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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1948
Page
13
Dallas reports ten football rule changes this year with minor but notable shifts. A 1 inch high artificial tee is allowed, dirt is banned, and field placement rules require tees be brought by substitutes or requested by the quarterback. Changes include stricter injury substitutions, expanded opponent substitutions, and kickoff replays when out of bounds.
Sherman Denison Twins ended Waco’s 15 game win streak with a 9-7 victory. Ollie Ortiz homered as Glen Snyder and Dean Stafford drove in runs in the seventh to break a 6-6 deadlock. Waco scored late but couldn't catch up as Gainesville, Austin, and Texarkana also posted wins.
Amateur rivals clash as West shares the field in Albuquerque while Lamesa visits Pampa Abliene plays Litho. In the American League Chicago goes to Washington while Cleveland visits Philadelphia Detroit travels to Boston St. Louis meets New York in the National League Boston faces Cincinnati Brooklyn clashes with Chicago New York plays Pittsburgh Philadelphia meets St Louis In the Texas League San Antonio hosts Dallas Houston meets Ft Worth Bel front plays Oklahoma City Shreveport visits Vernon Midland tackles Help Del Rio meets Odessa
A 25 year old Dallas man, Clifton Okra, was indicted by the Dallas county grand jury on maiming and criminal assault tied to an Aug. 17 attack on a Dallas couple. He faces an assault to murder count from the same incident, with other indictments naming the parties as they sat in a parked car discussing a marital reconciliation on a Dallas road.
A small fire on the Capitol roof near a flagpole on the western dome side was extinguished with no serious damage. Firefighters were alerted by a guard after smoke was seen late evening and the blaze was put out without further incident.
Promoters plan a September world middleweight title bout Tony Zale versus Marcel Gordan and a 15 round heavyweight clash Joe Walcott versus Gus Lesnevich at Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City backed by seven millionaires. The event aims to net about 270000 with a hoped crowd near 500000 as TV and radio rights wars intensify.
Col John R Hardin US Engineer outlines a large long range program to protect Louisiana rice lands from salt water intrusion causing up to 1000 dollars annually and to shield Southwest Louisiana from floods costing as much as 500000 dollars yearly. Separately reports note a Panamanian ship Mala carrying arms to Kaifa sailed secretly, flagged Panamanian, with illegal cargo per UN and US officials.
The Missions routed the Dallas Reds 20-3 as five Dallas pitchers struggled. Royce Lint scattered nine Rebel hits while San Antonio and Tulsa also posted big scores in related games. Billy Hardin and Don Bollweg homered for the Buffs, and Dick Mulligan pitched in relief to help beat Fort Worth.
Recruiter Sgt L V Smith says only ten September Marine Corps enlistments will be accepted here with five already signed. He expects to fill the month early. Draft notices have made some men ineligible.
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