Steamboat Johnson Books Ads and Baseball Notes
New York Aug 27 Veteran umpire Steamboat Johnson finds his book Standing the Gaff advertised for a dime in Birmingham. Ben Hogan’s ad admirer cites $9,405 earnings this year with $1.80 per shot. Tigers complain about Indians rest days in the American League schedule. Nixson Denton comments on Jock Sutherland and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Green Bay odds seem high for Thursday. Texas Aggies projected as Eastern Rose Bowl contenders. Carl Voyles seeks stronger guards for William and Mary. Larry French may reach 200 NL wins soon. Mose Grove nears 300 AL wins. NL dominance noted with another star, Jimmy Wilson’s Reds add a father and son catching pair. Robert summering with Reds as practice catcher. Johnny Goodyear works in a rubber factory this summer. Record of Western All-Stars vs Nashio’s first glass plant from 1815 season noted.
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New York
Steamboat Johnson
Birmingham
Ben Hogan
Ben
Tigers
Indians
Detroit
Carl Voyles
William and Mary
Larry French
Cubs
Old Mose Grove
Comiskey Park
New York Yankees
Lyons
Bob Feller
White Sox
Grandpa Lyons
Yankees
Ruth
Meusel
Pipp
Gehrig
Simmons
DiMaggio
Foxx
Speaker
Cobb
Veach
Heilmann
Dickey
Manush
Lazzeri
Ted Lyons
al Simmons
Ivons
Tony Lazzeri
West Texas-NM League doubleheader sparks playoff chase
Amarillo Gold Sox vs Lamesa Lobos in a decisive twin bill at 6:30 and 8:30 p m. The Sox aim to lock a playoff spot while exacting revenge after recent losses as Lobo dominance signals a hotter race with standings tightening across the league. Other games include Lubbock at Clovis and Pampa at Odessa with key implications for lead.
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Amarillo
Gold Sox
Lamesa
Lobos
Sox
Lobo's
Lubbock
Hubbers
Clovis
Odessa
Oilers
Pampa
Midland
Borger
Amar
Newman Shirley
Cowboys
Berger
Slala-O Decker
Nell
Franklin
Scopetone
Keaton
Sai
Williams
Soule
Left Handed Golfers Struggle To Find Fitting Clubs
Left handed golfers face a gap in equipment as manufacturers rarely offer matched left handed sets. Experts note the swing for southpaws mirrors right handers and the handicap lies mainly in gear availability rather than technique. Despite oddsl, no mechanical reason blocks a southpaw from winning majors.
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Harry Grayson
NEA Service
Norman Brookes
Beals Wright
Lindley Murray
Johnny Doeg
Mavericks Club Notes Show Camp Cheers and Local Support
The Maverick Club column reports a successful year end camp with thanks to Pinkney Packing Furr Food and many local sponsors. A treasure hunt yielded prizes for Ed Phillips Jarrell Sharp Bernie Robertson and others. A waterfall hike led by Dutch Mantell impressed and exhausted the boys. Football equipment signups are planned for next Saturday with first choice given to last year’s lettermen. The Maverick Peewees beat the Amarillo Eagles 57 to 11 marking the Eagles’ first loss in six starts.
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Pinkney Packing
Furr Food
Great West Mills
Harris Food
Amarillo
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Dalby Motor Freight
Swift and Co
Seiwell Drug
Armour and Co
Carlton- Florey Wholesale Grocery Co
J. M Radford Grocery Co
H. A. Marr Grocery Co
Walker Smith Grocery Company
Waples-Platter Company
Reneau Grocery
Holly's Market
Homer's Grocery
Laing Grocery
Live and Let Live Market
Miracle Amos Grocery
Barton Grocery Cash Food Mart
Chambers Grocery
Taylor's Grocery
Halmark Grocery
Simmonds Meat Market
Borden's Creamery
Badger Ice Co
Bert Levy's
Draper-Ross
Ed Phillips
Jarrell Sharp
Bernie Robertson
Lloyd Phillips
Oscar Robbins
Maverick
Maverick Peewees
Amarillo Eagles
Maverick Field
Eagles
1940 Sandies prep and West Texas State football preview
Boxing and football notes preview upcoming 1940 sports season. The piece details the 1940 Sandies at Butler Field with planned uniforms and a Sept 20 opener versus Quanah Indians, West Texas State coaching shift under Jack Curtice, and early bowling league start at Louie's Alleys. It mentions general fan interest and scheduling notes.
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Yanks
Reds
Yessir
Golden Sandstorm
Butler Field
Howard Lynch
Quanah Indians
Buffaloland
Jack Curtice
West Texas State
Curtice
Lynch
Plainview
West Texas
Civic League
Louie's
Sloan Fellowship Award for Jim Line in Police Study
Jim Line formerly captain of the state highway patrol now a Dallas sergeant has won a $1200 Alfred P Sloan Jr fellowship for a year of traffic control and accident prevention study at Northwestern University. Chief W R McDowell of Amarillo announced the award received from the International Association of Chiefs of Police newsletter. Eight municipal and eleven state units were represented among twenty fellows selected from 227 candidates for the 47th annual conference in Milwaukee.
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Jim Line
Dallas
Alfred P Sloan, Jr
W.R McDowell
Amarillo
McDowell
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Northwestern University
Kemper Foundation
Chicago
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Evanston
Chief McDowell
The
International Association
Milwaukee
Times
Standings Mix In West Texas and National League Results
West Texas-New Mexico league standings show Amarello, Lamesa, Midland, Odessa, Pampa, Clovis and Borger in a Tuesday bylines. National League results include New York, Chicago, Cincinnati and Brooklyn, with schedule notes and current holds. The report also highlights Ted Lyons at 60 preparing to pitch a possible shutout in Comiskey Park, discussing his career and rivals.
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West Tenas
New Mexico
Borger
Amarillo
Bole
Potocar
Barratt
Dorman
Ratliff
Lubrock
Patterson
Pride Stack
Castino Midland
Odessa
Lynn
Enales
Rudes
Williams
Muratore
Clovis
Ann
Montgomery
Trantham
Summers
Shirley
Taylor and
Toeller
Pet
Lubbock
Midland
Clovie
Pampa
New York
Chica An
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
St Louis
Lovuis
Chicago
Ana Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
St Louis Ee
James
Recruiting Offices Ready for Jobless
BUFFALO N Y The army opened temporary recruiting headquarters on the lawns of Curtiss and Bell Aircraft plants to enlist unemployed job seekers. Staff Sgt William J Stewart said many job seekers are ideal for the army and a good salesman can recruit four of five.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Army
Curtiss and Bell Aircraft
William J. Stewart
Accidental Robbery at Boston Gas Station
Boston police report an unwitting larceny at a gasoline station where attendant Philip J. Coleman was robbed of $14 from his money belt after the customer drove off. A 75mm gun fired a projectile of 2.95 inches, per the scene description.
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Boston
U.S
Philip J. Coleman
Women Golfers Move to Phillips Links for Event
Amarillo Women’s Golf Association members will shift weekly play from Woldlin Park to Phillips Links and the nine hole Huber course tomorrow. More than a dozen players will compete in a Phillips Women’s Organization team match on Wednesday. Coal was discovered in what on West Virginia in 1742.
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Amarillo Women's Golf Association
Woldlin Park
Phillips
Huber
What
West Virgina
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Tenorio
Tenorie
Altenburg
Levin
Meyer
Scalzo
Perrin
New Orleans
Petey Scalzo
National Boxing Association
Jimmy Perrin
Dover
Capital Stock
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Ber of the
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T. J. Wagner
Mgr
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Maverick Club
J. C. Oakley
Elmo Chambers
Oscar Stidger
Donnie Sharp
Oscar
Dutch Mantell
Great Mantell
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Paramount Recreation Club
Eakle Bldg
Prince Albert
Bernalde Tob
Winston-Salem
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Harry Ferguson
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Fountain of Youth
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