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Swatters Beat Vernon;
Open 6-Day Home Stand
Gil Grajeda Tosses 7-5 Win
Over Dusters, Whiffs Eight
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Single Cage
Contest Is
Fixed Twice
The Swatters open a six-day stand at Sweetwater tonight,
facing Joe Berry's Vernon Dusters in the 8:15 opener at
Spoilsman's Park. Following the two games with the Dust-
er*, the Swatters will entertain Artesia and Roswell at the
' ! local park.
Jesse Torres is the prob-
able Sweetwater hurler to-
! night, while Stan Grzywacz
may go to the mound for the
visitors.
VEHNON -- Fast-ball hur-
ler Gill Grajeda gave the
Swatters an even break in
the two-game finale at Ver-
non last night, beating the
Dusters on seven hits, 7 to 5.
Grajeda stenped into trouble
at various times by walking
eieht batters, but he countered
with eight strike-outs to emerge
with his first victory.
Three double Dlays bv the
Sweetwater infield highlighted
the Swatter*triumph.
Hiiriicr, PretiKly
Third Baseman Luke Harner
and Manager-Right Fielder Jul-
ian Presslv were the bat leaders
for the winners. Harper hit four-
for-five, batting in two runs.
Presslv came through with a
game-deciding two-run double. I
NEW YORK, July 26 (UP) —
t'e irfzarre "inside" details of
f; r bsKetball "fix" scandal that
involved a double-double-cross
an" a gambler vvho visited the
cr llefet were unfolded today.
Disclosure of the inner work-
ings of a group accused of brib-
ing five Bradley University
players to "shave the points" in
four games and three University
of Toledo players to do the
same in one game were made
by District Attorney Frank Ho-
pan and his assistant, Vincent
A, G. O'Connor.
They told a tale of offers to
Bradley players to "dump" as
many as 12 games and to the
Toledo trio on five more.
But the intrigue regarding the
Bradley team reached its climax,
Hogan said, in a "fix" of the
Bradley-Si. Joseph's game at
Philadelphia in January, 1950,
out of wftich came a reported
death threat to one of the "con-
tact" Rieif *
Hogan said that Eli Klukof-
*ki, working through contact
man Nick Englisis, arranged
with the Bradley players to win
by less points than they were
favored to. But then Nick and
his brother, Tony, tipped off an-
other group headed by a Jack
West of New York that the
game was fixed. West according-
ly wagered heavily on St. Jo-
seph's.
Double-Crossed
But, said the D. A., Klukofski
became aware of the huge
amount of money being bet on
St. Joseph's and decided he'd
been doublecrossed. He then in-
struct^! Nick to have the Brad-
ley plftyei# go "over the spread"
in order to teach
«v:ssers_a lesson,
wo;
Lou Ehlinger, yernon center
fielder, earnered' three of the
seven safeties given up by Gra-
jeda.
The Swatters jumped on Don
Straub for four runs in the third
inning and then scored three
more in the fourth before Ma Ion/?
put out the fire.
Three walks, two Vernon er
ror.'i and singles by Armando
Sanchez and Harper plated the
four runs in the third.
Hal Bart, and Harper singled
in the fourth, and Pressly notch-
ed his two-run double.
Triples by Ehlinger and John
Follis enabled the Dusters to tal-
ly four runs in the fifth frame.
The box score
HWKKTWATKR 17)
his double.
ford oftlife neW arrangements'
along to West,
But then, according to Hogan,
West forced Tony Englisis to
go to a New York City apart-
ment. From there Tony was
forced to phone brother Nick at
Convention Hall, Philadelphia,
where the game was played.
Nick was paged on the loud-
speaker system, came to the
phone, and was told by Tony
that his life was being threat-
ened Unless Bradley went "un-
der the spread" as first planned.
So, said Hogan, Nick contact-
ed Bradley Star Gene Melchiorre
on the court and told him to "go
Under." Bradley won, f>4-60,
Which was "under."
Hogan announced that co-
captains William J. Walker Jr.,
and Carlo Muzi of last year's
Toledo team and captain-elect
Robert McDonald admitted re-
ceiving $1,750 for shaving the
point spread against Niagara at
Toledo on Dec. 14.
BOOTS
By
RAMOND
122 Oak
Sanchez, rf
Funk, If
8Jlt*r, lb
IJart. 2b
PrtMly, rf .
Harper, 3b
C. Herring, hh
Ortonky, c
Grsijethi, p
Total* ..
V Kit \ Oft (5)
Kngllnb, rib
EhlUiger, cf
Foil is, 2b
Horriin, h*
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KelrnolrJ, lb
ftUNKell, rf
A. llerrlnK. c
Straub. p
Mnlorw, p
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4 0
4 0
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SwM-tWBler 004 .100 000—7
Vernon 000 040 100—
Hunt! battel in: I-recsly S, Harper 2.
Ehlinger 2, FoIIIk, OuIvjib 2 Two-bone
hit; 1'retinly. Three-bow hits: Rhllnger,
Folll*. Stolen bane. Sanchez. Sacrifices:
Funk, Sllter 2, FoIIIh, Malone Double
Play*: C. llerrlnK to Hart to Sllter;
Harper to Hart to Sllter (2) Left on
bn«e: Sweetwater 8, Vernon 8. MimH
on bo I In: Grajeda 8, Straub 0, Malone
1 Strike outu: Grajeda 8, Straub .1, Ma-
lone 2. Mitt* off: Straub « for 7 run*
In 3 2- InnlliBi; Malone 2 for 0 In
5 1-3. Hoik: Straub, I .o.i ih: pitcher:
Straub. Time: 2:07.
Longhorn Results
La i night m Ixingborn League line
Mcorew:
Odessa 201 (KM) 030—0 12 2
Ban Ang«'l< 002 000 100—3 0 0
IJaupm and Castro; Oar/a, Tinkler
nnd F iiiMlerbtirk
Artesln
I ton well
Riley imrl
<ler«.
100 000 000—1 0 0
000 020 000—2 0 0
Hrown; OrlmoH and San-
lllf Spring 000 004 200- 0 U 3
Midland 010 005 10x~7 8 2
Fernandez mid Val<les; NHson. MeKen-
8le imd Tnnner
yesterday'h htar
Hy United I'rens
DON LENHARDT, White Sox
-•Clouted his second three-run
homer In two days to spark a
tl-2 victory over Boston that kept
Chicago in the thick of the pen-
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CROWDING THE CLOUDS—:
This ia the way fish see it as
Mickey MacDonald sails over
the jump at Cypres* Gardens,
Winter Haven, Fia. This form
won the Sunapee, N. H., lad
the eastern water ski-jumping
championship last year, tltri i
shooting at the distance record,
85 feet. (NEA) '
NPiNGS
WHDMEMDAY'H RKHI.XT8
bongborn league
lloswHI 2, Artesia 1.
Sweetwater 7, Vernon 8.
Odessa 0, San Angelo 3.
Midland 7, Big Spring 0.
American League
New York 2, Cleveland 1.
Chicago 0, Boston 2.
Washington 7, Detroit 4.
St. I<oUt* 5, Philadelphia 4.
National League
Brooklyn 0, Chicago 2.
New York 7-4, Pittsburgh 0-6 (1st
game 10 innings, continuation of
June 17 suspended game).
Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 0.
'Only games scheduled).
Texax league
Beaumont 3, Dalian 0
Houston 3,, TUlaa 1
Fort Wortfi 2\, Skreveporv 1-0.
San Antonio 3, rQMPhoma City 2.
tiu\t « oast league
Jlarllngen 8-4, Lake Charles 2-0.
Brownsville 1-0, Port Arthur 0-3.
Texas City Galveston 1.
I^redo 4, Corpus Christ! 2.
Big State League
Waco ft, Wichita Kails 3.
Temple 2, Sherman-DenIson o.
Gainesville 10, Tyler 8.
Austin 11. Texarkana 2.
West Te*u*-N>w Mexico
Albuquer«juc 4, Clovls 3.
- Amarillo 7, Borger 4,
Pampa H, Lubbock 3.
Lamcsa .1, Abilene 4.
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THK . STAND I NO S (Thru Wednesday;
IXLS'rJHOBN LRAGUR
Team W L Pit.
San Angelo 01 31 .003
Big Spring 54 38 .087
Hob w-II 54 40 .574
Odessa ... 53 40 .570
Vernon 40 40 .510
Midland 38 57 .400
Artesia 3M 50 .350
Sweetwater 31 02 .333
WHH'r TKXAS NEW MKXKO
Team W L
Abilene . 02 33
Lubbock . 50 38
Albuquerque 53 40
La mesa 53 40
Pampa 43 40
Amarillo 41 53
Borger 34 01
Clovls 34 62
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Til 11 BAD A Y'H MCHKDIILK
Longhorn League
Vernon at Sweetwater.
Midland at Big Spring.
San Angelo at Odessa.
BoKwell at Artesia.
American League
Cleveland at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
Detroit at Washington.
St. Louis at Philadelphia.
National League
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston at Cincinnati
Philadelphia tit St. Louis in).
(Only games scheduled*.
Pit.
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IJATTINO
ab r li 2I> 3b lir rlii pet.
Ill 21 42 12 0 1 28 378
357 07 125 25 2 4 00 .350
341 ft8 117 19 2 7 55 343
357 6ft 111 14 10 5 02 311
43 0 13 1 I 1 4 302
170 25 19 4 2 2 20 .288
27 2 7 0 1 t 2 .209
330 00 81 0 5 4 35 245
42 10 10 0 O 0 5 238
18 1 4 1 0 0 3 222
37 0 8 3 0 0 0 .210
00 21 14 3 2 I 14 .212
34 2 7 0 0 0 1 .200
12 1 I 1 0 0 2 083
11 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
PITCHING
l|i w I r b hh so pet.
172 11 12 119 194 70 88 478
107 0 8 95 124 0.1 07 429
00 2 5 73 90 38 15 .280
7f 2 8 75 108 40 24 200
rnJeda 20 0 2 22 22 21 12 000
(Note: Above record does not include
Krrformanees by Grove or Grnjedn at
oawell, Plloto at San Angelo, Pfensly
at Artesia or Mlos at Big Spring,
Sweetwater Reporter
tmbltshed each afternoon except Satur-
day Also Sunday morning by the Sweet-
Wltir Keporter, tnr.
Entered an second class matter at post
offl(?e in Sweet wnter, Texas, under act of
March 3, 1RT9.
Player
Pressly
Funk
hart
Sllter
Plloto
Ortosky .
Carmoiia
Herring
Sanchez
Harper
Predlger
Torres
□rove .
fllos
(Irnjedn
flayer
Torres
Plloto
Prediger
Grove
Grajerla
SPORT A
PURTS
By Bud Worsham
Battery Reports
Two rookies—a pitcher and a
catcher—reported to the Sweet-
water Swatters today. They
worked out at Sportsman's Park
yesterday and looked very pro-
mising.
They are Ernest Sadler, 19-
year-old right handed pitcher,
and Albert Klemcke (pronounc-
ed Klem-ke), 17-year-old catch-
er.
The two simon-pure rookies
graduated from Somerset High
School this, spring. (Somerset is
a little town 17 miles south of
San Antonio).
They should know their pitch-
ing and catching signals since
the two youngsters performed
together on the Somerset base-
ball team for four years. They
"•fre buddies in school for nine
r/'-ars.
Sadler reminds you of Jesse
Priest. He stands six-three and
weighs 190. Klemcke — of
German/-Irish-Scotch descent—
is five-feet, 10 and tips the
scales at 155.
The two boys are anxious to
get into Longhorn League ac-
tion. We have a feeling that
they'll make the grade, too.
The shell-shocked Swatter club
needs several more spirited
rookies, who can make up in
hustle what they lack in playing
ability.
—-SS—
LET'S ALL go out to the ball
yard for the next six days and
watch the Swatters perform
against Vernon, Artesia and
Roswell.
The Sweetwater players need
your moral support and good-
ness knows the club will wel-
come your financial help.
Fans will see the entire Swat-
ter pitching staff in action dur-
ing the current series. How-
ever, we hope all of them are
not required for a single game
as was the case at Vernon Tues-
day night.
The Swatter hurling staff in-
cludes Jesse Torres (11-12),
Jorge Piloto (6-8), Gil Graieda
(1-2), Curt Prediger (2-5), John
Grove '(2-8) and the newcomer,
Sadler. Luis Gonzales has been
released.
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SWATTER MANAGER Jul
ian Pressly was thumbed out of
a baseball game for the first
|time in his career Tuesday at
Vernon.
Julian says he came iir^rotm
right field position to find out
why the umpires had evicted
Shortstop Chuck Herring, when
Umpire Bill Skillin suddenly or-
dered him off the field.
Pressly, by the way, was
named to Midland's all-time pro-
fessional baseball team by Tan-
ner Laine of the Midland Re-
[porter-Telegram . . .
■Stubby Greer, Artesia manag-
er, has peddled two of his ex-
pelled Cubans to Midland —
Pitcher Israel Ten and Infielder
Julio de la Torre, two of the
better Driller players this sea-
son.
Bradley Coach
Has No Comment
PEORIA. 111.. July 26 (UP>—
Forrest Anderson, Bradley Uni-
i versity basketball coach, today
declined comment on the sugges-
tion of a Fort Worth sports eol-
| umnist that he withdrew from
the lecture staff of the Texas
i High School Coaches Association,
which opens its annual coaching
I school Monday at San Antonio.
; Columnist Flem Hall of the
i Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote
that if Anderson ' doesn't" with-
draw voluntarily the association
.should cancel his part of the pro-
gram, pay him off and excuse
him, if necessary.
Anderson said there had been
no change in his plans to appear
so far as he knows.
Hall wrote that while Ander-
son took no part in any point
"fixes" by his players, he "fail-
ed in the first principle of coach-
ing when he didn't influence his
players away from selling out."
2 Sweetwater, Texas, Thursday, July 26, 1951
The farm home is no safer
than the folks who live therein.
Studies show that more farm
accidents occur in the home than
in any other single place on the
farm.
Ex-Trammel! 3ass
"Living Fine" At
Possum Kingdom
Bass removed recently from
Lake Trammell "have it made"
in their new water home at
Mineral Wells.
Earl Webb, local fisherman,
spent last weekend at Possum
Kingdom and said the former
Lake Trammell bass are 'fat
and sassy" in the Mineral Wells
hatchery.
"As you drive or walk along
the side of the hatchery," com-
mented Webb, "the fish follow
you closely, wanting to be fed."
Webb and his daughter.. Bet-
ty, made the dangerous, but ex-
citing "float trip" down the
Brazos River from Possum
Kingdom, which covered 50
miles. They climaxed their trip
with some nice bass catches.
Walsh, Humble Win
Walsh Construction edged East
Ridge, 3 to 1, in a thriller at
southside park last night, while
Humble copped a wild, but close
contest from Piggly Wiggly, 19
to 15.
Tonight, Roscoe Boys Club and
West Side will meet in a junior
league game, while Lamar and
East Ridge tangle in a senior
league contest.
MAXWELL DEFENDS
FORT WORTH, July 26 (UP)
The annual Glen Garden Coun-
try Club Invitation Golf Tourney
opens today with defending
champion Billy Maxwell leading
the contenders in the first 18-
hole round. Maxwell, North Tex-
as State College ace, did not
have to participate in the quali-
fying rounds yesterday, but he
shot a 70 on a practice round.
Jack Hamilton, 29, a ministerial
student, captured medalist hon-
ors with a four-under-par 67.
Week's Longhorn
League Schedule
Thursday, Friday
' Vernon at Sweetwater.
Sa-i Angelo at Odessa.
Roswell at Artesia.
Midland at Big Spring.
Saturday. Sunday £
Artesia at Sweetwater.
Roswell at Vernon.
San Angelo at Big Spring.
Odessa at Midland.
Monday, Tuesday
Roswell at Sweetwater.
San Angelo at Midland.
Artesia at Vernon.
Odessa at Big Spring.
Wednesday, Thursday
Sweetwater at Midland.
Roswell at San Angelo.
Artesia at Big Spring. £
Vernon at Odessa.
Little League
The third place tie in Sweet-
water's Little League will be
broken this afternoon when the
westside Rebels and the eastside
Giants tangle at Sports Park.
Both clubs have won one, lost .
three. *
Friday's schedule: Southside
Cats versus junior high Braves.
KHnrr Wright
Allen anker .
Publisher
illlor
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I character, atniidtaK or reputation or nny
pernon. firm or corporation, whirl, may
nppear in any of The Reporter's publlcn
tlom will be cheerfully corrected upon
helnii brought to attention of the
publisher.
Dallas, Fori Worth
Battle For Fourth
By I'nited Pre**
A fight between the Fort
Worth Cats and the fading Dal-
las Eagles over the last spot in
the Texas League's first divis-
ion loomed today following Dal-
las' fourth straight loss to!
Beaumont and a double-win over
Shreveport by the fast-climb-
ing Panthers.
Dallas, handcuffed to four
meager singles by right-hander
Hugh Radcliffe, went doWn in a
3 to 0 shutout as Beaumont
made a clean sweep of its four-
game series. The Roughs drove
Dallas down to fourth on a run
in the fourth and two in the
ninth, the result of seven hits
off Ralph Albers.
Fort Worth thundered upward
by trimming Shreveport 2 to 1
and 4 to 0 in their doubleheader.
The Cats' Bill Glane won the
shutout on a six-hitter, and Bill
McCahan turned in a seven-hit-
ter to win the other.
Today, the Panthers are but
one and a half games out of the
first division.
San Antonio's Missions nailed
down third with their 3 to 2
win over Oklahoma City. The
Padres won on Bob Turley's
four-hit pitching and a rally in
the third which accounted for all
the San Antonio scores.
High-riding Houston moved
along its untroubled coursc with
a 3 to 1 steal from Tulsa,
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