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Opening Day Attendance Drive Off To Good Start
SPORTS!
His 42nd Year, Tftcir Tirsf
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Advance Ticket
Sale Response
Reported Good
Members of the Borger
<»a.xst‘r> lia- I'liiill < i >
oft' to a flying tart y< tcr-
<ta.v alteriioon in th<* initial
step in their drive to sell
'1,500 tickets to the season
opener in Border Tliur day
when the Gassers tangle with the
Amarillo Gi Id So Th« > pi
ed that response t the advann
ticket sale drive was fairly good
but emphasized the tact that ‘he
support of every fan in Hutc hin-
son county is needed to bring the
attendance trophy to Borger for
its first tirr.e.
These men are working *o fill
the grandstand to overflowing foi
this initial tilt and the fans are
going to have to cooperate to I
their fullest extent to make ‘his
possible The attendance at the j
exhibition games was very pool
and officials are expecting a much
better ‘urnout for regular league
play.
Last year, Borger was second
in combined league attendance
and Gasser fans are going to have
that reputation to maintain this
year. The best way to get start-
ed on that is to start the season
off with a jam-packed stadium
for the opening game. The Gass
ers need the full and ardent sup-
port of eveiy fan in this territory.
The more fans in the stands
means betier baseball.
The advanced ticket sale drive
will be closed out sometime
Thursday and officials are hoping
to have the S.R.O sign out before
that time. However, tickets will
be on sale at the gate.
The following are participating
in the drive:
Frank Elmore, City Drug. Bar-
ney Andress. Briggs Drug, Red
Cox, Goebel Anthony, George
Finger, C. R. Anthony, Sig Anis-
man, Jack Katsh. G. H. Whitlock.
R L. Grimes, Walter Cory, Ray
Brock, Hudson Davis, C. and R.
Grocery, Bob Lindsey, Ben Ben-
jamin. Steakley Service Station.
J. M. Huber Corp.. New Grill,
Cliff Haggard, Shaw-Holcomb,
Gunn-Hiner.mn. Johnny Johnston
and DeLuxe Barber shop.
In Whirlaway s Hoof Prinls?
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Sun Again, Wendell Eads up. is the hope of Calumet Farm in the
Kentucky Derby. May 2. Owner Warren Wright won the big
number at Churchill Downs last year with the record-wrecking
Whirlaway.
Border Conference
May Allow Freshmen
To Play On Varsily
TEMPI-.. Aii/. April 28.—i/f’i-
Interested Ari/onu State Teachers
college at Tempt; officials, after |
i tpiiet check of member sen'i- j
ment, believe that Border con- !
fercncc representatives will decide
al their meeting here Saturday to
suspend Indefinitely because of
the war the rule barring fresh-
men from athletic competi‘ion.
The vote as they see it will be
Now Mexico Aggies, Texas Mines,
Tempe, Arizona State Teachers
college at Flagstaff, Hardin-Sim-
mons and West Texas State in
favor of the rule’s suspension,
with the University of Arizona
and Texas Tetfi as ‘he dissenters.
New Mexico university is re-
garded as “on the fence.”
Another matter scheduled for
consideration is the proposed split
of the conference into an eastern
and western division for basket-
ball compe'ition next season.
Borger, Texas
Tuesday, April 28. 1942
Page 4
Dodgers, Indians Get First Real Tests
Of Year As Intersectional Series Begins
Aisab Quells Fears As He
Runs Fast Quarter-Mile
By SID FEDER
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ April 28—(AP)—After giving
Ins boosters a dozen hours of worry, Aisab breezed down
( hurehill Downs’ stretch early today to end all fears that
his cut right leg would bother him either in the Derby
trial this afternoon or the Kentucky Derby Saturday
The flying little hope of Al Sabath of Chicago’, who
caught a nail from his left hind shot* in his right hind leg
‘ yesterday
.The Baseball
Standings
v5r'
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
Ruth in
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New York
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Rice Runs For Navy
* * *
Names Make Story!
By HUGH FULLERTON. Jr.
Wide World Sports Columnist
First Matches Of
Phillips Golfing
Tourney Extended
Due to the recent rains, the
first round matches of the spring
flight tournament at the Phillips
Country club have been extended
one week, Howard Bond, mana-
ger of the Phillips golf course,
announced today.
First round matches must be
played by next Sunday. May 3.
At the same time, Bond an-
nounced that April 25 to May 1
would be "guest week" at the
Phillips Country Club. Any mem-
ber may bring a non-member that
if eligible to join the club.
“If any new players plan to
take up the game, now is the
time to start,” Bond urged.
A radio telegraphic convention
adopted SOS as a call for help in
1912, but the letters do not stand
for any words.
NEW YORK. April 28.—<£>)—
The consuls-general or 21 Cen-
tra! and South American coun-
tries are scheduled to visit the
Polo grounds May 10 when Mex-
ico’s champion soccer team, At-
lante, opens a tour of the United
States by playing a picked squad
of local hooters Babe Ru‘h, back
from Hollywood, called oft a
party the movie folks had ar-
ranged lor nim yesterday. Babe
said he had overestimated his
strength ana wasn’t in shape for
a party after a long train ride.
One-Minute Sports Page
Greg Rice has accepted an in-
vita’inn to run three races back
heme in Montana for the benefit
of the Naval Relief Fund next
summer . . . Lou Stillman has on-
ly 63 fighters working out at his
gym these days. Last year he had
116 regulars . . . Only two signs
ever have appeared on the fence
of Forbes field, home of the
Pittsburgh Pirates ... In 1918.
one urged “Buy War Savings
Bonds." Now it reads
fense Bonds." ... At a recent
Notre Dame dinner here, Biff
Jones, the Army coach, reported
the demand for Army-Notre
Dame football tickets is the great-
est in years.
The air in many buildings of
the United States is drier than
that of the Sahara desert, in win-
ter
BOWLING
IT S REAL SPORT
It’s an easy-to-Iearn game
that keeps you alert and
provides just enough exer-
cise for those who aren't
used to hard axercisa.
Bowling is sasy and also
aasy to learn..
Names Make News
Jimmy Coney of ‘.he Columbus,
Ga., Ledger reports that Roy
Broome, clean up hitter on the
Columbus Sally league club, came
up with the bases full the other
night and swept them clean with
a triple . . . When Alabama U.
Freshmen opened their baseball
season, Emanuel “Sandy” Wolfe
gave a single to ‘he first batter,
then retired 27 men in order. A
couple of days later Bob Wolf
pitched a two-hitter. So there
must be one coach who can’t com-
plain that the Wolves are after
him . . . And Fabian Wotta of
Bronson. Mich., High school
pi'ched a no-hitter last week . . .
Wotta man!
Last Laugh
When someone asked Hal M<>e,
Oregon State backfield coach,
how come he weighed 185 pounds
when he was playing football 10
years ago and only 170 when he
took his navy physical exam. Hal
replied: “Mv wife specialized in
home economics.”
By JUDSON BAILEY
Associate Press Sports Writer
The major leagues open
I h c i r first intersectional
strife of the season today
and the next 10 days may
be more revealing than
those that have passed.
It is impossible to evaluate the
Brooklyn Dodgers, for instance,
on ‘heir record of winning nine
out of 11 games from the Boston
Braves and Philadelphia Phils
and no one will be sure of the
surprising strength shown by the
Cleveland Indians until they are
tested against the New York Yan-
kees and Boston Red Sox.
At the outse* there are three
series that stand out—the Detroit
Tigers inva.-ion of Boston in the
American league and the Brook-
lyn at Cincinnati and New York
at St. Louis struggles in the
National league.
Tigers Pitch: Giants Hit
The Tigers have come up with
some unexpectedly fine pitching
and the New York Giants with
extra-base hitting to astound vir-
‘uallv everybody by hanging
around third place in the two
leagues. Some of the credit for
their high estate, however, must
go to the collapse of the Chicago
White Sox, who currently are
couched in the American league
cellar, and the Cincinnati Reds,
who are in seventh place in the
senior circuit. Both
were, and still
wind up near the top.
The Reds ran into another set-
back yesterday, 4-3 in 11 innings,
by the Chicago Cubs and now
Buy De- | need desperately to show some-
thing against *he Dodgers if'they
hope to get into the pennant
scramble. For the Cubs’ victory
meant a tie with the Giants for
the third place.
Vander Meer Loses
Johnny Vander Meer hurled for
the Reds and allowed 11 hits in
11 frames — but six of these were
bunched in the fourth and fifth
innings for three Chicago runs
and two more, singles by Stan
Hack and rookie Len Merullo.
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By JERRY
SPRAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results —
Chicago 4, Cincinnati 3 111 inn-
ings).
Standings Today —
Club— W L Pet.
Brooklyn 11 3 .786
Pittsburgh _ 7 5 .583
Chicago ---- 7 6 .538
New York 8 7 .534
St. Louis 5 6 .445
Boston 6 8 .429
Cincinnati _ 5 7 ,417
Philadelphia 3 10 .23
Today’s Schedule —
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
New York at St. Louis.
took over the
track and dashed a quarter
of a mile in 25 2-5 seconds
as his final workout for the
trial in which he tangles
with Warren Wright’s Sun
Again, Emerson Woodward’s pair
—Valdina Orphan and Hollywood
— and several others.
With the Aisab matter settled,
Sun Again once more took over j
his share of the in*erest in the
Derby trial. On bis work in that ;
trial depended hi= chances .■' get- ;
ting to the post in the big mce j
Saturday.
At the same time. Trainer Ben
Jones admitted he was strictly | some open-field blocking and
picking a number out of a hat tackling tor the
when it came to Sun Again’s
Connie Mack looks over two Philadelphia recruits who came up via
the Yankee farm system. Third baseman Buddy Blair, left, and
pitcher Russ Christopher played with Newark last season.
Blackhawks Have
Full Grid Menu In
Everyday Drills
First some pass throwing and
catching practice for backs and
ends and some work on the charg-
ing machine for ‘lie linemen; then
wind sprints fra- the line and
only drill for 30 days which will
make it mandatory that they fin-
ish no later than April 30.
Ladies Day' To Be
Held Tomorrow Al
Huber Golf Course
! AMERICAN LEAGUE
| Yesterday's Results—
j No games scheduled.
Standings Today —
! Club—
New York
Cleveland
( Detroit
Boston
The Gassers make their open-
ing stab in the U’T-NM today over
in Malin park at Amarillo
against Sled Allen's Gold Sox.
Buzz Ross was Pilot Hugh Will-
ingham’s choice for the opener
since Jim Jennings is still suffer-
ing from a little arm trouble. I Washington
B“ U"7n:,n wiu start for Am a- Philadelphia
rillo. Jennings may open here.|st Louis
Thursday. The Gassers remain j Chicago
there for another game Wedens-
day and then come home for a
pair of games with the Sox and
then take to the road for five
days.
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Pet.
9
3
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9
3
.750
10
5
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7
5
.583
5
B
.357
5
9
.357
5
10
.333
3
9
.250
Today's Schedule —
Chicago at Washington.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
Gasser officials are going to
need the all-out Support of every
fan in these parts to put over
their ticket sale drive. Borger
should win the opening day at-
tendance trophy at least once and
there is no better time than this
these clubs . season. Last year it went to
are, expected to Amarillo and they are making a
desperate bid to keep it this year.
! Pampa is also making a very con-
centrated effort to grab it this
time. Borger could take it from
bo*h of these cities.
TEXAS LEAGUE
Monday Results —
Fort Worth 1. Beaumont 2.
Shreveport 7, Dallas 6.
Tulsa at Houston, postponed.
Oklahoma City at San Antonio,
chances in either of these two
gallops. Ben told you ‘hat Sun
Teddy’s son was a couple of weeks
behind in his training and would
be better for the Preakness a
week from Saturday than for the
run for the roses.
But after a snappy six-furlong
blowout yesterday, even the Mis-
souri magician wasn’t, going to
go out on a limb wi'h any doubt
about his horse.
The ups and downs of these
! two Derby babies stole the show , ,, ......
from all other developments to- 1 !,,L L
day. despite the accepted possi-
bility that the Texas-owned Hol-
lywood and Valdina Orphan
might upse* both of them in the
trial, and the long-looked for ar-
ed and Bill Woodward's Apache
from New York.
Requested and Apache came
down with Mrs. Ed Mulrenan’s
First Fiddle and Mrs. Barclay
Douglas' Fair Call to fill out a
list of 17 possibilities still given
a chance to get to the pos* when
the band pours out “My Old Ken-
tucky Home” along about 5:30 p.
m. Saturday.
backs; "two-on-
one" blocking for both line and
i backs; and then a light scrim-
mage for all. That is the daily
: grid menu out at Phillips where
j about 40 Blackhawks went
! through a spirited workout yi s-
! ‘.erday in the hot afternoon sun
. under the guidance of Coaches
j Chesty Walker and Bulldog Hale.
Coaches Walker and Hale are
well on the way to building an-
other highly-polished, well-oiled
grid machine for the defense of
their twice-won regional crown
football cam-
paign. The Hawks will gi t their
supreme test Thursday night,
however, when they collide with
‘he ex-Hawks from the past two
championship teams in an “open
house” scrimmage session. If
they can pass that barrier it
should stamp them as a danger-
ous threat to uphold their top
class A title.
In the passing practice. Co/el
Foster and Jimmy Goldsmi'h
were alternating at chunking 'em
Bain, back. Hall, end, Ten-
“Ladien' Day” will be held to-
morrow at I o'clock at the Huber
Dolt course. Mrs. Bob Takewell
announced today. All ladies are
uiy ■. a, be present.
It will be decided, at this meet-
ing. whether the starting time of
the "ladies’ day" event will be
chanced from 1 o’clock in the af-
ternoon to sometime in the early
morning or not. There will also
ho a short business session, Mrs.
Takewell said.
Texas Loop Gels
In Two Conlesis
and
postponed.
Standings —
Club—
W
L
Pet.
Tulsa
. 8
2
.300
Beaumont ____________
- 8
4
.668
Houston
_ 8
5
.615
Dallas
5
6
.455
Oklahoma City _____
4
6
.400
Shreveport ______
_ 5
8
.385
San Antonio _____
. 4
8
.333
Fort Worth
3
7
.300
Today's Schedule —
This corner has heard that
Clem Hausman is now with Mont-
gomery in the class B Southeast-
er11, circuit He was sent therp by ; TuIsa at Houston might).
Dallas. Bid Garland has oeen I Dallas at Shreveport might),
sent to Spokane by San Diego, j Okkihoma City at San Antonio
I Spokane is in the class C Western ' (night)
International loop. j Fort Worth at Beaumont (day).
There are a few box sea's left j
and anyone wanting one may no- j
tify George Finger. Also, there
SMU-BAYLOR PLAY TODAY
DALLAS, April 28.—Wh—Sou-
Fddle J.S m the Tlth’and’JS is ’some si.«n W remaining on i 'hern Methodist and Baylor were
Schoolboy Track
Star, Now Pastor,
Pedals 200 Miles
LAGRANGE. Ga.. April 28.—
6P)—When he was a student at
Mercer university (Macon. Ga.1.
the Rev. W. W Marshall of La-
11 Grange was the ,-ch<
track star.
cycle to attend a Baptist Sunday
ed Vandy’s doom
The Reds made two of their
runs on three hi*s in the sixth
inning and brought Paul Erick-
son hurrying to the rescue of
Hiram Bithorn. He performed a
noteworthy relief mission, allow-
ing only one hit in 5 1-3 innings,
but this blow was an eighth-inn-
ing home run by Frank McCor-
mick to tie the score.
All of the other clubs had
open date.
Morgan Bowls High
Series In Fem Loop
the outfield fence that may be
purchased by notifying Finger.
| Just call 118 and George’ll take
your order.
There will be a big celebration
1 hursday for the opening league ,
day in Borger.
scheduled to play a 'win bill here
at 2:30 p.m. today. Weather forc-
ed postponement of the games
yesterday.
There are about 30 tons of blub-
ber in a 70-ton Greenland whale.
DON WINSLOW OF WNWY
by FRANK MARTIN EK
Here's \x/mat i mean, red.
EACH DEFENSE BOND WE BUY
MEANS MORE SNIPS AND PLANES
FOR CUR NAVY/
Morgan of Eusie Turner, Inc.,
lolled the high series in lust
night’s Dust Bowlers league ac-
tion as she posted a 532 total
Her team defeated Paul Potter
Agency 3-0 with McBride lead-
ing the losers with 445 Ronel’s
mppod Courtnev Studio 2-1 as
Walstad rolled 521 and Spurrier
totaled 459 for the short-endert.
Shaw-Holcomb beat Lindsey
2-1. Hopper led the winners with
506 and Perkins topped the losers
barefoot J with 436 Furr Food dumped B
I At B. Cafe 3-0 with Cooc Dost-
for the losers. Powder Puff
Beauty Shop blasted Six’s Pig
Borger Gassers
In Amarillo For
Opening Contest
Manager Hugh Willingham and
his Borger Gassers are in Amaril-
lo today for their 1942 West Tex-
as-New Mexico league debut with
the Gold Sox. Seventeen play-
ers, including Willingham, left
here this morning a‘. 9:30 for
Amarillo. They will meet the
Gold Sox there tomorrow for
their final tilt of the two-game
series and then come back home
for a two-day stand with the
Gold Sox and then go on the
road for five days.
Although league rules stipu-
late the roster must contain only
15 players during the season, in-
cluding the manager, if he is a
player, they can carry 17 during
the first ten days.
A glance at the Gassers shows
them to be a strong fielding club
with better than-average hitting,
j However, they are extremely j
j weak on pitching. In fact, Skip-
| per Willingham was planning to
j start Buzz Ross, catcher, who is :
I quite a hurler, too, on the mound
loday against the Gold Sox. Law-
; rence Rhodes may get the nod
: for the second game.
The roster is, and positions:
Ross and Frank “Whitev” War-
ren, catchers; Kelly Wingo, J. K.
McClain, Larry Gilchrist, Lefty
Riordan and Willingham, infield-
ers; Chuck Chepeeta, Odie Wheat-
lev and Harold Haddigan, out-
fielders; and Melvin Florer, Jim
Jennings. Ollie Smith. Harold
Sharp, Andrew Urbansky, Wil-
fred Unfer and Rhodes, pitchers.
Risen, end. and Devoe Davis, end.
were doing a good job at receiv-
ing. Some of the younger laris
up from Coach Irving Kimmins’
B squad wore grabbing the pig-
skin out of the ozone very well.
The light scrimmage consisted
of pass plays mostly with very
little contact. Blocking was 'he
| chief factor being worked on in
■ the session. Foster and Gold-
j smith were doing all of the toss-
| ing in it, too.
| The Blackhawks are in the last
j stages of their 30-day spring
j training period and will conclude
j i‘ when they meet the Exes
j Thursday night. They started on
April 1 and according to Inter-
scholastic league rules they can
Bv the Associated Press
The weather-harassed Texas
league managed t< get half its
fhedule placed yesterday, the
sec. ;iid-place Beaumont Exporters
mtching out a 2-1 win over the
visiting Fort Worth Cats and the
■Shreveport Sports triumphing
over the invading Dallas Rebels
7-6 in a 12-inning contest.
The Tills a at-Houston game
was pr/tpemed for the novel rea-
son that the uniforms for the vis-
iting teams failed to arrive in
time. The Oklahoma City at San-
Antonio contest was nut off the
Indians were delayed en route to
the Mission city.
To.' Mueller was given credit
for the Beaumont victory. He
allowed his first earned run of
the '.ear. Otis Clark, twirling for
the Cats, permitted only one hit.
until the seventh inning, when
Beaumont got underway wdth a
walk. Wakefield’s double and a
tingle bv Evers to win the game.
The Sports stood up under a
live : un attack by the Rebels in
the fourth frame, coming back to
tie the score with two in the
ninth and holding on grimly un-
til the winning run was pushed
over in the twelfth.
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ATLANTA. April 28—i/Pi—Joe
Engel, president of Chattanooga’s
Si uthem Association baseball
club, has asked League President
Trammell Scott for police pro tec -
t n when he takes his all-rookie !
* im to Knoxville, Tenn., again.
Cha nooga Coach Bill Rodg- j
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I- >m e Knoxville stands in a
Sunda game.
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