Sandies Open Season With Light Lineup Against Bobcats
Childress Bobcats visit Amarillo for a season opener at Butler Field Friday night as Howard Lynch and G Hull prepare a light Sandies squad. Key players Kitchens and Barry are injured, Juett leads a 208 pound line, and Amarillo focuses on defense against Childress aerials while aiming to explode offensively.
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Amarillo
Amarrillo
Childress
Lynch
Juett
Childress Bobcats
Butler Field
Bobcats
Barry
Charleyhorse
Sandies
Pritz Zivic May Retire In Texas After Ring Career
Houston report says Pritzie Zivic the flashy middleweight star of a previous era may retire today. The Pittsburgh born former welterweight champion became part of boxing history with a 1921 broadcast of a heavyweight title bout between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier in Jersey City.
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Houston
U.P
Pritzie Zivic
Texas
Pittsburgh
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Jersey City
Powell's ten year record jeopardized by injury
Amarillo sportswriter Putt Powell faces possibly missing the Sandies dress game after being released from Northwest Texas Hospital following an eye ailment. If he cannot attend, it will be the first home football game he has missed in over a decade. It notes Cody's buffalo slaughter in railroad days as a distant aside.
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Putt Powell
Amarillo
Globe- News
Powell
Sandies
Texas
Northwest Texas
Amarillo High
Putt
Stadium Ticket Boom Returns to Southwest Conference
Advance sales rise 33 to 50 percent as full stadiums return after wartime. Texas A and M leads gains with 1944 comparisons and expects 33 000 for Thanksgiving duel, while SMU and TCU report stronger demand and Baylor notes higher ticket interest.
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Dallas
Texas A
Pete Jones
College Station
Rfce Institute
Southern Methodist University
Texas Smu
J. C. Weisel
Southern Methodist
Skish Tournament Tonight at Ellwood Park
The Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club hosts a skish tournament for boys 14 and under at Ellwood Park at 6:45 pm. Ten targets spaced 40 to 80 feet will be shot three times each with scores of five three or two points. first place wins a casting rod, second a ham. Bill Howren will judge. Tom Troth chairs the education and entertainment committee.
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Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club
Ellwood Park
Bill Howren
Tom Troth
Card's Outpost Still Boasts of Farm Talent
The Cardinals farm system, reduced to a few posts, shows life in Lefty Art Lopatka who beat the Dodgers 3-2 as Chicago led the league. Hank Wyse shut out the Phillies 4-0 for Boston Bruins, while Washington gained ground on Detroit in a tight AL race. Roger Wolff starred for the Senators 5-1 over Cleveland and the Yankees swept a doubleheader from the White Sox to bolster their third-place push. Sloppy defense doomed Boston as Bob Muncrief notched his 12th win.
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Dodgers
Chicago
Hank Wyse
Bruins
Phillies
Cincinnati
New York
Frank McCormick
Hank Saeur
Boston
Pittsburgh
Washington
Yankees
White Sox
Russ Derry
Charley Keller
Red
Frank Crosetti
Oscar Grimes
Aaron Robinson
Mike Ryba
Red Sox
St. Louis
Bob Muncrief
Roaring Motors Peck Veterans Memories at Indy Classic
William Tucker recalls how wartime veterans like Eddie Rickenbacker and Pappy Boyington are returning to the Indianapolis 500. The piece notes Wilbur Shaw Mauri Rose and other former winners joining the field, as danger and daring define the sport since the 1920s. It highlights Norman Batten’s heroic crash response and Don Gentile era tension, plus L. L. Corum’s banana fueled speed.
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Rickenbacker
Bill Cummingses
Pete de Paolos
Lou Meyers
Wilbur Shaw
Mauri Rose
Floyd Davis
Amarillo Youth Football Signups Hit 150 Mark
Amarillo Recreation Program reports 150 boys registered for fall football as plans unfold for eight teams across three leagues totaling 24 teams. Registration runs after 4 pm to 7 pm weekdays and 9 am to 7 pm Saturdays at Cal Farley’s, 320 North Fillmore.
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Amarillo
Mr. Smith
Cal Farley
North Fillmore
League Keglers To Open Tomorrow In Amarillo Bow l League
The Amarillo Major Bowling League begins Friday at 8 o'clock on Victory Alleys with opening matches pitting American Auto Wrecking Co. against Amarillo Oldsmobile Co. and Diamond Shop against Foxworth Galbraith Lumber Co among others. Team rosters list players for each squad. Normal annual iron ore consumption in the United States is about 50 million gross tons.
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Amarillo
Victory
American Auto Wrecking Co
Amarillo Oldsmobile Co
John Farrell Lumber Co
Diamond Shop
Pinkney Sunrays
Builders Supply Company
Foxsworth-Galbraith Lumber Co
Reager
Harris
Grimes
Sparks
Bechtold
Schecher
Fenberg
Buccola
Caplan
Baker
Gittrich
Foxworth - Galbraith Lmbr
Weeks, Cogdell
Boxwell
Crews
Teas
Oldsmobile CO
Farmer, Langley, Jackson
Pearson, Reppert
Pinkney Packing CO
Hudson, Laughlin
Prien
Higgs
Miller
Reagors
Reager, Fletcher, McCullough
O'Keefe Powell
Farrell Lumber CO
Farwell, McMinn, Gain, Tucker, Rogers
Builders Supply CO
Paulk, Ahlstrom, Neely, Blanchard, Martin
United States
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Buffalo Bill) Cody
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Pappy Boyingtons
Don Gentiles
Norman Batten
Cummings
Grandstand
L. L. Corum
Schenley
The
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Prince
Geo
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Lob and
Buchanan
Vernon Hancock
Taylor
the Panhandle
Sunny Brook Blend
United Press National League
G. Ab
Cavaretta
Holmes
Rosen
Brooklyn
Hack
Olmo
Sil
Cuccinello
Boudreau
Case Washington
Moses
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