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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1948
Page
13
The Kids Incorporated league opened eliminations across all divisions except Boys Junior who started earlier. Game highlights feature Humphreys Highland Jays versus Willis Parrons with a disputed interference call, plus notable performances by Dick Johnson, Paul Crews, and Billy Joe Funderburg.
Adamson of Dallas opened the Texas junior American Legion baseball tournament drive by defeating Longview 2 0 in the first game of a best of three series for Area 3. The state tournament starts August 12 in Paris with additional area finals next week and a double elimination format ending August 15.
Houston edged Tulsa 4-3 to climb into second in the Texas League by two percentage points. The Missions won 2-1, Tulsa took the nightcap 7-3, and Dallas beat Shreveport 13-3. Eddie Chandler earned his eighth win with three hits allowed. Tonight Dallas visits Shreveport and Fort Worth hosts Beaumont.
Al Ciuci, Long Island PGA president and Fresh Meadow Club pro, credits Gene Sarazen with the guts and competitive fire missing in other stars. He contrasts Sarazen with Hagen and notes Diegel, Mehlhorn, MacFarlane, and Lock as others with notable swings, while praising Smith as a model for Locke.
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Aug 3 Golfers from Colorado Oklahoma and Texas tee off in the opening rounds of match play in the sixth annual Pikes Peak Golf Tournament. Defending champion Worth Stim us Jr of Colorado Springs was four behind 71 medalist Murray Gose of Colorado Springs. Jack Williams of Plainview Texas stood one stroke behind Gose.
San Francisco Sea Lions face Harold's Club of Reno in the Denver Post semi pro baseball tournament feature game tonight. Other games include Henrietta Texas versus American Pennant of Denver.
Joe Staley’s 177 pound tarpon caught near Fort Myers could have set state and regional records but was not registered or photographed as required. Weighing 177 pounds, 78 inches long, and 33 inches in girth, the fish beat prior leaders yet yielded no prizes due to missing notary, witnesses, and press documentation.
In an exhibition doubleheader Polk Street Methodist beat International Harvester 7 to 4 at Thompson Park as Harvester fielding miscues and six total hits defined the game. Jack Glasgow homered for the Methodists in the fourth. Foxworth Galbraith defeated Summit Baptist 12 to 8 with Ben Renner pitching and three Baptist homers by Bill Davis and Chuck Deaver. Tuesday schedule lists Shamrock Oil vs West Amarillo Christian and San Jacinto Baptist vs Atkinson Drug along with Civic Club League Exchange versus South Amarillo Lions.
Jesse Rogers and Rudy Bauman both posted net 62 to share first in the Amarillo Country Club Week End Tournament. Rogers 75-13-62 and Bauman 84-22-62 were joined by Mark Taylor 75-9-66 and Bill Townes 87-20-67 among low nets. J R Brown top gross with 66. Billy Barrick grossed 104. Linoleum Repairs. Call Fowler 9464.
Palmiro Togliatti, Italian Communist leader, gravely wounded in the July 14 assassination attempt, left Rome's Polyclinic Hospital for his home today.
Cedar Puckett scored his second hole in one Monday at Amarillo Country Club on the 114 yard No. 2 hole with a 9 iron while playing with M. T. Johnson. His final score for the round was 79.
Jack Alderson, a Lubbock Texas high school honor student, was chosen president of the National Baseball Office Alumni Association. The office sponsors an annual baseball series with players representing each state's governor, selecting those with scholastic and baseball merit.
Albuquerque took an 8-3 win in the opener of a three game set over Amarillo to move four games ahead of second-place Gold Sox. Dukes collected eight extra base hits in ten hits to secure the victory.
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