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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1927
Page
15
The Amarillo Globe reports a Lincoln Amarillo baseball game today with undecided mound assignments. Attendance near 8000 yesterday and 4 PM start with tickets available at multiple city outlets.
Charley Hall notes preview of the Panhandle nine facing Omaha visitors with a 4 o clock game. He cites reservations from Elkhart and plans to curb baseball gambling while manager Kelly prepares the team. errors in yesterday’s box score are corrected and players like Gunther and Marty shine on defense.
Baseball history notes that winning 30 games in a season is rare with Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson highlighted for multiple 30 win seasons. The piece contrasts American and National leagues and mentions Yale appointing a sophomore class officer to improve student contact with authorities.
The report notes Jack delaying to permit Kelly to claim a fresh wind advantage as they push for another victory.
A playful exchange shows Margaretson remarking that sleep was deep after the speaker woke with pedclothes tangled. The dialog pair ends with a quip about sleeping like a top and a brief nod to London.
NEA Service reports the draft opens big league doors for players bounced from majors. Names include Pruett from Oakland to Philadelphia, Roettger from Paul to Superbas, Brillheart from Memphis to Cubs, Hartley from Indianapolis to Red Sox, Doyle to Tigers, Jacobs to Phillies, and others.
Profiles Mel Ott and George Lott as young athletic prodigies. Ott, a Gretna High School product, starts with the Giants as a utility outfielder and shows early promise with 23 hits in 35 games in 1926. Lott, a Chicago baseball and basketball standout, earns tennis fame as national junior champion and reaches a Halifax final, edging toward sports stardom.
In a continuation of the dispute between Kuted Mantell and Elmer Guthrie, Mantell taunts Bull Montana saying he will prove his strength and challenge Guthrie’s manhood. He claims readiness from a source and vows to display talent if challenged in a forthcoming confrontation.
Merritt Langdell, a football star at the University of New Hampshire, is taking a course in embroidery to thread his way through a broken field. PEG MURRAY SAYS, as quoted, notes their lighthearted observations about Langdell’s new interest from the local scene.
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