Amarillo Boxers Prepare for May Dual with Sapulpa Chieftains
Amarillo boxing coach Dale Palmer leads a city squad to fight Sapulpa Chieftains in a May 21 benefit at the Automobile Building, Tri-State Fair Park. The lineup includes Reuben Noel, Bill Sanders, Buster Holman, Bobby Brown, Clifford Bradley, Gene Sanders, and more with several exhibitions by junior flyweights. Proceeds go to Maverick Club, Boys Ranch, and the Junior Gold Sox.
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Tri-State Fair Park
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West Sixth
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Bill Sanders
Buster Holman
Bobby
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Herbert Robinson
Jimmy Hamilton
Roy Chism
Curley Dickson
Tibb Burnett
Don Sanders
Bill Black
Clifford Bradley
Gene Sanders
Jodie McCarty
Pat McCarty
Kenneth Hamilton
Indians
Bobby Brown
Sandie
Sandies
Exes
Oklahoma
Buchee
Maverick Club
Boys Ranch
Junior Gold Sox
Baseball results and standings across leagues
Yesterday's baseball scores featured New York beating St Louis 5 to 1 and Brooklyn 3 Chicago 2 while Philadelphia swept Pittsburgh 8 to 3. Cincinnati rained out with Boston, Cincinnati upcoming games listed alongside American League results and West Texas league results with Amarillo, Lubbock and Clovis games noted.
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New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Bos
Cincinnati
I Am
Pet Ggie
EE Oo Seakarinerees
Pas Obeveksdouess
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Canh Hs Oedep Wen
Ieee
Hoerst
Rowe
Gumbert
Lombardi
Lanier
Voiselle
Schmitz
Boston
Sain
Roe
Detroit
Pet Ee
Petcait Beaseosenens
Sdaintmadnsteen Ae
DE Sed Sud Besc Screess
Steepencerteees
M Ee Sg
Philadeliph
Cleveland
Gromek
Harris
Trout
Ve Gettel
St Lewis
Washington
Zelda
Haefner
Or Wolff
Knott
West Lee
Resu Amarillo
Jets
Lubbock
Clovis
Lamesa
Borger
Abilene
Pampa
Abilene Lubbock
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Clovis Pacen
Abicene
Tony Zale Plans Tuneup Bout Before Title Defense
Middleweight champion Tony Zale of Gray Ind plans one more tuneup bout today before defending his title against Rocky Graziano in July. He followed a sixth straight postwar win by knocking out Eddie Rossi of Everett Mass in the fourth round before 3,000 fans.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Tony Zale
Rocky Graziano
Zale
Gray
Ind
Battler
Coast Guard
Eddie Rossi
Everett Mass
Schenectady Receives Historic Charter in 1798
The Mohawk Valley city of Schenectady is noted as the first city of New York to receive a charter in 1798, marking an early milestone in its municipal history.
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Schenectady
New York
Mohawk Valley
Kegling Tourney Heads Into Second Week
The 1946 Amarillo City Bowling Association tournament returns for a second week at Banner Bowl with singles and doubles tomorrow. Leaders include Elks Club Civic League team captains Cusick and Howell, top doubles 1257 pins, and Cliff Mongold leading the singles with 687 pins.
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Kegling
Banner Bowl
Anaman Tm
Elks Club
H. Cusick-Ed Howell
Cliff Mangold
Elks
Nutcrackers
Killough & Davies
KGNC
National Shirt Shop
Herb Pestor
H. Cusick
Ted Neely
Phil Reppert
F. Murray
H. E. McGuire
Ed Howell
Whitney's Team Wins Amateur Golf Dutch Dinner Tournament
Whitney's team defeated Jack Phillips' squad 19 to 17 at the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Dutch Dinner. Knox Whitney led with a 35, John Munn had 33 the day's best, followed by Scott Edwards 34 and others scoring 35.
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Amarillo Municipal Golfers
Knox Whitney
Jack Phillips
Whitney
Ross
Rogers Court
John Munn
Scott Edwards
Troy Jones
Ernie Dowell
Phillips
J. D. Webster
Homer Smith
Jim Ricketts
Ralph Marshall
Joel Robertson
Beverly
Greene
B. W. Hayden
W. B. Hamilton
J. G. Voelm
John Minn
J. R. Brown
Jade Stockton
Alex Phillips
Jim Payne
Charlie Quails
Troy Jones Iy
Cat Davis
Gene Milton
Tobin
Colby Davis
Dr. F. I. Reid
Wayne Fergus
G. W. Doda
C. L. Duniven
Bill Hall
Henry Pond
Joe Witt
Elmer Tucker
Davis Melloy
Harrison Garrett
W. E. Sharp
W. M. Baker
A. R. Swenson
Walter Elder
Jack Bush
Bill Jenkins
T. O'Neal
Ernest Coonrod
Tex Muncy
MH. L. Bradley
M. Loewenstern
Webster Hetherington
Jack Craig
W. T Leachman
Roy McKinney
Roxy Moore
J. B. Nierow
Slick Robertson
Henry Morris
Dewell Brown
Bill Terrey
Adrian Lewis
Weldon Kern to join Phillips 66 Oilers next year
Oklahoma Aggies guard Weldon Kern to play with the Phillips 66 Oilers next season, announced by coach Bud Browning in Bartlesville Oklahoma. Kern described as a diminutive guard will join the professional team after this college season.
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Kern
Oilers
Government citrus crop estimate for 1946
Government figures project a 1946 national citrus harvest of 188,480,000 boxes, about 10,000,000 more than the previous year.
Bowling Bits and Final Farewell from Ed Harris
Ed Harris notes a growing bowling goods stock at Bob Seeds shop on 16th Street and upcoming City Association events at Banner Bowl with doubles openings and five man team finals. He invites partnerships and mentions rival matches, fire recovery plans for Victory Alleys, and his own retirement to Long Beach, ending with thanks to Amarillo bowlers and a departure sign off Esta La Veta.
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ED Harris
Bob Seeds
16Th Street
Bob
City Association
Banner Bowl
Charlie Lyles
Dash Duel Sees Martinson and Lawler Tied at Texas Relays
Baylor's Billy Martinson and Texas' Allen Lawler split dash honors after a four meet stretch. Lawler won the hundred at the Texas and Kansas relays, while Martinson posted a 9.7 lead to win the dash yesterday. Texas dominated sprint relays and led the meet with 82 points to Baylor 30 and Texas A&M 58.
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W.P
Baylor University
Billy Martinson
Texas University
Allen Lawler
Lawler
Texas
Kansas
Martinson
Drake
Baylor
Drake Relays
Longhorns
Texas Aggies
Amarillo Trackmen Target All-Time Honor Roll
Two Amarillo High School athletes seek first places at the Texas High School track meet in Austin to etch their names in Golden Sandies history. Richard Winningham aims for the 880, Arlan McNeil rides a top broad jump mark, with McNeil a late 21 feet 6 inch leader.
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Austin
Amarillo
Golden Sandie
Leslie Cazzell
Leslie
Richard Winningham
Arlan McNeil
McNeil
Winningham
Bobby Bauman
Carl Mayes
Pampa
Mayes
Baylor
University of Texas
Texas A. & M
Bill Martinson
Texas
Howard Lynch
John Whinnery
Maroons
Marshall
Lynch
Clayton Hopkins
Odessa
Need Men To Coach Softball On North Side
Ralph Dykeman, director of Kids Inc softball, seeks a few more coaches from the North Side to form neighborhood teams. The program has produced strong North Side teams, but volunteer turnout is short of needs. Call Dykeman at the Maverick Club, phone 5289, to join. season starts next Tuesday afternoon.
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Ralph Dykeman
Kids, Inc
Dykeman
Maverick Club
Infant mortality in 1890 ran high at twenty five percent
One out of every four babies born in 1890 died before its first birthday, highlighting severe infant mortality rates of the era.
Olsen Ekes Out Victory In Tri-State Wrestling Show
Olsen defeats Poggi in a three fall main event at the Tri-State Fairgrounds with a dramatic rope break ending. Poggi suffers a swollen left eye from Olsen’s rough retaliation as Stratton rallies to upset Curtis in the semi final. Young Sandow debuts with a deathlock pin on McMullen.
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Garilla Poggi
Milt Olsen
Texas
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Olsen
Poggi
Olan Boynton
Olson
el Paso
Gorilla
Walter Stratton
Youngstown
Stratton
Walter
Young Sandow
Toledo
Tuffy McMullen
Abilene
Cards May Be Southpawed By Lefty Pitchers
The National League likely will use left handed starters to counter the St. Louis Cardinals as they chase the Cubs for the pennant. In 14 games this season eight left handers have opposed Eddie Dyer's lineup, yielding four wins for the southpaws and leaving the Cards with five losses to right handed pitchers only.
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Associated Press Sports
National League
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Birds
Chicago Cubs
Portsiders
St. Louis
Eddie Dyer
Nixon Cinder Artists Win Field Meet at Butler Field
Nixon Cinder Artists captured top honors with 43 percent of points in a junior high field meet at Butler Field. Galen Fowler led with 11 1 4 points by winning the 220 yard dash and contributing to the 440 yard relay. Douglas Abbott took two firsts in the 100 yard dash and high hurdles, while Sam Houston and Horace Mann teams also posted strong performances.
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Nixon
Sam Houston
Rangers
Horace Mann
Galen Fowler
Douglas Abbott
Raymond Crisp
Johnny Gabert
Jack Little
Bill King
Terry Browder
Bill Harrigan
Geoorge McCormick
Bill Sparks
Bob Elsen
Raymond Reynolds
Jimmy Bremton
Jack Davis
Loyd Hubbard
Neal Dearley
Wayne Edmonson
Wallace Marcum
Alexander
Lloyd Colvin
E. Nixon
Fowler
Gaines
Elsey
Sparks
Saunders Wins His Match in State Interscholastic Round
James Saunders advanced to the semifinals in Austin after a 6-3 6-0 quarterfinal win over Bob Gorman of Austin High. He was slated to face Jack Turpin of Highland Park Dallas. Two Amarillo boys lost overtime to a Corpus Christi team and the doubles team Appelby Jenkins fell 6-3 9-7.
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Jimmy Saunders
Amarillo
Billy Jenkins
Addison Appleby
Blair Cherry
Davis Hill
Sandie
Galveston
Rusty Russell
Bill Stages
Texas Aggie
Masonic
Tricky Ward
J. C. Knowles
Borger
Harold King
University of Texas
Jack Adkins
Sam Callan
San Angelo
J. L. Adams
R. B. Norman
Amarillo High School
Walter Nichols
Texas Tech
Jack Hays
Henry Frnka
Tulsa
Tulane
James Saunders
Austin
Jack Turpin
Highland Park
Dallas
Bob Gorman
Austin High
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Addison Appelby
Gold Sox trounce Dukes 15-2 in Albuquerque
Amarillo's Gold Sox rout Albuquerque Dukes 15 to 2 on May 3 as Weaver and Faccio are roughed up in the first inning. Behl settled in, while Leo Zoeller and Al Duarte paced the offense with key hits and three RBIs.
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Albuquerque
Amarillo
Gold Sox
Dukes
Il Provadiv
Bob Leeds
Weaver
Faccio
Behl
Sockers
Big Joe Bauman
Sox
Lubbock
Clovis
Leeds
George Hamilton
Hamilton
Rha
Poae Tenorio
Fig’ Se Sutch
Coscrssee
Goldsberry
Robinson
DeLaGarzia
Ackectos
Mize
Duarte
Bauman
Zoeller
Koppe
Devine
Sutch
Wisnovske
Tenorio
de la Garza
de Fazio
Bucher
Smith and
Bryan
Fort Worth Still Tops In Organized Baseball Action
Fort Worth continued a scorching run as one of the top clubs, with the Cats winning their 10th straight by edging Houston 2 1. Dallas overtook the Missions with a 3 0 win while Hank Oana starred for the Reds with six hits. Oklahoma City beat Shreveport 8 3 and Tulsa defeated Beaumont 7 4.
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Cats
Dallas
San Antonio
Missions
Houston
Chandler
Koch
Hank Oana
Reds
Oklahoma City
Indians
Shreveport
Tulsa
Beaumont Exporters
Jeffcoat
Oilers
Warren
Wood and Barron Lead Field for Fort Worth Colonial
Craig Wood the last national open champion and Herman Barron of New York, sixth money winner of 1946, will be in the field for Fort Worth's Colonial national invitation tournament May 16 17 with total purse of 15009 dollars as announced today.
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Craig Wood
Fort Worth
W.ap
Herman Barron
New York
Derby field remains large as 17 mount Derby barrier
Louisville May 3 17 horses the most in 1937 face the Kentucky Derby barrier. owners plan to pay the 1000 starting fee at 6 A M CST with rain or shine. Wee Admiral may be the lone off track holdout but trainer Arthur Brent will run if track not too bad. Elizabeth Arden Graham entries Lord Boswell Knockdown and Perfect Bahrain form a 3 to 1 favorite triple.
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Louisville
R. S. McLaughlin
Admiral
Arthur Brent
Jimmy Smith
Elizabeth Arden Graham
America
Lord Boswell
Knockdown
Bahrain
Pre-Tourney Golf Favorite Then Falls as Titleholder Gone
In Dallas on May 3 the Texas Golf Association championship enters its third round with both the pre-tourney favorite and the defending titlist out. Iverson Martin of Fort Worth, who beat Ray Kenny in round one and David Goldman in round two, faces Houston's Bobby Riegel, the 1938 TGA winner.
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Dallas
Texas Golf Association
Iverson Martin
Fort Worth
Ray Kenny
David
Spec) Goldman
Bobby Riegel
Houston
TGA
Fast Welter Bout on KFDA Tonight
Roman Alvarez of Manhattan meets Tony Pellone in Gotham tonight in a fast welterweight clash. Alvarez relies on savage inside blows while Pellone brings speed power and a string of wins over top welters and lightweights. The 10 round bout airs on Gillette's Cavalcade of Sports at 8 p.m. on ABC and KFDA 1230.
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Roman Alvarez
Manhattan
Tony Pellone
Gotham
New Yorker
Pellone
Lulu Costantino
Billy Graham
Maxie Shapiro
Alvarez
Bobby Ruffin
Joey Peralta
Jimmy Doyle
Gillette
American Broadcasting Co
KFDA
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