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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1942
Page
3
The Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals clash in a decisive final series as the Cardinals threaten to overtake the Dodgers. A recent 10-2 loss by Brooklyn and a Giants win keep the race wide open with Philadelphia and Chicago also in play.
Mrs J W Heilbecker enters as a serious contender as qualifying begins at Ross Rogers Municipal Course on Monday. Defending champion Mrs J W Ross is hard to beat when at her best and faced by challengers Mrs Walter Sikes and Mrs George McGrath, 1940 champ and runner up, who are expected to trouble both leaders.
Minnesota coach George Hauser warns of nine game slate with only three regulars from last year and eight starters gone. New staff and lightline size loom as key issues, with Daley and Garnaas set to lead the backfield and Wildung returning as captain on a lean squad.
Eastern All-Army grid squad trains five weeks in New Haven under Col. Bob Neyland. They prepare for three games in nine days with pro backfields and a heavy line. Debut at the Polo Grounds against the New York Giants follows later matchups against Baltimore Brooklyn Dodgers Boston Chicago Bears.
Saturday is the deadline to buy reserved seat tickets for the 1942 Golden Sandstorm home football games. Tickets at Major Drug No. 2 Fisk Building may be used for all six home games, excluding General Admission which is sold separately. Seats cost $1.68 and season opens versus the Childress Bobcats at Butler Field under lights on September 18.
The Beaumont Exporters beat the San Antonio Missions 6 to 2 to even the series and head to San Antonio for a continuation tonight. Shreveport defeated Fort Worth 2 to 1 in extra innings, with Earl Caldwell to start for Fort Worth. Anse Moore and Hoot Evers fueled Beaumont’s offense, while Ralph Hamner earned the win for Shreveport.
Fritzie Zivic defeats Red Cochrane in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden to set up a title clash with Henry Armstrong. Armstrong, returning after losing the welter crown in 1940, is expected to meet Zivic on November 6. Cochrane fought on USO duty and paid the penalty for low blows in parts of the contest.
The 1942 national semi pro champions Boeing Bombers of Wichita Kansas are slated to represent the United States in the spring series. The World Series schedule set for Havana Cuba October 1 to 12 has been postponed due to inability to guarantee transportation for U S players. President Ray Dumont of the National Semi-pro Baseball Congress announced the delay.
Brooklyn club president Larry MacPhail said he doubts the Dodgers can win the National League pennant as St. Louis presses Ebbets Field while he heads to Washington to arrange entry into the army. He recalled warning players they must hustle harder to stay on top after a 10-2 loss to the Cubs.
Logan Utah September 11 Coach Dick Romney says Utah State needs fast and nasty ends. With only two ends among 14 lettermen both were noted as awfully nice last season. Harris pool win headline Houston pool shark Phil Harris beat Willie Hoppe 61 to 10. Dickens' father once confined in Marshalsea Prison in Southwark London.
AP reports nine scheduled games as the Texas high school season begins. Highlights include North Dallas vs Odessa with Odessa praised as a West Texas powerhouse. Matches span districts from Paducah to Quanah and El Paso area pairings.
West Texas State College dean and education professor A. M. Meyer moved into the old publications office at Canyon. Lacking available workmen he painted the room himself and, with scrap material from the manual arts shop, began making his own office furniture. He is also a woodworking hobbyist.
Louise Holland 22 says a typewritten letter from her fiancé John Dean 21 a sailor missing in action last December claimed he is a Japanese prisoner and ends with I will release you from all promises. She states she will wait.
Captain J. F. Mead soon to join the U S Army Air Corps was guest of honor at a 40 and 8 American Legion dinner at the Blackstone Coffee Shop. Others honored included Charles Maisel Roy R Beard and Wilbur Wood who joined the 40 and 8. Mead and Wood took the obligation of the 40 and 8. The oath was given by Lewis P Fields. Entertainment featured whistling solos by Mary Evelyn Gould and vocal numbers by Mary Jo Huckabee with Mrs E A Paschal on piano.
National League results show New York a 1 to St Louis and Chicago 10 over Brooklyn 2 Boston 2 Cincinnati 6. Standings list Brooklyn 41 23 455,. New York 62 55 1. Cincinnati 71 48 6 Pittsburgh 70 47 4 Chicago 65 76 461 Boston 82 47 0 Philadelphia 38 92 293. Friday games include Chicago at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Boston Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Chicago dispatch reports heavyweight champion Joe Louis rejects Mike Jacobs war department promotion to take the Oct 12 winner to Northern Ireland for a title defense before American troops. Louis hints he may fight there only if a multiple man bout, not a single challenger, is staged.
In Fort Hall Idaho on September 11 volunteers from Bannock and Shoshone tribes train as the first all Indian unit amid war whoops and hoofbeat drums. The caption notes they are training like white neighbors for emergencies of any kind.
Fayetteville Sept 11 Arkansas coach Thomsen left after 13 years, replaced by 36-year-old George Cole as head mentor. Arkansas trains 44 players with new single wing, facing stiff competition as A and M and Texas expected to lead, Rice a probable third, while many players serve in the armed forces.
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