Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1942 Page: 4 of 6
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All-American Frankie Sinkwich
Ted Williams
Places Second
Sixteen Stors Drow
First Place Votes
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR
NEW YORK. Dec. 16 —
(AP) — All-America Frank-
ie Sinkwich, who ran and
passed Georgia's football
team to the Southeastern
conference c h a m pionship
and into the Rose Bowl, is
the people's choice as the bright-
est tar among all the male ath-
1< is of I'M2
'irebrli F' n' ie collected 84
p< nts i' ie i inual Associated
Pres, poll of 69 sports editors,
finis' ing far ahead of his closest
rival the slugging star of Bos-
ton Ame" - league baseball. >
cl -t>, Ted W li: ms
Sixteen : h tes drew first-
place votes in the wide-open bal-
loting. Sinkwich was name
first by only 15 voters, but he
received 19 second and third-
place-votes to acount f r his top-
heavy point total, figured on the
basis of three for first, two for
second and one for third.
Last year's winner. Joe D,-
Maggio of the New York Yankees,
was forgotten in the balloting th.
time. Sinkwich. a mcmbei
the marine corps reserve, go* 12
vi tes in the 1941 poll
,. The voting
Athlete and Sport First Pts.
Frank Sinkwich, forth. 11 15 94
Ted Williams, bast-ball 12 55
I>-n Hutson, pro football 6 42
John Beazlev. baseball 6 42
Gunder Haegg. track 1" 22
Ray Robinson, boxing 1 29
Morton Cooper, bast-ball 6 26
C'nelius W merdam. track 6 24
Ben Hogan, gulf 1
Joe Louis, boxing
Greg Rice, track
Paul Governali. football
Willie Pep. boxing
Bill Smith, swimming
Geo Kurowski. baseball
Gill Dods. track
Walker Cooper baseball
Joe Gordon, baseball
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Breckenraige ami Amarillo,
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
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Sparc Time Selling
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Airsick Instructor
Local Bowlers Contribute
To Red Cross and U.S.O.
Plan To Split
Major Leagues
Revived Again
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HOW \RD MALEY, Back
Gaining nearly 400 yards during the vear Howard Red M.-iley
won the honor ol being the best ball carrier the SMU Mus
tang eleven. Malev, a former all-state performer at Woodrow
Wilson high school, played fullback this season after handling
the tailback duties last year.
SPORTS
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Two points — Tom Lyons, base-
ball; Robert Falkenbcrg, tenni-
Mel Ott, baseball: Lcs Steer:
track.
One — Garrard Ramst-v. foot-
ball; Byron Nelson, golf: Any
Bertelli, football; Ed Dudley,
gcll: Paul Sarringhai.-. !■ ott
Don Budge, tennis: Glenn Dobbs,
football.
Borger, Texas
Wednesday December 16. 1942
CANYON.
West Texas
schedule ha
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But most of the
Buffalo veterans were lost by
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net los-e 3 starter.
Miller thus faces 1
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of
ten
BUS PLUNGES INTO RIVER
GLOUCESTER POINT. Va
Dec. 16—'A3—A bus loaded ».tn
workmen plunged into the Y
river today from the after end ii
a Gloucester-Yorktown ferry
Twenty-five occupants of the bus
were rescued, but t was not
learned immediately whethei
there was any loss of life
in the
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15 Mammal
16 Places that
coin money.
17 Exists.
18 Greek letter.
19 At any time.
21 Father.
22 Prohibits.
24 12 months,
26 Dessert.
28 Self.
30 Pig pen.
32 Livestock.
34 Booty.
36 Sea eagle.
38 Night before
39 Kitchen poll
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42 Perched.
44 Finish.
46 Music note.
48 N<>1 dry.
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explosive
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VERTICAL
vvn nan-
■ of hav-
mn ui u
w ,;h heavier linos and boasting
more power on the ground, have
•it’t'ii established as favorites in
the Texas schoolboy semifinals
Sabi: an
Brt\ kerraigo pnv!s the Austin
Maroons a! Breekenridge and
Amanilo goes to Dallas to tackle
Sunset B, th games will start at
2 30 p m
The Buckaroo edge over Austin
s ust a shade. In Norman Cart-v i
and Capt John Ray the Bucks I
have two of the best line-splitters
in Texas. In addition Austin will i
have the home-field advantage.
But Ails. o. - a happy-go-lucky I
outfit that likes Ihe underdog ‘
role — is at its best when the |
chips ate .down. And they’ll be
down in Buckaroo stadium. Aus- j
tin was a decided underdog
against the brilliant Wilton Fer- |
reli and his John Reagan i Hons- j
:ton' squad in the quarterfinals, j
but stunned football followers
1 with a convincing 19-0 win.
Amarillo holds a big edge over
] Sunset, not only in manpower ,
j but in versatility of attack. Last
i week the Sandies, meeting a
| sti ut San Angelo line, took to the
air 35 time s connected for cloven
I anti came through 33-6.
All lour squads are polishing
their attacks and plugging holes
in their defense in Spirited drills
this week.
More than 12.000 are expected
in Dallas and about 5,000 in
! Brecki nridge
Page 4
West Texas Court Schedule Like
Enemy Bomb May Explode Anytime
Beaumont Head
Becomes Owner
Of Exporters
By HUGH FULLERTON Jr.
NEW YORK, LXv UT ’’
Aitc ' h. FL • .4 l-'> : ” «•-- ' aided
the .-.ip naval base at llougam
vi Ho in tht* Solomon.'-, Lieut Iv
v t‘v ■ P;u v, i. .vmoi it... .ill' S«m-
minb ami Brooklyn Dodger ’aot-
bailer. kept talking about tht* 4 \
minute maneuver of h > vh:p "vr
a liau.'port . . . Other members
of the crew insisted it was only
three minutes and even produc-
ed the flight log to prove it
But Parker wouldn't change his
story . . "I don’t care what that,
things shows. ' he argued Three
minutes isn’t any time at all,
hoiv .v. and wo woo re* that
transport a long, long time ”
Today's Guest Star
Wilbur Kinley, Jackson. Miss.
Daily News: The usual whole
sale firing of football coaches
at this time of year is conspic-
uous by its absence. The war
has made manpower so short
that instead ot the coaches
having to sit up and say
uncle' to keep their jobs after
a shabby season, it is now the
alumni who must sit up and say j
'uncle' to keep their coaches,
regardless of records.”
Shorts And Shells |
Branch Rickov really w; n- f
te rested in buying the Phils until ‘
he saw the Brooklyn contract,
which, we hear, calls for $2,000
plus !5 per cent of the* profits . .
During Larry MacPhail’s regime
thn - • profits averaged 100 (J\ a
vc. t . . . The Orange Bowl game
may bo the last for Denny Myers
as Boston college coach. He's sup-
posed to be heading for a navy
cc nim’ssien . . Stan Lomax, the
sport.sc aster, has been cited by t! •
treasury Dept for selling a mil-
lion bucks worth of war bonds
in his spare time The na-
tional semi-pro baseball congress
has listed a national tournament
in Australia ne\; .ear and ha •
appeinted a commissioner to su-
Bowlers of the various Borger
mid Phillips leagues have ■ "
ci i,11 uting their bit tovvurU the
U S O. ami the Ri-fi C'lv.-s
through the nation-wide Bowlers
\ ictorv 1 ogiim.
in the first two weeks, of five
special weeks, the local keglers
an,I bowletettos have donated
x , " ha in individual contribul i,-ns
!hv cluicit.ible organizations
' ! 1(. . I'll,'! it w', fk. !"i ' lie
C S O sav tb" Bcrgvrettos !"
nati 817.50. In the second week,
:■ ,.cnefitcit the Anioi n an
Rtn! Cl 934.(15 iva.- collected
fivni fine leagues, Borgentte .
l'a, , phillios ami Southwestern
t'i-ming up as event nunibe,
throe on the BVL tinii- table is
the War Bond tournament, sehed
uled to run one week trom Mon-
day, Dec 28 thn ugh Sumnty. Jan.
3.
Event number lour will be a
s 'cond Red Cross bt-nelit week,
running from Monday. Jan 18.
thieugh Sunday. Jan. 24: ami (In-
final week, Fell. 22, through Feb.
28 receipts will go to the U. S, O.
Each member of the league
teams contributes as an individ-
ual, amt the donations are sent
into the national headquarters of
tlic BVL. which passes the money
i*n to the beneficiaries.
... Strikes To Spare ...
★
Bail Should Conform
With Your Physique
By FRED FITZSIMMONS
A Big League Bowler.
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Having y
aui own ball is
ideal.
but rtf t absolutely essential
to be-
ccmipg a li
nished bow lei .
C boost* ;
ball that ron forms
with voiir j'
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handle IV
n't puni.-h your
-;i11 f bv
uxi.g hca
w hall pmvly
i, j t he
sake* of vnni
ty and what tf:
a* boys
will think.”
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makes
the mistake
of choosing tin
■ heav-
i.-vil • : 1 :6 )>•
'und ball only
j«-r the
sake of per.*
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m.
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lowu ail : 1 pin..
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II you ait i a\t
Sect a ball ranging !
1ft pound -.
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ball 1;<
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WASHINCTTON. Dec lfl i.T'
The once hot. then cold proposal
to divide maior league baseball
into eastern and western divisions
to ‘.ae rad travel came to a hike
warm stage today with nobody
appaicntly willing to forecast
\ ,h wax the temperature would
go next.
Commenting n tin suggestion
advanced ;>> M.»nie eastern news-
papers a lew weeks ago. Joseph B.
! tn m. diiect n i i the office <>1
defense transportation, stirred up
the fires a hit last night when
ha* declared that "it the leagues
vant to adopt the plan it would
; 11 h very niceiv with what we
are trying to do '
M<st nailable league officials
onmodiateK doused the idea with
the most lrigid splash coming
: 11■ m h. line Collins, general man-
age) oi the Boston Rod Sox.
“The idea doesn’t appeal to us
at all. ' observed Collins at Bos-
ton. Tf it must come to that
singe, baseball should call it a
day.”
Tin- national league president,
: 1-1aek. (let lined to express
nnv on nil'll but declared that it
Eastman wanted the plan con-
quered 'we ll be glad to confer
w ith him at any time.”
WESLEYAN CAGERS
BEAT EAST TEXAS. 44-36
FORT WORTH. Deo 16 - Ci* -
Taking an earij lead, Texas Wt s-
leyi.nK basketball team was ahead
all the way and defeated the East
T« \.. Tt*ae!ters last night. 44 to
36.
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1942, newspaper, December 16, 1942; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth736831/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.