Amarillo High reserved seat tickets go on sale Aug 19
The Globe-News notes reserved seats for Amarillo High School home football games go on sale August 19 with last year's holders having a limited pickup window. West-side stadium seating is all reserved, six-game season price $7.20, single game $1.50, and the six home dates include Odessa and Pampa sellouts likely.
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Wolverines apologize for protest misstatement in Peewee Girls race
A correction notes no official protest was filed by Margaret Wills Wolverines over San Jacinto Roadrunners eligibility. It clarifies the aim was fair play and calls for volunteer housing for Woodward visitors, with local families urged to host girls and boys teams arriving for the Little World Series.
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Giants Sneaking Up on National League Leaders
The Giants surge as they win 15 of 16, closing the gap behind the Phils and Cardinals. Larry Jansen and Sal Maglie shine in wins over the Pirates and key division rivals, while Boston and Brooklyn's advances stall in a busy pennant chase. The league also sees strong performances from St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Detroit as the season heats up.
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Two Get Places On Junior Squad
Kalamazoo Mich August 7 National Junior Tennis Titlists Ham Richardson and Whitney Reed earned berths on the Junior Davis Cup training squad and headed to Newport Rhode Island for the grass court invitation. Richardson 16 of Baton Rouge Louisiana beat Reed Alameda California in singles 5 7 6 4 6 4 while Reed and Norm Peterson also of Alameda defeated Richardson and Jack Frost Monterey California 7 9 6 3 6 4 6 4 in doubles to gain partial revenge.
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Crocs steamroll Jaguars to reach Peewee finals
Marvin Rogers homered as the Crocs crushed the Will Rogers Jaguars 29 to 3 in a rain of errors and no-hit pitching by A M Hewitt. Toogie Tuckness and Billy Joe Funderburg homered for the Crocs, who advance to meet the Dogies in the city championship final while Charley Weaver misses the final with mumps.
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West Texas New Mexico League Scores and Schedules
ROSA totals from Sunday's games show Amarillo 9 3 and Borger 10 4 with Lubbock 12 Pampa 11. National and American League standings list New York Boston Chicago and St Louis with recent results. Texas League and Big State League schedules include Fort Worth Dallas Beaumont Austin and Wichita Falls along with Monday matchups across multiple cities.
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Name Captains In Dinner Meet
Jack Allen and Charlie Young will be the captains in the Amarillo Country Club Dutch Dinner Team Matches Wednesday afternoon. Losers will host winners at the dinner following the matches. Thirty balls will be awarded as prizes.
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Southeast Texas all star team trains for Friday game
The Southeast Texas schoolboy all star football team begins training in Palestine today for a Friday night game in Tyler against the Northeast all stars. Coaches Cecil Johnson and Bob Cowers of Henderson County Junior College lead the South squad. The North squad trains at Tyler under Floyd Wagstaff of Tyler Junior College.
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Three Former Champs in Ring at Sports Arena
Three former Southwestern States junior heavyweight champions will collide in a semifinal at the Sports Arena Thursday night. The Australian tag match teams Billy Weidner of Amarillo and Dory Funk of Tascosa against Ray Clements of Lubbock and Dick Lever of Nashville. Main event pits Frankie Hill Murdock against Henry Harrel of New Orleans for the title.
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Gold Sox fans praised for restraint in tough ballpark night
Amarillo sports column recalls a West Coast ballpark incident where players faced fan abuse, peanuts and soda. editors commend restraint shown by Jerry Barta and his manager. Also notes college football draft worries and Texas Western State College nickname highlights ahead of Sept. 16 opener against Arizona State of Flagstaff in Amarillo.
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Father and Son win Amarillo Country Club golf tournament
J C Christopher and his 15 year old son James shot a net 65 to win the 1950 Amarillo Country Club Father and Son Golf Tournament by six strokes. Their card 89 24 65. R L Yeager and son Bobby were second with 97 26 71. Others include Claude Mathis and Philip with 88 and several duos listed with varying scores. The event used Scotch foursome format with full father handicaps and best drives.
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Hawaii Swim Club dominates 1950 AAU women’s meet in High Point
At High Point North Carolina on August 7 Hawaii Swim Club kept its team title with 41 points while setting two national AAU marks. Judy Cornell of Multnomah posted a 1 23 1 in the 100 meter breaststroke, surpassing 1943’s 1 24 3. Evelyn Kawamoto and Madge Hulton tied for first in the 200 meter breaststroke with 3 10 2, the first dead heat in women’s AAU history, beating Katherine Rawls’s 3 16 3 from 1931 by 6.1 seconds.
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France’s Auriol Dines in London Enjoys 1815 Brandy
During a London visit, President Auriol of France dined at Buckingham Palace and sampled brandy distilled in 1815, the year of the Waterloo victory over Napoleon by British forces.
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Picnic Time Promotes John Ruskin Cigars
A breezy note invites readers to enjoy a relaxing picnic with John Ruskin cigars highlighting mildness aroma and fragrance as the perfect companion for leisure moments.
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