Amarillo High to Enter Four Relays at Texas Relays
Coach John Whinnery plans to enter four Amarillo High sprinters in the Texas Relays in Austin Friday and Saturday. Bobby Bauman Richard Winningham Lawrence Jackson and Jack Hudgins will run both the mile and medley relays. The team also competes in the Lubbock Invitational Meet Saturday. Whinnery praised the Southwestern Exposition Meet showing last week where the mile relay finished second and Bauman was runner-up in the 440.
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John Whinnery
Amarillo
Hatton Battles Sophomore Jinx in Reds Rise
Grady Hatton, 24, star for the Cincinnati Reds, fights the sophomore jinx as he fills the hot corner and helps his team contend in the National League. He recalls nearly joining the Boston Red Sox, his drafting and military deferments, and notes his odd habit of chewing tobacco which he credits for saving his teeth after a line drive. He also mentions a past offers from Uncle Billy Dische at Texas and a bond with Charley Trippi from football days.
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Tampa
Fila
Grady Hatton
Cincinnati Reds
Grady
Reds
Warren Giles
Giles
Hatton
Boston Red Sox
Bosox
Sen
Reda
University of Texas
Tigers
Tiger
Red Sox
Billy Dische
Texas
Georgia
Charley Trippi
Boston to fund $25 million port plan over ten years
The 1947 Massachusetts legislature will examine a long range development plan for Boston harbor costing $25,000,000 to be carried out over ten years.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Gold Sox Bring In Flychaser Odie Wheatley For Tryout
Odie Wheatley, 24, ex Borger and Big Spring outfielder, joined Amarillo Gold Sox for a two hour session under warm spring sun with Harry Lamprich. Wartime shutdown paused pro play since July 1942, but Wheatley has semi pro and Army experience. A grueling conditioning drill followed, attracting about 300 fans at Butler Field while the team awaits Gold Sox Field readiness.
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Odie Wheatley
Borger
Big Spring
Gold Sox
Harry Lamprich
Amarillo
Wheatley
West Texas-New Mexico
Sox
Lamprich
Butler Field
Gold Sox Field
Bowling Scores From Major League and Local Vendors
Bowling scores show multiple vendors winning different frames with distinct bowlers. Major League Builders Supply posted 3 wins with Langley 590 and others posting solid scores like Pavillard 514. Additional shops include John Farrell Lumber, Diamond Shop, and Amarillo National Bank among others with strong individual scores such as Wyatt 582 and Reager 608.
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Major League Builders Supply
Reppert
Pavillard
West
Langley
Neely
John Farrell Lumber
Blind
McKirahan
Rogers
Hankison
Diamond Shop
Coker
Muirhead
Wyatt
Prien
Pinkney Packers
Laughlin
Hudson
Miller
Crews
Buccola
Khiva Temple
Smith
Reager
Ahistrom
Bechtold
American Auto Wreckers
Weilrick
Forister
Schecker
Grimes
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber
Vogel
Cox
Bates
Anderson
Weeks
Amarillo National Bank
Martin
Sparks
Kimble
Dive Bombers and Others Rally in City Bowling Standings
City league results list multiple teams and players across divisions. Notable scores include Dive Bombers leading with high individual marks such as Norrich 458 and Mitchell 442, while Phipps 327 and Barrett 352 head Red Diamonds, and several clubs like Builders Supply and Liquor Mart posting wins and losses in varied fixtures with numerous personal bests. Women divisions show Arm strong 330 and Francis 290 performances, with First Baptist and First Presbyterian securing wins alongside many high-scoring outings.
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Norrich
Mitchell
Prestridge
Blind
Red Diamonds
Phipps
Barrett
Reeves
Southwestern Public Service League standings and scores
Reddys won 2 with McNeil 388 Norris 377 Hoover 387 Wright 434 Ridings 476. Reactors won 1 Maxwell 398 Hogan 454 Shock 344 Blind 462 Price 242 Regulators won 3 Stoddard 447 Ker ney 355 Holland 371 Neubauer 416 Jacobson 470 Hi-Liners won 0 Barklew 327 Blind 378 Adams 304 Hamilton 377 Scott 421 Murtaugh 248. Electrons won 1 Foster 382 Branum 372 Taylor 386 Albright 443 Smith 326. Cycles won 2 Filareski 504 Blind 390 Norman 454 Blind 384 Griffin 383 Radars won 0 Chudej 375 Caldwell 421 Scott 449 Laing 389 Springer 499. Southwesterns won 3 Chanman 420 Pendleton 476 Johnson 344 Lofgren 514 Buchenan 491.
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Southwestern Public Service League
Reddys
McNeil
Norris
Hoover
Wright
Ridings
Reactors
Maxwell
Hogan
Shock
Blind
Price
Regulators
Stoddard
Kerney
Holland
Neubauer
Jacobson
Barklew
Adams
Hamilton
Scott
Murtaugh
Electrons
Foster
Branum
Taylor
Albright
Smith
Cycles
Filareski
Norman
Griffin
Chudej
Caldwell
Laing
Springer
Southwesterns
Chanman
Pendleton
Johnson
Lofgren
Buchenan
Odd Half-Pound Egg From Nearby Farm
In Scranton Pennsylvania Louis Goldman wholesale grocer received a chicken egg weighing a half pound with a circumference of nine and three quarter inches and eight inches. A nearby farmer said an ordinary hen laid it.
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Scranton
Louis Goldmanz
Red Sox rated BALANCED pennant contenders in 1947
Boston seeks a second straight pennant with strong pitching and hitting led by Williams Pesky and Doerr. Cronin reshapes the roster with new prospects at right field and third base while retaining core stars and adding minor league arms to form a powerful, balanced ball club set to contend with Detroit Cleveland and New York for the American League title.
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Sarasota
Fla
Boston Red Sox
Joe Cronin
Bo-Sox
Cronin
Detroit Tigers
Red Sox
Ted Williams
Dom DiMaggio
Rudy York
Bobby Doerr
Johnny Pesky
Hal Wagner
Tex Hughson
Dave Ferris
Mickey Harris
Joe Dobson
Pete Wlayden
Texas
Glenn Russell
Frank Shofner
Louisville
Shofner
Russell
Pinky Higgins
Frankie Hayes
Roy Partee
Wagner
Mel Parnell
Scranton
Harry Dorish
Tom Fine
Parnell
Dorish
Earl Johnson
Fine
Ole Klinger
Bill Zuber
Bill Butland
Tigers
Indians
Yankees
San Jacinto Baptists Win Two Crown Championships
San Jacinto Baptists captured both Senior and Junior Division titles in the YMCA Church Basketball League playoffs. The Senior team beat Line Avenue Baptists 37 to 30, while the Junior squad defeated Polk Street Methodists 30 to 18, marking a consecutive championship sweep for both teams.
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San Jacinto Baptists
Ymca Church
Line Avenue Baptists
Polk Street Methodists
San Jacinto
Line Avenue
Nobles
Barnes Dickenson
MecFather
M'Pherson
Willis Gleaton
Morning Weaver
Morrow
Duckwrth
Willis
Polk ST. Meth
Polk ST. Meth Ig
Fa. Ft
Noliner
Beverly Gunnels
Alexander Ratcliff
Stockton Baker
Ferrell Winbere
Ted Reyma Wilhite
Kittrich Albright
Elliot Sealey
Teal
J E. Ferguson
West Texas teachers plan memorial stadium drive
Representatives of East Texas State Teachers College Ex-student Association in nine northwest Texas counties outlined a plan to raise 150000 dollars for a memorial stadium. Noble Arthur, president of the association, said the stadium would be dedicated to 71 former students who died in World War II.
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Commerce
Tex
East Texas State Teachers College
Texas
Noble Arthur
Itching First Application for Skin Ailments
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Welcome relief from stomach gas and sour taste
Nervous distress follows post meal bloating and sour indigestion. The ad touts SSS Tonic as increasing gastric juice flow to aid digestion, improve blood nutrition, and restore appetite, sleep, and activity. It urges readers to buy at drug stores and claims millions of bottles sold.
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Happy People
Softball Meeting Tomorrow Night
An open meeting for softball umpires managers players and others interested in softball rules will be held at the Veterans Hospital tomorrow night at 7 30. Earl Swearengen recreation director urges attendance to prepare for the season and notes 12 more teams want to enter the newly organized Softball League. Only four clubs have definitively entered so far.
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Veterans Hospital
Earl Swearengen
Tigers Fall to Senators in spring tilt
Detroit Tigers suffered their eighth defeat in 12 spring exhibition games with a 7-6 loss to the Washington Senators in Lakeland Florida. The setback extended their losing streak to four contests as March 24 reports noted.
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Lakeland
Fla
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
Equitable Society Pays 287 Million In 1946 Benefits
The Equitable Society paid out 287 million dollars in 1946 to widows children and other beneficiaries. Retirement income death disability and pension payments totaled over 56 million with dividends to policyholders bringing total benefits to 95 million. Members nationwide now own more than 1014 billion dollars in peace of mind. The organization notes that benefits and funds held exceed the total premiums since founding and urges a national fiscal policy to protect savings value. Thomas I Parkinson, President.
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The
Equitable Society
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BOB Seeds Hardware & Sporting Goods
Tri-Way Garage
Richard
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Fillmore
Taylor ST
Southwestern Greyhound League
Ymca Women’s Church League
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Armstrong
Francis
Husted
First Baptist
Ricks
Edwards
Little
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Prince
Cox Modern
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Builders Supply
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Kroll
Venable
Lyles
Krill
Mann Bakery
Milligan
Barry
Wimmering
Wetrick
Swift
Hockenberry
Graham-Hoeme
Pioneer League
Swift Ice Cream
Green
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Thomas
Nicholson
Melton
Ramey
Daugherty
Smallwood
Renager's Market
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Sherley
Barrow
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Boxwell Bros
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Houston
Lincoln-Liberty Life Insurance
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Mahler
Baty
Moore
Duniven
Page
Will
J. E. Hewett
Optometrist
East St. St
Smith & Sons
N. FiLlmore
West 6Th
Mr. Critchfield
Boston Red
Weatherstrip CO
Florida
Southworth Willys CO
Willys Jeep
Norris Ewing
Earle
Soee
Texaco
TOM Mott Service
van Buren
Amarillo Ice CO
Coolerators
Lockerators
Progress Vitalaires
Monroe
Page Five
Ameriweek
Kaiser-Frazer
Hare's Battery Exchange
Pierce
State Farm Insurance Companies
B. Williams
East Fifth Ave
Frank Campbell
Bond
Captain Tanner
Old Blue Springs
South Fillmore St
Thomas I. Parkinson
Seventh Ave
New York 1
N.Y
Equitable Life Assurance Society OF the
United States Mutual Company
New York State
Thomas J. Parkinson
United States
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
L. W. Klingman
Clyde Rehmeyer
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