Amarillo Seeks More Coaches for Boys Softball Leagues
Seventy-one volunteer coaches have signed up for Amarillo boys softball leagues and many more are needed immediately says secretary Ralph Dykeman. No experience is required to qualify. Coaches may contact Dykeman at 5289 to join teams yesterday saw boys play softball and baseball as contracts and recruitment tasks were handed out. Softball practice starts 6:30 daily per league commissioner Harold Gallarneau. Official play begins May 1 with 48 teams to be certified in six leagues. baseball teams report to Tri-State Park tomorrow at 7 p.m. New league presidents were announced after resignations. veteran presidents remain, with many new coaches added across multiple leagues.
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Amarillo
Ralph Dykeman
Dykeman
Harold Gallarneau
Tri-State Park
Bob Leeds
Herring Hotel
Connie Hood
Western League
Earnest Shearer
Texas League
Bob Allen
George Kercher
Plains League
Roger Harris
The
Nations
Shep Shepard
American
Clinton Oldham
Whit Wheeler
Lamer
Second Street
Joe Womble
McKinley School
Roy Snodgrass
Amarillo College
Panhandle
Wiliam Burk
Horace Mann
Lincoln Street Feld
Austin Oliver
Paul Judd
Sanborn School
Ranch
C. E. McFather
Lamar
Gallarneau
Forest Hil
Spruce
Forest Hill School
North Jackson
Eighth Street
Humpheys High
Gourmet and Gourmand Defined as Food Quality Differences
A gourmet prefers quality over quantity in food while a gourmand emphasizes quantity over quality. The distinction centers on refined taste versus sheer volume.
Major Baseball Loops Open Season
NEW YORK April 174 Six teen major league clubs prepared to open a wartime season before about 150000 fans. National League president Ford Frick and American League president Will Harridge forecast tight pennant races with neither Cardinals nor Browns assured to dominate. Luke Sewell's Browns meet the Tigers at Sportsman's Park while the Cardinals visit Chicago. Cool weather and sunny early spring favored smooth training with few injuries.
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New York
Ford Frick
Will Harridge
Cardinals
Browns
Luke Sewell
Detroit
Tigers
Sportsman's Park
Chicago
Designate Meeting Place for San Jacinto Softball Players
Plains League president George Kercher announced plans for 10 year old boys from San Jacinto School to meet Coach C E McFather at 5 30 PM tomorrow. More than 119 boys had signed up with ongoing enrollments expected.
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San Jacinto School
George Kercher
Plains League
C. E. McFather
Sam Houston
Kercher
Sixth Avenue
San Jacinto
Sixth Street
Floyd Hissong
Ed Howell
Margaret Wills
Leslie Rhea
Bivins
Local Bowling and Golf Schedule Highlights Week
The week features bowling leagues at Victory Alleys Civic League Texaco League and Banner Bowl plus golf events at Amarillo Country Club including Dutch Dinner Matches weekend handicap tournament and the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association event at Ross Rogers Course. Also listed are the Annual City Bowling Tournament over the Banner Bowl weekend and the Metropolitan League at the Amarillo Country Club.
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Civic League
Texaco League
Banner Bowl
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Vega to Play All Games Here In Junior Gold Sox Circuit
Vega Kiwanis sponsored baseball team among first league applicants will play all games at Ty -State Park in Vega. Night games allowed after mid June due to harvest schedules. Two seven inning games slated nightly through Thursday and starting May 1.
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Vega
Vega Kiwanis Club
Amarillo
Gold Soxes
Bob Seeds
Vega Nine
I Om
Ty -State Park
Leeds
Bowling Bits Roundup of Major League season finale
The Major League ended with a tie between the American Wrecking team and Borden’s, as the season closed at Victory Alleys. Sam Fenberg returned to sponsor Diamond Shop, while John Laughlin led Pinkney Packers with a 613 series and Elmer Tucker added 566.
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Sam Fenberg
Sam
Diamond Shop
Borden's Bunch
Wreckers
Milkmen
John Farrell Crew
Amarillo Oldsmobile
Cpl
Irwin Gore
Pinkney Packers
John Laughlin
Jim Hudson
Elmer Tucker
Slim Schecher
John Weeks
Amarillo High Spring Practice Opens Amid Rebuilding
Amarillo High School began spring football with 61 candidates and a full squad at Butler Field under Coaches Lynch and Hull. Practice runs to May 15 ahead of non conference games and five district 1-AA clashes, as the 1945 squad rebuilds after a quarterfinal exit.
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Lynch
Hullixty
Howard Lynch
T. G. Hull
Butler Field
Amarillo
Golden Sandies
Gold Warriors
San Angelo Bobcat
Hull
Charlie Houston
Bill Attebur Letterman
Don Bandy
Bobby Batman Quadman
Phillip Blythe
Yanni
Wayne Brown
Bob Brown
Nixson
Dick Brown
Horace Mann
Duan Bya
Yannigans
Harland Collins
Letterman
Bobby Clayton
Grdon Edwards
Avon Flaniken
Bob Denton
Yanni Dick Kenya Nixson
Jame Kil
Donald Mulke
Lettermar
Fred Reynolds
Yannigan
Bill Spann
Bobbi Farmer
Claus Webb
Bobby Amas
Howard Laude
Eddielnmer
Maid T
Polk Flaniken
Bauman
Nixson Freshmen Begin Orientation at Amarillo High School
First of four freshman orientation days at Amarillo High School pairs 38 Elizabeth Nixson Junior High visitors with Big Brothers and Big Sisters to tour classrooms, explain traditions and schedules, and build school spirit as they prepare for high school life.
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Amarillo High School
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Elizabeth Nixson
Sem Houston
Horace Mann
Order of Business
AHS
Tri-State Senior Golf Tourney at Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo hosts the Tri-State Senior Golf Tourney at the Amarillo Country Club with dates May 22 to 25. Concurrently the Annual Amarillo City Bowling Tournament Banner Bowl runs April 21 to 22. Region 1 Track and Field Meet is set for Canyon on Saturday.
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Fred Milligan
City Association
Banner Bowl
Morrie Adams
Wilson Forister
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo City
Canyon
Army Calls Sloan New York
Bruce Sloan of the New York Giants was scheduled to depart April 17 for Oklahoma City to take a pre induction physical examination.
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ARMY
SLOAN
NEW York
Bruce Sloan
New York Giants
Oklahoma City
Sandies Face Strong Field at Region 1 Track Meet
Sandie trackmen, 17 in number, head to Canyon for Region 1 action against Lubbock, Panhandle, Pampa, Borger, Denver City, Plainview, Canadian, Wellington, and Shamrock. In field events, Dale Collins nears 40 feet in the shot put while Brian Rusk and Denny Willis hover around 120 feet in the discus.
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Sandie
Canyon
Sandies
West Texas
Lubbock
Panhandle
Pampa
Borger
Denver City
Plainview
Canadian
Wellington
Shamrock
Bobby Bauman
Arthur Dyke
Pat Laser
Cliff Dean
Dean
Wayne Brown
Howard Lynch
Windy Nicklaus
Banquet To Honor Maverick Club Members Tonight
Members from the 15-16, 13-14, and 12 and under Maverick Club basketball teams will be honored at a Capitol Hotel banquet at 7 pm. Letters will be awarded to all who earned them, with medals for top in goal shooting, clip shooting, and dribbling contests. Coach T. G. Hull will present the awards.
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Maverick Club
Capitol Hotel
Ralph Dykeman
T. G. Hull
Sandies Tennis Practice Hampered by Rain
Rainy weather keeps Ama Tillee Sandies indoors for three days ahead of Region 1 meet at Canyon. Coach Al Reville worries over prep as John Allen, Lubbock district champ, awaits ranking support from David Hester of Lubbock. Allen previously beat Hester 6 0 6 4 at the Lubbock Invitational.
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Sandies
Sandie Netters
al Reville
Canyon
John al
Len
David Hester
Lubbock
Bob White
Lamesa
Allen
Hester
Mort and Walker Cooper Meet Breadon Over Salary Row
In Chicago on April 17 Mort and Walker Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals are slated to meet Cardinal President Sam Breadon in the baseball commissioner’s office to thrash out their salary difficulties.
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Chicago
P—Mort
Walker Cooper
St. Louis Cardinals
Brother Nattery
Cardinal
Sam Breadon
Bobo Newsom Draws Opening Assignment for Athletics
In Philadelphia at Shibe Park on April 17 Bobo Newsom was given the opening pitching assignment for the Philadelphia Athletics against the Washington Senators. Emil Leonard will oppose for the Senators.
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Bobo Newsom
Philadelphia
Bo Newsom
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators
Shibe Park
Emil
Dutch
Amarillo High students enter regional IL competition
Twenty six Amarillo High School competitors enter the Interscholastic League regional meet at Canyon. Debaters include Jane Holt and Gerald Shroff in declamation. Christie Dougherty and Marvin Fedman in extemp. AHL cast Betty Scott, Jack Raines, Gertrude Gowdy, Karleene Horton, David Hickman and Yvonne Scott perform Bread. Region winners advance to the Austin state meet May 2 to 4.
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Amarillo High School
Canyon
Jane Holt
Gerald Shroff
Christie Dougherty
Marvin Fedman
District 1
AHL
Betty Scott
Jack Raines
Gertrude Gowdy
Karleene Horton
David Hickman
Yvonne Scott
Eden Durrett
Joe Perry
Vera Mabel Ferguson
Merlin Clark
Nancy Hubbard
Charlene Green
Delores Johnson
Betty June Smith
Jackie Wood
Pat Jackson
Johnny Allen
Nell Quatlebaum
Mary Nell Park
Jack Laing
Hayden Hardin
Austin
Jungle-born big cat easier to train than captive bred
A jungle-born tiger or lion, when caught young, is easier to train than a animal raised in captivity, studies suggest. The wild origin appears to favor early socialization and responsiveness to human cues.
Golf Association Plans Meeting Tonight in Amarillo
The Amarillo Golf Association will hold its first 8 o clock gathering of the year at Amarillo Country Club. Officers to be elected and tournament dates and events sponsored by the AGA will be discussed. Representing courses are Ross Rogers Henry Morris J R Brown Tex Muncy for Ross Rogers list Sunset Walter Sikes Amarillo Country Club Jack Allen Warren Babb and Dr E W Cain for the others.
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Amarillo Golf Association
Amarillo Country Club
The
AGA
Ross Rogers
Henry Morris
J. R. Brown
Tex Muncy
Sunset
Walter Sikes
Jack Allen
Warren Babb
E. W. Cain
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Bill Baker
Perry Jackson
Frank Crews
Lee Sparks
Jim Fletcher
Perry
Hank Gittrich
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al Williams
Carl Buchanan
Tornado
Victory Alleys
Amarille Oldsmobile
Vic Langley
Ted Buccola
Ray Prein
Julius Caplan
Ray
Barnett
Diamond Merchants
McCullough
Mac
John Farrell Lumbermen
Borden Boys
McMinn
Jim Cogdell
Milton
Mass
Shwes A
Merm
Louis, Mo
Mort and
Breadon
Dixie Belle
Maurice Vol
Burgundy
S. Fillmore
Derby
Pride Liqueur
Lettecos
Santa FE Railway
United States Employment Service
Railroad Retirement Board
Texas
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver-Fakle
Skipper
Wilson Bros
Meyer & Meyer
Golf Association
John de McBride
Zale’s
Blackburn Bldg
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