Nixson Whirlwinds Clinch City Junior High Title
The Nixson five defeated Horace Mann Buffaloes 47 to 25 to clinch the City Junior High basketball championship at the Nixson Gym. Final conference game Sam Houston vs Horace Mann Tuesday has no bearing on the outcome. Nixson leads with eight wins, one loss. Sam Houston five two. Horace Mann eight losses. Elizabeth Nixson scored 31 points as the team rolled past Horace Mann. Referees Taylor and Ratcliff. The U S Maritime Service training station at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, reported 60 000 graduates in two years.
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Horace Mann Buffaloes
Nixson Cagers
Sam Houston
Horace Mann
Ft. Tp. Pf Gerrett
A Eee Nes
SR. Hiecbuweenesesdes
Acawasenenee Bese
PE Wtiebenesesake
RT Cho Aka Ade Onenaw
Helftime
Elizabeth Nixson
Taylor and Ratcliff
U. S. Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Organizing Leagues Expand to Junior Softball Play
Amarillo launches a city wide junior softball series for ages 9 to 15 starting May 1. Cal Farley leads the Maverick Club effort with sponsors and volunteer coaches sought to fund pay and gear while teams diversify across neighborhoods and age groups.
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Cal Farley
Maverick Club
Boys Ranch
Six Games in Junior League Schedule Today
Six games are scheduled today in the American Junior Basketball League. Reno Nevada, a city half the size of Amarillo, has 700 boys ages 10 to 14 in its softball league, and Farley believes Amarillo should have equally as many.
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Reno
Nev
Amarillo
Farley
Gore Wins Third Amarillo Singles Sweepstakes Tenpin Title
Cpl Irwin Gore, 32, stationed at Amarillo Field since 1942, won the Third Annual Amarillo Singles Sweepstakes at Banner Bowl with 2 010 pins over two weekends, earning 1 000 cash, a 500 diamond medal and a trophy. Second place went to Pvt Ellwood Moyer with 1 966 pins and 500 cash.
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Gore
Irwin Gore
Amarillo
Banner Bowl
Pvt
Ellwood Mover
Amarito
Mavs Sweep Twin Bill at Sam Houston Gym
The Maverick Club won both ends of a double header against Sam Houston Junior High last Friday afternoon at the Sam Houston Gym.
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Maverick Club
Sam Houston Junior High
Sam Houston
Southwestern Public Service League Bowl Standings Recap
Banner Bowl results show teams CU a LG yyy and Live Wires leading weeks. Exciters Regulators and Bulb Snatchers posted top scores across games while Insulators struggle with low totals. Individual players like Steele Gidden Davis and Hogan luminary figures listed with three-game totals and team-wide performance summaries.
Maverick Club Wins Two Of Three In Franchise Triple-Header
The Maverick Club cagers took two of three from Dimmitt in a Friday triple header at the Maverick Club Gym. Scores were 31 27 for the 14 year olds, 27 24 for the 12 year olds, and 41 17 for Dimmitt in the 14 year old second team. Collins hit a late long shot and Skapple a layup to seal the 27 27 tie.
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Wolflin
Maverick Club
Nixson
Horace Mann
Boy Ranch
Sam Houston
Price
Boys’ Ranch
Duncan
Tere Hampton
Spencer
Tota
Ft Garner
Yo Abbott
Byby
Teeee Settee
Eeee
Hudgins
Seers
Eenees
Andrew See
Edens McCoy
Ee Willis
Davis Frans Woodburn
Ewees Newman Seeve Teers
Kimbrow
Boys Ranch
Jewell McDowell
Moseley
Cooper van Arndale
Stricker Frost Burden Smith Wenee
Sam Wousten
Cagers
Dimmitt Basketeers
Mavericks
Dimmitt
Collins
Skapple
Maverick
Smith and Bogard Tie For Amarillo AMGA Golf Title
Homer Smith and Bill Bogard finished tied for first in the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Weekend Handicap Tournament at the Ross Rogers Course with 66. Adams Dowell Gilley Blohm and 38 entrants are noted. AMGA members vote on officers tonight at 8 in the 108th District Court room on the fourth floor.
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Homer Smith
Bill Bogard
Amarillo
108Th District Court Room
Hunter Field Bombers Win Third Air Force Title
The Hunter Field Bombers defeated Lake Charles Army Air Field 51 to 38 to capture the Third Air Force basketball championship at Hunter Field Georgia. About fifty bases under the Third Air Force operate in eight southern states.
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Hunter Field
Champ Hunter Field
Lake Charles
Army Air Field
Air Force
Third Air Force
Week's Local Sports Card Highlights
Local leagues schedule a busy week across venues in Amarillo including bowling at Victory Alleys Banner Bowl and Panter League, basketball at Amarillo College Gym, boxing at High School Armory, and golf events at Ross Rogers Course and Amarillo Country Club. A note on wildlife: grizzly bears rarely attack unless surprised or molested.
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Amarillo College
Amarillo Sandies
Friona Chiefs High School
Texaco
Amarillo High School
Southwestern Public Service Co
West Texas State in National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament
West Texas State va in National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament set for March 12 to 17. Amarillo Sandies meet Friona Chiefs at High School Armory Tuesday night at 8 for boxing and basketball.
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West Texas State
Amarillo Sandies
Friona Chiefs
High School Armory
Cleveland Cage Star Wins Scoring Honors
Cleveland forward Mel Riebe won the national basketball league scoring title with 606 points. He secured the honor as his team fell to the Fort Wayne Zollners 68 to 58 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Mel Riebe
Cleveland
Riebe
Fort Wayne Zollners
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Coffman Jones
Eseetee
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Arneworth
Horece Mann
Erees Tavior
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Kiwanis
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Roger Harris
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Texhoma
Okla
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Morton
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Happy, Texas
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Tulsa
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Plains
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Goodnight
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Canyon, Texas
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Clovis, N. M
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Tatum, N. M
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Perryton
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Hereford
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Panhandle
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Sudan
Davis Bros
Stratford
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Floydada
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Turkey
Singley Farm Machinery Co
Lubbock
W. O. Speck Implement Co
Plainview
Lamesa Tractor & Motor Co
Lamesa
Parish Hardware Co
Earth
Seminole
Fraser Milling Co
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