Three Teams Remain in Globe-News Tourney Race
Three baseball outfits still vie for first money as Texola faces the winner of Wheeler-Mobeetie versus Berger in a 2:00 p.m. game. Each club holds four wins and two losses, with a possible Tuesday finale if Texola loses only once. Yesterday the Pioneers beat the Burlington Wreckers 8 7 in 11 innings, while Texola defeated Borgerites 8 3. Crowds filled Metro Park as the tourney continued, and the local winner could enter the Denver Post tournament against strong semi pro teams.
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Berger
Barber “66
Pioneers
Burlington Wreckers
Borgerites
Metro Park
Denver Post
Major league batting leaders and awards noted by AP
National and American League leaders are listed with players and totals for batting runs runs batted in hits doubles triples home runs and stolen bases. Notable names include P Waner Klein Hurst Foxx Ruth Gehrig and Foxx among others with team affiliations Pirates Phillies Dodgers Athletics Yankees Indians Browns Tigers and Senators.
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Pirates
Hurst
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Klein
Terry
Giants
Ithington
Braves
Riples
Herman
Reda
Foxx
Athletics
Averill
Indians
Porter
Johnson
Red Sox
Myer
Senators
Campbell
Browns
Lazzeri
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Yankees
Ruth
Blue
White Sox
Kimsey
Gomez
Transfers Urged For Potter County Students This Week
County superintendent Miss Laura V. Hamner urges all students to sign up for transfers this week. The policy covers rural to rural, rural to city, city to rural, and rural to city transfers, with the exception of inter district moves within Amarillo. Hamner will be in her office all week to process transfers.
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Laura V. Hamner
Amarillo
Hamner
Bridge spans Amarillo Creek at disposal plant and opens
City workers completed a 60 foot bridge over Amarillo Creek at the disposal plant north of here and traffic used the span on Saturday for the first time. Remodeling of a settling basin at the plant was started Saturday.
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Amarillo Creek
Indians Athletes Cap 18-Inning 18-17 Classic
In Cleveland tonight the Indians and Athletics played an 18 inning marathon won 18 to 17. The game lasted four hours and five minutes, longest in eleven years. Johnny Burnett set a new single game hits mark with nine. The record contains two teams scoring thirteen runs in a single extra inning, a first in league history.
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Ohio
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Johnny Burnett
Tribe
A's Endanger Yankees Lead In 18 Inning Victory
The Philadelphia Athletics outlasted Cleveland 18 to 17 in 18 innings as Jimmie Foxx delivered the deciding run after a long back-and-forth game. Johnny Burnett posted nine hits, Ed Morgan misplayed a ball in the ninth, and the Yankees dropped two to St Louis as Detroit and Washington won.
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Yankees
St. Louis
Bill Dickey
Carl Reynolds
Lefty Gomez
Detroit
Red Sox
Alvin Crowder
Washington
White Sox
Texas League Leaders Associated Press Report
Leading hitters Medwick Houston .363 136 AB 136 H 57 hits .375 average and Fox Beaumont .356 with 122 hits. Herring Beaumont leads winning percentage .800. Easterling Beaumont tops home runs with 20 and Easterling drives in 81 runs.
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Medwick
Houston
Washington
Tyler
Fox
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W. L. Ave. Herring
Howe
Collier
Stebbins
Easterling
Tauby
Baseball Punches and Fines Stir NY Headlines
Henry McLemore reports on brawls in baseball with Dickey's suspension and fines. The piece mocks players’ conduct, proposes a fixed fines scale, and notes upcoming league reviews plus Arctic expedition plans by thirty-one teams from eight nations.
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Arctic
Shippers Drop Ind This Half In Beating Exporters
San Antonio defeated Beaumont 13 to 4 as the hot box broke up Beaumont pitchers’ string of 36 scoreless innings. Beaumont’s loss keeps the Exporters two games ahead of Dallas, which beat Longview 6 to 3. Dallas rallied for five runs, Fort Worth stayed in third with a 8 to 7 win over Tyler, and Ralph Judd earned his 12th win by topping Galveston 4 to 1.
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Exporters
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Herring
Sullivan
Dallas
Longview
Steers
Fort Worth
Tyler
Ralph Judd
Houston
Galveston
Judd
Molesworth
Allen
Voters urged to notify of new address before primary
Voters must report moves since last January to County Tax Collector Bill Collins before the Democratic primary on July 23 to avoid disenfranchisement. Those moving within a city with 10 000 or more must file five days prior, while intercounty or county to city moves require four days.
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County Schools Go For Music Record
Potter County rural schools now have a piano in every school after a purchase by Cliffside school. County Superintendent Laura V. Hamner cites this as unequaled in Texas and notes many schools also have talking machines. Instruments support morning exercises programs and singing periods.
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Potter County
Laura V. Hamner
Texas
Cliffside School
Sixteenth Avenue Improvement Half Finished by Contractors
Approximately half of the Sixteenth Avenue project between Van Buren and Washington has been completed by Willmering and Mullen. Five blocks will be widened paved and lit. More than 600 square yards of material were poured in a single day.
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Lambdin Named Special Probate Court Judge
Ross M. Lambdin, secretary to County Judge Sam B. Motlow, was made special county judge by unanimous vote of attorneys in the probate courtroom. Motlow, confined to his office by duties, will devote part of the next two weeks to campaigning before the July 23 primary.
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Ross M. Lambdin
Sam B. Motlow
Judge Motlow
Welfare confab for Panhandle workers set at College Station
A special conference for all Panhandle public welfare workers is announced by Daniel Russell of Texas A. & M. College. The meeting will be held in College Station on July 25 and 26, with special railroad rates arranged from Panhandle points.
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Panhandle
Daniel Russel
Texas A. & M. College
College Station
Three Net Squads Remain in Davis Cup Challenge
United States already secured the American zone title and will face the winner of the European zone final between Germany and Italy. Germany stunned Britain three matches to two while Italy swept Japan two matches to two. von Cramm and Prenn clinched Germany and Italy’s victories with straight-set edge over Perry and Austin.
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Germany
Italy
France
Japan
Dublin
Daniel
Gottfried von Cramm
von Cramm
Henry Austin
Prenn
Fred Perry
Indians and Cardinals Stars Shine in Long Baseball Doubleheaders
Johnny Burnett of the Indians collected nine hits in an 18 inning game with the Athletics. Bill Hallahan and Dizzy Dean led the Cardinals to two victories over the Phillies. Adam Comorosky of the Pirates drove in the winning run with a ninth inning single against the Dodgers. Red Lucas and Owen Carroll of the Reds pitched to sweep both games against the Giants. Lou Warneke of the Cubs shut out the Braves, while Irving Burns of the Browns knocked in five runs with two home runs in two games.
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Brooklyn
Lonnie Warneke
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Cincinnati
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Red Lucas
Bill Hallahan
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Associated Press
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Athletics
Adam Comorosky
Dodgers
Owen Carroll
Reds
Lou Warneke
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Irving Burns
Browns
Yankee
Babe Didrickson Heads to Chicago for AAU Meet
Mildred Babe Didrickson, famed American woman athlete and Olympic hopeful, left Dallas for Chicago to compete in the National AAU track and field championships. The two day meet starts Friday with Didrickson aiming to accumulate points to win both individual and team honors.
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Texas
Mildred
Babe) Didrikson
Chicago
USC Freshman Leads In Minneapolis Tennis Triumph
Youthful Les Stoefen of USC won the Minneapolis Invitational singles title defeating John Hennessey of Indianapolis 2-6 3-6 6-4 6-2 9-7. Stoefen and partner Bill Robertson of Minneapolis also captured the doubles crown over Karl Kamrath and Sterling Williams 1-6 6-2 6-3 8-6.
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Lester Stoefen
University of Southern California
John Hennessey
Indianapolis
Bill Robertson
Los Angeles
Karl Kamrath
Sterling Williams
Austin
Tex
Pine Crest Invitation Golf Tourney Opens In Longview
Longview officials expect 125 entrants for the first Pine Crest Invitation Golf Tournament starting Thursday. Early entrants include Leonard Atwell Charles Aber Marshall Charles Flanagan Jack Ramsey Dave Carmichael Henderson Edwin McClure Jake Annan Hamp Blanchard Shreveport John Henderson Lufkin Tommy Cochran Ray Campbell Tyler Clyde Cunningham Dave Chapman Houston.
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Longview
Pine Crest
Leonard Atwell
Charles Aber
Marshall
Charles Flanagan
Jack Ramsey
Dave Carmichael
Henderson
Edwin McClure
Jake Annan
Hamp Blanchard
Shreveport
John Henderson
Lufkin
Tommy Cochran
Ray Campbell
Tyler
Clyde Cunningham
Dave Chapman
Houston
Ruth and Gehrig Pace Yankee Offense In Nine Hit Day
Babe Ruth went 1 for 8 with one run scored as Lou Gehrig collected two singles and a double in six at bats for six runs. Al Simmons had five singles driving in six runs in nine plate appearances. Hack Wilson hit a homer and a single for two RBIs in four trips. Bill Terry doubled twice in eight at bats for two RBIs.
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United Press
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
al Simmons
Hack Wilson
Bill Terry
Cotton States League Struggles Prompt Possible Disbanding
The six club Cotton States League, after Opelousas withdrew due to finances, may disband unless a loan can be secured. Directors sought aid from Branch Rickey and Billy Evans of the National Baseball Commission, who would consider a loan if guarantees exist. Five remaining clubs will finish their schedules while efforts continue.
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DeQuincy
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Rickey
St. Louis
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Frank A. Scott
Legion Holds Auto Races at Plainview
Fifteen hundred racing fans saw a Plainview event sponsored by the American Legion. Six professional drivers plus stock car competitors took part. Harry Norris of Houston won the time trials in 31% seconds and claimed the Sweepstakes. Posy Reeves of Oklahoma City finished second and Clarence Rodgers of Plainview third. Speed Bills and Jake Thompson of Amarillo won the second and third races. Buster Charleston and Virgil Kennedy of Clovis staged two stock car races. J T Stephenson of Amarillo won the free for alls stock car race.
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Tex
American Legion
Harry Norris
Houston
Posy Reeves
Oklahoma City
Clarence Rodgers
Speed Bills
Jake Thompson
Amarillo
Norris
Buster Charleston
Virgil Kennedy
Clovis
J. T. Stephenson
Nurmi suffers ankle injury en route to Los Angeles
Paavo Nurmi, famed three time Olympic star, shows a swollen ankle and limp at Dyche Stadium while traveling with the Finnish team to California. He is suspended by the International Amateur Federation and hopes to compete in his fourth Olympics in Los Angeles next month.
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Paavo Nurmi
Los Angeles
New York
Nurmi
International
Dyche Stadium
Evanston
California
Pedigo Refuses Rematch With Marallah This Week
Promoter faces stalemate as Cecil Pedigo declines to battle Sheik Marallah again. Marallah, backed by local supporters, seeks a Thursday Armory bout while Pedigo insists the Reynolds title shot, earned last bout, is his only target. The dispute may prompt legal action to secure or block the Reynolds bout.
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al Anderson
Sheik Marallah
Marallah
Sheik
Mackey
Meyers
Jack Reynolds
Kentucky Smithy
Reynolds
Mexicans Hold Boxing Tryouts in Los Angeles
Mexican amateur boxers from flyweights to heavyweights compete at Olympic Auditorium for spots on their Olympic team. Guadalupe Marquez is the lone unopposed entrant in the heavyweight class, with about 27 athletes overall in all divisions.
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Guadalupe Marquex
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