Hardin-Simmons University vs. Texas Wesleyan College

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20050400

Description

The 1941 college football season is opening at Farrington Field in Fort Worth, Texas. The Texas Wesleyan Rams are hosting the visiting Hardin-Simmons Cowboys. Some 300 West Texas rooters are shown invading downtown Fort Worth. The Cowboy Band is forming a semicircle. In the middle, riding on white horses, are Sheriff Will Watson and Miss Gloria Sadler. Sheriff Watson is the sheriff of Abilene, Texas. He is holding an American flag, dressed in a ten gallon hat, button-up shirt, and trousers. Miss Sadler is a student at H. S. U. She is holding a Texas flag, dressed in a hat, collared shirt, trousers, and cowboy boots. Eldon Scroggin is standing at the right with the H. S. U. mascot "Cowboy" - a tiny Palomino mule. There is a man watching from a suspended cover over the doorway on the building behind the activity, next to a set of fire stairs that are pulled up. Published Star-Telegram Morn. Sep. 21, 1941.

Archival Date

1941-09-20

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1413

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Watson, Will (Sheriff); Sadler, Gloria (Miss); Scroggin, Eldon; Cowboy; Texas Wesleyan Rams (Football Team); Hardin-Simmons University; Hardin-Simmons Cowboys; Football; Parades; Mules; Animals; Palominos; Hardin-Simmons Cowboy Band; Bands; Horses; Downtown Fort Worth; Texas Wesleyan College