The Democrat News (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1949 Page: 2 of 6
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THE DEMOCRAT NEWS
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SHS Launches Grid Season Opener
Here Friday Against McAlester 11;
All-Senior Backfield Slated To Start
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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER B. ««49 f (
It's 8 p. m. at Holmes
Park as Bom Strips
Wraps Off '49 Team
The Democrat News
Sapulpa high school's Chieftains will launch their '49 foot-
ball season against the McAlester Buffaloes at 8 p. m. Friday
night at Holmes park ui what promises to be a 'stemwinder." _
Sapulpa. heralded by 6 A conference coaches and sports . , - .
writers as the team to watch, will take to the field for the I CIO\ . .1. W ll it mill] Mil> SlM*ll l)iffrrm<T
seventh season under Coach B. Bomgardner. McAlester s Buff I—I__—___ • r
aloes will be going into their second season under the tutelage
of Coach Dub Wooten, one-time University of Oklahoma great.
Romgardner figures on starting
By The Benchwarmer
Ausmus Fills
Fiillliackjol)
Wendell Br-ggs Also Due
Grid Role at Northeast
F**r tTir fourth nwM'cullvd* year
a Crfrk count ian will he the
fullback mainstay for Northeast-
ern <»M«* colloges football hopes
K r thr«*e vear^ it has been Fran-
•’* Foret, Bristow and now it is
Boh Ausmui, Sapulpa
An is shared hon«x* with
an all-senior backfield and a line
composed <>f two seniors, four
juniors and a nophomore Lone
sophomore starter at the present
time appears to b*- Ben Tifit'r 185-
pound guard
I'nless Bomgardner makes last-
mimite changes his backfield
Starters will include 132-pound
Bill Hickey at (piarterhack 150-
; * d Jimm\ Kendall at fullback,
17n. pound Floyd Smith at one
half spot and 155-p«*und Boh Will-
ibe> at the other halfback posi-
tion
Line Storters Named
Holding d'-wn line position* will
likel> be Rud\ Vanator. 160. and
neaaon and will take {Elmer Warren. 170, at the
Brothers Boost TU Hopes
Tl) Brothers
May Be Key
To ’49 Climb
3
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Leroy and S. J. Whitman
Of Hollii Loom as Best
Relative Combo in Years
< \er now that the latter has grad-
uated
' \on 'ast year as a freshman
t' C*re was no harder hitting full-
ii :he conference than Aus-
mtiit In spite of a somewhat un-
P>r» n;t»e season. Ausmus was
end
positions Kenneth Adair, heaviest '
starter at 205. and Edward Gill-;
iam. 182. at tackles Ijirry Scott.
1B5. and Tiger at guards, and Ar-
len Bati»s 181* at renter
Coach Dub Wooten will field a
Neteran squad which saw action
!
S3?
--------- .... j-m unu "im-n v* fin
o r,, icuihjs until the last whistle a-plenty at McAlester last year A
. ien the rest of ’hr tram I Cellar-dwelling team Thmughnut
seemed Ilmost demoralized last season they didn’t win a
Chance* Are Great single contest ‘ McAlester is
Although his inexperience and known to hsve it* dander up this
enthusiasm led him into some tear and is hungrv for a victor* in
tr,Xi S last v ear. coaches and play- the season opener
ers 'hroughnut rhe conference re- w~o._ __..
freeij at...... h„ unexcell- l only ,h,r“*.
ed enthusiasm, hi. temf block-1 ££ „" ‘quai' ° “**'
l"S »n,i 'ackiing and dmtng. and ,,rfak Wooten P'r°,OSlnq
Ms stamina ‘!r'°k Woot»" o«* »n-
Also Pronunent m thts year’s 2Ide "tov'T ''W*' ani
plans vs ill he the services of Bris-1 - Y ,or ° ,6Phon’ot*
S. J. WHITMAN
Half of Brother Act
tr** * B*»b Ford, brother of Frar
cis. who has three letter* at
quarterback and who u outatand-
Hig at the position when not out
with injuries, and a newcomer at
center Wendell Biggs of Sapulpa
Although a newcomer and only 5-
fect-ten. Biggs has impressed his
he* at a position which usual-
ly i» more suited to a taller and
heavier man in the Northeastern
*t>le play.
Pared Down from 80
Northeastern's squad of .Vi,
pared-down from a record break-
ing 80 two weeks ago. has the
fans talking about an improved
year. Curbstone quarterbacks have
the feeling that the unusually in-
tense competition for all positions
will insure a better sea*>n than
that of last year In fact, so con-
fident wa* coach D M «Doc>
0U Grid Tilts
Due TV Airing
squad. It s a known fact Wooten
bull, last year* team up for
this year and sports fans' eye*
will be focused as much on the
Buffaloes new attack as they
are on the favored Chieftains.
1 gsrdner, on the other hand S""nT' rccentlj ranked hv
IS patched UP six hole, co.t-H Grantland «■<■*• »* 'he nations No
WKY-TV Signs Contract
To Handle Home Contests
The University of Oklahoma’s
Soon ers, recently ranked hy
University of Tulsa football
success this Fall may hinge on
the performances of two brothers
l from Hollis, Leroy and S. J '
l Whitman.
That seems ,o be the consensus
among Tulsa coaches and fans
although they're not saying it
i out loud They're keeping their
I fingers crossed and hoping the
Whitman brothers continue to play
| the kind of ball they've displayed
So far
Last year, S J just about walk-
ed away with everything as he
led the Golden Hurricane bsll-
earners In average yards per try
I 14 5) and caught 15 passes good
l for 256 yards. Overall, S. J. • fig- j
ured in 792 yards and scored four
touchdowns He also played 345
minutes in 10 games which was
second high on the team
They'll Watch S. J.
This Fall, S. J will probably he
the most carefully watched play-
er on the Tulsa team as opponents
Ag Gridders
To Be Fast,
Deep, Tough
Veteran Backs. linemen
Bolster' Cowpoke Chances
For Winning Combination
6-A Loop Favorites?
Not Us. Bomgardner'
Says in Rumor Denial
I i
•’Ha!”
Thai's
talking And
Coach R Bomgardner
he's not laughing 1
ST1I.T WATER, Sept H Okla-
homa A A M college's Cowpokes
ride into the 1949 football storm*
Sep, 24 when the Aggie* Invade
Fort Worth for their opener with
Texas Christian university
To meet a rugged in-game
schedule, Coach Jim looknhaugh
field* an A A M varsity of slightly
more than 50 hands, a arpiad that
averages 21 years, one month in
age. includes 22 men of 2ft i-pound
displacement, boasts 24 lettermen
(two of seasons prior to 1948' and
is predominately of Irtsh-German-
Dutch stock.
The Pokes, bv ballot of (he
players themselves, pick Ihetr
toughest rivals in this order Ok-
lahoma. TO\ Missouri and Kan-
sas. with Ot! drawing 47 first nr
second votes, TCI' 33, Missouri ,9
So that's what the players figure
Llqhter but raster
A A M comes out with 22 men
of 200 pounds. 14 at 190, eight
In fact, he's a hit peeved Tl'a this
way: ,
"Each year, different enarhes i
get together and pirk nut Some c'd
team as a 6-A favorite the 8
team that's going to win the rot*- ' A
ference," Bom explains
"And this year. It looks like
they've ganged up on Sapulpa
— . •••
Bom. fining Into his seventh venr
u* chief helmsman for Ihe Sajul*
pa grid Chieftain*. say* hr might
havr n "good. passable tram
nothing extraordinary."
But a* for bring thr favorite to
cop thr 6-A crown . well, that’*
nnothrr mattrr.
"If Will Roger* or lortlmvillr
had to start a yrar with tlx or
trvrn »ophomorr* or Juniors
lilrr I will thry d br crying in
tha dust." Bom says.
left guard a Junior at right guard.
It's thr youngest tram ainrr
maybe even a sophnnwre Jn the
LEROY WHITMAN
Ht'U Scoot This Year
City Ikes Eye
a ■»—
eral of these were in after the rlKj' tac*‘*r "hd another at right
w-ar
Of the big Aggie howl years of! Th»' means boys with (oily one
1944 and IMS. only George fvie. ! yrnr * cx|>erlence And one ,<f
Rill Walker. Jim Patton. ra>n Van ,h,“w' didri I even letter.'' he ex-
Pool, Alex Loyd and Jim Rnrger l’,ains
are left, a>< the hig reservoir of Rom says if he had lo pick a
frdton and Sugar howl man fi-A favorite it w,,u|d he * t.*«-
I tower has passed on This is to up between R..g.-rs *nd Bartles-
all intent* and purposes, a fnist- v,,lc The toss might g., Roger,
war hall club. , he adds
. 21 Iriahman Veteran players heft sneed
t un7 7 . ,hOW* 12 “f '^V'c both got i, . ,,u
Irish tore hears, nine German, five Irving t.. |u.|d a fun J u
riutrh. four Ge+man-lriah three at SamiltJ a
Indians, tw„ e.rh of Dutch-Eng- this TLiTL
Ush. English. Seotrh-lrish. and a nes, „ Ju„ tslk ’ bV*‘‘
single entry of French, Greek, talk We ll »n l, „ , n ,,h,nc
Lithuanian. Russian. ^.|ish-C.er-• about November and 7 |Whl»'*nd
man. Scotch Several Mav flower -- - ' *"d "ol *"<<*•■
lads list American, the mingled
strains now leaving no prednmtna- ‘NTILLM ATER. .Sept. 8 W'han Thr 1 '»ng free m the
ting rhararterlfttJr C<»ach Jim L^kahaugh nt nid* 1 s • Calilncnia > «xt red*
r:7!.".A*.'v • .he
That's the over-all glance
Trial Meeting
the Aggies of lM"* a tvplcal mid- v,r“'y tark,. i« Hat. Humholdt
lands hall rluh that runs from K,’ur '"P la.kle* are j ru„ ,'rr1" ,1 Calthwnla
a "power-T' formation, that be- Jim >«4|ir, Jim i u , . --
'ng the Ixiokahaugh version of ■,im Patton.
the "T”, retaining some vestiage ----
of the single.wing
STIU.WATER. Sept, ft _ joh„
Sooner State Press ' published Voight. Oklahoma A A M tra.-k
DODGE PLYMOUTH
COURTEOUS AND
Of PfNDABLF SERVICE
u- L- ... punnsnen voigni Oklahoma A A M track ■aidiillllHail.i'IW
Sapulpa Anglars to Attand ScMw"of " h»H
Okmulgc- Training CourM , “1„™ , j": •1 IIKMlRIX MOTOif
try to stop the Hurricane's run- offT^i' will 7un » th (fi.m^ nrTT 'the" n° TV* ,',k'ni: "n"'h'‘' fl'n6 « „h'ihe I CAUDiVV
nine and passing gsme The llXrrh.Wm *lrhou,o2 ! oThei,ie7v7,t7!7i! TT* 'h'' "U'U,rn Th‘ ' COMP AN I
pumping legs and sticky fingers mb.-/.. , ,1"r> ,hr oul f>*<- ' ' the hlstor> of Oklahoma Jour- Baltimore pentathlon are and 44 I r
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PHONE
on film.
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tor Fndav, n.ghf, starters and "_m'L t “'.b'* ,£H™‘ °,h" hal' Mother
a battle is still underway ,n ». *. w ’"n rl*hu ,'*r,'h* 1IM9 s"as,,n act. Leroy, played mostly on de
HMli tiinroH \A on rv olH nv it l) . .....
quarterhm k and a fullback Posi-
* * runiini RitcnmK *'i h mniran j- «• . —*
National offirials of the league.
In Chicago, are watching the Ok-
mulgee meeting a* an exjpenment
a name is still underway in aev- "" ,rt. Leroy, plaved mostly on de- If " '* suc"’*»*ul. similar traln-
eral key positions, the' Sa- ulna »'a* ann.Kinced Wednesday by P ,rnse ln -4S buf vihen spring train- ,n* ",uw* wil1 ^ recommended
mentor explains A Sugg, station manager ins ronP(1 ,rnunrt hp caused all
38 Men on Team ”e nf!* ,'”ly ,elacas' the live kinds of raised eye-brows hy rip- 0r,e nt speakers on the two-
B-.mgardner will have 3S men P'*>"n Saturdays at |ng through his teammates for <,a-v program will he Robert O
on the squad in Friday night s ... t" •'ofman Sucg said. many |„ng gains In the annual ■••tty, national conservation dl-
. wi-ni was coarn u. ,v iu<>c > “pener His re-vaniped line-up will A U w' "’How up witn Mon- spring intrs-squad game. Lepnv r*v'*°r and editor of Outdoor
Wadley that he has a good team fln'1 ,h,‘ Chieftain.- a hit lighter ,*{ n'Kn, tlaar,'>r,,a'^ sesst-.ns by stole the show w:th his powerful America, the IWI.A monthly mag-
m the making that he scheduled ’’ ’he end spots a shade lighier k .7 „ e .fl m verslons of running and his alert defensive ',zln'’
an additional game in South Caro-I *’ 'h* Uckle post I tons, a trifle .7, h,> Ar h"n" Fames and work Meetinqs September 10 and 11
In JUSI last week heaw.-r at the guard- no change *he five road games Both veteran. will be in buildmq. ol the
General Jack at Mike Leroy and S J are hnth vet- branch A&M college at Okmul
-- r----.... . ||(]|||((-
N Tthexxterns &ea.v>n f»r>ener in tinier man* weight since
will he against last years junior Ba,e*
' ■ hege championship Miami A
M. college.
about
■i - weigni since PI aim .-V . are nnrrt v*ei- oranen Aa
'• • wturn pivot-man and ' 1 Mans enrolled in TVs College of, «aa. loom
about the sariM weight schedule k. . ' 7“' if Wl" Arts and Sciences They're in their chopt.r 0f<
among rhe barks f# given hy .lark Mitchell, the junior year and before thev finish
X 11 inori' cts, S.__1. ...L - *
and board for the
Windy Davis
J
Lops Honors
c ^ • a gva...ve. exrcx. Ofl'J UlfV 11111811
Never renowned in rerem years ‘|u*r,erb*rk who P>* may he the most famous brother ’ .. ............ „„„„„„„ af.
for us dazrling speed, the Chief- i,'w, 1 . 7*7 Iff, *1? Su.*ar J™hb|hktlon in or.llege football, vision officials, headed hv F E
r.zwz sr.,
»^&s»19uSharrsT ^ niinois atrajss
MvIfco^SSJ, r°i U ^ *nd »'^^Mh*a>re*. o!f.'-rs'rm7e7i„rUaT Cushmrin
liv# from Owen Held ore: Oct. 1. crazy bounces " And Tulsa fans June
a?***: October 15. Kan- know that this years Hurricane One of the headliners on the
, , "W: Octobar 2f. cant affr»rd many ‘’crazy bruin- ;Togram will hr Tud Jackson long
Santa Qara "^TN«7' m•* tough., a7T„ve Okl.ihon , Ike. m-w ^
g miN li ! N M 0 ,a- IC n r f'*“nin(: wi‘h McMurry field representdiv.. of the Na-
AT?Td m 7“ 9 b . , College of Abilene. Texas, at Tul- tional wndli . federation with
The Monday night film tele-! *a. the night of Sept 17, Tulsa residence in Si.rin-held Mo
cast, will he of these five game, take, on 10 "tough" teams on ' 1 Mo
successive weekend, ‘ Call 600 for quality printing!
chaptei officers will be paid by ,
the state division.
A committee of Oklahoma dl-
Wins Bowler-oi Week
Label in Early Spree
With one week of league play
now a matter of historv. Windy
tiavts, a veteran and always a
i-nod. consistent bowler, upset the
responsibility on the relatively
untried shoulders of 132-pound
BUI Hickey in the vital man un-
der" position. The shift of Ken-
dall to the fullback spot and
Wiilibey to the loft halfback
*Pot is expected to give both
youngsters hotter opportunity to
“7, '*? M#ld ,al~'* "owovor. c.,t|
' "win. upsei me 'oner lettermen expocted t<, see ni... ----- ---- -----—
xi'lde cart and started the season hPav> huty in Friday s foray in- 77, 2fe_.nv' a'*'«V-f''"m-home
.off with a neat 610 senes to tie c,u,1p John Prince, upcoming' 155- nTL 1 Th“ f"r 'he First
named the first bowler of the Poun,1 quarterback. Charles Ru',h c . *^W,n* * U1 hp Mond«y night
week for a league average of 2u3 155-pounder at end Bill Ausmus » ' “ri ,'lpr*V ,,f ,he Sf^ner-
Hc | ut together games of 175- Impound fullliark R.,h Starr' fe ’ .7'“ * 1 *° ^ 1,l8>pd
236 199 a most credilahle senes heavyweight tackle at 190 pounds he n|6^' of -^P' 23 m Boston.
I in mid-seas. n. rather than an'1 Fulkerson 185-pound rug *°"7 Go“M Listed
to ohtain the first nrght of l.-.gue 'a<"kle p ° °,hpr road contests are: Oct. 6.
pl« Sguodmen Luted iTwog utilvertity at Dallas, Qc 22
II Ihls is an indication of L Rounding out the squad are Ve2?7 *' I'lncoln:
Windv s bowling this year .watch ^'""rd Fenska. 14) halfback ' .-a*v"**!o*71* Manha,•
itiif f.*r *ifM — mil*- r— I*/ - Ibh. and Nov. 12. Missouri univer-
<•« him to again cop Billy Coy ,50 “gu.rd^^ Joh'n i if"
fancy titles when tournament 145. renter Gene White. j vt I * ^-‘,lumh,a
w.: Bonnie 'h.lThlVT; jnX^onS-'
-«u»o. Inaidtatelly it woa her BUI Hams l'l \aa.l. , Commentary fW the film tele-
THERE I WAC, FITTING ON
ATELEPH0NE WIRE, M1ND1NC
MY OWN BUSINESS WHEN ALL
AT0NCL A3LASTTO0MA
SHOTGUN KNOCKED ME
right off my pebch
— «ure. Inaidtatelly >t ,
ftrst^ aartos te doll hi tod
$om« very parr! » res sro being
•rolled in kt*r games For in-
night *en
hit lot a neat 5
-Chrl Petars
59* series
•i.. 155 center. Jim Hau-
ght 18)). guard, and the team'*
heaviest aquadman. 235-pound
Kenneth Baxter at tackle
Rudy Vanator. junior end will
r0,!' mJlT h''n"r :,f h<‘,n« ^f »«rth Carolina, jou^an
only starter Friday', til, y<Hjr haod „ t^chre Hofth
Commentary IH____ ____
casts will be provided hy either
Bud Wilkinson 0 l' coach, or
one of his asaisraata. Sugg said.
At Elllcotf’s Rock, .op the border
of North Carolina, you can rest
carl Peter* rolled 385. Joe. Hay-.who t.ae never .--.'--w - *y.» Ult ^r l^-d *o it Umchm Worth
he* 5K J T Hay 521 and John I — ■ _____^ B*Ate—Oly. Carolina. South Carolina, and G#o-
Dillon 544.' Ifgia af once.
WEILSIR I CAMS OUT PRETTY GOOD-ONLY A
FEW TAIL FEATHERS MISSING - BUT THE HUNTER
--------------jppgp A coypLf op telephone
^ WIRES ONE-WAS MY
RWOQITE ROOSTING
PLACE, TOO.
Dillon 544
Many players set their averages,
law week and with some cooler
weather additional enthusiasm is
anticipated. Beginning next week'
this newspaper will carry a com-
idete summary of bowling facts
of Interest especially to the bowl-
tng fans.
I0JN YOUR FRIENDS and
EAT with them at tha
liberty cafe
nick SKOUHUS. Owbot
mint, gardkn
POULTBT. DAISY JVmiXS
nji—
nm TOSS
DRY CLEANING
WITS TOO*
LAUNDRY
M*a On# Map Da M SB
SUNSHINE
jfcSJ&yg "BOm
THAT ROOST* WAS ALSO
CARRYING AM IMPORTANT
LONG DISTANCE CALL THAT?
\WY WE ASK HUNTERS:
C DON 'T SHOOT AT
ON TELEPHONE
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