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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1951
Page
9
A Chicago era style sports blurb questions if the current Brooklyn Dodgers season will mirror the disastrous 1942 campaign. It notes the Dodgers once led the pennant race with a 13 game gap over the New York Giants, now fearing a collapse.
After a 13-4 Boston win, the Brooks hold an eight game edge over a rejuvenated Giants who beat Philadelphia 5-4 for their ninth straight victory. The Giants closed five and a half games in a week. Brooklyn, St. Louis, and Chicago also posted key results as pennant races tighten across the majors.
Rex Baxter Sr and Rex Baxter Jr won the Country Club annual father son golf tourney with a net 57 on a 79 gross and 22 handicap. J W Hill and Gene Hill were second with 82 18 64. Father’s handicaps used in scoring.
Buck White of Greenwood Mississippi won his first major golf tournament in five years with an eight under par 64 in the final round to total 272 for the event. He earned 2400 dollars, the second largest prize of his career, ahead of Ed Oliver Skee Riegel and Jack Burke Jr. in a tense final day setup. Union Grove coach Harold Barrett resigns to take Raymondville post.
Los Angeles Aug 20 Special reports that the Washington Redskins will use 11 distinct lineups in the upcoming exhibition against the Detroit Lions in Amarillo on Aug 31. The article explains how positions shift into MBA and corner man roles as the era of the platoon system expands. It notes ticket outlets and prices for the Prudence preflight game.
A field of 80 teed off in the 51st National Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament in St Paul. Eighteen holes were played to determine the low 64 who advance to match play starting tomorrow. Defending champ Bev Hanson recently turned pro, leaving a crowded field led by Marjorie Lindsay and a dozen strong contenders.
Art McKay Jr fired a blistering two under par 68 to win the gross prize in the Country Club week end golf. In the net division Bobby Bauman was low with 85 26 59. Others included Dr Mike Montgomery 78 15 63 RR Beeman 88 24 64 Dr EH Mann 76 12 64 and CRB Mash 80 15 65.
A detailed portrait of baseball figures during spring camps, highlighting Rickey’s innovations with sliding pits and pitching strings, the Pensacola and Panama Camp scenes, staff dynamics, and a looming conduct charge at Sarasota as Rickey plans to meet the Commissioner while en route.
Randolph Turpin, the British boxer who won the middleweight title from Sugar Ray Robinson in London, arrived in New York for the September 12 rematch at the Polo Grounds. He plans 100 percent fitness and says he’ll fight naturally with the pace set by Robinson. Turpin trains at Grossinger’s and carries 19 escort. He weighs 164 pounds, four pounds over the limit, but expects to shed it easily.
Righthander Jim Reynolds and rookie Larry Mann shoulder Amarillo’s hopes as the G-Sox close 1981 play against Lamesa Lobos in a two game set at 7. Ducks eye a five game winning streak after a dramatic 15 14 comeback win.
Ace Abbott the crooning cowboy from Abilene returns to Sports Arena to face Gene Blackley in the second bout of Promoter Cory Detton's weekly mat card. Abbott has toured the Pacific Northwest for months and last wrestled in Amarillo nearly a year ago. Murdock defends Southwestern states junior heavyweight title versus former champ Dory Funk in the headline. Ace Freeman faces George Lopez in the semi windup. Detton plans one more match.
Police stepped in to end a bakery workers strike after the Labor Board declared the action illegal. The intervention followed official ruling and halted labor unrest at the bakery precincts.
A distorted OCR line hints at a local business report about fine tunes in service standards and customer care. The legible fragments reference a shop or service provider and discuss quality improvements without specific names or dates.
Borger beat Abilene 13-7 as starter Art Hamilton allowed seven early runs before relief. Royce Mills pitched for Borger in a route that produced five wins in 15 starts. Duffield and Free led Borger with multiple hits while Albuquerque-Lubbock combined for 13 hits in a slugfest. Amarillo staged an 11-run late rally highlighted by Merv Connors grand slam.
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