Dimmitt Bobcats edge Sandies in last second comeback
In a tense finish, the Dimmitt Bobcats toppled Amarillo Sandies 31 to 30 after Bill Birdwell’s final clip shot. Avery Moreland leads the Rattlers tonight against the Tucumcari Rats as Dimmitt seeks a ninth win. Tipoff is 8:30 with admission 35 cents adults 25 cents students.
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James Coontz
Amarillo Golden Sandie
Dimmitt Bobcats
Bobcats
Sandies
Tucumcari Rattlers
Avery Moreland
Rattlers
Bill Birdwell
John Curtis
Dimmitt
Sanford Edquist
Dick Wiggins
Raymond Mobley
Amarillo
Norman Higgins
Rufus Graves
Sandie
Kenneth Jackson
Jackson
Birdwell
John Bob Watt
Higgins
Wiggins
Curtis
Second Diamond Shop Sweep stakes set with two shifts tonight
The Second Annual Diamond Shop Sweep stakes bowling tournament opens at 8 tonight with a second shift at 9 45. Denver sends 13 entrants and top bowlers like Sully Sullivan Pavvard and Don Blatzheim post strong scores as banners note wall displays and scorekeeping plans.
Even-Betting Scrap Brings Ruffin and Larkin to Ring
New York January 14 Bobby Ruffin and Tippy Larkin meet in a ten round non title bout at Madison Square Garden. Ruffin leaves the ring for army duty soon after with Fort Dix New Jersey awaiting his arrival January 26. Larkin from Garfield New Jersey is known for a reputed glass jaw. The bout tests Ruffin's speed and skill lacking killing power.
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New York
U.P
Madison Square Garden
Bobby Ruffin
Tippy Larkin
Ruffin
Army
Young Ruffin
Fort Dix
N. J
Larkin
Garfield
Landis' Son Shuns Baseball While Grandfather Rules
Lt Keelin Landis, a new fighter pilot at Moore Field, avoids baseball like his grandfather Kenesaw Mountain Landis once did. Before joining the Air Forces he earned letters in football and rowing at Princeton but never played baseball.
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Keelin Landis
Moore Field
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Landis
Air Forces
Princeton University
McSpaden and Nelson Lead San Francisco Victory Open Field
Harold McSpaden and Byron Nelson top the selections for the $10,000 San Francisco Victory Open at Harding Municipal. McSpaden shot 70, two under, after victory in Los Angeles. Nelson fired 66 after a 69, delivering two of the best rounds on the course.
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San Francisco
U.P
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Byron Nelson
McSpaden
Philadelphia
Nelson
Toledo
Ohio
Basketball Scores From Helpfully Scattered Card
United Press reports several campus and service games with mixed results. Richmond beat Virginia 43 to 31, Great Lakes Naval defeated Fort Custer 63 to 338, Duke lost to Richmond Army Air Base 44 to 38, Camp Grant defeated Allen Bradley 60 to 35, and New Orleans Y M H A edged Tulane 56 to 53.
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United Press
Richmond
Virginia
Great Lakes Naval
Fort Custer
Duke
Richmond Army Air Base
Camp Grant
Allen Bradley
New Orleans
Tulane
Pro Grid Loop Feels Player Shortage
Chicago reports the National Football League faces an acute 1944 player shortage. Owners plan a Philadelphia spring session April 19 to decide Buffalo franchise, 1944 schedule, and a 30 college draftees per team amid wartime losses. Unanimous vote needed for Buffalo entry as Boston joins 11th team in 1944.
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Chicago
National Football League
Philadelphia
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston
Jake La Motta Set To Fight Fritzie Zivic In Detroit Bout
Jake La Motta returns to the Detroit ring tonight seeking a win over Fritzie Zivic. The New York challenger, 22, is the favorite at three to one as the series advances from Pittsburgh. La Motta weighs 161 pounds under contract. The report also notes possible use of schoolboys to boost 1944 baseball player pools.
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Jim Farwell
Jim
Tarzan Smith
Kiwanis Blue
BPOE
Tarzan
Detroit
Johnng Jacob la Motta
New York
Jake
Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburgh
la Motta
Fritzie
Week's Local Sports Card Highlights in Amarillo
Local sports listings cover bowling golf and football events. Am ems Amarillo venues host banners and tournaments including Diamond Shop Singles Sweepstakes Banner Bowl and Weekend Sweepstakes at Amarillo Country Club.
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Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers Course
Amarillo Country Club
Banner Bowl
Sandie Mothers Club
Amarillo Municipal
Civic League
Victory
Sam Houston Junior High
Central
Texaco
Banner Bowl Ladies Pioneer League
Victory Alleys
Fiery Norman Elberfeld Claimed by Death
Norman Elberfeld known as the Tobasco Kid died of lobar pneumonia in Chattanooga at 69. The wiry shortstop rose to manage the New York Highlanders and several other major league clubs, guiding Little Rock to a Southern Association championship in 1920.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tobasco Kid
Norman Elberfeld
Elberfeld
New York Highlanders
Yankees
Little Rock
Baseball Moguls Plan Class E League
Officials of the National Association of professional baseball clubs said amendments from a recent minor league meeting make possible Class E leagues. The plan targets areas with war plant workers who can play one or two days a week. The minimum salary limit drops from 500 to 250 dollars monthly and Class B teams will play only two games per week.
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Durham
N. C
National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
Diamond Shop Singles Sweepstakes Opens With New Champion Hopes
The Second Annual Diamond Shop Singles Sweepstakes Bowling Tournament begins at Banner Bowl at 8 pm with 140 top Southwest keglers. Defending champ Sgt Paul Cerniglia has left Amarillo, opening the field for a new champion and a $250 top prize plus a diamond-tudded medal.
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Diamond Shop
Amarillo Golden Sandies
Tucumcari Rattlers
High School
Horace Mann Junior High
Central Junior
Central
Banner Bowl
Paul Cerniglia
Amarillo Army Air Field
Southwest
Dallas
Garner Wells
Rangers Lose To Whirlwinds In Junior High Clash
Central Whirlwinds beat Sam Houston Rangers 18 to 17 as Bob Bauman scored half his team’s points. Henry Laughlin’s Rangers led 10-9 at halftime, game tied 14-14 at end of third. Billy Ley led Sam Houston with eight points. Whirlwinds host Horace Mann Buffaloes next. both teams undefeated in conference play.
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Bob Bauman
Central Whirlwinds
Sam Houston Rangers
Bob
Rudy Bauman
Golden Sandiegrid Star
Henry Laughlin
Rangers
Billy Ley
Sam Houston
Whirlwinds
Horace Mann Buffaloes
Buffs
Ian Houston
Obaes Coon So
Clayton
Seee
Bauman
Sharp
Collins
Roughest grid year in history reported
The Southern Football Officials' Association reports 1943 as the roughest year in history with 104 games, half the 1942 total, an average of 14.50 penalties per game, and records dating back 12 years.
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Lake Wales
Fra
Southern Football Officials’ Association
Association
Cochrane Trails Hoppe In Three-Cushion Match
World champion Willie Hoppe led Welker Cochran 947 to 892 after two blocks in a cross-country non-title match begun in Kansas City. Cochran won one block 50 to 21 in the latest session. final two blocks set for Detroit and New York next week.
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Chicago
O.S
Willie Hoppe
Welker Cochran
San Francisco
Cochrane
Hoppe
Kansas City
Detroit
New York
San Angelo Bobcats 1944 football schedule announced
San Angelo lists its 1944 football slate including Lubbock Jenison Amarillo and Ballinger with Oct 6 game at home against Amarillo and spring training set for March 1. Sixty three candidates have signed and Von Khea Beane former Greenville and Vanderbilt star will assist head coach Jewell Wallace and assistant E. M. Erwin.
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San Angelo
Lubbock
Jenison
Amarillo
San Angelo Bobcats
Ballinger
von Khea Beane
Greenville High School
Vanderbilt University
Jewell Wallace
E. M. Erwin
Owls Open SWC Series With Arkansas Matchup
Rice and Arkansas enter a key Southwest Conference series in Houston as undefeated teams meeting tonight. The two programs sit atop the championship race with four games this weekend including Baylor Texas Christian and Texas A&M showdowns on the slate.
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Houston
Rice
Arkansas
Baylor
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas A
Austin
Hub Likes Basketball But He Doesn’t Read the Papers
New York January 14 Carl Hubbell famed Giants pitcher attends Ned Irish Madison Square Garden doubleheader. He tells Oklahoma University is tougher than Oklahoma A M, and apparently missed the score Oklahoma A and M 59 Oklahoma 40. Mrs Cochran transfers to Amarillo as field worker with Public Welfare department.
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Hub
New York
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Ned Irish
Madison Square Garden
Howard Cann
Oklahoma University
Oklahoma Aggies
Oklahoma A
Oklahoma
Cochran
Amarillo
C. N. Cochran
State Department of Public Welfare
Oldlage Assistance
Randall County
Cornelia Wolflin Patton
Ration Board Denies Sugar for Filly Owner Joke
In Rochester on January 14 a Fulton County ration board refused a request for 20 pounds of lump sugar for a five gaited filly. The owner quipped the horse would not be rude without the sugar, and the board approved the joke with a brief O K.
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Rochester
N. Y
U.P
Fulton County Ration Board
Ration Board
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Ovtieeus
Amarille
Edquist
Kelly
Rat Dimmitt
Cook
Cearley
North Texas State
E. A. Harris
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Sully
Sullivan
Santa Fe
Pavvy” Pavillard
Paramount
Don Blatzheim
Don
Mac McMinn
Sergeant Maguire
Amarillo Field
Bill Farmer
Bill
Johnny Johnson
Lefty Bleakney
Lefty
Ivan Boxwell
Cain
Bowlers Booby Club
Ruth Dorris
Jake la Motta
R. P. Parcells
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Victory Bowl
Amarillo Bowl
Sam Houston Gym
Baseball Moguls ‘Plan
Wells
Asplund
Jim Fletcher
Abilene
C. F. Anderson
John Laughlin
H. L. McMinn
Irvine Gore
Elmer Pelat
Lt. Barnett
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J. Crandall
E. W. Cain
Jim Hudson
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Matt Hudson
Browning Higgs
H. L. Gittrich
Ted Neely
T. Hughes
J. Caplan
Lavehlin
McMinn
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Blatzheim
Pelat
Razook
Crandall
Sam Fenberg
Noble Paulk
Marvin Andrews
Ray Prien
Bob Hibbs
Charles Bates
Bill Palmer
Jack Ellis
Louis Pavillard
W. G. Sullivan
al Williams
John D. McBride
D. D. Ro
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H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver-Eakle Bidg
Charles A. Warfield
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United States
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Mike Tobin
Champaign
Ill
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University of Illinois
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C. T. Ware
R. C. Ware
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Golden Gloves
Sonny McGinley
Golden Sandie
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