Sled Allen To Pilot Gold Sox As Rubber Jonnard Leaves
The Amarillo Gold Sox began training indoors due to cold weather as manager Rubber Jonnard resigned to join the New York Giants as a scout. Sled Allen takes charge with 17 players in camp, six more due, and a possible Sunday exhibition vs the Borger Gassers in doubt.
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Sled Allen
Gold Sox
Jonnard
Giants
New York
Joe
Allen
Generalissimo
Rubber Jonnard
New York Giants
Amarillo
Bill Terry
Rubber
Bob Seeds
Baltimore Orioles
Hollywood
Florida
Blas Tenorio
Louis Yarborough
Peanuts Thurman
Frank Smith
Bus Dorman
D. B. Trees
Jack Barnes
Redie C. Otey
Stan Tribe
Kenneth Ray
Benie T. Nalley
Leon Cato
Lee Gardner
Bert
James Myers
Marion Ott
Joe Decroo
Dutch Prather
Frank Hargrove
Leonard Bruggeman
Thurman Magness
Harold Haddican
Sammy Hale, Jr
Leroy Hanes
Sox
Borger Gassers
Austin Track Up Saturday
One of the season's top track meets is set for Saturday in Austin with LSU Rice and Texas competing. Highlights include the mile relay LSU vs Texas, sprint relay Texas vs Rice, hurdles featuring Laguens, Cummins and Jacques, and Rice led by Big Jim Deal expected to dominate field events.
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Austin
Louisiana State
Rice
Texas
LSU
University of Texas
Harold Hall
Laguens
Cummins
Jacques
Big Jim Deal
Erwin
Mac Amstadt
With Regards A Derby Hope From Grimes Stable
New York reports Kentucky Derby hope With Regards trained by T D Grimes and ridden by Johnny Longden. The colt, Derby winner at Oaklawn in 1:50 for a mile and an eighth, seeks a Louisville victory as Grimes bets on speed and consistency. Lonegren rides as the Derby draws near.
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New York
Johnny Longden
T. D. Grimes
Churchill Downs
Wakefield
Jack High
Johnny
Grimes
With Regards
Louisville
Blue Grass
Oaklawn
Snar’ Picture Galloper
Shark
Loosefoot
Terry
Little Johnny
Lonegren
Melodist
Fin
Stricken Babe Ruth Improves Slowly In Hollywood
Hollywood April 9 The famed Babe Ruth once the home run king of major league baseball is improving slowly but remains in danger. The 48 year old star, ill since yesterday, has chills and alternating fevers as a nurse reports through the night. Ruth has been here two months filming and promoting war bonds while entertaining troops and dieting to stay in trim.
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Hollywood
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Babe
Lou Gehrig
Building Ban Blocks New Construction Across Sectors
Washington reports a wartime order from the War Production Board blocking nearly all new construction except for the war effort. Residential work under 500 dollars maintenance exempt, agricultural builds under 1000 dollars banned, and commercial recreational institutional highway or utility projects over 5000 dollars forbidden.
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Washington
War Production Board
Masters Tournament opens as Wood Snead Hogan lead field
Augusta Ga April 9 The National Masters opens with Craig Wood defending the title at Augusta National. Sam Snead and Ben Hogan head a strong lineup as Sam Byrd and Jimmy Hines post 65s on a day that spotlighted Number 10 the famed 465 yard par four. Byrd led with two eagles and many players posted under par in the first round.
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Augusta
Craig Wood
Augusta National
Sam Snead
Ben Hogan
Snead
Sam Byrd
New York
Byrd
Byron Nelson
Wood
Jimmy Hines
Eagles
Ben Hogan Nelson
Hogan
Deny Shute
Henry Picard
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Tony Penna
Ralph Guldahl
Bobby Jones
Texas League Names Umpires for Opening Day
The Texas League announced its fifty fifth season umpires led by Allan Andrews replacing Eddie Palmer. Rollie Naylor is the most senior in service with six years. opening day assignments pair Naylor with Andrews in San Antonio and Shreveport.
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Dallas
J. Alvin Gardner
Allan Andrews
San Antonio
Eddie Palmer
Palmer
Rollie Naylor
Milt Steengrafe
Bill Wilson
Jim Tongate
Perry Hunter
Dusty Boggess
Mike Williamson
Andrews
Sidney High School
Shreveport
Naylor
Houston
Beaumont
Wilson
Hunter
Tulsa
Boggess
Steengrave
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Tongate
Williamson
Chester Fowler
Gardner
Local Cage Tilt Opens With Amarillo College Doubleheader
Amarillo College hosts an eight o clock gymnasium doubleheader in Amarillo. The girls feature the Basketeers intramural champions with an all star lineup including Dorothy Jenkins Betty Sue Wise Elsie Britton Carolyn Vick Nell Matthews Peggy Seale Athelia Roberts Nepa Jo Willis Nancy Everline Wanda Stevens Jean Hiatt Kathleen Moore. The boys follow with the Lawyers intramural champions facing an all star team from Sixth Column and Engineer with captains Paul Kemp Lord Davis George Gwyn Gordon Robinson Donald Spikes Carl Baker Ray McManus Edward Vogt Earl Hatchett. Referees Marie Brady Bernie Smith Cecil Ingram. Admission eleven cents with proceeds to Badger Club for varsity awards.
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Panhandle Cage
Amarillo College
College Gymnasium
24Th
Washington
Dorothy Jenkins
Betty Sue Wise
Elsie Britton
Carolyn Vick
Nell Matthews
Peggy Seale
Ray McManus
Edward Vogt
Earl Hatchett
Marie Brady
Bernie Smith
Cecil Ingram
Badger Club
Johnston Rejects Lou Nova Abe Simon Bout Plan
Jimmy Johnston said he refused temporarily an offer for Abe Simon to fight Lou Nova in Washington on May 20 and seeks at least 25 000 for Bob Pastor to face Bettina or Beckwith in Chicago. promoter Mike Jacobs and Billy Rand discuss options and guarantees amid welterweight match negotiations.
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New York
Jimmy Johnston
Abe Simon
Lou Nova
Washington
Bob Pastor
Melio Bettina
Booker Beckwith
Chicago
Billy Rand
Pastor
Beckwith
Johnston
Rand
Mike Jacobs
Simon and
Nova
Simon
Buddy Baer Tussie
Red Cochrane
Ray Robinson
Navy Relief
Polo Ace T Gerry Commissioned as 2nd Lt in Air Corps
Air Get nine goal polo ace Elbridge T Gerry, chairman of the U S Polo Association and noted nine goal player, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the army air corps and posted to Randolph Field Texas. Fellow nine goal players include Mike Phipps Winston Guest and Cecil Smith.
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New York
U.P
Elbridge T. Gerry
U. S. Polo Association
Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Tex
Gerry
Mike Phipps
Winston Guest
Cecil Smith
Secret Grid For Middies
The United States Naval Academy will hold middle football games next fall before a restricted audience. The Academy grounds have been closed to the general public since December.
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Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Typhus Epidemic Rises in Berlin and Front Lines
Tass reports over 1,250 typhus cases in Berlin in the last two weeks marking a growing epidemic. In Kuestrin Nazi authorities delay reinforcements due to typhus among troops, the Soviet agency says.
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Moscow
Berlin
Tass
Kuestrin
Germany
Seven Die in Los Angeles Blackout Episode
Seven people died of heart attacks during the Los Angeles area blackout that lasted one hour and 51 minutes. An air raid warden was critically injured after falling from a two story building during the blackout ordered for unidentified planes later identified as friendly aircraft. No gunfire occurred.
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Los Angeles
John L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
San Francisco
Orange
Five Badger Boxers enlist in Army Air Corps wings
Five former Wisconsin boxing team members join the Army Air Corps aiming for pilot wings. Bob Lachtschule, Clay Hogan, Woodie Swancutt, Billy Roth and Ray Kramer all competed for the Badger boxing squad in 1940 and 41, with plans to earn their wings.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Army of Navy Air Corps
Bob Lachtschule
Clay Hogan
Woodie Swancutt
Billy Roth
Ray Kramer
Badger
War Production Board restricts civilian building amid material shortages
The War Production Board announces limits on non-defense construction with a $500 annual cap on residences and similar limits for farm and other builds to divert scarce materials to the war effort. Existing defense housing exemptions remain for critical areas. Labor Department valued non-defense construction at 3.65 billion dollars this year. A Moslem woman Jabooran who moved from India to Trinidad in 1940 reportedly dies at 130, leaving many descendants.
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WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Labor Department
Jabooran
India
Trinidad
Bronx Gridder Become Cops
New York subway alumni will patrol the catacomb beat next fall in a college atmosphere. Former City College of New York athletes Claude Phillips Babe Adler Sid Raphael Jim Clancy Bill Burrell and Sid Malkin join the police ranks after Civil Service School training to learn the business from the underground up.
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New York
NEA
New York Subway
City College of New York
Catacomb
Claude Phillips
Babe Adler
Sid Raphael
Jim Clancy
Bill Burrell
Sid Malkin
Civil Service School
Convent Heights
Up. v
Sailor Describes Peary Sinking at Darwin After Japanese Raid
Melborne reports five direct bomb hits sank the U S destroyer Peary at Darwin on Feb 19 after arriving from the Philippines. Survivor Lawrence Farley of West Virginia and fellow sailor Frederick Plummer of Arkansas recount the attack as dive bombers and zero fighters swarmed. The Peary, damaged in Cavite, sank about an hour after the raid. Langley and Pecos also reported lost.
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CGC
Yates McDaniel Melborne
U. S
Peary
Darwin
Philippines
toOany
Lawrence T. Farley
West Virginia
Frederick Plummer
Arkansas
Farley
Cavite
Manila Bay
Australia
Ated
US. Navy
Langley
Pecos
Happy Hunting closes bulletin to PGA members in England
A London bulletin dated April 9 for Professional Golf Association members ends with the line Happy Hunting. The short notice records a closing phrase rather than detailing events or actions.
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Happy Hunting
London
Professional Golf Association
England
Earnshaw Leads Navy Pitcher at Jacksonville
George Earnshaw, former Philadelphia Athletics pitcher, serves as a lieutenant at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
George Earnshaw
Philadelphia Athletics
Naval Air Station
Here
City Bowling Meet Tonight Seeks Captain Input and secretary vacancy
Amarillo Bowling Association President Jim Farwell calls a 7 30 PM meeting of team captains at KGNC main studio to set dates for the City Tournament and to appoint a replacement for Secretary H C Willis who leaves for the army. Proxy Farwell says all captains must attend to air opinions.
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Jim Farwell
Amarillo Bowling Association
KGNC
Farwell
Proxy Farwell
Association
H. C. Willis
Army
Kiefer Considers Retirement From Dorsal Swimming
CHICAGO April 9 Adolph Kiefer who has been unbeaten in dorsal events since 1934 and holds a record is thinking about retirement Brazil raised more than 10000 pounds of castor beans last year
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Chicago
Adolph Kiefer
Brazil
Hiram Walker's DeLuxe Prize Bourbon Endorsement
An ad extols Hiram Walker's DeLuxe Straight Bourbon Whiskey as a prize bourbon achieved by aging four years and a blend of aroma flavor and craft. It notes 90 proof and credits Hiram Walker & Sons Inc with distribution from Peoria Illinois.
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Ylla
Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria
Ili
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