Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 187, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 23, 1956 Page: 8 of 8
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t—BKtCKiyRlPgE AMERICA*—SUNDAY, SEPT. 23, 19.'«
Eight Teams Rake Big Noise In
Schoolboy Football Play Friday
(By I MTFJ PkKSS)
Mi*hrv Abilene in Cla*.* AAAA.
Snyder and Cleburn.- ill AAA.
Stamford. Canyon and f)e.-r Rark
in AA an«l Stinnt-tt and White
Oak in mad * the big noise-* in,
T'*a< schoolboy football Friday
night.
Alwl*tie rolled :.i it * Ua'.h straight
victory ami stienirthrned it.-, bid
Houston To Play
b lixie Series I
DALLAS i| p> —Th**
who added the playoff
ctv mpionsh>p to their atraighta
way Te*a« League rrowtr by d>-
f« atin|{ runnerup Dallas four in
in*-i to on* in the final round. will
have a (food rest before moving in-
to the Dixie Serie.-.
The Buffs wrapped up all the
Texas League honor* Friday :ht
.■% their 21 game winner Bob Mari^
set Dallas dnwn with four in*le*
for a - " shutout.
Meanwhile. 'h>- Southern A
(iation final round *hi,h wall
•t"dnrt a Dixie Serie f • ("<► - fh-
Buffs, was deadl e ked it tn * cai'.*
ea.-h for Atlanta and Men phi.- I
Ur Me niphist evened the series;
Fnda;. nizht wi:h a t I victory.
It could mean ar least i til • •
<L • rest, possibly more. for th«
Puffs before they >,f>ei the Dix e
playoffs, probably in the Southern
A-.-oeiation city.
Mabe oatpitched fVtllas' M ;r r:t
Wall for the second time in the >
nal round. Wa i to.-.-ed a seven hit-
tei. but walked fn •
I'wige Browne' double and Ru-
Rai'e's sincle ga\ the Buff.- the >
mnn:njt margin in the seennd iFi-
ning ami they tarked on an msur
ante ran in the sixth >>n a walk to
tr Bob Sm th. an Eagle -iior and
Ray DabeW's uncle
WiVioms Leads (
Mickey Mantle
BOST< N f.r Ted William.-
leads Mickey Mantle by four points
today in then rare for the Ameri-
can Leairu - battinn title.
The Re,I Sox outfjelder had two
hits in four trips during a 1 '-7
victory Friday night while the
Yankee sludger had thie*- f>>i fiJ
including hi* ".1st ho or of the
a «>n. Williams .'ft d i < ave«-
ige one point to '■ '• and Mantle
aised his two points to
The four at bat> lia e W'.llv'i -
T7* for the season He nee,J. 'Jt in
he Red S •x' las* sev^n game., t>
•each the \' > re«jtiired for off rial
eeognttion as batting champion.
as the state'- Xo. 1 Class \.\ A \
team bv walloping Sweetwater.
No. i in" AAA, :!! -7
Snjd' I. i a ted fourth .n \A \
blasted Weatherford 5--ri and 1 le-
bunie, rated llth. knocked tf:
tifth-ranked liarlund in the major
upset of the nutht.
Defending champion Stamf'ud
sacked up Its ii'th -.tra.ght vic-
tory with a ruiivincing de
ctsion over Andrews, rat, ,i l.tth in
AAA; Deer Bark crushed < ro-hv
and <'an>o«i kno<k,«i i,vei
toiit^l t'erryton -'J-1-.
>tinnett, runnerup to Deer F'ark
in the I lass A finals last year,
whitewashed Hiona 27-0, wnil>
White «'ak lan its eas<>ii .-coring
total to 1 ^. 21 uy bouncing
Brownsboto Hi n.
Mnly one ot the top l' AAAA
club-i to fali was Corpus f'hnsti
Milter, rank'd • :>,'htn, which was
ra it, n 7-o 0j Houston Lamar, No.
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h xirth rat>il Bay town, however,
<1 to a " 7 ti« by 12m-
r.mked I'ort Arthur for it.- .-econd
.-ti;i:gj t «lea,ll<s'K performance.
4',n pi., t'hristi kay. No. te.,t
Bmlmi .-, F. Austin 2H-7; fifm-
.iiiikol Highland I'ark wa> pn-h**d
to irt t a ;i -2" dei: -ion fiom Lure
bock Moiiterey; Wac . No. 7.
.mmpetiil loud warnings with a
ii rout of lrtth ranked Houston
Reagan; ninth-ranked Amariilo
. ■ ii. ntil Koit Vv orth I'a.-chal -,*i-..
.iiNi lush raU-<l Wwhita Halls be.it
rii>-cketindge to o.
Bort 'nes. the No. 1 i'l,>b in
, AAA. had tiouble besting
i.«ng. Ii7; third-rated Rale-.tim
blank.d Mar-hall SM ; sixtn-
. .inked Hull p- cni.-ed by Wel-
.ititfton IK-n. N, d< i land. No.
b-->d I_i Mai'iue 27-« : eigiiLii-
i ited K .gore wlupp*-d Shermar.
JJ-H; ninth iaiik -d Levelland w il-
loped But Spring 42 l i, and l' vh
rated Bryan stoppeii Nacondoclie-
i 1 -• .
1 he hielie-t score of the night
law Class A Rogers biiunce
m xiy
Dodgers Needed I
Sideline Players
PITTSBURGH tC.Pi—The Br.« k-
h ti Dodirers counted on the return)
ot' two i-iippled "pros" S.iturday to'
thwart tile newly found "spoiler"
role of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
J uki" Robinson, plairued by a
left h:p sat out the t'an.e •
Friday riirht. and sa-.v his team-
it ates down under a 2 1 deft it
administered by the Pirates.
' "'irl Furillo. the other "clinic" \
veteran, did not enter the game
until the seventh inning when he 1
replaced Dale Mitchell in left
field Put he w: s lifted for a pin-
chhitter in the following frame be-j
cause it was feared his wrist in
jury would be aggravated by tak-
:nir his turn at bat.
The "best of Brooklyn" wvis ;
needed in the lineup if th>' Dodger* ;
were to ho!ri off the advancing
Milwaukee Braves who stood but
two percentage points behind the I
league leading Brooks. Milwaukee I
won its bail came, B-4 Friday;
night against the Chicago Cubs.
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HIS LOVE FLOURISHES FOR ALL TO SEE
Point. VVL>, kn-ius that simoon*-* lo.«s "Julio."
fertilizer
\r;.oiie driving by tiiis hil!.-i''<? nc.r Mineral
I.ideod he dors. Jack Kenyon, 24. using *
his girl's name across a q'l.irttT mile of hillside in I
100 yards in depth. Now the ^ra < is up and flnurishirs; to spell out his message. It must ha.#
inv.rested his lady-love, 20-. ear-old Julie Fernekes, because the Pa'r eloped soon afti.r.
TO ANMll \( E i, \ME> .- d ! •
ail out of town Huckaioo football
play-by-p ay it-port.
,-ter. pictured above, w ill announce
games at Corral Drive-In, in live
Maglie May Get
To Resize "My
Great Ambition"
Good Night Friday
• 1AIAUSTOS, Tex . 'I.F>—Can
i • i -tric.xi n Katie Zaluiria.- contin
ues to . naze her doctor* and nur-
s w :h her go, d spirit despite a
I,,-.- of weight and strength as a
result of a reeerit operation.
The famed won an athlete "just
chatters away for all she's wWHth"
,i John Seaiy Hospital spokesman
shid. An advisory said she spent
the last three mithts comfortably.
"Mis /aharia- had a very com-
fortable niffht and is in good spirit.
She continue- taking fluid nourish
nert by mouth," a report said ► ri-
day.
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I-E-L-I-C-I-0-B-S-!
HAMBI'RfJEHS — SANDWICHES
Trfat ViMir —friends—Bring The c; miljr
W ; SERVE ONLY THE FINEST FOODS
Mul's—Shakes—lee Cream
DAIRY DELIGHT
—III") F. WALKER—
B* OSCAR KRAI.FY
f mted Press s;>0rt.s Wrirer
NEW \*>KK, •!'.? - Fearless !
Fraiey's Facts atld Figures:
If Biooklyn wins the Natiowal
l^aKia- pennant, veteran ->al Mag-
lie at least v. ill have a chance to
! realize an .ambition which now is
beyond the realm of possibility for
a.iother "old pro" named Bobby
Fetler.
Magii" has hail two shots at a
series triumph, losing one game in |
l!K l and ir:u taken off the hook
in one I9.%4 appearance. He'll «>-t
.a chance to make "my greatest .
ambition" come true if the Brooks
make the grade. But Feller's chan
res apparently are ifori".
Lo*t T # Canies
Fe'ler lost two game in the
1948 i lassie, one a real heartbreak-
er, and he sat gllirnly on the Side- .
lua. iliroughout the DM series.
Tela pus fugn ,-nd .- d* •*:- th*- rue -j
inory of Feller's famed fast bail,
bu* M itrlie s "cor. e -" seem to hang
on fro er.
B train'* Chris Brasher, aiming
tt the ' H) : pic Tl IHio meter steep-
lechase crow n. is makinge the ligh-
test pair of running shoes in 'he
■.•■« > Id with the w elt of kangaroo
lea'h. r and spike- of I ' -n'uni.
which costs >7" a pound. The shoe
will weigh only three and one half
ounces, and Brasher contends, ov-
er meters this will mean he
will be lifting aO pounds less than
•vita ordinary shoes.
Bob Long of th Detroit Lion:1
'•autions rookie gr: i players not to
i lib the veterans the w rong way.
'n his first game, ae,un.st the Phil-
adelphia Eagle.-,, he scoffed at a
rival lineman who intioduced nim-
e!f as the "best tackle in the lea-
gue."
"Then he proved it," Long laughs
ruefully. "On the first play he
knocked me cold "
'.aek Tixer In.stinet
Too many prize lighters of to
r'.iy lack th'- old "riper" instinct—
is well as ability—accord'ng to
trainer D,m Florio To illustrate
the pr int lie tells a story about the
legendary Sam Langford who he-
cane outraged one ancient even
ing by the stalling, clutching and
time-wasting tactics of an oppon-
ent.
At the start of the fifth round.
Sam walked out into the center
of the ring and insisted on shaking
hands.
"Why do that?" ; s',ed the r'-f
f rep. "This isn't the Hist rnuniL" i
"T' is for him." Sam said.
And so it wjsT
FILLER FACTS
A hippo's ey >H « -« pr' tuh^r
ant. and so n *t th* t# p of it.s i
h a'«t. that it ran \\*> .-iln^wt rom-
;>l *t# iy . uhmrrj 'ff in th* rrurifK't
. i'.^r rtliallo" s t tu'.ai 'i rftill
kf* >p a lookout.
Wind Big Aid To
MaxweB in Play
OKLAHOMA CITY HTl—The
wind w.-t.s a major factor in scor-
ing Saturday an Billy Maxwell of
I ><ie.-.-a, lex., led a reduced field
of Til g<>ll"is into the third round
of the jla.lMio Oklahoma City tinif
Tournament.
Maxwell. year old former
North Tcxaif State I ofege star
wiio has won over ^ la.tMl (>n the
professional tiMiring circuit this
se.ison, toured the 2."i-miie an-hour
windswept Twin Hills Country-
Club course Friday with a four*
under-par bJ*. That score coup <1
•. ith a To in the first round g-.e
him a :if hole total of l-'W.
The first tlay leuiier. Bob Toski
of Holyoke, Mass.. fell behind with
a '18 for a two #lay total of
I4:i.
LABORATORY EQ( II'MFAT
NEW YORK H i'' -Science and
engineering students at -10 of the
nation's colleges are conducting
aboratoiy experiments with the
help > ! .fiMio.ouo worth of et|uip
ment obtained .'rom the Ireneral
Elei'tri Cieiip.r./'s ,'tswistam'e pro-
gram. Collegi .> and universities
with -ipe. lal p.oblems in modern-
izing tneii- laro atories may apply-
to GE for equipment aid.
Berrios Claims
Rise in Standing
DETROIT (CD—"Now 1 think I
No. 2" stiM'Vy Miguel Br trios sail
j tiKt 'y in making his claim for a
shot at featherweight champion
Sapdy Saddler following Frida.
night's victory over Ik.- Chestnut
The shy ittle Ruerto Rican. wh>
stands 5 ft. - in., showed hardly
a mark from his braising victory-
over Chestnut, who sported a dis
!• ilortsl lump under his right eye
' f, •nil ilerrios' stout left ho* ks.
Betio's, weight 12T, git "'edit.,
for only a split decision over '
Chestnut, New York, the ninth-
r: nked featherweight who weikhed
IJh :! t and h.id a three-inch hei
glit advantage.
Rut Referee Johnny Weber, who
scored against Bei rios 44 4a in
Michigan's five-points must sow
| in jf system, w as rounitly nooed by
the crowd of 1,56*5. The crowd—
and the I'nitad Press which scored
it 4ii-4l Berrios—agreed ".it
two judges Jack Aspery, wb
it Berrios 4« 4.1 and A1 ti
for Berrios 48-40.
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PLASTIC POLES
NEW YORK trri-The ma?,,,
line Chemical Week says 'hflt-
plastic telephone poles, made of
giass-reinforce.l resin and weigh-
ing about 1-a pounds, promi.-e
many advantages to offset a hijjii
initvil cost.
SHOOTIN
WORKS iN
OCT. 6-21
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DALLAS
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More chickens
cross the road
in front of (hevrolets
than any other carl
g«?r Mir 'port
wi*h Bad/ by Ftihir.
Well. sore. There are more Chevies on the road. More people buy 'em year after year. And this year, Chevrolet's
the most popular car ag in-by a margin of more than 150,000 so far Must be the best one to buy, for sure!
Two million more people own Chevrolet*
Only franchised Chevrolet dealers dirploy this famous trademark
■cNHBi CKIMLET CO., he.
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A $ ^ m m ♦
Tt takes tfie skill ,?nr! knou-hnn- thaf come w'th
yars of experience to properly plan, build, operate
and maintain the mudet n electric power system that
provides your dependable electric service.
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The experience anrl skill of the more than 2.HOO
men anri women who pfovu'e yutir ^uod el-.ctric
service is reflected in the efficiency of the Texas
Electric Service Company system. Un? nut of every
ten of these men and women has had 11~> or more
years experience with the Company, m etinz the
problems and doing the work necessary to assure
you good service.
Texas Electric Service Company is eontimiing fn
^?an ahead „nd builil to make sure that you wiil
have plenty of dependable, Iow-cust electric service.
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