City Junior Golf Tourney halves set for finals at Sunset
Miller and Mann win in first round to reach semi finals with Evans and Weirick also advancing. Miller meets Mann, Evans faces Weirick. winners play for the title. Other flights show B and C flight results and semi final pairings. Lord Byron Nelson travels to Nashville for Invitational Open after winning 13 462 50 in War Bonds All American Open.
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Chicago
Lord Byron Nelson
Nashville
Tenn
George S. May
Nelson
Ed Dudley
St Louis Man Sets World Record In Fly Casting Event
St Louis native Robert Peros Sr wins in the 36th annual national fly and ball tournament with a 186 1/3 foot average and a 192 foot long cast to establish a new world record. Current runner up Earl Osten posts 170 2/3 foot average and 175 foot long cast. E E Cavanaugh of Fort Dodge IA places third with 173 foot longest cast.
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ST. Louis
U PR
Robert Peros
Peros
Dick Miller
Huntington Beach
Cal
Earl Osten
E. E. Cavanaugh
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Ray Robinson to donate part of purse in six fights
Ray Robinson the so called uncrowned welterweight champion has booked six matches with 20 percent of his purse going to the disabled veterans fund. He will box in Jersey City Buffalo Boston Chicago New York City and Detroit from September to November.
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New York
Ray Robinson
Disabled Veterans’ Fund
Robinson
Jersey City
Buffalo
Boston
Chicago
New Oe City
Detroit
Maverick Club Youth News Highlights Local Rally
Sgt Billy Pascoe returns from 33 months overseas with the Marines and appears in the Maverick Club picture gallery. Lt Bobby Eubanks, a Marine Corps pilot, sends greetings. A Khiva Temple program features many club members in events from fights to rope tricks. The American Business Club funds brick veneer for the club, aiming for 3500 by Friday. The club asks members to report illnesses and lists August birthdays.
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Billy Pascoe
Marines
Billy
Bobby Eubanks
Marine Corps
Bobby
Khiva Temple
Douglas Stephens
Ross Stephens
Art Sharp
Warren Tuckness
Claudie McSmith
John Robert Plunket
Kenneth Hamilton
Ronald Johnson
Billy Marsh
Billy Sullivan
Louis Siegler
Jimmye Hamilton
James Kile
Ronald
Ross
Kenneth Douglas
Art
Louis Sigler
Lars
American Business Club
Veener
Maverick Club
ABC
Grant Street
Dizzy Trout and Hal Newhouser Power Tigers to PennantRace Push
Detroit pitchers Dizzy Trout and Hal Newhouser form a remarkable duo as they chase wins in 1940. Trout, near sighted to 60 feet 6 inches, remains a dangerous hitter with five homers this season. Newhouser volunteers for big spot relief as Detroit rallies at Yankee Stadium, keeping them in the pennant race.
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Detroit
Paul Trout
Harold Newhouser
Dizzy Trout
Hal Newhouser
Tigers
Dean Brothers
Cardinals
Newhouser
Detroits
Yankee Stadium
Trout
Terre Haute
Southpaw Newhouser
Associated Press
K. M. Landis
Pane Tineite
Yanks
Boston
Rex Cecil
San Diego
Clem Dreisewerd
Sacramento
Dreisewerds
Floyd
Bill) Vevens
Newark
New York
McQueen
St. Louis
Willis Hudlin
Cleveland
Bob Muncrief
Harridge Loop
Red Barrett
Yank Terry
Bill Zuber
Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
Cincinnati
Mort Cooper
Kenny Od
Cincy
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Tigers rely on Big Three to push run down the stretch
Trout and Newhouser anchor Detroit with blazing fastball and breaking curves while Overmire backs them with control and a change of pace. Stubby Overmire challenges Nick Etten late, the Tigers hold firm as a potent pitching trio shapes the pennant push.
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Trout
Detroit Drive
Frank Overmire
Stubby Overmire
Nick Etten
Yankees
Etten
Detroit
Dizzy Trout
Hal Newhouser
Stubby
Tigers
First Round Matches Completed in Amarillo Country Club Tourney
Amarillo Country Club Junior Golf Tourney opened with first round results as Art McKay defeated John Evans to finish the round. Scotty Mills beat Hillr old Livers one up while Gene Klein Jr. edged Don Hill one up and Jack Davis won 2 and 1. Finals set for tomorrow with semi finals today in both championship and consolation divisions.
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Paul Miller
Raymond Mann
John Evans
Jerry Weirick
Sunset
Miller
Mann
Evans
Weirick
Billy Lynch
Lige Nelson
Scotty Mills
Gene Klein, Jr
Bill Baucum
Dick Brooks
Roland Young
Nick Nelson
Lee Butler
Gene Morrow
Don Hill
Eddie Johnson
Bill Coffee
Fred Debbrecht
Addison Appleby
Jim Elledge
Jack Davis
Bobby Phillips
John Streit
Bobby Wilson
Leslie Balmain
John Maynard, Jr
George Ausbach
Lynch
Nelson
Mills
Klein
Elledge
Phillips
Wilson
Balmain
Ausbach
Art McKay
Amarillo Country Club
Hillrold Livers
Gene Klein Jr
Carolyn Kelly
George Ausbach Jr
Arthur Higgins
Bob Braden
Dan Ritter
Jay Triplett
Davis
McKay
Livers
Hill
Amarillo Country Club Hosts City Golf Tournaments
Local golf coverage outlines practice rounds and semi finals at Amarillo Country Club and Sunset Course. City Junior and City tournaments recur through the week with finals at the same venue. Women's Sunset Golf Association Day and luncheon events are listed alongside weekend handicap tournaments at Ross Rogers Course.
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Amarillo Country Club
City
Sunset
Sunset Golf Association
Sunset Course
Amarilloountry Club
Hursday
Ena
Amarillo
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Country
Amarillo County Club
Amarillo High School
Golden Sandies
Childress High School
Bobcats
Butler Field
Ross Rogers Course
All-Star Grid Contest To Draw 50 000 In Evanston Stadium
The 11th annual All-Star football game tomorrow night will draw about 50 000 fans to Northwestern University’s Dyche Stadium to see college stars face the Chicago Bears. Sid Luckman leads the Bears, the 1943 NFL champions, in a strong bid to extend their streak in the annual event. Burl Bones visits Bert Smith Jr. in Clarendon this week.
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Evanston
Ill
Northwestern University
Dyche
Chicago Bears
Sid Luckman
Merchant Marine
Ebears
Clarendon
Burl Bones
Prospect Street
Bert Smith, Jr
Sandies in The Service
A service column lists football players from the Sandies era now in military duty. George Thornton and Clifford Timberlake share new Army addresses, with notes on their prior play at Butler Field and Horace Mann Junior High. Marvin Webb, nicknamed Cherry, is also posted at Camp Crowder Missouri along with others in the 1939 Golden Sandstorm lineage.
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George Thornton
U. S
Army Air Corps
George
Butler Field
Carlos
Pvt
G. C. Thornton
Thornton
Clifford Timberlake
Timber
Jimmy Blesson
Horace Mann
Sandie
Army
Arkansas
Marvin Webb
Lubbock
Webb
Marvin
Cherry
Marvin L. Webb
Co. E
Sig. T. R
Willie Pep Wins Every Round in Ring Battle
Willie Pep of Hartford, Conn. defeated Joey Peralta of Tamaqua, Pa. in a 10 round decision in West Springfield Mass. Pep weighed 128 pounds and outstayed his veteran opponent, winning every round on the United Press score card.
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Willie Pep
West Springfield
Mass
U.P
Hartford
Baseball standings and scores from the league results
National League results show Cincinnati 2 Louis 3 and Pittsburgh 6 0. standings list St Louis 54 56 565 Boston 58 536 New York 57 533 Chicago 66 463 Philadelphia 67 472 Brooklyn 46 374. American League results Boston 7 New York 4 with standings led by St Louis 54 565, Boston 58 536, New York 57 533. Schedule notes include Pittsburgh at Chicago and other night games.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Quncignee
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston Ie
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago Oe
Washington
Newton
Ladies Pioneer League Meeting Planned Thursday
A meeting to organize and elect officers for the Ladies Pioneer Bowling League will be held Thursday at 8 o clock at the Victory Aleyes. All women interested in joining the league are invited to attend.
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Ladies Pioneer League
Ladies Pioneer Bowling League
Victory Aleys
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