Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 21, 1940 Page: 2 of 18
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BcHctm Sweetwater
Ku Titillst Prospects
^ Thes Sweetwater Golf associa-
tion, through its president, Paul
Comoili, Saturday approved a
*|>lan to bav the entry fee of the
,city's best Junior golfers in the
third ai\Apal West Texas junior
tournament at Big Spring Aug.
■7. 8 and 9.
The event is open to all boys
in West Texas under 21 years
of age. The entry fee is $1, with
free dormitory facilities to all
entries providing they furnish
their own cots and blankets.
A number of Sweetwater jun-
iors entered the tournament last
year, including the two David-
sons, Bobby and Billy, John
•'firadshaw, and others.
On the basis of the showing
See WEST TEXAS Page 5
LEW SIGNED
TO MEET HANK
SEPT. 27
NEW YORK — (UP) — Only
the formality of approval by the
New York boxing commission,
headed by Gen. John J. Phelan,
remains for a return, non-title,
12-round bout between Light-
weight Champion Lew Jenkins
and Welterweight Champion
Henry Armstrong to be schedul-
ed for Madison Square Garden
Sept. 27. Armstrong knocked out
Jenkins in the sixth round of
their fight Wednesday night at
the Polo Grounds.
It was made known that the
commission distinctly disappro-
ves of champion fighting champ-
ions and only gave permission
for last Wednesday's match in
return for assurances that both
fighters would defend their res-
pective titles in New York state.
. Before the return matcli was
See JENKINS Page 5
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Figures Lie—
At Least In
Pennant Chase
Numbers Place Yanks
Way Down Lst, But
They're Near Top
BY HENRY McLEMORE
TP Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK — (UP) — If the
official statisticians are not up
to some prank, and the figures
they are giving out are on the
square, then the most surprising
thing about the current Ameri-
can league race is that the Yan-
kees are as close to the leaders
as they are.
The standing of the clubs as
of breakfast time Saturday
morning have the Yanks in
fourth place, and only 4 games
from the top. That isn't a bad
spot to be in, wllbt with 69
more games to go. But how did
they manage to get so close?
What did they use to win? And
why haven't the Clevelands, the
Detroits and the Bostons pulled
so far away that even the stout-
est sort of stretch run by the
world champions wouldn't be
enough to catch them?
Figures Lie—.Seemingly
These are the obvious ques-
tions after a rundown of the
figures showing the American
league leaders in the various
phases of the game. Take the
individual batting, for example.
The list of leading hitters used
to read like a roll call of the
Yankee hoster, but Joe DiMaggio
is the only New York regular
hitting above the .300 mark. And
he only recently managed to
stagger above the mark that
separates good hitters from poor
ones.
Then there is the little matter
of runs scored.
The Yanks don't have a man
among the leaders, anymore than
they do in the most hits, dou-
bles, triples, or stolen bases de-
partments. All of these depart-
ments are dominated by players
from Detroit. Boston and Cle- j
veland.
Moreover, there isn't a Yan-
kee pitcher with a record that j
entitles him to a place among
tile top twirlers of the league. |
What t Will, Happen?
Still*, as the standings show, j
the Yankees are only a pitch
and putt from the league lead.
What is going to happend when
the Yankees finally start playing
the baseball they are capable of?
And it stands to reason that this
day isn't far off. because hitters
like Rolfe and Keller and Sel-
kirk and Henrich aren't going
to stay in a season-long slump,
any more than pitchers like
See YANKEES Page 5
Touring Glamour Girfe Shoot For
CHICAGO — (Spl.) — The
touring New Orleans Jax Brew-
ers, as nifty a btmch of swifties
as you'll find in girls' softball
circles, figure this is the year
they'll hit the top.
Quarter-finalists in national
tournament last year the Jax
Brewers on the strength of per-
formances to date are being
picked as the team to dethrone
Alameda, Calif., as queens of the
diamond.
Easily the best team in the
south, the Crescent City club is
typical of hundreds of feminine
softball outfits which entertain
with ability few fans imagined
girls could possess.
A review of the Jax talent in-
dicates why the New Orleans en-
try won 53 out of 64 games
last year, and have not lost a se-
ries to any team in more than
three seasons.
Freda t, Savona, 22\v'eat'-old
shortstop, is rated by tourna-
ment officials and rival players
as the greatest girl softball play-
er in the world. Not only is she
hitting better than .400 but
Freda has an arm that is un-1
matched in feminine ranks.
THROWS STRIKES
FROM OUTFIELD
She usually puts on a show
before games, pegging strikes
from the outfield to the plate.
Last year she tossed one from
the deep corner of Madison
Square Garden into the seats be-'
hind the catcher. She also is a
crack basketball player, having
starred for the Rochester Filar- j
ettes, a team that won 108 ;
straight games.
Jean Peck, comely 21-year-old J
hurler, pitched for Cleveland j
teams which won world titles in ;
1937 and 1938. Possessor of blis- j
tering speed and a remarkable
change of pace, Jean won 24
and lost three a year ago and
has won eight and lost one this
year.
Sonny Berger. second most
effective pitcher, is only 19. a.
graduate of Tallahassee Wo ;
men's College and is a former i
Miami Reach lifeguard.
Blanche Soniat, 22-year-old
southpaw first baseman, is the j
Hal Chase among girl first sack- j
ers. She has been an outstand-
ing woman athlete for seven i
years, also exceHing in basket-
ball and track. , • * t\
Tovy Eisler. ais<5- 22* ■. has de-
veloped into the league sensa-
tion this year at second, and
leads the loop in stolen bases.
MOTHER OF TWO
PLAYS RIGHT FIELD
Olympia Savona, younger sis-1
ter of the great Freda, han-1
dies the third base job in a!
manner that makes her the fin-i
est defensive fielder on the team. I
Plenty of Curves—Both Kinds
1
Hfrc arc obvious reasons why
soft hall crown. Tovy Kisler, alio
i In- world's best girl sol'tballer
.lax Brewers of New Orleans are favorites for national girls'
ve, is a sliek second baseman. Freda Savona, below, considered
slides home. I) irotliy 1'IWs is the catcher, Jean Peek, right,
has blistering speed.
First Ballot
Received for #
All-Star Team
D. A. Clark Registers
Choice, Selecting: ^
Turner for Center
The Sweetwater Reporter Sat-
urday received its first ballots
for an entire team of senior col-
lege all-stars to play against the
Green Bay Puckers, national pro
champs, on Soldiers' field, Chi-
cago, Aug. 29.
The ballot was cast by D. Aq
Clark, former mayor, city com-
missioner, and school superin-
tendent, and one of Sweetwat-
er's No. 1 football fans. Natural-
ly, Mr. Clark's ballot included a
vote for Clyde D. (Bulldog) Turg
ner. Incidentally, it was the only
vote added to Turner's total in >
Sweetwater. The Bulldog now •
has 329 home fans pulling for
him in the nation-wide voting
for a starting position on the all (
star squad when it takes the
field for the annual charity
game.
Voting for players ends July
23. Then fans start balloting on
coaches for the all-stars. ^
Mr. Clark's selection for the
all-star starting eleven is as fol-
lows.
Center—Turner, HSU.
Guards—Smith, Southern Cal.,
and Method, Northwestern. v
Tackles—Boyd, Texas A and
M, and Sanders, SMU.
Ends—Kavanaugh, LSU, and
Wenzel, Tulane.
Backs—Cafego, *Tenn., Ken-
nick, Iowa, Sitko, Notre Dame®
and Andrus, Vanderbilt.
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DOCTOR—
(Continued from page 1) ~
pital attendants held little hop<^
for his recovery.
Cleo Parnell, who was arrest-
ed in connection with the shoot-
ing. was held in jail at Mountain
Home. Parnell told officers thak
he was sitting in his automobil"
when the doctor shot at him and
fired in self defense.
Seventeen-year-old June Brad-
ley plays the shortfield. Betty
W^kinnig, left fielder, 18. and the
team's glamor girl, is a graduate j
of Dominican college.
Nora Killian, 17. patrols cen-
ter and is a siege gun at. the
plate.
Lillian Theard, 27-year-old
mother of two children, plays
right field and leads in runs bat-
ted in.
Catcher Dorothy Pitts. 20.
See GLAMOUR Page 5
Lid'll Soon Be Off on Annual
Rockerushers chase for Stale Gridiron Title
Take 2 Games
To Start Chase
of the city softball league race, j
started the second half off last j
week with a pair of victories out I
of two starts.
The Gyp team's two victories j
featured a no-hit, no-run game,!
| served up by its ace hurler,
Alvis Mondy, who got the first
"perfect" game of the season,
and one of the few in Sweetwat- j
er softball annals.
Most of the games during the i
week featured good hurling and j
tight hurling. The only run-away !
win was that turned in by Dr. j
E. A. Dann's outfit over the
NY A girls, the health home las-
sies winning, 26 to 3.
Two other games during the j
week were won by slim mar- j
gins. Nolan Furniture won an \
11 to 9 decision from Starr's j
Sandwich shop, and Magnolia- j
Medico nosed out I.&L Cafe. 12 j
to 11.
In the final game of the week j
Friday night, U. S. Gypsum best- j
ed Gulf Refinery, 8 and 5, with
two of the league's ace hurlers
I tying up in a pitching duel.
Both Fitts of Gulf and Mondy
of Gyp yielded but five hits, but
Mondy was given better support
than Fitts. Only two of Gyp's
eight runs were earned. Errors
figured in all of the others. Gulf |
earned all of its runs.
Mondy fanned 12 of the Refin-
ery batters Fitts got but thrse j
strikeouts.
In an exhibition game Fri-
day night the Sparkplugs defeat- j
ed a National Guard team. 8 and |
Texas interschola.stie league |
heads have a rule that high |
school members cannot begin;
football training before Sept. l,j
which isn't a great many weeks j
away—but before the boys real-
ly get into the harness In prep-
aration for the coming season
there will be thousands of
youngsters, and hundreds of
adults who try to teach them
how to play the game to win
who will be fretting to get this
gridiron business under way.
The initial kickoff of the i940
season will be the annual coach-
ing school at Austin Aug. 5
through Aug. 10 sponsored by
the Texas High School Foot-
ball Coaches' association, which
will be concluded by the an-
nual all-star high school game
between seniors of schools
roughly divided into the north j
and the south.
Sweetwater Represented
Sweetwater is to have a
representative on the "Yankee" |
squad in the person of Audrey j
Gill, all-state and all-district cen-
ter on the 1939 champion Mus-
tang team. Gill will accompa-
ny Head Coach 1 .alira nee Prid-
dy to Austin for the six-day
school. Priddy and Gill are to
be joined in Weatherford by
Assistant Coach Adrian Clark
and the three will journey to,
Austin bv automobile for the j
elinie which is to be climaxed by j
the north-south game Saturday!
night.
Gill, selected on the all-state
team as a center, will be play-
ing on the same squad with
boys who starred on opposing
teams during the red-head's so-
journ in Sweetwater high
school. Some of his former riv-
als will remain as such, since
one of the two great stars of
West Texas, such as Jay Fran-
cis of Midland, will be on the
"Rebel" team.
Meyer To Coach Yankees
Gill and the rest of the play-
ers of the "Yankee" eleven are
to be under the tutelage of Leo
"Dutch" Meyer of TCU, deve-
loper of Sammy Baugh, Sweet-
water. and Davey O'Brien. Dal-
las. Meyer is recognized as an
authority on forward passing
and the materail on the north
squad should prove ideal for
Meyer's famous double wing-
back passing formations. Three
of last- year's finest schoolboy
passers and several highpower- j
ed receivers are on the north's j
roster.
These include Red Maley of
Woodrow Wilson, Ex-Mustang
Coach Ed Hennig's Walton Rob-
erts of Tyler and Buster Roach
iff Masonic Home — tlie passers
—and "Sleepy" Harris of Hfeck-
en ridge and Orville "Telephone"
Post of Waco—the receivers.
Rebels Are Formidable
The "Rebels" are to he in!
charge of Homer Norton of Tex-
as A and M. who develoned the I
No. 1 college eleven of the na-:
tion in 1939. Norton is recog-
nized as a developer of "power" j
plays and to go with his style;
of coaching will be such lumin- j
at;ies of West Texas as big J. R-
Callahan, the crushing fullback
of Wink Wildcats: the fleet Jay j
Francis of Midland, whom Mid-
land fans still contend made the
Bulldogs a greater team than |
the Mustangs of 1939, despite
the fact Sweetwater beat Mid-
land something like 10 to 13 on i
Midland's own field. There will |
be another scat back on the
TOM L. BEAUCHAMP
(Of 7 yter—Formerly ol Pans—
Was Secretary ot Stale in 19 39)
JUDGE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
CANDIDATE FOR FIRST FULL TERM
south s team. He is Travis Raven
of Austin.
The high school all-star game
will pit two teams against each
other, one equipped for aerial
attack and the other drilled in
a running offense.
When Coaches I M iddy and
Clark return to Sweetwater
| they will begin laying plans for
the opening of the pre-season
grid camp at the high school,
: which will have been underway
j nine days prior to the opening
j of the 1940-41 school session.
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