Fearless Fraley Tries Again With Added Lore
Oscar Fraley surveys weekend football picks from New York. Princeton favored in the East. Midwest slate features Notre Dame and Michigan State. West columns include USC, California, Washington State. South and Southwest highlight Texas over Rice, Baylor over Texas A&M, Arkansas over Santa Clara, Villanova over Houston.
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Brigham
Texas
Rice
Baylor
Texas Aggies
Arkansas
Santa Clara
Villanova
Houston
Bill Steele
Texas Tech
Arizona
Location Oddity Shifts Chilean City Closer to New York
The article notes Valparaiso Chile lies several hundred miles farther south than Rio de Janeiro yet is closer to New York City than the former city. This surprising geography fact highlights distance peculiarities between cities across the Americas.
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Valparaiso
Chile
New York City
Whites To Host Pampa B Team In Amarillo Stadium Clash
Pampa Guerillas fell 6 7 to the Yannigans Golds, who remain undefeated in six games after a 7 6 win over the Borger Bullpups last Thursday at Amarillo Stadium. The Future Harvesters will face Amarillo High School B squad tomorrow in Amarillo.
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Tom Thumb Leads Four Midgets in Dory Detton Card
In tomorrow night’s Australian wrestling card promoter Dory Detton presents Tom Thumb, called the Hercules of midget wrestlers, teaming with Irish Jackie to face Little Beaver and Sonny Boy Cassidy. The 46 inch, 105 pound England born wrestler is famed for strength and once pressed 155 pounds. Main events feature Dizzy Davis vs Alex Kasaboski, with Leo Wallick vs Ace Freeman and Jesse James vs Gary Guerrero. Opening bout stars Tommy Martindale against Al Warshawski.
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Dory Detton
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Jackie
Little Beaver
Sonny Boy Cassidy
Dizzy Davis
Amarillo
Alex Kasaboski
Canada
Leo Wallick
Ace Freeman
Jesse James
Gary Guerrero
Tommy Martindale
al Warshawski
Mrs Dawson Caps Golf Event At Amarillo Club
Mrs Chick Dawson won the weekly Amarillo Country Club Women’s Golf Association event with a net 74 in a blind-point system. Her nine hole card was 41 for leader Townsend Douglas, while attendance honors went to Mrs R R Beeman.
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Amarillo Country Club
Townsend Douglas
R. R. Beeman
Local notes on football and golf from Amarillo era
The column laments vandalism at a cleaning plant and previews Southwest Conference and Big Seven games. It notes undefeated TCU, predicted losses for Rice and Baylor, and Oklahoma at Colorado. It recalls Sandie football fortunes, coaching changes, and players’ fates, plus golf leader Dick Turner at the West Texas Open and club changes at Snyder and San Angelo.
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Rice
Texas
Baylor
Texas A&m
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Midland
J. T. Hammett
Snyder Country Club
Red Bost
San Angelo
Red Ramsey
Drake Protest Filed Over Oklahoma Aggies Block
Drake University will file a formal protest accusing the Oklahoma A&M block that broke Johnny Bright’s jaw in the Drake Oklahoma A&M game of being intentional. The athletic council seeks a conference investigation and a meeting with Missouri Valley Conference commissioner A. E. Eilers by Sunday.
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Drake University Athletic Council
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A. E. Eilers
Missouri Valley Conference
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Stillwater
Ohla
J. B. Whitworth
Aggies
Wilbanks Smith
Whitworth
Smith
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Drake
Stengel Named AL Manager of Year
New York Oct 24 Casey Stengel who led the New York Yankees to three straight world championships was named American League manager of the year by United Press. He became the first major league skipper to win three pennants and three world titles in his first three seasons, besting Paul Richards of the White Sox and Jimmy Dykes of the Athletics in voting.
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Leo Durocher Named Baseball Manager of the Year
Leo Durocher of the New York Giants wins the 1951 AP Manager of the Year award with 113 votes, beating Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees and others. The Giants, after a rocky stretch, rallied to win the pennant in dramatic fashion at the Polo Grounds.
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Baseball
Durocher
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