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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1926
Page
3
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey holds a $200000 trust fund that cannot be touched and pays him $1000 each month for life. He also owns Pacific coast property valued at about $750000 including the Barbara Hotel in Los Angeles. Babe Ruth reportedly has a $50000 trust fund of a similar type.
Tris Speaker of the Indians praises Dutch Levsen as a great pickup. Levsen, a right handed pitcher, has delivered several first class pitching exhibitions this season and stands as one of the Indians staff’s most dependable hurlers.
J W Morris of Clarendon, Panhandle checker champion, proposes the annual Panhandle tournament in Amarillo this summer. He aims to bring American champion Banks for two days of exhibition plays and will soon set exact dates.
Amarillo beat Lakeview 12 to 5 in Amarillo as crowds filled parks across the Plains. The Lubbock Slubbers routed Pan handle 12 to 1, proving they remain champions of the Panhandle. Lockney beat Plainview 5 to 2, while Hereford toppled Clovis 9 to 2 behind Mathis who struck out eleven.
Major league teams show stronger hitting in the season’s middle stretch as high averages decline among early leaders but team slugging improves. Yankees pace both leagues while Cubs Reds Pirates and others post better team marks. Ruth Dugan Meusel and Wambsganss highlight top American and National hitters. Grove and Pennock lead pitching. league totals show rising doubles and homers.
The Amarillo Metros will host Plainview at Gaseer Park for a two game set on Saturday and Sunday. Plainview, a strong and fast fielding lineup, recently lost to Mathis Lockney in a standout pitching performance. Manager Jack Woodward leads the visitors with a well drilled squad while Middleton plans adjustments for Sunday.
Louisville, the 1925 pennant winner, faces real competition this season as Kansas City and Indianapolis push the Colonels, with four other clubs close behind. Columbus stands out as weaker, while a note mentions Cecil Smith and his brother L A Smith in St. Louis and a remark on morning hours for work by psychologists.
An advertising declaration from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company extols Camel as the world’s leading cigarette brand. It asserts unmatched quality and blending, lasting flavor, and broad consumer appeal, inviting readers to compare Camels with any cigarette at any price.
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