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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1945
Page
10
The Nixson Whirlwinds beat Horace Mann 58 to 24 at Nixson Gym to secure their sixth win and lone loss in City Junior High Basketball. Sharp led with 21 points, while Horace Mann struggled with a trio scoring only three points.
Amarillo High School hosts the Dumas Demons tomorrow night at the armory for two basketball games to raise funds for a squad banquet. The Sandies recently fell 37 to 35 to Dumas, while Pampa edged out the Harvesters in overtime to claim the Northern Division title.
Major league presidents Ford Frick and Will Harridge left Washington optimistic about opening the 1945 season in April after a meeting with War Mobilization Director James Byrnes on manpower. They signaled broad talks on transportation and night games without a fixed policy outcome. The session, arranged by Clark Griffith, did not set future meetings, and officials cautioned against overinterpreting its significance.
The National Bowling Council chairs report alleys will follow the midnight curfew on entertainment spots after talks with government officials. A. L. Ebersole explains doubts about classifying bowling as entertainment are set aside as morale builders like movies. An exception may allow Cleveland and Cincinnati alleys to stay open until 3 AM for late war workers.
I B Griffith longtime Nederland High coach since 1936 signed a three year contract to lead Beaumont High School football. Superintendent E W Jackson said Griffith will take over the Beaumont Royal Purples before spring training. Trojan stars join US Navy in Los Angeles.
Sheriff Tom Gibbons of St Paul lauds Jack Dempsey's liver punch as the most paralyzing blow in boxing history. He recounts learning the technique from the Brock Brothers and notes Meehan’s three encounters with Dempsey, including a first-round knockout.
New Orleans report says Tulane boxer Calvin K Benedict, a paratrooper captured by Germans, earned extra rations after winning bouts in prison camp tournaments.
Six year old Robin Lynn Baxter, whose father serves with the Army in North Africa, gives up a birthday party to deliver a cake to a Bloomington Red Cross canteen at the rail station. Servicemen pass through cut the cake for soldiers. A wartime note recalls that prior to the war the average American ate 17 pounds of butter per year.
In the Amarillo College Gym the Civ. Bombers upset the Mechanics 50 to 39 to move within one game of the Hydraulics. Glyndon Riley scored 29 for the Bombers while Zarecky led the Mechanics with 14. Wayne’s Gas Station upset McClanahan’s 33 to 32. Hydraulics seek fifth straight win tomorrow against Mechanics.
A new fad among armed forces members has people signing currency notes. The Globe News reports a $1 silver certificate with Ensign O Connor USCGR signature in red ink dated 21 Sept 1944, with the numeral 1355 added, all on the bill’s face. No address is provided for the ensign.
A brief sports schedule lists bowling at Victory Alleys, Banner Bow, and Texas league games at Amarillo College Gym. Friday and weekend golf tournaments are noted at Ross Rogers Course and Amarillo Country Club. A Tampa boxing report notes Tommy Gomez seriously wounded in Germany, per War Department.
The Sam Houston State Teachers College basketball team built an 18 point lead in the first half and held on to defeat East Texas State Teachers College 47 to 30 last night in Commerce.
Amarillo Field hosts Dalhart Field Auditorium USC on Saturday night for basketball action. West Texas State meets Texas Tech in Lubbock Friday and Saturday nights. Amarillo Singles Sweepstakes Banner Bowl runs February 23 to 25 and March 2 to 4. Amarillo Sandies face Dumas Demons at the High School Armory Thursday night.
Slammin Sammy Snead of Hot Springs Va. blasted a sizzling five under par 67 to warm up for the $6,500 Pensacola Open after being forced out of two tours by an old back injury. A pro-am round is set for tomorrow ahead of the tournament with 18 holes Friday 18 more Saturday and a 36 hole finale Sunday.
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