Gold Sox Suffers in Second Loss to Pampa 12-5
Amarillo's Gold Sox, exhausted after five straight road defeats, host league leading Doc Fletcher in the return home. Pampa Oilers pounded Monk Webb for a 12-5 win, widening the gap to fifth place as Amarillo eyes a late-season surge with a heavy home stand through September.
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Pampa Wallops Sox
Amarillo
Doc Fletcher
Sox
Abilenes
Lamesa
Borger
Albuquerque
Clovis
Pampa
Oilers
Monk Webb
Eddie B:ki
Pat McLaughlin
Turner Duniven Lead In Odessa Pro Am Golf Event
In Odessa on August 17 Dick Turner and C L Duniven Jr sit two strokes behind in the $7,500 Odessa Country Club pro am. With 54 holes left, 80 twosomes compete. low ball on each hole scores. Tournament features 64s and 65s, plus a dynamic finish. Also previewing Permian Bowl at Broncho Stadium with East coach Ed Price and West coach Jess Neely. Odessa High School names Lee Taylor new track coach. Gail Smith resigns as Bronchos coach. Jim Daniel promoted to head baseball coach.
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Dick Turner
C. L. Duniven
Duniven
Broncho Stadium
Ed Price
Texas
Jess Neely
Rice
Lee Taylor
Gail Smith
Taylor
Bronchos
Jim Daniel
Sandies
Oilers Rally as Firnbach's Error Sparks Amarillo Run
In the Amarillo fourth, after two outs, George Firnbach's error helps the Oilers start a rally. A Pampa sixth inning includes two hits, two walks, and a run due to a fielding error. In the ninth, Larry Mann bats for McLaughlin, singles, and Dallas Crawford Howard's fly to center plates a run. Dial works all nine for Pampa. Oilers tally three in first on four hits and Aikins error. They score in every frame after, with Jake Phillips homering in the four-run fifth, while McLaughlin yields further hits.
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Amarillo
Murrayee
Halter
Akin
Renee Uene Howard
Connors
Il Mulcahy
Enon
Calo
Phillips
Rice
Teenee Richardson
Lan
Firnbach
Eren Uv Nee Diai
Baski
McLaughlin
Pampa
RBI
Richardson
Dean
Firnbach Howard
Mulcahy
Crues
Suarez
Lujan
R—Richardson
Murray
O—Webb
Dial
Webb
Crain and Hotel
George Firnbach
Larry Mann
Frank Murray
Mann
Crawford Howard
Francis Rice
Dub Aikins
Oilers
Jake Phillips
Homer
Baseball Journey in Diamond Battle and Box Controversy
In Havana and Pensacola accounts Dodgers lose 4 to 1 amid controversy over Yankees president MacPhail hosting gamblers in the box. Rickey denounces perceived two sets of rules, while Durocher questions fairness. Dodgers proceed with exhibition tour as Rickey analyzes pitchers and a new mechanical pitching device. 1950 money orders total near five billion dollars reported in Washington.
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MacPhail
Dodgers
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Goren
Associated Press
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Larry MacPhail
Yankees
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A. B. Chandler
Baseball
Charlie Dressen
Brooklyn Ball Park
George
Dick Young
New York Daily News
Havana
Commissioner Chandler
Young
New York Times
Arthur Daley
Yankee
Leo
Dressen
Dodger
Montreal
Caracas
Venezuela
Walter O'Malley
Washington
Post Office Department
Skip Alexander Back in Action at Sioux City Open
Skip Alexander, scarred by a yearlong plane crash, returned to professional golf in the Sioux City Open. He played eight holes before rain halted play, finishing one over par, as Ralph Blomquist and Early Stewart Jr. posted strong starts in the delayed first round.
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Iowa
Skip Alexander
Skip
Air Force
Ralph Blomquist
Eagle Rock
Cal
Elmwood
Early Stewart, Jr
Dallas
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