Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 117, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 18, 1952 Page: 2 of 24
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Pitch*'loins
B-Spring Hen
By BUD WORSHAM
Reporter Sports Editor
In a move to strengthen Sweetwater’s faltering pitch-
ing staff and to enable one of their brightest young pros-
pects to gain more experience in the lower minors, the
Gonzalez baseball organization has assigned Dean Hi cm ns
to the Sweetwater Braves.
The 18-year-old right-handed hurler, who won 18
games for fourth-place Pauls Valley, Okla., of the Sooner
State League last year and had the second best earned-run
average in the circuit, joined the Braves Saturday morning.
Higgins has been with Par- -—--—
is of the Big State League
since spring training and has
turned in several impressive
performances. The young
man couldn’t understand
why he was optioned to
Sweetwater.
In his last appearance for
John (Red) Davis’ Indians,
Higgins allowed only four
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hits and no runs in seven in-
nings of relief work.
Aids Braves
A. C. Gonzalez of Del Rio—own-
er of both the Paris and Sweetwa-
ter ball clubs—ordered the trans-
action in an attempt to keep Alex
Carrasquel's Braves in the upper
echelons of the Longhorn League.
Also, it was presumed by Busi-
ness Manager A1 Echols that the
Gonzalez organization felt that
Higgins needed more experience in
Class C before nailing down a spot
in the fast Class B Big State loop.
Early this season, he set 10 Long-
view batters down swinging with
his sidearm delivery.
Dean is in his second year of
pro baseball, but ever since he
was big enough to toss a baseball,
the Michigan youngster has been
looking for a spot in the pro game.
Higgins dropped out of school at
the tender age of 16 and headed
south for the Florida baseball
camps.
222 Strike Outs!
Enrolling at one of the Florida
tryout schools, Higgins immediate-
ly caught the eye of scouts with his
intra-squad hurling. They were
interested, until they found he
wasn’t out of high school and
wasn’t eligible for a pro contract.
That set Higgins’ baseball plans
back a year. But when he was 17,
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the right-hander received a Chi-
sago White Sox contract with a
small bonus.
But the Sox turned him loose
and he joined the Pauls Valley
club, where he won 14 games and
lost three before developing arm
trouble. Even then, however he
finished the season with 18 wins,
nine losses, and the Sooner State
League's second best earned run
average—2.20 per game.
Higgins twirled 22 complete
games, struck out 222 and walked
142 in 279 innings with Pauls Val-
ley.
Unmarried, six feet tall and
weighing 175 pounds, Dean lives in
Taylor Center, Mich., near Detroit.
Bohanna Returned
Business Manager Echols report-
ed Saturday that Infielder George
Bohanna—who was placed on a five-
day look with the Braves last week
-has been returned to Paris.
Utility catcher-infielder Armando
(Hank) Galban did not make the
trip to Vernon Saturday due to a
leg injury sustained in Friday
night’s contest.
Galban is also bothered by a
bruised hand.
First Baseman Warren Sliter is
expected to re-join the squad Mon-
day. He’s been sidelined since May
4 with a torn ligament in his an-
kle.
The Braves play at Vernon today,
then return home for a three-night
stand with Big Spring, which will
mark the Broncs’ first league ap-
pearance in Sweetwater.
Vernon Wins, 9-2
After two nights of wild activity
—in which the Braves won 19-17
and the Dusters took a 27-5 deci-
sion—Sweetwater and Vernon set-
tled for “normal” ball game Fri-
day night.
The Dusters’ Audie Malone hand-
cuffed the free-slugging Braves on
eight hits to register a 9 to 2 de-
cision.
Timely base hits, sprinkled with
three doubles and two triples,
spelled defeat for Sweetwater's
Jesse Torres, who was after his
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ftrrn hurled the drat eight Ib-
“*®f» and gave up U eafetlee.
which accounted far all nine o( the
Vernon rune. John (Chief) Mtllar
pitched the final chapter for the
■raves and gave up one single.
The Dusters took a 2-0 lead In the
second on a triple by Art Neal,
singled by Pompeyo Carerras and
an error by Kenny Hughes on Lou
Ehlinger's grounder.
Disputed Homer
Sweetwater picked up one run
in the home second when Rocky
Carlinl—who smashed one over the
left field fence that was called
“foul” by Umpire Steve Sadow-
ski and hotly contested by Man-
ager Carrasqucl—settled for a sin-
gle.
A walk by Galban and two suc-
cessive groundouts scored Carlinl.
Vernon went ahead 3-1 in the third
on an error, walk and Joe Neid-
son’s single. The Braves made
their final counter in the third on
Luis Suarez' single, a walk by
Charlie Tuttle, single by Charlie
Buck and Carlini's ”force-in”
walk.
The Dusters raced across three
runs in the fifth and three in the
eighth.
The former cluster developed
when John Reimold walked, Fred
Oliveri doubled. Neal tripled and
Carerras flied out to right field.
Vernon’s eighth inning drive was
sparked by three singles and a two-
run double by Neidson.
Triple Killing
Shorpstop Carerras engineered a
triple play in the fifth frame to kill
a Sweetwater scoring threat.
Gus Ungo had led off with a
single and Tuttle walked. Buck
slammedl a liner to shorstop, which
appeared to be a common-place
grounder.
But Carerras got his glove un-
der the ball before it touched the
turf, quickly stepped on second
to catch Ungo who had dashed for
third and threw to First Baseman
Reimold to retire Tuttle, who had
raced for second.
Two double plays also aided
Pitcher Malone escape with the
victory.
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Swaatwator Reporter, Texas, Sunday,
Master Malone
VERNON (9>
nil I* li |h> a o
Ehlingcr. cf
(>12 2 0 0
English. 2b
Reimold. lb
5 0 14 4 0
5 2 2 11 0 1
Oliveri. rf
Klein. 3b
3 3 1 2 0 0
...... 4 0 10 2 0
Neal. If ......
..... 5 2 2 0 0 1
Niedson. c
4 0 3 4 1 0
Carerras. ss .
5 113 5 1
Malone, p .
5 0 1 1 2 0
Totals .
42 9 14 27 14 3
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SWEETWATER
*2) alt r It p<» a i*
Hughes. 2b
...... 5 0 1 2 4 1
Suarez. 3b
........ 5 1 2 0 0 1
Ungo. Jb
4 0 2 9 0 0
Tuttle. If
2 0 O ] OO
Buck, cf .
4 0 1 2 0 0
Carlini. rf
Balban. ss
3 114 0 0
3 0 0 1 2 0
Traspuesto. c
10 18 O 9
Torres, p
2 9 0 0 3 1
Miller, p
1 0 0 0 0 9
Totals
33 2 8 27 9 3
VERNON
..........021 030 030—9
SWEETWATER
.........Oil 000 000—2
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Eastham, Car I ini,
Tuttle Top League
Hints liattod In: Klein, Neal 2. Neidson
Carerras 2, Carlinl, Torres. Two-base
ts: English. Oliveri. Neidson. Trn.kniiPx.
hits: English, Oliveri, Neidson. Traspues-
hree-base hits: Neal 2. Stolen bases:
Oliveri, Reimold. Sacrifice: English. Dou-
ble plays: Carerras to English to Rei-
mold; Klein to English to Reimold. Tri-
ple play: Carerras to Reimold. Left on
base: Vernon 12. Sweetwater 0. Rases on
Halls: Malone 4, Torres 5. Strike outs:
Malone 3, Torres 7, Miller 2. Hits, runs
off: Torres 13 for 9 runs In s innings;
Miller 1 for 0 in 1. Losing pitcher: Tor-
res. Wild pitch: Malone. Passed hall:
Niedson. Hit by pitcher: Malone (Tor-
res). Umpires: Sadowski, Steiner. Time:
2:05. Raid Attendance: 412.
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A pair of right fielders stand
one-two in the Longhorn League
batting race.
Leo Eastham of Odessa held to
his previous top spot with a .457
mark and led the loop in hits wilh
37. In second place, 24 points
back, was Rocky Carlini of Sweet-
water.
Another Sweetwater outfielder.
Charlie Tuttle, owned the third
best batting average, .425.
Others in the Top Ten: Mark
Christman of San Angelo, .412;
Roberto Fabian of Odessa, .392;
Julio De la Tone of Midland, 384;
Joe Bauman of Artesia. .378; Jake
McClain of San Angelo, .376; Char-
Jay Weber of Odqssa, .371; and
Charlie Buck of Sweetwater, .367.
Home Run Leader
Bauman led the loop in home
runs with 11, while Tuttle ranked
second with eight and Paul Haller
of Artesia next with seven. Bauman
also had driven in the most runs
134): Stubby Greer of Roswell,
doubles ! 12); Buck and Roman
Loyko, Odessa, lied for triples <5
each); and Eastham, stolen bases
(7).
Carlini had drawn the most walks
<31i, three more than Eastham.
Pitchers boasting 4-1 records in-
cluded Rolando Rodriquez of Sweet-
water, Eddie Jacome of Midland.
Evelio Ortega of Odessa and Lew
Lozano of San Angelo.
Keith Nicolls of Midland led in
strike outs (42), followed by Ernie
Sadler of Sweelwater and Gil Guer-
ra of Big Spring with 37 each.
The club batting records: Odessa
.317, Sweetwater .313, Midland .297
Artesia .295, Roswell .271, Vernon
.242, San Angelo .236 and Big
Spring .229.
The club fielding averages: San
Angelo .957, Vernon .957, Big
Spring .956, Ariesia .946, Midland
•945, Roswell .945, Odessa 942,
Sweetwater .936.
Averages include all games
through Tuesday, May 13, with ex-
ception of San Angelo at Vernon,
May 9; and Vernon at Roswell
May 12-13.
Braves' Schedule
Sunday, May 18—Sweetwater at
Vernon.
Monday, May 19-Big Spring at
Sweetwater.
Tuesday, May 20—Big Spring at
Sweetwater.
Wednesday, May 21-Big Spring
at Sweetwater.
Thursday, May 22—Sweet water
at Odessa.
Friday, May 23—Sweetwater at
Odessa.
Saturday, May 24—Sweetwater at
Odessa.
Sunday, May 25—Sweetwater at
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Bravtf Need Sliter
Warren Siller’s return to the
Sweetwater lineup this week should
give the Braves a big boost.
There’s no finer first baseman
in the league and the guy can
pound that ball. Gus Ungo. who’s
been playing first since Sliter hurt
his ankle on May 4, has not per-
formed like the Ungo of 1951.
With Big Spring last season, Gus
was a fair fielder and a terrific
bitter, finishing the campaign with
a healthy .357 batting average.
In spring drills this year, Ungo
looked razor-sharp at the plate,
slapping line drives all over the
place. He was the Braves’ leading
hitter In exhibition games.
But since start of league play,
Gus has found it exceedingly diffi-
cult to hit more than a shade over
.200 and his fielding has been
nothing to write home about.
We still think the 19-yoar-old Cu-
ban is a fine prospect and believe
he’ll pull out of his slump.
However, Sweetwater’s chances
of victory will be greatly enhanced
with Sliter back in the fold.
—SS—
All-Star Outfield
If Ihe Sweetwater outfielders
keep up their hitting pace, the
Braves may completely dominate
the Longhorn League’s All-Star
‘East” outfield.
Through last Tuesday’s official
averages, Sweetwater’s threesome
were hitting a combined .1225—
Rocky Carilni .433, Charlie Tuttle
.425 and Charlie Buck .367.
All three were in the circuit’s
Top Ten bat race, of course, with
Carlini second, Tuttle third and
Buck 10th.
Only one other outfielder In the
East” (Sweetwater, San Angelo,
Vernon, Big Spring) belonged in
that group—Jake McClain of San
Angelo, the eighth best hitter,
whose average has been dropping
fast.
Incidentally, sports writers and
managers will select the All-Star
teams this year instead of the fans.
The classic will be played at San
Angelo on July 25.
Besides their three outfielders,
the Braves boast two other play-
ers who are probably the league's
best at their respective positions:
First Baseman Warren Sliter and
Catcher Tony Traspuesto.
—SS—
Club Averages
This will surprise exactly no one,
but Sweetwater is a dead last in
club fielding . . . and that was be-
fore the Braves committed 10 er-
rors on Wednesday and 13 bobbles
on Thursday.
But in club batting, there's a
different slant. Sweetwater ranks
second with a .313 average, four
points behind Odessa.
The Braves are tied with Odes-
sa in stolen bases (21), second in
home runs (16) and second in
triples (10).
'the heavy-hitting Artesia Drill-
ers—through last Tuesday—had
knocked 35 home runs, more than
twice the number compiled by
runner-up Sweetwater. Odessa bai-
ters had conked 15 round!rippers
and San Angelo, 13 . ,
Braves’ Catcher Tony Traspuesto
holds a very high regard for Ihe
Vernon shortstop, Pompeyo (Pop-
eye) Carerras.
Tony and Carerras are next-
door neighbors in Cuba.
The veteran Traspuesto has
spent many hours during the off-
season instructing the young in-
fielder.
Carerras is an excellent fielder
but most of the little man’s base-
hits are of the “lucky” variety-
such as the ones usually garner-
ed by the San Angelo shortstop,
Tony Guerrero.
—SS—
Little League Scorer
Sweetwater’s Little League needs
a statistician—someone to keep
at the games each after-
Dodger Fans
Jeer Branca
By FRED DOWN
NEW YORK, May 17 (IB—It la
six and a half months since Ralph
Branca sadly watched Bobby
Thomson's line drive and the Dodg-
ers’ pennant hopes disappear Into
the left field stands at the Polo
Grounds but It was only Friday
as far as Bi oklyn fans are con-
cerned.
Branea knows now, if hr didn’t
know six months ago. that for the
rest of his career he is to be fair
game for the grand stand jock-
eys—and there are none more piti-
less, except perhaps in Philadel-
phia. than in Brooklyn.
The big, likeable right-hander at-
tempts to shrug it all off.
He Hears Them
“l hear 'em,” he says. “But
they don’t bother me. I just pitch
as well as I can and that’s that.”
Hear ’em? He must in his sleep.
For they — shapeless faces
among thousands in the grand
stand to the man on the playing
field — begin the moment he
walks out of the dugout to take his
place on the mound.
The first hit off his delivery
brings (he chant:
“Get ’em outta there—get ’em
outta there ... get 'em outta
there.”
In Ralph's last start, Drcsscn
had a pitcher warming up in the
bullpen before he pitched to the
first hitter, and he took him out
of the box as soon as the Phillies
took a 2 to 0 lead.
As Ralph walked off the field he
could hear the chant from the
stands: "Ya bum, ya—ya bum,
ya.”
Dressen watched the big pitcher
walk, head down, toward the dug-
out, then about 15 feet from it, lift
his glove and hurl it against the
bench. Charley shrugged as if to
say, "What can I do?”
Rebels, Cats
Set L-L Pace
Village Market’s Rebels, manag-
ed by Goldie Boyer, grabbed un-
disputed possession of first place
in Sweetwater’s Little League last
week by defeating two teams that
had been previously unbeaten.
The Rebers pushed the Vander-
voort Giants and the Sears-Smith
Apaches out of a tie for first, 11-
10, and 3-2.
National Bank's Cats, coached by
Caffey Welch, jumped to second
place with a pair of victories dur-
ing last week's schedule.
Dugger, Bonner Homer
The Cats walloped the Giants, 20-
9, and won over Younger Finance’s
Tigers, 15-7. Friday afternoon.
Darnell Moser and Nick Dugger
shared the mound duties for the
Cats in the latter triumph.
Dugger clashed a home run
with two mates on base in the
first inning. Royee Bonner got a
bases-empty homer for Ihe Tigers.
The standings:
Team W
Village Market Rebels .....3
National Bank Cats ........ 3
Sears-Smith Apaches ......2
Vandervoort Giants .........1
Younger Finance Tigers .....1
V. F. W. Cubs ........... 0
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Monday—Apaches vs. Giants.
Tuesday—Cubs vs. Rebels.
Wednesday—Giants vs. Tigers.
Thursday—Rebels vs. Cats.
Friday—Apaches vs. Cubs.
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Vernon here last week.
Sixty-seven-year-old Johnson was
active as a baseball umpire for 39
years—spending 30 seasons in Ihe
American Association.
He's the boss of about 80 arbiters
in B, C and D leagues in Texas,
Oklahoma and California.
Johnson sits in the stands and
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they did wrong and offers several
“do’s and don'ts.’’
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