Golf Courses Swarm With Competitive Events In Amarillo
Amarillo's golf scene heats up as 54 Hole Muny Medal at Ross Rogers, Sunset Club putting tourney, and the Tri State Senior Tournament at Country Club loom. The Muny Medal opens to Municipal Golfers' Association members with $1 entry, cap play, and prizes funded by association. Sunset rounds run after supper with night qualifiers and flights, entry $1. Senior Tourney draws many members, defense bonds and stamps as prizes, and signs are urged to Gus Leftwich and O J Nicholson.
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Ross Rogers Course
Sunset Club
Country Club
Gene Root
Muny
Amarillo Municipal Golfers’ Association
Gene
Association
Walter Sikes
Gus Leftwich
O. J. Nicholson
Shamrock
John Eb, Payne
Edmond
Oklo
Sunset
R. B. Norman
Eli Cox
SOX START SECOND HALF WITH WIN
Quiz style sports feature from Wide World Sports explores half-year results. Peanuts Lowery shines for the Chicago Cubs alongside Lou Novikoff as the Cubs keep pace in a young roster.
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Lou Novikoff
Chicago Cubs
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Sox and Hubbers battle atop league standings in rematch
Amarillo’s 7 to 6 win over Lamesa shifts early second-half lead as Dutch Prather drives in two runs in the seventh. Trees wins on the mound for Amarillo while Wilshire hurls for Lamesa. Tonight’s game at 8 features Ladies Night with free admission for ladies.
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Lubbock Hubbers
Amarillos
Lamesa
Malin Field
Dutch Prather
D. B. Trees
Sox
Wiltshire
Pete Forsythe
Alquerque
Sled Allen
Carl Dumler
Duke
Monty Montgomery
Amarillo
Lubbock
Haney
Koenig
Stevens
Drake
Scheuter
Spatafore
Bonnell
Rabe
Wilshire
Hargrove
Gardner
Moore
Prather
Tenorio
Yarborough
Tenor Spatatore
Otey
Bonn Koenig
King
Cato
Trees
Pruttt
Alexander
Gunter
Trans-Mississippi Golf Crown Opens After Par Pummels Field
In Kansas City on June 14, thirty two Trans-Miss golfers begin match play seeking the crown after a par onslaught at Blue Tills. Glenn Qoatman of Kansas City shot 72 to medal, while Frankie Stranahan, Johnny Goodman, and Tii Oliver were held to 75.
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Kansas City
Glenn Qoatman
Frankie Stranahan
Toledo
Johnny Goodman
Maverick Club’s Own Column Swims and Scrap Drive Schedule
Local club notes growing scrap rubber and metal piles collected over three months with regular pickup routes across town. Harvey Johnson reports lifting heavier laundry bags while Billy Red Martin prepares for Boys Ranch exams and passes with flying colors.
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Polk Street
Polk
16Th
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Panhandle
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Red
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Pampa
Boys Ranch
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Edsel Buchanan
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Golf Lesson on hitting the spot and avoiding turf
Instruction urges focus on a fixed spot on the ball and natural swing to prevent turf digging. Warns dropping the right shoulder causes slicing and advises balance and minimal body drive during impact. BETTINA BEATS BORO in Cleveland boxing crowd raises funds for MacArthur program. Belsoa defeats Bobo in a 10 round decision at Cleveland Stadium.
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Boro
Cleveland
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland Stadium
Dodgers Lead NL Title Chase Amid Batting Feats
The Brooklyn Dodgers top the NL pennant race as Pete Reiser and Joe Medwick lead league batting, with Larry French keying a 6-2 win over the Pirates in relief. The Yankees edge the Browns 6-5, Red Sox beat the Tigers 6-2, Indians topple Athletics 7-5, Giants shut out Reds 7-0, Cubs defeat Phillies 8-4.
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Pat Abbott
Jim
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Gil Dodds
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AAU
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LeRoy Weed
Willie Hopper
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Jim Turnesa
Vic Ghezzi
Fd Oliver
Jim Tobin
Boston Braves
Hal Davis
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Gloria Callen
Betty Bemis
Helene Rains
Mickey Harris
Red Sox
Alsab
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Boston Red Sox
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Tiny Bonham
Yankees
Hogan
Jimmy Thomson
Los Angeles
Chick Harbert
Texas
Byron Nelson
Harvard
Washington
Herman Barron
Georgia Tainter
Payne Whitney
Dutch Leonard
Pete Reiser
Joe Medwick
Larry French
Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Reiser
Medwick
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Joe Gordon
Joe DiMagglo
Detroit Tigers
Oscar Judd
Boston
Ted Willams
Jim Tabor
Hargrave Leads Ponca Wholesale in City League Bowling
Hargrave of Ponca Wholesale topped the City League standings at Louie's Alleys with 535 total and a 217 in the final game, though his squad won only one of three against Santa Fe Capitans. Other City League results saw Prescription Lab and McClendon Grocery win two from the Texans, Zero Sockers beat Long Bell Lumber twice and tie one. In the Women's Victory League at Amarillo Bowl Wilson of Builders Supply posted 488, the night's high, as her team swept Reagers Market. Amarillo Cigar ette Service won two from Fifth Avenue Shop, Amarillo Bowl swept Amarillo Commercial College, and RuDelle's won all three from Ohio National Life.
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Ponca Wholesale
Louie
Santa Fe Capitans
Prescription Lab
McClendon Grocery
Texans
Zero Sockers
Long Bell Lumber
Wilson
Builders Supply
Amarillo Cigarette Service
Fifth Avenue Shop
Amarillo Bowl
Amarillo Commercial College
RuDelle’s
Ohio National Life
Bramham Suspends Seitz for 90 Days
Judge W G Bramham suspended Grover Seitz manager of the Clovis club in the West Texas New Mexico League for 90 playing days after an assault on umpire Red Norman during a May 31 game in Lubbock Texas. Umpire reports cited damage to his chest protector and mask.
Taxi Ride Between Shots in Open National Open Memory
Joe Kirkwood recalls a freak recovery at the 1923 National Open in Inwood after his ball lodged under a steel mesh barrier. He climbed the fence and used a reverse niblick for a left handed 150 yard shot to the green during a taxicab incident sparked by a dispute with umpire Seitz. The incident led to Seitz being ordered out, fined, and removed from the field by Texas Rangers.
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Inwood
Kirkwood
Seitz
Texas Rangers League
Milton Price
Standings and results Western Texas-New Mexico League action
LAMESA beat AMARILLO 7 to 1 in nine innings as Borger and Lubbock faltered. Borger, Clovis, Pampa remain in the standings with Lubbock and Lamesa leading. Wednesday schedule features LAMESA at AMARILLO and Pampa at Clovis. Also listed are league leaders for batting, runs, hits, and pitching through Tuesday.
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Wilshire
Rabe
Yarborough
Moore
Lubbock
Borger
Heinz
Castino
Florer
Conners Riordan
Steinbeck
Pampa
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Pitching Stays Strong as Texas League Shuts Out Opponents
Four Texas League games unfold with three shutouts and two two hitters. Sal Gliatto of Dallas held San Antonio to two hits in a 4 0 win. Oklahoma City Doyle Lade and Fort Worth Hank Oana add solid showings as Shreveport, Beaumont and Tulsa win. Cats move into fourth after 12th inning win.
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Baker
San Antonio
Rickert
Tulsa
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Summer
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Padres
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Doyle Lade
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Hank Oana
Houston Buffs
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Oana
Oilers
Houston
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Rolandsen
Madisonville High lifts surprise second in regional track
Madisonville High School tied for second at the regional track meet, surprising coach Oral Caywood who did not know the school had a track team until the day of the meet. A group of boys planned to hitch hike to the event and Caywood joined them in his car.
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Madisonville
Madisonville High School
Oral Caywood
Caywood
Schroeder Opens Title Bid as Top Seed Battles Oolman
The National Intercollegiate Tennis tournament in New Orleans enters its third day on Tulane courts with few major upsets expected. Stanford’s Ted Schroeder, seed No. 1, faces Washington’s Bob Oolman in a feature singles match while doubles began play yesterday.
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Ted Schroeder
Stanford
Bob Oolman
Washington
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