Football coaches and players shuffle amid Texas high school scene
Dallas Hooker-Vandergriff will visit Amarillo Graham-Hoeme Friday for a basketball clash at Amarillo College Gym. Dumas hires John Whinnery as head football coach, reporting April 2, with Solon Holt replacing him at Amarillo High for track. Texas Tech and OU figures attend a recent banquet, while Bobby Brown eyes Detroit Tigers camp. Texas A&M defeats Texas ending with Jewell McDowell and Thad Ansley expressing happiness.
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Hooker-Vandergriff
Dallas
Graham-Hoeme
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Real
Glad
Dumas High School
John Whinnery
Amarillo High School
Dumas
Solon Holt
Sandie
Whinnery
Holt
Jack Mitchell
Texas Tech
Darrell Royal
Jack
Tulsa
University of Oklahoma
Mitchell
Royal
Aoe
Randall Clay
University of Texas
Globe-News
Bobby Goad
Oklahoma
Clay
Goad
Texas
Pampa
New York Giants
Myrle
Sooners
Bobby Brown
Lubbock
Detroit Tigers
Bobby
Ed Jeffers
Borger High School
Hartshorne
Okla
Jack Brewer
Borger
Northeastern Oklahoma State College
Cy Leland
Ruidoso
TCU
Amarillo High golfers advance to Southwestern Exposition event
Four Amarillo High School golfers Jimmy Baker Don Gatlin Rex Baxter Jr. and George Ausbach Jr. qualify for the Southwestern Exposition Golf Meet in Fort Worth after a 72 hole test. Ausbach shot 306 to lead, with Gatlin 317 and Baxter 326. The group will travel with 12 tracksters from the school bus at 11 30 tomorrow.
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Jimmy Baker
Don Gatlin
Rex Baxter
George Ausbach
Amarillo High School
Fort Worth
Paker
Ausbach
Gatlin
A Tok
Ralph Stroud
Baxter DeGrassi
Bob Faugett
Stanley Bull
Bob Byrd
Toby Wise
Ray Bingham
Don Carter
Stuart Dowlen
Kenneth McMullen
Howard Childers
Edward Jackson
Bill Cook
Johnny Isaacs
Warren Tuckness
Meadowbrook
NAHB Tournament Basketball Scores In Kansas City
East Texas Baptist edged Hitch Point 67 to 64 while Morningside Iowa defeated Providence 66 to 63. Baldwin Wallace topped American University 67 to 66 as Hastings Nebraska beat Pacific Lutheran 71 to 51. Other results include George Pepperdine over Wisconsin St. Tc his 53 to 82, Hamline 82 over Rocky Mountain College 57, Mt. Saint Marys 91 over St Norbert 59, Texas A&M 13 to Texas 32, Kentucky 97 defeating Loyola 1, Dayton 74 over Arizona 68, Seton Hall 71, North Carolina 81. State Women’s AAU action lists K Service Station 22 over Cactus 12 and Hutcherson Queens 33 over Tulinettes 16.
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Hutcherson Flying Queens
K-Service
Canyon
Amarillo
Cactus-Tulinettes
Cactus
Dallas
Queens
Nationals
Flaea Dlaine
Cemmwesand
Js Ae
Kansas City
East Texas Baptist
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Morningside
Iowa
Providence
Baldwin Wallace
American University
Hastings
Neb
Pacific Lutheran
Geo. Pepperdine
Wis. St. Tchis
Hamline
Rocky Mountain Col
State Women's Aau
Hutcherson Queens
Tulinettes
Memphis
Tenn
George Pepperdine
University of Los Angeles
Florida State of Tallahassee
James Millikin
University of Decatur
Ill
East Texas Baptist College of Marshall
Arkansas Polytechnic of Russellville
Baldwin - Wallace
Ottawa
Kan
New Mexico A&m
Central College of
Eau Claire
Wis
Rocky Mountain College
Billings
Mont
Central
Southeastern Louisiana College
Hammond
Evansville
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Baldwin-Wallace
College
High Point
Pacific Lutheran College
Parkland
Wash
Upstarts Shine as Dayton and Seton Hall Reach NIT Semis
Dayton advances past Arizona 74 68 led by Don Meineke 37 points setting a tournament scoring mark while Seton Hall top NC State 71 59 with Walter Duke grabbing 19 points and 25 rebounds. The two victories set Dayton to face St John’s and Seton Hall to meet BYU in Thursday’s semifinals at Madison Square Garden.
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Norman Miller
New York
U.P
Dayton
Seton Hall
St. John's
Brigham Young
Don “Monk” Meineke
Arizona
North Carolina State
Big Walter Duke
Madison Square Gaten
St. John’s
St. Bonaventure
BYU
Ting St. Louis
Meineke
Duke
Flyer Center
Johnny Ligos
NC State
Sammy Ranzino
Pirates
Ligos
Ranzino
Christopher Gets Chance
Oscar Fraley reports Russ Christopher, a 6 ft 4 in pitcher, has a renewed chance to return to major league baseball after heart surgery. Once with the Athletics and Indians, he endured injuries and a fragile heart but kept dreaming of competing. Now cleared for a comeback, he hopes to reach the San Diego Padres or return to the Indians while his teammates still hail him as a “sweet guy.”
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Oscar Fraley
New York
Russ Christopher
Christopher
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Big Russ
Russ
el Paso
Clovis
Newark
A’s
Philadelphia
Indians
San Diego
Cleveland
Hank Greenberg
San Diego Padres
Flu hits Reds in spring camp woes
In Tampa on March 14 the Cincinnati Reds face flu disruptions with sophomore pitcher Frank Smith and equipment manager Larry McManus the latest to be struck. Star slugger Bobby Usher remains sidelined after three homers in intra-squad contests.
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REDS
Tampa
Fla
Cincinnati Reds
Frank Smith
Larry McManus
Bobby Usher
Sandie Wrestlers Top Boys Ranch In Dual Meet
Amarillo Sandies beat Boys Ranch 19 to 10 at the Sports Arena in a tight wrestling dual. Spectators saw several close matches led by Gus Moustos vs Eddie Baker and Claudell Wright’s 9-8 win over Connie Philips as action included wins by Benny Hollingsworth and Eldon Lewis plus a series of competitive decisions.
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Amarillo Sandies
Boys’ Ranch
Amarillo
Gus Moustos
Eddie Baker
Little Baker
Moutos
Claudell Wright
Connie Philips
Chet Ramsey
Wayne Conrad
Homesick infielder leaves Sox farm for Caracas
Chicago White Sox farm prospect Luis Garcia, 21, flew home from Colorado Springs due to homesickness. He promised to return his $10,000 signing bonus and may not finish the season with the organization. Manager Paul Richards had praised his early impression before the departure.
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Burbank
Cal
Lonesome Lu
Chicago White Sox
Luis Garcia
Caracas
Venezuela
Sox
Colorado Springs
Colo
Paul Richards
Garcia
Evansville Leads NAIB First Round In Tight Tournament
Evansville Indiana College led the favorites into the NAIB second round after opening wins. Baldwin Wallace of Berea just edged American University. Pepperdine and Hamline posted strong day one victories while a 10,000 crowd eyed eight second round games including Regis vs Southwest Texas State and Evansville against Morningside.
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Tulinettes
Queens
Kansas City
Evansville
Ind
NAIB
Hamline
University of
Regis College of Denver
Southwest Texas State
Hillsboro names former Texas A&M athlete coach
Hillsboro High School appointed Willie Zapalac as head football coach yesterday. The former Texas A&M athlete and Tarleton State staffer will lead the Tigers this season.
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Hillsboro
Willie Zapalac
Texas A&m
Hillsboro High School
Tarleton
Aggies Nip Jinx Beat Texas 33 32 for NCAA Berth
Texas A&M defeated Texas 33 32 to secure the NCAA post season berth. Leroy Miksch sank a game winning free throw with 17 seconds left after a 17 year jinx on the Longhorns. Miksch led A&M with 11 points as Texas Dowies scored 17 for Texas. NCAA brackets show A&M in the western playoffs at Kansas City.
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Texas
Lloyd Larrabee Austin
U.P
Texas A&m
University of Texas
Leroy Miksch
A&m
John Floyd
Texas Christian University
TCU
College Station
Longhorns
Gregory Gymnasium
Miksch
Jim Dowies
George Cobb
Dowies
New York
Raleigh
Kentucky
Louisville
North Carolina State
Villanova
Columbia
Illinois
St. John’s
Connecticut
Kansas City
Arizona
Kansas State
Brigham Young
Skyline
San Jose State
Oklahoma A&m
Montana State
Washington
Golf With One Arm on Display in Amarillo Exhibition
Jimmy Nichols arrive in time to test Amarillo Country golf course and will play a 2 o'clock exhibition with host pro George Aulbach. Nichols shot 75 from Dallas and Aulbach fired 69, one under par. They will meet local amateurs John Munn and Art Querry. Nichols represents Spalding Sporting Goods in the appearance with no admission charged.
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Jimmy Nichols
Amarillo
Nichols
Dallas
George Aulbach
Aulbach
John Munn
Art Querry
Spalding Sporting Goods Co
Mangrum Leads Seminole Pro Am After Second Round
Sean Lloyd Mangrum holds a two stroke edge in the Seminole pro division heading into the final round at Palm Beach. Mangrum shot 67 for a 136 total while Ben Hogan and Pete Cooper chase in the 138 group. Ferrier is tied at 140 with Middlecoff Burke and Mayfield in the running for top prizes.
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Palm Beach
Fla
U.P
Sean Lloyd Mangrum
Chicago
Edward B. McLean
Mangrum
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Pete Cooper
Ponte Vedra
Cooper
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Ferrier
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Jack Burke, Jr
Houston, Tex
Shelly Mayfield
Cedarhurst
Globe News
Oklahoma City Baseball Spring Camp Adds New Arrivals
Monroe Louisiana report lists Jim Littlejohn a rookie infielder from Berger Texas and Glenn Patton a rookie pitcher from Midland Texas arriving for spring training with the Oklahoma City squad. Also noted is George Firnbach an infielder from Midland joining late arrivals.
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Monroe
Jim Littlejohn
Berger, Tex
Glenn Patton
Midland
Tex
Oklahoma City
George Firnbach
Baldwin Wallace Nips Westminster In Tight 85 74 Victory
In a Friday lineup Baldwin Wallace edged Westminster College 85 74 in a tense affair. The Yellow Jackets nearly lost after a missed free throw but held on for the win as Westminster entered late pressure.
Pilot Makes Pitchers Work
Los Angeles March 14. Paul Richards new White Sox manager demands extra effort from pitchers. They train to field, cover first, and practice bunting in batting cages. Richards aims to create a tougher, more versatile mound staff to outpace rivals.
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Los Angeles
Chicago White Sox
Paul Richards
Waxahachie
Tex
Sox
Richards
Buffalo
Sam Jethroe
Globe-News
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