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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1925
Page
3
Noah Mead announced the locals will host Claude Sunday at 3 with Tate pitching, Speed Ravey in center field, and Claude drawing from the home squad and Vega recruits while the Legionnaires are in Lubbock. The matchup promises a lively tilt on the local diamond.
Rain delayed the women’s national championship at Forest Hills resumes tomorrow with a 2 PM singles semi between Helen Wills and Eleanor Goss. Kathleen McKane meets Molla B. Mallory at 3 PM, followed by Wills Browne vs Chambers Harvey in doubles. Bundy Ryan vs Jessup Goss to close doubles. Finals Monday at 2:30 and 4:30.
65 golfers advance to the final 36 holes at Youngstown Country Club led by Al Watrous four under par for the double circuit. Densmore Shute McDonald Smith and William Klein tie for second with 141. John Farrell shoots 68 today to stand third with 142. Walter Hagen 146 and Gene Sarazen 147 remain contenders as conditions test scoring.
New York Aug 21 Promoters told to proceed with the Paul Berlenbach Jack Delaney light heavyweight title bout after a New York State Athletic Commission physician found his hands without functional defects. Berlenbach had delayed the August 28 date due to old hand deformities but was cleared as fully able to box. The commission also postponed tonight’s Tony Maurilli Mike McTigue and Jimmy Slattery Maxey Rosenbloom bouts until tomorrow night.
In Brookline Mass on August 21 Australia and France earned Davis Cup final inter zone spots. Hawkes and Patterson defeated Shimizu and Harada of Japan 6 1 6 2 9 7 to seal the result as Patterson and Anderson had already beaten Japan in singles. Hawkes to face Fukuda and Harada to meet Patterson in the remaining matches tomorrow.
Chicago, Aug 21 The third hint of scandal in modern baseball reaches the supreme court for investigation as commissioner Landis is asked to review findings by John D. Martin president of the Southern Association about Nashville players allegedly told to lay down for the New Orleans pennant drive. The case marks the first minor league scandal since Black Sox exposure and follows reports printed in the Nashville Banner.
The schedule lists Texas League games including San Antonio at Wichita Falls Houston at Fort Worth Beaumont at Dallas and Waco at Shreveport. National League games include St. Louis at Philadelphia Chicago at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Boston and Pittsburgh at New York. American League games show Boston at St. Louis Washington at Detroit New York at Cleveland and Philadelphia at Chicago.
Ora Geraldine Blackwell aged 23 months died at 401 North Tyler street Amarillo at 8:55 pm Friday after being brought from Gentry Texas for treatment. Funeral services set for 8 o'clock this evening at 401 North Tyler conducted by Rev. G. H. Bryant of Buchanan Street Methodist Church. Burial in Llano cemetery under Griggs Undertaking Company.
The 1925 agricultural census shows Armstrong County moving from owner to tenant farming between 1920 and 1925. The county rose from 373 to 447 farms, with 192 owner operated, 245 tenant, and 10 manager farms in 1925. Cattle rose to 28,187, horses to 9,961, mules declined, swine dropped, sorghum led crops with sorgum and other crops following.
Tom Mix returns at Deandi Theatre with The Deadwood Coach in a top western tale full of action. Buck Jones headlines The Fair with The Timber Wolf, a fast paced Fox story. Mission Theatre offers Raymond Griffiths The Night Club with Vera Reynolds Myrtle Stedman and Wallace Beery plus Balto’s Race to Nome featuring a remarkable dog.
Richard Glendon known as Dick Glendon, after three successful years coaching Navy Academy rowing, is appointed head coach of Columbia University. The Columbia Rowing committee announced the hire amid plans for next season. the announcement follows his notable performances at the Poughkeepsie regatta.
A fragmentary note discusses how the term Moslem Turk relates to religious practice on intoxicants, referencing a religious principle. The readable text suggests a scholarly or theological angle but lacks complete context or argument.
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