Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 111, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 11, 1952 Page: 4 of 24
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Odessa, Vernon To Play
Braves Here This Week
League-Leading Oilers Here
Monday And Tuesday Nights
This will be a crucial week of Longhorn League activi-
ty for the Sweetwater Braves as they battle first-division
teams Odessa and Vernon for the next seven days. Those
three teams and San Angelo are staging a torrid four-way
fight for the number one position.
Going into Saturday night’s schedule (Sweetwater at
Roswell. Vernon at Artesia. San Angelo at Eig Spring and
Midland at Odessa) fourth-place Vernon was only two
games back of first-place Odessa.
Sweetwater and San Ange-
lo were holding onto their
second place tie. one and one-
half games from the top rung.
Manager Bob (Pepper)
Martin brings his terrific-
slugging Oilers to Sports-
man’s Park Monday and
Tuesday nights. Chet Fowler
and his Vernon Dusters open
a three-game set at Sweet-
water on Wednesday.
Exchange” Game
A *ORT A
SpurtS
Peculiar Preferences
Baseball players take as much
pride in their selection of bats as
grocery-buyers take in picking cer-
tain brands of can-goods
Although in most cases there's
little difference in the quality of
one product compared with that
of another despite denials from
the various concerns . people are
quick to form a habit of purchas-
ing one particular brand
It's like cigarette-smoking: you
followed with a single which plated
Bauman and Briner.
Carrasquel replaced Miller and
got out of the inning without fur-
ther damage. But the Drillers
charged across four more runs in
the second on Harrow's home run
after Alonzo had singled and on
Jim Ackers’ triple after Bauman : wonder how the other guy can stand
and Briner had collected one-base ' to puff on a weed that comes in a
blows different package than yours.
Sweetwater tallied a pair of Most professional baseball play-
scores in the fourth to make it, eri had just as soon remain in the
8-4. Billy Carmona was safe on i dugout as have to go to bat with
Cappelli's two-base error and Tony I *n "off-brand” piece of timber
Of course, there's some supersti-
tion involved under such circum-
Swootwater Reporter, Texas, Sunday, May II, 1952
Today's Sport Parade
By OSCAR FRALEY . pion New York Yankees and the
NEW YORK. May 10 —IFFear-1 answer Is simple. They’re dying on
less Fraley's facts and figures
Everybody wants to know what’s I
base.
Going into weekend play with an
the matter with the world cham- ‘ 8-11 record, the erstwhile bombers
--had left 175 men on base compared
Witn J28 lor the combined opposi-
I tion. In nine of the 11 lost games
1 they had stranded more than their
winning rivals and the totals in
these dropped contests was 99 to 77
for their rivals, which means they
' have got to start hitting when it
counts.
Most pro golfers feel that this
I is the year Slam min’ Sam Snead
will shatter his long time jinx and
Eft 5S"S?
this week, but the Dusters will re-
main over for another day in "ex-
change” for a game of April 23.
which was played at Vernon in
order to avoid conflicting with the
Sweetwater rodeo.
The Braves go to Vernon Satur-
day for a two-day stand
Manager Fowler and his Dusters ___
stepped into the battle for first with doubles. Harrow walked, Bau- vel£a,“
piace last week with two straight ] man singled across Alonzo and ' —SS—
decisions over San Angelo, knock- Briner's groundout scored Harrow.1 Braves' Favorite
*nf-1 out tbe top spot. Dusters Get 21 Hits Athletes in every sport possess
£ihJrViLKJ.' Vernon obviously didn't toke bood
Sweetwater by ‘plasterin'. I “ ** 2?“ ?“ *T£ «E
Tony reached second on the
throw-in to the plate, moved to
third on Carrasquel s groundout
and scored on Hughes’ groundout.
The Drillers put the game on ice
with their five-run fifth inning.
Ackers started it with a single
and Pichan blasted one. out of the
stances since a good hitter should
be able to stroke the ball with any
bat that is properly manufactured,
just as any expert typist should be
able to beat out 60 words per min-
ute on any make of typewriter.
But many boxers feel that they
, ... , ,, , . will lose a fight unless they put
^eir left glove on firs, or vice
the Braves 13 to 4. Vernon made
it two in a row over San Angelo.
14-3, while Odessa clouted Midland
again. 7-3. The Big Spring at
Roswell game was postponed be-
cause of high winds.
The Artesia Drillers stole the
batting thunder from the Braves,
hammering 17 safeties off three
Sweetwater pitchers.
Miller. Carrasquel Blasted
Artesia broke loose for four runs
off starter John Chief Miller in
the first inning Manager Alex ____________
Carrasquel strolled to the mound swkktwatkr n
and put the fire out momentarily. Hu*1**- ?h
But the Drillers came back in the ...;,b
second stanza for four runs off Car- fj-.ti*. 'it
rasquel and added five more in the H • •
fifth before the Sweetwater manag- rtmor./'
er pulied himself. Jesse Zavala Tr«»p
Inept the Drillers scoreless the v
final three and two-thirds innings. p p
The Braves couldn’t solve the of-
ferings of Mike Rodriquez and Tota:> <
were held to five hits Charlie \rtksi i asj
Buck’s, consecutive-game hitting Capp/ui'
streak .was stopped at 17 as the *k,nr2°i L'
Artesia hurler retired him in ail fBauman.
in game
ed the best pitching staff in the
league.
Friday night, the Dusters smash-
ed 21 base hits in smothering the
Colts. 14-3. Lou Ehlinger paced
the winners with two doubles and
two singles in five trips.
Indio Beltran was the losing
hurler. Jesse Sosa scattered seven
hits for the Dusters to annex his
second victory.
Bitter Medicine
ab r h po a e
0 3
0 2
2 11
1 1
34 4 5 24 14 2
ah r h po a e
four of his appearances
number 18.
Included in Artesia s 17-hit at-
tack were two-run homers by Herb
Harrow and Pete Pichan
Sweetwater got off to a 2-0 start
in the first inning when Kenny
Hughes and Hank Gaiban walked,
both scoring on Gus Cngo’s single.
The Drillers didn’t waste any
time knocking Miller from the
mound in the opening frame Nick
Cappelli led off with a single, John
Alonzo walked and the two run-
ners moved up on Harrow 's ground-
out.
Briner Doubles
Joe Bauman drew a walk to fill
the bases and Rudy Briner lash-
ed a two-run double. Paul Halter
Briner,
Halter. 3b
Ackers, cf
Pichan. rf
Rodriquez, p
Totals
SWEETWATER
ARTESIA
2 0
2 1
1 3
3 2!
3 5
1 1
4 3
1 3
0 0
quaint superstitions, although to
them the seemingly odd inclina-
tions mean a forecast of victory or
defeat.
When the Sweetwater Baseball
Club's supply of "Louisville Slug-
ger” bats was exhausted last week
—and the new order had not been
filled due to a strike at the plant
—the Braves were as dejected as
if they had to bat blind-folded.
Charlie Tuttle, the Braves' home
run hitter, didn’t think he could
"buy” a single without his trusty
Ted Williams' model Louisville
Slugger.
Several of the other Sweetwater
players were likewise down-heart-
ed because there were no Vern
Stephens' model "Sluggers" in
their bat rack.
Before the start of last Sunday
afternoon’s game here. Braves'
Business Manager A1 Echols told
the Artesia manager, Earl Perry,
of the sad plight.
Perry said that he'd bought 10
dozen Louisville Sluggers last
fall and would loan the Sweetwat-
er dub five or six bats.
Apaches Wh Two,
2 Ofhen Unbeate*
Three clubs — Apaches, Giants
and Rebels—won their opening-
round Little League matches last
week
The Apaches annexed two vic-
tories—5-2 over the Cats and 14-6
over the Tigers. The Giants de-
feated the Cubs. 17-9. in their lone
i apperanance in the first week of
play, while the Rebels won over the
i Tigers. 12-4. in their only start.
The team sponsors and manag-
. ers:
Apaches — Sears-Roebuck and
Don Smith, managed by Ocie Witt.
Giants — Vandervoort. Sherman
Durham.
Rebels—Village Market. Goldie
Boyer.
Cats — National Bank. Caffey
Welch.
| Cubs—V.F.W.. Roy DeBusk.
Tigers—Younger Finance. Clyde
Bonner.
The standings: I
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j win the U. S.. Open. But not Ray
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Pet.
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Apaches
....... 2
0
1.000
1 Daiias where the Open will be stag-
Giants ......
....... 1
0
1.000
; ed June 12-14.
Rebels
....... 1
0
1.000
1 Gafford sticks with defending
i champion Ben Hogan on the
Cats.....
....... 1
1
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Cubs .
..... 0
2
.000
1 grounds that the little mechanical
Tigers .....
....... 0
2
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'rt 13 17 27 14 3
200 200 000— 4
440 050 00X—13
Runs in Hughes. Ungo 2. Traf-
puristo. \lonzG. Harrow 2, Bauman 4
Eiriner, H . ’er. Ackers 2 Pichan 2. Two-
base hit- Cappelii, Alonzo Briner
Three-b.-se hit Ackers. Home runs: Har-
row, Pichan Stolen base. Pichan. Sac-
rifice- Rodriquez. Double play: Hughes
to Ungo ie?t on base; Sweetwater 5. Ar-
fesid - Bri.teq on ball- Miller 2, Carras-
quel 2. Rodriquez 3. Strike outs: Carra*-
4. Hit-, runs off: Mil-
quel 2. Rodri*
squei
2 for 0 in 3 2 i Losing pitch-
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n I-:
3: Carr a*
12 for # in
ier 3 for 4
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er: Muier Balk: R/xtriquez. Hit by pitch-
er 7.h ■ ala ■ Pirhani. Empire:-; Sample,
Hutchins Time: 1:55.
I
Introducing . . . Jennifer Lee Stamps, 3 years of age.
Jennifer Lee is the daughter of Mrs. Louise Stamps of 50’iVa
Pine and Charles E. Stamps, 1206 East 12th St.
BE SURE lO SEE THE OIL PAINTING
OF THIS PICTURE IN OUR WINDOW
STUDIO AND
CAMERA SHOP
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Phone 4991 SHh
Delays Transaction
But—much like a gambler who
feels it foolish to let his losing
poker friends borrow money off
him in order to continue playing
—the Artesia manager didn't com-
plete the transaction until AFTER
Sunday’s game.
The Braves still won, though,
with the off-brand weapons, 7-6.
Monday night, the Sweetwater play-
ers used the Artesia sticks to ham-
mer out a 15-hit 16-7 triumph over
the Drillers.
Since then. Echols has secured a
dozen or more Louisville bats for
the Braves.
In the future if you see a player
charge out of the dugout and grab
a teammate by the throat, it will
probably be due to the batter's
carelessness in breaking his mate's
favorite Slugger.
But if the Braves continue to
clout that horsehide the way
they've been doing, we’ll personal-
ly go to Louisville, Kentucky and
bring back all the Sluggers avail-
able . . .
Sweetwater currently sports a
1 iij 312 club batting average, second
best in the Longhorn League, and
only three points behind leading
Odessa's percentage.
The Braves are exactly 100 per-
centage points ahead of last-place
Big Spring in club batting
Artesia, boasting several home
run belters, is third in the league's
hit parade race with a 291 mark
—SS—
Believe In Curve Ball?
Nearly every baseball season,
one reads some magazine article
about a scientist who says there i-,
no such thing as a "curve ball,"
that it is only an Illusion
Sal Maglie. the great New York
Giant hurler who is considered one
of the best curve bail pitchers in
the business, gave this reply when
told about a scientist’s remarks
on that subject:
"Stand that scientist behind a
tree and I’ll hit him."
Have you ever wondered why
1 they cal! Maglie “The Barber"?
He admits that he can’t cut hair
and that he has a tough time even
shaving himself.
Some believe that Maglie got
the monicker in 1950 when a writer
remarked, after he'd won a close
j contest: "You sure shaved ’em to-
day, Sal.”
But many think he was dubbed
I The Barber because he doesn’t
hesitate to shave a batter taking
too much liberty in the way of
crowding the plate.
_<$S_
QUICKIES— Infieldcr George Bo-
hanna is due in Sweetwater today
. . . Arturo Gonzalez, who is ex-
pected to witness the Braves' bat-
tle with Odessa here Monday night,
assigned Hohanna to the local dub.
Average attendance of Longhorn
League games reported to date
is 981 as compared with 837 in
1951, reveals President Hal Sayles.
The league boss predicted that
the circuit's attendance will easily
top a half million for the season
because "the fans are seeing bet-
ter baseball, faster games and a ,
h.m* *> 3P3r
WHIRL AWAY—Stuttgarter’s
Horst Schad whirls completely
around in mid-air tipping the
ball toward Willy Schaller dur-
ing a soccer game in New York
between German and American
All-Stars. The Stuttgarters,
touring the United States, won,
4-3. (NEAJ
Braves' Schedule
Sunday, May 11—Sweetwater at
Roswell.
Monday. May 12—Odessa at
Sweetwater.
Tuesday, May 13 — Odessa at
Sweetwater.
Wednesday, May 14—Vernon at
Sweetwater.
Thursday, May 15—Vernon at
Sweetwater
Friday, May 16 — Vernon at
Sweetwater.
Saturday, May 17 — Sweetwater
at Vernon.
Sunday, May 18—Sweetwater at
Vernon.
Monday, May 19—Big Spring at
Sweetwater.
Tuesday, May 20—Big Spring at
Sweetwater.
! man "is out to win this one” and
has a game built for the long, nar-
row and accuracy-demanding fair-
ways at North wood Couldn’t it be
i somebody else, fellows?
Happy Birthday: Saturday. Ed
Barrow. 84. Jimmy Demaret 42. Ab
, de Marco 36. Eric Sturgess 32.
1 Mickey Grasso 30 and Charlie O’-
: Rourke 33; Sunday. Gene Herman-
^ ski 31, Rip Sewell 44 and Crarley
Gehringer 49 Monday. Yogi Ber-
ra 27. Hank Borowy 36 and Shorty
1 McWilliams 26 Tuesday. Joe Louis
38. Thursday. Turk Broda 38; Fri-
day. Stubby Overmire 33 and Billy
Martin 24
Memory Lane: Eleven years ago
Thursday, a fellow named Joe Di-
Maggio started a hitting streak
which was to run for 56 consecu-
tive games. And maybe you think
those Yankees would not like to
have somebody start one like that
now.
Minnie Minoso of the Chicago
White Sox explains his becoming a
third baseman this way: "First
manager asks what I play. I look
and see three good outfielders. I see
three old men playing third base.
I say I play third base." And, by
I golly, he does’
One of our compatirots insists
that baseketball is now a year-
i round sport—half the year on court
and half the year in court!
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THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Monday—Giants vs. Rebels.
Tuesday—Tigers vs Cubs.
Wednesday—Cats vs. Giants.
Thursday—Rebels vs. Apaches.
Friday—Tigers vs. Cats.
When baking a cake, cool the
finished layers in the pans about
five minutes, or as recommended
in the recipe, before removing.
Then cool completely on cake rack
before frosting.
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ttave you, by any chance,
j 1 been casting eyes at a
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Big Step and have one all your
own?
Let us whisper something to
you. The “big step” isn’t big at
all.
We know that’s true, because
such a high percentage of pres-
ent Buick owners traded in a
car tagged as belonging in “the
low-priced field.”
So why not set your sights on
this star performer?
Why not enjoy big-car comfort
-big-car power —big-car pres-
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There’s one of these lively
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Get the feel of its mighty
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Get the feel ot Dynaflow
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One thing you'll know for
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car wasn’t “built to a price.”
It’s a Buick through and
through.
But the fact remains that —
when you check the price of a
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FIREBALL 8 ENGINE -of valve-in-head design,
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NEW WIDE-BAND BRAKES or smoother, morb
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MILLION DOLLAR RIDE—with 4-wheel coil
springing and road-steady torque-tube
TOP-CAPACITY TRUNKS — more luggage room
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NEW TWO-TONE INTERIORS ,n met models,
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SWEEPSPEAR STYLING-adds gleaming smart•
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Sure is true for 52
When better automobiles are built
BUICK
will build them
tighter race.' i
Cy Fausett, Albuquerque Duke
owner, has sold southpaw Bob
Spence, the ex-Sweetwater ace, to !
the Borger Gassers for an undis-
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