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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
4
In Great Lakes Ill the New York Giants meet the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team with games on July 2. The Athletics will appear on July 13 and July 27, highlighting a summer league schedule at the base.
Fans held a seventh inning ceremony for Leon Cato as he heads to Greenbriar Ark to join the army after a 65 dollar crowd gift plus merchant donations. The Gold Sox lost to Lubbock Hubbers 7 3 last night, then defeated them 7 3 to complete the doubleheader.
Ford Frick plans a National League victory in the Polo Grounds classic on July 6. He aims to rest five pitchers before the game to keep his hitters rested while supporting a fund drive for armed forces. The chosen hurlers include Van der Meer, Melton, Passeau, Wyatt, and Mort Cooper, with Reds stars Walters and Derringer deemed unavailable. Kilgas holds multiple roles at Kaukauna Golf Club as of July 2.
New York July 2 Jimmy Johnst on reports Rapid Robert Pastor declines multi fight offers totaling about 150000 dollars to play golf this summer delaying a return to the ring. He prefers middle of August for a possible comeback after enjoying time on the links. Other notes include baseball statistics for several players and team leaders across Beaumont, Tulsa, Dallas, Shreveport and other clubs.
Vary Club Golf at Country Club hosts a record slate of events for Independence Day weekend including an 18 hole medal play, a four some competition, a putting contest, and a 54 hole Muny Medal tournament. Notable entrants and mix of men and women compete across weekend from 7 to 9 starting times.
Amarillo city bids due July 14 1942 at 8 pm for 13 506 sets of tax receipts in quad ruplicate and 1 500 tax roll sheets Parsons No 28 Defendum Ledger or equal quality printed in two colors with perforations and bound in 27 books. City reserves right to reject any or all bids.
Boston outfielder Ted Williams was benched after the fifth inning in the second game with Washington. Pete Fox moved to left field for the rest of the game as Williams faced boos for a half hearted attempt and a slow jog to second after a fifth inning double. Williams, 24, who hit over 400 last season, is in the naval air corps and leads both leagues in home runs RBIs and runs.
Goteborg Sweden July 2 Gunnar Hagg an elite Swedish middle distance runner after an eight month suspension lifted ran a mile in 4 minutes 6.2 seconds shaving two tenths of a second from the world record held five years by Sydney Wooderson of Great Britain. Later in San Francisco Charley Silvera St Ignatius High School catcher led prep league with .640 average and was signed by the New York Yankees to be farmed out.
Houston hosts the Southwest War Bond Servicemen's softball tournament starting tomorrow at Sportsman's Park. Eighteen teams from Texas and Louisiana will compete to raise funds for the war bond drive with admission by 25-cent war stamps and travel-expense support from gate stamps. Teams include Kelly Field, Foster Field, Camp Hulen, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Fort Sam Houston, Ellington Field, Camp Wallace, Camp Polk, Fort Brown, Camp Bowie and others.
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