Canadian River Gassers Hold Off B Division for 43 34 Win
Wimpy Hill leads the Canadian River Gassers to a 43 to 34 victory over the B Division Inspection Squadron Amarillo Army Air Field in the City Victory Basketball League at Amarillo College Gym. Blake tops the losers with seven points. In the other league game the 626th Squadron downed Sub Depot Supply 62 to 32 as Sandeer scores 19. Tomorrow the B Division Supply faces Pantex Ordnance Plant and Amarillo College plays 420th Squadron.
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Canadian River Gassers
Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo College
Wimpy Hill
Blake
626Th
Cagers
Sandeer
Pantex Ordnance Plant
RIV. Bis
Ormlge
Mesures
Sub
Gray
Chapman
Rattan
Duncan
Flores
Reinheart
Bledsoe
Bittner
Alexander
Totais
Bears halt Aggies in overtime bid. Texas, Arkansas lead
Baylor upsets Texas A&M 66-58 in overtime as Frankie Edwards scores 24 and Bill Hailey adds 13. Texas holds share of conference lead after SMU drops late to Arkansas, 41-37, with Grady Martin and Buck Overall fueling the Ponies.
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United Press
Baylor Bears
Texas Aggies
Texas
Arkansas
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Baylor
Frankie Edwards
Texas Christian
Edwards
Bears
Bill Hailey
Hailey
Jimmy Reeder
Pete Watkins
Lee Huffman
Aggies
Mustangs
Arkansas Razorbacks
Tommy Tomlinson
Grady Martin
Buck
Popham
John Hargis
Hargis
Tomlinson
Buffs to host Red Raiders in two game series opener
West Texas State hosts Texas Tech in Burton Gym Canyon for a two game set. Both teams are described as evenly matched based on recent results. West Texas State returns from a sweep of New Mexico Lobos in Albuquerque.
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West Texas State
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Burton Gym
Canyon
Buffs
New Mexico Loboes
Albuquerque
Basketball Results From United Press
NYU edged West Virginia 52 51 in overtime as Penn State beat Syracuse 42 28. Loyola defeated Western Michigan 39 38 and Minnesota topped Michigan State 46 32. Baylor prevailed over Texas A and M 66 58 in overtime. Other scores include St Johns 63 Fordham 47 and Navy 37. Aberdeen Proving Ground 54 La Salle 40. Fort Meade 42 Kutztown Teachers 37. Swarthmore 38 Johns Hopkins 12. Shippensburg Teachers 56 Chambersburg Engineering 34.
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United Press
New York University
West Virginia
Penn State
Syracuse
Loyola
Western Michigan
Minnesota
Michigan State
Providence
Yale
Texas
Southern Methodist
Kansas
Oklahoma A. & M
Baylor
Texas A. & M
Penn
Maryland
North Texas State
Howard Payne
St. John’s
Fordham
Dartmouth
Seton Hall
Gettysburg
Navy
Aberdeen Proving Ground
la Salle
Fort Meade
Kutztown
St. Joseph's
Elizabethtown
Scranton
New Cumberland Army Base
Swarthmore
Johns Hopkins
Shippensburg
Chambersburg Engineering
Stars Plan To Enter Miami Golf Tourney
Miami will host a winter display of top women golfers Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta and Dorothy Tainter of Rollins College in the annual match play event starting January 27 at the Miami Country Club. Jim St Clair, head of the National Basketball Committee, says no rule changes are expected after this season. Sailors used neckerchiefs as improvised slings or tourniquets for battle injuries originally.
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Miami
Fla
CAGE
New York
Jim St. Clair
National Basketball Committee
Patty Berg
Corsicana
Minneapolis
Mobile
Ala
Miss Berg
Amarillo
George Young
Liberty Aircraft
Farmingdale
L. I
Chicago
California
Jackie Wilson
Jake Lamotta
Jackie
George Dudley Wilson
Spencer
N. C
Cleveland
Chalky Wright
Joey Peralta
Mexico
Montana U
Eddie Chinske
Missoula
Chinske
Illinois hockey cancellation prompts debate over rules and travel
University of Illinois canceled its remaining schedule after losing seven players in a game with Minnesota. The dispute over using freshmen as exhibition opponents highlighted the Big Ten freshman rule and caused Minnesota to waste roughly 17 600 miles of travel. The piece also notes boxing and bowling items from various military and civilian sources and odd tidbits about boxers and coaches.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
University of Illinois
Minnesota
Gordon Gilmore
St. Paul Dispatch
Illini
Gilmore
How Soldiers Are Aided by Psychiatrists
Seven men per hundred delayed for induction in 1942 were found mentally unstable. The article explains screening, testing, and placement, with psychiatrists guiding training, reclassification, and hospital treatment to keep men in service when possible. Ex-Tennessee grid star Ensign Bob Foxy shifts to Navy flight instructor duties.
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Reuel S. Moore
Washington
W.P
Selective Service Board
Veterans’ Hospital
St. Elizabeths
Tennessee Grid
Athens, Ga
Robert M
Bob) Foxy
University of Tennessee
Navy
Foxx
Tennessee
Naval Service
Officer Protects Ice Skaters
New York patrolman Neidelman skated onto Van Cortland Park Lake to guard skaters but collided with a fellow skater and sustained a broken nose in the incident.
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New York
Neidelman
van Cortland Park Lake
Cagers Win 33 to 17 in Army Air Field League Night
In Amarillo Army Air Field action the 623rd Squadron defeated the 332nd 33 to 17 at Cathedral Hall. Bailey and Foster led with 10 points each, as the 623rd built a half time lead and held on. Other league games tonight include 418 versus 422 and Headquarters against Medics.
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Amarillo
Gormley
Henson
Foster
la Clute
Hayes
Gibson
Goldman
Milier Aepeve Ene
Ferock
Powesaant
332Nd Squadron
FG FT
Broderick
Mendonca
Jeliniek
Kuhse
George
Scott
Western Auto Adapts to General Merchandise Shift
Western Auto Stores, long known for auto parts, have rapidly become a general merchandise retailer. The changes include men's work clothes, jackets, household gadgets, a paint department, and other soft goods replacing diminishing automotive inventory. An advertisement in the same paper may show an automotive item still.
Jim Golding Now on Guadalcanal
Jim Golding formerly operated the Rex Theater and Buffalo Lake and now serves as a Seabee Chief with U S Marines. He reports Guadalcanal offers refreshing mountain streams for swimming and notes the U S Army had 55 planes and no machine guns at the start of World War I.
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Jim Golding
Rex Theater
Buffalo Lake
U. S
Guadalcanal
Golding
Detroit Tigers Freed From Commissioner Landis Sanctions
Detroit in good standing again as the 1940 decision ends a three year farm operation probe. Landis lifts embargo on Detroit dealings with minor league affiliates and frees 90 players from restrictions as Hank Greenberg and 17 others serve in the nation.
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Detroit
Detroit Tigers
K. M. Landis
Tigers
Hank Greenberg
Jack Zeller
Ex-Card Afraid Minors Doomed
Ex catcher Bill DeLancey says minor league baseball faces a gloomy future due to funding, player enlistment, transportation, and small crowds. He recalls Asheville and Richmond experiences and argues farm systems may struggle without young players and proper support.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Bill DeLancey
St. Louis Cardinals
Dizzy Dean
Armed Services
DeLancey
Asheville
N. C
Arizona
Five Children Die in Houston Fire at Apartment Building
A midnight blaze in a two story Houston apartment killed a woman and five children on the upper floor. Mrs M F Goforth leaped from a second story window with burns and died later. Only two of the children were identified ages eight months and two years. others were under five. Justice of the Peace Tom Maes said more than six may have died.
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Houston
M. F. Goforth
Goforth
Justice of the Peace
Tom Maes
Army Draft Takes Reiser and DiMaggio From Major League Baseball
The Army drafted Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees for 1943. Reiser, 24, led the league in 1941 with a .343 average and 310 last season, while DiMaggio joins a depleted Yankee lineup that already lost Hassett Rizzuto Rufing and Henrich. Dodgers face thinning outfield amid Walker’s possible departure. Barrow says he respects any player serving their country and wishes DiMaggio luck.
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Lady Kegler
Chicago
Catherine Fellmouth
Catherine
Logan Square Buick
Pladium
New York
U.P
Pete Reiser
Brooklyn Dodgers
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Reiser
DiMaggio
Dodgers
Yankees
Dixie Walker
Sperry
Walker
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Fellows
Luis Olmo
Hal Peck
Frenchy Bordagaray
Joe Medwick
Buddy Hassett
Phil Rizzuto
Red Ruffing
Tommy Henrich II
Charley Keller
Roy Weatherly
Cleveland Indians
Ed Barrow
Joe
Babe Ruth Will Observe Birthday at Banquet
Babe Ruth plans to celebrate his 49th birthday surrounded by old pals. The former home run king has begun a series of personal appearances in New York theaters to promote the scrap drive and war bond sales and bought a ticket to the 20th Annual Baseball Writers' dinner on February 7.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Baseball Writers
Glove Tickets Now on Sale for Golden Gloves Meet
Tickets available at Maxor Drug in the Fisk Building for the Globe News Seventh Annual Golden Gloves Tournament. Fighters from nearby communities and Amarillo Army Air Field vie for district titles and a chance to reach the state meet in Fort Worth. The event spans January 27, 28, and 29 at the Auditorium USO with ringside seats $1.16 and general admission 80 cents. Mail orders to Mrs. Elma Carlin, Globe News, Amarillo.
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Maxor Drug
Fisk
Globe News
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Amarillo Army Air Field
America
Auditorium Uso
Elma Carlin
Amarillo
Tulane Plans Full Athletic Program
In New Orleans on January 14 1943 Tulane University intends to carry on an expanded intercollegiate sports program including the football schedule, contingent on government regulations and public attitude. Acting athletic council president Charles Javier stated this plan last night.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Charles Jayvier
Athleti Council
Junior Loop Collects Only $500 in Fines
The American League reports total fines of only 500 dollars for the last season. President Will Harridge notes manager Jim Dykes of the Chicago White Sox contributed 300 dollars. He comments on how tough times are hitting baseball finances.
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Chicago
Pres
Will Harridge
Jim Dykes
Chicago White Sox
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