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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1947
Page
5
Amarillo Tennis Club members are urged to attend a called meeting tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Russell Stationery, 611 Taylor Street. President Bud Bussard seeks umpires and to finalize details for the upcoming Tri-State Open Tennis Tournament.
In the Longhorn League Midland and Big Spring slumped while Ballinger gained little ground in a Vernon split. Odessa beat Big Spring 12-5 to lead 2-1 in the four game set. Sweetwater defeated Midland 8-5 on a grand slam by Joe Dotlich. Vernon shut out Ballinger 3-0 in the opener, and Ballinger won the nightcap 3-0.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias hinted she may enter men's events while playing an amateur match at Scioto Country Club Columbus. She and pro Maurice McCarthy defeated Peggy Kirk and Bob Servis as Kirk shot 76 and Servis 74. Zaharias posted par 72 from the men's tees.
The narrator muses on catching two weakfish using sand worms bought at 55 cents per dozen. He tallies costs including bait, fuel, and time, estimating the fish at about 8.91 dollars per pound before trimming, and notes the head and tail aren’t eaten.
Pete Mazar known as the Sinatra of Baseball wowed a 6000 crowd in Dallas with multiple songs between games. The left handed pitcher for Houston drew praise and Allen Russell, president of the Houston club, discussed winter plans to promote his Singing career.
Harold Smith and FE. D. Roush each posted 64 in the weekly sweepstakes at Ross Rogers Municipal Golf Course to tie for first. A field of 52 golfers entered the tournament with numerous scores listed, including Campbell 65, Stockton 65, Dowell 66, and Davies 70.
Final rites for James Clarre, an Ama rillo cabinet maker and blacksmith, will be held at Sacred Heart Cathedral tomorrow at 9 o clock. Msgr. John Steinlage will officiate. The 81 year old native of Ireland died yesterday in St. Anthony s Hospital after three years of poor health. Burial is in Liano Cemetery. Blackburn-Shaw funeral home handles arrangements. He leaves no immediate family.
Waupun Wisconsin Kenneth Robinson, 16, swam a long distance record at a Boy Scout camp using only his remaining arm after losing the other in an accident six years ago. His companions praise his achievement marking a notable athletic feat.
J C Michaels Circus a big city grandstand unit will provide a 1 1 hour show each afternoon and evening during Tri-State Fair week starting Sept 27 on the open air platform in front of the grandstand. Officials expect capacity crowds as the act lineup includes aerials animal acts and high thrill rides.
The Eagle Paint Co adds a hardware section at 206 West Sixth, occupying 24 by 50 feet west of the paint shop. Co-owner Frank Wardle will oversee hardware, with J. R. McDowell, Ira Stephenson, and Wardle owning the business. McDowell remains in charge of paint.
Dispatches from the Boca Fortress area of Rio Negro province report 15 coal miners killed in a gas explosion. Rescuers reached the shaft after hours of work and found bodies amid gas fumes and falling rock.
Regular Amarillo A&M Club meeting is set for tonight at 7 o'clock in the Blackstone Hotel Dining Room.
A street in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, is named Broadway. The detail notes the street’s identity within the city.
W. E. Pugh a 25 year old resident of Pantex Village is hospitalized in Amarillo for observation as a possible polio victim. He was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital Saturday. current condition described as good though no paralysis yet. If polio develops it would be Amarillo's first this season. Earlier a youth, Dale Nutter, 11, now in Minneapolis, was treated for polio believed contracted in South Texas.
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