Brooklyn Kids Win But Cards Keep Narrowing Lead
The 1943 Texas Inter scholastic League opener features the Masons at Weatherford facing H E Wicherds Kangaroos while Olney and Little Pasadena meet in other class AA games. In major league action the Dodgers rally to near second place as they chase the stumbling Cardinals by 15 games. Yankees crush Red Sox 11 3 and Cleveland splits with Detroit.
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Brooklyn
United Press
Mites
Mighty Mites
Masonic Home
Fort Worth
Masons
Weatherford
H. E. Wicherd
Kangaroos
Breckenridge
Goose Creek
Olney
Eck Curtis
Buckaroos
Little Pasadena High
Ganders
Charles Romine
Gent Roberts
Grant Finnigan
Romine
Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey
Dodgers
Phillies
Rex Barney
Augie Galan
Riley Herman
Barney
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Detroit
Yankees
Indians
Tigers
al Smith
Hal White
Scratch Loop Sarts Opens 30-Week Bowling Season
The Major Bowling League in Amarillo opens its 30 week schedule at Victory Alleys with ten pins ready to fall at 8:20. Eight teams compete with Star Lumber defending, and opening night features Builders Supply versus Harvey Southworth, Borden Company vs Star Lumber, Reager's Market vs John Farrell Lumber, Pinkney Sunrays vs Diamond Shop. Sam Fenberg serves as president, Ted Neely as vice president, and Henry Gittrich as secretary treasurer.
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Cream of
Star Lumber Company Crewm
Builders Supply
Harvey South
Noble Paulk
John Weeks
Elmer Pelat
Jack Weirick
Bob Hibbs
Diamond
Henry Gittrich
Sam Fenberg
Don Blatzheim
Frank McCullough
Julius Caplan
Borden CO
Bill Baker
Lee Sparks
Lefty Bleakney
Jim Hudson
Andy Anderson
Harvey Southworth
Ted Buccola
Fred Grimes
Dr. E. W. Cain
Ted Neely
Roger Teas
John Farrell Lumber CO
H. L. McMinn
Jim Farwell
Perle Ahlstrom
Ivan Boxwell
Squirly Blanchard
Pinkney Sunrays
John Laughlin
Fred Schecter
Ray Prien
Jim Cogdell
John Myrick
Big Ten predictions eye top football honors in wartime
Chicago dispatch surveys 1943 college grid outlook with Michigan favored to top the standings, Northwestern and Purdue as contenders, and service-staff contingents reshaping rosters across conferences. It notes heavy wartime impact on player availability and lists key returning stars and serviceman transfers shaping the season.
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Marillo Globe
Michigan
Chicago
Big Ten
Ohio State
Bucks
Northwestern
Purdue
Pritz Crisler
Wolverines
Baseball standings and schedule in the National League
Yesterday Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 7 to 6 in the only game. Standings show St Louis 68 44 667 pattern, Cincinnati 58 554, Brooklyn 59 550, Pittsburgh 66 515, Chicago 69 469, Boston 69 448, Philadelphia 73 443, New York 84 349. Today St Louis at Chicago, Boston at New York, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati in a twi night doubleheader. Also included is a note on an eight wheeled German scout car reaching 50 mph in forward and reverse.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Boston
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Am Pet
Washington
Vines favors golf over tennis in sociable play style
Elly Vines argues golf is easier to learn but harder to reach champ status, contrasting it with tennis as personal combat where small swings can flip a match. The piece weaves in baseball notes about Luis Olmo, Dodgers history, and other sports tidbits.
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New York
Elly Vines
Vines
Elly
Zivic to Meet Vines in Garden Victory Bout
Fritzie Zivic travels to Madison Square Garden to fight Vinnie Vines in a 10 round bout that adds about $6,000 to the Zivic purse. The match fills in for a postponed lightweight clash between Bob Montgomery and Beau Jack. Zivic carries 2-1 odds and has previously fought 11 times at the Garden under Mike Jacobs.
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New York
Fritzie Zivic
Mike Jacobs
Zivic
Vinnie Vines
Madison Square Garden
Jacobs
the Garden
Mike
Bob Montgomery
Montgomery
Central Americans Propose Tour by Major League Teams
A nine editor group from Central American newspapers proposed that two major league baseball teams tour their countries this winter as part of the Good Neighbor policy. They say baseball is the dominant sport in Panama and Nicaragua and is expanding in other Central American republics. The editors watched the St Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates play and praised George Kurowski as popular in Panama.
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ST. Louis
Panama
Nicaragua
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
George Kurowski
Cardinal
Carlos Sole Bosch
Estrella de Panama
Cardinals
Open House and Weekly Sports Card Highlights
Volleyball Open House in Men’s Volleyball League at Maverick Club Eve 7. Bowling Major League at Alleys. Softball Adult Fall League matches Roperte Olver vs Pinkney and Pantex B vs Pantex Ara Club Diamonds 7:00 P.M. Football Amarillo High School Ava B game Butter Field 8:30 P.M. Golf weekend tournaments at Ross Rogers Course and Amarillo Country Club. Tuesday Pantex League at Victory Bowl Scratch League Banner Owl. Ladies Classic League at Amarillo Bowl. Wednesday Amarillo Municipal Men’s Day at Bowl Course all afternoon. Jays invited at Maverick Club BOWLING Metropolitan League at Amarillo Bowl 8:30 P.M. Civic League at Victory Alleys 6:30 P.M. Thursday Women’s Golf Luncheon and Tournament at Amarillo Country Club International Harvester Employees League at Amarillo Bowl Ladies Pioneer League at Victory Alleys.
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Maverick Club
Bowlin
Roperte- Olver
Pinkney
Pantex B
Pantex Ara Club
Amarillo High School
Ava
Butter Field
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers Course
Amarillo Country Club
Roberts Olver
Pantex A
Pantex E
Maverick Club Diamond
Victory Bowl
Banner Owl
Amarillo Bowl
Amarillo Municipal
Bowl Course
Jays
Maverick Clum
Civic League
Victory
Bowling International Harvester Employees League
Ladies Pioneer League
Mrs O C Tomec Wins Tin Whistle Golf Meet
Mrs O C Tomec collected 48 points to win the Tin Whistle Golf Tournament at Amarillo Country Club yesterday. In the Tin Whistle format a net par is two points a birdie five and an eagle ten. Mrs Prank Wolflin won the luncheon ball.
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O. C. Tomec
Amarillo Country Club
Prank Wolflin
Top Skeet Shooters Set for Moore Field Meet Sunday
Top American skeet shooters will join 12 teams from Army and Navy posts in Texas to compete at Moore Field next Sunday. Sgt Richard P Shaughnessy of Laredo leads the All American skeet team and holds multiple amateur titles. The piece notes the blimp as an ideal slow speed training springboard for marine paratroops.
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Purdue
Lou Defilippo
Fordham
Alex Agase
Illinois
John Genis
Mike Kasap
John Staak
Towa
Tom Hughes
Missouri
Sam Vacanti
Iowa
Jimmy Carr
Ed Cycenas
Tony Butkovich
Bernard
Great Lakes
Moore Field
Army
Navy
Texas
Richard P. Shaughnessy
Laredo
Former Rice Star Injured in Plane Crash
Houston report states Captain Olie Cordill, Rice Institute football star during undergraduate days, was injured in an Africa plane crash weeks ago. Family received a letter noting two or three cracked vertebrae and Cordill writing to his wife about the injuries.
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Houston
Olie Cordill
Rice Institute
Africa
Cordill
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