De Molays Plan Youth Baseball Team in Proposed League
De Molays announce a baseball team for 15 to 17 year olds to join a new league. Key players Ira Hemphill Bobby Mims and Don Bandy form the on field core with Ed Simpson as coach. Bob Seeds leads the push to form the loop and invites interested coaches sponsors to a Friday meeting at Seeds Hardware and Sporting Goods 704 Sixteenth at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Molays
Johnny Ekelund
Ira Hemphill
Bobby Mims
Don Bandy
Ed Simpson
Bob Seeds
Amarillo to Expand Boy Sports as 1400 Enter Plan
Amarillo launches a citywide youth sports program with about 1,400 boys in baseball and softball. A senior baseball league for ages 15–17 will play at night at Tri-State Fairball Park, with lighting funded by the city. Four age-group softball leagues will operate along with two American and National divisions for younger players. Promotions run by Bob Seeds Sporting Goods and local firms aim to equip teams while the city zones play locations and schedules.
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Ke Y
Tri- State
West Texas
Wichita Falls Country Club
Cal Farley
Bob Seeds
West Sixteenth
S. L. Shepard
Amarillo Metal Products Company
Roger Harris
Harris Hardware and Furniture Company
Ralph Dykeman
Maverick Club
Dykeman
C. E. Burk
Olver-Wiggins Lumber Company
Dick Green
First National Bank
Harold Gallarneau
Gallarneau
Amarillo
Bob Seeds Sporting Goods
Holdouts Plague Major League Clubs As Season Nears
With the season under three weeks away several clubs face holdouts. Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers seeks about 22500 dollars in pay, while Branch Rickey stays firm. Other camps report terms reached or players arriving, including Jack Kramer Bill Dietrich Earl Caldwell Red Embree and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn Dodgers
King
Branch Rickey
Walker
Dixie
Birmingham
Ala
St. Louis Browns
Jack Kramer
Chicago White Sox
Bill Dietrich
White Sox
Earl Caldwell
Milwaukee
Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians
Red Embree
Ambrose Palica
Pittsburgh Pirates
Buck
Muncie
NEW York Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Walter Dubiel
Allen Gettel
Ployd Bevens
Red Sox
New York Giants
Curtis Bay Coast Guard
Barney Koch
Montreal
Pletcher
Vic Lombardi
Curfew Bell Prompts Midnight Fire Alarm in Scooby
City officials rang the fire bell at midnight to enforce the entertainment curfew in Scooby Mont. About 30 volunteer firefighters were roused from sleep and rushed to their apparatus after a loud and unexpected clang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scobby
Mont
Professor Has Perfect Strike Care
Amarillo College professor Dr Harold Schoen quelled a student revolt during a government exam. The class, noting his absence, recalled his talk on organized labor and answered only two of three questions. He returned them to their books with a deduction rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Schoen
Amarillo College
Navy names Ernie Koy as San Diego team manager
Lt Ernest Koy a former major league player has been named manager of the San Diego Naval Training Center baseball team and assigned to the center's physical training department. He hails from Bellville Texas and played for the Yankees Dodgers Cardinals and Reds before joining the Navy. He received his commission on August 17 after more than a year in the service.
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San Diego
Cal
U.P
Ernest Koy
San Diego Naval Training Center
11Th Naval District
Kay
Bellville
Tex
University of Texas
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Navy
Off the Main Floor by Ruth Dorris
The article highlights bowling and boxing scenes in Amarillo with winners in city tournaments. It notes Catherine Fletcher’s strong showing, Vera Kerr’s continued success, and the Pampa girls sweeping class B and C events, while coach Henry Laughlin praises upcoming boxing bouts and quarterfinals.
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Association
Lil Houck
Stores I
Pantex League
Dorris Houston
Virginia Gill
Alma Lowry
Jean Salmons
Leah Williams
Frances Shaw
Bobby West
Florine Duniven
Catherine Fletcher
Builders Supply
Catherine
Elizabeth Rogers
Billie Melton
Canyon
Elizabeth
Vera Kerr
Vera
Honor Banquet Highlights 1945 West Texas State Basketball
The Amarillo Country Club hosts the Canyon Athletic Club annual banquet honoring West Texas State players J. W. Malone and Clark Johnson for their N I A B tournament performances. Malone earned national All American status. Johnson made second team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hustlin
Amarillo
Canyon Athletic Club
J. W. Malone
Clark
Deacon” Johnson
Kansas City
Gus Miller
Niab Malone
Johnson
J. A. Hill
Miller
D. A. Shirley
T. B. McCarter
Mitchell Jones
F. E. Savage
L. F. Sheffy
Lee Johnson
W. W. Nicklaus
Frank Stockman
Bob Crudgington
Newton Harrell
Travis Shaw
Local weekly sports card for Amarillo leagues
Local notices list weekly sports events across bowling boxing golf basketball and leagues in Amarillo. Key sites include Victory Alleys Banner Bowl Santa Fe League and the Amarillo High Intramurals at the High School Armory with times mainly around 8 PM and weekend tournaments at Ross Rogers Course and Amarillo Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Ladies Pioneer League
Texaco
Amarillo High School
High School Armory
Southwestern Public Service Co
Victory Alleys
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Country Club
Armory
Nicklaus Seeks 20 Relays at Great Plains Meet
West Texas State line coach Nicklaus expects at least 20 track teams Saturday at the Great Plains Relays in Buffalo Stadium Canyon. Sixteen teams are currently listed with Canadian Panhandle Canyon and Dimmitt among new entrants. Bill Gibson of Clovis High will start officials as the relay events like 440 880 medley and mile promise 12 inch trophies and medals for other events.
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Windy Nicklaus
West Texas
Great Plains
Bill Gibson
Clovis High School
Thinelads
Howard Lynch
Combina
Nicklaus
Texas Panhandle
Miss Vi Pisk to visit mother and friends during Easter
Miss Vi Doris Pisk of Washington will spend the Easter holidays visiting her mother Mrs. Jim Ella Fisk in Tuscola and friends in Abilene. She is a freshman at Amarillo College.
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Doris Pisk
Washington
Jim Ella Fisk
Tuscola
Abilene
Fisk
Amarillo College
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Elbert Lamb
The
Country Club
Amarillo Softball League
Bob Seed
Sporting Goods
Roy Cloniger
Pinkey Vineyard
Dude Gentry
R. J. Moore
Washington Senators
Senators
Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Hap Morse
Dallas
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Texas
Southern
West Texas and
Western
Albert Lard
Globe News
the Sportsmen’s Headquarters
Mason County
Pack Age Store
Ernie Koy
Els
van Buren
High School
By Ruth Dorris
Henry Laughlin
Pampa
Laughlin
America
Bulb
Southwestern Public Service League
Louis Ridings
Robinson
Edward Charles
Lucy Moore
Mike O'Leary
Phillipp Morrill
O'Leary
Chicago
Wayne Middleton
Reuben Noel
Buster Holman
Vinson Dixon
J. R Vaughan
Bill Baland
Bud Vaught
Kenneth Connell
Bill Braden
Harlan Mills
Don Oliphant
Jimmy McDaniel
Charles Wardle
Bobby Knight
Sid Brunson
Carl Buchanan
Bob Taylor
Fred Reynolds
Howard Willis
Arlan McNeil
Merlin Clark
Bob Lyle
Harold Inman
Wayne Brown
Jackie Herbert
Bill Snorgrass
Jack Thurman
Bill Attebury
LeRoy Foster
Bill Hamilton
Mike Strueber
Bobby Rue
Denny Willis
Bobby Gilbert
George Carter
Phillip Morrill
Bowling Civic League Victor
John D. McBride
TTH & Polk
Tilford
Harwood
Southland Nector
Derby Pride
Dixie Delight
Maurice
Don Listo
RON Merito Old ST. Croix
Havana Club
Kon Bombo
Capitol
Polk
Mosseux
A Polk
Paramount
Recreation Club
Oliver Bakle Bidg
Dobbse Stetson
eMallory Stack
Blackburn ‘Bros
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