Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 6, 1951 Page: 2 of 8
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,y Quint In
:tice Round
The last non-conference game of the season is on tap
wcetwater’s Mustangs tonight when they invade Ben-
t Gym at Abilene for a second lick at the Abilene Chris-
in High School Panthers, whom they defeated”56"5tl
earlier this year.
Trying for their fifth practice win in 12 starts, the
|jS--Ponies will probably field an
A PORT A
OPURTO
By Bad Vnnhu
Players Plentiful
Early dealings for baseball
players doesn’t indicate any
scarcity in quantity as expected
a few weeks ago.
J. C. Strouc: of Joinerville,
Texas called a local baseball of-
ficial Monday and informed him
he had 24 players to sell or op-
tion.
Stroud reported he had play-
ers from Henderson, Tyler, Kil-
gore and McAllen — clubs that
folded up when the East Texas
and Rio Grande Leagues went
out of business. He was co-own-
er of the Tyler club.
Del Rio and Texas City are
reported to have surplus players
available, as well as San An-
gelo.
Despite Uncle Ram’s draft of
non-veterans between 19 and 25,
it look- like the minor leagues
will be able to operate as effi-
ciently as always.
—SS—
Masseys .Are Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hassey of
Tucson, Ariz. are the parents of
a baby girl, born last, weekend
The father played eenterfield
for the Sweetwater Swatter pro-
fessional baseball club during
1919 and part of ’50.
He will probably return to
the local diamond again this sea-
son.
Hassey bad a bit of tough luck
last season with the Swatters, but
still managed to finish the cam-
paign with,a respectful ,283 bat-
ting average in 90 games.
He hit in tile selective .300
class in his freshman year, play-
ing the entire season with the
Swatters and developed a fine
reputation as a top outfielder.
—RS—
Player-Manager Fadeout
The recent edition of Allsports
magazine reports:
“if Marty Marion fails in St.
Louis, you may not see another
player-manager in the majors for
a good, long time. Gone are Bou-
dreau, Speaker, Ott, Frisch, Cro-
nin, Terry—maybe for good.”
The Allsports staff made a
cross-country interview of the
fadeout of player-managers, com-
ing up with these revelations:
Men like Joe McCarthy don’t
become “push button pilots” over
night. It takes years of working
with and knowing men; more
years of managing to get the
maximum out of the minimum.
The playing-manager is a fix-
ture in the lower minors simply
because of lower operational
cost, l’layers possessing both
the ability and wisdom, the bril-
liance and temperament, to be
major league playing managers
are exceptional, and the type is
becoming rarer and rarer.
All-pot ts noted that pennants
won in 1934 and 1935 by Mickey
Cochrane and in 1938 by Gabby
Hartnett point out. that catchers
make the best managers.
The Swet water club has had
just about every kind:
Joe Dotlic’n. a first baseman,
in 1947; Bill Gann, pitcher, in ’48;
Dick Clyselman, third-or-second
baseman, and Kermit Lewis,
outfielder, in ’49; John Bot-
tarini, catcher, and Dom Chiola.
second baseman, in '50.
Ear! Harriman, who can play
either the shortstop nr keystone
sack effectively takes over as
Sweetwater piiot in ’51.
opening quintet composed of
John Ohlenbusch, Kenneth
O'Neal, Melade DeGaish, Nor-
ris Haggerton and Joe Smith.
Sweetwater’s four victories
this season—all non-conference
—were 22-15, Snyder; 35-34,
Odessa; 33-21, Olney; and 56-
31, A.C.H.S.
The Mustangs have dropped
all five of their title games,
and have one more left to play
before storing away their bas-
ketball togs. Brown wood’s Lions
come here to do battle with the
Ponies Friday night in the fin-
ale.
In other District 5-AA games
tonight, leading Abilene goes to
Brown wood for a conference
scrap and second-place San An-
gelo meets Lake View in a prac-
tice round.
While Sweetwater and Brown-
wood are hooking up Friday
night, Abilene and San Angelo
will clash at the Bobcat gym. A
victory for the Bobcats would
throw the race into a two-way
tie, necessitating a playoff to
determine the district represen-
tative.
San Angelo boasts a non-con-
ference record of 14 victories,
five defeats. The Bobcats add-
ed five of those wins last week-
end at the Odessa tournament,
including a 36-35 finals tri-
umph against Lubbock, who had
lost only three of 23 games prior
to that defeat.
In practice games, Abilene
won 10 and lost seven.
Hamlin-Colorado City
Number one on Tuesday
night’s District 6-A hit parade
will be the Hamlin-at-Colorado
City contest.
In other games, Roby plays
at Snyder and Roscoe goes to
Rotan.
The Wolves of C-City beat
the Hamlin Pied Pipers in the
first-round, 37-30, but have
dropped three tilts since then—
to Snyder, Merkel and Roscoe.
Roscoe, leading the pack, has
a 7-2 mark—losses were to
Hamlin and Colorado City in
first-round games.
Snyder, in second place with;
a 6-2 record, has lost tilts to
Roscoe (first-round) and Ham-
lin (second-round).
District 6-A is one of the
most evenly balanced leagues
in the state, with five of the
seven clubs able to field teams
capable of knocking off the
top dog, whomever it may be.
Note that although Hamlin is
in fifth place and virtually out
of the race, the Pipers have de-
feated the two leaders Ros-
coe and Snyder—once this sea-
son. Hamlin’s losses to those
two clubs were both by a mere
two points!
The charts:
CASTING ABOUT—-Unwilling
to wait until the cast is re-
moved from his left hand, Sam
Snead retains the feel of a golf
club in Miami, Fla. A snapped
’ bone forced the leading money-
winner to take a vacation from
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2 Sweetwater, Texas, Tuesday, February 6, 1951
Rush For Duquesne Orphons Shows
There's Alwoys Home for Halfback
By HARRY GRAYSON
NKA SportH Editor
NEW YORK, (NEA) — Play-
ers quitting Duquesne when the
institution dropped football sur-
prises nobody.
Take the ball away from most
of them, and they want no
part of the school.
Team
Abilene
San Angelo
Brownwood
Swept water
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5-AA Practice .Standings
San Angelo ............... 14 r»
Abilene .............. 10 7
Sweetwater 4 7
Brownwood ............ 4 0
fl-.\ Conference Standings
Team \V L
Roscoe . ..... 7
Snyder ........ 0
Colorado City .6
Merkel . . 5
Hamlin ................ 4
Roby ...................... 2
Rotan ..................... 0
This Week’s Schedule
Tuesday—Sweetwater at A.C.H.S.; Abi-
lene at Brownwood; Lake View at San
Angelo; Hamlin at Colorado City; Roby
at Snyder; Roscoe at Rotan.
Friday—Brownwood at Sweetwater;
Abilene at San Angelo; Colorado City at
Snyder; Merkel at Hamlin; Roscoe at
Roby.
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I The eyes of hares are never
closed. They have on eyelids hut
are equipped witli thin mem-
hrances which cover the eyes
when the animals are asleep or
I at rest.
. “Bish”
What’s the name of that
song? Did you read that
Tony Lavelli, Yale’s great
h a s k e tball /
player has
decided to-’
c o ri cent rate
on music in-
stead of pro
ball ? Seems^.
like Tony'1
wants to composed music to
be sung in a more melodic
key lhan the tone usually
used by the critics in the
hack bleachers. Maybe this
will set a trend. Plenty
of boxers could compose
waltzes to go with the gyra-
tions they perform in the
ring. Tony may come up with
something likp “Jumping
Jive,” while a musical foot-
ball playur might bang out a
companion piece for “After
the Ball is Over." A golfer
might contribute another
"Tee for Two,” and one of
DiMaggio’s buddies might
beat out. “I Can’t Get to First
Base With You.” Of course,
when it comes to singing thp
blues it would take a coach
-to put a real moan into the
melody. There is nobody who
can hit those low notes like
a well-seasoned coach.
When it comes to dressing to
fit the season and the time . .
we can supply you with top-
quality men’s wear. Now’s
the time to come in and get
for springtime. We’ve got
leading lines of nationally
advertised brand namps.
We’re always glad to see you
at M & M MEN’S STORE,
200 E. Bdwy. Phone 4727.
Variance In
Officiating
Says Coach
HOUSTON, Feb. 6 (UP) —
Coach Forrest Anderson of the
high-ranking Bradley Braves and
a leading exponent of the fast
break, said today there is a
“variance in officiating as you
go west.”
“Its not a wide one, but mind
you, there is a variance,” he said.
“In the East, the officials seem
to he extremely technical, not-
ably on their interpretation of a
screening, or blocking foul by an
offensive man. On the other
hand, a man who has the ball
and is breaking toward the bas-
ket, can get away with murder.
“The fact is, they are so tech-
nical that when we go east, we
just plan on leaving out our
screening as we use ii at home
in the midwest.
“When you get out on the Pa-
cific coast, the officials allow
even more contact.”
The 31-year-old Anderson is a
qualified authority on officiat-
ing.
His teams have played from
Madison Square Garden to San
Francisco and as far south as
New Orleans.
“I think the secret of the uni-
formity we need all over the
country is to have nationwide ac-
ceptance of an interpretation of
the various fouls, plus education
in the form of a uniform set of
movies illustrating all phases of
fouls, officiating, officials’ sig-
nals.”
Anderson said he thought
progress toward a more uniform
rules had been made in the past
five years.
The Bradley coach said he
would like to see the “penalty
box” installed in basketball.
“From a spectator’s viewpoint,
if is tough to see a player of all-
American ability or reputation
have to sit down because he has
been fouled out of a game,” he
said.
“I wouldn’t say to do anything
about the foul rule now, but I
would like to see the penalty box
rule tried. Maybe it might be
successful.”
Bradley is here to play the Uni-
versity of Houston in ;t Missouri
Valley conference game tonight.
Pro-Am Top Feature
Prior To Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO, Feh. 6 (UP)
— The nation's top golfers fir-
ed away today in quest of $2,-
500 prize money in a pro - ama-
teur tournament over the oak
hills county club house.
The field of winter - circuit
pros was in San Antonio pri-
marily for Thursday’s opening
of the $10,000 Texas open tourna-
ment. But few of them passed-
up today’s opportunity to latch
onto some extra money.
Fifty oak hill club members
paid $50 entrance fees for the
privilege of teaming with the
nationally - known pros.
Top p’ ize money of $300 await-
ed the winning pro -- am pair,
with the entire sum to go to
the professional. The pro post-
ing low medal also was assur-
ed of $350.
The pro - am was the second
in as many days at Ran Antonio,
which is having a week of
golfing activity to lie climaxed
by the Texas open.
A giant field of 204 players en-
gaged in a pro - am tourney yes-
terday at Brecken ridge park
and five three - man teams tied
for first with best hall scores
of 63.
Pros captaining the winning
teams were Wally Ullrich, Stan
Dueos, Paul McGuire. Bob Wat-
son and Ram Schneider.
Drapper Lloyd Mangrum, who
just won the Tucson open golf
tournament, will pass up the
Texas open in San Antonio but
will participate in the lower
Rio Grande valley open begin-
ning Feb. 15.
Valley tourney officials said
Mangrum was scheduled to ar-
rive in Harlingen today for a
week - long visit with relatives
before the valley tourney.
Mangrum passed up the Tex-
as open in 1918 then went cu
to win the valley competition.
Cage Scores
By United Press
Mast
Seton Hall 64, John Carroll 53
Loyola (III.) 57, Duquesne* 56.
Colgate 77, Buffalo 73.
Midwest
Drake 64, University of Detroit 60.
Depaul 85, St. Joseph's (hid.) 48
Iowa 73, Northwestern 55.
Oklahoma A&M 46, Kansas 41
Wisconsin 56, Ohio State 51.
Michigan State 50, Minnesota 44
Illinois 85, Purdue 76.
Kansas State 70. Nebraska 50
South
Alabama 75, Miss. State 60.
Tennessee 61, Vanderbilt 59.
Southwest
Arkansas 50, Rice 42.
Oklahoma 40, Texas 47.
Springhill 66. Centenary 04
West
Washington State 55, Oregon 45
Wyoming 47, Utah 36.
Contrary \o popular belief,
fish do have hearts, but they
are located practically in the
fish’s head, and few people ever
notice them.
Cate-Spencer Burial Assn.
Phone 4717
Stiff Test For
Aggies Tonight
At Fort Worth
By United Press
The Texas Aggies either move
out in front of the Southwest
Conference basketball race to-
night or step down into a
second place tie.
Coach John Ford’s Hall - con-
trol specialists meet high-scor-
jng Texas Christian on the lat-
ter’s home court at Fort Worth
in their first crucial tilt away
from their own Deware Field-
house at College Station.
If they ran win this one,
they will have a downhill pull
toward a championship which
has eluded them since A & M
won the title for four straight
years 1920-24.
Going into tonight’s game witli
the runner - up Frogs, the
Aggies are tied with Texas for
the lead witli five wins in six
starts. A victory would give
them the undisputed lead, while
a loss would drop them into a
tie with TCU.
One other conference game
is on tap tonight, but it isn’t
likely to have much bearing on
the title. Southern Methodist,
which already lias lost three title
starts, meets Baylor at Dal-
las.
Last night, Arkansas shunted
Bice into a cellar tie with Baylor
by administering a 50-12 heating
at Houston behind an 18-point
pace set by towering Tour Hes-
ter. It was the Hogs’ second con-
ference win of the season as
they took a 22-10 halftime lead
and stayed in front. Jim Gcr-
hardt’s nine points led the Rice
attack.
In a March of Dimes bene-
fit at Austin, Texas dropped a
close 49-17 verdict to Oklahoma
by fading in the last half after
holding a 21-20 halftime lead.
The Sooners built up a 45-35
edge at one time in the last
half. Jim Dowie scored 10 points
to lead Texas.
Far too many of the superior
performers for some years have
regarded college as little more
than a place where an athlete
matures from the awkward
stage to the professional ranks.
A college with no Intercollegiate
football program obviously
doesn’t fit into that pattern and
therefore is to he shunned like
a plague.
And plainly thp laddyhucks
feel that, it is quite all right io
desert good old alma mammy
when football promises are not
fulfilled to the letter.
Duquesne backs and linemen,
whose halfbacking and tackling
days were prematurely ripited
from them, as much as say:
"Now see here, mister, I’ll go
to class if you force me to, but 1
didn’t come out here for that. I
came here to play football. That
was the deal, mister, and yon’
re not holding up your end."
There is nothing right about
an athletic policy like that, and
unfortunately this situation ex-
ists in most places.
The fierceness of the competi-
tion for gate receipts accounts
for this. A school has to have the
material to get the money.
The noble athletes themselves
demonstrate a classic lack of
respect for and appreciation to
the institution which provided
'them with an opportunity to
obtain higher education gratis
in return for the added pleas-
ure and prestige of appearing
publicly as football stars. The
higher the hid from the school,
the deeper the disrespect.
Anyway, the Duquesne orph-
ans found out for sure that,
there always is a home for a
halfback.
if a boy can’t honor his scho-
ol, his coaches or the alumni
who went about the actual rudi-
ment of bribing him to attend
the institution, how can they ex-
pect. him to have respect for
some of the other virtues ho
thought, so much of as a school-
boy. Virtues like honesty.
If the boys can lx? bribed
to play for a college, it is rea-
sonable to suppose that on rare
occasions someone richer should
be able to bribe them to see
that a game ends as prescrib-
ed.
If people are stunned by hor-
rible examples like the Manhat-
tan basketball scandal, let them
look to the athletic departments
for repair of the damage.
■ Poor kids who gel fouled up
are only victims of a vicious
system.
Gil Hodges Signs
For Salary Hike
NEW YORK, Feh. 6 (UP) — j
Gil Hodges,' Brooklyn’s fence-
busting first taseman, Iteamed
appreciatively over his signed
lttol contract t< day, a document
that called for a “substantial
raise” and an estimated total sal-1
ary of $20,000.
It represented Hodges’ reward
for a productive 1950 season in
which he drove in 113 runs, wal-
loped 32 honierr, including four
in one game against the Boston
Braves, and hatted .283.
The burly Hodges, who began
his big league career as a catch-
er with the Dodgers, was the
28th member ol the club to agrep
to terms.
The Boston Braves announced
the signing of Catcher Del Cran-
dall, who batted .220 last season,
while the other Boston entry, the
Red Sox, said Ray Scarborough,
32-year-old pitcher acquired from
the White Sox the past winter,
had signed.
Rookies Herb Conyers and
Dick Kinaman accepted term ]
with Clevelano while Outfielder
Boh Bat kowski signed with the |
Chicago Cult:-.
Tech Names Weaver
16 (oath Raiders
LUBBOCK. Feb. 6 (UP) — Do
Witt Weaver, assistant coach at
Tulsa University, last night was
named head football coach and
athletic director at Texas Tech-
nological college.
He succeeds Del Morgan who
resigned last fall after a poor
season during which Tech won
3 anti lost 8 games.
Morley Jennings, who Weaver
succeeded as athletic director,
said lie would announce today
whether he will remain as assis-
tant athletic director as Weaver
requested.
I). M Wiggins, President of
Tech, said Weaver signed a five-
year contract. Terms were not
specified hut it was believed the
new coach will receive $12,000
yearly.
One of Weaver' first job will
I be to pick a staff which will In-
clude four assistants and a
I Freshman Coach, one more as-
j sistant than Morgan had.
Weavers lost coaching job
I was at the University of Tennes-
see, his Alma Mater, as Fresh-
man coach. He was line coach at
Center College from 1936
through 1941 when he joined the
Navy. Following his discharge in
1945, he went to Mississippi
State as line coach. In 1918 he
went to Tulsa.
A native of Nashville, Tenn .,
Weaver was captain of the Vols j
in 1936, his senior year at the
University.
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Happy Has Pleasant
Visit In New York
NEW YORK, Feh. 6 (UP) —It
was only one man's opinion hut
Commissioner A. B. Chandler as-
set ted today, “I have received a
wonderful reception.' ’
Chandler’s conclusion was dif-
ficult to understand in the face
of blasts from magnates Del
Webb of the New York Yankees
and Fred Saigh of the St. Louis
Cardinals within the' past, two
days.
Webb called for an immediate
election of a new commissioner
so the game would not lie gov
erned by a “lame duck.”
Saigh also lamented the delay
in selecting a new head man and
said action should he taken as
soon as possible.
Yet, Chandler, after subtract-
ing the brickbats from the bou-
quets he claims to have receiv-
ed, insisted lie had come out
“all right” in his visit to tho
city.
“1 plan to attend the Sports
Broadcasters’ dinner,” Chandler
said, “and then I’ll probably
leave for Chicago.
“When 1 do go, I can assure
you I’ll leave feeling fine be-
cause I had a pleasant stay here."
Asked for his reaction to Webb
anti Raigh’s statements which
urged selection of a new com-
missioner, Chandler’s voice turn-
ed grave for Ihe first time and
he said:
T won't answer tilings like
that. You understand what I
mean, don’t you?”
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