Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 201, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954 Page: 2 of 20
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Andre, Kellert Get
Texas Loop Awards
As Most Valuable
FORT WORTH, Aug. 26 —UP—
Frank Kellert and John Andre
were named player and pitcher qf
the year in the Texas League by a
poll of sports writers and an-
nouncers Wednesday.
Kellert, who has played every
inning of San Antonio's 146 games
this season, was a strong first
place choice while Andre barely
squeezed out Fort Worth's Karl
Spooner in the pitcher's race.
Kellert leads the circuit in runs
batted in with 131 is a 29-year-old
veteran of three previous Texas
League campaigns. Andre toiled j
243 innings in 31 games—16 of j
them complete—and chalked up an
earned run average of 3.11 while 1
posting an impressive 19-8 record.
Both players will be awarded
plaques and $100 checks at a date j
and site to be picked by their
home clubs.
Ken Boyer of Houston was run-
ner-up to Kellert and only three
other players figured in the voting.
They finished in this order. Les
Fleming of Dallas, Don Blassin- J
game of Houston and Ed Mickel-
con of Shreveport.
Only five pitchers were in the
running. Besides Spooner. who j
leads the loop in strikeouts with j
242 they were John Jancse of San
Antonio, third, and Luis Arroyo of
Houston and Vicente Amor of Okla-
homa City, tied for fourth.
Joe Frazicr of Oklahoma City !
was the 1953 player of the year, !
while Don Fracchia of Beaumont |
took down the pitcher award last
year.
Spuds Commit Ten Errors;
Lose To Potash ers, 19-2
By MURRAY FORSVALL
Sports Kdltor
Sweetwater's Spudders commit-
ted a horrendous total of ten errors
and the Carlsbad Potashers took
advantage of them and a 17-hit at-
tack to pile up a lop-sided 19-2 vic-
tory over the hometowners at
Sportsman Park last night.
The only bright spot In the entire
game for the Spudders was Char-
ley Tuttle's lead-off home run in
the ninth. It was the Spud outfield-
er's 17th four master of the year.
At 8 p.m. tonight, the Spud-
ders and the Potashers play
again at Sportsman Park to
wind up a two-game set. Ralph
Burns (7-2) is the probable
starter for the Potashers and
either Ollie Ortiz (7-14) or
Donz Stevens (0-8) will go to
the mound for the Spudders.
Bob Abshire started for the Spud-
ders and had his curve ball break-
ing nicely and his control near per-
fect but he fell victim to inept
fielding by his teammates. It was
Bob's 13th defeat against a single
triumph.
Carlsbad got its first two tallies
in the second. Ike Jackson singled
and scored when Spudder right-
fielder Fred Blair misjudged Duke
Henderson's fly ball and it sailed
over his head for a triple. Hender-
son scored moments later when
J n Stack flew out to center.
'the Spudders closed the tally to
2-1 in the third when Salty Cope-
land doubled to right center and
scored on A1 McCarty's triple to
deep center field. The locals left
a total of fifteen men on base in
the first four innings but only scor-
ed that one time in the third.
The Potashers put it away in the
2 Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Thursday, August 26, 1954
Favorites Ward, Patton
Ousted In Amateur Golf
GROSSE POINTE, Mich., Aug. ing for the 11th time to win this
26 UP— Muscular Frank Stran- ] big one. He came close in 19o0
ahan of Toledo, Ohio, teed off in when he carried Sam Urzetta 39
the fifth round of the U. S. Ama- j holes in the championship round
teur golf tournament Thursday | before bowing. But that was the
thinking this might be his year to j only time he reached the finals
win the one major amateur title : ~
that has escaped him.
ROYAL SECRET
In England, the making of ice
cream once was a royal secret.
So well was it liked by Charles
I that he poisoned his cook to
keep it a secret for the exclusive
use of the royal household.
Simmer iish instead of boiling it
rapidly to preserve food value and
flavor.
%
Twlsl it...twirl it..!
k nd it... curl it.
BOB POPE Marring in
Paramount Pictures'
"CASANOVA'S BIO NIGHT"
No matter what you do, the
Van Heusen Century collar
always pops bark into itt
trim, neat nhape. That's be-
cause it's trotmil in 1 piece to
fit the curve of your neck
perfectly. To launder, just
iron the collar flat . . . flip it
.. . and it folds perfectly be-
cause the fold line's uwen in
for keeps! These fine shirts
last far longer, yet cost no
more than ordinary shirts!
White
Carlsbad (19)
One of 16 survivors of two tor- Dieppa, ss
rid rounds Wednesday in which co-: Hardy, 2b
The 32-year-old Stranahan is try- favorites Harvie Ward Jr. and Bil- p. Osorio, rf .
| ly Joe Patton both were ousted, ] Jackson, c
I Stranahan faced recent all Amer- j Valdez, c ...
l ican Amateur winner Arnold Palm- Gholson, 3b
er of Wickliffe, Ohio, in an 18-hole j Henderson, If
By UNITED PRESS
LONGHORN LEAGUE
] test Thursday morning.
j Besides the Stranahan
: match, other man-to-man encoun-
I ters in the top bracket sent Jim-
my McGonagill of Shreveport
j against crooner Don Cherry of
i Wichita Falls, Tex., Edward Meis-
Team
W
L
Pet.
GB
Artesia
86
40
.683
Roswell
79
47
.627
7
Carlsbad
78
49
.614
S'/i
Midland
73
54
.575
13*2
Big Spring
63
61
.508
22
Odessa
51
75
.405
35
San Angelo
47
80
.370
39 Vz
Sweetwater
27
98
.216
58 Vi
Wednesday's Results
Big Spring 13. Odessa 3.
Midland 8, Roswell 7.
ArtesiaFRA FRAF FRAFR1RA
Carlsbad 19, Sweetwater 2.
Thursday's Schedule
Roswell at Midland.
Carlsbad at Sweetwater.
San Angelo at Artesia.
Odessa at Big Spring.
WEST TEXAS-NEW MEXICO
Glenn Johnson of Grosse lie,
Mich., and Bill Campbell of Hunt-
ington, W. Va.. against Edward
Martin of Winchester, Mass.
In the lower bracket, Davis Love
of El Dorado, Ark., met Wilson
Barnes of Chappaqua, N.Y.; John
Culp Jr. of Kendallville, Ind., faced
Dr. Ted Lenczyk of Newington,
Conn., Dale Morey of Indianapolis,
Ind., opposed Ray Taylor of
Greensboro, N. C., and Edward
Merrins of Meridan, Miss., tested, Carlsbad
Robert Sweeny of Port Washing- j Sweetwater
Cats Haven't Hissed
Playoffs SHue 1941
But Might This Year
By UNITED PRESS
The Fort Worth Cats were still
alive and scratching Thursday but,
unless a minor miracle occurs, it
looks like the Cats will finish in
the Texas League second division
for the first time in 13 years.
Not since 1941 has a Fort Worth
club missed the Shaughnessy Play-
offs and this is the best record of
any Texas League club in that pe-
riod. In fact, no other team has
been able to finish among the top
four every year since the league
started up again in 1946 after three
years of inactivity during World
War II.
Wednesday night's 8 to 7 win
over Oklahoma City left the fifth-
place Cats four and one-half
gajyies from fourth-place San Anto-
nio, which split a doubleheader
with Beaumont, 2 to 5 and 9 to 5.
But the hill Fort Worth must climb
looks like Pike's Peak with less
than two weeks of play remaining
on the schedule.
In other games, Dallas knocked
Tulsa out of a tie for fifth into
sixth by beating the Oilers 5-3 in
10 innings, and Houston and
league - leading Shreveport split
two, the Buffs winning the opener
6-5 and the Sports taking the night-
cap 4 to 3 in 10 innings.
Fort Worth used the home run
ball to beat Tulsa as Frank Mar-
chio and Roy Hartsfield accounted
for half the Cats' eight runs with
over-the-fence blasts. Marcio's
was a three-run homer in the sixth
inning that sent Oklahoma City
starter Pete Taylor down to the
defeat.
Buzz Clarkson's 36th homer of
the season with A1 Stringer on base
11 in the 10th nining gave Dallas its
0; win over Tulsa. Joe Macko had
0 homered for the Oilers and Jodie
0 ' Beeler for the Eagles earlier in the
— game.
Totals 49 19 17 27^13 2 Tulsa got only eight hits off Hoy
Sweetwater (2)
fourth when they tallied eight big
runs on six hits and three Spudder
errors. Thirteen men came to bat
in that frame.
Pedro Ororio doubled to open the
inning, Ike Jackson walked, and
then Goldy Gholson struck out and
Henderson flew out. However,
Stack beat out a roller to shortstop
John Wingate and that let the flood
gates open.
Not until Henderson came up a-
gain did the Spudders get another
man out. Between that time Elias
Osorio doubled, Don Hartidge was
on by error, Raul Ditppa doubled,
Oliver Hardy was safe on error,
Pedro Osorio singled for his second
hit of the frame, Jackson singled,
and Gholson was on by the third
Spud error of the inning.
The game was strictly no contest
after that. Carlsbad added three
more against Abshire in the fifth
and continued the assault against
Pedro Moreno for two tallies in
each the sixth, seventh, and ninth
innings.
Henderson had three triples for
the Potashers while Pedro Osorio
had five hits and brother Elias
clouted a double and a triple.
For the Spudders, Tuttle had a
single and his home run and Joe
Spencer cracked two singles.
The defeat marked the ninth
straight loss for the Spudders and
was their 26th loss in the last 27
contests.
AB R H PO A E
Stack, cf
Palmer I E. Osorio, lb
Hatridge, p .
. .6
.6
.6
. 2
.3
. .5
. .6
.5
. .6
. 4
1
2
4
2
4
1
5
1
0
2
3
1
0
3
0
1
2
3
3
1
0
1
3
0
2
7
1
0
1
3
BIG WINNERS—-Johnny Antonelli of the Giants, left, and the
Phillies Robin Roberts are the National League's top victory-
getters. Both are cinches to break into the 20-game circle. (NEA)
Indians' Bench Playing
Top Part In Flag Drive
By UNITED PRESS .working margin in the first two in-
The Cleveland "bench" is fixing ! nings. .
things so that the Yankees' pen- • The lied Sox, scoring all then
nant chances are hardly worth fi J runs in the fifth inning, overcame
wooden nickel any more. ' a three-run deficit to beat the li-
"I can't praise the fellows on our j gers 5 to 3 and climb within one
bench enough," Manager Ai Lopez ! percentage point of fourth place.
- . - « t i rm 1 t-v 1.1 . 1 lllll.. — . ...„11. rprtrl lafll
Wingate, ss
Spencer, lb
Tuttle, cf, 2b
McCarty, 2b .
Ortiz, If
Robbins, If, rf
a—Looney ..
Blair, rf
Moreno, p
Turner, c
Abshire, p, cf
Totals
. -1
. 3
. .5
. 4
. 2
. 2
. .4
. 1
. 2
. 2
. 5
. 4
38
R
H
PO
A
E
0
1
1
3
3 1
0
2
8
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
5
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1 J
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 ■
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
0 1
0
1
4
1
0
Team
W
L
Pet.
GB
Clovis
69
50
.580
Pjjmpa
69
51
.575
Amarillo
62
56
.525
6'/2
Abilene
57
60
.487
11
Plainview
56
62
.475
12''2
Albuquerque
56
66
.459
1412
Lubbock
54
64
.458
li<&
Beaumoijt pitcher Jim Brosnan
stopped Sail Antonio with three hits
in the seven inning opener, but the
Missions came back to win the
second game on Vachel Perkins'
seven-hitter in nine innings.
John Andre of Shreveport — the
pitcher of the year — went after
his 20th win in the second game
against Houston Wednesday night
but didn't get it. Joe Piercey, who
2 10 27 7 101 relieved Andre in the 10th, got
020 832 202—19 ; credit for the win when Buff pitch-
001 000 001— 2 er Luis Arroyo wild-pitched the
ton N Y RBI—Hardy, P. Osorio 2, Ghol- j winning score across the plate.
At stake were berths in Thurs- j son 2, Henderson 2, Stack 2, E. i
day afternoon's 18-hole quarter-fi- j Osorio 3, Hatridge, Tuttle, ", . . , __ . .
cut ssfsfjs&tt! F&J&r* rffiss i ^nea rned J °Jy
stranahan, .ho , i&Wa Squeezes Midland
csnur* jskvss By fWe 11,8-7
day belonged to Morey, the 1953 i Carlsbad 7. Sweetwater . ^
runner-up; Campbell, who finished I Hatridge 5, Abshire 1. ^ O " f By U
second in both the British and Ca- ridge 6. Abshire 4 Moreno 1 H&R ; An unearn
Doubles by Billy Consolo, Ted Wil-
liams and Jackie Jensen were the pretty much of a back seat.
Templeton Says US
Losing Dominance
In Track And Field *
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26 -UP
— Unless there is a great rekin-
dling of spirit in the American
track and field ranks. United
States will lose its world domin-
ance in the Oympic games—pos-
sibly in 1956, but no later than 1960.
So says famed Dink Templeton,
head coach of the San Francisco
Olympic Club, former Stanford
coach and now a radio sports com-
mentator.
"Constantin Adrianov of Russia
comes pretty close to hitting the
nail right on the head when he
said that the U.S. world superior-
ity in track and field is a thing of
the past," said Templeton.
"If we continue on our present
lethargic way, we will be a cinch
to lose in the 1960 Olympics. I
said that after watching the Rus-
sians perform in the 1952 Olympics
at Helsinki.
Reds Have Perfect Form
"1 don't know where they got it,
but they had perfect form; and
their technique was damned good.
They really had it. Russia has
very good men in everything ex-
cept the sprints."
Templeton pointed out that at the
recent meeting of the Internation-
al Olympic Committee there were
29 world records approved. Of
these, only one was an American
record — Bud field's javelin toss.
"There seems to be a slight re-
kindling of track and field spirit
in the high schools," said Temple-
ton, "but, except for a few major
meets, the sports seems to take
"We can't get on the sports
pages without a big-time meet. I
would say we have a general ap-
athy on the part of the public as
and field is con-
big blows in the five-run fifth. Wil-
lard Nixon gained his 10th victory
while Steve Gromek was charged
with his 14th setback.
A volley of five homers by the j far as track
Dodgers buried the Kedlegs under : cerned."
a 13 to 2 count and enabled them ; The U. S. Olympic Committee
of the Indians declared Thursday
"They've done a wonderful job all
season and without 'em, we might
have been sunk."
There's no question that the In-
dians would have been sunk
Wednesday night had their bench
reserves failed them against the
Athletics. ,
But Bill Glynn, who went in to j to move within 3 1-2 games of the and the AAU should be laying
play first base in the eighth in- j National League lead. Rain post-
ning, drew a walk off southpaw Al j poned the game between the pace-
Sima to open the 10th and then, j setting Giants and Cubs.
after two were out, reserve catch- j Five Dodger Home Runs
er Hal Naragon, who also had en-1 Gil Hodges and Rube Walker
tered the game in the eighth and ; each hit two homers for Brooklyn
had appeared in only 38 contests j ewhile Carl Furillo hit one. In addi-
previously this season, tripled to tion to raising his home run total
plans to keep our athletes in tip-
top condition for the 1956 meet at
Melbourne, Australia, Templeton
believes.
"Instead of that, we are going
to hold the try-outs in July. Then,
those who make the team are go-
ing to be put on their honor to
to 34, only three less than Willie keep in shape until the Melbourne
Mays of the Giants, leader in that; meet in late November and De-
department. Hodges also drove in cember," says the outspoken
three runs to increase his total to coach.
100 RBIs. Competition Necessary
; Stan Musial, with three hits in i "What an athlete needs to keep
of the year, kept Cleveland 4 1-2 , fjvp (].jos j0ok over the league bat- I in condition is competition. There
games ahead^ot the \ ankees, who unf, |ea(] Vvith a .347 average as the j should be more meets planned for
Cardinals took over fourth place the fall months to keep our boys
by one percentage point with a lop- j ready for the Australian Olym-
sided 13 to 0 victory over the Pi- pics."
rates. Rookie Gordon Jones hurled And Templeton says that as far
a five-hitter for his second victory j as he can see there seems to be
while his teammates collected 16! no interest in women's track and
drive in Glynn and give the Tribe
an uphill 4 to 3 victory over
Philadelphia.
Cleveland Keeps Lead
The victory, Bob Lemon's 19th
defeated the Orioles 5 to 1.
Three Yankee homers, plus a I
three-hit pitching effort by Ed Lo-
pat, combined to hand the Orioles j
their 14th setback in a row. Yogij
Berra hit his 17th homer and Hank
Bauer and Irv Noren each hit his | including Joe Cunningham's j field in this country.
10th to account for all but one of j njnt|1 homer
the Yankees' runs. Bobby Young's j Mjlwaukec edged Phi
fourth-inning homer was the only
run allowed by Lopat, who achiev-
ed his 11th conquest.
Wednesday's Results
Plainview 8, Abilene 6.
Pampa 4, Lubbock 3.
Albuquerque 6, Clovis 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
UNITED PRESS
ned run in the 10th in-
nadian Amateur this year; Cherry,:-Abshire 11 for 31 in 5 Moreno 6 rung enabled the fourth - place
the balding night club singer who ^6 in 4. HP-by Hatridge (BUir). Midland Indians to squeeze by the
won the 1953 Canadian Amateur, PB-Turner. Balk-Abshire. Win- second - spot Roswell Rockets 8-7
ner—Hatridge <5-1). Loser—ad- j in a Longhorn League game at
shire <1-13). U—Sample and Cook, j Midland Wednesday night.
I and Sweeny, a former British Am-
' ateur champion.
-2:10.
Morey. 33, and Campbell, 32, j ^
| won both their third and fourth j
| round matches by identical 1-up i
i Team W L Pet GB margins. Morey put out Lloyd Rib-
j Cleveland 89 35 .718 ... I ner of White Plains, N. Y., and!
New York 85 40 .680 4'/2 | John Garrett of Houston in suc-
I Chicago 82 45 .646 8% j cession with his struggle with Gar-
I Detroit 55 69 .444 34 ! rett carrying 19 holes. Campbell
| Boston 54 68 .443 34 ! downed Pat Schwab of Dayton,
j Washington 51 71 .418 37 j Ohio, and Frank Stevenson of Sa- j Musial, St. L.
| Philadelphia 41 82 .333 47M: j vannah, Ga.. in the regulation 18 j snider, Bklyn
Baltimore 39 86
LEADING HITTERS
By UNITED PRESS
Leading Batters
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Player, Club AB R H
Wednesday's Results
New York 5, Baltimore 1.
Chicago 7. Washington 2.
Boston 5, Detroit 3.
Cleveland 4, Philadelphia 3.
Thursday's Schedule
Cleveland 'Wynn 17-9) at Wash-
ington (Shea 1-9), night.
Chicago (Johnson 8-5 and Consu-
egra 15-3) at Philadelphia (Porto-
carrero 7-13 and Bishop 2-5), two
games. ni~h'.
\>it (Hoeft 7-13) i:I. New York
'Or; in lG-5>.
Baltimore (Turley 9-14 > at Bos-
ton (Hudson 3-31.
312 50'i holes.
Cherry rolled past Claude Wright
of Englewood, Colo., 1-up. and trip-
ped Earl Larson of Minneapolis,
Minn., 4 and 3.
Mueller, N.Y.
Mays. N. Y.
Moon, St. L.
475 105
468 98
491 71
444 93
165
162
165
.147
514 94 170
US Gyp, Plains Mill
Open Softball Meel !'
Tonight At 7:35
US Gyp of Sweetwater and
Plains Mill of Abilene square off
tonight at 7:30 in the opening game i
of the annual Sweetwater Softball
Tournament at the City Softbt'll
Field.
The second game in tonight's ]
action will see the Sweetwater Ail-
Stars going against the YMCA club
of Abilene at 9:15.
Six teams are entered in the
men's division of the meet and
there are two girls teams.
The semifinals of the tournament
are scheduled for Friday. Abilene
Plumbing will play the winner of
Thursday's first game for one fin-
als berth and Cook Appliance of
Big Spring will meet with winner
of Thursday's second game in the !
other semifinal contest.
.. The consolation game will be
Maglie 12-6 at Chicago Rush 8-14 piayed at 6:30 Saturday and then
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Noren, N.Y. 355 53 119
Minoso, Chi 465 103 155
Avila, Cleve 444 89 145
Fox, Chi 520 94 168
Pet.
.347
346
336
.332
.331
.335
.333
.327
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
Team
W L
Pet
GB
New York
77 44
.636
Brooklyn
75 49
.605
3V2
Milwaukee
70 51
.579
7
St. Louis
59 64
.480
19
Philadelphia
58 63
.479
19
Cincinnati
59 66
.472
20
Chicago
48 75
.390
30
Pittsburgh
45 79
.363
33
Wednesday's Results
Brooklyn 13, Cincinnati 2.
Milwaukee 4, Philadelphia 3.
St. Louis 13, Pittsburgh 0.
New York at Chicago, ppd., rain.
Thursday's Schedule
Philadelphia (Wehmeier 6-9) at
Milwaukee (Wilson 8-1'.
New York (Antonelli 18-3 and
and Klippstein 3-10), two games.
Pittsburgh (Pepper 0-1) at St
Louis (Beard 0-3), night.
Only games scheduled.
the girls championship game will
take place at 8 p. m. The finals of
the men's bracket will be played
at 9:45 p. m.
ntle, N.Y. 443 107
140 .316
Home Runs
Mays, Giants
37
Kluszewski, Redlegs
36
Hodges, Dodgers
34
Saner, Cubs
34
Mathews, Braves
32
Musial, Cardinals
32
Runs Batted In
Musial, Cardinals
113
Snider, Dodgers
102
Doby, Indians
102
Hodges, Dodgers
100
Kluszewski. Redlegs
100
Runs
Mantle, Yankees
107
Musial, Cardinals
105
Minoso, White Sox
103
Snider, Dodgers
98
Fox, White Sox
94
Moon, Cardinals
94
Hits
Moon, Cardinals
170
Fox, Sox
168
Schoendnst. Cardinals
168
Musial, Cardinals
165
Mueller, Giants
165
Pitching
Antonelli. Giants
18-3
Feller. Indians
11-2
Consuegra, White Sox
15-3
Lemon. Indians
19-fi
Loes, Dodgers
10-3
Reynolds, Yankees
10-3
TEXAS LEAGUE
Team
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Beaumont
Dallas
W L
84 64
79 68
79 69
77 71
72 78
71 76
68 80
60 87
Pet GB
.568
.537 V/2
.534 5
.520 7
.490 llMt i
.483 12Va
.459 16
.408 23
Wednesday's Results
Houston 6-3, Shreveport 5-4.
Beaumont 5-5. San Antonio 2-9.
Dallas 5, Tulsa 3
Fort Wortk 8, Oklahoma City 7.
C. S. P rklnt Jr.
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BIG SPREAD—This 670-pound bluefin tuna could handle the fish
day needs of a city. It was caught off Liverpool, Nova Scotia, by
Col. Andrew Jones, who relaxes with his foot on the fish. (NEA)
Julio Ramos, who relieved in the
I sixth inning for the Indians, got
1 credit for his 18th win of the season
i and his second in two nights. The
j southpaw Ramos pitched five in-
| nings of one-hit ball. The Rockets
j got 11 altogether but Joe Bau-
! man, the league's leading home
run hitter, got one-for-five and his
homer total remained at 60.
In other games, the leading Ar-
tesia NuMexers recovered from a
double loss to Carlsbad Tuesday
night to whip the San Angelo Colts
12-5; Carlsbad pummeled inept
Sweetwater 19-2; and Big Spring
1 trounced Odessa 13-3.
Sweetwater has lost 98 games
j against 27 wins and is 58M> games
! from first placc.
Artesia wrapped up its game
| with San Angelo on a five - run
! second inning rally in which hom-
ers drove in all the runs. Mickey
Diaz and Floyd Economides each
hit two-run hdmers and Dan How-
\ ard struck a solo round - tripper.
Al Chester went the route for
the NuMexers and gave up nine
hits, one a two-run homer in the
first inning to Bob Hobbs.
Odessa committed eight errors
against Big Spring with shortstop
Ray Mink charged with four of
them. Boh Baiter hit two homers
for the Oilers, both solo blasts, and
Jim Zapp hit his 27th homer for
Big Spring with one on in the third.
Hardaway Hits
34th As Pampa
Downs Lubbock
By UNITED PRESS
Curtis Hardaway, the West Tex-
' as - New Mexico League's home
run leader, chalked up No. 34
; Wednesday night as his Pampa
jteam downed Lubbock 4-3,
The Oilers victory pulled them to
within one-half game of leading
Clovis, which dropped its second
game in a row to Albuquerque 6-5.
Gil Valentin's two-run triple in
the sixth Inning for the Dukes pro-
vided the margin of difference.
In a third game, Plainview mov-
ed within a game and one-half of
the first division by beating Abi-
lene 8-6 on a four-run rally in the
seventh inning.
Don Tierney blasted two homers
for Plainview, Manager Jackie
Sullivan hit a third and Glenn
Burns chipped in with a two-run
homer for Abilene.
Cecil Davis, Plainview's fourth
pitcher of the night, won his sec-
ond game in as many nights and
Ahilcne ace Andy Alonson was
charged with his 13th loss against
21 victories.
Pitcher Jonas Gaines went the
route for Pampa. giving up 10
hits. The winners got only seven
off Milt Ardrey. but three were
for extra bases. Rudy Tanner con-
tributed a home run for the Oilers
besides Hardaway's round-tripper.
Southpaw Billy Pierce, out most
of the season with an ailing arm,
gained his seventh victory while
hurling the White Sox to a 7 to 2
triumph over the Senators. The
White Sox gave Pierce a seven-run
6 Teams Scheduled
See Action Tonight
In Semi-Pro Tourney
Russia and other European
hiladelphia 4 j countries have great feminine
to 3 to stay seven games off the I track and field stars," says Tem-
j pace. Errors by Richie Ashburn ] pleton. "We just can't seem to gen-
I and Bobby Morgan helped the ! erate any interest in women as
Braves to three unearned runs and I track and field performers.
Lew Burdette to his 12th victory. | "If we continue with our pres-
i ent disinterest in track and field
we are a cinch to lose our domi-
! nation of the Olympic games," he
: said.
Moore-Hamner
Rift Threatens
To Split Phillies
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 26 —
UP— Terry Moore, rookie manag-
er of the Philadelphia Phillies, and
his all-star sccond baseman, Gran-
ny Ilamner, shook hands and made
up Thursday in the attermath of | 'r)1"".'v
WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 26 —UP— a rift which threatened to split the] n
Six more teams will see action hall club.
Thursday night on a three-game The Phillies were unusually qui-
et in the club-house before Wednes-
day night's scheduled game with
Milwaukee, sitting straight in their
chairs, and talking little to each
other.
But both Moore and Ilamner said
everything was settled and there
SPUDDER
SMASHERS
National Baseball Congress Tour-
nament program with the feature I
contest pitting the Christiansted
(Virgin Islands) Commandos meet1
ing the Cherokee, Okl.'.. Chiefs.
Other semi-pro games send the i
Vanceburg, Ky., M e r c h a nts
Oliiley
Tuttle .
McCarty
I looney
Wingate
Spencer
Copeland
Robbins
Turner
Blair
(Current Figures)
Batting Averages
AB R
464 94
468 95
289 58
351 34
287 37
301 54
252 53
. 13 2
. 12 1
131 13
. 10 0
H
RBI
Pet.
167
98
.360
141
56
.301
89
69
.308
108
47
291
80
31
.279
85
31
282
67
22
266
3
1
.231
2
0
.167
18
5
.137
1
0
.100
against the Richmond. Va.. Glen- I was no further dissension in the
dales in an elimination contest and hall club.
Ilamner started in his usual spot
at second base for the Phillies ill
Moreno
their game against the Milwaukee ^
Btaves. j Stevens
1 said a couple ol things I | g^uler
shouldn t have saiu," Ilamner said, '
"and I didn't think they would
But they did and I
them, but 1
j the Sinton, Tex., Plymouth Oilers
! against the Smithfield, Ky., Leafs.
I Two of three games played
Wednesday night were close with
the Dubuque, Iowa, Star Brewers,
Casa Grande, Ariz.. Cotton Kings
and Columbus, Ohio, Beulah Park
Jockey Club winning first round I come out.
| tests. | don't deny saying
Dubuque dumped the Louisville, shouldn't have."
! Ala., Tigers 3 to 1 behind the nine-1 Moore earlier in the day had
hit hurling of Tom Breitbach; Casa j threatened to fine Ilamner for say-
1 Grande, Ariz., defeated the Or-1 uig the Phillies management was
1 leans, Mass., Sparklers 3 to 2 with j treating the players like "a bunch
six-hit pitching from 20-year-old | of high-school kids." The Phillies
Don Lee; and Columbus, Ohio, I manager, however, changed his
beat the New Orleans Holsum Sun- mind alter a talk with Hamner.
beams 10 to 2. ' "We have reached a good under-
Playins-Manager Bud McBryde i standing and there will be no dis-
of Casa Grande hit the tourney's : ciplinary action," Moore said.
sixth home run to break a 1-all | Manlier criticized Moore for say-
deadlock in the featured game | ing he did not intend to reveal the
i Wednesday night, but the Cotton | news he had agreed to be man-
1 Kings needed a seventh-inning run ! ager for the Phils in 1955 because
I garnered on a single and a double i be wanted to sit quietly and see
! to keep their lead intact. j which players were hustling.
George Sisler, Pittsburgh Pirates' "Yes, I told him I only expected
director of scouts, termed the mar- j to tie temporary manager, but I
I athon double-elimination meet a ! haven't actually signed for next
j wide-open race Wednesday in year," Moore said "Although I
which any one of 10 or 12 "town have talked to Mr. (Robert) Car-
| teams" could be crowned cham- j pentcr and Mr. (Roy) Hamey."
pions. | Moore told the United Press ear-
Sisler, who doubles as NBC com Her this week that he was spying
missioner, pointed out there was a j on his team members while let-
i marked difference between the j ling them operate under the im-
j "town teams" dominating the field ; pression that he was merely a
I this year and those town clubs that | stop-gap manager and would not
had' their day before World War ! be back next year. He wanted to
II. Army teams dominated the j learn which players would play for
I tourney through the war and early 1 him He even hinted that there
| post-war years. would be some changes made as
"The town teams are better bal- j a result of the trick.
anced this year than back in the ! Moore had said he was "shocked
pre-war days," Sisler said. "The ! by some of the things the players
good ones are not quite as good had done in his presence. "Some
but then there are not so many j of them come right out in the open
weak ones either." I and drink hard liquor," he said.
Pitching Records
G W
...30 5
. . 33 7
. 24 1
... 15 0
1 0
Home Runs—Tuttle 17, C'luley 14,
McCarty 3, Recio 2, Spencer 2.
L R H Pet.
9 119 118 .357
14 137 225 . 333
13 160 186 .071
8 12 97 .000
1 11 10 .000
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