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THE ABILENE, TEXAS, REPORTER-NEWS
Page 4 Friday Evening, April 4. 1347
Cats Nudge
SMU Ponies
DALLAS, April 4. — (PP) — Abilene Christian college
squeezed a narrow 69 1-2 to 66 1-2 decision over Southern
Methodist university in a dual track and field meet here yes-
terday.
Eldridge Adair, SMU field man, took top individual hon-
ors. winning the shot put and discus, tied for first and second
Texans Lead
In Masters'
Sox Sharpen Batting Eyes
For Opener With Pioneers
Neeley on
Sleer Staff
BIG SPRING. April 4.—(Spl.)-
A staff of five assistants to aid
Head Coach Pat Murphy during
the 1947-48 school year was
elected Wednesday night by the
Big Spring school board.
The group includes Herschel
Stockton, first assistant: Conn
Isaacs and J. B Neeley. B team
coaches; John Malaise, basketball,
intramural and tennis; and Jim
McWhirter. Junior high.
All except Neeley are current
members of the staff. Neeley is
now employed by the Veterans
Administration in Amarillo, but
was a member of the Abilene
coaching staff until he resigned
several months ago
The school board also authorized
the purchase of a 32 passenger bus
for use of school athletic teams.
in the high jump and finished
second in both the pole vault
and broad jump.
The results
100-yard dash — Won by Brewer, ACC.
Carter, ACC, second; Milam, SMU, third
Time: 10 seconds.
220-yard dash — Won by Terry, ACC,
Carter ACC, second; Milam, SMU, third.
Time 23:4.
440-yard dash — Won by Saunders.
ACC: Mason, ACC, second; Terry, ACC
third. Time 31 2.
880-yard dash - Won by Saunders,
ACC; Smith ACC. second. Mills, SMU,
third. Time 38
Mile Run — Won by Mills SMU:
Sikes ACC, second Smith ACC, third
2-Mile Run — Won by Mesuda SMU
North, ACC, second; Sikes ACC, third
Time: 1110.
440-yard relay - Won by ACC Ma-
son Carter Smith Terry). Time 43.8
Mile relay — Won by ACC Mason
Hannah Terry, Saunders). Time 3:29.1
120-yard high hurdle# - Won by Ro
land. SMU Brewer ACC. second Hill
ACC. third Time 14.6
220-yard low hurdles — Won by Row
land SMU McCaslan SMC second
Brewer, ACC, third Time 24.4.
AUGUSTA. Ga. April 3.—(P)-
Byron Nelson and Jimmy Demaret,
who learned their golf on the flat
plains of Texas, took to the rolling
national course here today for the
second round of the 11th annual
Masters tournament with a one
stroke lead over the field of 58
Each opened his bid to win the
coveted $10,000 event again by
posting three-under par 69s over
the 6.800-yard layout. That left
seven other contestants tied over
the 6.800-yard layout. That, left
seven other contestants tied at 70,
six more deadlocked at 71, and six
with even pars 72s.
A stroke behind the famous pair
were George Schneiter of Salt Lake
City, Johnny Palmer of Badin. N.
C., Ed Oliver of Wilmington, Del.,
Jim Ferrier of Chicago, Fred Haas
of New Orleans, Johnny Bulla of
Phoenix, Ariz., and Lew Worsham
of Washington. D. C.
Demaret. winner here in 1940
and now playing out of Ojai, Calif ,
turned in one of yesterday’s most
Another long batting drill was
in store for the Abilene Blue Sox
this afternoon as the West Texas.
Coleman Tracksters
To San Angelo Meet
AT MASTERS' TOURNEY—While Byron Nelson, who shared spectacular shots. Hediscarded his
the lead in yesterday's opening round. Gene Sarazen and Ells-ter node racks get a birdie f^
worth Vines (left to right) kibitz his form, Bobby Jones of on the 485yard 11th hole. He drop-
Atlanta (right) lines up a practice putt at Augusta, Ga. Na-ped an eight-foot putt after his
tional course during the Masters tournev. (AP Wirephoto) explosion shot
1---r Nelson, now retired and living
at Roanoke, Tex., won here in 1937
and 1942
A88 SIDELINE SPORTS SLANTS
DiscusWon by Adair SMU; Ger-
lich. SMU second; Qualls, ACC, third
Distance 135 feet, 7 inches
High Jump — Adair and Gillespie
SMU. tied for first Scholz SMU and
D. Smith, ACC, tied for second. Height
5 feet 8 inches
Javelin — Won by Blackman SMC
Huestace ACC second. Smith ACC
third distance, 173 feet, 7 inches
Pole Vault — Won by Brewer, ACC
Adair SMU second Blackman SMU
third Height, 10 feet, 6 inches
Shot Put — Won by Adair SMC
Clark SMU second Carr, SMU, third
Distance 41 feet 8 inches
ord Byron's Delayed Game
Bobby Locke, the South African
champion, ran into difficulty of
the greens—which are much fast-
er than those to which he is ac
customed—and finished with 38.36 I
for a 74.
In Abilene May Come Soon Sports’ Pilot
Eagles to Enter
Angelo Net Meet
Abilene Eagle tennis coach
Toney Poulos named a team of
eight for high school competition
and one entry in the junior division
of the San Angelo invitation meet
Saturday.
Russell Reese will’ be the Eagle
COLEMAN, April 4.—(Spl.)-
Coleman high school’s track and
field team will go to San Angelo
Saturday by invitation, to partici-
pate in a track must there Charles
Williams and Grady Joe Harrison
will enter the tennis meet, and ten . . , -----e--
other boys will take part in the boys singles entry while the No. 1
other events. donklen-----" --------” 1
By JACK DIRHAM
Abilenians who have had the
pleasure of meeting big genial
Byron Nelson and whose fame on
the fairways of golf’s golden trail
spread far and wide until his re-
cent retirement, doubtless will
note with interest that Lord By
| ron's layoff during the winter
months apparently has not com-
pletely ruined his game
Its a long, tough road to the
end of the Masters Tournament at
doubles team will include Fred |
Gerlach and Buddy Satterwhite
Tommy White, Chuck Turner, n =----------------
Olin Holtz, Claude Kirby, Don Nor- *'th Roy Wilhite and Pete Vletas
ton. Terry Moore, Frank Wise, composing the N°- 2 doubles com-
Leonard Ehrler, Billy Woods and bination. ...
Raymond Crenshaw, will form the „ In the girls division, Claudia
teams that will enter the track and Howell will be the singles entry
field events, according to Foster with Jo Retts Owens and Seale
Miller, assistant coach 0 Rose forming a doubles team
It is also announced that Cole- Pat Rowe will compete in the
man high school athletes will at- junior girls singles division
tend the district meet in Brady,
April 11 and 12.Siwam Hi-Y Five
Augusta, Ga., but
Nelson came out
as one of the two
In Dallas, Dr L. B Hubbard,
the Association of Texas State Col-
lege for Women at Denton, told
the Association of Texas Colleges
at its annual meeting that "the
only solution, frankly and openly
and honestly is to place athletics
on a professional basis." . .„
If Dr Hubbard is having trou- he would start Chet Zara,
ble at his institution with athletes
then what this country needs is
more Drew Pearsons to properly
expose such goings on.
The other dispatch on the same
subject was a quote from Dr. Phog
Allen, the great basketball tutor.
leaders following that the cure-all in regard to pro
Thursday's o p - *-------1 5
ening rounds.
5
DURHAM
The Roanoke,
Tex, gentleman
farmer emerged
tied with Jimmy
Demaret with a
three - under-par
69 for the lead.
fessionalism is the appointment of
• "ezar" for college athletics who
would spend five years studying
conditions as they exist and who
then would formulate the neces-
JACK IMMELL
New Mexico leaguers sharpened
their eyes for the season opening
exhibition game Saturday night at
the stadium against the Clovis
Pioneers.
The Sox, who have been con-
ditioning for the campaign in Pen-
sacola, Fla., went through their
first practice chores at home yes-
terday and most of the railbirds
with the way the young Sox took
their cuts at the plate.
Manager Stubby Greer was too
busy directing activities on the
field to join in the infield work-
out, but he'll be in the lineup to-
morrow night when the New Mex-
ico club calls for an 8 o'clock
tussle
Greer’s pitching choices tor the
game will be Jack Immell, Labe
Dean and Bob Hughes.
Immell, who won three and lost
two for the Sox after joining the
club late in the 1946 season, has
been very impressive in the
Florida workouts.
The customers will see new faces
in Dean, a righthander, and
Hughes, a southpaw.
Probable batting order for Abi.
lene will be
Howard Reynolds, 2b.
Hugh. Olds. If.
Hayden Greer, as
Ed Bauer, cf.
Ken Quevreaux, e.
Bob Shaeffer, 3b.
Wiley Williams, lb.
Earle Benson, rf.
0
That means the Sox will start
the game with four of last year's
club members on the field-Greer, •
Immell, Quevreaux and Benson.
Two other 1946 Sox are still due
to arrive. They are Diz Distefano,
who will fly here from his home
in Omaha next week, and Bill Wer.
bowski, who is coming fron)
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FORT WORTH April 4—
The University of Oklahoma took
Reaches Finals
Siwam Hi-Y eagers clinched a
place in the finals of the YMCA
round-robin basketball tournament
by soundly trouncing Eods Hi-Y
quint 41-16 at Eagle gym last night.
It was the second victory for
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on two singles and three walks
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It is not unlikely that local duf-
fers will get a glimmer of Nelson
in action — possibly sometime
around the middle of May Byron
was to have played the Abilene
Country Club course while here
for his address at the ACC football
banquet but the exhibition was
weathered out.
sary rules and enforce them
Allen, however, is said by one
writer to have his own answer
which is: "The faculty representa-
tives do not want this czar because
they do not want to surrender the
power they now possess—exactly
the reason why baseball moguls
did not want another man of the
Oklahoma goes to Austin today
for the first of a two-game series
with the University of Texas
A gas engine works better if
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away from Fidelis in the last two
frames to win handily. 42 22 The
two team# meet in their second
game Tueaday night A Corkers 1
victory would send them against
Siwam in the best two-out of three
for the Y championship BMl Smith
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Corkers last night._______________to the El Paso tournament It’s
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Names Hurlers
SWEETWATER. April 4— Man
ager Roland Murphy of the Sweet-
water Sports announced today that
south-
paw who hurled in the North At-
lantic league last year, in the
Longhorn league team s opening
exhibition Sunday with the Clovis
Pioneers of the West Texas-New
Mexico loop.
Another lefthander. Rookie John
Sims, also is due to see action in
the home opener
The two teams meet again here
Landis type". -
Baseball strategists have laid High Scoring Mark
awake nights thinking up new de- 900119 1 IOIR
; fenset to employ against the Bos
When Nelson retired from the plmO asms Bos
tournament circuit, he announced | ton Red Son slugger Ted.Williams.
he would compete annually, until
his bones began to creak, in the
Masters. He has also promised to |
compete in the Texas PGA and
Open which is to be held at El
Paso beginning May 19.
It is highly probable that Lord 1
Byron—who may well emerge the
Masters victor which would make
him the only three time winner—
tell you.
• ••
Two high significant items came
over the wires Thursday in regard
to the much talked professional-
ism in college ranks or rather, the
i subsidization of athletes, shall we
•ay.
Mustangs To
Play Baseball
SWEETWATER, April 4.—(Spl)
—The Sweetwater Mustangs field-
ing a baseball team for the first
time In the current history of the
high school, launch their league
schedule in s home game with the
Lamesa Tornadoes on April 11.
Other than a series of practice!
| games with neighboring teams, the
Mustang nine will play only L„_
non-district games during the two
months schedule On May 16 they
go to Lubbock for a non-district
game with the Westerners, who
will return the gome in Sweetwater
on May 16
Coach Pat Gerald has had his
batterymen working out for the
last two weeks
Prospective hurlers who have
been showing up fairly well are
Willard Justiss, Troy Stone, and
Johnny Guelker, all three of whom
had experience with last rear s
junior American Legionnaires.
Following is the Mustangs com
eplete schedule
22 Abilene High Tracksters
To Compete in Angelo Meet
Abilene high's Eagle track and
field team will compete in it's
third big meet of the season Sat-
urday when Coach Joe West es-
corts a squad of 22 thinly clads
to the San Angelo high invitation
meet along with 25 other West
Central Texas high school squads.
Golf and tennis teams will also
make the trip for a shot at titles
in their field of play while a team
of six junior high competitors will
be taken by West for the junior
division meet.
The Eagles finished second to
Lubbock s Westerners last Satur-
day in the Lubbock invitational
and had competed earlier in the
Big Spring Relays
The young Abilene team, com-
posed principally of newcomers
competing in the sport for their
, first season, has been hard at
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1 Trickey and Lehr: 440-yard dash
—Roy Fish, Jimmy Walker and
Marvin Mayfield: 880-yard dash-
Tim Mason. Julian Herring and
Gene Edmondson; mile run—Le-
roy Middleton, J C. Dobbs; 120-
yard high hurdles—Robert Hart
James Edington and Tim Mason;
220-yard low hurdles—Hart. Ed-
ington and Dick Collins; sprint
relay team-Carter, Lehr. Rog-
ers and Fish; mile relay team-
Rogers, Fish. Herring and Ed
mondson.
Competitors in field events will
include Hendley, Troutman and
George Lively in the shot put: the
same trio in the discus: Hendley |
and E. T Baldridge, a newcomer,
in the pole vault; Bill Walker
Troutman, Hendley and Fish in
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Members the junior squad
I accompanying the main stringers
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Charles Preston and Linville
Grant ------—--------------------
Golf team members making the
trip will be 0 C. Blankenship.
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West announced his entries in
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follows:
100-yard dash—Michey Lehr. I
Bob Carter and Hugh Morris 220-
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Cats Win One
FORT WORTH April 4-
Fort Worth scored an easy exhibi-
lion decision over rival Texas
league cub Oklahoma City here
yesterday, 11-4 Seven Oklahoma
City errors, three by Manager Rov
Schalk, aided Fort Worth’s victory
splurge
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Set in Loop Play
Things happened fast and furious
I but the Dallas Rebels pulled a new
one on him Wednesday.
When Big Ted stepped up to the '
plate. Manager Al Vincent sent!
every one of his players except
the batterymen scurrying into the
right field bleachers, where they ling mark for the season, when Tony
| climbed up to the top row in order " " "
to catch any low-flying drives.
Williams’ might poke their way. Previous high mark had been
The strategy changed with Wil- Johnny Adams' 254
liama up and a man on base but j In league play, the league-lead-
while I’m no baseball historian, ing Brown-Awning dropped three
that may be the first time defen-straight to third place Coca-Cola,
sive players have ever moved into Connally-Stephens, in second place
the stands to do their fielding by a mere one game margin, held
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