Durocher draft future worries Dodgers as Mill er praises boxing
Dodgers president Branch Rickey warns spring training could start with only three infielders due to Leo Durocher and Pete Reiser facing draft exams. Marines colonel Miller argues boxing trains soldiers for hand to hand combat and suggests boxing is vital for war readiness amid enlistments.
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Branch Rickey
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Mayo Clinic
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St. Louis
Bill Herman
Arky Vaughn
Alex Kampouris
Creighton Mentor Sees East West Basketball Unity
Creighton coach Eddie Hickey, a 5 5 155 pound Nebraskan, lauds inter sectional games for improving basketball. He praises New York officiating and athletes, notes eastern and western styles blend, and urges continuing sports during wartime to lift national morale.
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Chip Royal
New York
Eddie Hickey
Creighton University
Omaha
Mite
Madison Square Garden
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Bluejays
East
Eddie
Garden
Annual Amarillo High Banquet and Dance at 7 Tonight
The Amarillo High School Football Banquet, sponsored by the Sandie Mothers Club, starts at 7 pm in the school cafeteria with Mrs. Howard Lynch as toastmaster. A full program followed by a dance in the gym honors the 1943 Sandies and dates, listing the 1942 squad and retiring and current co captains.
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Amarillo
Sandie Mothers Club
Howard Lynch
Billy Lynch
Sandies
John Andrews
Ossie Ballard
Ruby Bauman
Jimmie Blessen
J. R. Cherry
Dick Cline
Dale Collins
Ray Daniel
Rex Daniel
Gene Davis
Marshall Gettys
Carroll Hall
Beauford Hill
George Hill
Dwight Hoskins
Billy Keith Irwin
Bill Jolly
Paul Kenyon
Buddy Mayer
Jack McGee
Billy Meadows
W A. Meyers
Richard Mixon
Guy Owens
Jack Pevehouse
Duane Redus
Boyd Reynolds
Joe Frank Robberson
Price Cardinals Host Amarillo Golden Cagers in City Championship
The Price Cardinals host the Amarillo Golden Cagers tomorrow night at 8 30 as the opening game in the city high school basketball championship series. Sandies won last year’s local title while Amarillo High defends District 1 AA.
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Amarillo Golden Cagers
Sandies
Amarillo High School
Jack and Gold Cagers
Borger Bulldogs
Amarillo
Borger
Pampa
Lubbock
Plainview
Brownfield
Sweet William Terry Makes Surprise Brooklyn Stop
Memphis Bill Terry, former New York Giants executive, appears at a Brooklyn Cathedral Club dinner in honor of George W. McLaughlin. He says only a casual visit, denies immediate plans with the Philadelphia Phillies, and discusses ties with Branch Rickey amid Dodger upheavals.
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Sweet William Terry
Thurston
Brooklyn
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Gowanus
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Branch Rickey
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Larry MacPhail
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Memphis
Leo Durocher
Rickey
Branch
Philadelphia Phils
Dodgers Rivalry and Banquet Talk Captured in Chicago
In a social banquet setting amid baseball chatter, figures like Terry, Durocher, and Mel Ott hint at Dodgers Yankees spring schedules and possible personnel moves. Meanwhile, Amarillo Army Air Field wins praise for supporting semi pro baseball with Chief C. C. Maxey honored for financing team trips to national tournaments. Southwest Conference basketball opens with Arkansas vs Rice while Texas, SMU, TCU, and A&M prepare for key games. Minstrel workers in Dedham form a 125‑woman troupe to entertain soldiers.
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Rickey
Branch
Durocher
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Clayton Wynne
Parkers
Bill Tom Closs
Closs
John Hargis
College Station
Texas Aggies
Fort Worth
Horned Frogs
Planned initiation and luncheon for Alpha Teta Sorority
Members of the Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Teta Sorority met at sponsor Beverly Prescott’s home at 1922 Fillmore Street. They planned a January 27 covered dish luncheon and the initiation of Delta Epsilon Chapter new members Genevieve Seaman Billie Ann Lamb and Phyllis Ford, with Sara Mc Eachern Anne Martin Betty Arm strong Gladys Gilmore and Wilma Immell also present.
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Alpha Teta Sorority
Beverly Prescott
Fillmore Street
Delta Epsilon Chapter
Sara McEachern
Anne Martin
Betty Armstrong
Gladys Gilmore
Wilma Immell
Genevieve Seaman
Billie Ann Lamb
Phyllis Ford
Southwest Conference Basketball Scores Roundup
The Southwest features Howard Payne 69 over North Texas 64 and Arizona 49 over Arizona State Teachers 35. Stephen F. Austin 40 defeats Southwest Texas 39. Abilene Christian 36 edges McMurry 33. Norman Oklahoma Naval Air Base 37 tops Central State 32.
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Howard Payne
North Texas
Arizona
Arizona State Teachers
Stephen F. Austin
Southwest Texas
Abilene Christian
McMurry
Norman
Okla
Naval Air Base
Central State
High Schools Back Interscholastic Athletics
Chicago report shows national survey of 40 states finds school officials favor continuing sports rather than cutting back. H. V. Porter says September 11 man football saw about five percent drop, but now most districts view athletics as a patriotic duty to maintain.
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Chicago
H. V. Porter
National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations
Porter
Hobby House Gym Sets Tonight Ladies Night and Trials
Hobby House gym opens tonight at 1018 West Sixth Avenue with free admission for women to watch Golden Glover entrants in preparation for the January 27 28 29 tournament at the Auditorium USC. Trainers Scroggins Jackson and Lee oversee workouts as prospects seek conditioning for district and state amateur bouts, with Fort Worth or Feb 10 15 as next targets. Ringside tickets $1.10, general admission 80 cents, available at Major Drug or by mail through the Globe-News.
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Hobby House
Golden Glover
West Sixth Avenue
USC
Joe Scroggins
Ray Jackson
John Lee
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Fisk
Globe-News
Pro Grid Crowds Showed Increase
Chicago January 15 194? NFL commissioner Elmer Layden announced attendance at scheduled professional football games last season was six percent under the 1941 total. A total of 1,725,764 fans attended.
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Chicago
U.P
Elmer Layden
Wilson 3-1 Favorite Over Jacob LaMotta at Garden
New York January 15 Up Jackie Wilson the thin shanked negro welterweight is favored 3-1 to beat Jacob LaMotta the rugged New York middleweight in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Betters expect Wilson to press hard for an impressive showing against LaMotta after Ray Robinson edged LaMotta last October. This is Wilsons first Garden featured appearance and he seeks a title shot by proving himself tonight.
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New York
Jackie Wilson
Jacob LaMotta
Madison Square Garden
Wilson
LaMotta
Ray Robinson
the Garden
Mike Jacobs
Young Robinson
Scheduled Games Draw 1,115,154 Viewers
He noted pre season exhibitions and charity contests alongside 56 scheduled games, with 1,115,154 people watching the events.
Rangers and Price Divide Cage Games
The Price Cardinals B quintet defeated the Rangers 32 to 19 in the first game at Sam Houston Gym. The Sam Houston Junior High five then won 16 to 14 to even the two game series.
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Buffalos Cagers
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
West Texas
Red Raiders
Texas Tech
Buffs
Burton
Hardin-Simmons
Lubbock Journal
Tech
Sam Houston Junior High
Price College
Sam Houston
Price Cardinals
Rangers
Aggie Fan Praises Calm Coach After Big Loss
After a 53-26 defeat, a Texas Christian University coach Hub McQuillan received a congratulatory remark from an Aggie fan for handling the shellacking without visible emotion. McQuillan later admitted he was stunned rather than stoic.
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Aggie
Hub McQuillan
Hub
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