Special Buses To Mat Bout In Amarillo Tonight
Amarillo Bus Company runs special cars to the Fair Grounds for Mantell Marallah wrestling match in the Automobile Building. Buses depart every 15 minutes from Polk Street intersections until showtime. Large expected crowd. free tickets and reservations widespread. Event features Little Leo Kearns vs Joyous Jack Dauley and others starting at 8 30. Ringside seats limited at City Drug Store and box office opens at 7 30.
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Amarillo Bus Company
Autmobile
Polk Street
Mantell
Jack Hall
Clouter
Fettle
Marallah
Panhandle
Cal Farley
Fillmore
Little Leo Kearns
Jack Dauley
Chief Little Wolf
Charley Miller
Blacksmith Pedigo
Roy Welch
City Drug Store
Arena
Scattering Rains Hit Panhandle Regions Overnight
Good rains fell across the Panhandle last night with one inch along the Santa Fe between Panhandle and Canadian. From Canadian to Waynoka Oklahoma to Buffalo rainfall totaled one to two inches before midnight. Spearman to Shattuck saw a half inch, Dumas a quarter inch. Fort Worth & Denver reported rain near Lockney Hedley and Goodnight as showers continued early Friday. Partly cloudy tonight with Friday fair.
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Panhandle
Santa Fe
Waynoka
Okla
Buffalo
Spearman
Shattuck
Dumas
Fort Worth
Vines Reaches Wimbledon Final in Straight Sets
Ellsworth Vines, American champion, advances to the Wimbledon final by defeating Jack Crawford in straight sets 6-2 6-1 6-3. The match on a damp court drew 14,000 spectators including Queen Mary and Prince George. Helen Wills Moody also advances to the women’s final after a win over Mary Heeley, joining Helen Jacobs from Berkeley. Vines will face the winner of Satoh versus Bunny Austin in the other semifinal.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Ellsworth Vines
Jack Crawford
Prince George
Helen Wills Moody
Mary Heeley
Berkeley
Helen Jacobs
Vines
Jiyo Satoh
H. W
Bunny) Austin
England
Texas League Leaders Fight Shifts in Half Start
The Texas League opened the second half with all games decided in the final at bat. Fort Worth’s Russell Scarritt threw out Rip Radcliff at the plate to end a Dallas rally in a 7-6 Panthers win. Beaumont beat Houston 4-2 on a ninth inning three run rally. Tyler edged Longview 2-1 in ten innings. San Antonio defeated Galveston 3-2 in the ninth with a squeeze play.
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Associated Press
Hopefal
Russell Scarritt
Fort Worth
Dallas
Rip Radcliff
Rip
Panthers
Beaumont
Houston Buffs
Schoolboy Rowe
Houston
Tyler
Longview
San Antonio
Galveston
House
Mealey
Rockies Aid Pirates Climb to Top Ring
PITTSBURGH June 30 The Pirates have surged from last place in the National League thanks to the plays of two young fielders and catcher Earl Grace. Manager George Gibson praised Floyd Vaughan shortstop Tony Piet second base and Grace the catcher after the team won 21 of 30 games.
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Pittsburgh
George Gibson
Pirate Brig
Bucs
Gibson
Floyd Vaughan
Tony Piet
Earl Grace
Priest Robe Swindler Fined In Amarillo Court
A man posing as a priest from New York City, James J. Hillman, pled guilty to swindling in Justice C. G. Landis' court and was fined $1 with costs. He used fake clerical status to cash checks, obtain a car, and ride for free around Amarillo before arrest. He claimed schooling in San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland, but investigators remained skeptical. He was fingerprinted by Ed Holloway as Deputy Sheriff Webb Farley detained him.
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Potter County
New York City
Los Angeles
James J. Hillman
C. G. Landis
Amarillo
Ed Holloway
Police Department
Hillman
Herring Hotel
Atlantic City
Panhandle Motor Company
English Field
George S. McCarthy
San Francisco
Dublin
Ireland
McCarthy
Webb Farley
Oklahoma City
Holder to Head Teacher Legislative Committee
A.Ri Rep Ray Holder of Lancaster will head a Texas teachers bureau in Austin to watch educational bills before the legislature. The bureau represents the Dallas Council of Parents and Teachers and seeks statewide school and teacher interests with local teachers contributing 50 cents each.
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Dallas
Ray Holder
Lancaster
Austin
Texas
Holder
League Leaders Highlight 1930s Baseball Standouts
Baseball leaders list top performers by league with names and stats for batters and pitchers. Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies show heavy presence in batting and runs. Foxx of the Athletics leads in average and RBIs, Ruth of the Yankees dominates home runs.
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P. Waner
Pirates
Hurst
Phillies
Klein
Bartell
Terry Giants
Worthington Braves
Herman
Reds
Wilson
Dodgers
Frisch
Cards
Stripp
Piet
Betts
Braves
Swetonic
Foxx
Athletics
Walker
Tigers
Simmons
Ruth
Yankees
Porter
Indians
Campbell
Browns
Myer
Senators
Chapman
Lazzeri
Johnson
Red Sox
Gomez
Allen
Postal Taxes Due On Newspaper Ads
A new federal tax on the advertising portion of newspapers and other second class matter takes effect tomorrow. Postage stamps stay two cents until July 6 when one cent is added. Stamps for conveyances like real estate transfers and stocks rose June 21. The second class mail tax is two cents per pound for first and second zones and higher for distant zones.
Alligator Hunt Captivates Bronxville Residents
Residents in Bronxville New York on June 30 report an alligator hunt after two small alligators were found. Policemen search the underbrush with nets flashlights and liver as bait while observers speculate someone released them from Florida when they proved unsuitable pets. Sleeping cars now cooled by air drawn across ice reflect daily life details of the era.
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Bronxville
N. Y
Florida
Stars 10 Try to Comeback in West Coast Trials
Long Beach California reports the semi final Olympic tryouts with former greats Claude Bracey of Rice and Vic Williams of USC in focus. Bracey seeks form rivaling 1928 as he is 23 and Williams after illness resumes serious racing.
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Long Beach
Calif
Claude Bracey
Rice
Houston, Tex
Institute
United States
Vic Williams
University of Southern California
Ben Eastman
Stanford
Bracey
Williams
Beck Story Of Unsound Mind At Second Trial
Defense witnesses testified William Beck twenty a former University of Texas student was of unsound mind when he killed O L Jones a Waco auto salesman Relatives said he had been mentally unstable since being struck on the head by a baseball at Wills Point Beck is on his second trial after a death sentence at Waco was overturned for improper jury selection and a change of venue
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Waxahachie
U.P
William Beck
University of Texas
O. L. Jones
Waco
Wills Point
Beck
Baseball Highlights From Yesterday's Games
Earl Whitehill outpitched three Cleveland hurlers and drove in two runs with three singles. Joe Sewell hit two homers and a single to beat the Senators. Gus Mancuso collected two doubles and a single, driving in four for the Cardinals against Cincinnati. Hollis Thurston won his sixth straight game with a 2 0 shutout of the Phillies on five scattered hits.
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Associated Press
Earl Whitehill
Tigers
Cleveland
Joe Sewell
Yankees
Senators
Gus Mancuso
Cardinals
Cincinnati
Hollis Thurston
Dodgers
Phils
Fight Results From Philadelphia and New York Card
Philadelphia bout saw Tommy Lough tan defeat Steve Hamas on points. New York card had Ralph Ficu cello beating Meyer Christner by knockout in eight, and Frankie Cawley defeating Walter Cobb on points in eight. Nat Suess stopped by Freddie Miller in five in New York. Lew Massey won on points over Ray Miller in Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Tommy Loughtan
Steve Hamas
New York
Ralph Ficucello
Brooklyn
Meyer
K. O
Christner
Akron
Frankie Cawley
Pittston Pa
Walter Cobb
Baltimore
Freddie Miller
Cincinnati
Nat Suess
Brownsville
N. Y
Pittsburgh
Lew Massey
Ray Miller
Detroit
Swann and Carrell Lead Dallas City Checker Final
Robert Swann and A R Carrell met in Dallas for a 10 game city checker championship final after semifinal wins yesterday.
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Dallas
Robert Swann
A. R. Carrell
Texas Star Reaches Arkansas Tennis Semi Finals
Texas player Jack Taylor of the University of Texas faced Charles Davis of Oklahoma City in one semi final with Arthur Voss of Topeka in the other, as singles semi finals were reached in the Arkansas tournament in Texarkana Arkansas.
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Texarkana
Ark
Arkansas
Charles Davis
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Jack Taylor
University of Texas
Arthur Voss
Topeka
Unclear matchups reach semi finals in Kansas event
Kansas university student faced Ernest Funkhouser of Shreveport. Three doubles teams reached the semi finals: Davis and Jerry Sass of Oklahoma City, Voss and Kenneth Kell of Topeka, Funkhouser and Bill Barrett of Shreveport and Taylor and George Dubigue. Austin meets Warren Woodson and Rev. J. S. Sleeper of Texarkana for the other semi final spot.
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Kansas
Ernest Funkhouser
Shreveport
Davis
Jerry Sass
Oklahoma City
Voss
Kenneth Kell
Topeka
Funkhouser
Bill Barrett
Taylor
George Dubigue
Austin
Warren Woodson
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Sinclair Opaline
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