Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 116, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 1943 Page: 2 of 6
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MOWNWOOO (Imm).BULLETIN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY *, If4)
Coach Bill Stevens Says
legal' Athletics Foe Tfc Pistelia,
n V. Pirates, 61-47
_ fcls J • s.. • ’ **.' 1 '
E. J. Ray Racks Up 22
Points In Cagfzf Finale
SratfcwtstMi WIN Mitt Loop- Leading
Yiiiiw Jackets li TC Tattli Tiaifkt
By H. DOM RODGERS
Lmdttrom H«t
etbau
Tho Mighty Catoy of -
"Cotoy At Tho Bot"
It No Moro—Ho't Deed
WASHINGTON. Pth.
(BP»-TW aiibir Cmr-
^ottmostor Position
_ WASHINGTON. Fed- B—<UP> —
Yrtddit Lindstrora. former third
of Om New York Giants,
us boon recommended to the post
•tflco dtpartmu for appoint-
u acting postmaster in
Evaasto*. III.
Senator Scott W. Lucas. Bi. 111.,
■teds tho rocommendaMon^paater-
day that WndMrom bs>rtuj>cn vio
rilrul tho foraMr/postmasttr
^ho has entered tb» MMSIO
NEW ORLEANS. Fob. 5—OJP)
—Bobby Ruffin. Now York coo-
ts odor for tho lightweight crown
vacated by Sanity Angott. was
one notch closer to his foal todiy
in tbs tournament sponsored by
tho National Boxini Association
for a new champion.
Ruffin polished off California’s
Richie Lemos via a technical
knockout at the end of the eighth
round of their scheduled 15-round
bout st the Victory arena last
night.
Lemos injured his arm during
the eighth after a severe beating
by Ruffin and bad knots, on his
faco when his handlers refused to
; let him go on.
Boxing steadily. Ruffin easily
carried at least flea of the eight
rounds. t •
Roth fighters scaled JS3.' The
bout was sanctioned by the Louis-
iana Boxing tom mission as part
of the NBA elimlnatiop tourna-
ment.
Death ram* to Daniel M.
Casey, gg, in Georgs Washing-
tee Hospital last airbt after a
lent Illness which bad confined
him is bed ter man* meoiht.
Bot aa leog as baseball is
played. Casey may well the (he
best known player ef the past
—set fer what he d*d hat fee
what he didn't de. He will he
mmamkarel by gsnsreiiens of
yoonr boys and baseball fans
as the “here” ef i peem en-
titled. Tasey at the Bat.”
AUSTIN, Pah. 5—'UP'—Under
existing/dar-time limitations dark-
horse teams are likely to win Tex-
as high school bdbketball champ
isnshfps In all clasaos. athletic di-
rector R. J. Kidd of the Universi-
ty of Texas Intsrscholastic league
District 14B will hold its bosk-
et ball championship playoff in the
Howard Payne gymnasium Thurs-
day afternoon and Thursday nigh;
Tbs throe-county tournament will
feature teams from Coleman,
Biown and Comanche counties..
Bangs, recent winner of tbe Brown
county cage championship, will
irpresent Brown county Buffalo
will be the Coleman county rep-
resentative. and Sidney will be the
Comanche county contestant.
District officials selected Brown•
«<>od as the site of ihe pia>-off
because of its central location, ac-
cording to C., R. Lowe, district
fhllrmoa ■ - j
The tournament will be a sin
gle elimination affair Bangs wi*|
meet Buffalo at < p. ni Thursday
afternoon in the curta'n-raiser of
the tournament. Sidney, who drew
a bye. will play the winner gt 5
p. m. for the District rhampion
<ihip A girls' game b 'tween Sid
ney and BuffSlo will precede the
championship game stirting at d
By He _ ______
Bulletin Sports Editor
They hung out the black crepe t(
gym. Thd Daniel Baker Hill Billy ba
Following Mohdav night's defeat at
at the Daniel Baker
>all team ia no more.
____________ hands of the South-
rates, 61-47, tfe 2Hill Billy cage squad
i athlitie director, announced
iilly-Pirate tilt that three more
High storing honors went to E.
J. Rag, Ifiill Billy forward, who
rang tip 12 points. Tonnie South-
er* Billy captain, was runnorup
with (l|The Billiea played their
hearts out and bung up their larg-
est Texas Conference score of year,
but jiist couldn't checkmate the
Pirates offensive threat*
C.ipp was high-point for the Pi-
rates Witt 15 points followed close-
Following Mohdav nigh'
western University Plri
disintegrated for the duratioA.
Coach Bill Stevens, college
Monday night preceeding the B
of the Hill Billies—Don Cdios.!
James Fallon and Weldon Irvin—,
had received their induction pa-
pers from the Selective Service
and that it would be impossible to
continue with their basketball
schedule
The Hill Billies put up a vain
fight in their season’s finale, but
were unable to check tbe Pirate*
who were “hot" on long shots and
apparently couldn't miss.
Billies Take Lead
The Billies look aa early two-
point lead on tbe Up-off. hut the
game was soon tied up whoa House
Pirate guard, dropped »M in from
close in. The game was tied up
three times then within the next
three minute* The Pirate*, paced
by forward Webernick. hastily ran
up 16-4 lead at the end of tbe first
ten minute* But when the ten min-
utes had passed, forward Weber
nick was no longer in the Isaac.
He was ushered out via tho per-
sonal foul route after eight min-
utes of play, but not before ba had
chalked up eight points.
The Pirstes didn t feature one or
two scoring sees Every man on the
team scored from four to IS pomt*
And for tho first ten minutes
Coach Medley s boys missed only
one long shot.
- A former Brownwood high school
eager. Lev Hunt, who left her* aft-
said here today.
All that can ha predicted defl
nitaty about the races is that eight
winning teams out of each of the
three conferences will com* to
AusUn March 4. 5 and • to de
cid* the honors la a tournament
Teams ia 32 districts in confer
ence A will determine district win-
ner* this weekend. Next they will
play regional games ih regions of
four district;. The eight regional
winners will come to the State
tburnament. . j
la Conference AA 16 district'
have until the week ending Fib
20 to settle their district leader*
and in Conference A the 69 d:
trlcts will also have until Feb 20
to determine di.*frict honors.
Region Champa By Fob. 27
In Conference B the district
winners will report to regional cen-
>bo with 13.
■jrates will remain in town
for a battle with the loop-
; Howard Payne -Yellow
at • p m in the Jacket s
tonight
now in tn# armea torces. nas just m|y. |# paror*d NEW YORK. Feb. 9—lUPu—
stj? ft
for eight years store manager for >nd That to ihe vaunted Cross jected by the Army. Club Prcsi,
a tire^ and rubber company which team. Croas Plains dent Branch Rickay announced to-
part of that time. bow signs his of tbe'gamo to defeat Sidney 3241 Galan wired Rickey and said
Dr-*Jn^?y’ Cap,am m the Daniel Baker mustier that be failed to measure up to
Quartermaster vorp* tournament in December. Cioss military require menu because of
, Captain Kinney has been sta- py,|n$ went ahead win the tour- a "flexion of the right elbow and
tionetKat the huge Fort worth ntv championship , left knee. ’ Galan ia spending the
Quartermaster DepotJus* outside ^ Htathinglon. -sUney for- winter at his Berkeley. Calif.,
the city ‘ Where the. West Begins *a,d. recently scored 90 points home,
for about six months He hat re- ln a afatBit Beattie of Co
reived his training as a Quarter- mu^he copnly. Sidney rvoa 91-17.
master Officer in ode of thereat- Heathmgiun made tbe -M-touraa
* ment team in Ihe DBC tourney.
ters for tournament play -TUsae
centers are at Abilene. Canyon.
Denton. Gladcwater. Houston
Kingsville. Marfa and San Marco*
Houston has been designated this
year to be a regional center in
place of Huntsville
After the diatnte ehamptog*
have been determined tbe team*
have Until Feb, 27 to determine
the regional championship* Tour-
ney play has been ^fPoommended
where possible to save the travel
required by round-robin play in
which each team plays every other
team in it* district League bead-
ouarters here said that there is
lack of uniformity about the meth-
od being utiUard. .
Last year's winner* were:
Conference AA. Jeff D#vl» of
Hou-ton defeating Lufkin the fi-
nal gamp. r
Conference A. Van. defeating
Sedrr'ard
Conference B. Slidel. defrs'iru
V MK rn
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country —one that pccupiea more Admission to the afte-r
than a section of jand- learning Will be 10 cents. Hi* ni
to operate a non e ommereial *va- beginning at • p. m. a
riety store* on tho double time cent*
Before coming to Brownwood. -----
Captain Kinney rosider in and “»*«
a.-ound Coleman. Texa* where his The hand* of Big B<
mol her. Mrs R D Kinney. Sr.. dm»*s famous clock w
Still Uvea, a pioneer Weat Texan pound* for the houd ham
i aptam Kinney’s wife, the for- pounds for the minute I
mer Alma Williams of Coleman hour bell weighs 12Vk U
SS
fet dinr Serior High SchoeL 00*1
fore he left the game becauve of
excessive personal fouls.
. gloup OB.masnaccs 1* Jniom Uy-
ing to wrest control of the club
now in dire financial strait*, from
I Nugent and put it under direc.
| authority of the league - |
Nugent, head -ed the - apseant
r’hiladelptua operators. U expe.
ed to pi> v de seme hreworics. He
is ba thng tooth and nail to re-
tain d.ieciominp and has Ftsted
that be will take the matter U*
court if necessary.-before ba re-
Cpl. C. Porltr ol
Rising Stir Now S^gBAnt
Cpl Burnett C Porter, son of
Mr and Mr* H. T Porter. Rout^
2. Nimrod, bas been promoted to
vfgeant at Key Weld. Mias. His
wife Uvea at Rising NUr
Sgt Porter enlisted st Snejpord
Field in January’- 1***
linquiihe* control uf hi* club
J Pccpn al doormats *rf tho Xa-
r YORK. Feb. D-'UPi— tional League, tbe Phils ate in
J President Gerry Nugent debt up to their necks. tnle*»
f the field today when Nj some tori of financial asaistagwo is
Loagu* elub-ownor*. h#ad-> obtsmrd hv Nugent from c»ut»id.
League Proxy Ford Frick. 1 sources. Bill Terry— farmer first
t the Hotel New Yorker to base mao hnd executive of the Me-
in* the future status of the York Giants—may , be put in
Hph.a Phils. char*. -j U
miss loner Kenosaw M. Lao-
J preside at the onesided
rhieh win tiod Friclu and J|
TO*AY ONL
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lAme telephone ofic*. And this
iyj»e bsdly needed to speed on its
ta^L the war effort.
ufl inViore equipment. The copper
ws w need hove gone off to the
go bg mi Ut into ahipo and ♦oahi,
f shells.V/e've got to do the boot
th what dk now have. And to do it,
help. YouVan help grea'ly *., ‘
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