The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 106, Ed. 1 Monday, May 3, 1954 Page: 3 of 6
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Texas Can Sew
Flag WithThree Wins
Longhorns Far Out in
Front in Conference
Competition
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By United Pre*»
The Southwest Conference b
ball race rolls into its next to the
last week of the season Monday
amid prospects that the Texas
Longhorrfc may sew up another
championship.
Of the eight games,on tap this
week. Texas plays in three of them
and can clinch the flag by sweep-
ing all three —against Texas Chris-
tian at Fort Worth Monday and
against the Texas Aggies at Austin
Thursday and Friday.
In beating Rice 6 to 0 and tle-
Jng Baylor 13.13. Texas built its
loop record to 8-1. while its nearest
rivals have lost four games. The
Aggies have a 5-4 record, Southern
Methodiat 3-4.
SMU knocked TCU out of the
running 1 to 0 last week to leave
TCU with a 6-5 record, while-TCU
performed the same operation on
Baylor’s hopes by trimming the
Bears 2 to 1 to leave Baylor a
5t5. Rice brings up the rear with
a 1-9 record.
y*This week's schedule:
Monday,Texas vs. TCU at Fort
Worth, Rice vs. SMU at Dallas
Baylor ♦s. Texas A&M at Waco.
Thursday—Texas vs. Texas A&M
at Austin, Rice vs. Sam Houston at
Hunteville non-conferenee.
Friday—Texas vs. Texas A&M at
Austin, Baylor vs. SMU at Waco.
Saturday—Baylor vs. SMU at
Waco. Rice vs. TCU at Houston.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Train
W
l per.
Chicago ..’ ..................
. 11
6
.647
pmcqjt A, ...................
. 9
5
.643
film'land ..................
. 9
6
.600
FHul idcjphia ^............
... 8
6 ‘
.571
New York ..............
.. 7
9
.438
Wa-hington
. 6
9
.400
Baltimore ..............
... 5
9
357
Boston ........................
4
9
.308
Vesterday’i Results
New York 12-0, Detroit 4-4. 2nd
game called at- end of 5th, tark-
m\ss.
Clm ago 4-V Philadelphia 0-2.
C leveland 6-7, Washington 5-3.
Baltimore at Boston, 2 games
ppd., rain.
Today’s Games
Clevi land Garcia 1-2 at Washing-
Ion Marrero 1-0, night.
Chicago Consurgra 1-0 at Phila-
delphia Scheib 0-0.
Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team
W
L
pct.
Philadelphia ...
......... 9
6
.600
S' I.quis . ».
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.563
Biooklnv .........
....... 9
7
.563
Cincinnati ......
........... 30
8
.556
Nev. York ......
............. 9
8
.529
Chi' .. .......
.............. 6
7
.462
Pitt in gh .......
........... 7
12
.368
Jbfilv uknc .
..... 5
9
.357
Yesterday’s Results
Si Lotps 10-7, Ntw "York 6-9.
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Chicago 5-10 Pittsburgh 3-18.
2nd game called after 8th, dark-
ness.
Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 3, 1st
game; 2nd game ppd. wet grounds.
Brooklyn at Milwaukee, ppd.
Today's Schedule
Brooklyn Meyer 1-0 at Milwau-
kee Burlette 1-2.
New York Gomez 1-2 at St. Louis
Raschi 1-0, night.
Only games icheduled.
TEXAS LEAGUE
Team W L Pet.
San Antonio................ 13 9 .591
Shreveport ................. 14 10 .583
Fort Worth ...... 14 • 11 .560
Beaumont 14 12 .538
Dallas ..................... 13 12 .520
Oklahoma City ............10 14
Houston.....................9 14 .’
Tulsa ................................ 8 13
Yesterday’s Results
Dallas 6-5, Houston 5-8.
Oklahoma City 16-3, Beaumont 2-
7.
San Antonio 20, Fort Worth 5.
Shreveport at Tulsa 2, ppd.,'’’cold
weather and wet grounds.
Today’s Games
Houson at Dallas.
San Antonio a Fort Worh.
Beaumont at Oklahoma C>y.
Shreveport a Tulsa.
PACIFIC CtJAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 7-4 San Francico 1-1.
Sacramento 8-5, Seattle 3-4.
Portland 4, San Diego 3.
Los Angeles 13-2, Oakland 12-4.
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TINA' DETERMINE WINS RICHEST KENTUCKY" DERBY—
Thundering down the home stretch at historic Churchill Downs,
little gray Determine; ehampion of the Pacific coast tracks,
surges across the finish line ahead of pace-setting Hasty Road,
to win the 80th Kentucky Derby before 100,000 screaming zealots
■aftfc.- fxlj
In the commendable time of 1:0.1. Jockey Ray York steered the
lively colt to a record shattering (11)2,QAD victory for owner Andy
Crevolln. Alhambra. Cal., automobile dealer a length ami a half
ahead of A. E. Reuben's HastytRoad. Walniae Farm's llassey-
ampa ran third. (International Sound photo.)
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Richmond 6, Toronto 4 1st
game. Richmond 1, Toronto 0.
called after sixth, to be completed
later.
Syracuse 4-4. Buffalo 3-2.
Havana 3, Rochester 1.
Ottawa 5-2, Montreal 3-3.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
New Orleans 6, Atlanta 2.
Birmingham 3-8, Mobile 2-3.
Chattonooga at Little Rock,
ppd., rain.
Nashville at Memphis 2, ppd
rain.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION
MISSIONS IN
LEAGUE LEAD
Top Fort Worth
Cats by Score of
20 to 5
By United Press
The San Antonio Missions .movedj
fr\ ret- rtluro in th<» Tovnv: I .Pfl.
sing, Mich., and a member of the
famous Court of Last Resort, and
many bthers. ”
Ellis told the visitors that since
World War If, the crime rate all"
over the country had douhled.
"Texas annually sends as many
to prison as California or New
York, states whose population
greatly outnumber Texas," Ellis
declared.
Other figures quoted by Cheat-
ham revealed that during 1953 five
million crimes of all types were
committed in the United States
and of these, two and a quarter
into first place in the Texas Lea-! million were major ones,
gue by drubbing the loading Fort Seventy peace Officers lost their
Worth Cats 20 to 5 in the Only lives Inst year during line of
single gam Sunday afternoon. | duty. 7.120 citizens were murder
Dallas ar.J Houston and Okla- ed, 92,600 were assaulted v iolently,
homa City an Beaumont both split, and 63.100 armed rabbet ics took
double headers, while a twin bill! place'.
between Shreveport and Tulsa was
posponed because of cold weather
and wet grounds. All games Sun-
day had to be played in stiff north-
erly winds and chilly weather for
May.
Dallas won the first game 6 to 5
from Houston, but the. Buffs
bounced back In an extra-inning
night cop to win in ten innings 8
In the larger cities of Texas ]
those with a population of 100.0001
or more, the rate was listcfl at 11.7
and in cities of from 25,000 to 50.-
000 population, the rate . was
quoted at 25 3'';.
A total of 121,521. crimes was
committed in Texas last year, an
increase of 9,326 over 1952.
These crimes were in the form
to 5. Oklahoma City slammed a of murders', homicides, rapes, i
trio of Beaumont pitchers to win j robberies, burglaries, assaults,
the first game 6 to 2, but the Ex-, thefts, and auto thefts, and in the]
porters took the second 7-3. -order named.
Monday night's schedule finds till Cheatham said they were told
the teams retaining the same,op- that Texas standards would not be
ponents, with Houston at Dallas, up to par even if they met the na-j
San Antonio at Fort Worth, Beau- tional average because Texas is
City and
All games postponed,
wet grounds.
mont at Oklahoma
Shreveport at Tulsa.
San Antonio blasted four home
runs in topping Fort Worth, while
the Cats hammered two over the
fence in the high-scoring' game.
James Pisoni belted a grand-slam
2. homer in the 10-run Mission eighth
inning to climax the game.
Dallas rallied to push across the
tying and winning runs in the last
half of the ninth inning of the first
game to down the Buffs by 6 to
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rain and 5 margin.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Cheatham Tells...
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Only'three other states
not an average state, and docs not
have an average crime problem, i
Narcotics were listed as the
chief reason for crimes, and,
Cheatham issued the following
warning to merchants:
Shoplifters are plentiful right]
here in our own area, and I would
like to warn local merchants, and
those in surrounding areas, to be
on the lookout for them. They are
clever, and capable of lifting hun- •collection- D- ' r’l
dreds of dollars worth of merrhan- wear, the coat. I.
dise without^he merchants being] '"K r'-M'. nr'1'Is u." to fall
aware pf it. They use the stolen fuc lfljnl lht t-ihonlucrs.
items to purchase narcotics, Onci
; of the chief devices utilized, hyj
..shoplifters is over-sized . overall:, ——-—--—--------------
SMOCK COAT OF WHITE
LINEN - AMD - WOOL -- Conics
from Vila • nt Mont. Sana'a spring
for, casual
a tow fram-
1,000 persons, which figure Was
declared fur below the national
average.
There is also a serious equip-
ment’ shortage In both city and,
j county jails, with only 81 counties
out of the state's 254.having radio
: communications, and 99 incorpora-
ted cities out of 753 equipped with
police radio equipment.
, Some counties me even without
jail facilities, (lie Attorney sriid.
It was pointed out that crime
] syndicates acquire every new*
j. fangled piece of communication
. equipment available in order to
keep ahead of the law,
('heat-ham related a story by
Kile Stanley Gardner'who said
while writing a Dory at one time,
lie had to become assoi kited with
a vs-tJ1 known gangster. On one
occasion while Oil a \ i-.lt- to the
underworld headquarters, lie was
amazed at the communication
system installed:
On another occasion, Gamer
! said, he inserted an imaginary
] nltra-inodejn piece of communica-
tion equipment into a story, ami
I shortly after the book was pub-
dished, received a letter from a
I member of the. underworld to the
effect he was at work inventing
lust iu h an instrument,
j "The criminals keep far ahead
I of the tunes, "Gardner told his
] listener: . "and if we want to
outdo I lien: we must he on our
toes ” ,
j AnotlKU' drawback to Texas is
j iis lack of. paid parole and proba-
tion officers, it was stated. The
only other states which fall into
this Category are Montana and;
| New Mexico,
The figures rfew more and more
i astounding as Cheatham discussed
tbe meeting, arid he emphasized’
THE CUERO RECORD. Monday, May 3, 1954
to train them, pay them, and put*
chase the necessary equipment
for them to operate.”__
the fact that law-abiding Texirns
should give them serious thought
"The only way we can whip this
situation.” Cheatham declared, "is | - YOU BET YOU BENEfTT!
to provide ample and efficient law-j " hen you sell, rent, hire, help,
enforcement oftVers, and in order j find a job through Classified ad*
to do this, the public must be. you get speedy results at low cost!
willing to provide sufficient funds Dial 5-313L*_(41
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I VASHINGTAN, May 3.-tUPj-
they don and into which t-icv can they- sh<ia -I w me up in-tl f
cram articles- picked up from The ob, i.d ul •> I , d
Union had a higher murder rate counters” •- V ' ’ fat 'the'bail bund - •. n - "
last year than Texas. They wetCj Another great cause for crimes. Texas and Mi on ; int.'ir.Uid ,i
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The chief reason men ror tnr ]|terature to bo found on many "Of th- < i u ics ion "" 'I
public to prov iue xne necessary j they were told that the threat of sUiU d.
dential Trophy Sports car race.; funfJs to pay thern,
Spear, driving an Italian herrari.i ,.jt takes five years to train an
won the rare Sunday at. Andrews offic(>r „n(! an estimated $1,800 or.
Air Force Base with an average] $2,000 is expended on his train-
speed of 81.85 mdes per hour. ing,” Cheatham said,- and added
that after the officer is hired, hr
is usually induced to accept more
remunerative employment be-
cause of his low salary.
The County Attorney said th
meeting was Immensely edUca-
Cothmunisitt, at jireseftt is pm-I,,
worse than people realize, :i,zll it I •
BRICK 'BRADFORD
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BY PAUL ROBINSON
Tnuzard Is French Heavy
RENNES, France, May 3 -
'UP)—Lucien Touzard won the
Krenrh heavyvveigh- boxing title
j Saturday night w hen he knocked
out Emile Bentz in the fifth round. ttonaI and he js sor^f pvery < itv
and county official in the s);,tp did
BX? AOFO*?D I Ah'
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BROO>^ r0SAts,C>E_. ViE Af?E
INSTANCE BROKERS...
' AF "‘AT >OU CAM BE-
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AAVWl.w BE FABULOUS
YOU F '-ti T-E ANSWER TO
of a scheduled 15-round bout.
not have the opportunity to at-j
Finally A Mctory ],-.nd He is planning to attend
WILMINGTON, N. C„ May 3- acain noxt year.
After 12 unsuccessful tries, blonde During the two-day session.
Marge Burns of Greensboro Mon- SOme of the nation's and state's
day owned the title in the Caro- outstanding attome\«. judges, phv-
linas women's golf tournament. ] cjrjans. and law enforcement ex-1
*ihe defeated defending champion perils were heeid.
Mrs. W. B. Cocke of Charlotte. 7 a highlight of the meeting ac-
• and 6. Saturday to win the tourney cording to Cheatham, was the ap-]
in which she had twice been run-> poarance of the Hoii. Erie Stanley]
ner-up. j Gardner of California, attorney
- 'and well-known author of "Perry
Bogus Win Tickets Passed ] Mason,” detective stories.
WHEELING, W. Va . May 3- Other well-known men who
■UP)—John R. Kohorst, 25, Cleve- spoke were Co! Homer Garrison.'
land parolee, was held in Ohio Jr director oMhe Department of]
.county jail Monday and an ac- Public Safety: Hon. O. B Ellis.^
complice was sought by police for manager o' the Texas Pic-or Sys-
: attempting to pass counterfeit] mro’. Hunisvilie: Hon K K Hood-
$10 win tickets at Wheeling Downs .ley. Judge of the Cor' of Criminal
race track. Appeals; Hon. M eslev Dire
State's Attorney, Austin: Hon. Ii
P. Swenson. Federal Bureau of
Prisons, Albuquerque. N. M : Dee
E. Wheeler lie detector expert
out of Austin: Hon. Wm. J
Jameson, President of the Ameri-
can Bar Association from Michi-
-an: Hon. David B. Irons. U S
Department of Justice Wa-hrng-
ion. D C . Dr. Le Moyne Snydet j
iphysiuan and attorney from L«m-
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