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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1947
Page
12
A Texas bill proposes two to five year penitentiary terms for anyone who bribes or attempts to bribe any player or official in an athletic contest. The measure adds a new article to the state penal code to deter interference with contest outcomes.
Amarillo College and Trinidad State Junior College officials settled most issues from a disputed basketball game last Friday. The Colorado team led 58 to 38 before Coach Al Kavanagh called his players off the floor. Badger games in Trinidad February 7 and 8 will occur, and a Jan 25 game may be rescheduled in Amarillo if a date is set.
The Santa Fe League results show multiple teams with high scores and top bowlers. Sloan 413 Carey 441 DeMoss 412 lead Flyers, Wheeler 542 Hankison 509 tops Diesels, Ayers 467 Bartholoma 463 Guttridge 326 highlights Locals, Ahistrom 529 Broomfield 387 Schroeder 328 Vaughn 364 leads El Capitans, Ramsey 456 Blind 447 Wilson 400 lead Texans, Maybach 420 Smith 403 Kellerer 427 Mock 410 lead Navajos, Lemmon 444 Ewing 418 Manning 409 lead Indians, Rose 452 Whelchel 436 Zimmerman 427 Seeley 480 top Limiteds. S: Dense with named bowlers and team tags, reflecting a multi-league slate and individual scores across clubs.
Team 212 wins first with Lynch 289 Cald well 339 Hawkins 445. Team 209 wins second with Sieter 374 Taylor 267 Allem 596. Team 4 loses 0 with Riddle 313 Wells 447. Team 505 wins third with Myers 358 Kersey 309 Cook 2309. Williams Team wins 1 with Sanford 408 Cremner 272 Williams 290. Jenkins Team wins 2 with Thomson 318 George 322 Jenkins 356.
Dallas January 29 The state high school invitation golf tournament sponsored by Highland Park High School will be revived this spring The event will be held April 22 to 26 under the direction of C D Bowley vice principal and golf director.
In the 1947 Kids Inc basketball opener Maverick Club Juniors wow with a 44 5 win over Amarlio College led by Hulsey 17 and Bryant 15. Wolflin’s Ponies edge Mavericks 23 18 while four starters score for Wolflin and Travis Barton Curtis Baxter and Jackie Miller lead. Other games see Boys Ranch, Margaret Wills and North Side triumphs and Price College beat Boys Ranch 34 10 in Intermediate action. Schedule adds two forfeits from Alice Landergin. for a full slate see tomorrow’s box.
Los Angeles coach Lud DeGroot announced signings of three Shrine East West stars for next season. Walter Heap halfback of Texas University Willie Zalalac pullback from Texas A and M and Boyd Clement tackle of Oregon State will join the Dons reporting for duty next season.
Denver reports rising zoo prices with a 4 to 5 ton elephant priced at 4000 to 5000 dollars plus mahout travel costs as zoo superintendent Clyde E Hill recalls 1940 prices for pachyderms and notes lions up to 250 from 100 six years earlier as meat scarcity and animal costs climb.
Doak Walker, star tailback of the 1945 SMU squad, to be discharged from Brooke Medical Center San Antonio and enroll at SMU this weekend. He led Brooke Field Comets last fall with 134 points on 17 touchdowns 29 conversions and one field goal boosting Southwest Conference title chances.
San Jacinto Baptists defeated San Jacinto Methodists 29 to 19 to claim the first half title in the YMCA Church Senior Basketball League. Theo Nobles and Ruel Weaver led the winners with 9 points each while Jimmy Moore scored 8 for the losers.
In Mexico City on February 5 the third Joe Louis Arturo Godoy meeting is forecast to attract about 47 000 fans and generate 80 000 to 100 000 dollars. The New Plaza Mexico hosts the 10 round exhibition with two minute rounds and tickets from five pesos to 150 pesos. Louis rests his title per co-manager Marshall Miles stating he cannot lose even if Godoy KO ends bout. Meanwhile U S shelled corn usage tops 100 million bushels annually for starch syrup and meal.
The Houston A and M Club unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a settlement on Norton's contract and removing him as head coach after alumni said he had lost their confidence. The inquiry followed Aggie athletics’ review tied to a fourth-place SWC finish and an athletic council decision pending. Minnesota led the 1946 polio outbreak with 2,733 cases nationwide.
Football coach Frank Kim brough likely starts practice soon while Clark Jarnagin is set to coach the track squad at West Texas State. Texas Interscholastic League to sponsor baseball with district titles only and March 1 entry deadline. Amarillo hopes for a sponsored team and a Dallas boy’s tournament returns. Blair Cherry to implement T formation at Texas next fall with Layne, Landry, Raven, Lee, and Campbell on roster. Hubert Bechtel signs with Steelers, born in Amarillo, later moving to Lubbock. Rumors link Billy and Bobby Moorman to TCU and Dub Matney may join Fort Worth.
In Borger the Golden Sandies beat the Bulldogs 41-35 while Pampa upset Plainview 41-40. Boone Pickens and Jewell McDowell led Sandies with 10 points apiece as Amos Coffey’s squad eyes a Friday visit from Pampa at Amarillo High. Lubbock and Brownfield also meet in Friday action shaping final standings with Amarillo touring Lubbock Saturday.
San Francisco Seals to test Friday a new plastic glass backstop behind home plate replacing the traditional chicken wire net. The nine by four foot panes act as a wind break and improve spectator visibility while stopping foul balls and wild pitches. Libby Owens Glass Co guarantees the screen can withstand the hardest ball or bat impact.
Adam Walsh, who resigned as coach of the Los Angeles Rams, plans to return to Bowdoin College as head grid coach. He will leave Los Angeles in about a month to rejoin the Brunswick Maine school where he coached from 1935 through 1944.
A roundup of college basketball results includes Texas Wesleyan 60 over North Texas State 54 and Notre Dame 87 over Marquette 61. Also noted are Kansas 50 over Kansas State 39 and Holy Cross 47 over Canisius 36 with several others: Abilene Christian 61 over Howard Payne 50, and Southwest Texas 65 over East Texas State.
The War Assets Administration announced 15 000 glass eyes, made in Germany before the war, would be turned over to the Veterans Administration for use by blinded GI s in Minneapolis.
Fitzpatrick secured his twentieth straight win by defeating veteran Lee Savold of Paterson New Jersey in a ten round bout before about 10 000 spectators at Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium last night.
Amarillo College Badgers enter their home game riding nine straight wins after a 67 47 road victory over Wayland College. Whit Pate led with 24 points, Shorty Gunners added 13, Pat Babb Jr 11, while Glen Brotherton sat out and Jimmy Bell filled in.
TEA in New York reports Cliff McNeely of Texas Wesleyan still tops the NCAA scoring race with 410 points in 14 games after returning from wrist injury. Jim Lacy of Baltimore Loyola raised his total to 436.51 points with a 39 point game, while teammate E. F. Parham moved into third with 340 points.
Brooklyn dispatch reports Pistol Pete Reiser, NL stolen base king, expected from St Louis to discuss terms with Dodgers president Branch Rickey. Reiser, after shoulder surgery in St Louis, is noted as a top hitter and ballhawk though throw may be uncertain.
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