Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1952 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACO \T, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, March 13, 1952
Texas Legion Chief
To Visit El Campo
Post On March 16
Charlie Gibson, Texas State
Commander of the American Le-
gion, will make an official visit to
the El Campo Post on Wednesday,
March 19.
The El Campo Post will honor
the state commander and at the
same time observe the 33rd anni-
versary of the organization of the
American Legion.
Festivities will open at 6:30
p.m. at the Legion Center at the
south edge of the city with a
chicken barbecue banquet at
which all legionnaires of the area
are invited. Tickets for the ban-
quet are $1 and may be secured
in advance by phoning or writing
A. G. Miller, in care of the Frankc
Motor Company, El Campo.
Elvin Baker, post commander,
announces that the El Campo high
school Choral Club will furnish
entertainment for the evening.
Commander Gibson will also
speak that day at noon to a joint
meeting of the El Campo Rotary
and Lions Clubs at which many
Rotarians and Lions of other com-
munities are expected to attend.
This meeting will be at the El
Campo Community Center.
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(Hollywood National Syndicate)
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Bob Feller is getting ready to
start his 17th year with the Cleve-
land Indians. And to hear him talk
you wouldn’t think he has been in
the American League longer than
any of the today’s stars. Feller has
his mind set on winning 20 or
more games again this year, which
if he does will make his sevpnth
time. And he wants to pitch him-
self another no-hitter. If he ac-
complishes this little trick he’ll
have four no-hitters to his credit,
something no other big leaguer
can boast.
Well, nothing like aiming high.
Feller is 33 and on the downgrade
as far as pitching is concerned.
But you wouldn’t think so the .way
he tossed ’em in there last year.
Perhaps he'll have another big
year. At least Cleveland fans will
be pulling for him.
Before Feller calls it quits there
is one thing he wants to do more
than anything else—win a- World
Series game. He had a couple of
chances in the 1948 Series when
Cleveland beat the Boston Braves
but failed to bag a win.
* * »
Manager Leo Durocher is quite
impressed with Rom Samford, the
dark horse battling for second
base honors. “They tell me he has
something of the Stanky style,”
Durocher commented. “That's what
I like about him. You can't hit the
ball past the guy.”
If Samford turns out to be an-
other Stanky the Giants will again
have an air-tight infield. And Skip-
per Leo will have less to worry
about. But the thing he's going to
miss is the fight and hustle that
Stanky sparked on the field. The
Giants won many a game last
year on just that kind of spirit.
* * *
Kentucky now has a new law
barring gambling in places where
drinks are sold. How will that ef-
fect betting at Churchill Downs in
May if only soft drinks are avail-
able? Everyone knows that a few
drinks under the belt usually gives
a man a care-free spirit. He’s
apt to bet a little more than he
should. It'll bo interesting to see
how much the boys bet come Derby
day. Of course they can always get
their fire-water across the way and
then come in to lay it on the line.
* * »
Phil Rizzuto, the Yankee short-
stop and captain, paid Joe Di-
Maggio one of the finest tributes
ever handed a ball player.
“I always hoped I’d go before he
did,” Phil said the other day. “I
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
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MARCH 14
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Unfolding new
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MARCH 18
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mean every word of it. I never
wanted to turn around and look
out into center field and not *ee
him there. I'd give anything in the
world to see him back.”
The Yankee Clipper will be
missed, by players and fans alike.
Since joining the Yanks in 1936
he immediately became one of the
most popular players in big time.
All through those 18 years fans
thrilled at his fielding and hit-
ting, followed him day by day,
year in and year out. He was a
tremendous drawing card wherever
the team played. And his team-
mates admired him and felt hon-
ored to be playing on the same
ball club.
Yes, htey’ll miss Joe in center
field. “I never wanted to turn
around and look out into center
field and not see him there” is a
beautiful tribute. The Yanks won’t
be the same. Along with Babe
Ruth and Lou Gehrig, DiMaggio
will go down in history as one of
baseball’s greatest players.
* * *
A number of small schools have
dropped football. But Nevada, on
the verge of dropping, is trying
out a new deal. They’re going to
play only four games next fall and
the school's budget for football
will be—$13,000. It’s not much but
school officials feel it'll keep the
game alive until pigskin conditions
take a turn for the better. Right
now the high cost of everything
makes it pretty rough on the small
school. But Nevada can’t expect
much football for $13,000. When
it was trying to go big time their'
coach alone received that much.
* * *
Ted Williams takes his Marine
physical April 2 and if accepted
will report for duty May 2. In the
meantime he’ll go through spring
training and possibly play in most
of the exhibition games. The Red
Sox slugger wants to stay in top
form, just in case the war situa-
tion takes a change for the better
and he is handed a release.
By the way, there’s some talk
that Lou Boudreau plans to use
a two-platoon system this coming
seaosn. How come? He’ll have a
difficult time fielding one good
championship team.
♦ ♦ *
The Pacific Coast League is go-
ing ahead with plans to become a
third major circuit. A number of
changes already have been made
and in 1953 all big league ties will
be severed. They’ll be on their owt.
then. Will they make the grade?
Only time will tell. Los Angeles,
Hollywood, San Francisco, Oak-
land and Seattle could go big time.
But Portland,, Sacramento, and
San Diego certainly will present a
problem. It’s doubtful that they
could support a major league team.
However, the experiment will be
interesting. A third big time cir-
cuit is in the making. And even
Sharks To Send It-Man Squad
To 2nd Annual Bay Cily Track Meet
Palacios’ 11-man track and field
squad is not expected to set the
track on fire Saturday, but they’ll
be in there trying among some 400
athletes from 27 schools in the
Gulf Coast Area at the Second An-
nual Bay City Booster Club Track
Meet.
thought the Coast League opens its
season on April Fool’s Day West
Coast fans are taking the whole
thing quite seriously.
* ♦ *
JUST GAB—When Yankee Phil
Rizzuto signed for $45,000 the
other day he became the highest
paid shortstop in baseball history
. . . Lou Boudreau and Joe Cronin
both got more money in their
playing days but they had to man-
age the team as well as play.
Chico Vejar, the fighting New
York University freshman, is go-
ing to quit fighting for a while
and devote more time to his books
■C. . . teeesroidtllcehs.h ,„nhefirgr.
. . Chico needs the rest . . .
he started boxing as a pro just
two years ago and has had 41
bouts, winning all but one. One
thing about the Detroit Tigers,
they’re an over-age club . . . out
of 34 players on the list 14 are
beyond, the 30 mark . . . the old-
timers will have to have a big
year if the Tigers expect to cop
the pennant this year.
Billy Southworth is back in base-
ball again, with the Boston Braves
. . . the former big league man-
ager who piloted the Braves to a
National League pennant in 1946
and then gave up his job last year
because of illness will serve as a
liaison scout—looking over players
that another scout has seen. The
St. Louis Browns report a marked
increase in advance sales . . . with
Bill Veeck and Rogers Hornsby
on deck the Browns will be a very
popular club this year . . . and
the team may turn out to be a
surprise outfit . . . they’ve got
several top players plus a number
of promising rookies . . . should
they click, Mr. Veeck may have
a gold mine. Skipper Paul Rich-
ards has a traffic jam at third
base ... six candidates are trying
out for the hot corner.
The local boys went up to Bay
City one afternoon last week for a
workout on the cinders there, but
their coach was not very much im-
perssed with their showing. How-
ever, he expects them to improve
enough to give them a chance at a
few points in the Bay City meet
and at the District 80-B title.
Here are the lads Coach Sharkey
Shelton expects to enter Saturday:
Mile run—Paul Penland, Joe Ray
Beard.
100-yard dash—Pete Sardelich.
440-yard dash—John Merck, Billy
Hamlin.
880-yard run—Pete Sardelich.
880-yard relay—Merck, Ralph
Clement, Hubert Bowers, Sardel-
ich.
High jump—Dick Bolling.
Broad jump—Sardelich, Bolling
Discus—Clint W r a t i s 1 a w,
Charles Harvey.
Shot put—Wratislaw, Norris
Neely.
Last year the Sharks had a
similar delegation at the same
meet and came out with just five
points, picked up when Pete Sar-
delich won the half-mile. This year
the local squad won’t even be as-
sured of that many at the start,
for Sardelich is not up to his 1951
standard yet.
Improvement this week, though,
might change the picture some-
what, but there will have to be
lots of it, the coach indicated.
Brenham again will be the fav-
orite this year, although they lost
out last year to Bay City, 35
points to 34. The Black Cats also
will be strong contenders for the
meet trophy.
April 16—Elementary school
literary events, at Van Vleck.
May 8—Elementary school soft-
ball tournament at Tidehaven.
May 10—High school boys and
girls softball tournament, at Pala-
cios.
No date and place has yet been
set for the boys tennis tournament.
A chip on the shoulder indicates
there is wood higher up.
Don’t spend your time wondering
why a black hen lays a white egg-
get the egg.
GREENWOOD-CURTL")
POST NO. 476
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Thursday
Nights at 8 P. M. at V. F. W. Idali.
Joe O. Edge, Commander
Wm. Elder, Adjutant
District 80-B Softball
Tournament Slated
Here For May 10
Here’s the schedule of spring
events for Palacios schools enter-
ing Interscholastic League com-
petition:
April 2—High school boys track
and field meet, girls tennis, at Bay
City.
April 9—Elementary school boys
track and field meet, at Tidehaven.
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