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* TTRACT RECORD ATTENDANCEextensive Ticket Sale Drive To Get Under Way Today Inluston and Surrounding Towns, Interest in Game Soarsith Definite Announcement that Major League Stars Play **---------------With an. extensive ticket sale'anirive slated to go in Ruslon and jrrounding towns and eommuni-; |es today, a record breaking base-' lall attendance is being anticipated lerc Wednesday when a group of mi-pro and professional all-stars eet the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Tech field. The game will mark i he first such appearance in Rus- i for Odell Bad News’’ Hale,' ugging third 'baseman for the',‘V*. .leveland Indians, while it will see i fie return to local baseball diam- •iids of Atley Donald, former Tech i ie, now a member of the New' ork Yankee hurling staff, and Hal j lee, former. Tech cCach and vet-' (•an National League outfielder. Lee j is been assiting Coach Larry Fox,; feting headman of baseball activi-' [es, in bringing the Tech team up i form this Spring, during the' isence of Coach Eddie McLane. { The game will be dedicated to! tach McLane, with the gross pro-. ids being turned over to him •r the purpose of helping defray ispital expenses incurred as the ■suit of an automobile accident h November 13.Efforts are still being made to iitain the services of several other jajor league stars who are winter-g in the vicinity of Rus ton andirth Louisiana.Definite announcement was also lade here late Friday that BillFlood WatersPrevent Cage Game TonightDue to flood waters on the Ouachita river having cut off highway traffic from Arkdel-phia, the basketball game slated for tonight between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Ouachita College has been cancelled. Coach Herb Duggiiis of Tech announced today. Probabilities are that the game will be played at a later date, probably some time next week, Coach Huggins stated.The lay-off comes at a much needed time as far as the Canines are corncerned, due to injuries received by several of the squad members in the Centenary fracas here Thursday evening.Guldahy Heads Crescent City Field in Openigwell, former American anditional league outfielder and slug-•r deluxe, will take .timgoffl frpm is^ercjatUe. firjn i^hGjfdKjrit, take part in the game, as will immy Gimber, former battery iate of Donald when the two [ere in school here, who is now member Of the Hodge Paper MillNEW ORLEANS (U-P—Shotmas-ters of the winter linglt; brigade will blaze a fresh trail of golf competition in the $5,000 Crescent City open tournament here February .17-20.; *« • . ■* . » ' r’ - • *’ y •»The tournament, a newly added attraction to the winter links carnival, is being sponsored by Mayor Robert S. Maestri.■Headed by Ralph Guldman, the sebalt team. Joe Pankey, Robert i national open champion, Sam Snead, rt, Roy Fraser, Hartford Causey, 1 Horton Smith, Harry Cooper, Jim-inmy Davis, Bro, Willis, and oth-1 my Thomson, and Lawson Little, thes will also be available for ser- field includes a list of 60 out-jce, Lee states.Assisting Gimber witn the catch-standing professional and amateur golfers who now are in the midston the|g duties will be Sammy Gooch, j a winter seasonleshman at Tech and a nephew | circuit, the veteran Johnny Gooch, for- P]ay in the tournament will beer Pittsburg Pirate backstop and Iter manager of the Birmingham rons in the Southern League, i ibuilt by the WPA.over the new $1,250,000 New Orleans municipal course which wasoch, in early practice this year, ts given indication that he will lilow in the footsteps of his more ustrious relative in the national istime.The Bulldog squad will probably nd Pat Meeks behind the plate, fith either Milton Lewis or Jimmy |imrall on first, Johnny LaBue at |cond, Joe E-agar at Short and loys Adkins at third. Buddy hort, Charlie Caston and Joe Wil-nms will take care of the out-Id..The pitchers available for duty lill be Zerc Lewis, Hiram Eakins,lyde Stinnett, Lefty Hinton andnton, the latter a newcomer to ie Tech squad, while thch others (Continued on back page)Top prize is $1,500, and $3,500 will be divided in cash for the professionals and trophies for the maleurs. Col. Seymour Weiss, who is chairman of the New Orleans port authority, is in charge of arrangements and is the donor of the amateur trophies.The golf course, originally laid out four years ago, will have its first major tournament in the open paly. Mayor Maestri and a group of New Orleans business men and sportsmen, pledged their financial support to the tournament with the aim of making it an annual affair.The tournament course lies along rolling terrain and offers tricky water hazards. Par is 72.
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Sat, Feb 19, 1938
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