Westerners Ready For Lamesa Clash On Friday
Lubbock Westerners tune up with a Wednesday scrimmage against Shallowate as Gerald Davis and Charles Pressley hit their shots. Return of R. W. Moyers boosts hopes for a strong holiday run ahead of Friday night's 7:30 games against Lamesa Golden Tornados with A and B contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa Golden Tornados
Dixie White
Lubbock Westerners
Gerald “Dingy” Davis
Charles Pressley
R. W. Moyers
Lamesa Club
South Plains
Coach White
Lamesa
Brownfield
Cops
Wine Galies
Missing vault champ in action and Hutson released
Nantownio, Jan 3. Mrs. George Varoff of San Antonio has been informed by the War department her husband Captain Varoff, 30, of San Francisco, former world pole vault champion, is missing in action. Hutson out of hospital in Green Bay. Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers has been released from Berlin hospital.
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Nantonio
Jan
George Varoff
San An
War Department
Captain Varoff
San Francisco
Levelland Lobos hold off Lubbock Army Airfield 26 25
Levelland Lobos win a tight 26 25 over Section C squadron team from Lubbock Army Airfield after leading 16 6 at halftime. Euel Palmer tops Lobos with 11 points while J T Smith leads Army with eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Smith
Army
Elvin Lyon
LAAF
Bobby Hart
Levelland
Lobos
Muleshoe
Comets Hand Cowboys 50 34 Victory Behind Peters
Duaine Peters poured in 24 points to lift the Comets over the Cowboys 50 to 34 at the Lubbock Boys club. Willie Alley led the Cowboys with 12 points. A pair of games followed, including Scott Brewers versus Pedro Butchers in a little boys league opener. Adair's Ramblers and Armstrong's are listed in the schedule.
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Comets
Show
Cowboys
Duaine Peters
Cook
Alley
Lubbock
Willie Alley
Scott Brewers
Pedro Butchers
Adair
Ramblers
Armstrong
LAAF Five to Face Midland Tonight in Big Service Tilt
Midland Army Airfield Invaders travel to the LAAF gym to meet the Lubbock Army Airfield Fliers in a key season battle. Midland has rolled all season while the Fliers have only two defeats. A planned home and home with Kelly Field was cancelled. Sheppard Field of Wichita Falls appears next, a top Texas Service team.
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Midland Army Airfield
LAAF
Lubbock Army Airfield
Midland
Invaders
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Lubbock
Sheppard Field Five
Wichita Falls
Sheppard Field Club
Texas Service
Colorado Cites Canceled Games In Big Seven
University of Utah athletic official Keith Brown said Colorado State College canceled its basketball games in the western division of the Big Seven and hinted the team might abandon play for the year.
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Colorado
Salt Lake City
Jan
University of Utah
Keith Brown
Colorado State College
Horvath Seeks Movie Contract Amid Shrine Game Fame
Les Horvath star of Ohio State and East's Shrine Game effort touring Hollywood today amid reports interest in a film contract and potential draft call looming.
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Horvath
Hollywood
Sanfrancisco
U.P
Les Horvath
Ohio State
Fliers Play Pickup Game in Finale
In a loose finale the Fliers held a casual pickup game to close the season. No formal standings or scorers were recorded as players rotated through a friendly scrimmage.
Basketball Scores From Various College Games
The results show Valparaiso 83 over Texas Christian 37 and Oklahoma 40 over Nebraska 37. New York University defeated Cornell 83 to 30, while Pittsburgh beat Geneva College 40 45. Ohio State 44 topped Wyoming 36, Temples 63 defeated Urannus Columbia 43, Yale 65 edged North Carolina 65.
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Valparaiso
Texas Christian
Oklahoma
Nebraska
New York University
Cornel
Pittsburgh
Geneva College
Ohio State
Wyoming
Mitchell Field
Floyd Bennett
Syracuse
Rochester
Temples
Urannus Columbia
Yale
North Caroline
Wake Forest
Camp Lee
University of Virginia
Barton
North Dekete
Atlanta
NAS
Pt. McPherson
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys Set for West Texas Showdown
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys, fast improving after a rough start, travel to Canyon and Lub bock for a two game Texas Tech series. Coach Doug Cravens plans to start the same five from early season tests as Asa Couch debuts, with an All West Texas lineup featuring Curtis, Sorrel, Costin, Smallwood and Wright.
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Texas Tech
Hardin-Simmons’ Cowboys
Red Raiders
Cowboys
West Texas Plains
Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College Buffs
Lubbock
Corral
Doug Cravens
West Texas State Teachers
Camp Bowie
Abilene
New Mexico
Roswell Army Airfield
University of New Mexico
Pecos Army Airfield
College of Mines
el Paso
Polk Robison
Dallas
Fort Worth
Ponies
Horned Frogs
Oklahoma City
Cravens
Texas
Billy Curtis
Perryton
Billy Sorrel
Lueders
Glennis Costin
Herbert Smallwood
Matador
Max Wright
Roscoe
Asa Couch
Garland Finley
Big Spring
Glen Richardson
Hamlin
Marty Keeter
Throckmorton
Wilson Ross
Lone Oak
Charles Baker
Wilson
Rodney Heek
Sweet Home
Cleveland Skipper Takes Defense Post With Whiting Corp
Lou Boudreau, 27, manager of the Cleveland Indians, becomes assistant personnel director for Whiting Corporation at Harvey Illinois. The plant makes heavy machinery for war production and is near his home. He signed a contract >$25,000 yearly and was 4-F in the spring draft due to a weak ankle from an old baseball injury. ALBINO QUAIL BAGGED IN AUSTIN BY JONES AND MCMORDIE OF ALBANY. They shot simultaneously. the albino bird will be mounted and shown in Albany.
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Chicago
U.P
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland Indians
Whiting Corporation
Harvey, Ill
Boudreau
Austin
Tex
A. V. Jones
B. C. McMordie
Albany
McMordie
State Game Department
Hunters and Fishermen Still On Home Front
Washington reports that about 8 million Americans hunted or fished in 1944 despite shortages of shells gas and gear. Over a million $1 duck stamps were sold for the sixth year in a row as the Interior Department predicts a postwar surge in these activities.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Divisions
Interior Department
Ira N. Gabrielson
War Production Board
Europe
WPB
Post Office and Wildlife Division
Death Toll In Train Wreck Rises To Forty Nine
In Ogden Utah on January 3 fatalities from a Southern Pacific train wreck on a Great Salt Lake causeway rose to 49. Pvt. Joseph G. Gabriel of Chicago died at Reno Nevada Army Air base hospital. His twin Pvt. William J. Gabriel was killed. Two women identified were Mrs. Wilford Smith of Portland Maine and Mrs. Mary A. Peavy of Scotland Georgia wives of servicemen killed.
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Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific
Great Salt Lake
Joseph G. Gabriel
Chicago
Reno
Nev
Army Air Base
William J. Gabriel
Wilford Smith
Portland
Maine
Mary A. Peavy
Scotland
Fears Over Coffee Rationing Allayed by WFA
War Food Administration announced no coffee rationing for the next three or four months. Increased November and December imports have built up inventories to cover early 1945. with ships waiting to deliver more coffee. Russia adopted the Hymn of the Soviet Union as national anthem in 1943.
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Dallas
War Food Administration
WFA
Russia
The
Soviet Union
Tahoka High pre-Golden Glove tourney slated for Jan 22 23
Tahoka Texas hosts a two night boxing warm up tournament with about 25 hopefuls. Led by Jerry Edwards H L McMillian James Tippitt Buddy Bragg Dwayne Vaughn Jackie Driver and Bobby Scott the squad seeks a district crown before the Lubbock Golden Gloves February 1 2 3. Entries close Jan 2 weigh-in time. Winners receive boxing trunks and a trip to Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoka
Tahoka High School
Leo Jackson
Lubbock
Tahoka High
Edwards
Jerry Edwards
Golden Gloves
H. L. McMillian
South Plains
James Tippitt
Tohoka
Bragg
Buddy Bragg
Dwayne Vaughn
Vaughn
Jackie Driver
Bobby Scott
Driver
Scott
Whitharral Noses By Anton In Cage Pair
Whitharral edged Anton in two Tuesday night basketball games at Whitharral. The Whitharral girls defeated Anton 27 16 as Gage McCartey and Keeney led Whitharral while Turkett starred for Anton. In the boys game Whitharral led 17 9 at halftime before Anton rallied to finish two points back, Bryant and Woods top scorers for their teams.
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Whitharral
Anton
Gage
McCartey
Keeney
Turkett
Bryant
Woods
Ray Newson
W. O. Tipton
Bishop
Miss Robison
Anton Cagers
Deer Kill Estimated at 475 in Lower Rio Grande Valley
Charles G. Jones Weslaco supervisor of state game wardens reports 475 white tail deer killed during the 1944 season across Zapata Starr Salinas and Willacy counties along the lower Rio Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weslaco
Zapata
Starr, Salads
Willacy
Rio Grande
Charles G. Jones
DeKalb Oilers Reach Second Place Tie In League
DeKalb Oilers moved into a second place tie with Coca-Cola and cut the lead of Hub Laundry two games as the City Commercial Bowling league resumed at Plamer alleys. The Oilers swept Meads Bakery while Lions club Leo Bell delivered a 224 single game and Merrell Matthews of Coca-Cola posted a 578 series.
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DeKalb Oilers
Coca-Cola
Hub Laundry
Plamer
Oilers
Meads Bakery
Armour’s
Lions Club
Leo Bell
Merrell Matthews
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Gale Sondergaard
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Kay Francis
Carole Landis
Martha Raye
Mitzi Mayfair
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Dick Haymes
Alice Faye
Betty Grable
Carmen Miranda
George Jessel
Lubbock, Tex
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
Cleveland
Tahoka Boxing
Fitzpatrick
Los Angeles
Fitz Fitzpatrick
Gregori Gonzales
Joe Louis
Olympic Auditorium
Girss
Miles
Fon
Sweetheart
Ruth Terry Reber
Livingston
Scotland Yard
Jean-Knowles- Ankers-Crosoy
Doppy
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