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SWEETWATER REPORTER, SWEETWATER, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, 19 W)
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Sweetwater, Abilene Seeded In Opposite Tourney Brackets
Mustangs Draw
Forsan Buffs in
Of
Mustangs Favored To Capture District Basketball Title
veiling Contest
Eagles to Meet Hamlin
In First Round; Four
Quintets Draw Byes
Sweetwater and Abilene were
seeded in opposite brackets of
the district 5 Texas interscho-
lastic league basketball tourna-
ment which opens here at noon
Friday.
Both are rated as the two
strongest teams in the district,
with a possibility, however, of
either being eliminated by any-
one of a half dozen other strong
outfits to be here for the an-
nual event.
Twelve teams are entered in
the tournament which begins at
12 noon Friday, with four games
to be played Friday afternoon
and four Friday evening and
night. Two games are to lie
played in the semifinal round
Saturday morning and two in
the finals Saturday night. The
two teams losing in the semi-
finals meet at 8 p. m. Saturday
for third place in the district
and the two finalists start hos-
tilities at 9 p. m.
Four Draw Byes
Four teams in the district
drew byes in the first round.
They were Roby, Fisher county
titlist; Colorado City. Mitchell
county champion; Swenson,
Stonewall county's best, and Ira,
winner of the Scurry county
pennant.'
If there are any cinches in
the tournament, certainly Sweet-
water failed to draw one in the
opening game. The Mustangs
drew the Forsan Buffaloes in
their first game of the opening
round Friday afternoon. Forsan
is the perennial Howard county
champion, and while Brady Nix,
Forsan coach, has had stronger
quintets than the 1940 one, the
present Nix machine is plenty
potent.
Nix Gunning for .Mustangs
Nix, who attended Tuesday
night's session to draw up the
tournament card, said Sweet-
water may have an advantage
in height, but that he would see
•( if his quintet couldn't make up
for the difference in hustle, a
thing the Forsan quintets have
been noted for in the -past.
Abilene likewise draws a
stiff opening assignment, meet-
ing Hamlin in the first game.
First Found
First round pairings in the
upper bracket follow:
Roby, bye.
12 ni.—Divide vs. .layton.
J:15 p. in. — Abilene vs.
Hamlin.
Colorado City, bye.
First round pairings in
lower bracket:
Swenson, bye.
2:30 p. in.—Kweelwater vs.
Forsan.
3:45 p. in.—Big Spring vs.
Ovalo.
Ira, bye.
SECOND ROUND, UPPER
BRACKET:
5 p. in.—Boby vs. Divide-
■layton winner.
7 p. in.—Colorado City vs.
Abilene-Hanibn winner.
SECOND ROUND, LOWER
BRACKET:
8:15 p. in.—Hwenson vs.
Sweet water-Forsan winner.
0:80 p. m. — Ira vs. Big
Spring-Ovalo winner.
The semifinal round begins
at 9:30 a. m. Saturday. The card
will be as follows:
9:30 a. m.—Bohy-Divide-
.layton winner vs. Ahilenc-
H am I in -Colorado City win-
ner.
10:45 a. in. — Swenson-
Sweetwater - Korsan win-
ner vs. Big Spring-Ovalo-Ira
winner.
Those attending Tuesday
night's session were:
RECORD LIST OF STARTERS TO
GO TO POST IN SANTA ANITA 'CAP
BY JACK GUEXTHER
ARCADIA. Calif. — (UP) —
Names of candidates for the
sixth running of the Santa Ani-
ta derby were dropped through
the eirtiry box Wednesday and
all signs indicated that a rec-
ord number of starters will pa-
rade to the post when the bug-
ler calls the field Thursday for
the 850,000 race.
Although most predictions
called for a field of perhaps 25
or more three-year-olds, officials
of Santa Anita Park said they
expected no more than 21 start-
ers.
The skies were blue and the
sun was hot as the entry pro-
ceedings began anil it appeared
certain that the brown loam
racing ribbon would be crisp
and fast for the mile and one-
eighth chase which was won by
Ciencia a year ago. The fair
weather, fast track and bulky
field are expected to lure 50,000
spectators to the Washington's
birthday feature.
No matter how many horses
eventually leave their barns for
the race, the derby will not be
split into two divisions as was
reported during the week. The
management announced that
the ultimate size of the field
would affect only the start; if 20
or less horses go, they will go
from the electric gate: if the
number exceeds 20, the colts,
fillies and geldings will break
from an old-fashioned rope bar-
rier.
The heavy entry list boosted
the value of the race to the win-
ner to around $48,000 — the
heaviest purse ever laid on the
finish line for a three-year-old
in a western state.
Although the deadline for the
race drew near, there still was
no hot—or even warm—favor-
ite. A heavy minority of the rail-
birds leaned toward the triple-
ply entry of Gallahadio, Tough
Hombre and Chatted from Milky
Way farm.
Demaret, Penna
In Finals of
Western Open
HOUSTON — (UP) —Jimmy
Demaret of Houston and Tony
Penna of Dayton, Ohio, met
Wednesday in an 18-hole play-
off for the $1,000 first prize
In the Western Open golf tour-
nament. •
Demaret came from behind to
tie Penna in Tuesday's f'nal
round. He sank a four-foot putt
on the last hole of the 72-hoie
tournament for a 71 and a ,^13
total, after Penna had slipped to
a 73 during the afternoon.
The loser in the playoff will
take second prize of $700.
Sam Snead, White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va., leader at the
halfway mark, was runner-up
and took third place money of
$500 for his total of 294, ten
strokes over par and one lia-k
of the leaders.
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Garden Bowlers
Beat San Angelo
' The Spanish Gardens team in
the city bowling league Tues-
day night defeated the Manning
Cafe outfit in the San Angelo
league two out of three games, j
L. Spencer was high individual
and high three-game scorer. He
racked up 585. O'Hara of San
Angelo was runner-up with 208
pins in the second frame and a
three-game total of 558.
Spanish Gardens
Smith 132 154 180 440
Simms 141 105 197 443
Spiers 105 140 155 406
Ponder 150 176 158 490
Spencer 161 223 201 585
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Lubbock Fight
Meets Babe Hunt
CARLSBAD, N. M. — (UP)
Babe Ritchie, a veteran heavy-1
weight boxer at twenty, runs |
into the power Wows of anoth- j
er Southwestern slugger Wed-.
nesdav night in the first bout of]
his attempted comeback to fis-1
tic glory.
Ritchie, who has been idle i
since a promising career was |
cut short when Max Baer j
knocked him out last September
in Lubbock, meets Babe Hunt, j
the Oklahoma City heavyweight
in the 10-round attraction of a '
Washington's birthday card. Rit-
chie has been training in El
Paso, for several months, pre-
paring for his comeback at-
tempt.
It will be the settling of a
"grudge" between the two Babes
j who, with their combine"?!
I weights, will put 414 pounds in
| the ring. Hunt last summer saw
{ Ritchie come back after a near
| knockout in their fight at Lub-
i bock and earn a draw.
Ritchie ruled favorite Wed-
j nesday at 6-5 because of his
| seven years extra youth, but
| Hunt's cagey style and exper-
! ience kept the odds short.
Ritchie was expected to weigh
I in al 210: Hunt at 214.
o
Barney Ross in
Tavern Business
CHICAGO — (UP) — Barney
j Ross, former world lightweight
i and welterweight boxing cham-
I pion. followed a dozen other
i prominent fighters into the tav-
ern business Wednesday. Ross
signed as manager of two cock-
tail lounges in a loop hotel.
Those Attending Sesssion
Earl H o r ton. representing
Supt. E. L. Taylor of Ira high
school: E. W. Baldwin. Ira
coach; Sam King, Swenson
coach; S. D. Rattan. Swenson su-
perintendent; W. V. (Bulldog)
Hale, Roby coach: E. H. I'ar-
ris. Divide coach: Nix, Forsan
coach; Howard Miller, Abilene
coach: Adrian Clark, Sweetwat-
er coach: and Priddy.
Trophies are to be given the
first three winners in the tour-
nament. Miniature gold basket-
balls are to be given to the all-
tournament team, picked by
coachcs and sports writers.
Totals 755 804 891 2450
Manning's, San Angelo
Alexander ... 141 134 157 432
Manning 157 112 148 417
Talley 153 165 168 486
Emerson 178 162 175 515
O'Hara 173 208 177 558
Totals
.802 781 825 2408
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FIGHT RESULTS
BY UNITED I'RKSH
NEW YORK — AI McCoy. 181
1-1. Boston, outpointed Russell
Scott. 177 1-3, Dallas, (8); Lan
Mancini. 134, New York, tech-
nically knocked out Frank Ter-
ranova. 140, New York, (4); Wes-
ley Ramey ,135, Grand Rapids,
Mich., outpointed John Rinaldi,
140 3-4, New York (8); Anton
Pappas, 136 3-4, Reading, Pa.,
drew with Lloyd Laskey, 135 1-2,
New York, (4).
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. —Bill
McDowell, 151. Dallas, Tex., out-
pointed Vin Vines, 145, Schen-
ectady. N. Y„ (8); John Wargo,
137 1-2, Pittsburgh, outpointed
Jack Amado, 132 1-4, New Hav-
en, (6).
NEW HAVEN, Conn. —
Nathan Mann, 192, New Haven,
outpointed Charlie Williams,
175 1-2, Fort Lauderdale, Fia.,
(10).
Eagles, Defending
Champions Hope
to Repeat in '40
Number of Strong Teams
Who May Upset Anyone
Of Favored Quintets
ABILENE — With Sweet-
water established as the pre-
tournament favorite, at least
four or five other teams made
serious plans Wednesday of up-
setting the top ranking quintet
when the sector's crack fives
gather in Sweetwater for the
district 5 interscholastic league
tourhameat.
The event gets underway Fri-
day night at Sweet water high
school's; spaei.ius new gymnasi-
um. with the championship due
to be settled Saturday night.
Sweetwater, off to a fairly
slow start in January, has been
showing such improvement in
February games that practical-
ly every coach in the district
has spotted the Mustangs as
"the team to beat." i .
The Mustangs were beaten by
Abilene here,; 35-19, but the Eag-
les later absorbed a licking 011
the Sweetwater court. The Po-
nies will present a tall, polished
contingent which has been par-
ticularly effective with its del-
iberate st5'le of attack.
Abilene, state finalist two
years ago and semi-finalist last
winter, will again be dangerous
but the Eagles generally are
considered much weaker than
in the past two years.
The Eagles won the district
championship last winter by
walloping Sweetwater in the fin-
als by a lopsided score.
Big Spring, featuring Bobby
Savage, and Hamlin, with a
crew of six footers, also will ibe
in the running. Not to be over-
looked, for that matter, are Col-
orado City and Swenson. The
Swenson team, champions jof
Stonewall county, has built..yp
a remarkable record this win-
ter. ,•
Winner of the district tourna-
ment at Sweetwater will com-
pete in the regional tourney
! here next week along with
champions from districts head-
quartering in San Angelo,
Brownwood and Breckenridge.
Veteran of Four Clubs in Eight
Years in Majors, Joins Tigers
GODOY HAILED
He's New Boss
OfCCC Boys
Bowling Scores
( OMAl ERC1AI, LRAGl'K
Expert on Europe
Is Welles'Aid
r
Dunlop Tires
A. C. Cook ..
119
135
104
418
O. R. Cook ...
.101
108
142
471
Bettis
105
138
138
381
Thompson ..
120
155
115
390
Farris
. 92
108
105
305
Handicap
. 11
11
11
33
Totals
008
715
075
1998
Cities Service
Ritter ......
158
170
148
482
Scott
171
125
137
133
Loving
134
155
143
132
Baugh
124
143
105
432
Schultz
. 82
89
100
277
Totals ....
009
088
699
2050
RCA Radios
Taylor
159
110
103
432
Donnelle
110
80
125
327
McReynolds .
108
107
143
3f
Herron
150
153
114
117
Kent
151
129
134
114
Totals ...
084
585
079
1918
Cosden Oilers
Pratt
178
140
140
101
Weaver
140
139
102
111
Buster
125
137
138
1(H)
Blair .....
147
159
148
451
Keyton
137
113
157
407
Handicap ...
. 52 52 52 150
Totals
779
710
803
2312
BY PAUL 8CHEFFELB
NEW YORK — (UP) — Jott-
ings from a big-league note-
book:
Billy Sullivan, major league
veteran of four ulubs during
his eight-year career as ! . first
baseman, third baseman and 1
catcher, sends word that he's
happiest over the deal that
sends him front the Browns to
the Tigers for 1940.
Glen Stewart, Jersey City
graduate and native of Mem-
phis, Tenn.. is scheduled to
start at third base for the Giants
this year.
Manuel Salvo, Giants' pitcher
whose pitching style is schedul-
ed for revamping by Manager
Bill Terry this year, should
have no trouble with his legs
at least. During the winter he's
been employed as a floorwalker
in a department store.
Eight no-hit pitchers are still
active in the majors—Monte
Pearson, Yankees; Ted Lyons
and Bill Dietrich, White Sox;
Johnny Vander Meer, Reds: Ver-
non Kennedy, Browns; Carl
Hubbell and Paul Dean, Giants,
and Buck Newsom, Tigers.
New York Giants' Secretary
Eddie Branniek has wagered Leo
Bondy, club vice-president and
treasurer, that Frankie Friseh,
new manager of the Pirates, will
be' given the gate by umpires
this season more often than
Dodger Skipper Leo Durocher.
Manager Ray Blades of the
Cardinals needs only three more
hours in the air to qualify for
a solo test.
Julio Bonetti. discarded
Browns' pitcher, joins the Cubs
this year with an impressive
record. He Won 20 and lost five
last year on the Pacific coast
and gives most of the credit to
,a sinker ball and control.
BASKETBALL
RESULTS
BY IMTKD PKEMH
Rice 42, Arkansas 28.
West Texas State 73. Hardin
Simmons 35.
Stephen F. Austin 50, Sam
Houston 32.
Lon Morris 57, Westminster 30.
Tyler Junior college 33. Mar-
sha il 26.
John Tarleton 53, Hillsboro
Junior college 27.
Daniel Baker 40, McMurry 29.
Kansas 44, Kansas State 33.
Pittsburgh 68, West Virginia
39.
New Mexico Mines 34, New
Mexico 32.
Santa Clara 52. San Francisco
38.
California 38. Olympic club 29.
Washington 53, Washington
State 52.
Oklahoma A and M 37, Oklaho-
ma 35.
Louisiana Normal 42, Centen
ary 30.
Law (latches Mike
Without Umbrella
AS HERO BY
MOVIELAND
BY HENRY McLEMORE
LOS ANGELES — (UP) —
There may be a better, quicker
formula for success than stay-
ing the distance with Joe Louis
in a prizefight ring, but those
of us who sat around Arturo
Godoy's botel suite here Tues-
day have our doubts.
Even marrying the boss' dau-
ghter, or winning the democra-
tic primary in Alabama doesn't
furnish as quick a cut to fame
and fortune. Threi, weeks ago,
before Godoy wittt 15 rounds
with the champion in Madison
Square Garden, he was as un-
known as the cause of a com-
mon cold. His name was a
household word in only one
household—that of Mamma and
Pappa Godoy, somewhere down
in Chile.
Now you should see him.
Elegance of .Maharajah
He traveled across country in
the elegance of a maharajah.
His brief stops at such points
as Kansas City and St. Louis
brought out cheering crowds. He
was interviewed and photo-
graphed and his listeners hung
on his words like acrobats on
a horizontal bar.
Los Angeles and nearby Hol-
lywood, neither of which is un-
accustomed to celebrities, were
excited by his arrival. The man
nobody knew three weeks ago
was besieged by so many offers
and invitations that his charge
d'affaires could not handle all of
them and was forced to engage
an assistant by the day.
.Movies Want Him
The movies wanted him. Hol-
lywood called up to ask him if
he were available to make sev-
eral short subjects and even the
mighty /Canuck expressed an in-
terest in having him play in a
new super-production. "The
South American Way."
Radio concerns kept his
'phone busy. Could he speak on
this hour? Could he tell of his
fight with Louis on (his 15 min-
utes? And would he have time
to guest star on that national
hookup?
The theaters went right out
and hired him. Without asking
to see the cup for rhumbaing
and tangoing he says he won in
Buenos Aires, Montevideo and
Madison Square Garden, agents
booked him for ballroom numb-
ers and up went his name in
lights.
wm
James McEntee (above), of
Jersey City, X. was named
Director of the Civilian Con-
servation Corps by President
Roosevelt. Acting director
since his predecessor's death,
McKntee is a strong oppon-
ent of militarization of the
CCC.
Little All-America
To Coach in Dallas
DALLAS — (UP) — Darell
Tulley, high school football star
at Eastland and little all-Ameri-
ca back at East Texas State Tea-
chers college, began his new
job as assistant coach at Dallas
Technical high school Wednes-
day. \
PRESSURE ON
TEXAS AS RICE *
WiRS AGAIN
BY UNITED PRESS
The Texas Longhorns, the
pressure full on them, faced the
task Wednesday of winning
three of four tough basketball
games—one of them over ram-
paging Rice Institute—to get a
tie for the 1940 Southwest con-
ference championship.
They must win all four games
to gain undisputed possession of
the crown. The first Texas hur-
dle will come at Austin Wed-
nesday night against the Texas
Aggies, who have won four
games and lost four.
After that, there will be Bay-
lor at Waco next Saturday
night, Rice at Austin Tuesday ^
night and the Aggies again at
College Station on March 2.
Porkers Lose Again
Rice, leading Texas by a game
and a half, turned the pressure
on Tuesday night in Houston by
taking the second game of a se-
ries from Arkansas, 42-28. That
gave Rice nine victories and two
defeats. Texas has lost two
See PRESSURE Page 4
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Boatwright
. . 152
152
122
120
Straw
...153
178
111
172
Clary
. 103
193
139
495
Straw
137
174
95
400
Peters ....
. . . 104
102
102
188
Totals .
709
859
059
2287
Home Dairy
Lamm
. . 155
154
105
174
Straw .
. . 148
109
201
158
Walker ..
. . 101
199
175
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Scott
. . 101
210
140
517
Wilson
. 120
144
130
100
Handicap
20
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20
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Totals
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) NASAL MISERIES
Undcr-secretary of State Sum-
ner Welles will have an ex-
pert'* knowledge of Europe
lit his command on his obser-
vation tour of belligerent and
neutral countries. Jay Pierre-
pout Moffat (above). Chief of
the .State Department Division
of European Affairs will ac-
company him.
Epworth League
Meeting Planned
Plans were formulated Mon-
day evening at the meeting of
the EpwoMh League of the
Highland Heights Methodist
church for the union league
meeting to lie held at the church
March 5.
At the council meeting plans
Were also made for March ,3,
when the league will ha\v
charge of the evening program.
Amateurs Tee
Off at Houston
HOUSTON — (CP) — The de-
fending champion anil his run-
ner-up Ed White and John Bar-
num of Houston, teed off Wed-
nesday in the 18-hole qualifying
round of the 20th annual ama-
teur invitation golf tournament
at Houston country club.
Match play among the field of
140 amateurs will begin Thurs-
day over the rolling country
club course. The championship
game will be played Sunday.
White was paired in Wednes-
day's round with Don Schuma-
cher of Dallas and Howard
Creel, top-notch southpaw golf-
er of Houston. Barnum will
play with Bobby Riegel, Hous-
ton, and Jack Munger, Dallas.
Billy Bob Coffee of Fort
Worth, low amateur in the
Western open tournament here
Tuesday, was paired with Ells-
worth Vines, Pasadena, Cal„ pro-
fessional tennis player turned
golfer, and O'Hara Watts, Dal-
las.
In a practice round Tuesday.
Johnny Dawson, Hollywood,
winner of the invitation in 1030
and 1934, shot a 69. He will play
Wednesday with Hank Bowbeer,
Chicago, and Gus Novotny, Cin-
cinnati.
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taw showered an indictment
down on him. Koyle, who ear-
ned his sobriquet because he
always carried a rainstiek,
was charged with conspiracy
to violate the Sherman anti-
- • trust law.
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