The Amarillo Globe-Times from Amarillo, Texas • Page 17

TUESDAY. APR I THE AMARILLO GLOBE-TIMES. AMARILLO. TEXAS PAGE NPTETEEK Wrists Brighten Future for Heron By DICK KRANZ Globe-Times Sports Editor Karl Jose (Chico) Heron's baseball career could be a very bright one. The flashy little Panamanian Infielder has been tabbed by Amarillo Gold Sox Manager Chuck as a possible major leaguer.

"He's gof thy quickest pair of wrists I've fever seen," said Stev' ens one day while watching Heron in a batting session. "He's a fine prospect." Chico played baseball in high school and with an amateur team in his hometown of Bocas. A base- player friend, Brown Winston, 'recommended to Jim Hamilton, a scout. Hamilton signed, him in 1954. He starting his third year in professional baseball.

In 1954, Heron began his career at Pampa, but was in 21 games before being to Meridian, in the States League where he hit ..325. Last year, he came to Ama- "rillo and had a fine season with 'the Gold Sox, belting 2G home runs and driving in 104 runs. Heron, born March 19, 1936, af Bocas, in the Republic of Panama, is 5-9 and weighs 170 pounds. Chico is soft spoken and he speaks the English language Rogers and Nelson Risk Sanders Favored North-South Meet CHICO HERON Defeated Candidate Would Oust DA WICHITA FALLS --UP- Russell Jack Ballard, an unsuccessful candidate for city council, has filed a suit attempting to remove Attorney Jimmy from office. Ballard charged misconduct in office in the charge filed Monday.

well. He is liked by his teammates and the fans. Heron In single. It was difficult to pick any particular baseball thrill, but after a little deliberation, Heron thought his homer in the eighth inning last year to beat Plainview was his tops so far. As a youngster, Heron admired Joe DiMaggio of New York and used to root for the Yankees.

What does Heron do in the off season? "I paint a little and sit around a little," ha replied with a whimsical smile. Chico paints houses, not portraits, however. AI the baseball men who have looked at Chico foresee a bright future. JOSE (CHICO) HERON Team Ab Tb 2b 3D Hr Sb Bb Rbt 1954--Pampa 21 78 13 19 24 3 1 0 1 9 14 32 114 29 37 54 6 4 1 2 30 20 26 .325 1955--Amarillo 137 542 141 172 282 40 5 20 TOTALS 190 734 183 228 360 49 10 21 Tag-Team Bell Art Nelson and Rip Eogers, the world toy-team champfions, have agreed to risk their title on thte week's exciting Sporte Arena wrestling card. The match will be the third event of the night and is lor the best two of three falls or one-hour.

A pair of crowd favorite, Cory Funk and Big Bob Geigel, will challenge the champs for the world title and the mutch could be one of the most exciting bouts on the "Parade Of Champions" card. Nelson and Rogers haven't been in Amarillo in recent weeks but the fans will have no trouble remembering them. Funk and Geigel, one time bitter enemies but now close friends, will be the fans choice and the two partners may give the champions a rough battle. The main event this week will be a Southwest States junior heavyweight championship with Sterling (Dizzy) Davis placing his Sonny Myers. The match is for belt on the block against popular the best of three falls or one-hour.

June Byers, the world's champion, will meet Penny Banner in a titie match In the semiwfadttp. The match Is for the best oi three falls or one-hour. The second event, between Danny McShain and Mitsu. is for the Rising Sun trophy. Mitsu is the heavyweight sumo champion of Japan and was Tokyo Joe's official second last week when he lost to McShain.

The match is Pct for the best two out of three falls, 37 .244 on.3-hour limit and the loser to PINEHURST, N.C. Doug Sanders, who learned his gob on a nine-hole course in Cedartown, found himself in the role of, as match play 'n the favorite Noth attd South Amateur tournament began today. The 23-year-old salesman, shot a 70 was the only other player in the field of 135 to better par-72 over the yard No. 2 course on the Pinehurst Country Club. Sanders headed tiie upper half of the: championship of 64 players, who His opponent today was Keely Robbins, heading the tower hall, of the draw, met Jack Lumpkin of Ga.

Another two-time winner here, Bill Campbell from Huntington, W. was in the bottom half along veraty athletes are Oxonians Arrive For Pena Relays NEW YORiC A confident (and 25 minutes, but that bunch of blokes these Oxford Uni- bother the visitors at all "I think that will glvt us plHrty with Billy Jce Patton of Morgan- Four of them are here to com-! of time between races," Boyd Mid. defending champion. wim ouur ton, the 1954 champion, and Don pete in the Penn Relays this do plenty of training and art Bisplinghoff of Orlando, the day and Saturday. They're simply i in good condition.

After all, 'oozing confidence ian ordinary practice session calif For one thing, they didn't even at least an hour of jood, hard bring along a spare in case of a running. mishap. Then, after entering two "We go 10 quarter at lop events, they decided to try a third speed daily. That rquires 90 to 65 i 4- diA Victoria Manager VICTORIA (JP-The manager of because "they" didn't think the cp- seconds for each. And we don'tido now calls Miami, home, won Grice.

an accomplished victoria baseball team in the position in the other two the medal horors yestei'day with player. eaguet Basso, strong enough. a record-smashing 66, six under i 3 9S 104 106 .317 6137 138 149 .310 Kids, Incorporated By GEORGE BUBRIS Kids, Inc. has made a sharp change in determining whether boys and girls are bantam midgets, peewees, juniors or seniors, reports Coordinator Bob McCol- Jum. HOW SYSTEM WORKS In the past, boys and girls were assigned to one of the Kids, Inc.

divisions by a joint system which took into account such tilings as weight, height and year in school. This system has now been replaced by a new system in which the key factor is age. For the coming softball season, boys and girls will be placed in divisions on the basis of their ages as of Sept. 1, 1955. For the 1956-57 seasons in football, basketball and softball, they will be chosen for divisions on the basis of age as Sept 1, 1956.

Boys who were 7 or 8 as of --last Sept 1 will be placed in the bantam midget division. There will probably be at least two loops of bantams, perhaps more. Boys and girls 9 and 10 as of last Sept. 1 will be in the peewee division. There were three peewee loops in 1955 and may be -even more for 1956.

Junior boys and girls are those who were 13 or 14 as of last Sept. 1. In 1955 there were two junior loops, and also two In 1954. There will likely be two junior leagues for 1956. Seniors are those in the 15-16-17 age group as of Sept.

1, 1955. There was a senior girls loop in basketball and plans call for a senior boys loop in softball, as well as a senior girls league. In 1954 the senior boys had a very strong basketball loop, won by Maverick. AWARDS PARTY Annual Awards Party for basketball winners will be at Mav- jcrick Club Friday night at 7:30, McCollum announced yesterday. The program is not yet complete, but will be given in this rxlumn before Friday.

Winners of city-wide titles will get individual gold basketballs, second placers individual silver basketballs, while loop champions are slated for individual shoulder patches. A new set-up calls for coaches and officials to be presented with certificates of service, McCollum said. Registration has become heavier the past few days as the drive for softball gains momentum, the coordinator reports. CRAIGHEAD COACHES Al Craighead is slated to handle a Margaret Wills crew, probably midgets, while Veteran Coach Jerry Kolander will also handle a Wills crew. Kolander's tough Wills midgets the past two seasons have been heavy threats in loop play.

Classified Want Ads Get Results! par. Robbins, heading the half of the draw, met Jack Lumpkin of Athens, Ga. Another two-time winner here, Bill Campbell from Huntgton, W. was in the bottom half along wipar. Hillman Others in the upper half in-'fired yesterday by Derrest Wil- "You don't know how much we jogging." was any resting.

Between each at trips we go toe eluded Frank Strafaci, Garden liams, South winner; Dave Smith, Gas- ager. owner and general England have improved in the Ipast three years," 22-year-old Ian last year; Eddie Merrins, fromf" Lou Fitzgerald, a veteran minor Boyd tolc'l the New York Track Meridian, Dick Chapman, league club manager, took over Writers Assn. luncheon yesterday. me perennial Hnehurst hope; today in Beaumont. He was man- Bil Hyndman of Abington, of Port Arthur last year.

The other three members of the team are Alan Gordon, Derek 1955 National Amateur runner-up I Williams said the change was; Johnson and Donald Gorrie. and Alex Welsh from to help the team, which has) The two-mile and the four-mile Robbins of Memphis, runner-up here 'iwo years lost eight and won three. are to be run off within an hour RADIATORS Flushing Repairing -Cleaning MILLER RADIATOR NEW and USED 61? Jeffenon Dial DR6-MM burn his tights in the center of fee ring and leave town. A preliminary match is to be added. CINCINNATI TEE SEATTLE Sewell, who managed the St.

Louis Browns to their only American League pennant in 1944, back in the family of the Cincinnati Redlegs now that he's the new pilot of the Seattle Earners of the Pacific Coast League. Sewell, who man- eged Toronto the last two years, piloted Cincinnati in 1950, 1951 and part of 1952. Seattle and Cincinnati have a working agreement. WALTER BOLT DIES SHREVEPORT iB-WaIter Bolt, 66, father of golfer Tommy Bolt, died yesterday. American League umpire Larry Napp is a New York State boxing referee during the off-season.

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