Classy rookies and holdovers shape sports roster
The team blends holdovers Nick Brown and Jim Kirby with first year challengers Hal bert Simpson Milan Vucelich and Dave Toyema. New catching rivals include Ernest Davis Bll Sarni and Frank Souza. Meers from Cubs Garth Mann and veterans join a rookie group led by Hugh Seoter Fred Baczewski Nat Love Warren Hacker Roy Lee Jones. After plucking game birds, the team soaks the birds to remove pin feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Brown
Anniston
Jim Kirby
Halbert Simpson
Texarkana
Milan Vucelich
Greenville
Dave Toyema
Alexander City
Ernest Davis
Shrevepor
Eldorado
Bll Sarni
Tulsa
Los Angeles
Frank Souza
Beaumont
Portland
Parker
Verne Williamson
Earl Dothager
Claude Horton
Johnny Wood
Ralph Hamner
Hammer
Lust
Chicago Cubs
Meers
CUBS
Russ Meers
Chicago
Garth Mann
Shreveport
Seattle
Sacramento
Hugh Seoter
Alexandria
Fred Baczewski
Nat Love
Big State
Warren Hacker
Roy Lee Jones
Sweetwater
Sports Hunt More Power For 48 Race
Shreveport Sports plan to boost offense for the 1948 Texas League season after a fifth place finish and weak scoring. Mazur at second solid, with Bel ford a challenger for first base. Reynolds Petty and Glass vie for shortstop while Ludwig and Cross compete for third base amid a crowded outfield battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Harris Byarts
Shreveport Journal
Shreveport
Dallas
Tulsa
Mazur
Bob Prichard
Bob Belford
al Mazn
Sally Parker
Danny Reynolds
Ira Glass
Vernon Petty
Reynolds
Petty
Parker
Bob Ludwig
Davenport
Alien Cross
Alexandria
Unbeaten Southwest Conference baseball teams led by SMU and Texas
In the Southwest Conference race SMU and Texas at Austin remain the only unbeaten teams with two wins and no losses. Baylor drops pace after two straight losses to Texas A M including a 52 against the Aggies, who also defeated Baylor 80 earlier. Texas meets Texas Christian in Austin Friday as Rice faces Texas A M and SMU meets Baylor in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syte
Southern Methodist University At Dallas
University of Texas At Austin
Baylor University
Bears
Texas A. & M
College Station
Aggies
Jesse Burditt
Bobby Fretz
Texas Christian
Rice
Texas
Austin
Houston
Southern Methodists
Baylor
Dallas
Woody Bell Takes Over Economy Auto Store in April
Woody Bell, former baseball and football star, buys the Economy Auto store in New Braunfels and will assume management on April 15. A&M College graduate, he played for the San Antonio Missions in 1940 and 1941, served in the armed forces, and later played baseball in Mexico and Cuba in 1963. He also appeared with the Austin Pioneers in 1947 and plans to quit baseball to run the store full time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bekcim
New Dramfels
Woody Bell
Economy
Bell
A&m College
San Antonio
Missions
Armed Services
Mexico
Cuba
Austin Pioneers
Fell
Hot Rod Racers Face Week Two at Spillway Track
Veteran hod-rod drivers race Friday night at Spillway on a one-fifth mile oval off Castroville road. Seven preliminary events and a 20 lap feature highlight the program. Lee Flowers leads with 215 points after last Friday’s feature. Harry Eibel is second, Wade Bedell 85, George Carroll 80. Time trials start at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spillway
Castroville Rd
Lee Flowers
Harry Eibel
Wade Bedell
George
Carroll
14 Events at Jaycee Rodeo Spark Fiesta San Jacinto Week
The Jaycee Rodeo and Fiesta San Jacinto week will feature 14 events racing for world championship points. Angus Cockrell, chairmen, announced the five night show sponsored by the junior chamber of commerce opening April 24. Events include bareback bronc riding calf tie down saddle bronc riding steel wrestling and wild Brahman bull riding. Producers T Brooks Wond and Dudley Storey expect cowgirls to perform with Lorraine Ratlon of Klamath Falls Oregon, renowned saddle bronc rider, slated for exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Cockrell
Junior Chamber of Commerce
T. Brooks Wond
Dudley Storey
Lorraine Ralton
Klamath Falls
Oregon
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Sjane Ss Ae
Sydenham
Eng
S.falciony Stratford
Kentucky
King's
E. Travis Street
Hot Rod Racers
Kallison
Giel
Power King
Buckeye
Fairbanks Morse
Eveready
Three Feathers Distributors, Inc
New York
N.Y
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