Golden Sandies Edge Toward Cage Title in City League
The City Victory Basketball League features two games at Amarillo College Gym. The Golden Sandies host the McClanahan Service Station quint and the Ex-Sandies face the Amarillo Field Sub Depot, with 7:45 PM tip and 25 cent adults 15 cent soldiers students admission. Coach T. G. Hull’s Sandstorm remain favored after a 40 25 playoff win, but must beat Lubbock to claim the crown and reach Austin for the state tournament March 2 4.
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Gehrig Wins War Bond Sports Poll In Popularity Vote
The late Lou Gehrig tops the War Bond Sports Committee popularity poll ending at midnight with 14 825 votes. Mel Ott of the Giants ranks second, Ward Duff of the football Giants third, Babe Ruth fourth, and Christy Mathewson fifth.
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Lou Gehrig
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Beau Jack Edges Berger in Ten Round Decision
Beau Jack a former Augusta shoe shine boy and world lightweight champion won a unanimous decision over Maxie Berger in Cleveland at the Arena before 8,206 fans. Berger, riding a 16 bout streak, was knocked down for a two count in the seventh but held on through rounds eight nine and ten as Berger pressed with a late flurry in the 10th.
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Chandler's Hurling Arm Fails Army Standards
Induction officials ruled Spur geon Chandler unfit for full service and limited to restricted duty. The pitcher, who powered the Yankees with two World Series wins and a 21–4 season, showed not full use of his pitching arm on examination in Atlanta.
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U.P
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Spud
Longhorns Aim to Beat Rice and Halt scoring record
The Texas Longhorns face the Rice Institute Owls in Austin with two goals. They want a win to knock Rice from the Southwest Conference lead tied with Arkansas and to prevent Rice center Bill Henry of Dallas from breaking the conference scoring record, a mark he has tied at 214 points this season.
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Horace Mann Faces Sam Houston in JH Basketball Showdown
The Horace Mann Buffaloes play the Sam Houston Rangers this afternoon at the Sam Houston Gym to stay in title contention as Central Whirlwinds lead the league. Sam Houston seeks its first win after eight losses while Horace Mann aims to keep pace for the crown.
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Price Brookfield Tops Big Six Scorers Again
Price Brookfield of the Iowa State Cyclones led Big Six scoring with 79 points in seven games for an 11.3 average. He tallied 11 points against Nebraska but was held to four by Kansas State guards, keeping his total in check on the season.
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Texas Golden Gloves Opens With 158 Boxers in Dallas Area
Fort Worth reports the eighth annual Texas Golden Gloves tournament begins with eliminations at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. Seven P. M. bouts feature 24 Dallas Waco Brownwood and Army teams among 31 states plus Washington D C and Mexico. Quarterfinals set for Saturday with Sunday off.
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Corpus Christi
San Antonio
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Beaumont
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Camp Max
Bowling Scores From Local Matches
RuDells beat Manns Bread 586 557 523 to 497 493 510. Panhandle Specialty won 3 468 510 513 over Builders Supply 227 448 520. No Name Team defeated No Name Team 575 623 611 to 567 506 537. Individual honors Shane 166 181 172 519.
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Builders’ Supply
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Pantexans and Operations face off in round clashes
In a series of contest results Pantexans beat Operations 2 to 1 with scores 670 684 650 against 683 661 727. Ordnance defeated Payroll 2 1 with 765 763 767 to 792 721 784. Operations 1 fell to Personnel 2 0 with 774 705 745 to 672 789 718. Stores 1 lost to Safety 2 1 712 810 726 versus 799 711 667. Works Accounting beat Stores 2 1 650 625 no total to 596 609 660. Individual honors Navak of Stores 1 tallied 189 187 173 for 549.
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Books Closed for Derby Nominations in Kentucky
Nominations for the seventieth Kentucky Derby closed at midnight with track speculators predicting a larger nomination list than last year’s 110. Owners have until May 5 to post the $500 entry fee. Platter, Occupy, Belmont Futurity winner, and top fillies Durazna Harriet Sue Miss Keeneland are among nominees. An unrelated note mentions Australia’s queen ant laying up to 30,000 eggs daily.
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Zephyrs Reach 2 Million Miles of Service
The Texas Zephyrs, inaugurated August 1940 by Burlington Lines, have averaged over 25 000 miles monthly and surpassed 2 000 000 total miles. Fort Worth and Denver Railway reports 559 percent rise in passenger travel since 1940 with Zephyrs serving Dallas Amarillo Denver and links to the Pacific Northwest.
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Price College Meets Adrian Basketball Clash Tonight
Price Cardinals of Price College host Adrian High School in the Cardinals Gym. The Cardinals boast a strong quintet with wins over Canyon and Dalhart High Schools as they face Adrian in Panhandle competition.
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Waldron praises 105 mm howitzer and ordnance power in jungle campaigns
Maj. Gen. Albert Waldron, returning from New Guinea, lauds the 105 mm howitzer and other ordnance weapons for their performance under jungle heat and humidity. He notes transportability by ship or plane, durability, and devastating firepower against entrenched Japanese positions, with praise for the 155 mm Long Tom and 240 mm howitzer.
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Bitter NM Republicans Shun Administration War Policy
New Mexico Republicans at their state convention voiced extreme bitterness toward the administration and war management in the Philippines. Families of fallen and captured soldiers from Bataan to Java press their case to Washington as Dewey leads in NM, with MacArthur support seen as too late. observers predict Dewey will carry New Mexico's four electoral votes.
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Dewey
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Clinton Anderson
Democrats Set Convention Near Texas Primary
The article notes Democrats plan to renominate Roosevelt in Chicago on July 19, with Texas primaries on July 22 for congressional and local races. It highlights Texas opponents to Speaker Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson as a test of New Deal support, and mentions Honduras as a largely agricultural country with minimal manufacturing and a single mining company.
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Chicago
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Rayburn
Bonham
Lyndon Johnson
Black Mask Presents The Boob at 8 30 Tuesday
The Black Mask Players stage The Boob a three act comedy next Tuesday evening Washington's birthday at 8 30 in the High School Auditorium. The show marks the Players 15th anniversary with Amarillians from prior local productions in principal roles led by Dr R P Parcells who directs. Admission 35 cents for adults 25 cents for students and service men.
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Aileen Byrd
Charlot Harrison
Shirley Jackson
Gun, Smyth
Don Anderson
Howard Scott
R. P. Parcells
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