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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1928
Page
8
Three hundred track stars compete at Harvard Stadium with only 64 Olympic berths available. Organizers expect a record-shattering day among sprinters, though weather could dampen efforts after a rain-affected May meet. Frank Getty reports from Cambridge Massachusetts.
Bud Bagwell of Claude and captain elect at West Texas State Teachers College will challenge top 800 meter dashmen at Cambridge. Coach Burton expects 1:53 for Bagwell and a top four finish. Bagwell set a new TIAA record this year and has long been a consistent winner, including the Southern Olympic trials 800 meter race in 1:58.
Famous sprinters Charley Bracey and Claude Bracey plus athletes like Leighton Dyke Hamm Hahn and Sabin Carr compete as Little Johnny Hallahan announces. The meet features 100 and 200 metre dashes and distances up to 16 000 metres with an Olympic team selection after two days.
Top players by the Associated Press through July 5 include Hornsby and Bottomley atop batting and runs, Bissonette and Walker among RBI and hits leaders, Wilson with 19 homers, Frisch and Lazzeri stealing bases, Benton and Crowder leading pitching. Ruth and Gehrig pace American leaders in runs and RBIs with Ruth at 61 runs and Gehrig 74 RBIs.
Douthit of the St. Louis Cardinals leads the season with high batting averages around 360 to 380 and is praised as a bright feature of the National League. A former University of California athlete, he rose from Fort Smith to become a steady outfielder, delivering the first World Series hit off Herbie Pennock and emerging among the league's top batters.
The International Association of Clothing Designers ends college dominance over non collegiate dress. Philadelphia reports American girls will participate in new Olympic style events in Amsterdam as the games approach.
Kenneth Doherty of the Cadillac A. C. Detroit James Stewart Los Angeles A. C Bernard Berlinger University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Churchill University of Oklahoma were chosen to represent the United States in the Olympic Decathlon at Amsterdam. Doherty led the tryouts with 7600.52 points Stewart was second 7533.25 Berlinger 7362.195 and Churchill 7203.20 points.
Rene Lacoste of France defeated Henry Cochet in the Wimbledon final, winning 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-2 to take the tennis championship. Cochet, the defending champion, suffered the setback in a four-set match played on July 6.
Montreal July 6 Jack Munroe Canadian prospector and veteran soldier who once stood up to Jim Jeffries for four rounds after a long fighting life is found dead in his cabin near Royon Ontario. A World War veteran and former mayor of Cobalt his dog’s barking led two men to discover the body. he had lived alone since the war and had a notable life in mining and service.
New York July 6 Charles C Pyle professional sports promoter sails at midnight on the La France for Europe where he will spend four weeks organizing sporting carnivals in Paris Berlin London and other cities featuring marathon runs and dance derbies.
In New York a line of fair spectators was barred from the stadium and riverbank by a priestess. Elsewhere a London auction fetched 110000 dollars for a 25 foot carpet.
A silk and wool textile measured at 10 feet by an unspecified width was produced in 21 colors. Peter the Great of Russia presented this item to Leopold, highlighting an exchange of gifts between the two rulers.
George Earnshaw, right handed pitcher for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics, earned his first major league win defeating the Boston Red Sox 6 to 0. He allowed three singles, walked six, struck out five, and benefited from heavy run support as the Athletics pounded Herb Bradley. No other American League games were played as rain washed out NL contests.
Heavyweight champion Gene Tunney shows a badly bruised and swollen left ear after refusing headgear. He plans to wear a metal capped headpiece and may alternate roadwork with boxing in hot weather. He trained with Harold Mays and Billy Vidabeck in three rounds each yesterday.
Dutch Mantell returns from a multi city tour across the South East and Canada. He says bring on stronger foes and is ready to wrestle anyone Elmer Guthrie can book, having won all but two falls in his tour.
Omaha remained winless through the second half while Tulsa toppled Oklahoma City 11 to 7 in ten innings as the Indians faltered in the extra frame. Des Moines and Omaha clashed near the cellar, Ted Hillette spun scoreless work for the Crickets aside from a fifth inning burst, and Pueblo pitcher Fette excelled on the mound.
Dee Caldwell wins the sixteen yard trophy in a shoot-off with Walter Bartruff at Amarillo Gun Club yesterday afternoon. W. L. McDonald and Charlie Hoppin also required a shoot-off for the weekly handicaps trophy, McDonald taking it. Scores mention Denver and Pueblo boxing the Bears, and a separate 9 to 8 Wichita win after an Amarillo lead.
New York reports Corporal Jazy Schwartz the flyweight champ in a title go tonight with Schwartz and Grande headlining the bout as the featured match.
The Buffalo Filipino known as Frisco Grande faces a 12 round title bout at Rockaway Beach, L. L. stadium tonight. Goose's hitting is not bothered by a lame arm as the bout proceeds.
Wrestlers from the west coast and midwest are favored to lead the Olympic trials in Grand Rapids Michigan as semi finals approach. Oklahoma A and M entrants faltered yesterday with four of nine losing while Multnomah A C from Portland impressed. Ralph Lupton of Northwestern defeated Bobby Pearce and is seen as likely 123 pound champion with rival Robert Hewitt of Michigan as strongest challenger.
New York Jewish lightweight Sid Terris will box Ray Miller of Chicago in a 10 round match at Coney Island stadium tonight. Terris is a 2 to 1 favorite in the first bout of his comeback campaign.
The Ted Morgan Eddie Can non Ball Martin junior lightweight title fight, postponed twice, will now be held Wednesday night at Ebbets Field Brooklyn. Morgan weighed 129 1 4 pounds and Martin 129 1 2 yesterday as rain forced a delay from July 4.
Bob Gibson, named as the third member of a Havana Kansas bank robbery gang, is detained in Osage county jail in Pawhuska Oklahoma after a local brank charge arrest. A separate New York item notes Mrs Ann Hennelly Schoenherr winning a Europe trip wager based on political ballots.
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