Second Team Leads Sandies to Victory
The Golden Sandies defeated the West Texas State College High School Calves 46 to 22 at the High School Armory. Reserve stars Graves, Watts, Williams and Hooks paced a second-string surge, outscoring the starting unit and pulling away in the second half. Graves scored 17, with Miller second for Canyon, while fouls and tight play colored a rough scene officiated by Nicklaus and Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coontz
Globe
Golden Sandie Cagers
West Texas State College High School
Canyon Cagers
Graves
John Bob Watts
Glenn Williams
Robert Hooks
Ing
Billy Miller
Star Canyon
Norman Higgins
Sandie
Kenneth Kelly
Dale Russell
Canyon
Sandies
Tucumcari Rattlers
Tucumcari
T Edquist
Kelly
Ssc
Sveeeseees
Aridae RS
Higgins
Babb
Williams
Ft. Pt. Tp
Miller
Jennings
Russell
R. Russell
Lowe
Spicer
Johnson
Save'ssesess
Calves
Wiggins
Ratcliff
Edquist
D. Russell
Windy Nicklaus
Texas Tech
Bill Mac Gibson
Daniel Baker
Beau Jack Opens Boxing Season at Garden
Beau Jack, New York and Pennsylvania lightweight king, meets Lulu Costantino in a non-title 10 rounder to kick off the 1944 Madison Square Garden season. About twelve thousand fans expected as Jack battles a slick East Side New Yorker with odds at 1 to 3 for Jack to outpunch his opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mike Jacobs
Champ Dollar Magnet
Madison Square Garden
Beau Jack
Pennsylvania
Lulu Costantino
Jack
Orker
Beau
Lulu
Byron Nelson Favored In Los Angeles Open at Wilshire
Byron Nelson of Toledo is the pre tournament favorite for the Los Angeles open at Wilshire Country Club with 12 500 in prize money. A field of 135 includes Craig Wood Willie Coggin Johnny Revolta and Olin Dutra as 36 hole qualify test begins. The event runs through Sunday and Monday with 60 low scorers plus ties advancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Toledo
Byron Nelson
Wilshire Country Club
Nelson
Jay McSpadden
Hillcrest
Lord Byron
McSpadden
Craig Wood
Willie Coggin
Johnny Revolta
Willie Hunter
Lloyd Mangrum
Olin Dutra
Tony Penna
Southwest coaches chosen for instructors at coaching school
Southwest grid coaches will serve as instructors for the Texas High School Coaches Association Coaching School. Directors will meet in Austin to select instructors and the site, with a membership poll favoring Southwest representation. The all star game remains planned despite wartime player shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Southwest Grid
Texas High School Coaches Association
Bill Carmichael
Austin
Carmichael
Southwest
Association
Boucher Returns To Fast Company
Frank Boucher 42, former Ranger center, returns to fast company after 17 years in big time hockey. He teams with Wing men Jack McDonald and Billy ep, facing younger opposition while living up to past Lady Byng Trophy fame. Nagurski also coming out of retirement after pro football with the Chicago Bears in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Boucher
Boucher-Cook Brothers
Rangers
Fast Company
Boucher
Jack McDonald
Billy Ep
McDonald
Charley Conacher
Gooden
Lady Byng
International Falls
Minn
Bronko Nagurski
Chicago Bears
Bowling Scores Roundup at Local Leagues
Wagon Wheel and Papoose Cafe beat Ohio National Life 479 574 556 to 507 541 565. Builders Supply edged Manns Bread 532 562 573 to 585 591 539. Neals Cafe defeated Boxwell Bros 565 514 529 to 598 568 556. Country Club Cleaners triumphed over Fifth Avenue Shops 560 573 594 to 534 584 631. Reeves leads with 197 159 161.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagon Wheel & Papoose Cafe
Ohio National Life
Builders’ Supply
Mann’s Bread
Neal's Cafe
Boxwell Bros
Country Club Cleaners
Fifth Avenue Shops
Reeves
Willard sues over profits from The Great American Broadcast
Jess Willard former world heavyweight champion sues 20th Century Fox for an accounting of profits from the film The Great American Broadcast claiming his one third interest in the Toledo July 4 1919 title bout scene was used in the 1941 picture without notice or payment. The Army invited to reconsider its athletic participation regulations and plans announced for a four team basketball league in Lubbock Texas with Tech, Army air fields, and engineers unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Toledo
Ohio
20Th Century- Fox Corp
Willard
St. Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Lubbock Army Air Field
South Plains Army Air Field
Army Engineers
Texas Tech
Southwest Conference Basketball Opens With Five Games
United Press reports the 1944 SWC basketball season opens with five games across Arkansas Texas Christian SMU Rice and Baylor. Rice Arkansas and Texas expected to lead early while SMU faces an unknown A M Aggies and Texas and Rice may challenge Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Ark
College Station
Arkansas Razorbacks
Texas Christian
Southern Methodist
Texas Aggieland
TCU
Arkansas
Ozarks
SMU
Houston
Rice
Baylor
Austin
Texas
Arkansas Five
Former Notre Dame Grid Mentor Dies in Houston
John F. Reilly aged 39, noted as a recreation superintendent for Houston and a former Notre Dame freshman football coach under Knute Rockne, died in a local hospital after months of illness. He attended St Edward's College in Austin and earned a Master of Arts at Notre Dame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
John F. Reilly
Horace Mann Quintet Makes It Even Steven
Horace Mann Junior High star Richard Mixon led the Exes to a 40 to 6 win over Horace Mann alumni with 21 points. Mixon also starred for Amarillo High School football, while the Buffaloes lost 22 to 10 to West Texas State High School JV. Central Whirlwinds beat Sam Houston Rangers 22 to 16 in a practice game, and the city junior high title race begins Wednesday with Sam Houston vs Horace Mann at the Buffaloes Gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mixon
Golden Sandie
Amarillo High School
Horace Mann Junior High Buffaloes
The
Exes
Mixon
Mix
Charlie Houston
Joe Sharp
Ray Eubanks
Billy Hudson
Glenn McDowell
James Kile
Eugene Tate
North Side
Buffaloes
West Texas State High School of
Canyon
Robbie Morton
Jewell McDowell
Spicer
Central Whirlwinds
Sam Houston Rangers
Sam Houston
Horace Mann
Local Week Sports Card Highlights and Arena Fixtures
A packed schedule lists basketball doubleheaders at Horace Mann and Price gyms, golf events at Ross Rogers and Amarillo Country Club, and league play across Victory Alleys Banner Bowl and Sam Houston venues. Hialeah Park in Miami reopens after wartime hiatus with festive branding and exotic landscaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann Junior High
Sam Houston Junior High
Sam Houston
Price College Cardinals
Calhaert Wolves
Price Gym
Amerillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers Course
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Amarillo Municipal
Amarillo Country
Civic League
Victory
Horace Mann
Bowling Bits and Local Bowling News Highlights
John Myrick is hospitalized with pneumonia in Northwest Texas Hospital. Charlie Lyles of Amarillo Bowl is a staff sergeant stationed in England. In the Classic League at Banner Bowl, Pvt Irwin Gore posted a 627 series with 213 180 234. Johnny Weeks led Plains Chevrolet with a 596 series after 211 205 180. Charlie Bates had 245 in the final game for a 574 series. Roy Bechtold added 573 with 155 204 214. Don Blatzheim and Sam Fenberg of the Diamond Shop also posted 573 and 570. The new Victory Alleys owners announce weekly high-game prizes and 200 game bonuses. A 300 game prize was increased to 50 dollars by Mac McMinn. A Diamond Shop sweepstakes stakes a Denver-Dallas match prep heats interest. A 10-game match between Garner Wells and Harold Asplund is set for Banner Bowl January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Gore
Johnny Weeks
Plains Chevrolet
Charlie Bates
Safeway Cab
Charlie
Roy Bechtold
Don Blatzheim
Diamond Shop
Sam Fenberg
Mac McMinn
Denver
Amarillo
Dallas
Garner Wells
Herold Asplund
Asplund
Wells
Banner Bowl
Change in Pass Rule Suggested by Little
NEW YORK Jan 7 U P Coach Lou Little of Columbia University urged changing college football rules to allow the forward pass anywhere behind the line of scrimmage. He criticized the N C A A for seeking a wartime rule freeze and advocated eliminating the rule against running with recovered fumbles to promote the game for spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Lou Little
Columbia University
Little
Touchdown
National College Athletic Association
Frogs Set To Clash With Razorbacks In Fayetteville
In 1944 a fresh TCU Horned Frogs basketball squad heads to Fayetteville to renew a 1934 tale. Captain Zeke Chronister anchors a green, scrappy team led by Hub McQuillan as they face Arkansas in season openers tonight and tomorrow. Joe Wicks and others show early promise. Could history repeat?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
T. C. U. Horned Frogs
Arkansas Razorbacks
Fayetteville
Ark
Francis Schmidt
Razorbacks
Horned Frogs
Hub McQuillan
Hub
Zeke Chronister
Joe Wicks
Arkansas
Willie Hoppe Still The Old Cue Master
World billiards champion Willie Hoppe led Welker Cochran 200 to 182 after four blocks in a 1,900 point non title match in Kansas City. The two players schedule 600 point shifts in Chicago and Detroit before finishing 300 points in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
Willie Hoppe
Welker Cochran
San Francisco
Hoppe
Cochran
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Bowling League Scores and Player Totals From Wednesday
In the Civic League at Victory Alleys Kiwanis Golds beat another team two to one. Notable scores include a 160 start 230 all strikes and 186 for a 576 total by a top bowler. Dailey 226, Jackson 227 and Farm er 550 totals are noted along with Jaycee and Legion matches and various player remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Golds
Harry Dailey
Aubrey Jackson
Bill Farmer
Lefty Bleakney
Lefty
Wolves Are Here Tonight at Price College double header
The Price College Cardinals host the Dalhart Wolves in Price Gym for a 7:30 p.m. start for the B team and the regulars later. Coach Brother Liguori leads the Cardinals who have played only two games due to a flu schedule disruption. Captain Mark Clawson heads the A squad with Robert Vorndran Walter Pivarun as teammates and George Austin. B team captain Edward Reissig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price College Cardinals
Dalhart Wolves
Cardinals
Brother Liguori
Adrian
Price
Vega
Mark Clawson
Robert Vorndran
Walter Pivarunas
George Austin
Dudley Blanche
Bernard Brown
Armand Cardinal
Edward Reissig
Baseball map debates draw interest from major leaguers
Roundup notes reorganization proposals for minor leagues, travel costs, and local ownership, with bids for compact circuits and Landis-era changes. Includes tidbits on Eddie Prokop, Frank Sinatra as Tami Mauriello wedding witness, and Johnny Rucker planning to play despite back ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judge Landis
Nashville
Tenn
Johnny Rucker
New York Giants
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Rufus Graves
Bill Mae Gibson
Buddy Ratcliff
Dick Wiggins
Neal Jennings
Ross Russell
First National Bank
Slice
ARMY
Jan
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Army Today
Globe-News
United Press
Notre Dame
ENRY
Treo OS
Mickey Vernos
Ony
Lupien
Howard Young
Auditorium Usc
Howard
Steven
Metriopeians
Santa Fe
Victory Alleys
Victory Bowl
Amarillo Bowl
Bowling Ladies Pioneer League
Texaco League
Amarillo Iden Sandies
Dimmitt Bobcats
High School Armory
Central Junior High
Sam Houston High
Sam So
Hialeah
Miami
Fila
Hialeah Park
E. A. Harris
John Myrick
Charlie Lyles
England
Marvin Andrews
Marvin
St. Louis
Cairo
Doc Cain
Lions
Fine Diamonds
J. T. Russell Jeweler
Amapillo
Patt Powell
Putt
American Legion
BPOE
Kiwanis Blues
Ray Minner
Ray
H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver Kakle Bidg
Hugh Fullerton, JR
Georgia Tech
Eddie Prokop
Sammy Baugh
Scoop Latim
Greenville
S. C
Bob Steub
Missouri
Bears
de Pauw
Marquette
Frank Sinatra
Tami Mauriello
Chicago U
Kyle Anderson
Bob
Wares
Murray Murdoch
New York Rangers
Yale
Ansley Cleaners
Amarillo Printing CO
Bayons
Blackburn ‘Bros
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