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New Baseball Loop To Be
Discussed at Sweetwater
San Angelo have already expressed keen interest
in the league," he added, "while considerable en-
couragement has been received from five other pros-
pects.”
The only drawback la lack of park and lighting
facilities.
“If professions! baseball ever returns to West
Texas on sn extensive scale” Green said, it must do
so next year. The time is ripe to establish the ns-
tionsl pastime in sll progressive, wide-awake Ameri-
can cities.”
He pointed out that the minor leagues drew 31,-
000.000 fans during the 1946 season, with most of
the 41 loops setting new attendance records.
The Sweetwater meeting will be held in the Blue
Bonnet hotel and will start at 10 o'clock.
Representatives of at least nine West Texas cities
an to meet Sunday, Nov. 10, at Sweetwater to dis
cuss the organization of s Class D baseball league,
it was announced todsy by Howard Green of Abi-
lene.
Green, who is genersl msnsger of the Abilene
Blue Sox of the West Texas-New Mexico league,
has been contacting baseball enthusiasts over a wide
West Texas ares for the past month and reports
strong sentiment for the proposed league
He listed Ballinger, San .Angelo, Sweetwater.
Coleman, Odessa. Midland, Big Spring, Brownwood
and Brady as possibilities. .
"We expect s strong, well-knit circuit of st lesst
six and possibly eight clubs,” he said.
“Business leaders in Ballinger, Sweetwater and
American Gets
7 of 10 Stars
NEW YORK. Oct. 24—(P-Dom-
inated by the Boston Red Sox with
four members, the 1946 major
league All-Star team chosen for
• the Associated Press by 122 base-
ball writers showed a strong Amer-
ican league complexion, with seven
representatives to the National
league's three.
THE ABILENE, TEXAS, REPORTER-NEWS
page 4 Thursday Evening, October 24. 1946
ON CLASS A GRIDIRONS
45 Titlists Scrap
The St. Louis Cardinals world
series conquerors of the Red Sox.
landed all three National league
positions.
One player each from Detroit,
Cleveland and the New York Yan-
kees completed the roster and gave
the American league its huge ma-
To Stay in Races
Two defending champions in West Central Texas Class
A districts face possible elimination in conference games
this week, but both of the titlists are picked to “hang on.”
Anson’s Tigers, the H1A kingpins, already have dropped
one game and trail Hamlin and Munday in the district race,
. but they’re due to win in a -
Friday night test at home IT’S COTTON BOWL
with the Albany Lions, tAp EX AC TEAM
Roscoe's Plowboys, unbeaten but TUN • EAAD 1 EAM
once-tied in District 8A play, must’ DALLAS 94 /an__
win from Rotan's Yellow Hammers look forTexas in the
at Sweetwater Friday night to stay Rose Bowl sugar Bowl, Orange
in the race along with favored Bowl or any bowl except the
---------------------------------- -------------Cotton bowl Jan. I if it wins -
the Southwest conference
championship snd finishes the
season undefeated-which it is
favored to do.
Reports which persist that
Texas will, if it goes through
unbeaten, ask the conference
for permission to play at Pasa-
dena were the kind that caus-
ed the conference to reaffirm
its close relations with the Cot-
jority.
Of the 10 men selected (two
pitchers were named), eight are
former servicemen.
No player was a unanimous
choice. Ted Williams drew the most
support, the Boston Red Sox out-
fielder being nsmed in 120 of the
——122 ballots cast. BobbyDoerr, his - -___
teammate, ranked next with 117 , Most important test in District
votes. Then came Hal Newhouser.
Detroit tiger ace lefthander, with
102, and Stan Musial of the Car-
dinals. with 96. Musial received
81 votes for first base, the rest for
center and right fields.
The selections:
Outfielders—Ted Williams. Red
Sox; Dom DiMaggio. Red Sox: and
Enos Slaughter. Cardinals
First base—Stan Musial, Cardi-
nals.
Second base—Bobby Doerr. Red
9A will find the unbeaten, untied
Coleman Bluecats at Winters for
a bout with the Blizzards. The
Winters team has won one snd tied
one in conference play.
The Class A schedule for the
area:
Lake View vs. San Angelo Kit-
tens at San Angelo (Thursday).
Ballinger at Santa Anna
Coleman at Winters.
CO-CAPTAINS—Leading the
Abilene Eagles here friday
night against the Midland
Bulldogs will be End Duane
Hendley, above, and Fullback
Bob Reily, below.
A A. • C Li
South Texas Games in Spotlight
Austin Faces
Rugged Brack
BY HAROLD V. RATLIFF
Associated Press Sports Editor
The Texas schoolboy tootball
race skips into the stretch this
week with important conference
games in 13 of the 16 districts snd
with four of the 10 undefeated,
untied teams swapping touch-
downs
Top battle of the week is thst
between Galveston snd Orange at
Orange From this game will come
the prohibitive favorite for the
District 14 championship.
Ranking next in importance will
be Austin's tussle with Bracken-
ridge st San Antonio. The game
between these unbeaten, untied
powers will be the first round in
the District 15 title hunt. Austin's
Maroons also may - lose their top
rsting in the state. 5
The next round in the champion-
ship campaign in this district will
be between the Austin-Bracken-
ridge winner and Thomas Jeffer-
son. the team that pitched Corpus
Christi to the sidelines Isst week
just when the Buccaneers were
basking in the glory of second rank-
ing
Another outstanding game will
be Wichita Falls vs Highland Park
at Dallas. Wichita Falls has come
forward like the wind in recent
weeks snd the test with Highlsnd
Park, which has twice been defeat-
ed but still looked very good, will
show whether Wichita Falls is
worthy of its No. 3 rating.
There are 44 games on the week's
schedule, the shortest card of the
t 3A
ame
May Be in City
If the 1946 season were follow-
ing the pattern of recent district
3AA campaigns, the championship
might well be decided down at San
Angelo tomorrow night.
The Bobcats play the Odessa
Bronchos, perennial title contend-
ers in contrast to recent seasons,
however. San Angelo does not have
a strong club snd the Friday night
encounter will be just another for
the high-geared Bronchos.
Odessa, ranked second in the
state by AP Sports Editor Harold
Ratliff, should score almost at will.
San Angelo bowed to Lamesa, 13-27,
Isst week while Odessa was racing
over Amarillo, 26-13.
One of the moat exciting games
of the weekend should be played
in Abilene, where the Midland Bull-
dogs contest the Improved Eagles.
The Eagles, who last week dis-
covered s ground game to go with
their passing attack, will rule favor-
ites but the game could be close.
Midlsnd has been beaten only by
Sweetwater.
Abilene will be at full strength
for the first time since the season
opener. Lloyd King, injured on the
kickoff last week, is listed as a
probable starter at quarterback.
Sweetwater coulld run into a tar-
tar in Lamesa. The Golden Torna-
does, not doped to be strong, de-
feated San Angelo in convincing
style They have improved stead-
ily. Sweetwater is rated next to
Odessa, and most of the critics
have observed that the champion-
ship will be decided when the
Mustangs play at Odessa Nov. 11.
Sweetwater downed Plainview, 26-
14. last week. A
The Big Spring Steers play Fort
Worth’s North Side. The game will
be reeled off at Big Spring. The
Steers, like Lamesa and Midland,
are much stronger this year.
The schedule:
Sweetwater at Lamesa.
Midland at Abilene.
North Side (Fort Worth) at Big
Spring.
Odessa at San Angelo.__
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Thursday Eve
Sox
Third base-George Kurowski,
Cardinals.
Shortstop— Johnny Pesky, Red
Sox.
Catcher—Aaron Robinson, Yan-
kees.
Pitchers—Hal Newhouser. Tig
ers. snd Bob Feller, Indians
Windell Williams
To Miss Texas Tilt
HOUSTON, Oct. 24- Rice
will meet the Texas Longhorns on
the gridiron Saturday minus Win-
dell Williams, speedy end snd sce
pass catcher for the Owls.
Williams suffered a badly sprain-
ed or broken right ankle in scrim-
mage here yesterday Eddie Wo-
jecki, trainer, said an X-ray exam-
ination would reveal whether Wil-
llama would be out for the rest of
the season
Froggie Williams, freshman from
Waco, la expected to take over the
left end position
Brsdy at Comanche.
Hermleigh at Loraine.
Merkel at Roby.
Roscoe vs. Rotan at Sweetwater.
Munday at Stamford.
Albany at Anson.
Haskell st Rochester
The Class B slate:
Hobbs at Trent
Rule at Clyde. - ,
Aspermont at Woodson
Lueders at Weinert
Early at Cross Plains.
May at Moran.
Williams at Rising Stsr.
Hotel Personnel
To Attend Parley
ton Bowl, Dr. Gayle Scott of
Texas Christian university,
president of the conference,
said today in indicating the
conference would not grant
such permission.
In a statement responding
to a ’question from the Asso-
ciated Press, Dr. Scott declar-
ed:
"The conference at its regu-
lar meeting May 8. 1942, pass-
ed the following motion 'That
the conference commits its
champion to the Cotton Bowl
game: if that team does not
accept the Cotton Bowl game,
it shall not be permitted to
play any other Championship
game.’”
season, but 29 are conference af-
fairs.-----------------------------------------------
The week’s schedule by districts
1-Friday: Borger at Lubbock confer-
encer
2—Friday Amarillo at Vernon. Elee-
tra at Graham conference), Plainview
at Childress.
3 Friday North Side (Fort Worth)
at Rif Spring Odessa at San Angele
conference), Sweetwateer at Lamesa
conference). Midland at Abilene teen-
ference).
4—Friday Phoenix, Ariz., at El Paso
High, Austin (El Pasol at Roswell, N.
M . Bowie TEl Pasor at Globe, Ariz., Las
Cruces, N. M., at Ysleta.
3—Friday Sulphur Springs at Faria
6 Thursday Bonham at Denton: Fri-
---day: Wichita Falls at Highland Park-
took over the scoring lead in Dis- m MIinston
trict 3AA Isst week when he added , N nrWoftsr‘.,WA5I, idit" Wien ICON!
a touchdown to his total in the
Gabrel Leads
3AA Scorers
Pug Gabrel, Odessa halfback.
Amarillo game while second place
Dunny Goode of Midland was idle.
Gabrel has 48 points, and Goode
has tabbed 47.
Leading in conversions is Byron
Townsend of Odessa with eight
The scoring leaders:
ferencer,
8—Friday: Adamson (Dallas) vs Wood
row WilsonDalasi feenference: Sat-
urday: Crozier Tech (Dallas) vs Forest
Dallas conference:
9—Friday: Breckenridge at Ranger
fconference. Mineral Wells at Brown:
wood conference), Cisco at Weatherford
(conference),
10—Friday: Ennis at Cleburne (confer-
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PICK-UP
Ceraor
in every
cvo.’
.1
Harris, Kelley
Abilene hotel managers snd em- To Start for UT
ployes will be represented at the AUSTIN. Oct 24.—(UP)—-Two
district meeting of Hotel Greeters changes in the University of Texas
of Americs at the Blue Bonnet lineup appeared likely today for
hotel, Sweetwater at 7 p. m. Fri- the game with Rice institute at
day. ‘‘ - Houston Saturday.
Hike Haynes, assistant manager Dick Harris, sll conference cen-
of the Lubbock Hotel, president of ter is due to go back to center
the district, will preside Windsor: where Co-Captain Audrey Gill
E. C. Bannister, superintendent of started last week. Ed Kelley, big
service, snd Clem Boulte, assist- right tackle from Houston, has
ant manager. Wooten: Sam Peters recovered from injury in the Okla-
assistant manager: Grace, Mrs M. homa university game two weeks
R. Shaw, clerk. Flo Carter, audi- ago and probably will start Satur-
tor. A. L Heirman, night clerk, day.
The district embraces I territory
extending from Amarillo to San
Angelo and from Abilene to Odes-
MONARCH
AT YOUR GROCERY er MARKET
The organisation is composed of
hotel managers snd employes -
Hogan, Snead Liked
RICHMOND. Va., Oct. 24.—(UP)
—Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, back
on the tournament golf circuit af-
ter several weeks' rest, were the
favorites ss s field of shout 150 be-
gsn play today in the *10.000 Rich-
mond Open.
Houlgate Rates
Texas 5th in U. S.
Gabrel. Odessa
Goode. Midland
Town send. Odessa
DeGaish. S’water
TD PAT TP
3
Cole. Midland 3
Roberts, San Angelo 4
0 48
5 47
8 38
0 30
0 30
1 25
At Georgetown Friday
GEORGETOWN. Oct 24.—With
the leadership in the Texas confer-
ence football race at stake, the
Southwestern Pirates began groom-
ing their squad for the test Friday
night at Georgetown against the
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets
With Howard Payne taking the
decision over Austin College last
weekend by 24-0. Southwestern has
a chance, by outdistancing the
Jackets this week, of staying in the
Conference race. As it stands now
the Pirates' tie with ACC leaves
Southwestern and the Christians
tied for second place, although
neither school was engaged in Con-
ference competition last week
1 Friday: Longview at Kilgore icon-
ference . Gladewateer at Texarkana te—
ferencer. Henderson at Tyler
o meeMee rear .: Aacomo:
Lufkin at Conroe conference,,
13—Thursday Lamar (Houston) V#
Sam Houston (Houston) conference:
Friday Jeff Davis Houston vs Austin
Houston (conference); Saturday: San
JacintoHouston) vs Milby (Houston)
(conference). _
14—Friday: Beaumont vs South Park
(Beaumont) (conference), Galveston at
Orange conference Port Arthur at
Goose Creek (conference).
15—Thursday Rearan (Houston) Ya
Jeferson San Antoniol Friday Larede
at San Antonie Tech conference) Kerr-
ville at Corpus Christi conference). Sat-
urday Austin at Brackenridge (San An-
toniol conference)
16 Friday: Harlingen at MeAllen feon-
ference: San Benite at Weslace Browns
ville at Robstown conference) Kings
ville at Edinburg conference.
Eaglets Meet
Unbeaten Team
Abilene high school's once-beat-
en B team will engage the rugged
Sonora high school team of District
8B tonight at Sopora.
The Sonora team is unbeaten
and untied in five games Their
season record follows:
Sonora 38. Mason 0.
Sonora 25, Eden 13.
Sonora 37. Reagan 0.
SOnora 19. Junction 0.
Sonora 26. Eldorado 0.
In the Abilene lineup will be
Lawton Chambers and John D.
Ayers, ends; Joe Couch snd Char-
lea Sewell, tackles; Eugene Sewell
and Chuck Ryan, guards: David
Fudge, center; Bobby Strain, quar-
ter: Weldon Phillipa and Jim
Dobbyn, halves, and James Majors,
fullback.
• • •
Two games are on tap at' Fair
Park stadium today involving Jun-
ior high elevens.
In sn afternoon affair. North;
toner: Junior meets the Sophomores.
Tonight at 7:30 South Junior
takes on the Ballinger Junior high
team.
South Junior's 7th grade team
beat Travis, 14-0, yesterday with
Choate scoring both touchdowns
snd drop kicking the extra points.
In other grade school games this
week Lamar beat Fair Park, 20-0,
and Central downed Valley View,
27-0.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 -—
Grid statistician Deke Houlgate,
along with most everybody, rates
Army the top team nationally
through games of last weekend.
Houlgate’s ratings, released yes-
terday. put Tennessee second, with
UCLA and North Carolina state in
a third-place tie. Others in the first
10 were Texas. Georgia, North
Carolina, Northwestern, Alabama
and Pennsylvania. ______ I
150 Teams in Girls
Basketball League
HILLSBORO. Oct 24.—(UP)-
Interest in high school girls' bas-
ketball haa perked up this year,
according to L C. MeKamie.
McKamie. director general of
the Texas High School Girls league,
said that 150 teams have entered
the loop this season He said dead-
line for entrance in the league was
Dec 1.
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IT'S LIKE THIS
Classic Grid Battle Due
Between Wildcats, Indians
By HOWARD GREEN
Spirit is high in the respective camps on the eve of the Me-
Murry-ACC intrs-city tussle st Fair Park stadium Saturday night
There's no reason why it shouldn’t be one of the best games
•f the season. Both teams have their cripples Both have some
of their aces printed for action. McMurry la supposed to have the
better line, the Wildcats the better secondary.
McMurry standouts are Neal Bradshaw and Mel Jowell la the
line and Floren Hoefer in the secondary
ACC's ore Dick Stovall snd Willard Paine In the forward wall
and Buster Dixon, Bert Brewer and V. T Smith in the backfield
Dixon is probably ACCs most valuable back He'e a good passer
and a power runner, who can shift snd move
There won't be much to choose between the clubs in weight
McMurry hss s light backfield snd big ends snd tackles but the
center snd guards are small.
The Wildcats are larger in the backfield and in the center of
the line but smaller at one tackle and at the ends
The Indians sre thirsty for s win over ACC. They haven't
beaten the Cats st football-since 1937 The Wildcats sre spt to
bounce back after getting tied by Southwestern and beaten by
Southwest Texas State
The two schools deserve s capacity crowd of 10,000. Both have
good records, among the best la Texas minor college footballs The
opposing coaches have put their beat feet forward in an effort .
to give their respective institutions winning football teams.
Joe Redden, one of Hardin-Simmons' most svid athletic en- |
thusiasts, says:
“I’ll consider our game with Tempe st Sweetwater Saturday
night loot If we don't score 55 points The Cowboys let me down
at Albuquerque I thought we’d beet New Mexico by 90 points snd
we scored only 49 "
Redden says he’d expect 65 nr 70 against Tempe but he doesn't
look for Coach Warren Woodson to let the first string play more |
than a quarter ...
Rudy (Little Doc) Mobley is third in the nation in individual
rushing. He haa a fine chance to move up thia week.
Bill Morgan, the 16-year-old Oklahoma schoolboy, who pitched
for the Blue Sox about six weeks last summer, baa been purchased
by the Danville club of the Three-1 league.
Morgan was sold outright to Miami, Okla, of the Kansas-
Oklahoma-Missouri league in June He refused to report at first,
finally joining the Class D club August 1 Morgan was an imme-
diate success and won a promotion to Class B
Listed on the same roster is Ken Olson, who won 1* games
for the Sox last summer.
Abbott and Szabo
In Top Mat Billing
Ace Abbott, Abilene's best known
grappler. gets another main event I
slot Monday night at the Fair
Park Supper club arena when he
meets Hungarian Joe Szabo.
The match will go two of three
falls or the one hour time limit. -
George Curtis of Vicksburg, Miss |
and Tommy Martindale of Racine, |
Wis. scrap in the semifinal.
The opener pits Art Brady of
Huntington Park, Calif. and John-
ny LaRue of Dallas in a one fall
affair.
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