Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1954 Page: 2 of 16
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hies Must Defeat 'Dogs
o Clinch Conference Tie
> T[fce Mustangs have one last high
He to clear in order to gain a
In district X-AAA. If they can
Ittrop the undefeated Bulldogs then
[both teams will have one defeat
Ijrar the season's conference play.
If both teams win their remain-
ling two games then there will be a
■ playoff between these teams. But
[they have to beat Plainview first.
Harold Green is leading the dis-
trict in the scoring department
Jwith 152 points for a 16.9 average
| for nine games.
Jerry Shackleford is second high
I for the Mustange with 104 points in
Inine games for an 11.6 average.
I Dale McKeehan is running a close
I third with 102 points and an 11.5
| average for nine games.
R. L. Montgomery is in the nuni-
I ber four spot with 99 points and an
111 point average tor district play,
.lohn Paul Cain is holding down
I the number five spot with 28 points
land a 3.5 average and Jackie Law-
rence is in sixth place with 19
points and a 2.6 average for eight
I games.
Cain and Lawrence alternate on
[ the starting five.
The Mustangs have a tola! of 510
I points for nine games and an aver-
age of 56.6 points per game, while
holding their opposition to 429
points and a 37.6 per game aver-
| age.
The Bulldogs have had one of
I their starters out with an ankle
injury but he is expected to be
ready for action in the Friday
| night game.
The Bulldogs are ■ lastbreaking
I quintet and they hustle throughout
the game and also give the boards
I a good working for the rebounds.
The Mustangs have a slight
I height advantage over the 'Dogs
and that will help the Ponies to a
great extent, if it is put to proper
I use.
The "B" team, which has lost
| six of its nine starts, will be seek-
ing its second win from the "B"
Bulldogs.
Game time will be at 6:30 and 8
p.m.
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Thursday, February 11, 1954
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OBLE VIEW
By HARRY NOBLE
Sports Editor
Wednesday night finished the In-
dependent League basketball for
the various teams of Sweetwater.
The Reporters finished in first
place with a perfect record of 10
wins in as many starts.
Coach Bennie Rutherford and
Coach J. D. Smith were the main
men for the Reporters and both
were top scorers in the League.
Rutherford was first and Smith was
second.
The Mustangs have a hard fight
on their hands Friday night when
they meet the Bulldogs in Plain-
view.
In order to tie up the district the
Mustangs must Jefeat the Bulldogs
and have also got to win their
games with Snyder and Brecken-
ridge and then hope that Plainview
gets beat in order to avoid a play-
off.
NUMBER ONE —Eddie Andrews reports to Coach Jim Turner
and the Yankees' Prospect School at Miller Huggins Field in St.
Petersburg, Fla. A pitcher out of New Brunswick, N.J., he is
the first Negro to work with the World Champions. (NEA>
Bryant- Makes Hit With Aggie
Corpsmen At Pep Rally Speech
Reporters Capture
{City League Title
In the final games of the City
I League basketball conference the
IReporters handed the Sweetwater
IMerchants an 81-50 defeat and Lone
|star Cement edged VIC 43-37.
Lone Star and VIC started the
Inight's games with Lone Star tak-
ling an early lead and holding it
I throughout the game.
Lone Star tallied 14 points for
I the first quarter and the young VIC
|bovs gathered in 14.
VIC managed to eke out 4 points
Jin the second quarter while al-
lowing tone" Star nine.
Lone Star led 23-18 at haiftime.
Lone Star led the scoring again
I in the th'rd period with 13 points
[while holding the lads from VIC
| to 10 points.
VIC led the scoring in the final
I stanza with nine points but allow-
led Lone Star seven for their ef-
I forts.
In the second game the Report-
lers grabbed a quick 10 point lead
land steadily widened the margin
| in each quarter
The Reporters held a 39-22 half
|time lead.
The third period was somewhat
■Mower than the firs' two with the
I Reporter-; gathering in 16 points
|and the Merchants tallying 10.
In the fourth quarter two
Iof the Reporters fouled out and
I the game had to finished with
[only fou; players but this did not
■ hamper the team much. They
jkcored 21 points for the final per-
iled and held the Merchants to 18
By ED FITE
COLLEGE STATION, Tex.. Feb.
j 11 —UP—Paul (Bean Bryant, a
drawling one-time backwoodsman
: with a compelling coat of polish,
lirought only a nodding acquaint-
j ance with coaching adversity to
his new job at Texas A&M.
The tall. 200-pound former Ala-
i liama end who grew up amidst the
lore of the Ozarks around Ford-
yce, Ark., has had a winner each
of his nine previous seasons as a
head coach—one at Maryland and
eight at Kentucky.
At each of those schools, Bryant
rejuvenated flagging grid fortunes
almost overnight and a similar
"challenge" here at Aggieland was
a big factor in swinging him away
from Kentucky.
Two other motivating factors
were the tremendous school spir-
it in Texas A&M's "12th man"
cadet corps and the abundance of
material spewing from the 800-
plus Texas schoolball teams.
He's already made a big hit with
the corps, which keeps up a thun-
derous roar throughout all Aggie
home games, by unexpectedly fol-
lowing a tradition that calls for pep
rally speakers to shed their coats
and tie and letting them drop to
the floor on the spot.
The dramatic act provoked a
wild demonstration and indicated
Bryant was "in" as far as the
corps was concerned.
He has been here only two days,
so as yet has had no chance to
put his giib. appealing tongue to
work oil the state's prospective col-
lege athletes. But. those who saw
Bryant at work for Maryland and
Kentucky have no doubts the per-
sonable. 40-year-old mentor will
sway his share of top-grade talent.
Bryant, who once wrestled a car-
nival bear to earn his nickname
All-America Way
and whose gameness was further
exhibited when he played an en-
tire game against Tennessee with
a broken leg, wasn't worried too
much about the dim prospects
existing at Texas A&M.
Asked if he thougnt the Aggie
personnel could be any poorer than
that at Kentucky when he first
went there, Bryant replied: "Well,
it would have to be pretty weak."
That inaugural year at Kentucky.
Bryant took a cellar ball club and
guided it to a 7-3 season record.
The Aggies haven't won a champ-
ionship since 1941. have won only
one conference game a year the
past three seasons and lost a huge
slice of the 1953 cellar-sharing club
by graduation.
The situation has an old familiar
ring to Bryant.
But, he best expressed his feej-
ings at that coatless, tieless-pep
rally in his first hour on the cam-
pus when he rolled up his sleeves
and shouted to the enthusiastic ca-
dets:
"I don't know about you, but
I'm ready to play."
Industrialist Buys Foreign Sire
ARCADIA, Calif.. Feb. 11 —UP
—Scorpion, one of Australia's most
successful young thoroughbred
sires, arrived here Wednesday.
Scorpion was purchased by Steve
Hammond, Chicago industrialist
and owner of Greenacres Farm in
Chino, Calif. The Australian horse
will be in stud duty shortly.
Paolone Signs With Eagles
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11 —UP
—Ralph Paolone. University of
Kentucky fullback who transfer-
red to the southern school from
Notre Dame, signed Thursday with
the Philadelphia Eagles. He was
the 14th satisfied Eagle signed for
1954 and also was the fifth full-
back.
We have heard a number of per-
sons say that they were going to
make the trip to Plainview. We
are glad to hear that they are go-
ing and wish that some others
would plan to make the trip. This
would help the morale of the boys
considerably.
The Jig Spring fans are getting
behind their future ball club even
before they get it but when you get
support like that there is no rea-
son why a town cannot have a good
club and also have enough sup-
porters.
If we could get enough enthu-
siasm stirred up in Sweetwater,
Mr. Hunt might rush up his end of
the business.
As we are fairly new in this town
we would like to talk to more peo-
ple and get their opinion of base-
ball. If you have any comment on
this subject just give us a ring
at the office and we will be more
than glad to talk with you.
Texas Tournament
To Start Saturday
LAREDO, Feb. 11 —UP—PGA
winter touring professionals open
their Texas golf campaign Thurs-
day in an 18-hole pro-amateur event
that precedes the 36-hole 53,000 La-
redo Open Saturday and Sunday.
Ed (Porky) Oliver. Marty Furgol,
Tony Golguin and Shelley Mayfield
were the pros that will play side
by side with some of the best ama-
teurs in the state in the pro-amateur
tournament.
At stake was a prize of $1,000
for the play-for-play golfers in
Thursday's pro-am. A field of 175
was entered.
Rex Baxter Jr. of Amarillo, win-
ner of the International Amateur
tournament played here two weeks
ago, Wesley Ellis of San Antonio,
Jimmy McAdams of Dallas and
Tommy Cruse of Houston plus the
whole North Texas State golf team
were among the amateurs entered
in the pro amateaur tournament.
The $3,000 Open gets under way
over the Casa Blanca course Sat-
urday and finals are Sunday.
Already entered in the Open are
Ed Furgol. winner of the Phoenix
Open; Julius Boros, former U.S.
Open champion, Oliver. Mayfield.
Chuck Klein. Ed Carpenter, IIol-
guin and others.
Expected were most oi the pros
that will play in the Texas Open
in San Antonio next week.
Long - ball hitters that can hit
straight against the wind are the
favorites in the tournament, which
was a quick substitution when the
Tucson Open was dropped.
The course here is 6,683 yards I
long and very windy. Because of j
lack of rain, it is expected to be
fast. The course is not considered J
difficult, although it is long and i
narrow with a hazard being the
loose rlust at places.
HERE S HOPING—Big Bob Wiesler, up from Kansas City
again, shows Yankee hopefuls how to follow through on the
mound. Watching him at the World Champions' Prospect School
on Miller Huggins Field, St. Petersburg, Fla., are Wally Burnett,
left, who won 21 games for Binghamton of the Eastern League,
and Bob Grim, out of the Army. (NEA)
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Lions Sign Parozzo
DETROIT. Feb. 11 —UP—George I
Parozzo, a 240-pound tackle from |
i William & Mary who turned down |
contracts from two Canadian loot-1
ball teams, has signed to play with
I the champion Detroit Lions in 1954.
Parozzo was the Lions' fifth
j choice in the recent draft.
AAU Announces Entries
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 —UP—The
| Amateur Athletic Union has an-
nounced that California will send a
| group of eight track and field stars
to the American indoor-champion-
j ships at Madison Square Garden,
Feb. 20. The group includes Parry
O'Brien, George Brown. Ernie
Shelton. Bob Richards, Fred (Red*
Barnes, George Mattos, Herm
Wyatt and iNTPredith Gourdine.
Skating Championships Set
BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 11—UP
—The Pacific Coast figure skating
championships will be held at
Berkeley Iceland on Feb. 25-27 it
| was announced Thursday. About
I 100 top skaters from California,
I Idaho, Montana. New Mexico, Ore-
| gon, Utah. Washington and Alas-
! ka are expected to compete.
Mexican KOs Kansan
! VAN NUYS, Calif.. Feb. 11—UP
I —Mexican middleweight title
claimant Chebo Hernandez, 161,
Wednesday night knocked out Jim-
my Smith, 162 1-2, Kansas City,
Kan., in the third round of a sche-
suled 10-round main event at Val-
ley Garden Arena. Smith was
decked twice in the first round but
came back to hold even in the
second. Hernandez then uncorked
a flurry of lefts and rights to down
iTis opponent in 2:47 of the third.
By UNITED PPESS
Wednesday's College Basketball
EAST
Juniata 72, Albright 71.
Amherst 73, Union (N.Y.i 49.
Army 91, St. Michaels 64.
Boston College 73. Harvard 52.
Boston U. 50, Tufts 45.
Lafayette 89, Bucknell 74.
Princeton 66, Columbia 47.
Yale 80, Dartmouth 74.
Delaware 79, Swarthmore 43.
St. Josephs (Pa.) 69, Drexel
Tech 59.
Fordham 69, Rutgers 58.
La Salle 82, lona 69.
Muhlenburg 59, Lehigh 58.
Scranton 66, Moravain 53.
Vermont 69, Norwich 67.
Penn 78, Syracuse 74.
Rochester 81, Clarkson 61
St. Francis iN.Y.) 71. Temple
62.
Villanova 74, St. Peters 70.
Duquesne 86. Carnegie Tech 40.
Navy 110. Georgetown (D.C.i 75.
Trenton Tchrs 88. Drew 52.
Ithaca 74. Harper 54.
American International 96. New
Britain St. Tchrs 80.
Fairfield 73. New, Haven St.
Tchrs 57. • 'f
Lycoming 84, Bloomsburg 67.
Fairleigh - Dickinson 80, Bridge-
port 60.
Stevens Tech 75, Case 43.
Millersville 72, Kutztown 51.
Westchester 67, Penn Military 55.
Adelphi 68. Rider 65.
New York Aggies 77, New York
Tech 5!).
Hobart 69, Hamilton 61.
Upsala 71. Rutgers of Newark
64.
MIDWEST
Wooster 71, Akron 57.
Ball State 96, De Pauw 87.
Case 73, llirani 45.
Cincinnati 81, Xavier (O.i 78,
Dayton 80, Miami (O.) 6,9.
Illinois Wesleyan 95, Illinois nor-
mal 89.
Mount Union 73. Fenn 41.
Heidelberg 56. Ohio Wesleyan
Oklahoma A&M 59, St, Louis
Western Reserve 70. Kent Stnto
66.
Youngstovvn < O.) 78, Slipp.v.v
Rock 46.
Aurora 88. St. Procopius 81.
SI. Ambrose 109. Iowa Wesle\a:i
78.
Winona Tchrs 70, Bethel Coll.
111.
Omaha 71. Simpson 56.
SOUTH
East Carolina 92, MeCrary Fag-
les 52.
Belmont Abbey 112, Charleston
67.
Maryland State 85, Mofstra 82.
Maryville Coll. 79, King Coil.
69.
Davis - Elkins 71, Alderso.i-
Broaddus 69.
Benedict Coll. 56 Tuskegee Inst.
48.
Roanoke Coll. 88. Iiichmond Ptrf.
Inst. 56.
Peerless Military 66. Chattano-
oga 52.
Mississippi State 74, Arkansas
State 71.
Morehead (Ky.t 101, Eastern
Kentucky 88.
Loyola (Md.i 67. Johns Hopkins
52.
Louisville 94. Loyola (La.) 77.
Braves Trade
To Baltimore
Bickford
Club
By UNITED PRESS
The Milwaukee Braves have sent
veteran pitcher Vern Bickford to
Baltimore and received a minor
league catcher in exchange.
Earl White Jr. of Baltimore's San
Antonio Texas League team, came
into the Braves fold in the deal
Wednesday.
The 34-year-old B.ckfoid had ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the
Braves club, complaining that he
was not being used enough, general
Manager John Quinn said.
It was reported that Bickford
was less popular with management
after his fisticuff exchange .< itn
Johnny Logan in New York last
July.
Quinn said he had been trying to
make a deal on Bickford with an
American League club for some
time.
Waived by National
"Everybody waived him n the
National League," Quinn said.
Bickford had a 2-5 record in 58
innings and an earned run aver-
age of 5.28 last year.
Quinn said scouts hail reported
favorably on White, who throws
righthanded and bats lefthanded.
The 25-year-old catcher five-foot,
11-inches, weighs 192 and batted
,267 for San Antonio last year.
Quinn has slated him to assist Sam
Calderon-; in relieving Del Cran-
dall, the Braves' regular catcher.
Earlier Wednesday first baseman
Joe Adcock signed up, leaving only
two first-string Braves off the con-
tract list.
Jack Dittmer and Johnny Logan
have not returned their contracts.
Several other teams, including
the pennant-winning Yankees and
Dodgers, made baseball news on
other fronts by signing key play-
ers.
The Yankees got a signed pact
from Jerry Coleman, the ex-Ma-
rino flyer who is an important man
in the Bronx Bombers' plans.
The world champs also signed
utility inficlder Jim Brideweser.
And they're looking forward to a
face-to-face conference with pitch-
er Allie Reynolds next week. In-
dian Allie has twice rejected terms
believed to call for the same $35.-
000 salary he received last year.
Reynolds is demanding $40,000.
Dodgers Sign Shuba, Walker
The Dodgers signed outfielder
George Shuba and second-string
catcher A1 (Rubei Walker. Shuba
was used mainly as a pinch-hitter
last season and became the third-
man in World Series history to
pinch-hit a homer. Walker has a
.357 average as a sub swinger.
Veteran pitcher Larry Jansen of
the New York Giants, who had an
11-16 mark last year, signed for a
"slight cut" from his estimated
$35,000 salary. The Philadelphia
Phillies got signatures from pitch-
er Steve Ridzik, who had a 9-6
mark, and rookie outfielder Stan-
ley l'alys, who hit .331 at Spokane.
The Cincinnati Redlegs moved
within two men of completing their
roster by signing rookie pitcher
Bill Powell, 14-9 at Charleston,
and rookie catcher Dick Kinna-
man, from Indianapolis and Syra-
cuse. The Detroit Tigers signed
outfielder Bob Nieman. who batted
.281 with 15 homers and the Chi-
cago Cubs signed pitcher Jim Wil-
lis, who was 2-1 with the Cubs
and 2-3 with Springfield.
Top Hitter For The Athletics
Denies Writing Nasty Letter
Morciano Starts
Exhibition Tour
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 —UP-
Manager A! Weill said Thursday
heavyweight champion Rocky Mar-
ciano probably will start late this
month on his "first U.S. exhibition
ton r."
Incompleted plans call lor Rocky
to give boxing exhibitions in large
cities from coast to coast until late
March, Weill explained.
"We're arranging a tour because
we received so many requests for
exhibitions since last week's bust-
off of negotiations for a March title
defense," lie said. "We've had of-
fers from Kansas City, Denver Mil-
waukee, Indianapolis and others."
After the exhibition trek. Rocky
will return to camp at Grossinger,
N.Y., and begin training for a June
defense. His opponent probal l.v will
be ex-champion Ezzard O larles.
Florida A&M 90. Alabama State
PARIS, Tex.. Feb. 12 —UP—
Dave Philley, the Philadelphia Ath-
letics' top hitter, denied Thursday
he had written a "very nasty"
letter to the A's Earl Mack and
labeled as gross exaggeration
Mack's statement that he had
turned down^a $6,000 raise.
"There was nothing nastf in the
letter I wrote Mack," the hard-
hitting outfielder said. "I just, stat-
ed the facts and told him to check
on what kind of year I had last
season."
Philley, who sandwiches in some
basketball officiating with his cat-
tle business in the off season, com-
piled a neat .303 batting average
last summer—good enough to rank
eighth in the lead—as he led his
own club at the plate.
Denies Reports
As for having turned down three
offers including one with a $6,000
boost iu salary, Philley gave forth
with a contemptuous snort.
"Why, I've had only two offers
from the club, all told." he said.
I "And I'll tell you neither of 'em
3. | came close to being $6,000 more
3. j than I made in 1953.
"The first offer didn't have
enough to even half that figure,
and the second durned sure wasn't
any more than hall of that $6,000
hike Mr. Mack so freely bandied
about to the press."
Philley said he'd heard reports
that Mack had made those state-
ments and. in addition, had hinted
at the possibility of Philley being
trailed because of his attitude.
"But I didn't believe it until yes-
terday. when a relative brought me
a United Press story from a Dallas
newspaper quoting him.' lie said.
Not Discussing Trades
the majors on a firm basis in
1947 with the Chicago White Sox,
wasn't too talkative about that
trading business.
"I'd hate for contract talk to be
cause for trading a man," he said.
"But. I'm interested in getting
merits and 1 wouldn't be"\oo par-
ticular about who paicL it. 4,
"Mr. Mack was quoted earlier
as saying he thought I deserved
a substantial raise—but the offers
I've had so far were certainly not
in that category."
WANT ADS BRING
RESULTS!
Negro Convicted
On Rape Charges
HOUSTON, Feb. 11 —UP—Mar-
cell Lee Garrett. 19-year-old Negro
high school senior, was convicted
Wednesday of raping a Baptist
missionary worker last Nov. 13. He
was sentenced to life imprison
ment.
The jury deliberated five hours
and 20 minutes before bringing in
its verdict.
Garrcft was accused in connec-
tion with a series of rapes and
attempted rapes on the same day
011 Houston's north side. A Negro
tried to rape two other women
within an hour after Garrett's vic-
tim, a grandmother, was attacked.
Army Lists Fewer
Texans On Feb. 1
AUSTIN, Feb, 11 —UP—Although
non-Texaus may not believe it,
there were lewor Lone Star staters
in the Armed Forces on FelS. 1
than there were a month earlier.
State Draft Director Paul L.
Wakefield said the number of Tex-
ans ill service dropped 300, as 1,300
were drafted and 2,600 enlisted,
but 4,200 were discharged.
The Air Force continued as Tex-
as' most popular branch, with
nearly twice as many enlisting in
that service as compared with the
Arm y.
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