Figure Skating Prospect Gretchen Merrill Heads To Texas
Gretchen Merrill a 16 year old from Brookline Massachusetts is a leading contender in the women's figure skating championship. The junior star trains two to four hours daily and performs school figures and a wide range of jumps and spins. Merrill won the national novice title at age 12 and finished second last year to Jane Vaughan.
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Associated Press
Retchen Merrill
Brookline
Mass
Gretchen
Jane Vaughan
Philadelphia
Golden Gloves Scholarship Idea Tied To Tech Co Sponsorship
Texas Tech to become co sponsor of the District tournament with the Avalanche Journal noting the college gym will host events. A Golden Gloves scholarship fund may be set up to aid athlete education as ticket sales determine awards, with Double T club staying seek the program.
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Avalanche-Journal
Golden Gloves
Texas Tech
Double- T Club
Double-T
Association of Tech Lettermen
Avalanche Journal
Clyde Trusty
Cotton Club
Rain Or Shine Frisco Meet To Continue
Immobile again today as the 72 hole San Francisco open golf tournament suffers its second postponement. Organizers and PGA rep Fred Corcoran pledge the tournament will resume tomorrow with the second round and the final 36 holes to be completed Monday, weather permitting, with a reduced field of the low 50 professionals and ten lowest scoring amateurs.
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Associated Pees
San Francisco
Calif
PGA
Fred Corcoran
Stop Amarillo District's Cry Stop Amarillo
The Sandies of Amarillo High ride an undefeated basketball run aiming for District 1 AA honors. They face Lubbock High Westerners in Amarillo on February 13 and Harvesters at Pampa on February 20 before a potential showdown if no deadlocks arise.
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Sandies
Amarillo High
Pampa
Harvesters
Goober Keyes
Lubbock High Westerners
Amarilloans
Lubbock
Amarillo
Harvester
Williams Will Come Back After War Says Teammates
Boston figures Ted Williams will return to baseball strong after Army service. Joe Cronin and Jimmy Foxx say the .400 hitter of old will still hit well and rejoin the Red Sox lineup when drafted, noting others returned after long breaks. They added Uncle Sam comes first and hope for a golf tourney in February.
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Miami
Fla
Joe Cronin
Jimmy Foxx
Ted Williams
Cronin
Foxx
Ted
Uncle Sam
Baseball Players
Red Sox
Williams
District event opens as gloves tourney set in Lubbock
Golden Gloves boxers and fans hailed the District tournament opening February 2 to 4 at the Texas Tech gym. Preliminary events in Levelland and Brownfield run this week, with weigh ins and forms due before competition.
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Golden Glovers
Levelland
Brownfield
Texas Tech Gym
Texas Tech
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hockley County
South Plains
Post
Tohoka
Littlefield
Lubbock
Detroit assigns O Neill to Beaumont farm role
The Detroit Tigers name two managers in their farm system sending Steve O Neill to Beaumont Texas league and Jack Tighe to Winston Salem Piedmont league. The move reduces the coaching staff to two for 1942 and Beaumont will train at Lakeland Florida Spring base of Detroit.
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Detroit
O'Neill
Beaumont
Detroit Tigers
Steve O Neill
Jack Tighe
Winston-Salem
N. C
Cleveland Indians
Tigers
del Baker
Lakeland
Flo
NYU Drops Football For The Duration
New York university graduates report that NYU will abolish intercollegiate football for the war duration. The University Council will meet Monday to substitute intramural football for the gridiron sport at the large U.S. university.
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New York
New York University
United States
University Council
Spring Baseball Camps Beckon Majors Dodgers Wonder About Havana
Major league clubs race to finalize contracts for 1942 as night baseball creates scheduling questions. Eight week conditioning camps aim to ready players and fans for the April 14 opener. Florida hosts most camps with several teams also training in California and in Cuba, where the Dodgers plan again before returning to Florida.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
New York
Florida
International League
American Association
California
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cuba
Boston Braves
St. Louis Browns
Boxers urged to enter Golden Gloves tourney lineup
Local boxing officials call on amateurs aged 16 and over to submit entries for the District Golden Gloves tournament at the Texas Tech gymnasium starting next week. The open event offers two divisions and a path to the State tournament at Fort Worth with prizes including gold Benrus watches. The list includes numerous Lutobock and Plains area boxers across weight classes.
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Fort Worth
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Anderson Bros
Benrus
Anderson Brothers
Benrus Company
Joe
Pete
Bertram
Elmer
Pat
Golden Gloves
Roland Berger
Everette Sparks
Hurley Mansker
John Jennings
Jessie Chaviz
Wolfforth
Junior McLaurin
O’donnell
Lonnie Waters
Littlefield
Dale Odam
Howell Steen
Edward Osborne
Raymond Loyd Mitchell
Claude Durham
B. F. Hutson
Allard Kateman
J. D. Kirkpatrick
Abernathy
Calvin Adams
Paul New
Willis Hedges
Orton
Jess Ramsey
Odell Robertson
Joy Glenn Ward
Fleydada
Rhea Mitchell
Elwood Wright
J. P. Russell
Joe New
Air Base Hurricanes Defeat Smyer In Non Conference Tilt
The Army air base Hurricanes beat Smyer 59 35 in a non conference basketball benefit for a Smyer High student. Huey and Olson led the Hurricanes with 14 points each, Johns paced Smyer with 12. A follow up game with Smyer All Stars was set for Monday in Smyer.
Lions Club Grid Dinner Honors Texas Tech Football Players
The Lubbock Lions Club will host its annual grid dinner at the Hilton to honor Texas Technological College football players both varsity and freshmen. Vernice Ford, club president, will preside with Bert Huffman possibly as toastmaster. A committee will pick the top all around student among 22 freshmen. Morley Jennings and Del Morgan will attend and speak informally. no noon luncheon is planned.
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Lubbock Lions Club
Texas Technological
Hilton Hotel
Vernice Ford
Ford
Bert Huffman
Walker Nichols
Lion
Morley Jennings
del Morgan
Truffiman
Walker
Daylight Saving May Boost Texas League Twilight Games
Texas League owners consider starting games at 6 30 or 7 p m to use twilight hours after clocks fall back February 9. Twilight games could save on lighting costs and attract working men not yet home for evening entertainment, with Beaumont able to start earlier even without lights. President J Alvin Gardner says clubs will decide individually.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Associated Press
Dallas
Beaumont
J. Alvin Gardner
Texas League
Frogs Narrow Gap With Arkansas In Southwest Race
Texas Christian University Horned Frogs edged SMU 39 35 to pull into a tie with Arkansas for the lead in the Southwest Conference basketball race. SMU suffered a sixth straight defeat, with Johnny Sebeck held in check by Frogs defense as L A Monroe Buddy Barron and others carried the offense. Baylor Falls From Top After Rice Explodes 73 36. Rice Owls overwhelmed Baylor as Chet Palmer 22 and Bob Kinney 18 fueled a lopsided win that snapped Baylor from the conference lead. Dwight Parks was limited to a single field goal and free throw.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas Christian Horned Frogs
Arkansas
Southern Methodist University
Horned Frogs
Mustangs
Baylor
Waco
Bears
Rice Owls
Bruins
Owls
Rice
Chet Palmer
Bob Kinney
Dwight Parks
Palmer
Kinney
Baylors
Spring Lake Wolverines Win Sudan Cage Meet
The undefeated Spring Lake Wolverines beat Bula 16 12 to capture Sudan's 12th annual invitation basketball tournament finals. Amherst girls beat Friona 14 9 to win the girls tournament. Twenty teams competed over three days with trophies for both boys and girls winners and consolation brackets.
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Sudan
Spring Lake Wolverines
Bula
Amherst
Friona
Spring Lake
Spade
Muleshoe
Littlefield
Lazzbuddie
Olton
Hereford
John Tucker
Denver U Dropped From Big Seven Conference
Six Big Seven member schools vote to cut all sports with Denver University after it secedes from the league over home and home football scheduling. Faculty reps say no Denver competition after the 1942 schedule.
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Denver U
Laramie
Wyo
Big Seven Athletic Conference
Denver University
Denver
Willie Hoppe Wins Third Straight Billiards Title
In Chicago on January 24 Will Hoppe defeats Welker Cochran 50 to 31 to clinch his third consecutive world three cushion billiards championship. The match unfolds with Hoppe's cool, surgical play as the crowd watches each precise shot and the final points tally.
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Chicago
Willie Hoppe
Welker Cochran
San Francisco
Hoppe
Deama
Willie
Zochran
Cochran
Hughes
Big Spring Nips Sweetwater 7 6 In Slow Night Basketball
Big Spring defeated Sweetwater 7 to 6 after a three minute overtime in a high school basketball game. The low scoring contest required extra time to decide the winner.
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BIG Spring
Sweetwater
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