Calves Meet West Texas Calves Face Sandies Tonight at Armory
West Texas State High School Calves bring a 9 1 record to face Amarillo High School Gold en Sandies at the Armory tipping off at 8 00. The Calves seek a victory over a rival high school powerhouse as three returning players headline a retooled lineup. Admission is 60 cents for adults and 30 cents for students and military personnel.
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Buffaloes
West Texas State High School
Amarillo High School
Golden Sandies
High School
West Texas High School
Canyon
Claude
Friona Chiefs
Pampa Harvesters
Spearman Lynx
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Miller
T. G. Hull
Sandies
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Childress
Hullmen
Bobcats
Morse Williams
Jack Hazlewood
Jack Waghorn
Leroy Foster
Bill Baucum
Boxing Club Boys Entertain War Vets at Hospital
Joe Scroggins and 10 Amarillo Boxing Club members staged a boxing exhibition at the Veterans Hospital last night. Most featured boxers are slated for Golden Gloves with weights listed for J C Smith 125 Phil lip Morrill 126 Morris Ray Watson 130 Harry Barnwell 126 Jack Glasgow 146 Donald Mulkey 145 Richard Novak 145 Jack Armstrong 138 Dave Dixon 138 Otis Beard 137. A follow up exhibition at the hospital is planned after the Golden Gloves.
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Joe Scroggins
Amarillo
Veterans Hospital
J. C. Smith
Phil
Lip Morrill
Morris Ray Watson
Harry Barnwell
Jack Glasgow
Donald Mulkey
Richard Novak
Jack Armstrong
Dave Dixon
Otis Beard
Scroggins
So Nice of You George and We'll Bet You're Serious Too
Washington owner George Marshall pledges to aid sports writers facing job loss from a national draft. He offers to relocate scribes to Washington and provide plant work at his laundry. Marshall discusses the essential nature of the laundry industry during the NFL meeting in Chicago.
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Chicago
Redskins
George Marshall
Washington Sports Writers
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Nation’s
Washington
Longest canal in China completed after centuries
The world’s longest canal lies in China, finished in 1350 after about 600 years of work. It spans roughly 2,100 miles, linking major regions and shaping ancient transport.
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China
Field Quints May Join Loop
Several teams from Amarillo Field may enter a city basketball league when formed. Over 30 basketball teams are at the local air base but only permanent party teams could enter. A meeting to plan the league will be held Thursday at the Amarillo College Gym at 8 o clock with Jess Dearley chairing.
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Amarillo Field
Amarillo College
Mikan Is High Scorer in National College Race
Big George Mikan of DePaul leads the national college scoring with 209 points after 80 field goals and 49 free throws. He has a 32 point margin over Rice’s Bill Henry, while Ernie Calverley of Rhode Island State stands third with 176 points in nine games.
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Nets
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DePaul University
Chicago
Associated Press
DePaul
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Rice
Ernie Calverley
Rhode Island Staters
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Mikan
Calverley
Phillips Oilers Top Razorbacks 60 to 40 in Fayetteville
Phillips 66 team from Bartlesville Oklahoma handled the Arkansas Razorbacks 60 to 40 in a fast game. Phillips center Charles Halbert led with 10 points as the visitors built a first quarter lead and held it easily.
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Fayetteville
Ark
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Fromer Collegians
Bartlesville
Okla
University of Arkansas Razorbacks
Razorbacks
Charles Halbert
Phillips
American Association Sets 1945 Baseball Schedule
Heads of the class AA league approved a 1945 schedule opening April 18 and ending September 10. President George M. Trautman of Columbus Ohio said play will proceed unless future government orders require a shutdown.
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Chicago
George M. Trautman
Columbus
Ohio
Rusty Russell Joins S. M. U. Staff as Mentor
H. N. Rusty Russell leaves Highland Park High School after a successful unbroken coaching run to become duration head mentor and chief assistant at Southern Methodist University. He signed with S M U after 19 years at Highland Park and earlier posts at Granger Temple Masonic Home and land Park.
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H. N
Rusty” Russell
Southern Methodist University
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Masonic
Gridiron
Highland Park High School
Granger
Temple
Week's Local Sports Card Highlights Across Amarillo
A listing of weekly sports events at venues like Victory Alleys and Banner Bowl covers bowling basketball and golf in Amarillo. Notable items include Amarillo Sandies versus West Texas State High School at High School Armory and weekend handicap golf tournaments at Ross Rogers Course and Amarillo Country Club. A separate crime note reports a manhunt in Mounds Oklahoma after an armed flee from highway patrols following a stolen Tulsa vehicle.
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Bowling Civic League
Victory
Texaco
Banner Bowl
Amarillo Sandies
West Texas State High School
High School Armory
Bowling Ladies
Pioneer League
Victory Alleys
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Field
Lowry
USC
Sandie Mothers
Thomas
Oklahoma Mounds
Okla
Tulsa
Mounds
Bowling News Recaps Amarko Bowling Scene Highlights
Amigo area bowling notes report strong scores from Patt Powell Jim Hudson and Jim Cogdell with 615 and 593 series. Lefty Bleakney struck three consecutive 178 games while Ted Neely posted a 593 series and Fred Miller was absent from the Packers scene.
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BPOE
Louis Ridings
Jays
Louis
Patt Powell
The
Elmer Tucker
Pinkney
Fred Miller
Packers
Ninth Annual Globe-News Golden Gloves on Sale Now
All tickets for the Ninth Annual Globe-News Golden Gloves Boxing tournament set for January 23 to 25 at the Auditorium USC are on sale. No tickets are held back with prices 2.40 ringside 1.50 to 1.80 downstairs 1.20 general admission, available at Maxor Drug in Fisk Building.
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Maxor Drug
Fisk
Globe-News
Us.c
Amarillo Field
Lubbock Field
Lubbock
Amarillo Sandies
West Texas State High School
Pros and Amateurs Tune Up For Annual Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO Jan 10 A dawn to dusk pro am event returns with three amateurs per pro from Simon Pure golfers across the South. With many local amateurs and out of town entries, the field is expected to match last year’s size at Brackenridge Park. The pro am starts Jan 21 ahead of the Open Jan 25 to 28 featuring many former champions and stars such as McSpaden Hogan Snead Wood Hoffman and Harbert though Harbert is in the army.
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Simon Pure
Brackenridge Park
McSpaden
Byron Nelson
Abe Espinosa
Johnny Revolta
Chick Harbert
Dutch Harrison
Jag McSpaden
Ben Hogan
Sammy Snead
Craig Wood
Bob Hamilton
Jimmy Hines
Harry Cooper
Tony Penna
Leonard Dodson
Willie Goggin
Hoot Gibson to Manage Sky Giants Nine Again
Staff Sgt. Hoot Gibson, Centenary trainer and assistant coach for 14 years, will again manage the Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants. The club plans 50 to 60 games with service, college and pro teams across the Southwest, including a planned April road trip through Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas. Last season the Sky Giants went 21 wins and 13 losses.
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Sky Giants
Hoot Gibson
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Southwest
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Knorpp Returns to California Navy Base
Arthur S. Knorpp son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Knorpp of 1705 B Hayden has returned to San Francisco California after several weeks leave. He has served in the Navy two years. His brother Bill F Knorpp is a prisoner of war in Germany. Christmas week messages say he is in good health and receiving fair treatment.
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Arthur Knorpp
Hayden
San Francisco
Calif
Navy
Bill F. Knorpp
Germany
Funeral Services Pending For Old Bare Knuckle Fighter
Dan Connors aged 85 died of a heart ailment in a Reno hospital. A veteran of torchlight bareknuckle bouts near Philadelphia in the 1870s and 1880s, he later trained and managed boxers including Frank Erne and Jim Fell and worked as a newspaperman covering major fights in New York.
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U.P
Dan Connors
Connors
Philadelphia
Frank Erne
Jim Fell
New York
Sky Giants Start Series With Lubbock Pair
The Amarillo Field Sky Giants visit Lubbock today and tomorrow to face Lubbock Army Air Field, South Plains AAF, and Amarillo Field in back to back games. LAAF seeks revenge after a 39 32 defeat, while South Plains holds a 50 49 edge over Lubbock Field. The Sky Giants then host Lowry Field at the Auditorium USO on Saturday.
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Sky Giants
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Lubbock
Lubbock Army Air Field
Giants
South Plains
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Amarillo
Lubbock Field
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Razorbacks Set Conference Scoring Records In Sweep
In Fayetteville Arkansas the Arkansas Razorbacks opened with a 94 23 win over Baylor and followed with a 90 30 victory against UCLA to push the series record to 134 points. It marked Arkansas sixth single game scoring record in the Southwestern Conference.
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Ark
Arkansas Razorbacks
Baylor
Bruins
Arkansas
100-Year-Old Clerk Retires From Kansas Legislature
J B Edwards, a clerk in the Kansas State Legislature for 27 years, announces retirement in Abilene Kansas on January 10. Edwards is 100 years old, having been a young man near Abilene during the era of Wild Bill Hickok as village marshal.
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Kan
J. B. Edwards
Kansas
Edwards
Hickok
Mongols Introduce Firearms to Europe in 13th Century
The Mongol expansion in the 1200s brought firearms to Europe, marking a pivotal moment in military technology transfer. European armies began adopting gunpowder weapons soon after, altering warfare across the continent.
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