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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1932
Page
7
Nearly 600 golfers vied for 175 places in the National Amateur Championship after a nationwide qualifying round across 18 courses. Only nine players earned exemptions, including defending champion Francis Ouimet and Walker Cup team members, while 580 faced 36 holes of medal play to claim remaining spots.
Seven Dallas and two visiting amateur golfers opened a 36 hole medal play event to win four national amateur championship berths. Lead contenders include Gus Moreland and Dudley Golding with other Dallas entrants and players from Shreveport Austin and Omaha. District entries list New York with 100 competitors and 27 berths leading all districts, followed by Boston Philadelphia Washington Dallas and others with varying quotas.
A compact round up notes top hitters and pitchers from both leagues. O'Doul and Klein top NL batting and runs while Foxx leads AL batting and RBIs. notable figures include Ruth Gehrig Simmons and Gomez among others with high totals in hits doubles triples home runs and stolen bases.
United States Lawn Tennis Association officials show overt discontent with Helen Wills Moody’s high handed tactics. They weigh not sending her abroad again and demand her return to defend the American title, arguing she neglects the national championship duties. Forest Hills crowds, though small, underscore Moody’s draw for the sport’s biggest events.
In Louisville, preparations continued for the 12th annual National Public Parks Tennis Tournament. In the day’s program Denniston L. Mitchell, the No. 1 seed from Washington, D C, met Harvey Terrell of Birmingham in a third round men’s singles clash while George O Connell of Chicago, the No 2 seed, faced Benjamin Estep of Dallas in a second round match. Both the men’s doubles and women’s singles also scheduled proceeding rounds.
Jack Holland of Brown Electric Co. Oklahoma City has moved to Amarillo and will use this city as headquarters. He has operated in the Panhandle for years and works through Amarillo Lumber Co Tolzien Music Store Atwater Kent dealers and other connections. The area covers the Panhandle of Oklahoma and Texas and parts of New Mexico with all electric lines handled.
Promoter Dutch Mantell searches two days before a National Guard Armory show for opponents to face Pat OBrien and Roy Welch on a two final bout card. Ligosky and Stratton duel in closing bout as Mantell aims for strong matchups to launch his big midweek wrestling event in Amarillo.
Newport R I August 16 Play in the Newport Casino tennis tournament reached the third round with top seeds still active. George Lott of Chicago seeded fourth and Ted Avory of England fifth on the foreign list held a bracket lead, both with byes and two victories. Ellsworth Vines national champion and last year’s Casino winner trailed Arnold Jones of Providence early, then won 7 9 6 1 6 0 after dropping the first set 9 7.
Mildred Didrikson of Dallas, Olympic track star, will compete at Soldier Field in the Olympic champions meet after previously declining. She changed her mind following an urgent appeal from Lyman Bingham, AAU official, and will participate Thursday night.
Foreign athletes gather in Chicago for the Post-Olympic meet at Soldier Field with 11 Czechoslovakians arriving to join a Polish contingent. German and Swedish teams expected. among stars are Kusocinski, Iso-Hollo, Walsh, Bausch, Carr, Jarvinen, Hampson and Becali.
In Dublin on August 16, match play began after qualifying rounds. Richard Snider of Dublin shot 70 to earn medalist honors at the Dublin-De Leon golf tournament, as the event moved into match play following yesterday’s qualifying.
Max Schmeling and Mickey Walker will sign articles on Thursday for a 15 round heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden Bowl on September 19. Promoter Jimmy Johnston says the bout is the first semi final toward next June's championship, with the winner facing Champion Jack Sharkey.
Beaumont defeats Dallas 9 to 2 to pull two games ahead as the Steers chase the Exporters with less than a month remaining. Izzy Goldstein earns his second Beaumont win since returning from Detroit. Dallas starter George Murray falters in the first inning. Thormahlen tops Thurman in a tight duel as Houston pounds Tyler 15 to 8 with Joe Medwick driving the key blows. San Antonio nicks Longview 4 to 3 after three errors by Longview help Cannibals.
In Kansas City Abe Cole of Los Angeles beat Paul Jones of Houston by three falls in 8 30, 6 10, 4 04. Jim McMillen of Urbana defeated Milo Stein born of Germany in 14 12, George Zaharias of Pueblo beat Paul Harper in 13 15, Hans Kampher of Germany defeated Floyd Marshall in 11 30, Ernie Dusek of Omaha and Vic Christy of Los Angeles wrestled to a one hour draw.
Helen Jacobs of California, the overwhelming favorite, advances to the second round at Forest Hills as the Women’s National Tennis Championships continue. Seeded stars mostly win easily, with Mrs Lawrence Harper of Oakland narrowly beating Eleanor Glass 6-2 5-7 1-5, and rivals from England Canada Philadelphia and Los Angeles also progressing.
Los Angeles August 16 The Tenth Olympiad drew the biggest crowds in Olympic history and paid for itself, with a profit, according to Zack Farmer secretary of the organization committee He noted a final report is not yet issued and estimated attendance at more than 550000 in the stadium more than 100000 for swimming and over 250000 for the rowing events at Long Beach
The city board of equalization will begin protest hearings on September 6. Property owners facing increased valuations from 1932 renditions may show cause why the rise should not stand. Notices will be mailed to all affected owners at least ten days before sessions at Jim Bowen's assessor-collector office in City Hall.
San Francisco fighter Millet Ti from Omaha won by technical knockout over Ralph Chong of New Orleans in a 8 round bout. Chick Raines of St Louis outpointed Ray Actis from San Francisco in a 6 round match.
A statement notes that if all outlying possessions of the United States excluding Alaska were combined, their total area would be smaller than the state of Montana.
Weekly standings show New York at 76 38 and 685, Philadelphia 66 46 600, Cleveland 67 46 593, Washington 61 61 545, Detroit 5 1 533, St Louis 52 60 464, Chicago 36 73 330, Boston 2 85 248. Wednesday features Saint Louis at Boston, Chicago at Washington, Detroit at New York, Cleveland at Philadelphia. Texas listings include Houston 15 Tyler 8 night, Beaumont 9 Dallas 2 night, Galveston 3 Fort Worth 1 night, with San Antonio 18 8 383 and others. American Association notes Kansas City 11 Toledo 7 night, St Paul at Louisville, Milwaukee at Columbus, Minneapolis at Louisville. Southern Association reports Birmingham 73 Chattanooga 5 7, Little Rock Knoxville rain, Memphis Atlanta night doubleheader, New Orleans Nashville night.
Medwick leads with 182 hits for Houston while James of Dallas and Fox of Beaumont pace steals. Easterling and Greenberg top RBI, Holmes and Thormahlen lead win totals. Pitching highlights include Murray and Payne with 19 wins, Thormahlen 155 strikeouts, and Payne 237 innings.
Ed Ablowich, member of the United States 1600 meter relay team that set a world record, will be honored at a Greenville banquet. A USC sophomore and local high school alumnus, he arrived in town Sunday for the Aug 16 celebration.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, the dean of America's football coaches, celebrated his 70th birthday in Hollywood and Chicago. The Chicago U. of is famed mentor plans to return to the university and may helm his 41st Maroon team while staying engaged with amateur sports and a Fox film contract.
A Greek physician Hippocrates authored a medical science book about 500 years before Christ. The work remains widely read in medical education and continues to influence modern practice.
The Dodgers beat the Pirates 11-6 as nine runs in the first inning set up a comfortable win. Brooklyn stays within half a game of Pittsburgh while Chicago trails a game and a half behind in the NL race. Pirates suffer 14th loss in 15 games amid pitching collapse and infield errors.
Dallas received Rowland Wolfe the high school tumbler who won the world amateur tumbling title in California. An appeal reception at Love Field honored Wolfe as organizers and fans welcomed him home from the international games. The cheers fell short of Babe Didrikson's earlier acclaim.
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Mrs. Ethel Smith of Norwich Connecticut says she lost 16 pounds on Kruschen Salts after one bottle. She notes better sleep on day shifts and continued eating normally while losing fat. The ad promotes a four week bottle, available at Fox Drug Co City Drug Store and other drugstores with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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