Yankees Keep Rolling Along
The New York Yankees extend their push for a third straight AL pennant with two wins over Detroit, led by Nick Etten who hit three homers in the pair. The White Sox sweep the Athletics to stay eight games back. In the NL, the St. Louis Cardinals widen their lead with a pair of wins over Brooklyn as Rip Sewell picks up his 17th victory.
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Ted Meier
New York Yankees
Tigers
Bengals
Nick Etten
White Sox
Athletics
Sox
A’s
Buck Ross
Joe Haynes
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cards
Harry Brecheen
Rip Sewell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Sewell
Braves
Boston
Cincinnati
Dodgers
New York Giants
Reds
Bert Haas
Eric Tipton
Washington
St. Louis Browns
Rae Scarborough
Brown
Navy
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Red Sox
Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Bruins
Week's Local Sports Card Features Amarillo Rec Sports
A dense schedule lists baseball softball tennis volleyball and golf events for Amarillo Summer Recreation programs at Amarillo College Ellwood Park and neighboring fields. Matches include Sandiettes vs Pantex and Hospital A vs Pantex with dozens of doubles tournaments and league games across multiple venues and times.
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Reece Manning
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Sandiettes
Pantex
San Jacinto Diamond
Horace Mann
Alice Landergin
Ellwood Park
League of
Post Engineers
Borden's
Pinkney’s
Exell
Jaycees
Maverick Club
Roberts- Olver
Sub Depot
Armory
Sanborn
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Mark Taylor
Amarillo College Field
San _ Jacinto
Coakley Found Eddie Collins and Shaped Gehrig in 1905 A's Era
Andy Coakley, a Providence product, mentored Eddie Collins and developed Lou Gehrig while posting 20 wins for the 1905 Philadelphia Athletics alongside Rube Waddell Chief Bender and Eddie Plank. He later pitched for the Reds Cubs and Yankees before turning to insurance.
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Coakley
Eddie Collins
Gehrig
A’s
Harry Grayson
NEA
Andrew Joseph Coakley
Athletics
Rube Waddell
Chief Bender
Eddie Plank
Columbia
Andy Coakley
Lou Gehrig
Providence
Holy Cross U
Sullivan
Waddell
Mack
Giants
Christy Mathewson
Danny Murphy
Andy
Mike Donlin
Connie
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cub
Fred Merkle
Cubs
Texas grid season to feature 104 teams across classes
Associated Press reports the Texas schoolboy football season will open with 104 teams in Class AA Class A Class B and six man football. About 600 schools expected. several drops and shifts include Borger Colorado City Conroe leaving Class AA and Kingsville returning to District 16. Several others exit or delay decisions with entries due Sept 15 for six man play.
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Associated Press
Texas Schoolboy
Borger
Colorado City
Conroe
Kingsville
Masonic
Fort Worth
Tom Fletcher
R. J. Kidd
Clarendon
Paducah
Iowa Park
Granbury
Kirbyville
Junction
Bracketville
Follett
Higgins
Estelline
Iraan
Fort Hancock
Robert Lee
Sipe Springs
Tolar
Desdemona
Anna
Collinsville
Tioga
Joshua
Emory
Tatum
Crandall
South Bosque
Kidd
Cow Derails Two Freight Trains Near Rock Springs
A cow was struck by a 56 car westbound freight near Point of Rocks Wyoming. Its body rolled under the locomotive, derailing the engine and 27 cars, causing 50 cars from two trains to derail. All crew members escaped injury. A following 64 car eastbound freight could not stop in time and its locomotive plus 23 cars were derailed.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Union Pacific
Point of Rocks
Fullerton Says City Tennis Meet Opens With 32 Doubles
Thirty two doubles partners start play at Ellwood Park today in Amarillo Summer Recreation tennis tourney. Divisions include 12 and under 13 14 16 18 and men with 26 men in the field. Tournament is single round robin with matches scheduled across Aug. 2 through Aug. 28 and forfeits for unfinished games.
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Jamarillo
Ellwood Park
Amarillo
Ellwood Ark
Amarillo Municipal Golfers
Ross Rogers Course
Jess Dearley
Curtis
Wyatt
Reed
Roberta
Braden
Knight
Garner
Wilson
Bieber
Sieber
Roberts
Carroll and
Jenkens
Kellogg
Appleby
Tinkle
Branam
Saunders
Hardin
Streuber
Collins
Woods
Clayton
Sharp
Lamb
Carroll
Jenkins
Williss
Attsbury
Appelby
Saundera
Willis
Attebury
Raffkind
Allen
Laing
Marrow
Wierick
Dixon
Welter
Meyer
Streber
Loing
Saunder
Nunn
Beirne
Bussard
Thompson
Alfred
Norman
Morrison
Lovelady
Sewell
Cope
Morrow
Werrick
Dodgers Spark Romance Ends in Cleveland Marriage
Coastguardsman Lawrence Mayor of St. Louis explains his whirlwind courtship of SPAR Helen Donaghy of Brooklyn after meeting at the Stage Door Canteen in Cleveland. They danced, talked over a Coke, then married in under a month amid talk of the Dodgers and Cardinals.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lawrence
St. Louis
Spar
Helen Donaghy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dodgers
Cardinals
Frederick Missildine Teaches Cadets at Moore Field
Former national skeet champion Frederick Missildine continues shooting clay birds at Moore Field Texas. He trains cadets to aim at fast moving aircraft, sharing expert marksmanship techniques.
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Frederick Missildine
Moore Field
Tex
Premier Smuts to Visit United States in September
The London Express reported from Johannesburg that Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, premier of the Union of South Africa, plans a visit to the United States likely in September.
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South Africa
United States
London
The
London Express
Johannesburg
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
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Amarillo Municipal
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Associa
Tion
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Country Club
Frank Chance
Yankees
Hal Chase
Williams
New York
Roger Brenahan
Dan McGann
Bill Coughlin
Detroit
Vermont
Iron Man
Ray Chapman
Fullerton
Ry Hugh Fullerton, JR
Willis Vance
Herb Simons
Baseball Digest
Casey Stengel
Georgia Marine
Duke
Uncle Bam
Wichita
Fort Riley
Joe Palmer
the Blood Horse
Lexington
Kentucky
Visa Globe-News
Walter Sykes
Sunset
the Adventures OF
Pvt
Jonathan Jeep
Blackburn ‘Bros
Service
Zenos
Allied van Lines
Amarillo Bowl
Leto
Firestone
NBC
Tyler
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