Yannigans Open Season With Trip To Memphis Cyclones
Amarillo High School’s Yannigans the B team travel to Memphis to face the Cyclones in their season opener. Coach Henry Laughlin fields a growing squad of 25 to 35 players after a 1941 disbandment, with seven Memphis lettermen returning. Open dates loom as Laughlin seeks opponents and a fuller schedule.
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Amarillo High School
Memphis
Sandies
Cyclones
Henry Laughlin
AHS
Laughlin
Ortiz Seizes Bantam Title With Fourth Round KO
Mexico City's Luis Castillo faced Manuel Ortiz in Los Angeles and fought three rounds of a scheduled 15 before a badly split left eye forced a fourth round KO for Ortiz. The world bantamweight title remained with Ortiz as Castillo, the challenger, was stopped in the fourth.
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Los Angeles
Mexico City
Luis Castillo
Manuel Ortiz
Ortiz
Buffs Prepare for 1944 Season With Short Punt Strategy
Buffalos coach Paul Boyer and Norman Whisnand preview a running game built on a short punt offense. Four lettermen return Dickie Brown Harold Dean Garrett Jimmy Roberts and Gene Wright. A Sept 23 season opener is anticipated against Elizabeth Nixon Whirlwinds.
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Horace Mann
Paul Boyer
Norman Whisnand
Tion
Buffaloes
Dickie Brown
Harold Dean Garrett
Jimmy Roberts
Gene Wright
Buffs
Elizabeth Nixson
Boyer
Maroon and White
Whiswand
Bobby Dudley
Jerry Middleton
George Hensley
Carl Farnsworth
Stanley Sapp
Jimmy Middleton
Bill King
Bobby Littlejohn
Burl York
Jesse Broci
C. L. Giles
Lloyd Garrett
Joe Scoby
Eugene Williams
Herschel Cloud
Johnnie Pittit
Wilford Garcia
Billy Jack McLaughlin
Craig Ratliff
Billy West
Jerry Murphy
Cardinals Fielding Pace Sets Major League Mark
The St. Louis Cardinals, after a World Series loss, are fielding at a pace never before seen in the majors. Through Sept. 11 they own a .982 team fielding percentage, one notch above the 1940 Reds. They have 92 errors in 5181 chances, 25 fewer than the Reds, with 58 errorless games in 132 played.
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New York
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Red Birds
Cline Promoted To First Lieutenant In Army
Robert K. Cline, serving in the China Burma India theater for a year, is promoted to first lieutenant. He entered service with the Texas National Guard in 1940. His wife and daughter reside at 801 Fairmont Street.
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Cline
Robert K. Cline
China-Burma-India
Texas National Guard
Fairmont Street
Amarillo College to Start Morning Bible Course
Amarillo College will begin a new morning Bible course for adults tomorrow at 9 o'clock. Registration will be held tomorrow morning at class time.
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Amarillo College
Sugar Bowl Hero From 1943 Sugar Bowl Highlight
Tennessee defeated Tulsa 14 to 7 in the 1943 Sugar Bowl as Jim Powell made a late game stopping interception. Tulsa nearly tied the game with a drive to the Tennessee 12 but Powell preserved the victory. Powell, a Tennessee end and private, is set to start for Amarillo Field's Sky Giants against the University of New Mexico Laboes in Albuquerque. Coppage, ex-Chicago Cardinals end, teams with Powell. Coppage played for Oklahoma and was on the 1938 Sooners team that lost to Tennessee in the Orange Bowl.
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Tennessee
Tulsa
Oklahomans
Jim Powell
N. A. Keithley
Powell
Amarillo Field
Sky Giants
University of New Mexico Laboes
Albuquerque
Cpl
al Coppage
Coppage
Chicago Cardinals
University of Oklahoma
Sooners
Week's Local Sports Card Highlights
Local sports listings show golf at Sunset Course and Amarillo Country Club, bowling at Victory Alleys, and football featuring Amarillo Golden Sandies versus Childress Bobcats at Butler Field. Weekend events include municipal golf handicap tournaments at Ross Rogers Course and related venues with various leagues and leagues’ schedules.
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Texaco
Banner Bowl
Amarillo Country Club
Bowling Ladies Pioneer League
Amarillo Golden Sandies
Childress Bobcats
Butler
Southwestern Public Service Co
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers Course
Ladies Municipal Golf Association
Golf Shots and Local Golf News Highlight Amarillo
Charles Quails aged 52 wins the Amarillo city senior title defeating Herb Pestor Perry Burks Dude Gentry and R H Kelly. Sgt John Olver on leave plans to play golf before heading to Alaska. Pro Gene Root notes Amarillo Field academic division has about 20 entrants in a 36 hole medal event.
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Charles Quails
Amarillo
Herb Pestor
Perry Burks
Dude Gentry
R. H. Kelly
John Olver
John
Alaska
Gene Root
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Field
New Yorker Astounded By Amarillo's Modern Progress
G B Sullivan of Staten Island visiting Plainview was given a sight seeing tour of Amarillo by Horace Griggs. Sullivan was astounded that Amarillo seemed more modern than his own New York community.
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Amarillo
G. B. Sullivan
Staten Island
N. Y
Plainview
Sullivan
Horace Griggs
Mr. Griggs
Lynch tightens rules as Amarillo Sandies gear up for Childress
Amarillo High School coach Howard Lynch imposed strict study and curfew rules after a sluggish practice. Four of six players were missing Monday with asthma chest cold and injuries. several likely miss Friday’s opener against Childress at Butler Field as the Sandies prepare for a tougher night.
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Howard Lynch
Amarillo
Lynch
Rudy Bauman
Charlie Houston
Marshall Gettys
Bill Attebury
Bauman
Attebury
Gettys
Houston
Bharley
Childress
Butler Field
Billy Murray Hughes
George Curtis
Hughes
Curtis
Amarillo High School
Bobcats
Admission grid ducats for Amarillo Sandie-Childress game
General admission tickets for the Amarillo Sandie Childress Bobcats game at Butler Field go on sale at Maxor Drug and Herbert Drug. Adults 60 cents. students and armed forces 30 cents. Reserved seats add 30 cents at Major Drug.
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Amarillo
Sandie-Childress Bobcat
Butler Field
Maxor Drug
Fisk
Herbert Drug
Amarillo High vs Childress at Butler Field
Monday Night Quarterback's Club hosts games at Amarillo High School Auditorium every Monday at 8. The schedule lists the Sept 15 matchup between Amarillo High School Golden Sandies and Childress High School Bobcats at Butler Field, with the Annual City Women's Championship golf tournament set for Oct 2 6 at the Ross Rogers Course.
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Amarillo High School
Golden Sandies
Childress High School
Bobcats
Butler Field
Ross Rogers Course
Bowling Scores From Pantex League Standings
The report lists team results and individual scores across multiple squads. Highlights include Pantex League victories by Victory Alleys Stores II and Ordnance with top-scoring efforts from Drake and Smith, while Stores I and Fiscal I show zero wins and mixed results in other squads.
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Pantex League Victory Alleys Stores II
Higdon
McWhirter
Gillock
Williams
Novak
Needham
Engineers
Great
Hendricks
Jones
Hannon
Meek
Martin
White
League Watts Team
Pet
Reeewene Engineers
Second Round Reached in Ladies Golf Tournament
Mrs Irene McCullough Mrs Willa Brown Mrs Eleanor Robertson and Miss Betty Conrad advanced to the second round of the Ladies Municipal Golf Association handicap event at the Ross Rogers Course yesterday. McCullough defeated Root 6 and 4 Brown beat Gilbert 4 and 2 Robertson defeated Reynolds 4 and 3 and Conrad beat Davies 2 and 1. Nine hole flight results include Bogard over Wisely 1 up Muncy over Brown default Davis over Bush 3 and 2 Tucker over Melton 5 and 4. Second round matches must be completed by Thursday night.
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Irene McCullough
Willa Brown
Eleanor Robertson
Betty Conrad
Ladies Municipal Golf Association
Ross Rogers Course
McCullough
Gene Root
Mrs. Brown
Mary Gilbert
Robertson
Edna Reynolds
Miss Conrad
Pearl Davies
Iola Bogard
E. M. Wisely
Alene Muncy
Dorothy Brown
Pauline Davis
Florence Bush
Elizabeth Tucker
Wanda Melton
Sudden Death Claims Big Gus Sonnenberg
The 44 year old former Dartmouth football star and famed wrestler Big Gus Sonnenberg died of leukemia at Bethesda Naval Hospital after nearly eight months hospitalization. He had served as a Navy chief specialist and gained fame for his flying tackle. The piece notes a closing sentence about wedding rice rituals.
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Washington
U.P
Sporting World
Big Gus Sonnenberg
Dartmouth
Navy
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Grace MacWilliams to Enter Westel State College
Miss Grace MacWilliams of Arch Terrace plans to enroll at Canyon based Westel State College on Monday. She will reside in Cousins Hall during the college term.
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Grace MacWilliams
Arch Terrace
Westel State College
Canyon
Cousins Hall
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Grid Outlook
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