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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1945
Page
12
In Canyon regional, John Allen Pat Jackson and doubles Hayden Hardin Jack Laing won divisions to earn state spots for Amarillo Sandies at Austin May 3 4. Girls doubles Mary Nell Park Nell Quatlebaum fell to O Donnell 2 6 6 1 6 1.
Local sports brief notes schedules and standings include Bowling Civic League Victory Alleys Texaco League Banner Bowl Golf Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association weekend handicap events at Rogers Course Amarillo Country Club and Bandicap tournaments Sunday GOA Weekend Handicap Tournament and Metropolitan League Banner Bowl Tuesday Mixed Foursome League Victory Al.
The Amarillo Country Club hosts a Kiwanis Club golf dinner tournament this afternoon with rival captains Gene Klein and Wade Holman leading their teams.
Presidents of the boy's softball league announce readiness for games beginning May 1. Commissioner Gallarneau cites surplus player material and plans to form extra teams for inexperienced players. Ten year old San Jacinto School team dubbed the Bearcats. Margaret Wills School American League labels itself Cotton Sox. Players face a smaller diamond with bases 45 feet apart and a 28 foot pitcher’s box.
A drinking fountain with its control valve on the left side has been installed in Chicago City Hall for the convenience of left handed persons.
Kiwanian and Rotarians shared alley time in a city association tournament last Saturday night. Paragons like Guy Saunders Jim Farwell and Charlie McAfee joined the lanes as Da llas Reeves led the Put and Take Grocers in a 17 game lead before slipping. Bowlers across teamsposted high series and individual games with notable totals from Carpenter Novak Ted Pearson West Hank Marino and others as the Banner Bowl buzzed about potential new doubles leagues and season pressure.
Amarillo High School Sandies endured a three hour workout under Assistant Coach T. G. Hull after Coach Howard Lynch returned from the Regional Meet in Lubbock. Hull praised the session as tough and an intra squad game was planned for the afternoon.
The source notes four well known rivers associated with Colorado: the Rio Grande the Platte the Arkansas and the Colorado. The statement lists prominent waterways linked to the state.
Amarillo High School Sandstorm track team advances ten men to the state finals in Austin May 4. Region 1 meet in Lubbock yesterday saw Lubbock High School finish first with 44 points, Panhandle third with 19, and Amarillo second with 2014 points. Readouts include regional records in pole vault 12 feet by Cliff Dean and discus 142 feet 3 inches by Randall Clay.
Miss Kathryn Jones has been named headquarters secretary for the Young Women's Christian Association. A volunteer worker with the association for a year, she belongs to the Y-Ettes and served as a Texas YWCA conference delegate. She is a graduate of Amarillo High School and West Texas State College.
Sw PCo Banner Bowl shows Southwestern Drug Co teams beating Put and Take Grocery and Kersten Reager's Market while Hub Clothiers and Panhandle Insurance face wins. Scorers include Webb 496 and Barnett 535 with several players tallying 400s across teams in Amarillo and National Shirt Shop matchups.
The River Road 4-H Girls Club held an organizing meeting at Mrs. F. P. Uhrich’s home. Officers elected include Cynthia Glasgow president Gloria Uhrich vice president Margaret Morris secretary Wanda Jo Oler reporter and Glennda Scott parliamentarian. Sponsors named were Mrs. Uhrich Mrs. J. L. Glasgow Mrs. W. B. Gilbert Mrs. W. T. Oler and Mrs. W. H. Pondet. Meetings were set for the second and fourth Tuesdays each month.
The Junior Gold Sox League starts next Tuesday at Tri-State Park with Amarillo De Molays facing Vega Kiwanis Club at 7 15 p m in the opener. Amarillo Furniture Company plays Manns Bakery in the nightcap. All games are seven innings with free admission.
The Amarillo Field Sky Giants shift their exhibition with the Medics back to the post diamond from Tri State Fair Park. The Giants also adjust the opening schedule with Midland Army Air Field, planning a three game series May 5 and a single game Saturday plus a Sunday double header. Sites for the three games remain unannounced.
Happy Chandler 46, U S Senator from Kentucky, chosen unanimously by 16 major league teams as high commissioner of baseball for seven years. He will guide the game through wartime and postwar issues, with a $50,000 annual salary. Chandler expressed willingness to serve immediately amid concerns over players returning from military service.
A brief tally notes nearly 800 pulp and paper mills operate in the United States, reflecting broad industry scale and distribution. The item previews current standings and implies regional concentration without detailing specific companies or locations.
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