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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1944
Page
10
Mrs. Lucille Gray was elected president of the Sunset Women's Golf Association at the clubhouse meeting. She will appoint a tournament chairman who also serves as secretary and treasurer, and a handicap chairman. Ladies Day is every Tuesday at Sunset Golf Course with play open all day. The first tourney will be blind-bogey. Fourteen members attended.
In the Ross Rogers Course event the Optimist and Downtown Kiwanis Lions clubs finished close with Lions and Kiwanis totaling 301 points while the Optimists trailed by a point and a half at 299. Pro Gene Root led the Optimists with 76, Joe Witt top-scored for the Lions at 78, and Sim Kelly led the Kiwanis with 79. The next match is planned at the Amarillo Country Club.
Mrs Gene Root posted 86 to outscore Mrs H L Reynolds in stroke play but lost the match play finals at the Rogers Course in the First Annual Women's Municipal Championship.
The Ross Rogers Course hosts a hole-in-one tournament through Sunday with multiple new prizes. First ace wins a Blackburn Brothers shirt, White's Auto Stores chair, and Midway Liquor quart. Killough and Davies shirt also offered. Gene Root adds nine pre-war golf balls for closest to the cup. entry fee is the ball used. open to all. players may enter repeatedly.
Larry Lane the Trenton N J heavyweights who kayoed Lem Franklin Chicago Monday night has drawn offers to headline seven major city cards manager Willie Witzenberg said Today Lane will consider all bids but priority is Franklin condition Lane himself visited the hospital several times noting the heavyweight’s career may be ended and manager Jack Hurley echoed the view noting Franklin's future looks bleak. Also New York July 26 Lee Q Murray and Turkey Thompson both weighed 205 pounds for a Friday Madison Square Garden 10 round bout and were cleared by the State Athletic Commission. About 86 percent of Burmese women are illiterate.
Yesterday Pittsburgh routed New York 15 to 0 while Chicago toppled Brooklyn 14 to 7 and Cincinnati defeated Boston 6 to 0. St Louis outscored Philadelphia 9 to 0 as the league shows dramatic results and current standings.
The Amarillo College field hosts a 6 30 p m softball match between the Downtown Kiwanians and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Managers are C H Burk and Ed Harris in a spirited civic club rivalry.
Tommy Laughran a famed boxing figure will receive an honorable discharge from the Marines within a week due to average service the former light heavyweight champion aged 41 said last night in New York.
Yankees struggle on the road as 10 to 0 loss to the Indians underscored a collapse of pitching and defense. Hank Borowy gave up five runs in the first inning and Steve Gromek spun six hits for Cleveland, while St Louis Browns momentum grew with a 9 to 1 win over Philadelphia. Ken Keltner hit a grand slam for Cleveland and Ken Keltner again powered the Indians with a rare four-hit game, as the Pirates and Dodgers also suffered defeats in a day of high-scoring games across the league.
Scotty McNichols revealed five new entrants for the Amarillo Horse Show to be held August 12 and 13 at the Tri-State Fair Grounds. Charley Judd Luther Godwin Bill Whiteside O B Jackson and Roy Rogers of Plainview join participants from downstate Oklahoma New Mexico and the Panhandle. Tickets available at the Red Cross room with proceeds benefiting the Potter County Red Cross. Admission 120 for adults 60 for children or uniformed men Reserved box seats 90 cents extra.
A digest of scores from the Country Club and Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association events. Players include W T Leach, Budgie Hayden, Jack Craig, Bill Helton, Jim Payne, Paul Miller, Joe Witt, Henry Morris, Cal Merchant, Perry Jackson, Jack Allen, and many others with scores ranging from 70s to high 100s. The report notes birdies on various holes and summarizes team results including Kiwanis Lions and Optimist Club matches, plus a nine hole match and planned Dutch lunch.
This item lists a week of golf events in Amarillo with venues at Ross Rogers Course Amarillo College Field and Sunset and Amarillo Country Club plus a Friday Sunset Open putting tournament 7 10 P M and a weekend handicap tournament at Rogers Course.
Bivins and Roberts named team captains for Dutch Dinner matches tomorrow afternoon. Pairings include Bivins against Roberts and many other headlined duels such as P F Sayo versus Dr R P Parcells and Jack Allen versus Gene Klein. Winners buy dinners for the losers as usual.
Weekend golf events include the Amarillo Junior Golf Association tournament at Sunset Course and a handicap tournament at the Amarillo Country Club. Participants from local clubs compete for weekend play and recognition at Ross Rogers Course.
Annual Men's Municipal Championship Golf Tournament runs July 23 to August 27. Amarillo Field Bombers face Liberal Army Air Field at Malin Park on July 30. Annual City Women's Championship at Ross Rogers Course August 21 to 24. Annual Men's City Championship at Amarillo Country Club September 2 to 4.
STATE COLLEGE Penn July 26 A former woman high school football coach, Mrs Pauline Smith, says the gridiron belongs to men. She will return to teaching this fall but will not coach Bell Township high school again after last season. The team did not win a game.
Divers will fly at the Ross Rogers Course this afternoon at 6 o'clock as the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association holds a dinner match. Budgie Hayden and Patt Powell will draw teams from a hat. Entry is 50 cents per player for the losing side’s postmatch feed. Lunch overseen by Jack Phillips. Nine-hole limit on all matches.
Oscar the red squirrel mascot for Penn State’s track team died after falling from a tree in Coyte Hunter’s room. The odd note adds that a 14.1 inch cube of gold weighs a ton.
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