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j%VA1W U^UM^AA V11AO U*VW« «aw«*La junta meets a determined and scrappy Laredo team in La junta park at 5 o’clock American War time and the LAAF Gunners lace a determined and highly rerov^ted Smelter team at 3:30 at Washington Park.....llSpiTeammates show concern as trainer and Rube Melton assist Mickey Owen to clubhouse after Brooklyn star sprained ankle at bat in first half of double-header with Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field. Dodgers had first game, 6-3, when catcher went out. They captured the nightcap, 8-2.The appointment of Tony Magnon as trainer for the boxers. participating in the USO iftatches has been most fortunate from all angles. Tony will render a great service to the leather-pushers in keeping them in condition and if they are hurt in getting them back in shape.Tony worked wonders at the Olympics and should repeat withthe fighters,* * *Johnny Dickinson, of the Smelters is certainly a man you can’t keep down. His team is way down in league standings and yet the Furnacemen continue playing with the same enthusiasm as if they were in top place. Instead of letting things slide, the Smelters are hard at work in practise and now seem to have got on the right road. Announcement was made Saturday that they have acquired the services of Mazo Garza, Chichi Allred and Tomas Gonzalez forPlayers To Meet At Washington Park at 2 P. M.Manager Pete Pappas of the .Laredo Club requests all his team mates to be at Washington Park Sunday afternoon at Z o'clock and that the players will there be picked up to be taken to Nuevo Laredo for their game there. Pappas said that if any player fails to show up at that time, that he will have to find a way out to La Junta Park.Xs*mmmSMNIwill be seen on the Smelter lineup.• * * *There is no doubt in our minds that among the Lulacs there are some players that can take on the best in Laredo either at pool or billiards. We make this assertion .after several weeks _ of watching the competition which is still going on.Maybe the Elks have some hot shot player they want to try out on the Lulacs. It should be a good match. Incidentally, neither the writer nor Lulac President Abelardo Salinas are in condition to meet any sort of competition. After a gruelling match which had the spectators rolling on the floor, the two-would-be Willie Hoppe’s are in no condition to play any one. However, if any one in town wants a good match, they can find their opponents.* * *We understand that the Club Cinegetico of Nuevo Laredo is preparing a big time shoot for the near future. If this rumor is true, sharpshooters from both sides of the river should be happy because the Nuevo Laredo shooters have always been outstanding in their hospitality toward visitors.The as yet undefeated La Junta will face what many believe will be their strongest test when Pappas’s boys fresh from their win over the LAAF Gunners last Sunday come up against them. Big Boy Dovalina, whose hurling was mainly responsible for the local’s victory last Sunday will probably be called to oppose Lupe Ortegon, La Junta ace and the lague leading hurler.As the Laredo players were leaving the dug-out last Sunday, shouts of ‘‘Nothing can stop us now” were heard and the way they played that game, it was a trili inspired team that was on the fiell that day. The Laredo boys have round that with a tight offense and strong defense, they can whip the otherfellow and they are going to use that kn jwledge to advantage. It will not be a disheartened or humble team that will face the Leaders Sunday, but a \ full of confidence and fight. Manager Pappas has Rifle Dominguez in reserve for La Junta. No official pitching choice had be announced to Saturday noon.In the game at Washington Park beginning at 3:30 o’clock, the LAAF Gunners face another scrapping team, in the Smelters. The Smelters came within a shade of beating La Junta last Sunday and they are confident that they will be able to follow through to win against the Gunners. Manager Dickinson has announced that he will start Charlev Coggins, curve ball artist, against the Gunners. Cog-gh.n has a fast breaking^ curve that will probably give Faircloth, Leyendeeker Montalvo and Company, trouble These are the Gu~*'er best hitters.Lt. Faircloth will use a new pitcher against the Smelters, he announced. Prvsbysz, a new addition to the Gunner roster will see pitching duties against therumaeemen and Owen will be behind home plate. Prysbysz has been showing a powerful delivery in practise and is expectet fo lt;atr *1 any threats made by the Smelters.The Gunners are still smarting from their loss* to the Laredo team and are expected to pour it on the Smelters. The Gunners have shown that they have the ability and stamina to win g mes and fans are expecting one of the hardest fought affairs ever seen in Washington park.JBass?abBSV.WJAow.s-s*;*?■Vi;■1(tieUaii01raBabeSpars• VpH*Swinging bat issomething everySPAR should know. Babe Ruth, in Cleveland, shows, fair gob Barbara Strom how to wield wicked willow.mv.vmmmmr mm:iplSiim18R*-as*mt:.mm-v.vvX*.VVV.tfcpsctcv.vAV.ivX-.v.v,•a*nTuTV«».oMagnon To TrainBoxerstlelt;eieiat;rrtaUSO-Tony Magnon, recognized as one of the greatest athletic trainers in the United States , will aid the USO in a series of boxing bouts which will be arranged by Father A1 Cannon, George Pappas and Armando Gutierrez.In athletic circles all over theUnited Staes, Magnon is well known and when big league athletes show up in Laredo they invariably ask “Where is Tony Magnon?” Desiring to do all he can for the war effort, he volunteered his services to the USO to help condition the boxers.Tony is also the offical trainer of the Laredo High School Tigers and of the Border Olympics Association. He also feels proud that practically every La-redoan who has gone from civilian life into the armed forces have come to him for training before taking their physical examinations.Among these are Major Dan Lanning, Major Guy Trout Capt. Harry Sames, Lieut. Dick Campbell, Capt. William Vela, Capt. Jack Halsell and Lieut. Fred Winch of the army. In the navy now two of Tony’s proteges are Lieuts. Sam Sullivan and Radcliff Killain. Attorney Nat King and Ezequiel Salinas who are serving the government with the BEW were also put into condition by him.High ranking army officersare also among Tony's customers who come to him to keep fit for their arduous duties.TrainerAV.V V1......... :mmkMmrnTONY MAGNON, outstanding athletic trainer in the country will be the official trainer for the boxers wihch will take part in the USO boxing matches.Opposes Summer Football in SouthLists FoeBLACKSBURG, Va. July 10-(/P) —Virginia Tech’s football team will play the North Carolina Pre-Flight school at Roanoke, Va., on October 30. The last time the Navy eleven invaded Virginia, it handed William and Mary its only defeat of the 1942 campaign, 14-0.CHARLOTTESVILLE, July 10 — W —Pass -Frank Murray, head coach of the University ginia, doesn’t believeV a.mindedfootballof Vir-in Summer football in the South.“Football is not a game for summer in the South,” Murray said. “The players don’t get enough out of it.”
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Jul 11, 1943
Page 16
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