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Swettwater Reporter, Sweetwater, Texas
Wednesday, Sept. 21/1949
ctra High School May Prove
To Be More Than 'Push Over'
The general opinion in the
Sweetwater area this week is
that the Mustang football team
will have a breather against
Electra High School Friday
night at Mustang Bowl.
But there are those who live
in the District 2-AA section that
believe Electra is "loaded" with
the best team from that small
school in several years.
Electra will have the power
and the incentive to beat Sweet-
water Friday night.
For one thing, there are seven
regulars back with this year's
Electra squad. The boys are big
and fast.
Another point not to be over-
looked is the fact that Electra
will be out to win their first
ball game of the season against
the Mustangs this Friday. They
were beaten by Brownwood,
Abilene-Amarillo Game
To Be Top Tilt Of Week
By United Press
Both the Nos. 1 and 2 ranking
clubs will be in action this week-
end on the Class AA and City
Conference football schedule,
but the top games of the 59-tilt
program will feature four of the
other top 10 teams.
Sharing the spotlight will be
the Abilene-Amarillo and Breck-
enrid^e-Wichita Falls contests,
pitting the sixth and third
ranked teams against each oth-
er and the eighth against the
fifth.
Top-ranked Austin will play
host to San Antonio Bracken-
ridge, while second-ranked Port
Arthur entertains a good Hous-
ton Milby team.
Other top 10 teams will be in
action with the seventh-ranking
Baytown playing at Lufkin,
ninth-ranking Marshall enter-
taining Beaumont and 10th
ranked Houston Davis playing
host to Freeport.
The schedule, by districts (all
games Friday unless otherwise
noted):
Class A A
1—Abilene at Amarillo, El
Paso High at: Pampa.
2—Borger at Childress, Fort
Worth Carter-Riverside at Qua-
nah, Breckenridge at Wichita
Falls, Mineral Wells at Graham.
3—Fort Worth North Side at
Lubbock. Plainview at Lamesa,
El Paso Austin at Midland.
4—El Paso Bowie at Douglas,
Ariz., Las Cruces, N. M. at
Ysleta.
5—Brownfiehl at Big Spring,
Fort Worth Poly at S'ln Angelo,
Electra at Sweetwater. .
6—Dallas Woodrow Wilsori at
Weatherford, Ranger at Steph-
enville.
7—Sulphur Springs at Bon-
ham, Vernon at Sherman, Long-
view at Paris, Dallas Jesuit at
Gainesville.
8—Hillsboro at Denton, Dallas
Sunset at McKinney, Cisco at
Grand Prairie.
9—Denison at Texarkana,
Beaumont at Marshall.
10—Dennis at Nacogdoches,
Henderson at Palestine, Bay-
town at Lufkim, Galena Park at
Conroe, Gladewater at Jackson-
ville.
11—Houston Milby at Port
Arthur, Brownsville at Beau-
mont South Park, Texas City at
Orange.
1 12—Houston S. F. Austin at
Galveston, Port Neches at Pasa-
dena.
13—Bryan at Waco, Brown-
wood at Temple, Greenville at
Corsicana, Fort Worth Tech
at Cleburne.
14—Waxahachie at Corpus
Christi, Bay City at Victoria,
San Antonio Brackerjridge at
Austin.
15—Falfurrias at Kingsville,
San Benito at Alice, Aransas
Pass at Robstown.
16—Mercedes at Edinburg,
Harlingen at Weslaco.
City Conference
. Dallas—Thursday—Tyler at
North Dallas. Kilgore at Dallas
Forest. Saturday—Houston La-
mar at Dallas Crozier Tech.
Fort Worth — Thursday
Highland Park at Fort Worth
Paschal. Odessa at Fort Worth
Arlington Heights.
Houston—Thursday—Houston
j San Jacinto vs. Houston St.
| Thomas. Freeport at Houston
i Davis. Saturday—Dallas Adam-
json at Houston Reagan.
San Antonio — Thursday —
] McAllen at San Antonio Tech.
j San Antonio Lanier at Alamo
| Heights (x), Kerrville at San
| Antonio Jefferson, Laredo at
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19-0, in their opener and then
lost to Mineral Wells, 15-0, last
week.
Reports say that Electra, with
Raymond (Rip) Flusche at the
coaching helm for the first time
this season, shows more spirit
and promise than in recent
years.
Electra will count heavily on
Backs Bob Stoneking and Eu-
gene Golden and Linemen Floyd
Gee, 225, and J. W. Hilley.
Meanwhile, Coach Pat Gerald
is preparing his Sweetwater
Mustangs for an all-out battle
with the boys from the "Whistle-
Stop Town."
The Ponies came out of the
Odessa game without any injur-
ies to speak q!f. Although they
lost to the Bronchos, 20-6, the
boys' spirit was not broken.
They only hope that they get
another crack at the Bronchos
in the state playoffs in Decem-
ber.
Sweetwater has one of the
state's finest passers, runners,
punters and quarterbacks in ver-
satile Billy Hooper.
Many fans believe that Hoop-
er may turn out to be another
"Sammy Baugh." In two games
thus far Hooper has thrown 41
passes, completing 20 of them.
Several of his other tosses were
dropped by the receivers.
liie Mustang backfield is the
best at every position in several
years. Halfbacks Ronald Fraley
and Red Rushing are good run-
ners and considered tops on de-
fense. Fullback John Woodard
could easily attain all-state hon-
ors after a few more practice
games.
The Ponies have four more
non-conference games lc|ft on
this year's playing slate.
Following the Electra game,
the Mustangs go to Fort Worth
for a clash with Amon Carter
Riverside. Then El Paso High
comes here to meet the Sweet-
water team. The Midland Bull-
dogs at Midland are the next
Mustang opponents.
The first District 5-AA battle
for the Ponies will be on Oct.
28 with the Abilene Eagles at
Mustang Bowl.
The green Sweetwater team
will have an opportunity to be
well-experienced by the time a
i conference game arrives.
The line and backfield will be
capable of winning the eight
contests left. Coaches Gerald,
Ken Newton and Mel Grigg are
fine mentors who can get the
most out of the boys.
Several 6-A Teams
Clash Friday Night
In Featured Tilts
Several interesting matches
are on this Friday night's Class
6-A football slate.
Among the top games schedul-
ed this week will be Anson at
Colorado City, Roby at Roscoe
and Stamford at Rotan.
Other tilts Friday that may
prove to be featured affairs are
Eastland at Albany, Haskell at
Rule, Loraine at Merkel and
Munday at Throckmorton.
In last week's contests, Throck-
morton, early 6-A East favorite,
lost to Newcastle 18-13 and Al-
bany and Haskell stepped into
the co-favorites' roles by defeat
ing Winters 19-0 and Rochester
11-0.
In the West half, Hamlin beat
Spur 26-0 and Snyder nipped
Stamford 13-6 to emerge as the
standouts. Roscoe was drubbed
by Ballinger of 7-A, 46-13.
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BASEBALL REPORTS
Taking time out from the
football wars, we pass on a few
commeftts and reports on base-
ball—.
The big question in the minds
of Sweetwater baseball fans at
present is whether Cy Fausett
of Albuquerque will field a team
here next year.
Fausett is supposed to let
Sweetwater officials know by
Oct. 1 if he'll put another Swat-
ter club here in 1950. If not, then
the league office will put the
franchise up for sale in Sweet-
water.
Of course, there are reports
to the effect that Fausett will
not sell for less than $20,000. It
is pointed out that he paid $5,-
000 for the club, invested $5,000
in it and lost $10,000 in the first
year of operation.
But there's one question ling-
ering in our minds . . . When a
man sells his business, does he
charge his losses up to the new
buyer?
If the Swatter ball club lost
$10,000 the past playing season,
was it the fault of local fans?
* * *
THE CUBAN WAR
Longhorn League baseball
men outside of Big Spring will
attempt to put a ban on the Cub-
ans who come over here to play
baseball each year.
Following is a story which ap-
peared recently in the Sporting
News—.
"Miami, Fla.—Unable to beat
the Havana Cubans on the field,
club owners in the Florida In-
ternational League are planning
drastic changes in the eligibility
rules that would seriously handi-
cap the islander. The new pro-
posal would permit no club to
have more than four players
from the Cuban Winter League
on its roster. All of the Havana
players were in the winter loop.
"How the present rules work
in favor of the Cubans is illus-
trated by the case of Gil Torres.
He has turned down several
major league offers because it
would remove his winter lea-
gue eligibility. It is said Torres
is paid $2,000 a month in the win-
ter league, receives a substan-
tial salary in the Florida inter-
national, and, if the former in-
fielder with the Washington
Senators remains in Cuba, is not
affected by American income
tax laws."
* * *
EXCELLENT SEASON'
The Longhorn League has
had an excellent season. Atten-
dance record of 500,000 was set,
including playoffs.
Ballinger and Sweetwater were
considered weak drawing clubs
in the league. Ballinger lias had
better attendance by 15,000 than
Sweetwater. However, this was
1 brought on by only charging
school children 30 cents where-
as Sweetwater charged them 74
cents.
Cliff Mapes
Stars As
Yanks Win
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UP)
—They used to say Cliff Mapes
looked every inch a big leaguer
until he stepped up to the plate;
today they say Cliff Mapes
looks every inch a big leaguer
—period.
When the 205-pounder came
up to the New York Yankees
from the American Association
last year, he was bewildered at
bat. "These major league pitch-
ers," he complained, "they know
what they're doing all the time.
You can't fool them like you can
in Triple-A ball."
And then Cliff added with a
sigh, "It's pretty hard breaking
into an outfield that has fel-
lows like Joe DiMaggio, Tommy
Henrich, Carley Keller and
Johnny Lindell."
Today look at the lineup.
There's Mapes in there, but no
DiMaggio, no Henrich, no Kel-
ler and no Lindell.
That injury jinx which has
plagued Casey Stengel's crew
all season forced Mapes to make
good—it was either that or the
bushes. He's still considerably
shy of a .300 batting average—
it's .246 at the moment, but as
the current fill-in for DiMag
young Cliff is proving a payoff
performer.
It was his work at the bat
which gave the Yankees a 3
to 1 victory over the White Sox
yesterday and made their magic
Number Eight—any eight Yan-
kee victories or Red Sox losses
means the pennant. In the sec-
ond inning the Yanks got their
two runs which spelled the dif-
ference, and here's how:
With Gene Woodling on base,
Cliff rapped a ground rule dou-
ble to left to score Woodling.
That was one of three hits Bob
Kuzava gave in the game. Mapes
went to third when Gerry Cole-
man grounded out and then
scored on a wild pitch.
Meanwhile, the second-place
Boston Red Sox hung on in the
American League race with a
5 to 2 victory over Cleveland
for Mel Parnell's 24th victory
of the year. That eliminated
the Indians' chances of winning
the pennant outright but, mathe-
matically, they still can tie the
Yankees.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Texas League
(Seinl-Final Playoff)
Tulsa 2, Oklahoma City 0. (Tul-
sa wins four games to two).
Only game scheduled.
East Texas League
(Final Playoff)
Gladewater 6, Kilgore 4 (Glade-
water wins championship).
Longliorn League
(Semi-Final Playoff)
Midland 5, Vernon 4 (11 in-
nings. (Midland wins four
games to 1).
Only game scheduled.
West. Texas-New Mexico League
(Final Playoff)
Albuquerque 16, Amarillo 4
(Albuquerque leads, three games
to one).
National League
St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 5.
Brooklyn 5, Chicago 0.
Boston 4, Pittsburgh 2.
Only game scheduled.
F. L. Turpin Is Local
Boat Racing Champion
American League
New York 3, Chicago 1.
Boston 5, Cleveland 2.
Philadelphia 8, Detroit 7.
St. Louis 15, Washington 6.
TODAY'S (JAMES
Texas League
(Final Playoff)
Tulsa at Fort Worth.
WILLIE PEP WINS
WATERBURY, Conn., Sept.
21. (UP)— Featherweight cham-
pion Willie Pep, after treating
his Connecticut home fans to a
torrid title defense on a chilly
night, will make his next ring
appearance in cozy Madison
Square Garden on Oct. 28 or
Nov. 11.
In semi-frigid municipal stad-
ium last night, Pep kept his
126-pound crown by scoring a
technical knockout over young
Eddie Compo of New Haven,
Conn., at 41 seconds of the
seventh round before 10,722
top-coated and shivering fans.
Big Spring, Midland
To Play For Crown
By United Press
Midland and Big Spring's
Broncs will open their 1949
Longhorn League championship
playoff at Big Spring tonight.
Midland moved into the fin-
als last night by edging the Ver-
non Dusters, 5 to 4, in an 11-inn-
ing battle. Vernon won only one
game in the best-of-seven ser-
ies.
Big Spring, which finished the
regular season 20-Vi games in
front of second-place Midland,
swept its preliminary playoff
series with the San Angelo
Colts.
Baylor Prepares For
South Carolina Tilt
By United Press
Baylor's Bears buckled down
today for one more day of hard
work before tapering off for
their struggle with South Caro-
lina at Waco Saturday night.
Coach Bob Woodruff posted
the "No Visitors" sign yester-
day as the Bears went through
a scrimmage. He appeared dis-
pleased with the session of
head-knocking and leg twisting
and predicted the game would
be a high-scoring affair.
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Play Aspermont Friday
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Aspermont Friday night to play
the game which was postponed
last week due to the muddy
playing field.
The Cardinals will be backed
by the Hermleigh Drum and
Bugle Corps and a host of fans
who will follow the team.
YESTERDAY'S STAR
Mel Parnell of the Red Sox for
his 24th win.
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West Texas-New Mexico League
(Final Playoff)
Albuquerque (3-1) at Amarillo
(1-3).
Bio Grande Valley League
(Final Playoff)
Brownsville at, Corpus Christi.
National League
Brooklyn at St. Louis (2).
Boston at Pittsburgh.
New York at Cincinnati ( 2).
Philadelphia at Chicago (2).
American League
Chicago at New York.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Boston.
St. Louis at Washington.
Dukes Need Only
One More Win To
Cop WT-NM Pennant
Albuquerque's Dukes today
gunned for one more victory over
Amarillo that would give them
the West Texas-New Mexico
League championship.
The Dukes beat, Amarillo, 16
to 4, last night to extend their
playoff lead over the Gold Sox to
two games. As the series stands
now, Albuquerque lias won
three games and Amarillo has
won one.
Johnny Ferrarese pitched four-
hit ball. Albuquerque took the
lead early in the game and made
the game a runaway in the eighth
when the Dukes sent six runs
across the plate.
.lim Reynolds stayed on the
mound all the way for Amarillo
and yielder 1!) hits.
Sweetwater, sometimes refer-
red to as the "City of Cham-
pions" because of the many out-
standing athletes the town pro-
duces, can lay claim to another
champion performer.
The local city is being put on
the map now as the home of a
boat racing champion.
F. L. Turpin, who lives south
of town, has been entering boat
races for the past 18 years. He
has a room stacked with some
30 trophies which he has won
by competing with some of the
nation's most skillful boatmen.
Turpin enters races in Texas,
New Mexico, Louisiana and sev-
eral other states where boat
racing goes along with the other
American sports.
Dodgers-Cards Open
Three-Game Series
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 21, (UP)
Brooklyn's now-or-never Dodg-
ers, second best in the odds and
second best in the standings,
opened a three-game series with
the .St. Louis Cardinals today
—with a National League pen-
nant to the winner and little
premium for the runner-up.
There was a quiet, almost om-
inous determination about the
Dodgers as they nominated their
two aces, rangy Don Neweombe
and reed-like Preacher Roe to
pitch agains Harry (The Cat)
Brecheen and Max Lanier in
today's day-night doubleheader.
Brooklyn, a game and a half
off the pace and a 13 to 10 un-
derdog for the games on the
oddsmakers' slates, faced an op-
portunity of hurdling the Red
Birds within the next 48 hours.
No Cardinal player had to be
reminded of the fact.
"How are you going to pre-
dict anything on a series like
this?" asked St. Louis shortstop
Marty Marion.
"It's going to be the breaks
I that decide this series," chimed
in Cardinal Coach Terry Moore.
"It's sure to be a hard fight."
Next week Turpin plans to
enter the races at Waco. He will
wind up his boat racing season
the following week at San An-
gelo.
Turpin's son, Bill, is also a
top performer in the water sport.
The two entered the Winters
boat races recently, winning
six first places and second and
third place honors. ^
Turpin competed in the state
boat races at Austin last week
and copped many top honors. He
entered the "straight stock boat
racing" at the state meet.
Chief among Turpin's boats is
a 22 horse power motor job in
which he has won numerous tro-
phies.
So row Sweetwater is repre-
sented by Sammy Baugh and
"Bulldog" Turner in football;
Lew Jenkins in boxing; Louis
Brooks in cowboy rodeos; Pan
Zareta as a champion horse
racer; and F. L. Turpin as a
boat racer.
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