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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1951
Page
9
A slate of four AAAA and interconference games opens tonight with top programs vying for early supremacy. Highlights include Fort Worth area matchups and key rivalries like Breckenridge at Fort Worth Carter, with multiple districts featuring crossovers and notable school names across Texas.
Sam Arnetta, 25, defending U S Amateur champ, recalls childhood poverty in East Rochester New York and stark contrast of wealth at Saucon Vaner Country Club Bethlehem. A former sheep herder and Army veteran, he credits golf for lifting his family and securing a job with Forest Lumber after winning Rochester city titles and the New York state championship.
Texas game officials warned of a weak whitewing dove season with a forecasted total near 120,000 birds. Declines followed last winter's Rio Grande Valley freeze and related drought, with nesting areas damaged. The season runs Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday through September 18 from 4 to 9 p.m. with a daily limit of 10.
Madison Square Garden held serious talks about dropping college basketball after a bribery scandal. NYU St John’s and Manhattan will join 31 visiting teams in a slim 18 doubleheader program, the smallest since wartime. Police arrests of CCNY and LIU figures followed the probe.
Rod and Gun reports rough seas kept most saltwater fishermen indoors as rain and wind persist. A Halfmoon Reef trip yielded no strikes for E W Peres Perie, while a 1500 pound sawfish was hauled by a Texas City shrimp boat. Shrimping remains scarce though the wre at um brea Feef area shows life. Local anglers report catfish and white perch activity in Highlands Reservoir and Trinity Canal, with several notable catches including a four pound bass by B A Pee-Wee Thigpen and a near accident during a family outing.
Five children collected 42.15 dollars at a carnival to aid Midwest flood relief. A small mishap saved cent donations as two cents were misread, while a Jacksonville woman recounted an emergency ride to the hospital after a city ambulance picked her up.
NL president Ford Frick, a former newsman and longtime baseball promoter, is described as the sentimental favorite for the baseball commissionership. The piece notes his background, efforts to boost attendance, Hall of Fame promotion plans, and a career spanning the New York Journal and league service bureau. It highlights his charisma, broadcasting work in New York and Brooklyn, and ongoing interest in remaining active in baseball leadership despite past political entanglements.
Fifty five loyal Turpin supporters traveling to New York for the Randolph Turpin versus Sugar Ray Robinson bout faced major losses at London Airport as customs confiscated large sums of sterling well beyond the ten pounds allowed for British visitors to the United States. The total amount seized was not disclosed.
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