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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1945
Page
12
Abilene High coach Jake Bentley keeps prediction private as Amarillo and Odessa loom. Odessa Bronchos beat Abilene 33 to 12 in week one while Amarillo’s Sandies draw praise. J W Thompson stars for Odessa with two touchdowns.
The Sam Houston Rangers host the Borger B team this afternoon at 4 30 at home for their first out-of-town test under Coach Bill Teal. McKay and McCormick start at ends with Dorsey and Horigan at tackles. Franks Little Berrett and Davis in the backfield. Louis Franks returns from a two game absence. The Hutchinson County boys may outweigh the Rangers by about ten pounds per player.
Amarillo Sandies meet Odessa Branchos in Odessa Friday night while Amarillo Field Sky Giants face Ellington Field in Houston Sunday. West Texas State Buffaloes host Texas Tech in Lubbock Saturday night October 27. Amarillo Yannigans play Spearman Lynx in Spearman Friday October 26. Ninth Annual Globe-News Panhandle Open Bowling Tourney runs Victory Alleys Amarillo October 27-28 November 3-4 and 11. For Services. See the Want Ads.
A six team pro grid league to join a farm circuit with the National League was formed in Texas. Fred Mary of the San Antonio Express is president with Frank Bridges and Frank Basin as officers. Cities named in interest include San Antonio Corpus Christi Dallas Fort Worth Houston and Tyler. The league will reorganize once franchises are settled and new officers elected.
Amarillo Field Sky Giants star Johnny Blatnik, 196 pounds, leads with 124 rushing yards on 24 carries and 195 total yards with 3 touchdowns in two games. Bruno Pacini follows with 100 rushing yards on seven attempts as the team totalled 625 yards offense, 47 points, and prepares to face Ellington Field Airmen in Houston.
Engineers Club clash with Lawyers of Amarillo College in the second best-of-five intramural football series. Game starts at 4 PM with eight-minute quarters and officiating by Coach Jess Dearley and assistants. Last Saturday Sigma Alpha Delta Engineering won the opener.
Local bowling results show Rangers Texans Chiefs Flyers Navajos Locals Limiteds Capitans Scouts Antelopes and Panhandle Specialty in the Women s Banner League with team totals and individual scores listed for each bowler across four games. Highlights include Rangers 689 765 702 2156 and Flyers 762 817 771 2450 with multiple players posting high individual scores.
Former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey visited Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for a routine checkup on a stomach ailment as doctors described the examination as standard.
Maverick Club on top as Intermediate League favorites under Coach Ralph Dykeman. Team features Co-Captain Billy Jack McLaughlin and backfield with 105 average pounds, plus Wayne Hollo Way at center and guards Oliver and Stallings. Pee Wee and Junior leagues seen as wide open. J. R. Brown to coach Pee Wee. recent 14 to 0 victory over Dimmit 115 pounders noted. Venice, Italy line ends with canal fact.
Baylor University football coach Frank Kimbrough on leave from the Navy had the Bears working on offensive plays after dark. Baylor heads to Lubbock to play Texas Tech following a 23 13 win over Arkansas in which Bob Kodar and Ollie Jack were hurt.
New York dispatch details the annual rodeo at Jacobs Beach near Madison Square Garden drawing 200 cowhands, a $200,000 gate and $145,825 in prize money. Cowboys travel nationwide, pay entry fees, and expect top earners to reach six figures. risk and self support are emphasized by figures like Hank Mills and Foghorn Clancy.
Mike Hastings a 55 year old former Texan now foreman at a Peekskill NY dude ranch travels with Billy Lawrence 17 of Boulder CO Turk Greenough of Red Lodge MT who married Sally Rand Pete Kerscher of Dublin Texans on 45 day furlough Herb Dahl of Gene Autry OK and an occasional Brooklyn amateur. Toots Mansfield Rankin TX Cowhands Union president tops one competition with over 5000 dollars while Bud Linderman of Red Lodge leads year long standings Louis Brooks Sweetwater TX two time champ sits out NY. After Garden show the circuit heads to Boston before the live stock owned by the World Championship Rodeo Corporation shipped to Dublin TX.
New York reports Babe Herman was cut by the Brooklyn Dodgers after the campaign. He appeared in 37 games as a pinch hitter and collected nine hits in 34 official at bats for a .265 average.
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