Battle of Sexes Softball clash billed at Jaycee Field
Amarillo hosts a charity "War of the Sexes" softball game tomorrow night at Jaycee Field to benefit the Preventorium. Lions Club men vs Falcons girls feature left handed play, a planned no hitter by pitcher Wilson for a birthday stunt, and a lively, crowd-pleasing feud with rosters listed for both teams.
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Amarillo
Powell's Lions Club
Amarillo Falcons
Sweers
Aeara
Jaycee Field
Pede Powell
Lions Club
Powell
Falcons
Charles Sinclair
Wilson
Blondie” Helvey
Ella Mae Gibb
Judy” Ross
Feed Lumber Keglers Win Young Businessmen League Title
The Feed-Lumber Keglers clinched the Amarillo Bowl championship with 20 wins in the Young Businessmen's League. Zales Jewelry finished second with 28 wins while Pleasant Valley and Heath Furniture followed. Final standings show Bordwell's Table Supplies fifth and Morrow-Thomas last with 12 wins.
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Pleasant Valley Feed and Lumber Company
Amarillo Bowl
Zales Jewelry
Pleasant Valley
International
Zale's
Heath Furniture
Zale
Heath
Bordwell
Morrow-Thomas
Morrow-Thomas Nugent
Saddamepee
Frizzell
Hart
McCormick, Cincin'ti
Nicholson Chica
McCartney
Elliott Rf
Hobson
Pittsburgh
Slaughter St Louie
Vaughan
Miller Boston
Ee & Lumber Frey Cincinnati
Vogt
Herman Brooklyn
Butterfield
Owen Brooklyn Ec
Blind
Lopez Pittsburgh
Coble
Danning
New York
Wyatt Brooklyn
Derringer Cincinnati
International Harvester Co
Walters Cincinnati
Elder
Medwick
Brooklyn
Brown
Passenu
Chicago
Smith
Womble
Hullum
Seeeee
Wyatt
Afters
Heath Furniture American
Ab A
Forreit
Doerr
Boston
Gordon
Sims Zale
Travis Washington
Kettner
Cleveland
Gregory
Dallas
Murtaugh
Houston
Norman Houston
Epps
White
San Antonio
Sessi
Watkins
Tulsa
Tucker
Oklahoma City
Clarke Dallas
Pollet
Greer
Fort Worth
Pollet Mueller
Beaumont
Martin
Baseball score details from Nationals vs Americans with 1940 oil wells note
Box score shows Nationals 5 Americans 7 with Williams and Vaughan driving in runs. Pitchers include Feller Smith Passeau and Hudson with 375 producing oil wells in the United States in 1940 noted at the end.
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Feller
Hudson
Wzz
Smith
Heath
Reiser
Williams
Moore
Boudreau
Vaughan
DiMaggio
J. DiMaggio
Nationals
Travis
Walters
Herman
Mize
Hack
Lopez
Frey
York
Cronin
Wyatt
DiMaggo
Passeau
Nicholson
Ott
Derringer
Doerr
Slaughter
Keller
Foxx
Lee
Summers
Jordan
Grieve
Pinelli
United States
Snake Invades Camp at Lowry Field
Denver U P Soldiers at Lowry Field air corps training school patrol carefully after a large rattlesnake takes up residence under Building No 386. Troops have been warned and a snake bite first aid kit is available in the project engineer’s office.
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Denver
U.P
Lowry Field Air Corps Training School
Joe Louis divorce shocks public eye in boxing saga
Cunningham notes the Louis marriage and upcoming split, framing the fighter’s rise from Alabama sharecropper roots to national icon. The column details rumors around the private life, manager tactics, and the peril of wives and fists in boxing lore.
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Joe Louis
Alabama
Midwest
Europe
United States of America
Louis
Max Baer
Chicago
Schmeling
Joe
James Joseph Tunney
Thrips Threaten Gladioli and Onions in New York Fields
Cornell University entomology reports thrips as a serious pest attacking gladioli and turning green onion fields silvery within 10 days. A tartar emetic sugar bait is suggested as a control method.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Williams Delivers Big Home Run Delights All Star Game
Detroit manager Del Baker leads celebration after Ted Williams wins the All Star game with a ninth inning homer. Williams, batting leader with a .405 average, explains his late swing as teammates and fans cheer. Nieder league manager William McKechnie consoles his players amid postgame frustration.
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Detroit
del Baker
Detroit Tigers
Ted Williams
Artie Fletcher
Baker
Happy Williams
Williams
William Harridge
Yankee
Happy Fletcher
Fletcher
Arky Vaughan
San Diego
Claude Passeau
Nationals
William “Deacon” McKechnie
Deacon
Passeau
McKechnie
Ship Propeller With Variable Pitch Powers Gear Shift
Gloucester Mass. via U P Millionaire John Hays Hammond Jr and Washington naval architect George Colley unveil a ship propeller using a variable pitch mechanism to adjust blade bite. They claim it will cut operating costs and allow mid ocean gear shifting to maintain efficiency in storms.
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Gloucester
Mass
U.P
John Hays Hammond, Jr
George Colley
Washington
Hammond
All-Star Classic Sets Eleven New Records
Detroit July 9 Eleven new records were set at Briggs Stadium in yesterday's All-Star Classic. Arky Vaughan contributed to five records including four RBIs by Vaughan and Williams, and Vaughan hit two homers in a single game. Other feats included three straight hits by Vaughan and five combined errors by both teams.
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Detroit
Briggs Stadium
Arky Vaughan
Nationals
Ted Williams
Vaughan
Sid Hudson
Edgar Smith
Pete Reiser
Reiser
Williams
Jeff Heath
Mel Ott
Joe Medwick
Billy Herman
Davis Bummy Davis Hospital Mystery After Fight
New York July 9 Albert Davidoff known as Bummy Davis was brought to Kings County Hospital in a soldier’s uniform with facial injuries. Questions haunt army officials about his admission and a possible transfer to Fort Jay. General Marshall noted as a high ranking VMI graduate.
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New York
Albert Davidoff
Bummy Davis
Brooklyn
Davis
King's County Hospital
Bummy
Pritzie Zivic
Fritzie
Davidoff
Fort Jay
Governor's Island
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Melba Bishop
Edna Houston
Rotha Palmer
Betty June Rever
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His Ball and
Gulf Brewing Co
Cunningham
Bill Cunningham
Dallas-Fort Worth Houston
Texas Panhandle
Miller & Miller Motor Freight Lines
Baker’s Boys
Rollins
Moore Kohout
Mordlock
Zigelman
Orger
Lamesa
Lubbock Eee
Clovis
Wichita Falls
Pampa
Lubbock
Borger
Big Spring
St. Louis Oe
Cincinnatti
Boston Or
Philadelphia Eae
Philadelphia
St Louis
Shreveport
Prt
Verrie Wee
Tulsa Shreveport
Eable
George C. Marshall
U.S. Army
Virginia Military Institute
Floyd V. Studer Life Insurance and Annuities
Escape Heat
Retain Style
Priestley's
Nor-East
England
America
Priestley
Blackburn Bros
West Texas
Dodge
Keith Motor Company
Polk Street
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