Amarillo Women’s Bowling Tourney Closes With High Scores
The eighth Amarillo Women’s Bowling Association Tournament ended at Wallie's Bowl. Winners set top scores across divisions, with Ruth Dorris and Ophelia Akers among leading players. Anchor Sport Shop No. 2 and other Amarillo teams posted strong team scores and multiple event leaders were listed.
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Amarillo Women’s Bowling Association
Anchor Sports Shop
Betty Weeks
Mirth Robison
Ruth Dorris
Avis Sanchez
Pampa
Gwen Martens
Ida Thomas
Claire Mann
Ophelia Akers
Alice Gordon
Anchor Sport Shop
Amarillo
T&m
Aero Package
Boxwell's
Ina Petrie
Miriam Lend- Gers
Frances Parkinson
Doris Houston
Ruby Wagner
Jimmy Shane
Elaine Farmer
Billie Melton
Edith Green
Lucy Moore
Ruby Waener
Betty Moontie
Oak Allee Whittle
Beth Heiskell
Marcella Pendleton
Bert Roberts
Marge Lemison
Artie Walker
Florence Mullin
Virginia Gill
Jean Duenkel
Erma Larson
Beryl Haynes
Jo Hutchens
Canita Fate
Avis Sanches
Una V. Young
Betty Flnk
Hildred Brake
Pat Putnam
Gladys Collins
Billie Gipsom
Betty Drake
Sue McFall
Lois Castrin
Betty Everett
Florence Mullen
Golda Murray
Mary McCune
Amarllo
Billie Gipson
Betty Moonie
Bobby West
Miriam Lcudders
Betty Brake
Kety Hanna
Edna Smith
Dee Baker
Wilma Immell
Katy Hanna
Nona Forister
Florine Duniven
Gwen Duggan
Gaytha Lesator
Bertie Nelson
Bonnie Cascarelli
Lanore Mahler
Gladys Page
Chris Trapp
Witt tops Amarillo Muni Weekend Handicap golf meet
Joe Witt shot a net 68 to win the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Weekend Handicap Tournament at the Ross Rogers Course. His card read 80 12 68. Other winners include Art Querry 71 2 69, W B Hamilton 85 16 69, Henry Morris 76 6 70, Ernie Dowell 75 5 70. Low gross honors went to John Munn with 70.
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Joe Witt
Amarillo
Ross Rogers
John Munn
J. R. Brown
Brown
Munn
Paris
H. A. LeDashmutt
Scott Edwards
Cliff Rogers
Richard Judd
J. A. Hazlewood
Art McKay, Jr
Hazlewood
McKay
Bill Jenkins
Art Querry
J. C. Stockton
Reg Greenshaw
Jack Bush
Tua Toad Hetherington
H B. Shuffler
W. B. Hamilton
Dub Kleinpeter
Charley Quatils
Garland Pearce
T. M. Brown
George Pearce
A. D. Wertherly
C L. Duniven
Jim Payne
Bill Bogard
Don Loden
W. J. Hardman
E. Lee Smith
Clyde Clark
Team To Beat The Cardinals Dominates Preseason Talk
National League managers uniformly name the St Louis Cardinals as the team to beat on opening day. Billy Southworth Eddie Dyer Connie Mack all predict or back the Cards as pennant contenders while AL managers expect their clubs to contend in the race.
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New York
St. Louis Cadinals
Associated Press
Billy Southworth
Boston Braves
Redbird
Cardinals
St. Louis
Eddie Dyer
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Will Harridge
Steve O'Neill
Detroit
Joe Cronin
Boston
Ossie Bluege
Washington
Joe McCarthy
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland
Luke Sewell
New York Yankees top Grapefruit League turnout in spring tilt
A record 316,846 fans attended the Yankees grapefruit league games with the "A" and "B" teams. The exhibition season ended as New York defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 12 to 2 before 33,187 at Ebbets Field.
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New York
New York Yankees
Yanks
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Sandies Take Second in Four-Way Lubbock Track Meet
At Texas Tech Stadium Lubbock the Golden Sandies finish just behind Lubbock in a four team meet. Standouts include J. Whinnery's squad and performances by J. Cahill Munn and LeLashmutt with multiple 68s and 65s in low and net scoring.
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Sandies
Lubbock
Softball Loop Opens For More Entries
The men's softball league seeks new teams with a Friday meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. F E Quigley Jr leads site and lighting investigations this week to approve night games at parks. Over 20 attended the first organizational meeting with nine teams and seven definite entrants.
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Chamber of Commerce
F E. C. Quigley, Jr
Plains Creamery
International Harvester
Wesleys Apparel
Carpenters’ Union
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pinkney Packing
Veterans Administration
Braniff Airways
Giants to West Point on April 15 for cadet game
The New York Giants travel to West Point to face the cadets on April 15. Monte Kennedy, a fast but wild rookie lefty, will start for the Giants.
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Giants
West Point New York
New York Giants
West Point
Monte Kennedy
Rago Wins Ball For Low Card In Amarillo Tourney
John Rago won the ball for the low gross in the Amarillo Country Club Week End Tournament with a 73. William Townes claimed the high gross with 108. C. E. Robertson led last week and posted net 62 on 92-30-62. Other low net winners included Claude Mathis 88-24-64 Bob Lewis 87-22-65 and C A Reid 83-18-65. Over 100 members participated in the event.
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John Rago
Amarillo
Amarillo Field
William Townes
C. E. Robertson
Claude Mathis
Bob Lewis
C. A. Reid
Boys Ranch Softballers Blast Marauders in Tiff Sunday
Paced by three home runs, the Boys Ranch softball club defeated the Marauders 8 to 4 on the Third and North Garfield diamond yesterday afternoon. The Marauders managed one homer in the loss.
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Boys Ranch
Third
North Garfield
Star Players Entered in Women's Meet
The Women's Southern Golf Association championship in Dallas May 6 to 11 will feature Louise Suggs of Lithia Springs Georgia defending her title against Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill North Carolina Dorothy Girby of Atlanta Fort Worth competitors Polly Riley of Fort Worth Bettye Mims White Jo Ann Barr Tracy and George L Noble of Dallas among more than 150 players. The event had been suspended since 1941 when Suggs won at Memphis.
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Dallas
Louise Suggs
Lithia Springs
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
N. C
Dorothy Girby
Atlanta
Frank Goldthwaite
Polly Riley
Fort Worth
Dan Chandler
Bettye Mims White
Jo Ann Barr Tracy
George L. Noble
Miss Suggs
Memphis
Coming Events in Region 1 Track Meet and Local Games
Amarillo events feature Region 1 Track Meet at Texas Tech Stadium in Lubbock on Thursday. Baseball matchups include Amarillo Gold Sox vs Pampa Oilers in Elk City on Wednesday and vs Lubbock Hubbers in Lubbock on Sunday. Also Amarillo American Legion juniors face Vega juniors at Gold Sox Field on Sunday. The Twelfth annual Tri-State Senior Golf Tournament takes place at Amarillo Country Club. Notre Dame basketball posted 17 wins and 4 losses during Elmer Ripley's one year as coach.
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Texas Tech
Lubbock
Amarillo Gold Sox
Pampa Oilers
Elk City
Lubbock Hubbers
Amarillo American Legion
Vega American Legion
Gold Sox
Amarillo Country Club
Plains Club
Legionnaires
Henry
Brown
Dick Kenyon
Legion
Legion Juniors Rally For 6 5 Win Over Plains Chevrolet
The American Legion Juniors beat Plains Chevrolet 6 to 5 after trailing 5 2 in the eighth. Bob Henry and Dick Anderson sparked a late rally with key hits and a misplayed third strike allowed Henry to score the winning run.
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Legion
Plains Chevrolet
Bobby Mims
David Mims
Bob Henry
Mims
Dick Anderson
Bobby Farmer
Bobby Snooks
Snooks
Dale Williams
Henry
Anderson
Farmer
Owen Brown
Oscar Stidger
Plains
Bob Mims
Legionnaires
Buddy Oliphant
Dick Kenyon
Kenyon
Chevrolet
Williams
Howard Lauder
Bob Little
Lauder
Stidger
Gibbs
Jack Seale
Amer Legion
R. H Anderson
Wartes
Bybee
Dorman
Sharp
Ee Brown
O. Mims
Total
AB Vaught
Aeeas
Snook
Ceebees
Pat O'Brien Portrays John McGraw On Cavalcade Of America
Pat O'Brien stars as John McGraw in a Cavalcade of America broadcast on KGNC at 7 pm. Listeners may win an autographed National League baseball by Mel Ott and Giants stars by writing a letter answering What Baseball Means to America, under 100 words, due by April 25. Judges include Bob Leeds and Harry Gilstrap.
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KGNC
Pat O'Brien
Hollywood
John McGraw
New York Giants
America
Mel Ott
Giants
New York
Bob Leeds
Giant
Amarillo Gold Sox
Harry Gilstrap
Globe-News
Superior Baseball Team Tops DeMolays in Exhibition Tilt
The Superior Manufacturing Company baseball squad defeated DeMolay 23 to 6 in a preseason exhibition on the winner's diamond. Doyle Watson hit a homer and a triple, Harold Orr added a bases loaded triple, and Bill McLaughlin earned the win. A return match is set for Sunday at the DeMolay field.
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Superior Manufacturing Company
Doyle Watson
Harold Orr
Bill McLaughlin
Cobb Elected Vice President of Men's Athletic Section
Dallas athletic director P C Cobb was elected vice chairman for 1947 and president for 1948 of the men s athletic section of the American Association of Health Physical Education and Recreation at the group s annual convention in St Louis over the weekend.
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Dallas
P. C. Cobb
American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Cobb
St. Louis
Gold Sox aim for sharp spring as opener looms
Amarillo's Gold Sox sit at .600 in spring exhibition play with two games left. Manager Bob Seeds focuses on how wins are produced, not counts, amid mixed results against Pampa and Lubbock. Upcoming games include Elk City trip and a hometown matchup with House of David before the April 26 opener against Borger.
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Amarillo
Gold Sox
Sox
Hubs
Lonergan
Chris Haskins
Hubbers
Oilers
Leeds
Leo Zoeller
Melvin Webb
Borger
Elk City
Okla
Pampa
Lubbock
Stratton to meet Carter in Amarillo wrestling main event
Stratton a famed weight lifter from Youngstown Ohio returns to the Tri State Fairgrounds for a best two of three falls match with Jack Carter of New Zealand in a one hour timed bout Promoter Cory Detton announced Carter recently defeated George Curtis in a two of three falls match in Amarillo Stratton weighs near 190 pounds but uses his power advantage in a clean wrestling style Two supporting bouts will be announced later
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Walter Stratton
Amarillo
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Youngstown
Jack Carter
New Zealand
Cory Detton
Stratton
Dotton
Dory
Texas
Carter
Dean Detton
George Curtis
Mississippi
Early Latitude Determination Attributed to Hipparchus
The text states that latitude was first determined by Hipparchus of Nice around 162 B C. This highlights the ancient Greek astronomer’s role in geodetic measurement history.
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Hipparchus of
Nice
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Lois Castria
LaMare Mahler
Caytha Lassier
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Caytha Lesator
St. Louis Cardinals
Fuzzychins
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R. L. Thompson
al McKinney
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Ray Reeves
Moore
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Plantken
Etz Lubbock
Sterling Panhandle
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Cunningham
Vaughn
Phillips
Orr
Hensley
Marvel
Keele
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Seale
Bradley
Pyeatt
Jackson Winningham
Nelson
Wright
Sasser
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Ward
Ussery
Spann
Rusk
Warren
Scott
Turner
McNeil
Word
Wall
Rago
Notre Dame
Elmer Ripley
Glyndon Ritfy
American Legion
Amarillo College
Legion Club
Plains Nine
Phillies
Villanova
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Villanova College Wildcats
The
Peking News
Bob
Taylor
the Panhandle
aPa
Betwee eSeae
S. Pierce
Harland Collins
Iden Sandie
Pat O'Brien As
Superior Baseball Squad
Foan
Dave Bailey
Body and Paint Shop
Georgia
Southworth Motor CO
Fillmore St
Amarillo, Texas
RAMS
Baltimore Club
Harwood
S. Fillmore St
Eaves
Bob Seeds
Seeds
Sockers
W. M. Lonergan
Lefty
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle Bidg
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BlackBurn Bros
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