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Tuesday, August 2,1949
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Vernon Steals Six Bases,
Nicks Swatters, 4 To 1
The Vernon Dusters edged
across four runs in four differ-
ent innings last night to down
the Sweetwater Swatters 1 to 1
in the three-game opener at Ver-
non's Memorial Park.
Rollie Merrill pitched a good
game for the Swatters, but four
errors pioved to he his down-
fall.
The Sweetwater team collected
seven hits off Pitcher AI Rich-
ards of Vernon. The Dusters
nicked Merrill for nine bingles.
The Swatter
Hit Parade
Averages include games
through Sunday's contest with
Odessa.
Player AB B H Avg.
Gyselman ... 367 87 140 .381
Butcher 193 43 73 .378
Bartolomei ..308 67 114 .370
Cuitti 310 74 103 .332
Peeler 372 88 114 .307
Hassey 435 88 132 .303
Merrill 18 3 5 .278
Jarech 51 9 14 .275
Lockhart ....76 10 20 .263
Roach 4 1 1 .250
Dahn 312 54 70 .224
Spence 64 9 14 .200
Christensen ..72 6 14 .194
Angella \ 70 7 13 .186
Mordido 37 3 6 .162
Barry 29 2 3 .103
Schwartz .... 12 1 1 .083
* * *
Two bfese hits—Gyselman 26.
Cuitti 26. Butcher 19. Peeler 18,
Bartolomei 18, Dahn 12. Hassey
9. Angella 3, Spence 1, Christen-
sen 1, Lockhart 1, Jarech 1.
Three base hits—Gyselman 6,
Bartolomei 6. Peeler 6, Hassey 4,
Cuitti 4, Butcher 3. Lockhart 2.
Home runs—Butcher 12, Cuit-
ti 10, Gyselman 7. Bartolomei 3,
Hassey 3, Jarech 2, Dahn 1, An-
gella 1. Peeler 1.
Huns batted in—Gyselman 83,
Cuitti 66. Hassey 63, Butcher 58,
Bartolomei 51, Peeler 49, Dahn
43, Christensen 14, Lockhart 9,
Angella 7. Jarech 7, Barry 6,
Spence 3, Merrill 3.
* * *
Swatter Pitching Records
Bill Hassey singled to drive in
Larry -Roach for the only Sweet-
water tally. Roach collected two,
two-base hits in four trips to the
plate. Harry Bartolomei hit a
single in three trips; Dick Gysel-
man hit two for three.
Vernon stole six bases on the
Swatters. The Dusters got two
sacrifices and one double play.
The two teams meet again to-
night at Vernon. The Swatters
return to Sportsman Park
Thursday night for three games
with Midland.
The box score:
Sweetwatei'—
ab
r
11
po
1
e
Hassey, cf
. 5
0
1
0;
Gyselman, 2b
. . 3
0
2
7
1 '
Cuitti, 3b ....
.. 4
0
0
1
0
Bartolomei. c .
.. 3
0
2
4
o j
Butcher, rf
. . -1
0
0
1
0 !
Jarech, if
. . 3
0
0
3
0 j
Roach, ss
. 4
1
2
2
1 ;
Barry, lb ...
2
0
0
5
1
Merrill, p
3
0
0
0
1
x—Peeler
1
0
0
0
0
Totals
. 32
1
7
24
4
x—Grounded
out for
Merrill
in 9th.
Vernon—
ab
r
h
po
e
Souquet, 3b
. . 3
0
1
0
0
Johnson, ss ...
. . 5
0
0
0
0
Huntley, lb
. . 5
0
2
9
0
McCaskey, rf . .
. . 3
1
0
0
0
Moon, c
. . -1
1
1
9
0
Scherting If
. 3
1
2
2
0
Ehlinger, cf
. . 2
0
0
3
0
Van Winkle, 2b
. . 4
0
0
4
0
Richards, p ...
. . 4
1
3
0
0
KOLLI K M Kit It ILL . . . Loses
close one to Vernon, 4-1.
Totals 33 4 9 27 0
Sweetwater . 000 010 000—1
Vernon 010 101 lOx—4
Assists: Cuitti 4, Jarech 2,
Roach 3: Souquet 3, Johnson 3,
Moon, Van Winkle 3. Runs
batted in: Huntley, Ehlinger,
Hassey.
Two-base hits: Roach 2, Bar-
tolomei. Stolen bases: McCaskey,
Moon, Scherting 2, Ehlinger,
Richards. Sacrifices: Ehlinger
2. Double plays: Johnson to
Van Winkle to Huntley.
Left on bases: Sweetwater 9,
Vernon 10. Bases on balls: Rich-
ards 5, Merrill 4. Strike-outs:
Merrill 4. Richards 9. Umpires:
Sykes and Dorothy. Time 1:55.
Three Top Clubs
Win In Texas Loop;
Witte Slams 37th
By I" lilted Press
Fort Worth's Cats maintained
their three game Texas League
lead over Tulsa by shutting out
the Shreveport Sports last
liigt 3 to 0. Eddie Chandler held
the Sports to three hits.
Tulsa, however, gave no sign
of relinquishing its campaign to
dethrone the Cats. The Oilers
scored three runs in the bottom
half of the ninth last night to
shade the Houston Buffs, 7 to 6.
Don Miggins hit, a homer for
Houston and Joe Bill Adcock
cracked a round-tripper in the
fifth for Tulsa.
The rejuvenated Dallas Eagles
punched out a 7-0 win over the
Beaumont Exporters. Fred
Schmidt allowed only seven hits
as the Eagles got their fifth
staright victory. Jerry White
slammed his 37th homer of the
season in the first and Jim Kir-
b.v hit another in the fourth in-
ning.
Oklahoma City's Indians, now
in foui- place, made it a clean
sweep for first division teams by
trampling the San Antonio Mis-
sions. 7 to 2.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Longhorn League
Big Spring 15, Roswell 2.
Odessa 12, Ballinger 10.
Midland 15, San Angelo 3.
Vernon 4, Sweetwater I.
Texas League
Dallas 7, Beaumont 0.
Fort Worth 3. Shreveport 0.
Tulsa 7, Houston 6.
Oklahoma City 7, San Antonio
2,
West Texas-New Mexico League
Amarillo 7, Albuquerque 2.
Lamesa 4, Lubbock 3.
Clovis 9, Borger 6.
Pampa 5. Abilene 3.
American League
Boston 4, Cleveland 3.
St. Louis 2, Washington
Only games scheduled.
National League
Boston 8, St. Louis
0.
Pitcher
G VV L Pet.
Merrill 8 3 2 .600
Spence 24 11 9 .545
Lockhart ...24 10 9 .526
Christensen .12 5 5 .500
Angella 27 4 6 .400
Schwartz 4 1 2 .333
Mordido 21 2 6 .250
Barry 0 0 0 .000
* * *
Innings pitched- Spence 129.
Lockhart 120, Angella 119, Mor-
iido 99. Christensen 92, Merrill
16, Schwartz 23.
Runs Angella 96. Mordido
91, Spence 84. Lockhart 70.
Christensen 59, Merrill 44,
Schwartz 20.
Hits — Spence 154. Angella
132. Lockhart 118, Mordido 105.
Christensen 98, Merrill 65,
Schwartz 28.
Bases on balls—Angella 65.
Lockhart 60, Mordido 50. Chris-
tensen 32, Merrill 27, Spence 27,
Schwartz 17.
Strike-outs • Lockhart 100,
Spence 75 Angella 72, Mordido
57, Christensen 45, Merrill 20,
Schwartz 10.
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at Armor's
Broncs Beat Roswell
As San Angelo Falls
i
By I'nited Press
The Big Spring Broncs went
j into the August phase of the
j Longhorn l eague campaign with
ju bang.
Already leading the league
with a comfortable 11-game mar-
gin. the Broncs romped over the
j Roswell Rockets, 15 to 2.
Second-place Vernon also had
a good night, beating Sweetwa-
| ter. 4 to 1.
Midland strengthened its hold
on third place by lassoing the
San Angelo Colts, 15 to 3, and
Odessa whipped Ballinger, 12 to
10.
Dukes Slip Again As
Amarillo Wins; Blue
Sox Lose To Pampa
By V n i te<l Press
Albuquerque's Dukes held on-
| to their West Texas-New Mexico
| lead today by "default."
Amarillo dumped the league
leading Dukes. 7 to 2, last night
I with Jim Reynolds pitching tight
I bail in the pinches.
But second-place Abilene miss-
j ed the change to close in. bow-
ling 5 to 3, to the Pampa Oilers,
j Roy Parker set Abilene down on
I seven hits.
Lamesa slapped down fourth-
place Lubbock I to 3, with Jack
jGutierrr;' taking the nod over
j Don Hensieck.
Clovis nipped Borger, 9 to 0.
in a second-division battle.
Brooklyn 9, Pittsburgh 0.
New York 11,
Chicago 3.
STANDINGS
Longhorn
League
Tea hi
W L
I'ct.
Big Spring .. .
..(il 31
.663
Vernon
...55 41
.573
.531
San Angelo .. .
..46 49
.484
Odessa
. 42 52
.447
Roswell
..42 53
.442
Sweetwater
42 r (
.4211
Ballinger . .
West Texas-New
....39 5(J
111
Mexico League
Team
\V 1,
Pit.
Albuouerque ..
.. 56 45
.554
Abilene
..57 47
.518
Lamesa
. .51 IS
.529
Lubbock
..52 50
.510
Amarillo
..50 52
.190
Pampa
... 49 51
.176
Borger
..48 53
-175
Clovis
. . 42 59
.110
TODAY'S
<;ames
Longhorn
League
Roswell at Big Spring.
Sweetwater al
\ t-i ii<>II.
San Angelo ;'t
Midland.
Odessa at Ballinger,
Mel Parnell Beats
Every Team In AL
As Cleveland Falls
NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (UP>-
Slender Mel Parnell finally com
pleted the cycle today—beating
every other club in the Ameri-
can League—and the Boston
southpaw's welcome triumph
over the Cleveland Indians was
a glittering achievement over ad-
versity.
Three times preivously the
grey-eyed guy from New Or-
leans had gone against the bat-
tling Indians and been beaten.
Only two other defeats by the
Yankees and one by the Browns
marred a fine record which in-
cluded 14 previous Bosox
triumphs over every club but
Cleveland.
But Mel finally made it yes-
terday. And once aagin he went
all the way. Which is nothing
new for Parnell. who is the
game's route-going champion
with IS distance tasks in 20
starts. Three times he has had
to go 12 innings, and two of those
times he copped the verdict.
Patterson
Leads Club
To Victory
Fundamental Baptist softball-
ers will have a chance to stow
away the Sweetwater Church
Softball League championship
tonight at Southside Park. The
Baptists play Consolidated in a
make-up game.
The league-leading Baptists
will be depending on the able
pitching arm of Homer Patterson
to bring them through with an-
other victory tonight. Patterson
has proven to be the downfall
of the other six clubs in the
loop.
Last night at Southside Park.
Fundamental (led by Patterson)
defeated First Methodist, 7 to 4.
A win tonight would assure
Fundamental the softball title.
If they lose, however. Highland
Height's Methodist may share
the top spot. A playoff will be
held.
The regular scheduled game
for tonight—Nazarene versus
First Baptist. The Nazarenes
will be fighting to get into fourth
place and win a spot for the
playoffs.
There will be a meeting of the
Sweetwater Church Softball of-
ficials Friday evening at 6
o'clock at the Central Fire Sta-
tion.
At least one representative is
requested to be present from
each team. The group will dis-
cuss the coming playoffs and
plan for a big barbecue.
The standings:
Team W L Pel.
Funda'tl Baptist ... 11 2 .816
H. H. Methodist . . 10 3 .7(i9
Lamar Baptist 8 -1 .666
First Baptist 7 6 .539
Nazarene 5 7 .417
Consolidated 5 7 .417
First Methodist .. 5 9 .357
Texas League
Beaumont at Dallas.
Shreveport at Fort Worth.
Houston at Tulsa.
San Antonio at Oklahoma
City.
West Texas-New Mexico League
Amarillo at Albuquerque.
Abilene at Pampa.
Lamesa at Lubbock.
Borger at Clovis.
American League
Detroit at New York.
St. Louis at Boston.
Cleveland at Washington.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
National League
Boston at St. Louis.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
Texan Beats French
Welterweight Champ
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 2 (UP) —
I Bobby Dykes, flashy San An-
j tonio welterweight, held a dim
view of French boxing royalty
| today following his fifth round
round knockout of .Jean Walzac.
Walzac. French welterweight
champ, was saved by the bell in
; the fourth round alter hitting
the deck, but was dropped for
the full count in two minutes and
one second of the fifth.
The knockout was Dykes' 28th
j straight victory.
Dykes threw tine payoff punch
; during close inside lighting. It
| was a right uppercut to the jaw.
The crowd of 4.S00 fans, the
Cauesway Arena's largest crowd.
| cheered the slender young Tex-
j an, although he forced postpone-
[ ment of the fight last week be-
j cause of nervous indigestion.
"And Furthermore Joe—
it coxts only 5.00 dollars a year!
"No sir!—The V.F.W. isn't a rich man's club. The only
thing rich about the hoys who gather every other Tuesday
night in the V.F.W. clubroom is the experiences they shared
righting together .-ill over I he world. And they're still fight-
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for a safe and prosperous America.
".Sure Joe—.just fill out and mail us Ihis coupon and
we'll see to it that you'll get in on the ground floor of the
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Two Ball Players
Die On Diamond As
Lightning Strikes
BAKER. Fla.. Aug. I (UHi —
Two baseball players were killed
and 50 or more players and spec-
tators shocked or burned when
lightning lashed the ball field
here just as a game was starting
yesterday.
The Baker team of the county
semi-pro league was just taking
the field against Munson when
"there was a loud crack like a
big whip" and players and spec-
tators were stunned. The in-
fielders were knocked flat—two
of them dead—as the bolt plowed
a 20-foot furrow down the third
base line.
The dead were Allen L. Joy-
ner. Jr.. 23, Crestview, Fla., and
Harry Moore, 24. third baseman
anrl shortstop for the Baker
team. Second Baseman ,loe Tay-
lor was critically burned.
The audience broke from be-
hind the baselines and fled over
the field after a moment's shock-
ed surprise. Many of them were
burned or felt the shock.
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Slums two lor three against
Dusters.
Lew Wins
ALLENTOWN, Fa.. Aug 2.—
Lew Jenkins, Sweetwater. Tex.,
former world's lightweight
champion, won a split eight
round decision over Lou Joyce,
formerly of Gary, Ind.. but now
of Philadelphia, in the feature
bout of an outdoor boxing card
Monday night.
Each lighter weighed 110.
There was no knockdowns, but
Jenkins suffered a gash under
his left eye in the eighth round
just before the bout ended.
KIMimOLGH RETIRES
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (UP)
John Kimbrough. 31-year-old
fullback released by the Los An-
geles Dons of the All-America
pro football league, said today
he plans to retire from football.
Kimbrough, former Texas A.
and M. star, was released yester-
day by the Dons. He said he
would return to his home in Has-
kell, Tex.
DOCl'SEX IS F.AYOKED
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (UP)
Maxie Docusen, 20-year-old light-
weight sensation from New Or-
leans, is an odds-on favorite to
defeat Lem Thomas tonight in
the 10-round main event at
Olympic Auditorium.
Legal Directory
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l'l Sports Writer
BEAUMONT, Aug. 2 (UP)
All-Star Coaches Carl Suavely
and Don Faurot kept mum today
on the starting lineups they will
use in North-South school-
boy foomaii game which will cli-
max the 17th annual Texas High
School Association's Coaching
School.
Suavely, visiting professor
from North Carolina .and Fau-
rot, top kick at Missouri, opened
their workouts with drills on sin-
gle wing and split T-.formation
routines, respectively.
Only one casualty was report-
ed. Bob Sotz of Cameron collid-
ed with burly Bill Athey, 223-
pound Waco guard. A couple of
stitches were taken in Sotz' head,
but he said he would be ready
again today.
Snavel.v, Faurot and the big-
wigs of the Association beamed
yesterday as they watched a rec-
ord number of coaches—some L-
100—enroll for the week-long
clinic.
Registration figures smashed
the previous all-time high for at-
tendance that was set last year
when 850 coaches registered at
Abilene.
Faurot and Suavely inaugurat-
I ocl a series of morning lectures,
i Coaches also heard talks by
Coaches Adolph Rupp of Ken-
tucky's famed Wildcat basket-
Iball team, and Henry lba. the
Oklahoma A. & M. cage wizard.
Track Coach Emmett Brunson of
Rice and Baseball Pilot Marty
Karow of Texas A. & M. lectured
on their sports.
Throughout the opening foot-
ball training sessions. South-
west, Conference coaches strolled
around the practice fields look-
ing for potential Doak Walkers
and Slater Martitis.
Several seniors announced the
schools of their choice.
Onlv one of 18 Texas school-
boy ' gridders working out
planned definitely today to leave
the stale for nis college football.
The "rebel" was Gahlen Din-
kle. a member of the South All-
Star squad, who expressed a
preference for Louisiana State
University in the heart of the
colorful bayou country.
Of (he group. 28 said they
wanted to play with a Southwest
Conference team. Only Arkan-
sas failed to get at least one nod.
Baylor and Rice attracted sev-
en each, Texas and Texas A. & M.
six each, Southern Methodist
five and Texas Christian two.
Three others said they "probab-
ly would go to Baylor," while
SMU had two "probables."
Four said they did not know
where thev would go. two chose
Odessa Junior College and one
each named Texas A & I. and
Kilgore Junior College. Another
s-,id Tovi- Tech was his "prob-
able choice."
New York's commerce de-
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than 100 vears the state has led
all other states in the value of
manufactured products.
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