Avalanche-Ja Leads Loop In Three Departments
Don Stokes posts a .44 average while sluggers like Frank Green and Tom Curley lead in home runs and strikeouts in the West Texas New Mexico loop. Osmond Walker and Virgil Richardson pace stolen bases and walks. Red Dial and Charley Simmons top pitching and walk stats as the circuit contends for titles.
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Lubbock,Tex
Don Stokes
West Texas-New Mexico
J Art Rowland
Abilene
Stokes
Doug Lewis
Gil Valentin
Frank Green
Plainview
Osmond Walker
Lincoln Boyd
Virgil Richardson
Clovis
Tom Curley
Andy Alonso
George Socha
Red Dial
Charley Simmons
Lubbock
Bob Worthy
Berger
Benny Brito Boosts Bat Mark To .656
Benny Brito of the Red Sox raised his Midget League batting average to .656 last week with two hits in three at bats at the ABC Boys Club. The paragraph lists leaders and team standings across Midget Intermediate and Junior leagues, notes upcoming Dodgers vs Pirates games, and includes a career detail about Sonny Dixon, a former Navy boatswain’s mate who pitched for the Washington Senators in World War II.
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Red Sox
Benny Brito
ABC Boys Club
Brito
Steve Boothe
Dodgers
Kenneth Hampton
Yankees
Lonnie Light
Stanley Maynard
Pirates
Travis Thrall
Butch Davis
Clay Alien
Jerry May
Lawrence Whittington
Don Hicks
Kenneth Smith
Hal Snider
Kenneth Verner
Louie Scales
Secoveeeds
Cseess
Sonny Dixon
Washington Senators
Navy
National church leagues clash for league leads in city play
In the National Church League Flint Avenue Baptist and First Christian duel for top spot as Flint Avenue holds a half game edge at 11-2 while First Christian sits 10-2 and others trail. In the Texas Church League Asbury Methodist leads by three games over Westminster Presbyterian with Calvary Baptist Nazarenes close behind. The American League features Shepherd King Lutheran undefeated at 13, while Arnett Benson Baptist and First Baptist chase the second playoff berth at 8-5. In the Women’s League Piggly Wiggly tops Grocery by 3.5 games over Woody Tire. The Employees League heats up as VA leads 10-2 with Pioneer Natural Gas and Stanolind Oil one game back at 9-3.
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Flint Avenue Baptist
Burst
Christian
Flint Avenue
Baptists
First Christian
Texas Church League
Asbury Methodist
Westminster Presbyterian
Presbyterians
Calvary Baptist
Nazarenes
Church
Shepherd King Lutheran
Arnett Benson Baptist
First Baptist
Piggly Wiggly
Woody Tire
Stanolind Oil
Veterans Administration
Pioneer Natural Gas
Pioneer Gas
Fights End Match Sydney England vs New South Wales Aborted
An England versus New South Wales rugby match in Sydney on Saturday was halted after 15 minutes of the second half as fists flew among nearly all players. Police and referees failed to restore order and the game ended with New South Wales ahead 17 to six.
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Sydney
Australia
England
New South Wales
New South Waes
Lubbock Pony Stars In Snyder Tourney Debut
Snyder hosts the first Lubbock Pony League All-Star team in district tournament action at 7 p.m. Monday facing Sweetwater. The Lubbock squad, in its Pony League debut, features pitchers Mike McElrath and DeWitt Weaver Jr. from Furr Food First National Bank Livesay Real Estate and Elks Lodge. Despirito Leads Nation With 176 Wins This Year After 390-Win 1952 Record.
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Joe E. Brown
San Antonio
West Virginia
Washington
Lubbock
Pennsylvania
Mike McElrath
DeWitt Weaver Jr
Lubbock Pony League
Furr Food
First National Bank
Livesay Real Estate
Elks Lodge
Despirito
New York
Tony Despirito
Willie Hartack
Willie Shoemaker
Sam Boulmet
Avelino Gomez
Life Insurance Agency Seeks Reps in Lubbock Area
An established Southwest life and health insurer seeks ambitious producers with eighteen months or more of successful production to form a local agency in Lubbock and vicinity. The firm offers training, a broad policy line, competitive compensation, and confidential outreach. Write with age, volume, family size, address, and current connection to Agency Vice-President P. O. Box 1156 Austin Tex.
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Legal Reserve
Southwest
Lubbock
Agency
P. O. Box
Austin 1
Tex
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