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Goes To Lamesa Club
Dave Ryan, who resigned as
high school coach at Roscoe a
few days ago, has been signed
by the Sweetwater Baseball
Club. Ryan performed for the
Sports last night against San
Angelo for the first time. He
was signed for a 5-day look by
the local baseball club. Ryan is
a former professional football
player.
Calien McPike, Sports' big
right handed pitcher, has been
assigned to the Lamesa baseball
club of the West Texas-New
Mexico League, it was announc-
ed this morning by John Lee-
son, Sports' business manager.
Bill Hannah played third base
for Sweetwater last night, his
first game with the Sports.
Hannah was recently signed by
the Sports from Albuquerque.
He is a big infielder and per-
formed in top style in firsl out-
ing with Sweetwater.
Bill Gann, manager of the
Sweetwater club, was fined $15
bv Howard Green, president of
the Longhorn League. The fine
was due to the umpire incident
in the Ballinger game last week,
when Gann protested the game
in the ninth. According to Presi-
dent Green, "Gann excited the
fans to such a high tension, it
'caused physical attack on the
umpires as rhey were leaving
the game."
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(By I'nlted Press)
The lightweight division has
featured many hard punchers.
But few could stack up to the
cowpuneher from Sweetwater,
Texas—Lew Jenkins.
Lew served a hitch in the army
before turning to boxing as a ca-
reer. And many a fighter who
squared off with Lew later in-
sisted that Jenkins had picked
up his jarring punches from the
army mule.
Once Jenkins pulled • on the
padded gloves he was all busi-
ness. You knew what to expect
—that Lew would start swinging
leather at the opening bell, arid
keep swinging it until something
gave.
Out of the ring Jenkins was
completely unpredictable. One
day he would ride down the
main street, of Sweetwater 011
horseback. The next day, Lew
would be back on a charged-up
motorcycle.
Nothing he ever did surprised
his wife Katie or his manager.
Hymie Caplin. But even they
blinked an eye when he demand-
ed a return fight with Pete Lello
late In 19-10.
In May, Jenkins had won the
Lightweight title by knocking
out Lou Ambers in the third
round. Ambers was a tough lit-
tle guy himself ... a seasoned
ring veteran. He was a l-to-3
favorite. Hut Jenkins didn't go
by the odds. He just handed Am-
bers a terrific beating, and that
was that.
Wife Katie and Manager Cap-
lin couldn't see why Lew wanted
Lello.
Pete was a good lightweight—
there was no denying that. But
Jenkins could draw a bigger gate
with many other scrappers.
Then Katie and Caplin saw the
reason. The answer was re-
venge. Lew once made a vow
that he would lick every man
who stopped him on the way to
the title. And Pete Lello's name
topped that list.
Back in March of 1939, Lello
had stopped the up-and-coming
Jenkins. Now Lew wanted to
get back at Pete. Big gate, small
gate that wasn't important.
Jenkins wanted his.revenge. And
the over-the-weight bout was ar-
ranged.
Revenge
And 14,000 blood-thirsty fans
turned out at Madison Square
Garden just for that reason. To
see Jenkins get that revenge.
Lew wasn't fighting any set-
up. Lello was good. He hadn't
lost a fight since knocking out
Jenkins. Lello came out like a
tiger in the first round. He wad-
ed in and caught Jenkins with
jolting punches. Lello, cjidn't
seem to carry too much regard
for the dynamite in Jenkins'
fists. Late in the round, Lello
tagged Jenkins with a solid right
to the chin. Jenkins backed up
and was content to spare the rest
of the round.
Lello kept shifting around in
his corner, anxious for the sec-
ond round to start. To get at
Jenkins again. Why, this fight
was almost a dream. Pete had
everything to gain nothing to
lose. If he beat Jenkins, he
would be in line for a crack at
the title. If he lost—well, it's
no disgrace to lose to a champion.
On the other hand, Jenkins had
plenty at. stake. Stood to lose
plenty of money if he lost to Lel-
lo. It would hurt future gates.
But Lew didn't think about
things like that. Revenge was
what he wanted and revenge he
was determined to get.
Second Round
Jenkins sprang from his stool
as the second round opened and
charged across the ring. He
threw a right, but Lello blocked
it. Then, before Lello knew
what, was happening, the champ
brought across a whistling left
hook to the chin.
That one punch sent hello
sprawling to the canvas. He
struggled to his feet ai the count
of nine, but still was groggy. Ref-
eree Arthur Donovan was just
finishing his job of brushing
Lello's gloves when Jenkins
charged in like a wildcat, lie
drove a powerhouse right to the
jaw, a left hook and Lello went
down again.
This time, Pete got up ateight.
Now there was no stopping Jen-
kins. He slipped past the ref-
eree and once again charged into
Lello, both fists flying. Lello got
in the way of another right to
the jaw, and down he went, for
the third time.
Most fighters would have been
willing to call it. a night—but not
Lello Again he got up, this time
with only a minute to go in the
round.
The crowd was screaming for
the kill and Jenkins was only
too happy to oblige. A l ight and
a left sent Lello sprawling across
tiie ring. He dropped to the floor,
and this time Donovan didn't
didn't bother counting.
The fight was over. Unpredic-
table Jenkins had risked a for-
tune to get hack at Lello. But
now Jenkins was happy. He had
his revenge, and that was all that
counted.
PHI
TO
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By Bud Wondi&m
STANDINGS
Lougliorn League
San Angelo 11, Sweetwater 7.
Big Spring 7, Vernon 10.
Del Rio 4, Odessa 2.
Midland 3, Ballinger 9.
West Texas-New Mexico
Abilene 6, Clovis 7.
Lamesa 5, Albuquerque 3.
Lubbock 13, Borger 3.
Pampa ?1, Amarillo 10.
LONGHORN LEAGUE
Team W L Pet.
Big Spring 16 9 .640
Ballinger 15 10 .600
Vernon 15 11 .577
Odessa 14 11 .560
Midland 14 11 .560
San Angelo 11 13 .458
Sweetwater 10 14 .417
Del Rio 5 21 .192
West Texas-New Mexico
Team W L Pet.
Pampa 16 8 .667
Borger 14 10 .583
Lubbock 14 10 .583
Lamesa 12 13 .480
Abilene 11 14 .440
Albuquerque 11 14 .440
Amarillo 10 13 .435
Clovis 10 16 .385
GAMES TODAY
Longhorn League
San Angelo at Sweetwater.
Del Rio at Odessa.
Big Spring at Vernon.
Midland at Ballinger.
West Texas-New Mexico
Abilene at Clovis.
Lamesa at Albuquerque.
Lubbock at Borger.
Pampa at Amarillo.
Junior Sports
Win Over Roby
Here Sunday
The Sweetwater Junior Sports
defeated the Roby Red Caps (i to
5 Sunday at Soutbside Park in
a baseball duel.
Playing for the Junior Sports
were: Holbrook, second base;
Stephens, short stop; Gerard
I (manager 1, first base; Reed,
third base; Baxter, right field;
| Bishop, left field; Roden, center
j field; Jones, catcher; and Tucker,
1 pitcher.
The Roby Red Caps lineup:
Charles, pitcher; Coker, short,
stop; Billy King, second base;
I Gais, third base; Warshaw, left
J field; Anderson, right field; Ba-
thon, center field; C. King, catch -
I er; and Wilburn, first base.
San Angelo Colls
Down Sports, 11-7
Trailing 1 to 4 in the first of
the sixth inning. San Angelo's
Colts collected six runs 111 the
sixth frame to win the second of
a three game series from the
Sweetwater Sports, 11 to 7. The
score was the same as Sunday's
contest.
The two teams meet again to-
night to wind up the three-game
series.
I San Angelo 001 060 103 .11 12 2
Sweetwater 201 121 000 7 11 3
Longhorn League
! Del Rio 000 Oi.-C 400 ...4 61
| Odessa 002 000 000 ... 2 4 5
Norton and Frezza: Faccio.
Pi'zybyIski and Kennedy.
Midland 000 011 100 . .382
Ballinger 024 110 01 x .9 12 1
Willenberger and Specht: Mi
I halec and At wood.
! San Angelo 001 060 103 11 12 2
Sweetwater 201 121 000 7 11 .'i
Baker, Guthrie and Mills,
I Jenks: Taylor and 10. Peacock.
J Big Spring 400 100 002 7-17-3
Vernon 304 011 Olx 10 13 2
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Six-year-old Nancy Snider to-
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aside for her education because
two of her daddy's pals haven't
forgotten him.
The money Is part of the purse
won ny "Citation" in the Ken-
tucky Derby. Jockey Eddie Ar-
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in memory of Nancy's dad —
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have ridden Citation in the
Derby if he had not drowned
off the coast of Florida last
winter.
* *
Mel Patton
Southern California's crack
sprinter, Mel Pal ton, who set a
world record of 9.3 in the hun-
dred last Saturday, may be the
world's fastest human. But a
couple of track experts say Pat-
ton isn't so great as some people
say.
Coach Brutus Hamilton of Cal-
ifornia says that while Patton
is a fine sprinter, he definitely
isn't the greatest of all time.
And former Stanford coach Dink
Templeton says the official tim-
ers "were trigger-happy on
their stop watches. Templeton
says he caught Patton in 9.5, not
9.3.
* * *
Jersey Joe Walcott
Jersey Joe Walcott has added
Curtis "Hatchet Man" Sheppard
to his staff of sparring partners
for his return heavyweight title
fight with Joe Louis. Sheppard
was a top contender himself a
short while ago.
* * *
Cliff Bergere
Veteran race driver Cliff Ber-
gere has told Indianapolis speed
way authorities that the death
of Ralph Hepburn yesterday
could have been averted. Hep-
burn was killed when his Novi
special spun and crashed into a
retaining wall at 130 miles an
hour. Bergere—who had an ac-
cident earlier in the week with
the same car—says it should
have been kept off the track.
* * *
Joe Louis
Joe Louis slopped briefly in
his home city of Detroit yester-
day enroute to Pompton Lakes,
N. J., to begin the final phase
of training for his return bout
with Jersey Joe Walcott June
23.
Sporting a five - week - old I
beard, the heavyweight champ- I
ion spent 32 days doing road
work at Bloomingdale, Mich.
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Today In AMteiiO;
lamesa Here Friday
Sweetwater's High School
Mustangs travel to Abilene this
afternoon for a clash with the
Abilene Eagles in a District
3-A A baseball tilt.
The two teams will play in
Blue Sox stadium.
Sweetwater is in third place
in 3-AA. Last Friday they lost
a close one, 3-2, to San Angelo.
The Colts thus cinched a lie for
3-AA top honors. If Odessa
loses to Big Spring today or to
Abilene Friday, the Colts will
win the crown.
The Mustangs have one more
game left after today's clash.
Friday, Lamesa High School
will come here for the final bat-
tle.
Coach B. L. Blackburn of
Abilene announced late Monday
that he would follow the same
policy he has used in recent
games of starting Inexperienced
players and then substituting
the veterans after several inn-
ings. This is done, he explained
in order to give the potential
members of next year's team
some experience under fire.
Qther games today: ,
Big Spring at Odessa, Midland
at Lamesa.
' I * '
GIJTIIIME GETS CREDIT
FOR ANGELO'S WIN
The winning pitcher in last
night's Sweet water-San Angelo
baseball game, was Guthrie of
the Colts.
Guthrie relieved Baker in the
sixth inning. The score at that,
time was 7 to 6 in San Angelo's
favor. Sweetwater tied it 7-all
in that inning with Guthrie
pitching. Since the Colts went
on to win the game, Guthrie is
credited with the win.
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fry al Fair Park last night and
later saw films on fishing and
hunting at the American legion
Hut.
Several different kinds of fish
were served at the dinner by
the Sportsmen. The fish were
caught at Devil's River, near
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Welsh, Edward. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 118, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 18, 1948, newspaper, May 18, 1948; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth283449/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.