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THE ORANGE LEADER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1958
Sporting
Views
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By BOB McHUGH
China
With
Evens Series
Orahgefield
Rubber Game To Decide
Crown Booked Thursday
All Districts
To Be Settled
West Orange,
One Win from
Warren
Co-Title
Bv JACK MORGAN
The Port Neches Indians have all the ear-marks of be-! CHINA (Spl) — The well-poised China Lions rocketed
coming the next great football power ih District 11-AAAA. to a sizzling scoring spree during a third-quarter Orange- H.f C
Port Arthur’s Yellow Jackets have ruled the area field slump here last night to nudge the Bobcats 39-31 in hV Qf|Y
football scene for years, but from all indications, the the second game of a best-of-three series for the District * *
Jackets will have to sharpen their stinger to remain top 71.3 championship.
dog. | ’ ’ “-1----
- It
A singel victory in final confer- halftime and by 35-25 at the end setta aextet. j .
ence brawls tpraorrow night was; of the third stanza. The Hull-Daisetta girls trimmed
the last hurdle remaining for West; Bridge City’s girls won the pre- the visiting sextet 33-33 in tne pre-
Orange and Warren today in the liminarj/besting the Warren sex- liminary. Despite the loss. Little
District 23-A championship race. ! tet 57-37. Brenda Hayes was high , Cypress can still win tne confer-
for the winners with 25. points, fol- ence crown by beating Hardin s
lowed by Carolyn Harrington with girls in the finale tomorrow night
13. Jo Ann Keener led-the Hull-
At Hull-Daisetta, Coach Jackie Daisetta girls with 25 points. Ber-
Bond emptied the bench as Little nice Daughtry and Brenda Lam-
23-A championship
I By winning their engagements
I tomorrow, tne Chiefs and War-
| riors will rule as co-champions of
the over-crowded district and will
,i tangle for a third time in a “sud-
den death” bout Friday night to
determine who will represent the
league in bi-district play next
| week.
West Orange and Warren chalk-
AUSTIN High school basket- ed up ^eir 15th victory of the
baU js approaching ^he^end ^1^11* { campaign last night, in fine fash-
>ns to be
for Port Neches when oppos-
ing such? teams as Port Ar-
the Chiefs drubbing Hardin
to the same
those days long since have been district re tu med*° 'n.a' Las’tMghfa verdict evened the The first half of the battle was here, March 6-8. .
fnreotten. with Port Art u ha «Rto serjcs fl( one.a|, Thp Bobcats won nip and tuck all the way, with} Four teams from the AAA A. 7) ln ,he Warren Sym-
■ hmMKfc'oS,i“ssi*S£3.A. 25t'_S?.-5^.5£?°a.S”*:
ST* pock" -
Cypress rocked Hull - Daisetta's beth netted 17 and 8 points, re-
Bobcats by 20 points. ; spectively, for Little Cypress.
Seven Bears made the scoring Despite a broken finger, all-dis-
column. Johnny Gonzales was high trict ace Cecil Tebbs was back in
with 18 points, followed by Thom- the lineup for the Kountze Turn*
as Fields with 12, Harold Coggins in the date with Anahuac. Tebbs
and Jerry Isbell with 6 each, Joe fired in 21 points in the victory.
Bob Isbell and Billy Smith with while teammates W. C. Brewster
4 apiece, and Harold Marburger and Donald Allums followed with
with 2. 17 and 16 pomts.
Keith Wohlford paced the Bob- At Winnie, Bill Griffin and Jerry
cat offense with 15 points. j Dunn '•ach bucketed 13 points as
The Bear victory was a measure East Chambers romped over Sour
of revenge for the upset handed Lake. Thfc Bugs led at halftime
the previously unbeaten Little Cy- 22-12. *
press girls team by the Hull-Dai-
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I
_ A third arid deciding fracas'between the north and-.i-SJalm!
wasn’t too long ago. S5T* “iKirntTinm the* rank! south 7one kingpins will be " ~ cl»mpioM^fe'^V<^,,by“s»iur‘1 *£44“~d
that^only pity could be felt of aVtime grlats ^ held Thursday night. The agS him"d said yehMerdayr*Ch0,*S,iC Le‘*U* Sfdge City’s Cardinals 54-37.
,wor _ ______________ ST_
Teams W
before intermission arrived with enter the state tourhament and cuit last night, the Little Cypress I flVfl I (llllTIPV ^^tr„^ranf!e !t
Orangefield holding a slim one- eight will come from the heavily ■ Bears thumped Hull - Daisetta’s VViW IVMIIIVI t ttti#. rvnre« 14
point margin of 16-15. populated B conferences. Of the, Bobcats 52-32, the East Chambers- _ - j-reue vypress -----------*
Tied 16-11 1,097 high schools playing basket- Buccaneers bashed Sour Lake 54- P _ | TL ■ Srh.niiy.ri --------- o *
, ... ....... ball -this year, 566 are in the B 36 and the Kountze Lions thrashed1 \ AT I ?a?l Chambers--... ■
W"h 1:« Rone in the third pe- conference, the league said. Anahuac 71-50 JCI I IIUI jUQT Bridge City -. 7 0
STST’S District champions. by confer-1 B-A’» fl**hy ne c.„ /IS
J ;c,t grammer and .junior high;was ^ flwtj.me #m . and guard Fremont ™.y P
The I.{~ js iced the game in the
last four ’inutes of the thiird pe-
V
"Sam incr^nc mro,,- Z
;fall /but the -bulk of the Port The Indians, as most everyone ! ’
vNecher enrollment is vet to pome.'mows, broke an all-time jinx bv
Six From Floor
At the
! es*/ grammer ana iumm xrvm courts---i
; school enrollment in the history of Port Neches to fcjlMhe Jackets m McDermand, were hitting six of
/the school . . . and u is expected;the gridiron ... but it smells like jj attempts from the floor.
that the nose-count in the high fair warning as to what the Jac- -......
‘schoo1 will exceed 1.500 within the kets might expect now that the
In addition to shading scoring Srn
the visitors
row Wilson,
— --------- ...alias; 6, Crozier ange’s triumph, pouring in 3o.Jindar way tomorrow night- in the!
Tech, Dallas; 8, Lufkin; 10. Bell- ooints in 18 minutes of playing -nt'Scd in
a ire Hmionr ii Thnm« Toiler. heading for the;from ,hls vea entered in
aire, Houston; II, Thomas Jeffer- action before neaamg lor iner
son, Port Arthur; 12, Pasadena; showers. '
13, Stephen F. Austin, Austin; 16, phe West Orange ace bucketed s
the
y
classic. c. , {
Sixteen games will be played
Tuesdav’s Results
West Orange 80. Hardjn 44
War.reh 54, Bridge Citv 37
Little Cypress 52, Hull-Daisetta
next three years^ two schools will be in the samej period tb outscore _
!;Orange's 'Jinx' Over Port Arthur 1 '» 1SS ; Et! IrSl'IFH'*/.
\r£r\aa^s ^£-S.^.rZ
How long can Orange ride -hi-gh held to a tie. . ■ . _ other all-district acc, who plunked tirc china team off guard and London, New. London; .22, Gonza- for the Chiefs-in the scoring ram-
and mighty over the Jackets. But ",ev'ur ifl'erV,ld mPrP ■ ,nJ3 JJ°,nls-M raced the length of the court to, les; 25, Clear Creek, League City; | pa..e over the hapless Hardin
Wan a new foot- ... and the Tigers went on tore-; For 6rangefield, the scoring was, sjnk , njfty layup ,hat put the ; », Devine. 1 rulntet. , u®e—n. «c «• . k
A~?'. M’’r r : I*. Br’dgeport; ' jjmn)y Sheffield paced the Hor-| 'ted from start finl-sh how.;for relief pitchers this year. Billy
16 White Ork; 2T. Cotulla. n t offensive attack with 10 points. ever Teams are allowed to pick;e!n^i|2a th^m^alHn^
B—8, Borden, Gail; 24, Lingle- in the preliminary, the W:st Or- Up additional players '— games between them, all in re-
with 6. that proved fatal for the Bobcats A«°tti>11iLr-f‘*nr’ ur"C ,”,tet,’,pa?^d, b tournaments,
was directed by tlCe elusive Courts, B^o> nvood, 35. Buckners Or- bet with 23 ooints. bowled over
since Oranee began a new foot-;. . . and the Tigers went on to re-j -----—------ „nR a nmv lavup
thur has failed to beat the Ti- share of the Crown because of an- |jams was high with 9 points, fpl-
oprs other' tied game . . . while Port lowed by 6-4 center P. I. Peveto
* Waites made his debut in '56. Arthur breezed to the champion-.! with 7, Roger Pricer
and right off, he guided the Ti- ship, mauling all of its opponents Charles Peveto v. i 5 rnd Her
- , cers to a 20-6 victory over the by outlandish scores. bert LaPoint with 4.
Jackets. It was considered the And what makes it seem even
12 points in the first period, 141 three Thursday, four on Friday
■ ■ ---■ and nine Saturday.
The McDonald Lumber Co. of
Lake Charles and the tear Ridge1
Merchants of Port Arthur are;
seeded one-two in the tournament.;
These teams are placed in differ-)
ent backeis and are expected to
reach the finals. j’
Close tournament games are ex-
F.ast Chamber^ 54, Sour Lake 36
Kountze 71. Anahuac 50
Thursday’s Schedule
West Orange at Sour Lake
Little Cvpress at Hardin
Bridge City at East Chambers
Kountze at Warren
Hull-Daisetta at Anahuac
The St. Louis Cardinals seem set
Fatal Blow
The third period surge bv China ..rfi1/1
nrmrH fatal fnr th* Rnhcntc illC»
,urh o< Rames
such lief, in 1957.
Four trophies will be awarded
«** '“,!d “ «• hook’ as* S2S£ifoi£s,h; ts s.,hc, ss&
En.rrprise; 64, Pine- nu| - - —-■
Fourth Quarter Ba'.tle the circle and a 'avup following a fi3 Moun(
nu»r stunning upset of .the' season.. more ridiculous is that after Port! Trailing 16-29 at the end of the rebound^ and McDe--mand who fi6 chTlton': ''«77’Buffito'; "77, w|i ^“soarkedThT Warriors"
finally chalked off as just “one Arthur was held to a tie. the Jar- thud quarter the Bobcats fought hucketed two long set shots from Son„n,ille. R1Kyle; M, comfort; Sr “'Victory ^ over Coach C
Buddy Hatton and WUHe player.
and tiv, Sabinal.
Softball Commission for City League
A softball commissioner, or so city manager. Finding a suitable
the talk goes, is needed to rule volunteer on a non-salary basis
over the City Softball League ... A softball commissioner could
to keep it functioning properly,; shoulder all the rulings within the
eliminate certain confusion and to league, handle the problems which
handle all the squawks and com- *rise from day to day, and at the
plaints, which constantly arise, same time, lift this responsibility
The need of such a commission- from the shoulders of a cify cm-
er is emphasized sipce Orange no ployee with other duties,
longer has a full-time director1 The need for a softball commis-
over the recreational program or sioner also was emphasized by the
facilities. ! continuous flow of complaints by
Such an appointment should managers and sponsors alike last
come through the office of the summer.
1957 Season 'Just One Big Mess'
,x,x m & *• '‘n“s ,n ,he sz
tfarsr'-^“* a » aw* rd
w x ^jssrb> ^
But" it’s still almost impossible Coach Clarence Underwood: ed in the contest and cne Chinn China—.---7 6 14 IP-3. Hig.i S.hool.
to believe that a team, could gain1 ‘‘Everytime I cross that big starter Courts, left via the foul
almost 400 yards on the ground bridge into Orange, 1 get Waites routejbeforejt w*s all over and
and in the air, hold their oppon- a pay raise and make him the n II If
ents to less than 70, pick up 24 mayor of the city.” DUHCI 11 OIOS
Clean Mark
Of 10 Wins
1 The state AA champion Buna
Cougars sounded fair warning to
double A teams across the Lone
Star Stare that they are on the
comeback after whistling through
thg District 24-AA title race with
an untarnished record.
Buna Coach Cotton Robinson,
hailed the Texas High School Bas-
ketball Coach of the Year for 1957,
closed out his conference schedule
1 last night with an impressive 56-40
j victory over the Port Acres
I Eagles.
As far as most of the managers! The more ardent softball follow- That gave the Cougars a clean
were concerned the 1957 season ers around town already are in a sweep in the title run of 10 suc-
... ,. . dither, anxiously awaiting the 1958 cessive victories,
was “just a big mess, and thev ., . . ,
. . . league to get under way. District 24-AA dropped the rur-
would like to see the league op- Several managers already have tain on the 1958 campaign last
erated smoothly ... for one sum- their player-roster squared away. -night.
mer at least. i for ’58, >■$ „ There were no “final night"
We sometimes think, however. They are now waiting for the shakeups in the standings as Liv-
that the main object of the league first managers' meeting to he ingston tipped Cleveland 60-58 and
is overlooked. The City Softball called . . . and are iust hoping Liberty dumped Dayton 43-34.
League is organized solelv to offer they can have a little to say about Buna's All-District Dan Stancil
recreation to citizens within the how the league' functions this sum- missed a chance to take over the
summer months. ’ mer. area scoring lead last night but
* _ /i s,i'l paced the Cougar pack with
Bowling tor Juveniles Suggested 1 sS£m». « m
Orange’s juvenile problem, per*; Transportation was ear-marked points in 10 district games fir a
haps not , as serious as some may as the No 1 problem, hut this was 19.3 average. .
erased with the suggestion that Csrroll Broussard of Port Arthur
think, has been bounced around fhu|t|f buses can b“ re.,,ed ,or ho|ds the best aT'erage in the area
more than a basketball in a drib* weekly trips to Beaumont. ) uf 20.7 points per game. Brous*
ble derbv. a teenager Who recently wrote *®rd has scored less fwiints than
All sorts of solutions have been one of a series of juvenile stories 'Stancil, 167 altogether, but Stancil
suggested to ease this growing presently being published in The has pla-ved two more conference
problem, but as yet, we haven’t Leader, pointed out that most Ramc* than has the Port Arthur
seen any of them put into opera- teenagers find real pleasure in ar£- , _
tjon. bowling. , * Buna s Cougars now will move
Just for kicks, here’s another Most of the local teenagers, of ’nt? ki’dislrict play. As yet, dates
suggestion to add to the growing course, never have had a chance 1 and 0,her details of bi-district and
lis ' Organize an Or&nge Bowling to try their hand at bowling as [c^lon* tournaments have not
League, and until such time that there is no alley here . . . al- _________ ..
Orange has its own alleys, the jun- though an allcv in' Orange has been ^ u
... . , . . ii n it | state tournament at Austin.
Organizing Presents No Problem final standings
Tea mi i* W I
Organizing a Junior Bowling ever, that the present generation Buna ' 10 (i
League would be no problem, ac- of teenagers is lost forever/ We i iVinc«lon s •>
cording to officials of the Orange can remember when (and it was! port Acres 6 4
Businessmen’s League. not too awfully long ago) that the l iberty | 4
Thus, we’ll ask; If organizing same opinion was shared about Cleveland- 2 8
such a league will present no prob- teenagers. Only at the time, this Dayton • 0 10
lem ... then why doesn't some- writer was a teenager. __________
one break the routine pattern of
17-
noir’ victory over Coach Cecil
Drvrnt’s Bridge City Redbirds.
-— Hatton scored 15 points and Wil-
Miclvqan State swimming star son, a freshmen sensation, tossed
Admission to the tourney will be
50 cents for adults and 25 for chil-
dren.
Richie Ashbum of the Philadel-
I.cs Lcbaugh and Spartan basket- in 14. Jerry Goodyear was tops pbja Phillies has made more than
ball c: itain Jack Quiggle both are for Bridge City with 15 points. 400 putouts for eight straight
ith Ben Central Warren was ahead 10-3 at the years as an outfielder. Last year,
26-16 at he made 502 catches.
r-d of the. first quarter.
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bowl weekly in organized competi-
tion,
We still aren’t convinced, how-
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though it may come as a surprise
to many of the older cronies
around town, it seems there al-
ways has been a juvenile prob-
lem . but I'm still satisfied
thatj just a few more years of liv-
ing in this old-world will cure the
Statistics
About Same
evils of -our present-day dclin- 1efiOU)^S5t, Texa* State, hitting
quents—then thev, as adults, can ° ,3e< ree 'l1™''* attempted,
begin the old fight of saving the fa* »*'«" over as the No. 1 team
future generation ! Ln ,eam /oul shooting in the Lone
Boosters To Meet
At V/est Orange
• The weekly meeting of West
Orange Junior - Senior Athletic
Booster Club members will be held
today at 6 p m. in the local school
cafeteria.
Star Conference, figures for games
through Feb 14 reveal. - -
Otherwise, leaders remained the
same, and in most cases widened
the gap between second - place
holders as LSC action sailed
through its semi-final week.
Sul Ross State's Al Schombcr
boosted his individual scoring av-
erage to 19.5 and his rebound
mark to 12.5 to continue to show
Wvnn. fhe WaV ,hese departments.
;rr„d,h.,bit,mjj £5",»■lafsyg:
Members still holding member- of l.amar Tech didn’t take a shot
ship books were asked to turn to hold his spot as tops in individ-
them in during the meeting to-1 ual free shooting with .857 0.1 36
night. of 4l
vt . —r--;— Sul Ross boosted its team aver-
National League pitchers per- age to 71.5 points per game and
mitted 1.178 home runs* in 1957. ^Stephen F. Austin State, the na-
Jhese were 41 less than in 1956 tion’s No. 1 defensive team (NAIA)
and 85 less than in 1955. towns a 48.3 average.
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