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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1943
Page
6
The Globe News reports a key schoolboy football contest between Lufkin and Marshall with a $50 score prize. Entries must be submitted by midnight Thursday and Globe News employees are barred. Judges will decide, with duplicate awards possible in ties.
The column lists bold predictions from East to West with many teams favored or noted for transfers and Navy or Army movements. It notes mass trainee departures from Texas A and M and several Southwest Conference schools, with Texas Tech exempt and multiple players moving to Great Lakes or other posts.
Pitt coach Clark Shaughnessy foresees a postwar trend to wider open football with first downs at 12 to 15 yards. He envisions agile fast offenses using varied formations, not just the T, and talks of lengthening yardage to equalize offense and defense.
Champ Brown won the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Weekly Nine Hole Handicap Tournament at Ross Rogers Municipal Course playing without a handicap. J R Brown shot 34 on the front nine to take the city title with others led by B W Hayden and Frank Lawler posting 39 2 37.
James Ford, Tulsa speedy tailback, joined backup El Kowalski on the sidelines as Tulsa prepared for Saturday’s game with Southwestern’s Pirates. Coach Henry Frnka said Ford, third string and second-best kicker, is unlikely to play against Georgetown Marine Reserves due to an ankle injury.
Lufkin and Marshall, two top six Texas schoolboy gridron contenders, meet in Lufkin tomorrow night. The result shapes the East Texas power in the state playoff for district champions starting after Thanksgiving. District battles in 2, 3, 5 and 15 also loom large with Vernon favored over Childress in District 2.
Two former Amarillo stars from the 1934 state championship squad John Harlow and John Sullivan watched Butler field drills with coaches Howard Lynch and T. G. Hull. Sullivan is in the Navy and Harlow in the Army. Also present were Johnny Denton Roy Priolo and Bob Zelsman as the 1943 Sandies face Shawnee Wolves tomorrow. tickets available at Maxor Drug and Herbert Drug.
Amarillo routs Bobcats and Vernon upset sparks, as San Angelo faces Odessa Broncs and Sweetwater hosts San Angelo Mustangs. District 3 5 15 fixtures highlighted with 51 games on the week schedule across Texas including 34 conference affairs.
A compact sports listing shows golf bowls volleyball and football events at Amarillo venues including Amarillo Country Club Victory Alleys and Butler Field with times through the weekend. Notable items include the Panhandle Open Bowling Tournament finals at Victory Alleys and the Ladies Panhandle Open Tourney at Amarillo Bowl.
Bowlin Scores reports team results across Rotary Kiwanis Jaycees Lions Jaycees Jaycees BPOE and Ellis matches with a series of totals and individual honors. Notable figures include Boxwell from Lions with 158 215 243 for 616.
Brooklyn Dodgers add Bill Armstrong a guard and center from UCLA to their lineup replacing Pete Owens who leaves for Littlefield Texas where his father is ill.
Jim Bivins, ranked as a likely challenger to Joe Louis by the National Boxing Association, is reclassified 1-A in the draft, announced by his co manager and trainer Wilfred Carter. Also notes Epicurus and a thought experiment about a cube containing all stars.
Nine bout card at Amarillo Army Air Field post tournament concluded with Ted Groff of the 602nd defeating Young Chiu of the 904th in a fast three round fight. Other results include Bill Shelegel over Bill Lesure at 165, George Hajjar over James Ross, Jim Chacos over Dick McCrea, V Velarde outlasting Rulon Hillman, Jerome Brewnier over Arthur Angel, Ehrman Elliott KO Roy Heire, Archie Harvis over Oran Britt, and Melvin Armstrong defeating Thurm Brown. The 602nd squadron led 38 to 17 over the 904th. Also mentioned is Vesta the Nebraska Holstein cow producing a year’s milk for a child from birth to college age.
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