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1 This Guy Lester, Now
I First Time Pop Saw Him
■ Punted One a Milermo
! Made Regular Center
I Saved the Cage Quint
1 3 Letters as a Soph
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HURST time I over saw this guy
I Lester was in the Fall of ‘3 2.
I went out to the stadium to
Fateh the Frogs work out. Dutch
Meyer had his boys out for the
first time. As I drove along the
edge of the ramp, one of the said
Joys turned lose a punt
ITE was back against the bank
+ over toward the muny golf
links. That football left his big
loot like a shell out of a 10-inch
gun and I watched It carry nearly
jo the road and bounce on over
the bank and down almost to the
stadium fence.
I I said whoa to the Blue Baby,
Scrawled out and mosied over to
where Dutch waa standing.
“Who in the beck la that tall
skid over there?" I says to
Dutch. He told me it waa Les-
Iter, from up in Jack County,
(where Mike Brumbelow came
rom—and Wallace Meyer and
la few other birds like that.
"Why?" asked Dutch.
WELL," says I. “He just boot-
IW ed a ball a country mile,
mat’s all. I just wanted to know
(ho he is." Dutch scratched his
lead and said he understood Les-
fcr was an end and had never
Been celebrated for his punting.
* •••
QUNNY thing about it was that
P so fur aa I've ever been able
() find out, Lester never kicked a
mil like that before-or since.
Be didn't even get to play end.
in emergency arose and Dutch
Let had to have a eenter. He
bok the big Jack county lad and
tuck him In the Important mid-
Be pool tion. But It was not un-
(1 the frosh’s short season was
dearly over that the switch was
made.
AJELL, Schmidt was in a bad
W way for a big, husky center
last Fall and Lester was It. It
took him several games to learn
low to block that center hole and
lam the ball back to the exact
(pot on nil of possibly a hundred
Slays. Only one other player
lave I known upon, whom
lebmidt spent so much painstak-
ing effort as he expended on this
HE Jack county athlete. That was
Red Oliver.
Perkins Shows
Well in Relief 1
Role at Baylor
Slim Kinzy Has to Leave
Game First Time In
His Cage Career
paheoe Nickname Almost Cost Position:
In Easy Manner
Famous High School Club
Jumps Into Early Lead
To Win, 41 to 24
No. But Yai Aumeno omaas Dike weawy Nemes sna makname; Boor
Says Dempsey Hardest Puncher
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ibution
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res a
Reward came down near the
- middle of the season and when
■ Lester did learn those center
I assignments he was, to my way
I of thinking, away and yonder
I the beet center In the confer-
I ence. He was partly respon-
1 sible for the race truck the
■ Frogs made of the middle In
I that historic Texas game, which
still causes a shudder in Austin
I when mentioned,
ee e
THEN came basketball.
IL Schmidt's system of working
The ball in close rather than
■booting from all over the house
calls for at least an even break
in the matter of tip-offs, for
many of his plays start with the
I enter tip. He needed A tall,
husky middle man for his cagers
Is badly as he had needed a cen-
ter in football. Lester was elected.
• ee
scious
I Since
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nan in
g Down
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Fest with the
• Screen Has
. By POP BOONE A
Cy Perkins has suddenly blos-
somed into a star guard, accord-
ing to Coach Schmidt, who re-
turned from Waco full of praises
for the big fellow. Slim Kinzy
had laid bla hat on a bed or his
path had been crossed by a fam-
ily of black cats or something
like that—because it was his un-
lucky night.
Almost before the game had
become warmed up, Slim had
three personala against him. It
was more personals than he
usually gets in that many games,
for he, like most of the Frogs,
plays in such a way as to avoid
the- black marks.
* Perk Does Well.
Because Slim to the substitute
center and might be needed in
that capacity, Schmidt yanked him
as soon as the three personals
showed up. Truelson went In at
guard, but, he too, was evidently
due for a bad night. So Truelson
was yanked and Perk sent in.
Baylor’s field goals stopped
right now. The big guard dropped
right into the defensive scheme
and stayed in it. He played near-
ly the whole route and the fact
Baylor only made four field goals
from the time he went in to the
finish of the contest shows be
was right around there some-
where.
All of which gave the coach a
feeling of good will towards men
and things in general because no
coach ever feels, safe without ad-
equate reserves.
Slim Mortified,
Slim, by the way, was greatly
chagrined when be finally got
back In the game, when he picked
up the other personal and was
forced out. It was the first time
in his two and a half years on
varsity that he had to leave a
ball game.
Schmidt started work yesterday
on the Aggie game, to be played
next Saturday night In College
Station. He is more or less fa-
miliar with their general system
of play and his only task to an-
ticipating any changes they may
make and in arranging a set of
offensive variations for their ben-
efit.
T ESLIE HAGOOD, above,
L lanky Poly center, la the
main hope for Parrot honors in
the approaching T. C. U. dis-
trict high school basketball
tournament. Hagood la the lead-
ing city scorer as well as one of
the best pivot men this town
has seen in many years. His six
feet five inches of basketball
ability has won him unanimous
all-city honors.
Female Fan Is
Winner in Tilt
Kayoes Big Wrestler With
Pop Bottle
By HANK RABUN ■
Athens High Hornets, four
times state high school basketball
champions, bid fair to add a fifth
championship to their cupboard
this season if their showing
against Poly High Parrots, unde-
feated city champs, here last night
was on par with their usual
strength.
The famous East Texas quintet
walloped Poly, 41 to 34, at Wil-
liam James Junior gym after
drawing away to a safe lead in the
opening quarter and maintaining
that margin thruout.
With Frizzell aad Cobb leadins
the offensive, the Hornets bopped
into a 13-0 lead in the first quar-
ter and waa leading 21 to 5 when
the half ended. At this point.
Poly rallied and played the Hor-
net# on fairly even terms for the
rent of the route, but the early
lead was too much to overcome.
Poly did not look as ragged as
the score indicates. The Parrots
had trouble with their passing and
crip shots in the first half. The
present Poly quint, weakened by |
the loes of three regulars at mid-
term, was a bit wobbly at the
start, but leveled out to smooth
running after the first 14 min
utes.
A large crowd eaw the game. *
Two games remain on the city
schedule before the season closes.
Friday night. Poly takes on W. C.
Stripling and North Side meets
Central.
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By MERRY IFLEMORE
United Press Staff Creremendent.
NEW YORK. Feb. s.——Puttiog
the sports shot here and there:
Torrinton,Conn., Ducky Pond’s
home town, to planning a testi-
monial dinner for him , .. mine
years ago, when the homefolks
acclaimed a hero to those parts
after Me gridiron feats against
Harvard, they gave him a $500
diamond ring... Ducky probab-
ly would appreciate the gift of a
good running bach er ea adept
passer now. The rumor that
Greasy Neale nearly lost his
chance at the Yale backfield post
because of Me nickname to exag-
gerated ... true, Yale’s socially
correct athletic officials didn’t
Tim Lowry, Northwestern foot-
ball captain is 1926, also won his
letter debating . this part of
his college career comes is handy
now, for he is a member of the
Evanston etty comsen ,-
manager, to willing to bet a bat
that he outhlts Chuck Klein dur-
log the 1924 season .... . Adolf
Luque, whose great relief pitch-
tog in the final game was a fea-
ture of the 1933 world series,
starts Me 23rd major league sea-
son this year.
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Totals 19 3 12 41 Totals « UJM
BOWLING SCORES
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.
Fort Worth Alleys.
| SINCLAIR REF. I PANTHER Ons
| Burgess NT 172 168 Shanks 149 187 168
Claiborne 159 NT 143 Evanson 140 182 166
| Ludvesen 148 165 170 Meals IN 137 139
Kalburer 184 132 1«4 Hurley 156 154 135
Saathoff 144 124 Nt Wyatt 118 149170
Handicap 24 39 29
A feminine wrestling fan
bounced a coke bottle off Chick
Evans’ bead last night at Recrea-
tion Hall and when the Canadian
Setting back until Tuesday of
the Rice game in Houston will'
help the Frogs. They expect to
have a couple of workouts in .
South Texas, which will permit of | grappler failed to crawl back into
some preparation for the tough ’ * “” ~“
Owls.—___J:--
I the ring before 10 seconds bad
elapsed. Jack O’Brien was award-
. ed the feature event on the Fort
Sproles Loses
Initial Joust
Local Club Defeated By
Dallas Dr. Pepper
TTE had plenty of troubles. If
be hadn’t come from Jack
county. I doubt if he could—have-
taken it. Schmidt had four senior
egulars: Lester was the only
Lopbomore So the coach could
but in a lot of time on this young-
Iter. And put in a lot of time
in him he did—such a lot of
time, that Lester went to the
hower many an evening wonder-
Lng if he’d ever amount to any.
hing. ..
In a month, baseball will be
here, basketball having passed
i on. I never saw Lester throw
a ball, but from what Dutch
tells me he can throw one thru
j a plank wall. So, when he
I hangs up the floor scanties and
1 the rubber-soled shoes, this lad
will sharpen the old spikes and
turn himself over to the Dutch-
man again as a pitcher.
E DON’T know what sort of a
" weight man he to. But if it
wasn’t for baseball, I firmly be-
Move this guy could throw abam-
mer or a ill-pound shot plumb
tway. He’s 6 feet 4 inches tall,
perfectly proportioned and weighs
somewhere around 210 pounds in
good condition. That 210 pounds
distributed all the way from
his feet to the top of his head.
He oughtta be a beckuva weight
man.
Special to The Press.
DALLAS, Feb. 8.—Dr. Popper,
local cage club, handed Sproles
Transfer of Fort Worth Its first
defeat in the North Texas Basket-
ball League this season here last
night by winning 39 to 34.
Sproles weakened near the
end of the game and Dallas drew
away to a safe lead.
DR. PEPPER SPROLES
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Haron.c 110 TJohnsen.c T 0 114
Petty.g 5 • 1101 Vausht.s 1 0 0 2
Ravkind.s 1 1 1 31 Wallin.s 1111
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Totals 8 773
HOUSTON AMATEURS
WILL GET TRYOUT
WITH BUFFALO CLUB
By United Press.
TTOUSTON, Feb. 8.—Ten
1 amateurs of Houston
baseball clubs will get try-
outs this spring with the
Houston Buffaloes of the
Texas League.
Plana tor the trials of the
local youngsters were made
at a meeting last night of
the amateur baseball fed-
oration and President Fred
Ankenman of the Buffs.
Worth Athletic Association's rro-
gram.
| Evans fell out of the ring dur-
ing a fistic exchange with O'Brien
and the female fan took advant-
age of the golden opportunity to Randicap
almost realize her ambition of ex-
terminating a tin-ear. The lady
fan escaped before cops inter-
fered.
In the semi-final, Buckshot
Peoples used his boxing tactics to
win over Bailor Barrett. He cool-
ed Barrett with a hard right band
to win tbe match in 11 seconds.
In other matches. Pat Swanson
went to a draw with Oscar Lind-
say and Joe Taylor downed Leo
Kent.
Wogs Are Still
Unbeaten Quint
The Dutchman's Wog bas-
keteers are still undefeated, hav-
ing won a rather easy victory
over Frank Bridges' Texas Mili-
tary College Bulldogs last night
at the Frog field house. The score
was 44 to 19.
Willie Walls celebrated his suc-
cessful hurdling of the mid-term
exams with a good night at cen-
ter, while Sam Baugh and Wal-
ter Roach also found the bucket
easy to negotiate.
The Dutchman will take his
boys to San Angelo tomorrow
night- for a couple of games this
week-end with the junior college
quint of that city. *
CHURCH LEAGUE RESULTS
Arlington Heights Methodist de-
feated Englewood Methodist, 24
to 7, and Rosen Heights Baptist
won over Broadway Presbyterian,
27 to 22, in the Church League
last night.
Ms two leading jockeys at
a Agua Calinte this season are
are Messrs Summers and Win-
tors , , , let’s hope they, are not
riding for a fall... every regu-
lar of the 1924 Notre Dame team,
which boasted the immortal fear
horsemen, is either a prominent
head football coach or assistant
coach ... in addition, Ms sub.
stitutes on the '34 team found
coaching jobs.. sawmors noun, w an mnmwuwve
Max Baer says the hardest Beloit College, Michigan, and
puach be ever took came from George Washington *4---
PACK IN 1906 a Mr. Whitman
D gained cross country automor
bile speed record when he drove
from New York to Frisco in 15
days and a few hours . , , Novel-
let Zame Gray used to be a bet-
ter than fair outfielder with the
Newark baseball club . . . Larry
MacPhali, heed man of the Cin-
dinmati Reds, is an alumnus of
1,,, Mayor
La Guardia now occupies the seat
like the sound of the monicker, _ ____
but their aversion to it was out-Jack Demprey-during a training_____________________
weighed by the lustre of Greasy’s session for the Schmeling scrap at Madison Square Garden that
past record as a ceach .. . ... Bill Terry, New York Giants Jimmy Walker uses to ...
By United Press. 6520
ATLANTA, Feb. &—
and football men from.—
of the nation poured into-
today for the annual mee.
the National Intercollegiate * .
ball Rules Committee and Hr.
visory committees of coaches ”
officials. The sessions will ,
held tomorrow, Saturday, and
possibly Sunday.
Among the first to arrive were
members of the coaches’ advisory
committee. They will huddle to-
night to shape up a few clarifica-
tions la the rules to be presented
to the lawmakers.
Linksmen Start Campaign
Arlington Park
Event Richest
Futurity Will Have Cash
Value of $60,000
By United Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—The third
Arlington Futurity at Arlington
Park next Summer will have a
gross value of approximately $60,
000 and will remain the richest
race, for 2-year-olds in the West,
Secretary Roy Carruthers an-
nounced today.
A total of 280 2-year-olds re-
main eligible for the $25,000 add-
ed event after the second pay-
ment Jan. 15. The third payment
ie due May 15 and the starting fee
to $1,000.
Three Leagues
Active Tonight
Two girls’ eage leagues will
share the spotlight with one
------ —----I man’s loop tonight on a seven-
Totals 847 160 826 Totals 721:788 800 game muny program at Recrea-
STRIPLING Co. W & DENVER, | tion Hall and Central High gym..
Orwtoe** 141 334 144 wiTate 192 103 103 The schedules follow:
For 170 133 159 Rott 112 146 140 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
Maddox 132 161 169 Utley 119 165 136 Men’s Commercial Lescue—Montcomery
Straw 125 125 125 Corbetts 179 151 200 ward vs Universal Mills, 1 p ms Fort
Handicap 43 43 43 " Worth National Bank vs. Horace Cash
--------1 * -----t Grocery, 4 St Fire Department va.
Totals 794 848 861/Totals 746 830 803 Worsham Cleaners s s. m.
===== RECREATION BLILDINO.
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE. Giris Industrial Leasue—Press vs.
__Tavener Alleys,_________Grapevine, 7 s m.: Webb •»- Broad-a)
T-P COAL B OIL CONTINENTAL OIL Baptists, 2 t
Straw - 126 135 144 Boone 181 203 189 e Matt 1-C
Smith 14T 165 163 Wilkinson IN 163 144 dentey Wok RS S 9
Bolin 146 212 IN Prothro 144 144 147 •" Ware vs, Browder 58/710 -
Lewis 153 IN 152 Foster 189135 189 9 p. m _____________________
Pau 134 73 144 Stembere 18% 183 183 I _
Toeal ms.m rotate choma Babe Will Seek
STAR-TELEGRAM EXCHANGE CLUB
summers IM 135 135 Teel 175 134 143
Jewell 156 153 111 Bishop 155 165 147
Fatres 162 144 166 Fleming 164 173 101
Cun ham 182 152 201 Blount IN 147 in
Hall 14T 156 183 Saam 178 184 197
Handicap 6 6 5
_ Total is837135 824 Totals816 809 801
M DERMOTT on. TEXAS co.
Hoelzel 193 143 182 Tolland 170 176 170
Mars 113 157 ITT Bruvere 152 IN 143
Urban 119 171 143 Minkwitz 179 133 143
Elliston 143 143 143 Freeman 169 131 206
Phillips 256 198 190 Kneale IN 181 165
Handicap : 32 32 92
Totals 803 00 844 Total# sui m sis
FAIR MAN’S SHOP 1ST, NATL. BANK
Robbins 159 IN 179 Priddy ITS IN 188
i Jones 185 129 158 Hopkins 160 147 1N
I Barr 113 132 1ST Godwin 165 153 151
Men han 135 153 144 Hendrick 135 161 162
Smith 111 NT 188 Henley 135 185 196
Handicap 3 2 2
Totals 824 814 8701 Totals rm 81
Mrs. Hill Opposes
Orcutt in Go Today
MIAMI, Feb. (.—Mrs. Opal s.
Hill of Kansas City, Mo., the de-
fending champion, led the field
Into the. semi-final round of the
third annual Miami Biltmore
women's golf tournament today.
Mrs. Hill today was opposed to
Maureen Orcutt of White Beeches,
WANTS MORE DOUGH
salt
Links Laurels
Members of the rules commit-
toe themselves, according to all
advance revelations, will have lit-
tie or nothing to offer in the way
of rules changes. The most likely
change—suggested by the coaches
| advisory committee—would bring
J . the ball in 15 yards instead of 10
(vol terc Areve on out-of-bounds plays.
SULLCED €1LIVE A proposal that a forward paae
' into the end zone be ruled as air
For Texas Open
Brilliant Field Tees Off At
San Antonio
incomplete pass instead of a
‘ touchback, except on fourth
down, has met with some favor
‘ but also with opposition. Chair-
, man Walter R. Okeson, of Lehigh
University, favors the change, but
I Coach William A. Alexander, of
By United Press
Georgia Tech, member of the
coaches’ advisory committee, op-
poses it.
Another proposed change, that
of not allowing either team to run
with a recovered blocked kick, has
met with approval and may find
its way into the rule book. It la
| favored by Chairman Okoson and
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 8.—The
Texas Open golf tournament with
one of the most brilliant fields of
professional aad amateur celebri-
ties entered, was scheduled to get
! under way on the difficult Brack-
enridge Park course here today. ______________
The tourney was to start off to-the coaches’ advisory committee.
— day with the pro-amateur event ---------------
1 play competition. Friday and
E thru Sunday the 72-hole cham- T Tons T
pionship medal play competition Local rein LInKS
j will he played.
The list of entries included
practically every outstanding pro-
fessional and amateur golf player
in Texas and many nationally
Outfit Defeated
Fort Worth Women's Golf As-
sociation. losing by a score of 10
I .prominent.
1 Bobby Cruieksbank, one-time
i Texas Open winner, headed the
■ list of professionals, which includ-
■ ed such players as Dick Metz.
Francis Schelder, Francis Me-
■ Gonagili and Bill Robinson, Dai-
h las; Morgan Baker, Houston; Lim
■ male Demaret, Galveston; Tony
■ Butler, Corpus Christi; Dudley
Glenbrook, Houston; George
■ Whitehead, Tulsa; Ed Hester,
■ Brownwood and Oren Williams.
J Henderson.
Denny Shute and Henri Culect,
■ - nationally known pros, are ex- - . .
■ ported 4 tomorrow from Stanfield won one point and lost
■ pected to arrive tomorrow from Mrs. Dan Chandler and Miss Betty
the Pacific coast with the contin-i son. Mrs. R. t Bowen and Mrs.
1 of star golfers who have par. Greene lost three points to Mrs.
I *E €% SIAs WOMTS "DO DAse Per MeAuliff and Mrs Karry Croft. Mr
■ tielpated in the tournaments there
during the Winter.
to 4, yesterday went 10 points
down to its series with Dallas
feminine golfers. The invaders
walloped local golf talent thoroly
on Glen Garden links in the
sixth match of the intercity se-
ries
Betty Jameson, youthful Dallas
star, led the play yesterday with
an 82. Aniela Gorczyca, local
champion, had an 85.
The results. Rating Fort Worth
players first, follow:
Miss Aniela Gorezyea and Mrs. C. E.
Stanfield won one point and lost two U
Jame-
Outstanding amateurs entered
- Include Gus Moreland, Dallas,
a Walker Cup team member; Art
Lynch, New York, and Donnie
s Wendland, state municipal ama
C tour champion.
McAulifr and Mrs Harry Croft. Mrs Max
Whitley and Mrs Windsor Jones lost two
points to Mra W. T, Stafford and Mrs.
Sydney Hurst Mrs. R. P. Sprinkle and
Mrs Hattie Collins won one point and
lost two. to Mrs Ted Dealer end Mr,
George I Stuart Mra. Claude Whalen
and Mra E. L. Chapman won two points
and lost one to Mrs. H. L. Stevenson and
Mra. R R Mizell, Mrs. Otte Morris and
Mra Foster P. Jennings won one point
end lost one to Mra Will Looney and Mrs.
Jack Merritt.
------TIMMY FOXX, slugging Phil-
B7 United Press. ..0 adelphia Athletics outfield.
SPRINGFELP Mass e & er, today was listed as a hold-
out. Fox* rejected his contract,
received Wednesday, and noti-
fled Connie Mack that a 25 per ..
cent cut off his 1988 salary
would not be tolerated:
Mildred “Babe” Didrikson is go-
ing after the national women a
golf titles of America and Eng-
land, she told the United Preee to-
day, just as soon as she bee made
enough money el basketball.
The former amateur title hold-
er in many sporta and etar of the
Olympic Games may have to play
another season to get money
enough to enter golf competition.
She now makes $1,000 a month,
and expenses in a series of one-
night basketban stands, of which
her appearance here last night
was the first in New England.
Ross Gets Easy
Win Over Nebo
“I’m sending it back to you,”
Jimmy told Connie.
Cooper to Play
Golf in Dallas
By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 8.-
An object lesson for fighters
brash enough to think they can
take either of Barney Ross’ titles
ATAYBE he can't throw a ball
WI thru a plank. It is very Dos-
tihle he can’t control that high
hard one or has no curve or
seenge of pace to go with It. But
' he is a good pitcher and gets
1 letter in baseball he’ll be one
of those great naturals we see
irlom—en athlete who made
three real letters in his sopho-
nore year,
ese
I asked him one day how
come him to report in such
| good condition last Fall. He
said he comes of a big. hard-
working family of farmers who
raise a lot of wheat. "My dad
would lick me,*’ he grinned,
“If I couldn’t take a sack of
wheat by the corners, hist it
to the level of the wagon and
empty it with a. flirt of my
wrists."
* * *
(TILL all this column about
VY Lester cause him to get the
swelled head? I don’t think so.
You see he comes from Jack
bounty, where Mike and Abe
Martin and those guys came from
and where there la no place tor
% guy with a swelled head.
50 Ex-T.C.U. Athletic Stars
Are Now Engaged in Coaching
Five Former Frogs Are Mentors in Local Schools While
Christians Also Use Quintet
A recent check by Coach Fran-
cis Schmidt on former Texas
Christian University athletes dis-
closes that at least 80 of them are
engaged in coaching.
Five former Frog stara are
coaching in Fort Worth schools.
Herman Clark and Johnny
Vaught are at North Side High,
with Harios Green, who is teach-
Ing there, lending a helping hand
at times. Luther Scarbrough is
assistant coach at Poly High, and
W. E. McConnell is head coach
at Daggett Junior High.
T. C. U. uses five of her own
graduates on her coaching staff-
L. C. Wright, Raymond Wolf,
Mack Clark, L. C. Meyer and
Walter Knox.
The following list of T. C. U.
grads who are coaching it not a
complete one, but lists those that
present records abow:
Bill Akers, East Texas State Teachers’
College. Commerce: Ed Weems. Abilene
Christian Colima Abilene: Paul Tyson,
Waco: Les Cranfil. Simmons University.
Abilene: Harvey Light, Wentworth Mill-
tary Academy, Lexington, Mo.: Gene Toy-
tor. Brownwood: Harry Taylor. San An-
gelo: Blair Cherry. Amarillo. „
Tricky Ward, Ranger: Frosty Lovvorn.
Longview: Blubber Lovvorn. Sweetwater:
Albert Acker. Borser: Noble Atkins, Me-
Kinney: Bud Eury, White Deer: Mike
Brumbelow and Othel Martin El Paso:
Howard Grubbs, Lufkin; Red Moore, Min-
eola: Buck Barr Kinssville: Roland Oran,
MeAllen: Roy Cochran. Los Angeles, Cell
D
>1 Lowen Parrish,
said. Borger: IM
lis, Marshall: Ben
DALLAS TECH LEADS
DALLAS, Feb. 8.—Dallas Tech
Wolves, twice city cage champs,
today held a safe lead over the
field in the annual Dallas btgb
school basketball race after a 36
to 13 victory over Oak Cliff last
might
FIGHT RESULTS.
AT NEW YORK (Broadway Arena)
Peter Hayes, 125%. Brooklyn, outpointed
Al Roth. 129. New York, (8); Danny Le-
vine, 143%. New York, stopped Freddie
Lewis, 143%, New York, (2).
AT ST. IOUIS—AT Stillman, 173, St.
Louis, decisioned Hans Birkle, 194, Ger-
many. (IS): Baba Davis, 183, St. Louis,
kayoed Scotty Fuller, IN. Indiana. (4),
Marl Thompson. 125, St. Louis, defeated
Santos Delgado. 131, Evansville, Ind., (4);
Joe Red, 149. Little Rock. Ark., knocked
out Jackie Purvis, 154, Indianapolis.
WRESTLING RESULTS.
AT KANSAS CITY-Bob Castle, Fort
Worth, drew with Salor Olsen. Salt Lake
City: Alt Johnson. Daa Moines, defeated
HomerWright, Kansas Cits; Cliff White
defeated Hans Selbert.
BAnLOW LEADS AGGIES
ARLINGTON, Feb. 8. — North
Texas Junior Aggies defeated
Rangers of Waxahachie, 45 to 37,
here last night with Ras Barlow
of Fort Worth leading the attack
with 77 points.
ST. PATA UNDEFEATED
St. Patrick’s trimmed Holy
Name, 33 to 24, last night la
the closing game of tbe Catholic
League to remain undefeated thru
regular schedule play. St. Mary’s
defeated All Saints, 22 to 18.
Harry Cooper, be of the fa-
mous Light Horn, will show hie
golf wares in Dallas on St. Val-
entine’s Day in an 18-hole best-
ball foursome. Paired with Tom
Sockwell, Cooper will match shots
with Jack drout of Glen Garden,
Fort Worth, and George Aulbach,
Dallas.
The match la being sponsored
by the Dallas Women’s Muny As-
roclation at Tenison Park: starts
at 1:45 and the admission will
be four bits.
was provided today by the case
of Pete Nebo of Key West, Fla.
Without working particularly
hard, the Chicagoan retained his
junior welterweight championship
i in a 12-round bout here last
night.
—However, Nebo’s performance
against the lightweight champion
was a great deal better than the
crowd of 4000 expected. A sum-
mary of the official score sheet
gave Koss every round, altho his
margin in no particular round
was very great.
FORT ROMTH BOXERS ACTIVE
DALLAS, Feb. I,—Three Fort
Worth boxers, Marlin' Owens, Je-
die Cason and Junior Coen, will
appear on the Olympic Fight Club
card tonight at • o'clock.
RACE SELECTIONS
By THOMAS NOONE,
Un ted Press Racing Editor.
One Best—Merning Cry." “..
Best Lousshet—Dental Cream
Bert Parlay—By Product and Trstair."
AT FAIR GROUNDS.
One Best—Merning Cry.
1 By Product. Foreign Play Very Well.
200 Forth. Sir Kotler Conservator,
3-Black Song, Risnara, Wire Walker,
4 Morning Cry, Aliena. Lady Tabasco.
6—Pulls. Our Justice, Ted Clark,
6 Dental Cream. Curmudgeon. Singleam.
Hemne Sexton. Athol. Brown Mor
s Fire Resiment. Totem. Gold Mint.
AT TAMPA.
— One Best—OoraorS.
1-Chipois. Bad News Premeditate.
“Quorum. Adobe Post. Mar. ve.
3 Dark Ayr Pan, General Campbell.
4—Nutlet, Pole’s Apart, Bad AM.
6-Dornoch Levant, Marvin S.
6 Ogee. Bun D., Lucky Jack.
1- Fort Dearborn. Spartan Lady, Dark,
lins. '
AT HIALEAH PARK.
One Best—Claremont,
I-Claremont, Hokuso. Fervid.
2—Everslade. Firestone Entry: Ange-
lies. Below Zero.
3Try Fair, The Bailiff, Eseadron.
4—Piety. Gay Joe, Fire Mask.
5—-Smaiiman Entry. Quel Jeu. The
Pelican.
6 —Well Built. Bartering Kate. Inflate.
7-Raccoon, Canon Law, Everfair.
McCormick, Old Giant Star, Called Oddest Character in History
3 3 W * * * w w w -
I Famous Outfielder Missed Easy Fly Ball and Told Manager the Club Needed Practice of Extra-Inning Game .
PEP MARTIN LOOKS
FOR SPEECH; WILL
TALK BEFORE FEMS
Special to The Press.
CUTRIE, Okla., Feb. 8.-
U John Martin, (Pepper to
you), today was searching
for a speech.
Friday night, the former
World Series hero of Cardi-
nal fame trill address the
meeting of the Literary So-
clety of Union Valley,
According to Mrs. Irene
Mots., chairman, “Mr. Martin
can speak on any subject be
chooses.”
By JOE WILLIAMM
Scripps-Howard Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Feb. •.—Mr. Billy
C Murray leaned back in his
chair at a mid-town club and sent
a bluish-gray cloud of smoke bal-
looning toward the gold crested
ceiling.
“Talking of bell players,” he
began—
Mr. Murray is at bis reminiscent
boot talking about bell players. He
used to be one. He to one of the
old guard. He hae run the gamut
of the game from ball player to
owner in both the minora and the
majors. He io a gray haired, thin
lipped authority on the sport and
Ita exponents.
TALKING about ball players,”
L began Mr. Murray, "they are
funny follows—all of them. The
only difference to that some of
them are funnier than others.”
Mr. Murray proceeded to be-
come specific. He recalled this
about this player and that about
that player, indexing each indi-
vidual in the precise classification
to which his degree of oddity
merited. In due time Mr. Mur-
ray settled upon Moose McCor-
mick, the old Giant star, as the
oddest character be over saw on
the ball field.
"1 could never figure that bird,"
he said. "To mo be always was a
constant wonder and mystery. One
of the greatest hitters of all time
and the moot remarkable pinch
bitter the game ever bad, he still
never liked hie work. At leant
he never seemed to. There were
times when he played as if be
bated it.
T FIRST came across him when I
a had the Providence club in the
“Coming to the bench this
other fellow, this Krump-some-
thing sold to McCormick, May we
ought to have some sign, so we should have won by three or four
would know which of us is to SHE R-----— a----
make the play!’ The Moose
pondered this tor a moment. Then
be answered, ‘Why do we need
signs? What difference does it
make which one of us muffs the
ball?’ The guy really meant it,
too.
s o er
MTN the next Inning McCormick
* tripled to left with one out.
Even with all those errors the
the twelfth I was sitting on tbe
edge of the bench in a glowering
rage. Here was a ball game we
runs but was going into extra in- a
nings because ray two smart out- ,
fielders had pulled every bad play
possible.
score was still close. The next
batter hit to deep center. By a
great sprint the Toronto fielder
managed to grab the ball for an
out. McCormick couldn’t get back
to third, touch the bag and start
for home. He tried and was
thrown out at the plate.
“When he came to the bench 1
wee purple. ‘Why didn’t you hold
the bag la the first place,’ I
thundered. ‘You’ve been in base-
bell for yearn now and you do
International League. He gave me
many unhappy hours, he and an-
other outfielder—you probably
nover board of him—his name
was Kruskamper, or something
like that. Moose played center
field and the other fellow- this,
what’s it played left.
“One day in Toronto these two
guys had me on my knees begging
for poison, In the first six In-
nings those two sterling athletes
had just six errors between them. I not know the basic rules of the
They kicked away every chance game.” McCormick took a long
that came their way, la the sixth drink of water. Then he looked
they missed two catches complete- at me consolingly. Don't worry
ly, bells bit right into their hands. Bill. We'll win this one yet.'
They looked ee if they were try-
ing to throw the ball game.
“The fifteenth inning comes 1
and the score is still tied. The 1
other side is terrible, too. It's ;
McCormick's time at bat and he ;
hits one of the longest drives I ,
ever saw anywhere for a home
run. Toronto fails to score in
its half and we win the game on
the Moose's long wallop.
< "As we were walking to the
club house McCormick nudges up
to me, and says," Well, Bill, 1 was
right wasn't 17 We won like I
said we would, didn't we? You
should never worry about such
things, Bill.’
"I was still biasing. Sure wo
won, I said. But we should have
won in nine innings. By now we
should have had our dinners. And
drink of water. Then he looked
at me consolingly. Don't worry
w
“The game went into extra in-
nings. While we were at bat in
then came the knockout. You
know what the big mug gives met
Well he gives me this:
" ‘But Bill, look at all the
aellapracti , ", m/ul MM
admit we need practice."
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