Maverick Club Draws Large Crowd with Eight-Man Battle Royal
Last night at the new quarters nearly 500 spectators watched a top program headlined by an eight-man battle royal in wrestling. Results include Plymar defeating McKinsy in 140 pounds, O Grady and Tobby drew, Kobry and Gray drew, Jones and Wes drew in 160 pounds, and Culpepper beating Harwell in 140 boxing. Exhibition rounds featured Hugins and Willingham with Bobby Neville. Weekly cards shift to Tuesday nights with plans for more professional bouts.
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Bill Plymar
Mac McKinsy
Pat O'Grady
Tobby
Ike Kobry
George Gray Drew
Dutch Jones
Johnnie Wes Drew
Billy Anderson
Johnnie Willingham
E. Culpepper
George Harwell
Don Hugins
George Willingham
Bobby Neville
Buccaneers win shortstop job as Robertshaw clubs three homers
In a Houston area update, Don Robertshaw wins the regular shortstop job for the Galveston Buccaneers after Manager Billy Webb announces the decision. Robertshaw hits three pitches out of Moody Stadium to cap a celebratory moment as the team prepares for an exhibition with the Fort Worth Cats. Highlights include the Houston Buffaloes edging Texas 14 13 in Austin, with Lynn and Pippen allowing 18 hits to the College lineup. Dallas Steers beat Fort Worth Cats 9 8 in Lake Charles as Norman and Sox homer drives key late rally. Tulsa Beaumont and Oklahoma City also see practice sessions and prep for the Texas League opener.
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Associated Press
Galveston Buccaneers
Billy Webb
Don Robertshaw
Robertshaw
Moody Stadium
Webb
Buccaneers
Fort Worth
Houston Buffaloes
University of Texas
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Lynn
Pippen
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Collegians
Selph
Henry Severeid
San Antonio Missions
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Fort Worth Cats
Lake Charles
Steels
Norman
Sox
Cats
Dallas
Tulsa
Beaumont
Oklahoma City
Houston to Host Polo Tournament With Teams From Five Cities
Polo teams from Colorado Springs San Diego Dallas El Ranchito and Wichita Falls head to Houston for the annual invitation tournament at the Houston riding and polo club Two Houston clubs also compete Drawings for matches were held today Polo horses and show mounts of the Southwest will be shown April 21 as part of the tournament festivities.
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Houston
Colorado Springs
San Diego
Dallas
el Ranchito
Wichita Falls
Houston Riding and Polo Club
Southwest
Outsider Wins First In Women's Swimming
Olive McKean of Seattle won the Women's National A A U 100 yard indoor championship in Chicago, beating Lenore Kight of Homestead, Pennsylvania by a fraction of a second. McKean's 1 03.4 clipped 3.4 seconds off Helene Madison's world record, with Alice Bridge third as the trio finished within a close pack.
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Chicago
Lenore Kight
Homestead
Olive McKean
Seattle
Wash
Alice Bridge
Whitin
Mass
Miss McKean
Helene Madison
Schedule of games at Washington and other cities
Cleveland A 7 New York N 3 Pittsburgh N 13 Chicago A 0 St Louis N 5 St Louis A 3 Cincinnati N 11 Atlanta SA 8 New York A 8 Knoxville SA 4 Detroit A 18 Birmingham SA 4 Today's schedule lists Brooklyn N versus Washington A Chattanooga TN Cincinnati N vs Detroit A Asheville NC New York N versus Cleveland A Tulsa OK Pittsburgh N versus Chicago A St Louis N vs St Louis A Newark NJ Boston A versus
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Associated Press
Cleveland
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Knoxville
Detroit
Birmingham
Washington
Brooklyn
Chattanooga
Mat Tourney to Continue Tonight at Armory
Dutch Mantell stages a mid dleweight elimination at the National Guard Armory tonight with Otis Clingman of Amarillo facing Don Hill of Los Angeles in the main event. Semifinal features Dorry Detton of Lubbock against Rod Fenton of Edmonton, with Lobo Brown of Amarillo taking on Joe Bauer in the preliminary. Curtain at 8 oclock. ringside seats sold at City Drug Store, 517 Polk Street, usual prices.
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Dorry Detton
Lubbock
Rod Fenton
Edmonton
Lobo Brown
Amarillo
Joe Bauer
Dutch Mantell
National Guard Armory
Otis Clingman
Don Hill
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Bloodied roosters clash in brutal pit fight described
A vivid account from Newark Illinois details a brutal chicken fight in a dingy arena. The gray rooster and Red battle fiercely with gaffs, blood, and a final fatal strike ending in the gray bird's death. The report notes present matchups in Newark and upcoming games in Charlotte and Baltimore.
Open Derby in doubt as experts pick eight contenders
Associated Press reports a panel of twelve experts forecast a wide open Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 5. Cavalcade and Christian lead with two votes each, others like Mata Hari Peace Chance Spy Hill and Discovery garner one vote. several trainers back their own horses.
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Associated Press
New York
Churchill Downs
Dodge Sloane
Christian
George D. Widener
E. R. Bradley
Charles T. Fisher
Joseph E. Widener
Payne Whitney
Norman Church
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Johnny Loftus
George Smith
Sir Barton
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Gallant Fox
Sande
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Mrs. Sloane
Sammy Smith
George H
Pete) Bostwick
Matt Brady
Mr. Khayyam
Christiaw
Son of
Chicle
Pimlico
Little Joe Notter
Max Hirsch
Belmont Park
Hirsch
Bazaar
Andy Schuttinger
Torrid quarterfinals mark North and South Tennis Tourney
In Pinehurst North Carolina on April 12 top seed Frank X Shields faces Walter Martin while Wilmer Allison plays Marcel Rainville as quarterfinals heat up. Lester Stoefen withdraws due to overwork leaving A L Bruneau to advance. George Lott Jr meets Anthony Latona and Gilbert Hall faces Bryan Grant in a field of ranked stars.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Lester Stoefen
Los Angeles
A. L. Bruneau
Brooklyn
Frank X. Shields
New York
Training Camp News Briefs from Across Baseball Camps
A roundup from spring training notes shows Mule Haas returning to the White Sox in Tulsa as Ed Burnham heads to Chicago for treatment. Pirates gripe about pitching, with Larry French delivering six straight wins. Brooklyn bets on John McCarthy as Casey Stengel ponders May 15 player limits. Don Heffner stands as a Yanks mascot amid win streaks and slumps. Indians boast seven wins in ten in a Giants barnstorming run and feel confident against National League pitching. Dizzy Dean vs Buck Newsom in a St Louis city championship game as Frisch contemplates lineup moves.
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Washington
Marty McManus
John McCarthy
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Casey Stengel
McCarthy
ST. Louis
Dizzy Dean
Buck Newsom
Cardinals
Browns
Frank Frisch
Cardinal
Brewers Seek Fewer Beer Signs Across Seattle
A resolution from the Northwest Brewers Association asks the State Liquor Control Board to remove most beer signs. Henry T. Ivers, the association’s general counsel, says current city blocks are covered with beer signs and that the public dislikes the heavy promotion of beer.
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Seattle
State Liquor Control Board
Northwest Brewers Association
Henry T. Ivers
Association
Federation Changes Meet At The Gables This Friday
The City Federation of Music will meet Friday morning at The Gables 202 West Tenth Avenue rather than the High School Auditorium. The session opens at 10 o'clock and all singers from different music clubs should attend to rehearse for choruses to be sung next week at the Seventh District Convention of Women's Clubs.
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Federation of Music
the Gables
West Tenth Avenue
Dean to open the National League season for the Cards
In Galveston and Austin reports from April 12, Dean will start for the St Louis Cardinals to open the National League season next Tuesday. Rogers Hornsby named Irving Hadley or George Blaeholder as the Browns opener. Exhibition games feature Hutchinson and Hubbel dividing mound duties for the Galveston Buccaneers against the Fort Worth Panthers, plus Texas League action as Houston Buffaloes beat Texas Longhorns 14 13 and Dallas Steers edge Fort Worth Cats 9 8 with late rallies.
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Rogers Hornsby
Irving Hadley
George Blaeholder
Browns
Austin
Texas
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University of Texas Longhorns
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Lafayette
Bill Norman
George Cox
Dallas Steers
Fort Worth Cats
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Cox
Whitehead
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Wilkins
Kellogg Publishes Free Baseball Book For Boys
Kellogg Company offers a free baseball manual for young players through Pep promotions. The 48 page color guided book explains stance, grip, base running, and fielding with diagrams, plus history and records. Copies available via grocers with two Pep box tops or mail request to Battle Creek Michigan.
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America
Kellogg Company
W. K. Kellogg
Kellogg
Kelloggs Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Split tax payments near April deadline
City Manager H. R. Smith reports the final half of split tax payments to the city are slow. He warns taxpayers that a 10 percent penalty plus $1 costs and six percent interest will be added to all delinquent taxes if not paid by April 15.
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Red
H. R. Smith
W. W. Lynch Critical After Hospital Operation
W. W. Lynch, manager of the San Jacinto bus lines and former county commissioner, remained in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after an operation yesterday. Attendants said his condition had slightly improved but remained serious this morning.
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W. W. Lynch
San Jacinto
St. Anthony's Hospital
Child Hit By Car Near Home In Topeka
The small son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cobl at 1004 Lincoln Street was slightly injured when struck by a slow moving automobile near their home yesterday. The National Emergency Council for Kansas moved into quarters in Topeka's federal building. During the Civil War a Confederate navy yard stood at Charlotte, North Carolina, about 200 miles from the seacoast.
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J. M. Cobl
Lincoln Street
The
National Emergency Council For Kansas
Federal
Topeka
Federal Prohibition Department
Confederacy
Charlotte
N. C
Seacoast
Moore Seeks Work with Goldsborough in Cambridge Md
Albert Moore set out from home in Cambridge on April 12 hoping to land a job from Representative T. Alan Goldsborough. A driver’s quip made light of the pursuit as Moore joked about the job, and Moore’s friends said he secured employment.
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Cambridge, Md
Albert Moore
T. Alan Goldsborough
Moore
Elder Couple Return to Farm Life After Dull Town Year
L. T. Stout, 85, and his wife, two years younger, left Greenleaf Kansas for town life years ago seeking activity. This week they packed up and went back to the farm saying it was too dull in town.
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Greenleap
Kas
L. T. Stout
Polk Street Church disavows National Church Advancement program
The Polk Street Methodist Church announced yesterday it does not sponsor the National Church Advancement program. Church members were urged by the church board to avoid purchasing seals under the belief the church sponsors or profits from the movement. Meanwhile, cheese factories in North Carolina increased production by 25 percent over the last year.
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National Church Advancement Program
Polk Street Methodist Church
North Carolina
Old Hurt Will Trouble Tony Herrera in Title Bout
Fort Worth April 12 A reopened cut on Tony Herrera's nose worsened by a sparring head butt raises concerns ahead of his April 20 title bout with Barney Roses. Herrera, Paso del Norte challenger, will press on with training while protecting the injured nose pursued by opponents for months.
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Fort Worth
Tony Herrera
Barney Roses
Herrera
Postal Supervisors Gather in May 19 Meeting
About 150 to 200 postal supervisors from Western Oklahoma the Oklahoma Panhandle Eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle Plains are slated to meet here on May 19 to plan the Panhandle Plains branch organization. Bo McClelland of Oklahoma City national organizer leads the program with W Bruce Luna Dallas postmaster and former national association president and Charles L Watson Dallas state secretary also on the program. The group includes supervisors assistant postmasters superintendents of mail and foremen of clerks and carriers.
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Oklahoma
Oklahom Panhandle
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle-Plains
Panhandle- Plains
State Supervisors’ Association
Bo McClelland
Oklahoma City
W. Bruce Luna
Dallas
National Association
Charles L. Watson
Dallas Man to Speak at Salvation Army Hall
Lt Colonel and Mrs Main divisional commanders of the Salvation Army in Texas will conduct services tonight and Friday night at the Salvation Army Hall to celebrate General Booth founder of the Salvation Army. Services start at 4 00 o clock at 508 Van Buren Street. The public is invited.
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Salvation Army
Texas
General Booth
van Buren Street
Lions Wives Attend Borger Meet of Clubs
Nearly 26 Amarillo Lions and their wives were to leave this afternoon for a North Plains group meeting in Borger. The gathering opens at 3 pm and ends with a banquet at 7 pm. Isaac William, a Cor nishville Kentucky mail carrier, says he has delivered over 900000 letters in 25 years of service.
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LIONS
Borger Meet OF
Amarillo Lions
North Plains
Borger
Isaac William
Cornishville
Film Men Start To Jungle Land
Hollywood officials begin a 7300 mile air journey to South American jungles to prep for filming The route lists Phoenix El Paso Fort Worth Atlanta and Miami before proceeding to the Amazon basin The party includes George B Seitz director Harold M Notee explorer author and Joseph Cook business manager to reach the Jacuar village on the Rio Waupeo 1700 miles inland from the Amazon mouth.
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Hollywood
Calif
Grand Central Airport
George B. Seitz
Harold M. Notee
Joseph Cook
Phoenix
Ariz
el Paso
Tex
Fort Worth
Atlanta
Miami
Fla
Van Eyck Triptych Stolen From Belgian Cathedral
In Ghent Belgium on April 12 a panel from the world famous Van Eyck triptych The Adoration of the Lamb was stolen from St Bavon Cathedral. Discovered by a sacristan early this morning the theft has been likened to the Mona Lisa case. The damaged pieces were part of a work bought by King Frederick William of Prussia in 1822 and later restored to Belgium under the Versailles treaty. The Adoration of the Lamb was completed in 1432 by Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
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Belgium
Hubert
Jan van Eyck
St. Bavon
Louvre
Paris
Frederick William
Prussia
van Eyck
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