Hubbers Rout Dukes 14-11 In High-Scoring Win
Lubbock Hubbers outslug Albuquerque Dukes 14 to 11 to sweep the two-game series. Pat Rooney and Gene Carr led the offense with multiple hits and RBIs as Hubbers, aided by eight Dukes errors, built a big seventh inning and held on after a rough defensive night. The clubs meet again today for the next matchup at 3:30 p.m. with a 8:15 p.m. Monday night gate marked Ladies Night.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Mahout takes Peter Pan handicap at Belmont Park
Mahout a 25 to 1 shot wins the Peter Pan handicap at Belmont Park by two lengths over favored Lord Boswell. Game details include base hits by De La Garza Dixon Pride Watkins, and pitchers Wenderoth winning and Weaver losing. Time 2 50, umpires Ashend and Rabe.
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New York
Ander
Robbins
Latimer
DeFazio
Dixon
de la Garza
Pride
Watkins
Rooney
Miller
Carr
Trusky
Diers
Wenderoth
McAlexander
Goldsberry
Kuykendail
Albuquerque
Lubb
Lamesa Tops Pioneers 8–7 In Tight Comeback Win
Lamesa overcome early deficit to defeat Clovis Pioneers 8 to 7 in May 25 action. George Sturdivant belted a long home run in the seventh as Mac McClain added a homer and Ragone contributed key hits. Attendance 1,158.
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Lamesa
Clovis Pioneers
Laboes
George Sturdivan
Clovis
Glen Blackwood
Mac McClain
Pioneers
Calien McPike
McPike
Blackwood
Barton Cook
Lobo
Rage Ragone
Pampa
Oilers
Billy Spencer
Lubbock
Muley Toten
A . Collins
Mellilo
Woldt
Bauer
Daniel
Novetnes
Bean
Webb
McClain
Malvica
Scopetone
Sturdivant
Fortin
Martin
Cook
Anwege Ee
Ragone
Novotney
Collins
Gunter
Norman
Rich
Youth Softball Program Carded for Lubbock Youth
City Recreation department invites boys and girls under 13 to form neighborhood gangs, elect a leader, and check out equipment. Games held Saturdays at Wagner Park starting June 15 with supervised umpires and pickup rides for distant teams. Leaders report weekly to receive schedule and opponents. Parents urged to support participation.
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City Recreation Department
Texas Avenue
Wagner Park
Recreation Department
City Gang
Monroe
Gold Sox Dominate Pampa Oilers in 10-0 Victory
Amarillo Gold Sox pitcher Bill Lonergan defeated the Pampa Oilers 10 to 0 to improve to six wins against one loss in a five game series. Lonergan held the Oilers to six singles as the Sox stayed atop the standings with a four win in five game stretch. Leo Zoeller and George Sutch contributed in the win.
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Gold Sox
Pampa Oilers
Amarillo
Bill Lonergan
Amarillo Gold Sox
Bob Seeds
Leo Zoeller
George Sutch
City to sponsor youth gang softball league this summer
The Recreation department will run a league for boys and girls under 13. Neighborhood gangs must form a name and leader and notify the department to be scheduled. Games occur Saturdays at Wagner Park in southwest Lubbock, with two gangs already organized and pictured as Hub Homes and Gray Caps.
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City Recreation Department
Recreation Department
Wagner Park
Lubbock
Hub Homes
Kenneth Wren
Billy Brashears
Dennis Duncan
Thelma Wheeler
Alton Stevens
Roland Adams
Alvin Crawford
Kenneth Crawford
Lester White
Donald Gusby
R. L. Callicott
Hubert Franklin
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Phillip Wilson
C. H. Kyle
Jerry Jackson
Duane Rampy
Charles Rand
Paul Sikes
Aubrey O'Dell
Billy Gray
Jimmy Higgins
Charles Brewer
Lucky
Avalanche-Journal
Dodgers Defeat Phillies to Extend Lead and Hit Fifth Straight
Brooklyn Dodgers win 7-1 at Philadelphia, their fifth straight victory and 14th in a row over the Phils at Shibe Park. Vic Lombardi pitches a five hit game with eight strikeouts, while Carl Furillo and Duke Snider pace the offense.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phils
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Phils
Shibe Park
Vic Lombardi
Brooklyn
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Anderson
Hughes
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Galan
Reese
Reiser
Northey
T. Hushes
Dickey's Red Sox top Yankees in six game lead
Boston tops New York 7 4 as manager Dickey debuts in major league role. Chandler takes loss, Russell homers for Boston, crowd 30,851 in New York opener. Washington beats Philadelphia 4 3 in twin bill. Indians blank Browns 1 0 behind Reynolds. Seerey homers for Cleveland.
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Bill Dickey
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Spud Chandler
Red Sox
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Spud
Rip Russell
New York
Gumpert
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Johnson
Wagner
York
Lindell
Gordon
J. DiMaggio
Etten
Russell
Williams
D. DiMaggio
Doerr
Stirnweiss
Pesky
D. DiMagigio
Hogan and Ferrier Deadlocked For Western Open Lead
William Hogan after a 6 under par 66 tied Jim Ferrier at 10 under 134 through 36 holes of the Western Open in St. Louis. Ferrier stayed within striking distance with a 72 after his 64 the previous day, while Stewart Alexander Chick Harbert Vic Ghezzi trailed at 136 and Byron Nelson led a pack around 137. Nelson and Hines posted 137 while Lawson Little and Bob Hamilton stood at 138.
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ST. Louis
William Benjamin Hogan
Jim Ferrier
Dallas
Tex
Ferrier
Hogan
Jimmy Hines
Chicago
Nelson
Lawson Little
del Monte
Calif
Bob Hamilton
Bill Kelley earns three letters at Texas Tech in one year
Bill Kelley of Idalou a sophomore joined Tech's six men with letters in football basketball and track. He earned the Double-T in all three sports this school year, the first since 1937 and the fourth in Tech history to gain three letters in a single year. He began as a reliable football end, started for basketball, and capped the track season by placing second in the quarter mile and helping Tech win the mile relay at the Border conference meet in Tucson. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R L Kelley of Petersburg rural route.
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Bill Kelley
Idalou
Texas Tech
Kelley
Tech
Dell Morgan
Polk Robison
Walker Nichols
Tucson
R. L. Kelley
Petersburg
Hub Defeats LAAF In Exhibition Softball
Hub defeated LAAF Vets 18 to 6 in the first game as Allison powered the offense with a home run a triple and a double. French led LAAF with a double and a single. In the nightcap Maxey Lumber Co. beat Slaton 22 to 11 led by Julian with a home run and a triple while Harlow added three singles and a triple.
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Hub Laundry
Laaf Vets
Websterfield
Allison
Hub
French
LAAF
Maxey Lumber Co
Slaton
Julian
Maxey
Harlow
Sturdivants .440 Tops WT NM Hitters and Olson Pace Moundsmen
Sturdivant of Lamesa vaults to a .440 batting average leading Virgil Richardson and the WT NM league. Bauman totals 10 homers and 31 RBIs as Fulenwider trails in RBIs with 40. Olson claims pitching lead with 5 wins as Hacker and others add wins. Evans fanned 79 in 51 innings through May 21.
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George Sturdivant
Lamesa Lobo
Virgil Richardson
Pampa Oilers
Lamesa
Richardson
Bauman
Jokin
Joe Bauman
Emmitt Fulenwider
Perennal
Amarillo
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Sturdivant
Warren Hacker
Pampa
Andy Giles
Gilbert Archuleta
Albuquerque
Evans Whiffs
Bill Evans
Bill Garland
Borger
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Borge
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Hamilton
Amarilloinner
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Goldsterrys
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Martinez Clovis
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Post Plays Seagraves In Oil Belt Feature
Post faces the undefeated Seagraves club in an Oil Belt league game Sunday afternoon at Levelland. Sundown or Kermit could rival if their Ker mit clash proves equally strong. Refiners meet Odessa while Seminole travels to Jal to face the Gassers.
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Seminole
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Presto Johnson Signs With Miami Seahawks
Preston Johnson, SMU grid star, signs to play with the Miami Seahawks of the All-America Pro Football conference. Now a Lubbock resident, Johnson also starred as an outfielder for the Hobbs Trailers softball team. He was acquired in a trade sending Bob Kennedy of Spokane to the New York Yankees.
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Presto) Johnson
Southern Methodist University
Miami Seahawks
Miami
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Lubbock
Hobbs Trailers
Bob Kennedy
Spokane
Wash
New York Yankees
Blue Sox Edge Borger To Split Series In Abilene
In Abilene on May 25 the Abilene Blue Sox defeated the Borger Gassers 2 to 1 with a ninth inning winner to secure a split of their two game series. Borger led 1 0 through five innings but Abilene tied it at 1 1 and won in the ninth as Hutto and Clawitter opposed Hall and Quevreaux. The Borger squad heads to Lubbock for a two game set with the Hubbers while Abilene hosts Albuquerque for a weekend series.
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Borger
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Sox
Gassers
Lubbock
Hubbers
Albuquerque Dukes
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Clawitter
Hall
Quevreaux
Navy Wins IC4A Track Championship Title Again
Navy captured its third consecutive IC4A track crown by winning the mile relay and finishing with 36 5 28 points to Army 33 1 7 at Annapolis. Dartmouth placed third with 24 1 7 points.
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Army
Annapolis
Navy
Dartmouth
Sherman Signs Hurl er Sherman
Art Willingham president of the Sherman club in the East Texas league announced the signing of Hector Joyce of El Paso, a former pitcher in the Mexican National league.
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Hurler Sherman
Art Willingham
Sherman Club
Hector Joyce
el Paso
Irish Grappler To Meet Russian In Slaton Arena Show
Leon Kirilenko the Russian Rowdy, undefeated in two local appearances, faces newcomer Irish McGee in a two out of three fall main event at Slaton Highway arena Wednesday night. The card also features John Sepeda versus Billy Sandow in a two falls out of three match with a 45 minute limit. Opening bout pits Andy Tremaine against Olan Boynton in his local ring return.
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Leon Kirilenko
Irish McGee
Slaton Highway Arena
Tex Hager
McGee
John Sepeda
Billy (Young) Sandow
Toledo
Andy Tremaine
Olan Boynton
Boynton
Texas
Baseball Tourney Planned for Juniors in Lubbock
More than 300 youths attended American Legion junior baseball school at Chapman field and the Lubbock Boys Club diamond. The league season opens next week with 14 to 17 year olds reporting Monday at Chapman field and younger players to the Boys Club diamond. A Legion teams tournament is set for June 7 to 10 at Hubber Park with eight teams, two from Lubbock and six from out of town, using junior rules and players must be under 17 as of January 1, 1946.
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Lubbock Area
American Legion
Chapman Field
Lubbock
Chapmanfield
H. J. McCabe
Legion
Hubber Park
29Th Street
Softball Standings Show Four Teams With Perfect 4–0 Records
In the Industrial league Blue Bonnet laundry and Hobbs Trailers each hold four wins and no losses, leading after week three at Websterfield. Civic league leaders are United Geophysical with five straight wins and LAAF Vets with four. Robert Bagwell Sunbeam leads Industrial hitters at .667, while H Sage of Bordens tops Civic bats at .714.
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Blue Bonnet Laundry
Hobbs Trailers
Websterfield
United Geophysical
Laaf Vets
Robert Bagwell
Sunbeam
H. Sage
Borden
Spaaf Officers
Knights of Prthias
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