Boxing echoes and coaching quips in March sports notes
In Charlottesville leaders note Eastern tournament lagging behind last Southern conference gatherings. Highlights include Bobby Goldstein's tale of earnings for a three round Richmond bout and a barbering anecdote from a Virginia bout. Lon Stiner's bench instruction joke lands with officials.
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Hugh Fullerton
Charlottesville
Bobby Goldstein
Maryland
Norment Quarles
Richmond
Virginia
Raleigh
Denton Upsets Austin In First Round Of State Tourney
Denton high school stunned heavily favored Austin of El Paso 50 45 to advance to the Class AA semifinals in the Interscholastic League basketball tournament. Denton trailed early but rallied led by Frank Cunningham with 23 points while Jeff Davis edged toward the lead for Dallas Tech and Lufkin in other first round games.
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Associated Press Austin
Denton
Lufkin
Dallas Tech
Jeff Davin
Houston
Denton Quints
Austin
el Paso
Addicks
Ingleside
Alpine
Fayetteville
Slidell
Stratford
Burkett
Boles
Quinlan
Jeff Davis
Elkhart
Nederland
Sidney Lanier
San Antonio
Joe Abbey
Broncos
Broncs
Frank Cunningham
Childress
Abe Martin
West Texans
Robstown Quint
Tom Hamilton
Dallas
Waco
James Salibo
Bayou City Panthers
van and Elkhart
van High School
Gatesville
Lakeview
Crane
Aransas
San Antonio Quint
Fe. Ft. Pf
Cieweseesses
McKinney
F . Fi
Taylor
Sacle Sage
A LA Thompson
Steele
G . Vabbsbvere
Hayes
Esteseses
Hicks
Seeees
Fe. Ft. PY
Ulece Agt
Teysy
Risenhoover
Fisher
Ewes
Ron Brown
F Seeveess
Cunningham
Bennett
H. Kitchens
G . C. Kitchens
Stone
Shoults
Colon CW Naguneh Eae
Cook
Steele Hayes
Hudgens
Cun
Jockeys and Horses Near Derby Dreams at Widener Cup
A vivid preview of four jockeys Conn McCreary Buddy Hass Wendell Eads and Georgie Woolf vying for the $50 000 Widener Cup at Hialeah Park. Profiles show McCreary on Our Boots Hass on Kayak II or Midland and Porter's Cap Eads on Market Wise Woolf with Challedon. The piece builds toward a hopeful ending for one pairing.
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Jack Guenther
United Press
New York
U.p
Red Pollard
Hialeah Park
Boots
Conn McCreary
Buddy Haas
Midand
Market Wise
Wendell Eads
Challedon
Georgie Woolf
Conn
Whirlaway
McCreary
Bull Dog
Buddy Hass
Buddy
C. S. Howard
Seabiscuit
Pollard
Kayak
Howard
Haas
Midland
Porter
Cap
Bay View
Eads
Eddie Arcaro
Woolf
Big Pete
Lou Schaeffer
Mioland
Lufkin and Childress Face Off at Halftime
The score at halftime is Lufkin 26, Childress 19 with players Ningham, H Kitchens, and Cotton contributing points. Officials Bredt and Curtis oversee the game.
Ritz Advertisements Highlight America’s Favorite Cracker
Ritz National Biscuit Company launches a weekly seven week campaign in The Globe featuring Ritz crackers as America’s Favorite Cracker. The ads target women with concise copy and defense-time messaging. Nabisco sales reps provide display materials for dealers to use in stores.
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National Biscuit Company
Globe
America
Nabisco
Motor Corps To Have Lesson In Mechanics
The women of the Red Cross Motor Corps will gather next Tuesday at 7 o clock for a mechanics lesson at Toney Chisum s shop. The corps comprises 17 members and will work with black oil to gain hands on skills. The article notes a 1923 smoke screen demonstration off Cape Hatteras as historical context.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
Leson
Toney Chisum
Motor Corps
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Mavericks edge Central Junior High in double overtime battle
The Mavericks beat Central Junior High Independents 50 to 48 after two overtimes on the Maverick court. Dillard scored 29 for Central, Haas led Mavericks with 20 as Haas hit a late left handed shot to seal the win.
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Maverick Club
Central Junior High Independents
Maverick Court
Mavericks
Dillard
Central Boys
Central Combination
W. T. Stephens
Jewell McDowell
Central Lads
Clonard Haas
Maverick
Haas
Fordham Coach Crowley Seeks Naval Aviation Enlistment
Jim Crowley of Fordham issued a surprising move seeking enlistment in naval aviation and a leave of absence. Officials say a nationally known successor is being lined up, with spring practice beginning March 20, and Crowley may direct athletic activities if assigned to the navy program.
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New York
Jim Crowley
Fordham
Naval Aviation
Notre Dame
Crowley
Knute Rockne
Four Horsemen
Naval Air Cadet
Navy
Thomas Hamilton
Annapolis
Gannon
Stinnett Invites Four Tliers In Court Tourney Start
Stinnett hosts the Stinnett Invitation Basketball Tournament with 27 teams starting Friday. Ten teams in the High School Junior Boys division lead entrants, nine in Grade School boys, five in High School Junior Girls, and three in Grade School girls. Final games roll Saturday night with cross-division finals and George Washington officiating. Participating towns include Stinnett Spearman Plemons Dumas Perryton Phillips Dalhart Grover Miami Conlon Spring Creek and Amarillo Price Memorial and Maverick Club.
Fliers Prefer Brunettes at Randolph Field
At Randolph Field Texas on March 6 1940 reports say 68 percent of aviation cadet class 42 F prefer brunettes while 26 percent favor blondes and 6 percent choose redheads. Merchants of Tehran Tran have started their own hat factory producing 1000 hats daily due to outside supply shortages.
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Randolph Field
Tex
West Point of the Air
Teheran
Tran
Women Bowling Champions Get Checks From Tournament
Emily Reubenstahl announced that money prizes from the Women’s Panhandle Bowling Tournament were calculated and mailed. The event, Texas outside the state meeting, drew teams from Amarillo Las Vegas NM Roswell NM Fort Worth and other cities with Ruth Dorris and Joann Garrett among top winners.
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Emily Reubenstahl
Texas
Mann's Cakes
Amarillo
Red Ball Cafe
Las Vegas
N. M
Budweiser
Midland
Everybody's Cash Store
Roswell
Erna Hausler
Billy Simon
San Antonio
Dolly Grant
Ruth Dorris
Joann Garrett
el Reno
Oklahoma
Claire Mann
Lorna Halbert
Fort Worth
Betty Weeks
Mirth Reeves
Isabelle Morgan
Cecil Hart
Berger
Ida Thomas
Frances Parkinson
Marguerite Martin
E! Reno
Frances Palmer
Kate Smith
Shawnee Oklahoma
Pearl Gaddie
Beulah Foster
Clara Roberts
Genevieve Crabb
Selah Bird
Dorothy Dickson
Carrie B Himes
DeAnn Lewis
Mildred Ross
Pampa
Borger
Mae Hopper
Jo Ann Adair
Tucumcari
Bernadine Hix
Ruth Vogell
Lubbock
Grace Page
Shawnee
Vera Kerr
Lucille Chewning
Tie
Margaret Wright
Harriet Holley
Marilyn West
Cleone Stone
Ruby Bush
Lucy Moore
Ruth Mitchell
Bert Gill
Vera Dozier
Inez Otten
Using Cotton to Wrap Cotton A War Time Use
Dallas report notes cotton bagging may replace jute and burlap for bale wrap as war limits materials. Texas Ginners Association president says officials may appeal to the war department for orders. Dillon dispatch highlights 64 relatives aiding Allied efforts including RAP members and a Victoria Cross recipient across Britain and North Africa.
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Dallas
War Department
R. A. Graham
Texas Cooperative’ Ginners’ Association
Dillon Mont
U.P
William Hutchinson
RAP
England
Canada
Libya
Iraq
Remember It Is Illegal To Fish Now
The March and April closed season on bass and crappie in Texas is in effect with bans on artificial bait and certain nets. Local county laws may vary, so contact your district game warden or the Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission in Austin for guidance or a digest of hunting and fishing laws.
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Austin
Texas
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Colorado River
Tex
The
Game Commission
Redbirds of Borger Win First Test
Hillsboro Texas March 6 First round Texas High School Association tournament results include Borger defeating Pyron 46 27 Aquilla 47 Maysfield 29 and La Poynor 25 Silsbee 24 among others Pairings for the championship and lower bracket divisions are listed with games tonight and tomorrow’s schedule plus semifinal and final times Rose picks remain unread.
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Hillsboro
Tex
Texas High School Association
Emory
Blanco
la Poynor
Lingleville
Gatesville
Avinger
Brock
Sundown
Mesquite
Silsbee
Quail
Tenaha
Aquilla
Maysfield
Borger
Pyron
Tulsa Co-Eds To Have a Time
Tulsa reports no feminine wallflowers at the University of Tulsa dance tonight as Pi Kappa Alpha hosts a coed event to help with the war era shortage of men. Each male attendee must bring at least two girls and may earn cut-rate dance tickets for bringing more.
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Tulsa
Okla
University of Tulsa
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Fight Results From Across Cities
The AP reports boxing results with Billy Tordi glione stopping Eddie Ellis in Fall River Eddie Davis outpoints Ginger Foran in Elizabeth Charley Davis competes in New York Los Angeles stops Hal Gullafson in Jersey City Cleve Bailey defeats Eddie Finazzo in Atlantic City The text notes ancient Chinese tanning of hides 3000 years ago.
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Associated Press
Fall River
Mass
Billy Tordiglione
Boston
Eddie Ellis
Quincy
Elizabeth
N. J
Charley Davis
New York
Ginger Foran
Liverpool
England
Jersey City
Los Angelo
Bayonne
Hal Gullafson
Atlantic City
Cleve Bailey
Vineland
Eddie Finazzo
Baltimore
Evening Bowling Scores Highlight 500s Across Local Leagues
Green of the Diesel Chiefs led a 530 while Barry of the Fire Chiefs hit 553 and 206 in a Texaco League night of 500s at Amarillo Bowl. Mann and Wagner top the Pioneer women with 545 and 541. Advances included Ama tillo Hotel, Borden's, Lady Faire, and Jones Bros. results in both men and women leagues.
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Texaco
Green
Diesel Chiefs
Sky Chiefs
Barry
Fire Chiefs
Seiberling
Marsaks
Havolines
Indians
Mann
Lady Faire
Wagner
Pioneer
Melton
Roberts Jones Brothers
Havi
Dorris
Borden's
Amatillo Hotel
Builders’ Supply
Mollye
Jones Bros
Dusters
The
Harvesters
Dale
Lon Morris Upsets Wesleyan in a Southwestern meet
Lon Morris Bearcats upset Texas Wesleyan Rams 62 to 59 in Dallas. Bearcats erased a late deficit with two field goals in the final 30 seconds. Kenneth Roach and Wyatt Dotson scored the winning baskets as the lead changed 23 times and the game was tied nine times. Weyman Cotton led TWC with 22 points.
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Dallas
Tex
Lon Morris Bearcats
Southwestern Amateur Athletic Union
Texas Wesleyan Rams
Bearcats
Kenneth Roach
Wyatt Dotson
Lon Morris
Weyman Cotton
TWC
Dallas Furnituremen
Sheppard Field Aviators
Wichita Falls
Henderson
Jarrett
Texas Aggie
Sheppard Fiel
Hensley Field Air Cadets
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