New Year's Day Sports Outlook for 1945 in Wartime America
A United Press survey surveys New Year's Day football bowls and wartime sports, noting optimism for continued competition across major and minor leagues, boxing, track, golf, and amateur tennis despite manpower limits. It highlights potential curtailments in horse racing and professional football if government needs soldiers, with strong interest from boxing stars and notable athletes like Gunder Hagg and Parson Gil Dodds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cuddy
United Press
New York
America
Pearl Harbor
Bona Fide 4F
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Tony Zale
Gus Lesnevich
Melio Bettina
Pauline Betz
Maverick Club Boys Strength Through Service and Sport
Maverick Club notes honor former players in military service and athletic achievement. Jewell McDowell, under five feet tall, excelled at basketball and lettered from 1939 to 1944. Edsel Buchanan, Howard Young, J C Oakley, Ed Wright, Pete Trimble, Sgt Allen Boarts, and others are praised for football, Navy, Marine, and Army duties. The piece, a round of good wishes, recalls 1938 squad members and locals cheering the Maverick Boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell McDowell
Sandie
Jewell
Maverick Club
Edsel Buchanan
Edsel
Maverick
Ed Wright
Germany
Marine Corps
Pacific
Pete Trimble
Army
Pete
Allen Boarts
South Pacific
Allan
Walter Baird
W. P. Taylor
Elmo Chambers
Yeoman
C. B
Aubrey Robertson
Navy
Jack Klinger
Army Air Corps
Ed Sharp
Marines
Leroy Boyter
SG. Oakley
Leroy Baker
Charles Houston
Sandies
Desmond Blades
T. Miller
Seabees
Donald Wilson
Ed Phillips
Port Arthur Yellow Jackets Clinch First State Grid Crown
Port Arthur's rugged Yellow Jackets claim their first full state title with a 20-7 victory over Highland Park at Memorial Stadium. The squad overwhelmed foes with bruising running, stifling defense, and key plays by Dan Rogas A J Dugas Vernon Vick Ike Neumann Don Campiell and Doak Walker led Highland Park to a lone scoring drive with Walker to Harold Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
Jackets
Dan Rogas
A. J. Dugas
Vernon Vick
Ike Neumann
Don Campiell
Highlander
San Angelo
Bobcats
Port Arthur
Yellow Jackets
Yellow Jacket
Lufkin
Austin
Memorial Stadium
Highlanders
Tom Dennis
Breckenridge
Waco
Dennis
Abilene
Goose Creek
Lamar
Houston
Campbell
Tommy Thrower
Neumann
Doak Walker
Harold Clark
Dust Bowl Sailors Plan Early Meeting
H. H. Finnell commodore of the Plains Boat Club announced an early meeting of the dust bowl sailors to prepare a petition for Howard Boxwell the Buffalo Lake concessionaire. The petition seeks improvements for boat owners including better mooring docking and year round storage facilities for next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Finnell
The
Plains Boat Club
Howard Boxwell
Buffalo Lake
Highland Park Star Expected To Go Home Today
William Fuqua, Highland Park guard, injured in the state high school championship, recovering well at a local hospital and may be allowed to return to Dallas today after a light concussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park Star
Austin
U.P
William Fuqua
Highland Park
Dallas
Fuqua
Buffalo Lake Plies with New Year Fishing Parties
Buffalo Lake hosts numerous anglers as over twenty people purchase fishing permits for the day. A regular New Year gathering is described as a fishing party. About two dozen fished on Christmas Day with bass taking minnows while Mrs. Jim Golding retires as concessionaire and Howard Boxwell of Amarillo becomes the new Buffalo Lake concessionaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Lake
Jim Golding
Howard Boxwell
Amarillo
Air Service Command Tops Eighth Air Force 13 to 0 at White City
The Air Service Command defeated the Eighth Air Force 13 to 0 before 35 000 fans at White City Stadium in the United Kingdom American championship game. A stray note mentions a cat’s eye cornea being two thirds wider than a human’s, allowing broader side vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth
London
Air Service Command
Eighth Air Force
White City
United Kingdom
Local Sports Card Highlights Week Schedule
The page lists a packed week of events at Victory Alleys and area arenas across bowling basketball and golf. Highlights include Eskimo O vent at Amarillo venues, Sandies vs Bobcats at Amarillo High, and weekend handicap golf and basketball matchups at Ross Rogers and Amarillo Country Club monitoring teams such as Liberal Field and Liberal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LF Gol
Amarillo
Sandiex
Childress Bobcats
Southwestern Public Service Co
Amarillo Sandies
Tucumcari Rattlers High School
Liberal Field
Amarillo College
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Country Club
Basketbalil
Liberal
Golden Sandies and Bobcats Cage Battle Tomorrow Night
Golden Sandies face Childress Bobcats in a high school armory game tomorrow night. The Sandies have won two of three, with a loss to Childress, while Childress beat the Sandies 24 to 22 in their December meeting. Admission is 60 cents for civilians and officers 30 cents for students and enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Sandies
Childress Bobcats
Golden Sandie
T. G. Hull
Sandies
Tulsa
Childress
Bobcats
Spaghetti Bowl Prepares Between Haston Team and Fifth Army
Haston pilots the Twelfth Air Force against the Fifth Army Krautclouters in the Spaghetti Bowl championship in Italy. Pfc Gerald Haston, a former Sandie, leads the fast team while injuries plague Capt Lou Bush and the home squad. Major George Miller hails from Indiana coaching the Bridgebusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haston Pilots
Italy
Fifth Army
Twelfth Air Force
Pfc
Gerald Haston
Haston
Sandies
Jerry
Bridgebusters
George Miller
Indiana
Lou Bush
Massachusetts
Sailor Dick Cazzell Sent to Oxford to Play Football
The wife and mother of Dick Cazzell, a former Golden Sandie and Hardin-Simmons running back, had feared not hearing from him. A letter reveals he and other sailors were sent to Oxford University in the European theater to play football, arriving after a long wait with an excellent explanation of the assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Cazzell
Golden Sandie
Oxford University
Rice Owls Open SWC Race With Key Matchups
The Southwest Conference basketball season opens with Rice and Arkansas atop the likely standings, followed by Southern Methodist, Texas, and Texas Christian. Arkansas hosts Baylor while Rice visits Texas A. and M. and Texas meets SMU in early conference action.
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Associated Press
Rice
Arkansas
Southern Methodist
Texas
Texas Christian
Texas A
Baylor
Fayetteville
Fort Worth
College Station
Dallas
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Carlson’s
Marine Raiders
Robert
Davie) Tomberlin
Bobby
Davie
Gene Sweet
Monk Hughes
Merchant Marine
Tom Bill Welcher
Monk
E. J
ED Fite
W. J. Morris Agency
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Blackburn ‘Bros
Mens
van Buren
Civic League
Texaco League
Ladies
Pioneer League
McCormick Company
Robert Salizar
Frank Cruz
Bob Hernandez
Yeaarn
Pam Eas
By Sid Feder
Oxford
Oklahoma A. and
Oklahoma City
Razorbacks
Horned Frogs
Brooklyn College
Madison Square Garden
San Marcos Army Air Field
San Marcos
Bergstrom
Aggies
Valparaiso University
Chicago
L.N. Pittman
Optometrist
Polk St
Bureau of Sports Information
Madison
Thompson-King CO
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Playboy
Mark Twain
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