The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 66, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 18, 1964 Page: 2 of 12
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Second Invitational
Track Meet Scheduled
For Cuero This Week
SPORTS
COMMENTS
(Etr.)
Bv PETE HOWERTON
Record Staff Writer
Daule Rams
Dropped By
Lockhart
i GOBBLER BASEBALL::l J' L ,!*
!:! !
186- SCHEDULE
Cuero 3. Luling 2
Pt Lavaca — There
1 —— An even dozen miscues
i Another track and field meet romtoined with (lie two-
Twelve area track and field teams made up of 7th, involving Cuero teams is on tap, U.t ^.j. ^ ^
Sin and 9th grade students- are due in this city FYiday j thL one cri more than sufficient for the
ft*ferpoot’. to >*• enpete ft»t horuit.s in the small fry divi- | noon - evening affair pist iike
Mar. 12
Mar. 24
Above Kami's at 4 p.m.
Mar. 31 — York town There
Apr. 3 York town, here
Apr 7 •— Luling - There
Apr. 9 — Pt. Lavaca, here
Teams' enuv'.-d aiv' lycbggy
Goh/aiV' . 1,1-1 lie-1[.tiling
Pt. Lavaca,' Bishop Forest ot
Schulenhirr* \’i(iior;ii and Cu-
ero.
District Schedule
All District Games 7:30 pm.
April IT- Seguin-Heie
April 23 New Braunfels - There
I Aprn ze tseevine--tier*
May 1 San Marcos- -There
Mb} a Gonzales Here
Mny V Sei-uin There
May 12 New Brauniels Here
May la Beeville There
i May 19- Sail Marcos Here
j May 21—Gonzales There
I I*LAI Lit or TIIL I EAf?
I COH'MBIA. s c. 4j;m --
Ronnie OolTins, who averaged
| 29.7 point* per fame tor thft
University of South Carolina
| this season, has been named
South Carolina’s basketball
player of the year by a vote of
the state Association of Sports
Writers,
CLEVELAND -t <UPD — Jim
Grelle won the male run in
4:02.3 at the Cleveland Knights
of Columbus track meet.
slot)
Foijow :r.v
• heir pas' fey
in the af-t
.heffleven •<
pW'ted inn
i tlie older boy s held
e policy set toy the'Cuero Gobblers in| at rJcl^.^ll'om^iSh
1 Relays; pieliniinaries will be held 9th grade area team- are
t i in Ms under the arcs, except for cine to put the show-on the road
___at Coe.a Gobbler Stadium. Tite
1 present list of entries ind:oate
Teams tm. ' •
I ockh.ir* l -',’- '■•}' • !
Yoakum. S ,p ’ :>•>•
Se'guin, i emr. w it 1 ‘ ■■■; 'ti
Sehertz - I'iis.t:
hate acvfp’ert mv.tii' ■ -
trier rsil-t in the , <i’.:ntV•': J> tt
others may enter simply by
showing up A total of 36 reams
w-oce invited to sent I teams.
Ag« 'in in- art as 'follows,
ilh (trade. 13-yea i ss* d air iin-
Trotters
In First
Meeting
ihat there wtll be a minimum
1 of 12 schools repivsented. This
. means that there will be ap -
, proximate!} 300 athletes cota-J route Tins fact.
visiting Lockhart Lions to salt
away an easy ,9-2 victory over!
the Daule high Rants Tuesday
night. m fhe season t opener for
both teams. ;
Coach Henry Harvey s Rants
could not fathom the slants of'
Hill,, who limited the Cuero
cuvw to a pair of hits in going!
coupled
with fine fielding. only one er-
ror was charged. meani the
difference for 'he winners.
Ram starting pitcher Fail
"Pinky" Jack on and Reliever
Larry "Bo Peep" Mathis shar-
ed hurling duties for the lu-er.v
Jackson was touched for four!
peting.
Final event on rhe ptviunin.uy
program is set for 5 .30 pun. and
• tile final* will get underway
| two hours later. I-a-v event on
Sixteen prospmh r plave. - «“* a*c'K,a £ *****' to
get undercm at 9 o clock.
on the 1964 Otero Turke., Trot-. PL.n to cw, hand Friday, .................
,-ter GtvidV.Tgicaiystld <«•,' baseball team attended i when tlie tkibblers of fomorwwv i hits an l four runs .uni Math;*
under Tn Grade, Iw-y« i - • ri ' d.e initial meeting of the year. vie ti.tlt other youths »n this!allowed three safeties ami f)w
or under ■here Monday evening at the ,1. '.section ' last five runs Jackson Struck
Preliminaries ,u,r. at 3 p at C Mathis Pl ace on West Mam
in all age-braciseh md ■ vi 111 stretd. it was Announced Ties- X ctvipie of additional coni -
i*t: lush' ’he high in n;. tunwd! day bj Manuel Hof>km» wlw: meats aLm: the Gobbler Re-
rrrnp shot fnr and discus .was re-elected playing - man-1 hits held here last Saturday.
Also beginning at 7 p.m. and a gen of this year's team Two new meet records /were
'-ontiru.nv a: onesha(| hour .n-. Ovinei Fred Ptidgen will se’ by Reix-e Monison of San
rervals titeirafter, w::l be the continue as Gene al Managerj'Marcos -- die 120-yard high hur-
TO-yar t high hurdles. 440-yard j tmd wiii handle tvsok.ngs for dies and the TlO-yard low la.it d-
s'lrty. 'ioo-vard dash. 440-yanl' this year's Trotteis, who will les, ami ihe fiiird was.set by the
(Ja-sti. l.'P-yurd list hurdles tfii again play ,nde|>en<ler>t buselwll; tian Marco* Mile Relay team,
leirdlev 22<1 yards spam, and | rather than apply for • admit- The old records in -all three
iV 22b-\ard dash 1 tance to an area league events were established in 1963.
The everting program, stall- Ttv> Trotters played 'out-' All record* were made bet-
m* pt.i.vptlv re 7 o'clock, fin-: !W ball in 196,3 and es'ab- ween 1955 and 1964 with the
ats events w ill be the 70-yard: h.shod 17-5-1 record. Last y ear’s; two oldees held by a speedster
bu- dics 140-yard relay. lOti-; losses were two games each to j names! Wantin'* of Port Lavaca,
van! da-sh. 44fsyard dash, 120-, the Victoria Eagles, a strong i In the first - named year he ran
CHEVROLET
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low hurdle* 7ii6-yavd run, semi-pro group-, and the Yoa-' the lOO-y ard dash in 10 seconds
against time'
, nr! 1172-> r ■■ 1
Tourney
At Weimr.r
■ xit 10 batters during his tttvc
frame stint on the hillosk
Two Uybbi’e« and a Ssiatch
singie gate the faotis a single
tally in ill® secand canto and
they itnrvnsed Hie lead to throe
tatlica on a pair of walks and
a doubue that cleaned the sack-
Following a lone nin in the
fifth. Hie Ijons stowed away
the nonlest wdth five markers
in the last two frame-
Lotas "Moose" McMillian
walked, pironiptly stole second
and third anil siiol'ivst In on:
"Jeflyrol!" Roy s one-ply wal-
lop, to give the Rams tlieir
first run. Moose' scored a mom-
ent later when an attempted
pickoff p.vv went awry. The
Rams clogged die cushions in
the fifth wiih nolx/dy out. Iw
220-yard dash|kum Green Devils and a singJe|f,i aIV,-i me 220-vard dash in
t e!a> i against; tilt t> the Goliad Tigers 22 6 to hang tip records that may
Manager Hopkins ca’ied tlie,- stand for some time to come
host praettce session lor 2 n N'-ne sc.hools are non on the
m. Sunday at Cuero Park Sta-, ;records' list in the Gobbler Re-1 ^ nex1 bs'o Ram swatters
dium. Die Trotter -kipper is- |avs 'ivmor' department ! fanne<l and another grounded
sued a special mvna'.on to all . . j out to end the frame
prosiiective players- <o atten i p ,s e that the ntx of Npx1 Sanw* «« lh(' Daule
•his session. -vm Antonio is missing a' bet sla,p ,s «llh "ie same L/tck-
About .ine-tk /en n r e.-s oi: ()V visiting .the mogt.ll> <M a .n that city, but 1hey
K,*‘ pe»ui - Hfm arc • xpecu^d | jimwciy kirattxi right in their
t v V CMI CCMT : , 1 e
resume play on the home lot
March 31 against the Rnenbam
Hornets.
G.Gers troth M» Giero area . to report for duty this -etisdn, w-n chv. with reference' to an
aro mtted-to.compete VMM)| together with several msi>-om-, .mtidpateu watev shortage
worth i* prizes at .'the Weimar j "r< Fodowtng tin- scIkx.1 year.! " —------
Goif Qub's 12tl) annual lnvita-| s°'7’e af./he ''u,"rffn, r>:’ult' hl8h' Sakl brewery keeps harping cockled Ihe loca: team the past
nopal Golf Tournament to bej^f r>a",s a,M> - *e 'ad that then- beverage
netd at Hill Memorial Park at; Tiue-e atiendmg
is mtide from the waters of
, . Monday jjoO springs and it seems that
Weimar «m Sunday. April 5th oroating and ad ot wiiom j tf lhosp have that many
v \*w •an'n‘>«tiic.ecl Monday \vyw available fo, «Hiiv i so\Uv.*>*, they could shai’C
Daves Gindict -Mmamsmt I p“fKm^i ” Blackw j t,ie'r nw'th wi,h ci,>'
Starts W.I, toe hekl! ^v . 11,4,1 ^W'tble. t< brief,
at S am. and 1 pm and- the franklin. Dough* Taylc ' - '',sli 'vnh a fotTOPr Wlw’ ''m-
held will be limited to 130, Maftw- Jimmy Grain,
rwayers. Resetvation» arc now Mathis and Rex Mathis, and
being accepted 1>\ the tourney j I^eandro Orosco, Oscar Illatk-
I r
j.; 7', plover of this newspaper at the
, Bums Hospital the other day
She is Eunice Kueker Lee, who
■' v eil, I vonard Aitkens Ji . and
s the justly - proud mother of
chairman. ..... ..........
Gntranta ate requested toj Mantiei Hopkims, outfielder#, i « gtrl. who tip-
#e;id in a pro-utte.ited score I i)ta. Taylor. « former Trot-1 ^ ,he tv!'lnV * Twum s,
Gt-tl Wi*h registration. The $6,00| ter wi» has been in the Armv, yncfs at l?.r,h.' V* tax ,rwl'1?'
entry fee u ill include free re- j ig evpec.fed to .join Ihe team at ■ lon' as w<* ‘ HS h<T m°t!lPr- >*
{; * *s hments
several yeai>, and will continue j
in that capacity this year
Manuel Hopkins was re -!
elected playing - manager by I
the gi ■ up.
First practice session of the
year for the Trotters is hooked
for Sunday aftemooh. when the
‘okl-ti.meiV, as well as any
youngsters who wish to try out
firr the team, will start 'getting
the kinks out
A' present., only Joe Gibbs
and Dickie Perez, younger bro-
ther of catcher David Pcroz,
are currently carried a- iwir-
ier.-, but indications are lha'
an each date. Taylor is a third-j a titw lookiiyg individual, who Lany Stratmann. 196.3 chunker
Ireens and course at the Wei-1 sackcr.' ft is pissihle that Lair-1 'wulci makp Par*^ pi^ud. who retired because of a sore
mur coursb are said to lie in | py Stratmann. hurkr who' left • fno1^<’r vo11,ng Chris-1 arm, may lie available. Status
tor Hast condition ever for the | tlie team earlv fast season be-!,in^ ''*1 e doing well a1 the time j of ^ last year s mound mainstay
Vi;filament and play wit 1 he| cause g a sore arm, will also'0* my ■ lsi1
oyyr the new tnyoir
Baseball School Dutch
Dinner Will Be Held
",«0 7 ictorui lastnu timvii
y the first of rh.s type
o'."red :■ rhe 1 lull Coas: area.
I . ,:.s 'a s+age
.*• Ft-1x Mti-'-n! - Restaurant
Friday * [arvh 2fi
fo. prc.v-. release arki picture*
I’lsTucitjcms at die camp wijjjj
-*• . andleil by ex-major league
p-nyers of the Victoria area
under tlie supervision of the
Houston Colt* Tex Shirjev is t
Meld manager of tlie
dao s of " h:ch wrj lie mnoiinc-
e>. iaier.
John Schmidt, is not known and
plav Infiekler HiJl Dietae no- f And ,'ef<>rPn“‘ *o mothers -ihe may.br may not fenirn ■
it. school al the University o{, Eunice is one of the bevy ot al-j---
Tcx.o. luis expressed a desiiv' ,r«pti\e -daughters oi Mrs. Ro-
to play lor tie Trotters when!hpr1 "^edy" Kueker. who
j»s-H)|( ' bouses her hotrod al her b>me ;
(Hit on Route 1 each night
IRISH <<)-('APTAINS
SOUTH BEND. ind. itiPF Hie Ojero Turkey Trotters
Walt Sahn of Indiana pods ami I ^ ,!1P P"1’ on ^ Monday
Jay Miller ot ( kjshcn Ind . i nlSht' wh®» 11 players
.( auton u.nnei'h i.p lv?pn ^ «M-aptain- jfrbm th<“ hl^h,T * **c‘ce*sful
of tlie I9t4 - 65 Notre Dame! ^ Trotter team gathered a’
p m basketball, team i« Main street meeting
, COACHES TO ASSIST
; KANSAS CITY. Mo -Hjl*l> •
j Coaclies Joe Brehmer ot chum-,
pion Rivkhuis: College and E
. D. Gus Fish of Empoiba Kan.
' " I Stale, wifi assist head Coach
Vi \t ttvn . ;
i John McLendon of Kentucky
Also present was dub ownc-
Fred Pridgen who has 'am
FK.HT RESULTS
State m directing the NAIA
team at the Olympic basketball
„ , , trials in New York April 2-4
Br I nitPil Press InWrnitliiHinl "w* e-i
NEW YORK <lTll Frank!
Oijve.ra. lei Puerto Rico, -'tt/p-.
p*d Ossie Mnrcano .157 1,-4 1
Puerto P„C'i X ,
HOUSTON: Tex. tn'Ii
Foijey 309 Chvndter Anz..
■s-topped :Tori HeiTmg ,'u H-m-
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DtUtTRS -MIRIV I
NEW YOP-K n IT- <
br»m IIbJI of London and Jim
Hark of Scotland armed Tues-
day en route to Sebnnt: F"a
e-, weekend a j ■. '-met.
MOV L I P TIME
iALRANY. N Y d P1> Gov.
N'eison Rocket e.e signol a
J>VU Tuesday hiw ould perm-'
Sunday sports in New York ir,
begin a 1 :05 p rri. in'tearl. 'if
3 p.Vn , .
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