Tight Battles Expected In Panhandle Softball Tourney
The Panhandle Softball Championship kicks off with Panhandle Laundry facing Texaco and Santa Fe playing Fox Drug at Metro Park tonight at 8. Rivalries flare as high spikes and protests mark the opening rounds. Lawson of the Highwaymen struck out 17 in a 6 to 1 win over the State Highway Department.
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Amarillo Softball Association
Santa Fe
Fox Drug
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Edward Sharp
Edward
Vernon Counts
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Dick Turner
Jack Bryan
Old Cross Nix
Bobby Maxwell
James Ivy
Edwin Potter
Pretty Boy
G. B. Mann
Kent Cox
Alvis Grant
Paul Mariner
J. D. Bishop
John Bowling
Red Mason Dies After Heart Attack At 67
James M. Red Mason former Greb manager in Chicago dies in hospital after a heart attack. He was 67 and survived by his invalid brother Edwin Mason. Mason.
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Joe Humphreys Remembered as Legendary Fight Announcer
United Press recalls Joe Humphreys a longtime prizefight announcer in poor health at Grasslands Hospital East View New York. He earned over 1 000 a night for major shows and once silenced a hostile crowd by leading 40 000 in a silent prayer during the 1927 Sharkey Maloney bout at Yankee Stadium.
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Navin warns against night baseball as threat to majors
Detroit August 16 President Frank J Navin of the Detroit Tigers says night baseball would mark the beginning of the end for the major leagues. He argues second division clubs lack energy and drawing power and would not improve attendance in any league night or day.
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Baseball Standings and Schedules Across Leagues
National League results show Cincinnati 0 Boston 8, Chicago 11 Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 4 New York 5, Philadelphia 9. Standings list New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Boston with schedules Cincinnati at Boston and others. American League results Boston 3 Chicago 1, Washington 3 Detroit 6, Philadelphia 5 St Louis 3, New York 3 Cleveland 1. Texas League results Fort Worth 1 1 Beaumont 5 4 Dallas 5 San Antonio 9. Pacific Coast League reports Oakland 6 Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 3, other pairings night games.
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Tigers Move To Advantage In New Doubleheader Schedule
Detroit Tigers lead the American League by six games and will face only four doubleheaders in the revised postponed-game schedule. The Yankees have eight doubleheaders while Athletics White Sox and others vary from six to twelve. details released from league headquarters.
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Boston
Pampa Rally Extends Game in Semi final Victory
In Pampa Aug 16 the Road Runners beat Humble Oilers 9 to 8 in 10 innings at Road Runner Park after a late ninth inning surge by Humble. Nell homered in the ninth to force extra frames as Berry and Brickell delivered the decisive hits in the tenth. The series wraps with another game tonight at 8:30.
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All-Stars to Use Collegiate Rules at Soldier Field
Chicago reports Arch Ward announced the All-Star game on August 29 will follow college football rules. Forward passes must be thrown at least five yards behind the line of scrimmage. Ward noted the change levels the playing field for the 3,000,000 fans who chose the teams.
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Soldier Field
Arch Ward
Chicago Tribune
Ward
Bears
Giants and Red Sox stars pace baseball results
Mancuso powered a Giants led attack with a double and two singles as teammates produced runs. Lefty Grove limited the White Sox to seven hits for Boston's 15th win. Demaree drove in three for the Cubs against the Dodgers, Combs and the Yankees rallied to beat the Indians, Brown shut out the Reds, Bridges and Gehringer led the Tigers with Bridges’ win cue and Gehringer’s pinch hit RBI. Allen and Watkins homered for the Phillies in a four-hit game against the Pirates. Foxx, Collins and others drove in runs for the Athletics against the Browns. In Dallas, multiple boxers scored decisions in a series of bouts nearby.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Yanks
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Bob Brown
Tommy Bridges
Charles Gehringer
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Senators
Gehringer
Ethan Allen
George Watkins
Jimmie Foxx
Baseball stat leaders and rookie errors flood season wrap
A jumble of batting and pitching leaders from multiple leagues is listed, with Medwick and Greenberg atop several categories. The text also notes Stolen bases leaders and pitchers like Castleman and Auker, followed by a stray colonial era sentence about etiquette at the table.
Beaumont Leads in Lone Star Circuit
Beaumont tops Texas League standings after a doubleheader sweep of Fort Worth. York's fourth inning homer sparked the first game win 5 1, while Hare pitched Beaumont to a 4 1 victory in the nightcap.
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Former Caddy Challenges for Western Junior Golf Title
In Birmingham Detroit's Walter Burkemo, a 7-year-old former caddy who only recently acquired clubs, faces 19-year veteran Fred Hass Jr. of New Orleans in the 36-hole Western Junior finals. Burkemo upset by scoring two eagles in eliminations and seeks his first major title after rapid progress from borrowed gear to near every stage of the event.
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Detroit
Fred Hass Jr
New Orleans
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Haas
Stagg Celebrates 73rd Anniversary in Chicago Luncheon
Amos Alonzo Stagg marked his 73rd birthday today as Chicago alumni honored him at a luncheon. He plans to travel to Stockton, California next week to begin his third year as coach at the College of the Pacific.
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Amos Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
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Stockton
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College of the Pacific
Mikel Suspended For Race At Lincoln Fields
CHICAGO Aug 16 UP All tracks under Illinois Racing Commission closed to J D Mikel Blooming ton Ill trainer of a 30 horse stable ruled off for running My Bane a 3 year old in a 2 year old race at Lincoln fields yesterday The horse finished eleventh in a field of 12 Stewards also suspended jockey Joseph Renick for the remainder of the meeting for foul on Tabhita in the fourth race Renick rode French Princess to victory but the winner was disqualified The rest of the text shifts to a childlike reflection and celebrates small pleasures in New York City.
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Illinois Racing Commission
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Bloomington
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My Bane
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Joseph Renick
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Renick
Texas League Box Scores From Fragmentary Report
Fragmented OCR notes reference Tivtatls Cade, Fort Worth, Blakely, York, Heise, Mel, Higa, and Pebbett as players. Mentions Deb, Kelta, Teithette, and Milatew with varied base hits and alerts. No clear games, dates, or outcomes parseable from readable text.
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Dawson Wins Iowa Open Title in 73-Hole Event
Johnny Dawson, a young Chicago amateur, won the Iowa Open Golf crown at Des Moines with a 285 total for 73 holes. He beat Pat Wilkes of Norfolk Nebraska and Clarence Yockey of Kansas City, who tied for second with 288, and Denmar Miller of Des Moines.
Quiet on the bookie front in Texas stato fight
Governor Allred’s war against horse race betting continues with no reported violations of the injunction. Everett Looney says no contempt proceedings yet as Ranger Captain Hickman returns from Dallas. He notes Houston and San Antonio are closed and expects bookies to determine the next move. Allred heads to Palacios to review the 36th Division National Guard.
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Everett Looney
Tom Hickman
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Houston
San Antonio
Looney
C. A. Wheeler
Allred
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National Guard
Women Begin Battle Today in Wightman Cup Rivalry
The 13th Wightman Cup series opens at Forest Hills with England and the United States fielding seven matches over two days. Helen Jacobs meets Kay Stammers in the first singles, followed by Dorothy Round versus Ethel Burkhardt Arnold, and Jacobs with Sarah Palfrey Fabyan playing Stammers with Freda James in doubles. An old German superstition links pork eating on New Year’s Day to good luck.
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Invaders
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United States
Forest Hills
Helen Jacobs
Kay Stam
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