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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1937
Page
4
Local ad from Brazleton Lumber Co promotes starting married life with Uncle Sam's FHA financing. The notice, by PD Prensley of Mer, Ontario, invites Fillmore area residents to call Fillmore Telephone 2.2205 for details.
United Press reports Henry Cotton dominates golf with a Rolls Royce image and terse manner. He recent ly won the British Open at Carnoustie with a final round 71, defeating Denny Shute 6 and 5 in a 72 hole match. Opinions split on his personality, but his skill places him among golf's greats.
Natie Brown of Washington DC wins a divided decision over Tony Shuees of Boston after an early lead in their ten round heavyweight bout at Fenway Park Boston. The event draws attention as a brisk sports note from Penway Park.
Dallas July 14 officials and athletes prepared for the Pan American Olympics opening with rain feared to spoil track and field events at the Cotton Bowl. South American delegates trained as U S stars led by Elroy Robinson arrived with rivals like Woodruff and Johnson. The Pan American games begin Thursday with soccer and track trials followed by finals and a marathon on Sunday.
Baseball and league standings with results from yesterday and schedule for today across the American League National League and Texas League. Notable entries include New York Pittsburgh St Louis Philadelphia Boston Cleveland Detroit Chicago and Washington with various win loss records and upcoming matchups such as New York at Detroit Philadelphia at Chicago and Boston at St Louis. The Texas League shows Oklahoma City Tulsa Port Worth Beaumont Galveston Dallas Houston and San Antonio with current standings and tonight's schedule.
Joe Moore and Cliff Melton drove in four runs with five singles as Parmer’s singles in six trips produced the key runs in a ten inning 11 10 win over the Phillies. Melton earned his ninth straight victory with one inning of shutout relief. Manush homered for Brooklyn in a 21 decision over the Bees. Lary contributed two hits and started a ninth inning double play as Cleveland beat the White Sox 2 4 and the bridge girders failed on their piers.
Old time wrestling fans anticipate a main event at the National Guard Armory as Tarzan Krause faces John Nemanic in a grappling duel. Promoter Dutch Mantell adds Kopecky vs Hagen and Johnson vs Lipscomb as undercard bouts with ringside tickets at City Drug Store on Polk Street.
The Columbus Red Birds regained first place in the American Association after beating Louisville 4 to 1 behind Bill McGee pitching. Milwaukee’s 4 to 0 win over Minneapolis left Columbus undisputed leader, while Toledo’s 9 to 0 victory over Indianapolis moved it to second. St Paul climbed to seventh by sweeping Kansas City in a night doubleheader.
Slapsy Maxie Baer plans a four round exhibition with Jack Dempsey in Reno next month after meeting the former champions. Baer says they will spar with no punches pulled while noting his wife is due and he will train a month in Reno for a later bout with Max Schmeling in London.
Chicago voters pick Stars of last year’s Northwestern and Minnesota teams as leaders in first returns for a 9 man college squad to face the Green Bay Packers at Soldiers Field on Sept 1. Sammy Baugh of Texas Christian tops quarterback balloting.
The Beaumont Exporters, leaders of the Texas league, open a home series against the Oklahoma City Indians on Wednesday. Tulsa handed Beaumont a 4 to 1 defeat amid Milstead’s five-hitter, while Oklahoma City lost to San Antonio 9 to 1. Jim Keesey homered in the eighth to save Liebhardt from a possible shutout. Houston beat Dallas 5 to 3 as Quante Stevenson and Smith combined on the mound. Galveston edged Fort Worth 5 to 4 behind Eddie Cole’s strong pitching.
In Boston Natie Brown 1994 from Washington DC defeated Tony Shucco 182 of Boston by decision. In New York John Bonito 137 of New York outpointed Quentin Breese 139 of Manhattan Kansas over six rounds.
Al Hostak of Seattle defeated Eddie Risko of Syracuse New York by knockout in the seventh round. Hostak sent Risko to the canvas in the fourth and finished the fight with a late flurry, the veteran former world middleweight titleholder unable to rise before the count of ten.
Six of Hawaii s finest polo ponies will compete nationwide this year. Walter F Dillingham has sent Toy Moon to Abbey Gerry of New York for Eastern events. Five more ponies ship to Long Island for Gay Dillingham to use with the Harvard University team.
Entries for the National amateur golf tournament close today in New York. Without a handful of Bobby Jones level players, amateur golf risks remaining a side show to pro golf. The article traces past stars and notes current leaders like Johnny Fischer with a final aside describing Yosemite Falls’ height.
The text notes that during peace efforts Indians smoked the pipe of peace, while at war a giant war pipe was used before the warpath. It also mentions railway dining car costs ranging from 50 000 to 65 000 dollars, reflecting interior furnishings and higher price than day coaches.
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