Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 185, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1956 Page: 2 of 8
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'lewcombe Takes
Spot With Greats
By KKKI> IMIW \
t niled I're** Sport* Writer
11 n taki'ri his pl.irt-
i i> the majors' tjreatest pitchers
■ th>- last yea I *—whether t h«-
' ; • • • k.y11 Dodger* v.in or los«' the
, nnant.
A ith the possibility of three
11j•• starts iit the last hectic
- "f the National League race,
240-pound righthander al-
;dy has:
Heroine the X|,'i fourth 25-
•e w inner since 19Hfi.
< ..nspil.il a 4">-Il won-and lost
• 'iii for the last two years that
him an percentage .rind
hanee to e«|unl a record held by
I * fty Grove.
(Jem the Dodger*' "big guy"
th a 1 > 1 record since July 4.
!.: • Newk, who swings a mean
iuii bat in addition to bis
• l, lit talents, "took charge"
\. . tit - when he blasted two
i.d tripper* and stole ,'i base in
l i «.r the Dodgers to , 17 2 tout
St. I.ouis Cardinals. The
toy enabled the Dodjf r« t .
. up a <M 4-p int. half game
1 u'. <■ r the Milwaukee Braves.
' «i re rained out of a scheduled
e in Pittsburgh,
liiti". I p Slim Hits
\ weoitiN' Vive up seven hits.
. i l l' homers t y VI Dark and
Mil ial. before retiring in fa
.f I ten l!e 'Tit with th>- Dod-
leadirsK. I" after seven in
y-. Sandy Amoro* and rookie
Iu Denn-nter also homered for
. I lodgers while Duke Snider
! I'i.ur hits and drove in three
> nit in the IT-hit Brooklyn assault
• 'i five pitchers,
U • die si'.iy's victory again even
. 1 the Dodgers with the Braves
• tli,- "won column," each with N8
■ t left Brooklvn with .r>7 losses
■ ,tiar-d to CiH for Milwaukee.
) Braves, therefore, are on the
',ct in beat the Pirates today or
l two games behind in the
s| column" v* ith seven games to
Fraley Makes His Predictions On
Outcome Of Gridiron Weekend Tilts
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YANKS WIN—Yankee manager Casey Stengel, left, and outfielder
Mickey Mantle celebrate in dressing room after the Yankees defeat-
ed the'White Sox in Chicago to win the American I-eague pennant.
Mantle's homer in 11th inning beat the Six .'1-2 and clinched the
pennant for Yankees.
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SPORTS HERE MID THERE
By BILL CREAGH
American Sports Writer
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Stock Of Lane Is
Upped By Victory
MIAMI. Fl.i <l'P'—Kenny line's
anag'-r followed up his nntional-
;• t. levised victory over Ludwig
1 .rhtburn today by asking for n
h'Ht at the lightweight title, but
'vn "needed he'il settle for a
.t at contender 1-irry Hoard-
i.ane, sixth-ranking contender in
h<' !'!,"> pound ranks, scored a un
t rtnou> and convincing victory ov-
r l.tfhthurn. the ninth ranking
.. it. ruler from British Honduras
•i tiwtr ls>ut ."it Biscayne Arena
dnesdav night.
!ark (Doc| Kearns, manager of
th. Muskegon. Mich., victor, an-
in.'jiK-ed at once that he was "of-
f.-'ing" a J40.IXMI guarantee to
il*htw eight champ Joe Brown to
< his crown against southpaw
I irte here in February. Then he
I he'd also lik,- a return shot
at Itoardm.in
Cn «ted wheatgrass is valuable
restoring and huilding up na
' v,. r.angi's in North Dakota and
■ "her northern states.
U
Pictures of the Sweetwater game
revealed that light guard Jimmy
DeMasters was donig a great p« r
rentage of his blocking with his
right shoulder and his better
blocks were coming from his right
shoulder. Now if the play come a-
round tight end or in the vicinity
of right tackle and Jim used his
right shoulder on his blocking, you
can see that he would be blocking
his man into the runner. And if he
did use his left shoulder the block
wouldn't be as effective because
that isn't his favorite shoulder to
block with.
To take advantage of all as-
sets, Coach Bellard had Joe Fon
ville and l>eMasters swap posi-
tions . . . Fon ville is now at right
guard and Jimmy at left. Ain't pic-
tures wonderful?
Center Frank Kiggins is sched-
uled to leave for Fort Worth to-
day to see a nerve specialist n-
bout that shoulder nerve that he
pinched last Friday night. Frank
is definitely out for this game
with Wichita and could possibly be
out much longer. Our hopes go to
Fort Worth with him.
Had it ever occured to you that
Breckenridge might meet Sweet-
water again this year? It could ea-
Golf Play Opeiis
OKLAHOMA CITY —A
field of 150 golfers, including most
of the touring professionals, teed
off today in the opening round of
the J15.000 Oklahoma City Open.
The tournament, which runs
through Sunday with 18 holes each
day, is the c.-ipitol city's first golf
open since 1! 29.
leading the pros were such vet-
erans as Ed (Porky) Oliver. Can
ton, Mass.; Bob Toski, Holyoke,
M ass., and Tommy Bolt, Houston,
Tex.
sily happen. If Breckenridge wins
District 4 AAA they will play the
winners of 3-AAA which has both
Sweetwater and Snyder within its
confines.
Since loosing to Sweetwater, the
Bucks will be definite underdogs
against Wichita Friday nignt.
Breckenridge dropped from 2nd to
12 in the Associated Press poll.
Sweetwater climbed from 11th to
2nd.
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STANDINGS
(By I'NITED PRESS)
American League
By OSCAR FRALEY
I'nited Press Sport* Writer
NEW YORK <r.K>—Fraley's fol
lies and the first edition of the
weekend football "winners"— a-
long with a few observations on
the National League pennant race.
Game Of The W'eek
Maryland over Syracuse—Jim
Tatum, departing for North Curo
lina, left the Maryland grid larder
well-stocked. Well enough, anyhow
to nose out what figures to be a
re.il rough Syracuse eleven.
The East
Pitt over West Virginia—Cin-
cinnati New York would be the
most interesting World Series.
Lehigh over Gettysburg—Brook-
lyn vj. New York is old hat.
Bucknell over Albright—The
Braves are on the drab side.
Lafayette over Muhlenberg -The
Red Leg Bombers are up to their
muscles in color.
Also—Connecticut over Spring-
field, Rutgers over Ohio W'esleyan,
Rhode Islam! over Northeastern.
The Midwest
TC.U over Kansas—It's an ,-inti-
climatic series for the NL.
Marquette over Detroit—Rrook
lyn's bandage brigade will shoot
its wad in the stretch.
Kansas State over Oklahoma
Aggies—Milwaukee can't match
the Yanks anywhere.
Oregon State over Missouri—
Redleg power would make it a
donnybrook.
Also—Cincinnati over Dayton,
Miami, Ohio, over George Wash-
ington and San Jose State over
Drake.
The West
Stanford over Washington State
—The Yanks would clobber Brook-
lyn or Milwaukee.
Baylor over California—Cincin-
nati would give 'em a battle.
Washington over Idaho—The
Redlegs are pitch poor.
UCLA over Utah—But they'd
have plenty for a short series.
Also—Oregon over Colorado,
Denver over Utah State, COP over
Colorado Aggies and Brigham
Young over Fresno State.
The South
Duke over South Carolina—
kind.i nice if Brooklyn wins.
Mississippi State over Florida—
"One for the road" for the nine
old men
Vanderbilt over Georgia—There's
a new Flatbush theme song.
Georg'a Tech over Kentucky—
"Breaking up that old gang of
mine."
Also—North Carolina over North
Carolina State, Mississippi over
North Texas State, Tulane over
VPI, Wake Forest over W&M,
Clemson over Presbyterian, Rich-
mond over Randolph Macon, Vir-
ginia over VMI.
The Southwest
Notre name over SMlT—October
joy-ride for Mantle and Company.
USC over Texas—The Yanks'll
be fit and rested.
Rice over Alabama—They have
pitching and power.
Arkansas over Hardin Simmons
—And, as the man Pays, they've
got Casey Stengel.
Also—Texas Aggies over Villa-
nova, Texas Tech over Texas Wes-
tern, Arizona over .Wyoming and
Wichita over Arizona State.
port dwindled away with fourth-
place Bnvtnwn retting 73 points,
Highland Park 7«>, Houston Lamar
59, Waco 58, Miller 57, Amarillo
56 and Wichita Falls 47.
Fort Worth Arlington Heights,
which stayed in 11th place, and
Port Arthur, which moved up one
notch to 12th, got moderate sup-
port with 31 and 2(1 points, re-
spectively, while Pasadena got 15
points after its nosedive from se-
venth to 13th.
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DAIRY DELIGHT
—1110 E. WALKER—
Team
x-N'ew York
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Baltimore
Washington
Kansas Citv
GB
W L Pet.
93 52 X41
83 63 .568 10! 2
80 63 .559 12
79 67 .541 14'i
77 68 .531 16
62 83 .428 31
58 88 .397 35
48 96 .333 45 H
x-Clinched pennant
Wednesday's Results
Cleveland 6, Washington 0, called
end 7 innings, rain.
Detroit 9. Baltimore 1.
Kansas City 8, Boston 1.
Only games scheduled.
National League
Brooklyn 88 57 .607
Milwaukee 88 58 .603 'i
Cincinnati 85 62 .578 4
St. Louis 73 71 .507 14'i
Philadelphia 68 78 .466 20'a
Pittsburgh 62 83 .428 26
New York 62 85 .422 27
Chicago 57 89 .390 31 'i
Wednesday's Results
New York 7, Chicago 2 (1st).
New York 3. Chicago 2 (2nd).
Brooklyn 17, St. Ixniis 2.
Cinci. 6, Phila. 3 (1st), twilite.
Cinci. 6, Phila. 0 (2nd), night.
Mil waukee at Pittsburgh, night,
ppd., rain.
Dallas Drops Third
In Texas Playoff
DALLAS d'.E)—The Dallas Eag-
les pinned their back-to the vail
hopes on staying in the running
for the Texas League play off
championship on the right arm of
I pitcher-of the-year Bert Thiel to-
| day after a third straight loss to
| Houston.
Unless Thiel, an 18 11 winner
over the full season, can outpitch
Billy Muffett 14 0 of the Buffs,
Manager Harry Walkers Houston
club will be headed for the Dixie
series against the Southern As-
sociation winner after tonight.
The Buffs made it three games
in a row last night with a come
from -behind 8-4 victory over the
, Eagles as Phil Clark won his four-
! th playoff victory in relief roles
I and the Fagles kicked in four un-
| earned Houston runs.
No team has ever lost the first
! three games of the final Texas
I League playoffs and stil Isaivabed
I the title, hut Dallas turned the
i triek once in a first round series
and has hopes history will repeat.
Three 4-A Teams
Make Gains In
Grid Standings
By ED FITE
I'nited IVess Sports Writer
Dallas (l'.P>—San Angelo, High-
'and Park and Amarillo made the
biggest strides upward in the
Class AAA A United Press Foot-
ball Coaches poll, while Abilene's
eager Eagles solidified their domi-
nation of the No. 1 spot.
While Coach Chuck Moser's de-
fending champion Abilene crew
garnered 15 of the 16 first-plaee
votes for 140 of a possible 150
points, San Angelo's Bobcats soar
ed from fifth to second, High'and
Park from ninth to fifth and Ama-
rillo all the way from 16th to nin-
th to bump Pasadena out of the
top 10.
The Amarillo-for-Pasadena swap
marked the only change in mem-
bership from the craches' pre-sea-
son poll, but every team but Abi-
lene found itself on a new rung of
the ladder after the opening gam-
es.
Next in Order
Trailing Abilene and San Ange-
lo, in order, were Corpus Christi
Ray, Baytown, Highland Park,
Houston Lamar, Waco, Corpus
Christi Miller. Anvirillo and Wich-
ita Falls.
San Angelo got six votes for
second place and the same number
for fourth and got not vote for
lower than fifth to pile up 110
points on the basis of 10 points
for first, nine for second, etc.
Abilene, which crushed San An-
tonio Edison 46 7, and San Angelo,
which beat Fort Worth North Side
45-7, are in the same district.
Ray, 19 0 winner over Houston
Support Dwindles
After the top three teams, sup-
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