Local Stars Enter Open Annual Game At Amarillo High
The 1944 Am rillo program features eight local amateur golfers entering the Texas PCA Golf Tournament in Odessa and a Friday night football clash at Butler Field between the Golden Sandie Futures and Exes. U.S. players include George Ausbach and Gene Root with a full Exes lineup led by Dub Wooten. In New York, the 1944 baseball season opens with interleague games as the Eastern NL clubs head West and the American League clubs invade the East led by St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Phillies.
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Amarillo
Odessa
Butler Field
Golden Sandie Futures
Exes
Amarillo High School
Howard Lynch
T. G. Hull
Rudy Bauman
Charley Houston
Marshall Gettys
Billy Joe Russell
Joe Frank Robberson
James Tomberlin
John Bot Watts
Dale Collins
Maurice Essary
Paul Miller
Richard Mixon
Miller
Russell
Tomberlin
Dub Wooten
University of Oklahoma
Wooten
Armed Services
Lynch
Mark Taylor
Boyd Reynolds
George Thornton
Jack Pevehouse
Thurman Tigart
Jimmy Jessen
Donnie Sharp
Ed Sharp
Billy Lynch
Jack McGee
Sonny McGinley
Taylor
Reynolds
Thornton
Pevehouse
McGinley
McGee
Glen Perkins
New York
U.P
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Cardinals
St. Louis
Philadelphia Phillies
Phils
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Phillies
Dallas
Dal-Hi Stadium
Southwestern A. A. U
Austin
Freddie Wolcott
Rice
Grand Prairie Naval Air Station
Texas
Charley Parker
San Antonio
Thomas Jefferson High
University of Texas
Ralph Ellsworth
San
Thinclads Vie for Southwest Honors
Nine local keglers enter the Recreation Classic Singles Sweepstakes in Denver this weekend with Amarillo entrants Virgil Reager Vic Langley Noble Paulk H McMinn Marvin Andrews John Laughlin Fred Grimes Ted Buccola and Johnny Weeks. The meet features seven lanes across 14 alleys and a first prize of 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Amarillo
Virgil Reager
Vic Langley
Noble Paulk
Marvin Andrews
John Laughlin
Fred Grimes
Ted Buccola
Johnny Weeks
Local Sports Card Highlights Amarillo Events
The listing covers golf at Ross Rogers and Sunset Courses, including the Nine Hole Handicap and Junior Golf events at Amarillo venues. It also notes a Friday football game, a Weekend Handicap Tournament, and baseball matchups featuring the Amarillo Dodgers and Pampa Field Fliers.
Maverick Club Column Highlights Local Youth Achievements
Ralph Dykeman chronicles Maverick Club members with minutes played, honors listed for Frank Buchanan and others, and upcoming Sunday meeting at 3 PM. The piece notes Scraps at the gravel pit trip, tumbling club progress, and boys’ Ranch activities, plus a Mexico City note on Shirley Temple’s age in local film listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick Club
Frank Buchanan
Edsel Buchanan
Tommy Broach
Jewell McDowell
Cedric Boutwell
James Kile
Rodney Skapple
Richard Skapple
Ernest Thrasher
Jimmie Roberts
Donald Renfro
Wayne Holloway
Ed Collins
Ed Sharp
Ed J. Sharp
Amarillo
North Grant Street
Elmer Smith
Marine Corps
Southwest Pacific
Smitty
Channing
Floyd Johnson
Buck Collins
Jimmie Hamilton
Buck Collings
Jimmy Hatcher
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Roberts
Louis Siegler
Billy Sullivan
John Robert Plunket
Bobby Hitgins
Ronald Johnson
Art
Sharp
Seaman Brown
Calvin Jones
Don Wayne Howton
Reagan Jones
Billy Rock
Toby Gardner
Billy Joe Ballard
Harry O'Bryant
Art Sharp
Ray Sinclair
Bobby Hudgins
Randolph Field Lists Two More 1944 Grid Games
Randolph Field in San Antonio announces two additional football dates for next season. The Ramblers will host Southwestern Louisiana Institute on November 11 and face Third Army Air Force Bombers in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 28.
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San Antonio
Randolph Field
Ramblers
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Army Air Force
Charlotte
S. C
Funeral set for W S Hart former Cubs catcher
Hollywood May 9 Funeral services for W S Hart former Chicago Cubs catcher will be held tomorrow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale Calif His son Lt Robert Sterling former FGM star now in the Army said Hart died of a heart ailment at his home Sunday two hours after Sterling and his wife screen actress Ann Sothern had left him.
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Hollywood
U.P
Hart
Chicago Cubs
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Calif
Robert Sterling
Sterling
Ann Sothern
Pantex Employees Form Tennis Association
Pantex Ordnance Plant workers established a tennis association for the season. Officers elected: Bruce L. Waddell, president. G. B. Payne, vice president. John B. Huffhines, treasurer. W. O. Carlson, secretary. Princeton University reportedly planned to drop intercollegiate football for the duration amid a poor season. Eight-year-old children aided flood workers by filling and tying sand bags to reinforce le vees in Lawrence Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce L. Waddell
G. B. Payne
John 8. Huffhines
W. O. Carlson
Princeton University
Tigers
Lawrence
Kan
U.P
Castle-In
Coming Events War Bond Golf Tournament and More
A list of golf tournaments and football game events at Amarillo venues. May 18 21 at Ross Rogers Municipal Course, May 25 Amarillo Country Club Dutch dinner golf matches, June 6 8 Tri-State Senior Golf Tournament Amarillo Country Club, May 12 Golden Sandies Fxes football at Butler Field, May 14 Amarillo Dodgers vs Pampa Field Fliers at Malin Park, May 9 Aggies beat Owls in Houston tennis results noted.
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Amarillo Dodgers
Pampa Field
Malin Park
Ross Rogers Municipal Course
Amarillo Country Club
Butler Field
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Ausbach
Gene Root
Ross Rogers Municipal
Paul Smith
FE. W. Cain
Jack Allen
Ernie Dowell
al Warner
Warren Babb
Fd Sharp
Tigart
Blessen
Joe Larson
Ladell Pugh
Charlie Snow
Dick Sikes
Travelers
Southwest
CUBS
Washington
Wrigley Field
War Production Board
Globe News
Blackburn ‘Bros
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Golden Sandies
Butler
G . Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogera Course
Amarillo Junior Golf Association
Sunset Course
Sunset
Perry
Davis
Aston Perry
Washington, D. C
Madison Square Garden
Tuffy Cummings
St. Nicholas Arena
al “Bummy” Davis
Brooklyn
the Garden
Halian
U. S
Oakland
Cal
John T. Knight
Frederick Gilbreath
San Francisco
U. S. Army
By Ralph Dykeman
Shirley
Mexico City
Shirley Temple
Mexico
Randolph
Houston
St Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn Eee
Boston
Chicago
Pantex Employes Farm Tennis Club
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Princeton, N. J
Aggies
OWLS
Texas A and M
Rice Owl
Veepey i
Zale
Gaicene Jarris
Panhandle
Monroe
A. W. McKee
Service
van “Ines
Nee Cysee
Arthur ST
Amarillo, Texas
Benjamin Franklin
Pal
van Buren
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