Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 88, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 12, 1947 Page: 5 of 14
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PAGF FIVE
BROWNWOOD (Texas) BULLETIN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1947
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members of Brownwood's Major
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night.
Gilger’s squad lost a 40 to 25
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Sultan of Swat, made him an out-
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Brownwood's softball program.
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summer. due to the fact that Daniel available here this year than last
Baker will need the spot for its Roth colleges are going to be load-
football workouts later this spring ed with ex-GIs who will remain in
fielder because of his thumping
Ruth never made a bad play,
such as throwing to the wrong
base. He wasn't a long thrower,
but was remarkably accurate. In
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give him one of these! Smart
woven-through patterns. San-
, and the erection of a park can be
completed by May 1 in older that
play may. begin by mid-May.
Plans are already underway to
stage the second annual Central
Texas Sottball tournament. The
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fusal to cooperate and take time . organization had purchased a site
out to discuss early bids. Some for use as a softball and baseball ■
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It is hoped by league official
that all work on the organization
operated on the proverbial "ahoe
string", was termed one of the moa
successful in this part oi the state
champions meeting in a < . .
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fabric to be ironed. Rustproof
teaching have not God (11 Jno. 9.)
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entable frustration was his being impractical.
sort of place easily could—and park next summer. It may still be
should-„have been found for him. . in a premature stage, but discus-
however, because he did and meant' sions as to bus schedules going by
so much. । the proposed site have already tak
Ruth was also baseball’s heav- en place. ‘
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Ruth, and Gehrig looked
giants out of a pre-historic
who would live forever.
Yet Gehrig has been dead
and-a-half years and Ruth
deen practically a patient
even.
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5-V Crimp iluminum
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against sidelap leakage.Water can't get to
under side of roofing by shon action. Guar-
anteed to make an absoluly wind and water-
Ruth was still the best left-
' night with Rising Star winning the
; title from the Billon Tire Store
nine.
persons saw each of the ix nisht-
of play. A crowd of more thar
2500 saw the finals on S Hi dy
Baseball And Players Owe Ruth Huge Debt Brownwood Softball
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largely due to his early re- ! that the eVterans of Foreign Wars i * i hennd k., tenn neRinial <
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the most magnetion in
Optimistic Bulletin,
new and keener instirred Issued On Babe Ruth
up at a time when need-; NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (UP—
d t most. Every hit a French Hospital today issued its
home run it was t across most optimistic bulletin since Babe
the country. ; Ruth underwent surgery on Mon-
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antees yo a completely rust
and corrosion-free roof, ight in weight but
i and again in the fall—startme' Brownwood all summer to attend
। around mid-August. This would school
make softball play at the park learned the sport in the armed
his younger days, he was a crafty
baserunner and an accomplished
slider.
Make your porch mere cHtroslive wit w A
this cast aluminum, lantern. Has smh “S / M
satin finish. Pebbled glass shd is J •
3 inches in diameter. Oniy .... —-d
l Coach L. L. Gilger’s B team cat
ers will carry the maroon and white
I of Brownwood High into this
Brookesmith invitation basketoall
have to be formed with the two tournament next week-end.
city. The Lion B-teamers meet Brooke-
smith in the opening game of the
tournament at 8 o’clock Friday
ahrink over 1%.
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Raised Pay Of Here Wednesday Night
Brownwood’s summer softball ac- hawa t• h fermed with the two
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AEA Sports Editor
NEW YORK. Jan. 11—(NFA> '
George Herman Ruth in the hospi-
howafterasserious operation some-
th*W witches your mind back to
he World Series of 1927 and the
Pirates little Waner brothers
standing with iheir mouths open
watching Babe Ruth and Lou
ehrig, inbatting Practice smack-
rig.ballafter ball high up into the
right field stand at Forbes Field
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"very comfortable night." the best
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College Dental 000.58 0.000. $75,060. $35.- that he w as "holding his own "
School. He reports that citrus 00Atboosted the lesser Ruth was reported to have had
fruits, apples and raw shts, led thetrem er sal- -some pain off and on. but nol
are efficient cleansers to remove ariesata timewhs were much," and his temperature ai d
sugars and stranse st, m e i hardly open-handeat $80.- pulse were normal. Previous hcs.
tooth decay h cause | 000 he was grossly sid. and, pital bulletins had described his
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Baseball and its players owe
Huth a tremendous debt.
Ruth could not have swung into
his home run stride at a more op-
portune time had his big bat been
synchronized, for he was finishing
We Job of almost doubling his
own major league record with 54
in his maiden trip as a Yankee
when the .World Series scandal of
1919 broke the following fall
Fans lost confidence, the game
was on the sickly side when the
clubs went south in ‘21. but Ruth
madethe trade forget the Black
Sox with another record output— I
59.
Ruth's fabulous feats built Yan-
kee Stadium, firmly entrenched
the American League in .New
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Ruth was .Proudest of having
pitched 292-3 consecutive score-
less innings in World Series, but
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marched on, its forgotten man. Team sponsors are urged to be sponsored the affair last year and'
insofar as baseball people were con- at Wednesday night's meeting at | it was labeled a huge success Over
cerned Hotel Brownwood. All firms who
n .u ii- . >< .vim Plan to sponsor teams should
Ruth s public did not forget him, have representatives at the
however, because the one-time meeting in order that the size
star catcher of Baltimore s St. of the league may be determined.
Marys Industrial School, where It is possible that at least two
he spent 14 years and from which leagues of six teams each may
he went directly into organized |
baseball at 19, was far and away i -----------------------------------
•baseball s most glamorous figure, he miraculously staved off for
. s as, with RO - Until the last he was the most po- several years after he had blown
have a supporting cast. I packed Yankee Stadium with 80, pular man who ever played the up untii he looked like a balloon
Even in 1942, at the age of 48, he 000 admirers for a War Fund game. , on toothpicks, the mold was broken.
game—and hit a home run off Wal- When Babe Ruth's spindly old There will never be another like
ter Johnson: legs finally rebelled, an affliction 1 him.________ _________
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________ ’ Brownwood at 7:30. The league last summer had w „ .... _____ _ -
moved to the Yankees with the The meeting has been called to eight teams, and there were at decision Fridas night to the Early
' " u* " . determine wh t can be done for least eight more organizations who
a place to play next summer rhe applied for league berths after the ;
former site, the Daniel Baker park season started.
will possibly not be available this More players are going to be |
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Fabulous feats c*h fill book Bambino, always an idol, was proudest of |pitching record, 29 2;3
scoreless innings Series, but became unparalleled home run king4o be most masne >
trsstory of baseball and get its richest contract—$80,000 a year
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