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Iftl PAMPA NEWS, THOftSOAV, SEPT. 1 Clinch Third WT-NM Press Views By BUCK FRANCIS Pampa News Spertj Editor Courageous Gaines Hero In '54 Finale Straiah CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TODAY to the Pampa Oilers for nailing down the West Texas-New Mexico League straight-away season pennant for the third time in history last night in Amariilo. Although the Oilers will not be benefitted (financially) over winning the full season flag, it is quite an honor to outdistance all other teams In the league over the full season, route. Sh 1 he strai hl -season champ isn't considered the "officja league champion. Winner of the Shaughnessy Playoffs is considered the official champ We hav never figured out 11 it any minor league isn't healed one, then the league will suffer tremendously financially.

But, with the Shaughnessy Playoffs, at least half of th clubs in the league will have something to shoot for right down the wire and In many Instances the clubs which didn't make the first division remain in the running: until the last week or so of the season. Take the 1954 WT-NM League foe instance. When the recent meeting o( the league wan held In Plainview (Aug. 26) every team in th league had a pretty good chance of making the first division. But only two of these teams had a "Chinaman's" chance to move into first place, Clovis and Pampa St ft at Amarlllo.

Mexico In 1940. Mt rs th nn "on the Oiler, came a pool isn't made from a portio of the gate receipts during th year to present the straighl-seastf champion at the end of the yeai Even if one cent out of every pai admission during the year wa taken out for pool, it woul amount to quite pot for the first place team over the regular seaso route. As it is, the full season winne doesn't realize a penny for thei accomplishment. We have heard many fang asi "why do they have a playoff a the end of the season? 1 Well, answer that it's th. enly way the minor leagues can lurvive.

If the battle for first place in TOP HITTERS By UNITED PRESS Leading Batters NATIONAL LEAGUE Player, Club 'Inider, Bklyn. N. Y. Vtusial, St. L.

Vfueller, N.Y. 551 80 183 .332 Cin 516 93 170 .329 AMERICAN LEAGUK AB Pet 626 1H 384 502 105 172 .343 S29 112 178 .336 Avila, Cteve N. Y. ainoso, Chi 'fox, Chi N. Y.

S19 77 160 Home Kluszewski, Redlegs Mays, Giants Hodges, Dodgers Sauer, Cubs Mathews, Braves Snider, Dodgers I tuns Batted In Kluszewski, Redlegs Snider, Dodgers Musial, Cardinals Hodges, Doby, Indians Mantle, Yankees Snider, Dodgers Musial, Cardinals Minoso, White Sox- Mays, Giants Fox, White Sox Snider, Dodgers Mueller, Giants Moon, Cardinals Musial, Cardinals Filching Conauegra, White Sox 16-S Antonelli, Giants 20-4 Feller, Indians 12-3 505 99 170 .337 391 63 130 .332 515 111 167 .324 577 101 185 .321 .308 45 39 37 37 38 36 122 117 117 115 113 JI5 114 112 111. 105 185 184 183 178 The Oilers, who finished their regular season che hut night, KfI Blu to the Oiler foe In Shaughnessy Playoffs. Th playoffs will get tin. rierway Saturday night at Oiler Park, The other opening playoff scries will send Amarlllo to Clovis Saturday night. Pampa and Clovis Will 'host the first two gjunes of the best four- out-of-seven series.

The series will switch to Abilene and Amarlllo for games tfo. 3, 4 and 5 (If necessary), Then, If the series still isn't decided by the fifth game, the series will back to Pampa and Clovis for the remainder of the series. Winner of the 'two series will clash In another seven-game set league still shoot for. In the had something to effect, though, all clubs In A LOT OF CREDIT for last night's win will have to handed to Jonas Gaines. The Oilers needed last night's game badly and the pitching staff was in some sort of a predicament of not having an "ace" ready to TO.

But Gaines came to the rescue answering Manager Hersh Martin's call for a "first line" pitcher to take the mound, ul- hough he had only one day's est from his last assignment WHILE WE'RE PASSING out would like to ex- end congratulations to the five Oilers chosen on the All-WT-NM team, Curtis Hardaway, Doug Lewis, I. B. Palmer, Vibe'rt Clarke The Oilers have done right well the "All-Star" polls ihi sea- on. They had five players chosen the annual mid-season All-Star ame. They included four of the ve above, Gaines being the lone xception.

The fifth Oiler to be tiosen for the all-star game al- hough he wound up in a Plain, iew uniform before the game was iayed wa a Don Tierney. Then the Oilers placed five on le "All-Rookie" team, They were Clarke, Gaines, Jose 'alesquez ajid Dick Hairston. And to top it all off, the Oilers ad the "Rookie of the Year" in ardaway. Win, lose or draw in the playoffs, ie Qilera have had very sue- season. oc ae the official 1954 WT-NM cham pionship.

The Oilers have won only one playoff previously. The Pampans won the 1946 playoffs and then won the Little Dixie Series with the East Texas League champions. The Little Dixie Series, however, no longer exists since the Ea.st Texas loop Is now disbanded, Gaines and first baseman Doug were the Oiler heroes in ght's victory at Amariilo. While Gaines was going the route to pick up his 16th win of the season, Lewis furnished the big bat with a grandslam homerun in the second inning that gave the Oilers the lead they never lost. Amariilo, who had taken a 3-1 lead in the first inning, kept threatening to catch up throughout the remainder of the tilt but Gaines thwarted their efforts with some fine clutch pitching.

It was the second win for Gainea in three nights. He had defeated Plainview Monday night in the first game of a doubleheader. their final pair against Abilene. Wednesday night, Clovis bounced Plainview 5 to I. Cecil Da.vis of the Ponies gave up only six hits, as did Ernie Sadler of Clovis, but three of the Pioneers' licks were home runs by Hank Paskiewicz, JJm Lewis and Pete Trabucco.

Davis also allowed a runner to steal home on him. Abilene beat Albuquerque 5 to 2 in a third game. Thursday schedule Plainview at Albuquerque, Abilene at Clovis and Lubbock at Amariilo. Player Johnson, rf Lewis, ib Tanner, cf Palmer, Hairston, If Hardaway, 3b Felder, 2b Hauradou, Gaines, Totals OILERS (6) Ah Po A 51321 4 2 1 10 0 503300 00510 11000 1 0 0 0 00150 1 4: 1 530 34 6 8 27 17 2 AMARILLO (5) Ab Po A Player Brown, rf Wilhite, ss Rucker, If 5 Kennedy, Ib' 4 De la Torre, 3b 4 Goff, 4 Kempa, 2b 4 Silva, cf i ir vVy V' The Oilers are games ahead of second place Clovis. The Oilers are idle Thursday and Friday final two days of the beyond the reach of the Pioneers even if they win 41210 1112 1300 40 1 60 40001 4 0 2 16 1 41012 31220 00000 00000 40100 217N.

CUYLER Tomecek, Mathes, Anderson, Totals 37 5 12 27 6 Pampa 150 000 Amariilo 300 100 Lewis 4, Wilhite Rucker 2BKU-Wilhite, HR 2, Harda way, Silva. to Haura dou to Lewis, Hardaway to Felde to Lewis. 9, AmarilK 8. 3, Tomecek 2 Mathes, Anderson 6, SO Gaines 5, Tomecek 1, Mathes i Anderson 14. Tomecek 2 and 3 in 1 1-3; Mathes 3 and 3 in 1-3.

2, Butler and Bothell. Scores by innings: Plainview 000 010 8 Clovis 002 Oil 6 Davis and Vergetls; Sadler and Warren. 100 000 10 1 Abilene Albuquerque 000 010 8 Jones- and Bowland; Blacksher Santos and Villodas. PHONE 4-325! FALL WORK NEEDS Words Selections Kluszewski Takes Commanding Lead PHILADELPHIA, "Sept. 9 Seventeen homers in 30 that's the fantastic rate at which Ted Kuszewski of the Cincinnati Redlegs is slugging- 'em.

Muscular Ted, the major leagues' home run leader, began his spree on Aug. 10 with a circuit clout off Johnny Antonelli of the Giants ana followed that up the next day with a pair of wallops off Warren Hacker of the Cubs. Wednesday night tagged Murry Dickson of the Phillies for his 45th homer of the season. He now leads runner-up Willie of the Giants by six blowa in the race for tha homer championship. GROOM TIGERS above is the 1954 edi- t.on of the Groom of' District 1-B.

The young and inexperienced Tigers have played one game already, losing to Farwell, 25-6. The Tiger chance of a win over Farwell was dimmed when their starting quarterback was injured on the third offensive play of the game. The Groom squad, from left to right, is: FRONT ROW Brooks, student manager; James Angel, Gerald Jones, Glen Morror, Johnny Eschle, Steve Homer and Eldon Jones, student manager SECOND ROW Allen Babcock, Donnie Black, Edgar James, Bobby Husted, Austin Burgin, Ed Pair and Robert Hermesmeyer, student manager. THIRD ROW Head coach Weldon (Doc) Bates, Max Reno, Jimmie Eschle, Gerald Hermesmeyer, Frank Neil and Ernest Weller and assistant coach'W. H.

(Cuby) Kitchens. FOURTH ROW Leon Anglin, Kenneth Friemel, Leon Schaeffer, Richard Clark. Doug Whatley and Ronald Homer, FIFTH ROW James Weinheimer, Denny Kotara, Siaynard Britten, Dan Witt, Clarence Schaeffer and Willard Smith, Not pictured are Lester Pair a ad Mike Gorman. (News Photo) Cats, Tribe Win Openers By UNITED PRESS Howie Boles, a slugger, an. Karl Spooner, a southpaw strike out artist, were the toast of thei respective Oklahoma City anu Fort Worth ball clubs Thursday in the of the opening round playoff games in the Tex as League.

Boles slapped out three home runs and drove in five as Oklaho ma City knocked off Houston 9 to 8, while Spooner hurled a four-hit 2-inning masterpiece and fanned 13 as the Cats trimmed Shreve port 3 to 2. A crowd of 9,281 fang saw the jame at Houston and 7,122 turned out at Shreveport. Second games will be played at Shreveport and Houston Thursday night before the games switch to Oklahoma Citj and Fort Worth. Fort Worth broke a 2-all dead- ock in the top of the 12th to give jpooner, a 21-ganie winner during he season, a well-deserved victo y- Scores by innings: '1. Worth 12 1 'port 4 0 Spooner and Yelen; Smith, Mar- In (9), Piercey (11) and J.

Jones. 12 0 Dkla. City iouston 15 Groth, Olsen (81 and Cash; chmidt, Patrick (6), Alchley (8) nd Smith, chmidt. LP The American short tailed hrew is the farmer's friend. It is eath to insects and rodents, for saliva glands contain a poison imilar to a Cobra's.

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1.77 "MiCHAMCS." Nylon far fe, T-SHIRTS of smooth, eotton. MI, FOOTBALL LIMITED NUMBER OF GOOD SEATS LEFT FOR SEASON RESERVE! BUY A SEASON BOOK NOW AND BE ASSURED OF A GOOD SEAT AT ALL HOME GAMES! FIRST GAME FRIDAY, SEPT. 17th HARVESTERS vs. AUSTIN of EL PASO at Harvester Park Seats $9.00 for 6 Home Games SCHOOL OFFICE IN CITY HALL Groom Tigers Believed To Be Youngest Schoolboy Eleven (Another In a series dealing with football prospects of, area high schools for the 1954 season): By BUCK FRANCIS Pampa News Sports Editor GROOM, Sept. 9 The Groom Tigers of District 1-B will likely field one of the youngest football teams in the Panhandle area, or for the entire state, this coming fall.

Coach We Id on (Doc) Bates' Groom team has only three seniors on a squad of 30. Only two seniors, however, are listed on the starting lineup. The Tiger starting' lineup includ- eg one freshman, four sophomores, four juniors and two seniors. The other lettermen returning from last year's team that com. piled a very respectable 6-3 record are Donnie Black, Kenneth Friemel, Gerald iiicniiicvel So, at looks like the Tigers willjRonald Homer, Bobby Husted, Glen certainly be heard from the nextjMorror, Leon Schaeffer and two or three years.

Eleven returning lettermen bolster the 1954 Tiger edition. Ronnie Eschle leads the numeral winners with three. Two others, Austin Burgin and Edgar James, have won two letters. Wynn Wins As Tribe Holds By MILTON RICIIMAN United Press Sports Writer Ttie Indians set a new all-time victory mark for Cleveland clubs Thursday and kept threatening ne of the Yankees' proudest all- ime records while taking another ig step toward their first Amer- can League pennant in six frus- rating years. Early Wynn defeated Ath- etics 5 to 2 Wednesday night to protect the Tribe's 4 1-2 game ead and become a 20-game win- er for the third time in his ca- eer.

He thus joined Bob Lemon in the elite 20-game et, The victory was Cleveland's 99th the season, one more triumph than the previous Indian high-water mark compiled by the. Tribe's 1920 team and two more victories than the 1948 world champion Indians were able to register. Near Percentage Record In Athletics with the aid of Vic Wertz' 13th homer, scattered seven hits to wrap up his 13th triumph. Alihvttiikee Narrows (tap Milwaukee moved to within four gam eg of the National League lead by beating Pittsburgh 5 to 2, as the game between the pace-selling Giants and the Cubs was rained out. Eddie Mathews' two-run homer off Dick Littlefleld in the third inning provided the Braves with their 10th straight victory and Warren Spahn with his 19th of the season.

The Dodgeus dropped two full games behind the Braves by bowing to the Cardinals 6 to 5. Carl Erskine, aided by Duke Snider's 35th and 38th homers and by Eoy Campanella's 19th, had a 5-3 lead until the ninth. With one out in Louis runners on second and third. Jim Hughes was greeted by Joe Cunningham's double which lied the score and Rip Repulski follow, ed with a single that 'drove in the Winning run. Ted Kluszewski's He left the game the ninth and St.

gave Cincinnati a 9 to 3 decision over Philadelphia, Reliever Frank! Smith posted hi fifth conquest' while Murry Dlckson suffered his" 18th setback. Wednexduy's Star Tommy Byrne, whose pitching Aust in Burgin and hitting gave him his first ma-l Allen Babcock jor league win of the year, an-11 Maynarcl Britten helped the Yankees to an 8 to Rictmi ci 'ark victory over the Orioles. Jim Eschle ruuBzewBurs 45th homer Cleveland increased is percent- and Waliy Post's 15th featured a age to .712, only two points off the four-run sixth-inning- rally that league's highest total compiled the Yankees' famed "Murderers Row" in the late Miller Huggins, the Yankees won 100 games and lost but 44 that year for a .714 percentage. Under Al Lopez, who was barely beginning to learn the baseball ropes with Jacksonville, in 1927, the Indians have lost only 40 games so far this season. Cleveland 15 more games left and should the Indians win 13 of them, the Yankees' all time American League record will go by boards.

who still a hope of overtaking the Tribe, defeated Baltimore 8 to 2 with the help of an old flame thrower, southpaw Tommy Byrne, purchased fiam the Pacific Coast League only Saturday. Byrjie, lamed for his wJJduess in his previous tenure with the Yankees, walked only four and contributed a triple aud double with the bases full. Martin limited Washing- 1 ton to two hits for 8 1-3 innings Whatley. Bates, who pinyed football at Texas State four years (1946-501 says his '54 team has a lota of spirit and desire but is shy on experience. "But I believe tha kids will do all right this season even though they are lacking the experience," Bates added Bales believes Leon Anglln is the brightest prospect he has ever coached.

Anglin is only a fresh, man and has already gained starting berth. Anglin is a 180. pound end. The four Bophomores on the starting lineup for the Tigers are tackle Ernest Weller; end Kenneth Friemel; quarterback Gerad Hermes, meyer; and fullbaok Allen Bab. cock.

The four juniors on the starting Meven ar guard Donnie Black and Glen Morror; center Bnbby Husted; tackle Ronald Homer. Halfback Austin Burgin'and wing back Jimmy Eschle are the two seniors on the starting 11, Groom is represented by a good majority of its male students on the football field. Only 41 boys are registered at Groom High School, but 30 are out for footbaU, three are serving as managers and two more are ineligible to play. Assisting- Bates this season ia Cuby Kitchens, former coach Whit Deer. Kitchens, a graduat'a of West Texas State, is Just returning to the coaching field after two years in the service.

(illOOM SCHEDULE Sept. '3 Groom 6, Farwell 25 Sept. 10 At Clarendon Sept. J7 Open. Sept.

21 Sum-ay at Groom Oct. 1 i At Texline Oct. Darrouzett at Groom Oct. 15 Open Oct. 22 Stinnett at Groom Oct.

29 At Spearman Nov. 5 Stratford at Groom Nov. 12 -Claude at Groom Nov. 19 At vega JtOXTKR James Angel Leon Anglin Donnie Black Livingston Signs Beaumont Contract Johnny Eschle Kenneth Friemel Mike Gorman Hermesmeyer I Ronald Homer (Steve Homer (Bobby Husted BEAUMONT, Sept. 7 -UP--1 Edgar James Manager Mickey Livingston w.is Onild Jones set 'ttiesiluy for another 'Denny Kolm-i Ihe helm of the Beaumwil i 'Morror' I'Yaiik Neil J4vingston sigjied his 1955 con- ti'act at plate between gameit of Monday night's season ending doubleheader against Shreveport Lester Max Reno Clarence Schaeffer 1 oil I YCJJUIl.

Mv-iio-t; la 0 innings The nier major league catcher eon Schaeffer but needed Don Johnson 1 aid in ma a at Shreveporl last season Willai 'd Smith Ihe ninth to gain a 2 to 1 victoi bul W8a fllccl last winter by Sport James Weinheimer for ti) White Sox. ow Bonneau becAme lie lilmest Weller The ReJ Sox knocked out Stave refU5e lo give up his interest in ou Whatley Gromek with three run bum in the inning and on to defeat Tlgen 6 tp. a Shreveport tavern. Dan Witt T. 8 a 170 160 155 185 135 140 355 118 160 150 140 160 145 140 130 105 iao 115 166 145 140 185 135 380 125 125 100 150 135 Ev.

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