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m
iree Clubs Cop
PFins In District
Coach Pat's Ponies and the
Snyder Tigers were the only two
teams in District 1-3A to score vic-
tories in Friday night's grid con-
tests.
The Mustangs racked up a 26-6
'Magic Gadget'
Can Add Years
To Old Careers
By OSCAR FRALEY
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 I1PI —
There's joyous news for such ath-
letic ancients as Sammy Baugh,
Satchel Paige and Dutch Leonard,
but the terrifying thought is that it
can't be kept secret from fellows
like Leo Durocher and Branch
Rickey.
The startling story concerns a
nifty little gadget labeled the "vita-
lator." If it lives up to its billing,
it could kill football's two-platoon
system and keep the old fellows
coming back as long as the air
held out.
The "vitalator" unit consists of
an oxygen cylinger in a portable
unit carried as easily as a water
bucket. A few whiffs and athletes
struggling for breath are as fresh
as the proverbial daisy. Tests
proved that it returned an ath-
lete's heart and respiratory sys-
tem to normalcy 30 per cent fast-
er than when ordinary air was in-
haled.
You can see that this kind of
gadget would be as valuable
as the old ephedrine gimmick
once a universal method of pro-
moting longshot hayburners into
the winner's circle.
It isn't a stimulant in this case,
but it will do until somebody dis-
covers an undetectable needle.
Walcott, for instance, could dis-
card his battered water bottle. A
few shots of pure oxygen between
rounds and old Joe probably would
be fighting long after the rest of
us are out of breath permanent-
ly.
Baugh is getting well along to-
ward the old corral in pro football,
but as long as the times out and
the oxygen last, Slingin' Sam could
replace the Barbasoi man in hand-
ing out shaves to the opposition.
Paige, along with Dutch Leo-
nard, shows no sign of needing
any help at the moment. But this
thing could be a between-innings
inspiration to them in say 10 or
20 years, or so.
The disturbing thought is that
maybe Durocher, the Demosthe-
nes of the dugouts, and Rickey,
the silver-tongued fox of the front
office, might decide to give this
thing a try. The only saving feature
of their oratory now is that even
they occasionally run out of breath
and have to pause.
Imagine what Dizzy Dean could
have accomplished in the ad-lib
' line if he had been able to take an
inspirational shot of oxygen every
time he hesitated at the start of
new chapter.
And old-timers must quiver at
what they missed the few times
Art (The Great) Shires gulped si-
lently in conversational exhaustion.
This new gizmo wouldn't, how-
ever, be much use in the ball-
parks of the current pennant con-
tenders. It replaces ordinary air.
The atomosphere around the Dodg-
ers, Giants, Yanks and Indians at
the moment is far from ordinary,
being of a highly sulphurous con-
tent which rackles and sparks.
But, all in all, it has its points.
For instance, the Los Angeles
Rams tried it out last season—and
won the National Football League
title.
win over the Levelland Lobos here
for their first non-conference kill
of the 1952 season. Although the
Sweetwater eleven appeared to be
a little ragged at times with a con-
siderably slow-starting line, the
squad took an early lead and held
it through the tussle.
The passing of Joe Feagan and
running of James Butler and An-
gel Olvera made up for the late-
chargers on the line.
The Tigers, a fast and spirited
ball club, began their season on
the right foot Friday night by
trouncing the Silver Foxes of Jef-
ferson, El Paso, 21-0.
About 2,500 fans witnessed the
contest between Snyder and the
Foxes of District 2-4A. Snyder
was responsible for 13 first downs
to Jefferson's five.
Halfback Dan Burns led the Tig-
er game on the ground with a total
of 95 yards. Juan Rodriguez was
the leading ground gainer for the
Foxes with a total of 50 yards to
his credit in the contest.
The Big Spring Steers, with 10
returning lettermen, had a rough
time Friday as they were trampled
under the feet of the Breekenridge
Buckaroos who easily managed a
33-0 shutout over the scared cows.
The Breekenridge squad began
its scoring campaign the first time
it got its hands on the pigskin.
The Steer-Buck tangle was an
easy one for the experts to predict
as the Buckies were the State AAA
champions last year and the Big
Spring eleven won only two games
throughout its 1951 season.
Vernon's Lions, another team
who is making a bid for the Dis
trict 1-3A championship, were
crushed by the Wichita Falls Coy-
otes Friday night in Coyote Sta-
dium, 27-6.
An offense failure plus an un-
derdog-rating were partly to blame
for the Lions' defeat in the curtain
raiser. The Wichita Fall squad
turned in an impressive record of
17 first downs to Vernon's showing
of only two.
The Coyotes ended the one-sided
battle with a total of 264 yards
gained rushing while the Vernon
club limped off the field leaving
only 18 yards rushing behind them.
Vernon made its lone talley in
the fourth period and failed to kick
the EP.
Lamesa's Golden Tornadoes,
whose contest was Saturday night
at Farrington Field in Ft. Worth,
surprised the Paschal Panthers for
the second year in succession as
they swept an 18-0 victory over the
favored 4A-3 team.
The Tornadoes racked up 191
yards rushing while the Panthers
closely trailed with 190 yards rush-
ing. The first tally was made on
a 54 yard run by Fullback Leland
Bartlett. An important block by
Glenn Matthews gave Bartlett a
clear field for his scamper.
The Tornadoes jetirney to Mid-
land next Friday to test the power
of the Bulldogs.
Schedule for other teams in
District 1-3A for the week end is:
Snyder at Fort Worth North Side
(Thursday).
Swetwater at Odessa (Friday).
San Angelo at Big Spring (Fri-
day).
Plainview at Lubbock (Friday,
Plainview's initial game) Altus,
Okla., at Vernon.
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Finishes 38th Game
BROOKLYN, N. Y.. Sept. 16
—UP—Rookie Joe Black now has
finished more baseball games than
any Brooklyn Dodger pitcher in
history.
Black, a leading candidate for
"Rookie of the Year" honors, was
the finishing pitcher in his 38th
game this season when he relieved
Carl Erskine in the eighth inning
of Monday's 11 to 5 victory over
Cincinnati and pitched the eighth
and nine frames. The previous
Dodger record of 37 was set by
the late Hugh Casey in the Dodger
pennant-winning year of 197.
SHREVEPORT, La., Sept. 16—
UP—Shreveport and Oklahoma
City have jockeyed all season to
meet Tuesday night in the final
round of the Texas League Shaugh-
nessy Playoffs.
They open at Shreveport for the
first two games and then move to
Oklahoma City for three. The clubs
will compete for the best four
games out of seven.
Shreveport arrived in the finals
by defeating Fort Worth four
straight in first-round playoffs. Ok-
lahoma City eliminated Dallas.
Now Shreveport, which ended the
regular season in third place, and
Oklahoma City, which finished
fourth, will struggle for the honor
of representing their league in the
Dixie Series. The winner will meet
the best from the Southern Asso-
ciation.
Manager Tommy Tatum said he
would work Ernie Groth for Okla-
homa City in this first game.
Shreveport Manager Mickey Liv-
ingston counted on Fred Baczew-
ski who worked a five-hitter in the
opening game with Fort Worth to
get the Sports off to a good start.
A possible opponent in the Dixie
Series has been narrowed to three
teams. Memphis won its half of
the Southern Association first round
playoffs. It waits only to meet the
winner of a Mobile-Atlanta series
to pick a champion.
Mobile currently leads in the ser-
ies with Atlanta, two victories to
one. A game scheduled for Mon-
It is all figured out.
The Sweetwater Mustangs are
going to win the District 1-3A title
and will be defeated in the first
round playoff by Breekenridge, win-
ner cf its district.
That's what Phil Collier, Star
Telegram sports writer predicts.
He goes further and predicts Lub-
bock and Baytown for the finals in
the 4A group, and Temple and
Breekenridge in the 3A.
In making the predictions, how-
ever, he qualifies his predictions
by stating "the odds are against it
happening, but the Star Telegram
is picking Lubbock and Baytown
to again reach the 4A state school-
boy football finals and Temple and
Breekenridge to meet once more
for the 3A state crown."
Behind Temple and Breeken-
ridge, Collier places Sweetwater in
3rd place in state standing. But
since Sweetwater and Breeken-
ridge, if they win their districts,
would meet in battle in the first
rounds, naturally one or the other
would be eliminated. Collier picks
Breck to knock the Mustangs out,
then go all the way to the finals to
meet Temple.
Picking the state finalists at
this stage of the game seems a lit-
tle crazy to us. For instance,
Sweetwater is a low way from win-
ning District 1-3A. And, unless
they improve quite a lot over the
demonstration they put up against
Levelland, they won't win the dis-
trict.
Faster take off by the line and
better blocking by the entire squad
is needed in order for Sweetwater
to make much headway toward Dis-
trict honor.
A few of Coach Gerald's backs
looked good last Friday night. This
is true with some of the linesmen.
But some of the backfield boys
lack a little extra drive when meet-
ing a tackier. They give up before
the tackle is made. Any back can
take a ball and go for a touchdown
if blockers have taken out all the
would be tacklers, but it takes a
good ball carrier to make a few
extra yards when the blockers
have failed.
But knowing Coaches Pat Ger-
ald, Mel Grigg and Tommy Hin-
son as we do, we predict they'll
smooth out many kinks during this
week's practice. Whether or not
they can get the team in good en-
ough shape to cope with Odessa
or not remains to be seen. Just be-
cause Odessa was knocked over last
week by Port Arthur is no indica-
tion the Broncs won't be double
tough.
We hope Collier is right in pre-
dicting the Mustangs to win the dis-
trict. If we win the district we pre-
dict we'll take Breekenridge in the
first round playoff, provided they
have come through to win their
district.
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Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Tuesday, September 16, 1952
Knee Injuries May Plague
Highly Rated TCU Squad
This is another in a series de-
voted to prospects of Southwest
Conference football teams.
day
out.
night at Mobile was rained
ma-
Baseball Game
Short Sunday
BOSTON, Sept. 16—UP—A
jor-league baseball game played in
an hour and 25 minutes is almost
fantastic these days when 2 1-2
and three hour games are com-
mon.
But that's what the Cubs and
Braves did in the first game of
their twin bill here Sunday. Each
team got only three hits and Ed
Mathews' homer won it for Bos-
ton, 1 to 0, in the ninth inning. It
was the fastest game of the year,
topping the Cubs-Cincinnati game
j of July 6, which required one hour
I and 33 minutes.
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Fourth Army Title
From Ft. Sill, Okla.
FORT HOOD, Tex., Sept. 16—
UP—Brooke Army Medical Center
took its third consecutive Fourth
Army baseball title back to San
Antonio Tuesday, after climaxing
an all-out uphill fight with a 5 to
1 victory Monday night over Fort
Sill, Okla.
A playoff between the two teams
was required when Brooke, that
had lost to Fort Sam Tuesday,
beat Ft. Sill in an afternoon con-
test Monday. The tournament was
a double-eliminating affair, and un-
til the afternoon game with Brooke
Ft. Sill had not been beaten.
Glenn Mickens set Sill batters
down on four hits in the night
gate after his teammate, Hy
Cohen, defeated them in afternoon
play on five. Billy Muffett pitched
well in the finale as the loser,
striking out 10 medics and allow-
ing only eight hits.
He gave up eight bases on balls,
however, and they proved disas-
trous.
Walks coupled with four singles
in the fifth inning accounted for
a 4 to 0 lead which was never
threatened. Sill's only run was scor-
ed by Jim Baumer, Chicago White
Sox bonus property, who singled,
advanced on a safety by Nick
Krsnisk, and scored on a throwing
error by Brooke Shortstop Owen
Friend.
Mickens fanned 11 Sill batters
to take the victory.
COAST WISE—Johnny Olszewski of California is the Pacific Coast Conference's outstanding back.
Bob Bnrkhart hands off to Fullback Jim Head for Washington State. The quarterback is the far west s
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Fearless Fraley's
Fads And Figures
By OSCAR FRALEY
NEW YORK, Sept. 16—UP—The
publicity buildup for next week's
heavyweight title fight between
Jersey Joe Walcott and Rocky
Marciano should be heading Tues-
day for the sublime.
It's certainly been in the ridicu-
lous up to now.
As of the current dispatches
from the respective training
camps, the imminent embroglio
has had all the dignity of a Mack
Sennet comedy. Only the Keystone
Kops were never this funny.
Everybody is crowding into the
publicity act except the fighters
and the situation as to their con-
dition and workouts has been
buried deeper than the prize nug-
get at Fort Knox.
If the truth hadn't leaked out
when the contracts were signed,
you'd think Rocky's manager, A1
(The Vest) Weill, was prepping to
do battle with Felix (Deadpan)
Bocchicchio, Walcott's Arcaro.
The latest "fight" news from
Marciano's meanage concerned
the raucous roars from Weill when
it was reported that Rocky would
take his own chef to Philadelphia
because of crank letters which
threatened him with a menu mic-
key.
One thing certain, Rocky's camp
must be the best fed in publistic
history because his chef is getting
more publicity than Oscar of the
Waldorf ever had. Up to now the
daily dispatches have caused a
feeling that the Rock was training
like a candidate for a fat man's
pie-eating contest. He has been
eating prodigious amounts of food
and using steaks for hors d'oevre,
which are society sandwiches as
big as a minute.
Another scintillating scoop con-
cerned the fact that somebody or
other from Brockton, Mass., Roc-
ky's home town, predicted that
there would be "dancing in the
streets" if Marciano won.
Marciano Ready
For Big Fight
With Jersey Joe
By JACK CUDDY
GROSSINGER, N. Y., Sept. 16
—UP—Rocky Marciano said Tues^
day morning, "I wish I was flgWA
ing tonight instead of a week from
tonight because I'm right in the
pink " ,. .
The challenger said it would be
"a very slow week" while waiting
for next Tuesday night and his
heavyweight title fight with Jersey
Joe Walcott at Philadelphia.
Swarthy, bull-shouldered Rocky
from Brockton, Mass., has been
ordered by his trainer Charley
Goldman to taper off his training
in order to keep up his weight a% •
his energy.
"I like to train hard when I m
working toward a fight," explained
the 28-year-old Massachusetts
mauler while dispatching a break-
fast of oatmeal, two soft-boiled
eggs, two lamb chops, dry toast
and a cup of tea.
He continued, "You don't gpt
hored in camp if you do enough
hard work to tire you out. You
know—like four miles on the road
every morning, and five or sa
rounds in the gym in the after=
noon. But now they've cut down on
everything."
Did Rocky feel he had reached
the peak of condition too soon?
"Heck, no," he answered. I feel
like I could knock down a brick
wall. It's good to feel that way a
week before a fight—and then stay
that way. But it's hard to keep the
brakes on for a week. I sure wish
I was fighting tonight."
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INSURE YOUR
It reminds me of a great lead
one writer sent out during the
Johnstown flood. The reporter's
epic started, "God sat on the hills
surrounding Johnstown tonight."
His exasperated editor, sitting at
the other end of the telegraph line
impatiently awaiting statistical in-
formation on the flood damage,
broke in and said:
"Forget the flood. Interview
God."
Which brines me to the fact that
"dancing in the streets" line may
cause me to miss the fight. On the
chance the Rock will win, I may
go cover the Massachusetts Mardi
Gras. Always did want to sec a
New Englander lose his reserve
and do a buck and wing at Fourth
and Main.
But probably the best training
camp story of them all concerncd
Bocchicchio's request that Weill be
forced to undergo a physical check-
up before being permitted in Roc-
ky's corner. Felix, who earned his
appearance of a shopworn George
Raft, insisted he didn't want "The
Vest" to drop dead with a heart
attack.
Although it has been known to
happen, it's a good thing that this
bout isn't scheduled to end like
football games—with a gun shot.
Otherwise Weill might have a per-
fect comeback.
The fighters? Oh, they're around
somewhere, sparring or running,
or something.
FORT WORTH, Sept. 16—UP—
Defending champion Texas Chris-
tian has the experience and the
depth to repeat, but a couple of
jinxes may keep them out of the
Southwest Conference throne room.
With 27 lettermen, 16 of them
starters, back in the fold. Coach
Dutch Meyer has material to burn,
but the jinx that hangs over
champs and favorites will be a
psychological hurdle.
Another jinx, even more formid-
able, already has started taking
its toll. That one centers around
the promiscuousness of knee inju-
ries which seem to strike key per-
sonnel on TCU teams.
Gil Bartosh and Malvin Fowler,
regular backs, and reserve quar-
terback Danny Powell were
plagued with the pesky joint inju-
ries a year ago and still haven't
tested them under strenuous con-
ditions.
On top of that. Bartosh has now
wrenched his "good" knee and
Bobby McF.achern, a senior letter-
man who has been capable filling
the big hole left by Keith Flowers'
departure, also has been nicked by
the same injury.
Aside from these question marks,
the Frogs look like the champions
they're tabbed to be.
With Bartosh back at tailback,
John Harville and Jack Ray at the
halves and Fowler at full they
have a potent starting crew. Ray
McKown, the 1951 sensation as a
sophomore, offers a big piece of
insurance for Bartosh or for Floyd,
now that Meyer has been work-
ing him as the No. 2 fullback with
success.
Teddy Vaught and Boh Blair arc
hack at their olds stands at end.
Marshall Harris at tackle, Jack
Ramsay at guard and Carlton Mc-
Cormack at center also feel right
at home and offer steadiness for
the two newcomers to the line.
These are Mickey Teems, a re-
serve last year who is at the run-
ning guard slot, and Bill Sikcs, a
husky squadman at tackle.
McEachern has turned out well
as a linebacker and has been get-
ting adequate help from Hal Lam-
bert a 245-pound letterman.
Fraley at Half
The rest of the defensive back-
field will be starting their second
season in those spots—Ronald Fra-
ley and Sammy Morrow at the
halves and speedy, little Marshall
Robinson at safety.
A sophomore sensation, Claude
Roach, and a junior college trans-
fer, Johnny Crouch have earned i
starting defensive berths on the
line—Roach at guard with the ex-
perienced Bill Buck and Crouch at
end with Wayne Martin, an unsung
hero of the 1951 team.
Morgan Williams and R. C. Har-
ris return at the tackles to round
out a big, fast line.
Meyer thinks that if his new-
comers come through and the
Frogs get a few breaks they just
might wind up on top, but he's
keeping his fingers crossed.
Season's Record 1
Crowd 73,609
CLEVELAND, Sept. 16 — (IF) —
The Cleveland Indians didn't get
the victory they badly needed but
they did draw the largest baseball
crowd of the season Sunday.
A throng of 73,609 turned out at
Municipal Stadium Sunday as the
Yankees beat the Indians, 7 to 1^
Previous high for this season war
58,988 at Detroit, Aug. 28, when
the Indians played the Tigers in a
twi-night doubleheader.
Since it started operations in
1866 the Mount Washington, N. H.,
cog railway has transported thou-
sands of persons up and down the
3 1-3 miles to the summit without
a fatality.
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TWO PLANES CRASH
DALLAS, Sept. 16—UP—Two pri-
j vato planes crashed within 20 min-
j utes of each other at Love Field
; municipal airport, but none of their
| occupants were hurt.
A twin-engined five-passenger
i Bccchcraft ground-looped after tak-
I ing off at 4:05 p.m. Thursday and
crashed into a ditch. Twenty min-
utes later, an eight-place Dellav-
iland Dove cracked up after a land-
ing gear collapsed as it came in
for a landing. Both planes were
damaged.
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