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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1943
Page
9
Amarillo sports brief notes Army Reserve calls nine TCU players to a Thursday session as majors pray for crowds at local events. AKBA elects heads tonight with new officers to be named by Jim Farwell in Studio A KGNC.
Reports from Louisville and New York describe Churchill Downs derby trials and Count Fleet prep, plus major league openers with attendance hopes. Notes include W E Boeing derby candidates Slide Rule and Twoses and a boxing tip from a destroyer officer. Also Wee Willie Pep wins a 12 round non-title bout in Pittsburgh before 7,500 fans.
The Associated Press reports a new batch of football players from Southwest Conference schools is entering the Army Reserves. Texas and Texas Christian suffer the heaviest losses with several lettermen leaving, including Longhorn tackles Glen Morries and Henry Harris. A&M, SMU, Rice, and Arkansas also lose multiple players, with Baylor not expected to field a team next season.
NEA Sports Editor Connie Mack recalls Charles Albert Bender as the greatest money pitcher. The piece covers Bender's rest, World Series performances, and personal traits including his education, versatility, and control. It notes his 206–111 career record, two Federal League seasons, and a no hit game in 1910 May 12 against Cleveland.
Syracuse University former All American end Vic Hanson awaits his draft board decision on a petition to shift from 3-1 to 1-A He is 40 with two children and says he requested the transfer after not securing a commission He asked to be inducted in the next draft quota.
Holyoke Mass April 27 Al Jolson New Orleans welter weight fought the last three rounds of an eight round fight with Ernie Robinson of Jamaica N Y with a broken arm yet won the decision Jolson broke his right arm soon after the sixth round opened but continued due to strong forearm muscles and the doctor said the bone did not slip He will be sidelined six weeks or more.
Jamaica race track drew 20,269 fans on a weekday and $1,448,130 in bets. over two days attendance reached 54,452 with payouts exceeding $3.5 million. In London, jockey Gordon Richards rode his 2,750th winner at Windsor, breaking a 57 year old record set by Freddy Archer in 1886.
Santa Fe released a statement through President E. J. Engel showing March net railway operating income of 5 110 788 dollars, up 577 589 from March 1942, with gross 37 284 195 and operating expenses 19 300 269. Three months gross 106 439 712 and net 14 998 035. railway tax accruals rose to 30 425 000 for three months ending March 31 1943. The report also lists 1943 March vs 1942 and 1941 figures and notes a 1943 tax burden. In Hollywood Arthur Horman faces housing rent bias claims based on family with children.
United Press reports today list pitchers and games across the league including Boston at New York and St. Louis at Detroit with several 0-1 records. In Pasadena authorities investigate a man with an ax who felled two boulevard stop signs in a Woodman joke incident.
Norfolk Naval Air Station defeated Norfolk Naval Training Station 4 to 0 as Hugh Casey, ex Brooklyn Dodger, threw a no hit run game before about 5,000 fans who bought War Bonds totaling near 100000 dollars. Phil Rizzuto, former Yankee, went hitless for the training station.
In Fort Worth on April 27 both bantamweight title contenders Ortiz and Cardoza rested up at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum ahead of tomorrow night's bout.
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