Giants Sale Near, Garden Fronts Madison Square Bid
The New York Daily Mirror reports the sale of the New York National League baseball club to the Madison Square Garden corporation may be announced within days. Tex Rickard, heading the group, is said to have closed the deal last week. Charles A. Stoneham and other Giants officials would retire, with John McGraw kept as manager and president. Leo Bondy and Stoneham's attorney denied the sale.
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United Press
New York
New York Daily Mirror Today
New York National League Baseball Club
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Tex Rickard
the Mirror
Charles A. Stoneham
Giants
John McGraw
Leo Bondy
Stoneham
Divorce Suits Probed for Resident Status in Chicago
Judges Sabath and Lynch investigate three actress divorce petitions to confirm legal residency in Illinois. The case follows Chicago becoming a magnet for actors and actresses seeking separations, with names including Helen Cressman Carr Audrey Maple and Miriam Hopkins among those involved.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sabath and Lynch
Fanny Brice
Helen Menken
Helen Cressman Carr
Alexander Carr
Audrey Maple
Miriam Hopkins
Koussevitzky Sees America as Future Music Center
Paris reports Serge Koussevitzky, director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, predicts America will become the world’s great music center. He notes many Americans are composing future music and that broad audiences crave beauty, not just bread, as prosperity grows. He says music interest is phenomenal and not limited to the educated or wealthy.
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Ny International News Service
Paris
America
Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lon Chaney Resides in Amarillo Carpenter by Day
A Amarillo reader revealed that Lon Chaney the actor known as the man with a thousand faces lives quietly as a carpenter at 12 Tilden in Amarillo. A city directory check confirmed the residence under the name Chaney and husband Lon.
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Lon Chaney
Amarillo
Sked
Chaney
Hail Kills Sparrows in Court Yard
Early courthouse arrivals found the yard strewn with dead sparrows. Heavy rains and hail last night left hundreds of birds dead or drowned in the trees where they roosted, prompting shock at the scene.
Indians Clinch First Half Title With Ninth Inning Rally
Oklahoma City Indians clinched the Western League's first half pennant with a 7 to 6 victory over the Des Moines Demons. Leader by 8 1 2 games, the rally produced two runs in the ninth to seal the win.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Indians
Indians
Des Moines Demons
Buffs Clinch Texas League Lead with Fort Worth Sweep
The Houston Buffs, led by Whitworth pitching and strong hitting, defeated Fort Worth 7 to 5 to sweep the three game series and extend their lead to ten games over second place. Wichita Falls beat Beaumont 7 to 2 behind Cobb, Spudders hitters. San Antonio toppled Dallas 11 to 6 with strong Bear infield defense. Shreveport pounded three Waco pitchers for 20 hits and 16 to 1 victory aided by three home runs.
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Houston Buffs
Whitworth
Buffs
Fort Worth
Cats
Wichita Falls
Beaumont
Cobb
Spudders
San Antonio
Dallas
Bear
Steers
Shreveport
Waco
Freeze
Shelton
Shires
Miss Turpie Opens in Trans Miss Golf Match
Miss Marion Turpie of New Orleans enters her first match play in the Women's Trans Miss of Minikahda club with 84 in medal round. Her qualifying score was one over par, ahead of Mrs Miriam Burns Horn, while Mrs O S Hill and others pace the field.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Marion Turpee
New Orleans
Minikahda Club
Minikahda
Miriam Burns Horn
Kansas City
Kansas City, Who Had A Card of 9 To Finish Third. Miss Turple
F. N. Davis
St. Paul
Davis
Horn
M Wittmer
O. S. Hill
R. W. Little
Persia to lift ban on British planes over Persian territory
Baghdad reports Persia will drop the ban on British aeroplanes on the eastern service once the restriction is withdrawn. Soviet diplomats who brokered a secret accord with Tehran are blamed for frictions in Anglo Persian relations, which British observers say may ease as a treaty with Downing Street progresses.
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Baghdad
Persia
Teheran
Moscow
Downing Street
Bent Pipe and Rock Island Set for Central League Clash
Bent Pipe seeks a first or second win as Rock Island aims to crawl out of last place in a Metro park Central League game this afternoon. Rock Island has one victory this season, Bent Pipe one win, earned against Rock Island. In a prior result, Santa Fe beat International Harvester 3 to 1 with Workman holding the mound for Santa Fe and Shell pitching for International.
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Bent Pipe
Rock Island
Metro Park
Yesterda
Santa Fe
International Harvester
Workman
Shell
International
Jordan
Boyles
City golf title to be decided Sunday in Merriman Willetts match
Mansel Merriman will face Dick Willetts Sunday at Hillcrest Golf and Country Club for the city championship in a 36 hole match play final. Morning 18 and afternoon 18 holes start at 2 o clock after both advanced from a 32 player field in a sensational event.
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Merriman
Willetts
Mansel Merriman
Dick Willetta
Hillcrest Golf and Country Club
Willette
Eddie Johnson
Walter Sikes
Doug Herring
C. J. Moreland
Bartlett
Elks Party Delivers Big Night for Bronc and Bear Players
Entertainment included Filmer Guthrie and Bel Roy wrestling, Moonlight Serenaders music, and negro entertainers. Members enjoyed sandwiches, hot dogs, and drinks in the basement after the show. An amusing note recounts rubber food mishaps amid a lively social of Bronc and Bear ball clubs.
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Bronc
Elks Lodge
Filmer Guthrie
Bel Roy
Moonlight Serenaders
Sled Allen
Walter Crossett
D Herelle to Join Yale as Bacteriology Professor
Dr. Po d Herelle renowned bacteriologist will arrive at Yale next fall as professor of bacteriology. Yale Medical School plans a large expansion of the Brady Memorial laboratory to support his work on ferocious viruses and the infections they cause. Mrs R L Boaz recovered well after a surgical operation at St Anthony's Hospital.
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Hy International News Service
NEW Jwaven
Conn
Po d'Herelle
Yale
Mous
Brady Memorial Laboratory
Yale Medical School
d‘Herelle
James R. Angell
R. L. Boaz
St. Anthony's Hospital
Madonna Sculpture Shows In London Gallery
The Raphael Madonna, bought by Sir Joseph Duveen for 876000 dollars from Lady Desborough, is placed on display at the National Gallery in London. Seen as a rebuff to Soviet diplomats, it honors Sir Robert Clive for his Tehran diplomacy.
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International News Service
London
Sir Joseph Duveen
Lady Desborough
National Gallery
Robert Clive
Teheran
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