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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1940
Page
11
Rice Owls beat St Marys 66 to 47 in San Antonio to clinch crucial go ence competition. The night before they defeated the Rattlers 59 to 43 as Ike Steakey led scoring with 21 points.
Pittsburgh rookie Gene Handley has signed his 1940 contract. He will try for his brother Lee Handley’s third base job. Handley, a free agent signed last May, previously played with Albany Toronto and Hartford.
Polk Street crowds watch as Farmer Jones, famed wrestler, leads his pet pig Jiggs along the main thoroughfare. He faces Bill McBain in a big match tomorrow night at the National Guard Armory, drawing local interest and novelty to the event.
Missouri holds first in the Big Six after a 33 to 27 win over Oklahoma at Norman. Oklahoma drops to third behind Kansas, while Missouri has six wins and one defeat this season.
Baylor and Texas Christian University meet in Fort Worth as both seek a conference win in a Southwest Conference game that matters little to the title race. Arkansas faces Texas A&M while Rice Owls plan a return to action after a layoff.
In Los Angeles a Belmont Theater exhibition fooled spectators who expected Joe Walcott. The heavyweight Alec Woollcott performed in a wheel chair and glasses, drew mixed crowd reaction, and sparked a promoter’s scramble over potential stars while the real Joe Walcott remained absent.
In Palm Beach the Everglades Club mixed two ball golf tourney features a second round pairing with Patty Berg of Minneapolis and Morton Bright of Miami against Marion Miley of Lexington Kentucky and Tommy Goodwin of New York. The other top bracket quarterfinal has Robert Sweeney and Grace Amory facing Shirley and John son of Chicago and T Suffern Tailor of New York. Mr and Mrs Briggs S Cunningham of Green Farms Connecticut upset Betty Jameson of San Antonio Texas and Raymond Guest of New York and will meet Elizabeth Hicks of Long Beach California and Paul Cush man of Greenville South Carolina.
New York, February 14. Joe Louis remains under the shadow of Gene Tunney as the columnist notes Tunney's constant literary jabs and the champ’s recent losses. The piece mocks Louis’s form, predicts a hard return bout, and references past rivals and potential rematches with Dempsey and Fitzsimmons.
In a retrospective riff the writer imagines Tunney staging a sequence of clashes among legends Louis Sullivan Jeffries Johnson and others. The piece muses on draws wins and matchups while warning Joe Gans of a looming Ketchel confrontation and noting the unlikely action of historical greats.
Robert Moses Grove a veteran Boston Red Sox lefty said the new rule allowing one foot off the rubber will aid young pitchers but changes do not affect him. He noted his 20 years on the mound and plans to keep pitching with both feet on the rubber. Grove, 39, won 15 and lost 4 last season and welcomed more leg freedom for newcomers.
Missouri 33 Oklahoma 27 Nebraska 61 Kansas State 28 Georgia 54 Florida 37 Rice 66 St. Marys Tex 47 Oregon 60 Washington State 50 Mississippi 37 Tulane 30 Vanderbilt 52 Sewanee 39 Phillips 37 Southwestern Okla New Mexico Aggies 59 Arizona.
New York round up notes tease Broadway gossip about a possible Dempsey sighting, discuss why a Louis Godoy rematch is unlikely in June, and mention Arturo Godoy and his wife touring vaudeville. Ben Chapman comments on signing a Cleveland contract fast while Mike Jacobs awaits an official okay for Baer Galento in Jersey City in April.
Gordon Cobbledick reports Hartnett quips that Vosmik at 30 is too old for the Cubs and notes American leaguers typically mature after 35. Trainers fear for Billy Conn after a dog track incident, and Diz Dean refuses Cub figures amid talk of unemployment insurance for players.
The Ryder Cup team arrived in Houston to join the touring troupe for the $5,000 Western Open pro am. Most players had tested the River Oaks Course layout 35 36 71, while the Ryder Cuppers were delayed by a Texas amateur challenge in Dallas yesterday.
A high school style score recap shows Tempe Teachers 50 defeating New Mexico Teachers 34 while New Mexico Normal 33 and Texas Tech 31 fall behind. Kentucky 45 over Mississippi State 37 and Slippery Rock 56 beats Indiana Teachers 46.
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club members gather at the Amarillo Hotel at 7 30 tonight for their regular monthly meeting. An exhibition by Maverick Club lads and a film of Alaska vacation scenes are planned. President Clarence Wismeyer says bound copies of the club constitution will be distributed to attendees.
President Milton Price announced the meeting will be held in Lubbock next Sunday, shifting the date from February 25 to a week earlier. Also reports from Houston and New York note boxing results with Pettaway and Harper winning decisions.
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