Frank Twist By Frank Thompson
A column recalls a famous pennant game clash between the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals when Joe McCarthy was ejected after disputing an umpire call. The piece notes how dugout heckling and jury rigging of calls persist in baseball culture and the limits of umpire reversals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thompson
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Jones
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Jones
Brooklyn Dodgers
Joseph Stalin
Umpire friction and clashes mark baseball tensions
The article lampoons stubborn players and managers like Jim Frisch and Leo Durocher, recounting sour exchanges with umpires, a Havana spring game with a Cuban interpreter, and a clash that required police with machetes. It ends with four simple rules for players and managers to avoid trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Frisch
National League
Frisch
George Magerkurth
George
Lippy” Durocher
Dodgers
Pirates
Durocher
Havana
Pimento
Ball Park
Advisors Named For Lee Students
Long list of named advisors connected with Lee students includes Billy Lyons HP McAlister Gene Moody Percy Portis and many others. The roster spans multiple groups and likely covers faculty and staff assignments for student guidance across departments. Major figures include Mr Chamberlain Rolland Bielstein David Cara way and June Carter with extensive additional names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Lyons
McAlister
Gene Moody
Percy Portis
Mr. Chamberlain
Rolland Bielstein
David Caraway
June M. Carter
Rennie A. Ellis
Dortha Franklin
Geraldine Gieger
Donovan L. Head
Derrell Lemmon
Henry N. Love
Alice ‘Miller
Lester Ia Mitchell
W. S. Norton
Maurice Oliver
Dolores Priest
William C. Smith
Joyce Vidrine
Joyce Waddell
Theron Waddell
Geraldine Brown
Mrs. Pebble Ewing
Mildred W. Gibbs
Professor Ellis Authority On Theories Of Carl Marx
The Tri-Cities educator John Ellis known as Uncle John has built a career at LJC after schooling at Robert E. Lee High, Lee Junior College, and Sam Houston State Teachers College. A Navy veteran, he taught at Dayton High and Horace Mann before dedicating his time to LJC. He serves as student council advisor and is a philatelist with a prized book collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LJC
John Ellis
John
Freeport
Ellis
Tri-Cities
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee Junior College
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Dayton High School
Navy
ROBM
AAUW Honors Spring Graduates By February Tea
The Tri-Cities AAUW hosted a February 5 tea at the Baytown Community House honoring 1947 spring graduates from LJC and A. BE. Lee High School. In the receiving line were Mrs. O. A. Brown, Mrs. L. S. Emanuel, Miss Gertrude Moskowitz, Miss Polly Gene Stewart, and Miss Ramona Holcomb. Fifty-eight guests registered and the guest book went to Miss Peggy Mallory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LJC
A. BE. Lee High School
Baytown
Tri-Cities
American Association of University Women
O. A. Brown
R. E. Lee High School
L. S. Emanuel
AAUW
Gertrude Moskowitz
Polly Gene Stewart
New Students Asked to Join Intra-Mural Program
Lee Junior College invites all spring term new boys not enrolled last term to join intra-mural sports. Alton Laird and Charles Rosenfeldt will assign newcomers to appropriate teams, with quick placement emphasized to maximize their help to teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Junior College
Alton Laird
Laird
Charles Rosenfeldt
Veterans Use Club at GWU to Cut Campus Costs
About 600 student veterans at George Washington University in St. Louis formed a veterans club in 1948 to cope with GI Bill subsistence. The club provides housing help, free tutoring, social space, and mostly free activities funded by volunteer work and a $1 membership. Officers estimate each member saves roughly $50 in free services per semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington University
St. Louis
Teams 6 And 8 Heading Winners Bracket
Seven teams entered the basket ball tournament with double elimination. After two rounds teams six eight five and three advanced. Team eight edged group three 27 to 25 with Zamora scoring 12 and strong defense. Other listed players for six eight five and three are named. Ping pong entries reduced. lower bracket may decide the title as undefeated count shrinks.
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Team
Team Eight
Charles Zamora
Zamora
Frank Thompson
Wylie Thompkins
Alden Weaver
Ralph Wooster
Earl Ellis
Bobby Ewing
Bobby Casey
Leon Harmon
Bill Fazier
Ozwald Harmon
Taren
Norvell Locker
Willie Moreno
Freshmen Boy Gym Classes Tumble Under P E Instructor
Freshmen in Men s P E classes study tumbling under P E instructor A M Bale with brisk evening workouts. The record notes growing soreness and anticipation of future wrestling and boxing after tumbling. Alcohol sales in the Tri Cities mentioned as rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-Cities
A. M. Bale
P.E
Four Holidays Named For Spring Term At Lee Junior College
Four holidays will be given students during the spring semester per Dean Walter Rundell. On Friday March 14 classes will be dismissed for the district meeting of TSTA. Thursday and Friday April 3-4 are Easter holidays, and Monday April 21 is celebrated for San Jacinto day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Junior College
Walter Rundell
TSTA
San Jacinto
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Frank Twist
Lee
Mrs. Lane
Joyce Ann Buchanan
Wilma R. Clark
Winifred Faulkner
Joyce Marie Johnson
Velma Lea Johnson
Ruth Emily Morris
Amy Shepherd
Betty Winter
Mary M. Hill
Julie P. Orsak
Mary Helen McMurrough
Therman J. Smith
Willena Latapie
Frances Wilson
Robert Bender
Henry Guinn Eubanks
Jack Garrett
Cleo Gresham
Alfred Bill Payliska
Edward Leroy Smith
Jerry Burrow Spradlin
John Paul Leishlee
Mr. Miles
B. T. Ansley
Roger D. Barry
Edward W. Bryan
Joy Fuller
Delbert Hall
Mike Oviedo
Florence Rowland
Herschel Lee Scott
Delbert D. Sherry
Susanna Stern
Marjorie Walker
Thad P. Fenelon
David L. Doss
Collin W. Martin
Theo Ratliff
Mr. Ford
Charles O. Bedinger
Tommie Gilbert
Elmer F. Gilchrist
Harold Edward Maris
John Luther Milligan
G. W. Wampler
Mr. Harrington
David C. Archer
Albert Roy Briggs
Esteban de Los Santos
William A. Foster
John Harvin Hill
Charles Rosser
Mr. Harris
Jesse Aguilar
John A. Briggs
Lester D. Butler
Wyman Fisher
Kenneth Ford
Billy Frazier
Robert W. Harper
Charles W. Gillette
Wroy Jack Hechler
Willie Lee Herndon
Lola Mae Hewett
Joe Lee Hinton
Vernon Jacobs
Roy Laird
John Nesselrode
Helen Wilder
Morris Wolfean
Guy E. Woods
Mr. Koenig Rose Enoch
Robert O. Hensley
Betty Jo Johnson
Ruben E. Johnson
Oscar A. Killgore
John W. Kizler
S. L. Knowles
Marian McMaster
Jackie Lee McMicken
James C. McMurrough
Kathryn Myebroff
Harold Mullen
Harold Duke Parker
Robert P. Rose
William Ralph Powell
Earl Brock Stanford
Jane Taylor
Mr. Moskowitz
George Dabn
Ble
Paul Ponce
Bobby Frank Powell
Olive Pruett
Nita M. Roll
Marvin H. Seiver
Joseph D. Stanwood
Leslie Townsend
Roy J. Walker
Miss Neill
Velma A. Ansley
James H. Billings
Simion E. Blystone
Jim Bob Brame
Granvel G. Cecil
Glenella W. Diebel
C. M. Gilmore
Kenneth H. Goodman
Edward Lee Hahn
James W. Henkel
J. C. Hoffpaul
Mary Frances Kiber
Richard Kouba
Hugh Lansford
Harold L .Murphy
Robert Paulsel
James G. Rhoden
Walter V. Roberts
Virgil K. Rogan
Nick Cacaris
Arthur G. Tavary
Alice Fay Wenckens
Cecil Wise
O’hagan
Cecil James Anderson
Morris D. Blystone
Lorene K. Bradley
Bobby §. Carroll
Betty Joe Cope
Charles Fay
Mary F. Johnson
Betty Joe Halton
Russell Luke
Edwin J. Michalsky
Mary Patsy Muller
Geraldine Norris
Walter Rundell Jr
Helen Stassi
Johnell Stuart
Wylie Tompkins
Andrew Vincin
Willis E. Williams
Marvin Wolcik
Ralph A. Wooster
Miss Robertson
Ethel M. Bahin
Pearl Marie Barden
Lucy Boughton
Lillian E. Capps
Velma Lee Coleman
Dorothy Ann Dukes
Lavan Fisher
Blanche Foster
Sylvia Mae Goss
Bobbie R. Morgan
Daniel R. Murphy
Olive S. Rundell
Frankie W. Russell
Dorothy Sawberger
Donald E. Simmons
Tracy Smith
Eddie Thompson
Ethel S. Ward
Linda Witten
Juanita R. Woods
Mr. Rundell
Lois M. Anderson
Marinelle Anderson
Jo Arnett
W. A. Orton
Ruth Saxton
William E. Rogers
Margarette Seal
Joanne Steed
Martha W. Thompson
Frances Rose Woods
Miss Whitaker
Peggy Bittick
Shirley Jean Encerli
Peggy Fayle
Bettye Gunn
Ann Jones
Francis Ann Hargis
Melba LaDonna Morgan
Beverly June Roberson
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Joyce Williamson
Miss Moskowitz
Catherine Cooper
Billie Louise Davis
Mildred DeWitt
Jo Ella
James C. Goodwin
Mellie Crow
Madge Kleypas
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
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Carl Marx
Britton-Cravens Lumber CO
Baytown, Texas
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