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Tnn« In On KFBO*r» 'Softball TolO Go Big TimeYa101Next WeekendNEWYankees lt;By HOWARD GREENAbilene softball goes big time next Saturday night as the local Highway aggregation entertains theSouthwestern Paint company team of Dallas at Sportsman fieldThe inter-city contest will be the second of the season and the first in which a down-state club has invaded the local bailiwick.White So:RuggecRunners-up for the All-Dallas championship and winner of the American League title in the Central Texas city last, summer theSouthwestern Painters boast several competitors well-known to fans of Lone Star softball.Iir 30— (fh —ot of havin* 3 or better uonship tees, 'forth Texas eir bids for I open hereThe mainstays of the hurling staff are John Wright and A1 Shapiro while the catching chores are handled by Bill Boren. Por many years Shapiro has been heralded as one of the country’* leading softball twirlers and is a former professional baseball player.In early games this spring Southwestern has compiled an enviable record, breaking even In a two game series with the strong Gold Claire Hat company team of Dallas Hurling for the Hatters in the tilt won from the Painters was Preacher Brown internationally known softball pitcher and for many years the greatest twirler on the Pacific Coast. Brown turned the trick after 11 innings of toil, winning by a scant, 1 to 0, margin.Carl Harber, the lad who gained state-wide acclaim last summer hurling for General Motors of Fort Worth and the local Coca-Cola team, felt the wrath of th Southwestern Painter batsmen last week, Harber was pelted from the hill in the fourth inning and the Southern Select Beer team of Fort Worth for which he was pitching went down before the Painters by a 7 to2 count.Charlie Dick, Sportsman club president, announced yesterday that he la negotiating with the Gold Claire club of Dallas and may bring it to Abilene a week later.The tlT? between the Highway and the Southwestern Paint team will com# after a preliminary, enabling town workers to attend.■■ ■Af. ' Iff v,Oil Lameets EFrancisct Tuesday) mg carcCanadiar most ruiCubs (By BoTerrylt;CHICAGCube spin with theby eoppinj on 13 hits.ill start early the secondand Frank Tabor. San Angelo (p). Don Maiarkey, Kilgore. lt;p and12 safetiesthem scats for hfs selt;Vew York A3 Kajpourt* 3 Jurg#* • Dannsng eOtt pBonura IMoor# IHemsre# m
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Sun, May 21, 1939
Page 11
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