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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1946
Page
4
Tonight at 8 15 Bill Evans the strikeout king of the loop will try to break the Borger Gassers spell on the Gold Sox at Gold Sox Park. Evans seeks his sixth win against two defeats as Borger again tops Amarillo 6 2.
Junior Palmer pitched a no hit no run game for Amarillo High School in a dramatic victory over Shallowater. The Sandies, led by Dorman's coaching and with Stidger Lauder in the lineup, also defeated South Plains twice, as Amangilio High School support and Legion players helped.
Bud Bussard of the Amarillo Tennis Club says twelve divisions will be offered at City Park with singles and doubles for boys and girls 14 and under and eligibility for those who turned 15 since Jan 1. Events include men’s singles and doubles plus junior events. Fees: 50 cents for men, 25 cents for boys. Contact Bussard at 26459 to apply. Deadline June 5. meet runs June 6 to June 9.
Guadalupe Peak towers to 8751 feet marking the highest point in Texas. The summit stands in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, attracting hikers and climbers seeking the state’s top elevation.
Fred Seale's and Red Lawrence's Home Finders moved into first place after two straight wins. Fred Seale's beat Panhandle Fruit 30 to 1 with Ed Gill and Jack Tomberlin keying the offense, while Home Finders topped Santa Fe Shops 12 to 1. Other games saw Plains Chevrolet 6 Greyhound Lines 3 and Westerfield Truck Lines 16 Sears, Roebuck 15. Memorial Day sees no games. Blue Bennett League returns Friday.
Plains Peewee League action saw Wolflin and Margaret Wills secure a 9-9 draw after nine innings. Dale McCullough starred with a highlight diving catch and a three RBI double, while Joe Sullivan and Sammy Wilson pitched well for their teams. Other games featured San Jacinto Bearcats edging Second and Lamar 9-8 in extras and multiple high scoring wins across the Panhandle loop.
The Amarillo Country Club championship allows players of all ages for the first time. Two youngsters, Art McKay Jr with 77 and Don McCormick with 78, have qualified for the champion flight. Qualifying remains open to all members through Sunday. Entry fee is $1 with $125 in prizes.
In the Kids Inc league schedule a prior report wrongly stated San Jacinto would host Margaret Wills. The game is being played at San Jacinto.
The Amarillo High School Sandies earned a place in the state schoolboy tournament in Dallas next week by defeating Shallowater 6 to 0 yesterday afternoon. Palmer threw a no-hit game and, with Henry, led Amarillo to a 11 to 7 win over the South Plains team in the opener of a best-two-out-of-three series. The Dallas event runs Monday through Saturday with sixteen teams from across the state.
The Junior Gold Sox League restarts tomorrow under lights at Gold Sox Park with a 7:00 twilight opener between Superior Manufacturing Co and Knights of Pythias and an 8:15 clash of Plains Chevrolet nine and DeMolays. Admission is 35 cents adults 15 cents students.
Walter Johnson, the former Kansas farm boy known as the Big Train, is critically ill from a brain tumor at Georgetown Hospital. A prior stroke left his left side numb, and he recently slipped into unconsciousness as his family was summoned.
The Amarillo Women’s Municipal Golf Association sponsors a best ball foursome event tomorrow afternoon at the Ross Rogers Course. Each foursome includes one woman with three men. Tee off at 1 o’clock with a 50 cent plus green fee.
Coming events list qualifying rounds at San Angelo on May 29 for the West Texas Golf Association tournament. The annual Amarillo Country Club championships run May 23 to June 2, with the 12th Set-Staste Senior Golf event June 18 to 22 and the 4th Ama rillo CC Invitation Open from July 24 to 28. The WTGA finals are slated for Sunday. the 1941 WTGA was abandoned during the war.
Braves grid shows Brooklyn leading with 0.876 and St. Louis at 0.618 in the National League standings. Results include St. Louis 12 Chicago 2 and Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 6 with rain postponements noted for Boston at Philadelphia.
In Toledo Ohio at the Fair Grounds automobile building Sandow returns after 10 days with blood poisoning from a leg bite by Tuffy McMullen. He faces Irish McGee of Wheeling West Virginia in a one fall preliminary on a Cory Detton card. Tex Hager and Leon Kirilenko headline, with Handy Andy Tremaine and John Sepeda in the semi final.
The Amarillo Black Tigers add five players to face the Amarillo Field Warhawks Sunday afternoon at Gold Sox Park. Jean Martinez will start for the Tigers while Jerome Smith opens for the Warhawks. First pitch at 2 o'clock.
The National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc. authorizes its cerebral palsy division to run a nationwide program aiding those with the condition. Bert McCullough, head of the local unit, said no information had been received yet but the local unit will cooperate with 42 state and 2,000 local units in the effort.
The Brazil Indiana American Legion post asked for a souvenir weapon and received an anti aircraft gun measuring 22 feet long and 5,000 pounds. The post lawn proved too small for the display, prompting officials to seek park mounting from the city park board.
Ear L. Mayme of 1700 Jackson was rushed to St. Anthony's Hospital yesterday morning after a heart attack. His condition today is reported as fair.
The State Theater shows Badlands Territory where Randolph Scott battles lawmen and bandits including the James brothers. The plot centers on Scott aiding a town newspaper run by Ann Richards to establish local authority in Quinto while facing a vengeful marshal and a Dalton gang connection. Belle Starr appears briefly as a stylish presence.
Civil service examinations for duplicating machine operators announced by H. M. Timmons. Applicants need experience with addressograph mimeograph multigraph multilith or similar equipment. No written test. appointments based on qualifications. Wartime workers must qualify to retain jobs. Entrance salaries range from 1704 to 1902 dollars.
Amarillo High School senior Johnny Barnard won the John McMullen Regional Scholarship with a $200 per term stipend for 10 terms. He was one of 30 national qualifiers and will study chemical engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca after graduating in August.
Morris A. Raitman, a New Orleans insurer, casually bid at a post office auction of seized cigars and cigarettes from a Spanish ship. With no competition, he won 480,000 cigarettes valued at about 4800 dollars and plans to perhaps sell or gift them.
Montreal imposes strict censorship on exhibition advertising as part of an A&A purity drive. All suggestive billboards placards posters and illustrations must be approved personally by Police Director Fernand Furresne. Focus covers photographs statues swimsuit models theater marquee stars and lingerie displays.
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reported no business failures in Texas during February March or April in the postwar prosperity note. The finding suggests continued economic resilience across the state with no recorded corporate closures in the period.
In Triumph Minnesota on May 29 Rev. Paul Leroy Olson contracted mumps. To avoid exposure he delivered his sermon via loud speaker from his home to his Mission Covenant Church congregation.
A rounded preview lists films and stars including Do You Love Me at the Paramount with Dick Haymes and Harry James, plus Maureen O'Hara in The Well Groomed Bride. Also scheduled are Colonel Effingham's Raid at the Capitol and Last of the Warrens at the Rialto, among others. Architecture in New Mexico highlights local history and building styles.
Paris dispatches report Marie Fischer, labeled No. 3 Nazi spy by French counter espionage, hanged herself in a Chambery Prison cell during pre trial examination.
The well groomed bride features Ray Milland Olivia de Havilland and Sonny Tufts alongside Badman territory with Randolph Scott Ann Richards Colon el Effingham’s Raid at Capitol. Tonight shows Last of the Warrens at Rialto and Shanghai Cobra at Leon with Sidney Toler. Nightclubs Mayfair Nat Aviatrix Rainbow Gardens Aviatrix MEXICAN INN and more orchestras play nightly.
Philadelphia county spent $7,000 to prepare and mail ballots for servicemen in the state primary. Only 114 military ballots were cast, making the cost per vote $61.05.
Seaman second class Reece Manning is home with his Navy discharge. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Manning of 1011 Carolina. It was 32 months from departure to arrival home for discharge.
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