Amarillo Keglers Dominate Borger in Boxing Notes
Borger High School boxing coach D M Telford announces a schoolboy boxing tournament for Feb 26 27 with Panhandle teams invited. Borger boxers undefeated this year beating Miami and Lefors and set for a busy schedule through March. Fort Worth and others prep for Chicago champions tourney with notable Golden Gloves veterans.
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Borger
D. M. Telford
Panhandle
Miami
Lefors
Mitters
Follett
Memphis
Childress
Stinnett
Amarillo Domination in First Half of Borger Open Bowling
The Borger Open Bowling tournament sees Amarillo keglers leading after the first half with 13 of 27 top positions. In Class A singles M Clayton leads Borger with 622, while Blatzheim and Lyles of Amarillo are close behind at 615 and 610. Amarillo teams top Class B and Class C events, with Weeks, Dorris, Mann, and Dunaway posting strong scores. Next half of the tourney is set for next weekend.
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Borger
Amarillo
Lubbock
M. Clayton
Don Blatzheim
Charley Lyles
John Weeks
Cleo Dorris
Brownie Mann
Stewart Dunaway
Fred Nolan
Dorris
Reager
Pittman
W. E. Carruth
Q. E. Neal
Dem Bums Aid Army's Funds
The Brooklyn Dodgers announced a four way war effort plan to aid service members. They will donate the entire receipts for one game at Ebbets Field and their share from one away game to a national service agency. They will promote defense bonds and stamps and use club facilities to publicize them. At least 150000 service members in uniform will be admitted free to Ebbets Field. The team will play exhibition games with camp teams and donate profits to camp athletic funds.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Armed Services
Ebbets Field
National Service Agency
Larry MacPhail
Betty Hicks Newell's rise from student to champion to pro
Four years after a Virginia Country Club lesson, Betty Hicks Newell rose from a serious 16-year-old pupil to the United States amateur champion in 1941. Guided by Larry Gleason and later X Olin Dutra and Ernest Jones, she built a championship swing, endured losses, and later shifted to a professional career at Long Beach, selling equipment, giving lessons, and planning a winter tournament circuit. Her husband Frank remains an amateur golfer and aircraft plant worker.
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Larry Gleason
Virginia Country Club
Betty Hicks Newell
Betty
Gleason
Miss Hicks
Colfer
Gileason
Olin Dutra
Los Angeles
Ernest Jones
Long Island
Clara Callender
California
Mrs. Newell
Newell
Long Beach
Recreation Park
Frank
Badgers Meet Gassers for Cage Title
The Canadian River Gassers upset West Texas State Freshmen 40 to 38 in the opening round of the Shaughnessy playoffs. Amarillo College Badgers then beat Vega 44 to 39 to set a double header finale at the AC Gym with the Gassers aiming to defend their lead.
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Canadian River Gassers
Shaughnessy
Amarillo College
West Texas State
Amarillo College Badgers
Gassers
Vega
Harbert Wins Texas Open In Wet Willow Springs Win
Melvin Chick Harbert of Battle Creek Michigan, 27, pocketed 1900 dollars and defeated Ben Hogan by four strokes after an 18 hole playoff at Willow Springs Cow Pasture in Texas. Harbert also won the Beaumont Open last December and added 198 dollars playoff prize money to his 1000 dollar first prize. Hogan earned 750 for second, raising his 1942 total to over 5800 dollars.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Fort Worth
Golden Gloves
Texas
Chicago
Trim
Morris Carona
Port Arthur
Carona
Jose Andres
Hubert Gray
Wichita Falls
Arlo Roye
San Angelo
Marvin Bryant
Dallas
Eddie Russey
Bryant
el Paso
Temple
San Antonio
Brownwood
Gilbert Stromquist
Austin
Stromquist
Phillips
Rivercrest
Louis Teehee
Camp Barkley
Teehee
Cotton Gunter
Flem R. Hall
Star-Telegram
Melvin
Chick) Harbert
Battle Creek
Mich
Harbert
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Hogan
Ben
Shaughnessy Links Stir Yale Fermion Coach Speculation
Stanford’s Shaughnessy arrives amid Yale coach search chatter. Yale may pursue a part genius, part miracle man, amid de-emphasis policy and war time crowd limits. The piece notes Yale’s poor football history since 1937 and the clash with Stanford’s larger program.
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Chicago
Shaughnessy
Stanford
Palo Alto
Lana Turner
Yale
Oregon State
Duke
California
Elis
Clint Frank
Bulldogs
Ogden Miller
Merlin
Mandrake
Thurston the Great
Vault Champ Worried Over 16 Foot Mark
World record holder Corny Warmerdam, who vaults with his head, frets his 16 foot goal may be blocked by short arms as he resumes teaching duties in Piedmont after a Boston Garden attempt saw him reach 15 feet 7 1 4 inches. He notes peak form at 28 and indoor meets as best for 16 foot attempts. In New York Jacobs seeks a Meat for Lesnevich with contenders Webb and Colan at Madison Square Garden March 13.
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Boston
Corny Warmerdam
Piedmont
Cal
Warmerdam
New York
Millrose
Boston Garden
U.P
Mike Jacobs
Gus Lesnevich
Jimmy Webb
Houston
Tex
Johnny Colan
Madison Square Garden
Sandies Close Conference Season With Pampa Showdown
The Amarillo Golden Sandies face Pampa Harvesters at the High School Armory in a final conference game, aiming to clinch the district title. The Sandies beat Pampa 26 to 24 earlier and will also meet Pampa B and Clovis Wildcats in the Armory before bi district play against Childress Bobcats.
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Amarillo Golden Sandies
Pampa Harvesters
Amarillo Yarinigans
Sandies
Harvester
Harvesters
Pampa
Clovis Wildcats
Clovis
Tucumcari Rattlers
Childress Bobcats
Childress
Officials Try Backboard Seating For Closer Calls
Wide World Sports reports coaches in Denver and Chattanooga testing officials placed near back boards to reduce court exits. Detroit Olympia will host Alma Michigan Normal and Detroit Wayne on the same card with referees on court. A B C tourney eligibility and Warmerdam’s return to east for nationals Feb. 28 are noted. Cal crew photographers follow first spring workout for light considerations.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
Wide World
New York
Denver
Chattanooga
Tenn
Detroit
Olympia Arena
Detroit- Wayne
American High School Bowling Association
Columbus
Ohio
Cornelius Warmerdam
Builders Supply Sets 1082 High in Amarillo League Night
The Builders Supply squad of the Metropolitan League at Louie's Alleys posted 1082 pins in the second game of a series against the Herring Hotel quintet, led by Fletcher's 266 and teammates scoring 211 201 213 190. The Hotelers rolled 999 in the final game, while Herring won the first and final games. Series totals were 2806 to 2707.
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Louie's Alleys
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Fletcher
Paulk
Kimble
Bechtold
Pearson
Herring Crew
Ohio National Life Lady Crew
Blackwell
Tolzien
Bishop
Grant
Lifers
Ladies Builders
Amarillo Bowl
Blackstone Cleaners
Texas Zephyrs
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Albuquerque Manual High Schools
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Lyles
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Cunningham
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Grimes
Ferndale Motor
Berger
Diamond Shop
Prince Albert
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Gil
Dem Bums
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Badgers
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Gill
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C. Kelly
Bigelow
Johnson
Jack Guenther
United Press
Clark Daniel Shaughnessy
Department of
Brother S
New Haven
Connie Warmerdam
PHQTO
University of California
Tony Canzoneri
Broadway
Chicago Daily News
Tony
Navy
Marine
Freddie Hutchinson
Norfolk
Naval Station
Bobby Feller
Sam Chapman
Claude Corbitt
Dodgers
Ernest (Hooks) Devour
Jefferson Barracks
Johnny Sturm
George Archie
Joe Gallagher
Jacobs Beach
Dan Morgan
Dan
Sam Diamond
Camp McClellan
Ala
Texas Wesleyan
Army Fliers
Kelly Field
Polley
Santa Fe League
Parks
el Capitans
Savage
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Blackburn Bros
West Texas
Hun Peel
Kentucky
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Wis
Lewis Hunter
William Jameson & Company
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