Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 159, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 8, 1951 Page: 2 of 24
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Swatters To Open Four
Day Stand Here Monday
i,
The league-leading San Angelo Colts, who have sim-
mered down somewhat since the first of the season but are
still enjoying a comfortable margin over the rest of the
Longhorn League clubs, will ride into Sweetwater Monday
for a two-day stand with the Swatters.
Odessa's Oilers follow the
Colts into Sweetwater for a
two-game match with the
Swatters beginning Wednes-
day. The Oilers are currently
battling for the fourth place
soot.
HOSWELL—Manager A] Mon-
chak of the Roswell Rockets
smashed his second three-run
homer in two nights Friday to
give his club a clean sweep of
the two-game series at Roswell.
Mr.ncoak'K seventh inning
htpst with two nates aboard was
* h? nvrfrir. of victory Friday
rir'it •« the Rockets defeated
1 G.-nve and the Swatters.
C t:> >
F.illv 7''nXs Short
The Sweetwater athletics ral-
rort in the ninth inning, but a
sensational catch b.y the Roswell
third baseman, George Dellis,
stopped the fire and the Swat-
ters' potential tying run died on
third base.
Dellis also figured in the
Rocket scoring, He led off the
fifth frame with a home run.
Sweetwater went ahead. 2-1,
in the fourth when Junian Press-
ley singled in Hal Bart and War-
ren Sliter.
The Swatters held a 4-2 margin
until Monchak's three-run circuit
cloul in the seventh. The Rock-
ets garnered anoEjher tally in
the eighth to make it 6-4.
Grove Goes Route
In the top of the ninth, the
Swatters pushed in one run and
had the bases jammed when Del-
lis came up with his brilliant
stab of Pressley's screaming
grounder down the third base
line.
Sweetwater outhit the host
club, 11-9, as Pitcher Grove turn-
ed in his first full-route per-
formance. Billy Hees was the
winning hurler.
Ken Funk, Pressley, Sliter and
Bart were the big hitters in the
Swatter iineup. Funk collected
three-for three including two
doubles. Pressley batted in three
runs with two safeties in three
trips, while Sliter and Bart each
countered two-for-four.
The Swatters moved over to
Artesia Saturday for a two-day
stand with the Drillers Saturday
night and Sunday afternoon._
The box score: ""
SWEETWATER (5) nb P
Funk, If 3 2
Bart, 2b 4 1
Sliter. lb 4 1
Garza, lb 1 0
Pressley, rf 3 0
McGaha, cf
Ortosky. c
Scalzitti. 3b
Herring, ss
Grove, p
Totals .
5 0
4 0
2 0
3 0
4 1
po a
8 0
(6)
ROSWEI.l
West. If
Dellis. 3b
Whitney, lb ...
Monchak, 2b .. .
Cearley, cf ...
Hill, rf
Sanders, c
Souza, ss 3 0 0 2
Hees, p 4 0 0 0
33 5 11 24 8 3
ab r h po a e
O
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5 111
4 2 11
4 2 2 11
5 13 5
3 0 0 4
2 0 11
4 0 12
Totals
35 6 9 27 14 0
Sweetwater 000 210 101—5
Roswell 001 010 31x—6
• •
Runs batted in: Sliter, Pressley 3, Mc
Gaha. Dellis 2. Monchak, 3, Cearley. Two-
base hits: Funk 2, Bart, Sliter, Press-
ley. Whitney. Home runs: Dellis, Mon-
chak. Stolen bases: West, Monchak 2,
Hill 2. Sacrificies: Funk, Bart. Double
plays: Souza to Monchak to Whitney.
Left on bases: Sweetwater 10, Roswell
10. Bases on balls: Grove 5, Hees 7.
Strike outs: Grove 2, Hees 1. Hit by
pitcher, by: Grove (Souza). Time: 2:42.
Sweetwater Reporter
Ifubitehed each afternoon except Satur-
day. Also Sunday morning by the Sweet-
water neyurusra inc. '
Entered as second class matter at post
offioe in SweetWfcter, Texas, under act of
March 3, 1870.
Swatter
Swats
(Averages Thru Thursday)
BATTING
Player ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi pet.
Pressley 43 10 18 4 0 2 10 .419
Funk 285 49 98 18 2 4 56 .344
Bart 269 49 90 13 1 5 41 .335
McGaha 185 34 62 7 2 2 34 .335
Sliter 292 53 93 10 9 4 50 .318
Ortosky 116 15 33 2 1 18 .284
Scalzitti 224 42 60 8 3 3 36 .268
Herring 270 53 69 7 5 4 32 .256
Grove 17 0 4 0 0
Plloto 30 5 7 0 1
Prediger
Torres .
Brasier
Garza
24 4 5 2 0
58 18 12 3 1
.51100
24 3 4 2 0
0 1 .235
1 1 .233
0 3 .208
3 9 .207
0 0 .200
1 4 .167
Swatter
Owners To
Meet Tues.
Stockholders of the Sweet-
water Baseball Association
will hold their first meeting
since the baseball season
opened next Tuesday night,
according to President Lee
Ballew.
Free barbecue sandwiches
will be served the group of
of baseball citizens who own
stocK in the Swatter club.
"This is a highly important
meeting." said Ballew, "and
we want every stockholder
to be present. The directors
of the club will present a
progress report on the organ-
ization at that time. For the
interest of baseball in Sweet-
water', we earnestly request
everyone's attendance."
Each stockholder may
bring one guest, it was an-
nounced The "feed" will be
free.
The dinner and meeting
will be held at the Sears'
Arena at the city park, be-
ginning at 6 p. m. Tuesday.
The conference will be over
by 8 o'clock so the fans can
attend the Swatter-San An-
gelo game at Sportsman's
Park.
PITCHING
Player i| w I r li Ith so pet.
Torres 143 10 10 99 160 62 79 .500
Piloto 76 4 5 63 79 43 45 .444
Prediger 46 2 3 53 72 26 12 .400
Grdve 37 2 4 37 48 26 13 .333
Brasier 13 O 0 11 14 4 6 .000
Morgan 4 0 0 7 8 2 0 .000
(Note: Above record does not include
performances by Grove at Roswell. Pi-
loto at San Angelo, Garza at San An-
gelo. Pressley at Artesia or Brasier at
Vernon).
Elmer Wright Publisher
Alien Baker Editor
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of any
person, firm or corporation, which may
appear In any of The Reporter's publica-
tions will be cheerfully corrected upon
uemg brtiugM to attention of the pub-
LOANS
To bay, build or re-flntuice
yoai houie. Commercial loans
And FHA loans
H, A. WALKKK
Texas Bank Boilding
*
Walker Suspended
NEW ORLEANS. July 7 —
Atlanta Manager Dixie Walker
was suspended for 90 playing
days and fined $100 Friday for
allowing his players to abuse a
Southern Association baseball
umpire.
The suspension benches Wal-
ker—who payed 15 years in the
majors— for the rest of the sea-
son and carried over into the
1952 season unless it is modi-
fied. !t also deposes him as man-
ager of the all-star team sched-
uled to meet in Little Rock Julv
11.
Jess Priest Boasts
Top Victory Record
By United Press
Outfielder Ralph Rahmes of
the Abilene Blue Sox continues
to hold a firm grip on the West
Texas-New Mexico League bat-
ting leadership with a .399 av-
erage.
Official averages released Sat-
urday night showed Rahmes
with 104 hits in 261 trips to the
plate through games of June 30.
Lamesa's Glen Selbo had a .401
average, but had made only 167
appearances.
Jesse Priest of Albuquerque
was top pitcher with a startling
record of 14 victories and no
losses. He also had the best
earned run average in the free-
hitting league—3.168.
Priest hnd^'appearartii.t in 19
games, six less than Ed Arthur
of Lamesa, the hardest working
pitcher in the Class C circuit.
Arthur also had pitched the
most innings—149.
Carroll Dial of Pampa was the
strikeout king with 101.
Glenn Burns of Lamesa led in
several departments—hits, 106;
total bases, 176; home runs, 15,
and runs batted in, 80.
Pedro Santiago of Lamesa
was tops in runs with 83. Earl
Hochstatter of Lubbock had 28
2-baggers, and Art Cuitti of Al-
buquerque and Bill Whitehorn
of Pampa were tied for three-
base honors with seven apiece.
SPORT ft
purtS
By Bud Worshiim
Playoffs
Sine* they're the ones in the
worse financial strain at the sea-
son's dnd, why not permit the
bottom lour teams in a minor
baseball league to compete in a
playoff such as that of the
Shauyhnessy system?
The extra cabbage made by
the losers in the playoffs would
help thiin come through the fol-
lowing year.
Too, pt't a foregone conclusion
that the top four clubs are the
only outfits that make money
during a season and the bottom
four are not only losers on the
field blut losers at the gate also.
So \fho needs the extra play-
off mofiey the "mostest"—the top
four oif the lower four? Of course,
it's the lower group. But they
suffer; at the end just as they
did throughout the campaign.
We're all for an eight-team
playotli at the climax oi the sea-
son to determine which club is
strongest in the wind-up.
And we'd bet that as many
fans Would attend this type of
playoff as they would the
Shaughnessy system.
After all, under the crazy
Shaughnessy playoff every bit
of thti past season's history, more
or less, is tossed out the window
after the full schedule has been
played, because the top honors
are decided in the playoffs.
Therefore, why not let the real
sufferers — the bottom four —
share in the post season gate re-
ceipts?
—SS—
SPKAKING OF baseball and
money, we're remindful of an ar-
ticle written recently by the Big
Spring scribe, Tommy Hart.
Wrote Hart:
"Why uoirt the big league
teams doctor the minor leagues
with all that excess lettuce,
rather than dish it to the bonus
babies?
"Minor leagues throughout the
country could use a little finan-
cial help. Several are folding, yet
the majors stand by unconcern-
ed.
"At the same time, their
scouts are authorized to pay up
to six figures for youngsters who
show ^promise. And the youths,
once ohey get the money in their
jeans, often grow complacent
and fail to pan out."
—SS—
Nicknames
Uniforms for the Little League
baseball players of Sweetwater
are due in this week. The first
"offic'al" games between the
four teams will probably begin
next week.
Tlie dubsihave adopted nick-
names and Will be referred to
by those titles in the future rath-
er than by the schoolground
where they hold their practice
sessions.
Goldie Boyer's West Side squad
will bo known as the Rebels;
Herbert Sledge's East Side club
—the Giants; Ocie Witt's Junior
High team—the Braves; and M.
G. Moore's South Side boys—the
Cats.
in practice games thus far,
the Giants and the Cats have
displayed the toughest outfits.
However, they'll meet some
rugged competition in the Rebels
and Braves when those clubs are
in full strength.
Veeck Gets Off
To Flying Start-
As Browns Owner
ST. LOUIS, July 7 (UP)—Bill
Veeck, the genius at promotion-
al razzle-dazzle, got off to a fly-
ing start last night as the new
resident of the St. Louis
Irowns.
He circulated through the
crowd greeting the fans in per-
son as nis team split a double-
header with the Chicago White
Sox, losing the opener 4 to 3
then recovering to take the night-
cap 4 to 1.
Then he surprised the 10,392
fans by ordering a free bottle
of beer or soda for everybody
in the park.
Arid to top things off, he stag-
ed a huge surprise fireworks dis-
play that shook Sportsman's
Park to its foundation.
Saucier Reports
Veeck announced today Frank
Saucier, a holdout since last
spring, has agreed to terms and
will report at once to the club ™
Saucier, hard-hitting outfield-
er whom the Browns brought up
from the minors last fall, had
refused all previous salary offers
from the club because he could
make more money working for a
Tulsa, Okla. oil firm.
Veeck said he hadn't met Sau-
cier's terms but that the pay
question had been "negotiated."
Week's Longhorn
League Schedule
Saturday, Sunday
Sweetwater at Artesia.
Midland at Odessa.
Vernon at Roswell.
Big Spring at San Angelo.
Monday, Tuesday
San Angelo at Sweetwater.
Vernon at Odessa.
Big Spring at Roswell.
Midland at Artesia.
Wednesday, Thursday
Odessa at Sweetwater.
San Angelo at Vernon.
Midland at Roswell.
Big Spring at Artesia.
Friday, Saturday
Sweetwater at San Angelo.
t^swell at Midland.
rtesia at Odessa.
Verncn at Big Spring.
3-Cornered
Race In AL
By JOHN GRIFFIN
NEW YORK, July 7 (UP)—
The American League pennant
race, which has been a "private
war" between the New York
Yankees and Chicago White Sox
became a three-cornered fight to-
day as the Boston Red Sox came
charging up.
By swatting the league-lead-
ing Yaiiks Friday night, 6 to 2,
under the lights at Fenway Park,
the battling Bosox moved to wi-
thin one game of the top. Only
a week ago the Boston Beauties
were four full games away but
they've won six of the.,last sev-
en while the Yanks and Chisox
stumbled.
Friday night's loss didn't cost
the Yankees the lead—they kept
it by seven slim percentage
points over Chicago as the White
Sox split a twin bill with the
lowly Browns, winning the first
game, 4 to 3, but losing the sec-
ond, 4 to .lv to Ned Garver's
nine-hit pitching.
It looked Friday night like the
Yanks might be ready to win
one, leading 2 to 1, after four
innings as four double plays
wiped out Red Sox rallies. But
Dbm Dimaggio hammered a two
run homer for Boston in the fifth
for a lead the Red Sox never
gave up, and in the next inning
Clyde Vollmer whacked a two-
run triple to clinch matters.
The solid socking enable Mel
Parnell to pitch the distance for
the Bosox, although he allowed
hine hits and five walks, to get
credit for his 10th win. Eddie
Lopat, who hasn't pitched a com-
plete game in Fenway since
1949, was tagged with his fourth
loss against 11 wins.
While the American League
race tightened up, the Brooklyn
Dodgers kept their 7 1-2 game
lead intact in the National by
beating the Phillies, 6 to 2. In
other NX,, games, the Giants
outslugged the Braves, 12 to 10;
Cincinnati edged Chicago, 4 to
2; and St. Louis nipped Pitts-
burgh, 3 to 2. In the American
League, Cleveland downed De-
troit, 7 to 4, to move witbin 3 1-2
games of first; and Washington
ieat Philadelphia, 6 to 3.
Sweetwater, Texas, .Sunday, July 8. 1951
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IN THIS CORNER—Rocky Marciano, left, plans to check
Rex Layne's drive toward the heavyweight championship in
a 10-round slugging match at Madison Square Garden, July
12. (NEA).
DORIS HART WINS
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 7
(UP)—Doris Hart of Coral Ga-
bles, Fla., finally achieved her
long-time ambition of winning
the Wimbledon Women's Sing-
les tennis title today by defeat-
ing Shirley Fry of Akron, O.,
8-1, 6-0, in the final.
• • •
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 159, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 8, 1951, newspaper, July 8, 1951; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth310473/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.