Sandies stand tall in Texas schoolboy football sweep
Amarillo's Golden Sandies showcase power and speed in a hard fought win over Norman, while other Texas teams like Highland Park, Forest Avenue, and San Angelo post notable scores. The piece praises the Sandies yet notes they remain beatable by strong opponents and hints at upcoming tests in a competitive district.
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Texas
Lufkin
Palestine
San Angelo
Cisco
Marshall
East Texas
Kilgore
Longview Lobos
Texarkana
Vernon
Sandie Fang Shaws
Quanah
Tyler Lions
Gladewater
Tyler
Longview
Tech Edges SPAAF 14 12 in Rough Texas Grid Showdown
Freddie Brown sparked Texas Tech with a rushing passing and kicking performance to edge South Plains Army Air Field 14 to 12 at Tech Stadium before 6,090 fans. Bechtel Brown and Melton starred in a hard fought victory as SPAAF fought to the end.
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Freddie Brown
Tech
Shanklin
SPAAF
Mack Turner
Avalancha-Journal
Mighty Mite
Texas Tech
Tech Stadium
Brown
Hubert Bechtel
Bob Brewer
Brewer
South Plains Army Air Field
Charles Shanklin
South Plains
Marion Rogers
Tex Lawrence
Don Dudley
Bobby Hayes
Tom Pirtle
Pruitt Browning
Tec
Winged Commandos
Melton
Dudley
Bechtel
Army
Cagni
Jackson
Lawrence
Goffus
Duke Beats North Carolina 14 to 7 in Key Duke–UNC Game
Duke University defeated the University of North Carolina 14-7 before about 35,000 in Durham. Duke led 7-0 after a 4 yard plunge and a 48 yard Hartley run, held UNC scoreless in the second half, and Carolina scored late on a 25 yard Bryant run after a Myers pass.
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Duke
North Carolina
Durham
N. C
Duke University
University of North Carolina
Blue Devils
Hartley
Carolina
Bryant
Myers
Cards Sign Musial To 3 Year Contract
St. Louis Oct. 16 Stan Musial 23 year old outfielder and 1943 batting champ signed a three year contract with the Cardinals President Sam Breadon announced no salary terms were disclosed
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St, Louis
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Sam Breadon
Iowa and Indiana battle to 7 40.9 tie in Western clash
Iowa and Indiana fought to a 7 40.9 tie in a Western conference football game today before 6,800 fans at Iowa City. Both teams traded scores through the second period in a closely contested matchup.
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Iowa
Indiana
City
TECH SPAAF Lineup Summary and Scoring Report
TECH SPAAF lineup includes Poa Rechiol LE Rolka JT White Lr Meir Read and others with guard and tackle rotations. Scoring shows Texas Tech touchdown from Bechtel pass to Brown with Brown kicking extra points. multiple misc entries indicate incomplete play-by-play and varied down counts with 6 first downs by SPAAF and 9 by TECH.
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Tech Poa
Spaaf Rechiol LE Rolka JT
White
Meir
Steele Williama Cc
Chercken Pirtie RG
Ragera
Browning RT
Aatfua
Dudley
Lawrence Thompson
Painter
Brown LH
Faget Brewer AR Cyrpema Meltor
Reagan Bubutughens
Haves
Smith
Robertson
Mitenhell
Peder
Read
Riley
Tavinr
Wingler
Guarde
Water
Jackson
Hall Spaaf
Breck
Cagn
Shanklin
Weastherby
Persons
Oyler
Daukin
Dalles
Avery
Shainin
Lengenfeld
Maroo
Tech Spaaf
Kor
Texas ‘Tech
Bechtel
Brown
Spaaf Lawrence i
Jacksons
Weatherby
Navy Narrowly Tops Penn State 14-6 in Muddy Thriller
Navy survives a tough scare from Penn State at Thompson Stadium as Bill Barron breaks for a 38 yard TD in the fourth quarter sealing a 14-6 victory. Hal Hamberg and John Hansen connected on early Navy scoring plays amid a rugged slog on a wet field.
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Annapolis
Penn State
Navy
Muddy Thompson
Little Bill Baron
Hal Hamberg
John Hansen
al Channell
Allen Richards
State
Hamberg
Hansen
Hal
Vic Fines
Duke
al Olszewski
Reagers Market Gas Bowlers Lead in Texas League
Reagers Market and Texas Gas Bowlers Cup moved up in the Playmor Lanes league with wins over Levines department store and Lesters Jewelers. Kimble led the winners with 553, Chant added 547, Captain Cooper led Lesters with 543, Aderton had 516 for the losers.
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Reagers Market
Texas Gas Quintets
Playmor Lanes
Levines Department Store
Lesters Jewelers
Reager Meat Market
Kimble
Marchant
Captain Cooper
Aderton
California Defeats UCLA Bruins 13 to 0 in Los Angeles
California whipped the UCLA Bruins 13 to 0 in Los Angeles on Oct 16 1942 to inch closer to Pacific Coast Conference glory. Joe Stuart scored on a nine yard run and Art Honerver caught a 47 yard pass from Bob Weeks as California dominated both on the ground and in the air before a 20 000 strong crowd. UCLA dropped its fourth straight game.
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Los Angeles
California
Ucla Bruins
Golden Bears
Joe Stuart
Bob Weeks
Art Honerver
Gophers Hold Off Grant In 13 7 Victory
Minnesota staved off two fourth period Camp Grant drives to win 13 to 7 in Minneapolis. The Warriors reached the two yard line once and the one yard line again but the Gophers stopped them at the goal.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Warriors
Gophers
Melton's Kick Narrowly Misses Army Result
A striking boot by Melton sent the ball into a hole but it failed to cross the Army line by a foot, ending the scoring bid.
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Melton
Army
Texas Uses Third-Stringers to Trounce Arkansas 34 0
Texas Longhorns, defending Southwest Conference champions, shellacked Arkansas 34 to 0 in Austin. Third-string backs Rados and Robinson powered the offense with three and two touchdowns respectively, aided by J. R. Callahan's strong late-game performances.
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Callahan
Texas
Dave Cheavens
Associated Press
Austin
Texas Longhorns
University of Arkansas
Longhorns
Bob Rados
Navy
University of Texas
University of Santa Clara
Calif
Andy Robinson
el Paso
J. R. Callahan
Texas Tech
Notre Dame Dominates Wisconsin 50 to 0 in Madison
Notre Dame overwhelms Wisconsin with eight rushing scores in a 50 0 victory. Angelo Bertelli passes for 49 yards with two completions and scores a TD while kickers add both extra points as the Irish move to 4 0 on the season.
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Madison
Wis
Notre Dame
Wisconsin Football
Trish
Wisconsin
Badger
Frank Leary
Angelo Bertelli
Badgers
Irish
Mexican Vega brothers win Pan American doubles title
Armando and Rolando Vega of Mexico upset Pancho Segura and William Talbert to win the Pan American tennis doubles championship in Mexico City. They beat the Ecuador U. S. pairing 6-1 6-3 7-5 as Segura and Talbert head into the singles final tomorrow. Pauline Betz retained the Pan American women’s singles title by defeating Dorothy Bundy 7-5 6-4.
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Mexico City
Armando
Rolando Vega
Mexico
Pancho Segura
William Talbert
Vega Brothers
Ecuador U. S
Pauline Betz
U. S
Dorothy Bundy
Santa Monica
Calif
Tomorrow Segura
Talbert
Prokop Leads Georgia Tech Past Infantry 27-0
Eddie Prokop starred for Georgia Tech as the Navy-activated Engineers crushed Fort Benning's 300th infantry 27 to 0 at Atlanta's wind swept field. Tech trailed 0-0 after a tight first quarter but exploded with three touchdowns in the third period. Prokop supplied the TDs and extra points as reserves finished the game.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Eddie Prokop
Engineers
Fort Benning
300Th Infantry
Tennessee
Tech
Prokop and Company
Cornell 20 Holy Cross 7 in rain soaked Schoellkopf field
Cornell defeats Holy Cross 20 to 7 at Schoellkopf field in Ithaca before 5000 fans. The Big Red struck fast with a 44 yard run and an 81 yard pass, driving 42 yards in the final period to seal the win.
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Cornell
Holy Cross
Ithaca
N. Y
Schoellkopf Field
Stagg's Tigers Upset Del Monte to Cap Historic Win
Amos Alonzo Stagg, 81, coached tiny College of the Pacific to a 16 to 7 victory over Del Monte Navy preflight. Pacific led 7 0 after a third quarter TD and extra point, Del Monte tied early in the fourth, then Pacific scored again and a late safety sealed the win as fans hoisted Stagg on shoulders.
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Stockholm
Calif
Tiny
College of the Pacific
Amos Alonzo Stagg
del Monte Navy
Pacific Tigers
del Monte
Pacific
Tigers
Stagger
Purdue Rallies To Wallop Ohio State
Purdue Marine-manned Boilermakers erased a 7-0 deficit to crush Ohio State 30 to 7 in Cleveland. Tony Butkovich scored three touchdowns, boosting Purdue to a fifth straight win while Buckeyes’ rookie corps struggled against the stronger running game and a 12-point per man weight disadvantage. Boris Dimacheff added two late scores.
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Cleveland
Purdue
Boilermakers
Ohio State
Tony Butkovich
Butkovich
Illinois
Marines
Boris Dimacheff
Butler
Houston Man Wins Senior Golf Title
Billy Hunt of River Oaks CC Houston defeated Guy Keith of Beaumont CC 5 and 4 to win the seventh annual state senior golf championship in San Antonio. Hunt earlier beat Dallas’s R H Nix one up in the semi final replay. Keith led 40 over nine. Hunt shot 38. E L Brown won the elder statesman consolation. W W Atwood won the autumn leaves highest flight.
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San Antonio
Billy Hunt
Houston River Oaks
Guy Keith
Beaumont Country Club
Hunt
R. H
Bob) Nix
Dallas
Keith
E. L. Brown
An Antonio
W.W. H. Atwood
Cedarcrest Country Club
Tulsa Air Stuff Stuns Sooners In Taft Stadium Victory
Tulsa's Golden Hurricane overcame an early challenge from Oklahoma's Sooners with a strong second half passing attack to win 20 to 6 before about 15 000 fans at Taft stadium.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Golden Hurricane
Oklahoma
Sooners
Taft Stadium
Hallmark Leads Aggies Past Frogs 13-0 in Defense Five Plays
Jim Hallmark threw two third period touchdown passes totaling 103 yards to lift Texas A and M over Texas Christian 13 to 0 before 16 000 at Fort Worth. Bob Butchofsky caught a 42 yard strike and Marion Flanagan scored on a 20 yard run after a 60 yard march. The two big plays followed a dominant Aggie defense that stymied TCU, holding the Frogs to two first downs and 26 rushing/passing yards.
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Texas
Ralph Ellsworth
Ralph Park
Rados
Ellsworth
Arkansas
Park
Elsworth
Wood
Callahan
Longhorns
Robinson
Hogs Theartens
Harold Cox
Rankin
Ben Jones
Baldwin LG Parker Young
Ut Tires Carpenter Ee
Butler Wheeler Co
Marshall Cope
Aimons Pease RT Pigler
Dingler
Coleman Thompson
Magnate Randolph
Park Davis
Filsworth Jones
Calihan Arkansas
Rados Isub
Thomas
Jackles
Johnson
Burleson
Drews
Alexander
Ford
Milan
Jackson
Tub
Lindsey
McIntosh
Nicholas
Cox
Crow
McCall
Harvill
Maurer
Kishl House
Phillips
Suckett
Merritt
Mayfield
Bolin
Wete
Tracy
McGinnias
Pedersen
Lee
Perez
Owens
Evans
Schutze
Canady
Thorne
Bratsden
Arkanses Teoxras
Harold V. Ratliff
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Jim ‘Babe) Hallmark
Texas Aggies
Texas Christian
Horned Frogs
Aggie
TCU
Bob Butchofsky
Frog
Aggies
Hallmark
Marion Flanagan
Turner
Jim Lucas
Christians
Frogs
Royal James
Lucas
Earl Beesley
Tac Frogs
A and M
Roomang
M. Fos
Cieer LE Gartner
Moonchief
Emith Neville le Merrill Wright
Ce Hale Turley
Harrison Virrant
Fiewers Sertegase
Marshall Hutchofsky
Qn Gardner Hallmark
Lucas Flanagen
James Durner
Fu Cartererxas A
Flanagan
Durer
Subalityucienet
Texas A
Enda
Gibson
Moore
Jackies
Shira
Eberle
Tassos
Hohn
Gary
Baeeks
Deere
Bur- Grit
Beebies
Garren
Jackie Proverts
Erlanger
Anderson
Cameron
Teixeira
Bond
Lawrence
Illini Edge Pitt 33 25 In Ironic T Formation Win
Illini defeat Pittsburgh 33 to 25 in Champaign as Ray Flillot's Illinois offense tops Pitt. Illinois with a 19–0 first half run and 14 points in the final period holds off a 25‑point rally by Pittsburgh. Panthers throw 14 passes for 156 yards to Mocha and Maloney.
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Champaign
Clark Shaughnessy
Ilinois
Pittsburgh Panthers
Ray Fliot
Illini
Pittsburgh
Panthers
Joe Mocha
Jim Maloney
Flint
Notre Dame
Lubbock Air Field Eyes Oct 30 Game With Southwest Teams
Captain William A. Murphy says Lubbock Army Airfield seeks a football contest in Lubbock on October 30 against a college or service team from the Southwest. The SAAF Fliers won twice against South Plains Army infield and Fort Bliss Commandos after an opening loss to Texas Tech.
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Lubbock Army Airfield
Southwest
Lubbock
William A. Murphy
Saaf Fliers
South Plains Army
Fort Bliss
Iowa State Stuns Nebraska 27 6 for First Win in Five Years
Ames Iowa State defeats Nebraska 27 to 6 marking its first victory over the Cornhuskers in five years. Tippee Cyclone left half scores two touchdowns and throws for two more. Nebraska scores on a second quarter pass.
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Ames
Iowa State
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Howard Tippee
Cyclone
Penns unbeaten 74 point romp over Lakehurst Naval
Pennsylvania defeated the Lakehurst Naval Air Station squad 74 to 6 before about 20 000 at Franklin Field. The victory extended Penns unbeaten run as it played a non varsity opponent in a whitewashed exhibition style game.
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PENN
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lake Hurst Naval Air Station
Franklin Field
Southwest Texas Tech Beats South Plains in Loosely Reported Grid Scores
A collage of scattered football scores lists Southwest Texas Tech 14 South Plains Army Air Field 12 and multiple other games across regions. Various teams such as Tulsa, Oklahoma, Rice, Texas Christian, Texas A&M, Arkansas, and many colleges are noted with inconsistent results and placeholders like cancelled or unconfirmed margins.
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Texas Tech
South Plains Army Airfield
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Navy
Oklahoma A
Mustangs Win 12 0 Over Rice In Conference Clash
Southern Methodist defeats Rice Institute 12 to 0 as Capt. C. D. Allen runs 67 yards for a touchdown after a neat pass from center. Lloyd Parker adds a kick and a late pass to Billy Walling for SMU's second score. Rice threats thwarted by stiff defense and several penalties.
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Allen
Brack Curry
Associated Press
Dallas
Capt. C. D. Allen
Southern Methodist
Rice Institute
Owl
Methodists
Lloyd Parker
Mustang
Parker
Rice
Owls
Bucky Sheffield
Billy Walling
Olin Gibbons
Bill Scruges
Sheffield
Mustangs
Johnnie Cox
Lee Grininger
Methodist
Davis Parrish
Ed Cloud
Rice Paw Sur
Cox Lo Naw
Kilrore
Cloud Nichole
Davis
RT Pool
Lamprose
Levy Stelzer
MceChinnock Green
Walling Cotton
Gibbons Parrish
Allen Bouthern Methor
Stouchdowna
Walling
Routhern
Wilson
Cheney
Elliert
Smith
Colwick
Harkey
Vinsant
Perrill
Meletio
Frazier
Cox
Stewart
Gipson Rice
Crutchfield
Albaon
Seruges
Cotton
Lawrence
Durant
Army Is Still Unscored Upon
The United States Military Academy football team shut out Columbia 52 to 0, remaining undefeated and unscored upon this season. Davis starred with long runs and a 46 yard kickoff return as Army dominated the second half after a tight first. Columbia offered little offense, with one punt near the Cadet 37 that was touched and downed.
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New York
U. S. Military Academy
Columbia
Lions
Army
Davis
Halitosis
Lombardo
Ed Arden
Army To Give Busy Joe Louis A Rest
The Army announced that heavyweight champion Joe Louis and his group of boxers will rest early in November after a gruelling schedule of exhibitions. They began tours August 30 and will have visited 48 camps reaching the Pacific coast with a gate of more than 750000.
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Washington
Joe Louis
Army
Pacific Coast
Louis
West Coast
Olton Mustangs Defeat Littlefield 25 to 0 on Friday
Olton high school, coached by Louis Hair, posted their second conference win by topping Littlefield 25 to 0. Franks scored two touchdowns and a 25 yard run, Wheeler made a 15 yard interception to seal the game.
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Olton
Olton Mustangs
Louis Hair
Littlefield
Franks
Wheeler
Underdog Rochester Routs Colgate 14 6 In Final Quarter
Rochester, trailing through three quarters, surged in the final period to score two touchdowns and defeat Colgate Red Raiders 14 to 6 in Hamilton New York.
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Rochester Downs
Colgate
Hamilton
N. Y
University of Rochester
Red Raiders
TAAF Competitions To Continue In 1944
The Texas Amateur Athletic Federation closes its two day meeting in Houston and revives competitions for 1944. Boxing in San Antonio has no set date while track in Fort Worth is March 17-18 and tennis in Houston runs August 18-20.
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Houston
Texas Amateur Athletic Federation
TAAF
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dallas
Austin
Norman Sailors Rout Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater Showdown
Norman Naval Air station Zoomers overpower the Oklahoma A and M Cowboys 20 to 0 in Stillwater. The Cowboys miss star tailback Bob Fenimore who played only seven minutes but still aided a late drive. The Navy scores once in the second and twice in the third quarter.
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Stillwater
Okla
Norman Naval Air Station
Sandies May Lose Lynch For Season
Amarillo high school football team the Golden Sandstorm loses wingback Billy Lynch to a torn tendon in the leg after last night win over Norman Oklahoma. Lynch will be out at least a month possibly the season. he is son of coach Howard Lynch.
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Amarillo
Demon Deacons Rout NC State In Southern Rivalry
Wake Forest Demon Deacons defeated NC State 54 to 6 in Raleigh in a spirited Southern Conference clash before about 9,000 fans in chilly weather.
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Jack Remy
Butler Field
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LOOK
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Sherman
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John Wragan
Sam Houston
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