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SWEETWATER REPORTER, SWEETWATER, TEXAS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1942
'ards And Yankees Open World Series Play Wednesday
[Rampaging Team
•rom St. Louis
Assures 'Color'
I' Ernie White Holds Cubs
To Five Hits In Win
Clinching Pennant
NEW YORK. Sept. 28—(UP)
-The major leagues closed the
books on one of their most spec-
tacular seasons today as the
St. Louis Cardinals and New-
York Yankees took time out for
two days before squaring off in
the world series on Wednesday.
Although the diamond camp-
aign began this year under the
ominous shadow of war, with
military needs cutting into
player personnel, the dramatic
triumph of the Cardinals over
the Dodgers in the National lea-
gue and the Yankees' second
consecutive victory in the Am-
erican league, gave promise of
the most colorful series in years.
The Cards' great stretch drive
~43 victories in the final 51 ga-
mes—ended a climb from second
place, 10 games behind Brooklyn
on Aug. 9 to the champoinship
at Spdrtsman's Park yesterday.
The Cards won a doubleheader
from the Chicago 'Cubs, 9-2 and
4-1, and clinched the flag via
Ernie White's five-hitter in the
opener.
Brooklyn beat the Phils
4-3 to bring their season to-
tal to 104 victories, the larg-
est number registered by a
second-place aggregation sin-
ce the Cubs finished runner-
up to the Filiates in 190!l
with the same total.
The Pittsburgh Pirates won
two from the Reds, 8-7. (12 inn-
ings,) and 7-4, to finish in 5th
place while Cincinnati wound
up fourth.
The Boston-New York double-
header was cancelled, the Giants
winding up in third place in
Mel Ott's first year as manag-
er. The Braves finished seventh,
the spot they occupied last year.
In the American league, the
Indians defeated the Tigers, 8-0
at Cleveland to clinch fourth
place. ...
Tex Hughson won his 22d vic-
tory as the Red Sox shaded the
Yankees, 7-6, in the only other
game played. The Red Sox fin-
ished second.
The doubleheader between
the 3rd place St Louis Bro\Vns
and Sixth place Chicago White
Sox was cancelled. Washington,
which finished seventh, and
Philadelphia, which finished
last, were unscheduled.
And Equine Prince Lived Happily Ever After
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. This was Stavka, proud occupant of the winner's circle at Nar-
ragansett Park as recently us three years ago.
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on Stavka when the thoroughbred was found in this condition by
4he S. P. C. A. on a Rhode Island farm in March of this year,.
By MSA Service
PROVIDENCE, Sept. 28 —
This is an equine riches-to-rags-
to-riches story that attracted
wide attention in Rhode Is-
land.
The case of Stavka shows
what might happen to any dis-
carded runner.
In March, George J. Reilly of
the Rhode Island Society for
the Prevention for Cruelty to
Animals found a horse in shock-
ing condition from neglect and
starvation on a farm near here.
Emaciated, suffering from
cow itch, hen lice and mange,
the animal was of thoroughbred
blood. It had not been on the
farm a week before, so the own-
er could not be held responsible.
The society bought the ho^se
for $35, took him to Webster
Knight's Cedar Crest Farm. He
was identified as Stavka, which
had raced at Narragansett Park
as recently as May, 1940, in the
name of a New York horseman
who got him from Bill Hartman.
Trainer Hartman positively
identified Stavka, which won in
1939 on leading tracks. The ani-
mal came to him readily wien
called by name.
Stavka then weighed 750 lbs.
After attention had been given
to his teeth, the horse was pla-
ced on a special diet. He had
to be fed in small quantities be-
cause his body could not assim-
ilate much food.
He needed shoes but these
could not be put on until his
feet grew for a month. He was
segregated and turned out an
hour a day in a small paddock
under heavy blankets to pro-
tect him from cold.
Three months later, Stavka
weighed 1050 pounds, romped
all day in a 20-acre farm lot
with other horses. He readily
permitted saddling.
Agent Reilly plans to break
Stavka to harness and use aim
in a democrat wagon to carry on
Society work as well as for ex-
hibition purposes.
Thousands of people travel-
ed miles to watch the rehabilita-
tion of the steed.
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Crest farm, near Providence, he promptly began to regain his health
and self-respect. Today he is well and sound.
Sport Talk
By L. F. Chamberlain
Alex Edwards, one of the best
sport boosters and developers
Newman ever had, was honored
Friday night. The game, and it
turned out to be a victory, of
necessity, was dedicated to him.
His name was cheered heartily, ]
when announced over the loud-
speaker. As vocational instruc-
tor and assistant principal, Alex
has been heart and soul with the
Mustang teams, and popular
among players and students at
large generally. He is planning
to go into active war service,
and will be sorely missed among
the spectators, and in Newman
sports councils.
YESTERDAY'S STAR: Soutn-
paw Ernie White, who neld
the Cubs to five hits as the
Cards clinched the National lea-
gue flag by beating Chicago, 9-2,
in the first game of a double-
header.
Queen Elizabeth
Has Bronchitis
LONDON. Sept. 28 — (UP)—
Queen Elizabeth today was re-
ported making good progress in
recovering from an attack of
acute bronchitis, but she will
not be able to maintain her
strenuous wartime schedule for
three weeks.
The queen, who normally en-
joys excellent health, is resting
in the country.
FWiAL MA,10®
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 —(UP)
—Final major league standings
for 1942 follow:
National League W I> Pot.
St. Louis 106 48 .688
Brooklyn 104 50 .675
New York 85 67 559
Cincinnati . ' 76 76 .500
Pittsburgh 66 81 .449
Chicago 78 86 .442
Philadelphia 42 109 .278
American League AV L Pet.
New York .. . 103 51 .669
Boston 93 59 .612
St. Louis 82 69 .5-15
Cleveland 76 79 .487
Detroit 73 81 .474
Chicago 62 89 .411
Philadelphia . 55 99 .357
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Kibitzing was welcomed oy iJvt.
Edgar Peterson of New York
when pretty Hollywood actress
Patricia Morrison, visiting en-
tertainer. watched his game at a
U. S. Army base in Northern Ire-
land. (Passed by Army censor.)
7 Teams Stand
At Top In High
School Football
AH Quarter Finalists
Of Last Year Come
Through Strong
By Unified Press
There was little or no change
in the condition of the Texas
Interscholastic League race to-
day as the results of last week-
end's contests were digested.
Seven teams continued to stand
head and shoulders above the
field with a few other unbeat-
en contenders lurking in the j
shadows just, itching to jump in-1
to the spotlight positions if one|
of the seven should falter.
In fact, on the basis of re- j
turns to date, last year's quar-,
ter-finalists might well repeat
their roles, for each of the four—
Wichita Falls, the champion;
Temple, the runner-up; Lamar
of Houston and Sunset of Dal-
las—has displayed exceptional
repeating abilities, a quality
rather rare in Texas schoolboy
football.
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Of the four, only one
seems assured of a definite
serious threat inside its
own district—Temple. For |
See SEVENTEEN Page 3 '
Sport
Parade
By Jack Cuddy
UP Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 —(UP)
—Look out below. We're climb-
ing right out on that high,
shaky limb and picking the
Cardinals to beat the Yankees
in the world series.
We're selecting the St. Louis
Swifties to take the series four
games tcr three in one of the
greatest classics of baseball his-
tory. We like the Red Birds
because of their winning mo-
mentum, their fighting edge,
their youthful speed and their
luck among other things.
Lady Luck quite likely will
prove an ultra-important factor
in this particular series, which
promises top-flight pitching and
lightning infield play by both
outfits. Although both clubs
pack dangerous batting punch,
we don't expect long-driving to
turn the tide because:
I. Both teams have excel-
lent outfields. 2. The pitch-
ers seem capable of prev-
enting distance spot-hitt-
ing. Therefore, we say: Wat-
ch for the infield breaks,
and watch the Cards take
ndvantage of those breaks.
See SPORT PARADE Page 3
ALEX
The six-man football teams
continue to keep the game go-
ing in the smaller towns, and
they draw good crowds, too. Di-
vide and Blackwell played a
thriller on Friday, Sept. 18, when
Blackwell literally stunned the
Divide boys, and won a tie af-
ter Gordon Montgomery, Black-
well quarterback, passed to Ray
Alderman, the center, who ran
15 yards for a touchdown. An-
other long pass, after a Divide
fumble, sent Coy Raney over
the line for the second marker.
Divide had done its scoring early
in the game, and until five min-
utes of the end had the game
clinched.
Blackwell, coached by Royce
See SPORT TALK Page 4
The final leaders:
National League
I omhardi, Boston
Slaughter, St. Louis
Musial, St. Louis
Reiser, Brooklyn
Mize, New York
American League
Williams, Boston *
Pesky. Bostos
Spenfe, Washingtn
Gordon. New York
Case, Washington
Ab H Pet.
308 102 .331
591 188 .318
467 147 .315
480 149 .310
541 165 .305
522 186 .356
620 205 .331
629 203 .323
539 173 .321
515 164 .318
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Loom As TNT To
Golden Gophers
Wisconsin Surprises By
Holding- Notre Dame
To Tie Score
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 —(UP)
—The Gophers of Minnesota
today' moved toward a rough
and tumble rendezvous with
the hard-hitting Iowa air cad-
ets that promises to be the
toughe-it test in their bid to re-
tain national collegiate gridiron
honors.
Displaying typical Minnesota
power despite the loss of Coach
Bernie Bierman and All-Ameri-
ca Halfback Bruce Smith, the
Gophers rolled over Pitt, 50-7,
on the first big football week-
end.
Bierman, now a lieutenant
colonel of marines and coach
of the Iowa Cadets, led his Sea-
hawks to their second smashing
victory. They had walloped Kan-
sas, 61-0 anct they continued to
roll with a 20-12 victory over
highly-regarded Northwestern.
With the first major weekend
over, favorites began to step
forward in various sections of
the Nation. Michigan and Ohio
State rated as impressive Min-
nesota opponents. It was Texas
in the Southwest, Fordham in
the East, Oregon State's Rose
Bowl victors on the coast, and
Georgia and Tulane in the
South.
Four upsets were regis-
tered. William anct Mary
beat At tvy, 3-0; Wisconsin
held Notre Dame to a 7-7
deadlock; South Carolina
battled heavily-favored Ten-
nessee to a scoreless tie and
Dartmouth whipped Holy
Cross, 17-6.
The new element, the service
team, spoiled the openers of
two schools. The Georgia Naval
Cadets defeated Penn, 14-6, but
the Quakers looked good in de-
feat. The North Carolina Cad-
ets walloped Harvard, 13-0.
Michigan's power was appar-
ent in a 9-0 decision over the
pro-star team from Great Lakes
naval training station. Prince-
ton whipped Lakehurst naval
base, 20-6; Columbia stopped Ft.
Monmouth, 39-0, and Ohio State
whitewashed Fort Knox '9-0.
Tulane came up with another
powerful team, the Green Wave
smothering Southern Cal. 27-13,
California tarely nosed out St.
Mary's 6-0; Oregon State defeat-
ed Idaho, 32-0; Washington State
nosed out Stanford, 6-0; Texas
breezed over Kansas State, 64-0;
North Carolina squeezed out a
6-0 verdict over Wake Forest;
Georgia Tech downed Auburn,
15-0 and Duke. Mississippi and
Vanderbilt won easily.
Fordham outlasted Purdue,
14-7. while elsewhere in the
mid-west Iowa hammered out a
convincing 27-0 triumph over
Nebraska. Indiana and Illinois
breeze:! home in warmup tilts.
Aggies' 16-7 Defeat
Blow To Favorites
By Richard >1. Morehead
UP Staff Correspondent
Texas and Texas Christian
Universities moved a ' notch
higher in critics' esteem today
while the Texas Aggies, South-
west Conference champs, smart-
ed under the sting of defeat in
their first 1942 appearance.
The Texas Christians were
not particularly impressive in
beating UCLA 7-6 last Friday
but they demonstrated a trait
from which champions, are
made—they came from behind
to win
Texas ran its two-game point
total to 104 with a resounding
64-0 triumph over a Kansas
State eleven which was plainly
outclassed but never quit try-
ing. Jackie Field, a sprint star
on the Texas track team, show-
ed straightaway speed and a
nifty change of pace in scoring
three touchdowns. But the Tex-
as showing was a tribute to
teamwork, precision and speed.
Texas gets a chance to display
its wares nationally this Satur-
day when it meets Northwestern
at Evanston, 111. Northwestern
lost 20-12 last week to the pow-
erful Iowa Navy pre - flight
team coached by Bernie Bier-
man.
Things haven't gone at
all weii for the Texas Ag-
gies this season. A pre-sea-
son favorite to repent for
the championship, Coach
Homer Norton's squad was
bothered by . injuries and
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FACKS PIllHON TERM
DALLAS Tex., Sept. 28 —
(UP)—Dr. Lawrence E. (Arnold,
an obstetrician, today faced two
year's imprisonment following
hi-; conviction on a charge that
he attempted to evade the draft
by falsifying his physical condi-
tion in his questionnaire. Sen-
tence was pronounced by Fed-
eral Judge T. Whitfield David-
son. Arnold's attorney planned
to file a motion for a new
trial.
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Sports Even Up
With Vols After
Two Dixie Tilts
By United Press
The Nashville Vols of the
Southern Association and Shre-
veport Sports of the Texas lea-
gue were all square today in
their tussle for the Dixie series
championship.
The Clubs were en route to
Shreveport for the third of
their best four-out-of-seven play-
off after the Southern associa-
tion nine evened the series yes-
terday with a 4-1 triumph.
The third, fourth and fifth
games of the series will be play-
ed in Shreveport tomorrow,
Wednesday and \ Thursday
nights with the clubs going
back to the Tennessee City for
the remaining games, if neces-
sary.
Yesterday, the Sports were
handcuffed by the Veteran
George Jeffcoat, garnering only
four safeties, three of them by
Charlie Baron.
The Nashville nine jumped on
Jack Brillheart, scoring three
runs with only one man down
in the first inning to send him
to the showers and sew up the
game. Jim Shilling's two - run
homer featured the opening
blast.
HITCH-HIKING HUTS
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 28 —
(UP)—First of three soldiers'
hitch-hiking huts was opened
Saturday at Congress avenue
and the Colorado river bridge.
Sponsored by the (Austin 20-30
club, the hut is equipped with
telephones over which soldiers
and motorists can get in con-
tact.
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withdrawals. Louisiana
State was ready for their
Saturday night meeting at
Ifaton Rouge, and won 16
to 7. Outplayed in the line,
the Aggies never really
came ciose to winning.
It was much the same story
at Waco, where Baylor was vic-
tim of a 13-7 upset by hard-
fighting Hardin-Simmons.
Southern Methodist, haiied as
a "dark horse", was somewhat
disappointing in its initial ap-
pearance against a supposedly-
weak North Texas Teachers'
team. Tied 7-7 midway in the 3d
period, the Methodists came
back with three more touch-
downs, making one on a fumble,
one on an intercepted pass, and
one on an end run by Bael
(Frito) Gonzales.
Rice and Arkansas each lived
up to expectations Rice beat
an improving Corpus Christi na-
val air station team 18 to 7 and
Arkansas won handily from
Vichita university, 27 to 0.
Arkansas and Texas Christ-
ian open the conference season
Saturday with a game at Fort
Worth. The Texas Aggies meet
a strong Texas Tech club at
College Station and Baylor tak-
es on the Oklahoma Aggies at
Oklahoma City, a Friday game
Both Rice and Southern Me-
thodist have matched powerful
opposition. SMU goes to Pitts-
burgh to meet the Pitt Panth-
ers and Rice will play host at
Houston to the surprising
Louisiana State team.
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Chicago Bears
Wallop Packers
By United Press
The Chicago Bears opened de-
fense of their national profes-
sional football league crown
Sunday with a smashing, 14-8
triumph over the Packers at
Green Bay, Wis., as two other
clubs—the New York Gian^t and
Brooklyn Dodgers—scored im-
pressive opening-game victories.
The Giants shaded the Red-
skins, 14-7. In Washington the
Dodgers trounced the Philadel-
phia Eagles, 35-14, at Buffalo, N.
Y„ before a slim crowd of about.
5,000.
Cleveland's Rams blanked
the Lions. 1-1-0, at Detroit arid
weather cancelled the Steelers-
Chicago Cardinals game at Pitts-
burgh.
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JAP LANGUAGE OUT
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 28 —
(UP)—The University of Texas
will drop Japanese from its
foreign language courses this
semester. Students showed lit-
tle general interest. j
These Questions may
decide what laxative
to give your child
Ques. Is it true that children
take more readily to a child's
laxative? Ans. Yes, that's gener-
ally so. Ques. What is a "child's
laxative. Ans. A laxative like Sy-
rup of Black-Draught, designed
especially for a child's needs
and tastes. Your children should
like Syrup of Black-Draught. Fol-
low label directions. The big 50c
bottle contains more than three
times the old trial size.
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