Nelson Sets Pace In Texas Open Final Round Duel
Byron Nelson remains a prime contender at the Texas Open as he and Revolta enter the final 18 holes at Brackenridge. Nelson shot a 63 on Saturday and a 68 on Sunday in rain, narrowing Revolta's lead to one stroke. Nelson eyes the $1,000 prize as several players posted sub par rounds in difficult conditions.
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San Antonio
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Ohio
Byron
Lord Byron
Johnny Revolta
Evanston
Revolta
Nelson
Brackenridge
Johnny
Craig Wood
Mamoroneck
N. Y
Tex
Crosby Hope Sing and Play for War Bonds
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope performed duets as they teamed with two Southern California pros before 5,500 fans in a fundraiser that added 2,657 dollars to war charities. Hope and Willie Hunter won the 18 hole best ball 2 up over Crosby and MacDonald Smith.
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Long Brach
Calif
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Bob
Hope
Willie Hunter
Crosby
MacDonald Smith
Maverick Club Mourns Death Of Bill Austin Paratrooper
Pvt Bill Austin U S Army Paratrooper and former Maverick Club member died during a routine parachute jump on February 8. He played on the 1938 39 Maverick football squads and helped stage the Flying Dutchman Circus. His last letter to Mr Dykeman reflects club memories and humor.
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Bill Austin
U. S. Army
Maverick Club
Bill
Flying Dutchman Circus
Mr. Dykeman
Fight Slate is Changed Fort Worth Boxing Schedule Shift
Fort Worth fighters move to Wednesday opening night under a revised State Golden Gloves schedule. They replace the Grand Prairie naval base team withdrawn on service orders. Champions from Waco Dallas Army fields and several camps will compete, with eleven new teams joining Thursday and more on Friday. Domestic airline fatalities fell from 55 in 1942 to 23 in 1943.
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Fort Worth
Grand Prairie Naval Base
Waco
Bryan Army Air Field
Dallas
Camp Wolters
Brownwood
Camp Howze
Camp Hood
Battle for District Tithe Here Tomorrow
Two top junior teams Amarillo Golden Sandies and Lubbock Westerners meet in the District 1-AA Championship opener at the High School for a thirteenth win bid with a possible third game by coin flip. Lubbock arrives with 12–2 and a flawless high school schedule with wins over Plainview Idalou Lamesa and New Deal.
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Amarillo Golden Sandies
Lubbock Westerners
Lubbock
Westernets
Lubbock Service Quints
Amarillo
Ledger
Sandies
Amarillo Field Bombers
Stratford
Dimmitt
Golden Sandstorm
Local Sports Card Highlights And War-Time Updates
The week lists bowling and basketball schedules at Banner Bowl Victory Alleys and Amarillo venues, plus golf events at Ross Rogers Course and Amarillo Country Club. In San Francisco, Joe Orengo and Eddie Joost plan to keep war era jobs over baseball this year, while Lt. Walter Watkins earns new Army medical qualification.
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Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Municipal
Ross Rogers Course
Bowling Civic League
Joe Tinker’s Recovery Progress Reported in Florida
ORLANDO Florida February 14 Joe Tinker the famed baseball star lay under an oxygen tent at Orange General Hospital He told reporters he would throw another ball and his physician Dr Frank D Gray said he is out of danger and on the road to recovery The 63 year old entered the hospital late in January
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Orlando
Fla
Joe Tinker
Orange General Hospital
Frank D. Gray
Tinker
Darby Casper Recounts Ring Repartee from Classic Bout
Philadelphia report recalls Darby Casper, a boxer who fought 250 bouts, describing a 31 year old memory from his first match. His trainer praised his progress while Casper, bleeding, quipped to warn about referees and unseen hits.
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Philadelphia
Darby Casper
Darby
Casper
Cripe
Comets Sub Depot Win Over American Zinc Cagers 38 to 28
The Amarillo Field Sub-Depot Comets defeated the American Zinc Cagers 38-28 at Dumas High School Gym. Thomas Murphy led the Comets with 19 points while Blythe topped American Zinc with 10. The game was tight early, with Sub Depot up 8-7 after the first quarter and 17-12 at halftime before a decisive late surge.
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Banner Bowl
Santa Fe
Victory Alleys
Amarillo Golden Sandies
Lubebock Westerners
High School Armory
Amarillo
McClanahan
Amarillo Field
Ainella College
Victory
Sub-Depot Comets
Dumas High School
Comets
Thomas Murphy
Blythe
Sub Depot
Vest
Te Murphy
Weaver
Kendrick
Cox Aoe
Currie
Duckworth
Creseee
American Ring
Feet
Jones
Stinson
Young
Eae
Jonnson
Ceceves Anes
SOCAL
Pean
Shultz
Globe News
Central Junior High Whirlwinds top Horace Mann 33 to 12
The Central Junior High Whirlwinds claimed first place in the Junior High League by defeating the Horace Mann Buffaloes 33 to 12 at Central Gym. Denny Willis led with 14 points, two more than Horace Mann’s entire team. The league schedules two games remain this week, with key matchups between Central, Horace Mann, and Sam Houston shaping the championship race.
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Central Junior High Whirlwinds
Horace Mann Buffaloes
Central Gym
Denny Willis
Horace Mann
Sam Houston
Central
Ww. II
Coert
Willis
Bauman
Attebury
Collins
Glasgow
Bacuiow Onl
Mortense
Brady
Drake
Pyeatt
Garrett Coves
Ordonnance trainees sent to Aberdeen Proving Ground
Ordnance Pvt Herschell Trimmer of 1605 Fillmore Street and Pvt Marvis Fleming of 611 Van Buren Street have been ordered to the Ordnance Replacement Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland to receive basic ordnance training as soldiers.
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Herschell Trimmer
Fillmore Street
Marvis Fleming
van Buren Street
Ordnance Replacement Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Consolver
Wichita
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Bob Hamilton
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Jug) McSpaden
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Army Air Forces Training Command
Wood
Sam Byrd
Hamilton
Bascom White
U.S. Navy
United States
Camp Thomas
Davisville
R. I. White
Castleberry
6Th & Harrison
Berlin
Capitol Liquor Store
Nona Forister
Mer
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J. Amato
Mgr
Clarence Willmering
A Polk St
SEALS
San Francisco
San Francisco Seals
Coast League
Joe Paternick
Albuquerque
N. M
Blackburn ‘Bros
By Ralph Dykeman
Ed Sharp
Ercel Crawford
U. S. Marine Corps
Midway Island
Ercel
John H. Plant
Butch
Florida
Aubrey (Cotton) Rutledge
Cotton
Willis Hamilton
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Borger
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Lubbock Army Air Field
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Adrian High School
Price Gym
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Sam Bouston Junior High
Sam Houston Ym
City Victory
Groom
Maverick
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American Zinc Co
Dumas
Amague College
Sam Houston Junior High
Texaco
Tme Pioneer League
Victory Evs
Central Junior High
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Orengo
Joost
U.R
Joe Orengo
Detroit Tigers
Eddie Joos
Boston Braves
Moffat- Manteca
Joe
Eddie Joost
Eddie
Watkins
Walter C. Watkins
Medical Corps
Hayden Street
Cornell University
Medical Field Service School
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Lefe Abl
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Dee
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England
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Frank Campbell
State Farm Insurance Companies
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Firestone
Pantex Ordnance Plant
The
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Whirlwinds Rule League
Athens
Optometrist
Frank E. Buckingham
TAX Service
D. L. Brooks
Eable Bldg
First National Bank
Howard McDonald
Maryland
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Burions
Idee
Re Aati
Pee
Gallagher & Burton, Inc
Baltimore
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver-Eakle Bldg
OPA
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Tenth
Tyler
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