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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1948
Page
13
Here they are the standings you have been yelling for. Teams marked with an asterisk show unreported games and outdated positions. If your team’s standing differs from calculations, allow for games not reported and notify your coach to call in about the correction.
Bill Harmon and Alfred Griggs shared first with net 65 in the Amarillo Country Club Weekend Handicap. Harmon card 173-8-65 and Griggs 75-10-65. Other winners include Harry Daily 76-10-66 and B. B. Williams 80-14-66. J. R. Brown net 69 won low gross. Jack Proper high gross with 109.
Jimmy Demaret won the Albuquerque Open with a record 20 under par 268 for 72 holes and a final 67. He earned 2000 dollars and heads toward the National Golf Tournament in Los Angeles. Stewart Alexander finished second with 272, FE Harrison took third with 275, and Clayton Haefner was fourth with 276.
Frank Parker of Los Angeles, holder of two new tennis titles, won the Belgian championship to bolster his bid to succeed Jack Kramer as the United States leading amateur. He previously won the French title. In women’s play, Patricia Canning Todd of La Jolla beat Suzie Kormoczy of Hungary 6-2, 6-2 to take the crown.
Harold Smith and Ernie Dowell are named captains for the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Dinner Tournament at the Ross Rogers Course. Play starts at 5 PM with nine holes no handicaps. Players will be paired on arrival. losers serve as hosts at the dinner.
Texas Tech will again field a freshman football squad in the coming fall after the Border Conference approved resumption of fresh competition for the first time since 1942.
Dallas dated report says US District Attorney Frank B. Potter called statements by commentator Drew Pearson lies in the whole cloth. Pearson defended his remarks, claiming the Dallas Veterans Administration was furious at Potter’s handling of veterans housing probes and that Potter dismissed cases without indictments.
The Victoria Regis water lilies produce leaves so vast they can support a grown man’s weight, indicating remarkable size and buoyancy. This botanical note highlights the species’ extraordinary leaf dimensions and potential fascination for lake and garden displays.
Amarillo seeks to end a six game loss streak against the Borger Gassers in Borger. Gassers have 16 wins at home this season and beat Amarillo 13-10 yesterday. Budny faces Crues and Carnett with King expected to start for Borger.
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador June 7 Former Ambassador to Washington Gata Plaza led early returns for a successor to President Jose Velasco Ibarra ousted in August. Plaza 77000 Flor 60200 Enriquez 35600. Ambatos dispatch reports one dead and several injured in clashes between Plaza and Enriquez supporters.
In Norfolk Virginia the Coast Guard recovered four bodies from Hampton Roads at the scene of a Navy launch swamping a week earlier. The accident left twenty eight sailors and Marines listed as missing. With today’s recovery the total bodies taken from the water in the area rises to seven. The Navy made no identification announcements.
In Jerusalem on a Saturday, three newspaper men were wounded when a hand grenade exploded as they walked through a square. Sidney Smith of the London Daily Express and James Days of Britain's Kemsley papers were hit in the legs, while Carter L. Davidson of the Associated Press suffered a minor injury to the left arm. The incident occurred amid ongoing fighting in the holy city.
Corporal Clinton E. White US Marine Corps, son of Mrs A G Eisenberg, 1009 West Sixth, arrived in Amarillo from Guam over the weekend. He is on a 30 day emergency furlough due to his mother ill health and will report to San Diego California for re assignment.
A rematch semi windup features Sammy Kohen of New York and Billy Hickson of Knoxville in next Thursday's Amarillo 190 pound mat meet at Sport Arena. The bout follows their 15 minute fast and furious match last Thursday. Olan Boynton and Gil Knutson lead a strong card in the $1,800 tournament commentary.
About 300 boys gathered in Austin for the sixth annual Lone Star Boys State opening. Sponsored by the American Legion the week long program teaches Texas government with participants electing local officials and a governor while housed at the state school for the deaf.
The report notes a dramatic rise in U S steel production, with ingot capacity expanding from a baseline in 1910 to roughly twice that level by 193. It highlights industrial growth, improved processes, and the impact on wartime mobilization and manufacturing strength.
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