Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 253, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1939 Page: 2 of 6
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Adrian Clark has turn-
rtout a good basketball team
Sweetwater high school, one
best in years and years,
i liave one of the best
of going to the finals
district tournament at
tag this weekend of any
rater team of . the last de-
cade br so. With only two sen-
; lorsi on the team, Joe Elrod and
Cecil Voss, the Mustangs should
jveone of the strongest teams
i West Texas next year. El-
rod, the Ponies' leading scorer,
wilt be hard to replace but Clark
wilt have more experienced men
for nearly every position than
he had at the beginning of the
current season.
* * *
Without being critical of
Wayne Olsen, elongated center,
the weakest spot on the team
seems to be at the pivot post—
at least that was the indication
last night in the Pony-Steer
game. But Wayne is a fighter,
he showed more aggressiveness
than any man on the court but
his floor game lacked the
smoothness which experience
gives. Next year Olsen will like-
ly be the Ponies' scoring star.
And Wayne is perhaps the
youngest player on the team—
age will help him do his chores
much better.
* * +
Teams in the district tourna-
ment' bracket with Sweetwater
are potent, but the Ponies' sea-
son record gives the Mustangs
an excellent chance to go to the
finals in the Big Spring event.
If the Mustangs get by Snyder
and Big Spring, they should not
have too much trouble with
either Colorado or Highland.
., * «
Snyder i? not considered as
strong as Hamlin in the lower
bracket and the Ponies have a
pair of wins over the Pipers
this seasoAi Big Spring is fav-
ored to beat Roby and would
become thp opponent of Sweet-
water in line quarter-final if the
Mustangs Should beat the Tig-
ers.
>r*' *e lfc
The veteran Abilene club,
which has plenty of height, is
the pre-tournament favorite. The
Eagles have the most impres-
sive1 record of any of the teams
in the district. Hamlin presents
the most serious threat to the
Eagles in the lower bracket, but
Abilene has defeated the Pipers
by substantial scores in two
previous games.
* * *
Apparently the Oklahoma
Sooners are anxious to avenge
the Orange Bowl loss to the
Tennessee Volunteers Jan. 2.
University athletic directors of-
fered the Vols a S15.000 guaran-
tee for a game in Norman in
becember, but. Major Bob Xey-
land said 'our schedule for the
season is closed." The Volun-
teers seem ready to forget the
bowl victory.
* * *
Seabiscuit was reported to
have pulled up lame yesterday
in the 310,000 Santa Anita han-
dicap, a test of favorites for the
8100,000 derby next month. Do
horses alibi too?
im
M*-r #4.i
Winner of Texas Open Little
Known Golfer Until This Year
of clothes
Ponies Open ^fith
Rush To Run Up
Comfortably Lead
Joe Elrod Bangs 18
Points Through Basket;
Savage Leads Losers
The Mustangs opened with a
rush last night to pile up a com-
fortable lead in the opening per-
iod. but had to hustle all the
way to defeat the Big Spring
Steers 36 to 27 in the final bas-
ketball game for the Ponies
before the opening of the dist-
rict tournament Friday at Big
Spring.
Paced by Joe Elrod, scintillat-
ing forward, the Mustangs took
a 11-0 lead in the first four min-
utes of the game. The Ponies
continued to hit the basket and
at the end of the first half were
leading 24 to 11. Near the close
of the third period the
Steers started closing the gap
and near the middle of the final
quarter were within eight points
of the winners. But that was as
near as the visitors ever got.
Savage, Steer forward, kept
his mates in the game by sink-
ing shots from difficult angles.
He scored 14 of the Steers' points
to take runner-up honors.
Excellent guarding chores by
Headrick and Gill, until the
former went, out on personals,
and Bill Holbert, who replaced
Headrick, held the Bovines'
"crip" shots to a minimum.
The box score:
The Winndhl
Sweetwater
FG
FT
PF
Elrod, f
7
4
2
Voss, f
5
1
0
Olsen. c
0
1
2
Headrick, g ...
3
0
4
Holhert. g
0
0
V)
Gill, g
0
0
2
Totals
G
10
Big Spring
FG
FT
PF
Savage, f
0
2
2
Bostick, f
1
0
2
South, c
0
2
0
House, g
0
1
0
Martin, g
1
0
3
Watson, g
3
0
3
Rowe, g
0
0
1
Totals ...
11
5
11
Officials: Burke and Forrest-
Tech Beats Tempe
Teacher8, 54 to 27
LUBBOCK — (UP) — Rush-
ing jLheir opponents off their
feet in the second half. Texas
Technological college defeated
the Arizona teachers of Tempe
54 to 27 last night.
Teich swept a two game se-
ries with the Teachers and won
its 11th straight game in the
border conference race. Tech de-
feated the Teachers 48 to 33
Monday night.
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Committee To Set
Trqck Meet Date
The Nolan county interscho-
lastic league committee is to
neet Monday afternoon in the
iffice of County Superintendent
Ed F. Neinast, at, which time
he dates for the county inter-
scholastic track and field meet
ire to lie set. The meeting was
'ailed by Dalton Hill, superin-
end^nt of Highland and rliree-
or-general of the league.
Seabiscuit Loses
In Santa Anita Test
SANTA ANITA PARK. Cal.—
(UP) — Neil McCarthy's To-
day, a 6-1 outsider in a three-
horse field, defeated the great
Seabiscuit by two and a quar-
ter lengths yesterday in track
record time for the mile allow-
ance event.
The race marked the 103S
handicap champion's return to
the track in preparation for the
§100,000 Santa Anita handicap,
which he is the favorite to win.
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Basketball Results
L. I. U. 62, Canisius 50.
Fordham 48, Rider (Trenton,
N. J.) 37.
N. Y. U. 44, Brooklyn college
28.
Hillsdale 42, Alma 26.
Lake Forest 55, Illinois col-
lege 34.
Southwestern 40, Emporia
Teachers 37.
Franklin 35, Wabash 31.
Texas Tech 54, Arizona Tea-
chers 27.
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Odessa Stadium
To Be Enlarged
ODESSA — Bids for enlarg-
ing Fly field stadium to a seat-
ing capacity of 7,500 are to be
taken Wednesday night.
Six Texas steel firms are to
bid on the enlargement project.
At present the stadium seats
2,100 persons.
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Odessa Couple Are
Wed In Sweetwater
Peace Justice S. H. Shook late
yesterday united in marriage
William E. Glass and Miss Max-
ine Rushing of Odessa. Following
the ceremony, the couple left for
Oklahoma City and other points
in Oklahoma. •
Middleweight Billy Conn tem-
porarily became t'istiana's.
marked marvel in New York.
Conn entered a hospital in
Pittsburgh for facial repairs.
Touniey Rules
Group To Meet
The rules committee for the
third annual Sweetwater golf
tournament April 13 through 16
is to meet Saturday or Monday,
O. O. Harris, chairman announc-
ed today.
The committee is composed of
Harris, Mose Newman, E. B.
Lovvorn, Ed Lancaster, and Guy
Wilson.
Henry Rogers, general chair-
man of the tournament commit-
tee, has named Boyce Harrison
as starter.
.—u —O.
Work Advances
On Big Airport
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M. —
(UP) — America's largest air-
| field—in point of size—will be
I opened for service here next
month, marking the first phase
of development of what may
become the world's largest air
port and the key to American
aerial defenses west of the
Rocky Mountains.
The new municipal airport!
laid out on a wide plateau will
have two runways more than a
mile long, but the projected
development of the landing
field will envision a seven-mile
runway, more than twice as
long as any airfield runway in
the world today.
The new airport is being de-
veloped chiefly for commercial
use and will supplant the air-
port now in use.
While no commitments have
been made by military authori-
ties as to ultimate use of the
airport for defense purposes,
here are points of strategic im-
portance in the new develop-
ment:
The airport lies more than 600
miles inland from the nearest
coastline and is 250 miles from
the nearest point on the Mexican
border.
The landing and take-off con-
ditions will permit operation of
the largest types of bombing
planes in use today, with a fly-
ing range extending to the Pa-
cific Coast and deep into Mexico.
The topography on all sides
of the airfield is ideal both for
airfield operation and for set-
ting up anti-aircraft emplace-
ments. with Sandria range to
the east' and the Oso ridge, 100
miles to the west, running south-
ward from the 11,000-foot sum-
mit of Mt. Taylor to the west.
The airport will be within
easy protective range for the
ammunition dump at Gallup, N.
M., about 120 miles west, which
is the largest in the United
States. *
Sweetwater Has
Excellent Chance
To Go To Finals
Roby, Big Spring, Snyder,
Colorado and Highland in
Same Bracket With Ponies
Sweetwater drew the Snyder
Tigers, a fairly tough-foe, in
the opening round of the dist-
rict 5 basketball tournament in
Big Spring Friday. However, the
Ponies have the best chance in
years of going to the finals in
district play.
In the upper bracket with
Sweetwater is Roby, the Lions
drawing Big Spring in the first
game. Two byes in the opening
round shunted Colorado and
Highland into the second round,
pitted against each other.
Aliilcnc In Lower Bracket.
In the lower bracket is Ham-
lin vs. Girard, Ovalo vs Abi-
lene and a couple of byes which
put Peacock and Forsan into
the second round against each
other.
Of the twelve teams in the
district tournament, Abilene has
the most impressive record for
the season. The Eagles have lost
only five games, four to high
school clpbs and the fifth to
the House of David semi-profes-
sional "barnstorming" outfit.
Snyder went to the semifinals
in an invitation tournament at
Big Spring, being eliminated by
Lamesa. Roby is an unknown
factor, but Big Spring is not ex-
pected to face too strenuous a
test here. Sweetwater has two
wins over Colorado. And High-
land is an unknown quality.
Forsan May Hit Eagles
Forsan is expected to go to
the semifinals in the lower
bracket with Abilene. Hamlin
will not likely be extended in
ts game with Girard of Stone-
wall county. Ovalo has a pretty-
strong club but can hardly ex-
pect to get by Abilene. Forsan
may find some fair competition
from Peacock, but the Bisons us-
ually have a pretty strong cjun-
tet.
Soaring to New Vault Record
X
Displaying smooth form without, a hitch, Cornelius Warmer-
dam. San Francisco Olympic Club pole vaidtcr, soars over the
liar at 11 I'eet (i l-H inches for a new world indoor record at
the Boston A. A. track meet.
Roper-Louis Bout
Set For April 18
NEW YORK — (UP) —Ar-
rangements were completed to-
day for Joe Louis to defend his
heavyweight champions hip
against Jack Roper in Los An-
geles on April 18.
It was just a coincidence
that Mike Jacobs and Tom Gal-
lery, who will promote the af-
Landers Maintains
League Scoring
Individual scoring honors,
which run through the season
and not by halves as the team
standings are figured, to date
are:
fair, selected tin 32nd anniver-
sary of the San Francisco earth-
quake for Louis' first west coast
title defense.
The fight will be held in Wrig-
ley field, which will be arranged
to seat 40,000. Gallery, who ar-
rived from Los Angeles today,
said ticket prices would range
from $2 to $10 and that he expect-
ed a gate of "at least $200,000".
Contracts will be signed tomor-
row and Louis will go to the
coast soon and do his training
in the Los Angeles Olympic aud-
itorium.
CHICAGO — (UP) — Easy-tee
going Dutch Harrison, leading
money winner of the winter
golf circuit, has a lot in com-
mon with Uncle Tom's Topsy—
they both "just growed."
Like Sam Snead, he burst into
the big time with little warning.
Until then, he had only one real
backer in Horton Smith, and
his prized trophy was a new
suit of clothes for a record 07
in last summer's Chicago open.
Dutch did his early growing
down in Arkansas where Smith
first spotted the natural ability
in the former caddy. Smith
brought Dutch to Chicago and
he eventually became assist pro
at Horton's home club in Oak
Park, 111.
The new job almost ended
Dutch's growing. He was in such
demand as an instructor he
couldn't find time to practice,
although he finished well up
among the leaders in all the
tournaments around Chicago.
"He finally got going in the
last Chicago open," said Harry
Radix, donor of the Radix tro-
phy which formerly went to the
year's lowest scoring profession-
al. "He led the field with a 67
the first day but a thunderstorm
in the afternoon forced the of-
ficials to cancel all first round
scores. He had a bad round the
next day and finished well be-
hind Snead's winning total, but
from then on he was serious
about his golf."
That 67 tied Walter Hagen's
competitive record set 11 years
before. The tournament commit-
pitched in a suit
for the gallant try.
Began Winning This Year
Since Jan. 1, Harrison has
scored victories in Bing Cros-
by's tournament and the Texas
open He lost a playoff to Dick
Metz, another Chicagoan, in the
Oakland tournament and finish-
ed third at. Phoenix. All this
has netted $3,601.50 in 43 days,
considerably more than he won
all last year.
The folks in Oak Park like
Dutch. I.ike Horton Smith, who
has retired as club professional
in favor of his brother, Ren, Har-
rison is tall and quiet and friend-
ly. He is an excellent teacher
and has engineered an unexpect-
ed boom in the last two years.
"Harrison has every shot in
the bag," Radix said. "He has
power off the tees and great ir-
ons. Possibly he can't putt as
well as Horton Smith, but he
is steady on the greens. Looks
like that's enough to win for
him."
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE-
Without Calomel—And You'll Jump Out Mia
the Morning Rario' to Co
The liver should pour out two pound! of
liquid bile into your bowels daily. If this blla
is not flow ing freely, your food <Joesn't digest.
It just decays in the bowels. Gas bloats up
your stomach. You get constipated. Your
whole system is poisoned and you feel eour
sunk and the world looks punk.
A mere bowel movement doesn't get at
the cause. It takes those good, old Carter's
Little Liver Pills to get these two pounds
of bile flowing freely and make you feel
"up and up." Harmless, gentle, yet amaz-
ing in making bile flow freely. Ask for
Carter's Little Liver Pills by name. 25 cents*
Stubbornly refuse anything else.
At The
Theatres
LARGE CAST WITH
FLYNN, BUTTE DAVIS
Errol Flvnn and Bette Davis
head the cast of "The Sisters",
adapted from Myron Brinig's
novel and presented today at the
Ritz.
Others in the cast are Anita
Louise, Jane Bryan, Ian Hunt-
er, Donald Crisp, Beulah Bondi,
Henry Travel's, Alan Hale, Dick
Doran, Patric Knowles, Lee
Patrick and Harry Davenport.
Flynn plays a wandering
newspaper man married by the
oldest sister, Miss Davis.
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Art Exhibits To
Be At Abilene
Of interest to West Texas art
| lovers is the exhibit of 37 oil
paintings by Southern artists
| Feb. 1!) through March 1 at the
West Texas Museum, in Abilene.
■ Portraits, landscapes, still life
i and flower studies, collected by
the Southern States Art Lea-
gue of New Orleansv will be
shown. ''
Texas artists are to exhibit
their paintings in a three-day
show at the museum March 5-8.
A total of 17 oils, stills, etc. is
to be shown. The show is a
portion of the All American
Art Exhibit displayed last
summer jn New York.
Both exhibits are sponsored
by the act unit of Woman's
Forum in Abilene.
FREDDY BARTHOLOMEW
ARDENT STAMP FAN'
After Freddy Bartholomew j
finished work on 'Listen, Darl- j
ing', current film at the Texas i
theatre he set up a system of j
stamp exchange with his fans in
far away countries.
Bartholomew, despite his
youth is an ardent philatelist and
possesses one of the lai'gest
stamp collections in Hollywood.
Fans in North Borneo, Bombay
and New South Wales have
made his collection from those
countries unusually good.
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Lewallen Is Fined
$100 In Fraud Case
John J. Lewallen was
fined S100 and costs in Judge S.
H. Shook's court this morning on
a charge of swindling with a
worthless check. Lewallen was
returned here yesterday from
Amarillo by Constable N. D.
Reeves. The fine and costs total-
ed SI53. Lewallen is alleged to
have given a $10 worthless check
to C. A. Wade several months
ago.
Hobbs Girls And
Boys Fives Lose
By Mrs. Xcwsotn Bonner
HOBBS — The Hobbs
and boys basketball teams
ed Capitola Thursday, both
teams being defeated.
Mr. and Mrs. Xcwsom Bonner
spent the weekend in Pyron
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bart. Harmon.
Mrs. Adell Simmons is con-
fined to her bed this week.
Miss Helen Ruth Simmons
was the Monday night guest of
iVliss Florene Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams
were business visitors in Sweet-
water Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Westfalt
Visited Sunday in the county
line community.
Post visitors in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Merit Rup were
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rup.
Kentucky Derby
Entries To Close
LOUISVILLE — (UP) —More
than 120 nominations are ex-
pected to be made to the 65th
Kentucky derby when the books
are closed at midnight today.
Tom Young, superintendent of
the American Turf association
racetracks, said today. The der-
by will be run Saturday, May 0.
State Aid Chief
Gets Prison Post
AUSTIN' — (UP) — Chief
Justice C, M. Cureton of the Tex-
as supreme court nominated
Adam Johnson of Austin as a
member of the state pardon
board to succeed Bruce Bryant
who will become an assistant
attorney general tomorrow.
Johnson had been director of
relief for the state.
For ~i Yearn Vicks Advertising hns lent paused upon by a Hoard of Physicians.
ESCAPE"* MISERY OF COLDS
Um specialized medication
for nose and upper throat
where moat colds start
Helps Prevent Colds Developing-Don't
wait until n miserable cold develops.
At the very first warning sneeze,
sniffle, or nasal irritation-put. a few
drops of Vicks Vn-tro-nol up cach
nostril immediately. Used In time,
Va-tro-nol helps to prevent the de-
velopment of many colds.
VlCKS ^
Va-tro-nol
• 0s 9rt in iniif" than any ether^
Clears Stuffy Heart, Too-Even when
your head is all clogged up from a
neglected cold. Va-tro-nol brings
comforting relief. It quickly clears
away the clogging mucus, reduces
swollen mem-
branes. helps
to krep the
sinuses from
being blocked
by tlic cold
lets you
breathe again.
rta its tingling
mcdicilion go to woik
TJTA,. Smwdi^
. . . Late again in leaving for
work. Can't we ever have
hot water in time for me to
shave in the morning?
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... I have told you time
and again that we need a
new water heater, but you
said the one we have is good
enough.
TIVl.
. . . Well, it is and if it were
lighted at the proper time I
would have hot water for
shaving each morning. Be-
sides a new one costs too
much.
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... We would not have to
bother about lighting a new
heater for it works automatic.
Gas Company salesman
was here yesterday and of-
tered a trade-in allowance
on our old heater and said
monthly terms are so small
we'd hardly miss the money.
and home runs smoother!
Of course, when Mr.
Smarty found out the
special monthly terms and
the extra convenience oi
an automatic hot water
heater he was quick to
make a deal with Gas
Company salesman. Now
he is off to work on time
each morning and his
practical wife's household
work is made lighter.
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automatic ?as water heater it
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