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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1950
Page
12
Mr Crawford Howard hit a ninth inning homer to lift Amarillo past Pampa 9-8. The slugger, once in a slump, now thrives by studying each pitch and seeking the right approach, a streak highlighted by several late game winners and multiple big hits in past months.
Graham Hoeme softballers host the Cactus squad tonight in NPAA league play at the Veterans Hospital field. First pitch is 8:30 PM. Cactus seeks their first win after three losses while Plowboys stand at two wins and one defeat.
Sam Snead left for Fort Worth with 2600 first prize after winning the 47th Western Open by a two-foot putt on the last hole. He finished 72 holes in 282 to defend his Western title while Dutch Harrison and Jim Ferrier tied at 283, with Cary Middlecoff at 284 and other notable players in the field, including amateur Bruce McCormick and Ellsworth Vines.
Bo Wininger led Oklahoma A&M with host John Munn to edge Byron Nelson and Dick Turner 1 up at Ross Rogers course in Amarillo. Wininger birdied 17 to swing the match while Nelson shot six under 66 and Turner five birdies. scoring cards show Wininger 67 and Munn 70 as the winners capitalized on decisive driving and clutch short game.
Tuffy Silverstein, a burly Chicago veteran and former national collegiate heavyweight champion, meets Amarillo’s Billy Weidner in the semifinal Thursday at the Sports Arena. The card features Dory Funk vs Wayne Martin, with the winner earning a shot at Frankie Hill Murdock for the junior heavyweight title.
Babe Didrickson Zaharias won the $5,000 first prize at the Women s Weathervane Golf Tour with a total 629 strokes after 144 holes across the nation. She edged US Champion Louise Suggs by three strokes, with Patty Berg third at 647 and other leaders Betty Jameson 665 Alice Bauer 668 and Bettye Mims Danoff 678.
George Pf. Kieffer, former Texas Lutheran College coach, is appointed director of athletics at the school, succeeding Fritz Lehnhoff who resigned recently.
At St Andrews Scotland May 22 Bing Crosby was eliminated 3 and 2 in the first round by D K Wilson a Scottish amateur hillbilly singer. Wilson rallied from 3 down to win on the 16th as Crosby struggled with the course despite early birdie play and a crowd of 5000 in steady rain. Other Americans fell as Bill Goodloe beat Sir John Craddock 7 and 5 and John Fell Jr. lost to Major William Henderson 7 and 6.
Denison honors Speaker Sam Rayburn who dedicates a $100,000 public library to the youth and to great figures of the past. He perches the library ceremony and was to receive an honorary degree at Austin College Sherman commencement tonight.
Amarillo seeks a fourth straight win as Don Faling, the rookie righthander, meets Pampa at Gold Sox Park. A 9-8 comeback win yesterday gave the Sox a first series victory over the Oilers, with late heroics from Crawford Howard and a decisive two-run blast by Howard. The game featured tight pitching by Earl Doud before a late Amarillo rally.
Brown doubled and scored on a Woldt balk as Amarillo fell behind. Woldt hit a two-run homer with Hassey aboard in the sixth. Fortin and Richardson added runs in the seventh before Amarillo's Ed Brown homered in the sixth to cut the lead. Bynon followed with a two-run shot in the eighth, and the Sox staged a ninth-inning rally for the win.
Joe Conrad of North Texas State defeated teammate Don January four and two to win the fourth annual Waxahachie Country Club Golf Tournament held near Waxahachie on May 22.
In Ayshire Scotland a nine year old girl scored higher than several university graduates in a recent intelligence test. The report highlights extraordinary early cognitive performance by the child and notes the comparisons drawn with adult educational attainment.
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