Common Foes Predict Tossup in Amarillo Grid Clash
The Amarillo-Wichita Falls bi-district football scrap at Butler Field is a tossup with both teams relying on offense and defense. Predictions from Childress and Vernon squads favor the Sandies by slight margins while notes on players and matchups highlight a fast Amarillo squad facing tough Wichita Falls ground and air threats.
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Patt Powell
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Butler Field
Childress
Vernon
Sandies
Childress Bobcats
Lions
Gene Barnett
Bo Graham
Vernon Johnson
Coyotes
Billy Cagle
Dorman Williamson
Welden Fromm
Jerry Workman
Charles Villyard
Dean Decker
Clyde Moore
Bill Hood
Sandies, Waco Could Settle It This Year
The long time Texas Interscholastic League football rivalry between Amarillo and Waco may be decided this year as both seek state titles. Playoffs begin this weekend with Amarillo facing Wichita Falls and Waco meeting Mineral Wells, then potential rounds against Odessa or Ysleta and Tyler or Lufkin.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Associated Press
Amarillo
Waco
Tigers
Golden Sandies
Wichita Falls
Sandies
Odessa
Ysseta
Ysleta
Mineral Wells
West Texas
Tyler-Lufkin
Highland Park
Dallas
Denison
North Side
Fort Worth
Adamson
Tyler
Lufkin
Pasadena
Lamar
Houston
el Paso
Edinburg
Thomas Jefferson
San Antonio
Stallworth Pythian Gray Named Texas All-Stars Coaches
Dan Stallworth of Goose Creek Phoebe Pythian of South Park Beaumont and Barron Gray of Nederland were chosen to coach the Texas All-Stars for the Texas Louisiana bi state football game in Orange on December 20. This marks the fifth meeting between the Texas and Louisiana all star squads.
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Orange
Dan Stallworth
Goose Creek
Phoebe Pythian
South Park
Beaumont
Barron Gray
Nederland
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma Mat Official Hired for Grudge Bout
Cory Detton, Amarillo promoter, hires Vaughn Shadow Harmon of Oklahoma City as neutral referee for a Thursday night winner-take-all grudge bout between Wayne Martin and Bobby Burns. Harmon, 210 pounds, has refereed in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Houston and Galveston and is tied to figures in the sport nationwide. The bout follows a bloodied team match last Thursday in which Martin was injured.
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Cory Detton
Amarillo
Bobby Burns
Jourst
Wayne Martin
Detton
Montana Bobby
Vaughn
Shadow) Harmon
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Tulsa
Houston
Galveston
Jack League
Jack Dempsey
LeRoy McGuirk
Billy Weidner
Martin
Ace
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Elven Watkins
Charles Smoot
Fred Cordell
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Polo Cordova
Gust Johnson
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Johnson
Garner
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Gwe Mee
Korea
Éth Infantry Division
U. S
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Federal Building
Philco
Philco Radio
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Steve Hudson
Gene Chapman
Jim Hudson
3Rd
Polk
Stallworth
Pythian
Gray
Oklahoma Mat
Borg-Warner
Panhandle Steel Building and Material Co
Carter
River Drive
Pleasant Valley Cleaners
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Lisae
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Wood
Kentucky
Glenmore Distilleries Company
Louisville
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