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ustang-Bobcat Contest
Be On Crucial List
ftv Bud Worsham
The Sweetwater-San AngeJo basketball game Friday
lljght at San Angelo Jooins as the contest that will possibly
fldecirJe the District 5-AA final standings this season. A vic-
for the Bobcats Friday night would give thfem a great
liadvantage ' over any other ' -
team.
I If the Mustangs s h o u 1 d
beat the Bobcats Friday
niglit, it would throw the
5-AA race-into a three-way
Slie between Sweetwater,
§ Abilene anfl San Angelo.
| In conference games played
;Just night, the Abilene Eagles
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IrtlfJH-POl NTKK—< ai l N min
of Sweetwater Hij>h School led
the point-makers in the Kagle-
Mustang game last night with
18 points.
defeated the Sweetwater Mus-
tangs for the second time, IS to
30. Abilene is the only team to
beat Sweetwater—and the Eagles
did it both times by nine points.
Last night's game was played at
Mustang gym before approxi-
mately 4r>0 fans.
In the other 5-AA game last
night, San Angelo stole the show
from Big Spring, 10 to 17, on the
Bobcat court.
Rocky
Finds That
Comeback Trail
l is Hard To Travel
NEW YORK. Feb. 1 —Former
middleweight titleholder. Rocky
Graziano, ring rusty from forced
H;layoffs in both Illinois and New
I York, is finding his comeback
| campaign onp of the toughest
^fights of his life, according to a
jfepicttire story in the issue of
p, LOOK magazine released Tues-
day.
Rocky, who compiled an envi-
able kayo record on his way to
R; the title and before he fell out of
Jp grace, had a rugged time eking
Jr.. out a ten round decision over
|fe-Sonny Home in his last outing
H in Cleveland. But Rocky* has
Smore than ring opponents to
$.•' lick, He is winning the long and
Kvoften trying battle to erase the
If stigma of his unsavory war re-
ptord and the incident of the al-
v. leged bribe attempt by leading
fean exemplauy personal life,
fe But wml'ejjtime has helped the
colorful Gratia no to gain favor
K again with {the liVe-and-let-live
fight crowdi the long period of
idleness away from the ring has
^slowed this 28-year-old gamester
down and taken some of the
"''sting out of his wallop.
The new-born Abilene jinx
over Sweetwater High School
worked again last night. The
Eagles got off to an early lead
and were never headed, although
the Ponies were ready to take
over the lead at any moment.
Carl Nunn of the Mustangs
was high-pointer for the night
with 13 points. He tallied nine of
the points in the last half.
Doyle Brunson. leading con-
ference scorer, was given a limit-
ed number of shots at the basket
by the Eagles. Brunson and Ron-
aid Fraley of Sweetwater each
collected eight points. Riley
Cross sank five. John Ohlen-
busch collected four and D. C.
Andrews made one point.
Although Hub Ingraham's 11
points was high for Abilene, it
was Vol (Cotton) Montgomery
(number 36) and Don Landrum
(number 29) who were the back-
bone of the Eagle victory. Both
boys were extra "hot" and were
finding the basket from any
angle. The two made 10 points
each.
The Mustangs .were trailing,
7-10. as the first quarter ended.
Sweetwater remained within
three points of Abilene during
most of the second quarter. The
Eagles led at halftime, 26 to 22.
and it was still anybody's game.
Abilene held the Ponies score-
less for five minutes in the third
quarter, while pushing their lead
to 29-22.
Sweetwater's Nunn got hot in
the last two minutes and pull-
SPORT A
purtS
By Bad Won ham
KONAIJ) KUALKY—The Mus-
tang forward sank eight
points against Abilene last
night—liis highest total of
points In one night during the
conference nice.
ed the Mustangs within three
points of the Eagles.
As the fourth quarter began, j
Abilene held a slim 31 to 32 lead !
After four minutes ot play in the j
fourth, the Eagles grabbed a five
point lead, 40-35 and coasted in j
to victory.
A total of 20 fouls was called \
against Sweetwater by Dillon j
and Card, the officials, while 15 I
fouls were charged against j
Abilene. The referees' whistle j
blew so often, it sounded like a j
musical concert.
B-Guiue, Junior High
Abilene made a clean sweep of j
all three games— South Junior
High of Abilene beat Sweetwater j
Junior High. 26 to 20, and the I
Eagle B-team defeated the Mus- J
tang reserves, 37 to 25.
Shorty Haggerton's five points j
was high for the Mustang B-1
teamers, while Joe YoUngblood's j
16 points led the Eaglets.
Sweetwater, Texas, Wednesday, February 1, 1950
La Salle College
Plays Minus Coach
District 5-AA standings
Team
San Angelo
Sweetwater
Abilene
Big Spring
Brownwood
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1, —
(UP) — The La Salle College
basketball team, ranked among
the top ten in the nation, may
have to finish the season with-
out a regular coach.
.Coach Ken. Loeffleu* who is
handling the team in his- ' first
year without an assistant, was
reported suffering from a dis-
placed vertebrae resulting from I e«**i
r n r i i,s, it-,,,, I HoJUnffswortb
a fall from a horse on his \\ yo- j
ming ranch in 1945.
"He is in terrible pain all the
time." the college announced.
"He said his legs are numb
from the knees down."
The 43-year-old mentor has
been treated by two physicians
during the past few weeks in
the hope that he will not have
to undergo, surgery until the
basketball season is over.
"But there's no guarantee,"
the college said. "The vertebrae
could snap out of place in the
middle of the night and he
would be in the hospital by
morning."
•Yiday's Schedule
Sweetwater at Syn Angelo.
Brownwood at Big Spring.
The box scores
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Cross
Brunson
Fraley
Andrews
Nunn
DeGaish
Ohlenbuseh
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Total*
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Strange
Tn graham
Darling
Montgomery
Landrum
Galushu
Stuard
Green
Couch ......
Loving
Dillard .
Grant
FG FT PF
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3 2 5
.241
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14 11 20 39
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IS 12 15
Abilene 20. Sweet-
Totals
Halftime Score:
water 22.
Officials: Jack Dillon and Arnie Card.
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Jake LaMotta To
Fight In June
NEW, YORK, Feb. 1 — Mid-
dleweight Champion Jake La-
Motta has signed a contract with
the International Boxing Club
to defend his title in June
against an opponent to be nam-
ed.
The Bronx bull just came in
under the Feb. 1 wire. Eddie
Eagan, chairman of the Newark
State Athletic Commission,
warned the champion he would
strip him of his title if he didn't
sign for u defense by Feb. 1.
LaMotta won the champion-
ship from the late Marcel C'er-
dan in Detroit last June. In his
only fight since becoming cham-
pion, LaMotta lost a ten-round
decision to Robert Villemain of
France in Madison Square Gar-
den Dec. !).
Possible opponents for a title
go include Ray Robinson, the
welterweight champion, Rocky
Graziano, Villemain, Steve Bel-
lolse, Laurent Dauthilje of
France, Dave Sands of Austral-
ia. and Kid Gavilan, the welter
contender from Cuba.
Sweetwater <B> <25>
O'Neal
Rudd
Ohlenbuseh
DeGaish
Haggerton
Ware
Aikens
Klrby
Totals
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Abilene <B> #:I7>
Youngblood
Boyd
Pope
Garner \ ..
Bryan
Blackburn
Cook
Wood
Frazer
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9 16 25
Itublirh On the Court
The basketball game here last
night between Abilene and
Sweetwater High School was a
thriller all the way. But there
was only one thing wrong with
the game—the refereeing was
rotten.
We may be criticized for
saying this and be ridiculed be-
cause Sweetwater didn't win.
But the majority of 450 fans
who were there last night all
say the refereeing "stunk."
Both officials were from Abi-
lene—Jack (Spider) Dillon and
Arnold Card. Whether they're
being from Abilene and calling
such a rotten game had any tie-
in. we wouldn't be prone to say.
Dillon wasn't so bad in his
officiating. But the other one,
Card, (the shortest of the two),
must have had his mind on
tennis. He certainly wasn't call-
ing a basketball game.
Those same two officials
"helped" the Eagles beat Sweet-
water at Abilene three weeks
ago.
One thing is sure—those two
will never referee another
Sweetwater basketball game.
Said one fan following the
game last night—"1 liked the
game, but the referees practi-
cally ruined it—for both teams."
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A Sad Plight For Lew
Lew Jenkins. Sweetwater's
professional boxing pride who
uon the world's lightweight
championship in 1040 and who
has been attempting a come-
back. really let go with the
words recently.
Interviewed by an Interna-
tional News Service sports
writer, Jenkins said: "Seems
like I've run up against noth-
ing but crooks all over the
world. There are crooks in
every racket but there seems
to be more of them in the fight
racket.
"I wish I'd never got into it.
I'd have been far better off and
had more health if I'd stuck to
the farm down home in Texas.
This racket's no good. You get
all busted up and when you're
young and a fool like I was you
don't save anything."
Lew says he's been going to
church now and then lately but
his disillusionment shows even
in his church going.
"1 always keep thinking how
many of those people in church
on Sunday with me are crooks
on other days of the week . . ."
Lew. who was beaten badly
last week in New York, Is try-
ing to land a job with the poli<pp
department in Philadelphia.
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Hassey May Return
More good news for Sweet-
water baseball fans—
Bill Hassey, the 1949 Swatter
center-fielder, may return to
Sweetwater this year for "fur-
ther seasoning."
Hassey, a rookie last year,
was one of the best-liked boys
on the Swatter club and was
classed among the top outfield-
ers in the Longhorn League.
When a ball was hit any-
where near Hassey, the hitter
found it useless to trot to first
base. Bill would catch 'em
against the wall or near the
ground, in any position.
He batted above .300 and par-
ticipated in every game the
Swatters played in 1949.
Merkel, Roscoe Play
Showdown Tilt Friday
HIGH MEN—River Falls' Nate 6o Long, left, and Bcloit's Ron
Bonterrips seem to be trying for an altitude record, too, going after
a rebound at Bcloit, Wis. They happen to be the nation's highest
scorers in college basketball. The home team won its 17th victory ,
in 1!) games, 82-64.
Coaches, Players
Honored At Dallas
DALLAS, Tex.. Feb. 1. (UP)
Five college coaches and two
of the southwest's most famous
athletes were honored person-
ally last night and four other
coaches praised in absentia at
the Dallas Saturday Morning
Quarterback Club's annual
sports achievement dinner.
Most of the honorees were
voted the outstanding men in
their fields by the Texas Sports
Writers Association. The lone
exception was SMU's Doak
Walker, who for the second
straight year received a plaque
as the southwest's nominee for
the AAU's annual Sullivan
award.
In addition
present were
junior grid
south westerner
to Walker, those
Kyle Rote, SMU
star, voted the
of the year;
Jess Neely of Rice, the South-
west Conference coach of the
year; Bob Berry of East Texas
State, Lone Star Conference
coach of the year; Frank Kirn-
brough of West Texas State,
Border Conference coach of the
year: Johnnie Franke of Whar-
ton County Junior College and
Jack Coats of Odessa Junior
College, coaches of the year for
the South Texas and Texas Jun-
ior College loops.
Coaches of the year who were
absent because of weather or
other commitments were Floyd
Wagstaff of Tyler and the
Southwestern Junior College
Conference; Billy Stamps of
Midwestern (Hardin) and the
Gulf Coast Conference; Wilford
Moore of McMurry and the Tex-
as Conference, and Joe Golding
of Wichita Falls high, the
state's schoolboy coach of the
year.
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Totals
Halftime Score:
water 12.
18 37
Abilene 11. Sweel-
hursday night's schedule in
Basketball
versUs
in first game tit 7:30;
sum versus Divide in
second
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San Antonio Club
To Have 'New'
Team This Year
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Feb. I—
(UP)—Only seven veterans from
last year's roster were among
the nearly 40 players mailed 1950
contracts today by the San An-
tonio Missions.
And three of those spent only
part of the 1949 Texas League
campaign in a Mission uniform,
President Bob Tarleton said.
"We have plenty of youth on
our roster and every position is
open." Tarleton said.
Veterans who will be on hand
March 8 when new Pilot Don
Heffner starts spring training
Were:
Catcher Danny Baich; Pitchers
John Gibson, Pavlick and Lester
Stone; First Baseman Murrell
Jones; Shortstop Wes Hamner,
and Outfielder Bill Martin.
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High Sdiool Boxing
SNYDER, Feb. 1, (Spl.) —
High School boxers from Sny-
der and Rotan will battle at the
Snyder gym Thursday night,
with 12 bouts scheduled.
Each fight will go three
rounds, according to Snyder
Coach J. M. Kayser.
Snyder boys who will fight
include:
Jerry Allen, 117; Wayne Jen-
kins, 125; C. W. Dortnan, 101;
Steve Cos, 150: Billy John Voss,
150; Armin Hegenheiser, 153;
Lowell Bearden. 167: Billy Hicks,
128, N. J. Harrison, 150: Ed
Frank Bayouth. 130: Donald
Head, 130: anil Manuel Hedges,
127.
Frogs Rally To
Beat East Texas
COMMERCE. Tex., Feb. 1 -
(UP)—Texas Christian Univer
sity defeated Fast Texas, 48 to
44, last night but had to score
six points in the final 35 seconds
to take the non-conference cage
victory.
The Southwest Conference
Horned Frogs led 29 to 23 at the
half and seemingly were ready
to rortip away with the game.
But East Texas drove back to
make it a game the rest of the
way.
The lead changed hands six
times in the last 10 minutes of
tilay until the Frogs' belated ral-
ly overwhelmed their Lone Star
Conference opponents.
HarVey Fromme led TCU with
21 points, while Joe Stewart was
tlops for East Texas with nine.
McAllen Club Has
Week To Work Out
Financial Troubles
McALLEN, Tex, Feb. 1, —
(UP) — The new owners of the
McAllen Club in the Rio Grande
Valley baseball league today had
seven days in which to put the
franchise on a firm financial
basis.
A group of business men,
known as the McAllen Baseball
Trust, assumed the club's debts
of some $11,000 last night by
giving owner Eorle Halstead a
dollar as token of payment.
The transaction took place
only two hours before a mid-
night deadline which would
have seen the franchise revert
to the class C league.
The trustees who will operate
the club as a noil-profit civic or-
ganization are Mike Robinson.
Dan Sanborn, Eddie Kimberlin,
Joe Melton, E. E Porter, Lo-
gan Drye and Clyde Moody.
Scurry County To
Hold Stock Show
SNY1DER — The annual
Scurry County Junior Livestock
Show will be belli here March
13 and 14, preliminary to the
area show at Sweetwater on
March 17-18, it was announced
this week.
Judges will be Dean W.L.Stan-
gel of the agriculture dept. of
Texas Tech and Ray Mowerv
of the Tech animal husbandry
department.
The Merkel Badgers, after a
close call with the Rotan Yel-
low hammers, are still leading
the District O A West basketball
race.
At Rotan Monday night, the
Badgers eked by the Yellow-
hammers, 29 to 2t> ,for their
seventh conference victory
against no losses.
Merkel plays second place
Roscoe at Roscoe Friday night
in the headline game in District
<;-A. The Badgers beat the Plow-
boys at Merkel in the first
round of play. ;lti-33. A victory
for Roscoe Friday would give
them a tie with Merkel for the
leadership.
Other games Friday night in
the western division of 0-A—
Snyder at Roby and Rotan at
Colorado City.
The Colorado City Wolves
had a close call, also, Monday
night. The Wolves rallied in the
final period to beat the Snyder
Tigers at Snyder. 40 to 30.
The halftime score found Sny-
der and C. C. tied, 18-18. Roltert
Minton of Snyder and Nathan
Corbel 1 Of Colorado City shared
high-scoring honors with 10
points each. The Wolves also
took the B-game after a tough
fight. 29-28.
The Roscoe Plow boys ran
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pay $100,000 For
High School Hurler
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. —
The Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday
paid $100,000 ror Lefty Paul Pet-
tit, 18-year-oitl high school lad
from Long Beach, Calif.
It was reported to be the high-
est price ever paid for an un-
tried rookie. The deal was an-
nounced by Roy Harney, general
manager of the Pirates.
Hamey stated that the young-
ster would pitch for New Or-
leans in the Southern Associa-
tion and would join the Pirates
in 1951.
Pot tit was a sensation hurling
for tiny Naibonne High School
at nearby Lomita.
roughshod over the sophomore-
maiined Roby Lions hist night,
til to 18. in preparation for the
Badgers Friday night.
Archie Hunter of Roscoe was
high-pointer with 14, while Jim-
mie Price's six points was tops
for Roby. The Plowboys won
the B-game, 31 to 18. Kenneth
I'lunkett of Roscoe was top
scorer in the B-game with 11
points.
The standings-
Team
Merkel
Roscoe
Colorado City
Snyder
Rotan
Roby
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Friday's Schedule
Snyder at Roby.
Kotan at Colorado City.
Merkel at Roscoe.
$150,000 Airport
At Snyder Plans
With U. S. Help
SNYDER — Snyder has been
listed by the Civil Aeronautics
Administration for airport im-
provement aid, according to
word received here from Con-
j gressman George Mahon.
The proposed airport project
includes 820,000 for land pur-
chase and 825,000 for adminis-
tration building, the city to sup-
ply $80,000 and CAA $70,000 ac-
cording to present plans.
Tuesday's College
Basketball Results
By United Pre**
St. John's (NY) 82, Manhat-
tan 52.
Holy Cross 02. Springfield 19.
Duquesne 78, Baldwin-Wallace
55.
South Carolina 00, Davidson 40.
Southwestern Louisiana 40,
Loyola (South I 39.
Texas Christian 48, East Tex-
as State 41.
Hardin 50, Brook Medical 15.
Tulsa 33. Oklahoma City 29.
Lacklantl AFB 01. Howard
Payne 52.
Butler 63, Notre Dame 57.
Los Angeles State 50. Santa
Clara 52.
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