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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
8
Byron Nelson withdrew from the Philadelphia Inquirer Open allowing Ben Hogan to become the prohibitive favorite in the $15,000 third annual event. Nelson left to Texas due to his mother in law’s illness as the tournament opened.
Hubbers snap Amarillo nine game win streak with a 9 5 triumph in Lubbock. Lee Forrest matched the Sox early and Hubbers hit Haskins hard with timely hits and a Sutch homer in the fifth. Morse, Wenderoth next up for hubbers as Am levelled later rally waned.
Boston and St. Louis battled 12 innings in a rain delayed game that ended 8 to 8 due to darkness. The contest featured 35 players including 10 pitchers with strong pitching and late scoring drama in a lengthy finish.
In Tibet marriages are arranged by family contract and a man may take all daughters of a household as co-wives, reflecting a traditional practice where family kinship and property ties shape unions.
Play in the City Public Parks Tennis Tournament starts this afternoon at Ellwood Park. Bracket drawings will be posted on the Park bulletin board. Men's Singles matches begin at 6. Bud Bussard, president of the Amarillo Tennis Club, serves as tournament director.
Abilene, June 5. Abilene Blue Sox powered by two more Jim Matthews homers defeated Lamesa 13 to 2. John Hall limited the visitors to eight hits as Matthews boosted his circuit total to five in under two weeks. Lamesa trailed 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and Abilene 2 0 3 5 0 0 8x.
Alex DeLaGarza starred for Albuquerque with a homer two doubles a triple and five stolen bases as his team edged Clovis 13 to 12 in a three hour game delayed by umpires’ absence. Ray Bauer served as acting Clovis manager while Dembrage worked for Albuquerque.
Chicago Cubs topple New York Giants 6 to 5 as rookie first baseman Watkus hits a bases loaded single with two out in the ninth, turning a 5-5 deadlock into a Cubs victory. Fischer Budnick Trinkle Cooper Schmitz Bithorn Chipman Kush McCullough noted.
Detroit Tigers pitcher Virgil Trucks and Al Benton shut out the Philadelphia Athletics 2 to 0 as George Kell and Dick Wakefield homered. About 5,000 witnessed the game, with Trucks, Benton and Richards, Flores, Marchildon and Rosar contributing on defense and offense.
Pinch hitter Elvin Adams delivered a bases loaded single in the ninth to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 win over the Boston Braves in the second game of a three game series. Wright and Mass. Burkhardt and Garagiola.
Roger Wolff earned his fourth win of the season as the Washington Senators defeated the Cleveland Indians 5-1. Gromek worked for Cleveland with Center and Lollar behind Wolff and Evans.
Kirilenko of Murmansk returns to face Andy Tremaine at the Fair Grounds automobile building tonight. The headliner is a best two of three falls in one hour. Promoter Cory Detton stacks the card with Stratton opponent Walter Stratton, plus Irish Mike McGee and Young Sandow in the opening.
Lamesa, June 5 Special Bar ton Cook, acting manager and Lobo catcher, lined a single off the left fielder's glove in the eighth with two out to drive in Joe Fortin for the winning run as Lamesa downed Abilene's Blue Sox 8-7 to split the two game series. Fortin earlier doubled to right to tie the score at 7-7 behind Sammy Malvica's single.
Erich Pohl, head of staging the National AAU track and field Carnival in San Antonio on June 28 and 29, announced that 16 defending champions have entered. He presented a letter from Daniel J. Ferris predicting the meet will be the best in the event’s long history.
Panhandle Peewees face Horace Mann at St Marys and Wolflin No 2 plays 3700 Taylor while 4th N Harrison meets Wilson School Humphreys Highland hosts Boys Ranch. Plains Peewees include San Jacinto at Amarillo College Lamar at 2nd Margaret Wills Wolflin No 1 at McKinley and 9th Lamar at 3700 Taylor. Prairie Peewees Mavericks meet Bivins Sam Houston plays San Jacinto at 6th and Independence Glenwood faces Pleasant Valley Sanborn plays Forest Hill. Cactus Peewees feature Sanborn No 2 at 1st McMasters Humphreys Highland at 3700 Taylor North Side vs Maverick Club and Margaret Wills at San Jacinto.
Nation's professional golfers contemplate boycotting the National Open as they question an 8000 prize in a tournament that could net the U S G A large sums from entries, gate, radio rights, and exhibitions. Pros argue they deserve a larger share of the Open's revenues.
Tony Butler of Orange and his group including Melvin Best and Hugh Anderson of Lubbock and George Westbrook of Hobbs NM fired a 12 under par best ball 59 to top the field in the opening pro am event curtain-raiser to the Texas PGA Championship at the Lubbock Country Club Course.
Six foursomes carded five under par 62 to tie for runnerup as play begins for keeps in the National PGA qualifiers and Texas PGA championship. Raymond Schneider of Riversoaks leads as favorite after a 65 course record debut. Raymond Gafford close behind in Fort Worth.
PAMPA June 5 Special War ren Hacker secured his ninth win as the Oilers exploded for 23 hits to rout the Borger Gassers 21 to 3. Three Pampa players Range Emmit Fulenwider and Jack Riley hit homers while Clawitter connected for Borger's lone circuit. Upton Parks Clawitter V Gilchrist and Clawitter joined Hacker and Zigelman in a high scoring tilt.
The Tri State Senior Golf Tournament begins June 18 at the Country Club with competition through June 22. Players from regional clubs compete for inclusion in the final rounds and potential championship honors.
Pitcher Bobo Newsom, released earlier by the Philadelphia Athletics, announced he has signed with the Washington Senators. The move comes after a week of contract talks and puts Newsom on the Senators roster ahead of the season.
New York defeats Chicago 9 6 before about 45000 fans aided by six Chicago errors and 14 bases on balls. Grove Hamner Perrie O'Neill Jordan Page Gettel Murphy Robinson listed for New York.
Kirby Higbe won his fourth straight decision for the Dodgers as Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 5-3. Higbe left the game with a back injury after fielding a bunt but Rube Melton finished the work. Attendance was 26,206.
Labor official Robert Murphy said the Pittsburgh Pirates would not play the Friday game at Forbes Field against the New York Giants unless the club agrees to a collective bargaining election. Pirates president William Benswanger met with players after talks in the dressing room. the game proceeded as scheduled after the meeting. Murphy indicated the guild would push for an NLRB hearing and election to name a bargaining agent for the players.
Rio de Janeiro reports a decree extending the export prohibition on cotton textiles for ninety days from June 1, aiming to favor internal markets. The note also mentions a Senior Golf Meet scheduled for June 18 through 22.
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