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Heavy Work
Friday Nighl
The stress was still on defense
as the Sweetwater Mustangs com-
pleted heavy workouts for their
grid opener Friday night against
the Abilene Eagles.
Coach Elwood Turner indicated
that Wednesday and Thursday will
be spent on timing, ball-handling
and conditioning drills.
"This is one of the best-condition-
ed squads I have ever seen," Turn-
er declared Tuesday. "We have
gone through three weeks of tough
work, including two game-type
scrimmages without a serious in-
jury."
The Mustangs will be outweighed
and outmanned by the Abilene
team, which pulverized Highland
Park of Dallas 34-0 in the opener
for both teams last week.
The Eagles, not as bulky as in
previous years are dependent on
more finesse and speed this year,
Indians Take Two From Sens
To Swell Lead To Two Games
The Associated Press
Manager A1 Lopez gave it to his
Cleveland Indians straight today—
it's overconfidence, not the New
York Yankees, they have to watch
in their bid for a second straight
American League pennant.
The tribe junked its jinx last
night, sweeping a twi-night pair
from the pesky Washington Sena-
tors 3-1 and 8-2 and moving out to
a two-game lead over the Yan-
kees. But instead of whoopin' it up,
Lopez warned that "We've still
got a long way to go."
You might say Ai's laughin' on
the inside, crying on the outside.
Just 24 hours before, Lopez had
said "We'll be in an excellent po-
sition to win the pennant" if the
Indians beat the Senators. Now
you get the idea Lopez knows
Cleveland has won it—the big wor-
ry is not to lose it.
Bulge is Biggest
The two-game lead is the biggest
bulge any of the contenders has
had since the Tribe led by two
on Aug. 13. And the Yanks, who
flattened Detroit 6-0 yesterday,
still are a game shy on the losing
side with 11 games left. Cleveland
has nine to play.
Chicago and Boston practically
fell by the wayside yesterday. The
third place White Sox had to rally
for six runs in the ninth to salvage
a split at Baltimore, winning 9-6
after a 2-0 defeat. They're 4'/2 back
now with 10 games left.
Boston, losing a 12-inning opener
to Kansas City 6-5, rallied to _win
the nightcap 7-6. That left the Ked
Sox seven games back—and 11 to
play.
Pair of Sixes
The Indians, winning 13 of the
last 16, thumped the Senators on
a pair of six-hitters by Mike Gar-
cia and Bob Lemon. Garcia, the
big bear, won his 11th in the open-
er, snapping Washington's five-
game streak against the Tribe.
Gene Woodling, the ex-Yank, tri-
pled home two runs and scored
the third on Bobby Avila's sacri-
fice fly in' big third inning
against loser Chuck Stobbs.
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Larry Doby batted in four runs
and the Senators, who had whipped
Cleveland in 12 of 19 games this
year, kicked in three errors as
Lemon hung up his 18th victory in
the nightcap. Lemon, without a
complete game since May 30, tired
after eight innings and Ray Nar-
leski pitched the ninth—striking out
two of three men he faced.
Four in Fourth
The Yankees used an error by
Fred Hatfield, a walk, two singles
and Elston Howard's two-run tri-
ple to chase young Bob Miller and
beat the Tigers with four runs in
the fourth. Hank Bauer made his
18th homer, a two-run shot off
reliefer Steve Gromek.
Bob Turley won his 16th, and
third straight, for the Yanks. He
gave five hits—only one in the
last five frames—for his second
straight shutout and sixth of the
year.
Trhee walks, two singles, a sac-
rifice fly, a wild pitch and Bob
Nieman's triple fashioned Chica-
go's six-run ninth. The last place
Orioles had led on Jim Dyck's
grand-slam homer off Jack Harsh-
man in the first.
In the first game, Ray Moore
blanked the Sox on six hits, while
the Orioles made the most of four
walks and six hits to beat Virgil
Trucks.
Power Ruins Boston
with fine runners in Henry Col-
well, Jimmy Carpenter and Glenn
Gregory, plus a dangerous passing
game featuring quarterback Jim-
my Bourland.
The Mustangs will retaliate with
their own fast-striking split-T of-
fense, featuring three of the fastest
backs in the district, Harroll
Hobbs, James Harvey and Bobby
Hartgraves.
Don Aiken, senior quarterback,
will do most of the throwing, with
halfbacks Hobbs and Harvey occa-
sionally joining in on the halfback
pass-or-run option.
The Mustangs have worked for
10 days in an attempt to gird up
defensive weaknesses, and have
worked this week on ways to stop
the T formation as presented by
Eagle coach Chuck Moser, used
with flankers to both sides.
A Mustang defensive unit has
shaped up with Jimmy Feagan
and Larry Summers at ends, Bob-
by Weems and Sammy Glass at
tackles, Patrick Gerald and Clyde
Jones at guards. Bobby Hartgraves
and Adolph Olvera at linebackers,
Bubba Meyer and Ricrard Ferrell
at halfbacks and James Ilarvey at
safety.
A complete sellout of the 1,000
adult tickets allotted to Sweetwat-
er was expected by noon Wednes-
day, the ticket deadline. Practical-
ly all the reserved section had been
sold out Tuesday afternoon, with
some tickets in the student section
still remaining.
A downtown parade and pep ral-
ly will be held at 5 p. m. Thursday,
and another pep rally will be held
in the Newman High School gym-
nasium at 11:30 a. m. Friday.
CANCER FUND—Mrs. Babe Zaharias presents charter of the
Babe Didrikson Zaharias Cancer Fund, Inc., to Dr. Logan Wilson,
president of the University of Texas. Establishment of the nation-
wide fund to fight cancer was announced by the famed woman
athlete on eve of her discharge from a Galveston hospital follow-
ing her second bout with cancer. (NEA Telephoto)
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Wednesday, September 14, 1955
TWO OF WEST TEXAS' BEST
Stamford-Andrews Tilt
Highlights AA Action
HALFBACKS QUESTIONABLE
Note Of Cautious Optimism
Pervades Favored Rice Camp
Babe Zaharias Plans
To Open Practice
For Women's Open
After three losses in five games
last week, district 4-AA members
will face continued rough competi-
tion this week, with the Stamford-
Andrews clash being one of the
headliners in West Texas.
Stamford's Bulldogs, being tout-
ed as one of West Texas' AA teams,
subdued a class A toughie, HaskeH,
21-7, last week, with three second
half touchdowns.
The Bulldogs will meet one of
the surprise teams of last week in
Andrews, which held class
Big Springt to a 13-13 tie in a
(This is another in a series of
Southwest Conference football pros-
pects)
HOUSTON (iTI—Pre-season polls
and predictions have named the
Rice Owls as narrow favorites
for the Southwest Conference loot-
ball championship. No doubt Coach
Jess Neely would be very happy
if his team lived up to the fore-
casts.
But you can look at the Owls
from two directions on paper and
get a couple of completely dif-
ferent views.
On the cautious—if not pessimis-
tic—side, only one of the seven
teams in the conference returns
with fewer lettermen than Rice's
16. There are 9 seniors on the
squad and 1 isn't even a letter-
man. As a whole, the halfback
crop is inexperienced and while
there are some promising runnel's,
there isn't a proven "all-the-way"
threat to replace the graduated
All-America, Dicky Moeglc.
Although there was emphasis
on the offense in the spring, the
61-31 score of the intrasquad game
signalled a need for much more
work on defense. The loss of bril-
liant blocker and defender Kenny
[ Paul at guard will be sorely felt,
! not only for his ability but his
j leadership.
j The owls face their annual
j schedule problem—if they get to a
| peak too soon, they might run out
of gas in the November stretch; if
they come along too slowly, they
might not be ready for stern early-
league tests with highly respective
Southern Methodist and Texas.
There must be reasons, however,
favorites in district 7-AA. I for this outfit to be picked for
Ballinger topped Sonora, one of! first by a number of the so-called
orado City, stripped of most of its
starters, edged San Angelo Lake
View, 9-0 last week, and will need
all the firepower available against
the Ballinger Bearcats, one of the
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Zaharias today heads for her home I startling upset,
in Tampa, Fla., where she hopes ' The Mustang-Bulldog
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Vic Power singled home the win- j to begin golf practice by Jan.
ning run in the 12th off Ellis Kind- j for the National Women's Open, j
er in the first game at Boston, j Trying for her second successful
Kinder, Boston s relief ace, lost j comeback in her fight against can-
his third straignt. Jimmy rlursaii cer i|le famous woman athlete
and Faye Throneberry each swat- j *0 )K, ready for her first
ted two-run homers to pull the jggg tournament play when the
Bosox from behind in the night- j $5 ooo Tampa Women's Open is
caP- , , _ , staged the latter part of January.
St. Louis handed Brooklyn s Na- j ,. . ...
tional League champs a third: Im eyeing the National Wom-
straight defeat, 8-2. The Cards | e"s °Pen "'hcrt' 1 dldn..t,, get
clouted 11 hits off Karl Spponer i defend my tltle
and four reliefers. year' she said.
Johnny Antonelli won his 13th j The Babe and her husband,
and drove home four runs with two 1 Goerge Zaharias. were to leave
singles, a double and a home run j by plane today for Tampa where
as the New York Giants peppered j they own a home.
Milwaukee 9-1. I Before leaving the Galveston
Philadelphia smacked Chicago j Hospital she announced the estab-
for 15 hits, beating the Cubs 10-0, j lishment of a fund for cancer de-
and Pittsburgh knocked off Cincin- j tection and contributed SI,000 to
nati 5-2. ' belp get it launched.
j Mrs. Zaharias is recovering from
a second cancer that was discov-
ered when she underwent an oper-
ation for a spinal disc. She was
first stricken in 1953 but returned
to golf four months later to win
several championships.
For the past three-and-a-half
months she has been in the hospi-
tal here for correction of the disc
trouble and for X-ray treatments
of the cancer.
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Play For Title
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Roswell Rockets meet the
San Angelo Colts tonight, begin-
ning the best-of-seven series, to
decide the champion of the Long-
horn League. Roswell earned the
right for the final playoff with an
8-2 victory last night over Artesia.
Both Roswell and Artesia turned
out to be home-town crowd pleas-
ers in the seven-game series,
which went the distance. Roswell
won the first two in its own sta-
dium and lost the next three at
Artesia. The final two victories
made the difference—both games
played at Roswell.
San Angelo won the first round
of its playoff 4-1 over Carlsbad in
the best-of-seven series.
Roswell had no trouble last night
whipping the Numexers as Hoot
Gibson went the route for the vic-
tory, hurling a seven-hitter. Eddie
Locke suffered the loss for Artesia.
be played Friday night at Stam
ford, and the winner will become
one of tiie standout AA teams in
West Texas.
Defending district champion Col-
Injured Bonus
Baby Sent Home
BALTIMORE (If)—Baltimore Ori-
ole bonus beauty Jim Pyburn is
back home in Birmingham, Ala.,
today awaiting a decision on wheth-
er his ailing back will require sur- \
gery.
The former Auburn football end,l
who signed with the Orioles for 1
$48,000, injured his back 011 June
11 and was inactive until Sept. 1.
He has only pinch hit since then
and the back, he reports, is not
right.
Pyburn played in 39 games and
hit .194. Manager Paul Richards
said a decision on Pyburn will be
made in the next few weeks.
The Orioles also announced that
they were bringing up Charles
Locke, 24, right-handed pitcher,
from their San Antonio, Tex., farm.
Locke had a 17-12 record in the
Texas League.
the state's strongest class A teams
13-3, last week.
Anson will tackle Winters, a
team which dumppd another 4-AA
team, Hamlin, last week. 27-13. An-
son took it on the chin, 26-0, from
Coleman, and needs to find an of-
AAA j fensive spark.
in a j Hamlin performed creditably in
| spots against Winters, and will
game will tackle the tough Haskell Indians,
who battled Stamford, to a stand-
still for three quarters, Friday at
Haskell.
Rotan. which has fallen upon lean
years, is on the road back, but
found it rather rocky last week and
were upended by a good class A
team, Munday, 12-6. The Yellow-
j hammers will be favored to dump
neighboring Roby, a class A team
| defeated by class B Hermleigh
1 last week.
This Week's Schedule
Roby at Rotan; Hamlin at Hask-
| ell; Andrews at Stamford; Anson
at Winters; Colorado City at Bal
linger.
Last Week's Results
Stamford 21, Haskell 7.
Colorado City 9, San
I Lake View 0.
Coleman 26, Anson 0.
Munday 12, Rotan 6.
Winters 27, Hamlin 13.
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The Pampa Oilers sat back and
relaxed today, awaiting the out-
come of the Amarillo-Plainview
series after knocking out Albuquer-
que handily last night 9-2 and win-
ning the best-of-seven first-round
! West Texas-New Mexico League
series 4-2.
Amarillo, meanwhile, moved to
a 3-2 lead in the series with Plain-
view with an 8-5 victory at Plain-
view. Plainview plays at Amarillo
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Clash In Deciding
Game Of Playoffs
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Charlie Fowler of Dallas and
Houston's Ralph Beard decorate
the mounds Wednesday night as
the two teams go back to Dallas
to finish their Texas league semi-
1 final playoffs with the Buffs hold-
ing a 3-2 lead.
It will be do-or-die Wednesday
; night for the Eagles, regular sea-
; sen winners, after their defense
t collapsed Tuesday night and the
Buffs slammed out an 8-1 victory.
Pete Burnside was the victim.
He blanked Houston in the second
j game of the series, but went wild
j Tuesday night.
With two out in the seventh, he
walked the bases full. Reliefer Pat
j Patrick came in but the fire blazed
merrily 011 as Fred McAlister hit
a single, Gil Daley got a triple
| and Whitey Ries banged out a
| single. The inning was worth five
runs to the Buffs and put the game
well out of reach.
Dallas scored first in the second
! inning when Bill White tripled and
i Wiley Moore brought him home
with a sacrifice fly.
i The Buffs tied it up in the third,
went ahead in the sixth and stayed
that way.
Barney Schullz went the distance
for the Buffs.
experts, narrow as the margin
might be. For one thing, they have
coaching of the highest quality.
The veteran head man of the Owl
forces is beginning his twenty-
fifth year as head coach of a
major college team.
He has a helping board of
strategy with experience in the
game and in working together as
a unit at Rice for many years in
Joe Davis, Cecil Grigg, Dell Mor-
gam, Red Bale and Charlie Moore.
There is a sharp young newcomer
to the staff in Bill Beall, who came
from an assistant's post at Ar-
kansas State, to help tutor the
backs.
At two of the baekfield posts,
the Owls have been the talk of the
Southwest in the off season. The j
prospects are very bright at quar- j
terback and fullback. Success of1
Neely's version of the straight T
is keyed to the man under. Head-
ing an impressive group at quar-
terback is senior 2-letterman Pinky
Nisbet, who led the league in pass-
ing percentage last fall with .597.
But he's being closely pressed by
two exceptionally well qualified
sophomores in 6-2, 208-pound King
Hill and 6-2, 180-pound Frank
am.
!, .k.. i*. :
TOP TWO Willa McGuire and Alfredo Mendoza congratulate
J one another the way they know best at Cypress Gardens, Fla.
Mendoza successfully defended the world water skiing cham-
| pionship at Beirut, Lebanon. Miss McGuire regained the crown
ishe lost two years ago. They win trophies cooling off.
Ryan. Both are,fine passers. An-
other stellar hand at quarter is
Phil Harris, the freshman sensa-
tion of 1953 who saw brief duty
last fall. And squadman Terry
Stuart is much improved.
Fullback is in capable hands
with big, hard-running junior let-
termen Jerry Hall and Jack
Throckmorton. David Kelley did
well with the frosh last fall, and
can play either full or right half.
The halfback situation isn't dis-
couraging, t^ven if a proven spark
of the Mocgle type isn't known
now. There are several lads eager
to show they can do the job. At
left halfback, senior letterman
Page Rogers has the most experi-
ence, while junior Paul Zipperlen
saw a little game duty in 1954.
Stocky Virgil Mutschink was most |
impressive as the freshman team's
leading ground gainer. And junior
college transfers Lanny Fife and
Bobby Williams come with high
credentials. At right half, Bryant
Stone, junior letterman, is ticketed
to take over the regular post held
by older brother Morris Stone.
Kelly and a couple of trackmen,
Dick Bowen and Gene Johnson,
furnish speed.
The first string line will be one
of Rice's biggest in some time.
With giant Orvilie Trask at 235
paired with proven star and strong
All-America candidate, Eddie Ray-
burn, 225, at the tackles, the Owls
won't suffer from lack of size.
Better yet, both can move. There
are two big reserves in 220-pound
Jean Barras and 230-pound Don
Phillips, and two soph subs on the
smallish side in Charles Thompson
and Larry Whitmire, both under
200. but able.
I Jay Riviere, a tackle regular
last, fall, has switched to guard
and will team with Lew Harpold,
another senior. Lettermen R. E.
Wortham and Tom Siragusa. and
two sophomores, Matt Goes and
Jerry Fleming, are chief replace-
ments. Don Wilson starts his final
year at center and the 215-pound
husky will i>o pushed bv junior
college transfers Don Gillis, 220-
pounder, and returnees Albert
Johnson and Jerry Strickland Har-
ris.
Rice has had outstanding end
for many years, and there's no
reason for a change. At right end,
Marshall Crawford is rated one of
the nation's finest and he serves
as co-captain with Rayburn. He is
backed by Bob Woolbright, a let-
terman. and two good squadmen,
Ricky Field and James Briggs. At
left end there's a wide-open battle
for the starting job among Donald
Gee, .lames Peters and John Held.
Gee rates a slight edge, if any,
but all three should play a lot.
WT-NM League
Shows increase
ABILENE, Tex. </PI—The Class
B West Texas-New Mexico League
drew 659.817 in paid attendance
for the 1955 season, an increase of
206,286 over last year, league Pres-
ident Hal Sayles announced today.
It was the second highest attend-
ance mark for the circuit in its
16-year history, being topped only
by the 674,485 figure in 1949, Sayles
said.
Both Amarillo and Abilene bet-
tered the club attendance record.
Amarillo drew 132,128 and Abilene
packed in 125,714 for the season.
The old club record was establish-
ed by Lubbock at 117,621 in 1947.
Abilene also set the individual
game attendance record of 7,128
at an August Davy Crockett nighl
arc the comparative fig-
s
Here
ures:
Abilene
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Clovis
El Paso
Lubbock
Pampa
Plainview
Borger
1955
125.711
78,432
132.128
64,017
71.771
58,555
65,931
63,269
11,111
1954
77,668
83,446
51.800
53.927
75,515
34,594
56.071
22,500
SHAFFER'S
$20,000 Taken
From Fort Bliss
EL PASO UPI—An estimated $20,-
000 in paper money was taken from
the Ft. Bliss Branch of the State
National Bank sometime before
dawn yesterday.
The branch bank was temporari-
ly located in a building without a
vault or automatic alarm system
while its regular office is being
remodeled.
Numerous bags of silver were
left untouched and another branch
bank in the same building was not
entered.
WEDNESDAY'S BASEBALL
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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TUESDAY'S RESULTS
New York 6. Detroit 0.
Kansas City 6-6. Boston 5-7.
Cleveland 3-8, Washington 1-2
Baltimore 2-6. Chicago 0-9.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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New York
Philadelphia
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New York at Milwaukee, 9 p.
m. — McCall 6-5 or Ilearn 14-15 vs.
Spahn 14-14.
Brooklyn at St. Louis, 8 p. m -
Newcombe 20-5 vs. Poholsky 810.
Only games scheduled.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Philadelphia 10, Chicago 0.
St. Louis 8. Brooklyn 2.
Pittsburgh 5. Cincinnati 2.
New York 9, Milwaukee 1.
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