Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 256, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952 Page: 3 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 23 x 19 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Tyler Regains Big
State Lead 8 To 5
Beaumont On Top
In Texas League
®r UNITED PRESS
ovt*r Pan*. Wi.tci wax tin |.c it
wild** TV*ni*knnti wax Irwin*.
... ... _..... | Tyl< i nrid Umgview plu> ;i*miii
Wichdu F;il I clinit.nl to third Friday night, with the l«a(iie tend
. by winning 'till on tin lint1; Au.'tm lemuins
at Pun?, VVi.co rnrt* iu three-
gum.* ;rric» at TexurkmiR, and
Wli InUi ► alls I iltci tani.x '4<inj>!«• in
tia ir Mii itm rlunrr.
Tin worn by innings:
•USTIN 020 004 100 7 II 2
PARIS 000 000 III J » |
| fV margin The pay-off railv Ix-gort
c is stilt cramp-j with a walk and in «ucc«Mlen got
inly a bix-Kame j a double from Marry Haslet. an-
i* teams at-the othci walk, and singlet, bv Pitch -
but the clubs er Max Peterson and Johnny
s the standings Sullivan. The Sports had pulled
lursda.v night mto the tie in the eighth when
■d Houston 2 to Manager .Mickey Livingston
t’s magnificent | **n*l*d 1° a run.
Id its game and Emht nitchers worked out at
,rt. rhl' Tuls i in the game with Oklahoma
s 4 to Z, break- City, and Rookie Righthander Nor-
ir second-place man Hell came out looking the
The game wu placed in a strong
wind which seemed to hurt the
pitching and boost the hits.
Oklahoma City remains at Tul*
sa Friday night, Houston move* te
Beaumont for two gamas, San Arw
tonio continues the three • gum#
series at Shreveport and Dallag
plays again at Fort Worth.
The scores by innings:
DALLAS OSS IIS MS—I T |
PORT WORTH Oil US Ms-4 It •
_ ind Aylwird Face jnd 8c,..,ck.
OSLA CITY 1M IN OSS- I t S
TULSA OSS SIS Its—IS It I
^rheauter 'Iroih J, Nw 4. Kiiwj I.
H»r,*oa 9 ar.d Tate; Da mow I Zelssf,
■>u Reii 1 ana larvis, Landruh I
SAN ANTONIO MS >02 004—11 IS t
SHREVEPORT 040 0M OSS— T It 4
Peler»on 4 and Marlin; W.liis,
•• . iron
BEAUMONT 010 Ml 000-2 S |
HOUITON OM 0M M0 I S 8
«y»e -id McKa.vey; riort. Clear 4
and Landis.
lyier reiHwse ed Hi t place in
the Big State Baxeball 1,4'ngut
from Lamgview Thursday night af-
ter loaning ,t to the t’hondu**.* lot
24 hours, but the loop seemed more
interested Friday in finding out
■JH* ,n'*"y reeords were broken at
Wlehitu Falls.
Wiiil.. Tyler battled Uingvit*w
m.l of first H to 5, it..- Wiehita Falls
.Spudders scored a 30 to 7 victory
civt'r rtunplc In (he oth. r games
Friday. May 16. 19.V2
Page Three
Pitcher Smith
Got Background
At Hawkins High
ACE IN CARDS' DECK
By Alan Mover
t YLr.n
lONcvnrw
Qilljert .Smith, pit. tier for the
• Hod Sticks id iiiit.jti Rmige, I .
1! entered professional liasi’tiall with
a varied athletic background t;..in-
ed in ingh school in his home
town oi Hawkins, Texas.
While hi high school lie earned
a total of nine letters in tout
port , playing tackle on the loot
ball team lor three years, wa a
member of the oasketball teurn for
two y.-srs, a miler on the track
■ team foi two muimhis and played
oil th. baseball team foi a isk.
I number **f ve;m
It wasn't until ms '.emor year in
lugh school that the big him
i«.under started pitching In hi
tirst year as a regular on the team
he played the outfield hut since hi
first taste of mound duty he ha*
been crying them up to the bat
ters.
Only II) year of age, he fin
ished high .it,wi| in IMO and!
j entered the lemmiu tank i j
home town wh. re he had .. 7 ")
j i. cold He cnteit* I T\ lei Jim ..i
I College lit the fall of that vein I,.,I |
j last 'Uinmei again staiti p • i,
| mg semipro ball alt. i school was
out
It was while in the mmiproj
i rank- tii.it he war scouted by Tylci j
I E-i> 1 Texans and signet to a I ,n
truet The scouts like the look
tile big youngster but in th. f t |
days he spent with the team he j
appeared in but loui games, tin. I
of them m relief and i; Kt111 ..
i <*ikic.
Placed on the inactive Ihd he n
WACO
TEXARKANA
Peewees Defeat
Spring Hill 5-3
a nm ■
its way back to the league lead
which Longview had won Wednes-
day lugh’ by hitting a three-run
homer ir. the first The East Tex
ans added (out mine m the fourth,
and it was easy from there on m
Jack Maddy ■ 10-hlttei, m which
he reKistered five strikeouts, gave
iMfeplacc Waco its loosidcd !n
In Final Game
Greengrass bounced a triple off
the left field scoreboard in the
second, and Catcher Tom McKcl-
vey scored him with a grounder
for the first run. The only other
score came in the sixth when Wyse
j singled, was sarrificed to second
I by Bob Kline, and scrambled home
when Joe Stnbatella doubled.
Fort Worth broke the four-game
Special to the Mirror
' Behind the sparkling pitching of
Bob Kid, tiic Union Grove Pee- j
• > wound up the season this
we k by .ideating the Spring Hill
Kitten; 5-3 m a fracas on th.
Spi mg Hill diamond
h ilu first inning Tipton walk-
' 1 o Lindsey bit a fielders
choice leaving Lindsey on first
Palmet arrifiord, pushing Lmd-
■ v to econd Eh I then topped
to blit anil hit a sri raining !tnci
.town In. fu t base line, driving
L bon . t ill then stole sec-
•i t. thn i arid home to bring the
uic .■ o m Union Grove's favor I
liefnrc the las: .iut.
K|>iing Hill scored when a triple!
a hn and then .t single before
Fhl ettled down to strike out the
next three batters.
In tbe fourth inning the Poe wees
■ oted three runs
SEPPY U [ - Z
STALEY \ >
of rue \
Sr. LOU/S \
CARPS V
MAP* A FAST \
eTAXT TOWARP
'*e 20-W//Y CLUB
AS 90 HARROW*./
"T- ’
>*49 - :..j,
f R* - "o
w/h s’ jvtz a
•*% *s CL J A
-srvsoe
th« day tho is graduatad . . .
dossrvos a dress designed to maim
her Big Day a pretty and
v proud success. IF* easy to
s find Just tho right
t dress in our special
^ ' v graduation groups
Dallas Texans
Roster To 12
<?t'~ V.9 CRgR/T
FCR T»Q it ewe/
W.V9 AfApp/fA
CARR/-OMR
OF/o
for A' y - ,-e wa/
P/9 t*$r F//M
M / 9 £/
DALLAS. Mav IIKUR'- The Dal-
las Texans Finlay announced th.*
signing *,f two rookies to bring
their IWfii National fouttiall league
rosMr to 12
CBgAJim Phelan announced ?c
i*elpt oT contracts from Jan Laid
ford, « foot 3 inch, 23.'> pound d.
fenetye tackle fiom the Univ.-r iti
of Taohs. and Bert Clark, a jjn
pound six f.Mit linebacker Iran
Oklaknm i
In keeping with the Texans' idea
of having as many lam. st.u state
pi.■ v er * as p.,isiblc on th.- roster,
latnsfoid liv« .it Carrtao Spring
an.1 Claik at Wlehitu Fulls
CABBIE TOO NACER
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (U P*—It was a i
eostlv fare that a taxi driver. Wil-
lie Gibson, picked up at an apart-
ment building. Not knowing which
apartment the fare lived in. Gib-
son blew his horn. He was fined I
$11 for violating the anti-noise or-
dinance.
to make the
•core 5-1
Spring Hill collected two runs
h tht tilth liming on another
■ walk, and an error on
in fli t ti iM'tnan
The n r. t dii t change in the
t ’• . inning! a* neither team
CNF MoRt POP W
’£/ WOUIR MA/f 6'MS
■'SB SATtoSAL B'SSr Co-BA i'r
WfSSSRS —Trg MO*r */SCB "9/4
DuDitoitd tg Jit„y haik ll
Tigers' Virgil Trucks Fire First
Ho Hitter; Blank Senators 1 To 0
Your "Land Yacht" Sir
Now on Display in Gladewater at the Corner
OF CENTIt AND UPSHUR STREETS
By CARL LUNDQUIST
NEW YORK. May 10 <U.Pv_Due
to u strike at the bat factory, ma-
r Trucks had to be good—almost
1 perfect in fact—to top loser Bob
Porterfield, who gave up only four
four hits and m battling the
1 Tiger fireball artist 0 to 0 until
| Vie Wertz uncorked that drama-
| tic homer with two out in the last
of the ninth.
Othar Tight Games
And so it was elsewhere. In Chi-
cago, Ray Scarborough blazed to
a four-hii 1 to 0 triumph for the
Red Sox over the White Sox in
which loser Ken Holcombe gave
up only three safe blows. At St
Louis, Alex Kellner pitched his
second straight shutout for the
Athletics over the Browns, 6 to 0.
a fine four-hitter.
In the National League, Billy
I mx miss-
ior league hitters are complaining
they don’t have enough bats—but
I the way the pitchers are goin*
they don’t need ’em anyway.
Virgil Trucks of the Tigers fired
the first no-hitter of the campaign
i but don’t bet that there won’t he
(some more—any day. His sizzling
I double-Id,inking of the Senators, 1
j to 0, Thur- lay was spectacular
enough to overshadow some ter-
rific performances in the other
four games of the dav, but the
Jobs turned in by iwth winning and
’ losing hurlers made it look like
i the hitter had taken the day off
to go fishing.
THAT SEW INTO
j Loes, making his first inaior league
utiAt*? .'iFtiir th i*4*a« uimtiitd ■•s*1ix*f‘ an.
Cadillac Flaatwood Sedan 40 Ft. Luxury frailer
star! after three winning relief ap-
pearances, blanked the Pirates. 2
to 0 m Brooklyn. Both he and
loser Murrv Dickson pitched six-
hit hall In Philadelphia, the bril-
! liant Robin Roberts won his sixth
straight game, 5 to 1. doling out
lust five hits to the losing Reds.
The other major league games.
New York at Cleveland in the
American League and Chicago at
New York and St la mis it Boston
in the National were rained out.
The Dodgers were rejoicing over
the showing of 22-year-old laws
and figured he was cnniint
through for them in a game of i
give and take with the Atmv l.oes. i
released from military service dur- ;
iog ihc off-season, suddenly has :
become the bus man on the)
Brooklyn staff, replacing mighty |
Don Ncwcombe. w ho is wgaring
Baseball
Standings
Big State Laague
YESTERDAY S RESULTS
H Longvtaw %,
n "* D.sri. %
15.000 Cash
$umMer
ror mm varauon oi a iiieum*. why not live th.- Id.- of « carefree vagabond in vour owi
Ejportiman . Paradise? You II travel and live tn comlorl and luxury. The scenic mountain!
green valleys, and cool toathore are your* for the driving.
Your Land Yacht it sheer luxury Irom bow to stern. Its a man’s world, with
private bath and .howar. comfortable and .panou. bedroom. complete kitchen,
and coot air conditioned club lounge.
Trailer and Car a>e cu.lom styled unit . completely equipped and furm.hed by mtern.tion.il,
famous designer. Offered for tale by private owner. '
SEC IT Bin IT TODAY AT CORNER OF CENTER AND UPSHUR AVE.. ON HIGHWAY 10.
ISPfmw w u
W, hiti PulU
htttkeM it ii
Austin is js
Bun* i - is
nMpte || 17
IVdeo / i
TODAY S SCHEDULE
Ty.er ol Longview* s p m
Ti-mpU oi Wi.-hua r.ilU
Aumn ai funs
Waco ai Teiaikana
NOTE m.MOORE Delight
,,,m MIXED d*i**4,
Ba iunont ; M mib*om 0
lov Worth 4 ;
TiiIbo 10 Oklahotn i City
▼RftH ^ Shtvfi |>i}ii
Bust umon t JO I \
Ton Worth 19 lt»
Houston |g i?
Shr**v«|x5it ig j <|
Tuifci is i'
Du®1** 14 l»
Slim Anton is* 16 19
Okidhomi Citjr j* ;o
*T>DAY 8 BCHrrULE
IXtIiod at ro«t Worth
oklohomo City ot Tuba
H.MtHton at iunion»
B in Antomo at Shr«*v«>port.
Cholc* matarlkla of porky
and sun fun. otrorgUao, drooa
weight soorsuckor. muggott
prints. Flaxon. solid and prlntod
vollo. bombory chambray.
Powder puff muslin
National Loagua
MINT JUlfp/-*;,**'
,'hi»\l40 14 21 S40
vine nnnn 14 12 SM
SI I .mu I ; 14 44;
I hiki.l«lj.hi.i || ij 4**
jv4k«, IJ 14 41 ;
l-lll.ln.14l, > *| |*4
TODAY'S tCHTPlllC
,«l New V lb
luNl'Mi'ik oi Stood,i,
A* t«.«.e a, 11 ,.n,|*»0
On mnm at rhiUii»l|tK»>i (mghtt
Amartcan Auaciatian
98itun&Mt
Ntttt »0 IN vi-u I
t<* Sell, ,gt th.>t |t
•ettuMM Jan utetkN
left, new ness.
••Hon BMiNUtnf Cempnng Hehtses MeHen (eenty KsniviVy
0.e»<0**sd hr 01*1111 usmtuit Mm *o, m.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 256, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952, newspaper, May 16, 1952; Gladewater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1021725/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lee Public Library.