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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1943
Page
6
A public putting tournament at Sunset Putting Course crowns Amarillo’s first city champion. Entry costs 1 dollar for amateur men. top putters compete in a 54 hole medal play event. Pro Walter Sikes promises top greens and play starts between 7 and 10 o clock.
Missouri opens 1943 football practice with 45 candidates led by two lettermen halfback Bill Ekern and end Jack Morton. Captain and fullback Don Reece from the 1942 Big Six champions is expected to report later in the week.
Pittsburgh ace Truett Sewell had his 11 game winning streak reduced to seven due to a suspended game ruling. Mort Cooper pitched the late innings to preserve a 6-5 win for St Louis with George Munger credited the victory. The Cardinals added an 8-6 win as Cooper started again and Danny Litwhiler homered. Cubs' Phil Cavarretta hit a seventh homer in a 12-9 win over Cincinnati Reds ending Clyde Shoun's streak. Lon Warneke earned the decision. No AL games were played yesterday.
Local sports brief lists upcoming events at Amarillo venues. golf events at Amarillo Country Club and Ross Rogers Course, including weekend handicap tournaments and a best ball foursome. bowling and volleyball meetings and open houses are noted for community participation.
Mrs C L Jones won the Weekly Women's Handicap Golf tournament at the Ross Rogers Course yesterday with a 91 19 72. Curtis Gilbert finished second with a net 75 and C M Robertson was third with 79. Low gross honors went to Mrs Jones' 91.
The 1943 Golden Sandstorm grid candidates held their third workout at Butler Field with leaders Look Pictures First, Sandie Pep, Shirley Jackson, Barbara Boxwell, and Alice Lee Gist directing cheers as Maurice Terrell snapped photos. A Go to War scrimmage and daily double sessions were noted, with a Sept 17 opener against the Childress Bobcats.
The National League results show Chicago beating Cincinnati 12 to 9 in 10 innings, St Louis defeating Pittsburgh 8 to 6, with a suspended playoff game listing Pittsburgh 5 to 6. Current standings list Cincinnati 43 65 6 56, Brooklyn 67 63 .515, Chicago 60 64 .485, Boston 65 45 4, Philadelphia 54 70 .435, New York 44 78 .361. Today's schedule has Chicago at New York, Brooklyn at Chicago, and Boston at Philadelphia at night.
Francisco Segura and Bryan Grant meet in a dramatic Forest Hills National Amateur match. Segura, Ecuadorian sensation seeded second, is renowned for two handed play. Bitsy Grant, famed retriever and former Giant Killer, recalls Nationals clashes from two years ago.
Western led by former Lubbock and Breckenridge players won the Sixth Annual Oil Bowl at Coyote Stadium before about 7,500. West played strong defense with three interceptions but North held advantages in yardage and first downs. scoring came on a late first half touchdown and a third quarter score, with West missing the extra point on the fourth period try.
Kansas State College started its 1943 football campaign with 25 men reporting to Coach Ward Haylett for the first practice. The group included only two lettermen, signaling a young squad for the season. The report also notes a peculiar aside about a sea change in zoological size unrelated to the team.
Four Southwest Conference schools began fall football practice with few returning lettermen and many transfers due to war programs. TCU reported 36 candidates with Clyde Plowers as the lone letterman. SMU, Baylor, Rice, and Texas A&I also opened camps with mixed veteran presence and many untested players. Texas and Arkansas started August 20.
W T Leachman and Joe Witt tied for first in the Amarillo Hole handicap tournament at the Ross Rogers Course with net 32s. Ernest Dowell posted low gross 36 while Witt and Drew Crossett tied for second with 37s on the Muny first nine. ball winners listed with scores and handicaps.
In the opening exhibition between Jim Fletcher and Paul Cerniglia each won one of two games. Cerniglia led 1008 to 951 in the first set while Fletcher won the second 937 to 929. Further matches between the duo are being arranged. New York Sept. 2 Elmer H Ripley Georgetown Yale coach of 22 years named basketball coach at Columbia succeeding Cliff Battles now in the Marine Corps.
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