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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1941
Page
3
More than 1,000 athletes compete May 3 in the 31st annual Texas Interscholastic League meet. Regional winners show strong marks in relays hurdles and sprints with several state records at risk.
In a March City League session at Louie's Alleys Allstate beat McCartt's 2406 to 2317 as 550 series by 2nd/GMAC rival and others top the charts. Brewer edges Snock for high night. Shock and Phillips 66 also notable with 2448 and 2159 totals.
Amarillo Santa Fe employees send a team to Topeka Kansas for the eighth annual Santa Fe Bowling Tournament. Amarillo entrants include HL McMinn W C Hankison W W Rogers Clarence Wisemeyer G W Tower Jack Weirick and many others. Teams come from Chicago Joliet Til Wichita Arkansas City St Joseph Kansas City Chanute Emporia Oklahoma City Newton and Amarillo.
The Maverick Club reports rapid progress under Bandmaster Homer Rice with horn players gaining skills in two days. Donations of instruments from Iving Tolzien Emil Myers and an unnamed donor are celebrated as the group prepares for Miami and the Flying Dutchman Circus. Delmer Taylor’s boots misstep and the list of top ping pong handball ring toss and general clubs shine with names like J. C. Oakley Jack Palmer and Glen McDowell.
Sixteen Amarillo College Badger basketball players, led by captain K K Bigelow, received official sweaters for merit from Coach R P Carter in a student body ceremony. Bigelow presented Carter a gold ring inscribed Amarillo College 1940 1941, while Jack Roney was named team supporter with a fog horn mascot.
New York April 25 The battle of Brooklyn belongs to the people as Dodgers rain checks on free passes priced at 50 cents trigger a dispute. The City Council weighs an amendment to punish overcharging for outdoor sport events with heavy penalties unless a rain check stub accompanies the ticket.
A Saturday schedule notes a Maverick Club gathering at three o'clock with Yum Yum Hamburgers and trimmings. The event targets Mackericks only and features a pie eating contest and other activities likely to interest attendees.
The 1933 National Championship final headlines a dramatic match at Forest Hills where Helen Jacobs defeats Helen Moody by default after Moody withdraws with a back injury. Eight thousand spectators witness a long, tense duel ending with Jacobs claiming the title and Moody’s famed streak halted. The report reflects era sports drama and the enduring rivalry between the California rivals.
Heaviest Derby futures include Porter's Cap Whirlaway and Robert Morris with Our Boots price cut to 5-2. King Cole shortened to 5-1 Porter's Cap and Whirlaway at 4-1. Joe DiMaggio and Lefty Gomez watched a New York A C holdup from a hotel window. Carl Hubbell debuts vs Dodgers. Arch Ward notes cinema horror triple bill. Public mood and sports figures populate a bustling roundup of 1941 horse racing baseball boxing and local color.
Des Moines April 25 A quartet of Texas sprinters Morris Barefield Fred Ramsdell Bill Seay and Mac Amstattd lead Texas entries in the sprint medley at the Drake Relays first day program The Longhorns ran 3 24 for the event at their own relay meet two weeks earlier and were clocked 3 25 2 at Kansas where Indiana won in cold weather The program also features a mile and a half race with Greg Rice Ralph Schwarzkopf Forrest Efaw and John Munski
Our Boots defeated Whirlaway in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland sending his stock toward the Kentucky Derby. Jockey Wendell Eads kept Whirlaway wide on the stretch turning the two horse race as Valdina Groom and Valdina Paul trailed. Our Boots ran a mile and an eighth in 1 51 1, just off the track record.
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