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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1942
Page
10
NEA selects its 1942 All-America football team after collecting ballots from across the country. The lineup includes Dove and Wilding at back positions, Hillenbrand, Sinkwich, Dobbs, and Holovak as backs, Dove and Schreiner at ends, Whitmire and Wildung at tackles, Hardy and Pregulman at guards, with Midwest players heavily represented.
The article lists top college players by position with notes on key backs such as George Poschner and Spencer Moseley. It praises Yale captain Moseley, highlights backfield stars like Sinkwich and Holovak, and lauds several conference standouts while noting injuries and position shifts shaping the All America selection.
The Texas Interscholastic League races enter a critical stretch with key showdowns looming. Masonic Home Mighty Mites clash with Polytechnic in Fort Worth as North Side and Paschal battle for possible three way tie. Amarillo faces Pampa. Gladewater visits Longview. Abilene faces San Angelo in pursuit of district crowns amid potential triple ties. Pelicans Cardinals split. renewal not set for 1943.
The Amarillo High School Sandies meet the Pampa Harvesters on Butler Field at 2:30 tomorrow Thanksgiving Day. A charity style pregame program includes band demonstrations, a ball auction for a war bond, and a halftime ceremony. The winner decides district lead or ties, while the loser ends 1942 football hopes. Tickets at Maxor Drug and Herbert Drug.
Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, backs seven game per season night baseball limit and current 25 man roster while stressing wartime coordination and manpower shortages as decisive for the game. He notes Dolph Camilli may return and opposes expansion of night games outside coastal zones.
Cleveland Indians president Alva Bradley doubts fans want wartime baseball and says he would rather not open the ball park next spring if wolves would harass players for not being in military service. He notes players will have wives and children to support and questions if the public will accept that.
Columbia Missouri Missouris football team stands close to sealing the Big Six title as only Kansas remains on the conference schedule with the Tigers in position to clinch the championship.
Texas A. M. and the University of Texas renew the Southwest Conference’s oldest rivalry in a Thanksgiving Day clash before a 45,000 crowd. A Texas win could clinch a tie for the championship as Baylor and T. C. U. each have one loss. Co-Captain Joe Schwarzing’s upcoming marriage is to be celebrated with the win, while Coach Dana X. Bible may coach despite his father’s illness. Members of the T association and former captains from 1896 and 1895 plan to attend.
HEAP BARKER lists college football picks for Nov 28 NOV 25 194? observers weigh Cornell Penn Missouri Tulsa Arkansas Tulane Texas A M Texas William and Mary Great Lakes Wake Forest NC State etc. The piece notes Army Navy Georgia Tech Notre Dame and other matchups with optimistic predicting tone.
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