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Sweetwater Reporter, Sweetwater, Texas
Monday, May 27, 1946
Decisive Bouts Slated
In Ball Park Tohight
Tonight's opener on the city
diamond will lie the Junior
Chamber of Commerce effort to
pull away from the under-dos
position. They will play the sec-
ond-from-top Gulf Oilers.
Ill the second round two
teams with identical records
will vie for needed wins. <Jyp-
Nam and Rankhead. both
with two wins and three los-
ses, will coin pete for the
opening into higher brackets.
Harp's cabmen, co-holders of
second place with Gulf, will face
the league - leading Magnolia-
Medicos tomorrow evening.
Sharing the program the Hank-
head Lassies will meet the WAC
contingent from Goodfellow
Field in San Angelo.
The Lassies returned from
Hermleigh yesterday afternoon
with a 15-3 victory for the books.
Ou the hard hall diamond
yesterday the Swaters trekk-
ed over to Riiscim to defeat
them S to ti. The Koscoe bat-
men lost no time in marking
up their flx runs. The Swat-
ters held them there, how-
ever, while they counted
• their own eight scores across
the plate.
Dick Howe, shortstop for the
Swatters, did the major clubbing
work for his team. His duo of
triples was responsible for the
decisive counts. Swatter second
baseman Robert Taylor swatted
the tilt's sole homer, but failed
to score when his cleats failed to
scar second base.
Next Sunday the Swatters will
go to Coleman to meet the ball
club there. A week later Cole-
man's team will visit the Sweet-
water diamond.
Fort Worth Cats
In Oklahoma City
Baseball Series
Spninq^
By WILLIAM MAIER
■ 'opt rmhl
Diplomatic immunity has been
claimed by the U. S. State De-
partment for \Valdo Ruess,
above, held by Soviet authori-
ties in Moscow under accusation
of "hooligan" acts while escort-
ing a Russian opera singer home
in a taxi. Ruess, a veteran of
long diplomatic service in Japan,
China and Africa, is attached to
"" embassy in Moscow.
DALLAS (IT) — The Fort
Worth Cats, holding a three-
' game lead over the Dallas Reb-
els. moved off their home lot to-
day to open a series at Oklahoma
City
The Cats split a double
header before more than
lli,(HIM tans at Dallas yester-
day afternoon. They won the
curtain raiser, I to 3, with
Holes and Samakiis sharing
moilnl honors. In the night
cap. I la I las bounced back to
win Isy an identical score.
Tulsa and Oklahoma City also
split a twin bill. Tulsa won the
lir<t game 7 to but dropped the
second <3 to 1.
St ill another double feature
was at Houston, where the Buffs ; woman's clothes,
and the San Antonio Missions j and bit her lip.
broke even, .lakucki pitched the
Padres to a 10 to 2 victory in the
opener, but the Mission combin-
ation of Garber, Sorrelle and
Whitehead couldn't hold off the
Buffs second game attack. That
score — 6 to 1.
The days only single game was
played at Beaumont, where the
Shippers blanked Shreveport. 10
to 0.
Xow here's today's schedule:
Dallas at Tulsa; Fort Worth at
Oklahoma City; San Antonio at
Houston, and Shreveport
Beaumont.
THE ROAD HOUSE
::x
pJEBBY came down he stairs in
her white graduation dress
and her high-heeled slippers, and
at the bottom she stopped, sniffing,
and glared at the heater. It was
going, and it smelled even worse
than she had thought, it would.
She had combed her hair back
around her ears, and by working
at it ever since Joel and Bart left,
she had managed to make it curl
on the ends. She went into the
kitchen, and Agnes and Ellie
looked at her curiously. She
looked taller and more mature,
but when she walked around the
table the way she walked was a
little like a man dressed up in a
Agnes scowled
at
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and Installing Glass.
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On Cars, Trucks and
Tractors
Visit The
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711 Lamar
Also Welding Work
Venetian Blinds
Installed in Your
Home
Call Us For
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Old Blinds Reworked
Like New
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FURNITURE
Call 2561
111 East Third
Speedway Driver
Sets New Record
IXD1AXOPLIS (UPI — The
dean of the speedway drivers—
50-year-old Ralph Hepsbum
broke every Indianapolis motor
speedway record Sunday when
he toured the 2's mile brick
track at better than 133 miles
per hour.
While attempting a qualifica-
tion run for the Memorial Day
500-mile auto classic, Hepburn
broke the late Jimmy Snyder's
seven-year-old record for four
laps by nearly four miles per
hour. Snyder's qualifying record
was just over 130 miles per hour.
Hepuhrn's fatest lap was his
fourth .on which he drove his
super-streamlined Novi Gover-
nor Special in excess of 131 miles
per hour.
Indian Chief On
Houston Ring Card
HOUSTON — (UPi — The In-
dian fighter with a record of 11
recent knockouts is tapering off
today for his Houston bout to-
morrow night.
Chief Gordon House will then
fight il out with the colorful
New Orlean clouter. AI (Catfish i
Rourigies.
The card, featuring three
eight-rounders, will also spot-
light a bout between Hammerin'
Harry Lane of Houston and
Panehito Gonzales. Mexican
lightweight. Kddie Lee. China-
man from Saint Louis, will take
on Gene Kelly of Danville, 111.,
iu a featherweight match.
Crosses of various designs,
some dating from the Stone Age.
have been found in nearly every
part of Europe, a< well as India,
Syria. Persia and Egypt.
tops
for
quality
EPS13&&'
tops
for
quality
Tyler Assumes Top
Bill In East Texas
TYLER — (UPl — The Tyler
team seems to be the hottest club
in the East Texas League today,
despite the fact that it's no bet-
ter off than fourth place in the
I loop standings.
The Trojarv can show seven
'straight wins. Latest victim is
j the Paris team, which the Tro-
1 jans defeated yesterday 4 to 1.
First place Hendehson bowed
to Texarkana's Oilers 12 to 5,
while third-place Jacksonville
took a 0 to 1 victory from Green-
: ville.
Yesterday's other game was a
I 7 to I win for the Sherman twins
over Lufkin.
v
Race Pays Off For
Navy Veterans In
Houston Hospital
HOUSTON — (UP) -— Some
7.000 persons turned out in
Houston yesterday for .Jim Aber-
jcrombie's Pin Oak Stables Horse
[ Show.
A spirited black gelding called
"The Invasion'' won the $2100
i fixe-gaited championship. "The
| Invasion" is owned by a Long-
| view oil man — E. C. Johnson —
and was one of 10 blue blooded
horses in the show.
Starting in the afternoon, the i
show lasted until after midnight
1 and netted more than $15,000 for
i the Houston Naval hospital. The i
{ hospital will use it for recrea-1
j tional equipment.
v
Pasquel Assigns
Former Card Man
To Vera Cruz Blues
MEXICO CITY (UP) — Eorm-
| er St. Louis Cardinals second
i baseman You Klein has been as-
j signed to the Vera Cduz Blues.
| cellar-holders in the Mexican
baseball league.
Klein arrived in Mexico City
! last night with the vice-president
I of the Mexican League. Bernardo
■ Pasquel. Pasquel reportedly per-
suaded Klein and two other Car-
dinals. pitchers Max Lanier and
j Fred Martin, to jump to the
! Mexican circuit.
Pasquel says Lanier and Mar-
; tin are still in St. Louis, and that
: they plan to drive to Mexico
: Citv.
Debby said, "Boy, that thing
stinks."
"That's just burnin' oft the
newness," Ellie said. "After it's
burned off the newness it won't
hardly smell at all. You wait and
see."
She put her coat on and sat in
the straight chair by the window.
She sat forward, with her elbows
on her knees and he nands out
in front of her, opening ant' shut-
ting the clasp on her handbag.
It was almost halt' an hour before
Joel came, and all that time the
three of them sat there without
speaking, Ellie reading the paper
and Agnes sewing and Debby
opening and closing the clasp on
her handbag.
She saw the car coming across
the field and waited until it
stopped by the barn. Then she
stood up and buttoned her coat
up around her neck ana said
"Good night" and went out. It
was a dark night: ik moon and
no stars and no wind, with a
damp smell in the air that made
her think it might rain. But evqn
the damp smell was good after
that oil.
She was almost to the barn
door when Joel came atound <he
car. "Hello," he said, sounding
surprised. And when he went on,
his voice was kind nf kidding,
"This isn't right. Don't you
know? You should be up in your
room there. And after you heard
me come in, you should have sat
down on the bed and waited
twenty minutes, and then come
down and acted surprised, as
though you hadn't cxpectcd me
to be there.
• • •
CHE laughed uncertainly. She
knew in a way it was a com-
pliment, that he was really mak-
ing fun of other girls, but just
the same she wished she had
waited in the house for him to
come in. She stood still, fidget-
ing with her handbag.
"You look nice," he said.
"Do I?" she asked.
"Swell."
She guessed inaybe he meant it.
It was a good coat, and she al-
ways did think it looked nice but-
toned up around her neck the
way she had it. She knew it was
a good coat, because Ann Wyman
had helped her pick it out in
Hvannis.
Joel had turned the car round
so she wouldn't have to walk
around it. He opened the door
and stood there holding it for
her, grinning. "Big night tonight,
eh?" he asked.
She smiled nervously and
ducked into the car.
They had redecorated the Wood-
land Garden since the last time
DeUby was there, and she would
hardly have known it for the same
place. Instead of being all bright,
the way it used to be, it was'so
dim you could hardly see around.
The only bright thing was the
juke-box down at the other end
there beside the juke-box, instead
of the little one where they used
to serve the near-beer and stuff.
Along the walls were high-
backed booths, a dozen or so on
each side, and on each table there
was a little lamp with a red shade.
Only three of them were lit, and
that was all the light theie was
in the place, cxcept for the juke-
box.
"Very romantic," said Joel,
"I'm glad you like it," she said.
•
'PHE waiter led them to a booth
and turned on the light for them
and brought a menu and a wine
list. Somebody started the juke-
box going with "Smoke Gets in
Your rlycs," and three couples
came ut and nanced. Dehby's eyes
were gettinp used to the dark, and
she sa v that all three ot the girls
were wearing sweaters and skirts,
and she wondered if she was
dressed up too much in her gradu-
ation dress. She still had her coat
on, but it was hot in there and she
guessed she'd have to take it off
when they danced.
Joel was staring straight ahead
of him as though he was miles
away somewhere, and he was
drumming with his fingers.
Suddenly he snapped out of it
and smiled at her, but he didn't
look very happy. "What do you
want to drink?" he asked.
"Gee, I don't know. I—I don't
drink much."
•'Anything you say," he said.
"Beer? Gingerale. Milk?"
She giggled. "They don't sound
very exciting." She was blushing
again, and she was so nervous and
confused she couldn't think of
words. "Maybe—maybe I could
have a drink. What do you think?"
He looked a little annoyed. "I
don't believe a drink would hurt
you. What kind do you want?"
"What are you going to have?"
He was looking off into space
again. "Scotch and soda."
"All right," she said, trying to
smile gaily, "that's what I'll have."
She could feel the perspiration on
her upper lip, and she wiped it off
with her napkin. "Gosh, it's hot in
here," she said.
"Perhaps you'd better take off
and that was new too, find all lit up
with pink, white and pale green '
lights. And now that they had got j your coat," he said dryly.
(Repeal, there was a real bar down I (To Be Continued)
Our Boarding House With Major
. MISTY, AT THAT, BUT
I'VE LANDED THESE
KITES IN F06 AS THICK
AS CREAMED CHIP
BEEF/-"- 'ATS VJHY
THEY CALL ME "CRASH-
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NOTICE!!
FISHERMEN ' PICNICKERS
Why Bother With Preparing Food
For the Occasion!
CALL 2432
Give us ample notire ns to how in.-my will lir in yonr
party and Vour Worries will Be Otrrl
Chef Slim Lightfoot
8ngi>rsts: Barbecued or Fried Chicken, Potato Salad,
and all other trimmings. Sandwiches of cold and an-
sorted meats. Your Order Will Be Iteady When You Call.
Bankhead Cafe
K. A. BAITiKY
MiiitaRcm
MORRIS BOOKS
Flour, Not Wheat
Said Best Effort
KKhiNCM LICK. I ml. (I'I'l --
The American Keeil Manufactur
i'is Convention in French Lick.
Indiana, has adopted a resolu-
tion demanding that flour —
rather than whole wheat — be
shipped abroad to famine-strick-
en areas.
The resolution supports th"
demands of the nation's flour
millers. It says this would pre-
vent flour milling stoppages, re-
sult in a saving nf essential
wheat products, and save ahotit
_'0 per cent of the shipping space
now used.
FINED SI44.HO
County Judge Delas Reeves
this morning fined two local men
•S72.IO each for liquor violation.
Kach drew a $50 fine plus S22. K)
court costs.
On recent inspection tour in
Tokyo, General Eisenhower
asked Cpl. R. L. Dutton, above,
of Griffin, Ga., if he was getting
enough to eat. The soldier said
he was, but "the cooking is no
good." This, plus other GI
gripes against the food, led Gen- j j
eral Eisenhower to order Dut- j |
ton's colonel and company com-
mander to improve the cooking.
"And," Ike warned the latter,
"1 don't want anything to hap-
pen to this corporal."
Cat Uses 8 Lives
Still Has 1 Left
I'ORTLAM). Ore. — il'Pi —
There's a cat in Portland, Ore.,
that probably is glad it has nine
lives.
Its owner, Mrs. Karl Johnson,
says her pet recently used ejght
of her lives. About a month ago.
a. neighbor's dog chased the cat
—which in itself, isn't so extra-
ordinary. But this oog had a dia-
bolical scheme, and it worked.
He chased the feline into the
wall of a house in the neighbor-
hood. and kep.t it prisoner there
for one month.
When set free, the kitty was a
scry sight. A gaunt creature re-
duced to skin and bones.
However, at the Portland Cat.
and Dog hospital, where kitty
w as sent to recuperate, she soon
regained her eight lives.
Boys' Counselor Named
l.l'BBOCK — Berl Huffman,
head basketfall coach and assis-
tant football coach at Texas
Tech. has been named counselor
for the annual Boys State, spon-
sored by the American Legion
June N-15 in Austin.
A catalogue of Wyoming
streams shows the state has :ix
Spring Creeks, :>() Cottonwood
Creeks. 20 Reaver Creeks. 2K
Willow Creeks. 25 Bear Creeks.
2.S Dry Creeks. 21 Horse Creeks,
18 San Creeks, IT Rock am
Sheep Creeks.
Youth Party Date
Set June 13 For
Sweetwater Park
Date for the Sweetwater youth
party will be Thursday, June IT
The biggest party of it*
kind ever to he held in the
clt> will he ill the South
Side recreational park under
the sponsorship ol the Sweet
water Athletic association.
Every hoy and girl interested
In clean play is invited to at-
tend and bring his parents.
Free ire cream will l>e serv-
ed.
Members of the Sweetwater
club will attend the party, can
celling their regular noon meet
ing on that date.
The party will be in promotion
of the summer recreation pro-
gram set in operation by the ath-
letic association. A full time di-
rector. Johnny Brookshire. will
conduct the daily games, con-
tests, and shows on the city's
various playgrounds.
All children, regardless of age,
are invited to participate.
Flying Farmers Of
Kansas Name Chief
HUTCHINSON. Kansas, (CP)
—Alfred Ward of Johnson, Kan-
sas, who grows thousands of
acres of wheat in Kansas, Okla-
I boma and Texas, today was
1 named first president of the Kan-
! sas Flying Club.
The organization meeting
i brought nearly 500 farmers and
I more than 200 planes to* Hutch in-
i son. Ward headed a delegation
of 20 flying farmers from spar-
sely settled Stanton County.
Named to the vice-presidency
i of the newlv-organized club was
Otis Hensley of Glasco.
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WANTED!
By The Sweetwater Athletic Association For
Use In The Summer Recreation Program
Used or New, Baseballs, Gloves, Bats, Mitts,
Softballs, Tennis Raquets and any or all
Recreation Supplies Available
Look Around Your House, Garage or Store-
room, Find That Old Discarded Equipment and
Turn In To One of the Following Agencics
LIONS CLUB ROTARY CLUB
CENTRAL FIRE STATION
JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SWEETWATER CLUB
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