Alamogordo Daily News from Alamogordo, New Mexico • Page 6

Alamo Junior Legion Takes Trophy in Holiday Tourney Alamo Vets Service Grocery and Tularosa Enter Tourney Are Winners in Softball Games throu; Winning two hard-fought game- first place trophy in the Junior July 4. In the preliminaries El Faso-Lower Valley Juniors by the final event, the local tine honors by a score ol 8-5. Alamo Wins Close One In the morning event with EP- LV all-star the local nine I lirst in the second inning, and it was not until the final period of play that El Paso came with a run to tie the 5 Adainv local centcrt teldei the Alamo encounter, scored ivu- oi live hits, and batted in tiing run to break the up a final taliev ol 2-1 lor th squad Batteries for Atanwigorrio were McCann pitc hing and Jakie Ramirez catching, or El Paso-Low ley, Ponsford cauglit and pitched innings 1-5. Cabai over on the mound for th and seventh, Cruces Breaks Tie In the second morning held at Alamogordo baseba Las Cruces met El Paso Stars. A fast, close- game, th region aseball tournament held irning, Alamogordo defeated of 2-1.

Friday aftern Cruces Juniors to ta mou here on 1,0 11 unci an nated ir I Be top jarana Ei Paso All-Stars Win In fhc first afternoon ion play off, El Pa the A1I- Low and ark score was tied 5-5 at the end of the regular seven period play and two more innings were required before Cruces forged ahead to 6-5. Montoya, Las Cruces catcher, was the hitting star of event Batteries in this game included for I Cruces, Glover pitching, ar.d Montoya behind the plan- For El Paso Gomez and Duran shared lion- con so i Star juniors defeated El Pi er Valley in a close 2 1 abbreviated five inning contest. Championship Gams Alamogordo scoring 8, to 5 for Las Cruces, won the title by fair margin in the final event. Batter-1 ies were Benitez, pitcher, and Ra- i mirez. catcher for the local nine; and Matlock pitching to Montoya iver Val- behind the bat for as Cruces.

Ala- Schuster I mogordo scored nine hits; Cruces ira took 1 three. Leading hitter for the Cross he sixth ity group wav who scored a home run for the second hit to go over the wall, since the new I high school field was opened. Las cvem, Cruces also struck the previous I park, home nrn in a game last spring. i Coach Sell points out, but lost that game as well as in the final tally. Ben it led the Alamogordo hitters with three; Caton scored second with two hits.

trophy was officially presented to Alamo captain, Elias Benitez, by C. E. Anderson. commander of local American Legion Post 34. at the close of events Friday.

Tournament officials included Sam St ration and Paul Gill, base umpires; Carl Hickey and Charles Binder, plate umpires. Fred Sell, coach of the local nine, and Weldon Wade of the American Legion, assistant coach, were in charge of arrangements. Batting Averages Fdriic Abeyta, manager of the Alamo Vets, has entered the team in a tournament now in progress in the following theatres: Artesia. Carlsbad, Van Horn. Dell City and Sierra Blanca, according to a publicity report for the team.

Next Sunday afternoon. July 13. at the local field, the Vets will meet the winner of the Artesia-Carlsbad game played Sunday, July and on Sunday, July 20, the Vets will go to one of the tournament towns name of which has not yet been released. In the three games played by the Vets during the 4th of July holidays, the team won 2 and lost At Mesealero on Friday morning. July 4.

they defeated the Redskins 6-4 and in the afternoon game here with the Vado Giants, the score was 6-1 in favor of the Vets. Mickey Madrid and Bill Coyazo did the pitching for the Vets in the Mesealero game with Charlie Mackey, Jr. hurling for the Redskins. Manuel Gutierrez went all the way as hurler for the Vets in the game with Vado; while Moltrie did the pitching for the Giants, Last Sunday, July 6, the Vets were not quite so lucky and lost to final score being 101. Madrid and Gutierrez were on the mound for the local nine with Kaiser pitching for Holloman.

uiid i Babe i'm noi eateha'! I just traiti sttmc Batting for the local top hitters Batting PlayerAB Average Benitez 7 1 4.571 Caton 6 8 .381 F. Ram 20 5 7 .350 Adams26 6 9.347 Aguilar933.333 Pafee 11 5 3.273 McCann 23 66.261 Reyes 16 4 .250 J. Rami re i 215 4 .190 Blake 17 3.176 Gill 6 1 1 .167 i Speck 4 3 1 143 Betty Ann Hamilton Reports For Nurses Training, July 1.2 Miss Betty Ann Hamilton, a 1952 graduate of Alamogordo high school, has been accepted for nurses training at Hotel I)icu School of Nursing. El Paso, and will report the of this week to begin training. Daughter of Mrs.

Oma Hamilton. 507 Pennsylvania avenue. Betty Ann was prominent in student activities at the high school, serving as president of the Athletic Association and the Spanish Club and was a member of National Honor Society, Pep Squad and Student Council. She attended Girls' State in 1951, was a member of the annual staff, attended Career Conference and was active in high school dramatics. Miss Shirley Emcns, who applied and was accepted earlier for nurses training at Hotel Dieui will also report to begin training on July 12.

Homogenized MILK hcck no, gal, just hand over the milk bottle and get along to not half as delicious OR nutritious as good, fresh Homogenized Junior Legion To Play In Hurley Next game for Mamogorrio Junior American Legion baseball team wiil be in Hurley Saturday afternoon. July 12. when they meet the Hurley Juniors there. Plans are under way to line up I a game also with Central, while local group is in the Hurley area. Alam operating with the local Legion Post in sponsoring the summer baseball, and provide a school bus to transport the team on out-of- town trips.

CHILD OF FORMER RESIDENTS HAS POLIO Mrs. Ward Charles was called to El Paso Sunday by the illness of her niece, three-year-old Joyce Kennedy, who is in an isolation ward in an El Paso hospital with polio. The child had been ill for several days before tests on Sunday resulted in the polio diagnosis. Joyce is the daughter of Mr and ording to Coach Fred Sell. Mrs.

William I). Kennedy, who rdo public schools are co-! were Alamogordo residents during World War II when Mr. Kennedy was stationed at Holloman Air Force Base. They have one other child. Charles, aged 18 months.

SCOTT FAMILY VISITS Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Scott and three sons, Lonard, Verbal and Ronald of Mayhill visited in the home of Mr, and Mrs. Dick Gililland Saturday. Verbal was home on a three days pass from Wichita FalK Texas, where he is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base.

SHOE SALE One Lot At OFF The Store CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this means to express our thanks and appreciation for the many acts of kindness show our wife and mother during her long illness. We are indeed grateful to each and everyone for the many courtesies shown, not only at the time of her death, but all the years of her illness. May God bless each of you. The Family of Dan Smith. A LETTER OF THANKS The family of Brother E.

A. Robison. consisting of sons, Raymond, Bertram, Maurice. Otis, and their families, together with the only daughter. Mrs.

Gladys I. Clark, all desire to express in this manner their deep and sincere gratitude to i the Church of Christ of 9th and Texas Alamogordo, also to many neighbors and friends ho are not of the church, who showed such a wonderful and noble spirit in providing food for the family during the two days following the death of the wife and mother. All of the family except Raymond and wife, who live in Alamogordo, have their homes far away. One in Albuquerque, the others in or near Abilene, Texas. They also desire to thank every one for the wonderful display of flowers at the meeting house and the cemetery, and not one will ever forget the of faith and labor ot behind all of this.

Our thanks to Bro. Elkins, minister ho conducted the funeral services. Our thanks to the Alamogordo News for giving this space in the paper. SIGNED: The Robison Familv. seven! mi boy hits appreciate your support.

With the games called off Thursday night due the softball league had but two games this week. In the Thursday night games, Service Grocery nosed out Holy Name, 64 in a very evenly matched game that saw but six hits for both teams. The Land-Air-Tularosa game too. was a close one until the when Tularosa exploded with five runs to win, 9-4. Holy Name scored twice in the first frame by taking advantage of four of the total of five errors in the game while Service Grocery pushed one across the plate on three walks and two passed halls.

Both Arenas and Garcia settled down thereafter and pitched good ball for the rest of the game. Arenas struck out two and walked four while giving up four hits to take the loss. Garcia struck out one, walked six, and gave up twaj CYO and OpHmist Blues Are Little League Winners In the Little League double header played Wednesday night. July 9, CYO and the Optimist Blues were winners. CYO defeated the Optimist Owls by a score of 10-3 while the Optimist Blues won from Hollo mil by two runs with a score of 9-7.

Results of last games at Tiger Field were not available at press tune. Next games will be played at Diamond No. 1, Holloman Air Force Base, Saturday night, July 12. Game time is 7:00 The Optimist Club of Alamogordo promises some good ball playing from these teams to all who wish to attend and states that the Telephone Directory Going to Press Soon for additional or directory Our Business (oncrete Streets can TAKE IT Concrete streets have built-in strength, stamina and and can be designed for any service requirement. Concrete is an all-year, all-weather pavement because (1) its gritty surface is skid-resistant, wet or dry, and (2) its rigid construction bridges weak spots in the supporting soil.

appreciate these facts most when mud holes, ruts and bumps make other streets impassable. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 521 Boston Denver 2, Colo. jA notional organization to improve and extend the uses of portlcnd cement and concrete through scientific research and engineering field work IS THE 10W-ANNUAI-C0ST PAVEMENT News Stand MAGAZINES COMICS Cigarettes Cigars Gum Razor Blades CHILDREN BOOKS POCKET BOOKS Candy Peanuts Tobacco Coca-Colas Flarhlights Billfolds Alarm Clocks Shampoo Combs Dental Cream Nail Files Kleenex Distributor of EL PASO TIMES and HERALD-POST CLYDE SHARER 1109 York Avenue Phone 550-J Each team had five errors. hile Holy Name scored two runs on four in the first inning, Service Grocery tallied four runs on Holy four in fourth inning. R.

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1 0 4 0 0 1 6 4 5 Land Air scored twice in the second inning on only errors of the game, three of them to break a 1-1 deadlock. The three to score stood until the fifth when Tularosa knotted the count by scoring twice on two errors, a walk and a single. Each team scored once in the sixth to maintain the But Tularosa really got to Grimillion in the seventh and before ker. who relieved him, could stop the onslaught, Tularosa had pushed across five runs and as many hits, two of which were doubles by rujo and Mendonca. R.

H. E. Tularosa 1000215 9 10 3 Land Air 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 3 BIRTHS July to Mr. and Mrs. M.

M. McDaniel, 1118 Porto Rico avenue, a son, Ter re at Gerald Champion Memorial hospital. July to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Klaus, 314 Dewey lane, a daughter, Dorothie Marie, at GCM hospital.

July to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ferrando, 606 New York avenue, a daughter, Laufettc Mae, at GCM hospital. July to Mr. and Mrs.

I. V. Sanchez. La Luz, a son, Ishmael at GCM hospital. July to Mr.

and Mrs. Bill ollins, 319 Twelfth street, a son, Bret, at GCM hospital. July to Mr. and Mrs. James It.

Steele, Holloman, a son, James Hoycc II, at GCM hospital. AMBULANCE NEWS July Lon a Edson was removed from her home, 810 Ninth street, to Gerald Champion Memorial hospital, by Mullins ll ambulance. July Josephine Gonzales was transferred by from GCM hospital to 217 Jiaiiroad avenue. July 4 Mrs. Christine Mowrer.

Gallup, was removed from the scene of an accident on Highway 83. to GCM hospital, by ambulance. ML N' RS RETURN VACATION TRIP In in I iORDO NI Thursday, July Id, 1952 a 'tur trip trom a vacation Mesa erde National Park, Yellowstone, Salt Lake City. Denver and Colorado Springs, They left Alamogordo on June 12 and Meager attended a meeting of the board of directors of the state insurance association in Gallup before going on to visit other points of interest. VISIT HUNTERS, MAMELLS Mrs.

Kilen Hammond and daughter, Patsy, of Los Angeles, and Miss Gt orgia Hunter Phoenix, will return to their homes next week, after a sc era! visit with relatives in this section. Mrs. Hammond and Miss Hunter are sisters of Alfred and Lon Hunter of Alamogordo and of Mrs. Frank Mahill of Tularosa. FARM BUREAU MEMBERS! Be Sure To Save JULY 20 For The County Farm Bureau Picnic At The 4-H Club Camp SPECIAL PURCHASE LIMITED SUPPLY Spacious 13.9 squcre feet of shelf space! 183 4 -quar! across-the bottom cold Crisper Drawer! Extra-high and roomy bottle space! Beautiful styling, featuring new Leonard-Gold Quality backed by Leonard 71-year experience! HURRY! BETTER GET YOUR NEW LEONARD NOW! KITCHEN SPACE! ACTUALLY WIDE! BIG 25-LB.

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