This article in The Apache Sentinel features Tom as one of the post's "outstanding athletes." It mentions a win in Nogales, Mexico and also gives a couple of lines to Tom's sister, Hattie, who was a 1944 national track and field champion and held the world's record for the women's discus and baseball throws.
This article from The Apache Sentinel, the post newspaper, features the SCU baseball team as "Champions of Southern Arizona and cites stats of total scores of 60 runs to every 5 of its opponents. Tom is listed as captain, seated first row, far right.