Wild Call Craft and Lubbock Sports Show Highlight 1950s Texas
A Texas audience in Lubbock hears A. L. Lindsey explain cowhorn calls to attract coyotes bobcats and foxes at a Texas Wild Callera Association affiliate meeting. Lindsey recounts early learning in Brownwood and Howard Payne College and notes a national surge of interest. The piece also previews the Fourth Annual Lubbock Sports Show at Buffalo Lakes with the Texas Game and Fish Commission exhibit and Miss Lubbock Sports Show contest. It closes with anglers praising Granite Shoals yellow catfish and trotlining plans for November.
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Fidme
Pioneer Natural Gas Company
Brown County
Chamber of Commerce
Fox
Dimitt County
Texas
A. L. Liftdséy
Lindsey
Old Mexico
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Wild Animal Call
Lubbock
Buffalo Lakes
Une 2
Lubbock Boat Club
Dryland Boat Club
Texas Game and Fish Commission
America
The
Lone Star
Lake
Granite Shoals
South Plains
Reiner Rieken
Laverne Jones
Route 3
Reiken
Jones
Ott
Ricken and Jones
Aiken
Eight Magic Number For Major City League Softball Games
Brady Plumbing beat Armstrong Warehouse 8 0 and Bryant Farm Supply defeated Haste and Green Engineers 81. Charley McMurry pitched a three hit game for Brady Plumbing with Lefty Forrester taking the loss. J D Snyder homered and Garland Wade added two singles for the winners. In the second game Rand Reiger of Bryant Farm Supply hurled a two hitter as Bill Pfluger of Haste and Green allowed four. L W Utley left with a broken leg and two Bryant batters had hits, Leroy Haynes added a triple.
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Brady Plumbing
Armstrong Warehouse
Bryant Farm
Supply
Haste and
Green Engineers
Charley McMurry
Armstrong
Lefty Forrester
J. D. Snyder
Garland Wade
Rand Reiger
Bryant Farm Supply
Bill Pfluger
Haste
Green
L. W. Utley
Leroy Haynes
Bryant
Scores and Crime Report From Texas Football and Murder
Scores show American Church League teams and Cabell a Midland results with several church league matches. In Wills Point Texas a Black man James Clemmons, 25, was fatally shot and Fred Cox, 38, charged with murder.
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Wills Point
Tex
James Clemmons
Fred Cox
Hawks Sign Rookies Cope and Mehaffey for Next Season
St Louis Hawks announce rookies Mason Cope and George Mehaffey sign for the coming pro season. Cope set scoring records at Kentucky Wesleyan with 964 points over two years, while Mehaffey, a Texas A&M swingman, led his team in scoring and rebounding as a Southwestern Conference star. Ken Loeffler praised Mehaffey as a potential Gala like find. Meanwhile Abilene postpones Texas Women’s Golf State finals due to heavy flooding on the course.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Hawks
Mason Cope
George Mehaffey
Cope
Kentucky Wesleyan
Mehaffey
Texas A&m
A&m
Ken Loeffler
St. Louis Bombers
Tehatfey
Jone
LaSalle
Abilene
Abilene Country Club
San Antonio Missions blank Cats 4 1 in Texas League tilt
Fireballer Bob Harrison limited the Fort Worth Cats to two hits as the San Antonio Missions posted a 4 to 1 victory. Joe Durhan belted a two run homer in the first, while the Missions totaled 12 hits to snap Fort Worth’s six game losing streak and move into third in the Texas League standings.
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San Antonio
Bob Harrison
Fort Worth Cats
San Antonio Missions
Padres
Missions
Cats
Joe Durhan
Ted Williams Accused of Shooting Pigeons at Fenway Park
Ted Williams of the Red Sox faces a Massachusetts charge of shooting pigeons at Fenway Park during empty periods. Williams denied comment saying those were clay pigeons and avoided discussion as teammates noted he had a shotgun in the clubhouse but reportedly did not shoot.
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Baltimore
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Fenway Park
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Boston
Williams
Orioles
Mike Higgins
Morrow withdraws flat as Courtney clocks 46.6 in L A
Tom Courtney, holder of a 1 46 8 world record, won the 440 in 46.6 in Los Angeles Friday night. Terry Tobacco of the University of Washington finished two strides behind for second place. Mayflower II travels 84 miles in 24 hours with Capt. Alan Villiers reporting position 1 000 miles east of the West Indies.
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Tom Courtney
Los Angeles
Terry Tobacco
University of Washington
London
America
Alan Villiers
West Indies
Amarillo Sandies win bi district in doubleheader
Bill Curry earned both wins as the Amarillo Sandies swept North Side Fort Worth 11-1 and 6-5 to claim District 3-AAAA and advance to the state quarter finals against Abilene. Jimmy Weston delivered a pinch hit single in the second game to spark the comeback, with Davis homering and Curry closing out the win. North Side led 3-0 in the third before Amarillo rallied for four and took the lead. ARNETT BENSON WINS Arnett Benson Baptist beat Parkdale Baptist 4-3 and Calvary Baptist defeated Trinity Baptist 8-7 in a National Church League softball doubleheader.
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Nicky Phelps
North Side
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Bill Curry
Amarillo Sandies
Abilene
Curry
Sandies
Steers
Jimmy Weston
Ken Grenewald
Jerry Welch
Jimmy Barber
Jimmy Davis
Bill Fry
Bennie Sherrod
Bert McLain
Davis
Weston
Barber
Don Goodwin
Ken Greenwald
Billy White
Arnett
Benson
Arnett - Benson Baptist
Parkdale Baptist
Calvary Baptist
Trinity Baptist
Morton Chippers Lead Southern Pony League With 3-0 Mark
The Morton Chippers own a 3-0 record and lead the Southern Pony league, half game ahead of the Holsum Stars. Scottie Stamps sit a full game back in third as games move to Kuykendall Bennett Field at 42nd Street and Avenue U after a week at Hodges Park.
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Morton Chippers
Southern Pony Baseball League
Holsum Stars
Scottie Stamps
Kuykendall-Bennett Field
42Nd St
Ave. U
Hodges Park
Athletics top Tigers as Skizas Cerv homer pace 5-3 win
Kansas City Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 5-3 behind Lou Skizas and Bob Cerv homers. Tom Morgan earned the win while Dittmer Maxwell and others contributed RBIs. Foytack took the loss for Detroit, with Morgan pitching 8 1 3 innings. Attendance was 14,745.
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Tigers
Kansas City
Lou Skizas
Bob Cerv
Kansas City Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Tom Morgan
Detroit
Simpson
Wilson
R—Dittmer
Boone
Maxwell
Power
Cerv
Zernial
Skizas
DeMaestri
RBI
Bolling
Tuttle
Dittmer
Cravey Pitches Bats Rockets To 5-3 Win
Ray Cravey pitched and batted the Rockets to a 5-3 win over the Pipeliners in the Southwest Little League at Covington Field. Cravey had six hits allowed and went 2 for 3 with two singles and a double. Killer Smith hit a homer for Pipeliners as Dorain Clawson took the loss after nine hits allowed.
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Cravey
Rockets
Southwest
Ray Cravey
The
Pipeliners
Covington Field
Killer Smith
George Hays
Dorain Clawson
Eisenhower Youth Fitness Program Draws NCAA Attention
President Eisenhower's youth fitness program will be discussed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at a Chicago meeting next week. The May 25 UPI report notes the initiative aims to promote physical activity among young people and may influence national sports policy.
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Kansas City
Eisenhower
National Collegiate Athletic Assn
Chicago
Training Camp Quiets Down With Few Scrimmages
Bill describes a quiet training season with only one rookies scrimmage and one after veterans arrive. Most work is specialized in groups with chalk talk and limited outside sessions. After season start there is no scrimmage, just focused drills as fans root for him in future seasons.
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Bill
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