Piano Legs Leo Daniels A&M Star In 1941 Football
Wide World Features profiles Leo Daniels of Texas A and M known for powerful calf size and speed. Daniels ran 100 yards in ten flat, excelled in punting and passing, and touted as a top backfield prospect for the Southwest Conference. Married last June, he plans to complete schooling and be commissioned in 1943. Coach Homer Norton praises his talent as a backfield standout.
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Iors
Homer Norton
Island residents collect record scrap rubber on Block Island
680 residents on Block Island Rhode Island gathered 24 154 pounds of scrap rubber during a disposal drive equaling 35 5 pounds per person. Officials noted prior disposal by boat was too costly and the town set a local record with the effort.
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Buck Newsom Glad To Be in Brooklyn
Buck Newsom joins the Brooklyn Dodgers amid a stretch drive pennant race. The former Detroit Tiger and Washington pitcher reports to manager Leo Durocher at Forbes Field and expects to pitch five or six games this season. Durocher plans to use him against Cincinnati.
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Bobo Newsom
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Farwell Re-Elected Bowling Group Head
The Amarillo City Bowling Association held its annual meeting in the KGNC main studio and re elected Jim Farwell as president for a second year W H McKilahan was elected vice president and Harry Daily secretary and treasurer A second meeting will be held once leagues appoint representatives
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Amarillo City Bowling Association
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Bonham Coach Resigns as Football Team Seeks Stable Leader
Ray Taylor, assistant football and head basketball coach at Bonham High School, resigned an hour before practice. He becomes the fifth Bonham coach to depart this year. Superintendent I. B. Carruths said he may take the job temporarily but prefers a coach who will stay.
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Ray Taylor
Bonham High School
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Walker's DeLuxe Prize Bourbon Ad
An old Hiram Walker & Sons detergent style whiskey ad touts Walker's DeLuxe Straight Bourbon Whiskey 20 proof. The copy highlights aging aroma flavor and a prize photograph by a photographer, praising skill timing and experience.
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Peoria
Shadow of Shaughnessy falls on Texas League playoff race
With only days left in the regular season six teams chase the post season. Beaumont Exporters atop the standings salvaged a 6-1 loss to Tulsa as Tulsa stays in range for a first division spot. San Antonio and Houston battle for the fourth slot after a split in Dallas. Shreveport loses to Oklahoma City while Houston and Fort Worth split a doubleheader.
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Cardinals Hang On Grimy National League Win
St Louis Cardinals edge Boston 4 3 to stay alive in pennant race 34 games behind the Dodgers Mort Cooper and Jimmy Brown spark the victory as Brooklyn and New York win elsewhere Dodgers beat Pirates Frank McCormick drives in three in Reds 4 3 11 innings over Phillies plus Cubs rout Giants 10 5 and Senators top Indians 4 3 in 10 innings.
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Shirley Fry Favorite to Win Women’s National Tennis Title
New York tennis coverage notes 15 year old Shirley Fry of Akron Ohio as the sentimental favorite to win the women’s national championship at Forest Hills. She reaches the quarter finals after a 6 1 3 6 3 victory over Madge Wosters while facing Pauline Betz, LA’s second seed, with other young players drawing crowds amid wartime stars.
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Akron
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Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
Bob Falkenburg
Hollywood
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Mary Arnold
Ted Schroeder
Louise Brough
Amarillo Tennis Finals Set After Semi Final Upset
In Ellwood Park, the doubles duo J. E. Loveland and Red Morrison defeated Lt. Arthur Trum and Ark Erickson 6 3, 2 6, 6 2 to reach the City Open final against John McLeland and Charlie Williams this afternoon.
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Red Morrison
Arthur Trum
Ark Erickson
John McLeland
Charlie Williams
Talbert Faces Pan American Challenge In National Tennis
Billy Talbert, 23, Cincinnati insurance salesman, ranked 10th nationally, meets Pancho Segura as the United States' top hope to slow the Pan American threat to the National Amateur Championship. Talbert, diabetic and insulin treated, is praised for a strong net game and wary of Segura’s hard baseline attack. In doubles action, George Ball and Dick Oolman defeated Gerald Crowther and Bob Kerdasha.
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U.P
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America
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Pancho) Segura
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Andes
George Ball
Fl Paso
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Dick Oolman
Seattle
Wash
Gerald Crowther
Hermosa Beach
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Bob Kerdasha
Charlottesville
Laverne Yarborough Dominates Gulf A A U Swim Meet
Port Arthur swimmer Laverne Yarborough wins six events over two days at the Gulf A A U meet in College Station setting multiple records in the 10 yard freestyle 100 yard backstroke and 50 yard freestyle among others. Tyler's Joe Demmer sets a 2192 mark in the 220 yard free in the men's senior division while Danny Green of Texas A&M wins the 440 yard free and ties Demmer in the 100 yard free. A Phoenix firm advertises sun stoves.
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