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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
2
The Giants dropped both ends of a May 26 doubleheader in Boston, the Braves winning 5 to 2 in the opener and 5 to 4 in the nightcap. Graham limited the Giants in the first game, while Cooney shut them down in the second to guide Boston to the sweep.
Boston opened with a 6 0 win and New York answered with a 16 3 loss. Meusel Todt ONeil and Combs homered for the Yankees while Shocker O'Neil Combs posted two base hits. In the nightcap Wheat homered for the Red Sox as Grimes and Carlson held the Browns to six runs.
In Waco on May 26 Oscar Suero started for Waco and baffled Dallas with a spitter tiny runs, as Waco won 2 to 0. James Galloway drove in four runs, and Khadot made a diving stop to rob Wilson in the sixth.
Pittsburg defeats Chicago 7 to 2 as Jones walks and hitters combine for a first inning homer and a late rally. Niehaus doubles for Pittsburgh and Cuyler homers. Chicago strands runners, while Stueland and Hartnett try to close.
Miss Susannah Barlow of Windsor England was buried in her trousseau nightgown kept for eighty years. She never married and the garment was never worn until her burial.
Detroit defeats Chicago 8 to 1 in the first game of the series. Leonard held Chicago to five hits while Detroit hitters chased three local pitchers. Cobb belted a double to set a lifetime extra-base hit record, now at 1,000. Mostil tripled and Collins singled for Chicago’s lone run.
Washington defeated Philadelphia 11 to 2 as Lefty Groves exited after five innings. Stokes, Andrews, Groves and Perkins contributed. Coveleskie and Ruel aided the Senators with timely hits and RBI. Bluege and Ruel provided key runs as Washington built a decisive lead.
Yankees loom as Miller Huggins looks to bolster catching and infield with Pat Collins and Mark Koenig at Saint Paul. Plainview hosts camp near Kerrville with six weeks of drills starting June 9 for Texas high school athletes.
Indianapolis May 26 Associated Press Duray, driving an eight cylinder car, set a new ten mile speed record at Indianapolis during qualifying for Saturday’s 600 mile race with an average of 113.196 mph. His time was 5:18.03. De Paolo also posted a faster one lap average of 114.285 mph, while old marks by Milton, Cooper and Hartz were surpassed in the session. Eighteen drivers qualified, all but one over 85 mph, with most over 100 mph.
Gar Wood rode two speed boats to outpace the New York Central Twentieth Century Limited from Albany to New York City. The Baby Gar IV averaged 46.5 mph over roughly 138 miles, finishing in 2 hours 58 minutes. The train covered 142.2 miles in 3 hours 39 minutes, seen along the Hudson shore as it approached Manhattan.
National League scores include Cincinnati 1, St Louis 9. Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 2. Boston 6 New York 2. Philadelphia 4 aeakiva 10-3. American League results show Chicago 1 Detroit 8. Washington 11 Philadelphia 2. New York 2 Boston 3-1. St Louis 8-5 Cleveland 4-1. Texas League games feature Waco 8 Dallas 2. Beaumont 1 Fort Worth 9 Houston 7. Wichita Falls 4 San Antonio 8 Shreveport 7. East Texas League results include Greenville 6 Marshall 2. Longview 7 Sulphur Springs 8. Mount Pleasant 8 Paris 7. Tyler 11 Texarkana 1.
Salt Lake defeated Vernon 3 to 6, Sacramento edged Oakland 6 to 2. Seattle and San Francisco faced a late arrival delay while Los Angeles and Portland postponed travel.
Western League results include St. Joseph 8 over Tulsa 7, Oklahoma City 7 over Wichita 4, Omaha 6 over Des Moines 2, and Denver 7 over Lincoln 6.
Columbus defeated Indianapolis 6 to 4 while Kansas City beat Minneapolis 6 to 3. St Paul triumphed over Milwaukee 56 to 6 and Louisville won against Toledo 6 to 4.
The Little Rock team defeated Atlanta 3 to 2 while Nashville blanked Mobile 3 to 0. New Orleans toppled Chattanooga 8 to 6, and Birmingham edged Memphis 4 to 3 in a set of late season games.
The schedule lists games with pairs like Wichita Falls at Beaumont and Fort Worth at Houston. Other matchups include Shreveport at Waco Dallas at San Antonio and American at Washington at Philadelphia.
Alan Helffrich of Penn State defeated Paavo Nurmi at Yankee Stadium in a dramatic half mile race. Nurmi led early, but Helffrich surged on the final turn and won by about ten yards, clocking 1:56.8 compared to Nurmi’s pace.
London dispatch recalls a nation awaiting the British Derby at Epsom Downs tomorrow with 28 three year olds in contention. Lord Astor's Crossbow leads antepost betting at 6 to 1, while Manna with Steve Donoghue is listed at 7 to 1 amid injury rumors.
The Littlefield public schools ended a very successful nine months term on Saturday night. President J A Hill of West Texas State Teachers College gave the commencement address. Sixteen graduates from the high school and 1265 enrolled children. Twenty four teachers were employed, to rise to thirty next term. Daily transportation is used for students.
A vintage health ad urges workers to treat sluggishness from poor liver function with Herbine. It promises renewed vim and ambition, labeling the product as essential for vitality. Priced at 60 cents and sold by all druggists in Ady.
Carl Christiernson of the Newark A. C. equalled the world record for the 100 yard hurdles by defeating Herb Myer and Tom Farrell of his club in 18 16 seconds. Albin Stenroos of Finland also topped ten Americans in a one hour race and broke Charlie Pores’s 10 mile record with 1492 laps on June 1, 1918.
Two men M. J. Koontz and Napolion Bryant were held in Ardmore by local police over the disappearance of Steve Ratcliff's car from Amarillo. Chief of Police Cain expected other cases to be cleared by the arrest. Separately, the note mentions foreign origin pests.
The Boy Scout camp at Dekater’s has 114 enrollments, announced from Scout headquarters. The camp runs June 2 to 16 with a target of at least 225 total. H. Nelson, local scout executive, led a training school in Tulsa yesterday.
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