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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1926
Page
3
Dutch Mantel traveled from Janes Springs New Mexico and prepares for a return bout with Joe Parelli at an open air arena at Fourth and Pierce streets Friday night. Mantel arrived with a three week beard and a new dog Duke an English pit bull.
J G Davies notes a surge of Florsheim sheep due to phone histrionics, Cal Farley reports constant business rush at all shops, A T Payne opens temporary law offices near Fair theater with plans for permanent space, Bedford Gibson recalls a 11 to 5 loss to Tulia.
Three main attractions mark the Wednesday evening program at the fairgrounds: horse races, a band concert, and an announcer contest between Henry Ansley and Loud mouth Edwards. Races run from three-eighths mile to one and one-fourth mile with at least five entries, admission fifty cents.
Texas League Beaumont 5 Dallas 4 San Antonio 0 Wichita Falls 6 Houston 10 Fort Worth 3 Waco 8 Shreveport 13 American League Boston 7 Detroit 8 Philadelphia 5 Cleveland 6 New York 8 St Louis 7 Washington at Chicago Iain National League Pittsburgh 2 Boston 8 Cincinnati 3 New York 4 Chicago 9 Philadelphia 7 St Louis 6 Brooklyn 8 Texas Association Corsicana 3 3 Terrell 19 8 Palestine 2 Austin 1 Temple 7 Mexia 3 Valley League San Benito 11 Edinburg 4 Weslaco 5 Brownsville 4 American Association Columbus 4 Kansas City 9 Indianapolis 6 St Paul 0 Louisville 6 Minneapolis 8 Toledo Milwaukee rain Western League Omaha 5 St Joseph 6 Lincoln 8 Tulsa 10 International League Toronto 8 Jersey City 5 Buffalo 6 Newark 10 Rochester 5 Baltimore 13 Syracuse at Reading postponed wet grounds Pacific Coast League No games Southern Association New Orleans 7 Chattanooga 6 Atlanta 5 Little Rock 0 Mobile 2 Nashville 0 Memphis 5 Birmingham 0
Portsmouth Virginia league club set three pro records after a 9 to 1 win over Kingston North Carolina. The team piled up eight homers thirteen singles and nine two base hits for sixty three bases while in the fifth inning twenty batters produced seventeen runs on seventeen hits with no errors or walks. Catcher Hilton Brandon lined two homers and a single in that inning driving in three runs. The seventeen run inning and Brandon’s feat were declared records.
In today’s baseball profile, George Kelly the versatile first baseman and outfielder is praised for power and fielding. Known as High Pockets, he has twice hit three homers in a game and set multiple home run and extra-base-hit marks across the 1923 1924 seasons and a Rochester stint in 1919.
Western League players settle into a long summer battle with strong batting, Tulsa leading at .422 and Omaha next at .316. Casey of Tulsa tops sluggers at .433, Blakesley of Omaha nears second, while Lewis and Hughes post notable doubles and steals. Blaeholder and Malone lead pitchers with strong win totals as the league progresses.
Amarillo hosts a two day program at Tri-State fair grounds with Black teams from Plainview Memphis and Amarillo. Features include baseball games battle royals Charleston contests horse and car races and music from 2 30 pm to midnight. Admission is $1 with half the grandstand reserved for white spectators.
Mrs Jack Lester of 319 Western Avenue visits Mrs Ursel Beyer in Wichita Kansas for a social call. The exchange highlights local ties and neighborhood connections.
Posity Texas joins the Amarillo News-Globe semi pro baseball tournament set for August 14 22 in Post. Dr M F E Corbin manager says his team will participate after a strong season and local support. The paper posts a $1000 guarantee for the winner and outreach seeks more entrants from surrounding leagues. Oil Maps at Randal Drug Co.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as strengthening and invigorating, claiming it boosts appetite and restores color to faces, appealing to the hungry and weak.
Promotes aerated water drawn from a X0th century cooler apparatus. Inverted bottle delivers instant air bubbles creating foaming splash at the top. Advertises health benefits to aid weight control and complexion with a health booklet available by phone.
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