Realizing a fellow spouting ne told you so
The column recalls early praise for San Antonio rookies Bob Turley and Ryne Duren, noting how reporters and fans soured on the idea of local players making big league stars. It highlights Duren as the current rage with a powerful fastball and cites Dick Peebles’s memorable line about a Mission spring training pitcher who can throw a fast ball through a brick wall if he could see it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silky Sullivan
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Bob Turley
Santone
Ryne Duren
City of Missions
Turley
Duren
Mission
Peebles
Missions
Legends, athletes and coaches shape Texas high school sports
A sweeping roster of Texas high school athletes and coaches highlights the scene. Chuck Moser’s work ethic at Abilene High, Port Neches baseball star Mike Bernard, Freeport’s James Nixon, LaMar LaMar’s Orlando Blackburn, and many others are profiled. The piece notes rivalries, potential stars for fall grid iron, and the influence of veteran figures like Darrell Royal and Wade Callam on prep football and basketball, with references to schools such as Rice, Texas, A&M, and SMU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Moser
Abilene
Mike Bernard
Port Neches
Lyman Bernard
Texas Aggie
Gordon LeBouef
James (Cotton) Nixon
Freeport
Texas U
Jim Allison
Houston
Lamar
Orlando Blackburn
LaMarque
Herman Hickman
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma Aggies
Bruce Morisse
Nordheim
Texas Aggies
Silsbee Bee
David Read
Texas Tech
Fred Gottlieb
Baylor
Livingston
Paul Smith
Galena Park
LaVern and Cameron
Lockhart
Dee Powell
Lan Nevlitt
University of Texas
Powell
Aggie
Heulitt
Darrell Royal
Bob Raley
Garwood Lions Club
Lamar Consolidated
Leo Daniels
Eddie Southern
Rice
Charley Rouse
Gordon Speer
Sammy
Emmett Brunson
Charley
Bill Speer
Mont Belview
Gordon
Speer
High
Jess Neé
America
Callam
Rice Clark
Crosby
Newton High Kneedleep
East Texas
Bert Coan
Bert
Pasadena
Clear Creek
George Carlisle
Gulf Coast
Rice Field House
Coast
Texas
Angleton
Larry Stephens
Larry
Forty Acres
el Campo
Eugene Dornak
Glenn
Lippmian
Dobie Craig
E. C
Johnny Beck
Baytown
Oiler
Southwest Texas State
Sam Houston State
Bob Barfield
Louis Davis
Company
Rice Owls
Kats
Giddings
Mike Schmidt
SMU
A&m
Kansas
Bill Bonham
Navasota
Charlotte Brow
Shreveall
Big Sandy
Kings
Celestines
Williams
Richardsons
Herb Richardson
Tyler
Jessie Lee
Corpus Christi A
Lost parakeet alert for green and yellow bird
Reward offered for a green and yellow parakeet that vanished from 801 North Central this Saturday. Contact Mrs. Criswell at phone 1397 to report sightings or recover the bird.
Braves trounce White Sox 15 4 as McWilliams homers twice
Ronald McWilliams slugged two homers and Lawrence Laffere added a homer and a double to pace the Braves to a 15 to 4 Little League win over the White Sox at Yee High Baseball Field. Douglas Bryan and Bobby Jones each scored three times, Mack McKinney added two runs, and McWilliams earned the win with Bobby Jones helping in relief. Dennis Jones started and took the loss for the Sox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald McWilliams
Lawrence Laffere
Braves
White Sox
Yee High
Douglas Bryan
Laffere
Bobby Jones
McWilliams
Mack McKinney
Dennis Jones
Jones
Plachy
Robert Woodum
Jimmy Lane
Sox
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tom Murray
Buckholts
Milo
Altair
Milam County
Old Depot
Cam
Willace
Rouse
Southern
Neely
Bob Smith
Lloyd Kelley
Barbers Hill
San Antonio Burbank
Speer Manor
LSU
Bobby
Wade Callam
la Marque
Jack Throckmorton
Chris’ & Pitts
Dixel
Letmonie
Bor
Pine
van Camp Pork & Beans
Wapkins
Kimbell
Oleo
Nabiscs Date Nut
Gavin H Aes
Momal Club
Robin Hood Homemakers’ Club
New Prague
Minnesota
Robin Hood
VEAL
Swift's
Brookfield Cheese
Maryland Club
Gerbers
FBI
Cameron, Texas
Brave
Joe Kunesh
Thorp
Wisconsin
Frank Spacek and Son
Bellville
F. A. Marek
Cameron
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