Childress Bobcats Visit Amarillo in Bi-District Showdown
The Childress Bobcats travel to face the Amarillo Golden Sandstorms in a bi district playoff game to decide the series after a 38 18 loss at home. If Amarillo wins tonight they clinch the bi district crown and advance to the Texas state tournament in Austin.
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Childress Bobcat
Amarillo
Sandies
Texas
Childress Tueday
T. G. Hull
Austin
Childress
Bobcats
Amarilloans
Holland
Hughes
Franklin
Johnny Turner
Charles Kitchen
Golden Sandstorms
Madison
Dorman
Navy drops Sea Otter plan for fast trans Atlantic cargo
Secretary Knox announced the navy abandoned the Sea Otter project to build a cheap quick production cargo vessel. The design used gasoline propulsion, cost $400 000, drew 21 feet of water, and proved hard to handle. Roosevelt and Knox remained hopeful as redesign efforts shift toward small tankers.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
Roosevelt
Texans Survive Golden Gloves Eliminations
Chicago February 26 Golden Gloves survivors from 38 cities returned home as 32 Midwest and Southern boxers earned a test before resuming the Chicago tournament of champions. Semifinalists in weight classes include Proctor Heinold Oklahoma City and Delbert Cockayne Des Moines among 126. Morris Corona Fort Worth and Tommy Lemons Milwaukee at 135. Bob Burns Fort Wayne and Bobby Richardson Cleveland at 147. John Hubbard Milwaukee and Tom Attra Fort Worth at 175. George Roscoe Cleveland and Hubert Hood Chicago at heavyweight.
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Chicago
Golden Gloves
Middlewest
Cleveland
Texas
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Fort Wayne
Ind
Louis
Sioux Falls
Dayton
Ohio
Danville
Tilt
Peoria
Wic
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Okla
Grand Rapids
Mien
Kansas City
Cedar
Iowa
Camp Polk
Proctor Heinold
Oklo
Delbert Cockayne
Sammy Derrico
Horace Tigana
Morris Corona
Fort Worth
Tommy Lemmons
Wilwaukee
Wis
Bert Williams
Julius Menendez
St. Louis
Bob Burns
Bobby Richardson
Marvin Bryant
Joe Krulitz
John Hubbard
Tom Attra
Leroy Jeffries
Claude Ellison
Cedar Rapids
Towa
George Roscoe
Hubert Hood
James O. Phillips
Bill Jochman
Leslie MacMitchell To Receive Sullivan Award Trophy
New York NY February 26 Leslie MacMitchell NYU miler winner of the James E Sullivan Memorial award for 1941 will receive the A A U trophy at a Sunday luncheon Laurence Di Benedetto of New Orleans A A U president will present the prize
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New York
Leslie MacMitchell
New York University
James E. Sullivan
Laurence di Benedetto
New Orleans
7A Jap Ships Listed as Sunk
Tran bans cultivation of opium poppies in three provinces amid wartime controls and agricultural policy shifts.
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Tran
Buffalos Clinch Border Conference Title With 15 Straight Wins
West Texas State Buffaloes clinched the Border Conference title with 15 straight league victories. Texas Tech remains in second after losses. Hardin-Simmons and New Mexico University also win or lose as the season winds down in Albuquerque and El Paso.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Buffaloes
West Texas State
Abe Simon Named Louis Challenger For March 27 Show
Abe Simon is tapped as the next Louis challenger for March 27 in a bid to boost boxing profits and aid army relief funds. The column assesses the heavyweight scene, noting Louis's dominance and a crowded field with Bettina, Pastor, Nova, Conn, and others in various plans and matchups.
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Jack Guenther
New York
Abe Simon
Manhattan
Upper West Side
Joe Louis
Bob Pastor
Cimon
Louis
Melio Bettina
Billy Conn
Lou Nova
Lem Franklin
Pastor
Tony Galento
Toots Shot
Toots Shot Now Is In Hot Springs
Marie Joe
Army
Navy
Joe
Simon
Bettina
Mike Jacobs
Julian Black
John Roxborough
Turkey Thompson
Booker Beckwith
Gus Lesnevich
Franklin
Madison Square Garden
Abraham
Petticoat Ponzi Suspect Sentenced in Essex County
Mrs Amelia Everts Carr known as a Petticoat Ponzi received eight to 12 years in prison after pleading no defense to eight charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Prosecutor William A Wach Feld of Essex County announced the sentence and details of the case.
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Newark
N. J
Amelia Everts Carr
William A. Wachenfeld
Essex County
Training Camp News Briefs from Across Baseball
A roundup from spring training items across the nation. Higbe arrives in Havana voicing 30 or 40 win hopes while Walker joins the Dodgers. Early eyes cleanup for Washington, Stainback seeks NY break, Goodman aims for outfield power, and other notes on clubs including Pirates, Giants, Cubs, Red Sox, Athletics and Phillies.
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Associated Press
Havana
Kirby Higbe
Brooklyn Dodgers
Miami
Dixie Walker
Dodgers
Whit Wyatt
Jack Kraus
Herman Franks
Judge Pronounces Sentence On 66th Birthday After Million-Dollar Case
County Judge Daniel J. Brennan sentences Mrs. Carr on four charges to two to three years hard labor and orders similar concurrent terms on other counts. In Logan Utah officials and federal agents destroy a large marihuana plot valued at 409 dollars in Cache County.
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Carr
Daniel J. Brennan
Logan
Utah
U.P
Cache County
Menrion
Fight town revival and army delay shape boxing and sports notes
Wide World news notes Cleveland’s expected third Joe Louis bout with Pastor next summer pending Louis’s army status. Other items include White Sox pitcher Rigney barring wives from training camp, pole vaulter Warmerdam’s portable pole idea, Tennessee’s football movie drill, Lefty Grove’s draft card joke, a Victoria cadets charity boxing club, and Penn Giants alum Reagan’s March wedding plus caveats on Camp Polk and Camp Monmouth sports events.
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Wide World
New York
Fight
Cleveland
Joe Louis
Bob Pastor
Joe
Pastor-Franklin
John Duncan Rigney
White Sox
Dorothy Comiskey
Kirby Higbe
Cornelius Warmerdam
Tennessee
Knoxville
Victoria
Texas
al Abrams
Pittsburgh
Francis X. Reagan
Quantico Marine Base
Penn and
The
Giants
Catharine Donnelly
Corp
Dick Ganslen
Columbia
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Signal Corps
23Rd Engineers
36Th Infantry
Third Armored
Camp Polk
Inter City Cage Title Game Tonight at Am arillo College
West Texas State College Freshmen meet Canadian River Gassers in the Inter City Basketball League championship at Amarillo College tonight at 8 30. Gassers won Tuesday 42 40 with Crews gone to the army. starting lineups include Crews Coker Kelley Ford Robinett for WTSC and McClendon House Shackelford Gill White for the Gassers.
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West Texas State College
Canadian River Gassers
Amarillo College
Olin
Army
Crews
Coker
Kelley
Ford
Robinett
McClendon
House
Shackelford
Gill
Burnham to Head Purdue Football. Mackey as Assistant
Elmer Burnham named Purdue head football coach and Guy Red Mackey named athletic director and assistant coach. Elward, who resigned to rejoin the Navy, had served as coach and AD since 1941 after Kizer’s illness and death. Burnham previously led Central High School of South Bend to 118–30–8 in 16 seasons, and Mackey has only worked at Purdue.
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Lafayette
Ind
Elmer Burnham
Purdue University
Guy
Red) Mackey
Purdue
Allen H
Mal) Elward
Burnham
Mackey
Elward
Noble E. Kizer
Kizer
Central High School
South Bend
Oklahoma A. and M. and Texas Tech Lead Scores Report
Oklahoma A. and M. defeated Kansas 40 to 33 while Texas Tech beat New Mexico 53 to 36. West Texas State won 88 to 65 over Texas Mines. Hardin-Simmons topped New Mexico 51 to ? Aggies 39. McMurry beat Trinity 59 to 39 in Texas. Freddie Crawford and Luke Barnes were inducted into the army in Atlanta. Crawford was a former Duke tackle and pro with the Chicago Bears before business in Atlanta. Barnes noted golf figure in public links events.
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Texas Tech
New Mexico
West Texas State
Texas Mines
Hardin-Simmons
Aggies
McMurry
Trinity
Texas
Atlanta
Freddie Crawford
Duke University
Luke Barnes
Army
Crawford
Chicago Bears
Barnes
Phillips Oilers edge Champs 46 to 43 in league tilt
Phillips Oilers upset 20th Century Fox National AAU champions 46 to 43 in Los Angeles. Jimmy McNatt scored 12 for the winners while O Gara led Hollywood with 15 points and Hank Luisetti added 10 despite a knee injury. Century led at halftime but Phillips prevailed in a fourth meeting this season.
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Los Angeles
Phillips Oilers
20Th Centuriox
Jimmy McNatt
Okahoma University
O'Gara
Hollywood Five
Hank Luisetti
Stanfe
Phill
Public LK tournament co medallist remembered
The note recalls a co medalist from the Public LK tournament held two years prior. It mentions Spain and a trolley bus link as part of the fragment.
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Spain
West Texas New Mexico League to Meet in Clovis
President Milton Price announced a meeting of West Texas New Mexico League Club owners in Clovis New Mexico on Sunday to draw up the schedule and final plans for the 1942 baseball season.
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Fort Worth
West Texas- New Mexico
Clovis
N. M
Milton Price
Sal Maglie Shines in Niagara Falls Exhibition
Sal Maglie, a rookie from Buffalo, pitched 61 points in a recent Many League game at Niagara Falls New York. The piece notes critics of abolishing football due to athletic council alumni watching alma maters and mentions Joe Louis visiting the New York Sportsmen's Show and Joe Kirkwood’s golf tricks. It also reports Michigan athletic director Fritz Crisler serving as assistant while Benny Osterbaan left, and Ernie McCoy moving to coach against Chicago.
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Sal Magle
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Maglie
Athletic Council
Alma
New York
Joe Kirkwood
Fritz Crisler
Michigan
Benny Osterbaan
Ernie McCoy
Chicago
Crisler
Oakland club weighs hiring women players for spring training
Art Cohn of the Oakland Tribune suggests the nine members of the Oakland Pacific Coast League Ball Club quit ships to report for spring training next week. He argues hiring women players would not pull men from vital defense projects and notes discussion of placing women in non essential industries.
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Oakland Pacific Coast League
Art Cohn
The
Oakland Tribune
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