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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1941
Page
18
Undefeated Dallas Sunset ranks as top team with speedy aerials. Friday schedule includes Tyler at Temple and Saturday features Ysileta at Wichita Falls Highland Park at Dallas Sunset Houston Lamar at Austin.
The undefeated Dallas Sunset Bisons pace the Texas schoolboy football quarterfinals with a fast backfield led by Bill Blackburn Bill Hamman Ned Welch and Sunny Kembie Their versatile attack and solid defense push them toward the state title as Highland Park and Temple loom as main challengers in a crowded field including Tyler Ysleta Wichita Falls and Austin Lamar with standout players and notable rallies shaping the next round.
In Chicago on December 8, baseball executives resume winter talks as major league meetings begin Tuesday. After a Jacksonville minor league gathering last week, magnates and managers regroup in hotel lobbies hoping trades evolve this week. The league meetings conclude over two days in recent years.
Southwest Conference football closed the 1941 season with Texas dominant over Oregon and a decisive Texas A&M win over Washington State. Rice topped SMU 6 to 0, and TCU, Texas A&M, and Baylor posted key interconference wins shaping the final standings.
Washington dispatch reports government economists doubting Japan can endure a long war with the United States. Dependence on the United States Netherlands Indies and British Empire for iron, steel, lead, oil, copper and more worsens with the wartime blockade, threatening Japan's raw material supply and self sufficiency prospects.
Wide World Sports notes a turbulent boxing scene with Freddie Cochrane and other top welterweights reassigned to navy duties. It mentions potential boxers of the year and a Duke Rose Bowl connection, plus a joking tease about Oregon’s Texas trip and a local public figure predicting hot weather for visiting teams.
Texas oil leaders say production will be governed by federal plans as the oil industry prepares for January proration. Commissions chair Col. Thompson urges full cooperation for national defense while Jerry Sadler and Olin Culberson emphasize meeting war needs and timing. An emergency order could follow the Monday hearing as Texas remains a key aviation gasoline supplier.
Arizona University faces a decision today on accepting a Sun Bowl invitation to play Tulsa or adhering to a policy against postseason games. The athletic committee will review the bid after Arizona tied for the Border Conference title and defeated Notre Dame, Oklahoma A&M, and Utah in key games. If Arizona declines, Texas Tech will represent the conference against Tulsa in the January 1 contest.
Vineland, N. J. Civil War veteran John H Winder, 96, says he will not quit tobacco despite a physician's warning. He attributes longevity to "good huck" and maintains health with long walks. Winder served 14 months in Virginia and North Carolina with the Union Army and was never injured.
Pacific coast writers say Texas ego trip sparked 71 to 7 rout of Oregon after Oregon State ignored Duke for Rose Bowl. Analysts from Oregonian, Los Angeles Examiner, Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer debate motives and the Alamo-like fury of the Longhorns.
Chicago defeats the Cardinals 34 to 24 to tie with Green Bay for the western crown and force a playoff next Sunday. The Giants lost 21 to 7 to the Brooklyn Dodgers, affecting the eastern title race.
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