Seeds To Shoot Evans Against Lubbock Tonight
Gold Sox meet Lubbock Hubbers in the first of two games with Evans on the mound. New catcher Lamprich and return of Collie Souza strengthen the lineup as Bauman and McTran pace the offense amid recent roster moves and a 5 out loss at Clovis.
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Evans
Lubbock
Bob Seeds
Gold Sox
Lubbock Hubbers
Bill Evans
Sox
Clovis
Joe Bauman
Bill McTran
Bauman
Behl
Pioneers
Collie
Paul Visnovske
al Duarte
Leo Zoeller
Martin Koppe
Moran
Souza
Lamprich
George Hamilton
Doug Lewis
Natchez
Blas Tenorio
Roland Bucher
Little Rock
Paul Wisnovske
Leeds
Pensacola
Amarillo
Bob
New Mexico
Hack Miller
Lamesa
Abilene
Big Bill
Hoss Spears
Frnka
Lilah Cherry
Cherry
Tulsa
Longhorn
Rudy Bauman
John Bob Watts
University
Sandie
Navy
United States
Blues Lead After Second Weekend in Amarillo Bowling Tourney
Kiwanis Blues posted a 3068 team total to capture the top spot in team play as the Amarillo City Bowling Association Handicap Tournament entered its third weekend at Banner Bowl. Jacque West led singles with 687, and S Johnson plus Lonnie Price combined for the weekend high 1245.
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Amarillo City Bowling Association
Banner Bowl
Kiwanis Blues
Civic League
Ellis
Kegling
Jacque West
Mangold
Cusick
Ed Howell
S. Johnson-Lonnie Price
Jim Hudson
Fred Wells
Fred Miller
Phil Reppert
E. Smith
Pacers
Elks
John Farrell Lumber
Nutcrackers
Jaycee
Pinkney Packing Co
Killough
Musial May Be Headed For Honors
Stan Musial, batting champion hopeful, piled up six hits as the St. Louis Cardinals split with the Boston Braves. The Cards moved into a first place tie with Brooklyn in the National League as Boston won the nightcap. Other majors actions included Bonham’s Yankee debut in a 4-2 win over the White Sox and Greenberg lifting Detroit to a 5-4 victory over Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Stanley Frank Musial
St. Louis Cardinal
Pittsburgh
Dodgers
Ernie Bonham
New York Yankee
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
Hank Greenberg
Tigers
Philadelphia
Athletics
Prince Hal Schumacher
New York Giants
Reds
Johnny Vander Meer
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phils
Cecil Travis
Washington
Senators
Cleveland Indians
Texas to Tiff With Baylor in Southwest Conference race
Unbeaten Texas faces Baylor Wednesday in a crucial SWC baseball showdown that could clinch the title. A Baylor win would tighten the standings, while SMU meets Rice midweek and Texas A&M plays Rice as the schedule folds into the conference track meet at College Station.
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Texas
Baylor
Longhorns
Rice
Bears
Southern Methodist
College Station
Amarillo Sports Schedule Highlights Local Events
May 6 to 7 at Gold Sox Field features the Amarillo Gold Sox versus Lubbock Hubbers at 8 o clock. May 16 brings the Sandies Exes football game at Butler Field. June 18 to 22 hosts the 12th Tri State Senior Golf Tournament at A Country Club. July 24 to 28 sees the Amarillo Country Club Invitation and Open Golf Tournament.
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Amarillo Gold Sox
S. Lubbock Hubbers
Gold Sox Field
Sandies—Exes
Butler Field
Amarillo Country Club
Howell Steen To Clash With Kenny Reed in 10-Round Bout
Howell Steen of Dallas meets Kenny Reed the Pacific Coast welterweight in a 10 round main event as boxing returns locally. Reed is in the Army stationed at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio. Steen has been a drawing card at New Orleans for more than a year.
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Dallas
Howell Steen
Kenny Reed
Reed
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Steen
New Orleans
Hayden Is Honor Man At Amarillo Golf Event
Hayden is honor man after posting a net 62 to win the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Week End Handicap Tournament at the Ross Rogers Course. Notables include Homer Smith 80 13 67 and J. R. Brown 67 low gross with 35-32.
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Budgie Hayden
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Homer Smith
Henry Whitley
Bob Taylor
Ernie Dowell
Roy McKinney
J. R. Brown
Coaches Back To School At Corpus Christi Texas
The annual Texas Coaching School in Corpus Christi runs August 5 to 9 with 300 reservations already, expected 500 to 600 attendees. Key figures include Larry Mullins, John Scott, D X Bible, Ray Elliot, Eck Curtis, Doc Hayes, and Harold Ratliff among others, with a luncheon hosted by the Texas Sports Writers Association on August 9.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Larry (Moon) Mullins
Santa Clara
John Scott
Stephen F. Austin
Houston
D. X. Bible
Ray Elliot
Illinois
Frank Kimbrough
Baylor
Bully Gilstrap
Adolph Rupp
University of
Ema
Kans
Rodney Kidd
Texas Interscholastic League
Able Curtis
Southwestern Football Officials Association
Harold V. Ratliff
Associated Press
Texas Sports Writers Association
Coaches Association
Cable Rate Between Britain and North America in 1858
In 1858 the cost to send each word over the cable between Great Britain and North America was five dollars. The rate reflects early transatlantic telegraphic commerce and the high price of long distance messaging in mid nineteenth century communications.
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Great Britain
North America
Suggs Favored as Golf Tourney Opens in Dallas
In Dallas on May 6 Louise Suggs of Lithia Springs Ga led a field of 130 in qualifying for the Southern Golf Association tournament. Suggs and Earl Stewart Jr posted a 71 in Scotch foursomes while Polly Riley and Derald Lehman of Fort Worth shot 70 for low gross.
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Dallas
Southern Golf Association
Louise Suggs
Lithia Springs
Kentucky
Florida
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Texas
Dallas Country Club
Miss Suggs
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Frank Goldthwaite
Fort Worth
Dave Gant
Memphis
Gaut
Earl Stewart, Jr
Polly Riley
Derald Lehman
St. Francis Tops Superior in Junior Gold Sox clash
St. Francis defeated Superior Manufacturing Co 20 to 7 yesterday afternoon in a Junior Gold Sox League game. The St. Francis team seeks more competition and invites interested clubs to contact George Raef Rt 3 Box 477 Amarillo.
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St. Francis
Superior Manufacturing Co
George Raef
Rt. 3
Amarillo
Trimmings Featured In League
Texas League action saw Houston break a five game skid with an 8 to 7 14 inning win over Dallas while San Antonio edged Fort Worth 4 to 3. Charley Grant’s 10th inning homer powered San Antonio as Oklahoma City fell 7 to 2 to Beaumont. Tulsa and Shreveport split a pair with Tulsa winning 8-3 in the opener and losing 5-1 in the nightcap. Dallas at Shreveport Oklahoma City at San Antonio Pulse at Houston Fort Worth at Beaumont played tonight.
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Associated Press
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Rebels
Padre Charley Grant
Missions
Cats
Oklahoma City
Beaumont
Tribe
Oklahomans
Tulsa
Shreveport
Oilers
Pulse
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
St Louis
Pet
Russell Parr Divide Honors at Amarillo Week End Handicap
Leading a field of 128 entrants, W. A. Russell and George Parr fired net 65 to share first in the Amarillo Country Club Week End Handicap. Russell 95 307 65 and Parr 83 18 65. low net others include Williams 90 24 66 and McKnight 82 16 66. Rage won low gross with 75. Elliott at 120 received high gross.
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W. A. Russell
George Parr
Amarillo
Upswing in Sports Attendance Attracts Five Thousand Fans
In Dallas on May 6 5 000 fans attended motorcycle races defying usual small crowds. The Class A five mile race finished Anderson Bill Houston Shea George Landry Wess Houston in the top three with a 5 23 time over a half mile dirt track.
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Dallas
Bill Anderson
Houston
George Shea
Shreveport
Wess Landry
Royal Kelley Returns for Short City Visit
Royal H. Kelley former highway patrol sergeant now stationed in Abilene spent today in the city for a two day visit with Mr. and Mrs. Selvin Allen at 900 Travis.
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Royal Kelley
Royal H. Kelley
Abilene
Selvin Allen
Travis
Yucatan Expected To Pull In Crowd
Houston May 6 Baby Yucatan a Mexican middleweight is set to fight Danny Rosati in a Texas bout. Rosati from Newark N J has four recent wins three by KO while Yucatan draws a big crowd in anticipation of a hard hitting display in the ring.
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Houston
U.P
Yucatan
Danny
Shea) Rosati
Texas
K. O
Derby Darling Assault Set for Repeat Derby Run
Derby Darling with a deformed foot trained by a Texan departs for Baltimore to attempt a repeat victory at Pimlico after winning the Roses in the 72nd Derby last weekend. If successful he would echo his sire who did the same a decade ago before a large American crowd.
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Louisville
Texas
Flatbush
Baltimore
Pimlico
America
Marauders Crush Boys Ranch in Softball Tilt
The Marauders defeated Boys Ranch 17 to 3 yesterday afternoon at Boys Ranch. A large crowd watched the practice game, but no home runs were hit.
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Marauders
Boys Ranch
Ex-Sandies To Have Potent Grid Machine
The annual battle with the Exes Friday night at Butler Field features six of last year’s Sandies ready to face the 1946 Amarillo High squad. Key players include Bill Juett Brian Rusk Carlos Thornton Charley Houston Billy Snorgrass Jack Seale Avon Flaniken Bill Spann and others. Kickoff is 8 oclock with admission 60 cents for adults and 30 cents for students.
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Sandies
Butler Field
Amarillo High
Bill Juett
Brian Rusk
Globe News
Carlos Thornton
Charley Houston
Billy Snorgrass
Jack Seale
Avon Flaniken
Bill Spann
Duane Byars
Edsel Buchanan
Wayne Brown
Arlen McNeil
Eddie Johnson
Billy Roberts
J. R. Johnson
Lloyd Johnson
Exes
John Whinnery
Yannigan
Sandie
Ober Plans $500000 Libel Suit Against MacPhail
Ralph Ober, writer for a sports publication, announces a $500,000 libel suit against New York Yankees president Larry MacPhail over accusations he tried to lure players to the Mexican league.
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New York
U.P
Ralph Ober
Larry MacPhail
New York Yankees
Amarillo Legion Edges Borger 13 12 In Tenning Thriller
Amarillo's American Legion Junior team stayed hot with a 13 12 win over Borger at Gold Sox Field after a ten inning game delay caused by scorekeeping. Pitching changeups by Henry and Palmer shaped the late surge with Farmer and Oliphant delivering key hits and Scott homering for Borger.
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Amarillo
American Legion
Borger
Gold Sox
Bur Dorman
Bobby Farmer
Buddy Oliphant
Bob Henry
Junior Palmer
Sharp
Oliphant
Farmer
Bybee
Brown
Henry
Scott
Amarillo Legion
Borger Club
AB RH
Poae
Tookey
Newman
McCain
Warten
Deason
Passon
Aebueaaee
Howard
Tougau
Hesewes
PO AE
Anderson
Wartes
Ceeseee Ee Sharp
Kenyon
Oliphint
Ashley
Palmer
Sessee
Warren
Mobley
Souza
Kids Inc opens season with a dozen softball games
A dozen Kids Inc softball skirmishes start this afternoon as league inaugurals share the spotlight with the Kiwanis Club sponsored coaches clinic. After games, coaches meet at Sam Houston Junior High School gym at 8 o clock with Sam Houston coach Bill Teal involved.
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Kids Inc
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Sam Houston Junior High School
Bill Teal
Sam Houston
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