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1 TOGS'
BONG
HIT BY FLAK
U. S. FLYING FORTRESS
BASE, somewhere in England,
•March 20—(UP)—The American
bombardier who, though mor-
tally wounded by anti-aircraft
shrapnel, crawled back to his
bombsight and sent his bombs
crashing squarely on the Ger-
man U-boat yards at Vegesack
was revealed today to be 1st Lt.
Jack Mathis, 22, of San Angelo,
Tex.
His story first was told Thurs-
day night when the Flying Fort-
ress, “The Duches,” on which
he served, returned with other
planes of the Sth U. S. Air Force
from the heaviest and most suc-
cessful American raid of the war
on Europe, but his name was
withheld until his family was
apprised of his tragic death.
Mathis was wounded
while “The Duchess" was
making its bombing run ov-
er Vegesack. With him in
the glassed-in nose of the
plane was the navigator. 1st
Lt. Jesse H. Elliott of Tal-
lahassee, Fla.
Like men in a submarine,!
they had to work close together
under trying eircumst'anacesj
They were the busiest men in.
in the plane during the bombing!
tun and they got to. know one
another better than brothers.
'1 hey often yelled back and
forth during a crisis, and came
to have tremendous mutual re-
spect for each other.
Elliott says of Mathis’ last
mission:
“Jack Mathis and 1 flew It
missions over enemy territory
together, sharing the nose of
cur fortress. We flew our first
mission together and we flew
our last mission together.
“Jack's brother. Mark, who al-
so is a bombardier, had just
been transferred to England
from the United States and the
night before %■ raid. Jack had
'.■me down to Mark'- base to
Tossing Leather, Not Style, Main Ring j CARDS ACES
Factor-As Sam Angott Demonstrates W SEASON
it, ■ H. Petersen
B|y Jaek Cuddy
NEW YORK. March 20—(UP)
—Today follows last night too
closely for the pugilistic histor-
ians to digest the significance
of Sammy Angott’s upset vic-
tory over unbeaten Willie Pep.
But the signifiance is there — a
good big champion can beat a
good little champion.
That's the • major premise,
but the minor premise is this:
Professional boxing is not an
Easter parat|e ill which styles
ate all-important. Harry Greb
proved ibis some 20 years ago
when he came fighting out of
the same Pittsburgh area that
launched Angott.
Remember bow the wise
guys Insisted that Harry
Greb couldn’t fight because
lie hail no style? But Wind-
mi:! Greb kept on licking
middleweights. light heavi-
es and even heavyweights,
and today the late Harry
Greb is acknowledged to be
one of the greatest fighters
ever to toss leal her.
Because Greb fought like a
windmill—even when he had
hut one eye—he was not con-
sidered a stylist.
Angott is like that. For eight
long years, the stylists — the
purists of boxing — have been
criticizing 1 his black-haired,
hull-necked Italian from Wash-
ington, Pa., for his lack of style.
But Angott kept hammering on
in windmill fashion until he
was undisputed lightweight
champion of the world by vir-
tue of victories over Davey Day
and Lew Jenkins.
Came last September, and An-
gott won a "decision over Aldo
Spoidi at New Orleans. Against
Untie Spoidi the champion suf-
fered recurrences of hand injur-
ies that had bothered him ^lur-
ing much of liis career. Because
of those injured mitts (and
nothing is more painful than
iognized as lightweight champ-.
, ion in New York State, but the
National Boxing Association had I
no lightweight king. Promoter I
Mike Jacobs offered .Angott the |
chance of making a quick come-'
back against young Willie Pep,
the Connecticut kid who had
registered '*2 straight profes-
sional victories and who was ;
recognize 1 as featherweight
champion in New York state.
Angott accepted immediately.
Pep has style. He is young
and fast. He was unbeaten.!
Hence Pep was made the 3-1 i
favorite. But Angott went out |
and licked him last night, prov- 1
ing that a big champion can |
.lick a little one and that styles j
are not too important if one |
can toss more and decisive lea- j
tlier.
WAR FUND-
(Continued front page 1)
panv has been added to the list
of large subscribers with a gift
of 875 received today.
“There are many firms in
Sweetwater, both large and
small, whose employes have sub-
scribed 100 per cent. We are | §2, Emmitt
just, as proud of the small j cook A.
G M. Bettis $2, Jack Yar- ]
brough Sr.. 35, Floyd J-larirs $2, i
.J. W. 1 loldridge 82, W. D. Die-1
key si, I!. B. Johnston $3, C. ;
1... Hoisted 32, Loy Cosby $1, M.
I). Pendergrass $2. .1' II. Madden
Malone 32, O. R. j
I. Reece 32, J.* Z. ,
groups as we are of the large | Harvey 32. M. E. Jones 32. T. H.
him up here I a fractured hand) Angott an- ■ greatly
\Vc had a pretty routine trip • nnunced his retirement in Nov- j top.
t> the target. Jack called out,! em1)el.
groups and all deserve credit
for their fine support.”
Chairman Williams said fur-
ther that it would not be possi-
ble to see and thank personally
each person who has assisted
hint in this drive, but he wish-
es to take this opportunity to
erpre.ss his appreciation to each
and every one for the fine co-
operation and work that has
been done. He continued:
"The newspapers and Sta-
tion KXOX have done a wond-
erful jolt on the publicity of
this drive and have assisted
in putting us over the
Kent 32. D. A. Green 31, B. R.
Etheredge 31.
C. M. Pearce 32. R. R. Huddle-
ston 31. 1. E. McKelvey SL B.
R. Books $2,50, G. G. Price $5,
K. E. Justiss 31. N. A. Collier
31.50. C. H. Walker $2.00, D. C.
Smith $2. C. C. Armstrong $4,
T. P. Elliott $2.
T. C. Blair S3, D. K. Gober 32,
W. A. Strobel 35. John Schrem-
ser 32. O. E. Morgan 31, 1’. E. | es loo per cent: Broughton Mot-
Etheredge 310, C. A. Mathews I or Co. 325, Frank Jackson $1.50,
35. E. E. Ely 32. G W. Bailey j ,1. T. Fields 31.50. Walter Smith
2. J. L. Jones 32. H L. Arm-j 31. Gifford Sines 31. A. B.
strong $3. j Brannon Si.
George Diehlmann 35. Mr. and TansiFs Employes 100 percent
WANTS BEAU JACK
NEW YORK, March 20—
(IP) — Sammy Angott,
vxlto canir out of retirement
lest night and broke Willie
IV|i's winning streak at. 02
straight victories, announc-
ed today: “I’ll light any lea-
Ilierweiglit, lightweight or
welterweight who can draw
money."
Angott. the retired liglit-
eight champion who won
the unanimous 10-round de-
rision over frat hern eight
1 liMiiipioii Pep. said: “I’m
not at till choosey, but for
linaiieial reasons I’d prefer
Beau Jack or Henry Ario-
si long."
the altitude over the inter-com-
munication sy^em and we were
humming along prettily until we
t in into fighters.
. "They hit ns vytile y, g
were almost 25 minutes </iit
front the coast of Germany.
They were so thick they
looked its though they might
be escort planes — except !
See SAN ANGgLO. Page 7. ,
Do Your "Gums"
Spoil Your Looks ?
One look at some “GUMS” is '
enough to upset anyone.—-Drug- j
gists refund money if the first I
bottle of “LETOS” fail, to sat-!
isfy. !
Armor’s Drug
['be people of (Sweetwater
Immediately there were stor- and \olan County who have
ie that Angott had been fore- worked for and contributed to
ed into retirement by gangsters this fund should feel proud or
because he refused to “do bust- the mt they have taken in
ness ' with certain* Ne\\ Jersey -■ ......•- *«
challengers. Angott and hi.s
manager. Charley Jones, denied 1 anv,r, Ashing (0 contribute
those stories vehemently. |m.\ mail ,bring his gift to
Angott did u bit of manna!
Ichor and then became box-
ing instructor at Washing-
ton and Jefferson universi-
ty. He was keeping in
shape, without nailing any-
one on the noggin. while
his hands became a- gootl
as new.
With perfect mitts. Angott -
only 28—decided to return to
jild humanitarian cause.
■'The rolls are still open, and
any
j may
( luvlon Williams at The Texas
! Bank and Trust Co.”
More contributor-- and
| lions include:
Employes Gulf (>il Corp. —
I .John D. Scltriever $10, Chas.
| E. Paxton $25, S. E. Honey $5.
: E. E. Shaw 35. R. A. Lasseter
; 85. L. A. EherJe $3. H. D. Reed
32.50, W F. Miller 32, W W.
he'ring. Meanwhile, Beau Jack, iTravland 35. John Kelly 85, R.
1 Georgia negro, had been roc-1 R- Godfrey 33. C. S. Hudgins 310,
......Fred Williams
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Your sights are set high this year
—perhaps higher than ever before.
Your production goal, in view of
wartime hardships, may seem al-
most beyond reach. But you must
reach it, and we want to help.
Count us in as your ally. Look to
us for assistance when you need
it. Discuss your problem with us
now. and let’s lay out a program
including credit - to solve it.
TEXAS BANK & TRUST CO.
Member Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.
E. D. Caple 32,
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G. W. Smith 35, .1 A. Spiers
S3. K. K. Smith S2. M. E. Ford
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way 32, J. A. Dement 32. Paul
11. Clark s,3, E. B. Garrett 32,
E. g. Webb 82. Joe Ramsey SL
Harold Brown K2, O. H. Rea-
tan 31. It. B. Yoakum 3J, e. M.
Bartlett 82.50. T. F. Welch SI,
J. It. Wilson si. V. L. Spaulding
31. L. L. Moser 31, J. C, Tatom
31, Whit Brand 31. Dell Den-
nis SI. E. iC. Johnson 31. E. H.
O or 81. J. A. Pike 31, Vivian
Boyd si. C. it. Green 33.
Otto Wittner 32. .1. M. Hayes
82. B. H. Rowlett si. w. K.
Ewing 81. E. G. Patton $!, R.
I. I.. .Montgomery 81, C. If. Roden
I 81. C li. Hudgins 31. It. S. Btrm-
| jngham 82.
I \\. Go ■ * t 81, Bob Cocke S2.
A. E. Brown s.5. Adolph Koe-
ithcr 81. iRury Gilliam 81. H. H.
| Bullock si. .! M. Brake 81. W.
B. Me.No: . s. \\. Bonner $1,
! <>. H Sjostrom 81, G. L. Odom
j 32. C, E. Lambert 82. J. C.
I Clinton $1. \Y C Miller 85, R.
|.M. Lindsey 81.
T K. Ml.-o\ 82. ( a-. Reason
! 82. B. B. Whitfield S2. M. K.
Robert- $2. O. R. Roger- $2. W.
.( Kyle SI. C. T Gu.\ 81. C. E.
! Hudgins 82.50. Rov Pittman 82.
G. P. Williams $1
Jack Schilling 81, It. M Kin •
sey 82, John Eidson 82. Ivan 1
Sc’ott 82. E. M. Chancellor 32,
,\l O Griffith 82. C l> Burn-,
ham 82. E. C. Aston 85. G. F. j
Clarke 85. .1. W. Bowman 35.
T. N. Minix 32, J M Null $2,
II. C. Roberson $2.50. 1. S. ,
Clay 82. J B. Davis 82.
..]. W Pendergram 82.50. J. J. ;
McDonald si. W. M. Wilkinson .
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Aven 82, E. K Vance 35. C. If. 1 ■
Cartwright 82. V. \\ l . h it: s2,
A. R. George 82. .1. I. Hines
Mi -. Cora Robinson 81. C. W.
Breeding 85, Lois Watson 81,
Mrs. Carl Murrell 81, Mrs. Par-
son- 81.
Ra-eo Cleaners $5. Mrs. Chas.
Edwards SL Mrs. .J. B. lvirk-
patrick si, Claude Harris $1,
Mrs. J. I.. Trowbridge S2. Kay’s
Book Shop $1. Mrs. Francis
Bee WAR FUND Page 8
Brooks Star Quits
And Steers Go On
Diamond Rampage
AUSTIN, Tex., March 20 -
(CP)When Brooks Field decid-
ed that six innings was enough
for Dick Midkiff. former Boston
Red Sox -tar, to pitch on a cold
day in an opening game, the
University of Texas Steers
went on .1 rampage and de-
feated the visiting soldiers 22
to 7. Texas scored 12 runs in
tile inning after Midkiff retired.
The game yesterday afternoon
kept the umpires busy announc-
ing sic stitutions. Thirty - five
player participated.
Randolph Fliers
Take First Game
; ; Rogers Sr. S10. ! ,
Leomir I Chester SI. Claudia! ( <>LLFGh s i A I ION, iexa>.,
Nelson $1. Williams Cafe $5, Mr. Murch 20 (l P) Behind tht
and Mr Gen. Williams 85. | four-! it hurling of Walter Nothe
Rub Cafe 810. Mrs. Carrie the Itim.lolj>h Field Flier-chalk-
MeCaullv.v 81. Mollye Ham-1 ed up a 52 victory over the Tex-
1 might Blue iJonnet B ’ '
Shop s| Lucille Cudd S3. Ela 1 Put.-. Dali game of the season for
Ragland 81. : both teair.- and looked forward
Broughton Motor Co. employ- ! f< !' a ^’comi melee today.
PENNEY'S 4F.&OTYERSARY * PEMTEY’S:
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Mrs. Walter Otey 35. Ena Mac-
Queen 82. Jos. H. Beall, jr., $25.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lee $5,
Half Btambaker 85. Mrs. Me-
Coma- 85, lohn W. Simmons 82.
Cayateno Salis 82, Dan G.
Shield- Agency 85. Cash 820, Mr.
and Mr-. G. B, Owens $5. W. W.
Singleton 31. E. J. Harkins 84,
F. L. Pittman $15, Mrs. Peat'll
Bn I lew 33. Mrs. ('. S. Hudgins ;
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. \V. F. Reeves 58C, Mr. and Mrs i
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j SL Mrs. Lois Durrett 82. Mrs j
Buford Carroll 81. Father Hal- j
erine 810
Joe Hauled 87.50, Mr. and Mrs. |
O O. Hollingsworth 85. Mr.
and Mrs. T. L. Hughes 810. E. j
A Nayt'a $3. Mrs. Lora Putnam i
SI Jimmie Nayfa $1, Oscar
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1 Mr Mary Spillers si. Self Cul-
j tore Club 85.
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j Moor- 81. Melvin Smith SL Al-
j ene Penn SL Frank Truex $1,
j Joe Malone 81, Eldon Fox 81.
I Lynwood Winters 81. Rena Sny- i
! dec 81. Jimmie Browning $1, j
| Carl Walker 81. Nelle It. Rog- j
| el-- si, Louise Cosby 81. Wanda i
Benson 81, Sheijman Robison |
j .81. Henry Rogers jr., $4, Hen !
By Leo H. Petersen
UP Sports Editor
' NEW YORK, March 23 --
(UP)—The St. Louis Cardinals
have lost three, and probably
will lose more, of the key per-
former- in their UW2 world so
ries victory over the New York
Yankees, but they still will he
the team to heat when the Nat-
ional league pennant race be-
gin.- April 21.
Manager Hilly South worth
has tl e pitching, catching and
fielding it lakes hut may find
himself short of hitting power
with two of his 1942 big guns—
Enos Slaughter and Terry
Moore—In the service.
lie also has lost Johnny
Beazley, world series pitching
hero, and Jimmy Brown, infield
sparkplug, faces induction be-
fore the seu-011 opens.
The Cardinals will miss all
four of them hut If Gouthworth
can take up the hitting slack left
by Moore and Slaughter their
loss may not lie too much of a
burden.
Paui Dean Tries
Again With Browns
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.,
■March 20 — (UP) — Paul Dean,
half of the former great St..
Louis Cardinals' pitching duo. ;
comes back to the major leagues
for another fling at the big
time with the St. Louis Browns
here today.
Dean's arrival, coupled with;
that of regular second baseman \
Don Gutteridge, first baseman i
George .VJcQtiinn, catcher Rick
Ferrell and pitcher Woody Rich, ;
brought the Brownies’ squad
’close to capacity figures. The
club has been holding indoor :
bunting and fielding practice.
LAMO’I t.\ WINS
DETROIT. March 20 (UP;
•lake LaMotta, transplanted
New York middleweight who
has become a local pugilistic
paragon, had another notch in
his current victory record to-
day after knocking out Jimmy ;
Rei vc- of Cleveland.
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merer, Wyoming.
Mr. Penney didn't think ’’How
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and 'fftfivcrics; pared prices to
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and
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