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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1944
Page
6
Denver war worker and golf instructor Ellsworth Vines argues golf exceeds tennis for variety and challenge. He notes differing courses, a golf “language,” and explains his shift from tennis champ to professional golfer while juggling stockyard duties.
Qualifying rounds for the Amarillo Country Club Golf Tournament run through Sunday at Ross Rogers Course. The 36-Hole Putting Tournament is staged by the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association. Dutch dinner golf matches on May 25. The Tenth Annual Tri-State Senior Golf Tournament takes place June 6 to 8 at Amarillo Country Club.
A busy weekly sports card lists Amarillo Municipal Golf Association nine hole handicap, Women's Golf Luncheon and Tournament, Dutch Dinner team matches at Amarillo Country Club, and multiple weekend events at Ross Rogers and Sunset courses. Also notes a junior baseball league meeting at Maverick Club and profiles coach Sled Allen, former Amarillo Gold Sox manager, involved in youth baseball.
The Boston Braves arrived from their western trip to start a long home stand and learned the right field fence had been moved 20 feet closer to home plate giving left handed batters more power. A 320 foot homer now clears the outer picket instead of 340. Vies Hawaii practically never has a hurricane.
The second in a series of outdoor boxing events will be held this evening at Amarillo Army Air Field. The program is not open to the public and features eight bouts under the Physical Training Department with Sgt. John Leary in charge of arrangements. PHILADELPHIA May 23 Two Phillies players Ron Northey and Ken Raffensberger have been called for pre induction exams. Catcher Ben Culp will take his exam Thursday.
James Trebing golf pro at Cary Country Club won the Hochstadter junior bowling tourney with eight-game total 1660. He earned 1500 dollars and a diamond belt as first prize.
Brig. Gen. Charles S Kilburn of the llth Armored Division at Camp Cooke jokes that other units with no GI shoe ban outdo the division in jitterbugging. He smiles as he remarks the situation cannot be tolerated.
Henry Armstrong of Los Angeles, renowned comeback fighter, stopped Aaron Perry of Washington in the sixth round of a scheduled ten. The former three time champion floored Perry five times in the final two rounds, ending the bout at 2:56 of the sixth.
Brooklyn fans brace for a home debut of new white satin uniforms designed by Branch Rickey as the Dodgers, led by manager Leo Durocher, face the rival Giants in front of about 30 000. Durocher vows hands on approach with key players benched and a special session for infielders amid a string of costly errors and a splintered, low-spirited club.
The Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association will sponsor a 36 hole putting tournament at the Ross Rogers Course Friday evening. Entry is $1 with 50 percent of fees in merchandise for the winner, 30 percent for second, and 20 percent for third. AMGA members may tee off 5 to 6 30. Local golfers may join by paying $1, Amarillo Field linksmen invited.
Gen. John Milton Claypool, 98, a Confederate veteran and descendant of a Declaration signer, toured the Army Air Forces radio school in SCOTFIELD Illinois. He, healthy and eager, said he would be 1-A in the draft and ready to operate radios except for his age.
Purdue Captain Jane, a registered Holstein cattle in a Purdue University dairy herd, exceeded typical dairy cow output by three times. She produced 583 pounds of butterfat and 16,647 pounds of milk in 359 days, milking twice daily. she was seven years ten months old at the start. The U S Marine Corps observed its 168th birthday on November 10, 1943.
American Football Coaches Association will review several college football rule changes proposed by Lou Little of Columbia. The meeting in New York on May 28 29 aims to adopt changes including harsher penalties for out of bounds kickoffs after a coaches survey.
Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher predicts Howie Schultz will hit into many double plays unless he learns to hit to right field with a man on first. Durocher calls him a natural ball player but stresses adjusting to grounders to the runner.
As interleague play begins, the AL leaders the New York Yankees face a tight race with the St. Louis Browns while the NL leaders the St. Louis Cardinals hold a three and a half game edge over the Reds and Pirates. In a night game, the Giants meet the Dodgers, and Jack Doyle the Cubs scouting chief continues eastward uncovering stars including Hartnett Jurges Herman Warneke English Bush Malone Nichols.
Jersey City officials announce overseas shipment of ice making machines and soft drink dispensers for tropically stationed GIs. The units produce 400 pounds of ice daily and dispense 6 12 or 18 ounce drinks in any flavor, boosting morale and saving shipping space. V U S production of rayon in 1943 approximated 6580009000 pounds.
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