Sandies, Eagles Clash in Top High School Grid Showdown
Amarillo’s Golden Sandies seek a 1945 season defining win against Abilene’s Eagles at Butler Field tomorrow night. Coach Howard Lynch’s squad battles injuries and skepticism as it aims to match a storied 18 season tenure of success with four state titles and a long history of strong play.
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Golden Sandies
Abilene Eagles
Butler Field
Sandies
Nere
Canyon
Tucumcari
Clovis Plainview
Vernon
Lubbock
Childress
Howard Lynch
Bill Tally
Amarna High Yannigans to clash with Tucumcari in season opener
Amarillo High School Yannigans travel to Tucumcari New Mexico for Friday night football. Coach John C Whinnery will rely on Bob Brown at quarterback and a fast backfield featuring Dickey Woods Bob Snook Bob Clayton and Philip Morrill. Norman Leiberman and Richard Bock compete for left halfback duties as the Yannigans prime with strong downfield blocking from the T Formation.
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Woods
Dick Brown
Brown
Philip Morrill
Norman Leiberman
Richard Bock
Bock
Leiberman
Whinnery
OBrien Returns to Dallas to Work in FBI Office
Davey OBrien, former Texas Christian all-America football star, has transferred from the Washington bureau to the Dallas FBI office. Percy Wyke II, special agent in charge, confirmed the move yesterday in Dallas.
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Dallas
Davey Obrien
Texas Christian
Texan Backfield Star Leaves Navy Football Team
George Walmsley of Baytown Texas, backfield standout for the 1945 Navy football team, turned in his uniform due to an old ear injury. He departed the squad yesterday by orders of Navy doctors.
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Annapolis
George Walmsley
Baytown
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Walmsley
Frogs Open Season Saturday in Kansas
Texas Christian University's football team prepared for their first game of the season. The Frogs brushed up on pass protection and tackling in Fort Worth before heading to Kansas City to face Kansas University on Saturday night.
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Kansas
Fort Worth
U.P
Texas Christian University
Kansas City
Kansas University
Ruins Near Guaqui Bolivia May Precede Egyptian Pyramids
Some authorities contend ruins near Guaqui Bolivia predate the Pyramids of Egypt, suggesting earlier architectural achievement in the region.
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Guaqui
Bolivia
Egypt
Basketball stars loom as pre war gridiron shifts
New York report notes Utah Brigham Young U and Wyoming stacked for basketball while Oklahoma U adds nine players from the state high school tourney led by Dale Bittle and Doug Lynn. Oklahoma Aggies counter with James Moore Joe Halbert and Lou Steinmeir and seven foot Bob Kurland.
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Rocky Mountain
John Mooney
Utah
Brigham Young U
Wyoming
Oklahoma U
Dale Bittle
Doug Lynn
Sooners
Oklahoma Aggies
James Moore
Joe Halbert
Lou Steinmeir
Bob Kurland
Presidents Lead Three Minor Leagues This Year
The newspaper business supplied presidents for three minor league baseball leagues this year. Sports Pastor Bob Stedler of Buffalo heads the Pony Loop. Publisher Cerl A. Jones Jr of Johnson City presides over the Appalachian League. Frank Colley of Columbus serves as chief executive of the Ohio State Circuit. Other editors still profit from second-guessing the presidents.
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Bob Stedler
Buffalo
N. Y
Pony Loop
Cerl A. Jones, Jr
Johnson City
Prospective World Series Second Basemen Spotlight
A quick look at top contenders including Don Johnson of the Cubs and Emil Verban of the Cardinals. Emil shines with strong fielding in 1944 and a .275 average this season, while Eddie Mayo of the Tigers faces injury risk. George Myatt shows a .280 average with hobbies noted as hunting and woodwork.
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Cubs
Don
Ernie Johnson
White Sox
Yanks
Sloppy Thurston
Joe Gordon
Johnson
Emil Verban
Cardinals
Eddie Mayo
Tigers
Detroit
George Myatt
Texans Freed With Devereaux at Wake Island camp
Tokyo reports 17 Texans among Marines released with Lt. Col. James Devereaux from Hakodate Branch Camp No 3 at Utashinai Hokkaido Japan. Names include Holmes Condra Bosher Blashuta Crews Miller Benton Breckenridge Byrd Goldman Hern Nowlin Perementer Venable Clark Dorman and engineer Robert J. Lewis of SS Vincent. wife in Trinity.
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Wake Island
Hakodate
Utashinai
Hokkaido
Japan
Charles A. Holmes
H. D. Smith
Gurard
Cook Charley Condra
Cleveland
Raymond R. Bosher
Duncanville
Alvin H. Blashuta
Abbott
T. G. Crews
Stephenville
Hershel L. Miller
Alvarado
Willie L. Benton
Waxahachie
Albert H. Breckenridge
Irving
Harry J. Byrd
Spring
Luther
E. Goldman
Poteet
Jack D. Hern
San Antonio
Jesse E. Nowlin
Leonard
Calvin L. Perementer
Dallas
James C. Venable
Frisco
Emry T. Clark
Roger Dorman
Oakwood
Robert J. Lewis
Vincent
U. S. Steamship Lines
Trinity
Governor Says He Has Judge Selected
Governor Coke R. Stevenson said he has chosen a successor to Chief Justice Ben Rice of the State Court of Civil Appeals at Waco and will announce after Rice resigns to take a federal judgeship. Rice’s term would end Jan 1, 1947. Hale’s term runs to 1949 and Tirey’s to 1959.
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Jake Tirey
Detroit Hits Snag In Big Pennant Race
Detroit falters as Bobby Feller shuts out the Tigers in a one hit effort. Hank Borony wins for Chicago in 10 innings at Sportsman's Park, lifting the Cubs toward the pennant. Washington’s slide tightens the race. St Louis and Chicago trade key wins in a tense late-season stretch.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
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Associated Press
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Chicago
Borony
Red Birds
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Andy Pafko
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Golf Star Seeks Spokane Esmeralda Open Rooms
Spokane report from September 20 describes Toledo golfer Sam Byron Nelson, a top contender in the Esmeralda Open, trying to secure a hotel room but told all rooms were reserved for the golfers, highlighting the tournament's draw.
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Wash
Toledo, Ohio
Golf Star
Sam Byron Nelson
Noted 4-0 Phillies shutout over Boston ends inning
A 4-0 game saw Boston defeated by Philadelphia in a shutout. No scheduled games listed for Pittsburgh or Cincinnati.
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Washington
Feller
Cleveland Tribe
Jimmy Outlaw
Tigers
Boston
Phillies
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Mustangs polish for Blackland Airfield
The Southern Methodist Mustangs prepare for their season opener versus Blackland Army Air Field after completing their final hard scrimmage.
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Blackland
Dallas
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Blackland Army Air Field
Red Cross Swimming Course Planned for Local Girls
The Calling All Girls Club met at the YWCA to discuss joining an eight week Red Cross swimming course. Classes will be held in Canyon each Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Herman Pipkin Jr and Mrs Robert J Wright led etiquette lessons for the Personality Division while Mrs C T Davis Jr directed a Choral Division program. Next meeting is set for 4 PM Wednesday.
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YWCA
Red Cross
Canyon
Herman Pipkin, Jr
Robert J. Wright
C. T. Davis, Jr
Buffaloes and Rangers Open Season in Hawaii Grid Clash
In San Francisco on September 20 AP reports the Army Air Forces Hawaii grid picture opens with the Horace Mann Buffaloes hosting the Sam Houston Rangers at 4 30 PM in City Junior High School League play. The squads feature multiple former All America players and 60 plus ex college pros.
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Harry Frawley
Honolulu
Middle Pacific
AAF
James E. Parker
All America
Army Air Forces
Randolph Field Ramblers
Army
Horace Mann Eniffaloes
Sam Houston Rangers
Nixson
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Rangers
Paul Bennett
Noah Davis
Bill King
Bill Wilson
Bill Teal
Tom Gilley
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Buffs
Sandie
Negotiations In Secrecy On British Financial Problems
Washington reports sealed talks between American and British negotiators on British financial and economic issues with a pending public disclosure next week. Lord Keynes has informed U S officials, and an announcement is delayed for comparative figure checks. Belgium led discussions on reverse lend-lease debts totaling 178 million dollars to the U S and 60 million to Belgium, with continued reverse lend-lease during redeployment.
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Lord Keynes
London
Paul Henri Spaak
U.S
Belgium
U. S
Pirates Face Texas Tech in Lubbock Next Saturday
Southwestern University Pirates prepare a stronger lineup for the Lubbock game against Texas Tech. Right Guard Fd Blodzinski of Buffalo and Fullback H. K. Allen of Austin are expected to start, after missing the opener with minor injuries.
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Georgetown
Southwestern University Pirates
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Fd Blodzinski
Buffalo
H. K. Allen
Austin
R. M. Medley
Meadowbrook Course To Hold Invitation Tourney
Kilgore schedule features pro and amateur rounds at Meadowbrook Course with 150 players expected for the invitation tournament on Saturday and Sunday. Defending amateur champion Wally Ullrich leads a field that includes Bobby Reigel Vance Lidell Jimmy McGonagill Bill Skeeters and Johnny Garrison alongside professionals Irvin King Ralph Morgan and J T Hammett.
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Kilgore
Meadowbrook
Wally Ullrich
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Bobby Reigel
Houston
Vance Lidell
Jimmy McGonagill
Shreveport
Bill Skeeters
Dallas
Johnny Garrison
Flectra
Beaumont Baseball Company Sold to Dallas Brokers
Beaumont, September 204 Louis Adams Watson and W F Lynch Nellas brokers who recently purchased the local franchise of the Beaumont Baseball Company are here completing organization. First stock in the company is expected to be sold today. They visited local civic clubs with Ernest F Lorbeer formerly owner of the franchise named general manager.
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Beaumont
Louis Adams Watson
W. F. Lynch
Nellas
Beaumont Baseball Company
Ernest F. Lorbeer
Beavers Take Cure at Thermopolis Mineral Springs
Rheumatic beavers are seen in Thermopolis Wyoming at the mineral hot springs. Reports describe the animals moving through the Big Horn River where spring water feeds the river, suggesting the cure is sought by wildlife.
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Wyo
Big Horn River
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