City Golf Tourney Open to All Golfers
The annual city tournament invites all male amateur golfers to enter. Membership in Amarillo Country Club or Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association is optional. entrants from outside these groups are welcome. Qualifying starts tomorrow and runs through Thursday with medalist honors on Sunday. Entry is 3 dollars, covering qualifying round green fees and matches. every entrant plays at least two matches. Match play runs September 2 to 4.
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Fane Ee Ee Cee
GM Seuraeipaes
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Gene Klein
Sim Kelly
Buster Sharp
Civic Club
Kiwanis Club
Rotarians
George Ausbach
Kiwanis
Polk Street Methodist
Wichita Falls
W. W. Holden
Graham-Hoeme Plowboys
Red Denham
Crane
Amarillo
Holden
Denham
Murdock Falls Short as Harrell Wins Wrestling Bout
Referee Mischier's ruling sparks protests from the Murdock faction after Henry Harrell defeats Murdock in a two fall bout at the Sports arena. Harrell won the first fall in 18 minutes with a body press off a flying drop kick. The night also featured Cory Detton promoting a draw between Cory Funk Billy Weidner and Dick Lever Ray Clements as well as George Craig defeating Billy Sandow in the curtain-raiser.
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Paul Mischier
Frankie Hill Murdock
Mischier
Murdock
Henry Harrell
Sports Arena
Mischler
East
Midwest
Harrell
Cory Detton
Detton
Wrestling Commission
Cory Funk
Billy Weidner
Dick Lever
Ray
Big Train
Tascosa
Funk
George Craig
Tulsa
Billy Sandow
Toledo
Craig
Sandow
Hubbers Tame La Mesa to Seize Second in West Texas League
Lubbock’s Hubbers beat La Mesa 6-3 to shrink the gap behind first-place Pampa to five games and pull even with Albuquerque and Abilene in the chase for third. Albuquerque toppled Berger 5-4 as Jim Marshall drove in Hershel Martin on a eighth-inning triple, while Clovis hammered Amarillo 13-7. Haskins earned his 19th win for Lubbock, fending off nine hits as Kahout took the loss for Lamesa. Doud's wild third inning helped Abilene defeat Pampa 6-4.
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Fresa
Lubbock
Hubbers
Lamesa
Pampa
Albuquerque
Berger
Abilene
Clovis
Amarillo
Chris Haskins
Vern Kahout
Jim Marshall
Hershel Martin
Earl Doud
Amarillo Gold Sox
Tom Gallagher
Borger Abrhol Albuquer Abrho
Harrian
Burnett
Stanford Sf
Leonard
Palmer
Williams
Cuitts
Carnett
Martin
Perry
Marshall
Eldridge If
Surma
Littlejones
Hofmann
Clawitter
Sino
aRule
Jones
Church Softball Meet Progresses in Texas Round
The State Church Softball Tournament moves into its second round with Heights Baptist Dallas defeating Poly Methodist Fort Worth 6 3. Qurent Street Baptist Tyler beat Salvation Army Corpus Christi 9 5. Guadalupe Chich Austin defeated North Dallas 4 2. Jacinto City edged St Paul Tyler 4 1.
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Waco
Heights Baptist of
Dallas
Poly Methodist of
Fort Worth
Qurent Street Baptist
Tyler
Salvation Army of
Corpus Christi
Guadalupe Chich
Austin
North Dallas
Jacinto City
St. Paul of
Opening of Amarillo Golden Sandies 1950 football season
One week from today the Amarillo Golden Sandies begin training for the 1950 season and host the Childress Bobcats in three weeks at Amarillo Stadium. Town notes include local calls about civic clubs, soft ball history, hole in one golf feats, and a broad Dallas high school football reform push led by Julius Schepps and Lloyd Campbell advocating improved attendance and public support.
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Amarillo Golden Sandies
Childress Bobcats
Amarillo Stadium
Bob Seeds Sporting Goods
Bill Rives
Dallas News
Dallas
Board of Education
Chamber of Commerce
Dans
Central Dads Club
Julius Schepps
Chamber of Commerce Group
Lloyd Campbell
P. ©. Cobb
Cobb
Rives
Doak Walker
SMW
Jimmy Banks
Jack Newby
Amarillo
Borger Girls Win in Meet
GALVESTON Aug. 25 The State TAAF Girls Softball Tourney advances to the quarterfinals tonight after an opening day showing. Los Fresnos blanked SBJ Club Galveston 11 0 with Miss Burst’s no hit pitching. Other results include Galveston Islandettes 7 Waco 5 Berger 7 Thompson Motors 6 Proctor 4 Port Arthur Plumbing 1 Dallas Rileys 5 Texas City 2 McVey Little Port Arthur 8 Merchants 0 Proctor 6 Tyler 3 and Houston Ritchiestes 17 Alazan Apache Club 1.
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Galveston
TAAF
Los Fresnos
SBJ Club
Miss Burst
Galveston Islandettes
Waco
Berger
Thompson Motors
San Antonio
Proctor
Houston
Port Arthur Plumbing
Dallas Riley’s
Texas City
McVey—Little
Port Arthur
Merchants
Tyler
Houston Ritchiestes
Alazan Apache Club
Two Putting Meets Slated Tonight At Sunset And Club
Thirty six hole medal play putting tournaments are booked at the Sunset Course and the Amarillo Country Club. Starting times are 7:30. Sunset entry is 50 cents and open to all. Country Club event is free but open only to members.
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Amarillo
Ross Rogers
Sunset Course
Amarillo Country Club
Galveston Sells Ace Righthander
Galveston White Caps pitcher Robert F. Beran age 19 is sold to Gainesville of the Big State League. Beran will join Gainesville for spring training in 1951. He posted 13 wins and 17 losses with Galveston, including a 18-strikeout game against Jacksonville and one-hit allowed.
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Galveston
Robert F
Bob) Beran
Galveston White Caps
Gainesville
Beran
Jacksonville
Aly
Couple cares for motherless infants at Huxton farm
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Thiele of Huxton Wisconsin have fostered and adopted many babies, totaling 116 of their own or reared for agencies and 111 fostered. Mrs. Thiele can coach about quadruplets and the couple plans to continue caring for newborns, keeping them about a year each. She says she could not get along without her 46 year old husband.
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Hixton
Wis
Edwin Thiele
Thiele
Thieles
Mra
Women's Track Meet Opens in Freeport Tonight
The National Women's AAU Track and Field meet begins in Freeport with junior contests among first-time national contenders. Stella Walsh leads about 100 entrants as some U S competitors for the Pan American Games may be chosen here. Referee will be Mrs. Evelene Hall. Also noted: last year in the United States 760 children were killed and 50 510 were injured while playing in the street.
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Freeport
Stella Walsh
Tomor
United States
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Herbert Hopper
AAU
Pan-Amer
Ican
Evelene Hall
Glendale
Cal
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RBI
Littlejohn
Free
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Pampa Abrho
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Sessi
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Haskins
Sullivan
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Haney
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Kahout
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Belbeck
Seagram's
Liquor Store
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Powell
Borger
Mae Eee
Enue
OLD Forester
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Seagram’s Gin
Monroe
Mov
Southern Select & Walter
Canada
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Wayne McKee
Darly Times Distillery Company
Louisville
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