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K1WANIS BEAT ELKS 8 TO 2 Civic Clubbers Take Early (.ead and Coast In To Easy Win e — Continuing to play a heads-up brand of baseball. the Kiwam* iron themselves another ball game here Wednesday night a-hen they took an 8-2 encounter from the BPOEs The civic clubber* Jumped into the lead in the opening frame when they rushed over four runs on the strength of hits by Pate, J. King. Pipkin and Hinkley and a mlscue or two on the pairt of Elk fielders. The Kiwis were never headed, adding another four run ■mear m the fourth frame. Maurice Pipkin. Burt Hinkley and Bill Lehman were the big hitters of the night, each collecting two for four The league will get back into ac tion Friday night with the Good years taking on the Eagles on the S6th diamond The Wednesday night box ICIWANIS Jennings. 2b Bgtf. lb . J. King. 3bk Jackson, ss . Pipkin p-lf . B King, lf-p Hinkley. sc Puckett, cf Hartman, c LaRoche. e Atkins, rf . AB R 5 0 4 1 4 1 4 0 4 1 3 2 4 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 4 1 H O A F 114 0 1 11 0 1 12 13 114 0 3 10 0 13 11 2 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 Totals 39 8 10 27 10 5 ELKS Adrean. sc Lehman 2b Dixon, lb . Lesser. p . Perkins. 3b Bowlin, c . B Ball, cf . Pilgrim. If McMeth. rf F Ball, as 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 118 10 4 0 0 4 6 0 3 0 112 1 4 0 1 6 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 Total* . 36 2 6 27 12 3 By innings— Kiwanis .. 400 400 000—8 Elk* . 100 100 000-2 SB Hit— Atkin* 2B Htjs—Pat*. .1 King and Bowlin Double ploy -Jackson to Jennings to Pate left on base*-Elks 9. Kiwanls 7 Pitching records: Pipkin allowed rAttw* hits, struck out none and ^iL’lred none in four innings: King allowed three hits, walked three and struck out none in five innings: Lesser allowed 10 hits, walked three and struck out four in nine in nings Yesterday's Stars By The Associated Pmj»si Buddy Myer. Senators — Scored first run against Athletics after walking and drove in last with single. Chick Hafey, Reds — Slammed triple, double and single against Pirates, batting in three runs Sam Jones, White Sox—Limited Tigers to seven hits in seven in ning* Bing Miller. Red Sox—Clouted pinch single In tenth to drive in runs that beat Yankees. 4-3. Boston Continues to Hold Spotlight of Major Loops By HUGH S. FULLERTON. JR. (Associated Press Sports Writer) Boston, the center of baseball Interest during the winter, appar ently has no intention of relin quishing the spotlight now that the 1935 season is under way. When the curtain rose Tuesday it was Babe Ruth and the Braves who held the center of the staae Wednesdav It was the Red Sox. who Indicated in no uncertain terms that they are out to get into the pennant fight as they turned back the New York Yankees for the second time in succession. Tangling In another mound duel, the Red Hose won 4 to 3 in the tenth inning They had escaped defeat by the slim margin of a ninth-inning homer by Max Bish op Yanks Take Lead With Charley Ruffing hurling great ball, the Yanks took the lead when they solved Gordon * Rhode’s delivery in the seventh. Bishop nocked his homer behind a pinch single by Roy Johnson in the ninth to tie the count. 2-2 Another pinch hitter, old Bing Miller, took over the Job In the tenth and drove in the winning runs after a walk and an error by Lou Gehrig had put runners on second and third. :: rv IS WHAT YOU’LL SAY 5 WHEN YOU SEE THESE— I THE NEW Jockey Shorts 50c — 75c HICKOK Sport Belt* $1.00 EASTER SUITS And they really are beauties! Beautiful patterns and beau* tlful colors! Lightweight cool and smart, here are tht Ideal Easter suits. GRIFFONS $18.50 to $29.50 PALM BEACH $15.75 LINENS $10.00 to $13.50 TROPICALS $15.00 to $25.00 New Values in STRAW HATS $1.95 up Manhattan SHIRTS $1.95 Grayco NECKWEAR 65c to $1.00 DEAN INJURED IN FIRST GAME The St. Louis Cardinals lost their pitching ace. "Dizzy'’ Dean, in the first inning of Tuesday’s opening ball game when a vicious line drive off the bat of Freddie Lindstrom, Cub's third baseman, hit the Card hurler’s ankle and put him out of commission for the remainder of the game. Picture shows Dean being c&nred off the field after being hit. Gehrig did his best to atone for the mlsplay In the last of the tenth, when he belted the first of the 50 or more homers he hopes to hit this season, but the bases were empty. The triumph put Boston at the top of the standing as the only team with two victories. Most of the teams which started the cam paign Tuesday were kept idle by cold weather or rain although some 45.000 fans attended belated • open ers" at Washington and Detroit to bring the total for this year's first games up to 148 687. With President Roosevelt throw ing out the first ball and remain ing through the game to bring good luck Washingtons Senators trounced the Athletics 4 to 2 be fore 21.000 customers. They scored all their runs in the first two in nings before "Sugar" Cain and Bill Dle'rich settled down to pitch three-hit ball the rest of the way. Jimmie Foxx produced the oniy Philadelphia runs with an eighth inning homer. Tiger Beaten Before a crowd of 24.000 the champion Detroit Tigers lost their first game to the rebuilt Chicago White Sox. 7 to 8 Zeke Bonura smacked two doubles and a single. The Cincinnati Reds, who lost their opener, gave the Pirates a taste of their own medicine by niox-ing on to Pittsburgh and taking a 7 to 4 decision before 10,000 open ing day fans Paul Derringer was hit freely but ineffectively while Chick Hafey and Henry Erickson did some hard hitting, the latter contributing a homer. Cold weather stopped the New York-Boston, Brooklyn - Philadel phia and St. Louls-Chicago con tests in the National league. Cleve land and Si Louts in the Amer ican were rained out. Easter Egg Hunt Is Planned by Germania (Sn»r *1 to The Health SAN BENITO April 18- Family gatherings of Germania club mem bers will be resumed at the club house near Rio Hondo Sunday af ternoon when an Easter egg hunt will be held. No charges will be made and mem bers, whether their dues are paid are not, and their friends are in vited to be on hand BRUSHING UP SPORTS —By Pap M1<®D0CIN6 THE t mi<?H WHIP... \ - THCftE MAW BE A SMDRTa&€ op iRM R&Htts, Bor DANNO OWMf' &t\/BS WEARERS OP f*£ &RSE* SCMEOAJE Tb <MX *X » VV&ruHAZf OUTDOES &MON *T a&OONCa ThE Blackshake*.. NET TOURNEY NEARS CLOSE Alli»on Plays Surface In Semi - Finals At Pinehurst PJNEHURST, N C., A pal 18. (AV Wtimer Allison of Austin, Texas, seeded No. 1, was paired Thursday with Hal Surface of Kansas City, another high-ranking star. In the semi-finals of the north and south tennis tournament. The other singles match brought together Archibald Henderson, un seeded University of North Carolina entry who upset Barney Welsh, na tional public parks champion, in the quarter-finals, and the veteran J Gilbert Hall of Orange. N. J. Welsh, seeded No. 4. fell betore the young North Carolina player. 8-2, 6*2. Allison advanced over Ramsey Potts, university of North Carolina. 6-2. 6-2. and Surface overcame Laird Watt. Canadian entry. 7-5, 7-5. Hall defeated Marcel Rainville, another Canadian, by the same score. The semi-finalists in the women's singles were Florence Leboutillier of Westbury. L. I.; Jane Sharpe of Pasadena. Calif.; Eunice Dean of San Antonio, and Mrs. Penelope Ander son McBride of Short Hills N J. Miss Leboutillier was matched with Miss Sharpe and Miss Dean with Mrs. McBride. Aggies, Frogs Battling for their Southwest Con ference lives, and weakened by in jury. the Texas Aggie diamond team will play the Texas Christian Honied Frogs Frldav and Saturday at Fort Worth. The Aggies and Baylor Bears are tied for the cel lar with one victory each in four games, and the Frogs and Univers I ity of Texas Longhorns are tied for first place with three victor.es each in four games. Unless his injured ankle heals faster than expected, Bill Couser, leading Aggie hitter and shortstop from Breckenridge, probably will see the tilts from the bench. He turned his ankle while sliding In the second Baylor game the past Saturday. Either Nat Patton of Crockett. Bill Foster of Calvert, or Johnny Blalock, of Troup, prob-1 ably will take his place. Couser is t batting 333 to date, being the only Aggie hitting above .300. Capt Jake Mooty, Fort Worth, probably will get the Aggies mound call for the first tilt, with Homer Martinez. Hebronville, sched-I uled to work the second game. The Aggies’ batting order probablv will be: Patton. Blalock or Foster, ss; Bill Sod. cf: Mike Langlev. rf: Bob Travis Voelkel. 2b; Ted Jones. If; Connely, 3b; Tommy Hutto lb; Ed Stoves, c; snd pitcher. COLLEGE STATION. April 18 - ' San Benito Contests Up Friday, Thursday (Social to Tha H**ri»M) 8AN BENITO. April 18. - Re S mainder of the teams in the San Benito softball league will get into action Thursday and Friday nights after two close games earlier In the week. Rio Hondo and Highland will tangle Thursday night on the local • diamond and Friday night the High School will engage Ranger ville. The Kiwanians defeated the Lions. 9 to 7. in the opening game Monday night and Tuesday night the Hvgeia Milkmen downed the Firestone Tiremen, 6 to 5, in another close tilt. Pelley’s stickwork ac counted for most of the winners' runs. Score by Innings R H E Firestone ... 200 001 011—5 7 5 Hygeia . 400 oon 20x—« 3 9 Batteries: Medved and Waitman; Wallace and Reeves. _ Revival Under Way fBv The Avwtst^d Pves*i SAN BENTTO. April 18.— Morn ing and evening services are being held daily at the First Baptist church by Dr. M E. Davis of How ard Payne College. Bit)wnwood Dr. Davi* teaches Greek at the college and uses his own translations from | the Bible. The service* will continue through next week. GALAN MAKES FIRST CUB HIT OF GAME "Augie” Galan, Cub's left fielder, cracks out an Infield hit to start the season against the Cardinals Tuesday. Later he advanced to third on an error and then scored when Lmdstrom’s vicious drive bounced off "Dizzy" Dean's shin. The game ended with the score of 4 to 3 in favor of the Cubs. How They Stand TEXAS LEAGUE Team— Oklahoma City Fort Worth ... Beaumont .... Houston . Galveston .... Tulsa .. San Antonio ., Dallas . W. L. Pet 6 1 .857 6 3 .667 6 3 .667 5 3 .625 4 4 .500 3 4 429 2 6 .250 1 9 .111 Result* Wednesday R H E Port Worth _ 000 000 103—4 7 0 Tulsa . 020 000 30x—5 8 1 Frazier and Hevlng; Shealy and Berger. Dallas . 010 010 000— 2 8 0 Oklahoma City 120 062 43x—14 19 1 Kinzy, Fieber and Funk; Evans and Knott. Galveston _ 001 120 010—5 11 7 San Antonio .. 003 002 40x—9 8 2 Davis. Gibbs. Bennett and Linton; Martinez and Pavton. Beaumont ... 010 000 000-1 5 3 Houston . 000 071 OOx—8 12 3 Fletcher, Bratton and Irish; Cvcntfroa and Angler frames Thursdar Dallas at Oklahoma City. Fort Worth at Tulsa. Galveston at Sin Antonio. Houston at Beaumont. AMERICAN LEAGl’E Team— Boston . Cleveland .. Washington Chicago .... Detroit . Philadelphia St Louis ... New York .. W. L. Pet. 2 0 1.000 1 0 1 000 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 000 0 2 000 Results Wednesday R H E Chicago . 020 200 030—7 10 14 De*rr»i* 000 103 020—0 7 13 Wyatt, Jones ana Sewell; Rowe and Cochrane. Philadelphia .. 000 000 020—2 10 12 Washington .. 310 000 OOx—4 8 13 Dietrich, Cam and Foxx; Russell, Whitehill and Bolton. Boston . 000 000 002 2-4 7 14 New York .. 000 000 200 1—3 9 11 H Johnson. Welch, Walberg. Rhodes and R Ferrell; Ruffing and Dickey. Cleveland-St Louis rained out. Game* Thursday Chicago at Detroit Boston at New York Cleveland at St. Louis Philadelphia at Washington. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indianapolis 9. Columbus 7. Louisville 5, Toledo 4 St. Paul 10. Minneapolis R Milwaukee-Kansas City, rain. The “man in the iron mask'* served 42 years in two French pris ons with his face hidden in an iron mask. Only a few high government officials knew who he was. He died in prison, and wore the mask to his grave To this day his identity is a secret. NATIONAL LEAGUE Team— Brooklyn ... Boston . Chicago .... Pittsburgh . Cincinnati . Philadelphia St. Louis ... New York . W. L. Pet. 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 1 1 .500 1 1 300 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 Results Wednesday R H E1 Cincinnati .... 000 002 122—7 11 3 Pittsburgh .... 020 020 000—4 13 0 Derringer and Erickson; Swift, Bush and Padden St. Louis-Chicago. cold. New York-Boston. cold. Brooklyn-Phlladelphia. cold. Games Thursday New York at Boston. St. Louis at Chicago. Brooklyn at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Six Eagles Will Enter Regional Six Brownsville high school Athletes of the squad which placed second In the district meet here last week will go to Kingsville Saturday to compete in the Sec ond Annual Regional meet, it has been announced by Coach Maurice Pipkin. Billy McDavltt will be entered in the century and broad jump. Al bert Barrera will enter the shot, and the Brownsville relay team will be entered also. The relay team, which tied for fourth in the district, is made up of Louis Fer nandes, Clifton Schrieber, Louis Kowalski and Xavier Quintero. The Brownsville squad % 11 go to Kingsville Fridav afternoon in cars, getting a good night of rest before the big meet. Batsell Breaks . Perfect Score The first perfect round of 25 to b* broken at the BatsellWells Skeet ground was turned in by Hurt Bat sell Wednesday afternoon. Perfect rounds were broken by marksmen la the old skeet organization here several years ago. but Batsell’s 25 Is the first to be turned In since the sport was revived about a month ago. Earl Hunter and Kenneth Clark were the next high marksmen Wed nesday, each breaking 23s. The scores are Improving grad ually. and it is likely that a team will be organized In the future. The shoots are held each Wed nesday afternoon from 4 to 7, and the general public is Invited. The field Is located a half a mile from Eiownsville, left hand side going out, or. the San Benito highway. The scores on rounds of 2a Wed nesday were as follows: Batsell . 25 Hunter . 23 Clark . 23 McCandless .. 21 Batsell . 20 Gates . 18 McCandless . 17 McCandless . 17 Durst . 17 Monette . 16 McCandless . 16 Sutherland . 16 "Ponce . 14 Fillar . 12 Brod . 11 Pordyce . 8 The following 25 round scores were made with .410*. Durst . 19 Young . 18 Young . 17 Durst . 14 Lynch . 10 Lynch . 9 In England and Wales, the cost of educating a pupil in the elemen tary schools has risen in the last few vears from $23.75 to $65 an nually. Reorganization Seen for Steers (By The Associated Prats) Talk of shifting players and squad reorganization has started In tha still young 1935 Texas League Pen nant race. At Oklahoma City where the Dal las Steers suffered their eighth low of the season to the tune of a 14 to 2 trouncing by the Oklahoma City Indians business Manager Bob Tar leton and Manager Byrne James talked of reorganization. They said they planned to start at once the Job of rebuilding their hurl ing staff and infield, adding that losses in nine starts was .something that would not right itself. The Tulsa Oilers nipped a ninth inning rally to turn back Fort Worth. 5 to 4. for their second consecutive victory over the Cats. Houston’s heavy artillery broke loose again Wednesday night to drive Fletcher, young right-hander of Beaumont, from the mound with a seven-run splurge in the fifth and a final count of 8 to 1 over the Ex porters. Taking advantage of seven Galves ton errors and eight timely hits, the San Antonio Missions defeated the Bucs. 9 to 5, to even the series at one and one. Our 193S total gold production amounted to 2.55?ji59 ounces, with a valuation of $52,764,028. Now UNCLE SAM HELPS MAKE YOUR HOME MORE Livable And now those plans you have had in mind for such a long tune may at last he carried out! You may wish to re-toof your home; to make repairs on porch or steps; to put in a durable, rat-proof hase ment; to improve your garage with a permanent floor; construct new farm buildings or to make other needed improvements. I! so. Uck at ready cash need no longer delay yen. 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