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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1924
Page
6
Water sport fans in Amarillo will enjoy a real treat tonight as the Nat hosts a night of underwater stunts and quirky contests. Banana and apple eating under water, diving, egg races, and water polo among four teams are planned with prizes. Admission is five cents for adults and twenty six cents for children, with swimming included.
Canyon Texas July 17 A wrestling team will be added to the Buffalo sports at West Texas State Teachers College this winter. The sport will start after the football season ends under assistant coach Alvin Jackson who previously wrestled for two years with the Oklahoma University squad.
West Texas State Teachers College will start football training September 10 under coach D Burton Eckhardt with Oscar Eckhardt Texas university star and Alvin Jackson from Oklahoma as assistants. Grady Burson and Ira Jenkins lead the backfield as a promising group of yearlings joins Skull practice this summer. The Buffaloes schedule includes New Mexico, New Mexico Military Institute, North Texas, Simmons, Abilene Christian, and Daniel Baker with a possible game at Texas College of Mines.
Mrs L D Perry advertises home baked goods from 15083 Harrison Avenue with a contact phone 8128 offering baked items.
Washington obtains Floyd Scott an outfielder and catcher from Kansas City in an American Association deal. Kansas City receives William Hargrave Harold Gagnon Bert Griffith and an undisclosed cash consideration. Both clubs expect the players to report immediately.
Fifteen players have entered a Tennis tournament to be staged by the Amarillo Tennis club on Seventeenth street between Monroe and Madison, beginning Monday morning. Two events, men's doubles and singles, will be played with loving cups offered in each. Any Amarillo player may enter by seeing Attorney Cooper in the Fuqua building.
The Amarillo Globe invites readers to submit original child sayings for publication. The paper pays 50 cents per printed saying and asks contributors to write on one side only and send to Bright Sayings Editor Amarillo Globe Amarillo Texas.
A collage of reader letters recounting family tales and local jests, with Hazel Bradley defending her department against attacks by the Tactless Texan. Local names and places appear, including addresses in Amarillo, Lubbock, Canyon, Dalhart, and talks of sheriff candidates.
Marian Colby loves her employer Alec Holden while his wife Harriet remains apart. Alec contemplates divorce as Richard Endicott urges caution, warning of the danger to Alec’s life and friendship. The scene ends with Alec leaving, Richard lamenting his failed approach.
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