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oted to
ildeats
appers
chmen
t the
PGA Tosses Valley Open
Off ’52 Winter Schedule
returns to the valley. We lose mon-
ey every year and all the publicity
we get is bad.”
This tournament had been held
four years and in three of them
was the scene of bitter PGA con-
troversies.
HARLINGEN, Dec. 24. (—Golf
- leaders in Harlingen lashed out to-
day at the Professional Golfers As-
sociation for dropping the 310 000
Rio Grande Valley Open from the
1952 winter schedule
Tony Butler, pro at the host Har-
lingen Municipal Course, said be
had been a member of the PGA
for 20 years “and I'm ashamed of
this connection. They are all per.
forming like so many fourth-rate
actors.”
Pete McNamee, president of the
VaUey Golf Association, declared, ----------.
“We don't eare if the PGA never at the PGA through an interview
The first year there was argu-
ment over the rules of play and
golfers Henry Ransom and Nor
man Von Nida exchanged blows on
the course.
The next year Dick Metz was
chastised by Tournament Manag-
er George Schneiter for blasting
SEEIN’
RED
By A. C. GREENE
‘Twas midnight on the gridiron,
and the stadium was bare,
But 1 had a funny feeling,
there was something in the air.
• • •
First 1 felt a sort of rustling
in the quite air around.
Then 1 heard the cleats a
crunchin'
across the snowy ground.
"What’s all this?” I scarcely
muttered
As I stood there scared and
still.
And the skin along my backbone,
Was a-tingling with a chill.
• • •
Out of nowhere came the an-
swer.
And it thrilled my very soul.
“Mister, you’re about to witness.
The Angels’ Christmas Bowl."
* as ---■—
Quick I turned to see the speaker.
For I sensed he was a champ.
I was right, for there beside me
Was the immortal Walter Camp,
s s s
“Well, of course, I might have
known it.
That you'd be the one to poll.
The gridiron greats in Heaven
For the Angels' Christmas Bowl."
$ * *
“I suppose you’ve got the mighty
From the sacred halls of Yale,
And the founders of the grid
game
Out of Harvard and Cornell?"
•.• •
“Surely I will see the hero
Who would 'die for Rutgers’
cause.’
And the early day contestants
That evolved King Football’s
"What’s all this?" I scarcely
muttered
As I stood there scared and still.
And the skin along my backbone,
Was a - tingle with a chill.
One familiar face
There were skinny little fellows.
There were clumsy, slow -paced
boys.
They were working mighty eag-
But they needed speed and poise.
In the line they looked pathetic
As they tried to throw a block.
And my heart was sympathetic
For the ragged, little flock.
* * *
“Do you mean to tell me. Walter,
“That this is the best you’ve
scanned,
“Of the storied grid immortals
“Who have reached the Promised
Land?”
4 0 •
laws.”
• • •
“But Walter's face was smiling
As he pointed to the field.
“You will see the finest products
That all gridiron history yields."
So imagine my amazement as
I watched
The scene take place.
In the entire, vast collection,
never
Twas midnight on the gridiron,
And the stadium was bare.
But I had a funny feeling.
There was something in the air.
% % *
First, I felt a sort of rustling
In the quiet air around.
Then I heard the cleats a-
crunchin’
Across the snowy ground.
Dr. Raymond Wray
CHIROPRACTOR
X-ray Spinal
Analysis
1435 N. 4th. Phone 4-9556
"The best? Well, no, it isn’t.
"There are hundreds in the sky.
“Who could eat these kids for
breakfast
“Like a man eats apple pie."
* * *
“There are coaches in the King-
dom
“Who would feel a certain sting.
"If you ever even hinted
“These could make their, second
string."
"But let me tell you, mister.
“Those boys out there in the
snow
“Are the greatest bunch of grid-
ders.
“That the ages ere can show.”
* * *
“Without them, your All-Ameri-
cans
“And their coaches would be
dubs.
“They’re the poor, downtrodden
fellows,
“Whom we call ‘the lowly scrubs ' ”
"You never saw their picture.
"And you never heard their
, name,
"But the boys you see out
yonder
“Are the backbone of the game ”’
Then I saw the heavenly wisdom
Of the words of Walter Camp.
And I reappraised the gridders
As they trotted down the ramp.
• • •
Let the fabled, headlined heroes
Whom the ages have called
“Great’
Get their share of earthly
honors—
It's the scrubs who pay the
freight. •
And I'm glad to know each
Christmas
That they reach their final goal.
And become the starting lineup.
In the Angels' Christmas Bowl.
I Mete was supposed to have had
with a sports writer
! Then last year some of the golf.
| ers skipped the Harlingen tourna-
ment and played in the Mexican
Open at Mexico City for which they
were fined by the PGA. Among
them were Jimmie Demaret and
Vic Ghezzi.
But Harlingen still wanted on
the tournament circuit this winter.
Inquiries were made for weeks to
determine if the Valley Open was
on the schedule. Finally, last week
end, the PGA put out the winter
schedule and Harlingen wasn't on
it
Butler recalled that In 1941, Har-
lingen put up $5,000 for a tourna-
ment booked right after Pearl
Harbor. "That was probably the
worst time to hold it but we went
through with it and lost 100 cents
on the dollar.” he said.
"You see, in those days the PGA
was not as choosy as it is now and
had to look around for tourna-
ments. Now the bosses can pick
where and when they want to play.
There are a lot of spoiled indivi-
duals in the group and if it wasn't
for Horton Smith I president of the
PGA), the PGA would probably
dissolve."
John Monfrey, tournament man-
ager, said another reason may be
that Harlingen is weak on facili-
ties. housing and entertainment. He
said the PGA wired him that it
was dropping the tournament but
gave no definite reason. “But they
can keep it now," he snorted.” I
am disgusted with the PGA."
Other members of the Valley
Golf Association said they had
heard nothing but gripes from the
Pro golfers anyway.
So they’re negotiating with the
Women's PGA for a tournament
here. It will cost only $3,200 and
maybe the gala won't have argu-
ments.___
Anyway, it appears the Rio
Grande Valley open is no more.
It may not have brought favor,
able publicity but it certainly
brought more publicity to Harlin-
gen than almost anything it ever
tried.___________
ET Baptists
See Action
By The Associated Press
East Texas Baptist College,
boasting the second best record in
the Big State Conference, goes te
Enid, Okla., this week to play in
a college invitational tournament.
It is the only action by Big State
Conference teams. The others take
the week off for Christmas holi-
days.
East Texas meets Nebraska
State of Peru, Neb., Thursday aft-
ernoon and will play either the win-
ner or loser of the Regis-Washburn
game.
St Edwards, leading the confer-
ence both in season and conference
play, last week strapped Univer-
sity of Corpus Christi 74-38. It was
St. Edwards’ eighth win in nine
starts. This team has averaged
64.2 points per game.
East Texas Baptist, with a 7-2
record, licked Texas Wesleyan 56-
53
Southwestern is in the cellar and
has won only one game but it has
the leading scorer of the confer-
ence — Don Pennington, who has
racked up 135 points. Bob Bella of
St. Edwards and Fred Smith of
East Texas Baptist each has 117:
J. J. Jones of East Texas Baptist
shows 115 and Ed Neu of St. Ed-
Mary's has 112 while two others
are over the 100 mark — James
Blake and Bill Gunn of Daniel Bak-
er with 105 and 102 respectively.
W
▼ ▼ E are always glad of the opportunity to say “Hel-
lo" to our friends but somehow no occasion affords a better
opportunity than Christmas to add a word for good wishes.
■ HE associations we've enjoyed in the past are many
and we are grateful for them. We appreciate what they stand
for and with the passing of each year, we become more and
more impressed with the true value of genuine friendships.
The faithfulness of those whom we strive to serve has been
invaluable in the progress of this organization.
MR. M. R. WEBB, JR.
—Owner
Sanders Appliance Co.
309 Walnut, Abilene
942 N. 2nd, Merkel
The Abilene Reporter ~32ews
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SANTA DONE COME — Tommy
Corcoran is only four-years-old.
but he’s a baseball fan who won’t
quit. He can identify Ted Wil-
liams just by looking at a pic-
ture of the slugger’s foot. But
Santa hit an early home run with
Tommy this week when the old
gent dumped this full regula-
tion uniform on his frame. It
was a gift from the local Madi-
son, Wisc. ball club for Tommy’s
faithfulness to them and the Bo-
sox.
Snead to Pass Up
Winter Golf Tour
MIAMI. Fla., Dec. 24. (n—Sam
Snead, professional golfers asso-
ciation champion, said Sunday he
would not make the winter golf
tour starting in Los Angeles next
month but would spend the season
in Florida.
Snead, who is building a home
in suburban Coral Gables, said he
would pick up the touring pros
when they come to Florida in the
spring.
Team Christmas Day
SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 24, in
—The line-up of America’s Davis
Cup team will be announced Christ-
mas Day.
The names of the men non-play-
ing Captain Frank Shields has pick-
ed to try and wrest the cup away
from Australia will be revealed
then at the drawings for the singles
matches to be played the following
day.
ABILENE, TEXAS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1951
SECTION D
SPORTOMETER
By COLLIER PARRIS
WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE (for today, anyway) and
friendliness for all, we dedicate this column and extend cor-
dial greetings of the season, best wishes for the New Year,
and all the happiness the law allows to:
Hack Miller. Tom Miller, Tom
Connally. Tommy Conerly, Leslie
O'Connor, Les Wheeler, Jack
Wheeler, Jack Knott, Jack Martin
Dick Martin. Dick Wall, Dick
Tracy, Joe Tracey, Joe Youngblood.
Joe DiMaggio. Joe Binn, Ben Ho-
gan, Benny Wilson, and Wilson
Johnson.
Fausett, Buck Francis. Bruce Fran-
cis. Frances Hynds, Frances
Moore. Wilford Moore. Joe Moore.
Joe Grba, Joe Conrad, and Conrad
Hilton.
Nick Hilton,
St. Nick, Nick
Swenson, Gene Brown, Les Brown,
Bill Brown, Charles Brown, Joe
Black, Bill White, A. C. Greene,
and Red Steger.
$.4 4
price of eggs, Egghead Perry, Per-
ry Owens, Pete Owens, Pete Smith,
Reynolds Smith, Horace Smith,
Horace Holly, Horace White, E. F.
White, Jr.. Maurice White, Mau-
rice Lamphere, Maurice's of Dal-
Mackey, macacy —.____^ las, Dallas Chesher, Republic Na-
irn. Maek Bowyer, Mac Bedichek, Mna Sum peret. Dallas: Jim Bane
Red Ellison, Red Johnson, Red
Mackey, Mackey Gray, Mack Ep-
Johnny DeWitt, DeWitt Landis.
Dewitt Weaver, Weaver West,
Joe West, Sam West, West Talbott,
Frank Tolbert, Frank Goodsoe,
Frank King. Ellery Queen, Count
Turf, Weldon Counts, Weldon
Owens, Weldon Griffin, Art Grif-
fith. Clark Griffith. Bob Clark,
Dutch Clark, Dutch Smith, Dutch
Cawthon, Dutch Wiginton. Dutch
Meyer and Dick Kazmaier.
* * *
Dick Green, Dick Peebles, Dick
Stovall, Dick Jennings, Leroy Jen-
nings. Morley Jennings, Jennings
Clyde, Clyde Lee. Ike Lee, Lee
Pinkston, Lee Parris, Paris Jones.
Doug Jones, Pete Jones. Howard
Jones, Jennefer Jones, Billy Jones,
Billy Maxwell, Bill Stanley, Bill
Hampton, Morgan Hampton, Mor-
gan Hubbard, and Dell Morgan.
* * *
Morgan Smith, Snuffy Smith.
Marion Smith, Marion Hiskey,
Marty Marion. Marty Stephens, O.
B. Stephens, C. L. Stephens, The
Stevens Hotel, Umpire Clifford Ho-
tel. Clifford Smith, Clifford Jones,
Cliff Dean, Dizzy Dean, Bill Dean,
Dean Wade, Dean McDaniel, Dean
Morris. Bugs Morris, Bugs Bunny,
and Bunny Cherry.
Don Cherry, Blair Cherry, Chere
Livingston, George Livingston,
George Kellam, Gorgeous George,
George Hine, Jr., George, Washing-
ton Jones, George Ford, Ford
Frick, John Ford. John Edd. Ed
Stanly, Stinkie Davis, Davis Scar-
borough, Davis Thompson, Bobbv
Thompson, Bobby Jones, Babe
Jones, Babe Ritchie and Fred Rich.
Fred Schmidt, Charley Schmidt,
Charley Watson, Kenneth Watson,
Kenneth Dixon, James Vernon Dix-
on, Buster Dixon, Buster Greer.
Stubby Greer. Poochy Grier. Ed
Grier. Ed Patterson, J. C. Patter-
son, Pat Pattison, Pat Gerald, Pat
Harmon, Pat Russell, Norris Rus-
sell, Russell Crownover, Russell
Reed, Reed Sayles. Hal Sayles,
Hal Pender, Hal Smith, and Hal
Feagen.
E. C. Feagan, Fagan (Moon) Mul-
lins, Larry Mullins. Larry Malin,
Jerry Malin, Jerry Brooks, Brooks
Conover, Brooks Peden, Brooks
Woods, Jack Woods, Bill Woods,
Warren Woodson, Warren Hasse,
Buck Warren, Buck Weaver, Buck
Nichols, Walker Nichols, Bob Walk-
er. Bob Groseclose, Bob Springer.
Bobby Maxwell. Bob Nail. Bob Hart.
Tommy Hart. Fred Hartman, Fred
Sanner. Fred Tucker, Jinx Tucker.
Jack Tucker, Jack Free, Free
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House, Field Scovell, John Fielder,
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Barnum & Bailey. Joe Bailey
Chesney, Joe Oliver. Don Oliver,
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Gregston, Gene Schooley, Gene
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Sandefer. Jake Sandefer, Jake Wil-
son. Jake Phillips, Jake Hancock,
Jake Bentley, Sonny Bentley, Son-
ny Murray, Murray Neal, Murray
Evans, Louise Evans, Tennie
Evans, Tincy Youngblood, Wes. * — -
Youngblood Wes Fester Pete Fes- Speedy Thompson, Speedy Burton,
Mer, pete Shotwell, Pete Cawthon, Charles Burton, Charles Guy Guy
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and you and you who ever take the
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SMU's Walker to Run
In Sugar Bowl Track
DALLAS, Dec. 24. (n—Val Joe
Walker, star Southern Methodist
hurdler, will go to New Orleans to
participate in the Sugar Bowl track
meet Dec. 30.
Merry Christmas
Happy 1952
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