Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 202, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1955 Page: 2 of 8
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aes To Bepven
Tennis Kings Tonight
When the trophies are given out
tonight following the final match-
es at City Park, tournament direc-
tor Dalton Hill will be able to sit
back and heave a sigh of relief, a
gesture rendered so often by
those whose performances are
noted, but generally overshadowed
by the project they are promoting.
Such is the case in Sweetwater,
where the city tennis tourney ap-
proaches its final stage tonight.
Four matches are due to be play-
ed on the courts for championship
honors.
Jack Tucker faces Wayland
Smith for the boys 14 and under
singles crown at 8 p. m.; James
Roden battles Eddie Isaacs in the
open men's singles bracket at 8
p. m.; Tucker and Mike Bromley
face Smith and John Woody in the
14 and under doubles division at 9
p. m.; and Roden and Roger Knapp
vie with Isaacs and Franklin in the
open doubles division at 9 p. m.
Early last month Hill came into
the office and said he hoped he
would be able to encourage a big
turnout for this year's tournament.
"More people seem interested," he
said. "We want as many people to
enter this tourney as possible. The
more the better. Not only the
kids, either. No sir, we want ev-
eryone to play in this meet."
Hill went about the task of show-
ing the separate brackets and ex-
plaining that both boys and girls
divisions would be held. "Even the
old men like me can get out there
and play, too," Dalton reminded.
"This tournament is going to be
from 6-60."
Observing the results of the past
two weeks, it is interesting to point
out a few characteristics:
Starting with beginners class,
Hill lined up eight youngsters for
singles matches. All of these eight
teamed to play in the doubles di-
vision. In the 14 and under boys
division, Hill turned in 16 entries
in the singles division. All 16 of
these youngsters teamed to play in
doubles competition.
Eight boys battled for honors in
the 15-18 singles division. These
same eight teamed in doubles play.
Eight entered the men's 19-27 sin-
gles division, with four doubles
teams formed. Sixteen entered the
open singles division, and nine
teams competed in the doubles
class.
Four men entered in the 28 and
up singles division, and two dou-
bles teams were entered in the
men's doubles bracket.
Eight mixed doubles teams enter-
ed. Eight girls entered the 14 and
under singles division, with three
doubles teams in the same age lev-
el. Eight girls entered the 15 and
up singles division and four dou-
bles teams entered the same age
bracket.
Rain hampered play considerab-
ly during the time set aside for
the tourney. Several times Hill
and his aides had to sweep off the
courts so action could be continued.
Slippery courts however failed
to halt the sparkling performances
by the local netters. Especially
noted was the spirit and determi-
nation shown by the younger net-
ters against some of the older
players. High school racketmen
defeated the more experienced net-
ters several times. Among the
youngsters who should be proven
players in the future are Jack
Turner, Van Hill, Neill Weather-
hogg, and Billy Jamison, Tucker
meets Wayland Smith in the fin-
als of the 14 and under singles di-
vision tonight and also teams with
Mike Bromley in the doubles divis-
ion against Smith and John Woody.
He won his first match handily in
the open singles, but lost to top
seded James Roden in the second
round.
Hill triumphed in the beginners
class singles, Jamison won the
boys 15-18 singles crown, and also
captured the open consolation
prize. Weatherhogg was one of the
more promising netters who was
defeated in the tourney, but never-
theless impressed fans at the
courts.
TCU's Dike Is
Lost For Year
FORT WORTH («—'TCU Full-
back Buddy Dike has decided
the risk of re-injuring his kid-
ney doesn't warrant a return
to the football field.
Dike spent 14 weeks in the
hospital last year to save the
kidney, hurt in play last fall.
Vernon Hallbeck, 6-2, 205-"
pound ex-guard, Henry Crow-,
sey and Harold Pollard are top
candidates to Dike's post.
Dallas Holds Lead
After Hectic Game
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Crises were as numerous as they
battled to stay on top of the Texas
League race. They have just finish-
ed surviving one with a pickup in
base hits as the major reason.
Thursday night the Eagles clout-
ed 11 in nipping Oklahoma City
5-4 for their second straight victory
over the Indians. At the same time
San Antonio's second-place Mis-
sions were losing to Houston 3-1
and the combination moved Dallas
a game and a half out front.
It was a hectic game, that Dal-
las-Oklahoma City affair. The lead
changed hands twice with the
Eagles finally taking the lead to
stay with two runs in the eighth.
Then, in the ninth, Jim Tugerson
had to come on and put down an
impending uprising to preserve the
pitching victory for Pete Burnside.
The bases were jammed when
Tugerson fanned Ray Cash and got
Jim Neufeldt to force Earl York
at second to end the game.
George Lerchen batted in all the
Houston runs in a 3-1 victory over
San Antonio as Boh Mabe won his
14th pitching decision. Mabe held
the Missions to six hits and allowed
only two batters to get as far as
second except for the San Antonio
run that was batted in by Jim
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STANDINGS
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet. GB
New York . 77 48 .616
Chicago 75 49 .605 \lk
Cleveland 75 50 .600 2
Boston 72 53 .576 5
Detroit 64 62 .508 13Viz
Kansas City 52 74 .413 25^
Washington 43 78 .355 32
Baltimore 39 83 .320 36Vi
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Washington 6, Chicago 1.
Detroit 6-4, Bojton 1-6.
New York 5, Cleveland 2.
Kansas City 9, Baltimore 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet. GB
Brooklyn 80 44 .645
Milwaukee 70 56 .556 11
New York 65 59 .524 15
Philadelphia 66 61 .520 15%
Cincinnati 63 65 .492 19
Chicago 59 71 .454 24
St. Louis 53 71 .427 27
Pittsburgh 48 77 .384 32%
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Milwaukee 3, New York 2.
Cincinnati 8-6. Brooklyn 5-5.
Philadelphia 11-8, St. Louis 9-3.
Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1
TEXAS LEAGUE
By The Associated Press
W L Pet. GB
Dallas 87 61 .588
San Antonio 85 63 .577 1%
Houston 79 69 .534 8
Shreveport 79 69 .534
Tulsa 77 72 .517 10%
Fort Worth 73 76 .490 14 %
Oklahoma City . 66 84 .440 22
Beaumont 408 101 .322 39%
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Fort Worth 9, Tulsa 0.
Dallas 5, Oklahoma City 4.
Houston 3. San Antonio 1.
Rookie Defeats Wynn, Indians
As Yanks Increase Loop Lead
By The Associated Press
Ol' Casey Stengel and rookie Rip
Coleman were taking the bows for
the New York Yankees today, and
whether you love 'em or hate 'em,
you've got to admit that when the
chips are down the Bronx Bomb-
ers usually come through.
Manager Stengel calmly select-
ed Coleman, an almost unknown
24-year-old lefty just up from Den-
ver to oppose the Indians in the
first game of their crucial three-
game series at Cleveland last
night. The result was a 5-2 Yankee
victory, and New York now rides
Snead,Souchak Are
Montreal Choices;
Ford (lose Second
Carl Olson
Bobo In Non-Title
Bout With Giambra
SAN FRANCISCO UPI—Left-hook-
ing Joey Giambra takes on middle-
weight champion Carl (Bobo)
Olson tonight in a televised fight
which could turn out to be a better-
than-average non-title scrap.
Olson, back in his own division
after his thumping by Archie
Moore in an ill-fated shot at the
light heavyweight crown two
months ago, is the favorite. The
odds, though, were a tight 2%-l
despite the champion's great popu-
larity here.
Young Giambra, bidding for a
return to the national ratings, was
impressive in workouts all week.
His left hook was sharp. Olson has
been bothered by other left-hook-
ers. Giambra showed a good right,
too, plus supreme confidence. He
held the No. 4 ranking in the —
middleweight division before en- amateurs managed to get under
tering the Army. par-70 figures.
MONTREAL UP> — Sam Snead,
who is well on his way to his first
million from golf, and Mike Sou-
chak, ex-footballer who turned to
the links for a livelihood, today
headed a big field intp the second
round of the $26,800 Montreal
Open. Each carded opening-round
65s yesterday.
The 43-year-old Snead from
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. bam-
boozled the experts who said he
couldn't putt, with a remarkable
display of his short game to post
his five-under-par card. Souchak,
Duke University footballer and now
from Gossinger's, N.Y. had every
club in his bag working for him in
his par-wrecking 18 holes.
When all the scores were in, it
was Snead and Souchak one stroke
up on Doug Ford, husky 33-year-
old pro from Kiamesha Lake, N.Y.,
and Marty Furgol, rangy 6-footei
from Lemont, 111.
Two strokes back at 67 was Gene
Littler, the former U.S. Amateur
champion and a $19,000 winner so
far this year on the tournament
trail.
Thirteen others in the field of
American and Canadian pros and
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Friday, August 26, 1955
—Meet The Mustangs
in first place by 1% games over
Chicago who dropped a 6-1 deci-
sion to Washington.
Before the game, Cleveland
sports headlines called Stengel's
mound selection a "shocker" and
the Troy, N.Y. southpaw certainly
proved the executioner for one
night at least. The loss dropped
Cleveland two full games behind
New York.
Hustled To Showers
Stengel's choice is emphasized
by the fact that Early Wynn was
the Cleveland starter, and he was
seeking his fourth victory over the
Yankees. But, Wynn was hustled
to the showers in the second in-
ning after allowing four runs.
More heat was taken off the
Yankees when the best the fourth
place Red Sox could do was a
split in a doubleheader with the
Tigers. Detroit won the opener 6-1,
and Boston grabbed the nightcap
6-4, falling five games behind New
York. In the othgr American
League contest, the Athletics
conked the Orioles 9-2 at Kansas
City.
National League action in the
East was spotlighted at Ebbets
Field where the Dodgers were
slapped down by the Redlegs, 8-5
and 6-5. It was the first time the
Bums had lost a double bill this
year, and couplcd with Milwau-
kee's 3-2 victory over the New
York Giants, it left the Braves 11
games behind Brooklyn in second
place.
Nabbed A Pair
Philadelphia nabbed a pair from
St. Louis 11-9 and 8-3, and the
fourth place Phillies are now only
a half game behind the struggling
Giants. The Pirates edged the
Cubs 2-1.
The Yankees called Coleman up
from their American Assn. farm,
and he made his first start Aug. 15,
going 5 1-3 innings to beat Balti-
mnrp 12-6. In his only other ap-
pearance, also against Baltimore
Aug. 28, he pitched one third of an
inning to preserve a 3-2 victory
for Bob Grim.
It was the other way around last
night when Coleman got into trou-
ble with two away and a run home
in the eighth. Grim came in and
applied the stopper the rest of the
way. Joe Collins's two-run homer
was the big blow of the Yankee
second inning and Andy Carey con-
tributed one in the sixth. A1 Rosen
homered for Cleveland in the sixth.
January-Jennings
Pace Odessa Golf
ODESSA, Tex. UPI—Teams of E.
J. (Dutch1 Harrison-Doug Sanders
and Don January-Dick Jennings led
the way into the second round of
the $7,500 Odessa Pro-Amateur
Golf Tournament today.
Harrison, the St. Louis veteran
of the tournament trail, and ama-
teur Sanders, from Cedartown, Ga.,
top man in the recent Worlds
Championship Tournament, shot 7-
under-par 65 az did January, who
is from Dallas, and Jennings, the
Lubbock amateur, in the opening
round yesterday.
Six teams tied for second at 66
and eight had 67.
High winds and tough pin place-
ments made playing tough in the
first round. Harrison and Sanders
had bogeys on the easy par four
15th hole or they would have taken
the lead.
A record-breaking field of 88
teams started in the tournament
which runs through Sunday.
Tied for second at 66 were these
teams: J. C. Hardwieke-Art Cor-
bin, Dallas; Chuck Klein-Ray Hud-
son, San Antonio; Billy Maxwell-
Bill Roden, Odessa; Loddie Kem-
pa, Oklahoma City, and Bobby Ma-
lone, Fort Worth; Horace Moore
and Jack Williams, Plainview; and
Red Atkins, Carlsbad, N.M.. and
Graham Maclcey, Midland.
. .
Babe Zaharias
Return To Golf Is 71
Predicted By Babe
GALVESTON, Tex. — Babe
Zaharias, the famed woman ath-
lete, has finished X-ray treatments
for removal of a cancer and ex-
pects to be out of the hospital
"before too long," she said Thurs,
day night.
Mrs. Zaharias, who underwent
an operation for a rectal cancer in
April of 1953 and returned to win-
ning big-time golf in four months,
had to have another operation in
May, this time for a displaced disc.
When this was done another can-
cer was discovered in the pelvic
bone.
The X-ray treatments were start-
ed about three weeks ago.
She is able to move about hei^
hospital room and last week was*
taken for a drive by her husband,
George.
She said when she got out of the
hospital she would go to her home
in Beaumont.
"She will return to golf," said
Zaharias as the Babe nodded
assent.
Rookie Of Year
In Texas League
Is Pidge Brown
DALLAS W) — Pidge Browne,
Shreveport's nemesis of the pit-
chers is the Rookie-of-the-year in
the Texas League.
The big outfielder, who has hit
31 home runs, 39 doubles, driven
in 99 runs and is batting .317. was
picked by the Texas League Base-
ball Writers Assn.
Browne, 25, will receive a scroll
from the league.
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Detroit Tiger pitcher Steve Gro-
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scoreless tie. called because of
rain. It was in 1943 when he was
with Baltimore of the International
League.
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JOHN WILKINSON
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John Wilkinson, end, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Verne Wilkinson, Route 3
. . . Junior. 150. 5-9, B team.
Small but hard-hitting, Wilkinson
was a regular on the 1953 Mustang
freshman team, and waS a B team
regular last year, seeing some var-
sity service.
John, lacking height, is fast and
agile, and has played both defen-
sive and at a linebacking spot. . .
Will aid invaluable reserve strength
at the terminal position this year,
and should see considerable ser-
vice on both otfense and defense.
A skillful boxer, Wilkinson won
the high school welterweight divis-
ion in the district Golden Gloves
tournament in 1954 and was a top
contender this past winter.
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announces Special Sunday Services
Presented By
REV. JOE. W. ATCHISON
Ft. Worth, Texas
MORNING AND EVENING SERVICES
11:00 A. M. and 8:00 P. M.
SPECIAL SONGS BY MRS. ATCHISON
Everybody Welcome
Davey Crockett
Night Promotes
Abilene's Game
ABILENE, Tex. (ffi—Baseball
really boomed here last night
as 7,128 turned out to see a
West Texas-New Mexico Lea-
gue game.
It was Davey Crockett Night
and a Shetland pony was given
away.
The special night was pro-
moted by Virgil Williams of
Midland.
Only thing the fans didn't
like was that Abilene got beat
by Pampa 4-3.
The University of North Caroli-
na's oldest football rival is Wake
' Forest. The rivalry began in
1888 Wake Forest won the game
6-4.
Jim l)oran, Detroit Lions end,
never played football in high
school. He took up the game as a
sophomore at Iowa State and soon
became a star.
DALE LITTLE FIELD
. . . s-w-i-s-s-s-h
Dale Littlefield, tackle; (parents
in California) . . Senior. 6-3, 185,
one reserve letter.
"Big Red," possibly the fastest
man on the Mustang squad in a
football uniform, may play either
tackle oi' end this year, adding in-
valuable strength to either posi-
tion.
A top-notch sprinter in track, in
both the 100 and 220, Littlefield
was used as a reserve tackle and
end last year on the Mustang
varsity, and was a regular end on
the B team when not seeing A
team service.
Big and rangy. Dale is also a
top-notch basketballer . . .. Coach
Turner has high hopes for him
this fall, with his size and speed
due to be a great asset on the
rather thin ranks of the Mustang
forward wall.
Evangelical Methodists
Slate Two Broadcasts
The Evangelical Methodist |
Church will have its regular Satur-
day broadcast over KXOX at 7:30
p. m., with Rev. Ray Seay deliver-1
ing an address on "Life's Most
Dangerous Game."
The Sunday morning worship I
hour will also be broadcast, with
Rev. Seay's sermon subject "Sec-
ond Coming of Christ."
A four-day youth revival will be
held at the church Sept. 1 to Sept.
4, with three Asbury College stu-
dents in charge.
Jerry Shackelford, John C. Mor-j
lis and Dickie Amos, all who will J
be sophomores at Asbury College j
this fall, will conduct the revival, j
Morris and Shackelford have re- |
turned from conducting a revival
at Ysleta.
Franklin Field, football home of
the University of Pennsylvania,
was formally opened on April 20,
1895.
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