Series Into Next Round In Junior Gold Sox Playoffs
Mann's Bakery and Plains Chevrolet won opening games in the Junior Gold Sox playoff. Mann's beat Amarillo Furniture 15 to 4 while Plains Chevrolet upset DeMolays 2 to 3. Tonight Plains Chevrolet and DeMolays meet at 7, followed by Mann's Bakery against Amarillo Furniture. Admission is free with a collection to cover umpire fees.
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Mann's Bakery
Plains Chevrolet
Mann’s
Amarillo Furniture
DeMolays
Mann’s Bakery
Amarillo
Gibbs
Chevrolet
Buchanan
Gamblin Or
Palmer
Bowman Sparks Cincinnati as Sleeper Pitcher Dazzles
The veteran Joe Bowman, acquired from Boston for a $7,500 waiver fee, wins eight of ten starts with Cincinnati after a shaky spring. His breakout comes as trades like Mort Cooper-Charley Barrett and Buddy Rosar-Frankie Hayes dominate headlines, with Bowman delivering steady results through July.
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Price
Cincinnati
Joe Bowman
Boston Red Sox
Mort Cooper
Charley Barrett
Buddy Rosar
Frankie Hayes
Joe Medwick
Clyde Kluttz
Bowman
Duel for Golf's 60000 Pot Opens At Tom O Shanter
Chicago July 26 The All American Open tees off with 139 top players including 128 professionals. The winner's prize is 10200 in War Bond cash. Promoter George May expects record scores as a 277 may win the 72 hole event. A featured duel is shaping up between Nelson and Hogan as they begin the first 18 holes.
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Chicago
Tom O’ Shanter
George May
May
Lord Byron Nelson
Ben Hogan
Army Air Forces
Twenty Coaching Jobs Open in Texas State
In College Station on July 26 Bill Carmichael says at least 20 high school coaching jobs in Texas are open with Abilene’s state coaching school a prime place to fill them. The Coaches Association will run an employment office and over 300 coaches are expected to attend the August 6 through 10 event.
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College Station
Texas
Abilene
Bill Carmichael
The
Coaches Association
Close Battles In Boys Softball Leagues Last Night
Fast, tight games marked Ameri can and National League boys softball with several forfeits and one postponed Saturday. Notable results include Set C C Harris Block busters 9 Ross Larsen Hurricanes 8, Cotton Sox 1 Yankees 0 by forfeit, Dust Storms 1 Bivins 0, Road runners 19 Skydevils 18, Mustangs 7 Steers 3, Blodunks 11 Marauders 5, Cobras 25 San Jacinto 5 misreported as a forfeit.
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Ross Larsen
Hurricanes
Brown
Boys Ranch
Cotton Sox
Yankees
Bivins
Class Nix
Roadrunners
Skydevils
Wills
Freudiger
Hanna
Stockton
Morris
Mustangs
Steers
A. C. Brewer
Ralph Dykman
Watson
Garrett
Roberts
Collins
McLaughlin
Blodunks
Marauders
Clyde May
Curtis Bell
Hawkins
Jacobsen
Peek
Bybee
Jayroe
Cobras
San Jacinto
Whitecotton
Dorrough
Dalrymple
Frisbee
Woods
Byrd
College
McKinley
Taylor
Lamar
Carolina
Margaret Wills
Horace Mann
Alice Landergin
Sanborn
Glenwood
Forest Hill
Humphreys
Highlands
Monroe
Wilson
Fillmore
Forest Hills
Sam Houston
Mavericks
Humphreys Highlands
High School
Wolflin
Line
Amaro Golf Association hosts foursome matches at Ross Rogers
Tomorrow afternoon at the Ross Rogers Course the Amarillo Golf Association stages best banl foursome matches open to any player with an established handicap. Entries by 4 30 with draws from a hat start before 5. Entry 50 cents per player. non members pay 50 cent green fee.
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Ross Rogers
Amarillo Golf Association
Exhibition of British Evacuee Photos Tours England
A caravan of photographs prepared by parents and friends of British children evacuated to the United States, showing daily life in America, travels across England with a lecturer accompanying the display. The tour is coordinated by British Railways.
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United States
America
England
Bombers Hopeful as Kowal Out for Key City Softball Game
With Kowal absent for the Bombers the City Softball League opener pits the Bombers versus league leading Medics at 7 p.m. Crawford Jones steps in as Kowal’s replacement while other matchups include the Jaycees versus Flyers and Pantex against the Mechanics. The regular season ends this week with playoff spots still undecided among Medics Pantex Flyers and a battle for the fourth slot among Bombers Jaycees and Bankers.
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Phil Kowal
Kowal
Portsider
Bombers
Crawford Jones
Jaycees
Flyers
Pantex
Mechanics
Bankers
Texas State Guard
Fillmore
Amarillo College Diamonds
Medics
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Week's Local Sports Card Highlights at Amarillo venues
Readable items list events across baseball softball golf and matches at Tri-State Fair Park Amarillo Country Club and Ross Rogers Course. Highlights include Junior Gold Sox league events Ladies Day and best ball foursome matches and weekend handicap tournaments with Amarillo College and Fair Park venues hosting activities.
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Tri-State Fair Park
Amarillo Country Club
Sunset Golf Course
Ross Rogers Couse
Amarillo Golf Association
Ross Rogers
Amarillo College
Amarillo
Mailing Time for Yale Parcels Set
Mail time for Christmas parcels to servicemen overseas is announced from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, matching 1944 regulations. Packages capped at five pounds. Navy, Coast Guard and Marine personnel may receive parcels year round without a request, but gifts should be mailed by Oct. 15 to ensure delivery before Christmas.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Navy Department
All-Star Teams Picked for Hereford Series
The National Softball League coaches selected an all star squad to face Hereford Prisoner of War Guards in Hereford Sunday in a home and home set. Roger Harris announced the selections and Ralph Dykeman was chosen to coach with Curtis Bell and Clyde Mays as assistants. The All Stars depart from Harris Furniture Store Sunday at 11 30. They will practice Friday night and Saturday afternoon at the Maverick diamond ahead of the game.
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National Softball League
Hereford
Roger Harris
Harris Furniture
Fillmore
Hannah
Estes
Lincoln Skydevils
Coffman and Robberson
Wolflin Ramblers
Freindiger
Beck
Line Roadrunners
Moore
Bybee
Wilson
Bell
Georgia Marauders
Martin
Jacobson
Mays
Jones
Sam Houston
First Electric Motor Invention by Davenport of Williamstown
The world’s first electric motor was invented by Thomas Davenport in Williamstown Vermont. He made a horseshoe magnet and wound it with silk from his wife’s wedding dress, starting the era of the electrically driven car. Davenport died poor and unrecognized in his hometown.
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Williamstown
U.P
Thomas Davenport
Davenport
Woman Posts Odd Cow Theft Note in Watseka
In Watseka Illinois on July 26 Mrs H Burghardt published a notice in the Watseka Times asking the thiefs to return her cow and milk stool and salt saying the thiefs need the cow worse than she does. She added humor noting a body can take only so much of this sort of thing.
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Cooper-Barrett
Brother Mort
Boston
Barrett
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Roy Cullenbine
Detroit
Cleveland
Dutch Meyer
Don Ross
Watseka, IL
Mrs. Burghardt
Notre Dame Has Never Beat Chicago or Iowa in Football
A historical note states Notre Dame has not defeated the Chicago or Iowa football teams in prior contests. The claim emphasizes a persistent winless record against both programs in the sport.
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Notre Dame
Chicago
Iowa
Potential Champs Square Off Tonight
Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants meet Ellington Field Houston in the opening game of the Tenth Annual Texas Semi-Pro baseball tourney in Waco Texas. The seven game weekend features doubleheaders and a double elimination format with Waco Army Air Field waiting to challenge Sunday.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Waco Wolves
Childress Army Air Field
Ellington Field
Houston
North Camp Hood
Popular Clothiers
Fort Worth
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
San Marcos Army Air Field
South Camp Hood
Aloe Field
Victoria
Foster Field
Seven-Up
Austin
Waco Army Air Field
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