Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 36, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 12, 1950 Page: 4 of 28
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I
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By Bud WorMliuni
BROWNWOOD — Sweetwater
Mustangs defeated the Brown-
wood Lions here tonight 41 to
33.
It took 10 years to do it hut
Sweetwater at last gut. a piece of
a district basketball champion-
ship.
The Mustangs led all the way
over Brownwood hero at Howard
Payne gymnasium in a thrill-
packed game from start to finish.
The Ponies had to stave off a
last quarter rally by Brown-
wood to win. They were only
three points behind at one time
in the final quarter.
With one minute left to play,
Sweetwater led by a mere l
points. Ronald Fraley sparked
Freddie Haas Holds
Lead In Texas Open
Golf Tournament
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 11 (UP)
—Slim' Fred Haas, Jr.. of New
Orleans clung to his lead in the
$10,000 Texas open golf tourna-
ment today at three-quarter
mark, but only by maintaining a
fast pace as a pack of par busters
closed in.
Haas posted a 00 today for a
54-hole total of 1!)(). 11 under par
for three days and good for a
two stroke lead facing tomor-
row's final 18.
Close behind him were Jim De-
maret of Ojai, Colif., at 201 and
Sam Snead, who came up from
deep in the pack to equal Braek-
enridge Park's competitive re-
cord with a 03 in today's round.
Snead was in third place, at
202, one stroke up on the national
open champion. Dr. Gary Middle-
coff. The Memphis dentist help-
ed himself to a 6-1 in the latest
firing.
Demaret had a 00 in today's
round, but all the others were
over-shadowed by Snead, the
West Virginia hillbilly who got
his record-equalling, eight-under-
par score despite three-putting
number 17 green.
Middlecoff got into the lime-
light too with a sensational 20
on the back nine, keeping him up
among the leaders.
But there was not much
breathing room between the top
quartet and the remainder of the
field.
At 204 came George Fazio of
Conschohocken. Pa. Then there
was a two-stroke void to 200,
where Fred Hawkins of El Paso,
Tex., and Dic k Metz of Virginia
Beach, Va., were tied.
the Mustangs' scoring drive in
the last few minutes to sew up
the game.
James Blake of Brownwood
was high scorer with II points.
Sweetwater's Doyle Branson and
Ronald Fraley were second high
with 10 eacli. Carl N'unn of
Sweetwater scored 8 points,
Riley Cross sank 7 points and I).
C. Andrews <>.
The starting five played the
whole game
The first quarter ended with
Sweetwater ahead 11 to 2. The
Ponies were 7 to 0 before Brown- j
wood scored.
At. half time the score was
Sweetwater 2;!. Brownwood It.
As the second half began, the
Lions started a rally that almost
overtook the Ponies. The third
period ended with Sweetwater
ahead 27 to 23.
The Brownwood Lions drew
within 3 ixjints of Sweetwater
before Brunson started to hitting
the basket for the Mustangs,
This was the final game of the
season for Sweetwater and as-
sured Sweetwater of at. least a
tie with San Angelo. San Angelo
has one more game with Big
Spring Tuesday night. Should
San Angelo win, Sweetwater and
San Angelo would have to play
it off for the district crown.
SPORT A
PURTO
By Bud Woraham
PAPA KNOWS BEST — Ed
(Moose) Krause goes back to
Dr. James Naismith getting his
nine-year-old son, little Ed. off
on the right hand shooting at a
peach basket hung in the base-
ment of their South Bend home.
Krause is Notre Dame's athletic
director and basketball coach.
21-B West
Produces
Champions
The western division of Dis-
trict 21-B basketball produced
the two champions Friday night
in the opening playoff games
of the tournament played at
Mustang gym.
The Hermlegh Cardinals, who
went through the regular con-
ference season undefeated, ham-
mered the McCaulley Eagles,
tunners-up in 21-1! East, 5S to
SHOWKKS OVKK \KKA
By I'niteil I'it.ss
Showers for virtually all of
Texas ;>re expected during the
weeKenc:, the Dallas weather
bureau said.
Slightly colder weather was
predicted for West Texas Sun-
day, except in the Del Rio-Eagle
'ass area.
•"ilt
~,ffilrty''ofthc 'CTGreat Smoky Mountains of
ed par figures today, including
Snead's 63, two 64's, six 00's,
Tennessee
take their
and North
name from
Carolina
the blue
five 67's, two 68's, eight 69's, and | have resembling smoke that hov-
seven 70's. ers over the peaks.
fl
fop of the fashion check-list for
Spring are these soft sheen gab-
ardine suits with important new
dressmaker details. Anthony's
pictures here two of several
precision tailored styles ....
satin twill lined in Spring ac-
claimed colors. Both single
breasted ... 501 with double
collor and button trimmed flap-
ped pockets ... 5 I 5 is a varia-
tion on the classic with shawl
collar and neat belted, panel-
pleated back.
515
Sizes
10 to 16
us
Second place Westbrook of
die 21-B West chase dumped the
Divide Trojans, champions of
the eastern half, -18 to 36.
In the Hermleigh-McCaulley
contest. Bill Voss of the Cardi-
nals took high scoring honors
with 16 points. Four other Herm-
Ieigh players followed Voss in
scoring — Carl Williams, 12
points; Lyndell Lockett and
Ralph Glass. 10 each; Rex Robin-
son, six points.
Charles Prather's five points
were high for McCaulley. J. N.
Williams coaches Hermleigh,
while O. F. VIill is the McCaulley
head mentor.
The Divide-West brook game
was a thriller from start to fin-
ish. The lead see-sawed back
and forth in the first quarter.
The Wildcats of Westbrook
went ahead in the second period
and kept a slim lead the rest of j
the journey.
Allen Clifton hooked 22 points
for Westbrook to take individ-
ual scoring honors in the tour-
ney. A team-mate. Joe Morten,
was next with 12 tallies. Di-
vide's Johnny Usserv and Don-
ald Tyrone sank 11 points each.
Hermleigh and Westbrook
were to meet Saturday night in
the championship finals, while
Divifle and McCaulley were to
clash for the
consolation
prize.
The box score—
fi<>ritil< iKh (5N>
PG
PT
TP
Williams
5
2
12
Voss
7
2
Iti
l^ockett
5
0
10
Glass
5
0
10
Robinson
3
0
a
Cliorn
J
0
Cooper
1
0
0
Clllp
0
0
0
Amnions
0
0
t)
Totals .
27
4
58
MiCaulhw (22)
VG
PT
TP
Galloway
2
0
4
Prother
2
1
5
Carter
1
0
2
H^nninRton
1
1
3
Dartlen
0
0
0
Jeffrey
0
0
0
Law lis
0
0
0
FaughL
2
0
t
Cozart
1
2
4
Pope
0
0
0
Kean
...... 0
0
0
Harrughty
0
0
0
Totals
!)
4
22
Halfttme Score: Hermleigh 21). Mc-Caul-
ley 6.
Officials: Vannoy and Blackburn.
West brook ( 48)
Clawson
Clifton
Wilkerson ....
Taylor
Morren
Powell
Pruitt
Totals
III vide (3(1)
.Mod rail
Ussery ......
Tyrone
Bledsoe .
Hartgroves
Egger
Porter
Lister
Allen
Totals
PG
PT
TP
2
1
5
. 9
4
22
... 3
0
6
, 1
1
3
. 5
2
12
. . 0
0
0
0
0
0
20
8
48
PG
PT
TP
. 4
0
8
3
5
11
... 5
1
11
... 0
0
0
. 2
0
4
... 1
0
2
. 0
0
0
. 0
0
0
. . 0
0
0
J5
0
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Divide
THK ROSWELL owner plans
to sign about 15 Cuban players
for his Rocket club, if he can
get them.
A. D. Ensey at Odessa will
probably have several Cubans
on his team this year.
At present there is no limit
on the number of these Cuban
boys a Longhorn League — or
any other league—team can
carry.
It is getting out of hand rapid-
ly. A player in Cuba can play
down there for years, then come
to the United States for the
first time and be classified as
a "rookie" — which means it's
the first year in professional
baseball for the boys.
As Shorty Shelburne of Mid-
land puts it—the Longhorn Lea-
gue will he known as the Cuban
Summer League in a few years.
S-O-S CONTINUES
WHITEHOBSE, Y. T„ Feb. 11
( UP)—Baffling S-O-S signals
swung the far north's greatest
air hunt toward the Yukon's
southwest corner today in the
16-day search for a lost C-54.
Hope for possible survivors
among the 44 aboard the U. S.
transport was rekindled with re-
ports of new distress calls.
Marlene Bauer
Defeats Big Sis
In Tournament
PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 11
(U P)—Fifteen-year-old Marlene
Bauer deefated her big sister
Ailce 5 and 4 today to win the
Palm Beach Women's Golf Cham-
pionship.
Little Marlene was one under
r for the 14 holes she played
h the title match. She was su-
year-old .Alice
a two up lead
five holes
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I'lsi-hull Problems
As baseball time approaches,
several of the clubs in the
Longhorn League are debating
—"Whom shall we release?"
All of the clubs in the loop
will be overloaded with playing
talent when spring training gets
underway in March. That's
when the above question will
have to be answered by the own-
ers.
The San Angelo Colt problem
is of the major interest to local
fans. San Angelo has five class
men on its roster. The Longhorn
League allows three.
The Angelo veterans are:
Bob Crues, outfielder.
Miles Smithhart, third sacker.
Jake McClain, second base.
Hal (Stretch) Jackson, first
base.
Jimmy McClure, pitcher-man-
ager.
* +
OF COURSE, Crues and Mc-
Clure are a cinch to remain on
the final Colt roster. Two of tl-.e
other three must go.
Which player would you keep
—Smithhart, McClain or Jack-
son ?
Smithhart is one of the best
third baseman in the league and
a very good hitter. Ditto for Mc-
Clain at second base. Jackson
usually hits above .300 and is a
big drawing card with his leg-
splitting act. He is well liked by
Colt fans, too.
* ♦ *
Spring Training
Plans for spring drills are
i being mapped out by the club
j officials this month. Here are a
| few reports on the training —
The Sweetwater Swatters will
have a split training camp from
March 15 until March 26. The
Swatters on the West Coast be-
gan their drills with Oakland
and Albuquerque at Mesa, Ari-
zona on March 15. The Swatters
who live closer to Sweetwater
start training here on March 15
with Manager Johnny Bottar-
ini.
All of the Swatters and Albu-
querque players meet at Sweet-
water on March 26 to finish
spring training and hold their
exhibition games in this section.
* * *
SAN ANGELO will stay at
home for its training, starting
March 12.
Big Spring will again field a
crew of Cubans who will report
at Miami around March 15.
Odessa will hold spring drills
at Hondo, where the Abilene
Blue Sox will also train. Start-
ing date will be about March 12.
Ballinger will probably begin
training on March 20.
Midland starts spring drills
between March 20-27.
Roswell and Vernon haven't
indicated when they plan to
start training.
training.
Colorado City Nips
Roscoe In Second
Game Of Playoff
It was a case of losing at home
and winning on the opponent's
court for the Roscoe Plowboys
of District 6-A West Friday
night,
Roscoe beat Colorado City on
the latter's court Thursday
night, -II to 38. Friday night
at Roscoe, Colorado City, won,
37 to 29.
The Plowboys and the Wolves
were thus one-all Friday night
in the two-out-of-three playoff
for the second place spot in Dis-
trict 6-A West. The third and
deciding game was to be play-
ed at Colorado City Saturday
night.
The two tops clubs of 6-A
West—Merkel and the C. C. -
Roscoe winner—will play the
two top outfits of 6-A East
(Hamlin and Throckmorton)
next week in a double elimina-
tion tournament for the district
championship.
Representatives from Hamlin
ind Throckmorton are to meet
representatives from Merkel
md Roscoe or Colorado City in
\bilene Sundr.y afternoon to
make arrangements for the
tournament to decide the cham-
pionship. The meeting is to be
held at 2:30 p. m. at the Wind-
sor Hotel.
Hamlin and Throckmorton
Hamlin won the game, 33 to 32,
with a field goal in the last
four seconds of the game by Joe
Allen Dean.
The Merkel Badgers and the
Snyder Tigers wound up play
in the western division Friday
night at Snyder.
Merkel defeated the Tigers
58-36 to close the season with
10 victories and no losses in
conference play.
Tribe Releases
Satchel! Paige
CLEVELAND, Feb. 11, (UP)
Slow-moving Satchell Paige
drew his walking papers from
Cleveland today—plus its plau-
dits for a job "well done."
In a move that seemed to
spell the end of the Big Lea-
gue road for the ancient negro
pitcher, the Indians announced
they have asked waivers on the
gangling Paige for tiie purpose
of giving him his unconditional
release.
Before cutting him loose, how-
ever, general manager Hank
Greenberg said:
"He did the job asked of him
iVi bringing us six victories to-
ward the pennant in 1948. We
want to release him now so he
can make his own plans for the
coming season."
Paige, the colorful, shuffling
right-hander who stubbornly
clung to the questionable claim
that he was only 43 years old,
indicated he will return to negro
baseball where he won fame
and fortune and whence he
came to Cleveland in July of
1918.
The gangling, sleepy-looking
Paige, of scant help to the In-
dians last year with a 4-7 re-
cord, was a tremendous drawing
card nevertheless with his bi-
zarre "hesitation" pitch, his
double and triple wind-ups.
Crowds flocked to see him in
every city of the circuit, the
climax coming last Aug. 20
whert 78,342 fans— largest
throng ever to witness a night
game — crammed Comiskey
Park to see him subdue the
White Sox. 1 to 0.
Sweetwater. Texas, Sunday, February 12, -1050
STRIKE!
Follow Through
The Release
Fearless Fraley s
Facts And Figures
By OSCAIt FKA1.KY
... UP Sports Writer
NEW YORK. Feb. 11 (UP) -
Fearless Fruley's facts and fig-
ures:
A1 Schacht, the clown prince
of baseball is eating all types
of horrible midnight concoctions
trying to recapture a dream.
"The other night 1 had a mid-
night lunch and then dreamed
that 1 was sitting in the stands
at Yankee Stadium and they call-
ed me out to pitch," Schacht ex-
plained. "The bases were loaded,
with none out, but heck, that
didn't bother me. The loses were
always loaded when I pitched.
"So I retired the side on nine
pitched balls — nine sraight
strikes, and the Yankees offered
me a contract for S50,000," Al
continued, t'l told ihem rookies
were getting $100,000 to sign,
supposedly, so I wouldn't take
less than $75,000. Then 1 woke
up'
"Now," Al groaned, "I'm try-
ing to eat the same thing and
finish the same dream. 1 want to
find out whether I got the S7ii,-
000." . . . You got it, Al, just like
those other guys are getting
$100,000 . . .
■ Scoop: The word is around that
when Eddie Dyer steps down us
manager of the St. Louis Cardin-
als he will be succeeded by John-
ny Keane. manager at Houston,
owner Fred Saigh likes Keane
because, he is .a second edition of
Billy Southworth. a 24-hour-a-
day manager. 305 days a year . . .
Happy birthday: Today. Max
Baer. 41: Eddie Prokop, 38, and
Budge Pattv, 20: Sunday, Dom
DiMaggio, .72. and Joe Garagiola,
24; Monday, Patty Berg, 32; Tues-
day, Red JJ'irrott, and Ed j
Lively, 25; Wednesday. George j
Danish aw 50. and Larry Goetz :
50; Thursday, Marlene Bauer. l'>:
Friday, (Football Coaches' Day),!
Earl <Red( Blaik. 53; Bob Ney- j
land, 58; Ducky Pond, 4S. and
Peahead Walker. 50 . . .
The big men are dominating
basketball, but not everywhere.
Out in Peoria, Bradley's second
leading scorer is five foot., eight
inch Gene Mclehiorre. And the
leading scorer of Bradley fresh-
man team is George .Macuga —
only five feet, five . . . Most
coaches will still take a lower
scoring seven footer, though . . .
Trainer II M. Woo If set a re-
cent record in Florida which is
going to be difficult for horsemen
to top. lie personally saddled
two winners on the same after-
noon at tracks 275 miles apart..
He won the second race at Sun-
shine Park near Tampa, and then
caught a plant to Miami and sad-
dled the winner in the eighth
race at Hialeah . . . Three fly-
ers . . .
Poetry department: Who's the
stranger. Mother dear? Look, he!
knows us. Ain't he queer? Hush,
my own! Don't talk so wild,
that's your father, dearest child, j
That's my father? No such thing
lather died, know, last spring.
Father didn't die, you dud. Fa- i
ther joined a golfing club. But)
thqy closed the club, so, he Iwd
no place to go you see No placet
left for him to roam; That's why j
now he's coming home. Kiss
him, he won't bite you, child. All!
those golfing guys look wild! . . . j
Ain't it the truth . . .
At the Rochester, N. Y„ pre?
radio polio fund dinner, Billy
Southworth of the Braves receiv-
ed two tie pins—one as Roches
tor's all-time manager and the
other as oen of its ail-thne out
fielders. Ho wears' the one
which says "Outfeilder."
"My wife wears the one which
reads' 'Manager'" Billy confess-
ed . . a
ftripes and spares: At Grant?
UapidH,, Mich., the Consumers
Company League had to guspend
bowling recent,!} for :i(Kininules
—because of a power failure . .
Among the ladies. New York's
Skip Oliver, a 100-pound. 22-year
old, recently bowled 200 for a
thrcte-jgarne average of 217 . . .
And how are you hitting em? ...
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