The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 195, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 1971 Page: 2 of 20
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Pa*e 3 THE CUERO RECORD Wed. Aug. 18, 1971
Beat York Oil 3 - 2
/
Cuero Young Farmers
Grab 2nd Place Trophy
Erskine - Medwick
Old - Timers Play
Sport Briefs
! Cuero High School Cuero Youth Tourney
1971 Football Schedule Scheduled For Weekend
IU 1\VI I \AKK
Hrmnl Sport* Writ* r
The Cuero Young Kiirrnrrs
uldfrl until th<' 1a«t frnmo
Tuesday . night to rlrfe.it York
O.l :.‘2 for second j>h<. r* but
it un wHI worth the wait
P.o..vr Wcisp, ( 'i !*' fulfil'r
really Iruy* down oh the \;-i*
o:s. .stiikuig •»«it ri;;ht wh.,!o al-
lowing only !htv<* si dton d liit**■
Thf two runs scoro'd w* ■«* un
” V
s
RECORD m
PORTCAS 1
Hi Pat Lanka
Wrll wp hid ndinii to our good
h |pn,| and ro-w< i \rr .In mi"
JiirtiiH k wi»o Mas «!♦*« ided to
join'd hr* rnnks ot the unemplnv-
rd not.'is do giRnh is. and of
course the get srnnrti'is" whou
she enroll* in rollogp in th«» ’near;
future Today is .Iradip's last
day ort the k»b »I think» hut
hasp Now I know wli.it fha'
rur ding sound w.ts Sunday
p'Yfiing.
-•»<>> -
I .lo\ <1 W r.y i, .* jijt« hi r t >r
'h*' \\ I'psal'd;.' soldi.di tram
( »Mft Ins w ;(p ;u *■ (h,* j.to'.d par-
puls ol a not tier i|th> daughlpr.
ShiNvvas Iww ri .July and M-n
< oru d as tlipy wppp rpgisterod
on two Indding orrors.
Trailing 2-0 late
fh
' d
.pon* rjts and a < lose play at
ho/no ili it wont for naught on
i ’ohnn\ 1 ioohcl 1i ipl.» scomod
to d in Hip hoprs on the host
Irani, Hut "Clutch'' Nagel
• < iVn i lined a hard single to
sro'ri* * ioida'l and knot, the S'-otf*
at Tail.
With tho hasps liwidi'd nnd
oin* out in flu* last of the sev-
< nth. 1 ).rkir» Belt o i inning for
Oinrlis (Jalurint who was
PIci\ in,' with an iniurrd leg
sr fi< d 'h<* w inning run on a
passed hall.
Two former National League |
greats Joe "Ducky” Medwick !
and Carl Erskine will bp on 1
hand for the annual Astros Old
timer’s game in the Astrodome,
Saturday, August 28.
The game, which will feature
National League to win the Tri-
ple Crown.
Medwick’s hr .it offensive sea-
son was with the Cardinals in
1 T’,7 when he won the National
League* batting title with a .374
average. He'a Iso led the league
in Hip game ; NoHit Pitchers against All-Time J in doubles t5Hit hits f2.TL, runs
i iifro Young harm.is add-1 Crcat Sluggers, will firecede the j batted in M54)’and homp runs
mi.* to slip up on ilif*ir op- j Astros-Piltsburgh Pirate game ( II» m ’.'17.
Medwick cracked the ..'100 bai-
ling mark in 11 consecutive sea-
Carrimf.!.. | "nd
ending with 1942. He batlrri a
parppr ..724 nnd ended with 2,-
j 471 hits.
at 7:30 ji.rrt.
II.»usi >n will open ili onrl
to last norm, stand August 2.7
against the St.
The Cardinals will bp in for
thrpp gamps followed by thej
PiratPs August 27-29 thpn L/js j
AngrlPs, August 27-September i |
2
Krskine was a star hurler for
tho Dodgers in the Imp 194(1'*
and 1930's and Medwick was a
standout outfielder for the Car-
dinals in tho 1930's and 1940's.
'Krskine achieved no-hif fame
WUVKRS PASSED
SAN DIKGO (UPI)
fielder Bob Peter and righthand-
ed pitcher Edurado Acosta pass-
ed waivers Monday and were
traded by the Pittsburgh Pirat-
es 11 the San Diego Padres,
completing a transaction which
sent reliever Boh Miller from
San Diego to the Bncs last
week.
A STB (MET CEASSIC
SAN JUAN, P.R. (DPII — j
The sixth annual Astrojet golf
Date
Out- Sepl. 10
Sept. 17
Sept. 24
Oct. 1
Oct. 8
Oct.
Ort.
Team
Yoakum
Lockhart
Refugio
Edna
Coluinhus
15 ‘East Central
22 ‘Pleasanton
Site j According to R. D, Kizer Jr.
M the Cuero Youth Golf Toiima-
mept deadline has been prolong-
ed until Thursday at 3 p.m. to
allow additional youth arnpi*
time to sign up.
Oct. 29 ‘Fioresviile
Nov. 5 ‘Samuel Clemens
Nov. 12 ‘Gonzales
‘District (lames
Tl
NEW OSIJ TRAINER
COLUMBUS, Ohio tUPT)
classic, a H-hol* two-man best j Alan W. Hart, 35, Tuesday was
ball tourney pairing football and nampd hrad traincr al 0hio
Tho youth tourney Is schedul-
, ed for Friday and Saturday
Jj with four classifications being
represented.
Girls 11 to IS will compete
against each other while three
divisions will be formed for the
young men. These are 9 to 11,
12 to 14 and 15 to 18,
baseball celebrities, will be held
at the new Cerromar Beach
Hotel golf course here next Feb.
4-6.
State University, succeeding the
late Ernie Biggs who died Aug.
7.
Tee off will be at 8 a m. hoth
days with trophies awarded to
first and second In each divL
sion.
welcumi! Teasers
Johnnv < ioubol b»rl tho Ear-
mots at ll.p plate, going : for j j',' and .then again in 1956.
with « triple «nd twt) singlos
whrn you hnvr an A-1 rr\»f.)rt*«r I day night sh-. was among the
hkr Miss Rblfx k you hold on! sped.-dom at the YorldfAmi-
to her for ns long ns you . in. Ueesulrh".. . Bmther
And I mean what I just said 1 Roger V\. ... , a. e pit. her fm
i .... .1 . . . . j,,,, ('n,,ro y,„|lur Fanners, and
Sh» has really devoted a 100
plus attitude while on Itie sih -
ADIOCS amigo:'I
oOo
Homer Berner predicts Craig
Morion w ill he the No. 1 qu.'l! •
terhark for the Dallas Cowboys
to and from the Super Bowl.
I thought Homer didn't drink'll
oOo --
In a prartke slo-pitch game
lpyed in Davy, Texas York
own downed Davy 21 14. -
Heard Robert Cisnenis wnit
f
le
family, was also on hand.
.lOo -
The umpiring in the York
Oil - i'YI game Tuesday was
e\repii<inaJ with i;,j Sager, R.|j
* oyle and invself doing the
calling We didn't (mss a
call, or did w <•'”!?
— oOo —
Got t.i make this stiort he
day and we'll try to get i;f, j,
Itam.y Strain and Charles Goh-
tnert add' d singles.
Sr< ond sm kiT Dun Penning-
t.itt li.'td two singles while Duck
<>1 tit i out! ibufed a single for
York Oil.
Lyndon Sehotz suffered the
loss allowing only five hits but
six bases on balls was his un-
doing: lie struck out. live.
La li teamcommitted two er-
rors.
York Oil finishes the season
with a game in Wecsuti'tie ami
His first no-hitfer W'as June 19.
1952 against Chicago. Then on
May 12, 1956, he again nc.om
plished the feat few pitchers rn
.joy once. This time Erskine
he|j New York hitless for nine
innings.
Erskine ended with 122 career
wins and 78 losses in 12 years
in the majors. He won 20 gam-
es in .1957 and 18 the following
season.
He pitched iu five World Ser-
ies and compiled a 2-2 record
Erskine is now Vice President
no mailer how it turns out they j ,,f a Rank and coaches baseball j
will cop third .-plage in the lea-, Anderson College in Ander-
h’1"’- ! son, Ind.
Meyersville wound ujt "king I
>f the hili’ .w hile the Cuero Jay-
CHS and see how the a hes and | rees finished fourth, Weesatrhe 1 !°r V. •v'jars' ^IJrlnK
Medwick playpd in the ma jors j
his career!
Sjrolling as he rounded third J greasing.
pains of tlie i .obhlers are jure
fifth arid y.orktown held down:
Hie cellar position.
COMMENTS
ON
SPORTS
imn
IM8ERAIJ. • * •
V, By Pete FrIUhle
. WASHINGTON, D.C. - In
•*»trhing the year's flag chase,
Wveral teams are obviously
Wrong in yostngslrrs, could tie
Mo** rs in years to come. In (lie
fpational league though tliev'-
Jp» gone n<Avhere, the Phillies
'look like a club with, potential.
Maybe it's the new enthusi-
asm of the dub and fans in a
fine new park, where attend
anre is far ahead of last year.
Rut it's also tlie young talent
on the rlub, almost certain to
mean an improving leant.
In the American league the
Chgago White Sox appear a
comer. Young Bill Melton, now
leading the league in homers,
rouid he a superstar. The Sox
have goxi young pitchers, hus-
tle and desire.-
When the Chisox tojiped the
Grapefruit League race in Flo-
rida this spring, many said it
didn't mean anything. Thai up-',
petted to hr true tor a time,
ns the young club stunt bled
Under pressure But it .has come
on strong again, and now is
an impressive young hall tram
Next \ear the Sox rouid well
*get into the pen an I face in-the
western division; Oakland mn>
not get off to such h start again
In 1972.
By Alan Mover
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lie played for St. Ixiuis, Brook-
lyn and New York ^National).!
But he was most remembered
for his days with the Cardinals i
and his Triple Crown title in,
1937. He is the last man in the
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Hooton
K-o’sl9
TACOMA, Wash, ft'PH --
Sensational naikip Burt Hoofon
' of the Tacoma Cubs tied the
all-time Pacific Coast League
strikeout record Tuesday night
for a regulation contest by fan-
i ning 19 Eugene batters on the
way lo a 5-1 victory.
The raiord was first set by
Charlie Shields of Seattle
against Portland in 1905.
Hooton was at Ail-Ameriea
pprformer at the University of
Texas last spring.
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Prentice, D. L. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 195, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 1971, newspaper, August 18, 1971; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth703220/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.