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A telegram from Tony Robello, business manager of Oakland of
the AAA Pacific Coast loop, offering more player aid was received
this morning by Ernest Shadid.
The telegram stated that four good pitchers, two outfielders and
one catcher were available if the club needed any help. The biggest
weakness so far has been on the mound staff and Shadid phoned
Robello and informed him to send the hurlers to Gainesville. The
three chunkers should arrive in plenty of time before the Sooner
State league season gets underway on Tuesday.
With three more pitchers on the way from the Detroit Tigers, the
picture looks pretty promising. Evidently the seven pitchers must
be pretty promising, or a AAA and a major league club would not
BRAND-NEW G-E!
By The Associated Press
Pace-setter Southern Methodist
invades the corral of the Univer-
sity of Texas Longhorns Friday
and Saturday for a crucial South-
west Conference baseball series.
From what has happened in
previous games this season, the
team that could win both of the
games in Austin could count it-
self a long way down the road
toward the championship.
Texas with a .311 team mark
in batting and pre-season favorite
to win the championship finds
itself third in the flag race be-
hind SMU and Baylor after los-
ing only one game, that to the
Bears last week.
The Longhorns could climb in-
to second place this weekend by
sweeping the series with SMU if
Baylor were to lose to Texas
Christian Saturday in Waco. A
TCU win, however, would be at
least a mild upset, the Froggies
having beaten only winless Rice
in five starts.
Rice will try to get in the win
column Saturday at the expense
of Texas A&M'at College Station.
The Aggies are in fourth place
in the six-way chase with two
wins against three losses.
The Texas-SMU games Friday
and Saturday, the Rice - Aggie
game and the TCU-Baylor con-
test complete the calendar for
the week. TCU edged Rice, 3-2,
and SMU whipped A&M, 4-2, in
conference games Monday.
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rived at irregular intervals. Each
offered tangible evidence that Bill
McKechnie, Jr., Cincinnati farm
system director, had all inten-
tions of fulfilling his earlier
pledge. One by one they came in
until Cy Stewart, club president,
counted 20 signed.
McWilliams found 18 on hand
when spring training opened,
April 1. And the greying skipper
was impressed. So was Carl Ack-
erman, Cincinnati scout, when he
arrived April 8 to assist McWil-
liams.
Since the spring opener, the
Lawton manager has signed one
local product, 19-year-old Marvin
Haddon from Gracemont, after a
lengthy tryout. Two of the play-
ers assigned here by the Reds
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By BOB GLAVES
Lawton Constitution-Press
Sports Editor
LAWTON, Okla., April 17 (AP)—
Late last fall, a terse communi-
que from Cincinnati, parent club
of L a w t o n, promised officials
that efforts would be expended
to assure this city’s Reds a first
division team in 1953.
A month or so later, a second
dispatch advised that Manager
Tuck McWilliams, back for his
second season, could have the
cream of the finest rookie talent
available.
As time wore on, contracts ar-
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ball and pitched it to another
player, evidentally giving him
instructions to have it signed by with a winning team, but their
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Temple Holds Lead
in Big State Loop
By The Associated Press
Temple’s Eagles are flying
high in the Class B Big State
League—three straight victories
and all alone in first place. And
all at the expense of the Austin
Pioneers.
Tonight the Eagles get another
whack at Austin as they wind
up a four game series.
Last night Temple blanked
Austin, 3-0, to spoil the Pioneers
opening.
In other games, Waco beat Ty-
ler, 3-1; Texarkana blanked
Greenville 2-0, and Wichita Falls
edged Paris, 5-4.
Three Temple double plays
helped erase Austin threats and
Dale Myrland limited Austin to
six hits.
Tyler opened its season at home,
but walks and errors erased a
two hit pitching performance by
Swanson and Martin. Six hit
twirling by Don Dangleis helped
Waco, too.
Negro southpaw Pat Scantle-
bury fanned eleven and blanked
Greenville on four hits as Texar-
kana won its home opener. The
paid attendance—largely through
pre-season ticket sales, was 5,-
352, but actually only an estimat-
ed 2,500 fans sat in chilly weath-
er to see the Bears score two
runs in the fourth inning on a
walk, double by Moe Santomauro
and single by Bill Ankoviak.
Whitey Wietelman’s seventh in-
ning home run gave Wichita
Falls its decision. All of Paris’
runs resulted from homers, two
run affairs by Mario Diaz and
Bobby Montelongo.
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As matters stand now, McWil-
liams possesses a stronger defen-
sive infield than at any date
last summer. Of the rookies in
camp, nine are infielders, includ-
ing Haddon. The remaining rost-
er lists two catchers, seven pitch-
ers and a lone outfielder.
Lawton’s skipper would like to
have a veteran catcher and two
veteran pitchers. He already has
put in his request to McKechnie.
Scout Ackerman was ordered
here from Jackson, Miss., site of
a second class D affiliate, to de-
cide on Lawton’s needs. Acker-
man, former Houston player and
Columbia manager, will remain
until McKechnie arrives to per-
sonally check the Reds’ potential.
If other players assigned here
show as much promise as the
crop now in training, Lawton
should make its first determined
pennant bid since 1949.
The infield play has looked so
good that McWilliams admits he
will have a tough job when it
comes time to trim the squad.
On hand are two thirdbasemen,
four shortstops, two secondbase-
men and one first baseman.
Of the entire roster, only two
are left over from last year’s
sixth place club. They are second
baseman Dick Heiland and catch-
er Ron Heughens.
McWilliams figures the team’s
five exhibition games will deter-
mine the opening day lineup. The
Reds launched their schedule
Sunday against Oklahoma City’s
Jeffries Truckers.
Other exhibition dates:
Tuesday night, April 14—Ft.
Sill; Thursday night-—Jeffries
Truckers; Saturday night —
Gainesville of the Sooner State
circuit; and Sunday afternoon—
Ft. Sill.
All games will be played at
Lawton’s Memorial park.
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McKINNEY, April 17 (A) —
Funeral services will be held
at Van Alstyne tomorrow for
Sam (Dolly) Gray, who pitched
in the big leagues for a decade.
Gray, who was with the Phil-
adelphia Athletics and St. Louis
Browns from 1924 until 1933,
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Texas Has 34 Pro Teams
Texas has 34 professional
baseball teams to lead the na-
tion in that figure, and unlike
most bf the teams in other
states, very few of them are
owned by major league clubs.
A surprising feature is that
there is not a single Class D
loop in the state. As anyone
who who knows much about or-
ganized baseball will testify,
Class D ball is very vital, for
it is there that future stars are
developed.
Outside of the Twins and the
Owls, there are no other teams
of that classification in the
state.
Howard Green, youthful prexy
of the Big State league, realizes
the need for a Class D loop,
though, and plans to form one.
He is already working on a cir-
cuit for North Texas for next
year and has plenty of pros-
pects for sites for clubs. Listed
as towns likely to vie for berths
in the loop are Cleburne, Cor-
sicana, Vernon, Brownwood, Bal-
linger, Sweetwater, Stephenville,
Waxahachie, Denton, McKinney
and Sulphur Springs.
This and That
There were some brilliantly
pitched games in the major
leagues yesterday, and some
wild and woolly slugfests. Top
mound duel was the 1-0 win by
the White* Sox over the Browns.
Billy Pierce gave up only one
hit, while Harry Breechen gave
up two. Another duel was the
3-0 win by the Cards over the
Cubs. Harvey Haddix bested
Warren Hacker in that one. In
contrast the Pirates beat the
Phils, 14-12, the Indians beat
the Tigers, 11-8, and the Red
Sox beat the A’s, 11-6.
The Texas league standings
are almost completely reversed
as to how they were picked be-
fore the start of the campaign.
Dallas, Houston and Ft. Worth
are resting in the second divi-
sion, while the second division
picks are on top of the heap.
Apparently Uncle Sam is to
be one of the most formidable
opponents of the Ardmore In-
dians this season. The Indians,
who have an affiliation with the
Cardinals this season have three
of their top hurlers facing early
calls to the army. Latest to re-
ceive word from the old man
with the long whiskers was
George Tucker from Sherman,
Texas. Glenn Crable, workhorse
of the staff last year, reports
on April 20, while Bill Keppel,
on option from the Houston
Buffs, is also facing an induc-
tion physical.
the most they have scored in
any game this season.
Third Baseman Lem Bruning
was the leading batter in the
attack as he connected for two
singles in four trips to the
plate.
The other four safeties made
by the Owls were picked up by
Joe Riley, Lindy Middleton,
Whitey Leonard and Ed Wal-
ters.
Dimott was the leading batter
for the Jets as he bashed out
his grandslam homer and a dou-
ble. The hard-hitting outfielder
drove five runs across the
plate.
Norm Pilgrim, former Okla-
homa A&M All-American eager,
had a good night at the plate
as he bashed out two hits in
three attempts with the lumber.
biggest asset is their alert play.
Whatever it is that the Rupert
Rifles‘have, it is pretty potent,
for it has carried them to four
straight flags.
Pete Runnels, a shortstop
local fans may remember for
his playing days at Wichita
Falls, was in the lineup for the
Senators and didn’t make too
impressive a showing. Once
Runnels was fooled by the
blinding speed of Mickey Man-
tle, for on a ground ball with
Mantle on first, he tried to beat
the Yankee outfielder to the bag
instead of tossing it to the sec-
ond sacker. Mantle slid in a
foot ahead of the amazed Run-
nels.
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Invitation Golf tournament will
go on as scheduled although
it’ll have to be conducted from
tents due to a fire that virtual-
ly wrecked all the buildings —-
and to show they meant busi-
ness the golf committee today
sent invitations to six more pro-
fessionals.
Invitations went to Johnny
Bulla, Walter Burkemo, Tony
Holguin, Shelley Mayfield, Art
Wall and Bo Wininger for the
tournament scheduled May 20-
24.
Thirty-two golfers already
have accepted places in the
meet.
The fire, which occurred early
yesterday, caused damage of
about $250,000. It will not be re-
built until after the tournament
but there is a possibility that
the locker room can be put to
use for the players, and perhaps
one or two other rooms for
other purposes, S. M. Bingham,
tournament chairman, said.
Many tournaments, he pointed
out, are held with only tent fa-
cilities when played on munici-
pal courses without clubhouses,
so Colonial’s fire-changed ar-
rangements will be nothing
new.
The six golfers invited today
qualified for bids to the tour-
nament on the basis of their
performances on the winter
tour. Burkemo, Holguin, Wall
and Wininger are newcomers to
the tournament. Mayfield was
here last year. Bulla played in
the first three Colonial tourna-.
ments—1946, 1947 and 1949. All
six are in the top 25 money-
winners of the year.
Golfers who already have ac-
cepted invitations are: Skip
Alexander, Jerry Barber, Al
Besselink, Tommy Bolt, Jack
Burke, Jimmy Clark, Jimmy De-
maret, Dave Douglas, Jim Fer-
rier, Douer Ford, Marty Furgol,
Ray Gaff ord, Fred Haas, Bob
Hamilton, Chandler ' Harper,
E. J. Harrison, Clayton Heafner,
Ben Hogan, Ted Kroll, Lloyd
Mangrum, Dick Mayer, Dick
Metz, Gary Middlecoff, Bill
Nary, Byron Nelson, Ed Oliver,
Johnny Palmer, Skee Riegel,
Jack Shields, Earl Stewart and
Harry Todd.
This is the third time for the
Colonial tournament to run into
difficulties. In 1949 it had to be
cancelled because of a Trinity
river flood two weeks before
the tournament was to start.
Last year Bingham was seri-
ously injured in an automobile
accident and conducted much of
the tournament business from a
hospital.
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The Sheppard Air Base Jets
exploded for eight runs in the
fourth inning to score their
third straight win over the
Owls, 18-8, last night in Wichita
Falls on Hames field.
The Hooters wind up their ex-
hibition season tonight with an-
other game with the Jets in
Wichita Falls before opening
the Sooner State league cam-
paign against the Sherman-
Denison Twins in Sherman
Tuesday.
The Jets went to work in a
hurry last night on Frank
Grande, a free agent who was
trying out for a spot on the
mound staff, as they tallied four
big runs in the second frame.
All four of the markers crossed
the platter as Bobby Dimott,
big left fielder, spanked a tow-
ering homerun over the right
field fence w i t h the bases
crammed.
The flyboys put the finishing
touches on the rout as they ran
wild in the fourth for eight
more runs. Grande was finally
lifted from the fray and Lefty
Leon Basse took over. The col-
ored southpaw couldn’t put out
the fire, and Joe Samalion took
over with the bases loaded and
nobody out.
The hard-throwing righthand-
er ended the rally and hurled
the remaining four frames of
the game, giving up only three
more hits. Aided by costly er-
rors, though, the Jets were able
to score three more times.
The Owls found the right-
handed slants of Johnny Rhodes
to their liking as they shoved
eight runs across the platter,
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the players and returned to him
for a souvenir of his own.
During the game, a Washing-
ton sub sat next to Ike and
Vice-President Nixon, who had
to be content for a spot in the,
bullpen as Eisenhower turned
out to be the starting hurler,
to protect them from foul balls,
and once made a grab close to
the president’s box.
Yanks Win
After the opening ceremonies
the Yankees went to work on
ex-teammate Bob Porterfield in
a big way as they hopped on
his slants for four quick runs,
which provided the 6-3 margin
of victory.
Porterfield, appeared to have
plenty of stuff on the ball, but
just couldn’t get it over the
plate. Finally in desperation he
would groove it and the Yanks
would connect for base knocks.
The Bronx Bombers, whom
many people think are just
plain lucky, played heads-up ball
the rest of the way to keep the
Senators at bay.
Many times the Senators
threatened but each time tobac-
co-chewing Johnny Sain proved
to be master of the situation.
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loaded and two out and with
slugger Jackie Jensen at the
plate, Vernon was picked off of
first base. We imagine the
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slightly red.
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off with a double, and Wash-
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Texas Champ to
Fight in Dallas
DALLAS, April 17 (A)— Jacky
Blair and Texas lightweight
champion Al Juergens of San
Antonio today claimed they
were in top physical shape for
their title bout in Dallas Mon-
day.
“I believe I’m in better condi-
tion than anytime in the last
year, Blair, 132, said in Dallas.
Juergens said a few more
rounds of sparring today and
tomorrow would round out his
training, leaving him in top
shape.
Blair, state featherweight
champion, is stepping up a
notch in this bout.
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The hitting has improved con-
siderably as the Owls picked up
eight runs last night against the
powerful Sheppard Air Base
Jets.
Jets Win
The score in the game was
18-8 as the Jets mauled three
Owl hurlers. The flyboys were
assisted by a flock of errors, by
the locals, who were evidently
bothered by the new surround-
ings.
Lem Bruning, third sacker,
who is making a strong bid for
a hot corner position, but who
will have plenty of competition
when Wes Gibson, a limited
service man arrives, was the
leading hitter as he picked up
two singles.
The other four hits were
picked up by Whitey Leonard,
Ed Walters, Joe Riley and
Lindy Middleton.
Ike Tosses First Ball
President Eisenhower, who had
at first decided to forsake the
national pastime for the links
sport, chunked out the first ball
at the American league opener,
in Washington, which was de-
layed some three days after
Tuesday’s game was rained out.
The postponement enabled the
president to toss the first ball
out, and millions of fans over
the nation watched the affair as
it was nationally televised. Ei-
senhower, who seemed to be
having a big time, pitched a
blooper ball in the throng of
players and Outfielder Ken
Wood came up with the treas-
ured souvenir. The hefty, fly-
chaser raced over to Ike and
had him sign the ball.
Eisenhower asked for another
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