The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1970 Page: 4 of 16
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WCCC Hosts Continental League
Ladies’ Golf
Tourney
HOST TOURNAMENT - Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Joe Arledge, Mrs. Raymond
Myers, Mrs. Carter Stewart, Mrs. Dude Kincaid, Mrs. Curtis Simpson,Mrs. George Finley, Mrs.
Vincent Wesch and Miss Dorothy Jackson, who participated in the Partnership golf tournament
at WCCC Tuesday. (Staff Photo)
Junior Teen league
Spruill’s Buries FNB;
Optimists Shade KSB
Spruill’s came up with eight
runs in the fifth inning to bury
First National Bank, 14-1, and
Optimists beat Kermit State
Bank, 6-2, in Junior Teen
League play Monday night.
SPRUILL’S-
FIRST NATIONAL
Spruill’s had only five hits,
but took advantage of 10 bases
on balls and closed out the
^game in the fifth under the
10-run rule.
First National scored its
only run in the second on an
error, a single by Dwight
Phillips and a sacrifice by
Edward Bryant.
Don Owens was the winner
for Spruill’s, giving up only one
hit. He struck out six and
walked six. L. D. Green started
for First National and went
four and two-thirds innings. He
allowed 11 runs, off four hits,
. struck out three and issued
nine bases on balls. Chris
Terrill finished up and gave up
three runs, off one hit, struck
out none and walked one.
Spruill’s scored one run in
the first inning on a single by
leadoff batter, Pat Stidham, a
sacrifice by Doug Swafford and
another single by Wendell
Terry.
They added another in the
I second on a single by Dan
Desilets, a walk and a fielder’s
choice.
/: Four runs came in during
fourth inning. Three straight
- walks and an error, plus a fly
ball gave Spruill’s a 6-1 margin.
In the fifth, the winners
sent 12 men to the plate,
scoring eight times, to close
out the game. The barrage of
runs came on six bases on balls,
three errors and a triple by Tim
Weaver.
' BOX SCORE
SPRUILL’S
Player ab r h
Stidham, c 3 2 1
Swafford, 2b 2 1 1
- Weaver, lb 4 11
Terry, 3b 3 2 1
Owens,p 4 0 0
Desilets, cf 2 2 1
R. Upton, cf 0 0 0
Smith, ss 1 2 0
King, If 1 t0
D. Upton, If 0 0 0
Williams, rf 2 2 0
Horn, rf 0 0 0
Totals 22 14 5
FIRST NATIONAL
Player ab r h
Huey,c 3 0 0
Cliff Cox, ss 10 0
Terrill, cf, p 2 0 0
L. Green, p, lb 2 10
~ Phillips, 3b 1 0 1
E. Bryant, lb 0 0 0
Drennon, lb, rf 0 0 0
Carl Cox, If 0 0 0
Logsdon, If 0 0 0
K. Bryant, rf, cf 1 0 0
Taylor, 2b 0 0 0
Barta, 2b 0 0 0
Totals 10 1 1
KERMIT STATE-
OPTIMISTS
Wendell Walker pitched a
one-hitter for Kermit State
but walks and errors combined
.to beat him, 6-2.
He gave up six runs, struck
out. eight and walked eight.
The, winner was Jackie Mills,
who went all the way for
Optimists, allowing two runs,
off three hits, struck out 13
and issued only,one walk.
Optimists scored three runs
in the second inning on two
errors, a walk, a hit batsman
and a combination of passed
balls and wild pitches.
Sam Haygood led off the
third with a single and scored
on an error and a sacrifice, to
make the score 4-0.
Kermit State got on the
scoreboard in the fifth with a
single tally. Walker was safe on
an error, stole second and came
home on a single by Mike
Joiner.
Optimists scored two more
in the fifth on two errors, a
base on balls, and a groundout.
Wyndell Caviness led off the
seventh for Kermit State with a
single and rode home on
another one-base blow by
Walker, to close out the
scoring.
KERMIT STATE
Player
Hill, 2b
Caviness, ss
Bishop, c, If
Kingston, If
Walker, p
Paehl, If, c
Joiner, lb
Rockwell, cf, 3b
Hendricks, 3b
Price, ph
Baldwin, cf
Young, rf
Shepard, rf
Totals
BOX SCORE
OPTIMISTS
ab
r
h
Player
Adams, ss
ab
4
r
0
h
0
3
0
1
0
1
Cox, 2b
1
0
0
3
C. Mitchell, 2b
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
Haygood,3b
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
Gregory, c
3
0
0
3
Mills, p
2
0
0
2
0
0
G. Mitchell, lb
2
2
0
3
0
1
Parker, If
1
0
0
3
0
0
Barrs, If
1
1
0
1
0
0
Hunter, cf
1
1
0
1
0
0.
Shipley, cf
1
a
0
0
0
0
Mercer, rf
1
i
0
1
0
0
Spurlock, rf
1
0
0
1
0
0
Pixley, rf
0
0
0
24
2
3
Totals
21
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Winkler County Country
Club was host to the Ladies’
Partnership Golf Tournament
on Tuesday. A coffee kicked
off the activity at 9 a.m., with
tee-off time set at 10.
Participants were from Jal,
Hobbs and Kermit, and the
tournament was composed of
three flights.
Winners of first place low
gross were Nell Addison and
Elsie Davis of Jal; second
place: Wilma Dillard and
Louise Ivy of Hobbs; third
place: Fanny Stewart and
Helen Myers of Kermit.
In the low net division, first
place winners were Janie Lee
and Sandy Williamson of
Kermit; second place: Mary
Wesch and Virginia Simpson,
Kermit; third: Dorothy
Jackson and Wilma Finley of
Kermit.
A luncheon was served at
noon. Door prizes and gifts
were donated by Kermit
merchants. Local officers of
the auxiliary are: Mrs. Vincent
Wesch, president; Mrs. John R.
Lee, vice-president; Mrs.
George Finley, treasurer; and
Mrs. G. W. Tillery, secretary.
Sports
Schedule
THURSDAY, June 4-
CONTINENTAL LEAGUE
Cubs vs White Sox
Indians vs Yankees
MIDGET LEAGUE
Cardinals vs Astros
JUNIOR TEEN LEAGUE
First Nat’l vs Optimists
Spruill’s vs Kermit State
FRIDAY, June 5-
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Termites vs Lions
Medics vs Sports
MIDGET LEAGUE
Braves vs Dodgers
Indians Win Close One;
Cubs Edge By Red Sox
BY GENE BURNETT
In two of the best games
played at County Park in many
years, the Indians broke a 5-5
tie with a run in the bottom of
the fifth to beat the White Sox
in Monday’s opening game; and
the Cubs held on to edge the
Red Sox 11-10 in the windup
INE)IANS 6, WHITE SOX 5
The Indians jumped out to a
5-0 lead by scoring a single run
in the first and erupting for
four more in the second and
were coasting going into inning
No. 4. Then the White Sox
tallied five runs to tie the
score. But a tally in the bottom
of the fifth by the Indians
produced the win.
Daryle Fulbright opened on
the mound for the White Sox
and walked three batters and
gave up a fielder’s choice
grounder to allow a run to
score in the first. An error, a
walk and three base hits in the
second produced four more
runs and brought on Hank
Horton, who finally retired the
side. Horton worked the rest of
the game and was touched for
four hits and the winning tally
in the fifth.
In the meantime, Bobby
Price for the Indians was sailing
along with a one-hitter and
nine strikeouts through the
first three innings. But he ran
into trouble in the fourth as an
error, a double by Fulbright,
two bases on balls, a single by
Rene Martinez and a
groundout got five runs across
for the White Sox and tied the
score. Duval Trammell came on
for the Indians in the top of
the fifth and shut the White
Sox out over the final two
innings to collect the win.
Fulbright led the White Sox
with three hits in three trips to
the plate including a double,
while Larry Langston had a
pair of base hits for the
Indians.
CUBS 11, RED SOX 10
The Cubs took a seesaw
affair from the Red Sox in the
second game by scoring four
runs in the top of the fourth to
take an 11-8 lead and holding
the potent Red Sox to a pair of
runs in the fourth and none in
the fifth. The game was called
after five innings because of
the time limit.
Eddie Gregory continued
his long-range slugging by
clouting his second homerun of
the season, a two-run shot in
the third, and had a long drive
to center to knock in a run in
the first inning.
Each team got three runs in
the first inning and the Red
Sox picked up a pair in the
second. The Cubs pushed
across four runs in the top of
the third but Red Sox scored
three in their half to hold an
8-7 lead after three innings.
In the fourth, Billy Taylor
led off for the Cubs with a
walk and Lonzo Pando was
safe on an error. After Kenneth
Huey popped out to second,
Gregory was intentionally
walked to load the bases, but
the strategy backfired when
Joe Cox hit a three-run double
into right center, but was out
trying to go to third. Terry
Bryant drew a base on balls,
stole second, took third on
Greg Clark’s infield hit and
scored on a passed ball. Billy
Dickie grounded to first for the
final out.
The Red Sox charged back
with a pair of runs in the
bottom of the fourth as Tony
Wright and Roy Lopez singled,
moved up on a passed ball and
scored on Earl Wade’s single.
Gregory, who took over the
pitching at this point, picked
Wade off first, got Mack
Maples on a grounder and
struck out Randy Walker.
Neither team threatened in
the fifth and time ran out with
the final score 11-10.
Roy Lopez started and was
the loser. He was relieved by
Wade in the fourth. Lopez
allowed 10 runs on nine hits,
walked three and struck out
four. Wade gave up one run, no
hits, walked one and struck out
none.
Curtis Hanna started for the * g
Cubs but was relieved by
Kenneth Huey in the third.
Huey got the win and Gregory
got a save.
Gregory led the Cub batters
with a homerun and double
while seven other Cub starters
hit safely. Darwin Garvin,
Tony Wright and Wade hit
safely twice each for the Red
Sox. Four other Red Sox
batters also had base hits.
Three Jackets On
All-District Team
The Kermit Yellow Jackets
placed three men on the
2-AAA All-District baseball
team, which was announced
Saturday, following the
Andrews Mustangs’ loss to
Dumas in bi-district play.
Max Swafford, senior,
repeated as second baseman on
the team, Trey Williams was
National League
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SPORTS
_ Page 4, Sec. 1 - Thursday, June 4, 1970
Medics Plaster Lions;
Firebugs Rip Termites
TIM MOORE
named to an outfield position
and Tim Moore was selected as
one of four pitchers on the
squad. Williams is a senior and
Moore is a junior.
Guy Cook, a junior, was
named to the third base slot on
the second team, as was J. W.
Phillips, also a junior, who
made the second team at an * 4
outfield position.
Catcher Ronald Shaver, first
baseman Bob Dunham and
shortstop Jim Williams were
named honorable mention.
Most valuable player was
Mike Hilton, Andrews pitcher,
a junior, and Jim Suiter of
Andrews was selected coach of
the year. Suiter, in his first
year at Andrews, compiled a
19-7 record.
A tie developed between
Lloyd Lawson of Monahans
and Terry Turner of Andrews
for the third base position. (
During the season Swafford;
had a .293 batting average and
Trey Williams hit .324. Moore
had an 8-2 record. Cook was ) i
the leading hitter for the
Jackets, with .348 and Phillips
hit .196.
Harrell Retains
Love Of Sports
(Editor’s Note: There is
little difference of opinion
about the world of sports
among the ex-professional
athletes who live in Kermit.
Jeff Harrell, Otto Schmidt,
Ken Mays, Joe Ethridge and
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JEFF HARRELL
.. . ex-pro pitcher
POLICE CAPTAIN
POCKETS TROUBLE
Police Capt. Arnold
Van-Dam, of Muskegon, Mich.,
kept insisting that the air of
the community was becoming
more polluted by the minute.
His eyes were red and sore
and they were watering. It
took him 15 minutes to
discover the reason.
The captain’s pocket-size
tear-gas container had opened.
Each sudden move sent a blast
of the gas into his face.
Roy Peden all agree that the
experience was a great
one . .. that the opportunities
for travel were almost
unlimited ... BUT ... it’s a
difficult life for a married man.
This is the first in a series
about these ex-professionals.)
Jeff Harrell came to Kermit
less than two years ago, from
Lake Brownwood; he works in
production for Texaco.
When he finished high
school in Brownwood, in 1960,
he was signed by the
Philadelphia Phillies. All his
baseball playing was in the
minor leagues, as a pitcher.
First year was with Pioneer
League in Twin Falls, Idaho.
The team went to Florida each
year for Spring training; then
they started on the road,
playing from 140 to 150 games
per year. Trouble with a bad
arm put him on the bench
some of the time. In 1966 and
1967 he was the starting
pitcher, but 1967 was his last
year in pro baseball.
He had married in 1962; his
wife, Daneilia, was from Rising
Star. They now have two
daughters, Cynthia, 6, and
Christy, 3.
Harrell likes all sports, and
is a good all-around athlete.
When there is a shortage of
activity, he lifts weights.
“Kermit has good parks and
practice fields for the people to
use,” he says. “I think the
summer recreation program is
especially fine.”
He helps in the program in
every way he can, and
especially by using his skill as a
ballplayer to coach in the
junior teenage league.
(Next: Otto Schmidt.)
In Tuesday’s action at
County Park the Medics
handed the Lions a one-sided
loss in the first game while the
Firebugs followed suit in
drubbing the Termintes in the
windup.
MEDICS 15, LIONS 5
Each team collected five
hits but the Medics used two
big innings, a four-run third
and a nine-run fourth, to put
the Lions to flight in Tuesday’s
opener.
Both teams scored a single
run in the first but the Lions
added single tallies in the
second and third to take a
temporary 3-1 lead. After the
Medics tallied four in the
bottom of the third, the Lions
added apair in the top of the
fourth inning to pull into a 5-5
tie.
Then the roof caved in as
the Medics put together three
base hits, four walks, four
errors and a groundout to plate
nine runs and put the game out
of reach. Eight of the runs
were unearned. The Medics
added a single tally in the
bottom of the fifth and the
game was called because of the
10-run rule.
Billy Litton and Jay Nugent
pitched for the Lions with
Litton taking the loss. Mike
Huey pitched all the way for
the Medics.
Ben Bell hit a double and
Swimming
Lessons To
Get Underway
The county swimming
pool will close at 5:30
p.m. on Sundays,
according to Eldon Price,
manager, and Thursday
nights, from 7:30 to 9:30,
have been designated
Family Night.
Registration for
swimming lessons will be
held June 6, for one day
only. Registration is
permitted by phone; call
586-3700 for arrange-
ments. Minimum age limit
is five years for taking
swimming lessons.
single to lead the Medic
batters. Ricky Dymke, Gayle
Reeves and Shane Dawson also
collected singles. Litton, Kirk
Williams, Patrick Partin,
Nugent and Roy Gene Thomas
connected safely for the Lions.
FIREBUGS 13, TERMITES 3
David Jaquez pitched a
one-hitter and contributed a
pair of singles to drive in three
runs as the undefeated
Firebugs handed the Termites
their first loss in Tuesday’s
second game.
The Termites got a pair of
runs in the first on a walk, a
double by Reymundo Berzoza
and an error. The Firebugs
came back with a single run in
the first and six runs in the
second. They got four more in
the third to lead 11-3. They
added single runs in the fourth
and fifth to end the game
because of the 10-run rule.
The Firebugs garnered seven
hits on the combined slants of
Gaylon King and Berzoza but
they made good use of the 14
walks they received.
Russell Stout, Bruce Terry
and Jaquez each hit safely
twice. Wayne King got the
other Firebug hit. Berzoza got
the only Termite base hit.
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Kansas Futurity Trials
Set At Ruidoso Friday
MAX SWAFFORD
★★★
TREY WILLIAMS
FIRST TEAM
MOST VALU ABLE PLAYER
RUIDOSO DOWNS, N. M.
- Friday, June 5 will be a day
for “quarter-horse” lovers at
Ruidoso Downs. This day
brings into focus, the first
major confrontation of the
leading two-year-old quarter
horses on the grounds. The
event is the trials for the
twentieth running of the
“Kansas Quarter-Horse
Futurity” at 350 yards with an
estimated purse of $220,000.
This year the “Kansas” will be
run in two divisions, with the
fastest ten qualifiers running in
the finals on Sunday, June 14,
and the second ten fastest
qualifiers going in the
“consolation” on Saturday,
June 13.
The trials have been split
into sixteen divisions,
representing 155 horses. Eleven
of the “heats” will carry ten
runners, while the remaining
races will each feature nine
youngsters. Each of the trials
has drawn a fairly evenly
matched band of the finest
two-year-olds in the nation, to
insure an afternoon o'f close
finishes and swift times.
Headlining the afternoon’s
program will be such standouts
as Carlotta 2, recent victress of
the Sunland Park Spring
Quarter Horse Futurity; Full
Moon Zestee, winner of the
Blue Ribbon Downs Futurity
in January, and third in the
“Sunland Park,” and
second-place finisher in the
Texas Futurity at Goliad,
Texas; and Cloud Master,
winner of the Triple Crown
Futurity, Columbus, Texas,
and leading money winning
two-year-old quarter horse so
far this season.
Many more finely tuned
speedsters will grace the
Ruidoso Downs straightaway
on this afternoon of sheer
“quarter-horse” speed, with
each entry having an equal
chance to snare the “lion’s
share” of this tremendous
purse.
First post for Friday’s races
only will be 1:00 p.m. MDT.
Mike Hilton
CATCHER
Orlando Almendarez
FIRST BASEMAN
Mike Jernigan
SECOND BASEMAN
Max Swafford
THIRD BASEMAN
Lloyd Lawson
Terry Turner
SHORTSTOP
Larry McClanahan
OUTFIELDERS
Trey Williams
Tom Ryan
Ronnie Baird
PITCHER
Tim Moore
Raymond Villalva
D. J. Bryan
CATCHER
Bill Hearne
FIRST BASEMAN
Larry Lamb
SECOND BASEMAN
Ro'rmie Kirkwood
THIRD BASEMAN
Guy Cook
SHORTSTOP
Riqky Chavez
OUTFIELDERS
Dale Emanuel
J. W. Phillips
Norman Tinkler
PITCHERS
Leonard Blanks
Charles Murphy
Andrews
Fort Stockton
Monahans
Kermit
Monahans
Andrews
Monahans
Kermit
Andrews
Andrews
Kermit
Seminole
Monahans
SECOND TEAM
Seminole
Pecos
Pecos
Kermit
Pecos
Monahans
Kermit
Pecos
Andrews
Monahans
Junior
Soph.
Senior
Senior - * >
Soph.
Junior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Junior
Junior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Junior
Junior
Senior
Senior
HONORABLE MENTION
Ronald Shaver, Kermit; Bob Dunham, Kermit; Jarrell
Patrick, Andrews; Raymond Yberra, Fort Stockton; Bill
Dillingham, Andrews; Lan Locker, Seminole; Ricky Marenco, y
Monahans; Chris Spray, Pecos; Jim Williams, Kermit; Randy,
Willey, Andrews.
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