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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1945
Page
6
The Taylor Street coach halted the match after injuries to several players. With no substitutes available, all players agreed not to risk further harm and the game was abandoned.
The Amarillo Boys Softball Association leagues push through a busy day with Intermediates and Juniors in competition while Peewee players idle for lack of equipment. Marg ard Wills leads a 19 to 12 win over San Jacinto and Maverick Club dominates Amarillo College 52 to 0 in another Junior League clash.
The Stormettes overwhelmed the Bulldogs 57 to 0 on the Amarillo College field in a girls football league championship. Carmen McGee and Elizabeth Allen scored all nine touchdowns with four and five trips respectively, including a 55 yard run by Allen. Betty Ellen Brainard and Phyllis Spears led the Bulldogs’ defense while Mary Lynn Bell and Peggy Dryden starred on the Stormettes’ line.
Amarillo Mavericks routed Canyon Boy Scout team 33 to 0 as Newby scored four touchdowns including a 40 yard punt return and a 17 yard run. McLaughlin added a 40 yard TD run, McDowell contributed a 20 yard reverse, and McLaughlin booted three extra points.
The Army tests a hot air de icing system on the C 82 Packet cargo aircraft to prevent wing ice buildup during flights. Officials say the method could improve takeoff performance and safety in cold conditions.
The Amarillo Country Club reclaimed the Globe-News Trophy from the Ross Rogers team after a two-match total of 50 to 46. Highlights included top scores: Muan 71, Querry 73, Johnson 74, Rage 75, Pond 74, Clayton 76, Morris 77, and Kuntz 78.
Jim Fletcher and Ted Buccola earned first and second in the Victory Alleys Singles sweepstakes at Amarillo, securing trips to the Texas match game bowling championship in Dallas November 16 to 18. Winners receive 75 dollars each for Dallas expenses after 20 entrants paid 10 dollars each. Fletcher totaled 1 875 across ten games and Buccola 1 830 edging Fred Grimes by one pin.
Albert the Alligator was removed from a train at Cheyenne after causing a disturbance and was placed into a zoology class at the University of Wyoming, marking his return to education. The incident occurred while the train traveled between Sidney Nebraska and Cheyenne.
Four golfers remain in the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Handicap Championship at the Ross Rogers Course. Semi finals set: F L Davis vs Pond, J R Brown vs Dowell in the Championship Flight. Other flights list recent results and upcoming pairings.
Mrs. R. J. Moore and Mrs. Charles Galloup advance to determine the winner of the Victory Bond prize at Amarillo Country Club. Olver will award. Moore and Galloup won their flights with tight matches.
London report says Shetlanders adopted a Norwegian method to render whale meat a delicate dish. The meat is soaked overnight in vinegar and cooked like a ration scarcer beefsteak, aiming for palatability on Lerwick’s port routes.
The Sandies have an open date this week before a District 1-AA game against the Plainview Bulldogs on November 10 at Plainview. Tickets for the Amarillo Plainview game go on sale next week.
The report lists scores and individual totals for teams Radars Insulators Reddys Flectrons Hi Lliners Southwesterners Atoms Cycles Regulators plus player splits. Standings show Won counts and team totals with top scorers and game series figures for each entry.
Sgt John Rago, medalist, moves to the third round of the President’s Handicap Golf Tournament at Amarillo Country Club by defeating Bill Andrews 3 and 2. Second round results list multiple matches across First and Second Flights with several byes and defaults noted. Third round pairings include Rago against Mann and O Keefe Brown vs Wagner in the First Flight.
Police Superintendent George Reyer ordered night spot operators to shut off juke boxes at midnight after complaints from light sleepers. The move aims to curb late noise and restore quiet in the city.
The Amarillo Field Sky Giants, fresh from a big win over the Dalhart Army Air Field Dominators, plan a Friday night battle at Hondo Air Field against the Hondo eleven. Several players are slated for discharge in the next two weeks, with a few listed as eligible for release and Herb Burton sidelined another week.
The Maverick Club column describes the Puppy Dog Club with members Benny Halford Jack Newby Bob Connell Herbert Stallings Billy Marsh Buster Oliver Wayne Holloway Kenneth Brown and rivalries over Jack Newby and Buster Oliver. It notes Jack Newby and Buster Oliver as sought by the girls and the club challenges nearby teams with weight-diverse football squads. The piece ends inviting readers to join for games within 75 miles of Amarillo on a home and home basis.
Victory Alleys in Amarillo hosts the Ninth Annual Globe-News Pan handle Open Bowling Tourna ment with events across three weekends. The Amarillo Sandies meet Plainview Bulldogs in Plainview on November 10 at 2 30 P M while West Texas State faces Dalhart Field in Canyon after homecoming at 3 P M Amarillo Field plays Hondo Field in Hondo Friday at 8 P M
Texas high school football standings show nine undefeated teams and tight races with several districts nearly decided after seven weeks. Key leaders include Wichita Falls Odessa Paris Highland Park Waco Marshall Lufkin Milby Austin Brownsville. Brownwood clings to title hopes amid Breckenridge buzz. Pampa Plainview Odessa Paris Brownwood Lufkin Milby Cleburne Brownsville remain undefeated. several others amid close race.
Judge Frank Stich notes more than a doubling of divorces and annulments in New Orleans during the war, citing a sharp rise in separations and legal dissolutions.
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