This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1947
Page
6
Bill Kiser starred for Wesleys with two standout no hitters, defeating Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods 2-0 and International Harvester 8-0 while posting three no hitters this season and remaining undefeated with 18 wins.
The Gold Sox host the Lamesa Lobos in a Sunday matchup at 8:30 pm with Joe Budny (5-5) set to pitch for Abilene. Amarillo slugged five homers in a 7-run day as Mekules dropped to 9-7 in a close loss.
Four teams remain undefeated in Kids Inc softball led by Humphreys Highland Jays Wolflin Ponies Boys Ranch Cowboys and Margaret Wills Wolves with 22 and 13 game win streaks respectively. Upsets knocked out half of last week’s unbeaten clubs and daily schedules list multiple league matchups across divisions.
Chicago July 14 news reports Bobo Newsom defied running on a routine grounder as he paused to sneak toward first base during his debut with the Yankees at Comiskey Park. Joe Haynes hesitated to throw, Rudy York raced to be safe, and umpire Cal Hubbard ruled Newsom would have been safe if he reached first before the throw.
Abilene beat Amarillo 9-7 as Lubbock, trailing by a game and a half, defeated Clovis 11-3 while Borger overwhelmed Lamesa 11-4 and Albuquerque beat Pampa 6-1. Crues leads homers at .400, Sturdivant clouts batting in slump relief.
Colby Davies and Elmer Tucker will captain the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Dinner Tournament. The nine hole event will be Thursday at Ross Rogers Course with no handicaps. Entry is 50 cents per golfer and the losing squad will pay $1 toward the meal.
Smiling Jimmy Demaret and Ben Hogan shared first prize of 3000 dollars at the Inverness tournament clinching the title for the second straight year. Their plus 12 score topped two sums of 7 rounds of match play and edged Ellsworth Vines and Clayton Heafner by two strokes for the best ball classic victory.
Don Loden takes first in the Ross Rogers Course Weekend Golf Sweepstakes with a net 65 card 75 10 65. Other prize winners include Jack Woodward 68 22 66 Harry Delash mutt 66 0 66 Morris Loewenstern 75 7 68 and more with scores ranging from 68 to 71 across the field.
Billy Weidner accepts a next Thursday match at Pair Grounds Arena to study possible semifinal opponents in the Southwest junior heavyweight title chase. He faces Salvador Flores in a best two of three falls bout with a 45 minute limit. Promoter Cory Detton announced the card.
Ww J Bates lined a go ahead RBI single in the top of the ninth as Superior Manufacturing of Amarillo beat Groom 5-4. Bob Henry and Carl Buchanan pitched for the winners with Henry striking out nine over four innings and Buchanan allowing three runs on three hits.
San Antonio manager Marc Carrola was fined 50 dollars and suspended three days by Texas League President J Melvin Gardner after a Saturday night confrontation with umpire Carl Sand.
The Amarillo Country Club Women’s Golf Association moved its weekly event to today instead of tomorrow due to the 13th annual Tri-State Senior Tournament qualifying, which will be held tomorrow.
Gray Badger a stallion owned by Oscar Cox of Lawton Oklahoma and ridden by Rex Drake defeated Nancy Hance serres mare owned by Lewis Blackwell of Amarillo in the big $2000 quarter horse feature at Amarillo Speed Bowl. The 220 yard race finished in 12.3 seconds with the gray winning by a head in the two day meet staged by the Amarillo Quarter Horse Racing Association. A program of matched races is planned for next Sunday.
Elliott shot 88 29 59 to take first place in the Amarillo Country Club Weekend Handicap Golf Tournament. Other low net winners were J A Killough 84 20 64 Tom LeMond 79 14 65 and Charles Fisk 87 21 66. J R Brown earned low gross with 70 while Dick Roberts had high gross at 109.
A picnic will be held for Amarillo Credit Women and credit executives at 7 o clock Wednesday night in Ellwood Park. Mrs Adeila Harrison publicity chairman invites husbands wives and friends. Reservations are $1 per plate.
Senior golfers aged 50 and up gather at Amarillo Country Club for final practice ahead of the 13th annual Tri-State Senior Tournament. Amarillo-Oklahoma City team matches scheduled for 2 pm, with a 7 pm putting tournament. Leaders include Bob Greene at 78 and Chuck Wagner 79, among others with scores in the 80s. Match play begins Wednesday and concludes Sunday.
Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale prepare for a 15 round world middleweight championship in Chicago. Co managers Cohen and Healey demand a personal stopwatch near the knockdown timekeeper to ensure an exact count and avoid disputes. They anticipate a record indoor gate of about 425000 dollars and a knockout outcome.
In Los Angeles a coroner and the state boxing commission opened an investigation into Benny Cleveland 21 a Navajo bantamweight who died after a four round bout with Bob Adams at Hollywood Legion Stadium. An autopsy was scheduled and doctors cited brain hemorrhages from頭 blows as the cause.
Dalhart goodwill trippers arrive in Amarillo about 11 30 AM depart about 1 30 PM after dinner. The Dalhart High School Band and other entertainers join for promotion of the July 24 25 26 XIT Reunion and Rodeo with stops at Dumas Amarillo Panhandle White Deer Pampa Borger and Stinnett. Unrelated note mentions Venezuelan beef shortage due to stock raisers resisting government prices.
Mrs F S McCullough won the top spot in the Amarillo Women s Municipal Golfers Association Week end Nine Hole Handicap Tournament with a net 34. Her card 42 8 34. There was a two day tie for second place Mrs C M Robertson 44 8 36 and Mrs Elmer Tucker 49 13 36.
Sweetwater rallied from a four-run first inning but the league leading Big Spring Broncs held on for a 10 9 victory. The result left the Broncs one and a half games ahead of the Midland Indians who beat Ballinger 6 0. Odessa defeated Vernon 8 4 with two three run innings.
Thieves entered a Roeland Street jail garage in Cape Town South Africa and stole a police car. Police launch an investigation and seek information from the public to recover the vehicle and identify suspects.
New York reports recap a Braves double victory over the Chicago Cubs with Tommy Holmes homering in the opener and Harry Lowrey delivering eight hits for the day. Other MLB results include Dodgers rookie Clyde King winning debut, Pollet’s strong relief for the Cardinals, and Yankees extending their win streak to 14 behind Newsom Raschi.
Major League Leaders show National League batting Walker of Philadelphia 341 and Kiner of Pittsburgh 319. Mize of New York leads NL with 38 home runs, Kiner has 22. Muneer of St. Louis 6 1, 889 and Blackwell of Cincinnati 15 wins 2 losses. American League batting Boudreau of Cleveland 348 and DiMaggio of New York 3538. Williams of Boston and Gorton of Cleveland tied with 15 home runs. Shea of New York 11 2 and Harder of Cleveland 5 1 8533 lead pitching.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.