Abilene Wins Overtime Thriller As Thomas Drives Run
Leo Thomas doubled with two out in the bottom of the 12th to give the Abilene Blue Sox a 6 5 victory over the Lubbock Hubbers in Abilene. The two teams set for a Sunday doubleheader, with Len Heinz and Gene Tumelson expected on the mound for Lubbock.
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Borger Borgertops Lubbock in 11-3 win at Hubber Park
Borger American Legion pulled away late to beat Lubbock 11 to 3 in six and two thirds, backed by seven errors by Lubbock and six Borger stolen bases. Milton Deason struck out seven to run his streak to 20 K in two nights, while Borger built a 1- run lead, then added four in the seventh to seal it.
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Hobbs Trailers and Sparenberg Win Softball Tourney Games
Hobbs Trailers move into championship against Borden Odessa after beating Hub Laundry 15 2. Sparenberg defeats Lubbock American Legion 14 3 as Dalton Myers leads with three hits and Shorty Marshall shuts the Legionnaires down. Sundown Oilers top United Geophysical Doodlebugs 15 7 behind Craddock pitching and Carpenter’s three hits. Three more games today threaten elimination as six clubs fight to stay in the money.
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Haefner Shuts Out Red Sox for Washington Victory
Mickey Haefner pitched effectively to blank the Boston Red Sox 4 0 giving Washington their first home win of the season. Joe Grace drove in two runs with a first inning triple and Gerry Priddy added an RBI on a groundout as Washington built a 4 0 lead.
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Scopetone Grabs Batting Honors In West Texas New Mexico League
Scopetone of La Mesa leads the league with a .410 batting average as Ozark Ozark raises his average to .363 with 19 RBIs and six homers. Lubbock’s Al Carr drives in 95 runs and tops 184 total bases. Gordon Nell of Borger holds two-base hit and other leaders shift through the week.
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Rough Grits Preview Two Wrestlers In Feature Bout
Two of the area’s roughest grapplers collide in the Webster park Wednesday night, Gorilla Poggi returning against Leon Kirilenko in the main two out of three falls event. Argentine Bull and Murmansk Madman meet in the semi, with Bill Weidner facing Ken Mayne earlier, while Don Carver meets Benny Trudell in the opener. Card starts at 8 30 p m with 85 cents, 1 25 reserved, and 1 75 ringside.
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Mel Eppley wins Mayflower Stakes in Boston
T G Melrose's two year old Mel Eppley led from start to finish to win the $25,000 added Mayflower stakes today in Boston by three quarters of a length over S D Sidell's Silee.
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Abilene golfer Gilleland reaches final over Schaal
In Abilene Jones of Abilene defeats Schaal of Lubbock 5-4 in the 36-hole semifinal of the 20th annual Abilene Country Club golf tournament. Gilleland advances to the championship against Jones after beating Kilpatrick 1 up. Cherry loses to Schaal 3-2 in a major upset of the quarterfinals.
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Housing Based For Annual Grid School
Corpus Christi Texas July 6 Bill Carmichael secretary of the Texas High School Coaches Association said housing facilities will be plentiful for the school here Aug. 4 10 Carmichael came here after reports were received at his office in Bryan that the housing situation would be short.
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Lamesa Loboes Top Amarillo in High-Scoring 9-6 Affair
Lamesa defeats the Amarillo Gold Sox 9 to 6 in game two of the series. Buck Huckabee wins on the mound with strong support from J B Palmer whose four hits include two homers and five RBIs. Palmer, Melago, and Martin fueled Lamesa’s offense as seven homers were hit in the contest.
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Longhorns to Open 1947 Football Season versus Oregon
Texas will meet the University of Oregon in Portland on September 27 1947 in the Longhorns first Pacific Coast game. Athletic Director D X Bible confirms the game and related entertainments for coaches and wives after Oregon’s 1941 visit to Austin ended 71 7 in favor of Texas.
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Hogan Grabs Lead In Columbus Golf Play
Ben Hogan of Hershey Pennsylvania led the Columbus Invitational Open after 36 holes with a 138 total, one stroke ahead of Ray Hill of Akron and Ed Oliver of Wilmington. Hill fired a 65 to surge, while Oliver paired a 68 with a 71 first round. a crowded 140 group includes Nelson, Demaret, Mangrum and Stranahan as the event tightened.
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Black Hubbers to Meet Midland Colts Sunday
The Lubbock Black Hubbers travel to Midland to face the Colts at 2 30 pm with Buford White pitching for James Roy Lewis. The club a 15 4 record after recent home games has lost to Abilene Temple and Fort Worth and has 173 runs for 92 against in 17 games.
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Managers To Select Loop All-Star Clubs
The West Texas-New Mexico League will stage an All-Star game July 26 with managers picking players and players choosing managers. Fifteen players from the Northern bracket Albuquerque Clovis Pampa and Berger versus a Southern squad from Amarillo Lubbock Lamesa and Abilene. Each division will have four managers choosing a four pitcher two catcher infield and outfield plus a utility infielder and outfielder. Players with most votes by position advance. then All-Star picks a manager in each division.
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Clovis Tops Pampa In Wild 12-9 Baseball Battle
Clovis Pioneers evened the series at one game each by beating the Pampa Oilers 12 to 9 in a error‑ridden game. Darwin Dobbs pitched well after a rocky start as Clovis rallied from a 7‑1 deficit with six runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth, while Ray Bauer celebrated his wedding by starting a third‑inning rally with a single. Emmit Fulenwider and Virgil Richardson homered for Pampa, Chick Novotney for Clovis.
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Rose Bowl plans large stadium boost expected receipts
California officials say enlarging the Rose Bowl would yield about $100,000 more in annual gate receipts as a reward for expansion.
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Oil Belt Loop Clubs Take One Week Rest
Oil Belt Loop League pauses Sunday games with Sundown leading and resumes next Sunday on a shifted schedule. Remaining games for each club moved back by a week due to Independence Day action. Standings show Sundown, Seagraves, Kermit tied near top.
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Washington fullback Jack Stackpool joins Brooklyn Club
University of Washington fullback Jack Stackpool, who previously played for the Philadelphia Eagles, signs with the Brooklyn Football Club of the All American Conference.
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