Rams and College All Stars clash in Soldier Field showdown
Chicago August 23 1946 Los Angeles Rams meet the College All-Stars at Soldier Field in a high stakes pre season classic. Attendance expected to break records with gate over 300000 and tickets priced 6.60. Starting lineups list 39 All-Stars including Hoernschmeyer and Hillenbrand.
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Los Angeleses
Soldier Field
Collegians
Rams
Cleveland
Bob Waterfield
Jim Benton
Waterfield
Bob Hoernschmeyer
Indiana
Billy Hillenbrand
Halroy Hirsch
Pat Harder
Wisconsin
Stan Kostowski
Holy Cross
Monk Gafford
Auburn
Los All-Stars
Pos Angeles Russelli
Baylor
LE Benton Luby
Texas A & M
Schultz Greich
S'nt
Clara
Matheson Goodwin
Georgia
C Delauer Ramsay
Wm.-M'ry
Lieva
iDetroit
William Blake Jaras
Mutual Network
Bantam Buzz Buggies At Amarillo Speed Bowl Tonight
Crowd expected for a six event card at Amarillo Speed Bowl with three Amarillo owned cars and Ted Parker defending his recent victories. Local drivers Corky Benson Cotton Musick Don Brown Jay Booth Red Dowely George Murphy Eddie Carmichael vie to challenge Parker as 20 laps races and 8 oclock start time are planned with $1.50 admission and special buses from Third and Polk.
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Amarillo
Third
Polk
Ted Parker
Dallas
Tiny Ted
Parker
Little Star
Corky Benson
Lubbock
Cotton Musick
Don Brown
Wichita
Kan
Jay Booth
Oklahoma City
Red Dowely
Seaver
George Murphy
Eddie Carmichael
Ayers Motor Company
Fisher Johnny Ayers
Lloyd Knight
Ayers
Finale Night at Sunset Golf Course Putting Meet
Amarillo golfers clash in the weekly putting meet at Sunset Golf Course. Prizes total 25 dollars to be split four ways, entry fee is 1 dollar, meet starts 7 pm with late entries until 10. Winner earns 10 dollars, second 7.50, third 5, and fourth 2.50.
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Amarillo
Sunset Golf Course
Mrs Ruby Wagner Wins Honors in Weekly Ladies Day
Mrs Ruby Wagner captured top honors yesterday at Ross Rogers Municipal Course in the weekly Ladies Day competition. Her winning scorecard read 104 38 66, reflecting a strong showing among participants.
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Ruby Wagner
Ross Rogers Municipal Course
Lefty Lonergan Tosses Tonight in Lubbock Showdown
In a high scoring Texas League recap, the Gold Sox beat Lubbock 10-1 as Lonergan prepared to face the Hubbers. Mekules earned his 12th win despite a late-inning outage, and records show Nell may break the year homer mark as Amarillo and Borger games altered official tallies.
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Grobe-N
Gold Sox
Lubbock
Abilene
Lamesa
Pampa
Berger
Sox
Buzz Ross
Lefty
Lonergan
Hubbers
Hack Milley
Hubs
Gene Bergerson
Bill Evans
Blue Sox
Mekales
Frank Mekules
Jackie Sullivan
Gene Hodge
Mekules
Clem Cola Force Hodge
Pat Rooney
George Sutch
Amarillo
Clovis
Albuquerque
Pete Spatafore
Bill Werbowski
Earl Harriman
Virgil Richardson
Ted Clawitter
Gordon Nell
al Zigelman
Warren Hacker
Royce Dossett
Nell
Joe Bauman
Borger
Slugs Cards Tie Series With 7-6 Win Over Phillies
Cardinals star Stan Musial rapped six hits as St Louis swept a doubleheader from Philadelphia 7-6 and 4-3 to pull even with the Dodgers. Vander Meer pitched a shutout for the Reds, while the White Sox beat Boston at Fenway in 11 innings. Yankees swept Browns, Braves beat Cubs, and Giants edged Pirates 1-0 in 10 innings. Athletics toppled Indians 8-6 as a rain delay halted a Washington night game.
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Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals
Stanley Frank Musial
Musial
Cardinals
Philadelphia
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Vander Meer
Dodgers
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Fenway Park
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Chicago Cubs
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Rip Sewell
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League Leaders From The Associated Press NL Leaders
The National League batting lead goes to Musial of St Louis at 374 with Hopp close. Slaughter and Walker top RBI at 93 and 68. Mize leads HR with 22 for New York and Kiner 16 for Pittsburgh. American League shows Vernon of Washington batting .345 and Williams of Boston hitting 33 home runs. Williams also leads AL RBI with 109 and Doerr 102. Greenberg has 25 HR for Detroit.
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Slaughter
Walker
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New York
Kiner
Pittenburgh
Vernon
Washington
Williame Hoston
Williams
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Greenberg
Detroit
Tulsa Oilers Rally Past Shreveport in Comeback Win
Tulsa fans saw the Oilers score five seventh inning runs to defeat the Shreveport Sports 6 4 after a brief bottle incident and umpire ejections. Tulsa pitcher Tommy Warren earned his 16th victory with a 381 foot go ahead triple in the seventh.
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Perry Hunter
Oklahoma City Indians
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Cats
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Jack Richards
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Sigmund Jakucki
St. Louis
Amateurs Open Play In Great Lakes Meet
Lake Forest Illinois hosts the Great Lakes Amateur Golf Tournament with 32 players starting match play. Frank Stranahan set a new Knottwood course record with six under par 67 and lowered the tournament qualifying mark by one stroke despite three competitors withdrawing.
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U.P
Great Lakes
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
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Knottwood Country Club
Jack Hoerner
Chicago
Earl Stewart
Dallas
Bob Cochran
St. Louis
Wilfred Wehrle
Louisville
Injured Knee Forces Olmo to Pinch Hit Only
Mexico City action notes Luis Olmo, former Brooklyn Dodger, has been ordered by his doctor to limit play to pinch hitting for the rest of the Mexican League season due to an injured knee.
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Mexico City
U.P
Luis Olmo
Brooklyn Dodgers
Weidner Mayne win after riot at Amarillo wrestling match
Frank A. Godsoe Jr reports a chaotic Amarillo arena where Weidner and Mayne defeated Kirilenko and McGee in a two falls to one decision amid mob rule. Referees Jones and Edinfield struggled as fans and wrestlers clashed, ejecting McGee and Mayne while ambushing the Russian.
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Frank A. Godsoe, Jr
Dutch Jone
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Dutch
Leon Kirilenko
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Billy Weidner
Kenny Mayne
Weidner
Mayne
Kirilenko
McGee
Wiedener
Leon
Mike c
Leo Jensen
Sandow
Jensen
Jackson
Miss
Cory Detton
Leo
Amarillo
Gus Edd
Salvador Flores
Edififield
Baseball Standings and Schedule Revealed for Today
Standings show Brooklyn leading with 71 wins, Chicago 61, Boston 57, and Cincinnati 53. Schedule lists Brooklyn at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at St. Louis, Boston at Chicago, and New York at Pittsburgh with pitchers and matchups noted for today’s games.
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Philadelphia
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New York
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Cincinnati
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Higbe
Gree
Walters
Heusser
Judd
Beazley
Sain
Erickson
Trinkle
Bahr
Ostermueller
Chew and Chew Reach Semifinals in Father-Son Tennis Tourney
In Chestnut Hill Massachusetts on August 23 the father and son duo Fdegar Chew Sr and Ed gar Chew Jr of El Paso advanced to the semifinals of the National Father and Son Doubles Tennis Tournament. They led the field with a straight-sets victory 6 0 6 2 over N D House Sr and Jr of Brookline.
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Chestnut Hill
Mass
Fdegar Chew
Edgar Chew
el Paso
Texas
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Brookline
Tigers Bench Hank Greenberg to Rest Hitting Slump
Washington Aug 23 Hank Greenberg Detroit Tigers first baseman was benched to rest and revive his hitting. The high priced slugger reportedly earns 55000 dollars annually and had only one hit in his past 22 at bats, asking manager Steve ONeill for a respite.
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Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Greenberg
Steve O'Neill
Baptists Meet Methodists in Playoff Finals
San Jacinto Baptist faces San Jacinto Methodist in the YMCA Church Softball League playoff finals this afternoon at 6 15. Methodists reached the final by taking two straight from Polk Street Methodist, while Baptists beat Sacred Heart 15 to 9 in the deciding game. Charles Vick and L A Wehrman held Sacred Heart to six hits. Brother Phillips homered with two on in the third for Sacred Heart. Bernie Smith was the losing pitcher.
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L. A. Wehrman
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Bernie Smith
Georgia Tech Board Grants Students Main Stand Seats
The Georgia Tech athletic board in Atlanta outlined an effort to seat as many students as possible in Grant Field for the fall home games. It will allot date tickets in the main east Stand to all seniors and ex-GI students and their wives to address student demands for a better ticket deal.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech Athletic Board
Grant Field
Return from California by Bobby Clayton and David Levy
Bobby Clayton and David Levy of 2118 Polk have returned from Escondido California after six weeks visiting Bobby's aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs W H Barringer. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Evans Captures Junior Honors at Amarillo Country Club
John Evans, 15, defeated Art McKay Jr 3 and 2 to win the Amarillo Country Club junior championship. It marked Evans third tournament win of the summer as he also holds the city junior title and Country Club senior king pin.
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Art McKay, Jr
Amarillo
Evans
Country Club
McKay
Visits Return For Patsy Sullivan In Gainesville
Miss Patsy Sullivan of Gainesville visits Mrs. R. J. Orsburn at 1005 Louisiana for two weeks. Mr and Mrs W. J. Nugent of 1712 Monroe are vacationing in Mexico.
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Patsy Sullivan
Gainesville
R. J. Orsburn
Louisiana
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W. J. Nugent
Monroe
Mexico
Byron Nelson Still In Run For 28th Golf Title
At Portland Ore 10 players remain from an original 123 in the National Professional Golfers Championship 36 hole quarterfinals Defending champ Byron Nelson still in contention after the 36 holes Ed Porky Oliver defeated Chandler Harper Jug Mefipaden seven under par for 32 holes Jim Demaret beat Jim Ferrier 3 and 2 Next up Nelson faces Oliver as another feature day unfolds in the long event
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Byron Nelson
Eighe
Lord Byron
Yesterda White Plains
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Porky” Oliver
Chicago
Nelson
Chandler Harper
Portamouth
Andy Harold
Jug” Mefipaden
Sanford
Dutch” Harrison
Little Rock
Ark
Jimmy Demaret
Houston
Tex
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Jim Turnesa
Mamaroneck
Dick Shoemaker
Pittchurch
Ben Mogan
Hershey
Art Be'l
Colma
Cai
Stiffsacking Belloise and Abrams Set for Wardrobe Bout
Stiffsacking Steve Belloise of the Broar New York and Georgie Abrams of Washington DC meet in a ten round middleweight clash at Madison Square Garden. Belloise brings a fourteen match win streak with 12 by kayoes while Abrams fights inside with a hard punch and aggressive style. The bout airs at 8 00 P M on Gillette's Sports and KPDA 1236.
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Broar
New York
Georgie Abrams
Washington, D.C
Clash
Manhattan
Madison Square Garden
Navy
Belloixe
Kayoes
Abrams
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