El Paso Tigers Lead Class AA State Tourney Field
El Paso High Tigers bring a 22 start record with only one loss and top seed among eight Class AA teams headed to Austin for the state tournament. Crozier Tech of Dallas and Jefferson of San Antonio also posted strong marks, with details on district and bi district outcomes.
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el Paso
Tigers
Austin
Texas
Tiger
New Mexico
Arizona
Abilene
Crozier Tech
Dallas
Graham
Lubbock
Jeferson
Brackenridge
Bryan
Waco
Jeff Davis
Houston
Lufkin
Texarkana
Baylor
Austin Temple
Milby
Sam Houston
Beaumont
University of Houston
San Jacinto
Greenville
Marcus Frieberger
Denton
Pirates Built With Seven Right Hand Hitters
Pirates plan for 1946 features seven right handed regulars including Kiner and Greenberg. Lefty Elby Fletcher is the only regular left hitter with Russell as a switch hitter. The piece notes strong seasons from Kiner with 44 home runs and 127 RBIs plus Greenberg’s 1946 form, while detailing pitching depth and potential bullpen role players under new ownership.
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Miami Nbeach
Fla
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Billy Cox
Russell
Kiner
Greenberg
Herman
Fletcher
Gustine
Kluttz
Elby Fletcher
Jim Russell
Ralph Kiner
Henry Greenberg
Buccaneers
Detroit
Alhambra
Hank Greenberg
Jeep Handley
Vic Barnhart
Albany
Billy Herman
Dodgers
Braves
Strincevich
Ostermueller
Bahr
Bonham
Bithorn
Bagby
Mulcahy
17 Bouts on Ring Program Friday Night at Fair Grounds
The amateur boxing card at the Fair Grounds arena features 17 three round bouts in a Maverick Club versus Wichita Falls Boys Club dual meet. Notable matchups include Bebie Martinez versus James Wortham and Bebe Bitela versus Kenneth Hamilton. Seven district Golden Gloves champions are on the card. Advance tickets are on sale at Maxor drug store with student tickets at 60 cents and general prices 85 cents to 1.75.
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Fair Grounds Arena
Maverick Club
Wichita Falls
Bebie Martinez
James Wortham
Bebe Bitela
Amarillo
Kenneth Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
Reuben Noel
Leon Palacio
Buster Holman
J. R. Vaughan
Sammy Simms
Clifford Bradley
Bradley
Sandie
Cotton Martin
Coyote
Dale Palmer
Maverick
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk
All-Southwest Cage Team Is Announced
The 1947 All-Southwest Conference basketball team includes four unanimous picks: Al Williams of Arkansas, John Hargis of Texas, Tomlinson of SMU, and Jackie Robinson of Baylor. Teammates include Al Madsen of Texas, with Williams the tallest at 6-6 and Williams leading season scoring with 384 points.
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Dallas
al Williams
Arkansas
John Hargis
Texas
Tommie Tomlinson
Southern Methodist
Jackie Robinson
Baylor
al Madsen
Williams
Robinson
Madsen
Hargis
Tomlinson
Sugar Beet Crop Value Forecast At Seventy-Five Million
The 1946 United States intermountain sugar beet crop is projected to total about 75 million dollars including by products. Strong production in the region supports this high value and reflects solid market demand for beet sugar.
Country Club Tourney Committee Meets Tonight
Amarillo Country Club golf tournament committee holds its first meeting at the clubhouse this evening at 7 30. Chairman Harry Daily leads a slate of members including J R Brown John Munn Fred Fyfe Carl Culwell Jim McKnight R H Kelly C N Headrick Art Querry Roy Cloninger and Dr E W Cain.
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Amarillo
Calf Swallows Lost Ten Dollar Bill in Yard
O H Gerharter gave his son Allen a ten dollar bill for groceries. A gust of wind carried the bill to the corral where a calf spotted and swallowed it. The men herded the calf to a loading chute and retrieved the bill from the animal’s throat.
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Stratford
S. D
O. H. Gerharter
Allen
Father
Gerhardt
Tartars Set Tourney Scoring Record Against Amarillo Badgers
Compton College Tartars crushed Amarillo College 84 to 32 in the Western States Tournament, setting a new scoring record for the three year event. Bob Crowe led with 20 points while Decker Gym was packed with Compton fans. The Badgers exit with only one win in the consolation game to follow.
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Compton College
Amarillo College Bargers
Tartars
Texas
Phoenix Junior College
Vanport College
Portland
Ore
Bikini
California
Compton
Bob Crowe
Franklin
Decker Gymnasium
Compton Rooters
Northwest Texas Conference for Education Gathered in Amarillo
Educators from across the region converge in Amarillo for the Northwest Texas Conference for Education with about 2300 attendees. Morning and evening sessions are at Municipal Auditorium with sectional meetings at the high school and churches. Key speakers include Dr Linwood Chase Dr John Furby J L McCaskill George Hutson and E A Wooten who preside at sessions. Public schools close for the day as Dorinda Bond heads the event with the theme Education of Tomorrow's Citizenship.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Elizabeth Nixson
Polk Street Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Linwood Chase
Boston
Boston University
John A. Furby
Kansas City
Trans-World Airlines
J. L. McCaskill
Washington
National Education Society
George Hutson
Department of Information
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
E. A. Wooten
Canyon
Dorinda Bond
West Texas State College
Six Hruskecy Brothers Join Whiting Legion Post
Six brothers from Whiting were welcomed into Whiting Post 80 of the American Legion along with 170 others. Andrew, John, Joseph, Milton, Stephen, and Thomas Hruskecy joined after serving in infantry signal corps air corps field artillery and the Navy.
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Whiting, Ind
Whiting
American Legion
Andrew
John
Joseph
Milton
Stephen
Thomas Hruskecy
Infantry
Signal Corps
Air Corps
Field Artillery
Navy
Ancient Y shaped pipe inhalation described
The article explains an old practice where two horns from a Y shaped pipe were placed in the nostrils and smoke was drawn directly through the nose, illustrating early methods of pipe smoking.
Unseeded Kovaleski Upsets Shields For Indoor Title Run
Fred Kovaleski, 22, former paratrooper, defeated Frank Shields 6-4 3-6 6-4 to reach the quarter finals of the National Indoor Tennis championships at the Seventh Regiment Armory. The unheralded player surprised officials by ousting the Wimbledon finalist.
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New York
Fred Kovaleski
Kovaleski
Frank Shields
Seventh Regiment Armory
Police Shoot Starlings And Natives Have Feast
Lancaster police exterminated six thousand starlings in a health scare. Residents collected the birds for cooking starling potpie. A woman demanded a reserved mess, and an officer told her she must gather them herself.
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Lancaster
Flour priced divorce in early Wisconsin history
Historical records reveal 1806 Prairie du Chien justice of the peace charged 100 pounds of flour for a marriage but 200 pounds for dissolving it, showing divorce cost double the marriage in that era.
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Madison
Wis. U.P
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Local Netters Will Vie for State Honors
Amarillo trio James Garner Dick Hardin and Ernest Northcutt depart with B F Bussard for San Angelo to enter singles and doubles in the Junior Development Journey. Final state meet is tentatively set for March 15 16 in Austin.
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B. F. Bussard
Amarillo
San Angelo
West Texas
Austin
Texas
James Garner
Dick Hardin
Ernest Northcutt
Garner
Northcutt
Lone Star
Wilmer Allison
Berkely Bell
Tut Bartzen
Red Broyles Signs as Baylor Backfield Assistant
Baylor head coach Bob Woodruff announced the signing of Frank Red Broyles a Georgia Tech star as backfield coach. Broyles graduates Tech March 15 and will join Baylor when spring practice opens March 24 but must obtain a release from his Chicago Bears NPFL contract.
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Waco
Baylor
Bob Woodruff
Frank
Red) Broyles
Georgia Tech
Baptist Institution
Woodruff
Broyles
Tech
Chicago Bears
Ralph Wolf
The
Bears
Sixty Pros Slated for El Paso PGA Championship
Sixty professionals and a similar number of amateurs are expected to compete at the Texas PGA championship at El Paso Country Club May 19-25. H. T. Hornbuckle Odessa PGA vice president and tournament chairman says $6,000 prize money for professionals and numerous prizes for amateurs will be awarded, the largest ever for a sectional PGA meet.
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EL Paso
Texas Professional Golfers Association
el Paso Country Club
H. T. Hornbuckle
Odessa Pga
General Tourney
Rural Populace Shift in 1940 United States
In 1940 more than half of the population lived in rural areas across 28 of the 48 states. This rural distribution marks a major regional pattern in the decade before postwar urban growth.
River Road Stuns St Marys In Close Kids Inc Game
Glasgow scores nine by River Road star and five in final minute to edge St Marys 29-24 at Cathedral Hall. Bob Gottrich and Bob Berg led St Marys with seven each as thrillers filled the junior hoops card with Wilson and San Jacinto results noted.
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Buddy Glasgow
River Road
St. Mary's
Kids, Inc
Glasgow
BA Wo
Nimitn
Cathedral Hall
Bob Gottrich
Bob Berg
Avecene Winter
Wilson
McKinley
Wilson Cagers
Summitt
Wolflin
Colts
Margaret Wills
James Christopher
Bobby Thatcher
Hancock
San Jacinto
Youth Center
Price College
Something New For Fans In Australian Tag Match
Jack Pappenheim teams with Ken Mayne to face Hy Sharman and Pat O Dowdy in a Fair Grounds arena tag bout. Pappenheim, a Navy gunner, wrestled often in Brisbane where tag style began and he says it has sharper tactics there. He captains his team and predicts a clear victory.
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Jack Pappenheim
Ken Mayne
Hy Sharman
Pat O’dowdy
Fair Grounds Arena
Pappenheim
Brisbane
Australia
Nelson Receives Oil Test Permit Near Texarkana
Byron Nelson and associates were granted a permit to drill an oil test in the Fouke field of Arkansas, south of Texarkana, by the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission after Nelson previously retired from professional golf to farm.
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Nelson
Texarkana
Byron Nelson
Fouke
Arkansas
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Birds Spread Livestock Diseases Says Veterinary Group
The American Veterinary Medical Association warns gulls kites and other carnivorous birds can carry deadly livestock diseases. French research shows birds feeding on meat animals can transmit anthrax and tuberculosis to healthy stock.
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Chicago
American Veterinary Medical Association
Association
One-Eighth HP Motor Shifts Work Burden to Machines
A single one-eighth horsepower electric motor working steadily can perform the duties of one man, illustrating early efficiency gains from mechanization and its impact on labor.
Texas University Basketeers Defeat All Stars 64 to 52
The Texas University Longhorns clinched a 64 to 52 victory over the conference All-Stars in Austin. Long John Hargis led Texas with 17 points, followed by Roy Cox with 16. SMU’s Tommy Tomlinson and Arkansas center George Kok led the All-Stars with eight points each.
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Austin
Texas University Today
Longhorns
Long John Hargis
Texas
Roy Cox
Tommy Tomlinson
Southern Methodist
George Kok
Arkansas
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