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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1948
Page
12
The Pampa Oilers are knocked from the WTNM League lead after Amarillo’s Gold Sox upset them 9-8 on Sunday. Albuquerque moved top with a 5-2 win over Lamesa. ongoing tension fuels the title chase as the teams jockey for position.
Pampa and Amarillo clash in a late 1948 WT league game as Grover Seitz plans to start Foster White or Mark Torres. Clawitter sparked Amarillo with a late double and two homers after joining the team. Payte took the loss for the Oilers while Crues and Halter paced offense in a high scoring, tense battle.
In 1922 the chance to see one .400 hitter in each league in one season arises with Ted Williams and Stan Musial likely to reach the mark. Major League fans anticipate a vintage duel as schedule lines up for this rare feat. June 28 reports from New York note the prospect amid varied league matchups across the day.
Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret won their thirteenth Inverness Best Ball title with a plus 16, finishing 10 points ahead. Hogan said he will not defend next year due to the grueling 126-hole format. Demaret would consider future invitation, while Harris and Ghezzi finished second at plus six.
A Dallas Times Herald report says a fan offered $25 to form a Baby Sitters Club for baseball players' wives. He requested anonymity, suggesting wives deserve a break and the group would sit behind a section to watch Rebel games, hiring sitters for the players' children during games.
Jack Bush and Cnick Klein shot a net 29 to win first place Sunday afternoon in the Amarillo Women's Municipal Golf Association Scoach Foursome Matches. Their card: 38-929. Jack Bush-Mrs. RC. Goettings were runners up with 42-10-32. There was a tie for third place. Ernie Dowell-Mrs. EF. Krueger and W. C. Hunt-Mrs. Ernie Dowell recorded net 34's. High twosomes washed dishes. Bob i and-Mrs. Alfred Nelson net 543 and Alfred Nelson-Mrs. John Keith net 45. Ernie Dowell and Mrs. EFP. Krueger won first place in a nine hole medal play putting tour.
Patty Berg returned to Minneapolis with the trophy after beating Babe Didrikson Zaharias one up in an extra hole to win the Women s West Golf Championship at Everest Country Club. Berg trailed most of the final, was four down with six to play, and offered her prize check to the Western Women s Golf Association to boost interest in golf among young women. Zaharias had previously won in 1940 1944 and 1945 and Berg had titles in 1941 and 1943.
A record crowd of 4,500 attended the Hollywood Park event in RAIDOSO New Mexico. The Mint Bar Consolation purse drew $6,620 in handle on a single race. Howdy won the race, owned by Jim McClanahan. Lubbock paid $21.50, $8.10, and $3.10.
American Jimmy Thomson and Roberto de Vincenzo of Argentina tied for first in the British Open qualifying round at Gullane, posting scores of 68 to set a course record since postwar alterations. The previous low was a 68 by British amateur B Williamson last year.
The Texas Butane Dealers Association opened its third annual convention in Austin with a speech by Gov Beauford H Jeste. About 300 delegates registered yesterday and officials expect 500 by end of event.
Robinson, weakened by a strict diet, aims to make the 147 pound limit at Comiskey Park for the twice postponed welterweight title bout against the New Orleans challenger. Promoters say heavy training and diet cut weight enough, though observers doubt. If he fails at weigh in, he could lose the title and his $5,000 guarantee. rain could push the fight to Tuesday night.
Byron Nelson, former top money winner, rates Abilene’s Billy Maxwell as the leading prospect if he turns pro. Maxwell, 18 in August, just finished high school and plans college play, having won the Texas junior title and invitations at Midland, Lubbock, and Cloudcroft. Nelson notes Maxwell’s temperament and competitive spirit as he prepares for an exhibition match tomorrow. Maxwell may attend Hardin-Simmons or Texas Christian University.
W A Harmon's net 64 wins first in the Amarillo Country Club Weekend Handicap Golf Tournament. Scorecard shows 72-864. Other winners include J M MacCasland 83-17-66, Bob Howle 6-10-66, Odie Russell 86-19-67. John Munn had low gross 68 and Carl Hall high gross 104.
Boston Red Sox surged with 17 wins in 22 June starts to sit five and a half games behind Cleveland, sweeping the Browns in a doubleheader 2-0 and 6-3 as Ted Williams propelled the offense with his 16th homer and a .415 batting average. Athletics also swept Chicago, closing the gap, while other AL and NL results kept the pennant race tight across leagues.
The Amarillo wrestling meet features George Curtis vs Ray Clem ents in a key match with Boston Billy Weidner and Jack Carter added to the royal lineup in a lower-bracket first round. Curtis and Clem ents seek top bracket semifinals against Dr. Gil Knutson. Harvest time in Russia and India aims for new civil airfields amid double grain yields.
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