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By Paul SchefWs
UP Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. Aug. 12—(UP)—
The New York Giants are vir-
tually certain to finish in the
National League cellar this year
for the first time since 1915 nnd
although dozens of reasons have
been advanced for their collapse,
the answer is simple—their pjvh-
ers are using a different ball.
Not different than the regular
horsehide used by the rest of
the club, of course, but their own
particular brand of "gopher" ball.
For some reason, Giant
moundsmen have been hit for
59 home runs this season.
Of that figure, 37 have been it
the Polo Grounds and 22 in oth-
er parks. Twenty-four batters
hit their first circuit clouts of
the year against Giants pitchers.
15 of them getting their initial
four-baggers in the Polo Grounds.
For one day, however, the
shoe was on the other foot
as the Giants shaded the Car-
dinals yesterday, 3-2 by vir-
tue of two home runs by
Mickey Whitek. In five trips
to the plate, Whitek collect-
ed four hits, the second of
his homers coming in the
l(;th to provide tlie margin
of victory.
Brooklyn broke a 10-game los-
ing string with a 5-2 triumpn
over the Reds.
Chicago divided with Boston.
Hi Bithorn rang up his 14th tri-
umph as the Cubs took the op-
ener. 3-0 but the Braves hammer-
ed four pitchers for 13 hits to
take the nightcap, 0-2. as Red
Barrett spaced eight Chicago
hits.
The Phillies, at new Manager
Freddy Fitzsimmons' home-
town debut, beat the runner-up
Pirates, 2-1 and 2-0. Schoolboy
Rowe set down the Pirates with
four hits for his 10th decision
in the opener, a morning-swing-
shift contest. He lost a shutout
in the ninth when Maurice Van
Robays tripled and scored on a
fly. Rip Sewell was charged with
ljis fourth loss.
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Big Spring Calf Roping Champion
To Meet Bark Ai Midland Labor Day
MIDLAND, Aug. 12 —(Spl.)—
Toots Mansfield of Big Spring
and Clyde Burk of Comanche,
Okla.. two of the world's lead-
ing calf ropers, will meet in
one of the nation's top calf rop-
ing matches of 1943 at the Mid-
land Rodeo grounds on Labor
Day. September 6.
Mansfield is the only man to
hold the worlds championship
three years in succession. Burk
also has held the crown three
years.
Burk was champion in 1942
and the two ropers are running
.a close race for the 1943 title.
The titles are awarded on points
chalked up during the year.
Mansfield won the world
crown in 1939, 1940 and 1941.
and defeated Burk in a champ-
ionship match here last year.
Burk won the world champion-
ship in 1930, 1938 and 1942.
Roy Parks, president, an-3
Leonard Proctor, vice-president,
of Midland Fair. Inc.. announc-
ed that the ropers had signed
contracts for the ma|ch. The
special match will take the
place of the 1943 Mildand Rodeo
which was cancelled because of
war conditions. The Labor Day
program will give soldiers sta-
' tioned in this area a chance to
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"•'ante
BUY WAR
DRIVE GAINS
MOMENTUM
EVERY HOUR
By Henry Shapiro
UP Staff Correspondent
MOSCOW, Aug. 12 — (UP)—
Red armies drove almost to the
outskirts of Kharkov today, cut
the next to the lagt escape rail-
road and narrowed the enemy
corridor to the southwest to
less than 30 miles.
The semi-circular drive again-
st Kharkov and the northern
Ukraine was gaining momentum
virtually by the hour and Soviet
sources said the _capture of
Russia's fourth largest city was
"in the bag."
The Germans were falling
back toward the Dnieper along
an 80-mile front from Kharkov
to Sumy, abandoning rich booty
and hundreds of square miles of
corn and wheat fields ready for
harvesting.
The Germans hurled fresh
panzer and infantry divisions in-
to battle at several points in a
vain effort to stem the tide of
the Russian offensive, but these,
too, were sent into disorderly re-
treat. One infantry division
abandoned 50 guns. 17 tanks and
dozens of machineguns intact.
The latest series of Rus-
sian successes cut the Khar-
kov-Paltava railroad along
a 10-mile stretch 2!) miles
west of Kharkov; carried
through the twin towns of
RuMsikyc Tishki and Cherlt-
assikye Tishi, 7 1-2 miles
northeast of Kharkov, and
insulted in the capture of
the Axis bastion of Aktyr-
ka. (!2 miles northwest of
Kharkov.
Surging westward on a broad
front, the Russians also en-
gulfed Perkhomovka, 42 miles
northeast of Poltava and past
the high-water mark of last
winter's successful offensive at
this point.
Severance of the Kharkov-
Poltava railroad was accomplis-
hed with the capture of the rail-
way stations of Kaviagi, 29 mil-
es west of Kharkov, Vodvnna-
ya, 42 miles northeast of Polta-
va, and Vysokopolye. between
the twp. It "left the railroad run-
ning southwest from Kharkov
as the only route of escape for
the threatened garrison.
Red air force bombers alrea-
dy were pounding Merefa, the
bottleneck south of Kharkov
where the last axis-held railway
splits into two lines, one run-
ning southwest to Dnieperpetro-
vsk and the other angling slight-
ly more to the south toward
Zaporozhe.
Other Russian forces 250
miles to the north were
sweeping ahead through
dense, trackless forests and
enormous swamps in a de-
veloping offensive against
Bryansk, ii'iin German base
on the central front.
These troops overran more
than 70 towns yesterday in ad-
vances of up to six miles, among
them AlekeseyevAaya, only 11
miles east of Karachev. last im-
portant enemy stronghold be-
fore Bryansk, 25 miles farther
west.
A front dispatch to the army
Organ Red Star said skillful co-
SportT lk
By Ii. F. Chamberlain
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Here he comes! Here he
comes:
It is well to stop, wipe the
perspiration from our brows and
map out a campaign to head off
this wild individual who is now
running a- neck and neck race
with Pop Santa Claus.
Victory Garden stuff in the
can—lining the pantry shelves;
plumbing fixtures all in good
shape; and the old domicile
patched for warmth. That';; the
ticket, and a lot of Sweetwater
folk have paid the round trip
fare already.
Summer came to pay us a visit
—and brought her trunk to stay
longer than victuals and welcome
seemed to have lasted, but ev-
entually old man winter will
get here with his football, bas-
ketball and chilblains.
Sweetwater is certain to have
some of the small government
houses erected in compact units.
Citizens—the wiser ones, pro-
bably will have large frame hous-
es converted by Uncle Sam for
apartment use; but the fact re-
mains that there will be more
housing units in this city come
winter.
If you've been wondering who
that strapping fellow is, just to
settle your mind we might sav
he's Sgt. Moore from a Wiscon-
sin camp, in to be with his sis-
ter. Mrs. D. D. Ware, who is to
undergo an operation. Moore,
nearly a half foot over fix feet
in height, is one of the biggest,
strongest men ever to walk
Sweetwater streets.
Boys and girls seem to have
a way of doing a lot about set-
tling their own affairs,
their destiny.
and
No hours at the city's new
recreation grounds have been
set for as late as 8 to 9; but
groups of youngsters have shown
up to play volley ball at that
hour—when it is cool; and the
volley ball net is proving to be a
popular challenge.
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Office)
By Jack Cuddy
VP Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Aug. 12—(UP)—
Reports indicate that Fat Fred-
die Fitzsimmons has become
the toast of Philadelphia with
even Bucky Harris cheering
the former Brooklyn pitcher.
You will recall that on July
27 Freddie was named manager
o.f the Phillies, succeeding
Bucky Harris. The Phillies had
lost 12 of their last 15 games
and apparently were heading
for their perennial niche in the
cellar.
Bill Cox, club president, blam-
ed Harris: Harris blamed Cox,
and later called Cox "an All-
American jerk." The fans, un-
certain about whom to blame,
avoided Shibe Park.
When Cox picked Fitzsim-
mons. most of the baseball writ-
ers and other friends of the
fat man shuddered at Fred's ap-
parent plight. Fred, in his 17,
years of pitching with the Giants
and Dodgers, had become one of
the most socially-popular men in
the game. It seemed that Cox
was commandeering Fitzsim-
mons' personality and goodwill
merely to make the Philadelphia
fans forget temporarily the
club's flounderings. Freddie
never had managed anything
except a Brooklyn bowling al-
ley. It seemed Fitz was tackling
a hopeless assignment that
could bring him nothing but
grief.
Even the Phillies players
thought the importation of Fitz-
simmons absurd. On July 28.
when Freddie celebrated his 42d
birthday by taking over the
Club at St. Louis, 24 of the Cox*
players signed a petition threat-
ening to strike unless Harris
was given a chance to resign in
dignified fashion. He was. Be-
fore the day had passed, the
men were playing, ball for him
—winning ball. On that same
July 28, in their first game tind-
er his management, they down-
ed the Cardinals, 0-4, breaking
the Cards 11-game winning
streak.
Since then the Phillies have
registered 10 more victories
against four defeats. And when
the club returned to Philadel-
phia yesterday from its road
tour, Fitz received an ovation
from 11,129 fans. To make the
debut perfect, the Phillies beat
Pittsburgh in both ends of' a
double-header, featured by
Schoolboy Rowe's mound vic-
tory over Rip Sewell, the Nat-
ional league's leading flinger,
who was seeking his 18th win.
SCOUT AIDES
DIRECT PLAY
AINEWPARK
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ordination among Soviet tank,
artillery and infantry units
were paying divideds in unin-
terrupted advances all along
the Kharkov front. More than
"0 towns and villages were cap-
tured yesterday in advances of
iil> to 12 1-2 miles.
Soviet tactics were described
as entrusting infantry and artil-
lery with direct assault on ene-
my strong points while tanks
struck deep into the rear, cutting
communications and seizing
heights commanding the resist-
ing forces.
BIG 6 LEADERS
"Ladies' Way" starring Kddie
Albert and Lupc Velez, show-
ing at the Texas Theatre to-
«.ay, is a baseball story which
includes a world's series fin-
ish. The honclicad hall pfnyer
played by Eddie Albert is a
perfect character-foil for the
rcreen's top tiger cat. Lupr.
Others in the cast include
Patsy Kelly, Max Baer and
Jerome Cowcn.
"Rubber Racketeer" with Rich-
ard Cortex und Rochelle Hud-
son now showing at the Kit/.
Theatre.
Miracle Man Wins
Race But Record
Is Not Threatened
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 —(UP)
—Gunder Hagg, Sweden's mir-
acle man of the cinderpath, pre-
pared today to head for home
after winding up a tour of Am-
erica with his eighth straight
victory in a mile race that was
both thrilling and disappoint-
ing.
The thrill for 5.000 fans came
when Hagg fought an elbow
battle with Gil Dodds, flying
parson from Bos tog. and then
went on to win at Triborough
Stadium last night.
The disappointment was Hagg's
time of 4:06.9—far over the 4:02.0
world record set by Arne An-
derson of Sweden. It also was
over the 4,05.3 American mark
he established' at Boston.
The thrill came in the final
lap when Big Bill Hulsp and
Hagg moved into the final lap
in lockstep as Dodds made his
bid on the back-stretch. They
drew even hammering into the j
final turn and it was then they I
crowded together. For a moment I
it looked like another internat-
ional track incident such as the
time at Princeton when Blaine
Rideout ran Sid Wood<Jrson over
the rail.
But Hagg elbowed back, held
his balance and then took a
stride lead at the head of the
stretch. He finished with that
margin as Dodds was caught
caught in 4:0X2 and Hulse finish-
ed in 4:08.2.
A Philadelphia report says Har
ris was in the stands cheering
Fitz and his players.
Play at the city's downtown
play park, Locust and Fifth,
today is under direction of Her-
man Reed, representative of the
Boy Scout organization, and a
woman leader from the Girl
Scouts.
Attendance at the park 'has
been maintained at around 50
daily by extra play in the ev-
ening. from S to 9. Groups of
both boys and girls have played
volley ball after the regular M
p. m. closing time, under super-
vision of those in charge for
the respective days.
Regular hours may be extend-
ed through the current 'heat
wave.
Boys yesterday engaged in a
regular game for three innings,
directed by John R. Darnell,
with H. A. Tansil voluntarily do-
ing the umpiring from under a
big straw hat.
Mrs. Wayne Hagar and Mrs.
T. H. Hampton directed girls'
activities yesterday. Mrs. Hamp-
ton will have charge next Wed-
nesday for the Legion auxiliary.
During the late period L. i .
Chamberlain directed play, con-
cluding the weekly Legion and
Auxiliary day for the children.
A now water fountain lias
beei: erected at the City
Auditorium entrance for
the scores of thirsty play-
ground by City Manager It.
C. liop|>e; and Milo Roth,
Board of City Development
manager said some seats ■
now at the fairgroundts will 1
be brought to the new rec-
reation center to provide
seating for batting teams,
supervisors und spectators.
Tomorrow will be the Elk<V
weekly day with Henry Marshal
and his aides in charge.
TEXAS GETS GAME FUNDS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12—(UP)
—The Interior Department
day allotted 8910,000 to the
rious states for projects to im-
prove game conditions.
Allotments included: •
Arkansas $11,575.67; Kansas,
SI 7,909.72: Missouri, §22,031.4°;
New Mexico 819.601.15; Oklahoma
$10,531.51;'Texas $17,592.35.
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RA VBCR.Y AGAINST CALL
BONHAM. Tex.. Aug. 12— fUP)
—Speaker Sam Raybtirn of tl^
house of representatives said tff
day that, he saw no reason for
calling members of the house
and senate back to Washington
"at this time" to act on father-
draft legislation. ^
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By I'nited Press
National League
Ah.
H.
Pet.
Musial, St. Louis
Ill
142
.346
Herman, Brooklyn
394
120
.320
W. Cooper, St. 1/.
291
91
.313
Vaughan. Brookln.
414
128
.309
Tipton, Cincin.
373
151
.308
American League
Appling Chicago
3,Si
120
.331
Wakefield, Detroit
128
138
.322
Curtwright, Chica.
275
80
.313
Stephens. St. Louis
31 1
90
.306
Hockett. Cleveland
370
109
.295
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.
see a real western show.
Burk challenged Mansfield for
a return roping of lighter cai-
ves after Mansfield won the
championship match here last
September 13. Calves will weigh
less than 210 pounds at the
matching this year.
Each man will rope 1'2 calves.
Another outstanding roping
match, a jack-pot calf roping,
open to all contestants, and ex-
hibitions of bronc riding, Brah-
I ma bull riding, bulldogging and
other rodeo attractions will
complete the card.
The purse for the Burk-Mans-
field match will be approxima-
tely ?2,500. «
Okeh, boys and girls; There
be some one there to provide
balls, and supervise play for you
from 8 to 9.
Courthouse News
Recent transfers of real estate
filed with County Clerk L. W.
Scott include:
.Felipe Castenada to Anita R.
Torrez, $50 lot 4 blk 18 Fair-
view Heights. Manse Wood et
al to Earl C. Vandervoort $500
5 94 ft of E 45 ft of the W 95
ft of lot 3, blk 11 Eastern Addi-
tion. James E. Thomas et ux to
Othei V. Barnhill $1100 W 1-2 of
lot 5 blk 1 J. P. Cowen. Jake
Daffern to Earnest Foster $75
lot 1, blk 17. Fairvievv Heights.
A. A. Wade to B. C. Greer $i:,u,
N 150 ft if P "50 ft o, \V 140
ft of blk 27, Southern and
\Vest'?i n addition.
Maynette Doscher et al
Fan if Be: - iaii S105'i W 7"'
lot 1 blk 18, Ehswr R
\\'jndland to VV. R Snook,
i./ts 1, 2. ! 5. blk I, Eas'.iidge.
Cdr! V. Thomas it ux t.i Floy J
V Thomas. $10, V t-2 of S I2C
acres of Sec 283 blk "4, H & TC;
E 1-2 of S 480 acres of Sec 283
blk 64 H & TC. Raj-mond ISisli-
op, Lenora Bishop Daughcrty
and Perry Thurmond Bishop to
Ruby Bishop Dammunn 81 \V
1-2 of lot 1, blk 37. Original.
Lenora Bishop Daugherty et vir
to Perry Thurmond Bishop, $10,
SE 1-4 of Sec 17, blk 22, T &
P E 1-2 of lot 1, block 87, Origin-
al. Ray Bush to Alvin E. Bar-
rett, $28.57, 190 acres of the
east side of Survey 82. blk 24, T
6 P.
J. McAllister Stevenson to VV.
R. Shook $130, lot 6, 7, blk I.
Eastridge. H. E. Green haw et ux
to Frances E. Card we 11 $3500,
lots 1, 2, blk 20. Mineral.Wells,
rieth Now!in Diltz to S. W. Jack-
son $3500, lot 7, blk 1, Woodruff
Heights.
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WOULD ABANDON ROAD
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12—(UP)
—The Texas and New Orleans
railroad today asked the Inter-
state commerce commission for
permission to abandon about 7.6
miles of branch line between
Sena junction and Damon, Tex.
Get Ready
& School Days Ahead
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Gingham, percalc and novel-
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Carefully tailored skirls in
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Crisply pleated! 7 to 14.
BRIGHT FALL JACKETS
Cleverly cut in the popular A Qfl
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Smart School Blouses 98c
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Boys' Sturdy Oxfords
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Ne v fall brotvn—
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Durable fabrics in lirrriliK
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