Sandies Tie Bid Sealed With 47 27 Victory Over Borger
Amarillo Golden Sandies overwhelmed Borger Bulldogs 47 to 27 in Borger to lock at least a share of the Northern Division District 1-AA title. LeRoy Foster led scoring with 21 points, while Donald Dally paced Borger.
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Buckley Slaps Giants Down in Tight Buckley Bucks
Buckley Field Gunners edged the Amarillo Air Field Sky Giants 26 3 to 29 in Denver. Don Putman led Buckley with strong close defense and Doug Essick totaled 14 points while Paul Stevens top scored for the Sky Giants with 12. Stevens previously played for Buckley.
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Fort Bliss Wins District One Basketball Title
Fort Bliss captured the Eighth Service Command District One title by defeating the 4817th unit of Santa Fe New Mexico 49 to 39. The War Department Personnel Center team at Fort Bliss completed the streak to claim the championship in El Paso.
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Waco Air Field Wolves Beat North Camp Hood
The Waco Army Air Field Wolves defeated North Camp Hood 57 to 42 in Waco. The game was tied at halftime 36 all before the Wolves pulled away and their star player led with 17 points.
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Maryland cancels basketball game with Marshall College
University of Maryland officials announce Friday night home game against Marshall College of Huntington West Virginia is canceled. They say most of the Marshall team has been drafted, removing the opponent from the schedule.
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Local Week Sports Card Highlights and Venues
A compact listing of upcoming local sports events across bowling basketball golf and leagues. Venues include Victory Alleys Banner Bowl Amarillo College Gym and Amarillo Municipal Golf Course with events from Friday through Tuesday and a 730 PM Pantex League session at Victory Alleys.
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Nelson on Way To Gulf Coast Victory Hopes
Byron Nelson heads to the Gulf Coast after winning the New Orleans Open by five strokes over Harold McSpaden in a soggy playoff. Nelson's win marks his fourth of the winter and moves him toward a new all time tournament record with two more victories needed. His 18 hole score 32 36 65 included eight birdies seven pars and one bogey. Nelson now has $7266.65 in war bonds earnings for 1945.
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Jug) McSpaden
Jimmy Demaret
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McSpaden
Farr Loses Round To English Judge
In Brighton England Tommy Farr former British heavyweight champion and contender for world honors lost a court decision on charges of assaulting John Bottomley a naval cadet. Farr denied striking Bottomley and breaking his nose but was fined 45 dollars with 20 dollars fine 21 dollars costs and 4 dollars witness expenses.
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Costner Meets His Hero in Ring Tonight
In Chicago Ray Robinson and George Costner, both WWII veterans, meet in a 10 round welterweight bout with title implications. Costner has 23 straight KO wins and ranks near the top. Robinson, an honors Army discharge, has won eight fights since June. Robinson is favored to challenge Freddie Cochrane for the crown.
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Sugar) Robinson
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Sugar) Costner
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Red) Cochrane
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Farm Out Ken Brondell To San Francisco Seals
Ken Brondell a right handed pitcher owned by the New York Giants will be farmed to the San Francisco Seals for the 1945 season Charles Graham president of the Coast League club announced today Brondell led the International League with 13 wins and six losses last season during a three month stay with Jersey City before being recalled by the Giants.
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Sandies Grid Star Conoley Honored With Navy Cross
Former Sandie end Keone Conoley, all district I AA star from the 1930 team, earned the Navy Cross for heroism on Guadal canal. He later commanded a West Coast Marine base and wore multiple ribbons including the Presidential Unit Citation and American Defense Southwest to Pacific, with more than three battle stars.
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West Texas State and Mines face Canyon weekend hoops
West Texas State meets Texas School of Mines in Canyon on Friday and Saturday nights. Amarillo Sandies play West Texas High Calves in Canyon Thursday night. Amarillo Field clashes with Liberal Field in Liberal Friday night.
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Mechanics Nose Out Wayne's Station in City League
The Mechanics edged Wayne's Gas Station 29 to 28 in a City League basketball game at Amarillo College. Zarecky scored nine and Sawyer eight points to lead Mechanics.
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Bowlers Push to Cancel Inter-City Tournaments
Washington February 14 The National Bowling Congress called for cancellation of all tournaments requiring players to travel outside their home cities The move aims to stop inter city travel and hotel housing by bowlers The American Bowling Congress and the Women s International Bowling Congress had already suspended their national championships for the duration
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Billy Kelly Sets New U S Swim Record
Chapel Hill N C February 14 Billy Kelly of Raleigh N C University of North Carolina swam a new American long course record for the 50 meter individual medley with a time of 1 49 3. He also set an American long course record for the 100 meter breast stroke at 1 12 4 defeating the previous mark by seven tenths of a second under AAU sanction.
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Buddy Young Quits Track To Focus On Navy and Football
Clarence Buddy Young, noted sprint champion and Illinois star, says he will give up track competition for the duration after being inducted into the Navy. He plans to try out for a football team if Illinois fields one next fall, having scored 78 points for the Illini on the gridiron last season.
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Buddy) Young
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Willie Mosconi Sets New Billiards Record
Willie Mosconi of Toledo Ohio set a world record by running 127 in a pocket billiards title match against Ralph Greenleaf of Detroit. The 127 break surpassed Greenleaf’s 126 mark from 1929, and the record was officially recognized by the Billiard Association of America in Chicago.
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Montgomery Wins Unanimous Decision Over Hudson at Olympic Stadium
In Los Angeles on February 14 Bob Montgomery the world lightweight champion defeated Cecil Hudson in a rough ten round bout at Olympic Stadium. Montgomery weighed 139 pounds to Hudsons 1461 and was penalized for after the bell blows in three rounds while Hudson was floored once in the ninth.
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Navy recruits reach 17 year olds at Dallas office
Navy recruiting office serves as headquarters for 17 year old entrants. Chief Harry Longabach reports 19 men sworn in this month with 13 more in Dallas for physicals. Names include B G Nickel Dalhart and several others from Oklahoma and Texas plus Amarillo listed men. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Rice Owls Aim to Break More Southwest Records Tonight
The Rice Owls, already champions, meet Texas at Houston seeking to break several Southwest Conference records. A 681-point team scoring mark held by Arkansas could fall as Rice needs 21 points. Center Bill Henry needs eight points to surpass last year’s 246-point single-season record. Baylor and Texas A&M face cellar implications at College Station while Arkansas plays SMU in Dallas for second place. Rice closes season with Baylor in Waco and Texas hosting A&M in Austin.
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Hardin-Simmons Cowboys edge Texas College 37 35
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys defeated Texas College 37 to 35 in Abilene last night to split the series with Mines cagers. The game featured a tight finish as the Cowboys held on for the narrow win.
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Army Calls Gumbert Houston
Harry Gumbert a 31 year old pitcher who won 14 games for Cincinnati last year has been called for an Army induction physical examination to morrow.
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Yankees Announce Spring Training Schedule
New York Yankees publish a spring training exhibition slate of 15 games beginning at Atlantic City New Jersey with 13 gate openings. The itinerary lists stops at Atlantic City Philadelphia Athletics Newark Plainfield Wilmington and Brooklyn among others with dates from March to mid April.
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