The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 1946 Page: 5 of 6
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THE DAILY NEWS-TELEGRAM
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1946.
The Sport
WHIRL
/«» Alm'tai.J Prfti
The Cinderella team of the
Southwest Conference, the Bay-
lor Bears, today hold the confer
ence championship—a far cry
from last year, when the lads
from Waco couldn't win a ball
game. The Bears clinched the
County League
Meet Schedule
Is Announced
title
York,
The Hopkins County Iotercho-
Iastic League officials have an-
nounced the dates for the various
Spring events, with all tourna-
ments scheduled in Sulphur
Spring. f
March 15— -Track and field ev-
ents will be held at City Park.
Meet opens at 9:30 o’clock..
March 29— Literary events
will be held at Junior High
School building. Awards to be
given to first, second and third
places.
April 12—Boys and girls, high
school and ward, volley hall
tournament will open at
night by defeating A.
to 41 at Waco. It was
conference crown ev-
, Baylor.________
to Buffalo, New
to meet Canisius
College in'the first game of an
Eastern tour.
There was lots of other basket-
-ball activity in other conferences
night. Three games were un-.l
mdeled in the Texas Conference.;
Southwestern, which clinched the !
loop title earlier this week, bare- j
ly nosed out the University
Houston at Houston 38 to »7 | the dit«~o7'th7 evTnt.
Abilene Christian took a nip and
tuck 41 to 37 ball game from Me-
Murray at Abilene. And Texas
Wesleyan regained its winning! „.ue events”
ways with an easy 33 to 19 tri-
umph over Howard Payne :»t. Ft.
Worth.
v* W. ■ •
T)OPING
IT OUT!
(By Joe Wooiley)
Sulphur Bluff
Defeats Cumby
For Cage Title
Killer Grove
Girls Win Cage
Championship /~N"
Northeast Teaas basketball en-
thusiasts are scheduled to trek to
Commerce Thursday and Tuesday
and possibly next Friday, March I,
to witness the bi-district cham-
pion pames between the Sulphur
Springs Wildcats, undefeated in championship.
District 6-AA, end the Greenville “ ——t
Lions, upset only once In District
S-AA. Despite the feet that the
Lions twice have turned back the
Wildcats, the pending struggles
are expected to be cioee
Sulphur Bluff’s high-scoring
quint staged a brilliant second
half jArforr»anoe to soundly de-
feat the Cumby Trojans at the
City Auditorium in Sulphur
Springs Tuesday night, 48 to 30,
and thereby annexed the Hop-
kins Connty Class B basketball
if aU
and may rate as toss-ups
Sui- Sulphur Springs hoopsters return
phur Springs gymnasium at 9:30 to top physical form,
o’clock. j However, in Commerce Tues-
April 27—Play ground ball ihv Wildcat* failed to display
will be held at City I’ark. 9:30 a. Ti!ar clrriw‘
m •» them to the district title. Coach
Schools entering-* participant* "ta
of reetor***r t0 H<? th<,'n r‘th ^ D' larr-v lhe Wildcats to Austin for
rector Generui ten days before tj,,. aillte Tournament, declared
In
sloppy.” t
Guest indiented that he would
drill the eager* on their home
court the day of the game. He
believes that a light workout prior
to the game gives the players*the
confidence they always need.
; the State Tournament,
I “ ™
and Dudley Allen have been elec-
ted to secure awards for the lea-
Forty-five-yenr-old Ted Lyons
hopes to be more than just a Sun-
day pitcher this season.
Lyons, out of the Marines aft-
er three years of service, is so j
eager to have a good year that he
arrived at the Chicago White Sox | Performance
baseball team should be bossed. ;
And the Tigers eventually won
the •championship game. They won i
because Bumpus inserted himself
into the lineup as the pitcher and j
stalled long enough for the con- i
test to be called by rain.
The A.P. writer says of the
■The
One of the largest and most en-
thusiastic crowds of the season
turned out in Sulphur Springs
Tuesday night to watch the Sul-
phur B'uff hoopsters win the
audience t "‘robber game” of series over the
training base at iSadena”' C~ulf ,illhe' >»• » fond pumu C™h* <\u‘nt0 ,B>/ the
5"rniaK.en days .h“.dif “ Norite child perform victory^ the Sulphur Bluff team
battery-mates. j —not good, maybe, but cute.”
This year. I.yons hopes to hurl ,, ~
200 innings, something he ha-n’ti, Gundner Haeuff is listed as the
done since 1924. But he soys: h,)1,tl,’r of Uu' w“lM record for the
“My legs feel fine, and that’s the I |m,e ln, th* revised standards re-
leased by th« UtttmUional Amu- . . . <<r,. . . -
tear Athletic Federation. The1 “ml Lu'"* ' ha|m’a" * arred for
the winning combination,
main thing.
As far us the pitching arm is
much. J> rWaMSM,Mv-*»« weeks.
f jai Lnm.r. gotta take it easy.”
thortstop Vern Stephens of the
St Louis Browns is working out
with the club, ullhough he still
captured the Hopkins County
Class B championship.
Both Cumby and Sulphur Bluff
featured well - coached teams
which are credits to their mentors
! and schools. Garland Williamson
Athletic Federation
j Bil‘y fVautrh" -^mford Evans,
cepted last December by IAAKI‘h#
President Sigfrid Ldstroem and
Secretary Bo Ekelund, both of
Sweden.
Ilacgg and 14 other top-flight
Swedish stars now are under in-
The gamfc was the third of a
play-off series. Cumby took the
first, 26 to 22, and Sulphur Bluff
came back to win the second, 35
to 28, Both teams previously
affairs had concluded the regular season
tied for top position in the Hop-
kins County League.
Lending by a 21 to 16 count
after a closely contested rfirst
half, which had the, jam-packed
fans at the auditorium in a stage
of- frenxy, the Sulphur Bluff
hoopsters poured shot after shot
through the basket in the final
chapters to pile up a computable
margin of victory.
Louis Chapman, a hustling, pol-
ished player, garnered high scor-
ing honors with 18 points and was
trailed . by team mate, Garland
Williamson, another {fine eager.
Billy Vaughn and.. Clifford Ev-
ans, with 10 and 9 points respec-
tively, jiafed d+re Cumby ^offen-
sive attack,
Couatjr Champs!
Sulphur Bluff fg ft
Williamson ______* 6
Chapman ________ 8
Simpson _________ 2
Chester .......... 1
Vaughn__________3
Logan ..._________1
Total ......... 22
Cumby fg
Plunkett___...___0
Evans ......______ 4
J. Evans_______... 4
Montague _____... 0
pf tp
whil‘, Lewis............2
Vaughn ...____4
Cumby team
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Neison Gllreath, one of the
| city’s most enthusiastic sport*
hasn't signed n contract Stephens! . , . , . fans, entertained the Wildcats
man signed contract, wepnans vestal,or on rhatge* of having Tu,.B(1,y niRht with ttn ,nfornml
objects to a clause in his contract \ accr|lU.,| mon to
which provide* a substantial bo- ,.jous t.]u)>s j„ t|u.
nua if, at the end of the season, I mcet(.
Manager I.uke Sewell says lie's j
eatisfied witlf his work.
The Un-
signed Kl-nSKF1 Leo Critchlow. a
of Red-
represent va-1. ..,
big Swedish I ,
!twoirK" I Sixteen player*, each more than
!jR incidentally, have: t.jj-hty years of age, are compct*
, . Critchlow, jn „n unusual tournament in
catcher for the University of Red- j)ayt„na BeBl hi n,--ida. It s a
lamia in 11)44. Hu had a halting Khuffle-board tourney, and only
average of .405 that season. | players of eighty or older are
eligible. The dean of the con-
testants is 96-year-old E. E. Gel-
'n 8"’. bill of rhnni|)»on, Pennsylvania.
The youngster of the group is
Frank Bradford of Lynn, Massa-
chusetts. He's 81.
feutured by a good
fried chicken dinner and several
{friendly talks. J. K. Haynes,
1 Watt Morris, L. F. Bridges, Ger-
ald Prim, Bill Holcomb, l.elund
Smith, Jimmie Brown. John Shcf-
Stan Br.r.'amin
land lndutns *h"i
shape TMHrn he iVpOits to the
-tribe toWning caWp this week-
end. During the football wasern,
Benjamin was a line coach of the
Greenfield High School eleven
which copped the Eastern Massa-
chusetts griil title. Then he ser-
ved a* the school's basketball
couch, and his team established
the best win and loss record of
any quintet in the school’s his-
tory.
Sport Laugh.
The season for baseball hold-
outs is here again. And it brings
ToUl ......... 13
Referee: Irwin.
Hopkins Junior
Cage Tourney
Slated Friday
The first unit of tht* Intercho-
Untie league Meet-Junior bas-
field, day Cheek, Charles Gib { ketbsll-will he played at the
loath and the write, were added j Auditorium in Sulphur Spgs.
guests. All paid tribute to, the according to official announce-
fiire sportsmanship and champion- j ments.
tbip piny of the Wildcat* iM to |
their coach, Clifton (iuesi. The ;
players, in turn, promised that j
they would do their best to beat
Greenville in the bi-district title
clashes.
Miller Grove’s fine girls bas-
ketball team climaxed the season
on February 12 by defeating Sal-
tillo, 18 to 10, to win the Hop-
kins County championship.
Handicapped by the absence of
two players, Miller Grove, after
trailing ff to 6 at' the half, rallied
in the closing chapters of the me-
lee to efherge triumphant.
Pott* of Miller Grove scored
eight points in the last quarter
In a brilliant exhibition of play.
Joaniee Newsome, substitute,
scored five points for Miller
Grove. Weaver and Davis were
other stars in the game, doing
some good guarding for the vic-
tors.
Masonic
Nolice
Call meeting Sulphur Springs
Lodge 221, A. F. and A. M. to
night at 7:30 p. m. Work'in K.
A. degree. Visiting brethren wel-
come. Milton J. Gill. W. M., K.
V. Wright, sec.
entered, representing Sulphur
Springs, Cumby, North Hopkins,
Sulphur Bluff, Como, Saltillo,
Miller Grove, Roily Springs and
Pickton.
Play Is expected to be com-
pleted Saturday and a champion
declared.
Coffee trees take
to begin producing.
seven years
BUSINESS CARDS
While Coach Guest hasn't been
playing a junior team this year,
he plans to enter one in the tour-
mm,J th‘" "»°»t »"»uaing •*•“_* Inament here Friday and Saturday.
He has several fine players with*
{in the age limits and they can be
j expected to give a good account
Paul Waner is said to be so in-
jjgested in the job of managing
/•F Miami club of the Florida In-
'^rnational League that he’s will-
ing to buy an interest in the
team. However, President Bob
Lane of the Miami club says that |()VJ,
a iormer Southern Association
player, Harry Taylor, lias the in-
side trask for the managerial job.
Lloyd Brown, former Cleveland
pitcher, also is a possibility.
Baseball's clown prince. A1
Schacht, has made his debut on
the legitimate stage, appealing at
the Chicago Opera House in a
play called "Second Gucsser.”
Associated Press writer Bitty
Prosser says the play seemed to
lie, rather than have, a plot. How-
ever, the first night audience,1
seemingly composed mostly of
baseball fans, seemed to like A!’*’
performance.
Schacht played the part of a;
rabid baseball fan named Sam
Bumpus, who spent the first 24
years of hi- married life telling1
his wife how the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers should have been managed.
Then his uncle died and left Bum-
pus the Niagara Fails Tigers, a
team of Muttonheads. Bumpus
added to demonstrate how a <
pie of money maneuvering in the
history of the Pacific Coast Lea-
gue. The late George "Kobe” El-
lis, who was a crack fielder for
the Los Angeles Angels, became
u violent hold-out in 1908.
The struggle continued for two
weeks, and Rube signed only alt-
er the Angels had written a bo-
nus into his contract. The bonus
was $2.50 to buy a new fielder's
That's what Rube had
The tournament for basketball
teams composed of youth* 16
years of age and under, is jiched-
ulcd to get underway at vine p.
m. Friday, after coaches have
drawn for opponent* SO minutes
earlier.
Nine teams are expected to be
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
holding out for.
Sport Oddity.
The great Walter Johnson left
tiin mark on the American Lea-
gue pitching records during his
long leign as King of the Hill in
the junior circuit. But there is
one record put on the books by
Sir Walter in that time that he
doesn’t care to discuss today. It
happened on September 2i, 1914,
when he s< t the major league rec-
ord for the most wild pitches in
one inning. The “big train" cut
loose with four wild ones in a
single frame.
Bank Holiday
The Sulphur Springs banks will
obseive Friday, February 22.
George Washington's birthday, as
a legal holidav.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK,
THE SULPHUR SPRINGS
(120-lt-c STATE BANK,
of themselves.
PICK UPS: David Gre««, the
Wildcat*' modcat erntar, ha* a
huce appetite. Tba left-hander
ate two chicken dinner* Tuesday
night and wa* willing to partake
of another but the plate wa*
“*Hot-*topped" en route to him
J. K. BRIM
Attorney-at-Law
Sulphur Springs Slate Bank Bldg.
J. I. KNIERIM
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ed to the outfield at Texas Univer*
•Ity—he he» three lettermen fir*t
fttcktri ahead of him. . . . Hooka
trimmed Mt. Vernon Tuesday
night for the district champion
■ hip in the Class A circles to the
east of Sulphur Springs. ... The
Sulphur Springs Lions Club has
agreed to purchase ribbons to be
given first, second and third place
winners in the coming County
Meet next month. . . . Lei and
Smith already has booked hotel
reservations in Austin for the
state tourney. . , . Charles Gil-
reath, according to reports, was
1 the first to predict a district
! championship for the Wildcats.
Although he is handicapped by
lack of size for high school ath-
letics, he’s a nifty little golfer-
30.
Binjr Oronby and Ingrid Bf-r*-
j man in “The Bell* of St.
j MaiyVV Showing at the Carna-
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Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
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