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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1944
Page
9
Amarillo Army Air Field Bombers visit Amarillo High School Golden Sandies for a Thursday 8 30 pm game at the Auditorium USC. Last meeting saw a 34 31 Sandies win in a tight battle with 11 lead changes. Coach Hulls Sandies hold six wins and three losses.
Tickets for the Eighth Annual News Globe Golden Gloves will not be sold today. Ringside pasteboards go on sale tomorrow morning at Maxor Drug in the Fisk Building, with Jack Vincent in charge. The boxing event runs January 26 to 28 at the Auditorium USO.
Central Whirlwinds beat Horace Mann Buffaloes 13 to 4 in Central Gym last Friday. First-week standings show Central 1.000 record at 20-1 and Horace Mann trailing.
Prospective Philadelphia Phillies players began receiving contracts on January 17. General manager Herb Pennock said $1 contracts were mailed. Five players, including manager Freddie Fitzsimmons and pitcher Big Bill Lee, already signed while Ron Northey remained as a holdout, possibly keeping his Camden shipfitter job.
Handball results feature Floyd Joynson defeating Donald Renfro 21-10 21-9 and Jimmie Roberts beating Renfro 21-6 21-2. Jimmie Hamilton and others top the club list as Rooney Skapple remains champ since November. Ping pong sees Renfro, York, Hudgins and Buchanan winning, with Hamilton still champion except for a brief Hulsey interlude. Ring toss notes Hulsey victories. January birthdays and club officer elections complete the roundup.
The Associated Press lists results with Oklahoma 44 Missouri 30, Texas 77 Texas A M 40, Texas Christian 48 Baylor 38, Oklahoma A M 60 Will Rogers Field 28 and Rice 67 Arkansas 41.
Spokane honors Mort Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals as 1943 sportsmanship winner, receiving a $500 war bond. He bested Nile Kinnick, Navy ensign and former Iowa star, and adds note of Sgt. Barney Ross as last year’s recipient. The page also includes an unrelated penguin fact from the Galapagos.
Harold Asplund of Denver won the Second Annual Diamond Shop Singles Sweepstakes Bowling Tournament at Banner Bowl, leading 140 entrants to first prize of 2500 dollars and a diamond studded medal. F Brown and H L McMinn followed with 175 and 135 dollars respectively, as other prize winners and individual honors were awarded in a results-packed recap of the event.
A condensed weekly sports card lists bowling leagues at Banner Bowl Victory Alleys and Santa Fe, golf events at Amarillo Country Club and Ross Rogers Course, junior high basketball games at Central and Horace Mann gyms, and weekend golf tournaments including the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Handicap at Ross Rogers and weekend banners at Banner Bowl.
Abe J. Greene, president of the National Boxing Association, ordered light weight champion Sammy Angott and featherweight champion Phil Terranova to defend their titles within a month or have them vacated. New York and affiliated states recognize Beau Jack and Willie Pep in lighter classes. Also noted, over 80 colleges and universities now offer correspondence courses for enlisted military personnel.
Citizens are invited to a meeting at Amarillo College Gym at 8 o clock to organize a city basketball league. Athletic Director Jess Dearley will preside at the session.
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