwaite. Coleman and McCamey. Coleman won the 1966crown. . .Trophies include the Nathan’s Jewelers outstanding player award and the Howard Andrews sportsmanship award. Adding spice to the three-day dribble-derby will be games matching Howard Payne against Paul Quinn College on Dec. 28-29 . .COLEMAN—Brownwood Junior High teams took two of three games from Coleman in a basketball tripleheader hereMonday nightBrownwood won the featured ninth grade nightcap by a 62-59 margin and the seventh grade opener 44-26. while Coleman punt'd out a 44-42 decision in the eighth grade game.Mickey Hoilingshead poured in 18 points and Tommy George 17 to spark the ninth grade to victory. Aaron Blake con-tributed 12 points, Gary Barron nine and Richard Griffin sixRoyal Going East Dec. 9DARRELL ROYAL, the head football coach at Texas, is going east for a wedding on Dec. 9—THE wedding—in Washington, D C. Seems that Royal, since he has lasted so long on the job at Austin, has become a friend of the family—THE family. If vou're still notwith it, Lynda Bird's getting married that day* •Offensive guards Phil Tucker of Texas Tech and Rich Stotter of Houston and linebacker Fred Carr of Texas El Paso have been named to the All-Americafootball team to be released by Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Wednesday. . .George Williams ripped the cords for 22 points to lead seventh grade scorers, while Ray Thompson had 19 for the eighthgraders.Brownwood will host a two-division tournament Thursday through Saturday. Entered in the eighth grade division are San Angelo IA'e, San Angelo Glenn, Lake View, Graham, Bra-dv and Brownwood.Competing in the ninth grade bracket are Lee, Glenn, Lake View, Graham, Coleman and Brownwood.HPC Seeks SecondWin Over TexanskmGlen Whitis unveils his 1967-68 version of the Howard Payne College basketball Yellow Jackets before the home folks tonight when the Paynemen entertain Tarleton State College in a return engagement.Action gets underway at 7:30 p.m. in Brownwood Coliseum.Howard Payne blistered the Texans 106-64 eight days ago in Stephenville and the Jackets will be heav ily favored to hang up victory No. 2.Whitis lost three starters off last year's Lone StarAssoNIBet);quarthey«v.v.• •. -I *. v- ■vK\V’•X;■SSr:-:S vrwx-:v::AV..MARVIN ITECHT . , . 6-5 juniorConference championship outfit but the veteran Jacket coach has come up with a pair of dandy newcomers to help plug the gaps.BriefsMAKING THEIR FIRST home appearance tonight will he 6-7 Dan McGhee, a freshman from Bloom-th resCalifPurdcoveTha wartiori:footfcnounAlittletheandpowewasW'OUlihe ishas moved m!o the fop spot in free throw accuracy with a mark of .882.Nate Thurmond of San Francisco has 533 rebounds, tops in that category, but Chamberlain leads in per-game average at, 24 2. Len Wilkens of St Louis leads in assists with 182 and 7 9 per gamefield. Ind . and 6-2 Bill Sinches, a junior college transfer from Howard County Junior College via San Angelo. Both are ticketed for starting assignments.The other spot vacated by graduation will be filled bv either 6-3 Gary Day or 6-5 Marvin Utecht, lettermen.Inbanago.gainlt;hot ItBow! v a rdft*177.USVeterans Dan Smith (6-6) and Mike Gibbs (6-3)will be in their ushal starting slots.Letterman Pete Zuniga. 6-2 senior from Merced, Calif., heads the Jacket bench. Others ticketed for action are 6-1 Ken Griffen. 6-0 Ricky Martin. 6-0 KennethHHiniiii:Hendricks and possibly Hugh Fletcher, a 6-5 sophomore from Comanche who is nursing a leg injury.NEW YORK lt;API - Gamely was named the champion 3-vear-old filly of 1907 today after*■ * _the closest contest in the Thoroughbred Racing Association shistory.*•William Haggin Perry s filly, a daughter of Bold Ruler, won bv two votes over Mrs. E.KftThomas' Furl Sail in balloting bv the TRA's Board of Selection. Gamelv will be honored at thefTRA's awards dinner Thursday in Washington.HEADING UP Coach Donnie Campbell’s Texanswill be 6-2 Steve Dean, 6-6 Coy Ford, 6-3 Sonny Roberson. 6-8 Melvin Davis and 6-4 Sherman Perrv. Deanregistered 16 points in the earlier game at Stephenville. Ford had 11, Roberson 10, Davis nine and PerrvIAssoeight.Smith, the senior from Denton who is being boomed for Little All-America honors, ripped in 33 points in the season opener, leaping from sixth to third among the all-time HPC scorers.Sot1967Jola war to T(SAN FRANCISCO lt;API -t CLA's Gary’ Beban has beenVnamed to quarterback the West in the 43rd annual Shrine-sponsored East-West charity football game to he held Dec. 30 in Candlestick Park.Backing up Beban in the quarterback slot will be Danny Holman of San Jose State and Bob Lee of the University of the Pacific.He now has 1.287 points, 120 short of the all-time mark of 1,407 set by Stan Owen during the 1955-59campaigns.Ten Jackets got into the scoring act at Stephenville last week as Whitis made good use of his bench Dayregistered 14 points, Utecht 12. McGhree 11, Gibbs 9and Sinches 7.ciateSotfinis!ACampbell went with a two-platoon, full-court press at Stephenville. but the Paynemen encountered little diffichlty with the clever Sinches quarterbacking the attack.ROCHESTER. N Y (AP) -Garv Beban of UCLA and O JftrSimpson of Southern California led the all-star team announced Mondav bv the American Foot-ft- Vball Coaches Association.JACKET FANS will be able to buy their season tickets—going at a record pace—right up to game time. The ducats sell for $10 and will be good for 15 home tilts.Following tonight’s game, the Jackets will play at Abilene Christian, Angelo State. Murray State and Tennessee Tech before returning home for a bout with ACC Dec. 14a 9-1placi el o broalt; Tei lar s fore Oklal place Ok' point 245 aIndBowl the 1 nesot back ting rogu! No:placeLARAMIE. Wyo. (AP) -Gar-ry Lindgren of Washington State Monday won his third straight NCAA cross-country championship with a time of 30 minutes, 45 6 seconds over the six-mileMonday's FightscourseLAFAYETTE, I* (AP • -Shirley Picard, a police detective captain and three-time winner of the Louisiana Amateur Championship, Monday fired a three-under-par 68 and led qual-itiers for the $35,000 Cajun Classic Golf Tournament.Halfback Chris Gilbert and Linebacker Corby Robertson of Texas and Texas El Paso safety CharleyWest made the second team* •Demons PlayBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPHILADELPHIA - Roger Russell, 1844, Philadelphia, outpointed Leotis Martin, 197, Philadelphia, 10.SEACAUCUS, N J Chuck Wepner, 22, Bayonne, N.J., stopped Charles Harris, 198, Jersey City, N.J., 6AUCKLAND. New Zealand — Fate Davis, 150, Akron. Ohio, outpointed Ron Beekin, 156, Australia, 10.TOKYO - Pedro Adique, Philippines, outpointed Jaguar Kaki-zawa. Japan. 10, lightweightsPARIS—Stan Hayward, 1504, Philadelphia, and Jean Joselin, 15034, France, drew, 10.CriticismOXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Rebels, still nettled by criticism over their Sun Bowl date, will try to convince supporters Saturday they belong in a post-season gameOle Miss, now 5-3-1, will bet one last chance to make fans forget those three losses when the Rebels invade Mississippi State in the last game of the season for the two archrivals.When the Rebs announced acceptance of the invitation to ap pear in the Dec. 30 game at El Paso, Tex., reaction around the state was less than enthusiasticMan;TexasteprepulCo;sportin a ate t I am savir sera |VaBow!menlAlt w h i c beau