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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1935
Page
9
Amarillo golfers rush to Amarillo Country Club for final practice ahead of the City Golf Tournament starting Thursday. Officials report strong ticket sales signaling a large field and plenty of competition as youth faces veterans with defending champion John Munn in the mix.
The 29th Texas Golf Association championship starts at Brook Hollow Dallas as top amateurs compete on the 6,655 yard course with 12 pars four holes. Former champions Reynolds Smith and Louis Nowlin headline a field that includes Harry Todd Don Schumacher and others shaping the title race.
Canyon Club golfers defeated Wolflin Park 64 to 38 in Amarillo. Players cited include Jack Bush 12 and Vince Reeves 114 with many others contributing. Amarillo women accompanied the team, win prompting plans to entertain Canyon visitors next Sunday.
A sea lion can regularly consume about 20 pounds of fish daily while also surviving extended fasting by drawing on its stored fat reserves. The note highlights the animal's dual capacity for high intake and prolonged fasting in its natural adaptations.
William T. Smith of Amarillo says Jerry Stinson is a strong Amarillo figure but he claims broad territory as checker champion of the Panhandle. Herman Borth of Stratford holds the Panhandle title from last winter’s elimination tourney in Dalhart. Smith, runner up, invites a ten game match in Amarillo against Borth or Stinson on any day chosen.
Mrs. O S Hill of Kansas City defending champion shot 77 to lead 18 hole qualifying in the trans Mississippi Women's Golf Tournament at Omaha. She was two strokes ahead of her nearest rival Mrs. Charles F Newbold of Wichita as rain drenched the course.
A June Teenth celebration in Amarillo features a sports program at Metro Park on Thursday. The schedule includes a baseball game between Amarillo and Pampa Black team nines, sack races, and a battle royal.
Boston Braves win a holiday doubleheader from Cincinnati defeating the Reds 3 to 1 in the opener and 5 to 1 in the nightcap. Danny MacFayden hurled the second game victory over his former teammates.
Lubbock Texas June 17 After funeral services at First Baptist Church of Lubbock the body of former Texas Tech athlete F E Clifford Simmons will be buried in Santa Anna. The ex grid letterman and heavyweight boxing tar suffocated early Monday while working inside a fuel oil storage pool and drowned in oil covering the bottom. Firemen recovered his body with grappling hooks. Simmons graduated from Texas Tech in 1934 with an architectural engineering degree.
Results show Boston 2 Cleveland 11 with Cleveland dominant. Upcoming games list Washington at St Louis New York at St Louis Philadelphia at Detroit and Boston at Cleveland. Washington St Louis and New York streaks referenced for today’s schedule.
Rain causes postponements for Beaumont versus Dallas and San Antonio versus Fort Worth while Tulsa hosts Houston and Oklahoma City visits Galveston. Standings show CRB Weston leading with 26.55 points, Beaumont at Dallas and other matchups scheduled after weather impact.
Birmingham beat Chattanooga 12 to 4 in Birmingham. Knoxville at Little Rock postponed due to rain. New Orleans at Nashville scheduled for night.
Phillips 66 baseball nine beat Watonga 9 to 6 in Borger Oklahoma with notable base stealing by Gib Jackson. Graham Powers and Newton pitched while Nulrooney and Francis claimed the win and the save.
Pay Cash Nine defeated Pleasant Valley 5 to 4 in a Sunday game. Latcia Nunelys pitched a two hit game and Bill Kearns had two runs and two hits, as local players shone in the narrow win. Poultrymen claim flocks can be profitably raised at 2.33 dollars per chicken annually.
New York June 17 Madison Square Garden matchmaker Jimmy Johnston announced tentative plans for a heavyweight title bout next September between Jimmy Braddock and Max Schmeling. He expects to meet with Braddock’s adviser Joe Gould and Schmeling’s manager Joe Jacobs to finalize arrangements after learning Schmeling is willing to travel for a title fight.
The Thursday night wrestling prelims feature Bob Castle vs Tony Piluso in the semi final while Gene La Belle meets Johnny La Rue in the curtain raiser. Castle impressed by delaying Vic Weber last week and Piluso is famed for fast counterattacks. First bout starts at 8:30 with tickets at City Drug Store 517 Polk Street.
San Antonio at Dallas rained out. Houston at Tulsa rained out. Beaumont at Fort Worth noted with Galveston. Oklahoma City 3 runs, Dallas 5, with Cole and Mealey, Brillheart and Minor named among players.
Petersburg edges Lockney 2 1 in the opener as Bill Holoway hits a three bagger scoring two. Lockney wins 6 1 in the nightcap. Petersburg leads the South Plains League with Lockney Plainview and Hale Center close behind.
Reg Greenhaw defeats Thomas Hampton 4 and 3 at Memphis Country Club to win the tourney. He finishes six under par for 33 holes while Hampton ends two under. Hampton led early, Greenhaw surged with four birdies on the afternoon, sealing victory on the 15th green.
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