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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
13
Ralph Dykeman reports Mavericks youths cleaned a vacant Fourth and Jackson Lot for a softball field. The group weighed glass, tallying 228 pounds with Ford Turner first for a Coca Cola prize. They hiked, swam, and endured thirst while George Willingham impressed with a sprint past a mule.
Borger’s baseball nine heads to Metro Park Sunday for two games against Amarillo Phillips 66. Hubers seek revenge after last Sunday’s doubleheader defeat and plan to showcase new players bound for the Denver Post Tournament. Umpire tensions prompt a home plate change request from Borger’s Lefty Huffman. First game starts at 2 o’clock with standard admission.
Cyclone Mackey, Amarillo mat destroyer, pins Nick Bozinis of New York after back breaker begins. Detten and Mackey win falls two and three with high drop kicks and spread-agle holds in promoter Dutch Mantell's Thursday night show. Dory Detton defeats Gene La Belle in 20 minutes. Parks beats Arthur in 14 minutes with bear hug and body smother.
Seventeen year old Joe Hunt of California meets Frankie Parker of the East to determine who will challenge Bobby Riggs in the Longwood Bowl final. Riggs, 18, beat Walter Senior 6 4 6 2 6 2 in yesterdays semifinal. Carolyn Roberts defeated Fanice Dean to reach the womens singles quarterfinals.
Henry McLemore sketches athletes aboard en route to the Olympics. Archie San Romani jokes with a potential bugler role while warming up. Anthony Terrazzo breaks weight lifting marks. various stars like Towns, McCluskey, Owens, Kelley, and Torrance are profiled for antics and training during the voyage.
Runs Tauby and Stroner lead with 84 82. Mosolf hits 137 and 33 doubles with Cullenbine. Stroner 19 homers and Howell 92 RBIs pace. Greene, Johnson top innings. Richmond 113 strikeouts. Fullerton 13 wins and a cluster of 12s among Gibbs Smith Gill Brilhea.
Mike Beiloise the New York featherweight champion will meet Mexican champ Baby Face Casanova in a 10 round non title bout at Madison Square Garden on August 4 as prelim to the Canzoneri Ambers lightweight title bout.
Yesterday results show Cincinnati 0 Boston 4 Chicago 5 Brooklyn 6 St Louis 4 New York 2 Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 1. Standings list New York 55 32 Pittsburgh 54 35 Cincinnati 47 43 Philadelphia 34 53 Brooklyn 31 87. Schedule includes Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Boston. American League updates New York 15 St Louis 3 Washington 6 Chicago 7 Philadelphia 0 Detroit 2 Boston 9 Cleveland 8. New York 59 32 Cleveland 51 40 Detroit 49 41 Chicago 48 41 Boston 49 43 Washington 46 44 St Louis 59 Philadelphia 28 60. Boston at Detroit New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Cleveland Washington at St Louis Pet 648 544 539 533 511 1330 318
A July sports digest catalogs batting dips for Gehrig and DiMaggio, Schmeling’s training plan, and a mock airwave quip about a fan catching a foul. It notes Elmwood CC’s grandmothers foursome and Ray Davis as a Cincinnati pitcher, plus a boxing gala at Hotel Astor celebrating Colonel Wear and a quip on Eastern coaches moaning.
Walter Greiner, 18, Baltimore Business School student, meets Claude Rippy, 23, Washington haberdashery clerk in the Bethpage Park 36 hole semi final. Bruno Pardee, 36, New Haven insurance salesman, faces Pat Abbott, 24, Pasadena actor, as Abbott seeks a win after two earlier victories.
Freddy Wood of Fraser public links leads the Vancouver $5,000 open in Canada after a 68 on the first 18 holes. The event is a 72 hole medal play with the second 18 to be played today as the final rounds proceed.
The largest and strongest U S swimming team arrives in Hamburg after an eight day voyage aboard the liner Manhattan. Officials greet them as Harold Smallwood is checked for health after a threatened appendicitis. Avery Brundage voices pride in the European terminus of U S lines. The party travels to Berlin in two special trains amid rain and formalities.
Medwick leads batting and runs with 369 and 84 for the Cardinals while Ott tops home runs with 19 for the Giants. J Martin and Medwick share multiple categories. pitching leaders included French and Hadley with strong win records.
Major league results show DiMaggio and Pearson fueling a 15-3 Yankees win over the Browns while Stripp and Blanton lead Dodgers and Pirates to respective victories. A Melbourne note reports teachers and parents petitioning managers to bar children from theaters screening gangster films.
The American Olympic Committee sustained its decision to drop Eleanor Holm Jarrett from the U S swimming team for repeated training rule violations including drinking and late hours. Despite her tearful appeal on a train to Berlin officials refused clemency and ordered her to return to the United States aboard Bremen.
Sid Feder reports the Cleveland Indians boosted their pennant chances after Steve ONeill was rehired as manager. The move sparked a comeback, lifting the club from drifting toward .500 to winning 11 of 14 and closing the gap on the Yankees to eight games, despite a 9-8 loss to the Boston Red Sox after a late rally.
Fred Stiely batted three times in the opener with three hits for Fort Worth against Oklahoma City. Odie Swigart homered in the nightcap as Oklahoma City scored two after Britta Cat’s wild throw. Dallas beat Tulsa 3 2 with Jimmy Levey’s late homer. San Antonio Missions defeated Galveston 8 1 behind Elton Walkup as Beaumont Houston rain paused the game.
Harvard and Cambridge officials plan a summer officer training school for New England traffic police. The program, run by the International Association of Police Chiefs Traffic Safety Division with Harvard Bureau for Street Traffic Research, will cover enforcement technique, accident investigation, safety education, traffic control organization, vehicle inspection and driver testing.
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