The Hardest Job in Baseball A Look at Minor League Managers
Athletics writer Henry McLemore profiles Kiki Cuyler of the Chattanooga Lookouts, detailing the immense, hands on duties of a minor league manager. Cuyler lacks assistants and handles pitching, fielding, hitting and teaching from dawn to dusk. He trains rookies, teaches signals and fundamentals, and shepherds players as they move up, a system that fuels big league talent year after year.
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Chattanooga Lookouts
Southern Association
Joe McCarty
Connie Mack
Billy Terry
Kiki
Park Avenue
Ball Park
Cuyler
West Texas Freshmen win Jaycee League trophy 52 41 over Gassers
West Texas Freshmen defeat Canadian River Gassers 42 41 to retain the Jaycee League basketball trophy for a second straight year. Charles Johnson leads Frosh with 17 points as Jacobs and Clark Johnson pace the three man attack totaling forty seven points. R P Carter, Jaycee president, presents trophy to Frosh captain Jacobs after the game.
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Canadian River Gaasers
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Charles Johnson
Frosh
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Olen
Johnson
Clark Johnson
R. P. Carter
Jaycee League
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G Murray
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Brunson
Se Mens Negae
Weed
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House
Chirk Johnson
Chas Johnson
Conmrey
Davidson
Winters
Doyle
Briscoe Clark Johnson
Crews
Sheppard
Basketball Tournament Brackets Filled For Madison Square Garden
Eight brackets for the national invitation tourney at Madison Square Garden are nearly complete with Westminster Duquesne Ohio University and the University of Virginia joining Seton Hall Long Island University and Rhode Island State. The last bracket awaits the City College vs NYU winner. First round March 18 and 19 with semifinals March 22 and finals March 24. Seton Hall the lone unbeaten team with 42 straight wins overall.
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Madison Square Garden
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Duquesne
Ohio University
University of Virginia
Seton Hall
Long Island University
Rhode Island State
the Garden
City College
New York University
Mississippi
Badger Sextets Invite Novelty Games At Amarillo College
The Amarillo College Blue Bloomer Girls face rivals the Pink Slip Athletes in a gym showdown at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds fund the spring formal with Miss Amarillo College to attend. Intermission features a novelty bout for the heavy-date title between Mary Sluffer Stack and Mary Louie Dowie.
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Amarillo College Blue Bloomer
Pink Slip
Amarillo College
Mary “Sluffer” Stack
Mary “Louie” Dowie
Blue Bloomer
Marvy Stack
Margaret Boyce
Mae
Price Cagers Sweep Mavericks Twin 13 11 and 16 13 Victories
Price Memorial College Light Weights defeated the Maverick Club Prenees in a double bill on Price court. Brown sank a late winning jumper as Price held scoreless in the second game to claim 16 13. Welter led Price with six points. Turner had eight for Mavericks.
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Roy Turner
Maverick Peewees
Conlen
Dalhart
Tarleton Beats Tyler For Junior Cage Tie
Tarleton State defeated Tyler 40 to 34 in Stephenville to create a tie for the Texas Junior College Conference basketball lead with Lee College of Goose Creek. The teams face two more games in Tyler that could force a three way tie. Walker led Tarleton with 15 points while Buck scored 10 for Tyler. A stray note mentions a 214 pound St Bernard exhibited in England in 1886.
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Tex
John Tarleton Playboys
Tyler
Texas Junior College
Lee College
Goose Creek
Lee
Tarleton
Walker
Buck
Clovis Field To Be Altered In Public School Upgrade
Clovis progresses on a $22 000 WPA funded facelift of its public school grounds. Improvements cover football field leveling and resodding, track ditching, terracing, band bleachers, showers, dressing rooms, a caretaker’s room, rock curbing for parking, walls, a 70 foot round bicycle track, and landscaping planned by a ladies committee led by Mrs John Barry.
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Clovis
Jas. M. Bickley
Bickley
John Barry
War hustle and gossipy notes from the baseball world
War correspondents report gendarmes guarding Van Mungo after a $200 fine and exile to Montreal. Dodgers and Cardinals figures mingle with Yankee staff as Pete Cawthon declines Eagles, Frank Leahy joins Notre Dame, and pro basketball expands in the South.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Dodgers
Col. Bastista
van Mungo
Larry MacPhail
Mungo
Montreal
Bill McKechnie
Jewell Ens
Hank Goway
St. Pete
Mark Roth
Johnny Petrovich
Atherton
Southern California
Austin
Texas U
Ben Chapman
Lefty Gomez
Florida
Mike Jacobs
Johnny Ray
Billy Conn
Los Angeles Times
Bill Sweeney
Hollywood
Pete Cawthon
Philadelphia Eagles
Russell Smith
Frank Leahy
U. S. Rubber
Notre Dame
Dixie
Riverside sports and showbiz notes from Chicago to Detroit
Mike Jacobs turns 61 and vows to promote until 100. Alice Marble and Don Budge romance rumors dismissed by Marble. Mike Connor refuses czar label as “Mr. Big” of the Southeast. Mike Earle Meadows earner of third radio audition seeks warbler spot. Henry Armstrong tours Detroit with band. Norm Standlee’s Stanford weight drops to 240 and still rising. Johnny Paychek joins the army. Southern California dodges rain hopes by Christmas. Dizzy Trout wears contact lenses, quips rise from Ironwood. Mean Indian Ocean temperature 82 to 84 F.
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Alice Marble
Don Budge
la Marble
Don
Mike Connor
Mr. Big
Mike Earle Meadows
California
Henry Armstrong
Detroit
Norm Standlee
Stanford
Johnny Paychek
Army
Loop Cage Trophy Buffs Set Scoring Record in Kansas City
In the 1941 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament late night action in Kansas City two Texas squads advanced. Texas Wesleyan beat Evansville 71 to 62 while West Texas State topped Dubuque 77 to 39 to set a new tourney scoring record.
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Kansas City
Texas
Tarkio
Missouri
College
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Winona
Minn
Lone Star State
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
Evansville
Indiana
West Texas State
University of
Dubuque
Bert Leask
Iowans
Giants
Clint Wager
Southwest Plains
Texas Wesleyan University
Ind
Rice Wins at Uline Track Meet Beat Trott in Two Mile
Greg Rice extended his win streak to 17 with a five yard victory over Mel Trott in the two mile at the Catholic University indoor meet held at Uline arena. Forest Elaw of Oklahoma A and M pressed the leaders early but faded to finish about 15 yards back.
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Washington
Greg Rice
Mel Trott
Catholic University
Uline Area
Forest Elaw
Oklahoma A and M
Dartmouth Wins Eastern Basket Title
Dartmouth defeated Columbia 39 to 33 to claim its fourth straight Eastern intercollegiate basketball league title tying the league record. It marked Dartmouth’s 10th win in 11 games while Columbia fell to 3 losses in as many starts, with Cornell tied for second. Both teams had one game left before Saturday’s end of season.
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Dartmouth
Columbia
Lions
Cornell
Hale Family Ends 83 Year Senate Service Record
In Portland Maine United Press dispatch Sen Frederick Hale of Maine retires after 83 years of family senate service. His grandfather served in the Civil War era. His father sat in the senate during the Spanish American War and Hale himself completed 24 years before quitting to travel fish and hunt.
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U.P
Frederick Hale
Senate
Hale
Boydston Hughes Close Out Southwest Track Entry List
Two top athletes Don Boydston of Oklahoma A. and M. and Jack Hughes of Texas closed the Southwestern Exposition Track Carnival entry list. Boydston eyeing record jumps and Hughes holding discus and sprint potential headline the field among 1,500 entries. The meet spans two days with high school, junior college, senior college and university participants plus special relay events. Local dignitaries and coaches anticipate record attempts and tough competition from North Texas and Texas A. and M. athletes.
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U.P
Don Boydston
Oklahoma A. & M
Jack Hughe
Texas
Nationa
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Southwest
Matty Bell
Lonnie Hill
Welby Williams
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Hill
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East Texas
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Develo
Marsh Farmer
Texas Tech
Roy Bucek
Texas A. & M
Pete Owens
Outdoor Club Meeting Invites Amarillo Fans
Members of the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club invite hunting and fishing enthusiasts to the regular monthly meeting at 8 o'clock Wednesday night in the Amarillo Hotel. All interested persons are welcome to attend.
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Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen’s Club
Amarillo Hotel
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