Panhandle Sportsmen Club to Hold Field Trials for Hunting Dogs
The Panhandle Sportsmen's Club decided at its June meeting to stage field trials for hunting dogs. Location and date to be announced later after reports from Otis Williams and Oliver Austin. Members praised wildlife efforts and urged action against arson near Buffalo Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Bill Howren
Otis Williams
Oliver Austin
Gane Werden
Jim Mageard
Billie Brooks
D. L. Darden
D. T. Puller
Goldie Btevins
Borger
Evinrude Outboard Motor Company
Shamrock Gas and Oil Company
C. P. Watson
Bob Seeds
Goldie Blevins
Texas Fish and Game Magazine
Polly Parrott
E. P. Shelton
Panhandle Sportsmen's Club
Scout's Deadliest Foe Is Another Scout
NEA Staff Correspondent profiles Paul Krichell a long time Yankee scout who laments phony tips while recalling rivals who discover players and the hard earned lessons from Drennen Gehrig and Huggins. He recalls trusting a scout then learning to beware. Gehrig signed for 1500 dollars and shaped others careers including Greenberg and McCormick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
New York
Paul Krichell
New York City
Krichell
DiMaggios
Gehrigs
Fellers
Pishillee
Paul
Mike Drennen
Jimmy Foxx
Pink Higgins
Athletics
Krichel
Drennan
Raleigh
N. C
Mike
Philly
Ball Park
Lou Gehrig
Columbia University
Gehrig
Lou
Yankees
Hank Greenberg
Detroit
Frank McCormick
Cincinnati
Kritchell
Greenberg
Lippy Kee?s Job With Bums Yannigans Coach Named
Amarillo High School announces John Whinnery as the new Yannigans coach, succeeding Henry Laughlin who resigned. Whinnery brings five years of mentoring experience, previously directing Pampa High School B team and coaching at Kiefer Jenks and Muskogee Oklahoma. He is a Northeastern Oklahoma State College alumnus, class of 1939, and will oversee physical education and assist in track and field. Coach Lynch welcomes his addition as a promising staff member.
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Yannigans
Amarillo
John Whinnery
Henry Laughlin
Yannigan
Pampa High School
Kiefer, Jenks
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Northeastern Oklahoma State College
Tallequah
Howard Lynch
W’hinnery
Lynch
City Golfer C L Duniven Ace On No 4 At Ross Rogers
C L Duniven, known as Iron Mike, aced the 212 yard No 4 at Ross Rogers with a high five iron helped by a wind. He played with Bob Taylor. the ball was unseen by players until the greenskeeper pointed to the cup. Duniven won last season’s city championship with irons only.
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C. L. Duniven
Ross Rogers
Bob Taylor
Duniven
C. L
Mike
Walters vs Cardinals Haunts Baseball Writers
The piece recalls Bucky Walters challenging the St. Louis Cardinals amid lineup changes with Musial and Cooper serving in the Navy and Lanier Mort Cooper unavailable. Walters faced tough odds in recent outings as the Cardinals rose to first division status, while trades and staff shifts reshape expectations through early 1945.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Sherlock Holmes
Bucky Walters
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Birds
Stan Musial
Walker Cooper
Mort Cooper
Max Lanier
Walters
Billy Southworth
Musial
Navy
Lanier
Mort Cooner
Boston
Old St. Lou
Dodgers Manager Durocher Faces Felony Charge in Brooklyn
New York dispatch reports Leo Durocher will likely keep managing the Dodgers despite a felonious assault charge filed for June 18 in Brooklyn. Aiding in the beating of John Christian, a discharged soldier, are special patrolman Joseph Moore and Durocher, with Moore’s weapon alleged. Court fate hinges on witnesses as Durocher resumes managing after an 11-4 win at Mitchell Field.
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New York
U.P
Brooklyn
Leo Durocher
Dodgers
Durocher
John Christian
Ebbets Field
Joseph Moore
Ballpark
Dodger
Christian
Moore
Scurocher
Debonair Leo
Army
Mitchell Field
Ford Frick
St. Louis
Coaching roster for Texas coaching school completed
COLLEGE STATION June 12 AFi Secretary W R Carmichael announced the Texas High School Coaches Association has completed the teaching roster for the annual coaching school to be held at Abilene August 6 10 Backfield coach Cecil Griggs of Rice Institute will lecture on the T formation and assist Skipy Pahang Boys Town Neb in coaching the North team in the all star game on August 10.
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College Station
Afi
W. R. Carmichael
Texas High School Coaches Association
Abilene
Rice Institute
Cecil Griggs
Carmichael
Griggs
Skip
Y Pahang
Boys
Fashion Frocks Wins Army Navy E for Parachute Work
Fashion Frocks Inc of Cincinnati earned the Army Navy E for excellence in parachute production during peacetime.
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Fashion Frocks, Inc
Cincinnati
Local Amarillo Sports Card Roundup
Week's schedule lists bowling leagues at Victory Alleys and Victory Legion Special tournament. Baseball Junior Gold Sox and junior softball leagues at Tri-State Fair Park and Fair Park. Golf Ladies Day at Amarillo Country Club and Ross Rogers Course with weekend and weekday events.
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Junior Gold Sox League
Tri-State Fair Park
VaLr
Ross Rogers
Basfball Junior Gold Sox League
Hursday
Amarillo Country Club
Victory Legion
Victory Alleys
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Bowlers
Amarillo
Walmsley Leaves for Annapolis Naval Academy
George Walmsley, backfield star and All-SWC selection as a Rice Institute freshman, boards a plane for Annapolis to enter the U S Naval Academy.
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Walmsley
Annapolis
U.P
George Walmsley
Rice Institute
U. S. Naval Academy
Doubleheader Set in Junior Gold Sox Tonight
Rain postponed last night’s Vega versus Mann’s Bakery game. it will be played Friday at 7. Plains Chevrolet meets the DeMolays at seven, with Amarillo Furniture facing Western Sand & Gravel Aztecs in the nightcap. league officials plan to replace the Times team, leaving seven teams. President Bob Leeds expects an announcement soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Sox
Vega
Mann's Bakery
Plains Chevrolet
Amarillo Furniture
Sand & Gravel Aztecs
Times
Bob Leeds
Shaughnessy Aims to Restore Pitt to Gridiron Heights
Pitt coach Clark Shaughnessy arrives with updated I formation plays and a sober forecast. He aims to lift the program though he notes World War II makes football secondary to university needs. His Pitt record then stands at six wins and ten losses across two terms, with improvements noted.
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Pittsburgh
Clark Shaughnessy
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Shaughnessy
Army
Peter Arno Emerges as Noted Satirical Artist
Peter Arno has become famous as a satirical artist but never studied art, ranking his career as unconventional and self taught.
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Peter Arno
If You Bowl Try This One Local Singles Tournaments
The Bowlers Victory Legion fund aids armed forces recreation through a series of three Amarillo bowling singles events. Co chairs Mrs. Ruby Wagner and Jim Farwell report Banner Bowl on June 1 and Amarillo Bowl last Friday night. next Friday is final entry night. Entry 50 cents per line. all proceeds go to the fund after pin boy costs. Prizes await high ten pin toppers and scores don’t carry over between events.
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Bowlers Victory Legion
Bowlers Victory Legion Fund
Ruby Wagner
Jim Farwell
BWL
Banner Bowl
Amarillo Bowl
Cochrane Hammers Opponents Ahead of Graziano Title Bid
Freddie Cochrane world welterweight champion after two years in the Navy says he is hitting harder. The Elizabeth New Jersey redhead stopped Eddie Miller of St Louis in two rounds here, his fourth knockout in eleven days as he tunes up for Rocky Graziano at Madison Square Garden on June 29. Miller was floored four times in the first round and stopped after 55 seconds of the second heat.
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Atlanta
Freddie Cochrane
Elizabeth
N. J
Redhead
South Pacific
Eddie Miller
St. Louis
Miller
Cochrane
Rocky Graziana
Madison Square Garden
Devil Diver Top Weight for Dixie Handicap at Pimlico
Greentree Stables Devil Diver heads the 1945 older-horse field with 12 pounds for the 42nd Dixie Handicap at Pimlico on Saturday on the same card as the $50,000 Preakness Stakes. Officials could not confirm if Devil Diver will race at Pimlico or in Belmont Park’s suburban handicap that same afternoon.
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Baltimore
Greentree Stable
Devil Diver
Pimlico
Maryland Jockey Club
Belmont Park
New York
Batting Leaders Hike Averages
Loyd of Vega collected five hits in six trips to raise his average from .481 to .545 Rose Vegas shortstop increased from .440 to .500 Bandy of DeMolay climbed from .438 to .476 D Williams of Plains Chevrolet boosted his average from .407 to .444
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Loyd
Vega
Rose
Vegas
Bandy
DeMolay
D. Williams
Plains Chevrolet
Rose Vega
Guill Amarillo Furn
Chevrolet
Ballard Vega
Stidger Mann's
Brady
Mann's
Roark
Romero
Sand & Gravel
Vega Eee
Halli
Eeee Nee
Gibbs Mann
Farmer survives after tractor overturns with dynamite caps
Ralph Sietsema, 25, of Zeeland Michigan, escaped serious harm when his tractor overturned. He suffered a punctured lung and two broken ribs but avoided detonation of 80 dynamite caps carried in his pocket.
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Zeeland, Mich
U.P
Ralph Sietsema
Here
Sietsema
Innuendo Grill on Clark Street and 15 Cent Center in SF Markets
A wartime era note mentions an Innuendo Grill on Chicago Clark Street and a Market Street center in San Francisco offering items priced no more than 15 cents reflecting cost constraints of the period.
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Chicago
Clark St
San Francisco
Market St
Boys' Games Rained Out and Rescheduled for Friday
American and National Softball League games were postponed due to wet diamonds and weather. S. L. Shepherd and Roger Harris favored Friday games to avoid forfeits. Youth schedules list Panhandle, Plains, Texas, Western leagues for 12 to 14 year olds with multiple matchups across local schools and grounds.
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S. L. Shepherd
Roger Harris
Horace Mann
Monroe
Wilson
Forest Hill
Sanborn
Humphreys Highlands
Glenwood
Alice Land
San Jacinto
Central
College
Bivins
Boys’ Ranch
Margaret Wills
Mavericks
Sam Houston
Hayden
Lincoln
Georgia
Line
Mirror
Wolflin
Tommy Holmes Reclaims NL Batting Lead Over Ott
Tommy Holmes of Boston overtook Mel Ott for the National League batting lead with 14 hits in seven straight Braves wins for a .386 average. Ott slipped to .371 for second, while Tony Cuccinello held the American League pace at .349.
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New York
Tommy Holmes
Boston
Mel Ott
Tony Cuccinello
Chicago
Holmes
Ott
Braves
Cuccinello
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Sportsmen’s Club
Feller
Paul Arichell
Lippy
Wes Izzard
Jerry Werrick
Ross
Ross Rogers Course
Eric Jordan
Richard Reeves
Dean Huffman
Harry Daily
Bill Keith
Aubrey Jackson
Bill Baker
Cardinals
Eere
Lou Jorda
Charley
Red) Parrett
Bucky
Cooper
Sam Breadon
Barrett
Champs
Southworth
Jack Cuddy
Ters
Frick
Happy Chandler
Bill Tate
Hilda Chester
Langwidge
Branch “Deacon
Rickey
Aramount
Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle Gidg
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Bowling and Foursome League
Victory Eys
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Cincinnati Teene Wees
Hiladelphia
Gridiron Heights
N. Fillmore
Spring Service & Supply
van Buren
Breet Brothers
Aamarillo
Dumas Perryton
Spearman
Hickok
Texas Ranger
Walter Sikes
COE Lumber
J. B. Coe Lumber CO
Herbert Marshall
Sigmund Romberg
Hildegard Show
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