Sandies Amarillo Ready for Final Train to Dallas
Amarillo High’s Golden Sandies prepare for a 9:30 PM train to Dallas for the state title game. Fans urged to join a sendoff at the Fort Worth depot before departure, while Temple Wildcats also prep in Temple for Saturday’s Cowboys Bowl clash.
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Golden Sandies
Amarillo High
Fort Worth
Denver
Sandies
Howard Lynch
T. G. Hull
Fort: Worth
Temple
Temple Wildcats
Amarillo
Dallas
Wildcats
Theribert Hardt
Corsicana
Scribe Dishes Out Presents
Whitney Martin reports a witty year end column offering playful advice and remarks on baseball figures and sports culture. The piece mocks managers players and fans with humorous lines about Oscar Vitt Ed Oliver Tom Harmon and Gabby Hartnett, among others, blending sport wit and self aware commentary.
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Whitney Martin
New York
Cleveland Indians
Oscar Vitt
Ed Oliver
Tom Harmon
Dodger
Yawkey
Magic Eye May Make Umpiring Obsolete
In Wichita Kansas on December 26 Ray Dumont reports engineers have made a Cross-Ray system using two magic eyes that could judge balls and strikes without an umpire. He says the umpire will still be kept in the game, delaying full replacement, with a single eye used in the 1941 tournament to judge pitches crossing the plate.
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Gabby Hartnett
Cubs
Pat Comiskey
Duff McCullough, Jr
Oscar Vitt
Red Friesell
Yankees
Alice
Gerald Nugent
Phillies
Wichita
Kas
Ray Dumont
Dumont
Record Postal Rush Hits Antarillo Pre Christmas
Antarillo postal service set a new peak as 46 extra carriers and 16 parcel post trucks handled the pre holiday workload. Fore man H. H. Horne notes last year had 36 extras and 11 trucks, with the rush extending through Christmas Day. All mail arriving by 2 pm Tuesday was delivered that afternoon.
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Antarillo
H. H. Horne
Amarillo
Art McKaye
McKaye
Cotton Bowl History and Fordham Date in Texas
Dallas December 26 Cotton Bowl notes its fifth game with Fordham slated for January 1 against Texas A and M. Past matchups include TCU vs Marquette 18 86, Rice vs Colorado 28 14, St. Marys vs Texas Tech 20 13, Clemson vs Boston College 6 3, reflecting the bowl's regional mashup tradition.
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Dallas
Fordham Rams
Texas A
Texas Christian University
Marquette
Midwest
Rice of
Southwest
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
St. Mary's
Pacific Coast
Texas Tech
Clemson
South
Boston College
California to beat Georgia Tech in likely season finale
In New York a preview of the postseason and bowls notes California favored to defeat Georgia Tech in a semifinal style match. The column references Bears improving weekly while Tech lags, plus Montgomery fox hunting as local lure in Alabama.
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New York
California
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Bears
Tech
Montgomery
Our
Neck of the Woods
Whitlow of Rice Named Rebel Captain in BlueGray Clash
In Montgomery Alabama on December 6 college grid stars chose captains for the third annual Blue and Gray game. Ken Whitlow of Rice and Paul Severin of North Carolina head the Rebel squad alongside fellow leaders from their schools as the Yankee team selects Walter Matuszczak of Cornell and Tom Riggs of Illinois.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cornell
Walter Matuszczak
Tom Riggs
Ilinois
Paul Severin
North Carolina
Ken Whitlow
Rice
Goshner Recovering After Auto Strike
W F Goshner, struck by a car Tuesday night, is getting along fine at St. Anthony's Hospital. He suffered chest injuries and a cut over one eye. His home is 1406 West Twentieth Avenue.
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W. F. Goshner
St. Anthony's Hospital
West Twentiieth Avenue
Georgetown Trips to Orange Bowl vs Mississippi State
Georgetown will send a veteran laden team to the Miami Orange Bowl to face Mississippi State in Georgetown’s first bowl bid. Coach Jack Haggerty’s Hoyas feature a heavy line and speedy backfield, with a 66 year history at the school and a 23 game unbeaten streak prior to a loss to Boston College.
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New York
Georgetown
Miami
Mississippi State
United States
Washington
Hoyas
Syracuse
Boston College
Boston
Jack Haggerty
Fordham Football Heads to Cotton Bowl in Dallas
Fordham's 31 players six coaches trainer and staff left New York for Dallas to face Texas A and M in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day. The Rams travel direct without practice on route arriving Friday for a workout then serious practice Saturday.
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New York
Fordham
Dallas
Texas A
Rams
Jimmy Crowley
John W. Gilbreth Dies After Three-Week Illness
John W. Gilbreth aged 69, a retired Pampa oil field worker, died at a local hospital after three weeks of illness. Survived by five sons O K, J D Gilbreth of Pampa B W of Vernon Grady of St Elmoll and Paul C of Kilgore. a daughter Mrs Ruby Brown of Marietta Oklahoma. and five brothers. Body for public viewing at Boxwell Brothers Chapel then to Wilson Oklahoma for funeral Saturday with burial beside his wife.
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John W. Gilbreth
Pampa
O. K
J. D. Gilbreth
B. W. Gilbreth
Vernon
Grady Gilbreth
St. Elmoll
Paul C. Gilbreth
Kilgore
Ruby Brown
Marietta
Okla
Boxwell Brothers
Wilson, Okla
New Coach Blaik Named Army Head Football Coach
West Point announces Earl H. Blaik to lead Army football replacing William Wood. Blaik will bring four Dartmouth assistants Andrew Gustafson Harry Ellinger Averell Daniell Frank Moore and trainer Rollins Bevans plus staff. Spring practice expected. civilian coach marks shift in policy.
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Red Mark
West Point
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
N. Y
Earl H. “Red” Blaik
Dartmouth
Army
Robert L. Eichelberger
United States Military Academy
Blaik
William H. Wood
Andrew Gustafson
Harry O. “Fats” Ellinger
Frank Moore
Averell Daniell
Rollins Bevans
Gustafson
Pittsburgh
Ellinger
Daniels
Moore
Blaik-Ellinger
Military Academy
Lawrence “Biff” Jones
Major Sasse
Garrison Davidson
Pennsylvania National Guard
Ed Garbisch
Biff Jones
Louisiana State
Jones
Oklahoma
Nancy Lee Brint Reported Ill With Pneumonia
Nancy Lee Brint of 1309 Harrison Street is ill with pneumonia. Her mother, Mrs A L Brint, is a faculty member at Amarillo High School. Researchers studying college dating note co eds often spend more on dressing for a date than their boyfriends spend on outings.
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Nancy Lee Brint
Harrison Street
A. L. Brint
Amarillo High School
City to Hold Zoning Hearing for 3600 Tyler Street
Notice to interested parties of Amarillo 3600 Tyler Street zoning hearing before the City Commission at City Hall Council Chamber 7 30 P M Tuesday January 7 1941 to change Lot 1 Block 16 Folgefield Addition from B Dwelling to D Retail on Official Zoning Map City Secretary Kathrene Burwell appoints the hearing location date and official action.
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Tyler Street
City Commission of
City of
Amarillo
Council
City Hall
Folgefield Addition
Katherne Burwell
Vanishing Americans threaten Rose Bowl as Stanford battles illness
Pasadena December 26 The Stanford Indians face the Rose Bowl with players sidelined by flu colds and injuries as Clark Shaughnessy weighs a shift from the T formation to a blood circulation theory offense. Nebraska also suffers sickness ahead of New Year’s Day clash raising talk of rule tweaks for the bout.
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Pasadena
Cal
Clark Shaughnessy
University of Chicago
Shaughnessy
Stanford Indians
Harvey
Nebraska
Biff Jones
Indians
Stanford
Phoenix
NBA to stage elimination tourney for light heavyweight title
N B A chief Joe Tuiner outlined a plan to choose a successor to Billy Conn by an elimination tournament. Contenders include Melio Bettina Antoine Christoforidis Gus Lesnevich Jimmy Webb Turkey Thompson and Tommy Tucker. Webb and Tucker meet in February under Mike Jacobs.
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Chicago
Joe Tuiner
National Boxing Association
Billy Conn
Tuiner
Melio Bettina
Beacon
N. Y
Antoine Christoforidis
New York
Gus Léesnevich
New Jersey
NBA
Called to Wichita Falls By Mother's Death
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Parton of 1411 Jefferson Street were summoned to Wichita Falls after the death of her mother, who was 84 and ill nine months. Funeral services are set for today at Big Spring with burial in its cemetery.
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W. R. Parton
Jefferson Street
Wichita Falls
Big Spring
Eastern All Stars Prepare for East West Game Scrimmage
Eastern stars faced a tough workout in Berkeley as Francis Reagan and George Muha suffered injuries. Forest Evashevski, captain of Michigan, lay ill with a severe cold raising flu concerns. Western players held a quieter indoor session at Alto.
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San Francisco
Andy Kerr
Bernie Bierman
Berkeley
Francis Reagan
Pennsylvania
George Muha
Carnegie Tech
Forest Evashevski
Michigan
Evashevski
Kerr
Muha
Reagan
Alto
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