Cuban Negro players eyed for Texas league debut
Lubbock manager Jay Haney of Lamesa in the West Texas New Mexico League says he is negotiating for two Cuban Negro players, potentially marking the first Negroes in organized baseball in Texas. Milton Price questions plans while Haney clashes with scout Joe Cambria over the experiment, stressing need for two capable players who can perform despite language barriers. Cy Fausett of Albuquerque notes Negro prospects in Oak roster and supports ability over race.
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Lubbock Avalanche- Journal
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Joe Cambria
Washington Senators
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Cy Fausett
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Oakland Oaks
Louis Still Has Drawing Power In Big Cow Palace Bout
San Francisco February 23 Joe Louis fights tough Andy 2 in a 10 round comeback bout at the Cow Palace. The crowd is expected to exceed 17 000 with receipts past 95000. Louis seeks another title shot against Ezzard Charles after last year’s 15 round defeat.
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Joe Louis
Andy
Cow Palace
Texas
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Ezzard Charles
Amarillo Chamber to Honor New Sandie Coaches at Banquet
Honorees Bill Defoe and Solon Holt will be guests of honor at a welcome banquet for Amarillo Sandie football coaches. The event begins at 7 pm at the Amarillo High School cafeteria.
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Bill Defoe
Solon Holt
Amarillo
High School Basketball Scores Across Districts and Tournaments
Scores from multiple district and tourney games include Canyon 41 over Memphis 31 and Muleshoe 66 over Spur 44. Girls results feature Dimmitt 47 over Farwell 20 and Happy 26 over Hart 18. College action shows McMurry 84 over Texas A&I 34 and Princeton 57 over Yale 41.
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Spur
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Farwell
Happy
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Hedley
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Buffalo
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San Angelo
Colsone
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Detroit
Michigan Normal
Columbia
Army
Amarillo Sandies fans hear banquet and poll hints
The Amarillo Chamber banquet for new Sandie coaches Bill Defoe and Solon Holt starts at 7 PM at Amarillo High School Cafeteria with $1.50 admission. Sports editor James Garner and Julian Levine conduct an all-time Sandie greats poll listing Corbitt, Garner, Jewell McDowell, Leslie Cazzell, and Ernie Holman as top picks. semifinals in Region 1-A basketball at Tulsa feature Canyon vs Muleshoe and Phillips vs Levelland with finals hoped for Saturday.
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Phillips
Levelland
Canyon
Julian Levine
Sandie
E & James Garner
Sandies
Waco
Garner
Odessa
Texas Sports Writers Association
Class B Tournament Opens at Texas Tech
The Region 1-B schoolboy basketball tournament opened at Texas Tech gym with 13 district champions vying for a state berth in Austin March 1. Schedule lists early pairings including Jayton, Knox City, Sumnerwood, Paint Creek, Klondike, Stratford, Meadow, Dimmitt, Adrian, Estelline, and Roosevelt among others.
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News-Globe
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Knox City
Texas
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Estelline
Sudan
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Paint Creek
Klondike
Stratford
Rosevelt
Meadow-Dimmitt
Wheelchair Badgers Face Monday Night Tilt
The Amarillo College Badgers host the Flying Wheels of Birmingham Hospital Long Beach California at 8 o clock Monday in the college gym. The Wheels are the National Wheelchair Basketball champions and have defeated the Badgers in two prior meetings 31 15 and 38 20. Tickets are 50 cents at the door wheelchair attendees admitted free. The Wings tour by chartered DC 3 and include veterans and staff in a strictly non profit trip sponsored by Los Angeles papers and veterans groups. Six holdover players from 1949 and 1950 joins the Wheels. Palmer Haley and Pal mer are noted players with Haley the prior game high scorer.
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Flying Wheels
Carl Knowles
Ucla Eager
Los Angeles
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Gene Haley
Louis “the Clown” Palmer
Gil Ortiz
Tony Arredondo
George McReynolds
Palmer
Haley
Coast to Stay in San Francisco Rose Bowl Pact Discussed
In San Francisco PCC officials including athletic directors faculty representatives and university presidents met in a special session at the Clift Hotel to discuss terms of a new Rose Bowl agreement with the Big 10. They voted unanimously to continue participation in the post season classic.
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Pacific Coast Conference
PCC
Clift Hotel
New York Fix Probe Expands To Garden Teams
The ongoing college basketball fix inquiry reaches Madison Square Garden teams and extends to last season with wiretap evidence. Police and district attorney officials discuss suppression claims while Eddie Gard and Salvatore Sollazzo face questions. Grand jury in New York weighs charges against eight accused players and others as Kefauver eyes possible future hearings.
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Adolph Bigos
Sherman White
NYU Harvey
Connie” Schaff
US Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Washington
Kefauver
New York City
Fix Mind on Broadway Scandal By WILL GRIMSLEY
NYU basketball coach Howard Cann weighs why eight upper class youths fall to fixers amid a nationwide college athletics scandal. Asa Bushnell warns of cynicism and calls for idealism while colleges fail to enforce recruitment rules from the 1949 sanity code amid bigtime football pressures.
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New York
Howard Cann
New York University
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Cann
Asa Bushnell
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
New York Basketball Writers
Bushnell
Dallas
Cherry
Texas
Jeff Cravath
Southern California
Bierman
Minnesota
AAU Basketball Jaycees 47 Brains Chev. 56
Brains Chevrolet outscored the Jaycees 56 to 47 as Giese and Robinson led with steady shooting and Madison, Watkins, and Braden contributed solid totals. Ochsner and Turner also added key points for the winner while Brains Chev. defense limited the Jaycees’ scorers throughout the game.
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Robinson
Madison
Watkins
Braden
McCartt
Wilshire
Novak
Eaton
Turner
Ochsner
Hull
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Neely
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Last Weekend For Pin Meet In Amarillo Bowling
The Amarillo Men’s Bowling Tournament enters its final weekend at Peerless Lanes with 19 teams and 40 doubles and singles shooters. Key leaders include W. H. Pondet and E. P. Jones atop the doubles, Frank Johnson leading the singles with 702, and the 2,105 handicap by National Shirts looming to top the standings. Two Sunday sessions close the event with a full schedule of teams and sponsors listed for Saturday and Sunday evenings.
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W. H. Pondet
E. P. Jones
Frank Johnson
Cement plant to be built in Sorocaba Brazil
A cement plant with a monthly production capacity of 500 tons is being constructed at Sorocaba in Sao Paulo State. Machinery for the plant will be imported from Italy. Globe-News Want Ads Get Results.
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Sao Paulo
Sorocaba
Italy
Price Out for Revenge Tonight at Price Gym
The Price College Cardinals seek revenge for a 60 57 loss to Groom as they host the Tigers at Price gym. Three games on the slate include A and B team clashes and St Marys girls vs Groom sextet. Girls game starts at 7 pm with a later regular season finale against the Golden Sands Tuesday. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.
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Groom
Tigers
Price Gym
St. Mary’s Girls
Golden Sandies
Last Chance for Two SWC Teams
The Associated Press reports on Texas and Texas Christian in final swc title bid. Texas A M leads the race, while Arkansas and Baylor recently overtook Texas Christian and Texas from a share of the lead.
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Associated Press
Texas
Baylor
Texas Christian
Southern Methodist
Texas A&m
Arkansas
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