Sixth Annual Texas Open Golf Tourney Draws Stars
International News Service reports the sixth Texas Open at Willow Springs in San Antonio opens January 27 with a galaxy of golf greats including Armour Farrell Espinosa Sarazen Hagen and Barnes. The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce now finances the event and will charge a gallery fee to defray course costs, signaling a move toward self funding.
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International News Service
Antonio
Willow Springs
Tommy Armour
Johnny Farrell
Abe Espinosa
Gene Sarazen
Bill’ Mehlhorn
Chicago
William
Tom Kerrigan
Willie McFarland
Jim Barnes
Walter Hagen
al Watrous
Joe Turnesa
MacDonald Smith
Leo Diegal
Harry Cooper
Mike Brady
St. Louis
New York
Chamber of Commerce of
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Ernest L. Brown
D. D. Marley
Charles J. Nelson
Frank M. Lewis
el Paso
Cali- Tornig
Mystery in Shooting Near Hamilton Leaves One Dead
A free-for-all gunfight at Hale's pasture nine miles from Hamilton left J. L. Blackwell dead and Mrs. William Oglesby and A. R. Smith seriously wounded. No arrests by Friday morning. Officers seized a fifty-gallon still and seventeen barrels of corn mash at the scene. Smith is not expected to live. Mrs. Oglesby has an even chance of recovery. A statement about an elephant load was noted as an irrelevant fragment.
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Associated Press
Hamilton
Here
J. L. Blackwell
William Oglesby
A. R. Smith
Hamilton County
Hale’s Pasture
Smith
Hartz Leads AAA Racing to 1926 Crown in New York
The American Automobile Association awards show Harry Hartz as the new drivers’ champion with 2,954 points. Frank Lockhart is second, Peter De Paolo third, with Bennett Hill and Frank Elliott also high in the standings. Hartz earned $71,100, Lockhart $66,612, while other top earners include De Paolo and Hill as records reflect the season’s top finishers and prize money. The era sees the end of 122 cubic inch cars and historic lap records at Atlantic City and Charlotte, with notable speed marks at various distances. Liver extract is noted as a new cancer treatment addition.
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Associated Press
New York
American Automobile Association
Harry Hartz
Peter de Paolo
Frank Lockhart
Hartz
Lockhart
de Paolo
Bennett Hill
Frank Elliott
Washington
Rank Elliott
Charlotte
N. C
Indianapolis Motor
Atlantic City
Bob McDonagh
Bob
The Governor of Texas and Local Worries in Amarillo
A Texas letter discusses a smallpox scare with sixteen suspected cases, urging compulsory vaccination for children. It notes deaths and illness, criticizes hospital grounds, jabs at local politics, and mentions a verse about the Governor of Texas reflecting on state issues and the Ku Klux Klan.
Buffaloes Top Texas 41 to 35 in Overtime Win
West Texas State Teachers Buffaloes beat the University of Texas 41 to 35 after extra time. Alex Hale led with 18 points as Canyon’s team avenged a Baylor win and prepared for Weatherford follow up. The News-Globe correspondent, a player, noted the score in haste.
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West Texas State Teachers’ College Buffaloes
University of Texas
Buffaloes
Southwestern
News-Globe
Baylor University
Canyon Five
Austin
Alex Hale
Ile
Texas University
Ole
Hale
Keith
Ves
Buffalo Gym
Canyon
Southwestern Teachers’ College
Weatherford
Oklahoma
New Warning To Delinquent Autoists In Potter County
Bill Collins the Potter County tax collector issued another warning to motor vehicle owners in Potter County stating arrests and fines will follow after January 16 if 1927 tags are not displayed. Receipts show a surge then a drop after a grace period began January 1, with averages around 8,000 dollars daily. an estimated 5,000 pleasure cars and 500 trucks lack new licenses. A Boston scientist reports cod liver oil feeding hens yields larger, better eggs.
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Bill Collins
Potter County Motoriate
Colling
Potter County
Boston
Noted umpire crowns Ruths three homers as 1926s greatest thrill
Veteran baseball insider Billy Evans ranks Babe Ruths three homers in the 1926 World Series as the year’s peak thrill. He cites Ruth’s final center field drive and the unprecedented impact of the feat, alongside other dramatic games and athletes, in a wide-ranging year-end reflection.
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Ruth
Bill Tilden
Jennis
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Beases
Alexander
Tony Lazzeri
St. Louis
Tony
Babe Ruth
Cardinals
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McDonogh
Fisk
Harris
Wolflin School
Amarillo
Tack
Jamaica
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Tion
Emery Winn
Taylor Street
Winn
Northwest Texas Hospital
G. E. Ebmeyer
New York Times
Texas
Ruxton
Emery
Euro S&q
Phoenix
Polk Street
Kuppenheimer
Hub
University
Billy Evans
Gertrude Ederle
Miss Ederle
Jesse Sweetser
Sweetser
Asheville
North Carolina
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Tunney
Bobby Jones
Jones
Rere
Fistan Ioe
Claude Wolcott
Wackbornilde
Central Produce Co
van Buren ST
Harris & Ewing
Washin Wadsworth
York
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