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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1946
Page
10
Jack Phillips as president and Knox Whitney as vice president will captain multiple squads at the Amarillo Municipalers Association Dinner Tournament to be held Thursday afternoon at the Rogers Course.
A winter golf event begins with 9 hole match play from 5 to 5 30 PM Thursday. Members pay 1 dollar to join at the Ross Rogers Clubhouse with Gene Root directing entries. Pairings list shows J D Webster against Bob Taylor and many more. The column notes Austin trip for Sandies and local athletic updates.
Bill Evans the tall right hander with 18 strikeouts last Friday will start for the Gold Sox tonight against the Clovis Pioneers at Gold Sox Field. A rain-shortened game left the Sox with a 3-0 Oilers lead and EvansRested four days he aims to draw a large crowd, while manager Leeds weighs his seven pitchers as the road trip to Albuquerque and Clovis looms. The Pioneers seek their first 1946 league win after a four-game skid, having beaten Abilene and Lamesa in recent play.
Louisville preview heat features 14 Derby contenders for Saturday’s $100000 race. Spy Song Assault Rippey and In Earnest headline a record field with eight horses expected to race today, all with top jockeys aboard. Johnny Longden guides Spy Song as the favorite to watch.
In the American League Cleveland at New York was postponed due to rain. only game scheduled. Today Chicago at St Louis and Detroit at Boston headline matchups with pitchers Feller Bevens and Newhouser Dobson set to start for specified clubs.
Rain causes postponements for Dallas at Tulsa and Oklahoma City matches. Scores show Beaumont 3 Houston 5 and Shreveport 8 San Antonio 10, with shifted pairings including Shreveport at San Antonio and Ulsa at Fort Worth.
Promoter Cory Detton previews a Thursday wrestling show with Young Sandow of Toledo facing Abilene’s Tuffy McMullen in a 186 vs 174 pound opener. The semi features Walter Stratton of Youngstown against George Curtis of Vicksburg, while Milt Olsen defends against Gorilla Poggi in the main event to test Olsen’s state title mettle.
Houston hosts the 72 hole tournament of champions at River Oaks Country Club May 9 to 12 with 30 professionals and 15 amateurs invited. Lone Star State players Byron Nelson Ben Hogan Jimmie Demaret Dick Hetz and others will compete while ams led by Frank Stranahan join top pros including Sam Snead and Harry Vines.
Howard Bleyhl 32 from St Paul, veteran, defeated Fritzie Zivic 34 of Pittsburgh over 10 rounds before 3 500 Omaha fans. Bleyhl used a sharp left hook and straight right with delayed action to dominate the former welterweight champion.
Pete Gray, the one arm outfielder once with the St Louis Browns, ends his holdout by joining the Toledo Mud Hens of the American Association after the Browns sold him to Toledo at season's end.
Tippy Larkin, known as the Garfield Gunner, earned a unanimous 12 round decision over Willie Joyce of Gary Indiana to capture the world Junior welterweight title in Boston. Joyce fought through a series of cuts and knockdowns before the decision.
Princess Sibylla of Sweden gave birth to a son today in Stockholm. The newborn becomes third in direct line of succession to the Swedish throne while Princess Sibylla and Prince Gustaf Adolf already have four daughters.
San Antonio’s Missions beat Shreveport 10 8 to extend their lead in the Texas League as Dallas and Fort Worth games were disrupted by rain. Shreveport used five pitchers, San Antonio three, and a 36 minute delay occurred when the arena lighting failed.
San Antonio umpire Russell Lyons has accepted an umpiring job in the Mexican League. He takes over from the late Joe Birmingham who died last Wednesday. Lyons had just returned to San Antonio after resigning from the Mexican National League.
Joe Louis arrives in New York on April 30 for a brief stopover before beginning serious workouts at Pompton Lakes New Jersey for the heavyweight title defense against Billy Conn set for June 19.
Rain washed out Yankees Indians game as front office cut rosters ahead of the first intersectional set. Detroit sent five players to the minors including Les Mueller to Buffalo while Hal Newhouser was named to start for the Yankees against Boston.
Ike Williams the NBA lightweight champion from Trenton New Jersey is a 1 to 2 favorite over challenger Enrique Bolanos of Durango Mexico for their 15 round outdoor title bout at Wrigley Field tonight. A crowd of 25000 and a gate over 100000 dollars were expected barring rain in the first major open air fight here in two years.
The Amarillo Gold Sox host the Clovis Pioneers at Gold Sox Field on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The 12th annual Tri State Senior Golf Tournament runs June 18 to 22 at the Amarillo Country Club. The 12th annual Sandies Exes Cogtbell Game is at Butler Field on May 10. The 4th Amarillo Country Club Invitation and Open Golf Tournament plays July 24 to 28.
More than 600 alleged collaborators arrested in Peiping and Tientsin since December. The sweep has jailed two former puppet governors four bureau directors 26 magistrates and nine puppet generals.
Amarillo Country Club hosts the Dutch Dinner Team Matches with fifteen entrants receiving two golf balls each. Winning squad members dine free. Captains are Bob Crudgington and Ernie Plettner. Awards include low gross net and four blind bogies. Names include Roy Cloninger George McGrath and Pinkey Vineyard among others.
Mrs. Norris Ewing unveiled the Amarillo Country Club Woman's Golf Association schedule at a luncheon. The program lists May 7 medal play with five do-overs and a string of events through September 24 including Mixed Scotch foursomes, Best on par four holes, Medal play, Tombstone tournaments, and the club championship rounds set for August 14 to 16.
National League football club owners wrap up a three day meeting in New York. Bert Bell to report on constitution rewrite and outline a new player contract deemed the strongest in sport. Discussion expected on the all America Conference and possible action towards an agreement with the embryonic loop.
The annual San Antonio invitational golf tournament will be played June 2 8 over the Brackenridge Park Course. M P Wilson chairman announces plans for the largest entry yet with many players coming from Monterrey Mexico.
Babe Ruth prepared to fly to Mexico on May 15 for a 10 day to two week vacation at the invitation of Jorge Pasque president of the Mexican League. He said baseball was not discussed and would not comment on a possible Mexico commissioner post.
In a rain soaked Tyler pro am event four teams tied for first place. The winning outfits included Ralph Morgan and Edwin Wood with Greggton connections, plus Harvey Parvino of Premier Refining Greggton and Longview amateur Bobby Cupit, among 12 captains and 64 players.
Athens reports the government announced Britain presented Greece with two 600 ton submarines. This brings the total Greek navy subs to six.
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