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PASCHAL WINS IN EXTRA INNING
2 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
4 A Abilene, Texas, Saturday Evening, March 29, 1952
ACC
Vie
Eagles Drop 0 pener, 6-7,
Try for Twin-Killing Today
formance. Four of the seven runs the Panther margin down to one
*run
Bronsted, the sophomore sensa-l
tion for the Panther settled
down, however, and retired the
The Cowtowners won the same pert, fbc the ctoryo/oH EnE CoQ2
in the 8th with a brace of un- towners. Bronsted had come on in
earned runs. With two out and the the seventh inning when starter
bases loaded in the top of the first Harry Price began to weaken. ]
extra inning, Jimmy Bronsted shot Paschal took an early lead in
■ hard ground ball that skipped the first inning with two unearned
past Simmy Garner "At second runs, but the Eagles tied thea Qumt
bare, ad wo „ Panther "‘ * pal -"Lattes Mnekey New: |
Gene Bold, playing right field ton a triple with Bovd.en te.ban
for the Eagles, gave the partisan
crowd something to cheer about
when he powered one high over
the left field wall to lead off the
Eagle half of the eighth and cut
By BUCK FRANCIS
Reporter-News Sports Writer
Abilene’s Eagle baseballers, one
down in their aeries with the Pas-
chal Panthers of Fort Worth, were
seeking to break into the win col-
umn this afternoon when they met
the same Paschal outfit in a
doublebeader at Blue Sox Stadium.
Game time for the opener was
set for 2 p. m. The Panthers
pushed across two runs in the
eighth inning yesterday to nip the
Eagles: 7-6.
Gene Boyd and Mackey Newton
were probable mound choices for
the Eagles in the two games to-
Glenn Woodard went the dis-
tance for the Eagles in yesterday's
tilt and turned in a creditable per-
by the visitors were unearned
Woodard gave up 11 hits, many of
them scratch bingles, and he
walked only two
paths accounted for the first run
and Newton scored on Woodards
fly to left.
Paschal moved ahead again in
the third with three runs, with
rightfielder Bob White driving in
two with a single White later com,
outed with Joe Middlebrook to ex-
ecute a double steal to score the i
third run
The Eagles got single runs in
the fourth, fifth and sixth to tie
the game up and send it into an
GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE
Ageless Satch Paige
Snuffs Indian Rally
By RALPH RODEN
Associated Press Sports Writer
Doubt exists concerning the ex.
act age of Satchel Paige but there's
little doubt that old Sateh still can
pitch.
The St. Louis Browns' training
roster has the following for Paige
under the column listed as "Birth
Date "
Sept. 11, 1892x, 1896x, 1900x,
1904x.
At the end of the pitcher’s list
Is the following line:
X—Take your pick.
But whether he’s 59 or 48 Paige
still is no pushover in the clutch.
Old Satch saved a 4-3 decision
for the Browns over his former
Cleveland Indian teammates at
Tueson, Ariz., yesterday.
The Browns entered the eighth
Abilene Shares
favorite Role
In Brady Meet
BRADY, March 29-Finals in
half of the 18-event Brady Relays
started at 2 p.m. Saturday after-
noon after preliminary events
were off Saturday morning for the
17 high school entries.
Abilene’s Eagles shared a top
apot in the race for the title along
with Brownwood and Stamford
The Eagles, with a 29 man travel-
ing squad, two coaches and a man-
ager arrived here early Saturday
morning for the meet
Six relays are on the schedule
for the day along with the regula-
tion track and field events
.After the afternoon session of fi-
nal events, there will be a break
for the contestants to get rested
before the night action gets under
way at 7:30 p m
Central West Texas teams enter-
ed in the meet are Abilene, Brown-
wood, Stamford, Hamlin, Bangs,
Colorado City, Cisco. Albany, Lake
View and Regan County.
Tennessee Gas
Stock Increased
inning in front, 4-1. when the In-
dians suddenly climbed all over
Gene Bearden, also a former
Indian.
Al Rosen homered. Jim Fridley
doubled and Merrill Combs singled
to chase Bearden. Paige shuffled
In and was greeted by a double
but he snuffed out the next two
batters to end the rally.
The Indians put runners on first
of the ninth but Paige got out of
and third with one out in the last
that jam by fanning Rosen and
nailing Fridley on a grounder
Allie Reynolds, who at one time
also earned his bread and butter
pitching for Cleveland, was hit
hard at St. Petersburg, Fla., where
the New York Yankees suffered a
10-3 lacing from the Detroit Tigers.
The Tigers clipped the Yanks’ no-
hit act for nine runs and 12 hits
in six innings
extra inning.
Boyd scored in the fourth when
Newton bounced into a doubleplay.
Tommy Seale's single and Randle
Anderson's double gave the Eagles FIRST STEP BACK TO BASEBALL — Sgt. Curt Simmons
PORaiTIEHA" LO CMO TuN. ^ Grgnt prepares for a change in uniforms as he turns in CI
A squeeze bunt by Woodard with equipment to Supply Sgt. John N. Bisbane, Harrisburg:
the bases loaded in the sixth tied Pa., at Geoppingen, Germany. Simmons, star pitcher ot ine
the score. James Hopkins scored Philadelphia Phillies at the time he was called to active
on the bunt. ; duty in September 1950. hopes to be on his way back to
That ended the scoring until the U. S. and baseball very soon. Replacements have short-
ened the normal two-year hitch for him and his Army mates.
(AP Wirephoto via radio from Frankfurt)
fatal eight for the Eagles.
For a season opener, the
Eagles looked good in spots and
with the first game jitters gone,
the Flock should play better de-
fensive ball today.
The Birds turned in two snappy
doubleplays with Youngblood. Gar-
ner and Anderson doing some nice
work on the twinkillings.
THE BOX
PASCHAL
Paschal, SR
Deering. 2b
Mayfield, lb
White rf
Dunaway, ef
Middlebrook, 1b .
Reeves 3b
Lynn, C
Porterfield, e ....
Price, p .........
Bronsted. P--.,-.
Totals ..........
ABILENE
Moore, cf ..........
Seale, cf
Anderson, lb
Youngblood, ae
Hopkins. e
2b..
if .
The Chicago Cubs scored their
12th triumph in 19 starts by trounc-
ing the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-3, at
Mesa, Ariz. Turk Lown and Johnny
Klippstein, held the Pirates to six
hits including a 400-foot homer by
Ralph Kiner Rookie Leon Brinkopf
of the Cubs clouted a three-run
homer in the first inning against
Murry Dickson, an old- hand at
tossing home run balls.
Davey Williams. Ed Stanky’s re- white, saared
placement at second base for the S—Deering. Dunawa
New York Giants, enjoyed a red MInlid Idarbro
letter day at Phoenix, Ariz. Wil- - '" 1 -
liams drove in six runs on a pair
of homers and a triple to lead
the National League champions to
a 7-4 triumph against the Chicago
White Sox.
Williams pulled a "Bobby Thom-
son " The kid won the game by
socking a three-run two-out homer
in the last of the ninth inning. Bill
Kennedy was the victim.
Veteran outfielder Hank Edwards
Totals asst
| z-Struckout for Woodard in a
zz-Grounded out for Wyatt in 6
PA
derson.
Andy
AL .
Thite 2. Newton,
Bronsted 3. Woodard 2
runs in 4 innings Bror
WP— Price Winning pl
U—Pressley and Vann
smashed a two-run homer in the
10th inning to give the Cincinnati
Reds a 5-3 decision over the Wash-
ington Senators at Tampa. Fla 1
Gil Coan and Frank Campos hom-
ered tor the Senators.
Home runs also figured in the
Boston Red Sox’ 9-7 triumph over
the Philadelphia Phillies at Clear-1
water. Fla. Johnny Pesky and Ted
Williams homered for the Sox and
Mel Clark for the ‘Phils.
The Atlanta Crackers of the
Southern Association beat the par-
ent Boston Braves, 3-1 under-
the lights at Atlanta Lefty Warren
Spahn went all the way for Boston
and would have had a shutout but j
HOUSTON, March 29 W —The
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.’s
authorized number of shares of pre- for two outfield errors and a balk,
ferrod stock has been increased
from 600,000 to 1,000,000.
M
In All-College
Track Tourney
SAN MARCOS, March 29.—The
McMurry Indiana and ACC Wild-
cats rolled into town early Satur-
day in hopes of giving the strong
Southwest Texas State Bobcats a
good fight for the team title in the
annual All-College track and field
meet here Saturday afternoon
Nine colleges will vie for the
crown, with the Bobcats holding
the favorite’s role over ACC and
Howard Payne.
Preliminary events began at
120 p.m. in some events, while
finals in others were to begin ai-
multaneously.
Heading the Abilene Christian
College group ia co-captain Paul
Faulkner who ia expected to ahat-
ter the existing records in the jav-
ekin throw and pole vault events.
Also entered are Lester Wheeler,
discus and shot; Sonny Cleere in
discus, shot and 440-relay; Ted Sit-
ton. Javelin and 440-relay; Jerry
Mullins, 100 dash and 440-relay;
and Jim McIlroy, 449 and 880 yard
runs.
McMurry’s strongest entry ia
half-miler Richard Adams, who
holds the record for this distance
in the meet. He is also expected to
be a threat to the mile run record.
Other Indian contestants are Hart-
well Martin, high jump and broad
jump; Wayne Graham, discus and
shot; Winford Drake, shot; Adams,
880 and mile run; Jack Chubb, 220
run and 440; Boby Carter, 100 and
220; Boby Jack Price, Javelin; Ed
Ammons, high hurdles and Buddy
Dulin, mile run. ________________
GREATEST CATCHER?
Old-Timers Sing Praises
For Cubs' Gabby Hartnett
By GAYLE TALBOT
PHOENIX uh — It was sitting-
around and talking time after the
Giants’ daily workout and the sub-
ject came up as to which was the
greatest catcher the game ever
saw—Mickey Cochrane or Bill
sense which told him when you
were going down, too. Had cat •
for a pitch-out and you were dead
“Cochrane couldn’t throw in the
same class with Gabby. Look what
the Cardinals did to him in the
'31 series—stole his shirt They
blamed ft on the A’s pitchers, said
that Grove and Earnshaw didn’t
motion to first to help him.
ey, the «.........lot of bunk. Harnett, must
behind that have had some pitchers without
Dickey.
“Neither,” growled Tom Sheehan
head acout of the National League; have a
champs. "For my money, the best That s a
anyone ever has seen behind that have had some "HES EY
plate was Gabby Hartnett of the great Imotions, toe-but nob dimtried
Cubs. He had a better throwing stealing onhiruuthe seconder
arm than either Cochrane or Dick-
ey. and he could murder you
that bat, too ” .
“Check,” assented Frank Shell-
enbach, the club’s pitching coach, tu **= the last day?
"You’ve named my man. Smart he. won.with.on4. o.theanuaaey r
toxa Some dpi aver authormat, but told him 1 was mighty happy to
it was the biggest mistake they’ll congratulate, him becavesuhe ™
ever make. Dumb like a fox; he
...... “And don’t think he couldn't hit
with that ball. He dr give you 30-40 home
runs a season, and he alw ays
seemed to hit them when they hurt
the most. Remember that pennant
When they made him manager I
Olympic Cage Squad
Eliminations Begin
NEW YORK. March 29 ( —The j Two games are scheduled at Kan-
process of picking Uncle Sam's 1952 sas City tonight and two at Madi-
Olympic basketball team begins to-son Square Garden. Semi-finals are
night with only one player having
a chance to repeat as a member
of the squad.
He is Bob Kurland, sky scraping,
red-haired center of the Phillips 66
Oilers who spearheaded the Ameri-
cans to the Olympic championship
at London four years ago.
Now 27 and the lone active hold-
over from the 1948 Bartlesville,
a o Okla., team. Kurland leads his
• 0 mates against another AAU com-
• J bine, the Fibber McGee and Mollys.
o o | Hollywood, in an opening round
0 game at Kansas City.
1 1 Four top college teams, including
1 o three tournament champions and
the NCAA runnerup, and the four
semi-finalists of the recent AAU
son Square Garden. Semi-finals are
set for Monday night in New York
with the final here Tuesday.
Finals Today
In Odessa Meet
ODESSA. March 29 P — The col-
legians moved into competition in
the West Texas Relays today with
a pattern of record-breaking al-
ready established by the school-
boys.
was." ,,
“I’ll have to go along with you.
came in Carl Hubbell, who like
the other two was something of a
pitcher in his day. “I can't hon-
estly judge the two American
Leaguers because I didn’t see too
much of them, but I don’t see how
either of them could have been
better than Gabby.”
It was suggested that either
Cochrane or Dickey, going strictly
by the record-book, shows a slight
advantage over old “tomato face"
in the matter of sticking averages
In Hartnett's best year, 1937. he
hit .354. Dickey soared to .362 in
‘36; Cochrane to .357 in ’30.
“That’s all you fellows go by
when you start getting up an all
star club—the record book." Shee-
han charged in a voice which
swayed the draperies. “Any base-
ball player will tell you you can’t
go by the book. If you could, we
wouldn’t need any scouts. The men
who played a gainst Harnett,
though, will tell you he was mur-
der. pure muruer.
“Steal against him! Not a
chance. That guy could wait until
a runner was halfway down to sec-
ond and throw him out by 10 feet.
He seemed to have some second
losing his best man. Once you
make ’em manager they don't like
to play much any more."
H-SU Golfen
Down Tulsa
TULSA. March 28 (—Hardin-
Simmons Golfers of Abilene, Tex ,
today outstroked the University of
Tulsa squad 14-4.
The cowboys won every match
but one in handing Coach Sax
Judd’s swingers their first loss of
the season
Summaries:
Billy Phillips (73) Hardin-Sim-
mons def. Drury Parks (78), two
and one-half to one-half. Carl
Chambers (74) Hardin-Simmons
Def. Joe Seibert (80), 3-0. Ralph
Morgan (78) Tulsa def. George
Smith (80), two and one-half to
one-half. Tom Hale (79) Hardin-
Simmons def. Dick McCann 1811,
3-0. Phillips - Chambers (Hardin-
Simmons) def. Parks-Seibert 3-0.
Smith-Hale (Hardin-Simmons) def
Morgan-McCann. 2-1.
The Olympic squad will be com-
posed of seven players from each
of the finalist teams, to be selected
24 11 2
POA E
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02—7
01-6
Texas Nine
Defeats SMU
By The Associated Press
The University of Texas opened
the Southwest Conference baseball
campaign by upholding a ten-year-
old tradition.
For ten years Southern Methodist
has not been able to whip the Long
horns in conference baseball play.
And the Mustangs toppled again
Friday 5-2
in the other Conference game of
the loop opening Texas Christian
dropped Baylor 2-1.
Texas A&M broke a seven-game
losing streak to win a 7-1 noncon-
ference victory over the University 1
Scheduled games between the]
.. Philadelphia Athletics and Toronto, of Minnesota Rice defeated Lamar
The emopany’s directors an- and the St. Louis Cardinals and Tech 2-1. also a practice game,
the Brooklyn Dodgers were rained ’ * * *
(-Bounced the increase yesterday.
All the directors were re-elected, ’out
OUT OF DOORS with
tournament make up the Olympic
field.
SMU gets another chance at Tex-
as Saturday in Dallas and TCU
meets Baylor again in Waco
In the Dallas game Texas went
out in front in the third inning when
Second Baseman Gene Oden sin-
gled home a run The Longhorns’
counted twice more in the fifth
base Texas added another in the
rilRe
I .erms of fishing, this means no .
more foul-ups No matter how ground out and In the eighth when
Igu- clumsy and inexperienced the op Charles Galey chased home from
out erator, 19 minutes of practice will third on an infield hit
put him in the big leagues. Norris (Knobby) Graves of TCI
We’ve seen eight-year-olds, one- won his pitching duel with Ray
armed veterans, and people whose Fitzpatrick of the Bears Graves
hands were crippled by rheuma- cave up six hits and Fitzpatrick
fined to a rowboat, tism turn out star performances seven. .
Things didn't turn out badly after a few trial casts Many folks TCU tdin ' a third on
though; in fact, be caught a large never take up fishing because they doubles by Bill Frick and Don Ford
pickerel among lesser fishes, and lack self-confidence. Nobody can Baylor tied it up in the eighth
I only had to retrieve Teddy four enjoy a sport unless he masters when Bobby Benge tripled to score
times. All of which brought to the fundamentals, and novices are Mickey Sullivan in the ninth, with
mind how possible fishing has be- apt to throw in the towel after two away. Benge let a roller get
come for anybody, regardless of long practice sessions with more past him, and the winning run came
their age, complicated casting tackle home from third
In the old days learning to cast Those days are gone forever,
was a slow process You could and we predict a quarter-million' LA
count on at least one year of fun new anglers in the United States Masters I ennus
damentals before getting around before long. It happened in Eu-
to actual fish catching Fly easting rope, where spinning began and
and bait easting are difficult arts it’s happening here. One manu-
When a child is at the "curi- facturer has sold over 200,000
osity” stage, he wants to catch spinning reels in the past three,
fish—not get fouled up in a sub- years, and he’s 40,000 reels be-'
ject which most adults don’t un-hind in his orders for 1952
derstand. Spinning has made the The nice thing about spinning,
catching possible—leaving art as aside from its simplicity, is that
a later development. ..._____... ------.------. —
A good many people who never be used for anything short of sea-
even had a nodding acquaintance monsters and it doesn't make
with the business end of a rod much difference whether you use
until a few days ago are now live bait or artificial lures Spin-
casting like experts, and taking a ning tackle comes In various
fair share of fish As a matter sizes, and once you get snagged
of record, young, old. blind and In this game, the chances are that
feeble are tossing baits all over you’ll want two or three outfits
the landscape with startling ease to get the most out of your fish-
and deadly results thanks to the jng
spinning reel r
This reel is designed so
the spent doesn’t turn The line a. ng
simply peels off the spool just act ----- u -uunu -misuse
the way thread peels off s spool everything from sunfish to sal-
when you hold i by one end. In mon. (Distributed by NEA Service)
By AL McCLANE
when Oden doubled with two on
seventh, and one in the eighth
SMU scored In the fourth on a
NEA Fishing Editor
The other day I took our neigh-
bors nine-year-old son
fishing. Teddy has been hot on
my trail for the past few months '
—and frankly, I dreaded the day
when the two” of us would be con-
Play Ends Tonight
PHILADELPHIA. March » 'f -
Richard (Big Pancho) Gonzales
and Francisco (Little Pancho) Se-
the tackle is versatile enough to
| gura battle II out tonight for the
title in the Masters’ Pro Tennis
Tournament sponsored by Philadel-
phia Inquirer Charities, Inc
Both were upset last night in the
fifth round of the six-day double
round-robin.
Dethroned Champion Jack Kram-
For moot purposes, a seven-
that foot glass rod, spinning reel, and
* nylon line will serve nicely in
such o rig would handle
or rallied to defeat Segura, 4-6. 8-6
63, after Frank Kovacs dumped
Gonzales, 0-6, 8-4 6-4.
Gonzales, with a 4-1 record need,
onlv to win to capture the title. A
victory by Segura (3-2) would
necessitate a playoff.
The two Panchos will take on
Kramer and Kovacs for the dou-
bles title. Gonzales and Segura
haven't lost in doubles for more
than two years.
by the respective team coaches.
At Kansas City, the Oilers, AAU
tournament runnerup, meet the Mc-
Gees. fourth finisher. . Kansas’
NCAA champions and Springfield
(Mo.) State, winner of the small
college or NAIB event, clash in the
| second game.
Six colleges — Sul Ross, Hardin-
Simmons, New Mexico AAM. Texas
Western, Howard Payne and Abi-
lene Christian — held preliminaries
this morning, along with semi-finals
in the high school class.
Finals will be held this afternoon
in three classes — the university.
which has drawn teams from Tex-
as. Baylor, Southern Methodist,
Texas Christian. Texas Tech and
New Mexico; college and high
Walcott to Meet
Charles in June
PHILADELPHIA. March 29 0 -
Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard
Charles will meet in Philadelphia's
Municipal Stadium early In June
with Walcott's heavyweight title at
school.
Three records were set, all by
The New York openers send the
Peoria Caterpillars. AAU cham-
pions. against the Air Force. No. 3
AAU team, and the National Invi-
tation Tournament winner. LaSalle,
against St. John's. .
Odessa athletes, in high school pre-
liminaries yesterday. Walter Cooley
pitched the shot 49 feet 8 inches to
break his own record of 48 feet 7%
inches, and Odessa set two relay
records. r
stake.
Promoter Herman Taylor an-
nounced yesterday the two prin-
cipals will sign contracts for the
15-round title go Monday
The exact date has not been an-
nouneed but June 9 has been men-
tioned by a reliable source.
The champion, 37, and Charles,
former titleholder, each will receive
30 per cent of the gate, Taylor said.
Women’s Cage
Finals Set Tonight
WICHITA. Kan. March 29 A -
he defending champion, Hanes
Hosiery, Winston-Salem, N. C.,
and Davenport, Ia., AIC meet to-
night in the finals of the National
AAU Women's Basketball Tourna-
ment.
The Winston-Salem team moved
into the final round with an easy,
61-25, win over Iowa Wesleyan Col-
lege in last night's semifinals.
Davenport upset a favored Nash-
ville. Tenn., Business College team,
44 to 38, to win a spot in the finals.
The consolation finals were won
yesterday by the Atlanta, Ga., Tom
boys. They defeated the Cabot,
Ark . Lions, 35-33
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