Gold Sox Maintain Torrid Pace Winning Tenth In Eleven Starts
Amarillo's Gold Sox surge back into top positions with ten wins in eleven games including a 7-2 victory at Lamesa. Joe Budney earned the win as Don Moore and Clovis players provided key hits. Pampa and Borger stay close as Abilene and Lubbock suffer setbacks in a tight league race.
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Gold Sox
Joe Budney
Hank Weaver
Bob Crues
Lames
Lobos
Borger
Lubbock
Clovis
Don Moore
Corny Bean
Rip Collins
Chuck
Amarillo
Lamesa
Abuquerque
Pampa
Abilene
Abilene Ee Ee
Pampa Amarillo
Steve Ereres
Eee
Renee Eee
Borger Ee
Albuquerque
Gold Sox eye final stretch as road trip nears end
On a 12 day road swing to Albuquerque the Gold Sox chase wins to move up in the standings. Pitcher Bill Evans predicts 10 wins in the trip as the team faces Lamesa and Lub bock before a home stand against Lubbock and Abilene with a tight race for second place.
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Amarillo
Gold Sox
Lamesa
Chris Haskins
Cecil Hart
Bill Evans
Pampa
Sox
Oilers
Buzz Ross
Albuquerque
Sockers
Lubbock Hubbers
Gray Battles Woods In Boxing Feature
Hubert Gray of Wichita Falls and Bobby Woods of Fort Worth meet in the 10 round main event at the Tri-State Fair Grounds. Gray won an eight round decision over Woods last month in Dallas. Babe Ritchie of Lubbock vs Melvin Walker from Houston is the semiwindup for six rounds. Three four round preliminaries include Gene Moore vs Harry Seaback, Ronnie Moser vs Lee Minor, Nick Delgado vs Benny Stokes. Admission is 1, 1 75 and 2 dollars.
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Hubert Gray
Wichita Falls
Bobby Woods
Fort Worth
Alvis Woodring
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Gray
Dallas
Big Babe Ritchie
Lubbock
Melvin Walker
Houston
Gene Moore
Harry Seaback
Ronnie Moser
Austin
Lee Minor
Nick Delgado
Benny Stokes
Ex-Wrestler Bids for Bull-Fighting Gear Bill From VA
Ex-soldier Douglas Henderson in Mexico City seeks $500 from the Veterans Administration for a bull-fighting outfit and related gear. Henderson, a former professional wrestler, has appeared on 14 bull fight cards as an apprentice and previously halted a mad bull with a wrestling move. He says bullfighting is riskier than wrestling.
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Mexico City
U.P
U. S. Veterans Administration
Douglas Henderson
Fort Worth
Henderson
Bill Henderson
Craig Leachman win Amarillo 36 Hole Doubles
Jack Craig and W T Leachman surged from third to first with a net 260 in the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association 36 Hole Handicap Doubles. They posted 136 after round one and 124 in round two at the Ross Rogers Course. Other winners included Medley Harrison Garrett and Smith Dowell. Merchandise prizes ranged from $5 to $10.
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Jack Craig
W. T. Leachman
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Craig
Leachman
Hugh Hale
Homer Smith
Davis Medley
Harrison Garrett
Paul Smith
Ernie Dowell
Bill Batson
Cliff Nelson
Roberts Net 61 Wins Amarillo Country Club Meet
Gus Roberts posted a net 61 to win the Amarillo Country Club Weekend Handicap Golf Tournament. His scorecard read 83 22 61, with W. A. Russell 91 28 63 and Dr. H. H. Larson 85 20 65 as other low nets, while John Olver had the low gross with 66 and Earl Clements the high gross at 106.
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Gus Roberts
Amarillo
National Doubles Tennis Championship Returns to Longwood
The National Doubles Tennis Championship resumes at Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill Mass after a wartime five year absence. A record field of 44 teams competes in the men’s doubles with 32 American and 12 foreign pairs. Top seeds are defending champions William Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy.
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Chestnut Hill
Mass
U.P
Longwood Cricket Club
William Talbert
Wilmington
Del
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Fla
Mulloy Wins Newport Casino Title In Duel With Schroeder
Gardnar Mulloy of Miami defeated Ted Schroeder 6-1 2-6 14-12 6-3 to capture the Newport Casino singles title and earn serious consideration for the 1946 U S Davis Cup team. It marked Mulloy’s second major victory in four finals this summer, after earlier wins at Southampton and losses to Kramer and Parker at other events.
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R. I
U.R
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Fla
U. S
Newport Casino
Ted Schroeder
Mulloy
Southampton
Bill Talbert
Jack Kramer
Seabright
Frank Parker
Major League Leaders by the Associated Press
National League leading batters Musial of St Louis and Hopp of Boston at .365. Slaughter of St Louis tops RBI with 88, Walker of Brooklyn 87. Mize of New York 22 HR, Kiner of Pittsburgh 16. American League batting Vernon of Washington 394, Williams of Boston 33 and York 98 RBI. Williams leads AL in HR with 32, Greenberg of Detroit 25.
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Associated Press
Musial
St. Louis
Hopp
Boston
Slaughter
Walker
Brooklyn
Mize
New York
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Vernon
Washington
Williams
York
Greenberg
Detroit
San Francisco Swimmers Win Second Consecutive AAU Title
The San Francisco Crystal Plunger team won the Second Consecutive Women's Senior AAU Championship at Shakamak State Park Indiana by 35 to 32 over Multnomah Club Portland. Pretty Ann Curtis led with 15 points from 400, 800 and 1500 free events and anchored the winning 800 free medley. Brenda Helser of Los Angeles was runner up with 13 points. Nancy Merks of Multnomah had 12. Suzanne Zimmerman of Multnomah 10. Curtis defended her 800 free title. Jeanne Wilson of Lake Shore Club won the 100 meter breaststroke.
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San Francisco
Miss Curtis
Crystal Plunge
Multnomah
Brenda Helser
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Nancy Merks
Suzanne Zimmerman
Betty Lachok
Firestone Athletic Club
Akron
O. Jeanne
Six Teams Top Million Attendance
Major leagues reach 14.5 million in cash attendance with six weeks left. Cubs Giants and Red Sox join Yankees Tigers Dodgers over the million mark as baseball eyes near 18 to 20 million total. Red Sox beat Yankees 4 3 in the second game of a doubleheader. Yankees win opener 5 0.
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New York Giants
Red Sox
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
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Yankees
Floyd Bevens
Yanks
Tigers
Detroit
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Braves
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Sain
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Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia
Jesse Flores
Washington Senators
Faull Stars as Lake Jackson Faces Slush Pumpers in L A Tourney Finals
Gene Faull, 25, aims for a fifth straight win in four days as Lake Jackson meets defending champion Houston Slush Pumpers in the State LA tournament final. Faull’s club erased Lysaght Furniture 6-5 in seven innings, while Slush Pumpers defeated Fort Worth Grapettes 5-0.
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Gene Faull
Lake Jackson
Houston Slush Pumpers
Faull
Fort Worth
Lysaght Furniture
Slush
Fort Worth Grapettes
Australian Tag Match Set for Amarillo Fans
Promoter Cory Detton brings a new Australian tag team match to Amarillo wrestling. Two teams of two will compete with legal substitutions from corners, best two of three falls, and no limit on substitutions per match. Detton touts the format as rougher and more exciting than orthodox bouts and has received several wrestler teams applying to appear.
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Cory Detton
Amarillo Wrestling
Snail
Detton
Australia
Buffs Sweep Indians to Tighten Texas League Standings
The Houston Buffs swept a doubleheader from the Oklahoma City Indians 3-1 and 2-1, widening their gap atop the Texas League cellar. Fort Worth beat Beaumont 5-4, Dallas shut out Shreveport 2-0, and Tulsa split with San Antonio as Roman Brunswick and Burt Nelson earned wins for Houston and Oklahoma City respectively.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City Indians
Houston Buffs
Tribe
Buffs
Indians
Einsietson Avtaaks
Ob la Bees
Roman Brunswick
Houston
Oklahoma City
Burt Nelson
Brunswick
Evans Favored In Junior Golf Meet At Amarillo
John Evans, holder of four tour wins in 14 months, is the favorite as Amarillo Country Club hosts the junior golf tournament with qualifying rounds today. Art McKay Jr. could upset the top seed. First round matches start tomorrow with semifinals Wednesday and finals Thursday. eight per flight, entry $1, age limit 15.
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John Evans
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo City
Amarillo
Austin racer dies in car rollover during race
Austin driver Orville PF Hendricks age 30 was killed yesterday when his car overturned during a race in Austin.
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Austin
Orville PF Hendricks
Austin Automobile
Pros Start 28th Meet In Portland
In Portland Oregon Aug 19 the 28th Annual PGA Tournament opens at Portland Golf Club with Byron Nelson defending and Lloyd Mangrum Snead and Ben Hogan in the field. Yesterday Mangrum led an exhibition with Mangrum and Snead beating Hogan and Nelson 2 and 1 drawing 5 000 spectators. Mangrum, new National Open Champion, shows strong form to contend for the title. Hogan posted 34 33 exhibition figures and Mangrum 32 35 first nine and second nine respectively.
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Lioyd Mangrum
Sem Snead
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Portland Golf Club
Snead
Mangsrum
Tex
Hogan
Nelson
Mangrum
Los Angeles
California Bred Horses Dominate Hollywood Park Week Five
Inglewood report notes California bred horses won 23 of 40 races at Hollywood Park lifting the season total to 192 victories from 200 starts an average of 51 percent for the five week meet.
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Inglewood
Cal
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