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SUNDAY. MAT 2 . 1961
THt OtAMCt LtAOtt
Here
ly FUCO CERVELLI
MATCH IS POSTPONED;
BONIN SET FOR CHAMP
Report on Change in Classification
Was Top News Item at Orange School £5
.aad Maoncwviile split a
r&Jjmuty 'League games
at MMtrxoevin*. The Kto-
i (he Major League
r the Maurice v. lie
•ed 'V Maimceviile Kit-
the Ktdartf Kats
• hi eeSer
lilt bexhw
here last night
timist BosJug CM)
and the Harria
poned Indefinitely.
Officials ef the
, % °*<
ef Orange
if? '
post-
y
wédi U a veteran ef SS flrhu,
Richard Marques weighs 129.
a m-poun^-r who r«-
^fifig. tn stardom in "V*
here end in Houston, A power failure halted a pitch- Harvey Gunier each hit safely far j
has been matched H o^Tswen m duel betv een two o/ Oran-, 'he Boibrmakers.
fights. He «en all of them. County's most promising pitcners
ebserver* fee) Benin is J*51 in the official
net ready to challenge a hoy as the Teen-Age League
* . . - " season,
action, the
Cafes smashed the
and
Another school year has come and gone at Orange
Por the most part it was like ajl the others but there , v_Mjv
rere a few big momenta, some of which stirred headline . £¡Zlta^
Perhaps the biggest news item to come out of SUrk ^ the route
High this year was the report that Orange may drop toaittfc «ht nratm «**r the r
Class AAA in 1962. Manyp • ■ w .... ' „ S ¿ase * w* h^; three
|e fans took it ss .¡¡^ «* ** AMA * « Jl! T^t Oian^Kent'
- the face when theyj M,ny people figured that
their old school Orange lacks so le* students he- Tr*.
/aU from rank. g * A AAA that TILwould
sow H seeias, certaia that f tó M*y * *** api ttttftFtaT* rd, Danny
_ .."op will'come. For only . „1Jlr nniTik«'n*f ~
this.* o .:
« «í« *m o. .e I a~|SHWlS23^oSnf
"Unless the'average' enrollment; AAAA
figure tur AAAA is lowered — and
he trend has b#-en for it to go
19gm|Thete was a nme way ui
led the Kitten hitters
i^ool years, . allowed a tehooj to *a*>§ «sa raps. Walter Evans sup-
Hopes were high that Bancroft] ' -the other teams m/ntt. Astpet in tut. for the Kats by
Would consolidate with Orange-in;a rov^. it.. X , hefewe a burner and another ■hit,
time to. bS* rhe enrollment fig- f -. WlH;ams
are up to the 905 that is required had long besy^dacnattnued H*
V aaaA schools. ■ «jd schoota^must now eo prte|
But school it out and Bancroft* whate^r clast their ««*i
till -stands atone. Yét. getting Ban- «* J* them whether it s ,
roft wouldn't of mtttered any- | tvw/y€ars or . - - ¿vj
states twt:<a! J** most ardent 0™ *^
Pineds I
pace the',
apped out three; a* Marques,
return to
But that is out. Dr Rhea Iks
up ! amv state athiettr director,
rt ed ttus would not he
Perry poiedtwo
Pirates.1 j
man and Donald .oís- ,
I wou-vd duty in the Kit-'
was mtr tí*. Kats- Johraoni
luwHidai srrtH the win after a|-
■■£ «na hita, five walks and!
mm
Harris, co-manager ef
t team, said ht wasn't
in time In hr'nj In an<
team to. provide an eppon-
tor ia<t nights mate he*.
A big crowd was expected for
the bout between Lawson Bon-
te ef Orange and Gabina Mender
of Houston. Yet, hi missing Men-
der, Bonin is soon to be matched
la an even'Jbigger event.
Harris said yesterday that
the national (¿ol-
den Glove* bantamweight cham-
pion. la a Hkcfy opponent for
Bonin this week. •<■-
Harria said Benin' would def-
initely fight either Márquez or
Ma brother in a match scheduled
far the local arena next Satur-
day night.
Chic Márquez, a 122-pound
youth who Is widely known, has
had «5 fights. Ifls^ brother, Rich-
•hüa« ht h'fb y experienced as Chica
" .. Marquex, the. nathmat champ.'
Yet. HarHs said Bonin is in
tap shape and with a I'ttle work
this week he should be ready
far Márquez er Ms brother. Ben-
in Is a regional Golden Gloves
champ. The flghte next week are
slated tor 7:11 p.m. in the ta-
bor Temple arena' at 111 Fifth
Street.
Since last night's fights were
postponed, Harris has been
matching several fights. He re-
den. Together, they gav# up
« hits and 12 walks.
Leading the Liens attack were
Paul Vaughn. Skipper Arsenauit
and Trudy Mosely with two hits
The Rockets sent, four pitchers j
the mound in an effort to stop
Lions, but wildnes* hurt the pi
and the Lions rolled honjp free. "followed by" Mark Stephens.
Danny Wolf of Little Cypress! Bobby Burke and Earl frahan
f-jme and Jerry Burdine of h?rd iwith one ^ "piece* -
Orange Tigers Hid each struck out hk Billv.Fise'te and Gar ion record-^
' — *-^35 th. ft.hu went ^íí^r*^rd^^w i^ TOg:ed the two Rocket hits in the five*
enough to get tagged with the loss ¡toning ga e.
before-leavingin favor of Hershel A l?rge crowd turned out for the
Humble. D>flty Colburn and j; B. 1961 opening.
that. Saturday's card
afeottld be ene ef the biggest the
Optimist Club haa sponsored.
Most of the Orange opponents
will come from the wharton
County Boys Home at El Campo.
Richard J. Carlson is In charge
ef tha Wharton team.
Other boxers from the area,
along with Orange's long Bat1 af
pufifistv srin see action in (his
week's matches.
five batters when the fights went
off after t o. innings in the-West
End Park opener.
Burdine. ace of the Sabine Sup-
ply Tigers, had his team out in
front by 4-2 over the, Boilermakers
when the power failure occurred.
The Liona jumped" out in front
of the Jimidr League by turning
•back, the defendía i; champion
Brockrhire-Olds Rockets 13-4
the strength of John Markum
Billy Jones' sound pitching ja the
'other game yesterday, y
Tomorrow's action atyfne local
park sends the Dixie Glass Cutters
against the LutchlpAioore '• Lum-
berjacks, at 5:30 am. and the Ma-
rine-Petroleum jEngiiieeis against
the defending.xchkmpion Mathew
Co. Tin Benders at 7:3# p.m.
Joe Pcjáy rapped j
for
r.ot
ta
McCrary Is
PJJPP as
Opponents of Slade, Inc. thought | four hits to assist McCrary in his
" bad enough that lim Me- nfrhitter Jeff Burke got two hits.
ivas killing them with his followed by Walsh, Mike Hempei.
Crary was killing them witn nis louowea oy wai«n,
home run bat. Today-they worv¡Andy Scherffius and McCrary with
rapped .put two hits
and Tommy Fonte-
_ Bobby Walls had one hit
off Wolf. Charlie Barron and
fans r
certaxly
or 20
y. For' the TIL stafs thit a Jfe m « ardent
I must average m stud'-nt V"1'1 «*«:" S«m-«nir.g^ wrU
two ,years to"he in AAAA. /u^sKthp; can Stay in AAAA.
jnge failed to dO so. / he J® 0®e
Orange averaged 86# studnits m .not, the TIL. ... '. I
« top four gradf* foj^fheOrange, will know ®¡
scbvol year and y/u« isfeo 61. August, sjwhxh ome theaat«J
us Orange hid>¿h average en-ting of sthools to coflfe.enc* Hi|
rollmcnt of 9t/for the two-year be announced J
Tictérs Had Share of Big Moments...
biz events this year at Texas: Clarence Mason. Sam Hm*-|
p m.lvtie the announce- ton State: and baseball sar Patf
. bo"i Ted Jeff ' * Henry,; Navarro Junior # Cotkge.l
th s August will be inducted int'f Two ti Her Ortnye pU/«r* Jw.ei
the Texas High School Hall of been offered and máy soon attaftl-
H m.'.r college scholarships. |
' His name will go longside four Por Pat Nelson. Orange* aS-j
other great coaches. Tftey are district end and baseball and ta 4
Rusty Russell, W B. CTapman. ms player, it was a year that saw!
f Bobby Cannon and Harold Dement fhim r . -ed on the 5o«dh AfrWaef
I The rise of Stark Might basket- loot ball team, " _]
ball and track learns also Stood! It was a big bos* r far nw b Ve,-^
, tnit-as important ever. s vt the son and Oranx -. < spec a'iy «rw*
: «rhool term. Coach Jackie Bond re- he was the only piayer from the!
turned to his old' high school took Sabine Area .to be chosen lor. Ite|
- a team that had finished last So"ta Sound . .
■ - ven but of the past eight years Other honors for Nelson mcüdMl
l^lml climbed tó third place. honorable mention on U e AO-1
.f ' Something new had'been added America • prep team . |
tr. th liger ca«ers," and Orange Probably the biggest daapfwaS-l
I'- fanr liked what they saw. Two merrf at Orange was the baatMRI
pláyers, Tim Barker and Joe. Pen- team. Picked nevijt everyone;
I ny< wdi^ alMlsfriCt honors and an- to win the pennant. Orange lini# |
o'her. Marshall Stone, indicated <d in fifth ehc!, just one ..aflSCfc|
| b i things for I96Í-62 fr- m the bottom
Ciach . Jim Canter, despite op- Yet. everythiBii! eoassdered,
I , er-tlnf wlthbul" i Irtck. insutled"was a pretty gtmil >|l<M8Jai
.-'.II :i (| sire in his young track'¡Orange mKM
squad to move Orange out of the. The football team tiai,
' District II AAAA cellar Park for second p
1 • And for the first time in years, record and was
Orange earned s berth in the re-, son
fional meet when Bobby Perm™-'. The basketball team
i te - ti I- I court pisca-St the dis-jth.ird plao^with South Park, tack
* tr'ct ":meet. In the discu*. !wlth *^3 record. The ■■
► The 1MI Tiger trackmen, with st«|^T5-ll over the s*a«n«.
{ Á>- tnr t vr< .md tjis-ancrv than^Tn bss-bail Ofan:e *as ' r:H
, lmo«t fotk8 can remember, at a 3-7 .mark in <r>wf^*ei «Ml
; i | - i o ■ i iIit.y thrrp itjinif hid an IMH.rradtns (or ll* Ifssfftl
' r"n'h i" look forward tOjjjiryearsi Orange nettid tfl points in the!
| a «ad. ejipwiativ if th «port*'are district track mee- ,*íth a MM.
t- ie that Orange Jiny soot) have made up mOatlv of wptomowt*!
irark <~~~ ár md . -m ' IV r > e -t •* *■-*;
^ange hail its share g - d f >r f.fth plsce in the s-s-tea? ;
who were " swarded i jeague. I
'scholarships To data, five Lnrnilm n? a'-> ¡ --
been signed by. Texts col-'proved from what they were to"
■■■ iwi# ; Thus, whether* Onttwy}
They are footballers Donnie MsV-< stays'in Class AAAA or ant. IHwl
tell and Gerald Edwards. Texas 61 can go da*n as a year of
A*M. Sam Park't. University of progress
k Signs
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der, what , hell think of next
McCrary. a 11-yeac-old whiz who
last year batted .553 tnd this year
has been tcr.rientihg leans with tne
same power at the plate,, yester-
day pitched a ño-hitter.
McCrary struck out 13 batters
andS«(Elked none to lead Slade to a
17-0 win over Border Furniture
and earnthe fifth straight win for
¡ his Americart League club.
On F r i d a y^McCrary hit his
fourth home run ofxthe season to
lead Slade by the Eagles 5-2 tnd
! set the stage for Saturday^spark-
ling no-hitter.
i Thé"news of McCrary's no-hitter
.had to thare the spotlight wi
Slayter Pontiac, which jumped
■ into first place of the N a 11 o n a 1, ea
-«keogu*- by— upsetting Rnlary Shlu- '
one hit «apiece.
Bubba Rudeseal, Roger Mease
and Ed Mathews toiled for Border
Furniture, givir-' up a total of 10
hits and 13 walks.
The same-old Ronnie pair was
up to the same old tricks for the
Jaycees yesterday, but this time
the -Lions overcame it. Ronnie
Herman and Ronnie Mosley each
hit one home run, as did team-
mate Bruce Lewis, but Mike Me-
Elhaney kept them in check the
rest of the way to earn tha Lion
triumph.
Bill Woodworth helped McElhan-
éy with two hits, followed by Gary
;Marks, Harold Smith, Clinton Bux-
and McElhaney with one hit
Bryan Wind-
in Orange'Little League action at ham divided pitching for the Jay-
i Memorial Field. cees. Stark surrendered all of the
The win over Rotary marked, the; Lions' six hitsNGetting hits for
first time Rotary had been beaten'the Jaycees aside from the home
since the championship playoffs | run stars were Danny McCanD and
last year in Orange County. j Stark.
Miko Ramsey struck out nins
layers and got one hit to
'/ v
jiwlslSfpi
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.¡ Beating Rotarv wasn't all tl'at
(Spl) —Ken Clark, the hi>:hly; siayter put-in the record book. Rotary players aad got one hit to
SmiRfTt schoolboy athlete .from Sul-¡ siayter also defeated Western Auto get credit for the win before Ran-
phur. has b "n awarded a footbalI:g.2 on Fridayas Mike Ramsey, hit dy Masters came in to finish
scholarship to attend the Air Force ^rne 'run. Fred Rapp, Wtde Gillett and '
Academy. ' 1 Optimist won its second game in ny Vice also hit for Sltytej^
Clar-i, a 6-2, 195-pound end 'wnojthres turtt yesterdty by beating • Bobo Bounds went thp^route for
Air Force cuaches regard as one Western Auto 10-6 in the other Na- Rotary, «iving up oitiy four hits
of the top high school football play- t¡on>| League game that had to be and whiffing «.igbt. Mark Oldham
-rs in the njúóry is the son of p;avr¿ 0ff because of rain. - , got two Rotary hits find Mike
í^.ranoA rVvarh "K: nnorh ( lark ff:^ • ..
Vrust Crange Coach K¿aayth.Clark. it.«T « impnriari « the Slfcde jThompsoh afid Bound got one hit,
victory to the Lions was their 10-5 [ To jja^with Ramsey's home run
win over the Jaycee in a Ameri-- Friday, David Plsek tossed t three
can Letgue makeup game yes-Jrifter and got one hit to lead Slay-
terday. It was the Lions' first junfiter by Western Auto. Ms st ers.
ankf to accent a similar posi- of tj,e season , ^ Brucé Taylor and Danny Gibson
tion at West Ortnge. ■ jn Texts Letgué play^dVer the! tlso hit safely.
Bobby Jones, assi'swnt coach weekend, the Flyers^rfmtined un-| Randy Johnson twirled for the
the Academy and former quarter- be,ten ¿y defwtifig the Knights: Auto, allowing five hits, Kevin
back at Baylor University, said u$ an(| ^ sports beat the i Curran smacked two hits and Bill
yesterday "Coarfi (Ben) Martir- j¿n¡ghts JKM, and the Mission, Day had one.
A star performer' in all sports.
Cla'k is the boy who ^transferred
i to Sulphur when his father" left the
head coaching post at Cypress-
*F;irJ).
South'
sab J-MI
tot the «a-'
«ha red,
t each!
Ttemi
PI
and I think Clark is a very excep-
tional athlete and a very excep-
tional voune man."' .
lone:., in cha"rge of recryitipgrTor
the Academy in th^ Te^as^Louisi-
ana area, added. "Cia^K Is one of
whic
the Jets 12-11.
A team effort Iw Optimist, in-
cn by"*
e Colts clung to the top spot eluding one hit each bv Hugh Par--
In the Big State League ts James rish. Paul Etson, Rickey Cupp,
One -
of sch
collfj
Mai lory pitched them'by the Tads Kent Klienknecht and Kirk Bryant,
ii-.t Patt r-"i jrijnc.^ turned back the Auto team.
^ lect group of'no-hit pitchers as he Eason. Klienknecht and Cuup
the top boys it^-Hfe United States shut out the Mustangs 7-0 for the shared mound duty, handing out a
and rr? oTjthtTfew footbtll players! ca(g j^e Cuba edged.the Rtms total of six hits, Getting the Auto
who ipwftf qualify-for. our school. M in the cther Big State League "'
t of a!l t.h# boys in the coun-|gatn<
r\'. Clark is one of the few we. Rogers turned In a superb
really wanted. We were glad to three - h i 11 e r to turn back the
1. «' -¡"ion to.p'ayiEag^, for glade on Friday. Join-
fe-tball for us next fall," Jon e s ¡„g McCrary in the hitting depart-
te'd, imert were John Walsh and
C'ark recently returned from a R03<>rs
visit to the Academy. He was of- Tonny Countz and David Tliayer
-m - m ^.;'cl a scholarship by at least six p¡tChed. for' the F-agies. giving up
ma)or colleges, including Bavlor. threp luts of «hirh \sero charn-
Texas A&M. t'ie„ University of ed to Countz. David Thayer, David
Houston the' University of Ala- Kellev and Tommy Ball hit safely Boosting Patterson along were
*fN CLARK AWARDrO SCtfhi apcuip to ATTCKin aid cñoríT r/2Aií¿k1rv bama and Tu,ane - J , for the Eagles. Dick Honeycutt with two hits tnd
, . / , AWARDED ¿CtlOLAR5HI P TO ATTEND AIR FORCE ACADEMY , The Leadrr recently learned that Rogers was Just ás effective for one each by Preston Beal, Blllv
r >toi ibown Here With Father, Coach . Ken Clark of-West Orange .Clark would pick either the Aca-ig|ade yesterday.. but in another Permenier, -Jtage
demy or Baylor. Coach Clark is t department. This*time he slammed: Pattersoa-himself.
Baylor graduate, The boy Wired
his - acceptance to the Academy
hits were Mike Lucia with two and
Rnndv .'ohnson. Billy Burrow,
Chtrles Riley and Tucker Johnson
with one. David Peet, Kect Go-
forth. Buddy Spears and Curran
pitched for "the Auto nine.
Patterson contributed one of the
top mound roles the Big State cir-
cuit has had this year. He struck
out 12 batters and "walked only two
In sptrking the Cats into s tie for
first pltce.
It is is no
there ha*
Wo/focam Only Coochm C^ Jraves $|¡p ClOSC TO Top
With Win at Bridge City
The only coaching change In the i
firangc school district was the in- iharj* 4 ffe*rtSces of >piaw
nouncement by James jichfl*-tWe«n the Wallace athlet e staff
■HPH to
yesterdty.
Clark received his appointment
' to the Academy from Sen. Allen J.
""V ™ Ellender and Rep. T. Ash ton
¡Thompson. He received an excel-
lent grade on his entrance exam-
¡ ination at the Academy.1
( A three-sport letterman at Sul-
phur, Clark pltyed end and full
ifitbgek
last fall. He was t unani-
X
that he would ri^ign hifbftid toot- and the administration at the N-r
ball uoat-arWaUacc. !ro school. ......
F.chol? mad if official after the Ttu, ccnflict Is weH-kauwn hi
ffxitoall £M«on, Every effort «« ti® Orange Nearo caía— iy.'
made to keep Echols, but he srnf-1 . r| ¡s ,n axiom that yjb.taaeay,! QTV tSptü— In t wild singles. They were by Charles5lead the field in the Babe Ituth
«d again Friday that he as etioks can ruin the most succ--:-«t hr: r f here yesterday,¡Ricnards. Donald Pern, the losing1 loop, and the Dodgers are out mous all-district selection in foot-
in;- to California to further his ' * h Barajt,* 4. ftatcd- the Rtd Sox pitcher; Donald Mann ' and Bill front in the Major League ball and won a state title in track
«Ration. A FM k tad «ritti.MMTMMa's'ana«'i*-1" -teaguefClayton.. | Ptcing. the Minor Leagu? nack!by to«inR the shot put 53-11. He
we .Bridge City youth! Tne Indians. Dodgers, Buffs and are the Buffs, while the Wasps;a'so lettered in basketball at Sul-
IWisps are., the' league lesdert aft-^ currently h e the edge in Jun,or! phur. -etiing otr two g¡
jcr two weeks of pity. The Indians;League standings. I At Cypress-Fairbar';*, Cltrk was Wees pliying three contests
Many questions wye asked about
tehols' departure. Peopl wonder- * " ?T J
ad why a dedlctted man like •• *.
Echols suddenly decided to step i° J®?*!™. *tllace a t
Ichols* suddenly decided
Out of the Wallace position:
f An informed source stid this
*-rek thtt the "wrong p;rson re.
w«nrd tt Wallace." Over the yeán
ithletic fortunes tt Wtlltce hsve
waxed tnd waned. . •
EChois left with everyooe s gnod
nmtmbvrfd ,.
noble stasd ^
isggmg .tont-: . *mas,hed out llh.i*,
Minor, Pee Wee Throws
Wesco Into Full Swing
j*'two home runs, to take
fce sfciorj. Carrently the Brav.-s
ate 8a saotad place, behind the
ball fortunes
A reptacarasat tor Ecboh «■
pected to be named this:.«ek,
A highly successful coach from a« trjmc«va m.-xs Dodgers
area school it «apccted to get the
job. " ' Stem Watmr was the loading
—r~ ~ . ■ tener *er tt* winners w-th a!
single. Also «.-ontnbut-
Tsm «as Mike Bishop.
p*tcber. Bishop had to j
CITY PLANS TO KEEP
SOPHOMORE LOOP HERE
Sace.
The Cats sank the Tors 8-3 3rd
the Bucs topped the Mates 5-3 in
Minor League warfare.
Pee Wee League du?ls found the
Hawks blanking the Bats 12-0 on
teaged a double and a
BRIDGE crry (Spl) — Joe Her-
Plans to continua tha
more League of
Age League
41 trusted In
row at 7:M p.m. la the
Youth Center. '
The Sophomtrt
summer hnscball
wat started latt year hy J. T.
McDaniel of the Tasa - Aga
League tor players wha failed ta
make one of the teams to tha
J«aft*fi*spir:
" "" l«M aH
.Others .msth smples Included AI-
Darrell Wallice
TSee Red Sox rranaged ony four jHe^'■sliows three .hits in four tr'
;fo the plate. Butch Collins
I Indians is second .with .663.
jMjti wtw played at
, la arder ta
lag area for the
that tar
M cast la
Held.
™ Ü . . ■ , Other top hitters are Max Ho,k-
Atte. Wallace aho ^^'J^ ^ Redlegs. .333; Lawrence Hilton,
radians, .333; Ray Long, Red-
a(dw*£for tha re-|¡^^«0^0"^"^ Bridge ■**; Gary Ray, Giants ,230;
City Youth Recreation Association, tnd Willie Hayes, Redlegs. .250.
Mike Wallace and Don Nabou/s
an all-district quarterback as a
junior under the direction of hts-to-
ther. He also won tll-dlstrict hon-
ors in baseball and lettered in bas-
ketball and track. *:
Many of Clark's starring roles
were on defense, where he played
linebacker. He has earned all-dis-
trict recognition- for his defensive
play alone. -4-r
Cosch .Cltrk, who led Vtfit.Or-ttar tqptcathe C
angóto a 7-3 record last year in: Hits' for the Cats came off the trigs
- — - - * - j of. Lynn Perry. Chuck Saunders
Rambo with etch getting a
Wesco Little Lea sue1 shifted Its \ and Dale Etheridge, Doyle Perkins
throttle open til the way yester-j and Crew garnered two hits apiece
day oy starting plav in its remain- to spark the Eagles over tha Bears,
ing conferences with the Minors Tommy White and Danny Cooprr
ccling off tyo games and,the Pee chalked up the two other Eagle
...... raps.
Lee
tc? the Cars over the Tors.
record last year hr Hits^ for
n of coaching, said, Lyi
ry fortunate. Much oí ,^a kj
his.success should be attribu'ed'to,btse rtp.
Davis of the Bears was hit
with the loss despite doubles, by
Russell Lambert and Mike Sepul-
vado. '
_ _ In .a makeup Major League con-
a no-hit, no-run game bv Ronnie'test Saturday, the West Orange
Jackson, the Mustangs rocking the . Lions (4-O stayed right on the
Owls 9-2 and the Eagles lacing the heels of the loop-leading G u n n'
Bears 12-S. ' Plumbing Tigers (4-0) by sinking
Buddy Rambo tossed t three-hit-! the W?sco Piratea (2-2) by a 13-5
• ~ " " • count.
ference top Friday by noting out
Hermtn. a member of the cellar-
dwelling White Sox, tops the'Babe tre tied for third in th; Maior
I Ruth. League with a .750 average.
■trips
of the
Leading the Major League hit
. parade is Miller and that's one
^ good reason why the Dodgers are
AB haya IMS
play. Aw^aadeH
waa started at Me- MiaaíLri wha I
waa ttarted at Mt- Mr for Toaa-Act
marial Field. (Team, are limit- wBI be ellgiMe ta play,
ad la IS playera tt the luafor Player* at"
aad Scalar League ef Texas la keefriag
Tee -Age League officials re- n1^*s
the coaching staff at Sulphur.1 Alan I^.swi, scattered the tiirée
Coach .'eck Dolan and his ass'it-.^'tt to the
the Lions 4-3 in a spotlight game,
The Crown Pipe Packers (2-3)
shoved their Way into fourth place
anf. Hírf a areat iob M loss for the
Asked to Comment on the talent?: Bi,,y Thrailkille and Tommy
of his son. Coach Clark said, "I
. guess Ken's best quality is his de-
League s top 10. Wallace, member sire.
of the ■ Braves, and the Red í5o\'¡ H on' one year pt S^'o'iur Clarjt
Nabours etch show .417 marks, won four top awards. He was pre-
The other leading batters are! sent ed the VFW Award for track.
Stevo Worstir, Braves, .400: Bill
Little, Yankees, ,400; Gerald
iller
■torhisHHH
ca the Cardinals is second on .444.
Bergeron has Sparked the Hawks
in Mihor League action with five
hits in seven trips for a .714 tver-
tge. Second is Rickey McKinney of
the Cats with ;667. t
Bradley has a .500 average to'
Read, Yankees, .353: Bill Bishop,
, ,-I«i„^U.en ...£U.i.U.e.
Braves, .333; and Robert Plageos,
the best all-around athlete awtrd.
a coaches tward tnd -a sports-
manship trophy from the Sulphur
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Famous Ski Family
Dgdgers, ,313.
Three hitters show .600 averages
behind Bergeron and McKinnev in
the Minor League. They include' LAKE TELEMARK, N. J'. (AP)
Chris Dubose. Cats; Bos Burt, Et- —Arthur Tokle Jr. is following in
gles; and Larry Guillory, Hawks: the ski marks of his" famous fa-
all at .600. ither. who In turn took titer a fam-
The other top hitters are Ru.>«efi ous brother.
ey accounted tor the Tors" hits.
_ „ . rapped
! his fifth season home run and col-
Another three-hitter was thrown iected another hit to spark the
by Bob Neil who went til.the way.Lions' power hitting yesterday
in sparking the Bucs over the ~
Mates. Floyd Yocum wis tagged
with the loas.
Buddy Fortenberry and Nell
banged two base hits each, and
John Ritter and Chuck Sanford
marked up one1 apiece to lead the
Bucs, I trry~YcMagvJ>aniMüJW
and Yocum accounted for
Mates' three hits.
Jackson of the Hawks whiffed a
mighty 11 batters in his opening
no-hit stretch against the Bats.
Darrell Ford was the losing pitch-
tf.1
ley has banged three hits in s«ig|eSi .5, ; johnnv Darder. Mus- ing competition at Lai
tries. The WtspsVLarry Low has. Ung9> .5 ; and Glem Ray. Ea- N. Y,. list winter,
the second-best mtrk of .400. jgleS, .444. Art. the father now 38.
Mack Jonet struck out 1M timet
o with Louisville a last season. Too
f nmnr strikeouts prevented him
' from leaking the Milwaukee
Braves* this spring-
Ted Dean of ttii'ladetpltia aad
Tom Frtnckhauser oí DsBaá M
the. National Football I mgm iaf«
kickoff returns last seasoo.. Each -
returned 26 kickofls.
blow each.
n>*liliMf W fJniiiii v M||i
gies, .444. • Art. the father now 38. was twice • ensl proved to be the winning
Three -batters are bunched b>j In Junior League hitting others L^S. national cht mpion and t;forte in the Mustangs' verdict over
h.nd German and Collins in the., in the top five are David Simon; member of the 1952 and 1960 Olym-Jthe Owls. Leading hitters tor the
Babe Ruth hitting racé. George Hy-iWtsps,', 333; Tom Cotton, Hornets, pic teams. Mustangs were Dennis Hawkins
land of the Redlogs, the Wh te .333; and Mason Hebert. Bern. .200. Art't older brother. Torger Tokle,
ox' Roger Htrvcy and Gary Stay- Averages in the Mafor Leágu? set numerous ski jumping records!
Ion another Rjdieg, all have .jOJ rloo't include yesterday's Braves- before he was killed during World
¡marks.
i&cd So* jama.
Ha
Key men at. the pltte tor the
awks were Tommy Sigler. with
aaiPSce the Hornets and the otner j Harvall. Buffs. .556; Bret Morgan, Young Arthur. 11„ Jumped 70 feet; two hits, tad Gary
htters in the Junior League. Brad- , Buffs, .500; Roddv Stockton, Ea- tor a .sixth-place finish in ski jump-. Ttylbr and Ph ilip Ti
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Lake Placid.
inst the Pirates.
TBobby Smith, winning pitcher.
Roger Armstreet and David Ford
also poled two hits apiece for the
Lions. Dan Rach and Mike Treece
produced the Lions' two other hit .-
Smith gave up eight hits, walked
one and fanned six in nabbing the
0 over the Pirates. Wesl*y SSJ! .
the Pirate starter, absorbed the
loss.
Leading hitters for the. Pirates
were Jimmy Goins with one rap.
and Wendell Brlster, Harold Bris-
ter, Mike Kemp, Cliff LeJune and
Seale with one hit apiece.
The Tigers' Jimmie Smith tossed
a one-hitter Friday in a pitching'
arver with one duel with Armstreet to break a tie
tor first pltce with the Lions.
Smith strolled 2 and fanned -1 .
Rost. W-* A.
Armstreet was tagged with the kiss
after hurlinga two-hitter, giving up
3 walks and whiffing 11.
.—. Pbole,. the Lions' top swinger,
.Havens with a hit each. . Dtvid collected the only hit off Smith
iWar U.
ntock was- ttbbed with the; James McCormadk blasted a hom- -
' . ... «r Md Gary Johns notched s base
Utw allowed, three hits .hit far the two rapt off Armstreet
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 124, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 28, 1961, newspaper, May 28, 1961; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143046/m1/12/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.