Greenberg Rebuffed by Tigers Seeks Pirates Contract
Hank Greenberg, rebuffed in staying with Detroit in an executive role, said on an NBC radio show he will play several more years with the Pittsburgh Pirates and will discuss a 1947 contract. He had asked for Detroit’s general manager post last December but got no reply from W O Briggs. Greenberg, waived to Pittsburgh, expects a Pirates salary of about 75 thousand dollars.
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New York
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Greenberg
We the People
Detroit
Tiger
W. O
Spike) Briggs
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Jerry Yoeim Wins Handicap Golf Meet
Jerry Yoeim led a field of 61 entrants to win first place in the Ross Week End Golf Sweepstakes with a net 66. His card 80-1. Other winners and scores include D. R. Cerrin 79-12-47, B. R. Ledyard 94-26-68, Bill Childers 74-6-68, Bill 75-7-68, Homer Smith %-7-68, Claude Jay 83-15-68, Speed Ravey 76-8-68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Voeim
D. R. Cerrin
B. R. Ledyard
Bill Childers
Bill
Homer Smith
Claude Jay
Speed Ravey
Bernie Vaucht
E. Lee Smith
W. J. Mahan
L.& Merry
J. G. Voelm
Lee Campbell
H. L. Bradley
Frank Lawyer
Colby Davies
Henry Whitley
Hugh Baie
Knox Whitney
M. P. Tobin
Robert Jones
Jim Payne
Tex Muncy
Paul Smith
D L McDonald Leads Weekly School Skeet Shoot
D L McDonald won the weekly Municipal Gun Club shoot with 47 of 50 at 16 yards and tied for high skeet with 46 of 50 beside R M Chapman. Jack Franklin led the 25 yard skeet class with 24 of 25. other scores list numerous shooters across 16 yard skeet and 50 target events.
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BD. L. McDonald
Municipal Gun Club
McDonald
R. M. Chapman
Jack Franklin
Bob Miesse
W. E. Stevens
W. H. Baliew
Frank Elkins
Earl Bisisdell
Jack Younger
Johnny Riggs
Cecil Hazelwood
Dave Stevenson
Des Caldwell
Jim Mayfield
Sem Herman
J. O. Simmons
W.s H. van Shaw
Amarillo Sandies Lead District 1-AA Basketball Race
Amarillo Golden Sandies atop District 1-AA after a 32 29 win over Plainview Bulldogs Friday. Coach T G Hulls team then beat Brownfield 72 27 and added a 40 37 non conference win over Tucumcari to push season to 13 1. Jimmy Carter led scoring with 19 against Brownfield and 9 vs Plainview as Sandies prepare for Borger Pampa and Lubbock matchups this week with Plainview Lubbock Borger Brownfield and Pampa also in action.
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Amarillo Golden Sandies
T. G. Hull
Plainview Bulldogs
Amarillo
Ll. Pet
Amarillo Es
Lubbock Ae
Plainview
Borger
Eacesbaes
Edeenscens
Brownfield
Golden Sandies
Tucumcari
Graham
Lubbock
Pampa
Sandies
Bulldogs
Pampa Harvesters
Lubbock Westerners
Jimmy Carter
Graziano Faces Grand Jury Over Rocky Fix Probe
Thomas Rocky Graziano a world middleweight contender was ordered to appear before the grand jury in New York as part of an investigation into alleged gambling fixes tied to his canceled bout with Cowboy Ruben Shank. The DA disclosed the probe after reports of fix attempts troubled Cauliflower Canyon and Madison Square Garden, raising concerns about integrity in boxing.
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New York
Thomas
Rocky” Graziano
Grand Jury
Ruben Shank
Graziano
Cauliflower Canyon
New
Madison Square Garden
Hogan Repeats At Phoenix Open In Record Run
Ben Hogan of Hershey Pennsylvania captures the Phoenix Open for the second straight year with a 72 hole total of 270, 14 under par at Phoenix Country Club. He edged Herman Keiser in a playoff last year and set a new tournament record this time.
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Phoenix
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Phoenix Country Club
Herman Keiser
Akron
Kids Inaugural 1947 Basketball League Opens Tonight
The 1947 Kids Inc basketball season begins with two leagues, four games in the Plains Peewee loop and four in the Texas Junior league. Maverick Club hosts most games at Maverick Club arena with Wolflin and San Jacinto also featured. Ralph Dykeman coordinates efforts and invites new teams. Defending champions Wolflin and Maverick Peewees seek early defense titles as Amarillo College clashes with Maverick Juniors tomorrow night.
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Kids, Inc
Plains Peewee
Texas
Wille
Maverick Club
Margaret Wills
Mavericks
Ralph Dykeman
Maverick
Amarillo College
Wolflin
Peewees
Jack Haimes
Dykeman
Sanborn School
Margaret Is
San Jacinto
Boys Ranch
Alice Landergin
Pleasant Valley
North Side
Bowling Scores in Women’s Pioneer League
Boxwell Bros won 3 games with high scores by Martens 461 Blind 363 Borden 426 Murray 444 Houston 446 Midway Package 0. KGNC won 1 with Rogers 456 Ramey 348 Daugherty 337 Smith 372 Smallwood 400. Reager's Market won 2 with Blind 293 Sherley 345 Barrow 374 Flak 406 Blind 480. Steffen Ice Cream won 1 Green 426 Russell 400 Stogner 408 Byers 416 Kroll 409. Thomas Bakery won 1 with Thomas 424 Forister 338 Nicholson 409 West 382 Mellon 510. Builders Supply won 2 Weeks 483 Mohler 357 Duke 404 Moore 393 Youngs 262 Mann Bakery non 1 Moore 412 opens 359 Duniven 480 Page 473 Mann 8.
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Boxwell Bros
Martens
Blind
Borden
Murray
Houston
Midway Package
Mullin
Jesko
Farmer
KGNC
Rogers
Ramey
Daugherty
Smith
Smallwood
Reager’s Market
Sherley
Barrow
Flak
Steffen Ice Cream
Green
Russell
Stogner
Byers
Kroll
Thomas Bakery
Thomas
Forister
Nicholson
West
Mellon
Builders Supply
Weeks
Mohler
Duke
Moore
Youngs
Mann Bakery
Opens
Duniven
Mann
Face Poggi to Meet Johnny Carlin in Main Event
Promoter Cory Detton books a winner take all two falls from three or one hour bout at the Fair Ground arena Thursday night. Poggi and Carlin, once partners with Art Brady and Wayne Martin, clashed over a dressing room scuffle requiring police.
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Gorilla Poggi
Johnny Carlin
Cory Detton
Fair Ground Arena
Art Brady
Wayne Martin
Carlin
Poggi
Martin
Dudley Reported To Coach Virginia At Last Minute
Chicago January 27 The National Football League meeting was briefly disrupted by an unconfirmed report that Bill Dudley would be announced as coach at the University of Virginia. The speculation, if true, ended bidding by clubs as Dudley had told Art Rooney he planned to quit the Steelers. No university confirmation followed.
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Chicago
National Football League
Bill Dudley
University of Virginia
Dudley
Art Rooney
Pittsburgh Steelers
Unclear College Cycle Meet Team Scores and Ranks
The page lists multiple teams with scattered cyclist scores and rider names for a regional meet. Teams include Fogg, Flectrons, Radars, HiLiners, Southwesterners, Regulators, and Reddys while noting individual scores such as Norman 413 and Blind 384 to 492 across events.
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Cycles
Fogg
Lemons
Griffith
Norman
Filareski
Reactors
Maxwell
Streetman
Price
Blind
Vis
Brannum
Taylor
Albright
Adams
Scott
Laing
HiLiners
Unclear OCR sports tally with multiple team scores
Supply won with L Adams 313 Baum eartner 227 Morris 366 Hooker 360 J Adams 468 Campbell 97 D C won 2 Roberts 442 Ledyard 494 Gralnick 225 M Cervin 249 D Cervin 414 Directors won 2 Pien Op won 1 Sharkey 414 Young 382 Cornell 307 Smith 424 Cantine 367 Personnel won 2 Poperle won 1 Phote won 0 Kapus 419 McCloud 248 Mre Kapus 287 Jarrett 385 Parker 298 Finance won 3 Gibson 295 Ruvolo 249 Slagle 322 Johnson 195 Harris 488.
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Supply
L. Adams
Baumeartner
Morris
Hooker
J. Adams
Campbell
Roberts
Ledyard
Gralnick
M. Cervin
D. Cervin
Pien-Op
Sharkey
Young
Cornell
Smith
Cantine
Poperle
Phote
Kapus
McCloud
Jarrett
Parker
Gibson
Ruvolo
Slagle
Johnson
Harris
Interchurch Scores Parade Wins Across Local Meet
Trinity Lutheran First Christian Sacred Heart First Presbyterian San Jacinto Baptist First Baptist and Street Methodist teams posted multiple event wins across a community meet. Highlights include high scores by Harten berger Ottine Nussbaum Truitt and Reeves with standout performances by Franks Edwards and Show.
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Trinity Lutheran
Kreutziger
Walker
Dorbritz
Hartenberger
Ottine
First Christian
Fusion
Voelm
R. Brees
A. Biggs
Boozer
James
Ammerman
Sacred Heart
A. Nussbaum
O’brien
Harris
W. Nussbaum
G. Nussbaum
Ackerman
First Presbyterian
Bushea
Howell
Crawford
Hatton
Baird
Hannian
San Jacinto Baptist
Wharton Age
Deckard
Duckworth
MdAr
Bline
First Baptist
Franks
Edwards
Little
Storneth
Mc@wain
Reeves
Pol’ Street Methodist
Local Business Contests Record High Scores in Meet
In a compact display of scores the entries One-O-One Rosenthal Steffen Ice Cream Mongold and others posted top marks. Participants include Fletcher Byers Prince Senior Cox Earl Marrs Boxwell West Millican and Berry among multiple vendors and shop names.
Wright Outstanding Bowlers Lead Panhandle Open Championship
The sixth Panhandle Women's Open at Peerless Lanes concluded with Wright leading as outstanding bowler and Reager’s team, Market of Amarillo, winning the team title with 2447 pins. Bonnie Wright claimed top all events 1590 and class A singles 571 while Clovis Kegler won multiple class A categories.
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Reager’s
Amarillo
Bonnie Wright
Clovis Kegler
Liz Tawinttnalan
Clavia
Lorna Halbert
Joan Garrett
Fort Worth
Merie Waite
Avis Broome
Borger
Liz Houlette
Clovis
Lois Wasson
Alice Illis
San Antonio
Beth Heiskell
Ina Petrie
Pampa
Iris Peters
Joann Garrett
16 More Winners in Amarillo Women's Open Sweepstakes
The second annual Amarillo Women's Open Sweepstakes concluded at Banner Bowl with 16 top winners taking money in the final standings. Prizes include $250 to Billie Melton for the classic with 652 sticks, plus $150 to Gloria Gribble and $100 to Alice Iltis among others. Sponsors were Builders Supply.
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Amarillo
Banner Bowl
Ruth Dorris
Avis Broome
Borger
Mildred Talbot
Dallas
Illamay Luce
San Angelo
Grace Baskin
San Antonio
Betty Wise
Bonnie Wright
Clovis
Florence Coleman
Oklahoma City
Emaline Rapp
Shawnee
Vera Dozier
Big Spring
Lil Canfield
Rae Jackson
Tilamay Luce
Billie Melton
Canyon
Gloria Gribble
Albuquerque
Alice Iltis
Gypsy Smallwood
Liz Houlette
Edna Smith
Mildred Ross
Builders Supply
Nobles Leads San Jacinto Baptist In YMCA Basketball Standings
Theo Nobles, league scoring leader, paces San Jacinto Baptist with four wins and no losses in the YMCA Church Senior cage loop. Nobles has 62 points through four games as San Jacinto Baptist tops the standings ahead of First Presbyterian and Line Avenue Baptist with strong showings from multiple scorers.
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Theo Nobles
San Jacinto Baptist
Nobles
San Jacinto Baptist Church
YMCA
Amarillo A. M. Club Holds Regular Meeting Tonight
The Amarillo A. & M. Club will meet at 7 o clock this evening in the Blackstone Hotel. Members gather for routine business and plans for upcoming activities.
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Amarillo A. & M. Club
Blackstone Hotel
Hot Session Expected Tonight at Childress
The Childress Quarterback Club banquet tonight will feature a lively discussion of all district schoolboy football teams. Guest speaker Thurman Tugboat Jones criticized Tulsa University last week for a big-time pay-off system to lure Hardin College players, with Coach Buddy Brothers of Tulsa expected to attend.
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Childress
Thurman
Tugboat
American Netter Defeats Bromwich In Sydney Title Match
Dinny Pails defeated John Bromwich 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 8-6 to win the Australian singles title after a tense fifth set. Pails, 25, adopted aggressive play and battled from near defeat to claim victory, mirroring Davis Cup tactics.
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Sydney
Dinny Pails
America
John Bromwich
Pails
Australia
Frogs-Bears Fire Tonight In Lone SWC Tilt
Texas Christian and Baylor meet at Waco to open a dull Southwest Conference week as both squads float near the bottom of the standings. Baylor has one win in four league games while TCU rides a winless streak with four losses in the loop.
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United Press
Texas Christian
Baylor
Waco
Bears
Fort Worth
San Jacinto Baptists Lead Church League Standings
San Jacinto Baptists top the YMCA Junior Church League with two straight wins. Scoring leaders include Bob Baker, Max Wimber, Bob Noliner from San Jacinto Baptist and players from First Christian, First Presbyterian and Tenth Avenue Methodist.
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San Jacinto Baptist
Piet Cerieeee
Sks
First Presbyterian
Tenth Ave. Methodist
Bob Baker
Max Wimber
Bob Noliner
Harris Kimbrough
First Christian
Elmer Phoenix
Toby Wise
Jerry Rich
Tenth Avenue Methodist
Newman Boxwell
Mark Gunnell
Jim Baker
Bob Hoare
Golden Sandie track hopefuls meet at Amarillo High Armory
Coach John Whinnery gathers Golden Sandie track candidates for a meeting this afternoon at Amarillo High School Armory. Tomorrow they resume workouts near Butler Field ahead of meets, with several students set for the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show on March 14 15. Richard Winningham and teammates eye the 880 and mile relay.
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John Whinnery
Amarillo High School
Butler Field
Fort Worth
Richard Winningham
Bobby Bauman
A. F. Pyeatt
Lawrence Jackson
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Jerry Yoeim
D. L. McDonald
E. O. Bagot
Siebel
W. H. van Shaw
Wade Holman
Dub Huse
Don Caldwell
W. H. Ballew
D'Ann Witt
Willis Westfall
Don Newman
Jimmy Moss
Jim Sanders
Norris Ewin
Hartford
ED Pittman
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle Bidg
Women's Pioneer League
Cal Farley
Wunstop Duzzitt
Fillmore
Ladies’ Frontier
the Panhandle
Virginia
University
Smith & Sons
N. FiLlmore
Weatherstrip CO
Florida Ph
P. O. Box
Talon Motor
Southwestern Public Service League
Bureau OF Reclamation
Ymca Church League
Brecht
Dowell
Rosenthal
Liquor Mart
Fletcher
Prince
Cox
Earl Marrs
Fincannon
Alexander
O'Keefe
Steffen
Boxwell
Mahan
Wright
Tivuictuuc
Bert Hoberts
Claire Mann
Annetta Barrett
Aleene Hilton
Billie Silover
Elaine Boylan
Grace
Margie Shelton
Annabel Hardyman
Hobbs
Ruth Cox
Florence Mullin
Mamie Harris
Idland
Betty Montony
Opal Bryan
Reer
St Roberts
Beth Heiskeil
Lucille Green
Georgia Treadwell
Louise Burt
Pat Putman
Mary Russell
Claire Martin
Fleecy Schwartzman
Alma Lee
Doris Trott
Nancy Carter
Lanore Mahler
Betty Everett
Marillo
Clara Nix
Mildred Bandy
Golda Murray
Bonnie Cascarelli
Delores Hawthorn
Billie Callaway
Midlend
Carley Ann Coris
Doris Lively
June Williams
Belle Soire
Norah Collins
Earline Earp
Jo Bryson
Midland
Dolores Hawthorn
Caaers
L Pet
San Jacinto Methodist
Line Ave. Baptist
Sea i First Christian
Seth McFather
Line Avenue Baptist
Ken Baird
Hovey Barnes
Line Avenue
Ruel Weaver
San Jacin
J. E. Hewett
Optometrist
East St. St
L.N. Pittman
Polk St
BOB Seeds Sporting Goods & Hardware
Philadelphia
Kinsey
da Tatee Labs
South Fillmore St
Netter
Bromwich
San Jacinto Baptists Leading Church League
Putt Powell
Lolo Jimenez
Willis Hawkins
Bud Campbell
Buster Holman
J. R. Vaughn
Clifford Bradley
Bob Watson
Bob
Pampa High School
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth Riverside
Sweetwater
Electra
Vernon
Barbara Boxwell
The
Texas Ranger
University of Texas
Bowie Street Horse Market
Jim Trammel
Mile South Black Lantern Cafe
Hoyt Gibson
BOY Scout
Blackburn ‘Bros
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