Ring Battles Taken CRUCIAL TILT TONIGHT CHICAGO
Sammy Baugh the Texas ranchman earned the 1943 NFL passing championship based on completions while Sid Luckman of the Bears earned runner up honors. Baugh completed 57.7 percent and Luckman 54.5 percent. Luckman threw for 2 194 yards and 28 touchdowns setting all time seasonal records. Amarillo Golden Sandies meet Lubbock Westerners in playoff action at Lubbock High School Gym with a possible third game to decide District 1 AA champion.
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Chicago
Sammy Baugh
Texas
Washington Redskin
Rotan
Sid Luckman
Sam
Chicago Bears
Bruins
Texas Christian
Luckman
Green Bay
Cecil Isbell
New York
Baugh
Brooklyn
Amarillo
Golden Sandie Cagers
Lubbock
Westerners
Sandies
Sanford Edquist
Dick Wiggins
John Bob Watts
Rufus Graves
Norman Higgins
Buddy Ratcliff
Kenneth Kelly
Bill Cope
Cope
Austin
Childress Bobcats
Graham Steers
Steers
Graham
Jerry Crawford
Marion Manderson
Gene Moore
George Brewer
Amarillo Golden Gloves reach second round in Fort Worth
Five of six Amarillo entrants advance in the State Golden Gloves tournament at Will Rogers Memorial Stadium Fort Worth. Only corporal Mel Walker loses a close decision to Sgt Ralph Lasky of Childress Army Air Field.
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Fort Worth
Amarillo
Golden Gloves
Cpl
Mel Walker
Ralph Lasky
Childress Army Air Field
Walker
Lasky
Laddie Leopold
Shirley Gaudett
Beaumont
Donnie Sharp
Corpus Christi
Jack Morgan
Harlingen
George Stevens
Francis J. Geppi
Abilene
Hampartzoon Jamgochian
Radio Program Schedule Scatter from a Historic Page
A dense list of radio programs by time and network, naming NBC Blue CBS MBS and other outlets. It outlines 6:15 to 12:45 daily Friday and Saturday airings including Amos n Andy Duke Ellington Bing Crosby and Metropolitan Opera. The OCR yields a fragmented overview of weekday and weekend slots with numerous misread spellings and broken titles.
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Fulton Lewis, Jr
MBS
Johnson Family
Duke Ellington
Ford
J. Dorsey
Sasa
Blue
Mayfair
Roseland Ballroom
Orchestra
Llee Beach Hotel Orchestre
Victory
Bob Hamilton
Bing Crosby
Ace Little
National Farm and Home Hour
Salon Ensemble
Metropolitan Opera
Sammy Kaye
Eddie Duchin
Dutch Meyer Renews Contract With Texas Christian
Fort Worth reports coach Leo Meyer signed a renewed contract to continue as head grid mentor at Texas Christian University. The TCU board of trustees renewed the deal during their spring meeting, reiterating plans to maintain an adequate athletics program.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Leo
Dutch) Meyer
Texas Christian University
Meyer
TCU Board of Trustees
Army Navy NCA A bid, boxing hopes and Foxhole Slide term
Army and Navy may play in the NCAA tournament. Syracuse plans boxing intercollegiate team while honoring coaches at a March 24 dinner. A new base ball term Foxhole Slide appears from Marines in the Southwest Pacific. Norfolk Naval Training Station declines war bond game with Gov. Broughton. Naval Air Station opts to face Army Airmen. Dodgers prove terse with Warren quotes. Jersey City Giants training site named Hubbell Field in Lakewood with Carl Hubbell honored.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Army
Navy
Joe Baksi
Kulpmont
Ollie Cordill
Rice
Cleveland Rams
Houston
Tex
Air Force
Joe Carter
Philadelphia
Dallas
Syracuse University
Syracuse
Southwest Pacific
Peiper Martin
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Gov. J. M. Broughton
Durham
Naval Air Station
Jersey City Giants
Hubbell
Lakewood
N. J
Eddie Brannick
New York Giants
Little Giants
Brannick
Carl Hubbell
Bummy Davis Fights Bob Montgomery Tonight
Al Bummy Davis returns to Madison Square Garden for a 10 round test against Bob Montgomery former lightweight champion. Montgomery a rugged Philadelphia favorite at 3 to 1 aims to spoil Davis return in the same arena where Davis fouled Fritzie Zivic and kicked the referee in a 1940 disqualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
al “Bummy
Davis
Stormy Petrel
Madison Square Garden
Bob Montgomery
Montgomery
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Bummy
Fritzie Zivic
Rice Institute Star Bill Henry Sets SWC Scoring Mark
Rice Institute sophomore Bill Henry scored 17 points against Texas to raise his season total to 231, surpassing Baylor’s Dwight Parks’ 1942 record of 214. Henry’s standout season is highlighted by consistent high scoring across games. Also, South Plains Army Air Field defeated Texas Tech 66 to 52 with Leason McCloud scoring 35 points.
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Houston
David
Rice Institute
Bill Henry
University of Texas
Baylor
Dwight Parks
Texas
Henry
Raiders
Lubbock
South Plains Army Air Field
Texas Tech
Leason McCloud
Colorado University
Nolan Weeks
Tech
Mustangs Run Over Aggies in 81 to 37 Texas Swing
Southern Methodist University Mustangs routed Texas A&M 81 to 37 to set a new Southwest Conference scoring record. Texas had previously broken the old mark with a 77 to 40 win over A&M earlier this season, surpassing Arkansas’s 75 point record from 1940. Tonight Texas Christian faces the Aggies in Fort Worth in the conference slate.
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Southern Methodist University
Mustangs
Texas Aggies
Texas
Aggies
Austin
Arkansas
SMU
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
Keeton Independent Falls to Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls
Fort Worth's Keeton Independent basketball team lost 31 to 52 at Wichita Falls as Sheppard Field claimed the win. This summary reflects the readable action and scores from the event.
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Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Keeton
Fort Worth
Major golfer Jug Spaden credits theory for 68.8 average
Harold Jug McSpaden, 35, Philadelphia CC pro, says a long held theory aided his winter tour lead and 68.8 strokes per 18 holes. Draft board calls him for physical next week after he led in every department and was season top scorer. He shrugs off fame, cites shortened clubs and heavier heads as key changes.
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Merson
Sam
Harold
Jug” MceSpaden
Winiter
Philadelphia
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Er Sey
Amarillo Golden Glovers
Taniah
By Harry Hoare
Will Rogers
Shirley Gaudet
Eddie Spencer
Midland Aaf
Odessa
Lawrence Meyers
Camp Maxey
Henry Kagawa
Don Livingston
Seminole
Okla
Camp Barkley
Willie Wood
Robert Michael
Herbert Prewitt
San Antonio
Jack Carter
Phillip Deberry
Dorsey Wright
Brooks Field
Eddie Boden
Corp
Richard Schmitz
Hobbs Aaf
Arnold Winters
Clyde Jones
William Burke
Globe-News
Howard McDonald
Maryland
Weel
Mem
S. Pierce
van Buren
Panhandle Lumber Company
W. 7Th
KGN
News of the World
NBC
H. V. Kaltenborn
Howdy
Amos 'N Andy
Norman Thomas
Don Hollenbeck
Three Suns
Thomas Peluso
Sky Pilot
Rise ‘N Shine
the Trading Post
Sons of the Pioneers
Atr
Hal McIntyre
Manhattan
Amarillo Field
Winstop Duzzit
Roy Shield
Vincent Lopezes
Massey
KFDA
Tom Thomas
Western Auto Stores
Polk
Bia Iy
Allied Lines
Insur
Dutch Meyer
Fred F. Wagner
the Panhandle
Polk Street
John D. McBride
D. D
Zale
Schenley Reserve
America
Scheenley Reserve
Amarillo Area
Schenley
Cresene
Schenley Distillers Corporation
Amarillo College
Groom
Brown
Kuehler
Helm
Maverick Club
Badgers
Mavericks
Buchanan
Buchanan Wanes
Lemons
Kile Davenport
Freddy Ory
Offic
Bill’ Riedel
Riley Tee
Pr Thompson Tae
Ry Peete
Wester
Hardgrove
Hinkamp
Cheshire
Strickland
American Zinc
Pf Johnson
Blythe
Nelson
Young Shultz
Stinson
Bill, Riedel
Service Department
Dodgers
Tommy Warren
Tommy
Bummy Davis
Big Bill Henry Brown
Taylor
United Press
Western Battery & Electric
H. L. Bray
Charlie Pavillard
N. Fillmore
Jug McSpaden
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
D’arcy R
Jake) Flowers
Salisbury
Tony Ordenana
Havana
Cuba
Larkin
Mike Jacobs
Tippy Larkin
Garfield
Allie Stolz
Newark
Sis
Humphry Davy
Pol
Sheppard Field Officers
Amarillo Printing CO
Gene
Blackburn ‘Bros
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Pantex
U. S. Employment Service
Certain-feed Products Corporation
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