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it, Angelo
raw Tough Foes
S Coleman meets the Class A favorite, Bowie, and San
Angelo clashes with one of the toughest Class A A teams,
Borger, in opening rounds of the Texas Interscholastic
League’s 31st annual tournament at the University of Texas’
Gregory Gymnasium.
SW€ Basketball
Pie To Be Cut
One Way Or 3?
R) Tniled Press
The Texas Longhorns clash
with pace-setting Texas A&M
tonight at Austin in a game
that decides whether the South-
west Conference basketball pie
must be cut one way or three.
If the Aggies win, th ■ confer-
ence flag will be all theirs; if
the Steers manage to trip the
Cadets, the championship will
be split between A&M, Texas
and Texas Christian’s Horned
Frogs.
Southern Methodist enter-
tains Rice at Dallas in the only
The Coleman Bluecats, who
won the District 7-A title and
then defeated Andrews for the
Region II crown, are pairings a-
gainst the touted Bowie Jack-
j raltbits at -4:35 p. m Thursday,
owning day of the big school-
i boy tourney.
San Angelo’s Bobcats, District
5-AA champions and bi - district
winner over Stephenville, meets
high - scoring Borger, District
1 • A A champ, who bested Child-
less in hi district, at 7:15 p. m.
Friday.
The complete pairings of the
three - day tournament:
Conference B — Cayuga vs.
Woodsboro, 8:45 a. m. Thurs-
day; Stanton vs. Adrian, 10:10
a. nt. Thursday; Marfa vs. Big
Sandy of Livingston, 11:30 a. in.
Thursday; Blum vs. Moulton,
l:4,ri p. m. Thursday.
Conference A — Gatesville vs.
other game scheduled tonight. French of Beaumont, 3:10 p. m
TCU climbed back into title Thursday; Coleman vs. Bowie,
contention last night with an . 1:35 p. m. Thursday; Sinton vs.
easy, 52 to 42, victory over Ark-
ansas’ Razorbacks.
The Froggies shocked 3,600
partisan Arkansas fans in the
Razorback Fieldhouse with a
smooth brand of basketball as
they took an early lead and
never faltered. TCU led, 31 to
18. at half time.
The Porkers threatened only
once, pulling to within four
points of the supercharged frogs
in the second half, but the TCU
squad raced to a 16-point lead
and held on the rest of the way.
Forwards Ted Reynolds and
Harvey Fromme shared high-
scoring honors for TCU with 12
points each, one more than
teammate George McLeod drop-
ped through the hoop.
Toar Hester, Arkansas’ seven-
foot center, paced the losers
with 10 points.
The game was the last of the
year for TCU, winding up with
an 8-4 record. Tonight's games
Canyon, Class A defending cha-
mpion, 7:15 |>. m. Thursday; Van
vs. Brenham, 8:40 p m. Thurs-
day.
Conference AA — Texarkana
vs. Port Arthur, 3:10 p. m.
Friday; Harlingen vs. Lubbock,
4:35 p. m. Friday; San Angelo
vs. Borger, 7:15 p. lit. Friday;
and Austin High School vs.
Highland Park of Dallas, 8:40
p. m. Friday.
Kansas State Cops
Big Seven Crown,-
Bradley Nips Ags
NEW YORK. Feb. 27 (UP)—
The Kansas State Wildcats don-
ned the title of Big Seven bas-
ketball chumipons today and
moved into the select circle of
tteams qualified for the big N.
C. A. A. post-season tournament.
The Wildcats picked up both
honors at the same time last
night when they romped to a 74
to 48 league triumph over Ne-
braska at Manhattan. Kans.
The Big Seven crown was
their third in seven years, fol-
lowing 1047 and 1018 triumps.
And now their big target will 1Tlan
lie their clash with another pack
of Wildcats, from the Univer-
sity of Arizona, who reign as
Border Conference champions,
in the opening round of the N.
C A. A. wstern playoffs at Kan-
sas City, March 21.
Brigham Young, far ahead in
the skyline six, missed a chance
to naii down a N. C. A. A. bin
as well last night, when it lost
a 50 to 40 decision to Wyoming
at Laramie, Wvo. However, B. Y.
U. Still can gel that, too, by heat-
ing Utah Friday or Saturday
night.
Things were just as rugged in
the Misouri Valiev Conference
where first place Oklahoma A.
& M. is trying to heat off St.
Louis and Bradley. Fred Schliet-
man's 25-foot set shot in the fin-
al seconds gave Bradley a 51 to
50 triumph over the Aggies in
their Stillwater Okla., lair and
M?t the stage for Oklahoma A.
& M.'s visit to St. i .outs Saturday
night. Second place St. Louis
cut the Aggies lead to a fetv per-
centage points by defeating De-
SpurtS
By Bod Worsham
HAI< HAKT, who played sec-
ond base for the Sweetwater
Swatters the early part of last
season, telephoned from his
home in Michigan the past week,
wanting to know when the
Swatter office was going to mail
him a contract.
The lad is mighty anxious to
get the 1951 season under
way.
So is the new Sweetwater
i playing manager. Karl Harri-
troit, 64 to 50.
In the tight Big Ten race, In-
Schoolgirl Basketball ‘liana cut idle Illinois first place
It'll he now - or - never for margin to one game by downing
the Roby sextet tonight at Cole-
man when they tangle with Co-
manche for the Region 1I-A
girls basketball championship
and a ticket, to the first state
Iowa, (53 to 52. Minnesota set
a new Big Ten free throw record
by making 24 out of 26 during
its 56 to 39 triumph over Michi-
gan State, Northwestern heat
tournament for girls at Austin ! Punlue. 81 10 atul Micliigan
on March 8-9-10.
District 6-A champion Roby
and District 8-A tit list Coman-
che are tied for the regional
crown with one victory each
over the other.
Roby staged a last. - minute
rally to down Comanche, 35-32,
..... ,___ ... , while Comanche bounced back,
will close out the season for < (|le next njghi m trounce Roby,
Texas, Texas A&M and SMU, 44.35. jn t|lt, regional tourna-
with the final conference of the nlem at Coleman last week-
year scheduled for Thursday
night, pitting Rice and Arkan-
sas at Little Rock.
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Both teams beat Lake View
of 7-A, the only other team in
the tourney. Roby turned the
trick, 38-30, while Comanche
beat the 7-A champ, 61-36.
Roliy’s starting lineup: For-
I wards — Anna Merle (Sk^eter-
_ Sehleuter, Barbara Head and
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with 11 other teams at Brown-
! wood on 'Thursday. Pairings
have not been announced. Divi-
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and Bobbie Jean Taylor.
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IMPRESSES O’NEIL
SARASOTA, Flu., Feb. 27 (UP)
Manager Steve O’Neil tabbed
Bennett Flowers, towering 23-
year-old rookie, as the Boston
Red Sox most advanced pitcher
today. Flowers impressed with
lib hurling to Red Sox sluggers
Walt Dropu, Bobby Doerr, Billy
Goodman anti Johnny Pesky
yesterday. He had a 3-1 record
at Louisville in 1950.
upset Wisconsin, 52 to 50, in oth-
er Big Ten games.
'Little All-America'
Basketball Team Is
Announced By Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (UP)--
Take the gangling "Goons” off
somewhere else, mister, while
And with the spring - like
weather we’ve been having, the
tans are just as eager as most
of the players for baseball to get
start ed.
As someone remarked: "I sup-
pose the Longhorn League pre-
sident is making the annual
round of the blind institutions,
signing umpires for the '51 sea-
son.”
Joe Bratcher, the Swatter
business manager, made a trip
tu East Texas Monday, search-
ing for potential diamond stars
who can lift Sweetwater out of
the second division.
Bobby Dollar, first baseman-
outfieioer, was in town last
week. He'll he back for a new
trial with the Swatters when
spring training opens.
Two Swatters, First Baseman
Warren Sliter and Outfielder
Bill Hassey, have sent hack their
contracts — unsigned. They
figure they’re worth more mon-
ey than the local club’s first of-
fer.
There will he a Longhorn Lea-
gue meeting at Big Spring on
Sunday, March 11, The club of-
ficials will hold a general dis-
cussion on the 1951 outlook at
that time.
—SS—
SOME OK the top freshmen
football prospects in spring
drills at Sweetwater Junior High
include.
Harold Green, Theron Dorsey,
Coy Berry, Angel Olvera, Fred-
die Armstrong, Jack Leonard,
Jerry Shackleford and Laray
McElroy.
Coach Pat Gerald states
there’s many other promising
Mustang grid stars who will
have one more year at Reagan
Junior High.
' Gerald, by the way, plans to
we pay tribute to the “good lit- attend the Oklahoma University
football clinic for coaches on
March 16-17. Bud Wilkinson, (lie
Sooner mentor, will be in charge
tie men” of College Basketball.
For those sports fans bored
with the skyscraper stars of the of the "split - T" party
court and anxious to see that I Track and baseball are the
athletic highlights at Sweet-
water High School at present.
Coach Jim Cox didn't have any
little fellows get the credit due
them, the United Press’ fourth
annual Little All-America comments about his track team
basketball team for 19:rl ls ,His only hope is to come up
herewith presented: with another “Doyle Brunson”.
tli/-v Iimv ii'l-wi HiHnM i«» i.. 1
First Team -Bobby Watson,
Kentucky (5’ 10”), 'Fid Shel-
drake, UCLA (5’ 9"), Gene Mel-
chiore, Bradley (5’ 81 5”), Zeke
Sinicola, Niagara (5’ 30”), and
Sam Miranda, Indiana (5’ 10").
Second Team Jimmy Clever-
ly, Utah (5’ 9"), Neil Ridley,
Tulsa (5' 8”), Norm Pilgrim,
Oklahoma A&M (5’ 10"), Mike
Belich, Pittsburgh <5’ 7”). and
Ray Steiner, St. Louis (5’ 10”).
Honorable mention goes to
Bob (Peanuts) Long of Bowl-
ing Green, O. (5’ 8"). Jewell
McDowell, Texas A&M (5’ 10”),
Lou Soriano, Washington (5’
10”), and Boh Makatura,
Georgetown (5’ 9").
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the boy who didn’t want to lie
a trackster last spring, yet was
persuaded to run the mile. Brun-
son copped the state title in that
event.
—SS—
( HOICK COMMENTS:
Spec Gammon, Odessa —
“There are many different types
of golfers. One is the beggarly
type, who has a one - word vo-
cabulary — 'gimme’, lie thinks
every time he gets near the hole,
his opponent should give him
the next stroke without his hav-
ing to putt.
“Then there's ole spot', who
wants a handicap all the time.
The ‘squirmer’ is an interesting
type to observe. When getting
ready to hit tile ball, they go
through more motions than a
hula - hula dancer . . . ”
Lorin McMullen, Fort Worth
— “Two of tlie most sickening
things that happened recently
in sports: LIU students, attend-
ing protest meeting over drop-
ping of athletics, carrying a
banner reading ‘Sherm, Leroy,
A1, we still love you,’ which
would indicate they don't de-
serve a sports program.
' And secondly, Rex Barney's
blaming the Rickey system, and
Rhotton for his poor year, laud-
ing Dressen for saying ' I have
confidence in you.’ That, figures
Dressen was on the West Coast
where he didn’t have to look
at the pritna donna fail to get
(he hall within feet of the plate,'
Blondy Cross, San Angelo
“Basketball officials are the
worst maligned fit the po; t
at biting fraternity. Far be it
from this reporter to try to les-
sen their burden. There just is
no such thing as a good basket
ball referee or umpire. It’s
! unfortunate the game has to use
| them. . . ”
NEW I AST BALL
CLEARWATER, lla.. Kelt. 27
| (UP)- -Relief star Jim Konstan-
ty’s “new-found fast hall was the
talk of the Philadelphia Phillies'
camp today. The National
League's Most Valuable Player
in 1950 had his team-mates gasp
ing in astonishment when he
cut loose m yesterday's practice
session. Manager Eddie Sawyer
and several regulars aid it was
just about as fast as Robin Rob-
erts’.
Sweetwater Reporter
Published each afternoon etreept Satur- I
day. Also Sunday morning by the Sweet |
water Reporter, I tic.
Entered as second elans matter at post
office in Sweetwater, Texas, under act of
March 3, 1879.
Klmer Wright ............... Publisher
Allen Raker .................. Editor
FIRST DOWN—Rudy Rufer
glumly contemplates his dis- |
tinction of being the New York]
Giants’ initial spring casualty.
A shortstop understudying Al-
vin Dark, the Long Island lad
■was cut above the eye when a
grounder took a bad hop at
Sanford, Fla. (NEA)
Monday’s College
Basketball Scores
By United Press
East
NYU 87. Notre Dame 72
Midwest
Kansas State 7-1, Nebraska 48
Indiana 63, Iowa 53.
Northwestern 84, Purdue 83,
Michigan 52, Wisconsin 50,
Minnesota 56, Michigan State 39,
St. Louis 64, Detroit 50
Southwest
Bradley 51, Oklahoma A&M 50.
Arizona 78, Texas Tech 66.
Texas Christian 48, Arkansas 34
West
Kansas U. 58, Colorado 56.
Wyoming 50, Brigham Young 49.
SHOWS PROFIT
HOUSTON, Feb. 27 (UP) —
The Houston Open Golf tourna-
ment, for the first time in its
history, will show a profit of be-
tween $5,000 and $6,000. presi-
dent George Lewis of the spon-
soring Houston Golf Associauun
estimaled today
DA Arrests
9th Player
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (UP)—
The arrest of a ninth basketball
player on charges of “throwing"
two games back in 1948 opened
up a brand • new field today in
the biggest sports scandal of tin-
post ■ war era.
Latest court star to he swept
up in the District Attorney's
dragnet was former Long island
University “playmaker” Nathan
(Nat) Miller, charged with tak-
ing SI ,500 in bribes for losing
games to Bowling Green of
Ohio and Western Kentucky in
December, 1948.
Miller’s arrest was taken as a
sign that District Attorney
Frank Hogan is searching buck
as far as possible into the his-
tory of local basketball to un-
cover possible “fixes," and that
other arrests might follow soon.
However, officials of the Dis-
trict Attorney’s office were keep-
ing a light - lipped silence on
what direction the investigation
would take next.
There was no hint of Miller’s
arrest before it happened sud-
denly last night. The five - foot,
nine - inch former player, a
purple heart infantry veteran of
World War II, appeared sud-
denly at Hogan’s office — his
first, entry into the ease -- was
questioned for three hours, and
(hen arrested.
Also questioned for 12 liour.-
vesterday was former L. I. U.
player Fddie Card, who already
is under arrest as the "middle
mail” in previously revealed fix-
ed games.
One source said that Card
was “spilling” further details of
■the case, which might lead to
still further players and teams.
Gard was in the District At-
torney’s office from 11 a. m.
until 11 p. m„ leaving Just a
few minutes before Milter's ar-
rest was disclosed.
The slim, lighl - haired Mil-
ler never was an outstanding
player during his college career
at L. I. U. from 1945 through
1949. However, he was known
for his speed and ability to set
up plays, and thus was a key
player in his -team’s attack.
Gate Attraction
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In-
diana sold more than 100,000
tickets to home basketball games
this season.
Sweetwater, Texas, Tuesday, February 27, 1951
John O'Glee Loses;
Riley, Morales And
Riojas Still Around
CHICAGO, Feb. 27 (UP) —
Three of the four Texas fighters
who competed in the opening
round of ihe Western Golden
Gloves Tournament of Cham-
pions last night were still around
today while four others front the
Lone Star State get their ring
baptism tonight.
Flyweight Pat Riley, bantam-
weight Fred Morales and faether-
weight Raymond Riojas moved
through the first two rounds last
night with victories, hut light-
weight Johnny O’Glee lost his
second-round match after win-
ning the opener.
Tonight, welterweight Dunnie
Blumenlhal, middleweight Eu-
gene Cooper, light heavyweight
John Lewis and heavyweight
Tom Adams swing into action.
Riley and Morales also will
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fight tonight, hut Riojas will he 1
idle. {
, The Port Worth team was one
of six still having three men left
in the running after the opening
night’s bouts.
Last night's results:
First Hound
Pat Riley, Fort Worth, stopped
James Martin, Indianapolis (3).
Fred Morales, Fort Worth,
beat Lee McCarthy, l.os Angeles.
Raymond Riojas, Fort Worth,
heat Nick Haywood, Kansas City.
Johnny O’Glee, Fort Worth,
neat Boh Mattison, Los Angeles.
Second Round
Riley won by default from Wil-
liam Wayne. Chicago.
Morales heat Elmer Western,
Gary, Ind.
Riojas heat Mack Penna Rock-
ford, 111.
O’Glee lost to Bob Dickie,
Kansas City.
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December 31, 1950
ASSETS
United States Government Bonds . . •
Texas County and Municipal Bonds
Public Utility and Corporation Bonds . .
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Preferred Stocks........
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loans Against Cash Value of Policies .
Accrued Interest and Miscellaneous Assets
Net Premiums to Complete Policy Years .
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15,631,805.77
20,847.316.58
74,721,613.75
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1.950.000. 00
10,371,877.48
2,901,641.15
6,632,226.14
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