Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 122, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 1951 Page: 2 of 8
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TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Longhorn Leatfac
Blf Spring 3. Sweetwater 1.
San Angelo 10, Vernon 2.
Midland 8,. Artesia 6.
Roswell 11. Odessa 6.
National JjeagM
Brooklyn 17. Pittsburgh 8.
Boston 7, St. Louis 2.
(Other games postponed—rain).
American League
Boston 6. Detroit 3.
New York 6, St. Louis 1.
Cleveland 6. Philadelpha 2.
Chicago 9. Washington 8.
Texas beagae
Dallas 6. Fort Worth 2.
Houston 9, San Antonio 5.
Beaumont 10. Shreveport 6.
Oklahoma City at Tulsa ppd., wet
grounds and cold weather.
Gulf Coast League
Laredo 2, Lake Charles 1.
Corpus Christ! 12, Harlingen 9.
Brownsville 0. Galveston 5.
Texas City 9, Port Arthur 5.
Big State League
Texarkana 6. Sherman-Denison 3.
Tyler 5. Waco 3.
Gainesville 5, Wichita Falls 4.
Austin at Temple ppd. rain.
West Texas-New Mexico League
Abilene 7, Borger 2.
Lamesa 8. Clovis 3.
Albuquerque 4-1, Lubbock 0-3.
Amarillo at Pampa ppd. wet grounds.
THE STANDINGS
LONGHORN
Team
San Angelo
Vernon
Roswell
Big Spring
Odessa
Midland
Sweetwater
Artesia
• •
WEST TEXAS-NEW
Team
Albuquerque
Abilene
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16 13
16 13
13 18
13 19
12 19
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.552
.552
.419
.387
.387
.276
Lubbock
Pampa
Lamesa
Clovis
Borger
Amarillo
MEXICO LEAGUE
W L Pet.
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19 8
16 10
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14 14
11 18
8 18
7 20
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.542
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New York
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
St. Louis
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18 9
16 12
16 13
15 14
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.571
.552
.517
.483
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team 1 W L Vet.
Brooklyn 19 13 .594
Chicago 17 14 .548
Boston 18 36 .529
St. Louis 16 15 .516
Philadelphia 16 17 .485
New York 1619 .457
Pittsburgh . 14 18 .438
Cincinnati 14 18 .438
• *
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Longhorn League
Sweetwater at Big Spring.
Roswell nt Odesa.
Artesia at Midland.
Vernon at San Angelo.
West Texas-New Mexico League
Albuquerque at Lubbock.
Borger at Abilene
Clovis at Lamesa.
Amarillo at Pampa.
American League
Detroit at New York.
St. Louis at Boston
Chicago at Philadelphia fn>.
Cleveland at Washington (n).
National League
New York at Chicago.
Boston at. St.. Louis.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (n).
Hubbard is expected to toil
for the Swatters in an at-
tempt to snap the losing
skein. The last Swat.ter vic-
tory was a week ago when
Hubbard beat Odessa, 7-2.
Among the Sweetwater loss-
es were: 3-2, 2-0, 4-2, 7-6,10-8
and 3-1.
The Swatters return home
Thursday for a four-day series
with Midland and Big Spring.
In a mid-season pitching duel,
the Big Spring Broncs' Mike
Fornielas edged the Swatters'
Paul Walker, 3 to 1, last night
in one of the most well-played
games of the season.
Six double plays — three by
each team—featured the hurling
duel as the Swatters managed
only four safeties off Fernielas,
while the Broncs collected nine
off Walker.
Big Spring grouped^ five of its
nine bingles in the seventh to
score all three runs.
Swatters Iu Lead
Sweetwater took a 1-0 lead in
the fourth frame when Chuck
Herring led off with a walk and
stole second after Earl Harriman
and Warren Sliter flied out to
right field. Kenneth Funk dou-
bled to right, scoring Herring.
Walker had a three-hitter go-
ing into the bottom of the sev-
enth when the Broncs unloaded
for three runs.
The first three batters — Gus
Ungo, Pat Stasey and Felix
Gomez—hit safely, with Gomez'
double scoring Ungo. Manny
Junco struck out and A1 Valdes'
outfield fly scored Stasey on a
tag-up.
Charles Lofland kept the ral-
ly going by singling to center and
Gomez scored. Farnielas got an-
other safety off Walker before
the Swatters could get out of
the inning.
The first two Swatters who
came to bat in the eighth
inning reached base, but a double
play killed the scoring threat.
Chief Abott singled and Durward
McGaha walked. Walker's at-
temped sacrifice bunt barely
rolled foul and he had to hit
away on the third strike, which
produced a twin killing.
The Swatters made another
brief effort to score in the ninth
when Harriman led off with a
single. But Sliter popped up to
the third baseman, Funk hit into
a fielder's choice and Hal Bart
struck out.
Funk collected two of Sweet-
water's four hits off Fornielas,
while Mgr. Stasey was the big
gun for the Broncs with three-
for-four.
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Sliter, lb
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Graham, rf
Abbott, c
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McGaha, cf
Walker, p
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Sweetwater Reporter
Published each afternoon except Satur-
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water Reporter, Inc.
Entered as second class matter at post
office In Sweetwater, Texas, under act of
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Allen Baker
Publisher
. . Editor
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of any
person, firm or corporation, which may
appear In any of The Keporter's publica-
tions will be cheerfully corrected upon
being brought to attention of the pub-
lisher.
BIG SPRING (3)
Costa, ss . . .
Lastra, 2b .
Ungo. lb
Stasey, rf . .
Gomez, cf . .
Junco. If
Valdes. c .
Lofland, 3b
Fornielas, p
Sweetwater 000 100 000—1
Big Spring 000 000 30x—3
Runs batted In: Funk, Gomez. Valdes,
Lofland. Two-base hits: Funk, Stasey 2,
Gomez 2. Stolen base: Herring. Double
plays: Herring to Harriman to Sliter;
Harriman to Herring to Sliter; Walker
to Herring to Sliter; Costa to Lastra to
Ungo: Fornielas to Lastra to Ungo (2).
Left on bases: Sweetwater 4. Big Spring
t. Bases on balls; Walker 1, Fornielas 4.
Strike-outs; Walker 2. Fornielas 8. Um-
pires: Sykes and Hutchins. Time 1:44.
SPORT
ANGLES
Bish
Almost Persuaded
He was on the hook, but he
got away!
We're speaking of Sam Harsh-
aney, the colorful umpire-baiting
baseballer Who got his walking
papers from the Harlingen club
of the Gulf Coast League yester-
day.
The Sweetwater Baseball As-
sociation almost persuaded Har-
shaney, a veteran catcher who
knows all the baseball tricks, to
report to the Swatters as a
player.
And Harshaney almost accept-
ed the offer. .
He hasn't definitely decided
NOT to come to Sweetwater as
a player, though. There's still a
chance that the Swatters may
land him.
The only reason for Harsha-
ney hesitating in taking the
Sweetwater offer was—as he
6aid in a telephone conversation
with Business Manager Joe
Bratcher Tuesday noon—that he
didn't believe he could play as
much as the Swatter club would
want him to.
Sam is getting up in years, but
he still packs a mean bat and
rates an A-plus in the handling
of pitchers.
• —SS—
HARSHANEY piloted the Har
lingeri Capitols to the Rio Grande
Valley League pennant last sea-
son.
The Harlingen fans got peeved
at Harshaney for some un-
known reason this season and
screamed for his scalp. The club
is in second place in the stand-
Management of the Harlingen
club—now in the Gulf Coast
League—appointed Pitcher Earl
Caldwell as acting manager and
sent Harshaney on a scouting
trip to Austin, West Texas and
possibly New Mexico.
Harshaney agreed to the trip,
but in Harlingen he said he did
not know about coming back.
"The trip is something I didn't
want," he said. "If that's their
way of letting me out. when the
club is only one game out of the
lead, well. I just don't like it."
It won't take long for the Har-
lingen fans to realize their mis-
take in ousting the fiery Har-
shaney. In our book he's tops.
Sarri is the fellow who made a
real pitcher out of .lesse Priest,
the side-armer who couldn't
make the Sweetwater club at the
start of the 1950 season so re-
ported to Harlingen.
Catcher-Manager Harshaney
brought Priest around and the
hurler won 16 games. Jesse is
now the leading pitcher in the
West Texas-New Mexico League
with the Albuquerque Dukes.
—SS—
THE LONGHORN League is
packed with one surprise after
another. But one of the most un-
usual incidents occurred in the
league last night at the San An-
gelo-Vernon contest.
Jimmy McClure of the Colts
and Cotton Russell of the Dus-
ters were locked in a pitcher's
duel going into the bottom of
the seventh inning, with San An-
gelo leading 4-2.
Then in the seventh, the Colts
got the bases loaded on Russell
—one of the league's top hurlers.
who won 25 last year—and Ken
Kowalik blasted a home run.
San Angelo sports scribe Bob
Milburn then reports:
"Russell, greatly perturbed, got
Wayne Wallace on a pop to the
shortstop following Kowalik's
homer. The next batter was Hu-
bert Garza, Colt catcher. Rus-
sell took a big stretch, wheeled
and delivered. Up to the plate,
instead of the ball, came the
pitcher's resin bag. It floated to
;he back side of Garza and plop-
ped to the ground.
"Garza, Umpire George Thom-
as behind the plate, the fans and
Vernon Mgr. Jittery Joe Berry
were all so surprised that every-
thing hushed for just a moment.
"Umpire Thomas was the first
to recover and his initial reac-
tion was to wave Russell from
the mound and out of the game
and to send Garza to first base."
By CARL LUNDQUIBT
NEW YORK, May 23 TUP) --
Thor, the old thimtergptj, put
on one of his best snows last
night In Pittsburgh with a se-
vere electrical storm that Mid
up the ball game almost ah hour,
and then the Brooklyn Dodgers
it out and put him to shatne.
he Atomic Bums, offering
lr own special brand of thun-
der and lightning, shook Forbes
Field until they may have to
condemn it with an 18-hit, 17 to
8 victory over the Pirates that
Included four home runs and
four doubles.
While Thor retreated behind
a convenient cloud, Gil Hodges
hit his 12th and 13th homers to
take over the major league lead.
with
What's the matter
the Boston Red Sox?
With all their costly pur-
chases, they never seem able
to field a winning combina-
tion.
The Red Sox have a lot of
guys who can whack the ball,
but when they aren't whack-
ing and the pitchers aren't
pitching, they are in a bad
way.
They have a dozen or more
duplications of value, players
capable of handling different
positions, but no speed and
not enough team.
Man for man, the Red Sox
look great on paper, but
games are won on the field.
Virtually everyone tabbed
them as the team to beat in
the American Legion at the
start of the season. But the
Red Sox have faltered badly.
Bill Wight was greeting his
new teammates in the Sara-
sota clubhouse this spring.
Dom DiMaggio, Pesky, Steph-
ens, Goodman, Williams, Dro-
po and Doerf popped through
the door.
Finally, in came Lou Bou-
dreau.
"My. my," remarked
Southpaw Wight, "this club
gets stronger every minute."
But the Boston Americans
never seem to be strong
enough.
Of course, the season has a
long way to go, and the Red
Sox could pull out of their
slump and take over com-
mand. But their poor start
has just about killed the'spir-
it of the faithful Boston fans.
It proves that you can buy
the best players possible and
still net have a "winner." It
takes that certain something
to beat your opponents.
As far as men's wearing
apparel is concerned, we feel
that the M. & M. Men's Store
has that certain "something"
that puts it on top—not for
only a few days or one sea-
son, but for the entire year.
The next time you go shop-
ping for men's clothing, stop
by the M. & M. Store.
|d Jacome
Wins 10th
Eddie Jacome of Midland be-
came the first Longhorn League
pitcher to win 10 games this
season last night, beating the
Artesia Drillers, 9 to 6.
Jacome now has a 10-3 rec-
ord. Last night's victory was
his third in three days—he won
as a relief tosser the two previ-
ous nights.
Bill Hornsby, son of the fam-
ed Rogers Hornby, slammed a
two-run homer for Midland.
The triumph elevated the In-
dians to sixth place in the
standings.
San Angelo trounced second-
place Vernon. 10 to 2, as Ken
Kowalik smashed a grand-slam
homer in the seventh inning to
break up a tight pitching duel
between Jimmy McClure of the
Colts and Cotton Russell of
the Dusters.
The winning and losing pitch-
ers didn't have to do much work
in the Roswell-Odessa contest as
the Rockets won, 11 to 6.
Losing pitcher Rocky Rotun-
no of the Oilers pitched to only
two men—but both scored. Win-
ning Pitcher Gil Graheda faced
only one man.
Catcher Ray Sanders' grand-
slam blow wrapped up the game
for Roswell in the ninth inning.
Big Spring nudged Sweetwa-
ter 3 to I, on Mike Forhielas'
four-hitter. Paul Walker of the
Swatters gave up only nine
bingles to .the Broncs, but five
of them came ni the seventn for
the three Big Spring runs.
The same teams play tonight.
The line scores:
Vernon 002 000 000— 2 8 5
San Angelo 300 001 42x—10 8 2
Russell. Iligsby and Herring; McClure
and Garza.
Roswell 010 200 224—-11 12 A
Odessa «)00 100 500— 6 7 4
Grimes. Graheda, Drake. Hees and
Sanders; Sims, Itolunno, Guerrero, Or-
tega and Castro.
His second came with the bases
loaded in the ninth. Bruce Ed-
wards and Roy Campanella also
hit homers and Cal' Abrams got
two doubles while Jackie Robin-
son and Campanella got o$ie
apiece.
At the finish, the Brooks were
atop the National League stand-
ings by a game and a half.
The Cubs did some clouting of
their own, Wally Westlake hit-
ting his 12th homer to stay one
behind Hodges, while Ralph Kin-
er got his eighth and George
Metkovich his first.
In other less frightening dis-
plays, the Braves defeated the
Cards, 7 to 2, while in the Am-
erican League the White Sox
edged Washington, 9 to 8, for
their sixth straight road vic-
tory, the Yankees heat the
Browns, 6 to 1. Cleveland top-
ped Philadelphia, 6 to 2, and
Boston downed Detroit, 6 to 3.
Warren Spahn pitched his
fourth victory, a seven-hitter,
while the Braves utilized 12
walks to win at St. Louis. Bos-
ton made only one hit even
though 10 men came to the
plate as they put over four runs
to clinch the game in the fifth.
Bob Elliott later hit a Boston
lomer.
White Sox Roll
The White Sox, seeking to
make their first all-victorious
eastern tour in modern times,
won their third straight from
Washington and now have only
to best the seventh place A's
twice to complete their goal. Re-
lief Pitcher Harry Dorish had
to come on and stop the Nats
last night for the second straight
game, pitching three hit ball in
the four final innings. Washing-
ton made six runs in the fifth.
Nelson Fox hit a two-run inside
the park Homer as Chicago came
from behind for its triumph.
Allie Reynolds turned in his
second tight pitching job for the
Yankees, holding the Browns to
four hits and getting a two-run
homer by Yogi Berra plus two
triples and three doubles for of-
fensive support. Bobby Brown
got a triple and two singles to
pace the Yankees.
Les Moss, the new Red Sox
catcher, paid a dividend on his
being rescued from the Browns
by lashing a grand slam home
run in the seventh to break a 2-
all tie. Another good omen for
Boston was pitching of Mickey
McDermott, who hurled seven
hit ball for his second straight
route-going triumph.
At Philadelphia. Early Wynn
polled the slumping Indians to-
gether with a fine five-hitter in
which Bob Avila delivered his
first homer of the season and
Ike Boone got a triple and sin-
gle. Jim Hegan drove in two
runs with a double and single.
Artesia
Midland
Ten, Marshall,
come and Jones.
. . 201 110 001—0 13 2
400 022 lOx 9 10 0
Reiley and Perez; Ja-
YESTERDAY'S STAR
By United Press
Gil Hodges, Brooklyn—hit two
homers, one with the bases load-
ed. in a 17 to 8 rout of the Pi-
rates, taking over the major
league home run lead with a total
of 13.
Temple Moves Back
In First Division
IJy Cuited I'nAi
The Temple Eagles, who have
waged an almost continuous
battle with Sherman-Denison
for a spot in the first division
of the Big State League, moved
back into the top half last night
by loafing.
The Eagles' game with Austin
at Temple was rained out. but
the twins dropped a 6-to-3 deci-
sion to Texarkana to fall a.half
game back into the second di-
vision.
Austin's idleness permitted
the leading Gainesville Owls to
add another half game to their
bulge as they defeated Wichita
Falls, 5 to 4. The Tyler East
Texans broke a four-day drouth
by defeating Waco, 5 to 3.
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Sweetwater
Week's Longhorn
League Schedule
This week's Longhorn League
schedule:
Tuesday, Wednesday
Sweetwater at Big Spring.
Vernon at San Angelo.
Roswell at Odessa.
Artesia at Midland.
Thursday, Friday
Midland at Sweetwater.
San Angelo at Roswell.
Odessa at Artesia.
Big Spring at Vernon.
Saturday, Sunday
Big Spring at Sweetwater.
Sen Angelo at Artesia.
Odessa at Roswell.
Midland at Vernon.
Monday, Tuesday
Sweetwater at Vernon.
Odessa at San Angelo.
Artesia at Roswell.
Big Spring at Midland.
Trophy Shoot Here
The Sweetwater Rifle and Pis-
tol Club will hold a trophy shoot
at the indoor range Thursday
night at 7:30.
Any caliber pistols but only
22 caliber rifles may be entered
in the shoot. The range is locat-
ed at the ciiy parx.
President L. T. Weathers, Jr..
announced that all visitors are
invited lo watch the shooting.
By fatted Ptm '
The Dallas Eagles rushed on
toward the Texas LeagueV, top
spot today—and were \yi hin a
half game of their goal.
The Eagles gained a full game
on the leading San Antonio Mis-
sions last night. Dallas trimmed
Fort Worth, 6-2, while San An-
tonio took it on the chin from
Houston, 9-5.
The same combination of a
Dallas victory and a San An-
tonio loss tonight would vault
the Eagles into top spot for the
first time this season. The Mis-
sions have held the lead since
April 22.
In another change of stand-
ings, Beaumont moved into third
place, by defeating Shreveport,
10 to 6. Oklahoma City, which
had held third, was idle, its
game at Tulsa postponed be-
cause of wet grounds and cold
weather.
Hal Erickson and Reliefer Ed
Varheeley combined to hold
Fort Wortji to four hits while
Dallas got seven off three Fort
Worth hurlers. All the Dallas
runs came in a big seventh inn-
ing.
The Houston Buffs, who have
dropped from third to fifth
place in League standings since
last weekend, shelled .John Pav-
lick from the mound in the first
inning as they slammed across
four runs to take the lead. The
Missions had seven blows, one of
them a three-run homer in the
eighth by Jim Dyck.
Two homers, good for four
runs, gave Beaumont its edge
over Shreveport as both teams
notched 10 hits. The homers
came in the third, by Fenton
Mole and in the fourth by Frank
Mancuso.
Priest's One-Hitler
Stops Lubbock, 4-0
By United Press
Righthander Jesse Priest of
Albuquerque tossed a one-hit
shutout over Lubbock last night
in the opener of a doubleheader,
but the Dukes dropped the
nightcap to fall back into a tie
for first place in the West Tex-
as-New Mexico League.
While the Dukes were split-
ting the twinbill, Abilene's Blue
Sox got a hold on the top rung
again by whipping Borger, 7
to 2. Lamesa downed Clovis,
8 to 3. and Amarillo at Pampa
was postponed because of wet
grounds.
Priest's one-hitter gave the
Dukes the first game, 4 to
0. The victim was Lubbock's
righthander. Julio Moreno, who
deserved better, as he gave up
only six hits. The Hubbers came
back 3-1 in J.he second.
Abilene fashioned its win off
five hits and four Borger er-
rors. With 14 hits to back them
up, Lamesa walloped Clovis, al-
though it had to come from be-
hind with a 6-run uprising in
the eighth inning.
Humble Win, 10-2
In a senior league Softball
game at Southside Park last
night, Humble Oil downed La-
mar Baptist, 10 to 2. Justiss and
Ellis were the Humble battery,
while Cook and Pate divided
pitching chores for the losers,
with Gossett catching.
Tonight's schedule: Roscoe
Boys Club versus Walsh Con-
struction Co. and East Ridge
versus Texas Electric.
Sweetwater, Texas, Wednesday, May 23, 1951
Pfrcjipr Nad Garver Of Brownies
Would Pe Famous With A Winder
By Oscar Fraley
NEW YORK, May 23 (UP)—
Undaunted by another of those
defeats which come close to be-
ing habit-forming for pitchers
with the St. Louis Browns,
handsome Ned Garver todav
voiced a hope that this season "I
can win as many as I lose."
That's a large order, even
though Garver is one of the best
pitchers in the major leagues.
To appreciate how large, you
have to see the Browns.
Winding up a winner with
the Brownies requires many
things. One should be a fast
ball two miles a minute quicker
than Walter Johnson's best. Of
great assistance would be a
curve which wandered over the
plate from the direction of the
dugout. On top of that, you'd
have to be lucky.
So you can understand how
fabulous is Garvcr's record of
five wins against three losses
when you consider that the
Browns to date this season have
won a grand total of eight ball
games -against 24 losses.
A black-haired farm boy from
Ney, O., Garver must be regard-
ed as one of baseball's heroes.
With an able club he would be
famous, for he has the stuff in
a sneaky fast ball, a slippery
slider, a good curve, fine change
of pace and good control. With
the Browns he is iust another
pitcher buried under his club's
mediocritv.
Won 13 in '50
For three seasons he has toil-
ed with Herculean effort and
amazing aplomb for a stumbling
ball club. Never was he a win-
ner. In 1948 he won seven and
lost 11. In 1949, he won 12, but
lost 17—which made him the
American League leader in de-
feats suffered. Last season he
boosted his victory total to 13.
while the club kicked away 18
in back of him.
This season he has started
six times and won three, pick-
ing up two more victories in
roles. In starting assignments
he has lost three, to Chicago,
Boston and New York. Battling
bravely against odds which
would rob most nitchers of their
hopes and ambitions, the 25-
year-old hurler has two ambi-
tions.
One of them he'll talk about.
That is his desire to win "more
than I lose."
The other is a secret one
which he won't discuss. That's
being traded to another ball
club with pennant pretensions^
"I've quit waiting to be soldr
he ventures cautiously. "The
first time I heard those reports,
I started looking ahead to see
what might happen. Nothing did.
So now, well, I'll just wait and
see."
The Browns once put a $300.-
000 price tag on him and then
announced later that he wouldn't
be sold. But the Browns are
akin to the old Philadelphia^
Phillies of the Gerry Nugent
era—build a star and peddle him
for all the market will bear.
So that desire for a winning
season may be Garvcr's hopes
of getting away from the deso-
late Browns. Anybody who can
come up a winner with them
ought to be about the best pitch-
er in the game- and there are
a lot of club's willing to pay tha
price.
Knot Hole Gong
Needs Members
Attention, all boys between 8
and 13 years of age!
Have you joined th Knot Hole
Gang?
If not, do so at once and you.
will be able to attend all the r™
maining Swatter home baseball
games free of charge.
Membership to the Knot Hole
Gang—sponsored by the Kiwanls
Clus— is $1. That's all you have
to pay for your special identifica-
tion badge and "T" shirt. It, will
serve as your admission to all
the games.
Any boy (8-13i in Nolan Coun-
ty can make membership in the
Knot Hole Gang at the following
places:
Perry Furniture Store, Fraley
& Reeves and Texas Electric Ser-
vice Company.
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 122, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 1951, newspaper, May 23, 1951; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290525/m1/2/?q=%22Sweetwater%20%28Tex.%29%20--%20Periodicals.%22: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.