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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1948
Page
13
Joe Witt is elected president of the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association with David Medley as vice president and Keith Montague as secretary. Committees announced include Publicity, Tournament, Membership and more. Members will play a team match next Sunday against Phillips and Borger at the Ross Rogers Course. Cinnamon is used for flavoring in some medicines.
Elmer Riddle, 31, offers a standout comeback for the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-2 win over Brooklyn, his third straight victory and fourth strong start since joining from Cincinnati. The win tightens the NL pennant race as St Louis, New York, and Pittsburgh contend for first.
Avon Driggers earned his fifth win of the season for the Oilers as they defeated the Albuquerque Dukes 12-4 in Pampa. Despite 40 degree weather and light rain, Driggers held the Dukes to eight hits with one unearned run allowed in seven innings. Joe Fortin drove in four runs with two triples, and R C Otey added three hits and three RBIs.
The first annual spring meeting of the Panhandle Plains Coaches and Officials Association will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 in the High School Armory at Thirteenth and Tyler. All coaches and officials are invited whether or not they are members.
Researchers at Westinghouse Laboratories work to reach one degree above absolute zero, a temperature where certain metals lose electrical resistance. The project explores unprecedented cryogenic cooling and its implications for superconductivity and low-temperature physics.
The report covers multiple youth leagues as rain causes forfeits and game halts. Key moments include Wolflin Rockettes leading Sanborn Lassies 18-3 before a forfeit, McKinley Wrens vs Wilson Cowgirls 22-1 halted, and St Marys Crickets leading Pleasant Valley Quails 16-3 when stopped.
In Las Vegas Nevada a unique air posse forms led by Sheriff Glen Jones. Fifty private fliers and twenty five aircraft form the squadron ready for search rescue detection or missions. Deputized town businessmen gain arrest powers as the smallest western town organizes the nation’s largest per capita police air unit.
The Amarillo Tennis Club meets at 7:30 PM at Russell's Stationery to elect new fiscal year officers and to approve a summer tournament schedule. A city meets series and the Tri-State tournament are planned, with existing officers Bud Bussard, J Douglas Smyth, George Smith, James Saunders, E H Quattlebaum, and Jack Hays guiding.
In Atlantic City and Lawrence Massachusetts two Army medical officers report that heating the face boosts circulation and temperature in the hands. Lt Mortimer E Bader and Capt Martin B Macht of the Quartermaster Climatic Research Laboratory found facial heating significantly improves hand warmth in frostbite studies.
Twenty five leading money winners for 1948 were set to contest the third $15,000 National Invitation at Colonial Country Club Fort Worth. Declines by Chick Harbert Herman Barron and Skee Reigel left 31 top swingers on the invitation list with 28 professionals and three amateurs. The top eight money earners Mangrum Locke Hogan Demaret Middlecoff Alexander Palmer and Harrison would compete in the event.
San Diego report on Jack Prodonovich, famed deep sea diver, catching a 112 pound grouper off La Jolla. He first harpooned it with a power spear, the line breaking, then 40 days later retrieved the same fish with a hand spear. The grouper carried a gaping wound and both spears.
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