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Reporter-Siews
4 Abilene, Texas, Monday Evening, June 28, 1948
BIG LEAGUE ROUNDUP
'Slop Ihe Red Sex’ Again
Heard Around American Loop
By JOE REICHLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
The old familiar cry of "Stop
those Boston Red Sox" is being
heard once again around the Ameri-
can League.
During the past month this hss
been the most Herculean task in
baseball. Paced by Ted Williams
and Vera Stephens at the plate
and Joe Dobson and Dave (Boo)
Ferriss on the mound, the red hot
Red Sox have knocked off every
kind of opposition to leap right
back into the pennant scramble.
Today, with 1’ victories in 22
starts during the month of June,
the Sox are firmly entrenched in
the first division only five and a
half games behind the pace-setting
Cleveland Indians. This easily has
been the best June showing of any
club in the circuit.
In four weeks, the Red Sox have
gained five full games on the In
dians, a id six on the second-place
Philadelphia Athletics. Joe McCar-
thy’s climbers also hsve gained
three games on the third-place
New York Yankees despite the
Bronx Bombers’ .615 pace this
month.
The Red Sox moved another full
gsme nearer the top yesterday
when they swept a doubleheader
from the Browns, 2-0, snd 6-3. in
St. Louis The twin triumph gave
the Red Sox a record of nine vic-
tories in their last 11 games. Yes-
terday’s second gsme was limited
to sever. Innings by rain.
It was Williams again who pro-
vided the winning blow in the
nightcap. Ted slammed his 16th
home run with two men on base
in the first inning to get the Sox
off on the right foot. Williams’
batting average is now .415. He
leads all hitters with 69 runs
batted in. He has s 15-game hitting
stresk going.
The Athletics swept s double-
header from the White Sox. 6-5
and 8-2. in Chicago to pull within
11 percentage points of first place.
The double victory, Philadelphia’s
sixth and seventh in a row, mark-
ed the first time this season the
White Sox have gone down to two
defeats in one day.
* Young Carl Scheib allowed 11
hits in the opener but managed
to stagger through to victory. Dick
Fowler gained his fifth triumph
with sn eight-hitter In the night-
cep
The Indians kept first piece by
coming beck to defeet Washing-
ton, 4-1, in the second gsme after
the Senators hsd won the opener of
their twin bill, 5-2. Three Wash-
ington pitchers held the Tribe to
eight hits in the opener The Nats
collected 10 off Loser Gene Bear-
den end his two successors
Lefty Tommy Byrne, melting his
first start of the sesson, bend-
cuffed the Tigers with two hits ss
the Yankees won e 7-0 shutout
The Yankees got nine hits off Paul
Trout snd Stubby Overmire.
The Boston Brsves retained their
half gsme lesd over the St. Louis
Cardinals in the tight National
League race by turning back the
Pittsburgh Pirstes, 9-1 Boston
teed off against the Pirate start-
er, Vic Lombardi, for two runs In
the second inning to take a lead
they never relinquished.
Home runs by Stan Musial and
Marty Marion, and a two-run trip-
le by Nippy Jones, sparked the
Cardinals to a 6-4 victory over the
Dodgers in Brooklyn. The game
was called at the end of eight
innings because of rain and dark-
ness. The round tripper was no.
17 for Musial, who is batting 405
Scoring two runs after two were
out In the seventh inning, the Cin-
cinnati Reds came from behind to
nip the News York Giants, 4-3, in
the first game of a scheduled
doubleheader. The second game
was postponed by rain.
The Chicago Cubs and Philadel-
phia Phillies divided a doublehead-
er in Philadelphia, the Cubs win-
ning the opener. 6-2, and the Phils
taking the nightcap, 7-4. The sec-
ond game was called after eight
innings because of the Sunday 6
p. m. (EST) curfew.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
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Golf Interest Centers
On Abilene This Week
BY JACK DURHAM
Abilene golf addicts and those
throughout West Taxas turn all
eyes toward Abilene this week
where the 22d annual Abilene
Country Club Invitational, general-
ly recognised as the largest in the
nation of it's kind, gets underway
Thursday with qualifying rounds.
Interest, however, in this big
snnusl event resches an earlier
than usual height this yesr with
the plsying of sn exhibition match
here Tuesday by Byron Nelson,
the great former U. S. Open cham-
pion now in semi-retirement, and
a pro-amsieur session Wednesday
of th* West Texas Pro-Amateur
golfing talents, says his toughest
rival these days— Maxwell—4a a
association.
Nelson will be making his see- good bet to carry, on when the
ond appearance in Abilene and this
one will be closely watched since
Texans now in the big time begin to
Hays Leads Softball Ballers;
Vels in Front in Team Batting
LAFF
in the foursome that tees off
around 3 p m. tomorrow will be
young Bill Maxwell, the recently
crowned West Texas champion
who will team with Earl Stewart,
the 1947 Invitational winner here
and also the Texas champ laat
year among the simon pures. Pro
Morgan Hampton will be Nelson’s
partner against the super - tough
amateur team. ■
Nelson, a pretty fair judge 2
fades, according to the Associated
Press this morning.
"Maxwell has just the right tem-
perament and a great competitive
spirit," says Nelson.
Lord Byron, who calls Roanoke,
Texas, hie home, played here in
a meteh early in the 1947 season.
The golf maestro has since tangled
with Maxwell on several occasions
-and hae expressed a high regard
for -the young Abilenian’s ability
Curley Hays, veterans pitcher-out.
fielder for V.F.W.’s entry in the
Major Softball League, regained
the batting lead in the Major Loop
for the first time since early sea-
son as result of s terrific .500 clip
through the first two weeks of
second hslf play that boosted his
season average to .469. The burly
Hays. In 12 trips to the plate since
the second hslf got underway, has
hit safely six times and that added
to his first half pace gives him
15 hits in 32 trips.
Hays, who led the batting after
two weeks of play, but who had
not held it since until this week,
is being pressed closely by J. D.
Richardson of Horace Holly. Rich-
ardson haa 13 safeties in 31 trips
lor a healthy .419 average In
third place la Bob Grounds €.
V.F.W., formerly of Carpenters
Union, who held the lead at com-
pletion of firat half play with .444.
but hia average haa dropped to
.400
Rounding out the .300 hitters are
Pat Bailey of Horace Holly, 375;
Paul Westerman of Mackey Co ,
.325; and Elton Halley, .312; Don
Allen, 306, Benny Scott, .302; and
Ben Keith, .300. all of V.F.W.
V.F.W. thus is far out in front
in team batting, hitting .262 whie.
is 25 percentage points higher than
their nearest competitor. Horace
Holly at .237.
Blue Sox Ease
By Clovis, 5-4
CLOVIS, June 28 —The Abilene
Blue Sox bolstered their morale
here Sunday with a 5-4 victory
over the Clovis Pioneers and were
ready for another try at Manager
John Bottaini’s improved club to-
night with Fred Fazzio expected to
handle the pitching chores.
Yesterday, righthander Bill
Meier notched hia ninth win
against six losses aa he spaced
four hits, although he was fre-
SOFTBALL GAMES
POSTPONED
Shorty Lawson, director of
the summer softball leagues,
said this morning that all soft-
ball games scheduled for to-
night have been postponed be-
cause of wet grounds end
threatening weather.
By HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
DETROIT, June 28 (—At least
three of the Southern California
baseball players who won the col-
lege "world series'’ last Saturday
already have been signed by major
league outfits for their farm clubs
. . .Gail Henley, Hank Workman
and Gordon Jones, the Trojan out-
fielders, have made the pro jump
and pitcher Wally Hood will sign
somewhere in a few days—as soon
as he and his dad make up their
minds . This recalls a theory ad-
vanced by J. F. McKale, Arizona’s
cutspoken coach: “The thing to do
when you get a good ball player is
to shoot his old man. It’s always
the father who dreams of sitting in
Yankee Stadium and watching his
boy hit homers and he’s the one
who rushes the kid along too
fast.”
Medalist Wins
Anson Golf Meet
ANSON, June 28-Hugo White,
who had taken medalist honors
Thursday in qualifying rounds, was
the Anson Invitation golf cham-
pion today after beating Russell
Crownover of Stamford 4 and 3 in
the 18-hole finals yesterday.
Abilene’s Red Dobbs won the
championship consolation flight by
trimming Chet Sheppard of Mid-
land. 3 and 1.
quently in trouble while issuing a
total of 10 bases on balls.
A big sixth inning that counted
four runs and another in the sev-
enth gave the Sox their victory
over the veteran Darwin Dobbs
Manager Art Bowland contributed
to his club’s victory with a perfect
night at the plate—five safeties in
as many trips.
Two costly errors, a walk with
the bases loaded coupled with an
infield hit and a double, the latter
by rookie Bob Crandall, produced
the four runs in the sixth. Bowland
connected for a double in the sev-
enth to bring Means around from
second with the other tally.
Albuquerque's Dukes today look
down on the rest of the West
Texas-New Mexico League for the
first time in three years. It has
been that long since they’ve topped
the loop.
The Dukes took over first place
by beating Lamesa, 5-2, last night
and when Pampa fell to Amarillo,
9-8.
In the other game, Lubbock ral-
lied to beat Borger. 14-10.
ABILENE ABR HOAE
Stone If 3 0 1 0 0 C
Means 1b ..........4 2 0 8 0 0
Falappino rf .......9 113 11
with the fairway sticks.
The course was thrown open to
qualifiers Sunday, although those
expecting to compete for medalist
honors will have to play Thursday,
With a field that should total
around 300 players, it is probable
that at least a third or more of
that number will have qualified
by tee off time Thursday morn-
ing.
Stewart, now an oil company ex-
ecutive from Longview, won the
1947 Invitation play by beating
Bubba Smart, University of Arkan-
sas star, in the finals.
In addition to the ex-national col-
legiate champ from LSU, there’ll
be Bill Maxwell, Gervis McGraw.
Dilmus James and the other jun-
ior hotshots of the host club; Jack
Williams from Plainview, a con-
sistent tournament player who has
been a bit late getting started this
year; Bill (Red) Roden from Odes-
sa who will head a strong delega-
tion from that course; young Gra-
ham Mackey from Midland. Don
Cherry of Wichita Falls and any
number of "Sunday shooters" that
are likely to wax hot in a tourna-
ment at any time.
Interest in the exhibition session
stems from the recent Texas PGA
at El Paso where Nelson was
pushed to the utmost in defeating
Maxwell by two strokes to win
the state’s pro title. Maxwell hap-
pened to be the low scoring ama-
teur-so low that he almost beat
the top pro.
CLEARLY SAFE—A seven by
eight-foot slab of plexiglas was
installed at Briggs Stadium,
Detroit, to protect television
equipment, not to mention the
operators, against foul balls.
The one-half inch thick sheet
can stand the impact of a base-
ball traveling at more than
100 miles an hour.
Cats Beal
Rebs in Two
By WILBUR MARTIN
Associated Press Staff
his
AB B
The leading 20 hitters in the Major League through games of last
Friday night are aa follows: *
Player
Hays, V.F.W.
Richardson, Horace Holly-
Grounds. Carpenters-V.F.W.
Bailey, Horace Holly
Westerman, Mackey Co.
Hailey, V.F.W.
Allen, V.F.W.
Scott, V.F.W.
| Keith, V.F.W.
Russell, Universal Motors
1 Cranfill, Mackey Co.
Smith, V.F W
Lockhart, Barqs
Prescott, Horace Holly
Lawson, Barqs
Williams, V.F.W.
Corbin, Mackey Co.
Davis, Universal Motors
Anderson, Barqs
Johnson, Horace Holly
The team batting:
Team
V.F.W.
Horace Holly
Barqs
Universal Motors
Mackey Co. -
Carpenters Union
AB R
246
46
23
H
Pet.
.469
.419
.400
Pet.
.262
.237
190
.190
.1M
.166
A manager might know
pitcher’s faults, but Eddie Chand-
ler and Carl Erskine were faultless
against Lester Burge. The ex-Fort
Worth manager went hitless in six
trips to the plate as the Cats
scratched Dallas, 7-1, 7-4, last
night.
American Friends
Sends Soviet Drugs
PHILADELPHIA, June 27 ‘—
The American Friends Service
plans to ship a $25,000 gift of life
saving streptomycin to the Russian
Lolley
Counci
SECOND GUESSERS
The Detroit Lions football club
under its new ownership, has 87
stockholders .Presumably that
means Bo McMillin will have to
weather 174 guesses each Monday
morning-a first and second by
each of his bosses . .Maybe Bo
allowed for that in his contract . .
When he was approached by the
Lions, the former Indiana U. coach
spent two weeks drawing up a con-
tract that suited him before he’d
College Golfers Open
Two Day Tournament
PALO ALTO, Calif. June 28. (A)
—One hundred forty-one of the na-
tion's top college golfers today
open two days of 36-hole qualifying
for the 51st annual National Col-
lege Golf Championship on Stan-
ford University course. _
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STANDINGS
Stathos ef
Glica ss
Crandall 3b
McNulty 2b
Meier p
Totals ....
CLOVIS
Moore ef .....
Pacheco If
Novotney 1b ...
Bauer rf
Serafini 3b ...
Sandersc
Jacinto 2b
Machado M
Dobbs p ...
4
Totals ....
Abilene ....
Clovis .............
Runs batted in—Bowland. Glica. Cran-
day 3. Novotney 2 Two base hits—Bow-
land, Crandall, Sanders Sacrifices—Sera-
fini. Left on bases—Abilene 11. Clovis
12 Bases on balls—Meier 10 Dobbs 4
Strike-outs—Meier 4. Dobbs 7. Hit by
pitcher by—Meier i Pacheco Passed
ball—Bowland. Umpires—Czajka, Fish-
or and Evans Time 2 17
AMERICAN I EAGUE
No games scheduled
No games scheduled
NATIONAL LEAGUE
sign anything
MONDAY MATINEE
A rumor current in the midlands
is that Bob (Foothills' Kurland of
the Phillips Oilers, will sign with
the St Louis Bombers in the Pro
Basketball Association ss soon as
he returns from the Olympics. . .
It further reports thst Kurlend will
replies Grady Lewis ss player-
coach next year. , For (he first
time the Detroit public is being
asked to contribute "anything
from a dime to a dollar-or more”
to finance the Gold Cup Regatta . .
HANDY GUY
j If reports from Newark, N J.,
aren t exaggerated, the Yankees
shouldn’t have any infield prob-
lems once they bring up Gerry
Coleman, who played third base
for Kansas City last year and now
is operating at shortstop for the
Newark Bears One sharp obser-
ver reports "You name the best
fielding third basemen in the
majors snd he’s not ss good ss
this kid. He now is playing short
snd may be a major league short-
stop—or a major league second
baseman ". . What, can't he play
brst too?
Yesterday’s Results
WEST TEXAS-NEW MEXICO
ABILENE 9, Clovis 4
Lubbock 14 Borger 10
Pampa S. Amarillo 9
Lamesa 2 Albuquerque *
LONGHORN LEAGU E
Odessa 7, San Angelo 6 (10 innings)
Vernon 4. Midland 7
Del Rio 12 Swevtwater S
Ballinger 4 Big Spring 5
TEXAS LEAGUE
Shreveport 10 San Antonio 1
Fort Worth 7 7. Dallas 14
Oklahoma City 4-7, Tulsa 1-5
Houston 4-5 Beaumont 2-1
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 4-4, New Orleans 6-12
Little Rock 8-2 Nashville 11-8
Memphis 5-6, Chattanooga 3-5
Birmingham 9 Mobile 3
BIG STATE LEAGUE
Texarkana 6 Wichita Falls 2
Sherman-Denison 3-2, Austin 1-1
Paris 2-3. Gainesville 3-5
Greenville 6-9 Waco 7-1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 6. Brooklyn 4 (called eighth
"pittsburgh 1. Boston •
Cincinnati 4, New York 3 (2d game
ppd. rain)
Chicago 6-4, Philadelphia 2-7.
" AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 7. Detroit 0
Washington 8-1. Cleveland 2 4
Philadelphia 6-6, Chicago 5-2.
Boston 18. St. Louis 0.3.
League Standings
WEST TEXAS-NEW MEXICO
TEAM W L Pet
Albuquerque ..........38 20 567
Pampa .................35 27 set
Amarillo .... ..........34 32 510
Lubbock 34 33 501
Olympic Boxing
Journey Starts
BOSTON. June 28 (UP)—The
cream of the nation's amateur box-
ers began trading punches at Bos-
ton Garden today in a two-day
tournament to select the U. S.
Olympic ring team.
Eighty-one leather tossers show-
ed up for the first day's activities,
but only eight division winners and
their alternates will be left at the
end of tomorrow's semi-finals and
finals.
Drawn from a nationwide series
of elimination contests, the field in-
cluded five National A A. U.
champions and service titlists in
each division from the Army and
Navy.
Leading contenders included
Texan Tom (Cowboy) Adams, Har-
din-Simmons University light-
heavyweight.
Morrow Wins Over
Blacklock, 3 and 2
MUNDAY. June 28.—The 1948
Tri-County Golf Association title
rested today with Joe Morrow of
Munday, who defeated Winston
Blacklock, also of Munday, 3 and 2
in the 36-hold finals here yester-
day
First flight title was won by Neal
Chastain Munday, over Buck
Everett, Haskell, 6 and 5; second
flight R C. Couch, Jr., Haskell,
def I V. Cook, Munday, 5 and 4;
third flight: Jack Pippin. Munday,
def Thurman Bynum, Haskell, 2
and 1: fourth flight: W. W. Warren,
Haskell, def J. K. Jackson, Mun-
day, 3 and 2; fifth flight: Charles
Roden. Munday, def Keith Cart-
wright. Munday, 2 and 1.
Charles Richmond of Seymour
trimmed Buell Gibson, Gilliland, '
3 and 2 to win the championship
consolation.
The double victory spoiled a
Sunday evening outing for 11,553
fans at Dallas but it kept the Cats
within one game of pace-setting
Houston. Houston jumped on Beau-
mont twice, 4-2. 5-1.
people ax ‘a testimony of good
will."
The Friends Service Committee
aid yesterday 3.000 five-gram vials
of the miracle drug would be dis-
j tributed by the Russian Red Cross
In another doubleheader. Oklaho-
ma City and Tulsa split. The In-
dians won the nightcap. 7-5, after
Tulsa took the opener, 7-4
Shreveport won over San Antonio
easily in a single game, 10-1.
Mrs. O'Neal Wins
West Texas Golf
SAN ANGELO, June 28 (—The
Women’s West Texas Golf Associa-
tion title went home yesterday with
Mrs. Sam O’Neal of Odessa.
She defeated Mrs. Bobbie Hues-
tis. Odessa, 9 and 8.
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Lumber Destroyed
AUSTIN, June 28. (PP)—About 100,-
000 board feet of lumber was de-
stroyed by fire here last night at
the planing and storage depart-
ment of the Longhorn Sash and
Door Company.
Damage was estimated at be-
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