Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 170, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 19, 1950 Page: 2 of 8
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AH»$tar Tilt Tonight;
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Swqttwi Brack EvmWirii
Rot wall At Zamofra Wins 11-7
Longhorn League teams will call off their individual
IMrtere tonight and a group of selected players will form
“West” and "East” squads for the annual All-Star battle at
San Angelo.
Sweetwater will be represented on the East All-Star
dub by four performers—First Baseman Warren Sliter,
Second Baseman Dom Chiola, Shortstop Fred Haller and
Catcher John Bottarini.
The Swatters will resume league competition Thursday
night with a double-header scheduled at Sportsman’s Park
in Sweetwater. Their opponents will be the Roswell Rock-
ets. The first game will get under way at 6:30 p. m.
* * *
ROSWELL, N. M.—Strike-out
artist Lee Zamora, the wild man
with the terrific curve ball,
chalked up his seventh victory
last night with a 11 to 7 win over
Second-place Roswell.
Zamora, who has won his last
three starts, was touched for
only eight scattered hits by the
Rockets, who pace the league in
hitting. Lee struck out six bat-
ters to run his strike-out string
to 133.
A big eight-run second inning
was all that Zamora was waiting
,for as he silenced the big Rock-
let bats. The Sweetwater htirler
got off to a shaky start, with
Roswell taking a 4-0 lead in the
first inning.
Five Roswell pitchers — in-
cluding Ray Drake, the ace twir-
ler on the Rocket staff—failed
to stop the Sweetwater on-
slaught. The Swatters collected
13 safeties.
Shelling starter Drake and
Sam Plilor in the second inning,
Hal Abbott, Bill Hassey and Don
Zahner led the Sweetwater at-
tack.
Abbott, took individual batting
LEE ZAMORA—He won his
third straight game and his
seventh victory of the season
last night with an eight-hit, II
to 7, triumph over the second-
place Roswell Rockets. He ran
his strike-out record to 133,
tops in the league.
honors for the night with a sen-
sational five-for-six, including
two doubles. Dom Chiola, lead-
ing Swatter hitter ov«r the sea-
son, collected two singles in four
trips and Gene Jarech socked
two in five times at bat.
Tlie longest hit of the game
was a triple by Zahner.
It was only the second time
this year that Sweetwater has
been able to defeat Roswell. The
Rockets have 12 victories over
the Swatters.
The box score:
HWMiTW.VrtiR
Haller, ss ......
Abbott, 3b . .
Sliter, lb ......
Chiola. 2b ......
Jarech, If ......
Finley, c ......
Zahner, rf .....
Hassey, cf ......
Zamora, p .....
Totals
ItOSWELL
Mays, 3b
Kenna. lb
Jackson, If
Jordan, c
Jacob, cf
Pressley, rf p
Souza, ss
Crumley. 2b
X—Hill
Lindloff, 2b .
Drake, p
Plilor, p
Michalec, p
Franks, p-rf
Totals .
AB R H PO A
38 11 13 27 9 4
AB R H HO A
2 0
1 13
A PORT A
SpurtS
38 7 8 27 12 1
X—Struck out for Crumley in 5th.
Sweetwater ........... 080 000 201—11
Roswell ............. 400 010 200— 7
Hitchers
IH. R. H. SO. BB.
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Zamora (winner, 7-10) 9 7 8 6 7
Drake (loser) ........ 1 0 6 1 3
Plilor ............. 2-3 3 2 0 1
Michalec ......... 4 2-3 2 4 3 3
Franks ............ 2-3 0 0 1 2
Pressley ............ 2 1 1 1 1
Runs batted in: Abbott 3, Hassey 2,
Haller 2, Chiola, Jarech, Zamora; Press-
ley 2, Franks, Michalec, Souza, Jacob.
Two base hits: Abbott 2, Hassey; Press-
ley, Souza. Three base hit: Zahner.
Stolen bases: Hassey; Souza. Sacrifices:
Haller. Left on bases: Sweetwater 13,
Roswell 13. Hit by pitcher, by: Zamora
(Jordan). Balk: Michalec. Wild pitches:
Zamora 2. Michalec 2. Umpires: Ham-
mond and Montgomery. Time 2:42.
All-Stars Will Play
Rolan Here Tonight
The Independent All-Stars of
Sweetwater will meet the Rotan
Gypsum softball team at South-
side Park at 8:15 tonight.
The Rotan club beat the All-
Stars, 17 to 6. at Roby last Sat-
urday night. The Sweetwater
players were introduced to the
“fastbalis ’ at that time. A regu-
lar softball will be used in the
game tonight.
Longhorn League
Baseball Slate
Following Is the Longhorn
League baseball schedule for the
coming week—
j WEDNEeD-lY—All-Star came at Sar
I Yngelo.
THURSDAY -Roswell at Sweetwater,
i Rig Spring at Ballinger, Odessa at Ver-
I non. San Angelo at Midland.
! FRIDA N If •.well at Sweetwater. Big
' Spring at L,.,linger. Odessa at Vernon,
| San Angelo at Midland.
SATURDAY Sweetwater at Odessa,
San \ngelo at Big Spring, Midland at
Ballinger. Roswell at Vernon.
SUNDAY Sweetwater at Odessa, San
Angelo at Big Spring. Midland at Bui*
linget. Rsiwtll at Vernon.
East-West Meet
Dream teams of the eastern
and western sections of the
Longhorn League will clash to-
night at San Angelo in the an-
nual All-Star game.
The East team will be compos-
ed of three of the league's sec-
ond division dubs — Sweet-
water, San Angelo and Ballin-
ger—with Vernon the only
"Yankee’' team in the top four.
It all boils down to one thing:
The West should moider the
East.
With elean-up hitters galore
and the top pitchers in the lea-
gue on their side, the West
should run away with their
fourth All Star classic.
* *, »
LOOKING OVER last night’s
Longhorn results, we find to
our amazement that three of
the West's All-Star pitchers saw
duty, despite the fad that they
well knew they were to play
with the All-Stars tonight.
Of course, it's the managers'
fault and not the pitchers.
Ray Knoblauch of Odessa,
who must pitch for the West All
Stars tonight, went the full
nine innings last night to beat
Vernon, 2-0. Ray Drake of Ros-
well was kocked out of the box
in the second inning by Sweet-
water. Bert Garcia of Big Spring
started the second game of a
double-header against Ballinger,
but lost the contest 5 to 3.
Meanwhile, the East did not
use a pitcher last night who
must toil in the All-Star tilt.
* * *
FRANKLY, WE are in favor
of the East going all the way
with one hurler, namely Cotton
Russell of Vernon,
Russell, the vvinningest pit-
cher in the league, is the one
bright hope for the East. He has
the lowest earned-run average
in the league and boasts a 1-1-4
record.
Russell's last performance
was here Saturday night when
he blanked the Swatters 3 to 0
on five hits.
+ * *
TROUBLE MAY arise on the
East squad due to the replace-
ment of Shortstop Tony Guer-
rero, out with an injury. Wayne
Wallace, the next highest vote-
getter, was installed in the
East line-up as a utility infield-
er.
Wallace, who was an All-Star
shortstop last year, has been
devoting his full time to first
base duties this season. So, if
East Manager Joe Berry swit-
ches him to shortstop in Guer-
rero's place, Wallace may feel
a little awkward.
Warren Sliter beat out Wal-
lace for the first sack job by a
| very wide margin, so Sliter is
entitled to the full-time job.
Fred Haller, the utility in-
fielder, plays shortstop and can
take up the slack made by
Guerrero. But just where are
they going to play Wallace?
* * *
Here are the line-ups for the
| East and West, with the latest
official batting and pitching
averages—
BATTING
Hos.
... C
By Vailed ht»i
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Longhorn Leagae
Big Spring 14-3, Ballinger 0-5.
Odessa 2, Vernon 0.
San Angelo 2, Midland 1 (10 Innings).
Kneel water II. Roswell 7.
Texas Leagee
San Antonio 9, Dallas 3.
Fort Worth 7. Houston 4
Oklahoma City 6. Beaumont 5.
Shreveport 2. Tulsa 0.
West Texas-New Mexiro Leagae
Amarillo 12. Abilene 5.
Lamesa at Borger. ppd.. high winds.
Albuquerque 9. Lubbock 8.
Pampa 12, Clovis 7.
Rio Grande Valley League
Harlingen 7. Del Rio 3.
Corpus Christi 15, Brownsville 5.
I Laredo 15, McAllen 3.
American League
New York 12. St. Ixniis 1.
Boston 12. Detroit 9.
Cleveland 10. Philadelphia 2.
Washington 5. Chicago 2.
National League
Bast on 11. Pittsburgh 3.
Cincinnati 1, New York 0.
Chicago 53, Philadelphia 2-8.
St. Louis 5. Brooklyn 3.
* * *
I.UNUHOKN I.KAC.CE
Tram
W L
Pet.
Odessa
64 36
.640
Hos well
5R 41
.582
Big Spring
54 44
.551
Vernon
53 45
.541
San Angelo
. 51 46
.526
Midland
45 55
.450
Sweetwater
40 50
.400
Ballinger
• '
28 68
.292
WKST
TEXAS-NEW
MEXICO
Team
W L
Pet.
Lamesa
. 53 36
.596
Pampa
51 36
.5R6
Lubbock
52 38
.578
Albuquerque
48 41
.539
Borger
46 44
.511
Amarillo
41 49
.456
Abilene
36 56
.385
Clovis .....
* •
.
34 59
.366
AMERICAN
LEAGUE
Team
W L
Prt.
Detroit
54 28
.659
New York
52 32
.614
Cleveland
50 35
.588
Boston
47 38
.553
Washington
as 44
.463
Chicago
36 50
.419
St Louis
30 53
.361
Philadelphia
' * *
29 55
.345
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
Team
W L
Prt.
Philadelphia
... 46 34
.575
Boston ....
. 46 34
.575
St . Louis . .
. . . 16 34
.575
Brooklyn . .
. 43 34
.558
Chicago . . .
. . . 37 41
.474
New York
36 44
.450
Cincinnati
. 34 46
.425
Pittsburgh
• •
. 29 50
.367
BIG BAT—SIu Williams, Bal-
linger cellin' fielder, will add
balling power to the East line-
up in tonight's All-Star game
at San Angelo.
"[Stengel Admires
Clevrtnd's Lemon
NEW YORK, July 1., (UP)—
Manager Casey Stengel of the
New York Yankees said today
that Cleveland’s Bob Lemon
was the biggest surprise of the
American league race.
Lemon, a converted outfield-
er, won his 14th game of the
season when he beat the Phila-
delphia Athletics, 10 to 2, last
night. He’s a cinch to win 20
games for the third consecutive
year and has an outside chance
of challenging the fabulous 30-
victory mark.
“It’s a four-way race in the
American League,” Stengel
said. "1 figure Cleveland is the
weakest of the four challengers
because you can pitch to guys
like Luke Easter, A1 Rosen and
Larry Doby. But that Lemon
keeps them in there. Every
time I look up he's winning an-
other game.”
Lemon, who won 20 games in
1948 and 22 in 1949, did not
chalk up No. 14 in those years
until mid-August. His current
pace makes him a good bet to
win 25 this year. Bob Feller,
who won 2(1 in 1910, was the
last Cleveland pitcher to win
that many. Old Jim Bagby, who
won 31 games in 1920, holds the
record for a Cleveland pitcher.
“I figure Detroit is the No. 1
threat,” Stengel said. “They
got the lead and maybe they'll
get Virgil Trucks hack late in
the season to help their pitch-
ing. The Red Sox are next even
without Ted Williams and
Cleveland is next.”
Sweetwater, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 1950
Phils, Cards, Braves
In Tie For First Place
Rebels WIN Meet
ftoscoe Club Tonight
STAMFORD—The Sweetwater
Rebels will meet the Roscoe Boys
Club at (1:30 tonight in the sec-
ond round of play in the District
3 TAAF Junior Boys softball
tournament at Stamford.
The Rebels won their opening
game Monday night with a 9 to
7 victory over the Hamlin Cubs. I Furillo's two-run ninth
By FRED DOWN
NEW YORK, July 19 (UP) —
Old-timers turned back the clock
42 years today to prove tc the
younger generation that the sit-
uation in the snarled-up National
League pennant race is not uni-
que.
Three teams—the St. Louis Car-
dinals, Philadelphia Phillies and
Boston Braves — are in a flat-
footed tie and the Brooklyn
Dodgers are only a game and a
half behind them hut the old-
timers recalled the American
League’s famed chase of 19(13
when four clubs went into the
final week under a blanket and
the top three waited until the
final day to find out how they
would finish.
The Detroit Tigers won that
famous "battle of baseball’s stone
age” with Cleveland second, Chi-
cago third and St. Louis fourth.
The current big sqeeze N. I..
President Ford Frick’s dream of
a lifetime—came about last night
when the Cardinals stopped the
on-rushing Dodgers in their
tracks, 5 to 3, after the Braves
walloped the Pittsburgh Pirates,
fl to 3, and the Phillies split a
double header with the Chicago
Cubs in afternoon games.
All three top clubs have iden-
tical records—Hi wins and 31
losses, The Dodgers have played
three fewer games lint stand
even with the leaders in the ail-
important lost column.
Lefty Al Brazle was the man
who stopped the Dodgers last
night after Burt Shotton’s crew
had swept the first three games
of the four-game series and
threatened to ride out of St.
Louis on a new wave of hope.
Brazle turned back the Dodgers-
with seven hits—including Carl
-.........- inning
Last night, Roscoe edged Anson j homer — and made a five-run
5 to 3 to advance to the second third-inning St. Louis rally stand
DURWOOD COX—Han Angelo
pitching aco will be one of the
East liurierx tonight in the
Longhorn League All-Star
game.
—
WKST
Jordan, .397
Jones, .305 .....
Prince. .383 . .
Monchak, .332 . .
Pascual, .350 . . .
Hughes. .285 . .
Pressley, .350 .
Oarley. .324
Stasey, .381 .....
Crumley, .292
Stephenson, .306
IB
2B
3B
SS
OF
OF
OF
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uo
EAST
Herring. .241
Bottarini, .303
. . Sliter, .301
. . Chiola, .339
.. Roach, .298
Haller, .287
F.hlinger, .269
Williams, 361
. Follett, .332
Wallace, .360
.. Davis, .306
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Longhorn League
All-Star game at San Angelo.
West Texas-New Mexico
Albuquerque at Lamesa.
Clovis at Abilene.
Pampa at Amarillo.
Lubbock at Borger.
American Leagae
Chicago at Washington (n>
Cleveland at Philadelphia (n).
St. Louis at New York (2).
Detroit at Boston.
National League
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (2).
Brooklyn at Cincinnati (2 twi-night). e
Boston at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis (2 day-night).
Tuesday's Longhorn
League Line Scores
Following are Tuesday night’s
Longhorn League line scores:
Vernon ..... 000 000 000—0 J 2
Odessa ..... 000 000 02x—2 8 1
Nelson, Tross and Herring;
Knoblauch and Perez.
♦ * *
Midland . .. 000 001 000 0—OB 1
San Angelo 000 000 100 1— 7 81
Hayes and Jones; Kindred and
Lopez.
* * *
Sweetwater . 080 000 201—11 13 4
Roswell . . .400 010 200— 7 81
Zamora and Finley; Drake,
Plilor, Michalec, Franks, Press-
ley and Jordan.
* * *
First Game
Ballinger .... 000 000 0 —0 4 7
Big Spring . 505 220 x—14 13 0
Davis and Warren: Gonzales
and Hernandez.
Second Game
Ballinger ..... 200 101 1—511 1
Big Spring .... 000 0021—3 7 0
Kinkier, Stoops and Warren;
Garcia, lglecias and Hernandez.
Sweetwater Reporter
Published each afternoon except Batur-
day. Also Sunday mornings by Uia 8»iet
water Reporter, Inc.
Entered aa second class matter at poet
afflce in Sweetwater, Taxaa, under act of
March .1, 1878.
As many as 6000 teeth arrang-
ed rows are found in some speci-
mens of sharks. Only one set of
these are used at any one time.
round. In other games last
night, Rule beat Abilene's Fore-
most Yankees, 12 to 2, and the
Abilene Volts won over Avoca,
9 to 5.
eis when the Boston Red Sox
pounded them into submlMjon,
12 to 9. last night. The New
York Yankees, who cut down the
St. Louis Browns, 12 to 1, and
the Cleveland Indians, who beat .
the Philadelphia A’s, 10 to 2, ad-
vanced to within 3Mi snd 54
games respectively.
The Washington Senators beat
the Chicago White Sox, 5 to 2.
behind Sandallo Consuegra s 10-
hit pitching in the other Ameri-
can League game.
Yesterday's star—lohnnv Mize.
supposedly “washed up, sock-
ed lour lids, including two horn-
et:-. to lead Yanks' win over St.
Louis.
Dukes Win Again
As Cuitti Homers
By Vlilted Press
The three-cornered race for
filst place in the West Texas-
New Mexiro League began to
show some order today.
Pampas Oilers polished up ,
their bats and polished off the
('bn is Pioneer:.. 12 to 7, to move
within one and one-half games
of loop-leading Lamesa.
Meanwhile, the third-place
Lubbock Rubbers drifted be-'
hind as a result of a 9 to 8 loss
at the hand:; of the Albuquerque
Dukes. The Rubbers poked out
13 hits off Albuquerque’s Don
Cantrell, while the Dukes man-
aged only nine safeties, hut
Lubbock was unable to produce
the runs needed for victory. Art
Cuitti and Jerry Folkman hit
homers for Albuquerque.
However, the Rubbers still
are only two and one-half gam-
es back of first-place Lamesa.
whose scheduled game at Bor-
ger was postponed because of
up all the way
Paul Minner stopped the Phil-
lies cold and Bill Serena hit two
homers as the Cutis heal Robin
Roberts, 5 to 2. in the opener
Play in the losers bracket of [but the Phillies bounced hack to
the double elimination tourna-1 smash 18 hits and blitz the Cub-,
ment Wednesday afternoon will 8 to 3, in the nightcap. Virgil
pit Aspermont vs. Stamford and Stnlleup’s homer gave the Cincin-
Hamlin vs. Anson. nati Reds a 1 to 0 victory over
Besides the Sweetwater-Rscoe [ Monte Kennedy of the Giants,
game tonight. Rule will meet I The first-place Detroit Tigers
Plainview and Abilene's Yankees | gave ground to each of the three I -topped Charlie Jones, 171, Bos-
play Avoca. other American League contend-Don (21
high winds.
Amarillo’s yellow Sox defeat-
ed Abilene. 12 to 5, in the re-
maining game played last night.
Tonight - chedule: Albuquer-
que at Lamesa. Clovis at Abi-
lene, Pampa at Amarillo and
Lubbock at Borger.
FIGHT RESULTS
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.—Jim-
my Curl. 176, Houston, Tex
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