Oration Fails to Help Murdock Win Mat Match
Waxahachie wrestling at Pair Grounds arena features Prankie Hill Murdock who relies on a public address rally. Rex Mobiey pins Murdock after a sleeper as crowd boos and Getz followers cheer. Promoter Cory Detton announces a May start for a Southwestern junior heavyweight tournament with 16 entrants and $100 forfeits.
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Murdock
Frankie
Dreamland
Mobiey
Borger
al Getz
Pittsburgh
Mobley
Buck Lipscomb
Mouse Williams
Waxahachie
Prankie Hill Murdock
Pair Grounds
Rex Mobiey
Python
Getz
Jack Pappenheim
Bill McBain
Ace Freeman
Jack Carter
Cory Detton
LeRoy McGuirk
Gladiators
Freeman
Pappenheim
Lipscomb
George Lopez
Andy Tremaine
Wayne Martin
Billy Weidner
Gorilla Poggi
Walter Stratton
Salvadore Flores
Art Brady
Gold Sox face roster squeeze as pitchers near limit
Four Amarillo Gold Sox hurlers must shed roles to reach a 15 man limit amid a 16 7 rout of Lamesa Lobos. Weskamp shaky in third inning. Lagormarsina hits a homer and drives in three. Spears likely to start again. Budny and Lagormarsino solid bullpen options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilstrai
Gold Sox
Eli Weskamp
Sox
Steve Lagormarsina
Lamesa
Lobos
Amarillo
Frank Mekules
Lefty Lonergan
Lagormarsina
Tom Spears
Spears
Sam Ryan
Ben Lorino
Harry Lamprich
Lagormarsino
Boston Braves
Joe Budny
Cheektowaga
Joe
Mekules
Lonergan
Budny
Lagermarsino
Weskamp
Natchez
Evangeline League
Bob Crues
al Duarte
Bill Oberle
Panhandle Junior High Track Meet Set for Pampa Tomorrow
The Panhandle Junior High School League Track Meet is planned for Pampa tomorrow unless another unforeseen condition causes a postponement.
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Panhandle
Pampa
Mrs Robertson Wins Ladies Day At Ross Rogers Course
Mrs C M Robertson captured first prize in the weekly ladies day play at Ross Rogers Municipal. Alfred Nelson took second with two. Fourteen attended the meeting and luncheon. two new members Jimmie Shane and Mrs Nathan Young joined. A ringer tournament runs to June 5. Amarillo area prep teams and local clubs compete as schedules shifted due to weather with prelims at 10 and finals at 1 featuring dashes and field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Robertson
Ross Rogers Municipal
Alfred Nelson
Jimmie Shane
Nathan Young
Panhandle Women's Association
Colby Davies
F. S. McCullough
J. E. Kidd
Tex Muncy
R. C. Goetting
Walter Sikes
D. R. Cervin
Curtis Gilbert
R. M. Copeland
Charles B. Klein
Church Champs To Be Feted Tuesday
Champion teams of the YMCA Church Basketball and bowling leagues will be honored at a 7 30 PM banquet Tuesday at the San Jacinto Methodist Church. The event is hosted by the Church Athletic Associations and honors the San Jacinto Baptist senior and junior basketball squads the San Jacinto women's bowling group and the men’s bowling league winner. The men’s bowling champion will be decided tonight as Sacred Heart and San Jacinto Methodist vie for the lead. Arrangements are led by Mrs Roy Kerr Lady Edwards Maxine Krause and Robert Ziegler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Church Athletic Associations
San Jacinto Baptist
San Jacinto
San Jacinto Methodist
Sacred Heart
Roy Kerr
Lady Edwards
Maxine Krause
Robert Ziegler
Country Club Women to Host Luncheon and White Elephant Tourney
Amarillo Country Club announces its Women's Golf Association spring luncheon on Tuesday afternoon followed by a white elephant tournament. The notice notes the event schedule and venue details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Womens Golf Association
Amarillo Country Club
Women's Golf Association
Happy Muzzles Larry Maybe Chandler Quiet Durocher Row
Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler silenced Larry MacPhail after a six hour forty minute talk in Chandler's office in Cincinnati on May 2. The session followed MacPhail's failure to observe a ban on talking about Leo Durocher's suspension for the 1947 season.
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Cincinnati
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Larry MacPhail
New York Yankees
Happy
MacPhail
Chandler
Larry
Brooklyn Dodger
Leo
Durocher
Dukes Hand Hubbers First Loss of Year
Albuquerque Dukes outscored the Hubbers 13 to 11 in the final innings to hand Lubbock their first defeat of the season in a May game played in Albuquerque. Kowle Hougwont Mills Cola Wright Pepin Behl Scott Bottarini contributed for the Dukes as the Hubbers suffered a season setback.
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Dukes
Albuquerque
Lubbock
Albuquerque Dukes
Hubbers
Kowle
Hougwont
Mills and Cola
Wright
Pepin
Behl
Scott
Bottarini
Many Golfers Meet Tonight To Map New Year
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association calls a meeting at 8 pm in the Ross Rogers Municipal Course clubhouse. New president H. L. Bradley will announce the year’s program and appoint committees.
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Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers Municipal Course
H. L. Bradley
Bowling Scores Highlight International Harvester League Events
The page lists multiple league bowling results with teams such as Refrigeration Grain Drills and Harvester Threshers posting wins. Individual high scores include L. C. Moore 471 Woodring 476 Parsons 346 and Clevenger 479 among others across divisions like Hay Tools and Tractors.
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International Harvester League
Garrison
L. C. Moore
Woodring
Wombie
Parsons
Clark
Walters
Sims
Pruitt
York
R. Molyneaux
Williamson
Slay
Clement
Glasco
Brown
Molyneaux
Killion
Lott
Britton
Parker
Harvester Threshers
Wieland
Ford
Cates
Hammer Mills
Clevenger
Webb
McCartney
Hay Tools
Dodson
Duddy
Balland
Gartung
M. Molyneaux
Harvester Thresh
Weiland
Silay
Womble
G. Molyneaux
Southwestern league scores summary
Southwestern Public Service shows multiple teams with varied results. Reddys and Regulators each claimed wins while Cycles and Cycles lodg varied, with high individual scores from Ridings 545, Neubauer 438, Jacobson 501, and Hi Liners 511. Other listed teams include Electrons and Radar with notable totals and players adding up strong performances.
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Reddys
McNeill
Norris
Hoover
Wright
Regulators
Hogan
Kerney
Holland
Neubauer
Jacobson
Cycles
Pilareski
Hubbard
Blind
Griffin
Tors
Maxwell
Streetman
Shock
Price
Southwesterners
Chapman
Pendleton
Johnson
Loften
Buchanan
Barkley
Hamilton
O. Scott
Smith
Taylor
Albright
Brannum
Chude
Caldwell
Adams
Laing
H. Scott- Springer
Derby Week Brims With Derby Town Hotel Hustle
Derby visitors swarm Louisville as hotels surge to capacity for the 73rd Kentucky Derby. Jett-Jett enters the field while Jockey Johnny Adams misses a ride in favor of a New York stake race. Rooms run 20 to 30 dollars a night with advance payment and tripled prices for meals and drinks. Col. Matt Winn aims for a record crowd at Churchill Downs and 18 000 tulips are planted around the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Feder - Eee
Louisville
Jett-Jett
William Peavey
Ladysmith
Wis
Johnny Adams
Kansas
New York
Philpot
Conn McCreary
St. Louis
Pensive
Bobby Campbell
Fort Wayne
Ind
Derbytown
Matt Winn
Churchill Downs Derby
V H Softball Loop Opens At Veterans Hospital Field
Santa Fe and Graham Hoeme Pion Company meet in a V H Softball League game at the new lighted Veterans Hospital field at 7 30 tonight. A dedication ceremony next Monday features the Hospital team vs International Harvester, with the Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School band and bleachers for 300, plus ample car viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe and
Graham-Hoeme Pion Company
Veterans Hospital
International Harvester
Elizabeth Nixson
Wesley softball pastes San Jacinto Baptist 15 to 9
Wesley's softball team won 15 to 9 over San Jacinto Baptist behind four baggers by Mead Graham and Bus Dorman and a homer by Savage. Wesleys had 14 hits to nine for the Baptists as Gebhardt Kaiser Reeves and Blackwell teamed on the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleys
San Jacinto Baptist Club
Wesley Ten
Wildorado
Mead Graham
Bus Dorman
Savage
Baptists
Gebhardt
Kaiser and Reeves, Blackwell
San Jacinto
Breadon Sees Cards Slump Amid 8th Straight Loss
Breadon flew from St Louis to watch the St Louis Cardinals stumble through an eighth straight defeat as New York's Johnny Mize hit a decisive homer. Mize blames the Cards' early-season woes on too many home runs by pitchers. Dodgers beat the Cubs 5-2, while the Browns crushed Washington 14-5 to reach .500. Rain postponed several games including New York at Chicago.
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Associated Press
Sam” Breadon
St. Louis
Cardinals
New York
Johnny Mize
Mize
Breadon
Giants
Redbird
Ken Burkhart
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Dodgers
Bob Chipman
Chicago
Kirby Higbe
Ed Chandler
Brownies
Washington
Yankees
Two Linksters Tie for Lead in All-Southwest Tourney
Ray Gafford and Jimmy Gauntt led the first round of the 54 hole All Southwest golf tournament in Wichita Falls with 69s. Others in the pro field followed with scores from 72 to 79, while amateurs showed Timms 73 and Gorbin Higgins 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Ray Gafford
Jimmy Gauntt
Gafford
Gauntt
Oklahoma City
W. A. Stackhouse
Seguin
Johnny Whitten
Little Rock
Ark
Harry Todd
Dallas
Iverson Martin
Fort Worth
Bryan Winters
Lloyd Watkins
Odessa
Charlie Timms
A. H. Gorbin
Doug Higgins
Garvis McGrew
Abilene
Dick Martin
Earl Stewart
Local Linksters Fail To Place In All-Southwest Tourney
Two Amarillo contenders, Pro Chuck Klein and Amateur C. L. Duniven, failed to place among the leaders in the All-Southwest pro-amateur golf tournament in Wichita Falls. Klein shot 79 and Duniven 81.
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Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Chuck Klein
C. L. Duniven
Klein
Duniven
Layne Earns 21st SWC Win for Texas in Slugfest
Bobby Layne notches his 21st Southwest Conference victory in three seasons as Texas defeats Rice 8-6. Charles Tankersley seizes pitching in the sixth, sparking a five run burst to erase a 5-2 Rice lead, with Texas adding an insurance run in the eighth. Layne allows nine hits in three conference games. Tankersley and Rice hurlers also contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bobby Layne
Rice
Charles Tankersley
University of Texas
Tankersley
Layne
Texas
San Antonio Teams Favored in Texas Interscholastic League Meet
San Antonio’s Thomas Jefferson and Tech head the field for the Texas Interscholastic League track and field championship at Austin, with Corpus Christi a strong challenger. Preliminary rounds whittle 333 entrants to 180, then to under 150 for semifinals in four events this afternoon. Final events proceed tomorrow at 1:45 PM, with favorites including Jefferson’s Alan Sparkman and Gene Salmon of Del Rio, and Oak Tex teams like North Dallas and Corpus Christi.
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Austin
San Antonio
Thomas Jefferson
Tech
Corpus Christi
Jefferson
Alan Sparkman
Gene Salmon
del Rio
Kyle Rote
Salmon
Rote
Lee Miller
Burbank
Cleburne Price
North Dallas
Arturo Ochoa
Laredo
Chaddy Lipscomb
Bryan
Ken Jackson
Miller
Price
Alan Milheim
Jeff Davis
Houston
Gerald Miller
Harlandale
Donald Leach
Leach
Arthur Brown
Major League Leaders Headlines and Stat Totals
National League batting Walker of Brooklyn leads with .439 while Gustine of Pittsburgh sits at .426. Mize of New York has 8 home runs. Dillinger of St. Louis hits .417. Pitching includes Rowe 3-0 1.000 for Philadelphia and Spahn 2-0 1.000. American League batting Lewis of Washington at .429. Heath of St. Louis with 4 homers. Kramer of St. Louis 3-0 1.000 with Bevens and Johnson of New York at 2-0 1.000.
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Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Walker
Brooklyn
Gustine
Mize
Miller
Rowe
Gregg and
Hatten
Spahn
Gumbert
Lewis
Dillinger
Heath
Kramer
Hudson
Bevens and Johnson
Texas High School Track Meet Opens With High Hopes
Putt Powell and party traveled from Amarillo to Austin spending the night in hotels. They met coaches and officials including J. T. King Tulane backfield coach Bo Graham P. C. Cobb Harold Ratliff John Sidney Smith Tony Slaughter and Harry Stiteler as the 36th annual Texas high school track meet began this morning with expectations of a historic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. King
Tulane
Bo Graham
Childress
Amarillo
P. C. Cobb
Dallas
Harold Ratliff
Associated Press
John Sidney Smith
Dallas News
Tony Slaughter
The
Fort Worth Star- Telegram
Harry Stiteler
Waco
Corpus Christi
Rice
Houston
Bobby Bauman
Bauman
Fight Broadcast on KFDA Tonight
Kronowitz of Brooklyn challenges top 160 pounder George Sonny Horne in a ten round middleweight showdown from New York. Kronowitz is a relentless puncher who never goes down, while Horne, who once outlasted Graziano, is a fast, dangerous boxer puncher. Gillette's Cavalcade of Sports airs on ABC and KFDA at 9 00 P M.
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Herbie Kronowitz
Brooklyn
New York
George Sonny Horne
Valley Stream
L. L
Kronowitz
Brooklynite
Gong
Horne
Graziano
Rocky
Sonny
Gillette
American Broadcasting Co
KFDA
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Mrs. Robertson
Tom Gilley
Horace Mann
James Yarbor
Lewis Dorough
Dale Ham
Junior Smith
Dale Gallagher
Jerry Hogan
Robert Francis
Raymond Reynolds
Tommy Grover
Sam Houston Rangers
Bill Teal
E. G. Sanders
Jimmy Andrews
Paul Bennett
Bob Combs
Roy Bird
Bill Crawford
Robert Whiddon
Wiley Hicks
Howard Childress
Harry Green
Hack Folsom
Galen Fowler
Bob Hume
Jack Newby
Bill Rutter
Bill Lashier
Johnnie Gabert
Billy Wills
Ybrooklyns Boss
Don Miller
Westech
United States
B.E Goodrich
Fillmore
Kentucky Bourbon
Bond
Tanner
South Fillmore St
Southwestern Public Service League
Derby
Stanid
Xico League
Bock
Lamesa Pampa
Clovis
Eam
Los Lubbock
Tulsa
Beaumont
Shreveport
Shreveport Oklahoma City
Beaumont Steee Ll
Houston Ll
Oklahoma Fort Worth
City
Saudi Arabia
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle Bidg
By Jack Hand
Army & Navy Tar
the Liquor Mart
Monroe
Ken Whipple
16Th and
Major League
Dandruff
Everywee
Putt Powells
Wayne DeGrassi
Mike Montgomery
John Currie
Oes
Thowlin
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