National junior college plan eyed for eight sectional tournaments
Officials in Los Angeles discuss a proposed national championship for junior colleges with eight sectional events to decide entrants for a Kansas City finals. Compton vs Amarillo opens Western States meet as fans anticipate a likely final with California contenders and notable USC UCLA ties noted.
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Compton
Cal
National Federation
Los Angeles
Kansas City
K. P. Carter
Amarillo College
Badgers
Compton Tartars
Western States
Badger
Tri-State Air Grounds
Amarillo
Carter
California
Compton Junior College
Op College
Vancouver
Wash
Dixie College
St. George
Utah
Grant Junior College
Sacramento
McNeese College
Lake Charles
Pasadena Junior College
Phoenix Junior College
Pueblo Junior College
Ricks College
Rexburg
Idaho
Sacramento Junior College
Branch Agricultural College
Cedar City
van Port College
Portland
Ore
Visalia Junior College
Weber College
Ogden
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
McNeese
Phoenix
van Port
Weber
Wentworth
Texas
Lone Star State
Sam Barry
University of Southern California Trojans
Wabtur Johns
UCLA
Colorado A.A & M
Bruins
San Antonio Invitation Golf Meet Scheduled for June
The annual San Antonio Invitation Golf Meet will run six days from June 9 to 14 in San Antonio. Prizes totaling 3500 dollars will be awarded to top finishers.
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San Antonio
Grapefruit League notes from spring training around the league
Baseball chatter from West Palm Beach Avalon and Miami outlines exhibition plans. Chandler may join Philadelphia Athletics drill as Mack jokes about pay. Hank Borowy Cliff Chambers slated for Cubs versus White Sox in Los Angeles. St Louis Browns to deploy varsity outfield Laabs Zarilla Coleman in Fort Lauderdale game with Boston Braves.
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West Palm Beach
U.P
Happy Chandler
Philadelphia Athletics
Chandler
Connie Mack
Mack
Avalon
Cal
Hank Borowy
Cliff Chambers
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles
Charley Grimm
Bill Nicholson
Miami
St. Louis Browns
Boston Braves
Fort Lauderdale
Herold
Muddy) Ruel
Chet Laabs
al Zarilla
Ed Coleman
Hank Helf
Red Sox add DiMaggio Culberson as York holds out
In Sarasota Don DiMaggio and Leon Culberson arrived to join the Boston Red Sox camp while Rudy York remains a holdout after missing the deadline. Ted Williams, already signed, is expected to report after fishing in the Everglades. In Havana the Dodgers second string beats the main squad in Venezuela practice.
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Sarasota
Fla
Rudy York
Ted Wilams
Boston Red Sox
Don DiMaggio
Leon Culberson
York
Williams
Everglades
Havana
U.P
Brooklyn Dodgers
Venezuela
Amarlio's Heart Throbs Bring Pro Wrestling to Fairgrounds
Promoter Cory Detton unveils a strong Amarillo card headlined by Art Brady of California versus Abilene’s Ace Abbott in a one fall 15 minute opener. Ken Mayne and Jack Pappenheim meet Hy Sharman and Pat O Dowdy in the Australian tag match. Gorilla Poggi faces Buck Lipscomb in the semifinal as drama builds among feminine fans.
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Fairgrounds Arena
Amarill
Cory Detton
Art
van Johnson) Brady
Abilene
Ace Abbott
Ken Mayne
Jack Pappenheim
Hy Sharman
Pat O’dowdy
Brady
Abbott
Wayne Martin
Amarillo
Detton
Gorilla Poggi
Buck Lipscomb
Cowboys Open Baseball Season at Abilene Park
The Hardin-Simmons University Cowboys will play Texas Christian in a non conference game at Abilene Blue Sox Park on Saturday. This exhibition starts the Cowboys season and marks their opening game.
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Abilene
Hardin-Simmons University
Texas Christian
Abilene Blue Sox
Cowboys
Wolflin Ponies Lead Plains Peewee Standings With Big Win
Wolflin Ponies extended their nine game win streak by defeating San Jacinto Peewees 45 to 11 to maintain first place in the Plains Peewee League. Rex Baxter Jr led scorers with 18 points, Travis Barton added nine, while San Jacinto’s Tommy Joe Smith had six.
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Wolflin Ponies
Kids, Inc
San Jacinto Peewees
Rex Baxter
Wolflin
Travis Barton
Tommy Joe Smith
San Jacinto
Otto Mangold
Boys Ranch Juniors
North Side
Boys Ranch
Maverick Club
A. C. Brewer
North Side Aggregation
Lewis Dorough
North Side Star
Alfred Robinson
Dale Hulsey
Bobby Hudson
Maverick
Pleasant Valley
Hulsey
Hudson
Mavericks
Jimmy McKinney
Amarillo
Price College
Pat McCarthy
Russell Reneau
Gene Hunter
J. O. Hutto
Peewees
Maverick Combines
Kenneth Hutto
Jackie Collier
Kenneth Wilson
Jimmy Daniels
Lee Rye Parrish
Daniels
Parrish
Earl Smith
Taylor
Horace Mann
Amarillo College
Margaret Wills
Plains Peewee
Summit
Margaret Wills Wolves
Baker College Names Weidman New Athletic Director
Daniel Baker College in Brownwood hires Chester Weidman from Marshall High School as athletic director and football coach. Mrs. J. W. Trapp, college president, says he starts this month as the school seeks readmission to the Texas Conference after halting competition in 1941. Weidman has coached at Olney Gainesville Childress and Brownwood High schools.
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Brownwood
Daniel Baker College
Chester Weidman
Marshall High School
J. W. Trapp
Weidman
Daniel Baker
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Olney
Gainesville
Childress
College hoops results from multiple games listed
Marshall defeats Hawaii 84 to 57. Capitol beats Kenyon 87 to 55. Texas Wesleyan tops Austin College 70 to 4. Bradley Tech edges Detroit 61 to 50. Ottawa University and Baker tied 50 to 50. Rider wins 71 to 59 over Paterson. St Mary's Minnesota trounces Loras 357 to 42.
Sandies face Sam Houston in state tourney opener
Amarillo Golden Sandies meet Sam Houston Tigers of Houston in the first round of the state tournament. Sam Houston won the bi district title by beating Graham and Beaumont after a tight district race. Creppon led the Tigers with 18 points as they earned their first Austin trip in 22 years. The Sandies trained at the Armory and travel with 15 players led by Hill and manager William Fomby.
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Patt Powell
Amarillo Golden Sandies
Sam Houston Tigers
Houston
Asomdine
Auslinm Frigay Nizml
Jeff Davis
Davis
Crozier Tech
Dallas
T. G. Hull
Golden Sandies
Roy Dealy
Sam Houston
Ray Creppon
Bill Wilson
James Dowies
Bill Echols
Joe Herrera
Wilson
Creppon
Alan Elliott
Johnny Gunn
Robert Keyes
Lonnie Franklin
Claude Jahnke
Tigers
San Jacinto
Beaumont
Austin
Sam Houston High
YMCA
Graham
Childress
High School
Coach Hill
William Fomby
Abilene
Jewell McDowell
Jimmy Carter
Bob Henry
Booney Pickens
Larry Wartes
Jim Sharp
Denny Willis
Doyle Watson
Harland Collins
Bobby Wilson
Bobby Morton
Bruce Norman
Bobby Farmer
C. A. Ellis
Bill Bybee
El Paso Quint Drawn in Class AA Tournament Opener
El Paso High School labeled a dark horse for the Class AA basketball meet opens against Crozier Tech of Dallas in the interscholastic tournament. Crozier and Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio are co favorites, with potential finals set if El Paso upset Crozier. Upper bracket games include El Paso versus Crozier at 3:15 PM Friday and Bryan versus Greenville at 4:30 PM, Sam Houston versus Amarillo at 7:15, and Jefferson versus Waco at 8:30.
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Austin
U.P
el Paso
Crozier Tech
Dallas
Crozier
Thomas Jefferson
San Antonio
Doposters
Jefferson
Texas
Tech
Bryan
Greenville
Sam Houston
Houston
Amarillo
Waco
College Basketball Scores From National Contests
Holy Cross defeated Providence College 93 to 66 while Dartmouth beat Yale 43 to 41 and Columbia won 47 to 45 over Cornell. Indiana toppled Purdue 54 to 38, Michigan won 66 to 62 against Ohio State, Virginia beat Virginia Military 59 to 37, and Ohio University finished 62 to 53 over Butler.
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Holy Cross
Providence College
Dartmouth
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
Indiana
Purdue
Michigan
Ohio State
Virginia
Virginia Military
Ohio University
Butler
Bunny Oakes Resigns Wyoming Football Coach Post
B. F. Bunny Oakes resigns as head coach of the University of Wyoming football team. Reported search for a successor turns to Colorado for a master's degree for Oakes. Oakes joined Wyoming in 1941 after leaving Jacoby and mentored Whizzer White to All American fame at Colorado.
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Laramie
Wyo
U.P
B. F
Bunny” Oakes
Whizzer” White
Colorado
University of Wyoming
Cowboys
Oakes
Wyoming
Glen
Jacoby
Line Avenue Baptist Dominates First Christian In Local League Action
Hovey Barnes and Seth McFather led Line Avenue Baptist to a 70 8 win over First Christian as Barnes scored 27 and McFather 22. First Presbyterian won 34 18 over Line Avenue, Pat Sasserloop adding 21 for the leaders. San Jacinto Baptist crushed West Amarillo Christian 59 15 with Dickson McPherson and Gleaton starring. The top undefeated team faces a key matchup next Monday. Other games feature First Baptist vs First Christian and San Jacinto Methodist vs San Jacinto Baptist.
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San Jacinto Baptist
West Amarillo Christian
Dickson
McPherson
Gleaton
San Jacinto
First Baptist
First Christian
San Jacinto Methodist
Line Avenue
First Baptist Christian Fe
M'Father
Fuqua
Ere Barnes
Bates
Hwillis
McCue
Morrow
Frosti Mo Willis
Husbands
Mooring
Sandies eye Sam Houston in state tourney bid
Amarillo’s Golden Sandies prepare for a Friday state Class AA matchup with Sam Houston after a strong season. Houston scribes expect light trouble, but Amarillo believes a win is possible if their hustle and sportsmanship shine as in the prior year.
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Southworth Willys CO
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Amarillo Country Club
Grapefruit League
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Royals
Jackie Robinson
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Detton Books
Cowboy
TCU
Western Auto
Polk St
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Echols
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Dark Horse
East 25Th Street
New York City
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle
S Seiberling
Seiberling
Bunny Oakes
Wyoming University
Line Avenue Baptist
Hovey Barnes
Seth MccFather
Ymca Church
The
Baptists
Teal and
Ferguson
SAN Jacinto West
Amarillo Baptist Christian
Feft
Nobles
Holbert
Dickenson
Hart
M'Pherson
Weaver
Sullivan
Judd
Balfour
Duckwrth
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Houston Post
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BOY Scout
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