The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 17, Ed. 1 Monday, July 3, 1961 Page: 3 of 8
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ial, Spruill's Head List of Pony
League All-Star Team Selections
UNIMPRESSED — Jimmy Bryant (left) appears to have a “so what” attitude
about brother Billy’s tight-wire walking, hut it’s just an act for the camera. Jim-
my, Billy, their dad, Bill Bryant, and his wife and daughter (not shown) are all
gymnastic fans. Mr. Bryant (far right) helps conduct gymnastic classes several
nights each week at County Park. (News Staff Photo)
Firebugs, Sports Win
iNational League Tilts
^Firebugs lashed the Medics rally
‘^4 and the Sports turned back
‘ the Termites 9-8 Friday night
in a pair of National League
' contests at High School Dia-
mond.
MEDICS VS, FIREBU,G(S **
F bleb tigs bombed M<MiF ftqri-
ers Joe Ben Maikdll’ dhd! Ricky
’*** 'Wdsfe* ‘fbf' Mir1 hits fi Ve*
in the first frame to go in front
to stay. Jerry Edwards’ two-
run triple was the big blow of
the inning. Barry Warnick and
Lanny Baker rapped doubles
)air *
in the third. Phil Spauld-
ing’s second-inning double was
the Medics’ only extra-base hit.
Edwards was the winning
pitcher, while Maikell was
charged with, the loss.
■SHORTS. YS„Te;RiyiiTps,(.,
Singles by Shit tffi M;! | Ei$ 1 dk
juanny i
iw
ones pacing the
of runs
gles by
Jerry Jones pacing'the drive.'
Two more Firebug tallies
came in the fifth frame off one
base hit, two passed ballgv&'rfd
an error. /f'
Ricky Rose paced
with a pair of singled "pi’ rtbjeb
trips to the plate. Hef Jingled
a run in the first inning,
Wien started a one-run Medic
y (Joitee ana ray
off a five-run Sports uprising];
in the second inning. Fielding’s l
triple drove in another Sports
tally in the third and the Sports
to
WO- '*•*' —' jj
ilsi single drove in thb
||the sixth. J
TeiTnites ~i6o£ an early lead
with a six-run rally in the first
frame, and were ahead until
.. ParnbtihSkinner was the win-
ning pitcher and Baldridge was
charged with the loss.
Baseball
Calendar
PONY LEAGUE
July 4—Spruill’s vs. John F.
Moore; Jal, N. M., vs. Kermit
State Bank at Kermit; Kermit
No. 4 vs. Wink at Wink.
July 7—Wink vs. Kermit State
Bank at Wink; John F. Moore
vs. Jal at Jal; Kermit No. 4
vs. Spruill’s at Kermit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
.July , 6—Termites vs. Medics;
(S /vfL Lionss at1 High ] .School;
dtU^\m9n<\- 1 it I n
; ^CONTINENTAL LEAGUE
July :: 3^-Ti^ebs : !vs i Indians;
Yh'nkebs ! Vs. White-' Sox- at LL
Patk. ' r- '■>- •• •:!-1- i b
July "6.—-Yankees !ys. Cji&itsV
vs. fled sdx' ‘at ll
Ob MINOR LEAGUE,
; a ypaly o 3—Clippers vs; I Bob cats
'Mi: Plaza • Park, i - ii ■
July 6—Stingers vs. Sluggers
lit Plaza Park. v-T
1 July 7—Bobcats vs. Stingers
at Plaka Park. •> !> . :
"4f< P i-f ! ■i-f.- ;
TEEN LEAGUE
July 7—Kermit vs. Andrews
at High School Diamond.
First place Jal, N. M., and
Spruill’s dominated the Pony
League All-Star team selections
Thursday at a special meeting
of league managers and officials
in Kermit.
Named to the elite squad,
which will take part in area
.'layoffs beginning July 20, were
four players each from Jal an-1
Spruill’s, three from John F.
Moore, two from Kermit No. 4
and one each from Kermit State
Bank and Wink.
Following are All-Star selec-
tions:
Jal — Kenneth Ferguson
Bruce Dyer, Roger Cuhvell and
Paul Lance.
Spruill’s — Benji Lawrence
Erwin VanDeman, Stanley Ba-
ker and Randy McAnally.
John F. Moore — Teddy Bare-
morej Lonnie Hayter and Phil
Youngblood.
Kermit No. 4 — Larry Tay
lor and Glen Minica.
Kermit State Bank — Marty
Mayer.
Wink — Poochie Pendleton.
Mike Melton of Kermit waf
named first alternate and Mar-
tinez of Wink was named second
alternate.
Managers • will not be named
until after regular season ends
according to league President
Keith Brister.
Brister was named District
Tournament Director Wednes-
day at a meeting of district of-
ficials at Monahans.
Officials plan to hold two area
elimination tournaments prior
to the District tourney July 27
at Juarez, Mexico.
Kermit All-Stars will meet
Andrews All-Stars at Andrews,
July 20, in the first of a three-
game playoff series, while Crane
and Monahans will begin simi-
lar playoffs on the same date.
Pecos and Juarez, remaining
members of District 4, Section
4 of Pony League Incorporated,
drew first-round byes.
Second game of the Kermit-
' ndrews playoff series will be
held at Little League Park in
Kermit and the third tilt, if
reeded, will be at Andrews.
Brister said admission will be
charged to the second game in
mder to raise funds for the
Kermit-Jal-Wink Pony League.
Tickets are 50 cents for adults
may be purchased from any
player or manager of the Ker-
mit-Jal-Wink loop.
Kermit All-Stars advanced to
semi-finals of District 4 playoffs
last year before bowing to Pecos
in the third game of a three-
game series. F. C. Quimby
managed the Kermit team last
ind 25 cents for students and I year.
Moore, Spruill's Win in
Pony League Games Friday
John F. Moore lashed a total
)f 13 hits in handing Kermit
hate Bank a 19-9 defeat and
’.pruill’s romped to a 12-1 vic-
ory over Wink Friday in a
’ony League doubleheader at
Jttle League Park.
'.ANKERS VS. MOORE
Home runs by Teddy Bare-
nore and Phil Youngblood
-aced the Moore attack.
Baremore lashed a two-run
circuit clout in the third frame,
sparking a four - run rally.
Youngblood’s four-bagger came
■ans Can Prove
3aw Spahn's No-Hitter
• Each of the 8,518 Milwaukee
fans who saw Warren Spahn
litch his no-hit game against
the San Francisco Giants this
season will be able to
orove he witnessed the feat.
Fans can receive mementos
commemorating the event by
bringing or mailing their rain
checks from the game to the
Braves’ office.
“We were having special
cards made for just such oc-
casions, but Spahn beat us to
it with his early no-hitter,”
said Birdie Tebbetts, executive
vice president of the Braves.
“There will be 8,518 fans who
can prove they saw the game,
instead of the 80,000 who will
say they were there.”
Viewing the
SPORTS
SCENE
BY BILL SARTOR
News Sports Editor
HAVE A
BALL
JULY 4th
Bowl in Air Conditioned
Comfort at
DESERT LANES
16 Lanes to take care of the crowds.
Open all day the 4th...
Come on out!
Only two more nights of play
remain for local Pony League
teams, Teams will play here
July 4, and July 7 before wind-
ing up regularly scheduled play.
For what it’s worth—this time
three years ago, Pony League
All-Stars tromped Jal, N. M.,
15-2 at the Southwestern Invi-
tational Pony League tourna-
ment in Lubbock.
A hasty glance through The
News’ files showed these other
events transpiring during the
week of June 26-July 3, 1959:
Ricky Buford and Mike Ad-
ams were winners of a pool
tournament at Winkler Coun-
ty Youth Center.
Mike Lambert and Marty
Mayer won table tennis cham-
pionships at a Youth Center
tournament.
S. E. (Gene) Burnett was
honored at pre-game ceremon-
ies at Little League Park for
meritorious service to the local
Little League program.
At that time, Burnett express-
ed doubt that he would continue
to be active in summer base-
ball programs, but that was
three years ago and he’s still
at it, serving as Little League
secretary this year. Burnett has
been associated’ with Little
League activities here since
1951, and has, at one time or
another, been league president,
secretary, treasurer, player
agent, official scorer and an-
nouncer.
Kermit football coaches were
looking forward to the Texas
Coaches Clinic in Fort Worth.
Going back a little farther:
At this time in 1956, the Lions
were at the top of the National
League standings and the Wink-
ler County News team was
mired deep in the cellar. Fire-
bugs were leading the Ameri-
can League.
Kermit DeMolays hosted De-
Molay groups from Odessa,
Midland, Pecos and Andrews
for a DeMolay sports day. Tour-
naments were held in various
events with Kermit’s Steve Hall
winning the tennis tourney, Ed-
die Dixon, Thomas Atwood and
Mike Williams of Kermit were
winners in swimming events
and John Harrison and Leslie
Morris won the chess tourney.
in the fifth inning with two on
base.
Marty Mayer paced the Bank-
er attack with a home run and
’a double in four times at bat.
Mayer’s home run came in the
third frame with two on.
Baremore was the winning
pitcher and Frankie Ricketson
was charged with the loss.
WINK VS. SPRUILL’S
Spruill’s rapped 11 hits, all
singles, to romp to a 12-1 de-
cision over Wink in the night-
cap. Phillip Johnston hit three
for four to pace the attack.
Spruill’s scored three runs- in
the first, one in the second,
two in the third and five runs
in the sixth inning.
Wink’s lone run came in the
third frame as Spruill hurler
Erwin VanDeman issued three
straight walks, forcing in a run.
VanDeman was the winning
pitcher. Bobby Aldridge was
charged with the loss.
THE WINKLER COUNTY NEWS, Kermit, Texas
Monday, July 3, 1961
PAGE THREE
TRACK PRACTICE — Coach Ken Fannon (center) is about to give the start-
ing signal to Phil Everett and Gary Hobson (left to right) during a recent practice
session at Walton Field. Hobson and Everett are members of Kermit’s Junior
Olympic track and field team. (News Staff Photo)_
Giants, Red Sox on
Hit Sprees Thursday
Giants toppled the Tigers 12-2
and the Red Sox romped to a
23-18 victory over the Indians
Thursday in Continental League
play at Little League Park.
GIANTS VS. TIGERS
The Giants collected 10 hits
off Tiger hurler Luis Hernan-
dez with Dub Cameron’s two-
run triple in the third the big-
blow of the game.
Cameron’s triple sparked a
four-run Giant uprising. The
Giants garnered two runs in the
first, three: in the second and
three in the fourth inning to halt
the game at the end of four
frames due to the time limit.
Both Tiger markers came in
the third frame with singles
by Jimmy Blanton, Hernandez
and Mike Giesler pacing the
raliy.
Billy Heath was the winning
pitcher while Hernandez was
charged with the loss.
RED SOX VS. INDIANS
Red Sox erupted for 12 runs
in the first frame and were
MIXED LEAGUE TO HOLD
PICNIC, AWARD TROPHIES
Members, sponsors and fam
ilies of the Wednesday Night
Mixed Doubles bowling league
will be present at Winkler Coun-
ty Park for a picnic and awards
ceremony July 8.
Trophies and awards to win-
ners of the summer bowling
loop will be presented. The af-
fair will begin at 8 p.m.
never in danger in chalking up
a 23-8 decision in the nightcap.
The Sox picked up three runs
in the second and tallied eight
more in the third frame. Game
ended at the end of the third
due to time limit.
Ronnie Burrows’ three - run
homer in the third frame was
the only extra-base knock for
the Red Sox, who blasted a
total of 13 hits off Indian hurlers
Wayne Cooper, Chuck McWright
and Mike Whitehead.
John Samuels paced the In-
dian attack with a v single and
a home run in t,wo’ trips to the
plate. Samuels’, round-tripper
came in the second inning with
one on.
Mike Preston was the win-
ning pitcher. Cooper was
charged with the loss.
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