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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1947
Page
4
Hundreds of boxers from 20 towns gathered in Amarillo for the Globe News Golden Gloves. Duke Nally warned the four night event may extend to Saturday if entries and fights exceed plans, with 114 entered and nearly all expected to show up. General admission tickets went on sale for a 8 15 pm start with 16 to 28 matches possible tonight.
Michigan coach Fritz Crisler said the Southwest Conference would likely accept the NCAA purity rulings rather than secede. He noted Tulane might leave its conference if it rejects the parity provisions restricting campus recruiting. The dispute centers on recruiting location and amateurism standards debated at the NCAA convention.
Globe News previews the Golden Gloves tournament with preflight favorites across weight classes including 112 pounds Troy Wiley and 118 pounds Lolo Jimenez. Eugene Cooper of Lefors and Ed Gill of Amarillo are highlighted as contenders, while local figures like Captain Carl Matney take roles at Amarillo High School. The piece notes future material moves to Texas A&M and TCU, with Canyon and West Texas State potential signings.
The Amarillo News Globe schedules the eleventh annual Golden Gloves event at Municipal Auditorium starting tonight with 8 15 p.m. bouts and continuing through Friday. From 20 to 28 contests are planned with tickets at Major Drug Store Fisk Building or by phone 3 1546. Weigh ins run 10 to 4 in rooms 202 204 at the Herring Hotel. Officials include J C Oakley Dean Webb and many others with Stanley Haun as clerk and Doug Graham handling weighings.
Billie Melton leads the second Amarillo Open Sweepstakes with 952 pins across five lines while rivals like Joann Garrett Grace Baskin Iris Peters Swamp Hastings and Betty Wise vie to overtake the mark. The Builders Supply event offers 250 for first 150 for second and 100 for third with other entrants paid by entries. Panhandle Open Sweepstakes and Amarillo Women’s Sweepstakes follow this weekend.
Theo Nobles scorched the gym for 13 field goals as San Jacinto Baptists stayed unbeaten by routing First Christians 58 to 9 at Sam Houston gym. The box shows Nobles tops with 26 points while McFather and Barnes also contributed in the lopsided YMCA Church Basketball League contest.
Amarillo College Badgers, 7–0, host Trinidad Colorado JC with two wins in the Western Texas JCAC. Whit Pate leads scoring with 75 points in six games after a 21 point effort against San Angelo JC Rams. Trinidad invades the campus gym for two games, last season split results.
Promoter Cory Detton announced a one fall 15 minute bout with Steve Zold of Windsor Ontario and Joe Lopez from Tampico Mexico. Ace Abbott faces Polo Cordova in a 45 minute semifinal. An Australian tag match pits Wayne Martin and Art Brady against Gorilla Poggi and Johnny Carlin.
Macomb T beat Jacksonville NC 53 51. Pittsburgh 51 Ohio State 41. Cornell 38. Dartmouth 35. Iowa State 61 Nebraska 44. Arkansas 55 University of Mex 37. Gonzaga 56 Pacific Lutheran 37. Fast. Wash. JV 53 Gonzaga JV 28.
Wisconsin 58 beat Michigan State 48 and Kentucky 70 defeated Georgia Tech 47. Bucknell 43 edged N Y Maritime 37 while Purdue 52 topped Iowa 46 and Va State College 57 over Howard 53. Eastern Kentucky lost 45 to Murray Tehrs 43. Marshall 86 beat Concord College 47. James Millikin 52 over Carbondale T 47. Giybsore College 47 defeated Franklin and Marshall 40. Loras 64 beat St Josephs 51. Louisiana State 44 edged Loyola South 43. John Marshall 78 defeated Berger J C 45. Carroll 62 beat Lake Forest 51.
Russell Stationery roared to a 60 to 34 win over Amarillo Flying Service in Amarillo AAU league action at Amarillo College. George Gwyn led with 15 points, Al McKinney added 17, and Andy Anderson 10 as Russell led 30 16 at halftime. Cy Bosely and Harley Gordon each scored 11 for Panhandle Laundry in a 41 37 win over Bob Seeds Sporting Goods. Amos Watson topped the losers with 10.
Officials: Teal and Gilley. Box score shows Flying Service 16 versus Bob Seeds 41 with detailed player totals and half score noted. Final lines list players Buchn Dekran Risdrph Watson Belcher and others scoring among the teams.
Pointmaker Jowell McDowell tops the Amarillo High basketball lineup with 103 points across 11 games. The Golden Sandies visit Brownfield Cubs tomorrow night for a District 1-AA clash at Brownfield.
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