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THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS.
FRIDAY, MAYJfi. 1932.
TRY THREE HURLERS
Eagles Nicked, 5*3,
By Corspana Nine
bingle, and Kortd when the left-
fielder let Sparkman’* ball r» by.
Yanen tripled into deep right
center in the bottom of the ninth,
with one away. But, the next two
batsmen failed to produce the
tally.
Neat Oa* Cwnb
SPORTS
MEMORIES
teemed a cinch for extra bane*.
vantage of one bad inning Sunday
afternoon and spoiled Sulphur
Springs Eagles' hopes of winning
their last exhibition Jtilt Wore the
East Texas Amat'fif l-dUrue op-
ens. The Central Texas Semi-Pro
league Oilers won the contest,
5 to 3.
It was an afternoon for inspec-
tion for Eagle pilot Paducah Mays.
He worked three hurlers, all right-
handers, as some 175 fans got a
look at three new prospects.
- The experiment turned up one
sure performer in George Tucker,
a hefty Texas University fresh-
man, who served up brilliant ball
for the final three stanzas. Turk-
ey, in the sixth.
the eighth.
Southpaw Pete Goodin, a form-
er West Texas-New Mexico league
performer, allowed nine hits, nev-
er more than two an ining, as he
went the distance for his Oilers.
Lang Get* 3-5
Pos Long, the lefthanded hur-
ler on the Eagles roster, punched
through three consecutive singles
in five trips to bat. Long patrolled
the right garden as the younger
members of the pitching staff took
their turns. George Yanen , an-
other hurler serving away from the
er struck out four as the Oilers ",ou.nd’ 0Ut h" *econ<!
were unable to get the ball out of °f the fT*'" •«Ion* *ml
tho infield off Tucker's offerings.
added
hat.
a single in five times at
three up, three down in five in- j p|ate.
ninga assisted in the third on a, , .. , . , . , . ,
swift twin-killing. A lone wolf! ,J: E !'“whon 110111,10,1 *"d
double play, executed by short-' g*1 foUr >,ppC,r,ncM t0 1*‘*,,‘
stop Grady Chapman, cut the vis- 0 *ls'
itors down in the fifth. , The *“‘k of punch in the
Tl . , , dutch left 12 runners stranded.
The Oilers tapped starter Lupe T. ....... .
,, . , . . . They put men on base in seven
Urbano for two scores in the first, , '
then collected the-three winners *
—------—_ —----1 Capitalizing on Urbano's shaky
inning, leadoff man Cotton Mad-
den, taking a walk, went to third
when the next man, Radney,
doubled into left field. Both cross-
ed the plate when Lawhon singled
into right after two were away.
Lawhon was later forced at sec-
ond by Jesse Cummins.
In the sixth, J. B. Hendrix led
off with a Texas Leaguer, then
Oilers
ab
r
h
po
a
Madden. 3b
3
1
0
1
4
Radney, ss
4
1
1
0
2
Hendrix, lb
4
I
1
to
1
Christie, c
«
0
0
6
0
Law hon, 2b
4
1
2
2
2
Cummins, cf
4
1
1
3
0
Carter, If
4
0
1
3
0
White, if
3
0
1
1
9
Goodin, p
3
0
9
1
2
T otals
33
ft
7
27
11
Eagles
ab
r
h
po
a
Sparkman, cf
6
9
2
2
0
Wooten, lb
S
0
V
ft
0
Long, i f
i
0
3
1
0
Yanen, 3b
6
0
2
2
I
Chapman, ss
6
0
2
3
3
Komack, 2b
2
9
0
3
2
a. Stewart, 2b 3
1
0
9
1
Roberts, If
t
0
0
1
0
b. Pierce, If
3
0
9
1
0
la-Kan, c
4
9
0
9
9
Urbano. p
0
0
0
0
9
c. Chaney,
1
0
0
9
0
d. Ramey, p
1
0
0
9
0
e. T ucker, p
0
2
0
0
1
Totals
49
3
9
27
8
/ , Break* Raaard
If Bui the Cards had a rough and
1 tumble outfielder named Knos
Slaurhtn and he made a di\ big
circus c»tch of the l«all. Even »o,
it anahled Galan to score from
third.
....I ... St. Louis tied the score in the
They called him “Gabby" but; top of the fifth when Joe Med-
hU kg* (poke as often as his voice- wick doubled home a run. Then
He was a mild-mannered man who Cooper and Lee settled down. Nei-
could arise to great height* when ther team scored again through
the occasion demanded. He was the ninth and it was a 2-2 dead
terrific in the clutch! ; lock. Lon Wameke replaced l oo
Five days before Christmas in
Texans In
Washington
lw>H»l>S Ptm*)
a.—Pinch hit Komack, (1th; b.-
WarhiiiKton, — - At least five
"new faces" will appear in tho
Texas congressional delegation
next vear, reflecting one of th'-
per in the ninth but Lee went all biggest turnovers ever occurring
w the first yeai of the 2(*th century, the wav. in it. ranks.
q Charles Leo Hartnett was born at |n the top of the 10th. Slaugh Three House *• r‘ vacancies are
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, He irl tapped « roller to Lee who r.ow in pr<>*peri si .1 one Septic,
spent 20 years in the major fired wildly to first. Enos went all Hep- l.mdlev Iterkwinth of
5 leagues and will ge down in his- (he way to third and came home Glsih-uatei. I M t'ompa of Mean
tory a* one of hasebalt’s catching „„ Med wick's long fly. Then John-
e greats. The fact that he held base- tly Mize doubled and came home
1 bsll's toughest job-—catching—fog „„ Terry Moore's single to make
1 20 years in the majors is proof, jt 4 t„ -} fwvo, „f ,st Louis,
0 enough that he was great. And be. That was the l>all game. Chicago
0 cause he excelled at the tiade of couldn’t get a man on first in the
0 hackstopping ranks him with tb^ last of the 10th against Wameke
0 j likes of Bill Dickey and MickeMjand the ('aids won, 4 to 2. Hart,
0 j Cochran. j- nett failed to get a hit for Chit a
0 In fact, just the other day, nd „Ui hut he did realize one personal
0 less an authority than forme* j achievement.
0 1 Giant pitcher Carl Hubbell sairf it was Ins 1.727th major league ’ nVliv'* seat Kotini-i
0 that round-faced Gabby was th* game lashind the plate which set
0 best catcher there ever was, in* m, all-time record that has never
0 [ eluding Dickey and Cochrane. been equalled. He latci went on
01 Smoking Bal to better it. And the scroll Halt-
2 | Hartnette had a lifetime batting »ett received before the game
- average of ,207 and when he bow- from Schalk "as in recognition of
i ed out of the majors 41 years after the achievement It wap Schalk'* which there wa> such
.300 in' 64 games record lie broke
fmember, of alt other Him com-
mitteeA.
Rep. Wingate Lucas of Fort/
Worth and Grapevine, a mom'c.-
aince Jan. .3, )947, ha* the most
seniority among Texans who sis-
most likely to hwl for the spot
Several others ha' e been here
much longer hut are high tin >n
ether important committees. 7he>
would have to start at the bottom
of the seniority ladder again in
the climb toward cjtair^nanship
Possible opposition ti» I in as
(or the strategic Wrvs an,f Mean
Committee- might stem 1
fact that hy ha* hern ** odd n,d
the administration op mam
poitanl issue* Husni-r. .ons»
healed controversies in the past
have shown the seniority rule
usually prevails. * /
lap as is rn-w on the House Kdu-
1 a>ion and Labor Committee. If
be leaves that group his spot .like-
ly will he filled bv one of the g»-
cwiling Texas freshmen members.
Ren Walter Rogers of I'am pa
likelv will go on to the Hoes*
ludiciarj fommittee, filling a
vacancy caused bv Pickett's re-
tirement. KngerA is now on the
\.t. *ns tffaus Committee. H*v
cants on the Viniculture Cam•
mult/, hut. both Rep*. W. R.
Pony- of Warn and dark Thorn-—
-on Hi' Galveston are on that group
n> -v and are well satisfied.
Pinch hit Roberts, <th; c.--Pinch ^th'th^UMan^ ln"alL'he'hu”'2:i«
hit Urbano, 3rd; d.—Pitch, top h#nwr> dr<m. itl run,
4th; c.—Pitch, top 7th.
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New In Shoes?
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in
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FOR ALL
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Oilers
Eagles
200 003 000
000 000 120
while playing in 1.990 games. Gab- fiUT^jlcirS Obtdlll
*** $2 Dish Loot
It H E by’* best year was in 1980 when
Summary: RBI — Lawhon
5 7 6 he hit 37 homers, drove
3 9 2 ,‘un,, *')d batted .389.
In 1935, he was named the Na- Y T _ L
-• tional League's most valuable ID J0D ItCtC
(umnuns 2, Sparkman, Wooten; p|BVCr >n(j ln 1939, was appoint-i
2b Radney, l.awhon; 3b—Yanen; manager of the Chicago Cuba! ■ ,7, „ „ „
SB—Stewart 2; DP—Yanen to ’ vhere he played all but one of his The vicinity of tin < uttmi licit
Romack to Wooten, Chapman (Un- year, in baseball. It's significant; ,Wh ,>kvt»
assisted); Left on base—Oilers 5, tixt Hartnett was named pilot- in **'con<1 huiglaiy in ***•■ “
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\|*ril t<♦ sur» *nuf Jo^n Nwiu'c
t*Mi nrr when llir lattoi Itacamc
\ irt» f’roHitint; K<**|>. Tim h
sun wr olt*rti»| Junt* 24, 1(4 HH
to fill a vm nii' v i (fulrti t»v tlit*
!f»2M tile
took second on a wild pitch. After
J. W. Christie skid to left I«aw-
hon doubled into light. Tho two
runnera scored on Cummina* ain-
Rle down the rijrhtfield line. Cum-
mins crossed with the final run
when Max Carter's single slipped
by centerfieider Sparkman.
EagUa Connt
The Katies jeot into businessa in
the seventh after Tucker walked j
to open the frame. The pitcher j
went to third on the first ofj
Sparkman's two sinurles. He scored j /(
on Boh Wooten’s fly out to cen- j
i ter. Long- singled Sparkman to j
1 second, hut Yanen flied out and j
Chapman popped to the second | McAlcster. Okla.—Most base-
baseman. I ball managers have to worry about
beathereye Stewart, starting the; little things like whether their
next frame, was safe at first when players keep good hours, whether
the catcher dropped the third, they're disciplined and whether
strike. He stole second, then third they arc subject to the draft,
while the next two batter* went! But not Norman Rowan, of Mc-
down. Tucker got his second free Alestcr, Oklahoma.
1 pass and Sparkman’s single
! brought Stewart home. I Outlaws, th« Oklahoma State Pani-
| Tucker, going to second on a tenitary team. The former South-
pass ball, advanced to third on a j ern Methodist football star is the
‘ athletic director at the inatitu-
! tion.
Eagles 12; BB—Goodin 2, Urbano mid-seaaon and led the faltering day night w-hen Room's Feed .Sunr .|. „ih „f ..................
3; SO—Goodin 7, Urbano 3, Ram- Cubs to the National League pen- j "**,
ey 2, Tucker 4; Runs, hits—Ur- j nant. Members of the
bano 2-.I in 3 (2 ER), Ramey 3-4 Hut the Cub fortunee were iles-
in 3 (2 ER), Tucker 9-0 in 8; I Un2 to take a turi far the woragl *-
WP Ramcv• PB Christie- 1 os- t!ned i°n, U‘r ’ A , taken from an open i «*h teg
Kami) , rh hnstie, Los th# following year HartMtt •; ,,Ur A j............
\n ir*’pot tunl «‘ff*'ct of fhU up
ComiMjf *>hiikcii|i in the iwii’ah of
the T«*vhiu< will u umhoffliHy of
ei Uibano; Lmpire J. 1. # I shopworn pitching Rtaff that hiiil
Time—2 hr*.; Att.—175.
Sooner Baseball
Team Boasts
Hof Prospects
. . ... was left in the register,
survived the year before was fall* Tw„ w(,,kl< B|fo ,u.krt „f.
ing apart at the scams. fjre 19, Cotton Beil passenger
Cabs Nasa-Dlv# depot was burglarised. Nothing of
The Cubs nose-dived badly and value was taken, though,
in the final month of the season The feed store w«*
{were happy to settle for a first through a door on the north side
division berth. The Cincinnati Reds of the building. A box ear was on
were setting the league on fire
that year with the Cardinal* se-
cond and the Culm and Giants bat-
tling for third spot.
On September 7th, 1939. the
fshetlff'* de-
partment investigating tin rase
approximately $2 in pennies
committee assignments among
•oiue of the group assuming
they me reelected and the De
m oerat* retain control of tin-
House after the Nov cm Iter gen-
eral election.
(In this regard It is noteworthy
entered ,ll“l ,1m’ 1"',, l,llf Hirnovor among
thy Texas members and anion,
those of manv states occurred
a aiding in front of the door. A ,I0,(nllf1 "ir.■lertinn that wed
panel in the door wan ktmrk«*«l out ,MM ,h * Ifvrlt. into It.*
and the burglars apparently crawl- " l,l<' House.)
ed through the opcnlttg. Front this Ion*--range view
Officers commented the method point, it appears that the most
Cards were in Chicago for a sin- 0f cutty was similar to two other I'kclv cot test over committee
glc game. They were five and one-! burglaries thai occurred ovci a assignments will to in picking 11
half games off the pace and need-1 week ago at Morris’ Feed Stole ’1 •• **»ft <m the House Wat s end
ed the victory badly. A young Rnd Anderson’s Service Station ''loan* Committee,
rookie named Mort Cooper took! op Main street. Comb* now holds the Texas
the mound for St. Louis while —spot on "tat very powerful pim p,
Kowau manages the McAlester HIrOett nominated his 22-game u|,v j- p Nudduth and A. L. which no, only passes on t ix ai d
winner of the previous year, Dig \jr|ton were business visitms in tariff legislation bill serves ns the
Bill Led. | j>allsis. Wednesday. group which -elects lb-mo. nttic
A crowd of 6,680 showed up in
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Wrigley Field and they were there |
for a reason more than watching
the Cubs clash with the Cards. Be-
fore the game, a former Chicago1
The Outlaws are a part of the
prison’s competitive sports pro-
gram. Actually there are two {White Sox catcher named Ray-
teams—one made up of trusties; Schalk strode to home plate and -
and the other of non-trusties. The, carried with him a scroll. On It
non-trusties sometimes arc hand!* were the names of 2,500 Cuh fans,,
capped when they play road games.! Schalk presented the scroll to
A couple of their stars have es-j Hartnett who grilled broadly,
cape records and are not allowed Then the game started and the
to leave the gates. i Cub* scored off Cooper In the first
Observers say the teams play when Jim Gleason drove in a run,
baseball of the caliber of h Class with a long fly. Lee carried the
C professional league. Some of the 1-0 lead until the top of the fourth
players who “graduated" now are when Stu Martin’s infield out
{playing pro ball. ! brought in s Cardinal run. Then,
The non-trusties play the trua-, in the last of the fourth, with Au-
ties in some intra-prison games, gjc Galan on second, Hartnett
in which the rivalry is intense, lined a sizzler to right field that
The outside opposition is furnish-
ed by Oklahoma college teams, the
'Class D Sooner State I*eaguc and j vieted of obtaining money under
semi-pro outfits. false pretenses. He was given a
One of the stars of the prison three-year sentence and his ap-
team is Mike Van Hooten, who
plays third base. He’s 26 years old.
Mike is a fine fielder and a solid
hitter. Some major league scouts
have looked him over. He has one
more season left of his two-year
| sentence.
The warden of the prison is
Jerome Walters, a retired Army
colonel and a red-hot sports fan.
Watters reportedly has been ex-
pecting some pitching help in the
near future. A hurler named
Tommy Warren recently was con-
peal was denied.
Warren won 20 games in the
Texas League in 1946 and was
playing manager last year for
Miami of the Kansas-Oklahoma-
Missouri circuit.
Baseball men who have seen the
prison outfit in action ssy that a
young Negro first hasenian, Billy-
Joe Moore, would be a great ma-
jor league prospect.
However, his chances of ever
getting to the majors are slim.
He’s in for life.
NOTICE
We Are Now Spraying Pecan Tree*,
Peach and Plum
Call us to spray these trees. We have
the best equipment in East Texas and
use insecticides as recommended by
your County Agent and U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
Jack W. Byrd
Lumber Company
Sulphur Spring*, Tmt
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952, newspaper, May 16, 1952; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780435/m1/3/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.