Roughnecks Rally Stuns Fort Worth Cats In Texas League
Oklahoma City Indians and Beaumont Roughnecks win as Texas League action stacks up. Tulsa Oilers chase top spot while Dallas and Shreveport split in a high scoring day. Pitchers Henson and Iott pick up wins, Buffs fall after late Houston rally. Local fishing notes highlight white perch and bay trout activity near Old River and East Bay.
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Rt Press
Fort Worth Cats
Texas Lea
Tulsa Oilers
Fort Worth
Yim Blackburn
Rutherford
Oklahoma City
Indians
Beaumont Roughnecks
I Dalles
Eagles
Yen
Henson
Oklahoma
Clarence (Hooks) Iott
Dallas
Beaumont
Buffs
Emil TeHinip
Joe Presko
Roughnecks
Car- Meligneno
Delduca
Houstonians
San Antonio
Shreveport
Leggett's Drug Tops Standings After Two Forfeits
Leggett's Drug leads the Hi-City Softball League with four wins and no defeats after two forfeits by Kiwanis and VFW Holloway following rule violations by players. Paine Bros faces VFW-Holloway at 7 30 pm, Fuller Brothers meet Kiwanis at 9 pm, on the same night Leggett's faces Black's Pharmacy at 7 30 pm.
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Leggett
Paine Bros
Vfw-Holloway
Lee Diamond
Kiwanis
Fuller Brothers
Black
Diamond
VFW Holloway
Tri-Cities Amateur Athletic Federation
Byard Sooy
Vfw-Holaway
Gray Lumber
VEW
W. C. Moravits
C.s
Bisck’s
Highlands Stars In 9-7 Junior Baseball Victory
Highlands beat Baytown Sun 9-7 in a major league junior baseball game. Star hurler J W Gammel pitched a two hit game and added two singles including a double. Minor game forfeited to Baytown Sun for using two 13 year old players.
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Highlands
Baytown Sun
J.W Gammel
Hemphill Pontise
Jake Kannarc
Lee
Jake Hennarr
Beytown
Boucher
Gates
Gammel
Jackson
Baytown JH Teams Win Big in Junior Softball League
Baytown JH De Zavala and Cedar Bayou posted victories at the Recreation Center yesterday. EK Dorris hit two homers as Baytown beat His Fiends 13 to 0. Jessie Barron drove in De Zavala’s easy win over Ashbel Smith with a bases loaded triple. Cedar Bayou routed Horace Mann 15 to 2, scoring 15 runs in the third inning.
Reds tighten homer limits with new right field distances
Secretary Gabe Paul announced the Reds will extend right field and right-center distances to shrink home run chances. The fence from right to center is down, pushing required homers farther, with right field from 242 to 366 feet and right-center from 387 to 399. Detroit beat Chicago 8 4 as Charley Keller starred with a pinch triple.
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New York
Cincinnati Reds
Gabe Paul
Avery
Paul
Reds
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Washington
White Sox
Chicago
Warren Giles
Baytown Boys Enter State Junior Golf Meet in Houston
Four Baytown youths qualified for the 1950 State Junior Golf Tournament at Pine Forest Country Club in Houston. Bubba Choate led the Baytown foursome with a 73 while Milter Kelley Jr, Charles Holcomb, and Johnny Heintschel posted 82, 82, and 84 as 16 players competed.
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Baytown
Pine Forrest
Houston
Bubba Choate
Milter Kelly, Jr
Charles Holcomb
Johnny Heintschel
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Syho
Jaycees
Testrnight
Towa State Colege Course
Ames
Towa
de Choate
Ebartown
Texas Golf Association
San Antonio
Registration Opens for Roseland Park Swim School
Roseland Park Pool offers beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes as registration begins. George Armstrong, in charge of the program, said registration will continue this week. Over 600 people have already joined the free summer swimming program sponsored by the Baytown Recreation Council, now in its third summer of enrollments for all levels.
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Roseland Park Pool
George Armstrong
Baytown
Closest pitchers to Fetter in total victories
The record shows Newhouser of Detroit leading with 176 victories and Ensil Dutch following at 173, while Leonard of the Chicago Cubs holds 173. In 1939 the season saw an estimated 74 million glasses of iced tea consumed daily over 13 weeks.
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Fetter
Hat ‘Newhouser
Detroit
Ensil
Leonard
Chicago Cubs
Roughhouse endgame in Angott Martinez clash summary
In a rough bout the Angott Martinez match followed a pattern with the 136-pound class fighter landing effective punches. Angott steadily piled up points, though he did not severely damage the Mexican. In the closing rounds the fighters eased up and reduced heavy exchanges.
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Tadindtataa
Cene
Angott
Teca
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Johnny Seid Nelson
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Nancy
Gts
Robinson
Highland Reservoir
Eithe
Harbour
High Island
Sikeston Ferry
East Bay
Mayeair Istre
Texag
Hi-City
Leggett's
Victory
Baytown JH
de Zavala
Cedar Bayou
Curly Kayoe
Aycu
Sam
Roan
Detroit“Tigers
Yankees
Charley
King Kong) Keller
Charley Keller
Tigers
Buck
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