Bowling Bits Preview Local Leagues This Week
Our Major League skipped last Friday. Classic League bowls at Banner Bowl Tuesday and Civic League at Victory Alleys Wednesday while Major League resumes Friday at Victory Alleys. Weekend bowling drew crowds with waiting lists. players urged to reserve alleys to avoid mixups. Amarillo Field soldier bowler Corporal Barnack married in Toledo after furlough and paid for a long-distance call. his wife plans to move here. New Victory Alleys owner Jack Ellis showed improved scores 187 178 174. Oklahoma City Times Tournament entries due January 12 for January 21 22 event. Sam Fenberg donates a solid gold medal with two quarter-carat diamonds and $250 cash prize.
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Amarillo Field
Barnack
Toledo
Jack Ellis
Victory Alleys
Texas Open Tourney Is Scheduled Next Month
The Los Angeles Open golf tournament begins 36 hole qualifying tomorrow for a 12500 prize event. About 200 entrants include six former champions and Byron Nelson, who seeks his first Open title. Ben Hogan holds the Los Angeles crown with former titleists Mac Smith Harry Cooper Ed Dudley Craig Wood Jimmy Hines and Jimmy Thompson set to compete. John McDonald confirms his dismissal as general manager of the Montreal Royals farm club.
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Los Angeles
Toledo
Ohio
Marksman
Byron Nelson
Ben Hogan
Mac Smith
Harry Cooper
Ed Dudley
Craig Wood
Jimmy Hines
Jimmy Thompson
Salica-Bout Talks and Ortiz Title Setback in Texas
Promoters offer Lou Salica 83,500 for two February bouts in Panama, but he is already booked for a featherweight title clash with Manuel Ortiz in Fort Worth. Also notes include NCAA basketball tourney plans possibly shifting finals to New York and lighthearted sports anecdotes about hunting misadventures and a Marine Pfc. Jim Bivin recalling Tarawa combat.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Panama
Chalky Wright
Lou Salica
Salica
Manuel Ortiz
Fort Worth
Texas
Golfers Ready for Qualifying Round of Los Angeles Open
The Texas Open will be held February 10 to 13 at Brackenridge Park San Antonio. Sam Goldfarb president of the local golf association announced the event after a member vote. Goldfarb, who ran the 1942 Open, will manage again. Prizes total about 7000 dollars in war bonds.
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San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
Sam Goldfarb
Golf Association
Goldfarb
Bowling Scores From Santa Fe League Contests
Victory Alleys Rangers defeated the Navajos 2 to 1 with scores 708 826 772 to 690 820 804. Flyers swept Locals 3 0 with 745 790 766 to 0. Texans beat Scouts 1 2 with 696 726 762 to 804 747 721. Antelopes split with Chiefs 2 1 802 788 843 to 777 819 825. Individual honors list Rang ers with 148 224 225 597.
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Rangers
Flyers
Texans
Scouts
Antelopes
Chiefs
Ers
Sees Closer Race In National League
NEW YORK, Jan. 4. Giants secretary Eddie Brannick says next season will feature a tighter National League pennant race. The club, eighth last year, adds 12 newcomers since Sept. 1 and won't see a repeat of last season's runaway by the Cardinals. Brannick expects more balanced play and stronger lower teams as top clubs weaken.
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New York
U.P
Eddie Brannick
New York Giants
Cardinals
Giants
Brannick
Zivic Knocks Out Harris in Final Seconds
In Pittsburgh on January 4 1944 Fritzie Zivic defeated Ossie Harris by knockout in the tenth round after a close back and forth bout. Harris sustained notable injuries while Zivic secured the decisive blow as the bell neared. The crowd totaled 4743 observers at the home-town fight.
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Pittsburgh
U.K
Fritzie Zivic
Ossie
Bulldog
Harris
Zivic
Path from Amarillo to Golden Gloves Glory
A male citizen can enter the district tournament January 26 to 28 at the Auditorium USO, then advance to the state event in Fort Worth and the national meet in Chicago with all expenses paid. Winners earn trophies and a chance to represent Chicago against New York. tickets are at News-Globe Office with sales by Ray Parr and Harry Hoare.
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Golden Gloves
United States
News-Globe
USC
Texas
Fort Worth
Chicago
New York
Amarillo
Ray Parr
Harry Hoare
Auditorium
USO
Landis calls postwar baseball planning meeting
Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M Landis announced a meeting of major and minor league representatives to discuss postwar planning and issues from players entering the armed forces and minor league suspensions. He did not set a time but indicated the session would occur soon, likely within the month.
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Chicago
U.P
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
King of Golden River Presented by Amarillo Group
John Ruskin fairy tale The King of The Golden River will be staged Friday in the high school auditorium under the Amarillo Association of Childhood Education. Gluck the good boy faces selfish brothers in a tale loved by children. Two performances may occur to suit crowds. Times to be announced.
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John Ruskin
Amarillo
Two Service Members Write From Overseas
Price College received two letters from service men abroad. Charles Wyckoff wrote from North Africa thanking home folk for messages. Michael Sanchez sent greetings from the Pacific. In Choni China a village where monks mold butter into yearly gods is noted.
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Price College
Charles Wyckoff
North Africa
Michael Sanchez
Pacific
Choni
Kansu Province
China
Expansion favored as NFL reconsiders franchises
Football Commissioner Elmer Layden said expansion is inevitable as the league weighs new bids at its winter meeting. West coast applications from Los Angeles and San Francisco are under consideration while Boston gains Ted Collins as operator. Cleveland plans resume after 1943 suspension. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia may split to operate separately. Eastern and western sections would play within groups with an inter sectional playoff kept.
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Chicago
U.P
Elmer Layden
Layden
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ted Collins
Kate Smith
Boston
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Week's Local Sports Card Highlights
A busy week lists bowling leagues at Victory Alleys Banner Bowl Amarillo Bowl and local golf events at Ross Rogers Course Amarillo Country Club Civic League and Pioneer League meetups run midweek with times from 7 15 to 8 30 PM Also notes Hal White a Detroit Tiger pitcher reports to Sampson Naval Base and Billy Evans predicts a stronger 1944 baseball season after manpower losses plus a historical line about Havana during the Spanish conquest.
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Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Municipal
Ross Rogers Course
Bowling Civic League
Victory
Bowling Ladies Pioneer League
Texaco League
Banner Bowl
Albany
U.P
Hal White
Detroit Tiger
Sampson
N. Y
Navy
Many People Confused by Security Programs
Many persons confuse the two Social Security Act programs the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and State Unemployment Compensation or job insurance. Workers in one program are not always covered by the other, though both use the same Social Security number for the worker.
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Globe News
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
Brother B. Johns Letter From Manila Internment Camp
Brother B John writes from an internment camp in Manila Philippines that all brothers are well and safe and that they have received more than 100 Christmas cards from the United States.
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B. John
Price College
Manila
Philippines
United States
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Billy) Evans
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