Dodgers tout strong outfield prospects in Hot Springs
Brooklyn Dodgers coach Charley Dressen praises a fit outfield lineup led by Tuck Stainback Ernie Lavagetto and Gene Moore as starters return for conditioning at Hot Springs Arkansas. Lavagetto notes previous leg injuries and aims to shed taped-up playing time as the squad heads toward Leo Durocher and pitchers arrival.
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Hot Springs
Ark
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Charley Dressen
Dressen
Tuck Stainback
Harry Lavagetto
Leo Burocher
Dodger
Stainback
Ernie Coy
Gene Moore
Lavagetto
Brooklyn
Whiskey Bargains at The Merit Store
Promos showcase Orange Gin 85 proof at 59 cents and 3 year old Kentucky Bourbon priced to move. Highlights list pints around 50 cents and quarts near 1.75 with assorted 1.09 to 1.79 dollar ranges. Mild, mellow, smooth descriptors frame the sale in a period shopping notice.
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Green River
Kentucky
Boston
Maryland
Stonehaven
Northmoor
Parkside
Century Club
Plains Boaters Install New Officers Tonight
Plains Boat Club members plan the annual installation of officers and directors at 7 30 PM in the Amarillo Hotel. Commodore will be Lewis Blackwell succeeding Bill Moseley. vice commodore Bob Green. secretary Jeff Bentley. treasurer Carter Matthews. New directors are Don Allred Trent Davis Hugh Adair Peck Vermillion and Dave Britain.
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East Fifth Avenue
Boat Club
Don Allred
Trent Davis
Hugh Adair
Peck Vermillion
Dave Britain
Sports Roundup Puzzles and Pithy Notes From New York
Eddie Brietz reports a collage of sports gossip from New York including Schmeling’s idle visit, Meyers and Stripp sparring with plans, a Bettina Fox fight program miscaption, Kentucky’s Van Lear mauled 108 to 2, Davey O’Brien trophies blocking a Fort Worth storefront, and other scattered anecdotes about football, boxing, basketball, golf and personalities.
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Joe Stripp
Orlando
Bettina-Fox
John Henry Lewis
van Lear
Kentucky
Thirty Secondary Boxing Matches Open Globe News Tourney
Eighteen Golden Gloves contenders moved closer to Fort Worth and state tourney aims as the Globe News district tournament opened at the National Guard Armory. A capacity crowd saw 18 bouts with eight knockouts, six by technical, and several new fighters, including Delmar Koch and Steve Thomas, in emphasized matchups.
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Golden Gloves
Fort Worth
National Guard Armory
Armory
Delmar Koch
Steve Thomas
Koch
Dallas
Amarillo
Boston
Thomas
West Texas State
J. E. Pietzsch
Louis Brickell
Borger
Bob Ownes
Conchas
Owens
Dewey Vaughn
Pietzsch
Complete Pairings for Tonight's Boxing Matches
The card lists matchups across weight classes with fighters from Borger Amarillo Hereford Dumas Adrian Spearman Canyon and other towns. Notable title bout: Jay Pietzsch of Amarillo vs Bob Owens of Conchas Dam NM. Other pairings include middleweights Lamb and Eagleston, welterweights Baugh and Parkhill, lightweights Williams and Lair, heavyweights Pietzsch and Owens.
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Morris Lamb
Groom
Marvin Eagleston
Amarillo
Charles Boyd
Hereford
Andy Brown
Jericho
Louis Moore
Borger
Dooly Fincher
Adrian
Bill Priest
Vega
Roy Waldby
Dalmy Baugh
J. L. Parkhill
Dumas
Dood Massey
R. D. Salmon
Berry Bogue
Goodnight
John Shelton
Tucumcari
Earl Brown
Carl Edd Wilbanks
Spearman
Lucian Williams
Amarius
Avent Lair
Joe Burks
Ted Johnson
Keith Handlin
Texhoma
Doc Stanford
Canyon
Odell Martin
Howard Rice
Jay Pietzsch
Night boxing finals on sale at Armory tonight
Tonight's finals go on sale this morning with ringside seats at 60 cents including tax and general admission pasteboards at 40 cents. Doors open 7 pm, fights start 8 pm. Complete results from last night include multiple weight classes with decisions and knockouts across Borger Amarillo Grady and surrounding towns.
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Floyd Howe
Borger
Junior S
Hamby
Texhoma
Okla
Arnold McGuire
D. T. Callaham
Amarillo
B. Mann
Perry Barham
Goodnight
Lavarne Williams
Grady
N. M
Kayoed
Robert Brown
Franklin
Rusty) White
White Deer
Thomas W. Bingham
Douglas Anderson
Panhandle
Raymond Johnston
Tony Gochnauer
Wayne Neal
Charles Hancock
Bill Priest
Vega
Kevin Heyburn
Bob Owens
Conchas Dam
Dewey Vaughn
Canyon
J. E. Pietasch
Louis Brickell
Grey Eagle of the Majors Looms in Calculation
The piece notes Jimmy Hines winning a bridge game, while Zeke Bonura visits Texas and fits the image of a Taco boss, attending a party until 4 A.M. without amusement. It comments that Lou Gehrig’s growing grey hairs may propel him past Tris Speaker as the major leagues’ “grey eagle.”
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Jimmy Hines
Bridge
Zeke Bonura
Texas
Lou Gehrig
Tris Speaker
Swope and Donoghue clash over American racing methods
In Henry McLemore's column, Herbert Swope criticizes the sprint heavy American race setup, echoing Steve Donoghue in his autobiography Donoghue Up. The piece discusses hard tracks, short races, and the strain on two year olds, noting shared criticisms from English and American perspectives.
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Henry McLemore
Los Angeles
Herbert Bayard
Swope
Donoghue
New York Press
England
Steve Donoghue
New York State Racing Commission
Steve
Papyrus
Zev
Atlantic
New York
George V
Sande
Ted Sloan
Brian
Longhorns Upset SMU to Break Undefeated Streak
Texas defeated Southern Methodist University 33 to 27 in a Southwest Conference basketball game at Dallas. Denton Cooley led Texas with eight points, Billy Dowell topped SMU with 11, and SMU missing captain J. D. Norton due to influenza affected the visitors.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
University of Texas
Southern Methodist University
Methodists
Dartmouth
Texas
Hull
Denton Cooley
Longhorn
Billy Dowell
M. U
J. D
Norton
Freddie Apostoli Favored To Beat Conn In Return Match
Boxing writer John Lardner predicts Freddie Apostoli, the world middleweight champion in style and strength, will outmatch Billy Conn in a 15 round rematch. He notes Conn outweighed but Apostoli’s body attack and faster pace should decide if the challenger fails again.
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John Lardner
Billy Conn
Hellhop
Solly Krieger
Solomon
Freddie Steele
Steele
Glenn Lee
Apostoli
Lee
Young Corbett
Frederick
Corbett
Will Conn
Conn
Billy
Hymie Caplin
Lou Ambers
Donoghue Up offers gambler Sloan’s ruin tale
A passage from a press writer notes Sloan, a born gambler, whose mad gambling led to his ruin in a narrative about horse racing. The piece hints at readers who own or love horses or bet on them will enjoy the reading.
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Sloan
Brother of Amarillo Woman Dies in Kansas Town
Luther W. Fullerton age 70 and brother of Mrs. D. A. Morton of 1615 Pierce Street was found dead in Medicine Lodge Kansas. He had lived there about 30 years and served as president of the First National Bank of Medicine Lodge. Mrs. Morton and husband departed for Medicine Lodge. In other notes, salt tablets are now given to workers in hot industries as a salt replacement. Airplane loop antenna equipment uses a cartridge suppressor to reduce 95 percent of static.
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Luther W. Fullerton
D. A. Morton
Pierce Street
Medicine Lodge
Kan
First National Bank of Medicine Lodge
Morton
Cummings Injured in Automobile Wreck
William Wild Bill Cummings 32 former Indianapolis 500 winner is in Methodist Hospital after a night crash. He suffered skull fractures leg and arm injuries when his car overturned after smashing a guard rail into a creek.
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Indianapolis
William
Wild Bill) Cummings
Methodist Hospital
Pessarsby
Cyprian Bees Keep U S Honey Record From One Hive
Cyprian bees set a United States honey record harvesting over 1,000 pounds from a single hive in a season. The remarkable yield highlights local apiary expertise and the efficiency of Cyprian hives in maximizing output.
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United States
McClendons Host West Texas Freshmen In Cathedral Hall
McClendon s Grocery five in the Jaycee League welcomes West Texas State College Freshmen to Cathedral Hall 1110 Washington Street for a midweek game. The Frosh, undefeated this season, defeated Coca Cola 77 to 14 last Friday. Admission 25 cents for adults 10 cents for children. McClendon starters Brummett McClendon Marvin Dick B 8 McClendon Speck Williams Clifton Thompson with reserves Yale Rice Cleve Jones Emmett Dickie A Bronson officiates.
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McClendon
Jaycee Basketball League
West Texas State College
Cathedral Hall Gymnasium
Washington Street
At & O'Clock
Frosh
Coca-Cola
Jaycee
Canyon
Brummett McClendon
Marvin Dick
Speck Williams
Clifford Thompson
Yale Rice
Cleve Jones
Emmett Dickie A. Bronson
Clyde Littlefield Recovers Slowly After Pneumonia Battle
In Austin on February 7 the famed University of Texas track and former football coach Clyde Littlefield remained in critical condition from double pneumonia. Attendants say he is holding his own as doctors credit a special-transported drug from Wichita Falls for his improvement.
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Austin
U.P
Clyde Littlefield
University of Texas
Wichita Falls
Canzoneri Faces Pacho in Ten Round Comeback Bout
Tony Canzoneri returns in Los Angeles tonight for a ten round match with local veteran Bob Pacho. Promoter Tom Gallery expects a sell-out crowd as Canzoneri, weighing about 140 pounds, seeks another win after a prior decision over Pacho in Chicago.
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Los Angeles
Tony Canzoneri
Bob Pacho
Tom Gallery
Canzoneri
Pacho
Chicago
New York
Sarazen Returns to Golf Debate in Florida
Gene Sarazen reenters the medal play versus match play controversy at Clearwater Florida as he asserts masters can win in either format. He dismisses critics who claim match play unfairly favors upset-minded underdogs and cites rivals Walter Hagen Bobby Jones as equals in success.
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Clearwater
Fla
Gene Sarazen
Gene
Don Budge Wins 15th Match Over Ellsworth Vines in New Orleans
New Orleans crowd of about 3,200 watched Donald Budge defeat Ellsworth Vines 6-0 6-1 to extend his lead to six victories in their coast to coast professional tennis tour. Budge claimed his 15th win of the contest.
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New Orleans
U.P
Donald Budge
Ellsworth Vines
Budge
Vines
Tennis Draws 25 000 Fans in Los Angeles Coliseum
Promoter Tom Gallery announced 25 000 seats will be available in Memorial Coliseum for next Sunday's pro tennis match between Ellsworth Vines and Don Budge. He aims to beat the Madison Square Garden crowd of 17 600.
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Los Angeles
Tom Gallery
Memorial Coliseum
Ellsworth Vines
Don Budge
Madison Square Garden
New York
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