The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1950 Page: 6 of 8
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ORANGE, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1950
By Ham Fisher
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W. Conover Resigns Post
As Athletic Director, Grid Coach
Former Southwest Conference Ace Quits Pirates Pay $100,000 Boons
To Finish Work Toward Master's Degree To Sign Young Rookie Hnrwff
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Rrotiks W. Com Tver 4!, head football coach and athletic
director at Stark high school in Orange, submitted his resigna-
i tiori fri)m those two posts to school authorities Tuesday after-
noon , Supt C. O Candler announced today. The resignation
is effective at the end of his
! year’s contract on May 30.
Chandler said :i special meeting
of the ,oum! of education xould
tie lifill till- aflernoon to lonsirlei
true irsignation ami, if accepted,
t«. make plans ts. ram, a mrcs-
»ir
He said oCnover ha* announced
he will return to T*X»* A A. M
; college to complete work on hn
master * degree jn physical edu-
cation.
LOS ANGELES, Feb l —<>*V-
Baseball’s new bonus champion
is 18-year-old pitcher Paul Het-
tit. who will ret almost $!«0,U<»0
from the Pittsburgh Pirates
In an unprecertentert deal. Pi-
ute General Manager Roy
ilamey agreed yesterday to fork
out that sum for the \ -foot,
two-inch. 286-pouia.l southpaw
who amazed observers with his
twirhng (fit N'arborme hig i school
and American Legion team* He s
pitched six no-hitters
The ii u n <1 r r d grand U ino
actioa wiIn a Hull's u o d
twist, topping the $75 bob bonus
Xi.rr: «aUn*r Ruddy House by
of the Boston Braves, Dick Wake-
field of Detroit, and one or two
others marks a new high pries
for a rookie. (d
Can’t l *e Maaey Vet
What is young Pettit going to
do with all that money? <
-Nothing, ’ he laughed, ”1 can’t
touch it until I'm 2L” ilf
But his father. George Pettit, j
3 Long Heath night watchman,
and movie producer Frederick
Stefihain the prodigy’s agent, will ''H
keep a careful eye on it. Y
PutiF vs ill pitch for New Or-
leans in tne Louble A Southern ^
Assn, this year. Ilamey said. As
a Ooiuis player he will I lave to
By Mel Graff
At 7Ui4 /MOMENT, IN 7ME SOUTH Of A rOREtAM
country, a man ejetf* INTENT Id OUT TO MA
The superiatengent said the
Iward ha* "notMMly in mind”
for the jsii bat that he felt all
effort* weald be asade to get
Uie ‘*he»t Mian available Ier the
position.”
Detroit Old the fcU.OOQ - plus j be thought up to the Pirates in
which we.lt to Johnny An tone lli 1951.
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Corn*, er will Iwgiri base bo 11
training and may continue coach-
Orange GitlCagers
lose Two Contests
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of the season. No plans will be
made for spring football training
until the new roach Is on the )ob
BROOK N W CONOVER
ser les
to he
A foirner star frail ball and
baseball player himself, Conover
leaves the couch In g post at Stark
high with an excellent over-all
Dragons Put 6949
Licking on Hebert
By Frank Godwin
coach his trams ner«- have ^on
34 games, lost 23 and tteii three
This lecord was mad* with some
of Uie toughest Mhedul** wt
bjr any Texas high school.
When th« new Hunter Beats
gymnasium on the Wallace hign
school campus was dedicated ir
cently tl«e school's coach. W K
U|> : Smith, pro mi.sou to de elop a
| basketball te-m during tfie next
0pT VEAK n<3 Of K\J6»
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▼mat 6iff yooo nrr in
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TO 6KT BVEN.'
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He also has produced a
Uaaotjw strtag af >lrsa( boar-
ball teams, tnchiding a dlstrtrt
rhampion outfit In 1044 that
went la the srmlfiaala In Use
state t««raameat.
con- { coup.e ol weeks.
| Conover starred in his
favorites *[*>rts al North Dallas
; high m hool where he graduated
jin 1926 From there he went to
1 Texas A A M where he became
i one nl liimt school's all-time greats
in baseball and foottmil. lie was
All-Southwest conferenre as a
hnllh.uk and a pitcher.
Ills punting feats are still
talked about In Southwest con-
ference circles.
Following his graduation from
A A M, Conover coacher for one
year at Mart. Ten., four year* at
Ennis, one year at Odessa, one
year at Boiger and one year at
Brownsville where he won a dis-
Irlct football i hampionsnip in
1940
he ruw la Orange
but twa araaans here
Apparently he has made good
the promise. Iu»st night ( oacii
Smith’s Class A Dragon* wham-
med the Class AA Hebeit high
Panthers of Beaumont, 69-49 It
two ! was the biggest score ever run
Up by a Wallace high basketball
team Earlier in the season, be-
fore the local quint had a place to
practice, the Panthers had de-
feated the Dragons
in the fir*d two tilts of «
1 of girls’ basketball games
played in toe Bengal gym. two
(irunge te.ins were defeated led
night t>y the Vinton Lionettes
and fhe Orangeue.d Cats
Trie Lionettes defeated the
Otange Peelers It to 9. and the
Cats idipped the Orange Clippers.
26 to lo
The next two games aie sched-
uled l.jr Tuesday at 7 3U p m
at the g\m between the Peelers
anil tfie ( ov e 1*1 A arid the C dip-
pers and the Matirlceville PTA.
AU/ut dOO persons atended tlie i
garr,«^ last rugtit sfiowing an "ex- j
tirine aea-ci-i' of interest" in the1
series, according to J 1? Peddy [
of the < irange Recreation com- j
mission
If a sufficient amount of inter-
est is shown in the games, a girls'
basketball league w ill be oi gun- |
lied next year, Peddy said.
' the bidding for the lad wag
spirited, with the Brooklyn Dod-
veis and New York Yankees Tl-
poite-d in the rtinnui^.
Won’t Get U All
Pettit himself won’t get all the
»i(X),odd because of the unique
contract he signed with Stephgni
before his recent graduation.
Major league .'touts, by law,
couldn't contact Pettit until itt
was out of high school, but
Stephani — unbound by restric-
lions signed him to an $63,000 f*
| inn vie. radio and video rights.
Coder the original oentract,
i*ettit got $10,000 for signmg, •
bonus of $50,000 a three-year
salary of $18,000. $5,200 for hig
fathei. $1,500 for his attorney, .10
|j«i cent of screen profits—end *
j even $750 for honeymoon ex-
penses it and when he marries.
Pettit won 73 games and lost
13 in the last three years. •
Ted Williams Will
Sign for $100,000 0
The Dragonettes. however.,
gren't doing so well The Wallace
girls kept a winiess streak ex-
tending beck to >047 going last t
ntght when thev lost to the
Pantherettes, 15-23.
Horned Frogs Edge
Lions at Commerce
COMMERC E, Ftb. 1 — <>Pl
Texas Christian came from be-
hind in the last 35 second last
night to beat East Texas of the
lame Star conference. 48-44.
.Marvin Jenkins led the Dragon i The Frogs, tied with Texas for
scoring attack with 23 jaunts. J fifth place in the Southwest nin-
Clifford Pollard was next with Itt. S ference, let! at the half, 29-23
Tonight in Beaty gym the'Bu‘ *'v*’n "*h»u‘« <4~'’ ln ,hf
Diagiais will tangle with Uie
tough Class A Brook land. Tex .
East Texas went
la 1041
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■ map uattwt 'fore J
tenders for the dlstrtrt football
sad baseball title*.
In hi* first year at Stark high
Conover's foottaiU (cam won six
games and lost four In 1942 the
Tigers won eight and lost two.
The following year lie was
granted a leave of ubsence and
enlisted as an officer in the
Navy. He was discharged in 1046
with the rank of Heutenant com-
mander and returned here to
win eight games, kae one and tie
one in the football season
The next year was hi* worst
with one win, seven losses and
two tie*. In 1048 the record was
six vtrtones and four defeats ami
last year the .Tigers split even in
ten games.
s practice of trhedalinr the
loaf heat competition psalkb
for IBs tea aw, a fart which aa-
doabtedty affected his wia-
loaa record here.
Commenting on the resignation
today. Chandler said that school
officials "appreciate the outstand-
ing cooperation which Coach Con-
0, er has given to the administra-
tion.” -
Ho said the mentor has been
unusually cooperative In all re-
spects and has conducted an ex-
cellent general athletic program
in the public schools here during
his entire stay.
Conover is married and has i
two children. Brooks Jr.. 14, a j
promising football player in Carr
Junior high school, and Patty. 3
Hi* wife. Mrs. Nell Conover, has
served as a substitute teacher in
the schools here. The family owns
a home at 709 John St.
team in a fwonconierence affair
Ftrst games in a double round
robin for the district champion-
ship will be played in Livingston
next Saturday. The following Sat-
urday, Feb. 11, the second and
final round will be played in
Beaty gym at Orange.
Ellsworth Vine* Quit*
Golf Tourney Trail
second half,
1 ahead, 35-34
TCU, only Southwest confer-
ence team active last night, lied
it up five times after that, but
with 35 seconds left the Lions
led, 44-42
Then Gene Schmidt and John
(’amjihell each scored a tield goal
and a free throw to vein the game.
Harvey Fromme, with 21 points,
j sparked TCU.
BOSTON, Feb. 1—<jp)_V#ry
soon and in absolute privacy.
General Manager Joe Cronin will
proffer Ted Williams a 1050 „
Boston Red Sox contract calling
for at least 1109.000 in straight
salary.
And the lanky slugger will sign ,
himself on as one of the highest
paid player* in all beseball his-
tory about as casually as the
average wage earner affixes hit
signature to a magazine subscrip-
tion blank. -
It may happen this very after-
noon, down in one of Fenway
park's secluded recqpses, even at *■
Manager Joe McCarthy, aloft in
the penthouse press quarters, dis-
cusses the club’s I960 plans with
the baseball writers. #
Orange Boy* Make
College Honor Roll
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1—1/45—
Rangy, bespectacled Ellsworth
Vines has quit golf's golden
tournament trail.
A top contender in scores of
tourneys the past four years.
Vines says he’* been a traveling
man long enough. He's
the go since 1927, when he
launched a tennis career that won
Buna Retains Lead
In City Cage Loop
1 ;>e undefeated, league-leading ,
E*una Merchants ran their win |
streak in the Orange Recreation j
commission’s City Basketball ,
league to seven games last night j
been on j with a 51-42 victory over Crew 's j
Sportsmerp
At the same time, the defend-
Three Orange students made
the honor roll for the fall semes-
ter at Lamar college at Beaumont. L
They are Sune Peebles, Lawrence ’
Tanner and .Marvin Williams.
The students were named to
the ”E'" honor roll—grades of B !
or better on all courses taken m
during the term.
Regis'rat ion at Lamar for the
spring semester started Monday
and will continue through Wad-
nesday. Friday, Feb. 10, la the
last day to register for credit.
him the world amateur and pro- | ing champion Buna Merchants 1 SKI TOURNEY OPEN*
IF I COULD GET THE GBOCER TO
takeagoodopdeb,
SAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE
fesslonal crowns. #v- ',fi.
Now he’s going to settle <k»#n
as golf pro at the exclusive Wil-
shlre country club starting Feb.
10.
ran their stock up a little by
downing the Naval Station quint.
37-27.
Teams in the league are idle
tonight.__
Kentucky of Junior Colhges
Tyler Apaches Boast Gaudy Cage Record
I LAKE PLACID, N. Y„ Feb. 1—
j i/Pl The 1950 world ski cham-
pionships. plagued by unseaaon-
aide weather, opened today with
a picturesque backdrop of new-
fallen snow.
With 111 Victories in 115 Contests
TYLER, Feb 1 — </P> — Over those 111 victories
here they call Tyler the Kentucky , to the court, have
of junior college basketball—or
as they had rather put it: Ken-
tucky is the Tyler junior college
of the four-year school*.
A gaudy
in 115 trips
poured 7.208
points through the hoop while
allowing their opponents 4,954.
( each Has Great Record
Wagstaff is a balding, stocky
record, including the 1 master of the game who in 15
Although the Cincinnati Reds
won the National League pennant
in 1939, they finished a full 1«
points behind St. Louis In 4**m
batting.
LaFitte, Milk Enroll
At Southern Methodist
FOB ME.
Ml
mm Jlii:
W
m
t national championship, has been
! hung up by the Apaches who
, boast 111 victories in 115 games
| since Floyd Wagstsff became the
j oaach in December, 1946.
In the last two seasons the
Apaches ran up their best record
—A wins out of 97 games while
scoring 3.907 points to 2,619—an
average of 70 to 4*.
On Their Way Again
DALLAS, Feh. 1—4*5—Four The defending national junior
outstanding high school football, college champions apparently are
players are enrolling at Southern ; on their way to another great
Methodist university. j season record. They have won 17
Two of the youths—Darrell La- • straight sine* their string of wins
Fitte, a guard, and Gail (Cotton) ! was snapped at 35 in the current
Mills, a halfback, won places on season opener.
the All-state football team last
season with the Port Arthur Yel-
low Jackets.
George Kendall of San Angelo,
an end who won honorable men-
tion an the AU-state team, and
Louis Miller, who starred as an
and in St Louis, Mo., also will
sn tar SMU.
Lon Morris of Jacksonville
turned the trick that <
field.
years of coaching high school and
Junior college basketball has a
record of 387 victories against
51 defeats.
His Tyler junior college teams
have been the only basketball
champions the tough Southwest-
ern Junior College conference has
known and have been champions
or runners-up In every tourna-
ment they have entered except
one. That was the national 1948
tournament when the Apaches
lost in the semifinals.
The outstanding member of the
peasant team is O'Neal Wra er. j
the schoolboy sensation from tiny :
Martins Mill. Tex. An uncanny:
pivot man. Weaver has scored
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The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1950, newspaper, February 1, 1950; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth556925/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.