The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 196, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1936 Page: 11 of 25
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Derby Champ Is
Ready For Test, Eight Amateur Ball Players
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on Local Sandlots Are Wearing Glasses This Year
But Rival Isn’t BESPECTACLED baseball play-
PE ***XAE ADA 1 D ers, once as searce around
Crystolax and Bradford Trans- only infielders
fer each list three bespectacled
performers in the Twilight clr-
euit. Robert Byron, Bill Bennett
and. Hoy—Ramay of the former,
club are glass-wearers, while the
in the group.
+. town ashen’s teeth, are over-
Bold Venture’sFollowers--mei-e-local-amateurleagues-
#. 1No less than eight athletes who-------T -—
Teh, Ely, rabry, luse “theaters" both at bat and horned - rimmed wearers of the
. A1 Brevity Faction afield are now campaigning in Bradford club are Frank Melugin,
"P) F4080 three loops which play under the Drew Jones and J. Spurney
+N I banner, of the Fort Worth Ama | -=- ---------- --------- - -.
Py JOE WillIM teur Baseball Assn. Fix ‘ are eatcher,’ and O. Webster, Texas
aropos powarc Sports %, cer grouped in one loop the M uny Electric Service pitcher, are: the
BALTIMORE M4 May 15 Twilight while the other two Panther City players who wear
They are going to put a rare. perform in.. the Panther City glasses,
orse on the spot row. The. League . Hpurney and Melugin are the
Spurney la a yecond sacker, while
Melugin is utility.
Byron and Jones are hurlers.
Johnny Vaught
Named Aide at
North Carolina
Jones, course manager. tin are leading the test round
Kenneth Zent and Iverson Mar- with 70s.
RAidey and Bennett are outfield-1 Former T. C. U. Guard Is
Chosen as Line Mentor
.ers..
Bothered with glasses? No,
they say. Of the eight, six have
By Raymond Wolf
Rob Rhodes, Sinclair Refinery had on their classes for several
years: Ramey and Rhodes are
playing their first seasons as be-
spectacled performers. Both say
that the glasses have helped
their hitting.
orse Is Bold Vehe sre. He went
the Derby two weeks age Mie
beat Brevity, the national favor ' ■
its, the horse that “couldn’t be ,
beaten."
-The Derby was a hard race to 1
win. It always is. Bold. Venture I sho
took the plead early, held ltlalle
fought off-all competition and
seemed he won, because he was—an
e hest horee he just ran and • 22
—**—*4 »< **4—244 he was lie
from :%
Nothing in sports is so simple.4%
as a horse race to the casual ob 2,
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cat the lpressg box, they 3
wake L first turn, they SO sl,
they make the
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DIDN’T CATCH THESE WITH PLUGS
By United Press.
CHAPEL HILL, May 15.—
Johnny Vaught, former T. C. U.
all-American guard, has been
named line coach at University of
North Carolina. The Texan will
join the coaching staff next week
to assist Coach Raymond (Bear) ’
Wolf, former T. C. U. line mentor, |
with spring football practice,
Vaught graduated from T. C. U. |
in 1933 and coached one season at
North Side High in Fort Worth 1
before retiring. He has been.con- i
nected with a utility company in |
Houston.
Walter Skidmore, backfield |
coach of the Tarheels for two .
seasons, will be retained.
Men-your last chance to buy
2 the snappiest White styles
you have ever seen ---of a
price you will never forget!
‘My New
Dodge Has
Plenty On
The Ball”
says CARL HUBBELL,
Famous New York Giants Pitcher
NET TIGI
AROUND
State Builds
Hopes Will
With V
7 United Press.
NEW YORK,
ittle cogs in
nachine ever
urned in the
reme Court to
rew slowly cic
wy figure it c
12,775,000 - a -
Charles (Lucky
Rackets Pros
Dewey charged
ictator who p
rom his suite
Valdorf. Astori
ne, all of
Iso charged
restitution ha
amaging restin
eption of The
ennochio.
Al Weiner, s
er, once a pro
ut now serving
■rm. resumed
ory that drew
Little Davy
Tennis Leagues
Play Saturday
I have owned several makes of
cars, but my new Dodge has
plenty on the ball J
I retch € ey win or they lose. 1
why fen He in?
— wan, the. Derby was run, B4.
Venture wor the res board went
• p and then people started to
say such things as a bad horse
won the race, had it been truly
run Brevity would have won, etc.
We now come to the Preakness,
the race-of tomorrow Bold Ven-
ture is-in the race. Brevity en’t.
14 vaM* • 1% PRE *****
DALTIMORE Md May .
D 15 Fourteen : ear
Nd thoroughbreds were
lasted today for the 46th
rawing of the mile and
rice sixteenths 525.000.-n
added Preakness Stakes as -
Pimileo race track somor
**."
The chance to determine which 1
is the better doesn’t e ist This
is not Bold Venture’s fault. He I
:--------Vein thetrace.be ha accepted.
the challenge Brevity in t in
The race Why he jan’t is a 49*8- .
tion aly__his owner can answer.
1 like to ook upon orees as
T do on baseball players or fight
ers." 1 like to fee ha through
remote control they are umans.
Otherwise wby.should we be in-
serested in’ them . as individuals? |
The money we bet on them is 1
important very important —1
at there is asgreat thrill in site
ting in the 4121.4. and 7FTE.
< your heart out trying to bring
your own ebolee across the line
Sycamore and Capps Park
Courts Are Scene
Fipe team matches are sched- |
uled in two men’s tennis leagues 1
for Saturday afternoon. The
American and Commercial
Leagues will play at 3 p. m. on |
Sycamore and Capps Park courts. |
The schedule:
All Styles!
All Sizes!
Aric eateh, huhr Sure: but you can’t eat ’em! This is part of a day’s haul of fish gar and
A alligator gar at Lake Worth. The giant fish destroyers are being removed as part of a state-city, 1”
Jrograin Pictured: in the photo are those—who are taking part in the program. Left to right they
are Leon Murrell, who has the contract for catching the, gar; Roscoe Parks, state game warden:
Harry J. Adame, park superintendent; W. I.. Hale, city lake officer, and Jack shytles.
AMERIC AN LEAGUE ‘$ , .:
Masonic Home VAPol Wildpats Syca-
more Courts 19 and 20 Roy Nicholson Y6
Ben Bradford, Ben Pickett ys Estelle
Parker, Hibets Land vs James Rone
H El Handles vs RaymorgI i M ! gton— 1
Nichols n an Pick vs Bradford and
R. J. Powell, Land and Handley vs. Par-
ker and Rone
Martin’s Dry Goods vs North E’de
Racketeers Sycamore Courts 21 and 22
A. - Oerifi YS Erne Bo vel H I er
Conley vs Jack Hubbard Tommie Roddy,
vs Jack DuLong Harry Shxtter vs J D
Farmer, Graff and Corky Kuykendall YE
Jack Fridge and Woodrow Murr. Conley
and Withers vs. Boswell and W J: Evans
Capps Team YS Paschal HL Capps
Courts 1 and 2Warren M. Milan VE. Jack
Billingsley, Edward Victory YS. Jack
White, Bobbie Arms vs Elmer Hedge J
Dick Beard vs Ruel Hoffman, Addie M.
Millan and Victory vs. MBngMlewt and
Ben Williams Warren MeMIT an and Arm
hire and Hedge
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE SPM
1 The Southerns vs. Fort W
Bank Sycamore Courts 15
.Charles Camp vs. Marcu B
Blacks
& Browns
included
FRI.and SAT.
Last Days!
... when it comes to saving gas
and oil. I'm getting 20 miles to the
gallon of gas .. .
EDUCATOR SHOES
for BOYS!
Eight Steers Will
Enter National Meet
Frogs to Close
Baseball Chase
Spurlock vs Robert Chappell,
% Jack Collin Charles Bri
Vren. Camp and Ralph Gieve
and Wren, Spurlock and Pris
. pell and Collins.
1 Sinclair Refinery .”#. Crey
Sycamore Courts:IT and 18 J
vs Bart Cook J M Stevens
McCullar. Buddy Cook Y5 1
: Harper Lincecum: VS. H L C
Entire selection of these
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reduced: Whites -
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son and Waggoner vs. Cook and Mar 1
will represent the 1 niversity of uncecum and Jack MANY A CtORandE , A 1
Retains Mat Title With Main E’ semme E X :- LA
Event Victory athletics in June the Athletic ball season against Baylor Bears L Test Ends Munday—-——
Council announced today, in Waco this afternoon Aubrey ... Qualifying play in the annual
Linne, hufke Frog athlete, will do Ridglea golf tournament will end
the chunking, . Sunday, according to Charley 1
FRL.and SAT. Last Days!
Sizes 1-5%
ith Pennochio
g Betillo alle
vors of Luclar
dozen lucrati
Weiner, a
hool at 12 an
ver his fathe
ow he booke
ntil he was
meeting of
Ittle Davy
"He told us
‘ no good lot
alled. " Little
aces are hol
ow on therein
re holding
• a no good
the cops w
1 you Im
vor by letting
usiness ‘
W einer adm
amination he
idence (% 1
orte
where I went
On Job
Dr. Flick
Congrats
‘Anni
first.
That isn’t altogether soumer-T
sial, unless you are a Broadway,
sharpriter. It can be a lot of
things 1* can be a great feeling
of inarticulate closeness, like a
man has. for a dog or a eat; Charlie Carr, Cleveland thallen
Heaven torid 1 mean you just ger. in the i
want to 14 hiro erin. Maybe Fox & Poa show at the North
vanity has homething do with Main arena. - , Tyler sprinter, and Jack Vickery,
it. The horse you liked won. 1 - The Cleveland ar Ht he , iha Southed
ofeter th ir ire iso th ng fivet fall with a body seissor Hiro who brok the South
finer than nat something that after an hour’s toll Mesuirk rat Conference record in the high
are to deserihe without a lot iled in the second heat, , He jump, are sure to be taken. H.
of words slammed Carr on the jaw and ap-i v Reeves, Ej Campo sprinter,
on. He Couldn’t? plied 4 punishing wrist lock to i . muirete be bulled at |
rm i aiei: , about Bold win the second fall, Carr’s arm will %° if a muscle he pulled at
rent 11€ the minne: of € Derby, was so badly i red that he was the conference meet heals in time.
ie 1 have ed you too far in my unable to return for the third|Remus Thomas, niler from El
rascai comments This ch etnut Fall Josina on default, to Me Paso, is another possibility.
son of St Germans and Dy no irk . . .ante The four best tennis players, to
means a per • aente son hr , Gooreihauarian Antoninnand be selected later by Coach D. A.
is too serawny in the Ind quar-Joe Pareili, Dallage turned in a Penick, will be sent to the na:
re - beat the horse. Brevity, * al t is tour-
hat all the knowing oremen win ins with on a cedil nament also in Chicago, June 22
said e wouldn t and couldn’tJack MeDona 4 4 eared eeilLindsay Franklin, Topeka, Kan.,
.Apd when Bold Venture out Perrys and Pete Bal ran eA conference singles champion and
nosed Brevity, these same know. George 189%) . co-holder with Edgar Weller |
. ing horsemen said it was a a - Austin, in the doubles, will prob-
mistake. Poasib it wa Speak- ably go. Gordon ePase, San An-
ing for myself, 1 wouldn’t know. and Dtecrs tonio, and Carl Smalley, York |
1 races is ( "lash owr ng contenders i
at they start at a given point in Dascbai for the trip.
and they olet at a given point ACETIN, May 15. Southern --•—
inerE: MolAAAT "" ACal LoNhornS the cellar at present, while Texas
alitd 17-2 1 the, their second defeat of the season leads the race with 10 wins and
Conter anr, MEtea etaPTeFeT Toots
- M O - Wiener ha The Mustangs are resting in son. -__.
many deplorable th ng* that hap ------ T
sened to his horee. Brevity, in. , A.
e mail today came a recital,, T eOl
of Mr. Widener’s ise as de , A 000045 .
tailed. to a sporting editor 10 . APV _ a
Louteville, with implication 1970
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section with the starting of the 0 Ps
Derby are not made bis , (tll
will not he represented in future()0P.*P‘
Leroy McGuirk successfully de Coach Clyde Littlefield war
tended his tide last night against authorized to take four track men
io the
national intercollegiate
main event of the track and field meet at Chicago
Maybe Fox & Po show at the North June 10 Harvey Wallender, I
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311 Houston St.
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In addition, it's easy to see why
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ghth year a
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me here fros
was health
races 15
. The probability of anybody a
changing the running of the
Derby to suit the fancy of Mr.
Widener or anybody else is too
remote to warrant lengthy dis-
1 cushion, The Detwy HAL LI-AI--------4
a mad scramble for all-American
racing glory- a mile and a quar-
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What are orderly processes in
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• ing room in the back stretch
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minor events - do orderly pros. eoy wir easaPEF 4.E A :.
eases prevail? Very few.Leave FT. WORTH 1Z A
But in the main a race is a
race and a break is a break.
And this brings us back to Bold
Venture, the winner of the Derby.
Brevity Was jammed at the #94t
in this race. No was Bold Ven-
ture, the long-shot. After a mile
had been run, the two colts came
together. Bold Venture was in
front. It was up to Brevity to
catch him. He couldn’t—at least
n
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he didn’t.
And when he didn’t the know:
ing horsemen scoffed. They said
the best horse was beaten, for
his reason and for that reason. !
It’s too bad they aren’t going *«
come together Again tomorrow In
the Preakness. But as 1 have
said, this is no fault of Boldi
Venture’s lie’s In the race.
Only esP Trains use the new Mississippi river bridge at New Orleans.
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Sheldon, Seward R. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 196, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1936, newspaper, May 15, 1936; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1672656/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.