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ball team at shortstop.
After his graduation he began
playing semi-pro ball and a Texas
City scout, Chuck Young, saw
him in action and signed him
up.
While playing semi-pro ball he
batted .300 and led the league in
stolen bases.
Diagez Sparkles
For several weeks now Shadid
Hitting Practice
We were greatly impressed after watching the Owls go through
their initial batting practice yesterday afternoon. It was the first
time most of the players had taken a full cut at the ball this season
and they were hitting with a vengeance.
Joe Samalion made one of the finest showings at the platter of
any of the Owl candidates. The short, but well-built, left handed
swinger sent several long drives sizzling into right field.
Ernest Shadid is high on the outfielder he acquired from Art Wil-
lingham and the Sherman-Denison Twins during the winter, and re-
marked, “Art is going to be sorry he let this boy go.”
Shadid says that despite Samalion’s lack of size, he will supply
the long ball. On his first trip to the plate last year for the Twins,
he rocketed a drive over the right field fence, and as anyone who
has seen the park in Sherman knows that is quite a wallop.
demonstrate why he is so highly
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By The Associated Press
A 15-hit Tulsa attack in a rain-
shortened game at Monroe, La.,
and Beaumont’s first spring vic-
tory in nine starts featured Tex-
as League exhibition play Tues-
day.
Tulsa avenged an earlier loss
strong contender, tangle in what
should be a slugfest. Charles with
his new aggressive style will be
gunning for a knockout to streng-
then his cry for a shot at the
title.
Today was the final day of the
Owl ticket drive. Haven’t heard
as yet how many of the books of
eight ducats were sold, but we do
know that it fell short of the
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David West both reaching over
5’6” on the high jump, Richard
Parten over 10’ on the pole vault
and Danny Camp, Marcus Almon
and Jerry Murphy both hitting
over 18’ on the broad jump, the
locals would have been a cinch
to rack up several more points.
Marcus Almon put on a bril-
liant performance as he scored
first place finishes in each of the
three events that he was entered
in. The speedy junior romped
across the hurdles in 15.7 indicat-
ing that he is going to be hard
to beat in the district meet next
Saturday. He ran a sizzling 53.7
in the 440 to edge Bill Walker of
Denton, and then topped off the
day with a 23.3 in the 220.
Judging from their perform-
ances yesterday the locals are
going to be hard to take in the
district met. It is about time that
Gainesville wins district in some-
thing, and we believe that this
year’s cinder team has the ability
to do just that.
This and That
A top-notch fight is slated for
TV tonight. Ezzard Charles, for-
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the mile. The Oklahoma trans-
fer ran the four laps in 5:15.
Several other third and fourth
place finishes were picked up
during the course of the meet.
Richard Parten and Lloyd Nich-
ols finished third and fourth in
the half mile, Dale Gilliland and
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Willie Mirandi of the St. Louis
Browns and formerly of the
Sherman-Denison Twins, in both
stature and style. The fancy-dan
fielder made it look easy as he
stopped drives that many other
shortstops would have merely let
go by.
At the plate Diagez is rated
almost exclusively a line drive
hitter, and he proved that by
sending several liners down the
left field line.
Tossing batting practice for the
first day were Carroll Newman,
a colored youth who is trying
to land a job on the mound staff;
Raymond Wilford, who was a
standout at shortstop for the
local independent Tiger team last
year; and Earl Leon Basey, a
southpaw hurler who is counted
upon to be a big winner for the
Feathered Flock during the 1953
season.
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. the Owl batters blasted long
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, Grigg has more of this same
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to whip the team into shape be-
fore the opening exhibition game
' of the season Saturday night.
' The Owls’ lid-blaster is slated to
• be against Jimmy Adair’s Green-
ville Majors and is to be reeled
: off in Locke park at 8 p.m.
One of the most impressive
looking batsmen for the day was
Joe Samalion. Samalion, who
played with Sherman last year,
although not very big showed
plenty of power as a left handed
hitter. The peppy little outfield-
er, who was troubled yesterday
by blisters on his heels drilled
some long drives into right field.
R. M. Moore, a local colored
youth, also looked good with the
lumber. Moore, who is listed as
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est showing of the season with
the shot put as he tossed the
iron ball 44’10”. Hank Crowsey
also scored in that event as he
made a toss of 42’6” for fourth
place.
The other first place finish
by the locals was accomplished
by hefty Lloyd King in the dis-
cus throw. King made a toss of
122’4” to edge Crowsey. Crow-
sey finished in second place
with 120’4”, and Herbie Locke
grabbed third place with 112’6”
to give the Leopards almost a
complete sweeD in that event.
The Leopards placed three
men in one other event — the
high hurdles. In addition to Al-
mon’s first place, Tommy Wing-
infielder proved himself to be a
capable fielder and a line driver
smasher.
Joe Reilly, the prospective out-
fielder sent the Owls by the
Braves; connected for several sol-
id drives as did switch hitting
Pitcher Joe McCormik.
Diagez Arrives /
Richard Diagez, the Owls’ high-
ly touted shortstop, arrived at
camp yesterday afternoon and
the Cuban infielder was quick to
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A second place finish
racked up by Ray Barnes
and pole vault were not reeled
off because- of the muddy con-
dition of the field, while the
sprint relay wasn’t run because
the track was not marked into
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100-Yard Dash—Smith, Lenis-
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has been bragging to us about
the ability of his shortstop, Rich-
ard Diagez, and after seeing the
Cuban infielder in action we are
willing to agree that the friendly
Owl owner did not exaggerate
one bit.
Diagez, who arrived in camp
yesterday morning in time to
suit up to workout that after-
noon, reminds us very much of
Willie Mirandi, now of the St.
Louis Browns and formerly of
the Sherman Twins.
The mild mannered Cuban is
about the same size as Mirandi
and has that same ability that
Mirandi had of making the hard
ones look easy. He is very quick
and gets to round balls that other
shortstops would merely wave
at.
He has a strong arm and can
throw from any position. With
Diagez in the lineup there is not
much worry about a hole on the
left side of the infield.
Bail Birds
We were happy to see that
many local fans journeyed down
to watch portions of the work-
outs, for that is a real sign that
baseball is here again.
A few of the rail birds we spied
watching the drills were Dr. Her-
bert Locke, president of the Owl
organization, Frank Fancher,
Frank Dustin, Bob Hughes, John
Welch, Raymond Miles, Steve
Bennett and Estel Keltner.
If you weren’t among those
watching the Owls yesterday,
come on down tomorrow and
watch Grigg send his charges
through the paces. Weather has
been perfect and baseball is really
in the air.
Track Meet
The Leopards didn’t have much
trouble capturing first place in
the four-team meet they were
entered in yesterday as they
scored a total of 50 points to run-
nerup Denton’s 26. The margin
would have been even wider had
they not called off the high
jump, pole vault and broad jump
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hits and nipped a ninth inning
rally to win, 4-2, over Houston’s
Buffs.
Shreveport despite six Sport
errors, decisioned Oklahoma City,
6-5, behind three-hit pitching by
Hurlers Chambers, Knoblauch,
and Tremel in the other Tuesday
night game.
Jim Bolger, Tulsa outfielder,
sparked the Oiler victory at Mon-
roe with three doubles and a
single before the game was
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had tied the score, 6-6, in the
fifth, the Oilers used five hits
and two walks for six runs in the
sixth and added another in the
seventh.
Jack Creel and Walt Lanfran-
coni, veteran Texas Leaguers,
held Houston to six hits for
Beaumont’s win and broke a
nine - game Houston victory
string. The game was played at
Beaumont.
At Shreveport, the Sports
scored six runs in the first two
stanzas and were never headed
despite their sloppy performance
afield.
Only two of the Oklahoma City
runs were earned.
mer champ, and Rex Layne, goal set at 2,000.
Manager J. B. Grigg sent his
charges through their first hit-
ting practice yesterday and the
Hooters showed definite signs of
power at the plate. Several of
Through a mixup of contracts
Hughes, who was rated an out-
standing prospect for Sweet-
water of the Class C league, has
been made a free agent and the
chances are he will not come to
Gainesville.
With the absence of a second
sacker it is likely that Grigg will
put Tony La Montte at the key-
stone spot. When Texas City sent
the young infielder to Gaines-
ville, it was thought that he
would probably be used at the
hot corner.
Flashy Fielder
La Montte could probably fit in
anywhere in the infield. He
moves with a cat-like quickness
and grace and should make the
Owls a fine second baseman. He
is no slouch at the plate either
as he drilled several line drives
into the outfield.
The young infielder is orig-
inally from Houston. While in
Houston he attended Reagan high
Don Hocker scored the
Hocker also finished
Mile Relay—Decatur, Denton,
Gainesville, Lewisville. Time:
3:47.2.
Shot Put—Ward, Gainesville;
Rankin, Denton; Carrico, Den-
ton; Crowsey, Gainesville.
Discus -— King, Gainesville;
Crowsey, Gainesville; Locke,
Gainesville; Smith, Lewisville.
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a pitcher, got the longest lick of
the day, a tremendous drive into
centerfield that bounced a couple
of times and hit the fence some
400 feet from home plate.
Lindy Middleton, who was also
acquired from Sherman during
the winter, flashed the ability to
smack the long ball. The left
handed swinging outfielder
belted several long drives.
West Shines
Jim West, a native of Whites-
boro, made rail birds sit up and
take notice as he showed plenty
of ability both at the platter and
in the field. West, a candidate
for the third base job, made sev-
eral nice stops in the field, and
blasted some sizzling drives at
Samalion didn’t have too im-
pressive a batting average for
the Twins last year, hitting only
.260, but Shadid is sure that the
hustling outfielder, who was
limping yesterday from blisters
on his heels, will raise that con-
siderably. In fact Shadid went
so far as to venture the opinion
that Samalion would be among
the .300 hitters this season.
West Looks Good
Jim West of Whitesboro has
greatly impressed both Shadid
and Manager J. B. Grigg in the
first two workouts. The young
third sacker has looked very
good both in the field and at the
plate.
West, who attended the local
junior college and was one of the
stars on the Lion basketball team
last year, smacked several solid
drives into left field during the
batting session.
A fact that strengthens West’s
chances for latching on to a reg-
ular job with the Flock is that
Kenny Hughes may not show up.
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Gainesville. Time: 23.3.
440-Yard Dash — Almon,
Gainesville; Walker, Denton;
Noah, Denton; Woodruff, Deca-
tur. Time: 53.7.
880-Yard Run —- Foster, Deca-
tur; Gage, Denton; Parten,
Gainesville; Nichols, Gainesville.
Time: 2:12.4.
Mile Run—Mooney, Decatur;
Barnes, Gainesville; McCoy, De-
catur; Lindsey, Denton. Time:
5:02.
120-Yard High Hurdles — Al-
mon, Gainesville; Winger,
Gainesville; Camp, Gainesville;
Washburn, Decatur and Coder,
Lewisville (tie). Time: 15.7.4
180-Yard Low Hurdles—Smith,
Another local candidate for the
third base job—Bob Felker, who
played with the semi-pro Owls
last year—connected for several
long drives during the workout,
as did big Joe Morgan, who is
trying for a first base spot. Mor-
gan, hitting as a switch hitter,
knocked several long drives from
both sides of the platter.
Another lad to catch the eye
of local spectators was smooth
Tony La Montte. The cat-like
third in the hundred yard dash.
Locke finished in the money in
the 220 as he wound up in
fourth place. The mile relay
team of Jerry Murphy, Parten,
Nichols and Locke finished in
third place.
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paced by the sensational 15-
point performance of speedy
Marcus Almon, swept to an im-
pressive win in a four-team
track meet on the North Texas
track in Denton yesterday aft-
ernoon. The charges of Coaches
Jim Campbell and Larry Prid-
dy racked up a total of 50
points, while runnerup Denton
was able to score only 26. Deca-
tur and Lewisville fought it out
for third place with Decatur
getting the nod, 19 %2 to 14%.
Almon scored his 15 points on
three first place finishes in run-
ning events. The first was
scored in the high hurdles and
the versatile junior athlete, who
only started working on the
hurdles a couple of weeks ago,
stepped off the 120 yards in
15.7 to win with ease.
His second first place finish
came in the 440-yard dash and
that race was probably the
most exciting one of the day.
Bill Walker of Denton had
beaten Almon in- the East Texas
Relays, but the Leopard runner
was determined to avenge that
loss in their second meeting.
Almon took an early lead that
he held all the way. It appeared
that Walker might pass him on
the final stretch, but Almon
had enough kick to race across
the finish line several steps
ahead of Walker. His time for
the quartermile was 53.7.
Third Win
He put the finishing touches
on his brilliant one-man show
by winning the 220-yard dash.
This event proved to be another
thriller as Almon and Denton’s
Lee Amyx raced neck and neck
the entire distance. Almon gave
a frantic last second effort to
break the tape only a step
ahead of the speeding Amyx.
His time for the race was 23.3.
The Leopards captured two
more first places in the meet.
Talmadge Ward made his fin-
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Southwest conference baseball
had a bad case of frustration
Wednesday after one game
scheduled Tuesday was post-
poned because of wet grounds
and another ended in a 2-2 tie
after 15 innings.
The postponed game—between
Texas A&M and Baylor at Col-
lege Station— was rescheduled
for Wednesday.
Coaches said a ruling from
conference officials would have
to determine how the Rice-
Texas game at Houston would
count in conference standings
and whether or not it will be
replayed later.
Bobby Leggett, Rice junior
righthander, went the full 15
innings for the Owls, trying to
get their first win from the
strong Longhorns since 1940.
Leggett allowed the Steers just
seven hits, only two in the first
eight innings.
The Owls pounded three
Texas pitchers — J. L. Smith,
Boyd Linker and Roland Jones
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After each team scored early
runs, Texas took a 2-1 lead in
the 14th inning. But the Owls
came back and tied it up again
in their half of the inning.
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