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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1949
SAPULPA HERALD, SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA
LITTLE SPORT
By Rouson
TODAY'S
SPORT PARADE
United I‘r«M Sports Writer
iHr*. U. 8. Pat. Off.)
Softball Schedule
Is Announced For
Play This Season
Thr softball srason gels under-
way here officially with the first
mimt' belli* Mated between Sa pulpo
(Sporting Onod.s and Bartlett-Col-
lln* on May 23
Also to play oil thr first unlit
will be first Christian vs First
Methodist
The complrle scnedulr follows
'May 23 -Mapulpa Sporting Oood*
vs Burtlrtt-Colllns. First Christian
vs First Methodist
May 24- First Baptist vs Mounds
Baptist; Miller Furniture vs Frank-
tuna
May 25 .Sunshine Laundry vs.
Big Dipper Kellyvlllr Methodist vs.
DeMolay
May 2ti First Methodist vs. First
Baptist. Bartlett-Colllns vs. Miller
Furniture
May 27 Frankoma vs Sunshine
foundry. Mounds Baptist vs Kelly-
Vlllr Methodist
May 30 DrMolav vs First Chris-
tian. Bln Dipper vs. Sport In*
Ooods
May 31- Mlllrr Furniture vs. Bik
Dipper First Baptist vs DeMolay
June I Frankoma vs Bartlett
Collins Mounds Baptist vs First
Methodist
June 2 Sun-tune lamndrv vs
Exporting Ooods Kell.vvllle Meth-
odist \s First Christian
June 3 DeMolay vs Fir-t Meth-
odist. Bin Dipper vs Bartlett Col-
lins
June 5 -Sunshine Laundry vs
Miller Furniture. Kellvville Meth-
odist vs First Baptist
Julie 7 Mounds Baptist v.y First
Christian: Frankoma vs Bportintt
Ooods
June 3 Sunshine Laundry vs
Bartlett-Collins. Kellvville Metho-
dist v.s. First Methodist
June 9 -First Baptist vs First
Christian Miller Furniture vs
Sport in* flood*
June 10 Frankoma vs Hik Dip-
per Mounds Baptist vs DeMoluv
June 13 First Christian vs First
Methodist SportliiK Ooods vs Bart-
let t-Collins
June 14 Miller Furniture **
Frankoma First Baptist vs Mounds
Ha pi 1st
June 15 Munshme Laundry vs
Blit Dipiier. Kellvville Methodist vs
DeMolay
June 10 Bartletl-Collins vs Mil-
ler Furniture First Methodist vs
First Baptist
June 17- Mounds Baptist vs Kel-
lyvtlle Methodist Frankoma v.
Sunshine Laundry
June 20 But Dipper v* Sport-
111* Ooods DeMolay vs First Chris-
tian
June 21—First Baptist vs _ De-
Molav Miller Furniture vs Hik
Dipper
June 22 Frankoma vs. Hailletl-
Collins Mounds Haptlst vs Firs*
Methodist
June 23- Kellvville Methodist vs
First Christian Sportlnn Oiaids vs
Hunshme Laundrv
June 24 But Dlppei vs Harl-
lett-Collins De Molav vs First
Methodl-t
June 27 Kellvville Methodist vs
First Bapust. Miller Furniture vs
Sunshine Laundry
June 28 Frankoma vs SporllliK
Ooods Mounds vs First Christian
June 29 Sunshine Laundry vs
Hartlett-Colllns. Kellvville Metho-
dist vs First Methodist
June 30 Miller Furniture vs
SportliiK Ooods Firsl Baptist vs
First Christian
July I Mounds Baptist vs Dr-
Molay. Frankoma vs Hik Dipiwi
JulV 4 S|mi tin* Ooods vs Bart
Irtt-Collin- Fir-t Christian vs
First Methodist
July 5 First Bapu-i vs Mound'
Baptist Miller Furniture vs Frank-
nma
July 8 Sunshine latundrv vs
But Dlpiiei Kellvvilli' Meihodisi v-
DrMolav
July 7- First Methodist vs First
HapUst Bartletl-Collins vs Mlllrr
Furniture
July 8 Frankoma vs Hunshme
latundrv Mounds Baptist vs Krl-
|vvillr Methodist
July II- DeMolay vs First Chi is
llan HportliiK OishIs vs Hik Dip
July 12 Mlllri Furnllurr vs Hik
Dlppei First Baptist v« DeMolay
July 13 FrHiikqma vs Barilett-
3t>lllns Mounds Hapllsl vs Mrs!
^thodist
4 uly 14 Hunshliir latundry vs
rung Oiaids Krllyvillr Metho-
v* First Christian
ily 15 DrMolav vs First Mrth
BIk Dipper vs H.iriletl-Col
A Itus Squelches Rogers In
Prep Baseball Finals, 9-3
Tribe No Longer
Hapless Indians";
Now in 4th Place
Byron Nolson To
Return To Links
In Notionol Open
ALTUS. May 1H 01 Pi— Alius held*
thr class A slate htKlisehool
baseball crown loday, but Jack-
son county residents regarded It
almost matler-of-factly.
The baseball crown Altus won
by defeat In* Tulsa Rogers. B-3,
-Saturday nlKht Is the third one lor
the county In three years
Last year, Friendship brought
Die county the class H
and Altus narrowly missed the he sn„j vv ill enter the nutlonal
(lass "A flag by liaise flelduiK open tournament in Chicago June
The year before. Soiuhside brought »-u
My United Press
Texas league writers- and play-
ers, too--were looking for an ad-
jective today to replace "hapless"
in describing the Oklahoma City In- 'unh ‘things abr'iuT hU mil*
duns.
Rv OSCAR FRAI.RY
United Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK. May Ifl <UR>
Smiling F.ankle Siranahan leave,
bv plane today to defend hi
B.itisn amateur championship with
a weight lifting medal In his
pocket and a determination to will
friends while Influencing a golf
tall
Frankie golf's swoonboy. sud-
denlv has become a diplomat
No longer the "spoiled brat ' who
four years ago. In hts first crack
at Britain's Simon pure crown,
brought down the house against
himself, Frankie now Is saying
Torgcson Prcporcs
For Operation
BOSTON May 16 UR>- First base-
man Earl Torgeson of the Boston
Braves today prepared to enter the
hospital for an operation on the
left shoulder he Injured in a game
against Brooklyn Saturday night.
Dr Joseph H Shor'iTI .said he
would operate Wednesday on the
shoulder separation, and that Tor-
geson will be lost to the Braves
"for the best part of a couple of
months."
IN DIANA PAMS, May 18 <U.Ri—
Novice driver Johnny Parsons, Van
Nu.v.s. Calif , qualified for the loo-
min' Memorial Day automobile nice
yesterday with the third fastest
apeed hi history.
Parson- roared around the two
and a half mile trank for 10 mile,
at an average of 132 900 miles per
hour.
"Television Sets
In City Pick Up
Baltimore Station
Two television sets in the city,
located at Banks Radio shop and at
the Elite club, were victims of a
t**jak" situation yesterday after-
noon.
According to Floyd Banks, both of
tiie set- picked up television pro-
gram- from Baltimore. Md station
WMAR-TV And this, he said, Is
practically Impossible and perhaps
would never occur again It. was
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probably due to temperature change
of the air
The farthest distance a station
ordinarily reaches Is about 178
miles.
Banks reported that the programs
came In very clear and consisted
of a ballgame and newsreel Time
the broadcasts were received was
from 1 to 2:45 p.m
Bank night depositories are now
made of stainless steel that won't,
corrode or rust.
For a week or more at the start
of the season, when they couldn't
do anything right, it was always
the hapless Oklahoma City In-
dians."
But now the worm has turned —
nay. It has done a circus-style back-
flip und those same doormat Red-
25 cent admissions
StansUnaL
My United
Trsas l.rafue
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W I.
Pit
Dalla*
23 w
719
8hrrvr|w>rt
17 II
807
Sail Antonin
19 13
594
Oklahoma City
14 18
464
Fort Wurth
15 18
464
rulaa
13 18
419
Bcaumunt
12 18
4011
Hou*luit
8 21
278
YrMrrrtay .- roaulta:
Oklahoma City 11 Branmnlil
4
Han Antonio 2. Fort Worth
0
Dana* 8. Hou.-ton 3
Hhr«vrp.irt at Tul.*a.
postpolird
min.
Amrriran l.ragar
Irani W L
Pit
Nrw York
16 9
640
Drirott
14 1
560
Chicago
14 12
538
Wiilailriphla
14 13
519
Clrvrlattd
10 10
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Washington
13 13
500
boston
10 12
455
8t Lout-
8 19
.196
Yr-tiTday * rr.Milt.*
Philadelphia 8-7, Ne»
York 7-6
Ihiroit »-4. 8t Louis 3-12
Chicago 10-2 Cleveland 0-0
Huston 3, Washington o
National l^agur
Irani W 1.
Prt
Nr* Yoik
16 9
640
Boston
16 9
640
Cincinnati
13 12
520
Brooklyn
12 14
480
HI Louis
10 12
455 '
Philadelphia
11 15
423
Pittsburgh
11 15
423
Chicago
10 14
417
NEW HROCHELLE N Y . May
hi <UP'—Byron Nelson's return to
llie professional golf circuit took
crown, anoiher stride forward today when skills are riding a seven game win
ning streak, tied for fourth place.
The Tribe shellacked the rveau-
mont Shippers 11-4 yesterday be-
lore H.212 home-iowners and it was
their 12th victory in their last 13
starts Big Herb Conyers. Oklahoma
City first baseman, led the 15-hit
attack with four doubles and five
runs batted in. in five trip- to the
plate
The league-leading Dallas Eagles
were back on the winning track to-
day after slumping badly while
playing host to Beaumont
The Eagles defeated the cellar-
dwelling Houston Buffs 6 to 3 yes-
terday behind the fine twirling of
Vern Kennedy The veteran right-
hander was touched for nine hits,
but he kept them well scattered
to win hts sixth game
The Shreveport Sports were Idled
by rain at Tulsa And while they
marked time the San Antonio Mis-
sion* climbed into a second place
tie with them, four games behind
Dallas
San Antonia nipped Fort Worth,
2 to 0 as A1 Oerhaused tossed a
four-hitler at the Cats The defeat
was insult added on Injury to the
Cats for the major portion of their
grandstand at Lugrave field burned
early yesterday
Tonight. »ort Worth will play at
San Antonio instead of at Lagrave
field as originally scheduled The
Cats are expected to remain a
road club until arrangements are
completed to find them unscorch-
ed playing facilities in Port Worh
Jack-on county Its first official
flag by winning the class H
tournament.
Friendship was upset by Hying,
4-2 ill this year's H champion-
ship giiini' bill Altus came through
Alius hlghlhander Curtis Nation
got credit fm “tin county's late*'
laudels
He hunted Tulsa Roger- hi live
hit*, never allowed two blows in
any Inning
Other stars of the game were
third baseman Jimmy McKuy.
whose fourth Inning single drove
home two runs and put Alias out
in front, and Sonny Tuns, who
made a diving one-hand catch
lor the final Tulsa out In the
seventh
The tournament was the most league toduy adopted a road-games -
since* tul financially ever held in only policy after the main section
thr state Mole than $1000 wa* of their home grandstand was de--
taken in at the gate on 50 and Iroyed bv fire
The national champion in 1939
Nelson retired from competition
two years ago He returned to ac-
tion in the Masters at Augusta. Ou .
where he tied for sixth plure and
then finished fourth yesterday in
the Ooodall round-robin tourna-
ment here
When nelson retired, he said he
would play only in the Masters
each vear
Cots To Ploy Only
Away From Home A*
Grandstand Burns
PORT WORT H Tex May lti ibP
The Fort Worth Cat- of the Texa-
The Cals played their tegular
game with Sun Antonio- and lost
2 to o yrslerdav sever. I hours af-
ter fire reduced the main stand
to a mass of twisted girder- But
club president John Reeves said
tonight's game has been switched
to San Antonio and that he would
seek to have all game- played on
tile road until suitable quarters can
be found for tne team In Fori
Worth
The fire, which broke oul 3t) min-
utes after the stadium was emptied
following a game Haurdav nigh'
caused an estimated $1,000000 dam-
age Cause of the bla/e was no!
immediately determined
Temporary bleacher seats for 4 -
000 were used yesterday
Tennis Match Takes
5 Hours, 135 Games
At Los Angeles
LOS ANGELEft May IK 'UP
Davis Cup star Ted Sehroeder and
Wimbledon champion Bob Falken-
burg weie a little weary of tennis
today ..lid it was ea*y to under-
stand
It look them 135 games to beat
Richard Pane ho' Guti/.ale- and
Hugh Stewart yesterday for the
Southern California doubles chain -
plonship*
The scores were 38-34 3-8 4-8
8-4 19-17 The match tiatk five
hours
EDMOND. Ok la Mav |8 i UP —
Central State college won both the
singles and doubles titles m Ok-
lahoma collegiate conference tennis
Distance Seems To
Hold Answer For
Horse Named Co pot
BALTIMORE Md May 18 up
The pas' presem and future of
a careening roll nanird Capo! wa-
wr.ipped up in the matter of dis-
tance today
The past was good -ei mid place
in the Kentucky Derby The pres-
ent was wonderful a glorious vic-
tory in the Preakness And the
future’ Well the future Is the
Belmont Stakes June 11 and that '*
highly doubtful
Distance appear* to be the an-
swer This Oreentrre Stablr whl*-
rer seems pegged for glory at h
mile and three-sixteenth- and that
all there is to it
The first inclination of this quirk
rame in the derby itself
Despite the fact that his game
1* better than It ever has been.”
StiHiiahan conceded that at least
four rival- might beat him These
he tabbed as Jim Bruen and Jim-
my Carr of Ireland. England s
Ronnie White and America's na-
tional amateur king. Willie Tur-
nesa
"They're all tough Frank con- |
tcnile I Now am I a diplomat, or
an1 P"
Bit when the field goes at It 1
at Pirtmarnock. Ireland, on Ma'
23 theyll all have to keep an
eye on this kid from Ohio In
addition to the British crown,
Frank currently holds the Cana-
dian Mexiciui and north-south
amateur championship* and the
Miami Delaware and Ohio open
crow - And last recently he tied
Bobby Locke in the Cavalier open
losing the playoff 1
Still, he doesn't consider hltn-
-elf a really good golfer Under
pre- ure he'll admit that he won't
give himself such billing until
the day he can walk out against
any golfer In the world and con-
fidentic expect to win two out of
three matches Now he ftgures
he tan only win oii“ out of three
But even when that day arrives,
no championship probably ever will
give Siranahan the kick" he got
out of winning the Toledo A A fi
weight-lifting championship for
181 -pounders.
"I wa- thrilled because. playing
gol! ! haven': been lifting much
he explained
Then he pointed out proudly
that he pre .-ed 215 pounds, snatch-
ed 210 and raised 285 with a clean
and jerk And he brought the
nwdal a thumb-nail sized piece of
gold-plated metal, to prove It
I ve gut a lot of golf rups." he
grit tied " Some of them are Just
at nit four feet tall I guess Bu'
m ne of them mean any more to
me than this little metal"
Reluctantly he turned back to
In.- golf game About 10 pounds
heavier than he was a vear ago
when he beat Britain's r'harle-
Stowe. an auto merhanic who put-
in the spark plugs which 8«r» •»-
ht’i's (up makes. Frankie is hit-
ting the ball farther and putting
exceptionally well
And that* golf todav that
putting." he exclaimed
But, a.* for a prediction on hoc.
hrU do in drfrn-e of his British
amateur crown nothing doing
What do you v.ant me to do, ’
-aid Stranahan the diplomar, turn
■pie against me1 I
thr lusty lunge by Ponder after
Olvmpla ran out of ga» Caput still
led at the rnlle and three sixteenth-
mark at Churchill Downs
It was only past there in the nnl<
and a quarter derbv that Pondei
championship finals here yesterday overhauled Caput to cop the rose-
Central State downed Northeastern That was noticed bv n lea of
for both titles racing fan* who turned up to plunk
down their money on Capot in the
mile and three-sixteenths Preakne-.-
Despite Saturday Hence 'hat $7 niutuel
ue-pue all the hoo|,la hailing Pon-
der after the Derby
But the next big race for three
war old* is the Belmont, and it
i- a mile and a half Alreadv the
ii.Ibird* are shaking their head*
ai\ and withdrawing *upi*>t'
ft in Capot. because the distance
-ifms too great
Yesterday s results
New York 7 Philadelphia 3
Mo*ton 4 Hiooklyn 0
Cincinnati h-5. Chicago 5-8
SI Dulls 5. Pittsburgh 3
Lock* Proves Top
Collar On Links
|lly 18 Hunshme l.aundrv v*
rr Furnllurr Kellvville Mel ho
v» Find Baptist
Ily 19 Mound* Baptist vs First
atlan Frankoma vs Sporting
Ily 20 Hunshme taumdry vs
m-CoUIn*. Krllyvillr Melho
V* First Method!*!
Ily 21 First nuptial v* First
Han Mlllrr Furniiure vs
lug flood*
Ily 22 Frankoma v* Big Dip
Mound* Baptiit v* DrMolav
ily 28- Flrat Christian v» Flr»t
|thodl»t, BartleU -Collin* vs
ting Ooods
2ft Miller Furniture v»
First Baptist v» Mounds
27- -Bunahlne Laundry v*
Kellyvilie Methodist
NEW K<X.‘HELl.E N Y . May 18
'UR' Bland Bobby Duke painfully
pointed up the sad truth today that
the best active golfer ill America
i* not an American
I tie 1 anker I Mantle divot diggers
winced as they realised II but the
accurate South Afrikander showed
hi* brilliant consistency once again
by trimming Uncle Sam* best in
the Goods 11 round-robin tourna-
ment Locke shot hi* fifth sub-
lair round of the five-round com-
petition. a slx-tmdri 8*1. yesterday
to take mp honor* with a point
score n| 88
‘•as ’to"!
luly 2d -Bartlett
•Collin* v* Mll-
Flnd MethadM v*
Hall
Aug 9 First UapUsI v* DrMo-
lav Miller Furniture v* Big Dlppei
Aug 10 Frankoma v» Bartletl-
Collin* Mound* Baptist v* nm
Methodist
Aug II- Kellyvllle Methodist v*
First Christian. Hunshme laiundrv
vs Hpnrttng Ooods
Aug 12 Big Dipper vs Bartletl
Collin*. First Methodist v* l)eM»-
lay
Aug 15 Kellyvllle Meltwallsl v*
Flrat HapUst Sunshine I .sundry
v» Miller Furnituie
Aug 16—Frankoma vs Sporting
floods. Mounds Baptist vs First
Christian
Au* 17-Buitshlne Laundry vs
■hrtlett-Collin*. Keltyvtllg Metho-
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BdB IB Millar FarnMu* «* ,
•porting Ooods. First Baptist vs i
Fitsl Christiaa '
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