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Bobby Thomason

Bullet Bob Flies Here, Inks Pact 'Arm' to Leave Birmingham Job Bobby Thomason, the former "arm" of VMI, who as recently as last Friday had no idea of playing pro football, signed a Richmond Rebel contract last night. That gave the Rebel front office a .500 1 batting average for the day on the contract front. Yesterday afternoon Charlie Justice decided he wouldn't play for the Rebels. Thomason and Justice were both All-Southern Conference backs in 1948. Signing a Rebel contract was part of & a busy day for the former Keydet passing wizard, who gained nearly three-quarters of a mile through the air in '48, his final season. The performance college, him the nation's third ranking college aerialist. Thomason Flies Thomason flew to Richmond from Birmingham yesterday, arriving late in the afternoon, Late last night he was on his way back to Birmingham, where he is employed as a civil engineer by a subsidiary of the United States Steel Company. How soon reports to the Rebels, who opened de practice yesterday, depends on how soon he can get a release from his job. Thomason last night had no idea when de'd be back in town. He hoped it would be, "soon." Thomason found himself amazed At the sudden turn of events which had made him a Rebel. Last Friday he was a civil engineer wondering to himself if the urge to play football would hit him again when September came. Sunday Harry Seibold, of the Rebels, phoned to an matter offer. Yesterday Thomason had been scheduled to lead a surveying party. Instead he came to Richmond. Engineering Job The Rebels acquired Thomason, who is 22 and stands 6-1, in what amounted to a package deal. Before he could sign with the Rebels, he told Seibold, he wanted to be promised an engineering job in Richmond. He got the job. "I don't want my education to gO to waste," Thomason said, by way of explaining his insistence on an engineering job. Thomason, a native of Leeds, Ala., played with the Los Angeles Rams year. He quit the Rams last May to stick to engineering following an Autumn of frustration the season before caused by watching Bob Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin do all the quarterbacking for the National League team. "I began thinking about quitting last December when I returned to Birmingham following the close of the season," he said. "I decided to try to get an engineering job. There weren't any. I became frightened. I asked myself if I was going to let my education go to waste." Thomason went to work May 1. A few days later he received his Ram contract for 1950. Then 1 he made his decision. "I decided I'd be an engineer. I wondered then how I'd react when the season began This has been the first Summer met I can remember that I haven't put my hands on a football." Thomason came to town looking in condition to play. "I weigh 190 pounds," he said . "about my weight in college. I weighed 205 last year. Maybe that was too much." Amidst all the confusion of people si signing and not signing contracts, Head Coach Keith Molesworth and Assistant Frank (Tiger) Walton got work under way at the old Fairgrounds. They had 18 players out: Backs--Joe Corn, Phil Colella, Lynn Chewning, Bob Angle and Cannonball Cooper; ends Mills, Cotton Howell Al Vanderweghe; tackles--Chester Fritz, Bill Hornick, Al Helslander, Ernie Williams, Bob Todd and Roy Jewett; centers--Joe Polce and Frank O'Pella, and guards--Jim McDowell and Garry Faniello. Steve Delish, a center and guard from Valparaiso College, checked in last night ,too late for the drill. Quarterback Paul Rickards and Guard Fritz Laurinaitas, holdovers from last year's team, also are expected out tonight. Thomason, Former as s Yorkers, in serious the on Sister Ennis Jones a New 1: of Cox Russell. Cox. St. out to St. 2. 1 Barlick, -Staff Photo Bob Thomason Looks Over Rebels' Championship Trophy Former VMI 'Arm' Will Help Locals Defend Title Shaky Colts Collapse in Ninth To Blow 12-2 Game to Norfolk By Walt Drewry The Norfolk Tars, who appear determined to knock the Colts out of fourth place playoff berth for athenselves, made it three in a row over the Mustangs by capturing an easy decision before 618 fans, smallest crowd of the season, at Mooers Field last night. Al Cicotte, on leave from Air Force for 30 days, held the Colts to seven hits and blanked them for the first seven innings as Richmond absorbed loss No. 15 in its last 18 contests. The fifth place Tars now trail the Smithmen by three games. Only a mighty circuit wallop t by Manager Vinnie Smith with the bases empty in the eighth and doubles by Ralph Davis and Roy Allen in the ninth prevented a shutout. Smith, only Colt to get more than one hit off Cicotte, who chalked up fourteenth win, clouted his homer over the center-field fence near the flagpole some 380 feet from the plate. Ennis Settles Down The Tars pounded Red Ennis for seven hits and four runs in the first two innings. Then Red pitched one-hit ball through the eighth. In the ninth, however, he passed two batters and gave up doubles to Jim Finigan and Crawford Davidson before retiring in favor of Wade Browning. Then the Mustang defenses collapsed behind Wade, and before the inning was over a dozen Tars had paraded to the plate and eight of them had crossed the platter. Reid Lapses in Field The bases were loaded and one run was in when Browning came in from the bull pen. Don Reimer hit a possible double-play ball to First Baseman Bob Reid, who threw into the dirt at home, allowing two runs to score. Pete Gentile walked, and Marv Crater cleared the sacks with a triple. Reid then crashed into Smith in front of the plate on Jack Wilkin-| son's popup, and Jack was safe at first. Cicotte's single tallied Crater, and Wilkinson later scored on an outfield fly. A single by Finnigan, a double by Davidson and an error gave Norfolk its first two runs in the opening inning. Consecutive onebaggers by George Prigge, Davidson, Bill Renna and Don Reimer| gave the Tars two more in the second. Balls and Strikes--Al Rossi will either Jack Maroney or Jack for the Colts tonight vanad ner for the Tars, who will make their final Moors Field stand of year. . Lucas collected a freak triple in the fourth inning last night when the ball took a funny hop over Gentile's head. He was out trying to score on Davis' grounder, however, Second Baseman Wilkerson making a nice onehand pickup and toss to Crater at the plate. NORFOLK (P) RICHMOND (P) ab.r,h.o.a. ab.r.h.o.a. Finnigan 3b 5 2 2 2 0 Klaus ss 4 01 0 3 Prigge 85 4 2 1 1 1 Bagwell 2b 1 3 0 Davidson If 6 3 1 0 Lucas If Renna rf 2 0R. Davis cf Reimer 1b 2 8 0 Reid 1b 0 12 1 Gentile cf 3 1 0 2 0 Allen 3b 4 0 10 Crater 0 5 9 0 Jacobs rf 0'1 0 Wilkinson 2b 5 1 1 2 6 Smith 0 0 Cicotte D 5 0 1 0 0 Ennis p 3 0 2 3 Browning D 0 Totals -39 12 12 27 7 Totals -33 2 7 27 11 Norfolk 220 000 008-12 RICHMOND 000 000 011- 2 F- Smith, Reid, 2; Bagwell, RBI-Reimer, 2: Renna, Smith, Davidson, 3: Cicotte, Prigge, Allen. -Davidson, Crater, Wilkinson, Finnigan, R. Davis. 3B-Lucas, Crater. HR--Smith. S-Prigge. DP-Ennis and Reid: Wilkinson and Reimer. Left--Norfolk. 8; Richmond, 6. BB-Ennis, 6: Cicotte, 2; Browning, 1. Ennis, 5; Cicotte, 8. HO 10 in 8 innings (pitched to four batters in ninth): : Browning, 2 in 1. -Cicotte, Loser--Ennis Browning. Winner -Cicotte (14-9). (10-9). U-Kirscher and Anderson. T-2:06. A-618. Nats, Gens Swap Wins In Overtime Games Special to The Times-Dispatch EMPORIA, Aug. 21-The Virginia League-leading Emporia Nats and Petersburg exchanged a pair of extra-inning wins tonight. The Generals scored three runs in the seventh inning of the abbreviated opener to 'send it into overtime, then won in the eighth, 5-4. Emporia had to go 10 innings to capture the nightcap, 3-2. A single by Dietzel broke up the game. FIRST GAME Petersburg - 000 001 31- 8 Emporia 112 000 00- Lafoon Berling and Oldis. Bridges. CA CARRUTHERS (2) and Pinner, SECOND GAME Petersburg 000 100 001 2 11 3 Emporia 000 000 011 1-3 8 McCloskey and Pinner: Doxtator, Morgan, RIGSBEE (9) and Oldis. Region IV Legion (FIRST ROUND) Richmond, 13; Chattanooga, 3. Gastonia, 6; Louisville. 5. Baseball Results, Standings National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Philadelphia, 4; New York, 0. Brooklyn, 3; Pittsburgh, 2. St. Louis, 9: Boston. 2. (Only games scheduled.) STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. L. Pet. G.B. Philadelphia 70 45 .609 Brooklyn 61 47 .565 5½ St. Louis 62 51 ,549 Boston 60 51 .541 00 New York 57 54 ,514 11 Chicago 50 63 .442 19 Cincinnati 47 64 .423 21 Pittsburgh 41 73 .360 28½ GAMES TODAY Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (night) -Palica (6-4) vs. Chambers (10-13), New York at Chicago--Hearn (5-2) vs. Rush (10-16), Philadelphia at Cincinnati -Roberts (16-5) vs. Raffensberger (12-13). American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Detroit, 7; St. Louis, 1. (Only game scheduled.) STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. L. Pct. G.B. Detroit 73 39 .652 New York 71 44 .617 3½ Cleveland 71 46 .607 4½ Boston 69 48 .590 6½ Washington 50 61 .450 22½ Chicago 46 71 .393 29½ St. Louis 39 73 .348 34 Philadelphia 40 77 .342 35½ GAMES TODAY Detroit New York--White (4.4) vs. Reynolds (10-11). Cleveland at Washington (Night)- - Feller (11-8) vs. Bearden (2-5). Chicago at Philadelphia (Night)Gumpert (5-6) vs. Hooper (11-8). St. Louis at Boston (Night) -Johnson (4.3) Kinder (12-12).
Article from 22 Aug 1950Richmond Times-Dispatch(Richmond, VA)
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