Yankees Launch Decisive Drive Into the West
The Yankees lead the American League by five games as they push toward the West, needing a .500 finish to threaten the pennant. Babe Ruth must pace a home run pace to chase the 1921 record, while Mark Koenig anchors the lineup amid both praise and scrutiny. In other action, the Pirates beat Brooklyn 3 to 2 behind two Cuyler catches, and Philadelphia shut out Boston 5 to 0 with Rommell limiting hits.
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Yankees
West
Cleveland
Babe Ruth
Yanks
Mark Koenig
Pittsburgh Pirates
Broooklyn
Daxey Vance
Kiki Cuyler
Pirates
Philadelphia
Boston
Eddie Rommell
Jim Poole
Ardent Fan Triggers Mix of Baseball and Wrestling News
A fervent supporter prompts attention to Amarillo baseball with postal stir and calls for a stronger infield. The piece mentions pitching strength gaps, players like Harden Vaught Curtis and the Nicklaus brothers, and Basanta Singh’s noted fame. It also covers wrestling: Jack Reynolds defends a title in Columbus against Robin Reed, with Farmer Burns refereeing. A business Men's Athletic club by George M. Hellman is previewed, stressing a serious gym not for loafing athletes.
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Amarillo
Harden, Vaught
Curtis
Nicklaus Brothers
Gibson
Jack Reynolds
Robin Reed
Columbes
Ohio
Farmer Burns
Reynelu
Celd
George M. Hellman
Nunn
Mr. Hellman
Fragmented Half Minute Interviews Offer Odd Guesses
Incoherent quotes mix in references to weeds, cutting, shade, and weather. Voices from Abilene and Sut Conti appear garbled, with stray words and partial phrases. The jumble hints at an on‑site survey or street chatter, but no clear subject emerges.
Veterans Adams Faces Youthful Pirates In Playoff Context
By Feg Murray the veteran Babe Adams at 44 confronts a Pirates infield with a total age just over 100 setting an unusual age mix. Adams, born May 1882, pitched since 1904, part of 1900 World Series work, with 3,000 innings pitched and about 400 walks. George Grantham emerges as a rising star at first base, batting from .174 to a .350 clip in four major league seasons. A note on Murray’s voice and a quirky aside about a mourning week for a fictitious Sandy McTrap and a caddy tipping vote closes the column.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Babe
Pirates
Petreit
Adams
Walter Johnson
Carteen
Din
Adan
Paradise
Pittsburgh
Giants
George Grantham
George
Feg Murray
Sandy McTrap
Scottish Assembly
Weather and scores chart from yesterday's Texas and national leagues
Sporadic play with rain interrupts in San Antonio at Beaumont and Shreveport at Wickita Falls. In major leagues Boston beats Philadelphia 5 0, Pittsburgh edges Brooklyn 3 2. Southern Little Rock defeats Mobile 7 5. Other games listed with inconsistent or garbled team names.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Longhorn grid schedule shapes up in 1926 season
Captain Mack Saxon and the Texas Longhorns unveil a strong 1926 slate featuring four top Southwest Conference programs Rice Institute S M U Baylor and Texas A M plus Kansas Aggies Vanderbilt and Phillips University and Southwestern Georgetown among others Oklahoma Southwest Teachers College and the University of Oklahoma group also on the path. The schedule emphasizes tough tests with a Dallas clash against Vanderbilt and a Thanksgiving showdown in Austin to avenge last year’s 28 0 loss at College Station. The stadium will seat 46500 for the Turkey Day game.
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Austin
Mack Saxon
Texas University
Rice Institute
Baylor
Texas A. & M
Kansas Aggies
Vanderbilt Commodores
Southern
Oklahoma Southwest Teachers’ College
Phillips University of 4
Oklahoma
Southwestern University of Georgetown
Southwestern
Edens
Stewart
Os” Eckhardt
Bobby Robertson
Blue” Bluestein
Vandy Commodores
Dallas
Commodores
Longhorns
Nashville
Dana Bible's Farmers
College Station
Manhattan
Business Men to Open Downtown Athletic Club in Amarillo
George M. Heilmut announces a Business Men's Athletic Club will open in the basement of the Nunn building at Fifth and Polk streets by August 1. The club will serve Panhandle business men with supervised workouts, boxing cards planned under the club charter, and a focus on physical culture under Heilmut's direction.
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Nunn
Fifth and Polk Streets
George M. Heilmut
Amarillo
Panhandle
Mr. Hellman
Play Schedule Mix Shows Gaps Across Cities
The list shows three games today with matchups Houston at Waco San Antonio at Beaumont Shreveport at Fort Worth and two more with Washington at Chicago Philadelphia at Cleveland. The rest of the note mentions a joke about solace and a widower with several bottles in Berlin Nagels Lustige Welt.
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Houston
Waco
San Antonio
Beaumont
Shreveport
Fort Worth
Berlin
Kansas schedule lists college games through Thanksgiving
The page lists a series of college football road games for Phillips University and other teams with dates and venues: Oct 9 at Austin, Oct 16 at Dallas, Oct 23 at Houston, Oct 30 at Austin, Nov - Baylor in Waco, Nov 11 at Austin, and Thanksgiving Day at Austin vs Texas A&M College.
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Kansas
Phillips University At
Austin
Vanderbilt University
Dallas
Rice Institute
Houston
Southern Methodist University
Baylor University
Waco
Southwestern University At
Texas A. & M. Colege
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