Hill Gail Faces Fresh Preakness Challenge from New Horses
Baltimore May 6 UP It appears as many as seven Derby horses skipped the Kentucky Derby and may run May 17 at Pimlico to challenge Hill Gail in the 75000 Preakness Stakes second jewel of turf's triple crown. The field could reach 12 with Derby runners Sub Fleet Blue Man Count Fleme Arroz Master Fiddle plus new contenders Charlie McAdam Hand me Teddy Primie Jempal Lord Priam and others.
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Baltimore
Hill Gail
Jewel of Turf
Pimlico Rare Course
Calumet Farm
Sub Fleet
Blue Man
Fleme
Arroz Master Fiddle
Apnear
Joom
Tiely Preakness
John Clark
Charlie McAdam
Whic Monday
Belmont Park
G. S. Smith
Handsme
Teddy
Starmount Stable
Primie
Brookmeade Stable
Max Kahlbeum
Jempal
Dante de Grasse
Lord Priam
Willie Pep Rebounds With 10 Round Victory
In Columbus Georgia on Tuesday May 61 Willie Pep former featherweight champion from Hartford Connecticut defeated Kenny Leach of Baltimore Maryland in a ten round decision Pep used his sharp left jab to command the bout and extend his comeback run against the rugged challenger The victory marked another step in Pep’s return to form in the ring.
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Columbus
Willie Pep
Hartford
Odessa Aces Urge Funds for Joe Childress Olympic Bid
The Odessa American sports department launches a community fund drive to send sprinter Joe Childress and coach Lee Taylor to the Olympic trials in Long Beach California with finals in Los Angeles. Donations from Odessa residents and businesses will cover expenses and a post-omission barbecue for Odessa High School state champions.
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Joe Childress
Lee
Pop) Taylor
California
Joe
Taylor
Speed Merchant
Long Beach
Calif
Los Angeles
United States
Helsinki
Finland
Odessa
Childress
Clyde Littlefield
University of Texas
Texas
Dean Smith
Charley Thomas
Tomor
Oklahoma President Defies Big Seven Recruiting Ban
Norman May 6 Oklahoma University President George L Cross said his school would continue to violate the Big Seven Conference ban on recruiting high school athletes until September. He criticized the rule calling it silly and suggested adopting ACE guidelines while noting possible conference reactions and prior threats to withdraw.
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Norman
Okla
Oklahoma University
George L. Cross
Big Seven
Dr. Cross
Cross
American Council of Education
Oklahoma
Texas U Golfers Defeat Aggies in Final Conference Meet
The University of Texas golf team defeated Texas A&M 41 2 to 11 2 in a final conference match on Monday in Austin. The win extended Texas lead to 5 1 2 points over runner-up SMU and dropped A&M to fourth in team standings. Texas clinched the circuit title.
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Austin
P—University For Texas
Texas A&m
Longhorns
Aggies
Texas
Southern Methodist
A&m
Baseball scores from multiple leagues prompt lively pastimes
Scores across major and minor leagues include Cleveland 4 Boston 2 in 10 innings, Washington 13 St Louis 1, New York 3 Chicago 2, Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 1. Texas League games feature Beaumont 3 Fort Worth 2 and San Antonio 4 Oklahoma City 3 among others. Gulf Coast results show Laredo 12 Brownsville 7 and Galveston 14 Texas City 8. Southern Association Nashville 6 Little Rock 5 and Birmingham 8 Mobile 7. Big State League Texarkana 5 Tyler 4 and Longview 10 Waco 3. West Texas-New Mexico Albuquerque 10 Clovis 7 and Amarillo 13 Borger 13.
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Ewe
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Oklahoma City
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Houston
Shreveport
Dallas
Laredo
Brownsville
Harlingen
Corpus Christi
Port Arthur
Lake Charles
Galveston
Arizona-Texas League Scores and Rain Delay
Phoenix defeated Tucson 13 to 5 in a league game. Juarez beat Chihuahua 2 to 1. El Paso at Bisbee-Douglas postponed due to rain.
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Phoenix
Tucon
Juarez
Chihuahua
C. el Paso
Bisbee-Douglas
Sooner State League Scores and Tuesday MLB Matches
Pauls Valley beat Ardmore 3 1 and McAlester triumphed over Lawton 10 1 Ada won 6 1 over Chickasha while Shawnee fell 11 2 to Sherman Detroit visits Washington and other American League games are listed with St Louis Philadelphia Chicago Boston Cleveland New York Pittsburgh Cincinnati and more same day Texas and border city matchups Beaumont Fort Worth Houston Tulsa Shreveport Dallas San Antonio Oklahoma City Corvus Christi Laredo included.
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Pauls Valley
Ardmore
McAlester
Lawton
Ada
Chickasha
Shawnee
Sherman
Detroit
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
New York
Beaumont
Fort Worth
Houston
Tulsa
Shreveport
Dallas
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Corvus Christi
Laredo
Sooner
Spring football referendum looms for Texas leagues
Texas Interscholastic League advisory council may push a nationwide vote next year on spring football and possible limits on basketball and track. The SWC faces similar pressures as Arkansas seeks to shed track. Also features Texas A&M links for sprinters Joe Childress and Billy Huddleston and Ed Price’s plans for Dean Smith at Texas. San Angelo Kiwanis Park summer schedule seeks doubleheaders open dates May to Aug with guarantees.
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Texas Interscholastic League
Austin
Ed Price
Texas
Dean Smith
Smith
Price
Longhorns
San Angelo Kiwanis Club
Jack Kelly
Drive Inn
Keith Long
Long
South Johison Street
San Angelo
Odessa Oilers rally past Colts for 11 10 win
Juan Guerrero earns the win as Odessa Oilers overcome San Angelo Colts 11 to 10 in a wild ninth inning comeback. The Oilers gain ground on first place while Roswell hosts them next at Oiler Park.
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Roswell Rockets
Oiler Park
San Angelo Colts
Oilers
Colts
Sweetwater Braves
Colt
Sweetwater
Odessa
Mark Christman
Clarence Tinkler
Jake McClain
Tinkler
Raul Dieppa
Raul
Barney Batson
Cotton Russell
Batson
Juan Guerrero
Evelio Ortega
Carlos Perez
Guerrero
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Clain
Lovke
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Tarpan
Lozane
Perez
Sykes
Sadowski
Valentine
Texarkana at Tyler and others set clashes this week
Texarkana plays Tyler while Paris faces Temple and Longview meets Waco. Wichita Falls travels to Austin and Pauls Valley to Ardmore. Shawnee visits Sherman with Chickasha at Ada and Lawton at McAlester on the schedule.
Vernon rallies past Roswell to tie series in eighth
Vernon erased a 4-3 deficit with two runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat Roswell 5-4 at home. Jesus Sosa allowed ten hits in his first Vernon start, walking one and tagging Al Monchak with an intentional pass. Roswell’s Wayne Crawford homered and doubled, while Vernon pushed across three early runs before the late rally.
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Roswell Rockets
Dusters
Jesus Sosa
al Monchak
Jack Kirk
Ed Snorton
Roswell
Wayne Crawford
Monchak
Crawford
Ray ‘Hill
Jimmy ‘McClure
Hill
Midland Indians rout Big Spring 17 to 0 in 18-hit win
Midland gains a second straight shutout over Big Spring as 18 hits fuel an 17 run explosion. Keith Nicolls dominates with five allowed hits while Dempsey Albritton Dick Cassidy and Aranis Arencibia figure among top hitters for the Indians. Arencibia suffers first loss for Big Spring as Fernandez relieves.
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Midland
Midland Indians
Big Spring
Indians
Broncs
Keith Nicolls
Stasey
Julia de la Torre
Stan Wilcox
Wilcox
de la Torre
Dempsey Albritton
Dick Cassidy
Aranis Arencibia
Tito Fernandez
Arencebia
Fernandez and Corrales
Valdez, Nicolls and
Tanner
Midwestern Seeks Border Conference Membership Change
Midwestern University Wichita Falls Texas seeks transfer from Gulf Coast to Border Conference. Border officials meet at Arizona State College Tempe to study the request. Texas Tech already in Border contemplates joining Southwest Conference. if Tech departs Border would have seven members, Midwestern aims to take Techs place.
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Ariz
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
Tex
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
Border Conference
Arizona State College
Tempe
Texas Tech
Tech
Border Group
Midwestern
Braves explode for seven in fifth to defeat Artesia Drillers
Sweetwater Braves break open a 3 to 3 tie with seven runs in the fifth inning to beat Artesia Drillers 16 to 7. Rocky Carlini delivers a two run double as Alex Carrasquel earns his third win in relief. Charlie Buck extends hit streak to 14 games while Pete Pichan and Charles Tuttle homer for Artesia and Braves respectively.
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Sweetwater
Braves
Artesia Drillers
Rocky Carlini
Alex Carrasquel
John Miller
Drillers
Brave
Charlie Buck
Pete Pichan
Artesia
Charles Tuttle
Melevin Miller
M. Miller
Graham
Halter
Briner
J. Miller
Carrasquel
Traspuesto
Pichan
Tute
Tle
Ector County Dogs Win Show Honors
Members of the Ector County K-9 Club attended a spring dog show in Lubbock and earned multiple wins. Gee-Mel Sampson led best of the male bulldogs and best of breed, Elmchem Von Osterholy placed top in class and second in group, and Trailblazer of Wet Texas earned best of breed and second in the group. Other winners included Tommy's Pansy best of bulldog females, Rusty in the pomeranian class, and Tre ceader's Reverie earning best of class.
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Ector County
Lubbock
Gee-Mel Sampson
Tommy's
Pansy
Art McGee
Nimitz Drive
Elmchem von
E. P. Weismaen S-Ister
S. Lincoln
Texas
F. F. Briley
Rusty
Jack Gerloff
Pannycook
Midland
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