Texas League Weather Delays And Tightened Standings
Beaumonts Roughnecks gained a half game on the idle Tulsa Oilers as the Texas League neared week one end. Ernie Nevel pitched a two hit game guiding Beaumont to a 5 1 victory over the Houston Buffs, who sit last with one win against three losses. Fort Worth shut out the Oklahoma City Indians 2 0 behind Lefty Chris Van Cuyk. Tonight Dallas plays Tulsa Fort Worth hosts Oklahoma City Houston visits Beaumont Shreveport at San Antonio.
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DiMaggio Ready For Opening Tilt
New York April 17 U.P. Joe DiMaggio tops Yankee spring batting at .403 as the NYs take two straight wins over Brooklyn 4 to 2 with a home run in each of the last two games. Cliff Mapes and Yogi Berra backed him in the latest victory.
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Ready Co-captain Doc Williams Eyes Spring Practice Start
Ready co captain Doc Williams prepares for the Golden Sandie spring football practice at the practice field north of Gold Sox Field. The two year letterwinner was named as a guard on The Globe News All District 1 AA second team last year.
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Radio Schedule Log Highlights Evening Lineup
A dense listing of radio programming across channels from early evening through night. Shows include The Railroad Hour, Voice of Firestone, Telephone Hour, Houston Symphony, Wayne King Show, Tommy Dorsey, Dave Garroway, Lone Ranger, Lux Radio Theatre, Inner Sanctum, Eddie Arnold, Platter Palace, Bob Hawk, and Perry Mason among many others. Includes news breaks and various live performances, with regional station identities and times scattered throughout.
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Amarillo sports roundup highlights regionals and district results
Amarillo High teams compete across track, football, tennis, golf and baseball as district action closes. Sandies lead in track with 104 points, Borger and Plainview push for regional spots, and golf medalist Don Hill boosts Amarillo. Tennis crowns go to Amarillo girls and doubles, while boys see mixed results.
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Kid of the Year 1950 is Richard Nemechek
Richard Nemechek, 13, star of Price College Intermediate basketball, won Kids Incorporated Kid of the Year 1950 in a party with over 200 players and coaches. Other nominees included Bobby Elliott Hershel Smith Bruce Weaver and Bobby Joe Allen. Ball awards were later found missing. the paper asks for return and notes no action planned.
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Senators See Nagy as Early Pitching Solution
Washington Senators see rookie Steve Nagy as a potential starting pitcher after he threw seven scoreless innings in a 3 2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in 12 innings. Eddie Yost delivered the decisive sacrifice fly in the 12th to secure the victory.
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Fullerton on Bandwagon
New York apr 17 sport column previews 1950 baseball pennant picks naming Red Sox Dodgers Yankees as likely 1950 leaders and notes on players Jim Fuchs high school shot put, Buckeye football, Alabama baseball links. forecasts and buzz around teams and stars with light humor and local color.
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Texas Women's Amateur Golf Opens in Houston
The 29th Texas Women's Amateur Golf Tournament began qualifying today in Houston with defending champion Betsy Rawls of Austin and Polly Riley of Fort Worth as co favorites among about 200 entrants. Match play starts tomorrow and the championship will be decided Saturday at Brae Burn Country Club. Riley seeks her first state title amid a strong field including Betty McKinnon, Mrs Frank Goldthwaite, and Mrs Leonard Keating. Rawls earlier posted a 71 in prep play.
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Legion Auxiliary Elects Portales Leader April Meeting
Mrs. Juanita Nix of Tucumcari was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary district comprising Curry Quay and Roosevelt Counties at the annual meeting here Saturday. She succeeds Mrs. J. R. Poindexter of Portales, Erma Davis of Santa Rosa was elected vice president.
Japan churns out 700 plus tricycle pedi cab makers monthly
Japan is producing more than 700 Rintaku pedicabs each month as successors to the jinriksha, with some models equipped with tires and tubes and others without.
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Big League baseball opens with star players and night games
By Jack Hand from New York April 17 AP baseball returns with 16 contenders advancing to openers. Giants Braves trade angle, plus Detroit and Brooklyn hopes. Night games expand. 400 scheduled. TV radio will cover daily games. attendance strong with 20,215,365 last season. Major leagues mark milestones as the season begins.
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Ted Williams Aims for Ruths 60 Home Runs
Ted Williams could match Babe Ruth by hitting 60 home runs in a season if spring training pace holds. Williams slugged 11 homers in 28 exhibition games, a 39 percent hit rate, with No 11 coming in a win over the Boston Braves as the Red Sox won 3 to 1.
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Last Holdout Is Due To Report
Philadelphia April 17 Pitcher Al Widmar the last holdout to fall in line will report to Manager Zach Taylor of the St. Louis Browns here tonight He said he will need about ten days to get ready for a regular turn on the mound and seven days if relief work is desired by the Browns.
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Parmentier Introduced Potatoes to France After Prussian Imprisonment
A. A. Parmentier, a French army pharmacist, served prison time in Prussia during the Seven Years War and used his experience to popularize potatoes in France, influencing Belgian and French diet and agriculture in the late eighteenth century.
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Brent tops Amarillo golf meet with 63 net score
R P Brent shot a net 63 to pace the Amarillo Country Club Week-end Golf Tournament. His card 93-30-63 led a field that included Her bert Willborn 80-14-66 Dr. Mike Montgomery 83-16-67 R A Ramey 86-18-68 Norton Head rick 79-10-69 and John Munn with the low gross 68.
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Max Lanier Shows Top Form In Spring Return
Max Lanier returned to form with a dominant start for the St. Louis Browns in a 5 to 4 win over the Browns. He allowed only one hit and one run through eight innings, signaling the veteran pitcher’s sharp rebound from his Mexican League departure.
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