Tough Go For Willie Pep In Non Title Fight
Willie Pep of Hartford faces Frankie Rubino of Brooklyn in a 10 round non title bout at Chicago Coliseum. Pep, a former featherweight champion, aims to rebound after Navy discharge and hints at a possible Madison Square Garden bout with Sal Bartolo in late June.
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Chicago
Willie Pep
Hartford
Pep
Jack Kearns
Rubino
New York Boxing Commission
Sal Bartola
NBA
Madison Square Garden
Don Savage Emerges as Yankees Rookie Candidate
New York Yankees name Don Savage as their nominee for Rookie of the Year. The infielder fills in for Billy Johnson and aims to continue his hot start with nine and eight game hitting streaks and solid fielding. Savage, classified 4-F for diabetes, receives daily insulin.
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U.P
New York Yankees
Don Savage
Billy Johnson
Yankees
Johnson
Joe DiMaggio
Tommy Henrich
Phil Rizz
Savage
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Plains Chevrolet Defeats Bruce Autrys 16-4 in Five Inning Game
Rusk led Plains Chevrolet with a 1 2 3 three hit performance including a triple as Plains Chevrolet beat the Bruce Autrys 16 to 4 at San Jacinto Field yesterday afternoon. Bruce Autrys scored all their runs in the first inning and the game ended after five innings with Plains Chevrolet reaching 16.
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Rusk
Plains Chevrolet
Bruce Autry
Diamondeers
San Jacinto Field
Bruce Autrys
Lauder
Caldwell
Wilson
Lamb
Hemphill
Par-Shatterers Tee Off at Muny Course
Pvt. Jimmy Gauntt and J. R. Brown lead the Second Annual $2,000 54-Hole Medal Play Open War Bond tourney at the Ross Rogers Municipal course as the field begins play today.
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Putt Powell
Jimmy Gauntt
J. R. Brown
Ross Rogers
Ardmore Soldier Dominates Texas PGA Open at Odessa
Ardmore Army Air Field private Gauntt favored in pro division with Brown top amateur as Texas PGA Open at Odessa closes. Jimmy Gamewell 67 leads, Tucker 68 close, other scores include Root 71, Baker 73, Muncy 75. Open winner last year Root with 209. parallels show strong field and windy conditions.
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Gauntt
Brown
Ardmore Army Air Field
Odessa
Amarillo
Jimmy Moore
Moore
Jimmy Gamewall
Odessa Country Club
Gene Root
John Munn
Gamewell
Ramon Tucker
Hobbs Army Air Field
Long Beach
George Ausbach
Amarillo Country Club
Root
Private Gauntt
Shorty Hornbuckle
Frank Baker
Pampa
Tom Sockwell
Dallas
Lefty Stackhouse
Seguin
Lockwell
Tucker
Hornbuckle
J. R. Brown
Tex Muncy
Rex Brown
Floydada
Clay Underwood
J. R. Farmer
Big Spring
Benny Marshall
Midland Army Air Field
C. S. Chapman
Byron Gerdes
Frank Lawler
W. C. Allen
Fred Grimes
Jimmy Gamewell
Knox Whitney
Bob Taylor
Drew Crossett
Carl Culwell
E. W. Cain
Local tennis set with Amarillo field officers eyed
Racket Ramblings notes tentative plans for a city tennis match in Amarillo with officers from Amarillo Field on Sunday May 28. It highlights ex college stars Capt Bill Wertz Lt Repp Lt Bill Johnson and Lt Bill Gannaway and profiles rising players Nell Quattlebaum Gwendolyn Martens Ida Thomas and Sgt Glenn Dudley with notes on Budge exhibition plans and local rivals Saunders and Hardin. The piece also mentions Pvt Chuck Cunningham Ellwood Jack Hays and small town figures and ends with NCAA level notes and Mount McKinley altitude fact.
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Glyndon Riley
Amarillo Field
Arnold Levinstein
Bill Wertz
Repp
Bill Johnson
Bill Gannaway
Ida Thomas
Imogene Dalton
Nell
Dalton
Chuck Cunningham
Oklahoma
Ellwood
Jack Hays
James Saunders
Hayden Hardin
Hardin
Saunders
Letters to Lucerne Play Opens Tonight at Amarillo College
Amarillo College presents Letters to Lucerne in the college auditorium tonight at 8 15. The cast includes Josepha Birge Kathryn ONeill Marie Bennett Pasline Prickett Barbara Sparks Doris Crumpacker Margaret Winniford Billie Burns and male leads Dr Henry L Robinson Mark Taylor Dick Boggs Bob Coffee. The play follows girls at a Swiss school in September 1939 as war looms and letters reveal the impact on the students. Tickets are available at the door.
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Amarillo College
Lucerne
Ruth Ward
Josepha Birge
Kathryn O'Neill
Marie Bennett
Pasline Prickett
Helen Montgomery
Barbara Sparks
Doris Crumpacker
Margaret Winniford
Billie Burns
Henry L. Robinson
Mark Taylor
Dick Boggs
Bob Coffee
Golf events line up major second annual bond tourneys
Second Annual 2000 War Bond Golf Tournament runs May 18 to 21 at Ross Rogers Municipal Course. Sunset Open Putting Tourna ment May 19 at Sunset Golf Course. Amarillo Dodgers face Pampa Diamond Shop May 21 at Malin Park. Dutch dinner golf matches May 25 at Amarillo Country Club. Tenth Annual Tri-State Senior Golf Tournament June 6 to 8 at Amarillo Country Club.
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Jimmy Moore
Jimmy
Amarillo
Ross Rogers Municipal
Sunset Golf Course
Amarillo Dodgers
Pampa
Malin Park
Amarillo Country Club
Ross Rogers
Eee
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers Course
Amarillo Junior Golf Association
Sunset Course
Rosas Rogers Course
Sunset
Pro Sikes Sponsoring 54-Hole Open at Sunset Golf
Pro Walter Sikes sponsors a 54 hole open putting tournament at Sunset Golf Course tonight with entry fee one dollar. Prizes include a 25 war bond and 15 war stamps in total. Tee times range from 7 to 10 o clock as top pros and leading amateurs expected to enter the Second Annual 2000 dollar War Bond Open.
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Walter Sikes
Local Sports Card Highlights Regional Golf and Bowling Events
The note lists multiple golf and bowling events at Ross Rogers Municipal Course Amarillo and Sunset Course, plus weekend tournaments at Amarillo Country Club and Rosas Rogers Course. Also mentions a Norfolk Naval Training Station Baseball Team with a 23 of 24 record and a 9-4 win over the St. Louis Browns.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Training Station
St. Louis Browns
Baseball results and standings across National and American leagues
National League results include Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 4 and Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 0 with Boston 0 St Louis 2 and New York at Chicago. Standings show St Louis 19 7 731 and Philadelphia 10 SAS. American League notes Detroit 1 Philadelphia 0 and Chicago 8 New York 4 with Chicago at Boston. Illinois racing commission suspends racing for D Day.
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Rufus Gentry
Detroit Tigers
Don Black
Philadelphia Athletics
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Gentry
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St. Louis Browns
al Javery
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Cleveland
Washington
U.P
Illinois Racing Commission
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Houston
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Jordon C. Ownby
Tyree Bell
Globe News
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Blackburn Bros
Glen Perkins
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Chicago White Sox
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Ernie Bonham
Wally Moses
Murphy
Emerson Roser
Thurman Tucker
Washington Senators
Dutch Leonard
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al Reville
Don Budge
Ed Allon
Pampa Air Field
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Mount McKinley
Alaska
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Switzerland
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Virginia Vogel
Gracie Griffith
Nancy Caldwell
CCU
Compidre Mechanice
Diamond Shop
H. L. Bray
Charlie Pavillard
N. Fillmore
Western Battery & Electric
Thomas Doughty Acres
Pal
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Lee Ay
Muehlebach
George Muehlebach
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