Boxing champion Leon Palacio hailed in Amarillo sports
Leon Palacio, state Golden Gloves 118-pound winner in 1948 and AAU Junior Bantamweight champion that year, is lauded as a boxing great. A younger brother, Reuben, pitched a four-hitter in a 18-0 win, sparking talk he may surpass Leon as the family’s athletic standout.
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Kyle Rote May Be New Find in Baseball
Corpus Christi reports Kyle Rote star of SMU, initially a football draft pick for the New York Giants, has started in Class B Gulf Coast League. He hit three homers in his second full game and is 10 hits in 32 at bats over seven starts, with manager Red Davis predicting a major league future while Rote weighs football versus baseball for family security.
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Red) Davis
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Graham-Hoeme Sluggers Open with High-Priced Losses
W. W. Holden complains the season opener at Smith Field cost the Graham-Hoeme softball squad five over-the-wall home runs. J. W. Malone, formerly of West Texas State, prepares for another season with the Grood independent baseball team.
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Ditz Hoover Delivers Flub at Gold Sox Field Hit
BITZ HOOVER delivered a comic miscue on the public address mike at Gold Sox Field Saturday afternoon. An announcer error misnamed umpire bases as Belch on the wases while Vega Coach James Garrett plans to pursue a master’s degree at West Texas State this summer.
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Wellington Boxer Wilbur Earl Smith Joins Marines in San Diego
Wellington's famed amateur boxer Wilbur Earl Smith has enlisted in the Marine Corps and is stationed at San Diego. Dale Hendrick was elected manager of the Shamrock club in the West Texas Oklahoma League. Howard Moore's Kella Hill Junior High girls team finished last season with 20 wins and 1 loss.
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North All Stars Picked For 19th Annual Schoolboy Game
The North squad for the 19th annual all-star schoolboy football game Aug. 4 in San Antonio was announced by Howard Lynch of Amarillo. Frank Howard of Clemson will coach the North against Bear Bryant's South squad. List of North players includes Weldon Dacus Brady Kenneth Anglin Mineola Wayne Delaney Sherman Ed Bennet Highland Park Bill Seay Dallas Crozier Tech Roland MacLin Fort Worth Riverside Jimmy Garrett Forney Charles Thompson Sweetwater Joe White Odessa Donald Terral De Kalb Sam Walker Breckenridge Randel Lemons Canadian Eddie Scheig Pampa Marvin Tate Abilene Doyle Nix Texarkana Don Kaye Brown Kermit Bill Harris Wichita Falls Tommy Fields Wichita Falls Reed Gilmore Midland Gene Renfro Littlefield Mac Taylor Lubbock Dwight Trice San Angelo Joe Boring Dallas Sunset Ronald Clinkscale Fort Worth Arlington Heights L M Watson McLean Billy Jack Meredith Mt. Vernon Rick Spinks Kermit.
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Penn State TCU announce home and home gridiron series
STATE COLLEGE Pa May 1 Penn State and Texas Christian University announced a home and home football agreement to play in 1953 and 1954. The first game will be at State College October 24, 1953 and the return at Fort Worth October 23, 1954. The schools have never met on the gridiron before.
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West Texas-New e League results and standings snapshot
A compact record of regional baseball standings and Monday results across leagues. Abilene, Lamesa, Borger and Amarillo feature in postponed or weather affected games. Lubbock and Pampa show paired matchups. Major leagues list National American Texas and Big State League teams with current records and recent scores.
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Three Longhorn Tilts Postponed
A gusty weather front forced three of four Longhorn League games to be postponed. Vernon beat Dusters 8 7 in eleven innings, aided by key hits from Jittery Joe Berry and Cal Braiser. Sweetwater won earlier. Odessa San Angelo and Big Spring Midland games were canceled or postponed due to sandstorms and wind.
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Donoho Resigns to Lead Cleveland High Athletics
May 1 report states Cecil Donoho a track coach at South Park High School has resigned to become athletic director and head football coach at Cleveland High. He leaves after notable coaching tenure and assumes new duties at Cleveland High School.
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Seymour Coach Named Mexia High Head Coach
Truett Little, longtime Seymour High football coach, has been appointed head coach at Mexia High School, succeeding Ty Bain who resigned to take a coaching post at Jasper.
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Giants Top Brooks in 8 5 Victory at Ebbets Field
The New York Giants ended an 11 game losing streak by beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 8 to 5 at Ebbets Field in the only major league game of the day. Sal Maglie started for the Giants, three Dodgers homered, and Cleveland Chicago and Philadelphia initiated a seven player trade trio affecting Brissie to Cleveland. The win leaves the Giants 3-12, nine games back, as they head to Polo Grounds for a 10 game stand against Western clubs.
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