Westerners and Sandies face district clash next weekend
District 1-AA football opens with Amarillo’s Golden Sandies hosting Lubbock Westerners after a 20-7 win over Brownfield. Plainview and Borger meet in Borger while Pampa travels to Brownfield as title favorites loom. district standings show Amarillo at 4-1, Plainview 2-3, Pampa 3-2, Borger 2-3, Brownfield 3-2, Lubbock 0-4-1.
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Golden Sandies
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Wwe
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Borger
Pampa Harvesters
Brownfield
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Pampa
Brownfeld
Golden Sandstorm
Herold Crites
Bobby Brown
Sandies
Denny Willis
Bulldogs
Bill Bogle
Golden Sandie
Lubbock Westerners
Brownfield Cubs
Clements to Battle Curtis in Opener on Thursday Mat Card
The card features Leroy McGuirk defending his 190 pound title role in a return to Tulsa. Ray Clements and George Curtis clash in the opener as Detton’s lineup tests the top contenders. Hank Harrell meets Stocky Kneilson in the main event set for a 45 minute, best two falls format.
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Trice
Tulsa
Ray
Clements
Dory Detton
Detton
Lubbock
New Orleans
Koneilson
Blue Eye
Stone County
Kneilson
Holland Fires 66 To Take Golf Prize
Cecil Holland shot a net 66 to win the Ross Rogers Golf Course Weekend Sweepstakes. His card was 76-10-66. Other prize winners included Fred Houser 71-4-67 Bernie Vaught 73-6-67 Harold Smith 73-5-68 Bud Ammons 75-6-69 Cliff Rogers 75-5-76 A R A Swenson 80-10-70 and L E Merry 76-6-70.
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Cecil Holland
Ross Rogers
Fred Houser
Bernie Vaught
Harold Smith
Bud Ammons
Cliff Rogers
A. R. A. Swenson
L. E. Merry
Indoor golf tips to protect peace and improve swing
Practical advice for winter golf practice indoors and outdoors. Warns against damaging rugs and mirrors while outlining nets, putting mats, and the value of a pro indoors. Ends with a humorous anecdote about Bobby Jones and a rug divot.
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Bobby Jones
McNaught Syn
Culton and Gibson Share Win in Amarillo Handicap
Culton and W. W. Gibson tied for first with net 67 at the Amarillo Country Club Weekend Handicap Tournament. Harry Daily and Dr Don Marsalis both posted 69s in the low net bracket. J. R. Brown won low gross with 73 while O N O Neill Jr captured high gross at 109. Only two percent of Americans have perfect vision.
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Don Culton
W. W. Gibson
Amarillo
St Mary’s Gaels Upset North Side In Peewee Football
In a day of college style upsets, St Mary’s Gaels beat North Side 8 to 0 with a second quarter TD and third quarter safety. Maverick Club defeated San Jacinto Bronchos 13 to 0 as Buddy Glasgow’s 50 yard interception return and a five yard TD capped the comeback.
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Wayne Weirick
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Red Townes
North Side Peewees
Clarence Newkirk
Mavericks
Broncs
Buddy Glasgow
San Jacinto
Glasgow
Bobby Mc
Kids Teams Upset Victories Highlight Weekend Play
Crary connected with Kenneth Hutto for the extra point after a touchdown and Mc Crary added a three yard keeper score in the final period. Amarillo College upset North Side Intermediates 12-0 and Sanborn routed Pantex 46-0. Margaret Wills and Wilson notable wins, while McKinley won 6-0 and the Maverick Club Intermediates fought to a 13-13 tie with McKinley due to early forfeit.
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Kenneth Hutto
McCrary
A. C. Brewer
North Side
Amarillo College
John Jenkins
Gayle Linkenhager
Jimmy Caudill
Brewermen
Jenkins
Don Singleton
Dickie Carter
Sanborn
Pantex
McKinley
Pat McCarthy
Billy Faust
Raymond Blackwell
Billy Bob Hayworth
McCarthy
Edwin Russell
Hayworth
Margaret Wills
Summit
Wilson
Forest Hill
Amarillo Colege
Floyd Hemphill
Tommy Joe Smith
B. T. Autry
Forest Hill Crew
Doyle Knight
Wilson Boys
Jackie Fyfe
Ruben Palacio
Fyfe
Claudell Wright
Wolflin
Robert Clark
Bobby Boyter
Donald Westfall
Ray Johnson
Moody Smith
Denver
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Boys Ranch
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Bob Graham
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John Notestine
Bill McFarland
Johnny Storseth
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Maverick Club
Buddy Jones
Mavericks
Freddie Bryant
Jones
Bryant
Gathright
Lowry
Price
San Jacinto
Nine undefeated Texas schoolboy football teams spread early season pace
Odessa Wichita Falls and Corpus Christi lead a slate of nine unbeaten squads as the October chase for district titles heats up. Corsicana challenges Waco for District 10 after a 30 point per game push, while Longview remains the only team yet to be scored upon and sits at No. 4.
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Berger
Electra
Amarillo
Childress
Abilene
Paschal
Fort Worth
Denison
Odessa
Pampa
Sweetwater
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Vernon
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Brackenridge
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Arlington Heights
Forest of Dallas
Goose Creek
Forest
Lions
Amarillo Lubbock gridiron clash lacks usual heat
The Amarillo Lubbock game at Butler Field draws little suspense as both sides struggle this season. Lubbock, winless, faces the five win five loss Westerners while Amarillo seeks to extend a seven game losing streak to the Golden Sandys.
Local sports chatter fuels coaching rumors in West Texas
In a column dated Monday October 27 1947 talk circulates about Lubbock fans seeking to hire Amarillo coach Howard Lynch to lead the Westerners. Amid college grid chatter fans claim Lynch could beat the Golden Sandals and win the district slate. Toots Mansfield ties high rodeo money at Madison Square Garden with 2000 for calf roping in the final performance.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Golden Sandies
Howard Lynch
Bill Chick
Abilene
New York
Toots Mansfield
Big Spring
Tex
Mansfield
UN Commission Arrives in Batavia to Seek peace
A three power United Nations commission reached Batavia on October 27 to mediate a peaceful settlement of the Dutch Indonesian conflict.
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Batavia
Java
United Nations Commission
Klein Grabs Golf Honors at West Texas Open
Amarillo pro Charles Klein won the West Texas Open at San Angelo Country Club with a 14 under par 270 over 72 holes in rainy conditions. Lloyd Wadkins of Midland was runner up at 273. Abilene High senior Bill Maxwel l finished third at 283. In women’s division Mrs. Sam O Neal of Odessa claimed Class A with 258, followed by Mrs. Bill Powell of San Angelo and Mrs. Bobbie Huestis of Odessa.
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San Angelo
Charles
Chuck) Klein
Amarillo
San Angelo Country Club
Lloyd Wadkins
Midland
Bill Maxwell
Abilene
Bill Powell
Bobbie Huestis
Odessa
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