High School Boxers Enter Second Round Title Battle
City Victory Basketball League action today features the Amarillo College Badgers looming atop the standings with a chance to clinch league leadership by beating Amarillo Field Sub Depot. Ex-Sandies, Dumas, and Instructors share the five wins as playoff play begins next week with double elimination bracket.
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Heafner Opens Lead in North and South Gulf Open
Pinehurst reports Sgt Clayton Heafner leading after 36 holes at the $3,000 North and South Gulf Open with a 143 total. Leonard Dodson sits one stroke back at 144, with Bob Hamilton and Bobby Cruickshank close behind as the field pares par rounds.
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Outline Contest for Most Photogenic Girl Tonight
Members of the Amarillo Photographic Society meet at 8 p.m. in the crafts room at Municipal Auditorium to finalize plans for the annual photogenic girl contest and discuss details of the Tri-State Salon of Photography to be held in early fall chaired by M. B. Edquist.
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Brown and Cooke Form Real Estate Partnership in Amarillo
A. H. Brown announces Jack Cooke has joined A. H. Brown & Company real estate at 217 Oliver Eakle Building Amarillo. Cooke, previously in general contracting, spent four years in Amarillo and two years with the U. S. Engineers before the partnership formed. The earliest paper mentions cotton.
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Charter Boy Scout Troop At Riverond School
River Road School organized a new Boy Scout Troop and officially chartered it in an impressive ceremony last night. The program opened with the Presentation of the American Flag and included a showing of The Scout Trail to Citizenship by Ben Lipshy. John Morris presented tenderfoot badges to each member. charter members include Robert Brown Donald Clement Gene B Cline Rodger S Connellee Robert C Lerke Arlie Maxwell Robert Maxwell Leon Robinson Paul Robinson Lyle Smith Harold Wilson Junior O'Dell Bob Gibbs Robert C Lacy Oliver Wendell Manzella Glenn O'Dell Dean Bob Pavillard and Charles Smith.
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Lyle Smith
Harold Wilson
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Bob Gibbs
Robert C. Lacy
Oliver Wendell Manzella
Glenn O'Dell
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Charles Smith
Municipal Golf Notes Highlight Spring Play And Open Results
Ross Rogers notes good golf at the Muny Course as grass greens up and players enjoy exercise and mental relaxation. Scores over the weekend include Henry Pond 74, J R Brown 75, Jim Payne 75, Tex Muncy 76, D W Klock 77, Elmer Tucker 78, Patt Powell 91, with Johnny Munn posting a sub par 70. A ball-recovery program provides priority on new balls for 1944. Evyron Nelson and Craig Wood shine at the Texas Open in San Antonio, with wind and course conditions affecting play. Brackenridge is noted as easier than expected.
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Amarillo High boxing tourney showcases class and crowd
The Amarillo High School boxing tournament resumes tomorrow night at the High School Armory with a capacity crowd expected after bleachers were added for overflow. Welterweight Billy Hughes meets Richie Novak, who impressed last week by outpunching Oscar Stidger. organizer Henry Laughlin plans continued Friday bouts until March 31 when 10 champions are crowned.
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OPA Details Eligibility for B Card Gasoline Ration Restorations
The Office of Price Administration outlined who can regain B coupon allowances after the March 22 cut. Motorists who used up to 60 miles monthly from their A ration for work may apply to local ration boards to restore the same amount in B coupons, but only if they belong to a car pool or show that pooling is not possible. Existing B coupon holders cannot exceed 475 miles monthly. The rules apply to middle-of-the-country states, excluding Atlantic seaboard and far western states. The note also mentions the fountain pen’s invention in 1884.
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Camps Set as War-Shift Touches Baseball World
New York March 16 Yankees lose Bill Dickey to Navy in World War II. Gordon heads to Oregon for medical. Diaz and others report for duty. Dodgers plan postwar growth by soliciting 20 000 high school coaches for pro baseball prospects.
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Unable To Compete In Intercity Boxing Matches
Chicago March 16. Orlan Ott, last week’s Chicago Golden Gloves heavyweight winner, cannot compete March 27 against New York. Ott, a Naval Aviation Cadet representing Fort Worth Texas, cannot leave duty to participate in the Chicago New York bouts.
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Vince DiMaggio Sees Quick Pirates Contract
Hermosa Beach California March 16 Outfielder Vince DiMaggio says his salary dispute with the Pittsburgh Pirates will be settled and a contract signed very soon. He told a reporter yesterday he does not expect much trouble reaching an agreement.
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Priorities Conference Scheduled March 27-28
Amarillo businessmen puzzled by priority problems will wait for a WPB specialist. A B Cotton acting district director in Oklahoma City told the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce a specialist cannot come until March 27-28 due to other commitments. Buxton had been sought for an earlier visit.
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Bear Mountain Roll Call Yields 30 Present and 5000 Lads
The effort produced a contingent of 30 youngsters who answer present at Bear Mountain and a complete card file on 5,000 lads for post war reference.
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George Munger to join Cardinals at Cairo camp
Young right hander George Munger will report Saturday to the St. Louis Cardinal baseball camp in Cairo Illinois. He pitched 32 games last season with nine victories and five losses and is 1 A in the draft. His Mobile board deferred him until April and he hopes to play a month or two before entering service.
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Principals and Supervisors Club Adopts Revised School Rules
In a second session at Central Junior High led by Miss Sarah Miller the Amarillo Principals and Supervisors Club refined rules for Amarillo Independent School District employees. Committees reported with principals chaired by Miss Elizabeth Nixson. Rural deaths in 1943 fell 23 percent from 1942.
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Army shaping fighters Woods and Davis for postwar boxing
The report highlights Sgt Lou Woods and Al Davis as examples of Army service refining boxers. Woods becomes a boxing instructor at Camp Grant and grows more serious in training, while Davis, once a rough fighter, aims to shed bad-boy rep. The piece notes veterans may rise high after the war, citing Gene Tunney as a model of determination.
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al Davis
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Ortiz to defend bantamweight crown April 4 in Los Angeles
Manuel Ortiz will defend his bantamweight title for the tenth time in a April 4 bout at Los Angeles against Tony Olivera of Oakland, with matchmaker Babe McCoy confirming the plan. The card comes as Ortiz continues a long title defense run.
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Manuel Ortiz
Tony Olivera
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Babe McCoy
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