The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 114, Ed. 1 Monday, May 14, 1951 Page: 7 of 8
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BILL BOGART
Sports Editor
11' ' Eagles Go Down Under
Sports Front Jim Hill Barrage, 8-3
Dallas Eagles
Gun For First
Place in Loop
Phoenix, Arte. —- “Donald’s:
education comes first Then, If
he has the capacity and want* to,
he can embark on a professional
baseball career."
That is the decision of Thorn-
ton Lee, one-time southpaw star
The hard-hitting Jim If ill nine
of Ft. Worth hammered out an 8-3
win over the Sulphur Springs
Kagles in a rather listless contest
here Sunday afternoon.
Played before a sparse crowd
of 300 fans, the contest dragged
on for two hours and twenty-five
minutes and play was generally
dull and methodical.
Young Don Byerley, Southwest-
ern University ace, went to the
mound for the Eagles and turned
in a creditable performance. The
curve-balling right-hander gave
up 8 hit* in seven and two-thirds
innings. Until the eighth, Byer-
ley had the tough Jim Hill hitters
under fairly good control.
Claude Horton, the ex-Ft.
Worth Cat star, had things about
as he pleased during his five-in-
ning stint. He doled out 4 hits
and did not walk a man. Horton
whiffed five Eagles.
' • Horton Homer*
The big right-hander provided
one of the few thrills of the game
—a homer over the left field fence
in the third inning. The sacks
were empty at the time.
The Eagles collected nine hits
during the melee against an even
dozen for the victorious Cowtown
crew,
Grady Chapman, Pos Long and
Jimmy Andrews paced the Eagles
at the plate with two hit# each.
Jim Nolan and Mel Hardi.1 garner-
ed three hits apiece to lead the
Jim Hill assault.
The Ft. Worth team broke the
scoring ice in tho third, scoring
twice on singles by Howard Rey-
nolds and Nolan, and the circuit
clout of Pitcher Horton.
Manager BUI LeFan’* crew got
one of the run* hack in the
fifth when Andrews singled, went
to second on a passed ball and
came home on two consecutive in-
fielder rollers.
Big Eighth Frame
Byerley tired badly in the
eighth, walking one and giving
up three singles. He was relieved
by Jack Ramey with two away,
and the e^pgated, fight-hander
now* et Southwestern Univeralty
could not find the range. He walk-
ed three consecutive men, throw-
ing but two strikes in fourteen
pitches. Ancient Padukah Mays
came in to put out the fire after
Jim Hill had scored four runs.
Singles by Leathereye Stewart
and Chapman, plus a triple by
Long produced two final runs for
the Eagles in the home half of
the eighth.
Four singles and a base on balls
were parlayed into two runs by
the Ft. Worth nine in the final
stanza.
The Eagles will resume play
here Tuesday night when they
play host to the Pittsburg Pirates.
The Eagles will return the game
to Pittshurg Thursday night.
Jim Hill
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
(By Aironiatrd Print
Dallas, May 14 — When Dallas
picked on Shreveport for a flock
of victories the boys in. the back
room said yeah, but just wait un-
til the Eagles hit the toughies
like Beaumont and San Antonio.
Anybody can heat Shreveport,
they said, cynical like.
But Beaumont moved in for
three games and limped away win-
less. Yesterday San Antonio, rid-
ing high at the top of the Texas
League, came to Dallas. The Eag-
les turned on the pitching and
the Missions took a 3-1 licking.
Dallas today is just two games
cut of first place and has two
games to go against San Antonio
in he series. If he Eagles keep
up their pace, which now has pro-
duced eight victories and one tie
in the last nine gameg, they'll
be leading when the Missions
leave Dallas.
Again it was great twirling that
put the Eagles oyer. This time
Ralph Albers turned in a six-hit-
ter.
Otherwise interest in the league
rested on the fight of Rex Bar-
ney, waived out of the major
leagues because of wildness, to
make a comeback at Fort Worth.
The 26-year-old former Brooklyn
fireballer, however, made abso-
lutely no progress. He worked sev-
en innings and allowed only two
hits but probably would have giv-
en up more if he could have got-
ten the ball within striking dis-
tance of the batters. Barney set
a new Texas League record for
bases on balls in a single game—
16.
Houston beat Fort Worth 6-2.
Another item of more than
passing interest was the fact that
Tulsa, which is wallowing deep
in the cellar, won a double-header.
The Oilers found Shreveport still
yielding and beat the Sports 8-1
and 7-6. Fletcher Robbe singled
in the winning run in the tenth
inning of the second game. In the
opener the Oilers got four runs in
the first inning to win easily.
Oklahoma City and Beaumont
split a double-header. The Rough-
necks took the first game 8-0,
with Ford Garrison furnishing
margin in the ninth with a two-
run homer. Oklahoma City won
.he second 5-1 behind the five-hit
pitching of Johnny Beazley.
By BILL BOGART
News-Telegram Sports Editor
of the Chicago White Sox. Don-
ald is his 17-year-old son, a right
handed pitcher for North Phoenix
High SchooL
Hurled No-Hltter. /.
Donald Edward Lee—-known to
Dub Reeder was in- Sulphur Springs over the week-
end. He stopped here to visit his parents and friends en
route to join the Houston Buffs of the Texas League.
The six-foot-five ex-major leaguer motored to Fort
Worth today join his club. The Buffs were scheduled
to meet the Cats.
Reeder is more than somewhat happy to get back to
his native state. He was with the Rochester club of the
International League last season, and this season until he
was ordered to Houston.
“It took a lot of arguing, haggling, etc., to get them
to send me to Houston,” he declared Monday morning.
“But brother, am I glad to get back to Texas.”
He thinks he will be able to win his share of the
games for Houston. “You can get loose under this hot
Texas sun,” he says. "We’ve been playing in weather
sometimes below the freezing mark in the East. One
game this spring the temperature was 28 degrees. The
players in the dugouts had to jump up and down to keep
warm. And there were very few fans in the stands.”
Reeder says that in the East a pitcher must warm up
for at least 15 minutes before taking the mound. “.Down
here, I can get ready to pitch in six or seven minutes,” he
states. “You feel more like pitching when you don't have
to take to long to get warm.”
The tall sidearm right-hander was never particular-
ly happy in the East. He told us before leaving this
spring that if he didn’t get a return trip to the majors
then he would like to return to the Texas League. Reed-
er formerly hurled for the Shreveport Sports on his way
up.
About his arm. “It feels better right now than it has
igttwo years,” he avows. “I think I’ll be able to win down
At least I’m not worried about it. The fences in
the*Texas League are farther away than in the Interna-
tional League. Some of the fences in the International
Lague are only 260 feet from home plate. They get home
runs there which would be easy outs in the Texas League.”
isn’t up to mine,” his fatl
says. “I hit over .600 in the wh
23 yeirs I was in professio
baseball.”
Thornton Leo paused, and ti
continued: “That was the t«
of all those years together,"
Dad Gave Pointers. ,
. Of his son’s pitching, Tho
ton Lee says: "He’s been doi
VeOnlyelin the last three ye
has Lee been giving to his son
PiL« Hst. these as: Keeping
legs in shape; the follow throi
to field his position; how to pi
with a man on; and control. .
“The pitcher with control,” 1
elder Lee says, “is the one «
has a smaller number of hits ti
innings pitched and who has di
ble or triple the number of stril
outs compared to the number
basis on balls.”
How does the old-time 1
handed star feel about having
right hander in the family?
Right? Has Advantage.
“Well," Thornton says, 1
may get squared away earlt
It takes a left hander longer
come around than it does a ri|
hander. If you will look up I
records, you will find that, w
the exception of perhaps two
three left handed pitchers, m
of them have become effect
between the ages of 27 and 3
“Left handers are slower
find control. There were tin
when, even with a compass,
couldn't find home plate.”
Turning again to his son's ba
bail ability, Lee states;
“If he can, I'd like to see 1
in major league baseball. He I
the physique aqd maybe the al
ity. Professional baseball tal
a lot of hard work.
Education Come* First.
“But first he will get his »
cation. And that means untv
sity. He still has another y
in high school. He isn't si
what special training he wants
take—any more than any otl
boy of his age. But it will
something he can do for s liv
afterwards.”
Several major league sco
have shown an interest in yoi
Lee. But his father insist*—<
Donald agrees—that an edueat
comes first
Donald was born at Glo
Arte., Feb. 26, 1934.
Athletics Reject
Five Players Plus
Cash For Fain
Philadelphia, May 14—The Gen-
eral Manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics, Art Ehlers, says the
New York Yankees offered him-
five players plus cash for first
baseman Ferris Fain.
Ehler says Yankeee General
Manager George Weiss offered
infielders Johnny Hopp and Billy
Johnson, outfielder Cliff Mapee
an dpitchers Tommy Byrne and
Fred Sanford in addition to an
undisclosed amount of cash. Ehler
rejected the deal.
And said Ehlers; "I don’t need
an old-timer like Hopp. If Sanford
can’t win for the Yankees he cer-
tainly can’t win for us. Byrne is
no youngster and he can’t find
the plate. I could have had John-
son on wavers and who wants
Mapes?”,
Ehlers said he would like in-
fielder Billy Martin or out fielder
Bob Cerv, now with the Yankees’
Kansas City farm team. Said
Weiss: “No dice."
Yesterday against the Yankees,
Fain collected two doubles, a trip-
le and threesingies to drive home
five runs as the Athletics beat
New York in a twin bill.
Fain currently is hitting .397,
HONE9T—Fishing 40 yards
from shore in the Caribbean
Sea, off Ciudad Trujillo, Dom-
inican Republic, a native caught
this 385-pound sea bass. The
struggle lasted three-and-a-half
hours. He used an ordinary,
shrimp-baited hook. (NEA)
Baseball Calendar
TEXAS LEAGUE
Team— W L Pet.
San Antonio _____21 12 .636
Dallas .......... 18 13 .581
Houston---------18 14 .563
Oklahoma City___17 15 .531
Fort Worth 16 15 .516
Heaumont_______17 18 .486
Shreveport ...____ 15 23 .396
Tulsa........ 10 22 .313
Sunday Result*
Dallas 3, San Antonio 1.
Beaumont 8-1, Okla. City 8-5.
Tulsa 8-7, Shreveport 1-6.
Honston 6, Fort Worth 2.
Where They Pley Monday
San Antonio at Dallas.
Beaumont at Oklahoma City.
Houston at Fort Worth.
Shreveport at Tulsa.
AMERICAN LEAGUE-
Tcam— W L Pet.
New York....... 16 8 .667
Washington___... 13 8 .619
Chicago...... 12 9 .571
Detroit ......... 12 9 .571
Cleveland ....... 12 9 .671
Boston ----------11 10 .524
Philadelphia ...... 7 17 .292
St. Louis........ 6 19 .240
Sunday Results
Philadelphia 6-9, New York 4-6.
St. Louis 18-3, Detroit 10-5.
Boston 10, Washington 1.
Cleveland 11-4, Chicago 2-4,
(second game 9-inning tie).
Where They Pley Monday
Cleveland at New York.
Boston at Washington.
(Only games scheduled.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team— W L Pet.
Brooklyn _______ 14 10 .583
Boston ..........15 11 .677
Pittsburgh ...____12 12 .500
Chicago.........12 12 .600
St. Louis........11 12 .478
New York_______ 13 16 .464
Philadelphia _____12 14 .462
Cincinnati----... 11 14 .440
Sunday Results
New York 11-4, Philadelphia 2-2.
Pittsburgh 2-0, Chicago 1-6.
Cincinnati 7-6, St. Loais 2-8.
Brooklyn 12, Boston 6.
Where They Pley Monday
No games scheduled.
Gober Captains
Golfers to Win
On Local Course
Twenty-five members of the
Country Club staged a team tour-
nament Sunday afternoon, and a
team captained by Ward Gober
came in ahead of the field.
The players were placed in
teams of five men. Gober's five-
some, composed of Jimmy Pratt,
Raymond (Whacker) Barton, Dr.
Jesse Gee, Eart Myers and Gober,
came in four under paT.
A team captained by Grady
Prim was a close second. The five
playing under Prim whittled
three strokes off par. It was
composed of Howard Hicks,
Gerald Prim, John D. Bolton, Bob
Alexander and Prim.
Golf balls were awarded as
prizes to the winning team and
the runnerup.
Player
Reynolds, 2b
Pullman, 3b
Nolan, c
Averback, ss
Hardin, rf
Duffey, rf
Lewis, cf
Hartman, lf-p 3 0
Horton, p-lf 3 l
HERE and THERE: Ken Williams ia not going to be
with the Sulphur Springs Eagles this summer, we learned
Sunday. He is going to accept a job at Paducah in Cottle
County, and play ball there. The Baylor Bear third base-
man was here yesterday and was used as a pinch hitter in
the ninth. He drove a long fly ball to left which the out-
fielder took off the wail. It was almost a home run, lack-
ing only a few feet clearing the fence. ... So the acquisi-
tion of a shortstop is still a big problem confronting Eagle
Manager Bill LeFan. . . . There is a possibility that Russ
Chaney, capable first baseman, will play for Talco later
on if a job in the oil fields pans out. There is nothing def-
inite on this development, however. . . . We continue to
see Lefty Bud Slatter around. He isn't with the Eagles
any more. There is probably a monetary angle involved
which hasn’t been aired in the Slatter case. . . . Pittsburg
will be the foe here tomorrow night, and Ralph Marshall
will draw the hurling assignment for the Eagles. . . . Don
Byerley, Southwestern University ace, did a creditable job
in seven and two-thirds innings against the hard-hitting
Jim Hill Produce nine of Ft. Worth. Until the eighth,
when he gave up three singles and was relieved, he hand-
cuf/ed the Cowtown hitters effectively. . . . Jack Ramey
stiflUfecks the control he needs to be a consistent winner
ancPEffective hurler. He walked three straight men in a
relief stint Sunday, and Manager LeFan pulled him in fa-
vor of ancient Padukah Mays. It was a severe blow to
Jack’s pride. It Appeared to be a case of stage fright on
his part. He was never that wild last year. . . . Represen-
tatives of the winners in the four districts of Region 4 will
be here tomorrow to work out plans for the baseball play-
off.
Wayne McLeland
Farmed to Toledo
Totals 36 8 12 27 12 2
EsfUs
Player mb. r. h. po. a. e.
Stewart, 3b 5 112 4 0
Sparkman, cf 4 0 1 3 0 1
Long. If 4 12 110
Chaney, lb 4 0 0 10 1 0
Chapman, s* 4 0 2 2 2 1
Romack, 2b 3 0 12 10
Andrews, rf 4 1 2 2 0 0
Burns, e 4 0 0 4 2 0
Byerley, p 3 0 0 1 2 0
Ramey, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mayes, p 0 0 0 0 1 0
Williams, b9 1 0 0 0. 0 0
(Bt A nociatrd Print
St. Losis, May 14 — The St.
Louis Browns have trimmed their
roster to 24 players — one under
the limit. St. Louis sent Pitcher
Irv Medlinger to Toronto of the
International League on 24-hour
recall option. The Detroit Tigers
cut three players. Veteran Pitcher
Paul Calvert was sold outright
to Seattle of the Pacific Coast
League while pitchers Wayne Me-
I.eland and Marlin Staurt were
sent to Toledo in the American
Association on 24-hour option.
Weaver Grabs
8-1 Contest
From Emblem
various reasons.
Next Sunday, Sulphur- Springs
will invade Emblem, Mahoney will
go to Dike, and Weaver will jour-
ney to North Hopkins.
Weaver pounded out an 8-1 de-
cision over the Emblem nine Sun-
day in the only game of the day
in teh Hopkins County Baseball
League.
Other games were cancelled for
Totals, 36 3 9 27 14 2
R H E
Jim H. 002 000 042—8 12 2
S. S. 000 010 020—3 9 2
RBI—Long, Chapman, Byer-
ley, Nolan 2, Lewis 2, Horton,
Hartman, Hardin. 2B — Nolan,
Sparkman. 3B—Long, (none on
in third.) SB—‘Chapman, Aver-
back, Duffey. Sac.—Romack.
Left—Sulphur Springs 7, Jim Hill
8. Winner—Horton. Loser—Byer-
iey. Runs—6 tiff 8 hits in 7 and
two-thirds innings; off Mayes, 2
off 4 hit* in 1 and one-third in-
nings; off Horton, 1 off 4 hits
in 5 innings; off Hartman, 2 off
5 hits in 4 innings. BB—off
Byerley 3: off Ramey 3. 80—by
Byerley 2, by Mayes 1. by Hor-
ton 5, hv Hartman 1. Umpires—
Carter, Sickles. Time—2:26. Est.
Att.—300.
Try a Want Ad for Results
Try a Want Ad for Result*!
Texas Longhorns Sports Laugh
Needpciory
To Win Title
f By Amnciatii Print
The third baseman of the New
York Giants, Henry Thompson,
is rated one of the top eaters on
the team.
After polishing off a steak the
other evening he waited only an
hour before suggesting to a friend
that they have a snack of some
kind.
The friend said: “Henry, are
you hungry already?”
Hank replied: “No, I just eat
to keep from getting hungry.”
eighth oval track and a stretch of
only 660 feet Belmont Park is a
mile and one-half around. But the
stretch is 1,147 feet.
(By Anociatud Print
Austin, May 14—The Southwest
Conference Baseball Champion-
ship will either be wrapped up by
Texas this week or will end in a
tie between Texas and Texas A-
and-M. Only two games are left
on the schedule, and they’re be-
tween these arch rivals.
Here's the situation. If Texas
wins one game, it is champion.
If A-and-M wins both, it will dead-
lock Texas for the title.
The rivals will get together at
College Station Thursday and Fri-
day. Texts Christian, by winning
three games lost week, clinched
third place in the final standings.
Sports Oddity
‘By Anoriatid Print
The size of a race track does not
necessarily dictate the length of
its home stretch. Aqueduct has
the longest stretch area in the
country, 1,520 feet from the final
turn to the finish line. And the
track is only a one-mile oval. At-
lantic City has a mile and one-
The National Geographic So-
ciety says the Axtec Indians used
cacao beans for money.
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