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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1948
Page
12
The Sandies opened conference play against the Cubs in a decisive matchup. Both sides traded leads with tight defense as the outcome remained in doubt through the final minutes.
Friday night kickoff at 8 at Butler Field Amarillo for the District 1-AA conference opener between Amarillo and Brownfield with stakes tied to standings. Officials include Holmes Spearman Tucker McSpadden and others. Reserved seats are 50 cents and general admission 20 cents with sales at Maxor Drug and Herbert Drug before game time.
Fragmentary grid season record notes show Brownfield scores against Pecos and Levelland plus players and weights listed. The garbled roster includes names such as Swan Wheat Line Ross Hawn Covington and Timmy Juddman with weights around 135 to 175 pounds.
Four reserves will start for Golden Sandie in the 1 A A opener against Brownfield Cubs at Butler Field. Kickoff is 8 p m With Newby at fullback replacing Claude Fox and Garner sidelined. Spearman steps in at right tackle for injured Bill Sparks Olivo fills left tackle for Bobby Moore. Brownfield brings two regulars out with Gorby and Winston sidelined Amarillo seeks fifth straight win while Brownfield aims to rebound after a mix of results.
Morris team golfers defeated Bruce Autry’s squad 51½ to 46 in Amarillo Country Club Dutch Dinner Team Match. Autry led captains with higher scoring, while Mottis earned a ball as winning leader and multiple players received balls for top shots and low nets. Next event set for November 11 with captains Charlie Newman and MH. C. McFarland.
College Station, Oct. 22. Texas A&M opponents are warned that scoring opportunities may arise in the final seconds of halves. Villanova scored on the Cadets, while Texas Tech struck with a 92 yard pass with 14 seconds left before intermission and TCU added a late first half score last week.
In Sudan on October 22 Morton High School meets Sudan in a District 5 A game with a wager on a new stadium. Wealthy farmer F O Masten has promised to build the Morton stadium if the Indians win. Three years earlier Masten funded Sudan Stadium with a $3 000 check for materials.
Local horses will play a feature part in Sunday afternoon's quarterhorse races at the Speed bowl. Toughie will race 300 yards against Duckhunter in a feature fair, with Brownie and Miss LaHona also in action in a 3 eighths of a mile event.
Texas coaches praise four junior backs Perry Samuels Randall Clay Billy Pyle Ray Borneman for driving the Longhorn attack. Clay moved into starter role and rushed 122 yards in three games while Samuels scored and returned kicks, as Borneman shows breakout 98 yards on 16 carries.
Port Arthur and John Reagan of Houston meet in a non conference game while Alice faces San Benito for likely District 14 AA title. Other unbeaten teams include Milby Arlington Heights Stephen ville Porter Arthur and Reagan.
Ruby Moore and Dorothy Butler won first in the weekly doubles tournament at the Amarillo Bowl with a 1024 series. Dee Baker and Ava Butchee took second with 972, while Virginia Glasco and Omedila Jale earned third with 967.
Tournament manager Pede Powell reports 27 entries received for the Globe News Eleventh Annual Panhandle Open Bowling at Peerless Lanes. Amassing teams from Amarillo Dumas Pampa Lubbock Liberal Kan Clovis and Albuquerque NM, with Borger Midland Odessa Big Spring and Wichita Falls expected to push the total past last year’s 40. Recaps note Lubbock Bowling Club won Class A with 2917 pins Jack Holt’s Clovis NM team led Class B with 2579 and G M Furniture Trinidad claimed Class C with 2240.
The Hemphill County LCC board seeks improved farming range land and livestock production. Members include Ed Little Francis McQuiddy Cleo Johnes John Allen Neece and Houston Stickley.
Michigan, ranked No. 1, lines up its regulars as a unit for the first time this season against Minnesota in the Little Brown Jug battle with title and Rose Bowl implications. The feature notes other top games and picks across the nation.
Gayle Talbot reports that Bucky Harris, former Yankee manager, lost his job after friction with star players who objected to playing under President Dan Topping. The piece links pregame discipline to Harris’s removal and notes Columbia stadium plans amid Dwight Eisenhower’s university leadership.
UCLA coach Bert LaBrucherie has retained lettermen at every position, signaling strong depth for the coming season. The move emphasizes continuity and experience for the Bruins as they prepare for league play.
In Mexico City the Pan American tournament advances with Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia facing Frank Parker of Los Angeles in the top men’s semifinal. The winner will meet either Pancho Gonzalez of Los Angeles or Eric Sturgess of South Africa in the final. Three American women Dorothy Head, Nancy Chaffee, and Helen Pastall reach the women’s semifinals as Sheila Summers advances in Africa.
Army and Michigan battle for control as the backcourt duo from both sides powers a tight matchup. Oscar Fraley reports the tension rises with each drive and a late surge could tilt the outcome in favor of the service academy.
Army and Cornell meet at Ithaca with strong backfields and top rushing marks as Cornell trails Army in yardage. Michigan visits Minnesota in a line advantage clash with star backs Pete Filiott and Leo Koceski leading the attack for the Wolverines.
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