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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
2
The Amarillo High School Sandies open their 1925 baseball season this afternoon at 3 45 in Amarillo park against Shamrock in a two game series. The following day the team travels to meet Clarendon College and Canyon, while St Louis Cardinals and Childress visit Amarillo.
The Amarillo Tennis Club will hold its first meeting of the year this evening at 7 30 in the offices of Askew and Short Fuqua Building. The special session aims to outline the season's activities elect officers appoint committees and discuss the club’s courts and plans for tournaments and contests.
In Winter Haven Florida on March 19 Meveland faced Columbus with key players Clark Roy and Miller Myatt Ambrose Pott and Bird Cady. Fort Myers saw Philadelphia trailing New York 15 to 16 after 3 innings. St Petersburg reported Cincinnati and New York in a close matchup with Rixey May Wingo Shocker Hoyt ONeill and Schang prominent in the frame.
Weather Fort dispatch notes dated March 19 with a weather ledger and scattered names. The fragment lists Oklahoma City entries and a partial roster including Zeigler Schuman Wheat Hung ling Collins Strohemeyer Howard.
Eddie Can nonball Martin world bantamweight champion meets Charlie Rosenberg in a 15 round title match at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. It is Martin's first big title bout in New York since dethroning Abe Goldstein. Rosenberg drew with Martin at MSG last April.
Born in Smyrna Tennessee in 1899, he was purchased by the Major League Pirates in 1921 from the Birmingham club of the Southern Association. He batted .329 in 1922 and fielded .987 in 1923, marking notable early big league feats.
The trial began with testimony from a witness who described immoral acts and a second Archer County man who testified about a house of ill repute. Defense counsel Weeks pressed to admit such evidence to show Frank Collier’s knowledge of alleged vice at the Hattie Robertson home, while prosecutors objected. The judge allowed the evidence after Weeks promised to link it to the case’s main issues.
In a brisk sports column Sally Montgomery argues college football surpasses professional in toughness while noting Bo McMillan era pride. Bill James signs to coach Texas University next year as Waco’s Texas League effort features a homer by Steers but falls short with runners left on base. Baylor’s Dave Danforth leaves the Browns scene as Cubs mourn Rabbit Maranville’s injury. Cobb eyes a pennant in coming camps. Amarillo seeks a strong semi pro team amid evolving local sports ties.
Roy Beckwith and Arthur Saxon, noted strong man, wrestled to a draw last night at the Fair Theater. Beckwith won the first fall in 34 minutes, Saxon took the second with a step-over toe hold, Beckwith was injured and withdrew, cancelling the third and final fall.
Howard Morris has been chosen to lead the Dimmitt High School Greyhounds in the Interscholastic League season. A freshman, Morris bats and throws right handed and is noted as a consistent hitter and popular player in the lineup.
Charles A. Culberson dies after thirty two years serving Texas and the nation as attorney general governor and U S senator. Colleagues praise his convictions legal ability and independence while noting illness limited his later years. Massed pianos reserved seats 60 and 76 cents at Collins Drug.
SHREVEPORT. March 18. Jakey Atz, ex big league catcher, predicts Fort Worth rookie George Bischoff will win South Side fans in three years and play many games for the White Sox. Bischoff, who helped Fort Worth win championships, is praised for arm, hitting, speed, and pep behind the plate. The piece notes Schalk’s return to form and Buck Crouse guiding the Chicago staff.
The annual County Interscholastic Meet will be held in Dimmitt on April 10 and 11 with broad school participation. The event aims to select Castro representatives for the District Meet at Canyon on April 24 and 25, and W C Woodburn, county director, says trained judges will oversee contests to ensure precise timing.
LeFors carries the Gray County seat victory amid a county election showing strong Pampa support for removal while McLean opposes. Vote counts show 984 for moving to Pampa and 469 against at McLean, with historical results from 1919 noted as a contrast.
Reports from Marion to Murphysboro tell of hundreds killed or missing as a violent tornado plowed across Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee. Rescue and relief efforts mobilized with Red Cross aid and emergency services rushing to establish order while towns burn and schools houses and yards are destroyed.
A local druggist advertises Joint-Base as a fast acting treatment for sore stiff and swollen joints. It claims deep penetration to ligaments and tendons, quick relief for joint pain, and also notes use for congestion throat chest colds lumbago and neuralgia. City Drug Co offers mail orders with cash or C O D Pope Laboratories Hallowell av.
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