Baytown Little League Announces Four Major Teams
Baytown Little League unveils its four major league rosters under President W F White. Each squad lists 15 players selected after a screening process. Minor league play will begin next Tuesday at a meeting at the Quack Shack to organize the junior program.
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Dan Shultsthe
Baytown
W. F. White
Quack
Vic Dias
Felton Giants
John Sweeney
Charles Porter
Bill van “Deventer
Pat Tobin
Gene Lewis
Freq Garner
Jerry Walters
Gary Allen
Fred Martin
Eddie Davis
Charles Tavons
Lynn Gray
Victor Wratten
Happy Baumann
Neal Voytek
Len DeMasters
32 Drivers Battle For 70 000 Today In 500 Mile Race
Bs ED SAINSBURY INDIANAPOLIS May 30 Auto racing’s richest paycheck near 370 000 waited for the annual 500 mile race. A start at 10 a m est produced a record qualifying field averaging 135 504 mph. More than 150 000 fans expected. Weather partly cloudy with highs near 75 expected finish. The winner’s record pace may hinge on weather luck safety of the pace. Field speed and safety influence chances for a new mark. Total Friday payoff expected about 215 000 compared with 267 650 last year.
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Bs ED Sainsbury Indianapolis
Lee Wallard
Wallard
Betsy Rawls Near Key Finish In Weathervane Golf
New York May 30 Betsy Rawls. 25 year old Texan leads the cross country Weathervane tournament as the women chase Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Rawls aims to seal her position as heir apparent to the women’s throne with 12 holes left over two courses this weekend. Odds favor Hogan Mangrum Burke and Demaret in the men’s Open while Rawls seeks another strong showing after course records and solid play in Seattle Houston and Miami Beach.
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U.S
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Texas Terror
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Mangrum
Jackie Burke
Jimmy Demaret
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Witch
Miami Beach
Houston
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Austin
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University of Texas
Tarzan
Britain
England
Lassie Softballers Fall To Highlands 4 2
The Baytown Lassie girls softball team lost 4 to 2 at Highlands with Scottie Price earning the victory and Betty Sandsin the loss. The Lassies are set to meet the Federal Reserve Bank team of Houston next.
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Baytown
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Lassies
Federal Reserve Bank
Houston
Fishing Report Highlights Galveston Jetties and Bank Trips
Yesterday was ideal for fishing at Galveston jetties and surf with many catches. A new cut through the north jetty enables small boats to work downwind, boosting safety near the rocks. Red Jackson boasted a 25 pound ling, two ling and several red snappers on a Freeport bank trip, while his brother nearly landed a sailfish before the hook broke.
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Charner Skians
Bettison's
Red Jackson
Freeport
Red
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Fe Worth
Galt
Bee
Standings and results across multiple cities and fishing notes
Standings include San Antonio 5 Beaumont 3 and Dallas 3 Tulsa 0 with Houston, Shreveport, and others appearing in Friday schedule. Cleveland 1 Detroit 4 New York 3 Philadelphia 1 Boston 4 Washington 4 also listed. Local notes by Jim Nelson mention Trinity River water rise and backwater fishing prospects. Grady Lenamond loses gig point near Seabrook. B T McKinney catches eight bass near the Reservoir shore using a green popping bug.
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Tulsa
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Oklahoma City
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New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
B. T. McKinney
Minor League Practice Session Set for 5 P.M.
John Tobin former Baytown Oil star leads minor league team as pinch hitter and manager Vic Dias Giant team announces two workouts at 5 p.m. Friday at Robert E. Lee field. Tobin invites Mike Thurman Garry Snyder George Stolander Sam Hughes Stan Irvine Blake Ainsworth Gary Weatherly David Alford Jim Norton Charles Price Paul Scott Charles Mayer John F Butler Dad Bowman Jilim Beavers Roy Murp to report promptly for the first practice session.
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Baytown Oiler
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Vic Dias
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Lee stars Gray and Spence pick Texas U athletics
Herbie Gray and Melvin Spence two 200 pound linemen from Robert E. Lee high school will enter the University of Texas on athletics scholarships next September. Spence is a 5 foot 9 blocker who earned all district and honorable mention all-state last year. Gray, 6 foot 1, is a celebrated schoolboy rider and standout who made all district all-state all-Southern and all-American. Gray has invites to Greenbelt Bowl in August and the North-South all-American game in Memphis later August.
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Herbie Gray
Melvin Spence
Robert E. Lee
University of Texas
Spence
Pete Sultis
Lee High
Dollie Spence
West DeFee
Gray
Texas
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Childress
Memphis
Tennessee
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East Pearce
Being Jockey Not Easy Says Skoronski Veteran
Chicago jockey Tony Skoronski, 31, a veteran of more than a decade, is highly regarded by bettors at Sportsman and Lincoln Fields. Known for giving his all in every race, he recalls his peak year 1945 with the Hollywood Cup win aboard Challenge Me and notes the constant battle to keep weight down. He splits winters between Florida and Chicago area tracks with his wife and four children, racing for modest purses and occasional stakes.
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Chicago
Chirchill Downs
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Eddie Arcaro
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Skorowski
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Figdy
Arrangements Complete For Texas Sports Writers Dinner
Arrangements are finished for the Texas Sports Writers Association dinner to be held Monday in the Crystal Ballroom of the Baker Hotel. Joe Dey of the USGA speaks as Ben Hogan is honored for winning the Colonial at Fort Worth and as memory is paid to Joe Routt a Texas A&M All American who died in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Texas A&m
Odessa's Joe Childress Heads to Texas U on Scholarship
Odessa high school sprint star Joe Childress announced Thursday he will enroll at the University of Texas next fall on an athletic scholarship. The three season sprint leader and relay anchor drew interest from USC and other top programs.
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Odessa
Joe Childress
University of Texas
Childress
Bas
University of Southern California
US Trio Left In British Amateur at Prestwick
In Prestwick Scotland on Friday morning US players McHale Walker Cupper from Philadelphia Ward former US intercollegiate king from North Carolina faced a quarter final in the British Amateur. Maj David Blair a Scottish whiskey exporter who is recovering from a car crash upset defending champion Dick Chapman and then defeated US champion Billy Maxwell, altering the U S chances in the event.
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Scotland
Amateue Zeit
Maj
David Blair
Blair
Dick Chapman
Pinehurst
N.C
U. S
Billy , Maxwell
Odessa
Tex
Oklahoma Sells All Tickets for Texas Notre Dame Games
Norman May 30. The University of Oklahoma announced all tickets for the Texas and Notre Dame football games next autumn have been sold. Business manager Ken Farris said 3,000 Notre Dame tickets were received for South Bend Ind and 25,000 Texas tickets for the Dallas match.
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Norman
University” of Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Ken Farris
South Bend
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Dallas
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