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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1946
Page
6
The upcoming Conference 1-AA Track and Field meet at Butler Field on Saturday is expected to see at least six records fall. Current marks across sprints, distances, relays and field events list athletes from Amarillo Pampa and nearby towns, with several tied or within reach including the 241 low hurdles and multiple premier performances from 1944 to 1946.
W L Tex Noey of Anchorage showed a two hour color film on hunting and fishing by airplane to about 300 people in Amarillo. The footage features polar bears moose mountain goats and sheep seen from inside the plane and highlights Alaska hunting. Noey plans to show the film to the National Geographic Society and return to Alaska with hunting camp plans.
Five area schools Amarillo Pampa Borger Childress and Quanah qualify but Quanah will not compete. Top sprinters and relay teams already have 880 winningham Amarillo 2 06 2 and mile relay Amarillo McNeil Winningham Pyeatt Bauman clocked 3 40.
Amarillo area youths prep for American Legion Junior Baseball with 18 hopefuls trying out at San Jacinto School. Managers Bus Dorman and substitutes oversee sessions as candidates from Amarillo, Borger, and surrounding towns train daily. Billy Lynch faces back surgery and may end football play. Lubbock Westerners win Sand Hills Relay points.
Paul Tyson confidant of Knute Rockne, Warner and other coaches is hired to lead Dallas Jesuit High School football. At 53 he brings a history of Waco Tigers success and South Park titles, aiming to build an athletic empire at the small Catholic school with 195 enrollment and plans for 50 to 55 players next fall.
Coach Charles Moser arrives as new mentor for McAllen High School Bulldogs. A squad of over 60 boys attended the first spring football session, mostly inexperienced and many lightweights.
Julia Jiminez of Mexico City won a 10 round decision over Cleo Shans of Los Angeles at Madison Square Garden. Pat Scanlon from Ovone Park Long Island stopped Chico Bar rado of Mexico in four rounds in Newark New Jersey.
Bruce Campbell a 27 year old outfielder was released by Washington Senators president Clark Griffith and said he would likely sign with an American Association club. Also note a curious fact that one eighth of a ton of coal is needed to make a barrel of gasoline.
New York April 2. The Pasquel brothers of the Mexican Baseball League have a $19,000,000 fund to raid U S clubs. In three days they signed five players from the Browns Dodgers and Giants including Mickey Owen and Vern Stephens. They deny limits on spending and say they set aside $20,000,000 to boost baseball in Mexico.
In Pensacola on April 2 Tommy Holmes is benched and Max West will start at first base for the Boston Braves against the Detroit Tigers.
Jack Redmond world renowned trick shot golfer headlines four free exhibitions in Amarillo. He appears at the Amarillo Country Club at 2 pm tomorrow, the Capitol Hotel at noon Thursday for Optimist Club, the Ross Rogers Course at 4 pm, and the Capitol Hotel Friday noon for the American Business Club. Redmond, a former Carolina Country Club pro, has toured globally and acted with Olsen and Johnson.
New York April 2 British heavyweight Bruce Woodcock, set to fight Tami Mauriello May 13 at Madison Square Garden, worries about America’s steak and eggs diet pushing him overweight. Promoter Mike Jacobs’ Lew Burston notes Woodcock’s quiet nature and reliance on trainer Tom Hurst while tension grows over diet and ring readiness.
Lefors High School boxers led by Eugene Cooper and Dave Dickson head to Shamrock for the Shamrock High School Tournament with 14 schools entered. Cooper and Dickson each hold a Globe-News title in prior years and could meet in a welterweight clash as Amarillo High fields an intramural team for the event.
The Amarillo City Women’s Bowling Tournament begins Saturday at Wallie’s Bowl with team play at 4 pm and 7 pm. Sunday features singles and doubles at 12 and 2 pm, with two shifts each day. Last year had 18 teams, 70 doubles, 65 singles. Entries due to Secretary Ruth Dorris at 904 West Tenth by Thursday.
The June 19 title bout at Yankee Stadium will have a $100 ringside price, highest ever officially charged for a boxing bout. Billy Conn heads to training at Greenwood Lakes New Jersey and Joe Louis trains at West Baden Indiana before the move to Pompton Lakes New Jersey.
Members of the 1946 Sandie basketball squad will be honored at a Saturday night banquet at Amarillo High School Cafeteria. The event begins at 7 30 with Coach T G Hull, players, parents and guests invited. Pinky Vineyard will serve as toastmaster.
Amarillo golfers could blend hunting and golf if they had the Elgin Country Club setup. De Pata, a groundkeeper, spotted a fox flee a tractor path and uncover a hole feeding a den of eight fox kits. At $3 per fox, the total bounty reached $24.
West Texas State Texas Tech Dual Track Meet in Canyon on Thursday marks the education series. First annual Graybeard Fustrzy chin Golf Tournament at Ross Rogers Course set for April 14. Amarillo Country Club hosts Dutch Dinner Team Matches on April 11. Twelfth annual Tri State Senior Golf Tournament runs June 18 to 22 at Amarillo Country Club. Amarillo Women’s City Bowling at Wallies Bowl on April 6 7 13 14. Conference 1 AA Track Meet at Butler Field Saturday afternoon. Amarillo Sandies enter annual Shamrock High School Boxing Tournament Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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