Don Livingston Apologizes After Polite Boxing Night
In Amarillo, Don Livingston of Borger won a Golden Gloves featherweight bout against Billy Sherrill after both tired in the third round. Livingston apologized to tournament director Jerry Malin for the crowd booing, earning the loudest cheer of the evening. Other items note a press box being built at Malin Park and Plains Boat Club meeting plans with guests from Canadian and Dalhart. Manuel Ortega of Dalhart defeated Colon Kingo of Pampa after recovering from illness to weigh in and fight.
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Don Livingston
Borger
Billy Sherrill
Amarillo
E. W. Cain
Doc
Livingston
Jerry Malin
Amarillo Baseball Club
Uyes
Malin Park
Panhandle
Plains Boat Club
Dalhart
Amarillo Hotel
Manuel Ortega
Colon Kingo
Pampa
Dalhart Golden
Twelve Golden Gloves Bouts On Tap Tonight In Amarillo
Tenor of Friday night in Amarillo builds to twelve Golden Gloves bouts at the National Guard Armory starting 8 o'clock as 28 Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico fighters who survived the first round last night vie for titles tonight and tomorrow. Tickets at City Drug Store and Armory box office range from 40 cents to 1.19 dollars with no knockouts last night and multiple technical knockouts recorded.
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Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
National Guard Armory
Amarillo
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Armory
Farr Agrees to Return Fight with Louis in June
British heavyweight Tommy Farr announced he accepted terms for a United States return bout with champion Joe Louis. Farr said he awaits a date in June and has not considered other American fights, having telegraphed his acceptance to promoter Mike Jacobs in New York.
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London
Tommy Farr
Joe Louis
United States
Farr
Mike Jacobs
New York
America
Louis
Marquette Announces 1940 Football Schedule
Athletic Director Conrad Jennings unveiled Marquette's 1940 football slate noting a November 9 game at New York against Manhattan College and a October 26 home date with Texas Tech in Milwaukee. The piece also states that three of five U.S. car owners have never owned a new car.
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Milwaukee
Conrad Jennings
Marquette University
Marquette
Manhattan College
New York
Texas Tech
United States
Detton Durano In Mat Test At Local Armory
Detton and Durano headline a tested mat clash at the National Guard Armory, their first meeting in the local arena after strong showings in Promoter Dutch Mantell’s stable. Billy Goelz faces Bill McEuin in the semi windup, while Jack Natzworthy meets Farmer Jones in the 8 o'clock curtain raiser.
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Dory Detton
Mickey Durano
National Guard Armory
Dutch Mantell
Billy Goelz
Bill Mc Euin
Jack Natzworthy
Gallagher
Oklahoma A. & M
Shaggy Farmer Jones
Arkansas Mountaineer
Bonura Free To Make His Own Deal For Now
New York report says Giants manager Bill Terry admits club has many problems and may not contend for the pennant. He notes pitcher Carl Hubbell could win 18 games and says Zeke Bonura may seek his own deal after Philadelphia offered one player and cash. Terry called it inadequate.
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New York
Giants
Bill Terry
Memphis
Cardinals
Reds
Hub
Carl Hubbell
Terry Xulso
Zeke Bonura
Philadelphia
Phillies
Women’s National Amateur Tourney Moves to St Joseph
Kansas City reports the Women’s National Amateur basketball tournament will be held March 26 to 30 in St Joseph Missouri. The event shifts from Kansas City to avoid clashes with other tournaments. The 1939 champions the Galveston Unicos top a 32 team bracket nationwide.
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Kansas City
Amateur’ Athletic Union
St. Joseph
Marion Miller
Missouri Valley A. A. U
Galveston Unicos
United States
Boxing card features bantamweights to welterweights in Texas towns
Fights listed across Portales Amarillo Borger Clarendon Hereford Dalhart and surrounding towns headline bantamweight Frankie Montoya against G P Johnson lightweight Victor Coley versus Joe Burks Edward Nelson against Bud McWhorter Clyde Peabody against Ted Johnson Pete Morrow versus Horace Altman Douglas Anderson versus Manuel Ortega Welterweights U S Parkhill versus Billy Stroup Dewey Donahoe versus O Hamblen Joe Hornback versus A C Burleson Paul Potter versus Bob Rutledge with local fighters Don Livingston and others on the bill.
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Robbie Fitzsimmons
Portales Fiyeee
Eldon Siebel
Amarillo
Junior Hamby
Texhoma
Okla
Billy Osborne
Borger
Frankie Montoya
Portales
N. M
Guadalupe Romero
Clovis
G. P. Johnson
T. W
Carl Edd Wilbanks
T. J. Wood
Roy Priolo
Gene Gray
Thomas Reed
Frank Cannon
Clarendon
Victor Coley
Spearman
Joe Burks
Phillips
Edward Clark Nelson
Bud McWhorter
Clyde Peabody
Ted Johnson
Pete Morrow
Horace Altman
Hereford
Douglas Anderson
Panhandle
Manuel Ortega
Dalhart
Don Livingston
Sports chatter and bets swirl around baseball and boxing
Chuck Fenske sharpens for the mile marking a second faster pace than last year. Rumors say Frank Thomas’s Dodgers contract would pay three years at 20 thousand plus stock. Gabby Hartnett denies Cubs pennant surrender and Joe Louis eyes final pre bout day. Godoy fishes in Chile between fights.
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Fddif Brietz
New York
Chuck Fenske
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Brooklyn Football Dodgers
Bobby Jones
Ralph Guldahl
Arturo Godoy
Joe Louis
Chile
Louis
King Levinsky
Tragedy Strikes Bees Player Les Scarsella and Family
Boston Bees first baseman Les Scarsella faced tragedy when his car collided with a truck near Lancaster Kentucky. His wife 24 and her 16 year old cousin Helen of Cincinnati were killed. Scarsella and his two year old daughter Elaine escaped with minor injuries. Two truck occupants were slightly hurt.
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Lancaster
Les Scarsella
Boston Bees
Florida
Helen
Cincinnati
Scarsella
Here
Elaine
Luke Appling Signs 1940 Contract With White Sox
Luke Appling, veteran White Sox shortstop and noted holdout, surprised officials by sending in his signed 1940 contract to Chicago. The gesture pleased team vice president Harry Grabiner as the veteran agreed to join for the coming season.
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Chicago
Luke Appling
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Harry Grabiner
Strip-Tease Artist Could Be Foster Candidate
Evanston report quotes Mrs William B Walrath head of The Cradle foundling home saying a striptease artiste might make a good foster mother though Ann Corio of Pittsburgh cannot adopt here due to high demand. She notes no Corio application and many children awaiting adoption.
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Ill
William B. Walrath
Foundling Home
the Cradle
Ann Corio
Pittsburgh
Miss Corio
Celar Battle: TCU and SMU Vie at Bottom Standings
Texas Christian University meets Southern Methodist University in a cellar clash in Dallas. A win could pull TCU even with SMU for last place while SMU aims to rise to fifth. Coach Whitey Baccus notes TCU players are healthy and ready in a two team system amid injuries and a depleted bench.
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Dallas
Texas Christian Horned Frogs
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Frogs
Mustangs
Whitey Baccus
The
Methodists
Baccus
J. W. Coppedge
Landslide in Fuentes De Cesna Kills Nineteen in Spain
A landslide caused by heavy rain buried 11 houses in Fuentes De Cesna, Granada, killing nineteen people and leaving many others missing or injured as night fell.
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Granada
Spain
Fuentes de Cesna
Gar Wood Jr Returns to Speed Trials After Injury
Gar Wood Jr resumes outboard speed trials at Brownsville during the Charro Days Regatta X class events. Paul Sawyer of New York was set to race Wood as Sawyer’s motor froze yesterday. Frank Vincent of Tulsa breaks class C professional speed record with 59.113 mph, beating 58.16 mph set in 1938. In Sulphur Springs, the sixth Northeast Texas Field Trials, postponed by heavy snows, now slated for February 22 and 23 led by Dr. Hodge Sellers.
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Brownsville
Gar Wood, Jr
Paul Sawyer
New York
Wood
Sawyer
Frank Vincent
Tulsa
Dick Neal
Worcester
Mass
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Liberty
Hodge Sellers
Sports Association
Engen Sets New Ski Jump Distance Record
Alf Engen of the Sun Valley Idaho ski club soared from the Leavenworth jump in perfect form before 3 000 spectators to set a new American distance record at 252 feet. He surpassed his 251 foot mark from last year at Big Pines California and topped 56 top American and Canadian jumpers.
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Leavenworth
Wash
Alf Engen
Sun Valley
Idaho
Engen
Big Pines
Cal
Veteran killed in wheelchair fall at stairs
Michael Gardner a 96 year old Civil War veteran from Jamestown New York died after plunging down a stairway in a wheelchair in Erie Pennsylvania on February 6 authorities reported.
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Erie
Michael Gardner
Jamestown
N. Y
Armstrongs Bold Talk Lines Up Garcia Fight
Henry Armstrong predicts a middleweight title shot against Ceferino Garcia in his hometown and contemplates future bouts with light heavyweight and heavyweight champs. The piece notes his weigh ins around 140 pounds for the Garcia clash on the 22nd, his recent win over Pedro Montanez, and the looming district tournament for the Sandies after Big Five contests versus Pampa and Childress.
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Armstrong
Ceferino Garcia
Alexander
Billy Conn
Louis Ridiculous
Young Stribling
Carnera
Paris
Dempsey
Willard
Sam Langford
Jack Johnson
Jack Blackburne
Louis
Rockefeller
Gans
Walcott
Mickey Walker
Max Schmeling
Joe Walcott
Joe Choyinski
Johnson
Garcia
Pedro Montanez
Henry
Conn
Pittsburgh
Joe
Eddie Mead
Mead
Buffaloes Rout A. I. Quint 67-20 In Series Opener
West Texas State College Buffaloes mauled A and I college 67 to 20 in Kingsville. Buffs led 38 to 8 at halftime, using all 10 players as they dominated the first game of a two night set. The series resumes in Canyon tonight with WTC visiting and St Marys on the schedule later.
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Buffaloes Slaughter A. & I. Quint
Kingsville
Buffaloes
West Texas State College
Canyon
The
St. Mary's Rattlers
Last Night's Basketball Scores From Various Colleges
A digest of college basketball results shows Missouri 44 Kansas State 28, DePauw 25, Loyola Chicago 39, Alabama 33, Georgia 21, DePaul 53 Louisiana State 28, Creighton 34, Tulsa 31, Oklahoma A&M 39, Texas Mines 67, New Mexico 37, Panhandle Aggies 40, Sam Houston 46, San Marcos Teachers 42, Daniel Baker 52 and Southwestern 26.
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DePauw
Manhattan
Loyola
Chicago
Alabama
Georgia
DePaul
Louisiana State
Creighton
Tulsa
Oklahoma A. & M
J. Louis
Texas Mines
New Mexico
Panhandle
Okla
Aggies
Sam Houston
San Marcos
Daniel Baker
Southwestern
Tex
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