Standings and results from the West Texas-New Mexico League
West Texas New Mexico League results include Amarillo at Clovis with rain and Pampa at Borger rain. Standings show Borger leading with 7 30 16 .652 and Pampa at 4 26 23 .531. Lamesa and Wichita Falls near midpack. Schedule shows Amarillo at Lubbock and Pampa at Lamesa among others. American League results list Cleveland 2 New York 3 and Detroit 5 Boston 4 among others with current standings noted.
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West Texas
Borger
Pampa
Wichita Falls
Lamesa
Lubbock
Amarillo
Clovis
Berger
Big Spring
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsbur
York
Pittsburgh
St. Ouis
Washington Ebrotee
Forte Seeks Bantam Title In Grudge Bout With Salica
Tommy Forte 22 will challenge Lou Salica for the bantamweight title in Philadelphia tonight. Forte’s manager says Salica will be knocked out in eight rounds. The crowd gathers at Broad and Locust streets with Forte an 8 to 5 favorite as Salica is viewed as fading. The bout will not be broadcast.
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Philadelphia
Tommy Forte
Lou Salica
Forte
Brooklyn
Broad
Locust Streets
Smart Money
Salica
Fenske Promoted and Billy Conn in Heavyweight Talk
ME out New York June 16 Miler Chuck Fenske promoted from private to private first class at Camp Shelby Miss and becomes assistant athletic director for the 13th medical regiment Wisconsin He joined last April. Plenty of town folks back Billy Conn to become world heavyweight champ next Wednesday night. Sports quiz asks why 1925 is year without an equal.
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New York
Chuck Fenske
Camp Shelby
Miss
13Th Medical Regiment
Wis
Billy Conn
Zeke Bonura
Minneapolis
Fort Worth
Choc Hutcheson
Hobbs
N. M
News-Sun
Craig Wood
Clayton Heafner Wins First Top Tourney
Clayton Heafner won the Mahoning Valley Open at Ma honing Country Club with 276 for 72 holes, earning 1200 and rising to 4655 year earnings. Heafner joined Dick Metz to play in the Inver ness Invitational, after a rain soaked event where Lloyd Mangrum led at 54 holes.
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Giard
U.P
Clayton Heafner
Toledo
Dick Metz
Inverness
Heafner
Mahoning Country Club
Lawson Little
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Lloyd Mangrum
Chicago
Mangrum
Byron Nelson
Ben Hogan
Little
Cruickshank
Yankees on seven game win streak push Indians to two games apart
The New York Yankees extend their hot streak with a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians, reducing the AL lead of the Tribe to two games. Other games drew large crowds as the league races heated up with Dodgers, Red Sox, Senators, Tigers, Reds, Cubs, Phillies, Braves, and Pirates in action across multiple cities.
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New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Yanks
Indians
Tribe
Bob Feller
Jim Bagby
Boston
St. Louis
Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Kirby Higbe
Lew Riggs
Dodgers
Ernie White
Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Johnny Babich
Redlegs
Washington
Detroit
Sid Hudson
Senators
Lewis
Bruce Campbell
Pat Mullin
Tigers
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Claude Passeau
Cubs
Charles Root
Phillies
Danny Litwhiler
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Leads Series in Texas League Halfway Drama
Houston leads the Texas League near the halfway mark as Shreveport splits a twin bill with Oklahoma City and Dallas suffers a 3 to 7 loss to San Antonio. Tulsa remains tied for second amid rain postponements and Fort Worth’s doubleheader with Houston is postponed.
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TEXAS
Oklahoma City
Dallas
San Antonio
Tulsa
Fort Worth
Houston
Beaumont
Shreveport O
Shreveport
United Press
Indians
Imont
Sal Gliatto
Revival Listeners To Hold Meeting At Open Bible Church
Amarillo KGNC listeners of the Old Fashioned Revival Hour will meet tonight at 8 at the Church of the Open Bible. Rev F A Somerville announces a special prayer service with the Prayer Warriors Band directed by Dr Charles E Fuller. Dr Fuller spoke in Amarillo two years ago at Municipal Auditorium. An Englishman in 1804 sought to push submarine construction to target Napoleon.
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Amarillo
KGNC
Church of the Open Bible
F. A. Somerville
Prayer Warriors
Charles E. Fuller
Fuller
Municipal Auditorium
Will Rogers remembered as common man's idol by Buck in ASCP
Gene Buck, former Ziegfeld talent scout, tells how Will Rogers rose from a rope spinning cowboy to a national icon. Buck recounts Rogers early Broadway stint with a vaudeville revue and how a newspaper front page gag inspired his iconic newspaper column and film career.
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Texas
Arkansas
McCoy
Claremore
Okla
Will Rogers
Ol' Will
Gene Buck
ASCAP
Ziegfeld
Buck
Rogers
New Amsterdam
Kreisler
Bert Williams
W. C. Fields
Varsity
London
Lady Astor
Will
Betty
New York Times
The
Times
Virginia
America
Benny Leonard and Lew Tendler Recall Legendary Match at Polo Grounds
At Father’s Day events in New York, Benny Leonard and Lew Tendler sparred in a 1922 style bout reenactment. The crowd relished memories of Leonard’s brainy fighting style and Tendler’s hard-hitting pace, echoing their classic 12 round war in Jersey City.
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New York
Polo Grounds
Alice Marble
Greg Rice
Charley O'Rourke
Sid Luckman
Ken Strong
Father
Benney Leonard
Lew Tendler
Leonard
Tendler
Boyle
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Call to Fun Made To Legionnaires
Bruce Autry, Hanson post program chair, issued an all-out call to Legionnaires. The event begins after the 8 o clock business session at Legion Home 1800 Harrison Street with entertainment by the Melody Misses Roberta Childress Nella Marie McIntyre Willma Kloster Joan Savage and the same group for the dance. Report on the division convention in Lubbock will be by Bill Gilst rap and John K Boyce post commander.
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Hanson Post
Bruce Autry
Legionnaires
Legion Home
Harrison Street
Chairman Autry
Roberta Childress
Nella Marie McelIntyre
Willma Kloster
Joan Savage
Lubbock
Bill Gilstrap
John K. Boyce
Golfing Clan Gathers Here For Texas PGA Open
Downstate players join Texas PGA Open at Amarillo Country Club as rains delay some arrivals. Sam Schneider and John Bredemus lead early, with several Texas pros and top amateurs expected. Tickets priced at 2 dollars full event, 75 cents per day except Sunday at 1 dollar.
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Downstate
Amarillo Country Club
Childress- Vernon
Sam Schneider
Corpus Christi
John Bredemus
San Antonio
Schneider
Morgan Baker
Houston
Baker
Texas
Dallas
Willie McGuire
Texas Pga
Larry Nabholtz
Fort Worth
L. G. Wilson
P.G
At & O'Clock
H. B .Pinky Gooch
PGA
Amarillo
Watts O'Hara
Beaumont
Jimmy Demerer
East
Panhandle
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk
Vernon Gau Resting After Canyon Highway Crash
Vernon Gau of 1500 Crockett Street suffered a crushed elbow in a collision on the Canyon highway just outside the city limits yesterday morning and is resting fairly well at St. Anthony's Hospital, while D. B. Lowes of 2004 Seventh Avenue escaped injury.
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Vernon Gau
Crockett Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Canyon Highway
D. B. Lowes
Seventh Avenue
Louies Alleys Under normal conditions
Tigers typically kill about once every four nights, a baseline behavior noted under ordinary circumstances.
Hugh Willingham Provides Assurance For Borger Gassers
Borger Gassers rely on veteran Hugh Willingham as versatile infield and outfield depth. From El Reno Oklahoma he played for the White Sox and Phillies, starred at Denver Post amateur tourney, and earned all tournament center in 1926. He has long Minor League experience across several leagues and remains a strong lefty contact hitter.
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Hugh Willingham
Borger Gassers
Chicago White Sox
Phillies
Willingham
el Reno
Okla
Denver Post
Hugh
University of Chicago
Gasser
Sioux City
Fair Executives Meet Tomorrow
Ray Pinkney president of the Tri-State Fair calls a 6:30 dinner meeting of the executive committee at the Capitol Hotel. Attending are the president, Bill Baker treasurer, Rossers, Gene Howe, Roy Cullum, John McKnight, Ed Hardin, C. W. Parr, Bill Gouldy, Carl Makeig, R. E. Wertz, Walter Black.
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Ray Pinkney
Capitol Hotel
Bill Baker
Rossers
Gene Howe
Roy Cullum
John McKnight
Ed Hardin
C. W. Parr
Bill Gouldy
Carl Makeig
R. E. Wertz
Walter Black
Louis Keeps Training Pace Ahead of Conn Showdown
In New York on June 16, Joe Louis intensifies speed work before facing Billy Conn at the Polo Grounds. A 40,000 crowd is expected, with gate around 500,000. Louis trains for a swift, punch absorbing rush to close on Conn early, but experts favor Conn to win a hard fought decision after believing Louis may not finish him quickly.
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Billy Conn
Polo Grounds
Louis
Pittsburgh
Joe
Conn
Max Schmeling
Sullivan
Royal
der Moxie
Bob Kiersky Retains Texas Publinks Title
Houston golfer Bob Kiersky won the Texas Public Links Championship at Memorial Park with 73 77 150 to finish three strokes ahead. Bill Welch tied for first flight with 74 76 150, earning Texas a spot in the National Public Links championship. Howard Gustafson won the second flight with 80 74 154 as E Stewart named Texas Public Links Golf Association president.
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Houston
Bob Kiersky
Texas
Memorial Park Course
Bill Welch
University of Texas
Kiersky
Howard Gustafson
Austin
E. C. Stewart
Texas Public Links Golf Association
Amarillo Hotel hosts exposition committee meeting
Burn Grover Hill and O L Ted Taylor lead the group with vice presidents Grover Hill Taylor Whittenburg Mason King and John K Boyce. Other members include Dean Kirk Lewis P Fields Clay Thornton George Autry E R Duke. The 1941 exposition runs Sept 28 to Oct 4 and downtown offices on the lobby level of the Amarillo Hotel are open.
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By Eddie Brietz
Danville
Martinsville
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Martinville
Bob Durhams
Durham
Daniels
Sep Palin
Guys and Dolls
Broadway
Damon Runyan
Damon
Los Angeles
Columbus
Atlantic City
Buffalo
Buddy Knox
Dayton
Bob Pastor
Newark
John Walter
Green Bay
Billy
Jack and
Carpentier
South Carolina
Southern Sports Writers’ Association
Silver Springs
Fla
Banjo Smith
Columbia Record
Abe Fennell
Columbia State
Red Hilt
Charleston News and Courier
Red Camp
Anderson Independent
Rapid City
S. C
Daily Journal
Lourenco Marques
Ballard
Gunn-Hinerman Thrift
Ballard’s
Cottt
Associated Press
Napoleon
Floyd V. Studer Life Insurance and Annuities
Cunningham
Southwest
Bill Cunningham
Panhandle Lumber
Griggs Chapel
Pioneer Drug See
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Mann's Bread
Amarillo Laundh
Cas Johnson Texaco Station
Minneapolis-Moline
Pinkney
Builders’ Supply
Panhandle Specialty
Herring Ba
Southwest Drugory
Pepsi-Cola Oy
Phillips
Enochs-Kinney
Jenkins
Young Businessmen's League
Pleasant Valley
Zales Jewelry
International Harvester
Heath Furniture Wy
Bordwell’s Table Supplies
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Harry Ferguson
Lew
Tender
Benny
Yankee Stadium
HM. V. Robertson & CO
Estebbiched
Accountants & Auditors
Ogier-Bohle Bldg
Louie
Ohio National
Thomas
Blatzheim
Gentry
Vogel
Amarillo Garage & Storage
McCullough
Myrick
Cain
Ted Lokey Martin
Bush
Anderson
Pinkney Sunray Mireau
Gittrich
Payillard
Allison
Kimble
Harris Diamond Shop
Blind Fletcher
Minneapolis-Moling Co. Routson
Blind
Rieger
Davis
Whitaker Tee
Eae Aan Co
Barnes
Moore
Campbell
Cass Johnson Johnson
McGuire Pry
Hibbs
O, Reeves O Vee
D. Reeves Settee
First National Bank of
Dallas - Fort Worth Houston
Texas Panhandle
Miller & Miller Motor Freight Lines
California
Blackburn Bros
Fair
Joe Louis
Texas Publinks
Re Ove
Lee
Eakle Bldg
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