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BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Press Staff
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UP) — They
tee off in the Augusta Masters
Tournament today, and I like the
hill-billy.
You know, Ol’ Samuel Jackson
Snead, who hasn’t changed a lick
since he came down from the
mountains of West Virginia, with
a five dollar set of clubs and a
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'— of them all. I am willing
He must be given a tie.
During the 18 holes we played
I watched his hands, his feet, his
hips, his head, and his everything
else that books and teachers have
told ite play a prominent part in
the golf swing. He is perfect in
every department. Watching him,
you get the feeling that in Sneed
golf has finally produced, after
years of tinkering, a living mech-
anical man who does everything
without effort and without flaw.
Off the tee he hit with no strain,
annual district meet Of the Texas
Interscholastic League.
Leading the forces for H. H. S. ’
are Ray Tuggle ' and Charles
Huff, last year’s district winners
in the boys’ doubles of the tennis
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Earle Meadows of Fort Worth
and Los Angeles will attempt to
set a new world outdoor pole
vault record of 18 feet 8 inches.
The former University of South-
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I can throw the ball on the green
in two shots. I don't know why
I do this. But I keep on doing it,'
and it frets me.”
Well, sometime he isn’t going
to have those lapses into the
dream world. Sometime Samuel
Jackson Snead is going to play
through a complete tournament
without a lapse. And when he
and Hterary teams will
to Nacogdoches tomorrow
wel. But no one will
tbit anyone ever hit
Last Year They
Looked Terrible
n Training Camp
But Won Pennant
en an Invitation to work out with
the Twins. Chamness was the No.
1 Rusk County pitcher in the Ju-
Teams in all events will he
entered in the district meet to-
morrow and Saturday from nine-* A
East, Texas counties. Member W
counties of this district are Rusk
Panola, Cherokee, Shelby, Nacog-?
doches, San Augustine, Sabine
and Harrison.
ranks are Bryan Sharbrough,
Jerry Horner, Ralph Cox, George
BY UNITED PRESS
TALLEDEGA, Ala. (UP)—Bob Feller and Carl Hub-
bell oppose each other on the mound today as the Cleveland
Indians and New York Giants hook up in the sixth game of
their exhibition tour,
A double by Roy Weatherly, Joe Orengo’s wild throw,
Lou Boudreau’s single and Hal Trosky's infield out gave the
Indians two runs in the third inning and enough to whip the
Giants, 3-1 yesterday. ----------------------------
heaven - sent
swing. You read
so much about
This may be Charley Gehringer’s last year in baseball, so take a
good look at rhythmic swing of Detroit’s perfect player. After 17
seasons, Geh ringer will have to lose more than step to be replaced
at second base for Tigers.
Otis Coffey, former head coach
at Palestine high school, has been
named to the coaching job kt
Robstown high school, it whs
smhencedtodayaamtmmeeesm
Coffey is to report April T to
succeed C. A. (Rocky) Runden,
who is leaving to take over the
head coaching duties at San
Angelo .high. school.
Coffey resigned at Palestine
after a dismal football season in
which he failed to win a single
District 12-AA game.
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Big name* and little names,
from the nation’s top universities
to humble country high schools,
are listed for the first big out-
door track carnival of the 1941
season. Barring bad weather, it
appear* that several records may
fall—particularly in the one-mile
medley relay, an event in which
P. LOUIS.— Heinie Mueller nd
Todt signed to Coach ConcoA
Smihary"s baseball squad.
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minor league baseball.
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Egoiting masters begin their 72-
welo argument with par over one
Eft .the world’s great courses to-
day, but dominating the show is
the man who wrote the grand
slam saga more than a decade
Gmhe Sneads. Hogans, Nelsons,
Littles and all of the contem-
iporary golfing greats are here
tolbattie for the eighth annual
Masters championship and one of
'Sham will win it, but he still will
Texas foursome will seek a
gore high school players yester-
day in Kilgore, the Henderson
high school tennis team won three
out of four contests from the
Bulldog netters.
Buddy Chamness, 16-year-old.
Tatum pitcher, refused to be awed
by the Texarkana Twins’ Yanni-
gans yestesday. Twirling four in-d
nings for the Cotton States Lea-.
gue team regulars, he struck out'
five batters and gave three hits
and allowed only one run. 7
He got himself in a hole in the
seventh inning when he loaded the
bases and forced in a run by hit-
Ung Copchek, Yannigan first sack-,'
er. A double play brought him)
out of the difficulty.
Chamness is working out with
the Twins, although not listed on an
the roster. He attracted the at-
tention of Jake Atz, last year’s
Henderson manager, and was giv--
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meet.
Miss Bonnie Lee Jimmersoh,
typist for H. FL S. who was thin -
highest in the county meet, will 5
enter the competition In the dis-''
trict meet. 0 a,
Henderson’s two champion de-1
claimers in boys’ events will take
part also. Jess David Rayford,
two-time winner of the county
title for senior boys, and Holland"
Smith, the junior bov champion. "
will be entered under the red
and blue of Henderson.
BY JONES 1,000
VERS OVER Texas
F MASTERS Relays
Carlton Ray Peace dropped boys’
singles to Carter Porter by a
6-4, 6-4.
Henderson’* Lions will go to
Tatum tomorrow for what may
be their toughest Rusk County
High School Baseball League
game of the season. They are to
face the Tatum Eagles, who are
expected to have Buddy Cham-
ness back by that time.
Chamness had a brief vacation
from school' at Texarkana, where
he was invited to take part in
the Texarkana Twins' spring
training session and pick up what
information he could about pitch-
ing. The 16-year-old hurler is
regarded as about tops in county
schoolboy circles.
The Lions, apparently having
found the batting range, will be
tough competition for anyone in
the league, it appear* now. They
have a neat collection of lads
who can rock and sock; a fairly
.potent pitching staff, good out-
field and good catching. The
Infield is being straightened out.
While Chamness is Tatum’s
is right out of the book. This is
not just my opinion. Half of the
men who play against him have
told me that, rated strietly off
his ability to hit the ball, he is
four strokes better than any other
competitor in 73 holea.
Then why doesn’t he win all
the time? He wins enough to
make him the most feared player
in golf, all right, but why doesn’t
he win nine of ten tournaments?
I asked him what he thought the
answer was, and he didn’t have
the answer. He couldn’t have the
answer, because he honestly does
not believe he is anything more
than a fair country player.
"The big reason I don't win a
couple of more tournaments than
I do” Snead told me, "is because
division. The two swept through
the Henderson invitation meet in ;
March and the Rusk County In- ’
terscholastic League meet here •
last month to establish themselves 1
an favorites in thia year"s district F
playoff. Last year the boys were !
defeated in the finals of the ’
regional meet.
Miss Mary Jo Mattes, I
county’s singles chamrion o
girls, and Miss Gladys Rea and /
Shirley Marwil, doubles winners .
of the county meet, will revre-:
sent Henderson in their resvective «
brackets at the Nacogdoches
Ean could not have made this
2 comparatively youthful tourna-
t ment rank along with national
B championships in the estimate of
S the golfers who plav in them.
- No dark horse ever has won
S the Masters and there are 10
E men, headed by Sam Snead and
Byron Nelson at 7-1, who are
MVseparated by only three points
E to the official betting odds. It
3 to a long course, 6,800 yard*
with a 86-86—72 par, and the
bettors believe Snead’s powerful
wood shots and Nelson’s long
8 iroms may spell the difference.
EAlo, it was this pair who sold
S for the most in the Calcutta pool
6-2, 6-1. In
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district winners
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regain seme of the prestige drop-
ped yesterday when they lost to
Rufus King of Marshall was
named to succeed him at Pale- . .
mmd
this season.
Coach J. R. Adams will take a
15-man squad to Tatum with him
for the battle. Bill McCarter,
who pitched Tuesday, probably
will not start the game, but is
smeit certain to see action. Mc-
Carter went six innings before
his arm tired and tossed a heady
game in winning over Lanevile.
Stewart Jones and Bruce Dan-
iel* are the other hurlers who
may get into the game. Jack
Blankenship’* fielding around
first base has almost eliminated
him from consideration as a
pitcher, especially if he keeps
on hitting.
The Lions have showed that in
the upper half of the batting
order at least, they have plant”
of punch. Willie Baker, Carl
Ellis, Paul King and Billy Tay-
lor all have connected for extra-
base blows which, in the un.
enclosed Tatum diamond, would
go for homers. Taylor has been
clouting them out of the park
in batting practice, but has had
to content himself with trinles
under game conditions. Baker
appears to be the ideal lead-off
man. He is fast, has a good eye
and can lay down bunts.
Ellis’ place in the two-hole was
iven because he could lay them
down, but he also has done some
fair hitting for distance. King,
once he finds the range, rhould
70 on like a prairie fire. He has
‘he size and power.
Vinson and Blankenship show-
ed more batting punch against
Lnevila, with Bankensht’s per-
formance most encouraging. Vin-
son is rated an easy out on
curve-ball pitching, but he caught
hold of one Tuesday and poled
it for a single, his first real hit
of the season. Blankenship’s
went for a double.
This punch may be sadly lack-
ing if Chamness is in uniform
and starts curving the boys, be-
cause he can throw the. No. 2
hall and control it. The Lions
have seen few curves and are
apt, to find themselves in the
hole from time to time.
They went through an extend-
ed drill yesterdav, featured by
an improved infield performance.
% Defending Champion Jimmy De-
EEmaret are grouped at 10-1. The
28bookies‛ estmate of Jones’ chanc-
Weg ar* reflected in their 80-1
quotation. Also in the 60-1 group
E re National Amateur Champion
K,Dick Chapman and Charley Yat-
Ves.. who was being groomed a*
Atlanta'* successor to Jones be-
IK fore he decided upon banking as
D A icareer. Chapman and Yates are
Bico-favorits at 6-1 to lead the
Wbe secondary to Bobby Jones.
The Masters has become known
Eas Bobby Jones’ tournament be-
F cause this is his single appear- a
Loanee each year in competitive i.
2 golf. The name of any other
night— $1,200 and 11,126
tively.
^driving Ben Hogan, mon:
nning titlist last year, and
: the parade by a big mar-
to year, and National Open
pion Lawson Little com-
the next best price at 8-1.
If-doten others headed by
ed Frank Graham and
NEw LONDON (SpL)— Con-;
cord was the winner in the negro
invitational basketball tourna-’
merit held here last Saturday. ak
the Concord girls defeated New
London 29 to 9 in the final'
round. 8.
Merline Johnson of New Lon-
don won consolation honors by
receiving prizes for being the'
high-point winner and for being
voted the most valuable player d
of the meet. The meet was plao W
ed in the city auditorium of New
Lendon, under sponsorship of
the Concord P-T.A. and Concord
high school.
most feared player, the Eagles
5 are not a one-man club. They
have a clever infield, but not
too much batting power. Last
year, in the Junior Legion com-
2 petition, they led all other Rusk
’ county team* with Gaston second.
Most of the boys who plaved on
that team are back in harness
Horner^ IVMPN VV• HE°EE" a.
irs. Pinky Lea and Johnny to.adn
» he isperimtteditoplat ethe ’I
tentative starting lineup. He will
have less than three weeks of
work this fall to get his team
ready. . ,
Working out a backfield com-
bination will be his chief prob-
lem. Andrew* has a wealth of
young, email material, but the
boys will need some seasoning
before they break into the regu-
lar. lineup. Gus Lacy, power-
driving junior high school full-
beck, . is expected to be the
hardest-hitting candidate up from
the Cubs. Other lads from Cub
Several football uniforms will
be issued tomqrrow to boys living
in rural communities, -while the
bulk of Andy Andrews’ gridiron
hopefuls will -check out their
moleskins and cleats Saturday.
Spring practice opens Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, with more
than 40 boys scheduled to report.
The 1941 schedule has been
। lined up, with the exception of
additional "B” squad games.
Andrews is seeking almost a
and he is just the same country
boy he was when he was "toting”
sticks as a caddy. He must have
read ten thousand times that he is
the finest hitter of a golf ball in
the country, and that he should
dominate his profession as com-
pletely as Joe Louie does hia, but
he never has believed it He frets
over his ewing, hie putting stroke,
his explosion shots, just as you
and I do.
In that hill-billy dialect of hia,
he cusnes the ball, cusses the
clubs, cuanes himself. He throws
his driver, hurls hie putter, and
stomps his feet after bad shots,
just as does the 14 handicap
shooter.
But watching him play for 18
holea—watching him closely—you
are bound to wonder how he ever
loses a tournament I don’t say—
and I don’t think I should, after
only ten year* of watching top
In its last California training
game, the team yesterday dropped
an 8-2 game to the Pirates. The
A’s had a spring record in Califor-
nia of 14 victories against eight
defeats. The Cubs game with the
Chicago White Sox was rained out
yesterday,
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (UP) —
En route home, the Philadelphia
Phillies met the Jersey City
Giants in a training game here
today. In the farewell game at
their Miami Beach camp yester-
day, the Phils demonstrated their
best ball of the new year with a
3-0 victory over Syracuse. Frank
Melton allowed Syracuse only two
hits in six innings and Roy Brun-
er gave up one one hit in the last
two frames. The Phils bunched
six base blows to win.
EL CENTRO, Cal. (UP) — The
Pittsburgh Pirates meet the Chi-
cago White Sox today in the first
of two games here, with Bob
Klinger and Dick Lanahan sched-
uled to pitch. Sox Manager Jim-
my Dykes released Rookie Out-
fielder Thurman Tucker, who re-
turned to Oklahoma City.
LAKELAND, Fl:.. (UP) - The
Detroit Tigers meet the Newark
Bears today and will attempt to
Crawford
Clothiers
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Magued by rain every year
ceita birth in 1984, the Mas-
I tournament was promised
wars for today and the out-
k for the week-end is no
dhter. However, it is a leisure-
affair—18 holes a day through
dayrand if one round has
be postponed, two rounds will
played Sunday.
ueller, Todt Coach
Cards got 16 and won, 18 to 3.
Forty-six players participated in
the game.
TEXARKANA, Ark. (UP) —
The St. Louis Browns and the Bos-
ton Bees resume their series of
exhibition games here todey. Yes-
terday the Bees handed the
Browns a 12 to 5 drubbing at
Houston, Tex. Both clubs are en
route to their home bases.
YUMA, Ariz. (UP) — The Phil-
adelphia Athletics stopped here
today on th ir homeward training
jaunt to face the Chicago Cubs.
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ern California star holds the
world indoor mark and share*
most of the other important
vaulting titles.
The 100-yard dash and 120-
yard high hurdles promise to
bring out exceptionally fast
fields. Harvey Wallender of Tex-
as and Herman Neugass of
Tulane set the meet 100-yard
spring record of 9.4 seconds
several years ago. Fred Wolcott
of Rice set the high hurdles
mark of 13.9 second* three year*
ago.
None of these record holders
will appear this year, but the
races promise to be thrillers.
Harry Hay* of Tulane is the
latest entry in a splendid century
sprint field that include* Billy
Brown of Louisiana Stat*. Har-
old Hall of Rice, Welhy William*
of North Texas. Teachers: Carl-
ton Terry, Fred Ramsdell, and
Lonnie Hill of Texas. All have
been docked in 9.7 second* or
better.
Wolcott will miss the special
hurdles race because of a musele
ailment; but four of th* nation’s
best timber-topper* will compete.
They are Boyce Gatewood and
Douglas Jaques of Texas; Pete
Owens of Howard Payne; Donn
Kinzle, who set Southeastern
Conference records while at Duke
University: Marsh Farmer, Texas
Tech’s star, today joined Wolcott
on the casualty list when he noti-
fied relays officials that he will be
unable to participate because of
illness.
Don Boydston of the Oklahoma
Aggie* and Dub Walters of Bay-
lor are expected to renew their
rivalry In the high jump, an
event in which they made th*
1940 national collegiate track
honor roll. Other N. C. A. A.
honor rollers who will partcivate
•re Jack Hughes, Texas discus
thrower, and Ori* Erwin, L. S. U.
quarter-miler.
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* In practtce mat^Ms nith Kff--
...... Ga., farm club 10 hits but the
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a knowing, trav-
elled man of th*
world, a celeb-
rity with the
touch of airs
that is th* first
symptom of
headline fever.
Wall, I played
18 holes with
him yesterday,
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Gladewater on Sept. 19, so spring
training must bring out enough
talent for Andrews to map a
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work ... fives you protec-
tion when you exercise.
All-round Lastex waist-
band. Easy to put on and
take off. No buttons to
bother you. You’re really
unaware of< underwear.
Team them up with a
HANES Undershirt . . .
worn outside for extra
comfort. Crotch-Guard
Sports are gr rnt
priced at DDa.U
tomy, waa the regular firat
man last. year. Gale Smith,
other ex-Oiler, ia the other
didate.
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right-field consistentiy, J.
Wood has been a third ba*
th* time. Smith and Bob Hi
shortstop, are putting up a
Buffalo of the International
League behind their star pitcher
Buck Newsom. The score was 2
to 1. Tommy Seats was sold to the
San Francisco Seals yesterday.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UP) —
The spring training exhibition se-
ries between the Boston Red Sox
and Cincinnati Reds stood at four-
all today as the two teams pre-
ns red for the ninth game in their
16-game series.
The Red Sox tied the series yes-
terday at Fort Benning, Ga., as
they handed the Reds their first
shutout of the season, 3 to 0.
be the tournament, rm betting a
ing me two atrokes a hole, can bel ,
Just the one you’ve been
thinking about.
DRESS UP
THIS EASTER
TULSA, Okla. (UP)-The Nesv
York Yankees play Tulsa of the
Texas League in an exhibition
game today
The Yankees blasted out five
homers to wallop Oklahoma City,
10-4 yesterday. Joe DiMaggio
belted a pair of four-baggers and
Jo* Gordon, George Selkir and
Tom Henrich, each one. The Yanks
now have hit 12 homers and made
78 hits in six games since break-
ing eamp at St. Petersburg, Fla.
WACO, Tex. (UP)—The Brook-
lyn Dodgers' first team engages
Dallas of the Texas League to-
day while the second squad tan-
gles with Waycross of the Geor-
gia-Florida League at Waycross,
Ga.
Both squads won exhibition
games yesterday. The first string-
ers, with Joe Medwick's two hom-
ers and a single providing most
of the impetus, defeated Fort
Worth, 6-4. Whit Wyatt became
the first Dodger pitcher to go the
route as the seconds won over
Valdosta, 8-0.
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Dame first-acker,’ to Mustegon,
Mich,, left the job for first-base
on the Exporter roster strictly a
battle between two graduates of
Miss Mary Jo Sattes, girls’
singles player, defeated Miss
Doris Stewart, 6-3. 6-1. Misses
Gladys Rea and Shirley Marwil
won the girls’ doubles match by
a score of 6-0, 6-1.
Rav Tuggle and Charles Huff,
boys' doubles combination, down-
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Smith, Sturdivant
Fight for Position
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
Uni teal Press Staff
LAKELAND, Fla. (UP) — Th*
only gang of ball players in Flori-
da, or anywhere else for that mat-
ter, who hope and pray they look
lousy ar* the Detroit Tigers. Any
■porta writer who’ll pick the Tig-
era to finish fifth ia welcomed and
feted in the Detroit camp.
Buck Newsom, Hank Greenbrg
and Co. remember how terrible
they looked last spring and how
the sports scribes wrote them
right out of the race and into fifth
place. Then the Tigers won the
flag. Well, around here they are
all hoping lightning will strike
twice in the same place.
Truth to tell, the Tigers do look
lousy, but far be it from me to
relegate the Bengals to second di-
vision. They have too much pow-
er and a fair amount of pitching.
This may be the age when it
doesn’t take great infielders to win
pennants.
The fate of the Tigers may be
wrapped up in Hank Green-
berg’s drsft number. If he goes
(and nobody knows what may
happen), then the Tigers may
fall upon evil ways. The Tigers
without Greenberg are like ham
without eggs. The grapevine
circult insists that Greenberg
will go before June, but there is
no definite information to sub-
stantiate that assumption.
The main change in the Tigers
is Manager Del Baker's plan to
play Eric McNair, rescued from
baseball's backwash during the
winter. McNair hit only .227 with
the White Sox last season and was
through with that club. Desper-
ate for infielders, the Tigers sign-
ed him and now Baker says he’ll
be Detroit's shortstop.
McNair in condition and in the
right mental frame of mind might
help the Tigers. However, he is
likely to have quite a job wrest-
ing Rowdy Dick Bartell’s job awsy
from him even though Bartell hit
only .233 last season. Some of the
pitchers on the club think Bartell
should be out there again. Both
McNair and Bartell were bothered
by sprained ankle* during spring
training.
Rduy York at first, Charlie
Gehringer at second and Pinky
Higgins at third round out the in-
field. Gehringer has looked good
this spring and put all ideas out
of his head about retiring. He
says he'll never be as bad in the
next 10 years as he was last sea-
son. However, Frankie Croucher
will be around just in case.
Counting Greenberg on hand
and playing left, the rest of the
outfield will be Barney McCoskey,
a tremendous ball player, in cen-
ter, and either Tuck Stainbadk or
Bruce Campbell in right. Stain-
back and Campbell may alternate
against left and righthanded
pitching. The rookie star in camp
is Ned Harris, a fast, hard-hitting
youngster who batted .312 at
Beaumont If Greenberg goes,
Harris is sure to get an an outfield
berth and he may crowd his way
into the picture anyway.
The first Une of pitchers in-
cludes Buck (Ol' Bobo) Newsom.
Schoolboy Rowe, Tommy Bridges,
Johnny Gorsica, Hal Newhouser
and Floyd Glebell, the kid who
beat Bob Feller in the deciding
game last September. Archie Me-
Kain and Al Benton are the re-
lief men. The two top youngsters
are Virgil (Fire) Truck, and Hal
White. They both have plenty on
the ball. Trucks can make it if
he doesn’t go wild. Dizzy Trout,
wearing the new contact lenses, is
struuggling to win a berth.
Birdie Tebbetts and Billy Sullt-
van will do the bulk of the catch-
ing. Ed Parsons, wio has just re-
covered from a broken finger, will
ce the No. 3 backstop.
last ■ .wintar and may not be
judged ready for football work.
H*e-, {re ’ x-re
Tan Henderson Lons go to
Nacogdoches tomorrow for the
district track and field meet pre-
liminaries; a full Gaston team will
compete, and outstanding individ-
uals from Leveretts Chapel, Car-
lisle and London will participate
in the meet
Henderson is sending Wilton
Duran, Melvin Hensley, Jimmy
Giles and George Pool, sprint re-
lay team members; Duran, Billy
Willard, Hensley and Alfred Wy-
lie for the mile relay; Giles in the
220-yard dash; Ed Hooker in the
discus; Lee Owens Deaton, pole
vault; Billy Taylor, shot put; and
Don Maddox, mile run.
The two relay teams were sec-
ond to Gaston in the county meet;
Giles won third in the 220, Hooker
first in the discus, Deaton third in
the pole vault, Taylor third in the
shot put and Maddox forth in
the mile run.
Gaston's point-winning per-
formers include. Warren Beddoe,
■prints and mile relay; Elry Bird,
sprint relay and broad jump; Bill
Melton, sprint relay and dashes;
Johnny Nelson, hurdles and sprint
relay; Gene Snyder, high jump,
440 and mile relay; Jack Petro-
sly, relays and 440; Prentiss Wag-
staff, pole vault; Hubert Williams,
relay: Howard Dillard, half-mile,
and Wayland Arrington, mile, Pe-.
trofsky and Bird are eligible to
compete in both broad and high
jumps; Beddoe in the broad jump:
Jim Curry in the pole vault; Bird
in the liscus and 100-yard dash;
and Beddoe in the shot put.
Carlisle can send Ray Tinnin
and Jewel Defee, discus; Walter
Wallace, shot put and hurdles;
Collins .high jumo and hurdles;
its relav teams; Moon Mullins in
the half-mile; Royce Peacock,
miler; and Defee in th* shot put.
Leveretts Chapel can send Webb
Jay. sprints and sprint relay: W.
C McGinty, pole vault; - Clyde
Chavpel, low hurdles; and its two
relay teams.
London point-winners were Ray
Motley, half-mile and pole vault;
Arthur Bell, half-mile anc relays;
and Thompson, mile and relay*.
Of this group, Hooker, Defee,
Tinnin, Wallace, Nelson, Beddoe.
Bird, Jay, Mullins, Collins, Dillard,
Snyder, Wagstaff and Giles have
good chances to place at Nacog-
doches.
Gaston’s powerful well-balanced
team should send several men on
to the regional. competition. Bed-,
doe has been beaters twice Ito the
220 this year, by Collins of AZam-
son, Dallas; Bird only by Archie
Jones of Longview in th* broad-
lump: and Jay only by Beddoe in
the 100 and 220.
The East Texas counties com-
peting at Nacogdoches - usually
produce some outstanding per-
formers, with Rusk County schools
leading the parade last year. - '
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COLUMBUS, Ge. (UP) — The
St. Louis Cardinals play an exhi-
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AUSTIN (UP) — More than
1,000 track and field hopefuls,
including some of th* nation’*
brightest stars, were entered to-
day in th* 14th annual Texas
Relays to be held Saturday at the
University of Texas Memorial
Stadium.
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