Pampa coaches job open as district eyes changes
Pampa High School faces a vacant head football post with hundreds of applications. Rumors name Jiggs Whittington for football and Jack Davis for basketball and athletic director. Spring training looms as local teams plan workouts and consider district realignments affecting Amarillo area programs.
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Pampa High School
Pampa
Scott Rafferty
Lubbock
Jiggs Whittington
Jack Davis
Walls Named Head Coach at Kilgore College
Kilgore public notice announces Jimmie Parks as athletic director and head basketball coach. Will Walls succeeds Parks as head football coach after serving as assistant football coach and head basketball coach. Parks became head football coach last year after Clyde Lee moved to Tulsa. Walls, a former Texas Christian star, played six years with the New York Giants.
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Kilgore
Jimmie Parks
Kilgore Junior College
Will Walls
B. E. Masters
Parks
Clyde Lee
University of Tulsa
Walls
Texas Christian
New York Giants
Badger Thinclads To Compete Again
Amarillo College revives intercollegiate track after 1936 with 42 hopefuls trying out for the Badger thinclad squad. Coach R P Carter previews workouts, early time trials, and a target to reach the Texas Junior College meet in Paris on May 23 with many sprint and field events contested.
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Badgers
Palmotored
Badger
Texas Junior College Athletic Conference
Paris
Amarillo College
R. P. Carter
Carter
Sonny McGinley
George Austin
Price College
Amarillo High School
Jack McGee
Don Macintyre
Guy Smith
Billy Hughes
Travis Tadlock
Bill Harris
Winston Ochsner
O. B. Chessir
Richard Bock
Fenton Farwell
Eldon Durrett
Bill Foster
Joe Larson
McGinley
Larson
McGee
Smyth
J. B. Baker
Chariton Wise
John Cavin
Gordon Bangs
Jerry Elliott
Reuben Noel
Cavin
Pat Babb
Jimmy Bell
Lloyd Johnson
Bob McMillen
Dale Collins
Joe Moring
Gene Polk
LeRoy Foster
John A. Cunningham
Babb
Bell
Truett Savage
Baker
Bill Eddins
Dick Hall
Glen Brotherton
Bobby Weems
Charlie Osgood
Red Killian
Willy Wilson
Ivan Hudgins
Don Posey
George Curtis
Warner Wilson
Aerial Secret Revealed by Notre Dame Coach Leahy
Atlantic City April 2 Frank Leahy Notre Dame football coach shared his secret for producing top passers He drills passers to throw from one knee like a dart claiming stars such as Bertelli and O Rourke were developed by this method He cited Texas influence and noted Johnny Lujack is currently training with the knee drill.
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Atlantic City
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Leary
Leahy
Charley O'Rourke
Boston College
Angelo Bertelli
Johnny Lujack
Texas
Mrs. U.N. Olver Wins Golf Tourney
In Amarillo the weekly tournament of the Amarillo Country Club Women’s Golf Association saw Mrs. U N Olver take first place in the 18 hole flight with a net 23 percent. Mrs H E Boggs led the 9 hole flight with a net 16 percent and a card reading 22 6 16.
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Amarillo Country Club Women’s Golf Association
U. N. Olver
Mexican boxer Vincente Vilcento stops Elizondo in second round
Vincente Vilcento of Mexico City defeated Tony Elizondo of Texas by knockout in the second round of a six round bout in San Antonio last night.
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San Antonio
U.P
Vincente Vilcento
Mexico City
Tony Elizondo
Texas
Bowling Scores in Women's Banner League Highlights
Multiple teams including Bat's Liquor Amarillo Tent and Twining Amarillo Beauty Supply Aer O Matic Panhandle Trailways and others posted high scores. Notable performers included Shane 509 Murray 403 Widick 398 and Mullin with 486 while Wagner topped with 521 for Panhandle Trailways.
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Bat'’s Liquor
Murray
Widick
Wicker
Smith
Shane
Amarillo Tent & Twning
Mahler
Pitt
Blind
Baty
Moore
Amarillo Beauty Supply
Farmer
Hill
Rogers
Thomas
Aer O-Matic
Young
Broome
Mullin
West
Daugherty
Duniven
Dorris
Amarillo
Panhandle Trailways
Roberts
Forister
Barrow
Wagner
Jones-Roberts
Green
Fletcher
Dowell
Ramey
Martens
T & M Package
Santa Fe League Scores Highlight Key Event Winners
Chiefs top Flyers Indians Cavaliers and Antelopes with multiple high scores led by Hartman 502 and Gleason 449. DeGrassi 583 and Cable 561 paced El Capitan and other teams as Wyatt’s and Guthridge’s squads posted wins. Milk noted as most complete food supplied by nature.
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Santa FE League Chiefs
McKirahan
Simmons
Curtis
Nunn
Hartman
Flyers
Sloan
Carey
DeMoss
Wheeler
Blind
Caverns
Clark
Elder
LaFaber
Green
McCune
Texans
Ramsey
Wilson
Harris
Blanchard
Indians
Lemmon
Ewing
Bundrant
Gittrich
Antelopes
Gleason
Bellett
Jones
Felerabend
DeGrassi
el Capitan
Ahlstrom
Broomfield
Schroeder
Vaughn
Cable
Scouts
Britton
Calder
Landsberry
Tower
Savage
Guthridge
Ayers
Bartholoma
Grooms
Wyatt
Horn
Raymond
Stack
Cronin May Retire If Sox Repeat Title Hope
New York April 2 Joe Cronin may retire as Boston Red Sox manager after winning a world championship for owner Tom Yawkey. The club, strengthened by four newcomers including Frank Shofner and pitchers Mel Parnell Dorish and Tom Fine, aims to repeat as American League champions with a stronger lineup and pitching staff led by Cronin.
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New York
U.P
Joe Cronin
Joe
Tom Yawkey
Cardinals
Red Sox
Cronin
Frank Shofner
Louisville
Glen Russell
Mel Parnell
Scranton
Harry Dorish
Tom Fine
Parnell
Dorish
Big Four
Tex Hughson
Dave Ferris
Joe Dobson
Mickey Harris
Fine
Earl Johnson
Bob Klinger
Bill Butland
Billy Clark
Randy Heflin
Bill Zuber
Jim Wilson
Tigers
Shofner
Russell
Pinky Higgins
Higgins
Rudy York
Bobby Doerr
Johnny Pesky
Ted Williams
Dom DiMaggio
Williams
Longhorns Fall 13 7 to Beaumont Exporters in Exhibition
Beaumont Texas April 2 University of Texas baseball suffered a 13 to 7 loss to the Beaumont Exporters in an exhibition game. Russell Burns keyed the Exporters with a three run homer as they won their fourth exhibition contest.
Amarillo Country Club Sets 1960 Golf Schedule
Amarillo Country Club announces a 1960 season with the Dutch Dinner Team Matches starting April 24 under captains Jim McKnight and George Hirsch. May 14 marks championship qualifying, with four flights of 32 in the June 12 to 15 Invitation and Sept 2-7 qualifiers for the Hand icap Tournament. Harry Daily chairs the golf committee with members including J R Brown John Munn Fred Fyfe Carl Culwell and others.
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Amarillo Country Club
Jim McKnight
George Hirsch
Harry Daily
J. R. Brown
John Munn
Fred Fyfe
Carl Culwell
R. H. Kelly
C. N. Head
Dyer Sees Dodgers Favorable Path If Robinson Plays
Eddie Dyer, St. Louis manager, predicts a pennant race shift if Jackie Robinson faces Eddie Stanky. He lauds Branch Rickey and Leo Durocher and cites Robinson as a key factor, saying Brooklyn would be slowed and the Dodgers could win easily if Robinson plays over Stanky.
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Brooklyn
Robinson
Dyer
Tres
St, Petersburg
Fla
Eddie Dyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Sunshine City
Eddie
Branch Rickey
Rice Institute
Leo Durocher
Jackie Robinson
Rickey
Dodgers
Durocher
Eddie Stanky
Stanky
Detton Rules Mayne Allowed Ringside at Wrestling Show
Promoter Cory Detton overrul es a motion barring Kenny Mayne from ringside for the Lipscomb vs Pappenheim main event at the Fair Grounds arena. Mayne may be allowed to assist Pappenheim but not act as a spectator, with the referee to decide any physical help. Detton upholds Referee Boynton’s earlier ruling in a related incident.
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Cory Detton
Jack Lipscomb
Kenny Mayne
Fair Grounds Arena
Detton
Lipscomb
Jack Pappenheim
Mayne
Pappenheim
Layden Sent to Louisville by Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox optioned outfielder Pete Layden to Louisville of the American Association.
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Layden
Louisville
Dallas
Boston Red Sox
Pete Layden
American Association
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