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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
18
Amarillo Tennis Club president J F E Lovelady will lead a 7 20 pm meeting at Ellwood Park courts. A board of directors will be elected and plans laid for a city wide tennis tournament. The gathering launches a drive to boost club membership.
The Kiwanis rivalry between captains Wade Holman and Galen Battey heats up as each brings a bodyguard to Friday’s 48 member dinner tournament at Amarillo Country Club. Rival team draws led to a full redraw with pairs listed for the event and the winner will dine with the losers that night.
Joe Kuhel belted two homers and Taft Wright added one as the White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 7 to 3. Ed Smith held the champs to seven hits, while Kuhel drove in four runs and Kreevich plated two.
Amarillo’s sole entrant in the championship flight Mrs J W Ross won her first round match at Abi lene defeating Mrs H T Schooley of Ranger 5 and 4 in the Women’s West Texas Golf Tournament.
The Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 8 to 6 in Philadelphia on June 4. Wally Moses hit his sixth homer of the season, Bruce Campbell added a four bagger for Detroit, and both teams collected 11 hits. Moses drove in three runs. Greenberg, Campbell, and Higens had RBIs for Detroit, while McCosky and McCoy totaled key blows for Philadelphia. Winning pitcher Bahich, losing pitcher Bridges.
Brooklyn exploded for five runs in the first inning capped by a three run homer from Pete Coscarart and routed St. Louis 10 to 1 in the first National League night game in St. Louis.
Plains Boat Club members laid groundwork for the Panhandle Plains Regatta at City Lake on June 30. sanctioned by the National Outboard Association and sponsored by the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce. Purse total of 400 dollars for the top five in eight races across four classes with two heats each.
The St. Louis Browns beat the Boston Red Sox 5 to 3 in Boston. Elden Auker won his fourth game of the season as Boston committed four errors to St Louis's one. The Browns out hit the Sox 10 to 7.
The Lions Club golfers defeated ABC 18 to 3 in an inter club match at the Ross Rogers course. Individual scores include C. F. Anderson 3 and Harry Daily 3, with other players such as E. W. Cain 2, Mark Perry 1, and Don Loden 0 contributing to the win.
The piece warns that delaying professional instruction costs golfers more later. It emphasizes timbering up in rounds preserves bad habits and wastes time and money. Going to a pro early, it argues, streamlines improvement by starting with correct fundamentals and reducing repeat errors.
Archery-minded Amarilloans gather at 7:30 tonight at the Mrs. Sam Thomas public range to plan summer activities. The Amarillo Archery Club will organize club shoots and inter-city tournaments and set a regular meeting date.
Bob Elliott and Maurice Van Robays hit extra base shots as Joe Bowman limits Boston Bees to two runs. Pittsburgh caps its first night game with a 14 to 2 rout before 20 319 fans.
The Gold Sox season leaders include Fulenwider with 19 home runs and B Altenburg with 9. Altenburg shows 3 triples and 8 stolen bases, while Sanders leads with 18 doubles and Dantonio and Duarte post multiple sacrifices. Pitching ties Crider 7 2 with 84 strikeouts and Hill 6 2 with 44, others: Lynn 6 2 39, Dorman 5 5 44, Trantham 3 3 17.
Amarillo Gold Sox beat Big Spring Barons 7 to 5 as Crider earned his eighth win with strong effort. Altenburg and Ful enwider homered, Ramsdell pitched well for Big Spring, and the series with Midland Cowboys looms with four games in three days starting tonight.
Louisiana State luminary Billy Brown becomes the first athlete to win three Southeastern Conference track championships taking the 100, 220 and broad jump events.
The first annual Tri-State Amateur tournament at Ross Rogers Municipal Course begins qualifying today. Players may qualify over 18 holes for 32 flights with final matches set for Sunday. Entrants include John Olver and Jimmy Moore, with others from Shamrock Amarillo Borger and council officials noting light early participation. Entry fee is $2.50 and the field spans Oklahoma New Mexico and West Texas.
Washington and Cleveland split a doubleheader with Cleveland winning 3 to 2 in the nightcap behind Al Smith. The Senators took the opener 7 to 2 behind Ken Chase who pitched the distance. Standings and Texas League results follow in brief.
In the first game Washington tops Cleveland 7 to 2 after late scoring. Weatherly Heath and Chase drive in runs with Weatherly collecting two base hits. In the nightcap Cleveland falls 3 to 2 as Smith Feiler Hemsley Haynes Monteagudo and Ferrell mix pitching duties.
Ama tillo Women's Golf Association members tee off at 8 30 this morning at Wolflin Park Golf Course. Two flight handicap events run 18 and 9 holes. Mrs J R Brown won last Friday's combin tournament. The sand greens group invites husbands for mixed Scotch foursome at 5 pm Thursday.
Borger Motorcycle Club schedules its second TT race meet of the season for Sunday. Expected top entrant is Eldon Beer of Amarillo, winner of last Sunday's Enid Oklahoma meet championship. Laws against slow driving are in effect in twelve states.
Billy Goelz, famed as the "superman" of wrestling, heads to a main event at the National Guard Armory on Thursday night facing veteran Chuck Powell. Promoter Dutch Mantell secured Goelz after Powell halted Cory Detton’s win streak, with a card featuring Rod Fenton vs Tarzan Krause and Bill McBain against Bob Cummings.
Carl Hubbell tames the Cincinnati Reds for a fifth consecutive win as the New York Giants edge Cincinnati 5-4 in the series opener. Ott and Jurges drive in runs, Myers hits a homer, with Draft collecting a three-base shot.
Mrs. Walter Sikes outdistanced the field in Amarillo Women's Golf Association play at Ross Rogers. She needed 16 putts on the front nine and 15 on the back nine to post a low gross 89. Association members head to Phillips Tuesday for an intercity team match.
The Chicago Cubs pounded four Philadelphia pitchers for 15 hits led by homers from Jim Gleeson and Bob Collins to win the opening game of the series 12 to 6 in Chicago.
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