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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1949
Page
13
Akron University lost 63-43 to Duquesne snapping its 10 game win streak. The defeat drops Akron to 10-1 while Duquesne improves to 11-1 and moves into the group of unbeaten or near unbeaten teams.
Amarillo High navigates a tough nine game run after a two point defeat to Lubbock in District 1 AA basketball. The piece notes Lynch’s coaching impact at Brownfield and celebrates local sports figures and the 1948 all opponents team while reflecting on past titles and future hopes.
Final peace terms to end the three year war between the All America Pro Football Conference and the NFL will be drafted at a secret caucus led by Commissioner Jonas H. Ingram and eight team owners. The secret session starts at 10 AM at an undisclosed Chicago site. Ben Lindheimer, Los Angeles Dons owner, is a key figure in the talks.
Pilot Miguel Braganca recalled a cargo flight from Calcutta carrying 300 Rhesus monkeys. The monkeys freed themselves in the baggage hold en route to Warm Springs, Georgia, and caused hours of work to recapture and cage them upon arrival at LaGuardia Field.
Odessa qualified the first regional champions for the State Golden Gloves Tournament to be held next month in Fort Worth. Open division champions were listed by weight with multiple Odessa champions including Max Fly 112 Burt Stringer 118 Bob Holden 126 Lou Mead 135 Billy Scott 147 John Hernandez 160 Red Worley 175 Don Thompson heavyweight. Many of these boxers competed in the state tournament last year.
Texas Mines will play the University of Hawaii in football for two more seasons. The Miners hosted Hawaii in Honolulu last fall and won 49 to 6. Coach Jack Curtice announced the series will continue with a return game at Hawaii in 1950.
Ansbach Germany January 18 Professor Ernst Heinkel once a leading airplane constructor was cleared of Nazi charges by a German denazification court In a 1948 trial he was listed as a Nazi follower but the appeals court found him democratic and social minded and ruled he had not ordered slave labor mistreatment in his factories The ruling followed a long postwar review of his wartime activities and affiliations
Price College cagers invade Bur ton Gym in Canyon for two games. The B teams clash at 7 30 and the Price A squad faces Canyon Eagles at 9 00. Floyd Humphrey was appointed deputy and Mrs Leona Chisum is office desyne Hockley County Sheriff Charley J Bullock.
In Texas League chatter Bill DeWitt worries over Bill Sommers second base tryout with St Louis while Mission supporters led by Gus Mancuso urge giving the Long Island native a chance. Sommers after a slow spring hit .326 with 32 doubles 4 triples 6 homers and 60 RBIs in 153 games.
Rice Institute will open spring football practice on February 7 under coach Jess Neely. A squad of 50 to 60 players, including 21 lettermen, will report for training at Houston.
Beaten St. Louis University tops national college basketball poll in inaugural AP vote. The Missouri club led with 69 first place ballots and 904 points, ahead of Kentucky with 842. Western Kentucky and Minnesota follow, Oklahoma A&M fifth.
Galveston dispatch reports Homer Norton former Texas A&M coach says he cannot coach Kirwin High School next fall. He cites time commitments to other business interests while building a beachfront hotel here.
Abilene Jan 18 Hal Sayles managing editor of the Abilene Reporter News announced he would accept the presidency of the Class D Longhorn League and call a meeting Sunday to finalize the 1949 season plan. Seven clubs will operate this season with an eighth likely from Sweetwater or Carlsbad New Mexico.
The Houston Cougars toppled East Texas State 67-46 to break a share of the conference lead. East Texas State suffered its first league loss while Stephen F. Austin remained the only perfect team. Berg scored 18 for Houston as East Texas trailed at half 29-23.
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