Surprising Upsets Mark Saturday in National Sports
Henry McLemore reports a day of shocks from coast to coast with Venzke failing to reach the Olympic team, Dutra winning the Metropolitan Open, Wykoff and Hastman suffering defeats, and other notable upsets across track, golf, and diving.
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Henry McLemore
United Press
New York
U.P
California
Gusto
Dutra
Victor
Sarazen
Dorothy Poynton
Georgia Coleman
Wykoff
Venzke
Hastman and Wykoff
Ben
Frank
Realty Firm Moves To 714 Taylor Street
The L. S. Gill Realty Company relocates from 320 Taylor Street to 714 Taylor Street. Associated with Mr. Gill is Warren G. Bott. Gill has been in the real estate business since 1918.
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Taylor St
L. S. Gill Realty Company
Taylor Street
Gill
Warren G. Bott
Kraft Named To Manage Kittens Fort Worth Franchise
The Texas League announced Fort Worth has a new manager Clarence Kraft holder of the league home run record will lead the Cats for the rest of the season. He will work with Roy Meehan secretary of the club asso ciates who bought the Fort Worth franchise in 1929 handed over control after heavy losses.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Clarence
Big Boy) Kraft
Cats
J. Alvin Gardner
Kraft
Roy Meehan
Sam Lord
Ted Robinson
W. C. Stripling
Paul la Grave
Steers Climb Over Exports In Three Game Clash
Dallas beats Beaumont 9 to 8 to move one game ahead in the second half standings. Zeke Bonura homered and doubled twice driving seven runs as the final comeback unfolds in the ninth inning. Houston’s Jenkins Medwick and Peel spark a 2 to 1 win over Longview. Fort Worth defeats San Antonio 11 to 8. Galveston over Tyler 7 to 6.
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Bill Parker
Associated Press
Beaumont
Dallas
Steers
Zeke Bonura
Bonura
Zeke
Langford
Radcliff
George Murray
Jenkins
Medwick
Peel
Houston
Longview
Fort Worth
Clarence
Big Boy
Kraft
Sam Lord
Ted Robinson
Championship wrestling card at Metro Park Thursday night
Promoter Al Anderson sets prelims for Cecil Pedigo vs Jack Reynolds main event. George Barnes, Lincoln, Neb., known for the arm stretch, meets Chief Little Wolf. Sheik Marallah faces Pancho Vitella with bad blood. Tickets on sale at City Drug Store with top ringside at 1.65 and grandstand 1.10.
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Cecil Pedigo
Jack Reynolds
Metro Park
al Anderson
Chief Little Wolf
George Barnes
Sheik Marallah
Pancho Viteila
Little Wolf
Barnes
Gus Kallio
George
Lincoln
Neb
Kallio
Amarillo
Joe Kopecky
Osage
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Eastern League Ends Play After Major Club Withdrawals
The Eastern League a Class A circuit founded 16 years ago folded after the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers pulled Bridgeport and Hartford franchises. With both majors withdrawing support the league directors suspended operations and ended the season after nine games.
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New York
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bridgeport
Hartford
Dallas Girls Seek Olympic Championship Lead
Dallas sends sixteen girl athletes led by Babe Didrickson to Los Angeles for the women’s Olympic track and field championship. Didrickson will compete in three events the 80 meters hurdles the running high jump and the javelin throw as she and her teammates challenge the national title.
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Dallas
Chicago
Babe Didrickson
Sladers Baseball Leaders Named in National and American Leagues
National League stats crown Klein Phillies as batting and hits leader with 131 and 25 homers for Klein. Waner Pirates leads in batting average near .362 with Hurst and others top in runs runs batted in and doubles. American League highlights Foxx Athletics dominates batting 372 and RBIs 133 while Foxx also hits 128. Junior tourney in Austin plans semi finals and finals in American region baseball championship. four teams awaiting state certification.
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Waner
Pirates
Hurst
Phillies
Klein
Terry
Giants
BP Waner
P. Waner
Worthington
Braves
Herman
Reds
Ott
Wilson
Dodgers
Collins
Cardinals
Stripp
Frisch
Swetonic
Warneke
Cubs
Foxx
Athletics
Burns
Browns
Simmons
Porter
Averill
Indians
Johnson
Red Sox
Myer
Senators
Lazzeri
Yankees
Ruth
Chapman
Blue
White Sox
Gomez
Allen
Austin
Texas
L. Theo Bellmont
Bellmont
American Legion
Courthouse records list multiple property deeds and permits
Warranty deeds show transfers including Richard Keys to J J Crume and Tera Brannon to D A Brandon with prices from 10 to 100 dollars across blocks in Plemons Original Townsite and Morningside. Also listed are car registrations for Hal Bruner and building permits for Karl Walker brick residence costing 2000 dollars.
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Richard Keys
J. J. Crume
Plemons
Williams Et Ux
Wichita Falls Building & Loan
Tera Brannon
D. A. Brandon
Morningside
Tera Brandon
F. E. Walker
W. S. Williams
Valente E. Morin
Emilio E. Morin
Mirror
Mary Elizabeth Bivins Et al
Charlotte Crean
River Road Gardens
Hal Bruner
Washington
Karl Walker
West Sixth
Cissell Stars for Cleveland Indians in Road Wins
Cissell drives in runs and hits at a .303 clip as Cleveland sweeps a Boston doubleheader 5 4 and 8 6, extending a road streak to 12 of 14. Yankees push ahead with two wins. Washington shelves St Louis. Cubs gain on Pirates. Boston tops Cincinnati. St Louis and Brooklyn split.
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Associated Press
Chalmers Cissell
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
White Sox
Sox
Portland
Indians
Boston
Cissell
Kamm
Yankees
New Yorkers
Chicago
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pat Malone
Charley Root
Giants
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Paul Derringers
Dodgers
Dizzy Dean
Texas League Leaders Show Strong Hitting and Pitching
Medwick tops hits with 148 for Houston while Peel and Medwick tally 33 doubles. Stebbins of Houston drives 13 triples and Greenberg of Beaumont hits 22 homers. Fox of Beaumont scores 90 runs. Easterling of Beaumont drives in 87. Tauby of Beaumont swipes 24 bases. Pitching leaders include Murray of Dallas with 17 complete games and 95 innings, Pickrel of Fort Worth with 31 games pitched, and Thormahlen of Galveston with 115 strikeouts.
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Medwick
Houston
Peel
Stebbins
Greenberg
Beaumont
Fox
Easterling
Tauby
Pickrel
Fort Worth
Murray
Dallas
Presswell
Longview
Thormahien
Galveston
Conlon
Associated Press
H Ave
Dodgers and Braves Stars Shine in Split Doubleheader
Danny Taylor hit three doubles and three singles as the Dodgers pounded the Cardinals in a double header. Horace Ford led the Braves to a pair of wins over the Reds with five RBIs from a triple and four singles. Babe Ruth delivered a 12th inning single to win the first Yankees game. Jimmy Foxx belted his 37th and 38th homers against the Tigers. Buddy Myer sparked the Senators with a triple a double and a single against the Browns.
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Danny Taylor
Dodgers
Cardinal
Horace Ford
Braves
Reds
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Jimmy Foxx
Athletics
Tigers
Buddy Myer
Senators
Browns
Olympic team faces future after record-smashing trials
The American track and field squad, built from 68 finalists, eyes Los Angeles with optimism and concern after 10 of 18 finals saw strong marks. Ralph Metcalfe led sprinters with Eddie Tolan and George Simpson, while Norwood Hallowell set an American 1500m record of 3 52.7. High hurdlers Keller Saling and Beard shined, and Bill Graber vaulted 14 feet 4 1/8 inches setting a world mark.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Uncle Sam
Lawson Robertson
Los Angeles
Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette University
Eddie Tolan
George Simpson
Bob Kiesel
Frank Wykoff
Hee Dyer
Emmett Toppino
Southernstar
Bill Carr
Pennsylvania
Ben Eastman
Stanford
Norwood Penrose Hallowell
Harvard
Gene Venzke
Shine
Jack Keller
George Saling
Percy Beard
Keller
Bill Graber
Southern California
Bill Miller
Canzoneri Seeks New Title in Dual Ring Show
Tony Canzoneri pursues the junior welterweight crown in Philadelphia as Kid Chocolate faces Jack Berg in a 15 round bout at Madison Square Garden Bowl. Jadick fights Canzoneri in a lightweight ten rounder in Philadelphia with no title at stake. Chocolate favored over Berg after their first meeting ended in a 12 round decision.
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New York
Tony Canzoneri
Philadelphia
Kid Chocolate
Jack
Kid) Berg
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Canzoneri
Johnny Jadick
Chocolate
Berg
Reed
Record-Setting Marks Highlight Track Meet
Leo Sexton threw 52 feet 8 inches in the shot put and John Anderson reached 165.54 feet in the discus surpassing steel world records. Observers say shifting Ben Eastman to the 800 would balance the team with Eddie Genung Charles Hornbostel and Edwin Turner.
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Leo Sexton
John Anderson
Ben Eastman
Eddie Genung
Slim
Washington D. C
Charles Hornbostel
Indiana
Michigan
Edwin Turner
Kamrath Triumphs In South Dakota Open Tennis
Karl K Kamrath of Austin Texas University of Texas captured the men s championship at the South Dakota Open defeating Sterling Williams 6 3 6 1 6 2. Kamrath and Williams also won the doubles title by defeating John and Paul Scherer Minneapolis twins 6 1 6 1 6 2. The Texas pair will play in the Northwestern tournament opening at Deephaven Lake Minnetonka.
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S. D
Karl K. Kamrath
Austin
University of Texas
Sterling Williams
Kamrath
Williams
John
Paul Scherer
Minneapolis Twins
Texas
Deephavven
Lake Minnetonka
All-Star Batting: Ruth Gehrig Terry and Wilson Shine
The Big Five led offense as Ruth collected three singles in nine trips driving two runs, Gehrig had a homer and a single with one run, Simmons went 0 for 4, Terry added a triple and two singles for two runs, Wilson doubled in five appearances for one run, while Ed Gallagher, ex Boston College star, started and was charged with five of six second-inning runs.
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Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
al Simmons
Bill Terry
Hack Wilson
Ed Gallagher
Boston College
Sox
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