Junior Baseball Leagues Open Season In Lubbock
Lubbock launches its second season of junior baseball with the American Legion program starting Monday for about 150 boys under 18. The American League, for ages 9 to 14, begins a double round robin at the Boys Club diamond with six teams and runs through July 11. Civic Club sponsors return with stronger backing as leaders promise a closer race than last year.
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McCabe
Shallowater Nine Joins National League Race At Dallas
Shallowater High School joins the National League junior baseball race with Hunt Oilers and Purina Millers opening play at Chapman field. The first half schedule runs June 5 to July 10 with four games weekly, and additional players are urged to contact the city recreation department.
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Dickenson Motor Company
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Bob Quin Award Goes To Rice's Bill Henry
Rice Institute star Bill Henry, Dallas six foot eight inch All American center, received the Bob Quin award at the annual meeting. Henry highlighted Rice athletes’ wartime struggles and praised his team the Owls who powered to a conference title and a co championship in recent seasons.
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Bill Henry
Houston
Ma Eera
Rice Institute
Big Bill Henry
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Owls
Association
Henry
Big Bill
Rice Owls
West Texas Junior Baseball Tourney Dates Named
June 21 to 24 set for the annual Lubbock invitation junior baseball tournament with eight teams. Invites go to Amarillo Lamesa Big Spring San Angelo Odessa Hedley Wichita Falls Abilene and others. Night games at Chapman field will be supported by Lubbock Baseball club lights and a cup donated by Sam Rosenthal for the winner.
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Hedley
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Odessa
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Chapman Field
Rosenthal
Golf Caravan Heads Summer PGA Tour to Montreal Event
Montreal Open starts the $250000 PGA summer series with top pros including Nelson Snead McSpaden Hines and Laffon aiming for the $13333 prize at Islemere Golf and Country Club. The schedule continues through August with events in Chicago Philadelphia Toronto and Nashville among others.
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Jag) McSpaden
Jimmie Hines
Ky Laffon
United States
Larneck Country Club
Knoxville
Tenn
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Tex
More TCU Athletes Wounded In Battle
War casualties among former TCU athletes rose to 14 as of Friday with news of Okinawa wounds to Marine Billy Hearne and Jim Gibson from the 1942 TCU football team. Hearne lost sight in one eye. Gibson’s wound details were unavailable.
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Billy Hearne
Jim Gibson
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Iwo Jima
Phil Roach
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Aris
Ott Fine Penalizes Voiselle For Fat Pitch
Giants manager Mel Ott fined pitcher Bill Voiselle 500 dollars for disobeying pitching instructions. Voiselle served a changeup that allowed Johnny Hopp to triple and tie the game before St Louis won 4 to 3 after trailing 3 to 1 in the ninth.
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Longhorns to Receive Horned Frog Athletes
The University of Texas will add eight Navy training program transfers from TCU at June end. No players go to Rice or Oklahoma as the 90 man class splits, with Monroe Harrelson Ransom Jackson Don King Bob Crow Bob Reedy Ronald Pearson and Howard Overbeek among the switchers. Harrelson Jackson were TCU football lettermen and baseball All-Conference picks. King Busch Crow were on the baseball squad that placed second in the conference. Pearson Overbeek starred in basketball last season. Reedy plays football and track.
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University of Oklahoma
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Howard Overbeek
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Three Dallas Teams Enter State Tourney
Three Dallas high school baseball teams compete in the Texas tournament. Marshall withdraws due to lost players from summer jobs. Adamson replaces Marshall. Sunset and Forest also compete with Adamson finishing third. Schedule runs Monday to Friday with pairings including Waxahachie Wilmer Hutchins Forest Garland and Sulphur Springs Shallowater.
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Powell quits Senators amid benching and cited slump
Jake Powell the 35 year old outfielder quit the Washington Senators after learning he would be benched for today's game against the Chicago White Sox. He walked out in civilian clothes as Vince Ventura started in left field. Powell, once a Yankee star, is a Maryland policeman when not playing ball.
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Tigers Move Home to Yankee Stadium in 1946
The Brooklyn Tigers of the National Football League win the right to play home games at Yankee Stadium starting in 1946. The decision, announced June 2, solidifies the team's relocation plan and venue for next season.
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West Paroled As One Of Baseball's Iron Men Ends Service
Sam West, Lubbock Army Air Field PT chief and former major league outfielder, leaves for Ft Bliss to receive discharge after nearly three years in the Army Air Forces. West, a standout for his fielding and fly-catching, weighed options of returning to majors after 16-year career, with past teams including the Senators Browns and White Sox. Meanwhile Lubbock Country Club announces an eight major golf tournaments schedule headlined by the Invitation Amateur and Katzman Cup in August, with events for Presidents Cup, Senior, Directors Cup, and Junior tours under club officials Powell McWhirter Chick Trout and Herbert Schroeder.
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St. Louis Browns
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Chick Trout
Herbert Schroeder
Pearl Harbor
West Texas
New Mexico
Bill Eisenberg
Charles Whitacre
Hubert L. Allen
Charley Young
Cliff Dean
Walter Alderson
Raymond Marshall
Mauriello Knocks Out Dudas For Return Bout Bid
Tami Mauriello of New York, a heavyweight, knocked out Steve Dudas in the first round at Madison Square Garden to qualify for an outdoor return bout with Joe Baksi. Dudas of Edgewater, N J, was down three times before the finish. Mauriello weighed 200 pounds and Dudas 108.
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New York
Tami Mauriello
Joe Baksi
Steve Dudas
Madison Square Garden
Edgewater
N. J
Golfer Claims Two Birdies On One Hole At club
A. E. Miller asserts he made two birdies on the par five No. 7 at Lubbock Country Club Saturday afternoon. In a foursome with W. L. Hale, Tom LeMond and Sid Oglesbee, Miller says his drive felled a scissor tail bird and he followed with a second birdie putt after reaching the green.
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A. E. Miller
Lubbock Country Club
W. L. Hale
Tom LeMond
Sid Oglesbee
Miller
Athlete I8 Honored Georgetown Floyd Betts Award
Georgetown June 2 Ted Bare of Ontario California yesterday received the Floyd G Betts award for the best all round athlete at Southwestern University.
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Floyd G. Betts
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Giants Even Up Cardinal Series
The New York Giants edged the St. Louis Cardinals 3 to 2 at Sportsmans Park to even their series. Mungo earned the win for New York as Berga took the loss, with four Cardinal errors shaping the tight contest. Attendance 4,072.
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Giants Lose Weintraub and Struggle in West
The New York Giants suffer another setback as first baseman Phil Weintraub injures his knee and will miss about ten days. Al Gardella, brother of Danny, who was acquired from Jersey City, will replace him at first base.
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Jersey City
Standings Update From The American and Southern Associations
The American Association results show Toledo 4 Milwaukee 3 and Louisville 13 Paal 7 with Indianapolis and Minneapolis 3 also playing. In the Southern Association Birmit ii Ate Rock 3 and rmingnanm 8, 1. 2 Only games scheduled.
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Counts Returns to Work After War Service in West Texas
Ed Klieman blanks the Yankees 4-0 to even the World Series. Weldon Counts, recently discharged after 36 months in the China Burma India theater, returns to labor at West Texas Gas Company with a two week paid vacation and a path to a supervisor role after learning the new plant operator job. Counts, a noted West Texas golfer, earned the chance to rejoin civilian life and resume work with honors and a supportive corporate return.
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Stoney) Wall
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Record Saved When Rain Breaks Up Till
CHICAGO, June 2. Thanks to a sudden downpour, Stan Hack's perfect fielding record for 1045 chances in 34 games remained intact until rain halted play. He had handled 138 chances perfectly before one misplay, but the washout erased the error, as no records are kept on games under 4% innings.
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Age limit retained for Texas league sports
Austin June 2 The Texas Interscholastic League announced the retention of an 18 year age limit dating from May 1 for participation in league sponsored sports contests. The ruling affects eligible players and governs upcoming competitions.
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Fliers Cancel Best Of Season Baseball Schedule
Lubbock Army Air Field Fliers cancel the rest of their 1945 season due to manpower shortages and loss of key players including coach and assistant coach. Lt. Joe B. Holmes cited multiple factors from furloughs to training demands at the Army Air Forces Instrument Pilots School. Stg Sgt Sam West and Staff Sgt James Wilson left for discharge, contributing to the decision amid reduced squad strength.
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Golf pairings set for Philadelphias best ball match
Lt Patty Berg of the Marines and Mrs Babe Didrickson Zaharias will team for the West in a best ball match at Llanerch Country Club on Wednesday June. Helen Sigel and Not Germain are the Fast’s candidates in the opposing side.
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Babe) Didrickson Zaharias
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