Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 167, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 23, 1955 Page: 2 of 6
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Cellar Team May DeDeide Winner In
American As White Sox Meet Orioles
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Hy (SITED PRESS
The key to first place will l .
in the cellar Tueaiay night—in
lite keeping of tli.- last-place lial-
umore Orioles.
" Frankly, I don't give a hang
whether Cleveland, Chicago 01
New Yoik win* the |iennatit f we
can't win it ourselves," .«u\ -. Haiti
i«ii re Manager I'aul Rich: tl-
I!ut Tuesday niKht, anyway,
k . hards' Oriole* u, .ii dete.nunt
which club hall leutl the Ameri-
can League. Here's why
The White Sox are a half-name
out of firwt place hut thejr can
take over the tup iung hy two per
t>ntage points if the> .-ar.-p a
twi night douhleheail. r with the
lowly .Oriole*. The pat ■ setting
Yankee.. who meet tJ:• • Timers in a
night game, can't do a thm.' about
topping Chicago even if they beat
l etroit.
Uoi. l Make It K )
Ktehalti.-t. wh' left the ^ il.te SoX
at the i till of last year to en
Ill H i tll' i'li thillk. • 'hu'lllfo "h.i
t * nece--ary pitching to win the
pennant." but he doesn't intend t«
ii ake it easy for hi* old club
The Orioles have >•, -en t K«
VV ditf S.x .1 s ii ucfi. := 't nfi .
Tiirer Frank Lary.
Cleveland, only one game out of
first place, will send southpaw
stiikeout ace Herb Score against
big Frank Sullivan of Boston in
another key night game wh'le in
the other American l-eauue con-
test. Ale* Kellner of Kansas City
is scheduled to face Hob Porter-
field of Washington.
Brooklvn Drill*
Over in the National League,
«vht iv Brmiklyn's lead has leotit
ly been shaved from 1 ♦; games to
.1 "mere" 11, th * |l.>dg«i will
find "Ut h..A much gotsi Moiida> >
#«i minute batting <ii ill did when
the> meet the t ubs
All big leai'ne clubs m re idle
Monday but Ifcidge: M.un.,:ci V>.>\
ter Alston, concerned by nine
J.isst-s in the last 13 games, put
hi# charge* through an hour and
t half batting drill. The only gaim <
- heduled, n do ibleheader v ith
X* a York at Pittsburgh. ■> a.- poet
poned by i on
lion Sewco ' he will go lifter h -
i'Uh Mittov foi th.- fifth t
ruesday night against H.b Hush,
•ho will Ik* «)uMitiiig for his lltb
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Bob Feller Goes
Into 19th Year
As Major Hurler
Hy KILL LOFTl'S
i CLEVELAND I'.H —The dean of
major leagu, pitchers. Hob F-ller,
grateful to the game and "looking
toward a few more good ears,"
Tuesday entered his 19th year as
a big league hurler.
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Monday's Result*
New York at Pittsbuigh CJl.
ppd., rain.
I inly games scheduled.
TEXAS LEAtilE
'I earn W I. I'cl. <.H
Dallas H.". ".< . •;
I San Antonio 85 HI ...X'J
| Houston 7h "■ 7 7
Shreveport 7• 139 . '>24 'J
Tulsa 7f> 7«i .52t i •>',
Fort Worth 71 7fi .4HH 14'
left hiit fastball aboard a Navy
cruiaer. The scribes ate a l«>t ofj
words when Feller pitched his sec-1
oiid no-hit frame against the slug-1
fins Yankee*.
Set Record in '4«
"I really had it in 194B—con-
trol, speed and no injuries," the
mount! ace recalled. "It was the
I year I set a strikeout record of;
.'148 and won 2t> games for my best
season."
Kegarding the future from the
viewpoint of that 1948 series, Feller j
claims "a couple of good years
left," with the "hope that a World
Series game will be part of one of
them."
at Boston that
his better games
of former years.
The anniversary occasioned a
look back i'or Rapid Robert to "a
lot of thrill.- and satisfaction and j Feller's last no hitter was in 19.71
very few disappointments." Feller ; against Detroit. This year he pitch
recalled his first major league j ed a one-hitter
sta;t. "It doesn't seem very long ! matched some of
ago, but it uas Aug. 23, 193ti. and
we were playing the St. Louis
Browns at oM League park here.
I hav,. to confess I wasn't too
worried. All I wanted to do was
Let the ball over because 1 hatl
seiious control trouble. I got it
over all right and struck out la
Brownies to win my first major
Ii a'-' >.!•■ a nil1 .
A month In fore, Indian Man-
ager Steve O'Neill hatl used Feller
fi three innings against the St.
I.oui.4 Cauls' fametl "(las House
(■ang" in ii exiiibition preceiling
the yeai s All Star game. Pouring
it hi Feller enur ht eight I 'anls
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PARALYSIS
Missions Pull To
Ha!f Game Of Top
Pki> among finali:
Kome l>oo le^/ue, '
Bat ion will cmtinu
Willi Aiexandl 1a. I* ••PP"-.iu *
in ,. lie Tow! • J N .1 . .11.1 \'|-
buni, Ala., meeting San Diego.
Semifinals will b. held T1.urs.lay "
runt the fir."iIs Fruta>.
line of the top fa\ontes is ties- '■
t ii e.) i . f i(! Iv t he v :i', safe '
the o|M>n> r" >t Little l.-",i'"'.. I leUi r
Tue-day W «Hi. r and|
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<li dampeti Beau-
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Texas Schools
WillFieid 397
Teams In Sepi.
Texan high schools will field *97 |
j football teams in the season which
opens Sept. 2, official lists released
by the University InterschoUi.-tic
League showed today.
The total is seven more than the i
number of teams playing last year,
l>i. Rhea 11. Williams, Leagu- ath-
' letic director, said.
Practice opened Monday, August :
li'J, for Conferences AA. A and B,
and St man football, with Sept. 'J
the date for opening games. Con- i
. in i'j AAA iui.lt AAAA may
start tltills Friday, August and
play their fust ganiejj Sept D.
(inly Conference A and Six-man |
football will have fewei teams this
year.
Conference totals are: Confer- j
ei re AAAA, 57 this year, compar-
ed to .VI last season: Conference
AAA, tin this year, .18 last year;
; Conference AA, lhli this year, INOl
last season; Conference A, -Hit,
d>>.in from the 217 in lU.et; t on
fereiRe B, comparetl to U15 last
year. Si*-man, 163, a list tlrop,
from 1 *>7 last season.
Four schools have been added to
Conference AAAA, the big-school
l -aytie. Pleasant Grove (Dallas)
;;rew into the top bracket fsom
District i AAA, while three brand
new schools were added: Burgess
(El Paso), Belaire (Houston) and
Sam Houston (Houston).
Conference AAA will have six
new faces: Palo Duro (Amarillo)
anil Monterrey (Lubbock), both
new schools: Birdville (Ft. Worth),
Weatherford, University at Waco
(formerly Waco Technical), and
Spiing Branch (Houston). Brown
v. ood moved from District 2-AAA
to f.-AAA.
Brecketiiidge, Conference AAA
champion last yeaor, must switch
back to Conference AA this year
to fit its enrollment. Henderson
and Mt. Pleasant after a year in
AAA. join Breckenridge in the
shift to AA.
Other defending state champions
rtre: AAAA, Abilene; AA, Phil-
lips; Conference A, Deer Park.
Conference B and Six-man football
do not determine State winners.
Conferences are based on enroll-
ment as follows: AAAA, enroll-
ment of 1,200 and up; AAA R!iO to
1.200; AA, 22.1 to 550; A, 125 to
226; B, 124 ami under. A high
school with less than 100 enroll-
' ment may play Six-man football
Dodgers Seeking
Home Grounds
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TIXAS ILKCTRIC SIRVICK (OMMNY
W. W. ROGERS, Mrnm Fhooa 1173
BROOKLYN fl I
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listed Dodger I
O'Malley. "W. vt I >• o
else if there is a chance
there."
hut, with efforts to lint-
help in obtaining a suita
dium site in Brooklyn up
slowed down, O'Malley s.
the team would consider
sible sites if Brooklyn i
reighboring Queens and
counties on '.ong Island,
sev City.
The Dodgers' plans to [I
en home games in Jt iy t
season wan discussed b> '
Jersey Citv Mayor Heinan
ry, and other official- M
is hanging fire while t
study the cost of renovatir
City's Roosevelt stadiuni
games.
h. Tribe for
..r l!M; and
.1.11 here with
inir he had
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