Golden Gloves Hopefuls Brace for Opening Bell
More than 60 Panhandle men weigh in tonight as the Seventh Annual Golden Gloves tournament opens tomorrow at 8 pm in the Auditorium. Contestants from Amarillo Shamrock Follett Dalhart and other towns compete in novice and gloves classes with winners advancing to Fort Worth for the district title. Tournament headquarters open at the Herring Hotel with tickets moving fast at Maxor Drug and the Fisk Building.
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USC
Globe News
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Herring Hotel
Duke Nally
Fisk
Jack Vincent
Auditium
332nd Knocks 624th Out of First Place
In Amarillo Army Air Field league action at Cathedral Hall the 332nd and 624th teams shared the top spot with 3–1 records as 332nd defeated 624th 20–15. Patterson of the 600th led scoring with 13 while Schneider of the 420th added seven in a separate 24–19 win for the 409th over the 420th.
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Landis to Speak at Writers Dinner in New York
Commissioner M. L. Landis will be a principal speaker at the Baseball Writers Association of America annual dinner on February 7 in New York. Also slated to speak are Wendell Willkie and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker for the event.
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U.P
Kenesaw M. Landis
Major League Baseball
Baseball Writers Association of America
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Texas Interscholastic League Needs 23 Tire Sets
AUSTIN January 26 The Texas Interscholastic League director R J Kidd said the large high school sports program can continue with about 23 tire sets per year. He criticized transport limitations for school buses and noted the group has trained over a half million boys in competitive sports. A committee works with state and national officials to solve transportation issues.
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Robinson and Lamotta Sign for Feb. 5 Bout at Olympia
Ray Sugar Robinson and Jake La Motta have signed to meet in a 10 round bout February 5 at the Olympia Promoter Mike Londes announced La Motta had earlier defeated Robinson in New York Tonight’s local basketball schedule lists three games at Cathedral Hall Medics face 602nd 625th meets 418th and 601st clash 912nd in the Army Air Field leagues.
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Sugar) Robinson
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Bronx
Olympia
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Robinson
New York
Amarillo Army Air Field
Cathedral Hall
Army and Navy Backing Fight On Paralysis
In letters to Basil O Conner head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Secretary of War Henry L Stimson and Secretary of Navy Frank Knox urge continuation of the national drive as a war time defense measure. They emphasize funds support for the foundation and its ongoing fight against infantile paralysis. In Amarillo, President's Birthday Balls are set for Feb 1 at the Nat Aviatrix Mayfair and Rainbow with all proceeds to the paralysis fight.
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Basil O’conner
National Foundation
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Knox
Stimson
Mr. O'Conner
National Foundation For
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Amarillo
Aviatrix
Mayfair
Rainbow
Willoughby Named To Rail Board
Ray W. Willoughby banker and cattleman was chosen to the Board of Directors of the Orient Line of the Panhandle and Santa Railway to fill the vacancy from Joe D. Jackson’s death. G. C. Jefferis announced the appointment and Ed F. Browder noted Jackson’s memory and service to Southwestern communities. Jackson was a Texas Ranger era pioneer and influential Brewster County rancher.
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Panhandle & Santa Railway
G. C. Jefferis
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Joe D. Jackson
Southwest
Mr. Jackson
Ed F. Browder
Jackson
Texas Rangers
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Baseball clubs plan joint spring training in warmer climates
New York clubs agree not to train players alone in warm climates after northern camps open. Giants official Eddie Brannick jokes players golf, Yanks’ Ed Barrow promises road work, Dodgers boss Branch Rickey eyes early group workouts around March 1 to gauge conditioning. Babe Ruth derides northern training while Dixie Walker and Bushwicks highlight early March play without harsh losses.
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New York
Eddie Brannick
Giants
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Yanks
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Branch Rickey
Babe Ruth
Dixie Walker
Bushwicks
Plastic Golf Ball Could Reach Use After War
New plastic golf pellet shows 90 percent efficiency of rubber core balls after extensive lab and field tests. Legal for play if under 1.62 ounces weight, 1.68 inches diameter, and under 250 feet per second speed. Likely not mass produced until postwar.
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Joseph Dey
United States Golf Association
USGA
Cecil Holland Leads Gassers To 42 29 Win
The Canadian River Gassers defeated the Pantex Ordnance Plant 42 to 29 in Amarillo. Cecil Holland led Gasser scoring with 10 points. At halftime Pantex trailed 17 to 15 before the Gassers surged ahead in the final period. Next games are booked for Monday night.
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A Amarillo College
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Duncan
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Fight Results Roundup From Multiple Cities
The Associated Press reports boxing outcomes across cities. Harry Bobo outpointed Alf Brown in Baltimore. Jose Basora defeated Johnny Walker in Philadelphia. Frankie Wills beat Al Davis in Washington. Joe Carter and Billy Grant drew in Newark. Tommy Ciarlo defeated Kelly Jessup in Holyoke. Maxie Shapiro outpointed Morris Parker in New York. Earl Turner bested Puerto Rican opponent Kid Cocoa in San Francisco.
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Big Boy) Brown
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Bummy) Davis
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Pitt Hires Shaughnessy to Lead Panthers Football
Pitt announces Clark D. Shaughnessy former Stanford coach and Maryland mentor will take charge of the Pittsburgh Panthers football program with professor rank as athletic policy shifts stir hopes. Athletic Director James Hagan notes no formal contract or salary details, though reports cite a high figure.
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James Hagan
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Charles W. Bowser
Pitt
Jock Sutherland
Bowser
Navy
Hagan
Perry retires from tennis after elbow injury
Fred Perry, 34, says he is permanently out of tennis due to an elbow injury suffered in a fall during a match with Bobby Riggs at Madison Square Garden on December 22, 1941. The former British Davis Cup star, now a staff sergeant in the Army Air Force, reflects he goes out on top rather than bottom.
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Tugboat Jones Named Electra High Coach
Tugboat Jones former Abilene Christian College and Brooklyn Dodgers football star is appointed head coach of Electra High School. He succeeds Harry Chambless who resigned to work as an engineer on a government project in Knoxville Tennessee.
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Thurman
Roy McKay on Ann Sheridan Oomph Team
Texas fullback Roy McKay discusses Ann Sheridan's All-America Oomph Elev en. In Austin on January 26 he is greeted by teammates with chants of Fifteen oomphs for McKay as he enters the dining hall. The piece notes early U.S. yacht construction in New York harbor.
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Ann Sheridan
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Texas
Badgers Play Price Tonight
The Amarillo College Badgers and the Price College Cardinals meet for two basketball games at the college gym. The B team plays at 7 00 p m and the regulars at 8 30 p m.
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