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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1945
Page
8
West Texas State will host the Hardin-Simmon Cowboys for its first home game of the season at Burton gym tonight at 8. The Buffs previously played one game at Burton gym beating Lubbock Army Air Field 64 to 60. They recently won the consolation title at the Oklahoma City All-College Tournament after losses to Rice and wins over Baylor and Denver. Stan Musial Ordered to Report for Induction By Draft Board in Donora Pennsylvania.
Boxer tournament results and basketball schedules across Amarillo Liberal Canyon and Tucumcari scenes. Horvath screens for Duel in the Sun in Hollywood. Hornsby stars in Mexican league. Bergstrom Troopers beat Texas Aggies. Postwar basketball boom discussed with player notes and service teams.
Civic leagues and college gyms listed for bowls basketball golf and league nights. Teams include Amarillo Sandies Amarillo Field Liberal Field and state course events at Ross Rogers and Amarillo Country Club with scheduled times and venues.
A retrospective of enduring baseball records, naming Ruth Gehrig Cobb and others. It highlights long standing marks like Hugh Duffy’s .458 in 1894, Cy Young’s 511 wins, and Jim O Neill’s 46 doubles 24 triples 13 homers, noting how few modern players approached these feats and dating back to 1870s through 1890s.
WHITNEY MARTIN recalls moments from 1944 across sports. Sam Breadon warned about Cardinals depth before the season while Rogers Hornsby flirted with a Mexico City club. The Phils failed to change nicknames, the Dodgers endured 16 straight losses, and Nelson Potter was suspended for a spitball.
The Potter County chapter will run an instructor training course on accident prevention followed by courses in first aid and life saving. Melvin Buzzard from St. Louis led the briefing and urged interested locals to contact him or Miss Edith Ziriax at the county courthouse offices. The program, studied for a decade, targets adult and school sections and aims to reduce accidents which claim many lives annually.
Amerillo High School gym hosted a Friday night clash as the Golden Sandies rally from behind to defeat Childress Bobcats 31 27. Leroy Foster Jack Seale and Jack Hazlewood led the scoring with six seven and two pointers, while Kitchens top scored for Childress with 12. The Sandies prep for a Friday rematch against Tucumcari Rat Tlers at the high school armory.
Chicago January 3. Baseball's major league leaders plan to draft a new agreement to recreate the office of commissioner and curb the broad powers once wielded by K M Landis. A 10 member committee from both leagues will oversee the drafting after a recent New York meeting. P K Wrigley urged codifying rules to define the commissioner's jurisdiction and limit carte blanche authority.
The 1945 American League season begins with one game between the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees in Chicago on January 3. The play ball call is set for April 16 in Washington, with the regular openers April 17 across cities including Chicago Cleveland Detroit St. Louis Washington Philadelphia and Boston New York. President Will Harridge said the schedule will be adopted at next month’s meeting in New York.
The Waco Army Air Field Wolves, praised as a smooth operating service basketball unit, extended their flawless run to 11 straight with a 53 to 42 victory over Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Washington owners report a last place finish by the Senators but a profitable year. Owner Clark Griffith was re-elected president as directors approve a $1 per share dividend on 20,000 outstanding shares. Griffith cites night baseball and a home attendance of 515,000 as factors.
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