Sandies Meet Westerners Tonight in District 1-AA Final
Amarillo’s Golden Sandstorm faces Lubbock’s Westerners at 8:30 in the high school armory for the District 1-AA title. A Sandies win clinches the championship. a Westerners win forces a playoff.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
High School Armory
13Th Avenue
Tyler Street
Sandies
Amarillo Sandies
Westerners
Plainview
Brownfield
Pampa
T. G. Hull
Pampa Harvesters
Wichita Falls
Coyotes
Amarillo Pos
Aye Oil
Cape Veazey
Ieess
Johnson Ratcliff
Bechto
Palmer
Strawn
Tomberlin
Brewer
Bowling Group Meets Tonight in Amarillo League
An Amarillo City Bowling League meeting for officers and all league bowlers is set for tonight at 8 30 in Studio A KGNC. President Jim Farwell will preside as members discuss ideas for future tournaments and matches.
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Amarillo City Bowling League
Studio A
KGNC
Jim Farwell
Big Three Plan Restricted and Informal Sports Changes
Princeton Yale and Harvard presidents announced drastic changes to their athletic programs, moving to a restricted and informal basis. They cited infeasibility of maintaining athletics as usual and did not specify details, following an army ruling banning participation by students in certain training programs.
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N. J
Yale
Harvard
Harold W. Dodds
James B. Conant
Charles Seymour
Army
Border Conference action yields mixed college basketball results
Across several Border Conference matchups Kansas defeats Oklahoma Aggies 47 to 43, East Central Oklahoma tops East Texas State 56 to 40, Sam Houston State beats Stephen F. Austin 51 to 49, Howard Payne routs McMurry 70 to 40, West Texas State defeats Arizona State Flagstaff 60 to 44, Arizona defeats New Mexico 55 to 40, Texas Mines over Hardin-Simmons 85 to 44, and Texas Tech edges Arizona State Tempe 46 to 41. The report notes the United States leads in female automobile drivers worldwide.
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Oklahoma Aggies
East Central
Okla
East Texas State
Sam Houston State
Stephen F. Austin
Howard Payne
McMurry
West Texas State
Arizona State
Flagstaff
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas Mines
Hardin-Simmons
Texas Tech
Tempe
Cummins Seeks Faster Start In Hurdles At Rice Institute
Chunky Bill Cummins, all America trackman and Rice Institute standout, aims to improve his start for hurdles after leading in 110 meter highs and placing in 400 meter hurdles. He balances basketball duties with track, plans to emphasize sprint speed and vaulting, and serves in the Marine reserves.
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Houston
Bill Cummins
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Rice Institute
Freddie Walcott
Bill
Owl
Wolcott
Timbers
Rice
Austin High
el Paso
Schreiner
Stitute
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Marine Reserves
Service brings athletes to training camps for war effort
Private Donald F. Terry former national table tennis champion now teaches soldiers at the California Ferrying Division Air Transport Command arguing table tennis builds agility coordination and eye exercise. Other athletes including Corp. Albert Campbell and Pvt. Alexander Grassi hold posts at Fort Sill Port Sheridan and Altoona reflect athletic talent serving in various military roles and camps nationwide.
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California
Air Transport Command
Pvt. Terry
Corp
Albert Campbell
University of Illinois
Tion
Kearns
Utah
Army Air Forces Center
Port Sheridan
Alexander Grassi
U. S
Altoona
Fort Sill
Okla
Norris Simms
Oklahoma City
James W. Gladd
Jersey City
Giants
Jesse Newby
Oklahoma Golden Gloves
Danny Sullivan
Dartmouth
Mickey Rottner
Loyola University
Don Blanken
Indiana University
Camp Grant
Ill
Mickey McConnell
Brooklyn Dodgers
Camp Campbell
Adrian Talley
Armed Services
Sidney Marks
Vernon Logan
Paul Casper
Chet Dunsmore
Dillard Talbutt
Orville Palmer
Alfred Whitehurst
Eldon Levis
Coe College
Detroit Lions
Santa Ana
Calif
Army Air Base
George W. Bernhardt
Illini
Lloyd Adler
North Dakota
Victorsville
Army Flying School
Rice to Close Season Tonight Against Baylor
Rice meets Baylor to close its home season as a strong Southwest Conference contender. Co captain center Bill Tom Closs seeks to extend his lead as the league’s top scorer after scoring 132 points in eight games. Baylor arrives shorthanded missing Frankie Edwards and Bill Hailey who joined the armed services after a recent game.
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U.P
Rice
Texas
Baylor Bears
Long Bill Tom Closs
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Baylor
Frankie Edwards
San Marcos
Bill Hailey
Armed Services
Bears
Texas Christian University
Howard Payne Keeps Slim Title Hopes Alive In Win
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets upset McMurry Indians 70 to 40 to stay in the Texas Conference title race. Guard Bob Clindaniel led with 21 points, Randall Cooper added 19 for McMurry, and the rough game saw 30 personals. The Jackets led 33-16 at halftime.
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U.P
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets
Texas
McMurry
Indians
Abilent
Bob Clindaniel
Randall Cooper
Cooper
Jackets
Pro Football Expects to Carry On With Limitations
Washington February 18 Professional football like major league baseball intends to carry on but with limitations Elmer Layden NFL commissioner says he sees definite encouragement from Manpower Paul V McNutt and Transport chief Joseph B Eastman Layden notes noncommittal stances on player essential status and transport needs as forces induct college players and service bouts loom for championships
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Elmer Layden
National Football League
Layden
Notre Dame
Four-Horsemen
Paul V. McNutt
Joseph B. Eastman
McNutt
Eastman
Armed Forces
Army
National League Takes Over Phils And DiMaggio Enlists
Private Joseph DiMaggio hopes for combat duty at the Presidio of Monterey while preferring to be treated like any private. Ford Frick of the National League plans to take control of the Philadelphia Phillies by buying stock and naming a temporary board as a precursor to resale. Florence Averi, ten, tells WAAC recruiting officials she can clerk, cook and sew, seeking to join the war effort.
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Monterey
Cal
U.P
Joseph Paul DiMaggio
Army
DiMaggio
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Phils
National League
Ford Frick
Phils
Frick
Gerry Nugent
The
Prick
Vintondale, Pa
Florence Averi
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
WAAC
Five Mines Football Players Called to Army Air Corps Reserves
Five Texas College of Mines football players are ordered to report in Lubbock on Monday to join the Army Air Corps Reserves. Players listed include Freddie Salem end Wesley Cantrill captain Victor Clark quarterback Graham Stafford blocking back and Tommy Crews tailback.
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EL Paso
Texas College of Mines
Lubbock
Army Air Corps
Freddie Salem
Wesley Cantrill
Muckers
Victor Clark
Graham Stafford
Tommy Crews
Mechanical sugar beet harvesters pass tests in war effort
In Fort Collins Colorado E M Mervine reports tests of mechanical harvesters that replace six or more laborers. Fifteen machines were tested by operators in Colorado and other beet states with outstanding results. Some testers predict postwar use could replace most field labor, while production remains limited in 1943 due to priorities. The harvester is the invention of Claude Walz of Pueblo Colorado.
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Fort Collins
Colo
E. M. Mervine
Federal Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Mervine
Pueblo
Claude Walz
Bantam men seek guard enlistment to replace rejected draftees
In Los Angeles Marshall Johnson leads a campaign urging the California Legislature to allow men rejected by the Army for small stature to enlist in the National Guard. He argues a bantam build does not preclude being a capable soldier.
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Los Angeles
Calif
U.R
Marshall Johnson
Army
National Guard
Johnson
Border Conference Tourney Sets Stage For Arizona Texas Tech Matchup
Arizona Wildcats overpower New Mexico 55 40 after a 23 5 opening surge without Bob Ruman. West Texas State defeats Texas Miners 60 44 to reach second round while Texas Tech edges Arizona State 46 41. Hardin Simmons faces Flagstaff. Tempe meets New Mexico in afternoon play.
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N. M
Arizona
Bob Ruman
Arizona Wildcats
New Mexico
Wildcats
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Texas Miners
Hardin-Simmons University of Abilene
Texas
Arizona State
Tempe
Flagstaff
Hardin-Simmons
Willie Joyce to Fight Henry Armstrong in Los Angeles Bout
Willie Joyce of Gary Indiana will instead face Henry Armstrong in a 10 round bout in Los Angeles before Armstrong travels to Philadelphia and New York for other fights. The articles were signed yesterday.
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Willie Joyce
Gary
John Thomas
Henry Armstrong
Armstrong
al Tribuani
Philadelphia
Beau Jack
New York
Mother Hopes to See Son in Battle Scene
Mrs. Mary A. Wallace travels from Chester to Northumberland to glimpse her son Edward Lott Knoebel in a Battle of Midway film scene. She hopes for a wounded fighter who has recovered, while Knoebel himself is waiting in the theater lobby on furlough.
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Northumberland
Mary A. Wallace
Midway
Edward Lott Knoebel
Heilhecker Wins Golf Play at Ross Rogers Club
Mrs Heilhecker posted low score and low gross in the Women’s Day tournament. She shot 40 with a handicap of eight for a net 32 while her 18 hole gross was 87. Second place went to Mrs F 8 McCullough with 42 and a 33 net. Mrs C J Jones had 44 for a 34 net and the officers will be elected next Wednesday. NACOGDOCHES Feb 18.
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J. W. Heilhecker
Ross Rogers Municipal Golf Course
Everything Happens To Dixie Walker
New York reports Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers became a father to a baby girl on Tuesday and also received his 1943 Dodger contract. He plans to sign after players status is clarified, while serving as recreation director for a large war plant.
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New York
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn Dodger
Dodger
Dixie
Girls softball league forms with Cubs and Dodgers leaders
Articles of incorporation for a girls professional softball league were filed in Illinois. Trustees named include P. K. Wrigley owner of the Chicago Cubs Branch Rickey president of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago attorney Paul V. Harper.
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Chicago
U.P
State of Illinois
P. K. Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodger
Paul V. Harper
Bouquet for Barney Ross honors boxing ace overseas
New York boxing writers named Barney Ross the 1942 man of the year, honoring the former three-division world champion while he served with the Marines in the Pacific. Ex-Mayor Jimmy Walker presented the Edward J. Neil Memorial plaque at Ruppert's Brewery ceremony.
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Barney Ross
Pacific
Barney
Uncle Sam
Marines
Guadalcanal
Boxing Writers of
Edward J. Neil
Fistiana
Jimmy Walker
Ruppert’s
Associated Press
Spain
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