Amarillo's Sandstorm Tops Texas Schoolboy Grid Race
Amarillo leads a decade of success in Texas schoolboy football with six district titles four state crowns and a 19 game win streak. Lubbock's Westerners visit as the Sandies defend District 1 while other top games loom including Rio Grande Valley clashes and North Texas showdowns.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Associated Press
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Panhandle Plains
Texas
Bandies
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Figures Tell The Story in Southwest Conference
The Southwest Conference shows Texas and Texas A. and M. as the two unbeaten teams with the top stats. Key figures highlight Texas favored in overall attack, Aggies strong in passing and defense, and notable individual leaders like Crain of Texas and Spivey of A. and M. in rushing and receiving respectively.
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United Press
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Aggies
Texas
Texas A
Rice
Conference
Aggie
Longhorn
Layden
Crain
Wilson
Baylor
Spivey
Rogers
Henderson
Johnsson
SMU
Big Tackles To Vie Saturday
Fans at the Harvard Navy game Saturday will see two of the season s biggest tackles. Midshipman Gene Flathmann stands 6 feet 3 inches and weighs 250 pounds while Harvard s Verne Miller is 6 feet 2 inches and listed between 250 and 299 pounds.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Navy
Gene Flathmann
Harvard
Verne Miller
Four Firms Set Daily World Silver Prices Jointly
Four long established silver brokerage firms, each a different company, meet every business day to set the world price. The quartet gathers to fix the day’s silver valuation through their joint accord.
Feud Between Amarillo Sandies And Lubbock Westerners Roots In History
Background of the Amarillo Golden Sandstorm rivalry with Lubbock Westerners recalls 1925 50 3 Sandies win and 1928 32 6 Westeners loss. Mentions coaches Butler Cherry Frnka and players Dowler Bufkin Gibson Nicklaus Clesson and others shaping early Texas schoolboy football lore from Butler Field to 1935 bell taunt and 3 0 victory.
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Golden Sandstorm
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Westerners
Sandies
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Bivins Addition
Maco Dowler
Bob Clark
James Oakes
Jimmy Utterback
Herb Miller
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Cisco
Plainview
Sandstorm
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Ross Larson
Yannian
Bob Walker
Ken Travis
Abilene
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Mrs. Liberty
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Blair Cherry
Cherry
Dana X. Bible
Texas U
Bufkin
Odell Fowler
Mike Montgomery
Johnny Foster
John Harlow
John Peterson
Cliff Matthews
Johnny Sullivan
Norman Oklahoma
Tigers
Ray Cochrane
Bob Clesson
Today’s Sport Parade picks week college games
New York edition reviews top college matchups by region. South Alabama and Georgia clash while Georgia Tech hosts Auburn. Notable lines include Notre Dame over Illinois and Stanford over Washington with several upsets possible. Record to date shows 39 wins, 14 losses, 3 ties.
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U.R
South Alabama
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Johnny Bosch
VMI
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Baylor
Texas
Rice
Vanderbilt
Princeton
Tulane
Mississippi
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Minnesota
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Oregon
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Washington State
Utah
Denver
USC
California
Feller Plans Navy enlistment within weeks
Bobby Feller, famed right hand pitcher, said he will enlist in the armed forces within about two weeks after being placed in Class 1A by his draft board. He favors the navy potentially as a boatswain's mate and physical instructor. He plans a duck hunting trip to South Dakota before induction. In a separate item, an airplane carried violets from Mexico City for the funeral of William S. Lakey, who wished to be buried in a sea of violets.
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van Meter
Iowa
Bobby Feller
Feller
Navy
South Dakota
U.P
Mexico City
William S. Lakey
Four Possible Choices For Rose Bowl Eleven
In Los Angeles on October 23 the Pacific Coast Conference faces a Rose Bowl decision with four contenders. Stanford and Washington clash this weekend, while Oregon State and Washington State also remain viable, each aiming to strengthen or protect Rose Bowl hopes as the season progresses. Washington’s turnaround after a 14 7 win over UCLA and Stanford’s 42 26 win over San Francisco Academy stand out among recent results.
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U.P
Stanford
Washington
Oregon State
Stanfords
San Francisco University
Pete Kmetovic
Indians
Huskies
Cal
Washington State
Billy Sewell
Beavers
Southern California
Southern Cal
Berkeley
California Bears
Trojans
California
Oregon
Ted Lyons Vows to Keep Pitching With White Sox
In Vinton Louisiana Ort 22 Ted Lyons longtime Chicago White Sox pitcher says he will continue to throw real curves as long as his arm holds and his team wants him. He rebuts claims that the curve is an optical illusion and notes a cameraman could mislead with photos while asserting he could curve a ball around a post.
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Vinton
Ted Lyons
Chicago White Sox
Ted
Bob Feller
White Sox
Baylor University
Tulsa Faces Stiff Oklahoma A and M Challenge
Tulsa coach Henry Frnka worries about the Aggies’ strength as Oklahoma A and M transfers Hercules Hickman from Tulsa’s program. Hickman, once a regular Tulsa guard as a sophomore, has not made the first team since transferring to the Aggies.
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Tulsa
Okla
Henry Frnka
Oklahoma A
University of Tulsa
Hercel Hickman
Aggies
Roy McKay to sub for Pete Layden in Texas game
Roy McKay of Junction will relieve Captain Pete Layden for the Texas Longhorns in Saturday's game with Rice Institute. McKay’s kicking last week led Coach Dana X. Bible to select him as Layden’s substitute, while Layden is not expected to play full time due to an arm injury from the Oklahoma game. Layden’s practice was limited to passing drills and he sat out scrimmages as the varsity line dominated the freshmen.
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Sandies
Austin
Tex
U.P
Roy McKay
Junction
Pete Layden
University of Texas Longhorns
Rice Institute
McKay
Dana X
Bible
Layden
Ihe Jury
Oklahoma
Dallas
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