McGuirk Favored To Retain World Title Tonight
LeRoy McGuirk, the seven year world junior heavyweight champion, defends against Billy Weidner at Gold Sox Field in Amarillo. Weidner arrives fresh from recent tough matches and training, while McGuirk is recognized as a premier champion by the National Wrestling Association. The event, sanctioned by the NWA and sponsored by Khiva Temple Shrine, features four undercard bouts with proceeds benefiting the Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital.
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Harry Gilstrap
Globe News
LeRoy McGuirk
Alley
Gold Sox Field
Billy Weidner
McGuirk
Weidner
Bostonian
Beftor
National Wrestling Association
Tulsa High School
Oklahoma A. & M. College
NWA
Jack League
Kansas City
Roy O. Greenhill
Amarillo
Cal Farley
Jack Reynolds
Otis Clingman
Gus Kallio
Kallio
Vic Weber
Tulsa
Boston
Walter Stratton
Youngstown
Leon Kirilenko
Russia
Gus Edd
Beaumont
Mike McGee
Wheel Tng
W. Va
J. Howard Miller
Globe
Maverick Club
Kids, Inc
Klein Wagner Lead Dutch Dinner Players
Gene Klein and Chuck Wagner top the Dutch Dinner Matches at Amarillo Country Club this afternoon. Fifteen two ball awards will be given, and the losing team will host the winners at the Dutch dinner afterward.
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Amarillo Country Club
Gene Klein
Chuck Wagner
Towry Leaves for Detroit to Play National Junior Golf
Texas junior golf champion Gene Towry a Dallasite 1 year old left by train for Detroit to compete in the National Junior Golf Championship at the Oakland Hills Course starting Monday.
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Towry
Detroit
Dallas
Texas
Gene Towry
Eighteen Attend Turf Clinic At Amarillo Country Club
A turf clinic led by Dr. Fred Gray of Beltsville and O. J. Noer of Milwaukee drew eighteen attendees at the Amarillo Country Club. Guests included Bill Keith Plainview Solon Featherstone Ray Garrett Wichita Falls and Amarillo city officials and staff.
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Fred Gray
Beltsville
United States Golf Association
O. J. Noer
Milwaukee Agronomist
Amarillo Country Club
Bill Keith
Feef. Slaughter
Plainview
Luke McClelland
Frank Baker
Pampa
Solon Featherstone
Ray Garrett
Wichita Falls
W. H. Farquahar
Phillips
Joe Houck
Borger
Ida P. Trotter
Bryan
Mark Mills
Amarillo
Hugh Porterfield
Amarillo Experimental Station
O. B. Howell
Shelby Kruser
Tradewind Airport
Walter Sikes
Sunset Pro
W L. Westfall
Hubert Bandy
P. F P. Sapp
George Aulbach
Collier Carded First Hole-in-One at Sunset Golf Course
J. C. Collier scored a hole in one on No. 8 at Sunset Golf Course yesterday afternoon using a 6 iron from 168 yards. The ball landed short, rolled onto the green, and dropped into the cup. He achieved the feat while playing with V. Hutchinson.
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J. C. Collier
V. Hutchinson
Church Softball Finishes Season With Playoffs Start
The YMCA Church Softball League concludes its season this afternoon at 6 30 with Polk Street Methodist facing First Christian and Sacred Heart meeting West Amarillo Christian. A Shaugnessy playoff follows next Monday featuring Sacred Heart Polk Street Methodist San Jacinto Methodist and San Jacinto Baptist. Earlier Cecil Franks pitched First Baptists to an 18 9 win over Tenth Street Methodists as James Braxton homered. San Jacinto Baptist beat First Presbyterian 15 9 with Clyde Cooper earning the win and adding a second inning homer while Bob Rook homered for Presbyterian.
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Ymca Church
Polk Street Methodist
First Christian
Sacred Heart
West Amarillo Christian
Shaugnessy
San Jacinto Methodist
San Jacinto Baptist
Cecil Franks
First Baptists
Tenth Street Methodists
James Braxton
First Presbyterian
Clyde Cooper
Bob Rook
Presbyterian
West Texas New Mexico League Playoffs Loom for Flag
The four top teams compete in a best three of five series to decide the title with the winner advancing to a four of seven series against the East Texas champion. Abilene leads, with Borger, Lubbock, Pampa, Amarillo contending for second and fourth.
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Bob Leeds
Gold Sox
Sockers
Oilers
Amarillo
Pampa
Borger
Lubbock
Albuquerque
Crues
Sutch
Moran
Buzz Ross
Bill Scapetone
Middle Garden
Scopetone
Sox
Abilene
Lamesa
New Mexico
Lubbock & Albuquerque
Clovia
Staneam
Pet
Abilene Aeeteee
Lila Lubbock
Clovis
Abilene Albuquerque
Borger Clovis
Baylor Football Poised for Return of Star Linemen and Mentor
Roy Priolo, Sandie state champ tackle of 1940 and 1941 freshman standout, Sammy Pierce, Vernon fullback, and Jitterbug McKinney from Lufkin High will join Baylor. Frank Kimbrough, ex Amarillo College coach, is reportedly loaded, while Blair Cherry notes Baylor has as many players as Texas, signaling strong depth.
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Roy Priolo
Letterman
Baylor University
Sammy Pierce
Vernon
Waco
Jitterbug McKinney
Lufkin High
Frank Kimbrough
Amarillo College
Blair Cherry
Baylor
Texas
Grudge Softball Showdown at Tri State Park Tonight
Red Lawrence Home Finders take on Santa Fe Shops in a grudge game at Tri-State Park at 9 PM. Greyhound Lines and Plains Chevrolet open at 7 PM. Last night Graham Hoeme Plow Co defeated Pantex 12 to 7 while Wesley's beat International Harvester 17 to 10. Pinkney Packers earned a forfeit over Civilian Bombers and Jaycees versus Carpenters Union postponed due to rain.
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Red Lawrence
Santa Fe
Tri-State Park
Greyhound Lines
Plains Chevrolet
Graham- Hoeme Plow Co
Pantex
Wesley
International Harvester
Pinkney Packers
Jaycees
Carpenters Union
Carpenters and Jaycees
Triple Crown Winner Assault Suffering Mysterious Ailment
Saratoga Springs reports Assault the three year old turf champion from King Ranch is sidelined by a mysterious ailment. He will not be shipped to Chicago for the American Derby at Washington Park. Ridden with pain after a workout, the horse’s handlers are unsure when he can race again.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Assault
Robert Kleberg
King Ranch
Chicago
Washington Park
Sox stretch win streak as Evans nets 22nd win in Clovis
Bill Evans earned his 22nd win of the 1946 season in an 11 inning victory for the Gold Sox over Clovis at home. The win extended their winning streak to eight, setting up a three game series at Abilene with Hank Weaver expected to start.
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Bill Evans
Clovis
Gold Sox
Sox
Abilene
Dodgers
Hank Weaver
Albuquerque
Frank Mekules
Johnny Hall
Suspension of Owen May Ends His 10 Year Baseball Career
Cincinnati August 15 Mickey Owen’s plan to return from a five year suspension of all American players who joined the Mexican league faces an unfinished end as Commissioner A B Chandler refuses to lift the ban. Owen says he will not return south and will be 35 when the suspension ends, suggesting his career may be over despite a request to be reinstated.
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Owen
Cincinnati
Mickey Owen
A. B. Chandler
Brooklyn
Mickey
Mexico
Navy
Chandler
Col. E. R. Bradley Dies on Lexington Farm
Col. E. R. Bradley, noted sportsman and owner of Idle Hour Farm at Lexington Kentucky, died early today at age 86. His horses had won four Kentucky Derbies, according to business associate C B Shannon who reported Bradley was conscious to the end.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
EF. R. Bradley
Idle Hour
Lexington
C. B. Shannon
Bradley
Kentucky
Shannon
Bernborough Owner Denies U S Trip for Star Horse
O A Romano owner of Bernborough denies plans to take the six year old to the United States for the 1947 Santa Anita Handicap. He says he has never visited the U S and would not take Bernborough if he ever goes. Bernborough has won his last nine starts earning £16 500 in six months.
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Brisbane
O. A. Romano
Bernborough
Australia
United States
Romano
Pioneers, Evans Tied Up by Hitting and Errors
Umpire Norman called the game with players assisting as Darwin Dobbs and Chris Haskins manned third and first bases. Pinky Evans struck out 11 Pioneers, tying a season high but gave up 15 hits including a homer and three doubles. Walter Cwik of Clovis yielded 10 hits, including Bill Scapetone’s long homer and double, despite a jaw injury from a line drive.
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Scepetone
Sutch
Joe Bauman
Bob Crues
Dick Woldt
Crues
Behnke
Bauman
Pioneers
Novotney
Scopetone
Moran
Santi
Cwik
Sox
Pampa
Lamesa
Lubbock
Borger
Albuquerque
Gordon Goldsberry
Dukes
Young
Nelson
Miller
Archuleta
Ward
Abettarini
Norman
Chris Haskins
Darwin Dobbs
Pinky Evans
Evans
Russell
Kid” Crider
Walter Cwik
Clovis
Bill Scapetone
Scapetone
Cwrk
Harry Lamprich
East Texas League Officials Meet Here for Playoff Plans
East Texas Baseball League officials will meet here to discuss plans for the coming Shaughnessy playoff. Sweet clover and alfalfa are the best soil-building legumes.
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Tyler
East Texas Baseball League
Speed Bowl in Amarillo set for faster track night
Promoter Otis Williams and Lewis Blackwell predict a record assault at the Amarillo Speed Bowl as Bud Camden returns with a reconditioned 23. Don Cranfield from Paris California has a mystery midget ready to challenge Camden’s 15.2 one lap mark. Ted Parker of Dallas adds rivalry as 7:30 qualifying starts with the first race at 8.
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Amarillo
Otis Williams
Lewis Blackwell
Bud Camden
Kan- Lan
Wichita
Camden
Don Cranfield
Paris
Cal. T
Studebaker
Bud
Tulsa
Cranfield
California
Midwest
Amarillo Oval
Port Worth
Dallas
Wiliams
Ted Parker
Five Hundred Scientists Sought To Develop New Commercial Airplane
A major project calls for about five hundred scientists and engineers to design and develop a new commercial aircraft. The effort stresses heavy research, design, and testing to meet market needs.
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Jack Carter
Auckland
N. Z
Bill Steddum
Young Sandow
Toledo
Ken Mayne
Salt Lake City
Klein, Wagner
Collier
Army & Navy
Taylor
the Panhandle
Utting
Sowell
John Sidney Smith
Dallas News
Smith
John Sidney
John
Willis Barnes
University of New Mexico
Whitey Whelchhel
Clyde Anderson
Amarillo High
LeRoy Boyter
Clyde Clark
Globe-News
Champ
Red Norman
New Mexico State
Joe Dotlich
al Behnke
Corny Bean
George Sutch
Dotlich
Bill Moran
Bean
Poa Duarte
See
Ee Wilson
Rf Sutch
Ss Moran
I Lamprich
Tenet
Il Evans
AE ‘An
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Bauer
Eee Woldt
Ee Dotlich
Collins
Scopetone Bean
Scovetone
Clues Woldt
Scarfire
Frans. Sutech
Wilson
Amerilio
Col. E. R. Bradley
Lexington Farm
Aramount Recreation Club
Oliver-Eakle
Cool Raton, New Mexico
Geet
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Marco
Highlan
Cerants
Ajax Distributors, Inc
N. San Jacinto
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New York
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Lopat
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Kramer
Reynolds
Pittehbureh
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York Eeeneue
Eee
la Pittabureh
Kosio
Schumacher
Hatten
Sehanz
Stancey
Wright
Lee
Vander Meer
Bages
Va. Erickson
Wyse
Pittabureh
Et Louis
Ostermueller
We. Dickson
Burkhardt
Fort Worth
Shreveport
Reaumont
Oklahoma City
Houston
San Antonio
Reaumont Shreveport
Wallace Bettes
West Texas
Boot and Shoe Shop
Polk
Guss Edd
Bill Steddam
Gold Sox Park
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