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't>At AUGUST 23, 1949.
THE DAILY N^WS-TELEGRAM, SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS
BILL BOGART,
Sports Editor
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Winnsboro and
Talcd Meet in
Playoif Tonight
The Losing-esi
Pitcher of the
Major Leagues
N. Y. Giants Sell
Johnny Mize to
ALONG CPORTS
THE V FRONT
By Bill letsrt, Daily Newt-Telefrsa Sports Editor
outlasted the Lions of Winnsboro’
here Monday night, !) to 8, in »
benefit baseball game staged un-
der the are* at Eagle Stadium. ..
It was a game in which any-
thing went. The pitchers were,
at times, Using rubber balls, SWl |
Catcher Byron Williams, Sr., pul-
led the time honored ruse of
throwing a potato to third base'
man Sleepy McCorkle, add the
run non*'barged home, only to b« 1
greeted hy Byron who had the
hall all the time. ' 4 ' ,
An argument, lotig and loud,*
followed, and finally Umpire Bill
(The Terrible) LeFftn put thb
rOfttier back on third after first
calling him out, : MS
The Lions took a page from
football’s notebook, and had the
unlimited substitution rule in ef-
fect. The local Lions used about
seven pitchers In the melee.
Sulphur Springs jumped into
an early 2 to 0 lead, but Winn#*'
boro evened it up Hi the early
stages. Then the locals poshed
across some runs, and pulled into
a T to 2 lead.
A Winnsboro rally allowed that
team to pull into a 7-7 densUM*,
but the locals managed two late
inning runs, while WintisbeWW '
could get but one, making tha
final score, 9 to 8.
A crowd of about 200 persons
turned out for the affair.
The playoff in the Northeast
Texas Amateur League will be-
gin In Winnsboro tonight when
the Oilers of that city play host
to the Talco Oilert. Game time
hat been set at 8 p.m.
Wednesday night, the Sulphur
Springs Eagles will meet the
Pittsburg Pirptes dm their first
game of the Shaughnessey affair.
Scene of the battle will be Eagle
Stadium, with game time set for
8 p.m.
The Eagles will be idle Thurs-
day night, but Winnsboro and
Taleo will play their second game
of the three-out-of-five series,
Friday night, the Eagles will
jodrney to Pittsburg for theif
second game.
Sunday will find the Eagles
back on home grounds for the
thitd game with Pittsburg. If a
fourth game is necessary, it will
be unreeled in the Pirate park,
and if the teams are all tied up af-
ter that, a coin will be flipped
to decide the scene of the fifth
arid deriding game.
A fo u r-ou t-of-seven series wifi
be played between the winners of
the two brackets.
.• (By A undated Front
New York, .Aug. 23.—The New
York Giants sold Johnny Mlie to
the New Yortc Yankees yesterday.
Tpe sale of Mize at this time
came as somewhat of a surprise.
Sources close to the New York
Giant* predicted that Mize would
pot be a member of the 1980 team.
Manager Leo Durocher has never
been a forvent admirer of Mize
because of his lack of speed. The
big first sacker’s batting slump
this season did not add to Duro-
chir’s admiration. •*
' During spring training, there
were reports that Mize was on his
way to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Nothing came of it. Recently,
there was disclussion that Mize
was about to be sold to the De-
having lost the most games?
Which pitcher will finish on the
losing side of the ledger most Of-
ten?
At a guess we would say that
it will be one of the following:
Bob Rush, of the Chicago Cubs;
Dutch Leonard of the Cubs; Ned
Carver of the St. Louis Browns;
feed Embrse ,of the Browns; Paul
Calvert, of the Washington Sen-
ators; Howie Judson, of the Chi-
cago White Sox; Howie Fox, of
The 200 or so fans Who turned out last night to watch
the local Lions Cjub down the Lions of Winnsboro, 9 to 8,
didn|t see much baseball. But they didn't go out to Eagle
£|Mium with that intention. Those who clicked the turn*
Afes, however, did get their money’s worth in laughs-—
f*nd they also saw a classic example of what happens to
muscles and muscular coordination after a long period
of inactivity.
Byron Williams, Sr., whose gnarled hands have
caught baseballs for more years than he cares to enumer-
ate, got perhaps the biggest laugh when he pulled the
ancient potato trick. With a Winnsboro runner on third,
h|^Msed wildly to third baseman Sleepy McCorkle, who
(ttimW the potato, and the runner scampered for home,
White Sox; Howie Fox, of
the Cincinnati Rteds; Ken Raffeng-
berger pf the Red#; or Johnny
Sain, of the Boston Brave*.
Going into Tuesday's games
Rush was the top loser with fif-
teen defeats. Leonard, Calvert and
Carver each had been beaten 14
time*. Sain, Fox, Raffensberger
and Embree had tasted defeat in
13 game#.
All of the pitchfcrs We mention-
ed except one—Ken Raffensberg-
er—Have been having a poof year.
Ken’s record is something of an
odd one. He has won 13 games
and lost the same number. He haa
been terrific when good and aw-
ful when off bis game.
The major disappointment of
the year his been Salh. Big John
owrts only nine wins to stack up
against his 13 defeats.
Contrast that mark with his 3
seasons in the majors since re-
turning from the Navy after the
war.
In 1946, Sain won 20 games
and lost 14. In 1947, he grabbed
21 decisions and dropped 12. In
1948 he won 24 contests and was
beaten 15 times.
only to be greeted by the grinning Byron holding the ball
with, ‘Say fellow, look what I’ve got." Hfe tagged the
man out, but Umpire Bill LeFan reversed his verdict in
the face of a clamor raised by the Winnsboroana, who are
skilled in clamor raising. It is usually the potato that
get* In a stew, but in this case, it was the Winnsborpans.
v Head Coach Whixxer White stated Monday after-
■oon that he still doesn't know who will ultimately be hia
first string players. “Several of the boys are putting up
such spirited bids for position* that I'll have to wait to
tee who wins out,” White,stated. The scrap being ex-
hibited by the Wildcat aspirants is not making White a
bit unhappy, either. “Thu bunch has more scrap than
any team I've ever had here," White avers. Line Coach
Bill Seabaugh also reports his linemen are showing a lot
of hustle, and are not backward about mixing it up in the
scrimmages.
The Wildcat aspirant#! spent much of the time Mon-
day afternoon in sharpening up their play execution, Par-
iz „iarlv stressed were blocking in the line and downfield
THOcking. Two-a-day drills will continue until school
starts. Next Monday, the youths will move their per-
sonal belongings out to the gymnasium where they will
live for the next two week*.
so today, 'the big Georgia left-
banded batter will appear in the
American League for the first
time. He will join the Yankees in
Detroit.
ft is expected that Mize will
immediately be put to work at
first base while Tomtnjr Henrich
is transferred back to his old post
In right field.
Joe La Fata and Bert Haa* are
expected to share the first base
chores for the Giants during the
remainder of the season.
The Giants and Yankees did not
reveal the amount of money given
in the transaction.
Mize has a lifetim* batting av-
erage of .324. He has belted 316
homers during his career, includ-
ing a high of 51 during the 1947
campaign. This year, Mize batted
.263 for the Giants and drove 62
runs across the plate.
On the nWof July 26th,
Pitcher Earl Jones of Oakland
pitched eight and one-third in-
ning# of no-hit, rio-ran baseball
against Seattle. Then with one
out in the ninth, A1 Lyons of
Seattle hit a home row. Jones
tired the next two hatters ns O
land won 4 to 1,
CONGRATULATIONS FOR HAWAII SWIM TEAM COACH—Soicki
Sakomato receives a Hawaii Lei and congratulations from Zoe Ann
Olsen, winner of the National AAU three meter diving event in San
Antonio Sunday. Sakomato’* Hawaii Swim Club won the team tro-
phy for the meet. (NEA Telephoto.)
We're Clock-Wise
....... 40 80
1 ...... 88 77
it Texas League
St. Louis
Washing!
Winnsboro ami Talco open the Northeast Texas
Amateur League playoffs tonight in Winnsboro, begin-
ning at 8 p. m. Tomorrow night, the Eagles will get into
the thick of things by playing the Pittsburg Pirates the
first of their throe out of five playoff aeries. Garth “Red"
Mann will journey over from Dallas to do the hurling
for the locals, Skipper Bill LeFan told us Monday night.
Both Winnsboro and Sulphur Springs will be all out for
victories.
Should both club* win, an^tagt appear* to be no
■Port for not doing so. the" Hwfrlidtween the two club*
tlT# year can be settled in a most dramatic fashion. We
Dunk it would i>« fitting that these teams close out the
season with a four-out-of-Seven series. No keener rivalry
ran be found anywhere, and interest will be at a high
pltc** :n the event both the Eagles and Winnsboro gain
the finals.
Baseball Calendar
- - . and esn put yoxr watch or
clock in occurs to running order.
N« job i* too Mg or too small.
Reasonable price*.
Phillies Ban
Drinks in Bottle
Team—
Longview
Gladewater
Kilgore
Para .....
Marshall ..
Tyler ____
Henderson
Bryan
St. L. 010 301 000—5 8 0
Bkn. 001 000 110—3 8 2
Max Lanier, Ted Wilks (3) and
Del Rice,
Joe Hatten, Carl Erskine (6),
Paul Minncr (8) and Roy Cam-
panella.
Hhr — Stan Musial St.L 4th
none on. Duke Snider Bkn. 7th,
none on, Billy Cox Bkn. 8th, none
MONDAY'S RESULTS
Texas League
San Antonio 2, Dalla# 1.
Beaumont 1, Tulsa 0.
Fort Worth 6, Houston 8,
Shreveport 10 Oklahoma City 3
National League
Boston 7, Brooklyn 6.
Only game* scheduled.
American League
No games scheduled.
Big Stata League
Austin 6, Wichita Falls t.
Waco 12, Texarkana 7.
Temple 10, Gainesville 7.
Sheman-Den. 4, Greenville 3.
Ea.t Texas League -
Longview 11, Henderson 5.
Tyler 8. Paris 2.
Gladewater 12, Bryan 2.
Kilgore 18-17, Marshall 2-3.
HOW THEY STAND
Tea a* League
Teaam— W. L. Pet.
Fort Worth......81 61 .614
Hutchinson Jewelry
(By AuiadateA From)
Officials at Shibe Park, Phila-
delphia, have ordered a ban on
serving soft drinks in bottles as
a result of Sunday's forfeit game.
Henceforth, drinks will be served
In paper cups. Fans at Sunday’s
game tossed pop bottles on the
field and the umpires awarded the
New York Giants a 9 to 0 victory’
Stirling BUlg. East Side Square
Big State League
Team- W. L. Pet.
Wichita Fall# .... 80 53 .602
Austin ......... 78 53 .595
Texarkana ...... 77 64 .589
Shertnan-Den.___ 64 68 .485
Waco .......... 63 68 .481
Greenville ...____ 60 71 .458
Gainesville...... 53 71 ,427
Trmple _____51 80 .389
WHERE THEY FLAT TUESDAY
Teues League
Shreveport at Dallas.
Beaumont at Ft. Worth.
Houston at Tulsa.
San Antonio at Oklahoma dity.
National League
St. Louis at Brooklyn (2) day-
night.
Chicago at New York.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia night
Pittsburgh at Boston, night
American League
Philadelphia at Chicago, night
Boston a’ st Louis, nig
Washington at Cleveland, night
New York at Detroit.
Big Stata League
Sherman at Waco.
Texarkana at Greenville.
Gainesville at Austin.
WIchiro Falls at Temple.
East Tsxa* League
Psri# at Tyler.
Longview at Hendemr..
Kilgore at Marshal!.
Bryan at Gladewater
Ken Heintselman. star Philli*
southpaw, won his first big league
start hurlintr * six-hitter for Pitts-
burgh in 1937, '
over -the, Philadelphia Phils.
Here and There: Joe “Hot Spurs" Martin, who be-
sides hi* regular business help* newly weds to escape
town, was conspicuous by hh absence at the baseball game
but night. According to euthentic sources, he was en-
iued on the public square . . . Gus Lilly stated Tuesday
Vlj|Mg, and in a most vehement manner, in language
Mostly sprinkled with invectives, that he it a native
of Marble Bluff, hot Horton. . . . Bill Lee, a Sulphur
SprijVit product Whose greatest claim to fame lie* in the
foctVMt h« Is a brother to Jama* Lee, also of this city, has
Been named Sports Editor of the Austin Statesman-Amer-
ican. Congratulations. . . , Robert Harrison Attaway, as-
sistant football coach at Beckvitle, and ton of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Attaway of Star Route, sustained a broken leg
Monday while running his charges through their drills. . .
St. Louis Cardinal fans in this city, of which there are
many, are heartened bv the lack erf success of the Brook-
lyn Dodgers of l*te. However, Roy Davis, an ardent fol-
lower of the Brooklyn Bums, is heart broken at the recent
(oases of that Hub. . . , A. W. Lindley, president of the
Booster Club hopes to get 250 members in the organiza-
tion ibis week. The ambitious drive begins tomorrow
morning. Purpose of the club is to boost athletic activi-
ties in local schools. Most other placet call a similar or-
ganization the Quarterback Club.
fBy Annotated Pent)
Philadelphia Athletics Conch
Jimmy Dykes was one of the top
umpire baiters in baseball dur-
ing hi# active playing days.
During a critical game one day,
Umpire Dick Naliin called a third
strike against Dykes.
Jimmy was enraged and yelled
at the umpire': “You missed that
one. you blind bat.”
Replied Naliin: ‘‘Maybe, but I
1 Oklahoma City
Dallas
Shreveport ......
San Antonio ....
Houston ........
Beaumont ......
National Leagaa.
" Team— *
St, Loui#........
Brooklyn-------
Boston ..._____
Philadelphia .....
New York.......
Pittsburgh i____...
Cincinnati------
Chicago -------
American Leagaa.
Teart-
New York.......
Boston
Cleveland .......
Philadelphia —..
Detroit ...........
Chicago ....-----
wouldn’t ’have if I had a bat in
my hand.”
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