British Women Take Honors In Tennis Contest
Britain wins the Wightman Cup with a 4 to 3 victory over the United States after a two day international match at Forest Hills New York. Key results include Kathleen McCain and Evelyn Coyler defeating Helen Wills and Mary Browne 6-0 8, Eleanor Goss losing to Lambert Chambers 5 7 6 1, and Wills plus Mallory securing decisive American wins.
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Associated Press
Forest Hills
N. Y
England
Britain
Douglas
Kathleen McCain
Evelyn Coyler
Helen Wills
Mary K. Browne
United Forces
Lambert Chambers
Eleanor Goss
Miss Wills
Molla Mallory
United States
Brittan
Ke Kane
California Kinsey brothers sweep Southampton tennis final
Howard Kinsey and his brother Robert Kinsey of San Francisco won both the singles and doubles titles at the Southampton invitation. Howard defeated George M. Lott Jr. of Chicago in straight sets 6 2 6 4 6 0. In doubles the Kinseys beat Brian Norton of St. Ve and Lott in four sets 3 6 6 3 6 1.
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Freva
Southampton
N. Y
California
Howard
Robert Kinsey
San Francisco
Howard Kinsey
George M. Lott, Jr
Chicago
Brian I. C. Norton
St. Ve and
Lott
Walker Signs to Defend Welter Title Against Shade
Mickey Walker world welterweight champion signed to defend his title against Dave Shade of California at Yankee Stadium on September 29. The contract with promoter Tex Rickard was filed with the New York state athletic commission, halting action over dilatory replies, with Walker to receive 7 4 percent of gate receipts as Shade signs to confirm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Mickey Walker
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Ga'den
Dave Shade
California
Yankee Stadium
Walker
New York State Athletic Commission
Kearns
Dempsey
Shade
Berlenbach Delaney Fight Postponed at Yankee Stadium
The August 24 world light heavyweight title bout between Paul Berlenbach and Jack Delaney at Yankee Stadium was postponed by Tex Rickard due to Berlenbachs injured left hand. Berlenbach said he will fight as soon as possible and Rickard plans a new date likely for Monday.
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Associated Press
New York
Yankee Stadium
Paul Berlenbach
Jack Delaney
Tex Rickard
Berlenbach
Delaney
Rickard
Yale Coach Joseph Fogarty Jr Dies in Williamsport
Joseph Fogarty Jr. Yale basketball coach and nationally known basketball authority died at Williamsport hospital at one o clock this afternoon. He passed away in Williamsport Pennsylvania on August 15.
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Associated Press
Williamsport
Penna
Joseph Fogarty, Jr
Yale
Williamsport Hospital
Four Football Games Set for Lubbock Fair Program
Special to The News Lubbock Aug 15 four football games are arranged for the Panhandle and South Plains Fair across three days. Plainview meets an opponent to be chosen, Slaton faces a second opponent, Floydada meets Lubbock, and on the final day Tech coach Ewing Y Freeland leads his team against McMurry College. The slate aims to be the fair’s main athletic draw.
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Lubbock
Panhandle
Plainview
Littlefield
Lamesa
Slaton
Ralls
Floydada
Ewing Y. Freeland
Tech
McMurry College
Oklahoma dog takes honors on closing day
Beckham Comanche Beck, owned by B. J. Schaef fer of Tulsa, wins first in the Tri-State Field meet closing events at Whedbolder with a $300 prize. Second goes to Stylish Bill owned by O. C. Patterson of Wal ter. third split between Comanche Frank Jerry owned by E. J. Schaef fer and Polka Dot Kid owned by Godfrey Moore of Topeka Kansas. Officers elected Thursday night were F. P. Patterson of Tulsa president C. W. Snyder Altus vice president and Walter Crousett Amarillo secretary treasurer.
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Whedbolder
Tulsa
Polka Dot Kid
Godfrey Moore
Topeka
Kans
F. P. Patterson
C. W. Snyder
Altus
Okla
Walter Crousett
Amarillo
Amateurs Enter National Golf Championship at Oakmont
One hundred thirty four entries for the national amateur golf championship to be played at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania from August 31 to September 5 were announced by the United States Golf Association. Defending champion Robert T. Jones Jr. of Atlanta leads a field including Fred Lamprecht of Cleveland Jack Mackie Jr of New York state and past titleholders Francis Ouimet Jesse Guilford Chick Evans Max Marston Bob Gardner Jesse Sweetzer Davidson Herron and Wm C Fownes Jr. from several top cities.
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Associated Press
New York
Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont
United States Golf Association
Canada
England
United States
Robert T. Jones, Jr
Atlanta
Jones
Fred Lamprecht
Cleveland
Jack Mackie, Jr
New York State
Bill Herrick
al Houghton
Washington
Francis Ouimet
Jesse Guilford
Boston
Chick Evans
Chicago
Max Marston
Philadelphia
Bob Gardner
Jesse Sweetzer
Davidson Herron
Pittsburgh
Wm. C. Fownes, Jr
Walton League Formed at Canyon Near Panhandle Data Talk
Thirty members joined a Canyon Izaak Walton league chapter at a Friday night meeting attended by H. F. Smith of the state game fish and oyster commission who is gathering data for a year. The department will publish findings. W. J. Flesher was elected president and Grady Oldham treasurer.
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Izaak Walton League
Canyon
H. F. Smith
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Mr. Smith
Panhandle
Baok
W. J. Flesher
Grady Oldham
California boy wins junior cup in tennis meet
California rider Cranston Holman of San Francisco won the national junior tennis title in Chicago defeating Harris Coggeshall of Des Moines in straight sets 6 2 6 1 6 2. Holman brings the title to the Pacific coast for the first time.
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California
Associated Press
Chicago
Kinsey brothers win Meadow Brook invitation doubles title
San Francisco's Robert G. Kinsey and Howard O. Kinsey take the Meadow Brook Club invitation doubles crown by defeating George M. Lott Jr. of Chicago and Brian I. C. Norton of St. Louis 3-6 6-3 6-1. It marks the Kinseys fourth straight Southampton doubles trophy. Howard O. Kinsey also defeats Lott to capture the singles title 6-2 6-4 6-0.
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Associated Press
Southampton
N. Y
Robert G
Howard O. Kinsey
San Francisco
Calif
Meadow Brook Club
George M. Lott, Jr
Chicago
Brian I. C. Norton
St. Louis
Kinsey’s
Manning Sets Two Mile Trotting Record in Cleveland
Peter Manning, guided by Lon McDonald, lowered the two mile trotting record at North Rendall track to 4 10 1 4 with a first mile of 2 05 2 5. The Harvester previously held 4 15 1 4, set in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1910.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Peter Manning
Lon McDonald
North Rendall
The
Harvester
Lexington
Spain Eliminated in Davis Cup Contest in Baltimore
Takeichi Harada of Japan defeated Manuel Alonso in four sets to eliminate Spain on the third day of Davis Cup play in Baltimore. Japan advances to the third round to face Australia, who had eliminated Canada yesterday.
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Spain
Baltimore
Takeichi Harada
Japan
Manuel Alonzo
Canada
Baseball matchups across leagues set for weekend play
National League features Chicago at St. Louis Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Brooklyn. American League has St. Louis at Cleveland Detroit at Chicago New York at Washington. Texas League schedules Houston at Dallas San Antonio at Shreveport Waco at Wichita Falls Beaumont at Fort Worth.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Cleveland
New
Boston
Texas
Fort Worth
Houston
Wichita Falls
San Antonio
Waco
Shreveport
Beaumont
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Dallas
Dr. and Mrs. A H Lindsay and son arrive in Amarillo
Dr. A H Lindsay and his wife and son arrived in Amarillo yesterday. Lindsay had been in Butte Montana and his wife and son had spent the summer in California after joining him in Salt Lake City.
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A. H. Lindsay
Amarillo
Salt Lake City
Dr. Lindsay
Butte, Mont
California
School Medal Found In Palo Duro Canyon Bones Heap
J W Mount found a badly worn medal in bleached cattle bones on the C T Word ranch in Palo Duro Canyon. The front reads Presented to Beulah HW Staats by Commissioner J W Lomery and the back says For superior scholarship Burton Academy 1872. Mount suspects an animal swallowed the medal.
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C. T. Word
Palo Duro Canyon
J. W. Mount
Beulah HW
Staats
J. W. Lomery
Burton Academy
Potter County Claims Peach Growing Privilege
R A Campbell of 903 Jefferson Street asserts Potter County is a peach growing country by displaying a 9 ounce peach from his yard. The fruit measured 10 inches in diameter and came from among four heavily laden trees in his yard.
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Potter County
R. A. Campbell
Jefferson Street
Texas man advances to tennis semifinals
W L Coleman of Corpus Christi Texas former Colorado singles champion moved into the Denver open semifinals by winning two matches He defeated Matt Axelrood of Denver 6 0 6 3 and J B Ie han of Greely Colo 6 1 6 2
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Texas
Associated Press
Denver
W. L. Coleman
Corpus Christi
Coloado
Matt Axelrood
J. B. Iehan
Greely
Colo
Child Dies After Being Hit By Car in San Angelo
San Angelo August 15. R A Holt six year old son of Ira Holt a local concrete worker died in a local hospital tonight from concussion of the brain after being struck by an automobile driven by Miss Georgia Boyles at Harris and Chadbourne streets. Eva Holt three sister of R A Holt was injured but not seriously. The boy was holding his father's hand while his sister stood nearby when the car passed behind them.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
R. A. Holt
Ira Holt
Harris and
Chadbourne
Georgia Boyles
Eva Holt
Saint Marie Sinks in Fog Off Ouessant Men Die
The cargo steamer Saint Marie ran onto a sharp rock in dense fog in the English Channel near Ouessant and foundered within minutes. The captain and ten crewmen perished while thirteen others clung to a boat and reached Ouessant in a pitiable condition.
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Associated Press
Brest
Saint Marie
English Channel
Ouessant
New Theory Says Sciatica Is Muscular Not Nerve
Copenhagen Aug 15 Dr Helwig proposes a new view that sciatica arises from muscles behind the leg rather than the sciatic nerve. He reports nine in ten cases show muscular disease from overwork. A London doctor notes historic focus on the nerve may shift with new treatments.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Helwig
London
Lineman Killed Near Roby in Texas Utilities Work
Abilene reports Claude C. Dooley a lineman for West Texas Utilities Company was killed while working on a 4000 volt line to Rotan near Roby in Fisher County. Remains were sent to Hughes Springs for burial.
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Roby
Associated Press
Abilene
Claude C. Dooley
West Texas Utlities Company
Rotan
Fisher County
Hughes Springs
Texas
Selden-Breck sues carpenters union in federal suit
The Selden-Breck Construction Company of St. Louis files a federal suit in Mahaska Nebraska on August 15 seeking 100000 in damages from the local carpenters union its officers and William L Hutchinson national president over a carpenters strike that affected Selden-Breck jobs in Nebraska and New Orleans.
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Carpenters Union
Ldi Ry
Associated Press
Maha
Nebr
Selden-Breck Construction Company of
St. Louis
Carpenters’ Union
William L. Hutchinson
Carpenters
Selden-Breck
New Orleans
Moonshine Raid In Colorado Leaves One Dead Two Arrested
A federal and county raid near Divide Colorado resulted in one unidentified moonshiner killed and two companions jailed in Cripple Creek with a third detained in Colorado Springs. A fourth escaped as agents seized 800 gallons of moonshine liquor 1500 gallons of mash and a large still from an inaccessible retreat near the Rocky Mountains.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Colo
Cripple Creek
Divide
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Mexicans Lease Sugar Industry to Europeans
The Mexican government granted a concession to a European, largely German, owned corporation to develop Morelos sugar. The firm will invest 5 million dollars, 3 million for new machinery and 2 million as loans to small farmers.
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Associated Presa
Mexico City
Morelos
Secrecy Shrouds Conference On Railroad Rates
Texarkana August conference among Texas Arkansas Oklahoma and Louisiana railroad commissions failed to disclose any decisions on carrier rate increases. Chairman Clarence E. Gilmore said the result would be announced later, with Arkansas chairman H L Harper concurring. Attendees included state rate experts and lawyers from Austin Little Rock and Oklahoma City.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Railroad Commissions of
Texas and Arkansas
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Louisiana Corporation Commission
Clarence E. Gilmore
Texas Commission
Ernest May
Austin
Harper
A. R. Beals
Arkansas Commission
Little Rock
C. B. Bee
Oklahoma City
Intruders Barge into Dempsey Home in Los Angeles
Four men forced entry into heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and wife Estelle Taylor Dempsey in their Hollywood home. They spent time on the lower floor while Dempsey slept upstairs. Nothing was stolen and the intruders fled after the dogs scared them. Dempsey and Mrs Taylor Dempsey were unsure of the motive or plot behind the raid.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Jack Dempsey
Pugilist
Dempsey
Estelle Taylor Dempsey
Joot
Officials Expect Debt Agreement With Belgium
Washington reports officials say talks between American and Belgian commissions are at an impasse but not dead. Secretary Mellon and Senator Smodt will meet President Coolidge in Plymouth Vermont Monday to clarify and push negotiations forward after the joint session Tuesday. Belgium may need to alter proposals to gain congressional approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Smodt
Coolidge
Plymouth
Vermont
Belgium
American Congress
Marrs announces office promotions in Texas schools
In Austin on August 15 Miss Mary Joe Popplewell of Tarrant County becomes chief supervisor of high schools as S. M. N. Marrs promotes A. M. Blackman of Collins County to second assistant. J. Fred Howe of Bowie County is named high school supervisor, replacing R. W. Fowler who resigned to join Texas University. A. W. Evans moves to a professorship at Texas Technological College in Lubbock.
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Associated Press
Austin
Mary Joe Popplewell
Tarrant County
S. M. N. Marrs
A. W. Evans
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Marrs
A. M. Blackman
Collins County
J. Fred Howe
Bowie County
Texarkana High School
R. W. Fowler
Texas University
Riffians Hoist White Flag After Sarsar Surrender
Five thousand Riffian tribesmen surrendered unconditionally to French and Spanish forces at Sarsar heights in Spanish Morocco. The garrison's capitulation ends the Franco Spanish military problem in the region as joint operations secure the upland area.
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Tress Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
Sarsar Heights
Sarsar
Slayer Sought After Deputy Sheriff Death
New Harrisburg II August 15 a posse hunted a wooded area ten miles south of town for Isaiah Treborne 45 negro in connection with the shooting death of Deputy Sheriff Royce Cline during a raid on a still near the Treborne home yesterday Cline died of wounds inflicted in the raid
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Associated Press
NEW Harrisburg
Pond Settlement
Isaiah Treborne
Royce Cline
Cline
Traborne
Keenan Refuses Bronx Borough President Campaign
Christopher C. Keenan a Bronx Democrat backed by Hylan supporters said he would not participate in any campaign against Governor Smith's leadership. The announcement came as he declined the Hylan designated bid for borough president of the Bronx.
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Associated Press
New York
Christopher C. Keenan
Bronx
Hylan
The
Smith
Astrologer Delmar Croft Dies in New Haven
Dr. Delmar Eugene Croft, 61, a noted astrologer, died suddenly in New Haven Connecticut from acute indigestion on August 15.""
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Delmar
Eugene Croft
Students to drive machines sixty hours without sleeping
Washington August 15 Fight George Washington University students or graduates four of them women volunteered and yesterday commenced a sixty hour continuous stretch without sleep to enable scientific observers to do their actions driving an automobile Professor Fred A Moss head of the University’s department of Psychology and chairman of Secretary Hoover’s committee investigating the cause of traffic accidents will observe psychopathic conditions of the sleepless drivers with particular attention to their reaction at the wheel and their powers of perception.
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Washington
George Washington University
Fred A. Moss
Hoover
County Clerks and District Officials Meeting Recap
The document lists county and district clerks from many Texas counties, with names such as Geo. F. Smith Hutchinson and Lucian Goss Dallam, detailing fees, taxing duties, and round table topics. A luncheon at the Country Club follows adjournment, with speakers including J. M. Simpson and A. B. Callender and sessions on district court challenges and uniform fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens County
Geo. F. Smith
Hockley County
Lucian Goss
Dallam County
J. E. Wemble
Hansford County
M. E. McCormick
Hutchinson County
T. L. Anderson
Briscoe
Herbert Stubbs
Lubbock County
M. R. Cavett
Lamb County
R. H. Forrester
Wheeler County
David Shanks
Ochiltree
Country Club
EB. M. Pittman
J. M. Simpson
J. M. Oakes
Court of Civil Appeals
Lottie E. Lane
Donle County
Jack Gatlin
Motley County
W. E. Smith
Lynn County
A. B. Callender
Hartley County
M. Della Ansley
Hale County
Charlie Thut
Gray County
Swisher County
Jay Barrett
Terry County
Roy Frye
Oldham County
W. W. Daugherty
Moore County
B. N. Graham
Palmer County
E. M. Pittman
Potter County
Geo. P. Smith
Dave Shanks
Ochiltree County
0. C. Arthur
Hartley
Loule
Hutchins Election Plans and Next Year’s Officers Named
County and district clerk M. McCormic leads committee appointments and officer elections for the coming year. The group selects the next meeting place and concludes with final adjournment.
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Trict
M. ¥. McCormic
Hutchins County
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Louis Meyer
Polk Street
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