Snipe Conley Texas League Pitcher Elected Hall of Fame
J P Snipe Conley 81 a former Texas League pitcher is elected to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and will be inducted this December. Also named are Lew Jenkins Abb Curtis Frank Bridges Dusty Boggess and Boody Johnson. The group will be honored at the Hall of Fame luncheon in Dallas. Conley pitched for Dallas 1917 18 won 19 straight games in 1919 a club record and later returned to pitch in 1942 and 1958. He moved to Robert Lee then Phoenix and back to West Coke County Nursing Home where he resides. He has two sons and nine grandchildren. Rex Harris arrived for Christmas with his parents and sister Ann will visit Florence Italy.