Sockers Host Lamesa in 17-Game 11-Day Stretch
The Gold Sox under Buzz Ross face 17 games in 11 days starting with a doubleheader against Lamesa at 7 p.m. Tonight’s starters include Mekules and Lonergan with Huckabee opposing. Ross aims for frequent relief work as the team battles a brutal schedule amid weather delays.
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Harry Gilstrap
Sree News
Bob Seeds
Gold Sox
Buzz Ross
Sockers
Lamesa
Frank Mekules
Walter Condon
Lefty Lonergan
Amarillo
Buck Huckabee
Leeds
Ross
Sox
Mekules
Lonergan
Budny
Haskins
Weaver
Evans
Clovis
Borger
Albuquerque
Pampa
Abilene
Lubbock
Berger
Will Dixon
Dukes
Cardinals Rally To Tight NL Pennant Race Lead
Eddie Dyer again times pinch hitting to spark St. Louis as Walter Lessi homers in the ninth to give the Cardinals a 3-2 win over the Giants and complete a day-night sweep. Earlier, St. Louis outslugged New York 13-8 to break even with Brooklyn, while Chicago beat the Dodgers 4-3.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Eddie Dyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Texas
Walter Lessi
Redbirds
New York Giants
St. Louis
Cards
Dodgers
Giants
Chicago Cubs
Dusak
Ham
Major League Leaders And Soil Use In Yesteryear
AP reports NL batting leaders Musial Hopp Slaughter Walker. Mize Kiner lead NL HRs. AL batting Vernon Pesky. RBIs Williams Doerr York. HRs Williams Greenberg. U S Department of Agriculture promotes sumac as soil erosion control crop with potential for profit on eroding land.
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Slaughter
St. Louis
Walker
Brooklyn
Mize
New York
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Vernon
Washington
Pesky
Boston
Williams
York
Doerr
Greenberg
Detroit
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Evans May Ride Darkhorse Role to Title
The Tri-State Tennis Tourney draws 36 plus entries from Plainview Abilene Tulsa and Borger with a 32 man bracket planned Director Bud Bussard urged local rooms for out of town players and announced a deadline tonight play to begin tomorrow Grady Gordon tops recent entrants and M C Hopper of Tulsa may bring more players Hopper is the pro favorite James Saunders Addison Appleby lead local junior hopes with Paul Hurley Dixon Osburn and Jack Turpin challenging strong trophy prizes donated by local firms await winners and runners up.
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Tri-State
Bud Bussard
Plainview
Abilene
Tulsa
Borger
Bussard
Grady Gordon
Amarillo
Marshall Gordon
Grady
M. C. Hopper
Hopper
James Saunders
Addison Appleby
Saunders
Mid- West
Paul Hurley
Dixon Osburn
Jack Turpin
Dallas
Graham-Hoeme Plow Co
B. & M. Auto Sales
J. Earnest Stroud
Sam Goodner
W. F. Ford
Borden's
Carl Dupriest
Whiteway Food
Bert Levy
Globe News
Amarillo Times
Blackburn Sporting Goods
Blackburn Brothers
Harry Holland
Morrow-Thomas Hardware
Levine's
Russell Stationery
Davies and Company
Diamond Shop
Spicer's
Waggoner Jewelry
McDavid's
Sport House
White & Kirk
John Ralson
Zale’s
Amarillo Hardware
Sportsman
Bob Seeds Sporting Goods
Thomson’s Home Supply
A. C. Morrison
John Evans
Olver
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Bowling Boom With Three New Alleys Opening
Amarillo adds a third bowling venue with the new Amarillo Bowl to open in September at 904 Monroe joining Banner Bowl and Peerless Lanes. Leagues at Peerless, Banner, and Amarillo Bowl are set, with a traveling league and a women’s housewives loop mentioned.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Commercial and Civic
Women's Pioneer
Metropolitan
Catholic Youth Organization
Southwestern Public Service
Texaco
Veterans Hospital
Fruit juice pipeline planned under Ellensburg street
Ellensburg plans a three inch pipeline to pump 15 000 gallons of fruit juice per hour two feet below a main street. Residents, especially thirsty boys, are advised the liquid is not potable. The pipeline will dispose water from a glucose producing cooperative expanding locally.
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Ellensburg
Wash. W.P
Auto horn triggers alarm as garage fire starts
In Deer Creek Illinois an auto horn at a garage sounded by itself to summon aid after a short circuit in the wiring ignited a blaze. The horn was set off when the flames shorted the wiring and activated the horn.
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AUTO
Sol Deer Creek
Ill
I. B
Schenck
Chicago District Builds More Railroad Cars Worldwide
The Chicago district leads the world in railroad car production, outpacing all other regions in sheer output and capacity. Local plants churn out freight and passenger cars at record levels, cementing the area’s dominance in the industry.
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Chicago
Trojans Favored For PCC Title By Washington Coach
Coach Ralph Welch of Washington picks USC as PCC football favorite with UCLA, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State, California, Oregon, Stanford, Montana and Idaho following. London’s last great fire noted as 1966 event, excluding WWII air raids.
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Seattle
University of Southern California
Trojans
Ralph
Pest) Welch
University of Washington
UCLA
Oregon State
Washington
Washington State
California
Oregon
Stanford
Montana
Idaho
London
Sandie Grid Fans Grab Reserve Seats
One thousand twenty reserve seats for the Golden Sandie home games sold out at Maxor Drug as anxious fans bought them yesterday. Holders from last year will have their passes held until Sept 7. Six home games are listed: Childress, Paris, Brownfield, Odessa, Plainview, and Pampa. General admission tickets for the Sept 20 opener with Childress Bobcats go on sale at 90 cents, in addition to reserve seats.
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Golden Sandie
Maxor Drug
Childress
Paris
Brownfield
Odessa
Plainview
Pampa
Childress Bobcats
Teen-Ager Faints at Felony Arraignment in Chicago
Sixteen year-old Shirley Danoski and her 17 year-old boyfriend Edward Jennings Jr. faced felony charges for embezzlement and conspiracy after stealing $12,819 from the employer. Danoski fainted in the bailiff’s arms during arraignment as she said she wanted to “get rich fast.” Bond was set at $5,000 each with the hearing continued to September 16.
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Chicago
Shirley Jane Danoski
Edward Jennings, Jr
Bond
Growth in Licensed Physicians Since 1944
About 2,000 more licensed physicians are practicing in the United States today than in 1944. The statistic highlights continuing professional expansion in medicine.
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U. S
Dutch Prather Named Tyler Baseball Boss
Dutch Prather was appointed the Tyler Trojans new skipper in the East Texas League after the definite suspension of manager Doug Tate for misconduct off the field. Tate’s suspension was announced by League President J. Walter Morris in Shreveport, and Spears, the Trojan GM, led to the change. Prather, who has a past as Amarillo Gold Sox playing manager in 1942, and also played first base for the Pampa Oilers.
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Dutch Prather
Tyler Trojan
Doug
Poco) Tate
Tate
J. Walter Morris
Shreveport
H. D
Windy) Spears
Trojan
Prather
Amarillo Gold Sox
Pampa Oilers
Midget Car Feud Set for Grudge Race Tomorrow Night
Bud Camden and Ted Parker resume their feud in a planned grudge match at the Amarillo track in Lubbock. Parker overhauls his midget car after motor trouble and hopes to arrive. Camden aims for a showdown to boost a seven-event program starting at 8. The rivalry stems from a disrupted 20-lap race where Parker led after a restart, provoking Camden’s displeasure and a potential track-record bid.
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Pampa
Bill Garland
Albuquerque Dukes
Kid Crider
Amarillo
Bill Evans
Lubbock
Bud Camden
Ted Parker
Camden
Oklahoma City
Edge
Dul Parker
Parker
Otis Williams
Ted
Dallas Star
Railbirds
Jensen Faces Australian Tag Match at Tri-State Fair
Promoter Cory Detton brings mat excitement to the Tri-State Fair Grounds tonight with Leo Jensen of Jackson teaming with Floyd Hanson against Ken Mayne and Walter Stratton in a best two of three falls match. Two referees will police the show after last week’s near riot, with tickets 85 cents to 1.75 and children 25 cents.
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Cory Detton
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Detton
Leo Jensen
Jackson
Miss
Jensen
Floyd Hanson
Salt Lake City
Ken Mayne
Walter Stratton
Youngstown
O. Jensen
Young Sandow
Mayne
Billy Weidner
Leon Kirilenko
Mike McGee
Billy Nichols
Milwaukee
Benny Trudell
Windsor
Ont
McGee
Rougher
Wheeling
W. Va
Pat Dowdy
Duke
Okla
O'Dowdy
Schoolboys Scrimmage Today in All Star Bowl Prep
Scrimmage sessions were held today for high school grid stars from Oklahoma and Texas in Wichita Falls as part of Friday’s All Star Ol Bowl game. Rain had postponed scrimmages yesterday.
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Wichita Falls
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas-New Mexico league results and schedule update
Rain affected games in the TENAS league with Lamesa at Amarillo postponed and Pampa tied 3 3 at Abilene after a rain delay. Standings show Fort Worth and Dallas near the top, while Tulsa and Beaumont trail. Also noted: Oklahoma City at Fort Worth and Shreveport at Beaumont are listed as late or scheduling items. Ten million calls a day rise cited.
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West Tenas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Borger
Albuquerque
Pampa
Clovis
Lubbook
Abilene
Amarillo Ee
Lubbock
Clovis Anny
Amarillo Pampa
Clovis Abilene
TENAS
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
Shreveport
Beaumont
Sso
Fletcher and Buccola Win Texas Match Game Championship Trips
Fletcher and Buccola clinched all expenses paid trips to Houston for the Texas Match Game Championship Bowling by leading a strong field at Peerless Lanes last night. Buccola rolled 1930 and Fletcher 1 899 with five lines per place. alternates were H L McMinn and Bob Andrews.
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Ted Bucccola
Jim Fletcher
Houston
Peerless Lanes
Banner Bowl
Buccola Kegled
Fletcher
H. L. McMinn
Bob Andrews
McMinn
Andrews
Zaharias Eliminated By Connecticut Girl
In Spokane the second round of the $19,700 Women's National Open begins with under dogs and stars. Grace Lenczyk of Connecticut upset Babe Didrickson Zaharias 3 and 2 to headline the day while Ellen Kieser of San Francisco defeats Hope Seignious of Greensboro to set up a test with Lenczyk. Patty Berg advances 7-4 over Margaret Speer as Mary Mozel 6-5 beats Jewell Gramley. Jackie Pung faces Edean Anderson in the major amateur matchup. Chicago reports grain elevators capable of handling over 27 million bushels.
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Spokane
Grace Lenczyk
Connecticut
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Denver
Lenczyk
Mary Mozel
Portland
Jewell Gramley
Butte
Mont
Jackie Pung
Honolulu
Edean Anderson
Helena
Pung
Joe Pedicrod
Miss Anderson
William May
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Lou Stringer
Rickert
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Thurman Tucker
Denny Galehouse
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Hank Greenberg
Rey Cullenbine
Oscar Judd
Pirates
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Major League
the Associated Press
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Hopp
Benton
Davp BR Herman
W. Ith Se
Ilfy and Wright
Darkhorse
Utting
Aroun
Patt Powell
Commercial League
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Bob Hibbs
Edith Green
Mike Quigley
Howard Lynch
Patt Rowell
Dwight Hoskins
Street & Smith
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Hubert Bechtel
Texas Tech
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Tech
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Lubbock College
J. R. Brown
John Olver
John Munn
Amarillo City
West 6Th ST
Army & Navy
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the Panhandle
Pest Welch
Sandie
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Bowie
Art Graham
van Buren
The
Southwestern Appliance Co
Alo Taylor
Mat Scoundrel Jensen Yray
Globe-News
United States
Moroline Petroleum
Crow's Cleaners
Wallace Bettes
West Texas
Boot and Shoe Shop
Foca
Kinse
Kinsey
Menitage
Polk
Philadel
A Polk
Fletcher and
Buccola
Zaharias
FAR Amount Recreation Club
Oliver-Fakle
Cal Farley
Fillmore
Amarillo Tri-State Fair Grounds
Pat O'Dowdy
LA Mesa Park
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