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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1947
Page
13
The Amarillo Gold Sox travel in two station wagons to Clovis for a scheduled doubleheader. After two losses at Lubbock, 8-2 and 19-13, the team hopes for a turnaround. Outfielders Bob Crues and Al Duarte are mentioned as part of the lineup.
Tall Brant Smith swept into finals in three divisions at the Globe News Tri-State Open in Tucson Arizona as top seed in men’s singles doubles and mixed doubles. Final matchups include Smith versus Hopper for singles and Hopper/Saunders against Smith/Lindawood in doubles.
The Amarillo Country Club Women’s Golf Association will host a luncheon linked to its weekly handicaps tournaments on the first Tuesday of each month. September’s event is tomorrow with Mrs. Norris Ewing as tournament chairman announcing net-score play and five tryover shots allowed.
Contrary to popular opinion African elephants can be trained. The text asserts Hannibal’s famed elephant army consisted of African species, implying skilled training and a sizable force.
Lubbock's Hubbers clinched the regular season title with an 8-2 victory and a 19-13 win over Amarillo. Paul Hinrichs allowed three hits in the first game. Bill Serena and Bob Crues each hit 51 homers to tie for the league lead as Clovis, Abilene, Lamesa, Albuquerque, and Pampa also played yesterday.
Albuquerque Dukes rout the Pampa Oilers 11-7 in game one and 14-8 in game two to clinch a doubleheader sweep. Buck Fausett homered in both games, with Milt Joffe and Ron Bowen also going deep in the opener. Don Moore added a four-base hit in the second tilt as Albuquerque combined power and timely hitting.
Wade Holman and J S Triplett will captain the Amarillo Country Club Dutch Dinner Team Matches on Thursday afternoon. The losing squad will host the winners at the dinner as is customary.
Joe Bauman first baseman and Bill Lonergan left handed pitcher from Little Rock of the Southern Association have been sold to Milwaukee of the American Association. They will likely stay with the Gold Sox through Shaughnessy playoffs under Amarillo club terms. Bauman bats .333 with 36 homers. Lonergan is 17–8 and ill. Milwaukee is owned by the Boston Braves.
Major league baseball enters September with Yankees leading the American League and Brooklyn atop the National League. Stars like Ted Williams and Harry Walker seek batting honors, while St Louis and Cincinnati fight for pennants. Detroit, Boston, Chicago and others post key victories as the season enters its final month.
The Longhorn League finishes its regular season as Odessa faces a double header to threaten a playoff spot. Odessa trails Sweetwater by two games for fourth. a two-win day could force a tiebreaker or delay the start. Midland beat Odessa 13-1. Big Spring beat Vernon 7-5.
Dr S W Browning and Burton Elliott captured first week with net 62 in the Amarillo Country Club Weekend Handicap Golf Tournament. Browning 78-16-62 and Elliott 87-25-62 led low nets. George Parr 77-14-63 and Dr Larry Garre 77-12-65 followed. Ben Stone Jr won low gross 74. Billy Barrick had high gross 106.
Qualifying for the AAC Tournament begins tomorrow at Amarillo Country Club with two flights in match play. Rounds will run over a week, ending with bracket winners meeting for the grand title. Entry fee is $1.
National League leaders include Walker of Philadelphia with 354 batting, Cavarretta of Chicago at 320, Mize of New York 44 homers, Kiner of Pittsburgh 39, and Jansen of New York 164 strikeouts. American League leaders feature Williams of Boston batting 340 with Mitchell of Cleveland 331, doubles led by Boudreau of Cleveland 42 and Williams 31, homers led by Williams 27 and Gordon 24.
Burglars broke into Jones Cafe at Eighth and Buchanan early yesterday and took about $30 from the juke box. A patrolman found the rear door glass broken. nothing else was disturbed, according to officers.
Fourteen teams competed in this year's National Football Championship in Romania, and seventeen games were disputed, reflecting a compact round robin style and a busy schedule across venues.
Only two people were placed in Potter County jail last night, both charged with being drunk and dis orderly at a local night club. Deputies said the holiday weekend was very quiet.
The writer previews upcoming Amarillo City Golf Championship finals at Ross Rogers Course and plans to watch District 1-AA football workouts at Butler Field plus games for Brownfield Westerners Plainview Bulldogs Pampa Harvesters Borger Bulldogs. John Munn shines in golf. Babe Didrikson Zaharias visits. Al Baggett to coach at Brooklyn College.
Promoter Cory Detton announces a double feature wrestling card at the Municipal Auditorium on Thursday. Ray Clements of Lubbock meets Al Getz of Pittsburgh in a Southwest junior heavyweight title style bout, plus Sailor Tex Watkins versus Walter Stratton in a heated private feud. An opening tag team match is planned. Motion picture theatres in Czechoslovakia showed over 20 American productions in the last year.
Sunday results cover West Texas New Mexico, Texas League, Longhorn League and National American leagues with wins by Albuquerque Clovis Dallas Fort Worth St Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia and others. Monday’s schedule lists doubleheaders in all leagues including Amarillo Clovis Dallas Ft Worth and Vernon Big Spring plus city matchups in major leagues.
John Munn tees off with Clyde Posey in a 36 hole duel at Ross Rogers as he seeks a fourth Amarillo city golf championship. Munn has birdied deeply, winning four matches to date and move toward a potential big victory this holiday edition. Posey pushed through to the final after extra holes.
Texas campuses gear up for grid play, the largest season ever with 24 senior and 24 junior colleges across seven conferences. East Texas Baptist joins as new, Daniel Baker returns, Texas Wesleyan sits out, and two new leagues form with Sul Ross and eight JC member schools.
Venezuela plans to relocate two thousand Venezuelans and immigrants into colonies within Carabobo and Yaracuy states. The move aims to organize settlements connecting housing and work opportunities.
Wang Chih yuan, a wounded Chinese serviceman, laments the fratricidal war and dies by throwing a hand grenade in a public Shanghai park near his feet, ending his life in a tragic act of despair.
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