Draft May Call Them Up For Yankees Stars In 1941
Spud Chandler and Ernie Bonham, key 35 game winners for the world champion New York Yankees last season, will rejoin the team as the season opens next week. Both are 34 and 30 respectively and certified for military service but not yet drafted under new selective service rules limiting callers over 26. they may play briefly. Other MLB notes include Stan Spence and Joe Kuhel powering the Senators, rookies starting for the White Sox, and Ted Wilks debuting for the Cardinals among weather-delayed workouts. Also Pete Coscarart and Bobby Bryan linked with Pirates and Dodgers roles ahead of spring actions.
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Spud Chandler
Ernie Bonham
New York Yankees
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Bonham
Joe McCarthy
Tony York
Andy Pafkoff
Billy Holme
Bill Nicholson
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Ted Wilks
Cardinal
Browns
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pete Coscarart
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Coscarart
Escondido
Calif
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bobby Bryan
Phillies
Dodgers
Week's Local Sports Card Highlights
Summary of weekly sports events includes bowling at Victory Alleys and Banner Bowl. Golf events feature Amarillo Country Club and Ross Rogers Course. Boxing and junior high meets planned at Central High and High School Armory with multiple leagues across days.
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Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo
Ross Rogers Course
Texaco
Victory Alleys
Amarillo Boxing Club
Ve. Petersburg High School
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Amarillo City
Phillips wins first Amarillo junior golf meet at Sunset
Bobby Phillips captured the blind bogey event last weekend at Sunset Golf Course with a net 72 from a 25 handicap on a 72 target. Fred Debbrecht finished second with a 71 net, while Raymond Mann and Harry Loomis tied for third. Ten players competed as the Amarillo Junior Golf Association schedules a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 with a free instruction lesson by Walter Sikes at 6.
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Bobby Phillips
Amarillo
Dean Caldwell
Mann
Junior Golf Association
Sunset Golf Course
Walter Sikes
Soldiers Turn Movie Stars Into Poker Collateral
In the Pacific theater a corporal from Amarillo and three fellow soldiers play for movie stars to keep poker going when funds run low. Betty Grable Joan Leslie and Dottie Lamour each rate 20 chips Mae West leads at 50 chips with Bing Crosby Bob Hope and Gary Cooper at ten chips. The regulars are Scribner Stelzner Scott and Nolan. The piece also notes the tortoise shell butterfly's year-long life.
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Cpl
Bill Scribner
Amarillo
Pacific Theater of War
Scribner
Betty Grable
Joan Leslie
Dottie Lamour
Mae West
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Gary Cooper
Stelzner
Chicago
Scott
Spokane
Wash
Sergeant Nolan
Rotan
Ferry Group Exhibits Planes and Routes to India and Beyond
A seven day exhibit by the War Department tours 40 reporters through the Fourth Ferrying Group of the Air Transport Command. Officials show 110000 miles of ATC routes and the Fireball Express as it shuttles planes and supplies to combat fronts. The unit ferries more than 100 aircraft types and handles about 2000 passengers monthly.
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Memphis
Tenn
War Department
Air Transport Command
India
Russia
Africa
Senior Meet Taking Shape
Directors of the Tri-State Senior Golf Association will meet tomorrow afternoon at the Amarillo Hotel at 2 o clock. Details for the Tenth Annual Tournament will be worked out. Harrison Smith of Oklahoma City is the defending champion.
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Tri-State Senior Golf Association
Amarillo
Harrison Smith
Oklahoma City
Berlin Compared to Our DoNuts With Widening Crater
A casual note likens Berlin to a doughnut with a large central hole and a crusty remainder, expressing a visual impression of the city’s damaged core and lingering rough perimeter.
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Berlin
City Bowling Meet Reopens After Easter Holiday
The Amarillo City Bowling Tournament resumes this weekend at the Amarillo Bowl. The event was postponed last week for Easter. Team finals are set for Saturday night with singles and doubles finals Sunday afternoon.
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Amarillo City
Amarillo Bowl
Scouts win Santa Fe Bowling League title in playoffs
The Scouts claim the Santa Fe Bowling League championship after a handicap playoff victory. Final team scores show Scouts leading with 3021 overall, followed by Antelopes 2969, Navajos 2966, Fiyers 2964, Rang ers 2887, Texans 2871, Chiefs 2810, Locals 2626. W. H. McKirchan noted as newly ...
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Santa Fe
Joop
Scouts
Antelopes
Navajos
Fiyers
Rangers
Texans
Chiefs
Local group reveals new officers and leaders
Fred Schecher elected president with Forest LaFalier as secretary and the organization naming Forest LaFalier as secretary while Fred Schecher serves as president and the vice president.
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Fred Schecher
Forest LaFalier
Ring Battles Friday Night in Amarillo Armory
Local boxing fans can watch the Amarillo Boxing Club scrappers face Petersburg High School boxers at the High School Armory on Friday night. They met last week in Petersburg with Amarillo winning five of 11 bouts. bouts start at 8:30 p.m.
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Mitt
Amarillo Boxing Club
Petersburg
Amarillo
Zurita to face Beau Jack in title bid in Mexico City
Negotiations wrap for a return bout between NBA Lightweight champion Juan Zurita and Beau Jack of Augusta, Ga. Beau Jack recently defeated Zurita in a 10 round non title bout in New York. George Parnassus said the bout is being lined up with Zurita's manager commenting on the terms.
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Mexico City
U.P
National Boxing Association
Juan Zurita
Beau Jack
Augusta
New York
George Parnassus
Zurita
Breau Jack
Griffith Confident Nats Will Be Flag Contender
Washington April 11 President Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators said he believed a selective service ruling involving 13 Latin American imported players would have little effect on the team's chances in the American League pennant race. He noted plans to retain only four or five of the imports for the regular season and that several have already been sent to minor league clubs.
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Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Griffith
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