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eaking of sports
The Abilene Eagles, defending regional champions, will
be odds-on favorites to literally run off and hide from the
rest of the field in Saturday's 2-AA regional finals at Steph-
enville. However, a leg injury received by Don Burks, the
Eagles' ace hurdler and mile relay team member might
cost the terrific Eagles enough points to allow Breckenridge
to cost them a few anxious moments.
The Buckaroos, who simply
switched their football team into
track uniforms, have dominated
every meet entered this year much
as has Abilene. They don't, ap-
proach the Eagles overall streng-
th, especially in the weights and
middle distances, but in the
sprints, broad jump, high jump
and sprint relay, the Buckaroos
are set to give the Eagles some
spirited competition.
It was pointed out in a recent
column that the Buckaroo back-
field of 1954 possessed tremendous
speed . . . .Take Sandefer, Clyde
Harris and Dick Carpenter, left
halfback, right halfback and full-
back respectively, finished in that
order in the 100-yard dash in the
district meet, after Harris had set
a new district reeor'd in the pre-
liminaries.
The fourth member of the
mighty Buck backficld of last sea-
son. quarterback Bennett Watts,
made it unanimous by qualifying
for the 120-yard high hurdles. Add
John Henry Cotton, an end. who
qualified for the 220-yard dash,
the 440-yard dash, and along with
Harris. Sandefer and Carpenter!
form a record-breaking sprint re-1
Abilene or San Angelo, Odessa has
a tremendous scholastic enroll-
ment, and the 2,000 student capa-
city history made by Odessa teams
in the past decade will see a level-
ing off with the opening of a sec-
ond high school, at least for sev-
eral years.
MINUS SPUDOERS
Short takes. What with ACC's
Bobby Morrow being timed in 9.3
and Texas U.'s Dean Smith clock-
ed in 9.2 for the 100-yard dash this
year, about all a spectator may
see if the two ever run against
each other will be just a blur as
they speed past. The only oppor-
tunity the two speedsters may have
to lace each other is in the Colise-
um Relays in Los Angeles, since
Bobby's only a freshman, and not
eligible for the big relay meets
. . . Biggest sprint disappointment
has been the hearalded J. Frank
Daugherty, Texas U. freshman
phenom of last year. Rated as the
top dash prospect in at least 150
years, Frank has placed in a total
ol' exactly zero meets this year,
having been troubled with a re-
curring leg injury. Insiders also
say that he also has had a bad
lay foursome, you get some idea j case 0f Misplaced Parentitis. 'Tis
of why Breckenridge was always
going somewhere in a hurry last
fall
said that father Daugherty took ov-
er the coaching of his offspring,
and has done everything but cart
, " " „ . , J. Frank down the track in a
Clay Jack Reeves Sweetwater s wheelbarrow.
high-poeketed half-miler. will have j
to run the best race of his life to
win a spot in the state meet, if;
past records can be used. Bobby
Mosshart. Abilene's 880-man must
be given first place by default.
He's one of the most promising |
middle distance high school per- j
formers to come out ol Texas in
recent years.
But behind him are two Fort
Worth "entries that have posted
some top times. Carl Belt of North j
Side and Henry Savage of Poly-
technic. Belt has a tine 1:58.6 and
Savage a 2.01.3, both slightly bet-
ter than Clay Jack's best time,
posted in the district meet.
But the long-legged Reeves has
improved tremendously since the
Chiefs To Play
Hermleigh Nine
The Sweetwater Chiefs, amateur
baseball team, will play its second
game of the season at Sportsman
Park. 2:30 p. m. Sunday, against
the Hermleigh team, manager
Herman Green has announced.
The Chiefs used a ninth inning
rally to defeat the classy Herm-
leigh nine. 10-9 at Hermleigh last
Sunday.
Green has named Jack Rodgers,
opening of the track season, and j former pitcher with the Midland
if he can crack the two-minute i
barrier, which he may have to
do to grab at least a second place. I
he may win himself a spot in the
state meet at Austin
A new school will enter the West
Texas athletic picture from an un- j Chiefs
expected sourco by 105i, according
to Ben Peeler, of the Odessa
American.
Odessa will have a new high
school and will be competing in
Interscholastic League athletics
by the fall of that year, according
to Peeler, with an enrollment of
close to 700 students.
Although considerably smaller
in total population than either
Indians of the Longhorn League,
to open on the mound lor the
Chiefs. Others on the pitching
staff include Dale McKeehan. Jim
Shuler, Terry Franks and Harold
Green.
Probable starting lineup tor the
will be Rodgers. pitcher;
Roland Powell, catcher: .Tames
Roden, first base: Frank Smith,
second base: Jimmy Justiss,
shortstop; Salty Copeland. third
base; Bobby McNeal, left field;
Burnett, center field and Dale
Greer, right field.
Season Play
Is Opened
In Longhorn
By UNITED PRESS
Artesia, Roswell, Midland and
Odessa got away on a victory note
as the Class C Longhorn League
opened its 1955 race Wednesday
night.
Artesia rapped Hobbs 9 to 3, Ros-
well spoiled Carlsbad's opening
night 6 to 5, Midland whipped San
Angelo 9 to 5 and Odessa nosed
out Big Spring 5 to 4.
A crowd of 2,500 at Midland saw
the home team stage a five-run
rally in the eighth for all its runs,
but enough to beat San Angelo.
Don Beekman started the rally
with a home run and Billy Tapps
and Glenn Burns drove Colt starter
Audie Malone to the showers with
successive singles.
Rudv Briner greeted reliefer
Pete Owens with a two-run single
and then a wild throw and a
sacrifice hit accounted for the oth-
er two tallies.
A five-run uprising also proved
the big factor in Roswell's victory
over Carlsbad, which committed
three of four costly errors in that
frame. Potasher pitcher Bob Weav-
er struck out 12, but the poor de-
fense behind him was too much.
Unheld Oliva. who relieved start-
er George Payte in the first in-
ning when the latter was spiked
on the hand trying to cover home
plate after a wild pitch, was the
winner. Payte will be lost for a
couple of weeks due to the injury,
which took four stitches to close.
Joe Bauman, Roswell slugger
who set a new organized baseball
home run record of 72 last season,
had to be content with two singles
in his first game.
Two home runs—a two-run wal-
lop by Lefty Loyko in the second
and a three-run clout by Tony
York in the ninth—enabled Odes-
sa's Hank Gonzales to gain his
victory over Big Spring.
Bob McNeal, a southpaw veter-
an who was at Austin last year,
pitched Artesia to victory. The
only telling blow against him was
a three-run homer in the sixth by
Bert Baeg.
The Clubs switch sites for re-
verse openings tonight with the
exception of Artesia and Hobbs.
They will remain at Artesia be-
cause the Hobbs park is not
pleted. Carlsbad goes to
Dodgers Seek Early Season
Record For Winning Streaks
EIGHT STRAIGHT—Duke Snyder of the Dodgers is out at home
trying to score from first in third inning of Brooklyn-Phillies game.
Umpire Stan Landes watches cather Stan Lopata cut Snyder
down. Dodgers made it eight straight victories against no losses
in 1955 with a 7-6 win. (NEA Telephoto)
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Thursday, April 21, 1955
Missions Stage Hitting
Spree For 2 Victories
BY UNITED PRESS : Beaumont's Ben Taylor staged;
San Antonio went on a hitting a slugging exhibition ol' his own
spree Wednesday night as the Tex-; against Houston in the 10 to 7 Ex-.
as league - leading Missons scored porter victory, hitting three home i
a total of 23 runs on 28 hits in runs good for a total of seven ;
winning a double header from
Shreveport 9-to-0 and 14-to-2.
Meanwhile. Dallas was getting
lop-notch pitching for the second
straight night in beating Okla-
homa City 5 to 2 to stay in second
place, although the Eagles fell to
a full game behind the Missions.
THE STANDINGS
Midland at San Angelo and Big |
j Spring at Odessa.
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Chicago
New York
Detroit
Washington
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Roswell, i Baltimore
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Baltimore at New York — Kret-
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Chicago at Detroit — Fornieles
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Wednesday's
Milwaukee 9. Chicago 5.
St. Louis 3. Cincinnati 0.
Brooklyn 3, Philadelphia 2,
New York at Pittsburgh. 'ni
ppd., rain.
Thursday's Schedule
Philadelphia at Brooklyn—Rob-
erts '2-01 vs. "Meyer (1-0).
New York at Pittsburgh —
mez (0-1) or Antonelli (0-2)
Bowman ' 0-01.
(Only games scheduled).
WASHINGTON —UP— Surprise
winner Orlando Zulueta, whose i
jab-and-run tactics paid off in a j NATIONAL
split non-title decision over Jimmy; Team
Carter, Thursday demanded a i Brooklyn
"promised" second bout with Car- Milwaukee
ter, this time with the lightweight j st- Louis
championship on the line.
"I'll give him a title shot—If ]
he can come up with the money," !
answered Carter's manager.
Zulueta. fast - stepping Cuban
who had lost three straight fights
and entered the ring at Uline ;
Arena a 3-1 underdog lor!
Wednesday night's nationally-tele-:
vised 10-rounder, upset the erratic |
champion by making double use
of a brilliant left jab — to stop
Carter's rushes and to t ool up!
points.
Promised Match
"Carter's manager promised us
a title shot if Zulueta won this j
fight," said Hymic Wallman, man-!
ager of the Cuban. "Now we def-
initely want a crack at the title." j
But Carter's manager, Willie j
Ketchum, said matching the two j
men again for the title won't be i
as simple as all that — first Zu-1
lueta has to get someone to guar-j
antee Carter the money he wants, j
"And it won't be in Washing-
ton," said the angr6 Ketchum, j
still boiling over the officials' vot-1
ing that he called "a give-away!
decision."
"How can you win with decis-1
ions like that?" demanded Ketch-
um. "My boy led all the way, he !
won easy, Zulueta ran all night. ]
Zulueta never hurt him. Jimmy
never got marked."
There was no denying that Car-]
ter was the aggressor through
most of the bout, but the champ
found himself unable to dominate j
the nifty-boxing underdog. In the;
fourth round, he forced Zulueta to !
hold on momentarily after scor- ■
ing with two hard lefts to the;
body but otherwise Orlando never J
was in any trouble.
Referee Harry Volman voted for j
Zulueta, 96 points to 93, and Judge
Joe Bunsa agreed by a 97-94
count. But Judge Benny Alper-
stein thought Carter was the win-
ner, 97-93. The United Press
scorecard had it a draw. 95-95.
Ends Hopes
One thing was definite—Carter's
hopes of a shot at the welterweight
title soon are ended.
"This throws the welterweight
title shot out the window," Ketch-
um admitted. "If you can't beat
a lightweight, there's no sense
shooting for the next division."
Both fighters were slightly over
the lightweight limit for this
scrap, Zulueta scaling 137 1-2
pounds and Carter 137.
Zulueta, who said that "Carter
never hurt me and I felt stronger
toward the end," claimed that a
change in style had much to do
straight defeats, he tried to out-
slug his rivals but this time he
tried to outbox his man.
I kept moving and moved in
with last ones, then broke away,"
said Zulueta. "Carter tried to
reach me wilh long rights in the
early rounds. But he never hurl
I me. I kept moving in on him
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TEXAS LEAGUE
Team W L Pet.
San Antonio .... 12 5 .706
Dallas 10 5 .667
Beaumont 8 4 .667
Houston 8 7 .533
Fort Worth 7 7 .500
Shreveport 6 7 .462
Oklahoma City 2 11 .214
Tulsa 2 10 .167
Wednesday's Results
Dallas 5. Oklahoma City 2.
Fort Worth 8, Tulsa 2.
Beaumont 10, Houston 7.
San Antonio 9-14, Shreveport
Thursday's Schedule
Dallas at Oklahoma City.
Fort Worth at Tulsa.
Houston at Beaumont.
San Antonio at Shreveport.
LONGHORN LEAGUE
Odessa 1 0 1.000
Artesia 3 0 1.000
Midland 1 0 1.000
Roswell 1 o 1.000
Big Spring 0 1 .000
Hobbs 0 1 .000
San Angelo 0 1 .000
Carlsbad 0 1 ,000
Wednesday's Results
Odessa 5. Big Spring 4.
Artesia 9, Hobbs 3.
Midland 5. San Angelo 3.
Roswell 6, Carlsbad 5.
Thursday's Schedule
Carlsbad at Roswell.
Hobbs at Artesia.
Midland at San Angelo.
Big Spring at Odessa.
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The other game found Fort
Worth taking advantage of the
cellar-dwelling Tulsa team as the
Cats won their straight game, 8
to 2. It was the 10th loss in 12
starts for the Oilers.
Thursday night's games wind up
the current series wih Dallas
playing at Oklahoma City, Fort
Worth al Tulsa. Houston at Beau-
mont and San Antonio at Shreve-
port.
Jim Pisoni hit home runs in
both ends of the San Antonio
sweep to spark his team to the
double victory. Charley Locke
pitched four-hit ball in shutting out
the Sports in the opener, while
homers by Charles Oertel, Dave
Roberts and Kal Segrist led the
17-hit attack on a quartet of
Shreveport hurlers in the second
game.
In addition to providing a show
at the plate, the Missions shined
' afield with a triple play in the
opening inning of the second game
after the first two Sport batters
walked.
Rookie righthander Ben Wilbur
set the Indians down on five hits
to give Dallas its second win in
ja now over Oklahoma City. Catch-
er Ti e o n a r d Jackson helped his
battery-mate with a two-run doub-
, le to provide the big blow for the
Eagles.
Beaumont won its fifth straight
I game with the help of Taylor's
! three homers — one coming with
| the bases loaded. Eddie Knoblauch
! hit another round-tripper for the
Exporters, while Robert Boyd and
George Lerchen each teed off on
four-baggers for Houston.
Baseball Meet-
To Discuss
League Called
An organizational meeting
for a proposed area amateur
baseball ieague will be held at
8 p. m. Thursday in the Na-
tional Guard Armory.
Various Sweetwater indus-
tries and surrounding towns,
including Merkel. Colorado
City and others are expected
to have representatives at the
meeting.
Plans to get league play un-
derlay May 1 are expected to
be drawn, and an eight-team
league is expected to be form-
ed it the meeting.
0-2.
400-Meter Star
Eyes Relay Meet
NEK YORK —UP— Track star
Lou Jones, who s m a s h e d the
world's 400-meter record during
the Pan-American Games, said
Thursday he hopes to be able to
compete in the Coliseum Relays
in I_f)s Angeles, May 20.
Jones, an army private, is
schitluled to return to Fort Knox
in a few days. He said his appear-
ance in the Coliseum Relays de-
pended on his getting permission
I'rorJ Army authorities.
Tie former Manhattan College
, star, whose clocking ol' 45.4 sec-
ond! for the 400 meters was four-
lenits of a second under the world
mafk held by George Rhoden of
Jamaica, B. W, I., said his long-
rarce objective is to compete in
the; 1956 Olympic games in Aus-
tralia but he does not know if
he will be able to train enough
to Ivin a berth on the U. S. team.
TEXAS-NEW
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Team
Abilene 1
Clovis 1
Pampa 1
El Paso 1
Lubbock t)
Amarillo 0
Plainvlew .. ••
Albuquerque 0
Wednesday's Results
Abilene 7, Lubbock 2.
Clovis 7, Amarillo 4.
Pampa 16, Plainview 6.
El Paso 4. Albuquerque 3
Thursday's Schedule
Albuquerque at El Paso
Clovis al Amarillo.
Pampa at Plainview
Lubbock at Abilene.
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IHOOKLYN —UP— There were
no! Dodger hard feelings against
Pljillio pitcher Steve Rid/.ik Thurs-
even though he hit Carl Fur-
Roy Campanella and Jackie
binson with pitched balls
(Jnesday night.
[The consensus was that he was
wild, not ornery.
Robinson, whose helmet took the
fill brunt of a Ridzik pitch in the
seventh inning said:
rile was just wild, that's all.
There were two men on when he
eiming up next, so there isn't
tiuch question that it was an ac-
cident ."
By UNITED PRESS
Those jack rabbit Brooklyn Dod-
gers may be clear out of sight be-
fore you can say Jack Robinson.
Winners of nine straight games
already, the Dodgers can estab-
lish a new modern major league
record for fast getaways by de-
feating the Phillies Thursday for
their 10th victory in a row since
the bell rang.
The Dodgers tied the record of
nine in a row held jointly by the
New York Giants, St. Louis
Browns and themselves when they
came from behind to overtake the
Phillies, 3-2, Wednesday ninght.
They looked so good in winning
that even their ultra-conservative
skipper, Walt Alston, couldn't con-
tain himself.
"This is the first time since I've
taken over the club that it has
ever played this well in the three
important departments — hitting,
pitching and fielding," Alston de-
clared.
The usually solemn Brooklyn
boss had ample reason to glow
inasmuch as the world champion
Giants are now six games behind
the Dodgers and the second place
Milwaukee Braves are two-and-a-
half games to Ihe rear.
Brooklyn beat the Phillies the
hard way after falling behind. 2-0,
to them Wednesday night. Steve
Ridzik held the Dodgers hitless un-
till Sandy Arnoros doubled with
two out in the sixth. Then he
walked two men in the seventh,
hit Jackie Robinson with a pitch,
and walked Duke Snider to force
in a run. Lynn Lovenguth re-
placed Ridzik and was greeted by
Gil Hodges' two-run single. All '■
told, Brooklyn made only three:
hits, but they were enough for
Billy Loes to register his second
win of the year even though Clem
Labine relieved him in the eighth.
Bobby Thomson was the big
man in Milwaukee's 9-5 victory-
over the fading Chicago Cubs.
Thomson drove in five runs with
a grand-slam homer and a sinlge
with the bases lull. Lew Burdette
was the winner but rookie Hum-
bcrto Robinson came on from the
bullpen in the ninth to strike out
Hank Saner with the bases loaded
to save Burdette's second tri-
umph.
Lelt-hander Luis Arroyo of the
Cardinals made an auspicious ma-
jor league debut, holding the Red-
legs to five hits in the seven and
two-third innings he worked and
getting credit for a 3-0 victory.
Herb Moford, another rookie hurl-
er, held the losers in check over
the last one-and-one-third innings.
Joe Frazier hit a tun-run homer
off loser Art Fowler in the fourth
inning.
The poor Pirates apparently
were on the raod to their first
victory of the season with a 3-0
lead over the Giants but rain post-
Qualifying Rounds
Sites Announced
For National Open
NEW YORK —UP— The U. S,
Golf Association Thursday an-
nounced dates and sites lor quali-
fying rounds for the 55th U. S.
Open Championship and under
this year's new restrictions, Slam-
min' Sammy Snead and a host
of former champions will have to
go through the preliminaries.
Championship play is scheduled j
for San Francisco, June 16-18, i
while the trials, in 25 cities this
year, will be staged on June 6, !
except for Los Angeles and San
Francisco, where a heavy entry J
is anticipated. The Los Angeles
trials are set for June 2-3 and
thos at San Francisco are sched-
uled for June 6-7.
In previous years, all former
champions and all who finished
among the low 20 in the previous
U. S. Open automatically were
exempt. This year, however, only
the last five individuals to win
the U. S. Open title and last j
year's low 10 are exempt, along!
with winners of certain other U.S.
and British titles.
Snead finished 11th last year and
thus will have to go through the
preliminary rounds along with
such former champions as Lawson
Little, Gene Sarazen. Chick
Evans, Tony Manero and Johnny
Farrell.
Exempt from qualifying, as the
last five individuals to win the
open crown, are defending cham-
pion Ed Furgol. Ben Hogan, Jul-
ius Boros, Cary Middleeoff and
Lew Worsh a in. Lloyd Mangrum, a
former champion, is exempt as
one of the low 10 finishers a year
a go.
Also exempt for finishing among
the low 10 in 1954 are Gene Lit-
tler. Dick Mayer. Bobby Locke,
Tommy Holt, Shelley Mayfield,
Freddie Haas and amateur Billy
Joe Patton.
U. S. PGA champ Chick Her-
bert and U. S. Amateur cham-
pion Arnold Palmer, now a pro.
also are exempt lor winning those
crowns, along with Peter Thom-
son of Australia, British Open
champion, and Doug Bachli, also
of Australia, the British Amateur
champion.
Salt Lake City and Seattle were
added as qualifying sites while
nine others were dropped because
fewer entries are expected from
Eastern points with the champion-
ship scheduled for the far West.
Dropped were two of three in the
New York area along with Ro-
chester and Roy. N. Y.: Des
Mones, Iowa; Oklahoma City.
Nashville. Tcnn., Houston and
Midland, Tex.
EDMONTON, Alta. —UP— Nor-
man Poile, former National Hock-
ey League player who has coached
! I he Edmonton Flyers to the West-
ern League play-offs three times
in as many tries, has been signed
to a new two-year eonlract by the
! Detroit Ilcd Wing farm club
poned the game after Felipe Mon-
temayor bashed a three - run
homer off Ruben Gomez. Dick Lit-
tlefield had worked three scoreless
frames for the Bucs and contri-
buted a single, too.
Baltimore registered its first
victory of the American League
season after six successive set-
backs by beating New York, 6-3,
as Erv Palica and Ray Moore col-
laborated on a six-hit pitching job.
Two ex-Yankees, catcher Hal
Smith and shortstop Willie Miran-
da, figured prominently in the Or-
ioles' triumph. Smith connected
for a two-run homer in the fifth
and Miranda aprakled afield, mak-
ing three spectacular stops and
figuring in two key double plays.
Bob Grim suffered his second loss_
Palica was the winner. *
Willard Nixon of the Red Sox
pitched a neat five-hitter to beat
the Senators, 1-0, and move Bos-
ton a game and half in front in
the American League. Boston got
to Chuck Stobbs for its only run
in the fourth on a pair of scratch
hits and rookie Norm Zauchln's
single.
The Chicago - Detroit game was
rained out while Cleveland and
Kansas Cily were not scheduled.
Wednesday's star — Willard
Nixon of Boston for his 1-0 win
over Washington.
Trabert Faces Longhorn Net
Star In River Oaks Tourney(
By JOHN COLTON
HOUSTON —UP— A r m a n d o j
Vieira of Brazil, only unseeded
player left in the 21st annual Riv- :
er Oaks tennis tournament, Thurs-
day had the task of knocking oil' !
second-seeded Vic Seixas in the i
quarter-linal round.
Vieira and the seven top-seeded
players advanced Wednesday,
most of them with little effort.
Top-seeded Tony Trabert of Cin-
cinnati was paired against Uni-
versity of Texas star Sammy Gi-
ammalva of Houston; Tulane Un-
Army, Navy Stars
Top Boxing Tourney
OAKLAND, Calif. —UP— Two
major upsets were in the books
Thursday as the Army led the
way into the finals of the Inter-
Service Boxing Tournament by
placing eight men on Friday's
championship card.
Jim Boyd of the Army and
Rocky Mount, N. C., used crunch-
ing left hooks' and rights to the
face Wednesday nighl while
punching out a unanimous decis-
ion over highly-rated John Stewart
of the Air Force and Washington.
D. C.
Stewart, who won the 1954 Inter-
ship. met his downfnall while cam-
paigning this year as a light-
heavyweight in the 178-pound
class.
Another surprise came in the
156-pound class when Rudy Saw-
yer of the Navy and Chicago
scored a unanimous decision over
the Air Force's Paul Wright who
was defending champion in this
division.
The Navy landed seven men in
■the 10-bout finals, the favored \ir
Force only four and the Marines
a single contestant.
Far East Teams
WICHITA, Kan. —UP— liase-
ball on an organized basis now is
being played extensively through-
out the Far East, the National
Baseball Congress revealed Thurs-
day in announcing i'ranchised pro-
grams in three important political
and military areas. Franchises
were issued by the NBC to Korea,
Formosa and the Ryukvu islands,
which include Okinawa, historic-
military base.
iversity's Ham Richardson met
Bernard (Tut) Bartzen of Dallas
and San Angelo. Tex , and defend-
ing champion Dick Savill of Hous-
ton met Tom Brown of San Fran-
cisco in other quarter - final
matches.
In doubles, Seixas and Trabert
were matched against Whitney
Oklahoma City; Richardson and
Savitt met Seymour Greenburg oil
Chicago and Jerry DeWitt of Sail
Francisco; Davis Cup captain
Billy Talbert and Frank Guernsey
of Houston were pitted against
Bartzen and Vieira, and Brown
and Ulf Schmidt of Sweden were
to meet the winners of an incom-
pleted Jerry Moss-Mike Green vs.
Robert Lovelace. John Becn-
match.
In Thursday's doubles, Seixas-
Trabert defeated Livingston Tay-
lor of Houston and T. Lusk olA
Tyler, 6-0. 6-1: Richardson-Savitt
stopped Jack Cunningham and
Rennie Baker of Houston, 6-1, 6-1;
Talbert - Guernsey bested Alfred
Robles and Celso de Sou/a Bom-
bonalo, both of Beaumont, 6-4.
6-4; Bartzen - Vieira downed Fe-
lix Kelly and Richard Schuetle of
Houston, 5-7, 6-1. 6-1. and Brown-
Schmidt turned in a 6-0, 6-1 vic-
tory over Bobby Curtis of Hous-
ton and Jose Jacinto of New York
City. %
Vieira went into the quartefi-
nals with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory
over Reed, the Air Force singles
champion.
Trabert whizzed past Greenburg
in singles competition Thursday,
6-1, 6-2. Seixas stopped Guernsey,
winner of the tournament in
1939. 6-2. 6-3: Richardson downed
Ronal Moreira. a Brazilian like
Vieira playing out of Beaumont,
Tex.. 6-1, 6-3; and fourth-seeded
Savitt stopped Green, junior mem-t!
ber of the Davis Cup team last
year from Modesto'. Calif., 6-1, 6-2.
Brown ousted tough Tommy
Springer of the University of Tex-
as. 6-1, 4-6, 6-1. Springer had
pulled the biggest upset of the
tournament the previous day by
ousting Schmidt, and gave the
fifth-seeded Brown a hard fight.
Bartzen polished off Jerry Moss
of Modesto 6-3, 7-5 and Giammal-
va stopped Jerry DeWitt of Sann
Francisco. 6-0, 6-1. Bartzen is%
seeded sixth and Giantmalva sev-
enth. replacing Talbert, who
pulled out ol the singles matches
because of an ailing arm.
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