Amarillo Athletes Rally For A Real Track After Austin Meet
The Texas High School State Championship Track Meet in Austin left Amarillo teams infuriated by poor training facilities. Local coach John Whinnery guided the Amarillo mile relay to a Sandie record time of 3 minutes 27.1 seconds, yet they finished sixth. Mike Strueber threw 46 feet 3 and a half inches in the shot put, a Sandie best, but no placing. The writer argues for a decent track in Amarillo and notes regional disparity with eight other schools scoring more points than all of Region I combined. The piece praises Amarillo High School and the Golden Sandies basketball and football history while calling for improved facilities.
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Austin
Texas
Amarillo
Butler Field
Amarillo High School
Golden Sandies
Waco
Ig Ca
Leslie Cazzell
John Whinnery
Sandie
Mike Strueber
Sam Orr Wins Net 65 at Country Club Meet
Sam Orr posted a net 65 to win the country club tournament. His card read 72-7. Other low net winners included R. H. Kelly 83-17-66 R. A. Ramey 85-19-66 and Dude Gentry 74-8-66. John Evans led low gross with 67 three under par. High gross went to W. B. Burkhalter at 168.
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Sam Orr
Denstey Cleeanne
R. H. Kelly
R. A. Ramey
Dude Gentry
John Evans
W. B. Burkhalter
Fire buff at 101 helps fight blaze
A 101 year old man Abey Thayer joined firefighters at his Massachusetts home to battle a frass fire that threatened the residence. He used a broom to assist as flames neared.
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Brain . Mass. U.P
Abey Thayer
Amarillo Gold Sox Face Puzzling Season Start
The Amarillo Gold Sox meet Borger tonight at Huber Park in a two game series and prepare for a May clash with Lubbock Hubbers. Manager Harry Lamprich faces lineup upheaval as clubs trim to 15 players and rookies fill openings.
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RIL Vyeuee
Huber Park
Borger
Lubbock Hubbers
West Texas-New Mexico Gonfalon
Gold Soxers
Lamprich
Harry
Frank Mekules
Jaycee Ragtime Doubles Ends Weekly Run at Peerless Lanes
Garner Wells of Fort Worth and George George of Waco appear set to win the first annual Jaycee Ragtime Doubles as six week run ends Sunday night at Peerless Lanes. Leaders hold 1 261 sticks across three lines while Lucas Brothers Ben and Bob of Kansas City posted 1 167 last weekend.
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Garner Wells
Fort Worth
George George
Waco
Lucas Brothers
Ben and
Bob
Kansas City
Hazelwood Shines With 25 Straight Skeet At Amarillo Meet
Hazelwood hit a perfect 25 straight at skeet while R M Chapman and D L McDonald each shot 49 of 50. N L Baker missed one 16 yard target as shooters at Amarillo Gun Club posted strong scores in calm conditions.
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Amarillo
Cecil Hazelwood
R. M. Chapman
D. L. McDonald
N. L. Baker
Jack Younger
Frank Elkins
Bill Strain
D. W. Caldwell
Roy Cornelius
Dave Stephenson
Dr. W. H. Ballew
John Riggs
J. O. Holland
J. E. Gravestock
Bob Miesse
W. H. Ballew
Todd Stewart Triumph in Dallas Charity Match
In Dallas at the Country Club, Harry Todd and Earl Stewart Jr. edged Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson 4 and 3 after Todd and Stewart both excelled with strong front and back play. Stewart shot 68, Todd 69 while Hogan and Nelson posted 71. The hometown pair led by the end of the front nine.
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Dallas
U.P
Harry Todd
Todd
Earl Stewart, Jr
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Dallas Country Club
Stewart
Hogan
Nelson
West Texas New Mexico League Teams Score 100 Runs
Berger defeats Amarillo 10 9 while Albuquerque tops Clovis 18 11. Lubbock beats Pampa 12 7 and Abilene edges Lamesa 17 16. Albuquerque does 13 runs in the first inning the day’s largest scoring burst as other games stay in pairs or more.
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Associated Press
Amarillo Gold Sox face rotation scramble for crucial clashes
Manager Lamprich weighs pitching assignments for a string of travel games with two-night visits to Albuquerque and Clovis. He must trim staff including pitchers and an outfielder while hitters Duarte Weskamp Kerckhove Oberle and others fuel a rallying offense as Amarillo seeks a series win at Borger.
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Ion
Lefty Lonergan
Gassertown
Lamprich
Frank
Lefty
Gold Sox
Albuquerque
Clovis
Lubbock
Eli Weskamp
Tom Spears
Ben Lorino
Sammy Ryan
Amarillo Board of Strategy
King Solomons
Duarte
Amarillo
Oberle
Gilbert Kerckhove
Kerckhove
Berger
Border Patrol
Harry Lamprich
Borger
Gordon Nell
Gasser
Milburn Vanney
Albert Einstein
Mauretania Sails on First Postwar Commercial Voyage
The 35,000-ton Mauretania departed Liverpool on her first postwar commercial voyage and is scheduled to reach New York Thursday with about 1,200 passengers aboard.
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Liverpool
New York
Nixson Wins Track Meet in Panhandle Junior High Meet
Nixson Whirl winds led by Jack Newby Galen Fowler and Bob Hume triumphed in the Panhandle Junior High League meet in Pampa scoring 45 points to outpace Sam Houston Rangers 28 so Pampa and Horace Mann trailed. Newby topped scoring with 16 points Fowler 13 Hume 11 while all three ran on the second place 440 yard relay team.
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Jack Newby
Galen Fowler
Bob Hume
Nixson
Panhandle
Pampa
Sam Houston Rangers
Horace Mann
Newby
Fowler
Hume
Billy Wills
Hack Folsom
Sam Houston
Bill Teal
Robert Whiddon
Rangers
Tom Gilley
Horce Mann
Junior Smith
Buffs
Buffalo
Berger
Chinning
Carl Kennedy
Marvin Marvel
Eddie Marlowe
Jimmy Andrews
Sanders
Marlowe
Bradford
James Yarbor
Bennett
Combs
Roy Byrd
Big Spring Vernon and Midland Triumph in West Texas League Action
The Longhorn League delivered steady drama as Big Spring defeated Odessa 12-1, Vernon beat Ballenger 6-4, and Midland won at home 15-14 against Sweetwater for its fifth win in six games.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Big Spring
Odessa
Vernon
Ballenger
Midland
Sweetwater
Kids Open 1947 Softball Season With 120 Players
More than 120 boys will play as Kids Inc starts three leagues Western Texas Junior and Intermediate. Twenty four to twenty six teams are expected with 6:30 p.m. games across Maverick Club, McKinley and St Mary's venues. Officials seek coaches and umpires as plans stress sportsmanship and character.
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Kids, Inc
Texas
Ralph Dykeman
Athletia Neacnam
Dykeman
Maverick Club
J. R. Brown
Brown
Haksman
Bill Ferem
Panhandle Coaches and Officials Association
Matt Hudson
Amarillo College
St. Mary’s
Trojans
Boys Ranch Cowboys
Amateurs Qualify For Houston Open Tryout
Amateurs tee off in a pre-tournament contest in Houston as they chase spots in the $10,000 Houston Open. The event runs May 8 to May 11 at Long Memorial Park, a 7,400 yard course the pro tour has not faced this season.
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Houston
Long Memorial Park
Four Golfers Tie for Sweepstake Honors at Ross Rogers Course
Four linksmen fired net 64s to share first place at the Ross Rogers Course Week end Golf Ball Sweepstakes. Winners: Henry Whitley, T. M. Brown, Bernie Vaught, and R. V. Marshall. Also listed are other ball winners among 70 entrants with scores ranging from 66 to 71 under par.
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Henry Whitley
T. M. Brown
Bernie Vaught
R. V. Marshall
Tex Muncy
Bud Ammons
Drew Crossett
Bill Utterback
Bill Bogard
Bill Batson
Colby Davies
Joe Witt
Jack Phillips
M. P. Tobin
Bill Jenkins
Roxy Moore
Elmer Tucker
Ernie Dowell
Ray Prien
Chuck Johnson
Don Loden
J. G. Risley
Nathan Young
H. L. Bradley
Adrian Lewis
L. C. Whitney
Henry Morris
Knox Whitney
A. Moody Smith
Munn and McKay Medalists in Amarillo Club Championship
John Munn and Art McKay tied as medalists with 71 in the Amarillo Country Club championship qualifying. Tahn Dernan, top challenger, shot 67 but did not seek the medal. Match play begins, finals June 1, in a record 380-card field across four flights with 78 needed to reach the title flight.
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John Munn
Arthenay, Jr
Amarillo
Munn
Tahn Dernan
Uv Velil A4uvaand
UuecLlenaling
Jack Allen
Don Marsalis
Art Querry
Carl Culwell
Gene Klein, Jr
J. L. Carter
J. R. Brown
Dick Garre
Art McKay
H. C. McFarland
Evans
Pitts Crudgington
Garre
Claude Mathis
Joe Morris
John Wyatt
H. C. Pester
T. J. Wagner
Fay Dryden
Earl O'Keefe
P. B. Carlson
Chuckagner
W. W. Gibson
R. B. Norman
J. F Brown
James Pearson
E. W. Cain
Tom LeMond
Charles Reid
James Parmalee
Fred Fyfe
George Carr
Bob Garner
Bob Haley
Gene Klein, Sr
M. D. Snyder
Softball League Opens Tonight With Six-Game Schedule
Four teams compete at Tri-State Pair Grounds to start the YMCA Church men's league. Opening doubleheader at 7:30 features San Jacinto Baptist vs Summit Baptist with Sacred Heart Cathedral meeting Polk Street Methodist at 9. Remaining teams include First Baptist First Christian First Presbyterian San Jacinto Methodist Tenth Avenue Methodist and West Amarillo Christian.
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Tri-State Pair Grounds
Ymca Church
San Jacinto Baptist
Summit Baptist
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Polk Street Methodist
First Baptist
First Christian
First Presbyterian
San Jacinto Methodist
Tenth Avenue Methodist
West Amarillo Christian
Sacred Heart
YMCA-Church League Champions To Be Honored
The San Jacinto Methodist bowling team claimed top YMCA-Church men's league honors finishing 46 wins 36 losses, with Sacred Heart Cathedral close at 47-37. The champions and other San Jacinto teams will be feted at a Tuesday awards banquet at 7:30 PM at San Jacinto Methodist Church.
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San Jacinto Methodist
Sacred Heart Cathedral
San Jacinto Baptist
San Jacinto Methodist Church
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J. L. McCormick
Scott Mills
E. D. Roberts
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Bob Lewis
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Alfred Glenn
Dr. A G. Goldston
John Oakes
Otis Williams, Jr
Rex Baxter, Sr
T. Blanchard
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Sandy Cross
L. S. Pearce
Charles Davis
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