Amarillo Sandies Wrestle Past Lockney in Boxing Meet
Amarillo Sandies boxing team, joined by Lockney Longhorns, won 10 of 14 bouts at the High School Armory. Notable winners included Ward, Novak, Morrill, Roush, Bybee, and Ward with a second round TKO over Rodgers. The intra mural event opened last Friday with results listing numerous knockouts and decisions.
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Amarillo
Lockney Longhorns
High School Armory
Friona
Lockney
Sandies
Dave Dickson
Buddy Wilkinson
Gene Polk
Donald Mulkey
Jack Word
Ernest Rodgers
Word
Jimmy Young
Ward
Richie Novak
Phillip Morrill
Billy Joe Russell
Mike Strueber
M. C. Bradford
Roy Chism
Donald Roush
Reuben Noel
Pat McCarthy
Roush
Teddy Livesay
Danny Ritter
Billy Bybee
Donnie Bybee
Gene Messer
Dean Donald Reeser
Depp
Harrison Haggerton
G. O. Murphy
Billy Virden
Billy Cannon
Jack Ward
Ed Ernest Rodgers
Robert Quisenberry
Dan Teuton
Philip Morrill
Joe Wilson
Bobby Rue
Jeff Coat
David Williams
Bill Cargill
Holdout Hurler Christopher Signs With Athletics
New York March 14 Russ Christopher Richmond Cal tall right hander expected to be one of the top A L pitchers signs with Philadelphia after holding out. He agreed to terms after a phone talk with manager Connie Mack. Giants report holdouts from Melton Jurges and Mead.
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Ted Meier
New York
Russ Christopher
Richmond
Cal
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Connie
Christopher
Horace Stoneham
New York Giants
Cliff Melton
Billy Jurges
Charley Mead
Giants
Lakewood
N. J
Phil Weintraub
Johnson Barrage Delivers West Texas State Victory Over Wichita
West Texas State of Canyon defeated Wichita University 54 to 43 in the National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament. Clark Johnson scored 21 points for the Buffaloes, aided by Rufus Graves and J. W. Malone, while Vic Elliott led Wichita with 22 points. The Texans pulled away after halftime, holding Wichita scoreless for a 10-minute stretch.
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Kansas City
Clark Johnson
West Texas State of Canyon
Wichita University
Texans
Wichita
Johnson
Buffaloes
Rufus Graves
J. W. Malone
Vic Elliott
Wheat Shocker
West Texas
Ee Wasters
Johnson , Ascehen
Malone
Ieereess
Os Estes
Ee Ee Ee
Pe Eh
PORTO
Ion Ho An Cvs
Aeal
Elliott Deen
Mere
Ce Whlarcete
Renee” Ch Koa
Orion
Sia
Aioe
Mason
Renee Awese
Binford
Gay Elliott
Parker
Bowling league scores and team matchups listed
Readable lines present bowling scores for Santa Fe League teams including Victory Alleys Chiefs El Capitans Ayers Rangers Texans Flyers Navajos Scouts and more with individual player games and team totals. Also notes miscellaneous matchups like Hub Clothiers vs Put and Take Grocery and Ritchey’s Cafe vs Diamond Shop. The column ends with a botanical note about plant hairs called colleter.
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W. L. Pet Chiefs Er
Flyers Eee Eee Eereer
Navajos Re Eee
el Capitans Eee Eee Eee
Antelopes Sone Eee Enee
Texans Eee Meee Wee
Rangers Eee Eee
Scouts Tee Ee Ewe Eee
Horace Mann Dominates 12-Year-Old AJBL Clash
Horace Mann claimed a 30 to 0 victory in the 12-year-old division as Glenwood forfeited the game. The winners’ gym hosted the afternoon slate with Horace Mann proving airtight on defense.
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Horace Mann
Glenwood
Plainview Soldier Reaches Golden Gloves Finals
In New York on March 14 seven servicemen six civilians and three Puerto Ricans qualified for the 1945 Golden Gloves finals at Ridgewood Grove. Sgt. Elbert Highers of Oneida New York won a sensational first round knockout in the 135 pound class and Sdt Lavern Roach of Plainview Texas scored a dramatic finish in welter class.
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New York
Ridgewood Grove Arena
Elbert Highers
Oneida
N. Y
Lavern Roach
Plainview
Texas
Local Week Sports Card Highlights Amarillo Area
Weekly sports card lists bowling leagues basketball golf and golf tournaments across Amarillo venues such as Victory Alleys Banner Bowl and Amarillo Country Club. It notes intramurals at Amarillo High School and junior and city leagues at local gyms with schedules through the weekend.
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Bowling Civic League
Texaco League
Banner Bowl
Tyigoeue
Amarillo College Grm
Amarillo High School
Southwestern Public Service Co
Amarillo
Amarillo College
FDR Supports Baseball With Qualifications
President Roosevelt backs baseball continuing this season with one condition that players be fit for war work. He warned Congress may pass manpower legislation forcing players back into the sport under special consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
West Texas State to play in National Intercollegiate Tournament
West Texas State earns a berth to the National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament set for March 12 to 17. Amarillo High School hosts intra murals at the High School Armory Friday at 8 p m for boxing. The district 1 A A track meet is planned for Butler Field on March 24. Dr. Bernice M Moore cancels Amarillo lectures due to illness. she was to speak to the Council of Social Agencies YWCA Teen Work Rotary Club and others on March 28 and 29. she is sponsored by the Hogg Foundation University of Texas.
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Hydraulics
Sandie Sophs
Amarillo High School
Service Club
Sandies
Bombers
Elmer Denny
George Gray
Woody Powell
Leroy Foster
Seale
Williams
Baucum
Franks
Hooks
Hazlewood
Jess Dearley
West Texas State
Amarillo High
High School
Butler Field
Bernice M. Moore
Amarillo
Council of Social Agencies
Ywca Committee
Rotary Club
Moore
Hogg Foundation
The
University of Texas
Haegg Plans to Wed Oakland Bride in Chicago Soon
Swedish runner Gunder Haegg arrived in Chicago to renew plans with his 21 year old Oakland fiancee Dorothy Nortier. The couple, who have communicated since 1943, expect to marry within a month in Chicago as Haegg works to regain his form after arriving in the United States March 1.
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Chicago
Gunder Haegg
Dorothy Nortier
Oakland
Cal
Haege
Excent
Theodore Roosevelt’s Prolific Writing Career Highlighted
A note on Theodore Roosevelt possessing the longest bibliography of any American writer with over 5,000 published works, a testament to his lifelong literary output and influence.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Pantex workers urged to boost shell production for war effort
A letter from Capt. R. M. Smith quotes Lt. Charles O Day stressing that every shell saved saves American lives. The message, praising low absenteeism at Pantex Ordnance Plant, urges workers to stay on the job as Western Front fighting ramps up in Europe and the Pacific.
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Pantex Ordnance Plant
R. M. Smith
Pantex
Charles O'Day
83Rd Chemical Battalion
Smith
Europe
Pacific
Neoprene Used in Flame Resistant Shipboard Gear
Neoprene resists combustion and is used in flame resistant jackets for electric wire and cables aboard ships.
Birch and Company magic show tickets on sale in Amarillo
Tickets for the Birch and Company magic show open at noon today in Amarillo under the Optimist Club. Admission is 1.10 for adults and 0.50 for children, with a large traveling production valued at more than 25 thousand dollars.
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Birch and Company
Amarillo High School
Optimist Club
Southwestern Public Service Co
Amarillo
McDonald Birch
Birch
United States
Mabel Sperry
Miss Speery
Oklahoma City Induction For Two Amarillo Grads
After passing the Naval air crewman examination in January Rudy Bauman and Billy Hughes were scheduled to report for induction in Oklahoma City. Both mid term graduates of Amarillo High School they are sons of local residents with listed addresses.
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Rudy Bauman
Billy Hughes
Oklahoma City
Amarillo High School
Rudy
Washington
Billy
W. M. Hughes
Mrs Joe Yannis Returns to College at Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mrs Joe Yannis returns to her studies at Mary Hardin-Baylor College in Belton after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Ben Ratliff at 727 North Cleveland for the weekend.
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Joe Yannis
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Belton
Ben Ratliff
North
Cleveland
Made Bombs Bread for Armed Forces Made Bombs
Tolbert Barton a former Pantex plant employee serving as a fifth grade technician in World War II bakes for troops in the Philippines. He trained as a cook and baker and has prepared pies bread and pudding in New Guinea and the Philippines earning Asiatic Pacific and Philippine Liberation ribbons. His family in Roaring Springs includes his wife Bernice and daughter Wanda Marie.
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Tolbert Barton
Pantex Ordenance Plant
Barton
Philippines
Bernice
Wanda Marie
South
Johnson
Pantex
Army
New Guinea
Philippine Commonwealth
H- D. Barton
Roareing Springs
Tolbert
Icy
Nylon Hammocks Favored By Army In South Pacific
Nylon netting is used for Army sleeping hammocks in the South Pacific because it resists termites and mold, dries quickly, mildew resistant, and weighs less than cotton, though it has nearly twice the tensile strength.
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South Pacific
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Sandies Scrappers
Longhorns
Star Hurler
Holdout
Hazel Aderton
Ladies Municipal Association
Bowie
George Hirsch
E. L. Roberts
M. T. Johnson
Carl Hare
John Fullingim
Cedar Puckett
Roy Cloninger
F. L. Knight
J. W. Higgins
Barnett
Ashton
C. KR. McAfee
Muny
C. M. Cunningham
H. S. Moore
Wes Hughes
Dewell Brown
Bill Bogard
C. BL. Duriven
Carl Culwell
Bob Taylor
Jim Payne
Henry Pond
Bill Utterback
Don Loden
Frank Lawler
Bill Simpson
John Glover
Colby Davies
W. T. Leachman, Jr
B. W. Hayden
Cpl
Byron Gerdes
Set. C. S. Chapman
Amarillo Field
Gene Root
Navy
Cliff Rogers
Erney Piettner
N. D. Bartlett
Warren Babb
Wade Holman
Dude Gentry
Jack Allen
Bill Andrews
Fred Wagner
C. N. Headrick
Key Farr
Sim Kelly
D. H. Culton
Joe Morris
Fay Dryden
Gene Klein
J. L. McCormick
Chas Green
Stanley Marsh
Bill Keith
Mungo
J. A. Hazlewood
Ernie Dowell
D. W. Klock
Paul Smith
Dub Kleinpeter
Bud Ammons
Roy McKinney
J. R. Brown
H. T. Brice
Mac O'Neal
Jack Phillips
Perry Burks
Dr. W. M. Curl
Joe Witt
R. L. Thompson
Aubrey Jackson
Lee Smith
New York Yankees
Atlantic City
Don Savage
Jim Turner
Boston Red Sox
Pleasantville
Joe Cronin
George Metkovich
Cleveland Indians
al Smith
Paul Calvert
Ken Keltner
Lafayette
Ind
Steve Gromek
Chicago White Sox
Syracuse
St. Louis Browns
Charley DeWitt
Jack Kramer
Capt. Girardeau Camp
Washington Senators
Joe Kuhel
al Ross
St. Louis Cardinals
Ray Sanders
Detroit Tigers
Steve O'Neill
Evansville
Amarillo Air Field Club
Maj
Henry Harper
Foster
Exes
Riley
Coast Guard
Civ
Riley Dee
Gray
Denny See
Sereens Powell Wees
Isaacs
Bittner
Sees Franks
Lasser Williams
Lauder
Caldwell
Stovall
Cearley
Bauman
Willis Cheeerases
Ee Farmer
A McDowell
Collins PA
Norman Pickens
Stanfield
Elkins
Clark
Conway
Guinn Mortenson Wee
Orff Bagot
Alford
Rane
Chiefs
McCullough
Snyder
Curtis
Ramsey
Ayers
el Capitans
Pixley
Kellever
Greene
Rose
Pollen
Antelopes
Dewhirst
Mayback
Elder
DeGrassi
Davis
Rangers
Micran
Simmons
Cernohouz
White
Rogers
Raymond
Chapman
Sewell
McKirahan
Blanchard
Flyers
Wyatt
Martini
Britain
McLain
Sullivan
Logan
Mack
Nunn
Lupher
Scheeher
Scouts
Seeley
Wheeler
LaPalier
Gleason
Savage
Hub Clothiers
Put and Take Grocery
Novak
Carpenter
Mitchell
Glasco
Wadleigh
Willis
Webb
Wilbanks
Reeves
Giles
Amarillo Garage & Storage
National Shirt Shop
Reese
Hudson, L
McGuire
Hinkcamp
Farmer Bill
Farmer Bob
Cox
O'Keefe
Pearson
Ritchey’s Cafe
Diamond Shop
Hughes
Brown
Rosenthal
Fenberge
Britton
Powell
Caplan
Maddox B
Panhandle Insurance Agency
Southwestern Drug Company
Womble
Querry
Duckworth
Adams
Southwestern Drug Company — Cable
Bracher
Butterfield
Blind
West
Killough & Davies
Reager’s
Root
Reed
Stock
Fletcher
Fuller
Goodwin
Hall
McCartney
Kersten
Plainview Soldier
van Buren
Bowling Ladies Pioneer League
Victory Aleys
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Country Club
Gol
Rowe Rogers Course
FDR
California
John H. Smith
Life Insurance
Tyler
Globe-News
van Buren Ph
Ting
Amarillo Printing Company
N. Fillmore
Mart Hudson
Steve Hudson
Gene Chapman
Jim Hudson
Polk—E
John D. McBride
Optometris
Zales
Third Flee
Blackburn Rible
Seventh Street
TH & Polk
Paramount
Recreation Club
Oliver
Jakie Gide
Ae Aes
S. Pierce
Shades
Blackburn ‘Bros
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