Odessa Sandies Hold Off Bronchos In Tight Turnaround
In a mixed 1950-51 school year report at Amarillo High, Odessa beat Amarillo Sandies 41-0 in football at Amarillo, then Sandies won 41-33 in Odessa at the new Field House basketball opener. Bronchos led in track and baseball titles, but Sandies won 7-5 in Odessa, leaving Odessa fans eager for a Bronchos upset.
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Amarillo High School
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Clements Targets Murdoch Title After Arena Triumph
Promoter Cory Detton is urged by Ray Clements to set up a headline bout with Frankie Hill Murdoch after Clements dominated Whitey Walberg at the Sports Arena. Murdoch, moved to semiwindup status following a loss to Walberg, eyes a return to the main event.
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Whitey Walberg
Cory Detton
Frankie Hill Murdock
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Lubbock
Big Train
Leo Wallick
Wallick
Bill Parks
Gust Johnson
Jack O'Reilly
SWC Meet Opens With Record Chases In 14 Events
The 36th annual Southwest Conference track and field meet opens at College Station with preliminaries in 14 of 16 events. Darren Hooper of Texas A&M has already topped the conference record for the shot put this season, and Texas’ Charles Meeks narrowly missed the broad jump mark last week.
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College Station
Darren Hooper
Texas Aggie Giant
Charles Meeks
Texas
Canadian ace dies in Calgary at 48
Canadian track and field star George Sutherland died in Calgary after a brief illness. The renowned athlete, aged 48, had been a top all round competitor for nearly two decades and is remembered as one of Canada's greatest in the sport.
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George Sutherland
Canada
Amarillo Grabs First Road Win in Clovis
Amarillo Gold Sox, eighth in the standings, defeated the Clovis Pioneers 6-4 on May 11 behind Don Faling’s strong pitching and timely hitting. Pinky Higgins flashed defense despite a bruised thumb, while homer and base hits plus errors helped swing the late game in Amarillo’s favor. The win ends a long road skid as the Sox aim to climb toward Clovis in the series finale and upcoming Albuquerque trip.
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Faling
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Pat McLaughlin
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Crawford Howard
Mulcahy
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Charlie Bushong
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Pete Trabucco
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Frank Murray
Scarborough
Randall
Bob Pennington
Willie Fhrhardt
Bushong
Paling
DeLuca
Mel Kramer
Murray
Frank Cale
Howard
Baseball Standings and Friday Schedule Across Leagues
National League standings show Boston and New York leading. Thursday results include New York 3 St Louis 2 and Brooklyn 6 Chicago 0. American League leaders Detroit and Boston schedule rainouts. Texas League results list San Antonio 7 Oklahoma City 5 and Houston 2 Tulsa 0 with several matchups Friday across multiple leagues.
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Odessa
Maxwell Booms Out Links Lead at Southern Intercollegiate Golf
Maxwell of North Texas State shot 33 32 65 to take a four stroke lead after the first round at Athens. Florida's Jerry Schultheis and Louisville's Bob Eubanks each carded 69 to trail. North Texas posted a 278 team score, ten strokes ahead of Florida and Georgia. Others breaking par included Reed and Conrad of North Texas, Sikes of Florida, Waters of Emory, Elfurth of Trinity, Moody and Cofer of Georgia.
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Billy Maxwell
North Texas State
Athens Country Club
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Florida
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Louisville
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North Texas
Georgia
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Trinity University
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Tex
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Joe Conrad
Dan Sikes
Richard Waters
Emory
Billy Elfurth
Trinity
Griffin Moody
Richard Cofer
WTNM Juniors Lineup Coaches and Team Names Set
The West Texas New Mexico YMCA junior baseball league named eight manager coaches for ages 10 to 12 at a meeting at 1010 Jackson and adopted five team names. Coaches include P G Hisey McKinley Pioneers Ken Glasco Alice Landergin Gold Sox Preston Poynor Sanborn Oilers O L Pickering Glenwood Blue Sox Roy C Davis San Jacinto Lobos Father Matthiesen St Mary's W S Gregory Humphreys Highland Charley Thompson Forest Hill. Season starts Tuesday May 22 with rosters due May 17.
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Jackson
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New Mexico
P. G. Hisey
McKinley Pioneers
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Alice Landergin
Gold Sox
Preston Poynor
Sanborn Oilers
O. L. Pickering
Glen
Sul Ross Riders Lead Fort Worth in Intercollegiate Roden
Sul Ross held a comfortable lead at Fort Worth on May 11 in the National Intercollegiate Roden meet led by brothers Harley and Ross May, the larger contributors to the showing.
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Fort Worth
Harley
Ross
Dark Drives Giants Back From Early Slump
Associated Press sports story highlights Al Dark leading the New York Giants from a 111-game losing streak. Dark hits .370 with two grand slams and 14 RBIs in nine games, lifting the club to within four games of first as Eddie Stanky continues to reach base.
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Monte Irvin
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Phillies
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Giants win as flu hits Cardinals in St Louis
Durochermen Dark drove in all three Giants runs in a 3-2 victory over the flu battered Cardinals. He singled then scored on Hank Thompson's homer, doubled and scored on Ray Noble's single. Bowman pitched well for the win, while St Louis used six ill players and a coach. Ewell Blackwell beat Brooklyn 4-1 as Boston fell out front.
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Ray Noble
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Roger Bowman
Dave Koslo
Bowman
Cincinnati
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Norway's fruit industry grows from 1.6M to 4M trees
Fifty years ago Norway had 1,600,000 fruit trees and produced 15,000 tons. Now the country has four million trees and yields about 57,000 tons annually, marking a substantial modernization of fruit growing.
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Freshman eligibility and TV policy eyed by Southwest Conference
College Station May I RATLIFF Freshman eligibility for varsity is debated as the Southwest Conference faculty committee weighs reinstating the rule amid fears of increased recruiting. The panel adopts a basketball play policy limiting games to those under college control, restricting appearances like Madison Square Garden. A football telecast policy aims to match last year's sellouts while the NCAA restricts one home and one away game per team. Texas A&M and Texas Christian await the conference decision.
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the Garden
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Browns May Move From St Louis Amid Financial Strain
Rumors spread that the American League Browns may relocate from St. Louis as attendance falters. Milwaukee and Omaha were floated in discussions involving Cardinals ownership and franchise swaps, with warns from Western League President Sen. Ed Johnson about losing Omaha. St Johns College in Annapolis will admit women this fall with identical admission standards and degrees. Waterfowl lifespan noted as part of a separate item.
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