Word: fergusons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...contenders. He may be right; undefeated Iowa was ranked No. 1 in almost every preseason poll, could well give Coach Jerry Burns a big winner in his freshman year. A decisive 27-8 victory over Indiana last week strengthened Iowa's chances. In Quarterback Wilburn Hollis, Halfbacks Larry Ferguson and Sammie Harris and Fullback Joe Williams. Burns has the finest backfield in the Big Ten-but his bench is weak...
...injury-riddled Illinois 44-0. Relying on his customary powerhouse tactics, garrulous Coach Woody Hayes showed that he had a host of fine backs, even though in the season's opening-game tie (7-7) with Texas Christian, he appeared to have only one: All-America Fullback Bob Ferguson, who carried the ball 35 times. Quipped one Texas sportswriter: "We don't know where Hayes went to college, but he must have majored in monotony." A major test comes for Ohio State this week when it faces Northwestern, upset 10-3 by Minnesota last week...
...ripsnorting shivaree. The Old Gray Mare Band of Brownwood blatted out The Eyes of Texas. Diva May Peterson sang Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet, and the crowd stomped and whistled and let out an unearthly rebel yell. Then Miriam Amanda Ferguson, all gussied up in a black satin dress, stood up and took the oath as Governor of Texas...
...that day-Jan. 20, 1925-"Ma"' Ferguson became the second woman ever to take office as a state Governor.* Her husband. James E. ("Farmer Jim") Ferguson, had twice been elected Governor (1914, 1916) and served until his impeachment on charges of misusing public funds. After the Texas legislature stripped him of the right to run for public office again, Farmer Jim decided to run his wife instead. In the campaign. Jim Ferguson did most of the talking, made no effort to hide his scheme to govern Texas in his wife's name. The corn pone slogans reeked...
...told her it was time to run again, she reportedly wept for three nights. But she gamely took off her apron and returned to politics, winning a second lackluster term by 3,000 votes. By 1940, when the aging Farmer Jim instructed her to try one more time, the Ferguson flame had guttered out. Ma was beaten by, of all people, W. Lee ("Pass the biscuits, Pappy") O'Daniel, a flour miller and hillbilly singer. After Jim Ferguson died in 1944, Ma retired to the house he had built for her, overlooking the State Capitol in Austin. And there...