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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1925
Page
3
With the opening day near, preparations for the Tri State Field Trials continue for next Monday. A long list of famous bird dogs has been drawn, with expected additions before the entry deadline. Cups will be displayed at event sites as the Board of City Development schedules sectional plans.
A tented city is expected to spring up as attendees move into nearby quarters. Many will depart Amarillo Sunday evening to arrive by Monday morning. The gathering site lies seven miles from Wheeler.
A list matches venues for teams in a regional schedule. It pairs cities and opponents across eight matchups including Brooklyn at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Chicago, outlining scattered games across the circuit. The format reads like a compact telegraph of planned pairings and host sites.
Burkburnett Wiks defeated Memphis in a well played contest here with sensational hitting and pitching from both sides. Douglas and Laney delivered excellent pitching. The final score showed Burkburnett ahead, and the teams were set to meet again here tomorrow and Sunday.
The University Interscholastic League executive committee adopted a 1925 26 football transfer rule in Texas. A student moving between districts is ineligible for one year unless eligible at withdrawal. The rule requires certification that parental move was not due to athletic ability. The committee also upheld Hearne in the Robertson County track dispute and barred grade school pupils from high school meets, restoring county honors to Hearne.
West Texas sports clash heats up as Burkburnett Elks and Cal Farley’s squad trade barbs. Squee Lawrence, manager of Burkburnett, taunts Farley’s team while New York boxing buzz swirls around Dempsey, Wills, Tunney, and Septembers possible rematch arrangements.
A.A. Meredith spins a tall tale about baiting with a minnow and catching the first minnow as the catch. Animated Annie reveals influenza after a doctor’s visit. Magpie Maggie ponders the English Channel after a swim. The piece notes Legionnaires rallying for future events and hints at Middleton possibly appearing today or tomorrow.
West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon announces a fall correspondence course in basketball coaching led by coach D Burton. The program covers play styles from renowned teams, player care, the business side of high school basketball, and ethics. It targets men skilled in football who must coach basketball without prior playing experience.
The invitation golf tournament on the Dalhart Country Club Course closed yesterday after teams from six towns competed. Dick Mason of Hooker Oklahoma won Class A, Harry Rife of Texas in Class B, and B Brown of Dalhart in Class C, with W A Wolf first in the consolation flight. Heavy rains reduced later flights to nine holes, and visitors were entertained at a banquet in the Oxford Hotel.
Frankie Schoell of Buffalo Pacific Coast welterweight champion meets Dave Shade of Concord in a ten round fight in Frisco as Shade pursues Mickey Walker’s world title. The pair have split two prior contests with Shade winning one by decision and the other drawn.
In Forest Hills on August 7 the Eastern team took three of four matches as the first half of a two day Union Interregional battle ended. Robert Kinsey and Howard Kinsey surged to a west win over William Tilden and George Lott, while R Norris Williams and Vincent Richards beat Johnston and Griffin. George King beat John Hennessey 6-1 6-1 and Manuel Alonso defeated Cranston 3-6 6-2 6-4, giving the East the overall advantage.
Chicago August 7 Jack Kearns dismissed as a joke the Los Angeles report that Floyd Fitzsimmons has Jack Dempsey signed to fight Harry Wills in September in Michigan City. He dismissed the bout speculation and also questioned a Tunney vs Wills match saying Tunney is not in Wills class and would be best against welterweights like Walker.
Slaton Rotary club members travel to Lubbock on Wednesday afternoon August 12 to watch a baseball exhibition between a Slaton team and a Lubbock club nine. Lubbock Rotarians led by Sled Allen Judge J A Raley and E Y Freeland expect an easy win despite a earlier season loss to Kiwanis.
Lubbock August 7 Coach Ewing Y Freeland announced definite plans for an athletic fund campaign at Texas Technological College to purchase equipment for the college teams. The campaign is expected in coming weeks. Freeland says contracts for football games are not all signed yet though the schedule is nearly complete. Football practice starts September 15, two weeks before the new term opens.
The State against D. L. Payne charged with murder has been moved to Potter county court in Amarillo. Payne was tried in Crosby county two years ago and found guilty, verdict reversed by the Court of Criminal Appeals and sent back for new trial. The August term in Amarillo is expected for the case.
The Mickey Walker Billy Wills boxing match at Mast vacated for tonight was called off at seven o clock due to rain. The same card will be staged next Monday night.
The Gypsy Sweethearts, five Texas beauties, return for a week at the Air Theatre with programs changed Monday Thursday and Saturday. Barthelmess stars in Soul Fire at the Mission today with Pathe News and Aesops Tables as added attractions.
At The Fair Theatre today a double feature presents She Wolves as the main attraction. Added films The Pacemakers and Helix The Cat, plus vaudeville by The Atlantic City Seven four times at 3 5 7 30 and 9 30 p m. Admission prices unchanged.
A Western by Buck Jones headlines a program at the Deandi venue, paired with a humorous comedy that rounds out the bill for today’s screenings.
Miss Georgia Simms Mrs Charles Pfaff of Albany and Miss Daph ne Hendrix of Wichita Falls drove to Claude for a visit with friends. A telegram notified Santa Fe engineer Guy Chelf of C A Moore’s death at Hickory Texas, a former local railroad man and B of I member. J N Riggs and H Dixon plan a fishing trip in Colorado and New Mexico. Heavy rains have delayed Amarillo vacation plans as people postpone automobile trips.
The Slatonite notes Amarillo as the 1926 American Legion convention site, praising its suitability as a conven tion city and calling it the logical choice for ex service men seeking a strong meeting venue in Texas.
Mr and Mrs G Hopkins and their children Granville and Marian, guests of Mr and Mrs D B Williams, departed yesterday for Arkansas. Hopkins was formerly acting postmaster and has served as educational director of a leading Baptist church in Dallas for several years.
Reverend Milo Atkinson and his wife and two sons from Wichita Falls are guests at the Tourist Inn for several days. They are visiting their son Chambers Atkinson in Amarillo. The Reverend now serves as pastor of the First Christian Church in Wichita Falls, having moved from Amarillo to his current church assignment.
The Daily News urges readers to subscribe with pricing options 70 cents a month for The News alone and one dollar for The News and Post combined, inviting circulation inquiries at No. 843.
Harry A. Taylor, a bond buyer, departed yesterday for the South Plains to conduct business activities.
Mrs. Phebe K. Warner, a prominent Panhandle writer from Claude, was a visitor in the city yesterday, meeting local readers and discussing her work with residents and literary fans.
Olin E F Hinkle of Canyon former editor of The Prairie the student publication at West Texas State Teachers College visited yesterday He plans to enroll at the University of Missouri School of Journalism next year
Miles Bivins is named president and Earl Fuqua named vice president at the Amarillo Country Club. Fred Bone and Judge W. Royce were chosen as directors, while C A Fisk retires as president.
Campbell and Mellroy of Canyon sold 500 steel and heifer calves at 25 dollars each for delivery November 1 to Pat H Landergin.
Ralph Rogers of the Brown Crum Mercantile Company in Wichita Kansas is in the city on business and has departed for a trip to the South Plains to handle commercial engagements.
Twelve members of the Chicago University baseball squad led by Coach Nelson Norgren left for Japan today. They plan to play several games in the north west and on the coast before sailing from San Francisco on August 22.
Miss Louise Hudson presented her dancing class at the Fair Theatre to enthusiastic applause last night. The program featured numerous duets and solos led by young performers including Jane Roses, Dorothy Bennett, Mary Ann Beasley, Sybil Whitten, and Sarah Margaret Austin among others with Miss Bernadine Cerveney at the piano.
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