Smoot shocks field in Amarillo golf final showdown
Local favorite Glenn Smoot, a recent transplant from Oklahoma City, upset top contender Harry De Lashmutt 6 and 4 to reach the finals of the Amarillo Municipal Championship at Ross Rogers Course. Duniven beat Whitney to reach the final, while Fowler advanced with 4 and 3 over Dowell.
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Glenn Smoot
Oklahoma City
Pampa
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Harry DeLashmutt
Duniven
DeLashmutt
Smoot
Bill Bogard
Fowler
D. A. Dowell
Gene Edwards
Knox Whitney
Dowell
J. G. Risley
Red Feather Agency Member of Amarillo Chest
The waddies from Boys Ranch posted a 1-3 day on the diamond with one forfeit win over Humphreys Highland Buzzards. Maddie Rangers fell to 3700 Taylor Bats 33-9 in Plains Peewee action as Frankie McCutchan Herman Hill Jerry Turner and Charles Draper homered for the Bats. Catcher Fain Kennedy led the Badgers in a 3-for-3 day, while Sonny Hughes hurled the Buffaloes to a 12-9 win over Larry Trotter.
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Waddies
Boys Ranch
Boys Ranch Cranes
Humphreys Highland Buzzards
Maddie Rangers
Taylor
Frankie McCutchan
Herman Hill
Jerry Turner
Charles Draper
Rangers
Dickie Cullison
Jerry Knowles
Boys Ranch Badgers
Amarillo Buffaloes
Buffaloes
Sonny Hughes
Larry Trotter
Badgers
Larry
Badger
Fain Kennedy
Buffs
Local Amarillo golf tourney reports and upcoming events
In the Amarillo Municipal Tournament at Ross Rogers Course, players including Dan Higgins and Dugger reach semifinals. several matches end with close scores. Green fees and nonmember surcharges arise as Pro Dick Turner urges finals players to pay. The week features driving contests at Ross Rogers, a championship match between Duniven Jr. and Keith Fowler, and the 16th Tri State Senior Tournament starting Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Duniven, Jr
Keith Fowler
Amarillo
Ross Rogers Course
Dan Higgins
Dugger
Dan
Ross Rogers
Dick Turner
as + Duniven, Jr
Amarillo Municipal Golf Association
Amarillo Country Club
Walter Sikes
Don Hill
Notable heavyweight wrestlers listed by Wrestling as You Like It
Buffy Silverstein, a beefy former University of Illinois wrestler, was rated among the top 15 heavyweights in the country after a Sports Arena appearance. The Chicago mat weekly named Lou Thesz as No 1 and included Buddy Rogers, Georgeous George, Cyclone Anaya, Walter Palmer, Bronko Nagurski, Silverstein, and others in a ranked list. Rocca and Londos were left out for refusing to meet Thesz. Referee Vic Weber cited Silverstein and Dean Detton as the best two wrestlers to appear locally in the past year.
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Buffy Silverstein
University of Ilinois
Chicago
Lou Thesz
National Wrestling Alliance
Buddy “Nature Boy
Rogers
Thesz
Georgeous George
Minnie
Cyclone Anaya
Walter Palmer
Bronko Nagurski
University of Minnesota
Vic Weber
Silverstein
Dean Detton
Dory Detton
Barefoot Rocca to Meet Chief Don Eagle at Yankee Stadium
Promoter Bill Johnson books 60 000 seats for a historic wrestling show at Yankee Stadium on July 10. Rocca, the barefoot Latin American, faces Chief Don Eagle, the Mohawk Indian, in what is billed as the decade's greatest event and the biggest gate in wrestling history. The prior gate record of 96 302 dollars was set by Jim Landos and Ed Strangler Lewis at Wrigley Field on Sept 20, 1934.
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Yankee Stadium
Rocca
Don Eagle
Bill Johnson
Atlantic Seaboard
Fruth
Wrigley Field
Chicago
Jim Landos
Ed “Strangler” Lewis
Where They Are Dept Campaigning Across Cities
Jesse James, brother of Johnny who wrestled here months ago, is in Honolulu. Danny Mc Shane and Jack Steele are campaigning in Dallas. George Drake, ...
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Jesse James
Johnny
Honolulu
Danny McShane
Jack Steele
Dallas
George Drake
Munn and Hill Face Off in CC Championship Final
John Munn and Don Hill reached the Amarillo Country Club Championship final after semifinal wins. Munn beat Dr. Dick Garre 3-2. Hill defeated Art McKay Jr. 2-1 to set up a 36 hole match. Other divisions’ semifinals were completed with various winners, and finals across flights are due by Sunday.
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John Munn
Don Hill
Amarillo
Munn
Hill
Amarillo High School
Dick Garre
Art McKay, Jr
To Hill
Sim Kelly
Jack Allen
Lyle Pemberton
H. C. McFarland
Larry Garre
W. W. Gibson
Dude Gentry
Charles Young
Wade Holman
H. D. Nelson
Klein, Jr
D. S. Watkins
Herb Pestor
R. G. Mills
P. B. Carlson
Budgie Hayden
Gene Klein
Thornton Blanchard
Boots
C. L. Amerson
Im Farwell
C. B. Marsh
Harold Shile
Bill Ford
Tom LeMond, Sr
Ken Grenewald
Herb Budke
John Coggins
C. H. Hinton
Alfred Glenn
Hershal Tomlinson
H. C. Reid
Kelly
Pemberton
Gentry
Holman
Gene Klein, Jr
Pestor
Carlson
Gene Klein, Sr
Jones
Farwell
Shile
LeMond
Budke
W. B. Mullins
B. M. Britain
Henry Beverley
Claude Mathis
J. R. Brown
Major Managers in Precarious Position
The axe hangs over major league managers as season end may see a record number without jobs. Red Corridon and Steve ONeill have already filled openings. seven others are precarious, with only five deemed secure including Durocher, Frisch, Harris, Southworth, and Sawyer.
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New York
Red Corridon
Jack Onslow
White Sox
Steve O'Neill
Red Sox
Joe McCarthy
Cathay
Leo Durocher
Giants
Frankie Frisch
Cubs
Bucky Harris
Senators
Bill Southworth
Braves
Eddie Sawyer
Phillies
Connie Mack
Bill Meyer
Casey Stengel
Red Wolfe
Burt Shotton
Zach Taylor
Luke Sewell
Lou Boudreau
Indians
Eddie Dyer
Cardinals
Mack
Jimmy Dykes
Meyer
Pittsburgh
Bucco
Yankee
Stengel
Casey
Rolfe
Tiger
Shotton
Stengel Long
Rickey
Sewell
Cincinnati Reds
Taylor
Browns
Boudreau
Dyer
Ray
Ike” Boone
Eddie
Fred Saigh
Abilene Moves Out of Cellar in WT-NM League
Abilene Blue Sox climbed from last place by beating Pampa 13-9 with a seven run fifth inning and 17 hits. Lubbock Hubbers, in second, fell 5-2 to Lamesa as John Fetzer earned his sixth win. Albuquerque and Borger split a doubleheader, Amarillo edged Clovis 10-9 with Jim Bynon driving in the tying run.
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Abilene
Blue Sox
Wild Bill Brooks and Billy Hickson in Chicago match
Report notes Wild Bill Brooks and Billy Hickson appearing in Chicago. Tulsa’s Wayne Martin recently defeated Rito Romero in Houston for the Texas junior heavyweight title, then Romero beat Danny ap to win the Texas heavy. Wrestlers complain to ringside photographers Homer Tepe and A M Baumgartner at the Sports Arena.
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Wild Bill Brooks
Billy Hickson
Chicago
Tulsa
Wayne Martin
Rito Romero
Houston
Romero
Danny Ap
Texas
Homer Tepe
A. M. Baumgartner
Loose Ends and Local Color From Lubbock Newsroom
Ray Clements of Lubbock has a son in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Promoter Dory Detton returns from a Idaho vacation. George Bruckman insists he is not shaggy haired, merely wavy.
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Ray
Clements
Lubbock
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Dory Detton
Idaho
George Bruckman
Amarillo Country Club Sets July 4 Golf Schedule
July 4 golf events planned at Amarillo Country Club feature men and women. Men compete in an 18 hole medal play after an 8:15 breakfast. Women participate in a nine blind hole tourney, with play available at any time.
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Amarillo Country Club
Graham Hoeme Plays Tom Rose In Panhandle Softball Opener
Graham Hoeme hosts Tom Rose of Pampa at Carver Field in an opening Panhandle Softball League extra round game at 8 30 tonight. Other league games include 66 Bar vs Cactus at Dumas and VFW vs Phillips Men’s Club at Borger with all 8 30 starts. The top four teams advance to a July 19 Shaughnessy playoff, and all makeup games must finish by July 17.
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Graham-Hoeme
Tom Rose
Pampa
Carver Field
66-Bar
Cactus
Dumas
VFW
Phillips
Borger
Ole
Shaughnessy
Bar
Graham- Hoeme
Amarillo
Trimmings Take Center Stage Thursday Wrestling Card
The Sports Arena hosts a Thursday wrestling show with razors used only after the main event. Bearded Benny Trudell and Ray Clements team with Frankie Hill Murdock against Gus Edd and Murdock in a barber shop finish. Promoter Cory Detton seeks two more bouts. ring time is 8:30 p.m.
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Benny Trudell
Ray
Big Train
Big Train) Clements, Be-Whiskered Frankie Hill Murdock and Clean-Shaven Gus Edd
Edd
Murdock
Trudell
Clements
Cory Detton
Course Record Set in Trans-Mississippi Championship
Jim English of Red Oak Iowa set a competitive course record with a four under par 67 at Happy Hollow while winning the Trans-Mississippi Golf Tournament title. He defeated Jack Vickers of Wichita 11 and 10 in the finals, marking the widest margin in the 47 year history of the event.
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Omaha
Jim English
Red Oak
Iowa
English
Happy Hollow Country Club
Jack Vickers
Wichitan
October sees peak use of common calds in contracts
Records show October has the highest rate of contracted calds compared with any other month. The pattern indicates a seasonal surge in contract activity during autumn. Entities: October.
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Glenn
Harry
Watt
Red Feather Agency
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Tommy Mason
Joe Kerns
Kids, Inc
Glenwood Crows
Sttar
Pleasant Valley Mules
Crows
Donald Sims
Jimmy Littau
Donald Burch
Johnny Watson
Globe News
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Virgil
Jim McLean
Jerry Kolander
Globe-News-Kgnc
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Harry Hoare
Monk Owens
Boxwell
Ad Amarillo
Dumas Perry Ton—Spearman
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Superior Letter Service
Globe-News
Gracr
William Holden
Joan Caulfield
Bully DE Wolfe
Edward Arnold
Munn and Hill
By Oscar Fraley
Associated Press
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Frankie Hill Murdock
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Bruiser
Raines West
Texas Boot & Shoe Shop
East 7Th
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Blue Print Co
Krause Landscape Service
STAG
Schenley
James E. Pepper
Bond
Seagram
I. W. Harper
the Liquor Marts
Monroe
Fillmore
Khoury Bros
5Th Avenue
Contact Chamber of Commerce
Ruidoso, N.M
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Walter
Doc
Dr. Mullins
P Piet
K&m Auto Service
Scott-Atwater
South Bend
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Pilenger
Ocean City
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