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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1945
Page
6
Amarillo Red Sox edged Pampa Field Lions 20 to 17 in a negro league game yesterday afternoon at Tri-State Fair Park.
Bill Keith won the Amarillo Municipal Championship Golf Tournament beating Ernie Dowell 5 and 4 in the 36 hole final at Ross Rogers course. Keith led by four holes at times and sealed victory with a birdie on No 14. Keith reached the final by defeating Drew Crossett J R Brown and D W Klock.
John Rage leads early qualifiers in the Annual Amarillo Country Club Championship Golf Tournament with a 76. Qualifying opened Saturday as 34 members posted scores and 18 hole totals count for final seedings through June 25.
Weekly sports roundup lists events across Amarillo venues including Victory Alleys, Tri-State Fair Park, and multiple clubs. Junior softball, mixed foursome bowling, ladies golf days, and weekend handicap tournaments populate the schedule at Ross Rogers Course Amarillo Country Club and Sunset Golf Course.
J R Brown won multiple syndicates at the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association event held at the Ross Rogers Course. Though his net score did not win the handicap division, his birdies on holes 3 4 and 5 earned three syndicates. Roy McKinney led low net with 63 and Hall and Morris posted strong scores as other winners.
Texas won cross country baseball track tennis doubles golf singles and golf team titles in the Southwest Conference. Texas failed to win football and basketball with Texas Christian and Rice taking those crowns. Texas A and M claimed one crown and SMU won tennis singles as Texas finished 24th in the campaign after beating Rice twice to clinch the baseball race.
Hayden Hardin won the Ellwood Park Open junior singles title by defeating Jack Laing 6-0 4-6 6-4. Laing rallied in spots but Hardin closed out the final two games after tying 4-4. Plan set for local players to travel to Borger to face the Phillips Oiler Club with Al Reville in charge.
Yesterday’s NL results show Pittsburgh beating New York 16 to 4 and Chicago defeating Philadelphia 6 to 2. Brooklyn and Cincinnati also played, with St Louis and Boston posting losses. Current standings list New York 8 1 0.758, Brooklyn 18 14 0.563, Pittsburgh 16 14 0.533, St Louis 16 15 0.515, Philadelphia 10 24 0.294. Tonight’s schedule features New York at Pittsburgh, Boston at Cincinnati night, Brooklyn at Chicago, Philadelphia at St Louis night.
Baseball doubleheader at Tri State Park features Certain teed vs Plains Chevrolet at 5 30 with Aztecs vs Amarillo Times in the nightcap. Softball schedules span American and National leagues for 13 14 year olds with several county schools and teams racing for top spots.
The Amarillo Field Sky Giants defeated Lubbock Army Air Field 27 to 0 in the afternoon game at Lubbock. This win marks the team’s 18th straight victory and completes a two game series sweep after a 22 to 3 win on Saturday.
Don Marsalis topped 68 entrants at Amarillo Country Club with a net 66, 12 strokes back on the back nine as J. E. Davis finished runner up at 68. A softball league meeting tonight at Olver-Wiggins Lumber Co. will set schedules and rules with reps from Engineers, Mechanics, Civilian Bombers, Jaycees, Pantex, Baptist Sunday School, Southwestern Public Service, and Texas State Guard urged to attend.
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