Amarillo Golden Sandies rout Dumas Demons 52 to 6
Amarillo high school basketball crushed the Dumas Demons 52 to 6 in the armory as Sammy Deal led Sandies with 12 points and Buddy Ratcliff added nine. Borger hosts Amarillo next in District 1-AA play. Dumas scorers struggled with only Charles Richie tallying three points.
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Globe
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Sandies
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Phillips Plant
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Black and Gold
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Thompson
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Tina Sient
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Pevdeon
Cassel
Keeney
Heser
Cearley
North Texas State
Gilley
Texas Tech
Louis warns Robinson ahead of MSG bout
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis phoned promoter Mike Jacobs from Fort Riley to warn of a tough fight as Ray Robinson prepares to defend against California Jackie Wilson on February 19 at Madison Square Garden. Louis notes Robinson’s 44 straight wins and predicts the toughest opponent yet.
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New York
Joe Louis
Mike Jacobs
Fort Riley
Kansas
Mike
Madison Square Garden
Ray Robinson
California
Jackie Wilson
Robinson
Ray
Wilson
Cardinals Fortified Yet Face Replacements for Star Outfield
Branch Rickey left the St. Louis Cardinals well stocked for 1943 as two stars Enos Slaughter and Terry Moore moved to Army duty. Slaughter hit .518 and Moore .288 last season, with Stan Musial anchoring the lineup. replacements include Walker, Adams, Clay, and others, while pitchers like Beazley and Beckman may be lost to service, leaving a crowded but capable depth chart.
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ST. Louis
Rickey
Sam Breadon
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Enos Slaughter
Terry Moore
Harry Walker
Coaker Triplett
Frank Demaree
Buster Adams
Dain Clay
Walker
Moore
Adams
Sacramento
Cardinal
Harry Breeden
Murry Dickson
Jimmy Brown
Frank Crespi
Breadon
Slaughter
Johnny Beazley
Yankees
Glenn Cunningham Sees Four Minute Mile Soon
Dr. Glenn Cunningham, former miler and now athletics director at Cornell College, predicts a four minute mile will be achieved by a fast upcoming miler. He notes Gunder Haegg’s 4:04.6 outdoor record and says Haegg’s future U.S. races could test that mark further.
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MT. Vernon
Iowa
Glenn Cunningham
Corneil College
Glenn
Dartmouth
Cunningham
Gunder Haegg
Haegg
Dust Bowl Refugees Benefit From Record Wheat Harvest
Topeka reports that Western and Southwestern Kansas farmers who stayed on the land through the dust bowl era have been vindicated. The Agriculture Department cites a bumper wheat crop last year, with about half from former dust bowl land. Shelter belts and ample rainfall credited for the revival.
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Topeka
Kan
U.P
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Former pitcher Marberry becomes a mail order salesman in Corsicana
Fred Firpo Marberry, ex big league pitcher with Dallas and Fort Worth in the Texas League, now works as a salesman for a mail order house in Corsicana Texas. Great Lakes teams posted 125 games to 600000 spectators last season and grossed 265000. Yugoslavia has about one third forest coverage and over half land is cultivated.
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Tex
Fred (Firpo) Marberry
Dallas and Fort Worth
Great Lakes
Great Laks
Yugoslavia
Can Mail Contracts Can Mail Contracts
Major league clubs may mail 1943 contracts but must file salary schedules with the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The ruling freezes the top salary on each club while allowing merit raises for others, with no declared ceiling since no net salary exceeds 25,000 dollars after tax deductions.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
New York Giants
Bureau
Ross Upholds Marine Honor in Ring Triumph
Barney Ross ex welterweight champion who served with the Marines in the Southwest Pacific defeated a 215 pound Samoan idol after returning to boxing. A letter from Ben Malamude describes Ross being offered a Samoan chief's daughter and half the crown, as he stopped the fighter in the sixth round.
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Barney Ross
Southwest Pacific
Ross
Ben Malamude
Japan May Not Join Axis Drive Against Russia
A wartime commentary notes Japan’s neutrality pledge to Russia and doubts of an imminent attack on the Soviet Union. It argues the plan favors South Seas expansion, with Kwantung army and naval factions shaping strategy while Tojo strengthens Manchuria frontier.
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Germany
Italy
South Seas
Solomons
New Guinea
Kwantung Army Clique
Siberia
First Shots Fired in World War II Off Pearl Harbor
Lt. Commander W. W. Outerbridge, commander of the destroyer Ward, ordered the first official U S shots of World War II during inshore patrol off Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. The target was a Japanese midget submarine later sunk near the conning tower. The Ward fired at 6 40 a m an hour and ten minutes before the Pearl Harbor attack, with two more subs detected by sonar and depth bombs dropped. Outerbridge praised his crew's heroism and notes Pearl Harbor could be seen from his ship.
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Ward
Pearl Harbor
U. S
U. S. S. Antares
Gardner Says Texas League May Operate With Six Teams
Texas League President J Alvin Gardner said the circuit could operate in 1943 with six teams if needed. He returned from Chicago and St Louis reporting support from Houston Buffs Tulsa Oilers and San Antonio Missions owners. A Shreveport meeting is planned mid February to decide, with a March 1 free agent deadline looming.
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St. Louis Browns
Gardner
Shreveport
Pitt Football Returns to Big Time Under Shaughnessy
United Press reports Pitt has hired Clark Shaughnessy to deploy the T formation signaling a return to big time football. Bond holders and alumni push for athletic success while Pitt maintains an advisory tie to the Big Ten to match with major programs.
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University of Pittsburgh
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University of Maryland
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Jock
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Charley Bowser
Sutherland
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Ohio State
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First Chinese Woman Launches U S Warship at Mare Island Yard
Mrs. Emma Yam aged 51, a naval yard electrician's helper, becomes the first Chinese woman to launch an American warship at Mare Island Navy Yard. The ceremony honors her historic achievement and service.
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U.P
Emma Yam
Navy Yard
San Angelo Coach Joins U S Navy
San Angelo, Texas, January 29. Rocky Dundell, who led San Angelo into the state schoolboy football quarter finals last fall, has been commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Navy.
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Tex
Rocky Dundell
Navy
Buffaloes Fall to Long Island in MSG tripleheader
Long Island University routed West Texas State 69 to 53 in the final game of a Madison Square Garden tripleheader. LSU exploded for 27 points in the last 12 minutes while holding the Border Conference squad to 12. Jack Maddox led West Texas with 20 points, and St. John's beat Camp Upton 47 to 39 in overtime in the opening game.
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Pyle
Durocher to Aid Army Baseball Team This Spring
Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher will serve as part time advisory coach for the Army baseball team in March and early April while Dodgers train at West Point. The role does not affect his draft status as he undergoes a physical examination for possible re classification.
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Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Dodgers
Durocher
Texas loses star recruit as Ed Kelley enlists in navy
Ed Kelley, all state center last season from Jeff Davis High, who had enrolled at Texas, withdrew to enter the Navy this week, ending his college basketball prospects with the Longhorns.
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Houston
University of Texas
Ed Kelley
Navy
Kelly
Jeff Davis High
Texas
Pep Faces Stolz in Madison Square Garden Bout
Willie Pep seeks his 59th straight ring victory tonight at Madison Square Garden. He will carry a six pound edge over Allie Stolz in a 10 round featherweight struggle as 17 000 fans expect a lively crowd and a possible upset. Pep recently captured the title from Chalky Wright at the same venue.
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Willie Pep
Madison Square Garden
Hartford
Hol
Allie Stolz
Stolz
Pep
Chalky Wright
Nationwide search for hundreds of semipro umpires begins
Los Angeles report says a nationwide drive will recruit hundreds of new umpires for sandlot baseball, replacing arbiters drafted into the army. Ollie Anderson, director of the National Association of Semipro Umpires, urged interested men to register at the Wichita, Kansas office for instruction. The shortage arose as 60 percent of the umpires joined the military or took other jobs.
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U.R
Ollie Anderson
National Association of
Anderson
Wichita
Kan
Tonight's Local Basketball Schedule Delayed by Boxing Tournament
Amarillo Victory League games were postponed due to the News-Globe Gold en Gloves boxing tournament. League play will resume tonight as scheduled.
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Amarillo Victory
News-Globe
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