Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1940 Page: 2 of 6
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Thursday
Lading
ton Red Sox
ijbb fritter Finally Beats
Detroit, His Seventh
Victory of the 1940 Season
BY GEORGE KIRKSFY
NEW YORK — (UP) — The
Yankees can no longer be ignor-
ed, with five straight victories
and seven out of their last eight,
they have worked their way to
within one game of the .500
mark and today face their big
early-season test. They battle
the league-leading Red Sox in a
doubleheader at Yankee Stadi-
um.
In a bold bid to cut down the
ged Sox six and one-half game
jjQ over the Yanks, Manager
Joe McCarthy will call on Red
Ruffing and Monte Pearson,
who hold the only two victories
the world's champions have
scored over the Red Sox in five
games. Lefty Grove, who has a
10-day rest under his belt after
being knocked out five straight
times, and Herb Hash, the Min-
neapolis rookie who has routed
by the Bronx Bombers in his
first major league start will take
the mound for the Sox. More
than 60,000 are expected to see
the twin bill.
Senators Lose Fourth
Washington was just the tonic
the Yanks needed to get them
started again. The Yanks swept
the four-game series with the
Senators, winning the final
game Wednesday, 2-1. Atley Don-
ald, who has been bothered by
sciatica all spring, held the Sen-
ators to four hits, winning his
first start. Emil Leonard, the old
Yankee nemesis, was nicked for
two homers — one by Keller
(No. 6) and one by Dickey (No.
2).
After taking much abuse
about changing his pitchers, Joe
Cronin countered by unveiling
Bill Butland, another Minneapo-
lis rookie, who turned in a work-
manlike job in his first major
league appearance. Butland be-
came the second Boston pitcher
to go the route in two days as
the Red Sox beat the Athletics,
8-3. Butland ^allowedi}!^ hit^ but
was effective with men on base.
Jim jabor hit a homer and Cro-
nin doubled with the bases load-
ed.
Feller Wins Seventh
Bob Feller hung up his sev-
enth victory as Cleveland trim-
med Detroit,
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Sixth Team Entered In Softball League, Season Opens
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Argeiitiile Driver Crashes Soon
After Start of Indianopolis Race
by Henry super
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. —(UP)
—The green flag fell at 10:01 a.
m. Wednesday on the toughtest
automobile race in America —
the Indianapolis 500-mile mara-
thon.
Promtly at 10:01 a. m. (CST)
the explosion of a bomb and
a deep-throated roar from up-
wards of 150,000 spectators, sent
33 drivers whirling around the
2 1-2 mile oval in the 28th re-
newal of the most dangerous of
all sporting events.
And, if no accident occur on
the red-brick track where 38
drivers, mechanics and specta-
tors have been killed in the
past years, the man who gets
This is how the field will start out in the Roaring 500 at Indianapolis, May 30, in quest of America's premier speed honor, won last
year by Wilbur Shaw, above.
Part Payment
j
Plan Popular
With Golfers
The part payment plan ad-
opted by the city - commission
for golfers desiring annual per-
mits for the Lake Sweetwater
course has met with a ready rc-
the winning punch. Bill Diet-1 sponse among players, accoiding
rich pitched a 7-hitter for his j to records in the city water and
first victory i |iark (lePa''tment where permits
it. . are sold.
Bucky \\ alters gave another i jrrank Key, in charge of the
brilliant mound performance to j department, said 10 annual per-
hang up his eighth straight vie-1 mils had been sold to players
tory, a 4-0 shutout over the Pi-! who had made the complete .$18
ter two defeats. Bob allowed
eight hits, fanned four and walk-
ed three.
The season's first major lea-
gue fight occurred in the
Browns-White Sox ganme be-
tween Mike Tresh and Johnny
Berardino. Both were tossed out.
The White Sox won, 4-3, by
staging a three-run rally in the
eighth. Larry Rosenthal's single
which drove in two runs was
3-Time Champion
Not to Risk Neck
In Thursday Race
By HENRY MeLKMORH
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. —(UP)
— The greatest driver of a rac-
three |'nS car this country ever pro-
duced won't be behind a wheel
when the field answers the start-
held jointly by Johnny Dawson her* ThuTs-
Todd Sets River
Crest Record
FORT WORTH — (UP) —
Harry Todd, Dallas amateur,
Thursday held the new course
record at River Crest Golf Club
here, an eight-under-par 29-33—
t>2, set while playing in a four-
some Wednesday with three
Fort Worth men.
The former record of fi4 was
the Cincinnati
. | payment.
rates. It was
righthander's
and earned him the record of i nual permits.
allowing only lt> runs in the 80' Last season only 2!i
i Thirty-five have made
second shutout | first Sri payment on their
the
all-
ot Chicago and Ben Hogan of
Fort Worth. Todd's card includ-|
ed nine birdies, eight pars, and
one bogie.
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annuals
per- j
, . .. , , ... i were sold.
innings hes pitched this .se* | whjk, lhe anm)a, RoIf
son. The Reds made eight hits j mits show an increase this sea
off Joe Bowman, with Frank ; son. fishing permits in each of
McCormick's two singles driv- j the three classes, resident, trade
ing in two runs.
Dallas Takes
Over 5th Place
fn Texas I
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jea^iie
It's A Habit
The Card's third pitcher in
It was Feller's j five days went the route when
first victory over the Tigers af- j Lon Warneke pitched St. Louis
I 10 a 8-2 victory over the Cubs.
checks
MALARIA
in 7 days ami
relieves
COLDS
Nose I),ops^n,P,oms filst ,lay
Try "Rul)-M,v-Tisrn" - A Won-
derful Liniment.
666
Liquid - Tali
lets - Halve
I territory and non-resident, show
a decline.
A total of 411 of all kinds have
been sold. Three hundred, thir-
ty of these are resident licenses,
fil) trade territory, and 21 non-
resident. Last year more than
500 had been sold up to the
Larry French, who had shut out j same period.
the Cards twice, was Knocked j
out of the box when Warneke
hit a homer with two mates on.
Dizzy Dean, who received
French for his first appearance
since May 12, allowed three hits
in 3 2-3 innings. The Cards mov-
ed into fifth place by the mar-
gin of .001 point.
The Bees won from the Phil-
lies. 3-1, on the strength of Dick
Errickson's 5-hit pitching. Bos-
ton bunched four of its six hits
in the seventh to score three
i uns.
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that are just, the
thing for slacks
and sport dres-
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ALL SALES FINAl^-NO CHARGES, EXCHANGES OR REFUNDS
In
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Since 1923
Cowen's Shoe Store
in
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Since 1923
BY I'MTKI) I'llKSS
the Texas League Thursday af-
ter splitting a doubleheader with
San Antonio Wednesday night.
The Rebels were in position to
ease into fourth place as Tulsa
scheduled a Memorial Day dou-
bleheader with Houston, league-
leader.
2 in the first game of a twin bill
2 in the first game o a twin bill
with Johnny Pintar holding the
Missions to eight hits. San An-
tonio took a two-run lead in the
fourth inning of the nightcap,
only to allow the Rebels to tie
the game in their half and go
one run ahead in the fifth. The
Missions then scored two runs
See DALLAS Page -1
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Favored to Win
NEW YORK — (LP) — Rec-
ord New York attendance and
betting marks were in prospect
at Belmont Park Thursday as
a dozen of America's best older
horses met in the 54th running
of the $20,000-added subeurban
handicap — one of the oldest and
richest turf events in the East.
With the track good and the
skies only slightly overcast, Al-
fred (jwynne Vanderbilt looked
for a holiday crowd of 40,000 to
watch G. D. Widener's Eight
Thirty renew his rivalry with
Green tree stable's Third Degree
in the mile and a quarter classic.
Eight Thirty was top-weighted
with 127 pounds, three more
than was assigned Third Degree.
Although Eight Thirty was
considered the horse to beat for
the purse that totaled $20,700,
the favorite on the morning line
was Third Degree, who went cou-
pled with a stablemate, Hash,
at 120.
Back of these three came Bel-
air Stud's Isolate!-, 11!); A. C.
Bostwick's Belay. 11 fi; Myron
Selznick's Can't Wait. 107; and
Brandywine Stable's Masked
General, 112; Maxwell Howard's
The Chief. 110; .1. B. Partridge's
Sandy Boot, 101; Maemere
Farm's Maeda, 110; Harrington
Stable's Olympus, 110; and Al-
I uminio. 102.
vt.'ta ox.
! day.
He'll be in the safety of the
i pits, giving signals to a young-
| ster who has yet to realize that
j every whirl of the wheels, ev-
I ery screaming cry of the tires
; in a turn are notes in a sym-
I phony conducted by death.
The man I speak of is Louie
Meyer only three-time winner in
| the history of the Memorial day
race. In 1027, in 1933, and again
in 1036, Meyer was the first to
get the checkered flag. I ran
„ ,, . , ..... , across him in Gasoline Alley.
Dallas took over fifth place in tha, mw ()f sheds where the
"hurry hearses" are readied for
the drive around the bricks.
He was covered with grease,
and carried an assortment of
wrenches, busy as he was with
readying his car for the heavy-
footed and dare-devilish Rex
Mays to drive, he took time to
explain why he wouldn't be on
the starting line.
Remember That Smasliup?
"Remember that smash-up I
had last year?" he asked.
I did, because it provided one
of those heart-stopping moments
when it's touch and go between
a driver and Gabriel with his
horn. On a far turn Meyer's car
went broadside, cut through a
retaining wall, and started to
burn. Fortunately it threw him
out — on his feet — and he was
able to dodge two on-thunder-
ing cars and reach safety.
"I've been in accidents be-
fore," Meyer explained, "but
that, was the first one I definite-
ly knew was caused by me, and
not by any fault in the machine.
Right then. I knew it was time
for me to quit. When I got an
offer of a good job I didn't need
any persuading to take it."
Meyer's remarks brought to
mind a conversation 1 had with
Billy Arnold some years ago. Ar-
nold, a cherubic-faced little fel-
low with a heart of steel, won
the race in 1030. In 1931 he went
over the wall and barely escap-
ed death. Undaunted, he came
back the next year — and again
he hurdled the wall. He quit rac-
ing l ight after that.
First Wall .lump
"I didn't mind the first jump
over the wall," Arnold told me,
"because an axle went bad and
I couldn't help it. But the sec-
ond time was my fault. I made
an error in judgment, and so I
quit."
That's the philosophy of the
Indianapolis drivers. Nothing
matters so long as the blame can
v"> placed on the machine.
I asked Meyer if he knew
why, after years of flawless dri-
ving. lie made his first mental
slip.
"Sure I know," he said. "I'm
34, and this is a youngster's
game. A game for a thin, hard,
lough kid who can take the aw-
ful beating holding a wheel for
500 miles at high speed. I just
got tired — drew a blank. 1 re-
member just what happened.
Running down the back
stretch I remembered I should
check my tires before hitting
the dangerous turn. I looked at
my right front tire. 1 looked
at my left front. Then — and
this was the lapse — I looked
at each of the back ones .with-
out first taking a look at the
track and where 1 was going.
When I did look up the crowd
was right on top of me, the car
was in a spin and — forget what
anyone tells you — when a rac-
ing car gets out of hand there
isn't a thing you can do but hold
on, pray, and get ready to
jump. The next thing I knew
I was on the track, all alone, and
just about to be run over by all
sorts of cars. That lapse cost me
the race, if not my life. So I'm
through. Let the kids tool
around."
the checkered flag Is certain to
rocket over the finish line in
record time.
As for accidents — that rests
in the laps of the gods who con-
trol the destinies of the bullet-
nosed machines and the men
who guide them.
INDIANAPOLIS — (UP)
—Paul Rlganti, the Argen-
tine champion, crashed Into
the southeast wall, his car
turned over and he was tak-
en to the emergency hospi-
tal.
Last year, the record was well
on its way to being broken when
the gods stepped in. They hung
out the number of Floyd Rob-
erts, the 1938 winner whose rec
ord of 117.200 miles an hour
the boys shoot at Wednesday,
and, ironically, it was his own
death that saved Roberts' rec-
ord.
The field was past the half-
wax mark with the leaders
rocketing along at better than
119 m. p. h. when Roberts crash-
ed. The field was slowed to
90 miles an hour for 30 minu-
tes while they removed Rob-
erts and the wreckage of his car.
When the "all clear" signal was
? iven, the field resumed speed
but it was too late. Wilbur
Shaw won, but at 115.035 m. p. h.
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32 Girls Scouts to
Camp at City Park
Thirty-two Girl Scouts and four
adult leaders from Linden, Tex-
'em as, expect to spend Friday night
Directors Are to
Draw Up Schedule n
Thursday Night
Sweetwater Reporter Backs
Teams Entered in Loop
Last Entry; Four Girls
Directors of the league and
managers of teams in the Sweet-
water softball league are to
meet Thursday night to draw
up the schedule and make fi-
nal plans for the season's open-
er Monday night, Otis Hender- ^
son, chairman of the Lions club
committee, directors of the event
announced Thursday morning.
The sixth sponsor of a men's
team in the set up was announc-
ed Thursday. The Sweetwater *
Reporter became the sponsor of
No. 6 with Edward Hall as man-
ager.
The other five teams in the
men's division are sponsored by
U. S. Gypsum company, Gulf •
Refining company, Magnolia-
Medico, L&L cafe, and Mullins
Auto Parts company.
The four entries in the giris
division are sponsored by Nolan
Furniture, Mrs. Charlie Starr's ™
sandwich shop, National Youth
administration, and Dr. E. A.
Dann's health home.
north of the city. 4
The group is enroute by bus
to the Carlsbad caverns. They
are in charge of Alice Riley
Bolding.
The Board of City Develop-
ment is making arrangements to 4
make their stay here pleasant
in Sweetwater's municipal park and entertaining.
UNUSUAL
OPPORTUNITY . . .
Open fo alert individual to invest capital in auto-
mobile dealership in this area and build profit-
able business. One of the three largest automo-
bile manufacturers wants new outlet for two
fast selling cars with nationwide public accept-
ance and over 3,0(10,000 present owners. Write
box 85, care Reporter.
and Early Summer
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Dresses, Coats, Sport Jackets,
Piece Goods and Accessories
Save Now On Summer Needs
Gay Spring
Pastel Sheer Crepe
and
White Batiste
Blouses
1,79 2.59
Reduced from
Our 1.98 and ".95
Stork
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Sale of
WHITE
BAGS
79*
1.00 Values
Prints
Values to 16.75
9.00
ENTIRE STOCK
SPRING COATS
i Price
Spccial Group Silk
Dresses—Values to 16.75
Early
Stvles
3.00
3 DAY SALE!
Larkwood "Vamp-Toe" Hosiery
Larkwood "500" Glorious 2 thread Chiffons
Larkwood "200" Knee-Free 1.15 Chiffon L00 pair
Larkwood Filmy 1 1-2 thread Chiffon, 1.35 value 1.10 pair
Friday, Saturday, Monday (No Club Credit, Please)
Sale of Smart
Anklets
3 pr. 25c
Sale of Piece Qoods
29"
Table Printed Rayons. Nubby Rough
Weaves, Sport Fabrics. Values to 70c
yard
Three Day Sale of Cool Laces and Nets
Net, yard ......55^
1.29
Lace Spccial
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