Victory League Hosts Two Night Basketball Tilts
Fort Worth reports two tonight in league action as the Victory League teams the Amarillo Field Instructors and Groom cagers open play. Ex-Sandies meet McClanahan Service Station Quint with three players leaving for naval reserve March 1.
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Amarillo Field
Groom
City Victory
McClanahan
Quint
Buddy Ratcliff
Kenneth Kelly
Billy Keith Irwin
Naval Reserve
Dumas
Amarillo College
Maverick
AA Play-offs Open As Bi-District Race Begins
The Associated Press reports the Class AA bi-district basketball play-offs start tonight with eight series. Eight teams will advance to next week’s state championship in Austin while Class A and Class B districts prepare for regional tournaments this weekend. Childress plays at Lubbock in the AA bi-district round.
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Austin
Childress
Lubbock
Week's Local Sports Card Highlights and Venues
Schedule lists basketball games at Amarillo College Gym and other venues including Victory Alleys Banner Bowl and Ross Rogers Course. Events include City Victory League matches, bowling leagues Panter and Classic Scratch, Ladies Pioneer League, and golf tournaments across Amarillo venues.
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Basketball City Victory League
Groom
McClanahan
Amarillo College
Victory Alleys
Banner Bowl
Amarilloc Bowl
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Municipal
Ross Rogers Course
Bowling Civic League
Texaco League
Ladies Pioneer League
Victory
Basketball City Victory
Sub-Depot
Dumas
Maverick
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Santa Fe
Maverick Club Sports Roundup and Letters From Home
The column lists handball standings with Rodney Shapple and Jimmie Roberts among the top ten, notes match results including Roberts defeating Tillie and Shapple defending the title, and mentions forfeit wins. It also covers tumbling certifications for several youths, letters from servicemen Ford Turner and Ed Phillips, and local notices about bids for Amarillo water pumps and wage scales.
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Rodney Shapple
Edsel Buchanan
Jimmie Roberts
Eddie Tillie
Jimmie Hamilton
Frank Buchanan
Ernest Thrasher
Buzzy York
Richard Skapple
Louis Siegler
Wayne Holloway
Floyd Johnson
Ed Collins
Burl York
Rodney
Eddie
Roberts
Tommy Broach
Dale Hulsey
Cedric Boutwell
Lloyd Hulsey
Donald Renfro
Darren Sharp
Ford Turner
Southwest Pacific
O. K
Maverick Club
Ford
I. F. Turner
Rodney Skapple
Bobby Hudgins
Lois Siegler
Lemond Fox
Ronald Johnson
Jimmie Coontz
Alfred Alexander
Billy Phillips
John Robt
Plunkett
Charles
Winifred Hand
Ags Have Dull Year as Texas Tops Aggies 81 36
Texas Longhorns rout Texas A&M 81 to 36 at College Station to end the Aggies season with six wins and six losses tying SMU for third in the Southwest Conference. The 81 points equal SMU’s high game mark set last week. Texas Christian meets Baylor at Waco tonight for a chance to tie for third.
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United Press
University of Texas Longhorns
Southern Methodist
Mustangs
Texas Five
Texas Aggies
College Station
SMU
Aggies
Handley to Attempt Comeback with Pirates
Lee Handley, once called baseballs hard luck kid, plans a return to the majors after a two year absence. He will report to the Pittsburgh Pirates camp in Muncie Indiana on March 15 after returning his signed contract to Pirates headquarters.
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Pittsburgh
Lee Handley
Pittsburgh Pirate
Muncie
Ind
Handley
Peoria
Hollywood
Calif
Pirate Headquarters
Bowling Scores Challenge Local Teams in League Matches
Elks beat Lions 918 901 976 to 800 882 875. Kiwanis Golds 846 818 787 edge Jaycees No 1 842 173 845. American Legion 121 607 674 defeats Kiwanis Blue 709 777 732. Jaycees No 2 861 815 799 lose to Rotary 894 920 847. BPOE 804 860 812 upset by Optimist 882 812 752. Star Lumber 815 896 964 tops Harvey Southworth 876 886 891. Pinkney's 903 914 1001 defeats John Farrell Lumber 987 905 844. Bordens 876 839 946 beat Builders' Supply 910 821 811. Diamond Shop 1778 862 839 over Reager's Market 848 918 824. Crews (Star Lumber) 164 245 267 676.
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Elks
Lions
Kiwanis Golds
Jaycees No. 1
American Legion
Kiwanis Blue
Jaycees No
Star Lumber
Harvey Southworth
Pinkney’s
John Farrell Lumber
Bordens
Builders’ Supply
Diamond Shop
Reager’s Market
Davis and Beau Jack Sign 10-Round Madison Square Garden Bout
Lightweight champion Beau Jack and Al Bummy Davis sign for a 10 round non title bout at Madison Square Garden on March 17 after terms wrangled. Davis must make 144 pounds or forfeit 2000 dollars. Alsab to make winter debut at Hialeah Park in the George Washington feature.
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New York
Beau Jack
al “Bummy
Davis
Madison Square Garden
Bob Montgomery
Montgomery
Miami
Fla
U.P
Alsab
Hialeah Park
Army Plans To Sell Some Worn Trucks
Trucks uneconomical to repair will be sold. Purchases handled by N F Nelson district manager division of motor transport ODT. Office in Fisk Building. Sales at Camp Howze Gainesville Camp Wallace Fort Sam Houston San Antonio Fort Bliss El Paso Camp Swift Bastrop Camp Hood Killeen Camp Chaffee Fort Smith Ark Fort Sill Lawton OK Camp Livingston Alexandria La Camp Polk Leesville La.
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N. F. Nelson
Division of Motor Transport
ODT
Fisk Building
Camp Howze
Gainesville
Camp Wallace
Hitchcock
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Camp Swift
Bastrop
Camp Hood
Killeen
Camp Chaffe
Fort Smith
Ark
Fort Sill
Lawton
Okla
Camp Livingston
Alexandria
Camp Polk
Leesville
Draft Board 2 sends more men to the Navy
More men have gone from Draft Board No. 2 in Potter County to the Navy. The latest shipment included George William Cape Sr, Clarence DeWitt McPherson, Leslie Montie Clayton, Arthur Noel Swift, Mark Owen, Raymond Russell Hall, Lee Gore Sallee, Buster Lockridge, William Howard Tomlinson, Raymond Garza Bitela and Kenneth Loman McGill. All except Bitela and McGill are fathers.
Cubs catcher Mickey Livingston enters Army service
Thomas Mickey Livingston, Chicago Cubs catcher, was inducted at Fort Jackson today and awaits his call. Livingston was inducted late yesterday and is now in the Army.
New Setup for Surplus Goods
W. L. Clayton, named Surplus War Property administrator, will resign as assistant secretary of commerce to lead immediate steps to make surplus manufactured goods and raw materials from the armed services available to civilians. Byrnes announced Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines will be retained as reemployment director of OWM to handle the human side of demobilization including war workers and military personnel.
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Washington
U.P
W.L. Clayton
Bdny
Armed Services
Clayton
James F. Byrnes
White House
Bernard M. Baruch
Byrnes
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
OWM
Baruch
Bridge Tourney Nears Finish at Amarillo Service Club
One of Amarillo's closest contract bridge tournaments continues Sunday evenings at the Service Club Amarillo Field. In three sessions the top six teams are separated by eight points. The final session for the trophy will be Sunday night at 7:30 with no entry fees and public invited. The leaders include Sergeant Cockafair and Pvt E T Leonard Jr, 58.3. Mrs Polly Dumbell and Mrs Kauffman, 56.6. Mr and Mrs Henry Bliss, 55.2. Miss Rae Bell and Earl Crouch, 54.7. Mrs Gaines and partner, 53. and Mrs Sheridan.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Field
Cockafair
E. T. Leonard, Jr
Polly Dumbell
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Henry Kagawa
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Gilbert Garcia
William Sporleder
Camp Fannin
Donald Nasche
Dick Young
Camp Barkeley
Max Kezick
Presley Darnell
Fort Worth Aaf
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Texas
Coleen Coombs
C. W. Ott
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William Burke
Camp Maxey
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Denver
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Dutch) Clark
Missouri
Taylor
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A. W. McKee
By Ralph Dykeman
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Pittsburgh Pirates Today
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Toronto
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Project Tex
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Freese & Nichols
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Coser
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Draft Board 2
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