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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1940
Page
8
In Bozeman Montana State College Alpha Gamma Rho brothers report a bold theft. A large hardwood frame with plate glass front door was taken from the fraternity chapter house.
Lions Club and Optimist Club golfers finished their Amarillo Country Club inter club dinner tournament in a 19 to 19 stalemate after 13 matches. Individual results list Optimist players first with scores including McGrath 2, Sikes 9, Fullingim 0, Lawler 3, Hare 1, Gibson 2, Pryor 3, Cain 0, Puckett 5, Stockton 2, Teas 1, Daily 2, Smith 3, Culwell 0, Smyth 214, Anderson 14, Shudde 1, Beverley 2, Kee fe 0, Headrick 3, Bivins 1, Shillett 2, Larson 1, Pestor 2, Drath 3, Witt 0.
New York reports a flood of sports chatter from Eddie Briez. Arthur Donovan faces doubt over promoting Louis Godoy after a controversial magazine story. Dempsey and Jacobs tensions surface in boxing headlines. Iowa State star Edwin Puck ends season with 50 innings no-walk streak. Night games in Joplin offer 26 cent family admissions. Cowboy Luttrell and Joe McCarthy push for shifts with the Yankees.
I bless America would laugh out loud.
In a Jaycee League nightcap Magnolia crushed Roberts-Olver 11 to 2 while Soil Conservation Service edged Yellow Cab 11 to 5. Dick Woodring started for SCS, replacing Clinton Lewis. Wayne Gatlin left with a back injury and Max O’Brien finished. Phillips 66 tops standings as Magnolia sits a half game back with Dalby Motor Freight. Texaco and Amarillo National Bank set tonight’s schedule.
The Plains Boat Club holds the final free-for-all regatta of the season Sunday at Buffalo Lake at 3 p.m. Vice Commodore Charles Green announced. Three winners—Howard Saunders, Dale Smith, H H Finnell—have already registered, with many sailors listed to compete including Green, Billy Finnell, Gordon Gill, Zed Dashier, Jim Golding, Mary Golding, Joe Killough Jr., Trent and Mrs Davis, and Dave Brittain. Open to the public. contact Green to join a vessel crew.
Henry McLemore vents theatrically on Washington’s boat crew after a win at Poughkeepsie, praising the team’s strength while lampooning oarsmen as mindless followers. He argues rowing erodes individuality, suggesting crews lack leaders and civic value beyond their eight-man machine.
Goodyear marks its 25th anniversary with a July 4 sale led by local dealer Bill Gunn. He highlights the Marathon tire and the All American line, noting billions of service miles and strong market reach while offering Marathon sets of two or four to meet high replacement demand.
In Mechanicville New York John Whalen a tree cutter died when a large branch he was cutting broke away slashing his safety belt. The accident occurred while he worked from a lofty perch and authorities note unsafe conditions contributed to the fatal fall.
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