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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1948
Page
8
The Sandies, unbeaten in District 1-AA play, host the Cubs at Amarillo Armory as Amarillo Brownfield seeks to end a string of Panda victories on home court. Amarillo aims for its 33rd straight home win and 7th district win this season.
Coach T. G. Hull and seven Golden Sandstorm players attended a noon gathering at the Mexican Inn hosted by the Optimist Club. The group included Bobby Farm, Slick Ellis, Jim Branam, Bill ybee, Bobby Wilson, Jimmy harp, and Davie Watson as they discussed team prospects and high school to college transitions.
Friday, 6, 1948 Amarillo page notes Jim Byers tested a new ball with a 590 first roll but sour lines caused him to threaten selling it. League teams in Banner slump, Bulldogs and Oakes Pyre lead in Metropolitan League, Aristocrat squad in first. University of Texas awards three ex Sandies. Elks Club to sponsor Diamond Sweepstakes. top scores listed for men and women.
Henry Mathews notes the opening round of the Texas Open at Brackenridge Park, with Bobby Locke among leaders. The soggy three miles saw 146 teeing off, pro Amateurs led by Elroy Mart and Skee Riegel, and prizes of up to $200 for top teams.
A list of scores shows Hobos 31 Panhandle Ag 8 State 65 Texas Mines 45 Univ C ient 34 Vermont 39 State 60 Tempe 60 New Me Arizona 58 One nets Caniversity 61 Moston Fmory and Menry 96 Lyn Cantersury 3 Mose
Fragmentary OCR text shows bowling scores with dates and names unclear. likely a local scoreboard item mentioning players Barker Seiberting Hy Panhandle Instrance and We Soe Wie with a 1 Master 468 score and 28s noted, but details are garbled.
West Texas State College Buffaloes led from start to finish at Canyon, 65 52 over Texas Mines Border Conference foe Texas College of Mines. Bill Allen 18 points and Cap tain Boyce Box 12 paced the winners, while Mike Izquierdo and Ohlemacher each had 16 for the Miners. The Buffs used their height to control the boards and tight defense on Ohlemacher. West Texas State has two home games next week against Arizona State Tempe and Arizona State Flagstaff.
The Sam Houston Rangers defeated Horace Mann 23 to 21 to seize first place in the Panhandle Junior High standings. Little E G Sanders led scoring with eight points as Ranger coach Bill Teal’s squad built a lead that narrowed late. The Buffs, coached by Tom Gilley, drop to 3-1 in league play after a season that included postponements due to weather and travel.
NYU led 34 14 at halftime and pulled away to a 61 44 victory over Boston University at the Boston Garden. Tom Kelly and Ray Lumpp each scored 13 points and Joe Dolhon set a Boston Garden free throw record with 10.
Fragmentary report describes NYU near perfect season, Kentucky consolation wins, and Notre Dame strong against teams like Kentucky and Butler. The text references Temple Georgetown Man ing Alabama St John Rutgers Ford City College of New York and an Oklahoma upset potential with an offensive lineup.
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