Capacity House Seen for Fight as Tickets Sell Fast
The fifth card at the National Guard Armory tomorrow night is expected to draw a capacity crowd with the Cattlemen's Convention backing the program. Eddie Murdock faces Johnny Farrell in a Texas bout that could hinge on Murdock's savvy and Farrell's power after Farrell arrived from Dallas. A strong preliminary card starts at 8 pm followed by the Cattlemen's Dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard Armory
Jay Taylor
Eddie Murdock
Texas
Johnny Farrell
Dallas
Farrell
Amarillo
Peoples Recreation Club
Murdock
Borger
Dallas Boy
Sports Parade highlights varied feats and quirks from boxing to track
Henry McLemore surveys unusual sports items from 18th century boxing gloves to cock fighting laws, a left hand bent press record by Jack Kent, Joe Lambert's foot push ups, Carl Hubbell with the Giants, horse spectacles research, NYU basketball quirks, Auburn coach Ralph Jordan, and other athletic oddities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Kent
Roselle Park
N. J
Joe Lambert
Carl Hubbell
Giants
John McGraw
Hialeah
Texas Derby Nominations Close Tonight at Arlington Downs
Nominations for the $10,000 Texas derby for 3-year-olds close at midnight at Arlington Downs. The feature race of the spring meet will be run April 21 on the final day of the meet. The field already includes top 3-year-olds from across the nation. A $869 Studebaker sedan ad accompanies the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Arlington Downs
Record crowd to witness 13th AAU indoor championships
A capacity crowd of about 16 000 is expected at Madison Square Garden for the Intercollegiate AAU indoor track and field championships. A record entry of 548 athletes from 29 colleges marks the first Garden meet and first metric era as Bonthron of Princeton faces Venzke of Pennsylvania in the 1500 meters amid a hot team race. Cunningham is absent. Other 1500 contenders include Crowley and Thompson of Manhattan, Vipond of Cornell, Nordell of N A, Quimby of Dartmouth, and Sweet of Amherst.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Garden Arena
Bill Bonthron
Gene Venzke
Bonthron
Princeton
Venzke
Pennsylvania
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Cunningham
Frank Crowley
Manhattan
John Thompson
Paul Vipond
Cornell
Frank Nordell
Bob Quimby
Dartmouth
Waldo Sweet
Amherst
Del Pratt Teaches Rookies At Fort Worth Baseball Camp
More than 100 raw rookies from Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and New Mexico joined a 10 day training school in Fort Worth led by Dal Pratt manager of the Fort Worth Texas League team The program aims to identify Texas League caliber players to join spring training in Lake Charles Louisiana with Fort Worth Only rookies with real talent and their own expenses and uniforms are admitted More than 200 were expected to attend by week’s end.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Dal Pratt
Pratt
Lake Charles
Giants optimistic on spring pitching after first training week
Miami Beach, March 5. Giants manager Bill Terry believes pitching will improve over last season. He cites Parmelee and Schumacher as potential key contributors and expects stronger performances from Hubbell Fitzsimmons Clark and a few young pitchers during spring training.
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Miami Beach
Fla
New York Giants
Bill Terry
Parmelee
Bill
Schumacher
Hubbell
Fitzsimmons
Clark
Thrilling Cage Race Ends as TCU Clinches Conference Title
The 1934 Southwest Conference race ends with Texas Christian University crowned champions after a 10–2 record under coach Francis Schmidt. Texas A&M finishes second tied with Rice and Texas at 6–6. SMU fourth, Rice weak title chase, Baylor low with 2–10. TCU led league scoring at 34 1 3 points per game. A&M defense best, 28 1 4 allowed. Arkansas last with 27 11 12.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas Christian University
Francis Schmidt
Fort Worth
Schmidt
Ohio State University
Aggies
Christian
Texas Aggies
Rice Institute
Arkansas
Southern Methodist University
Fayetteville
Rice
University of Texas
Southern Methodist
Baylor University
Texas
Methodists
Austin
Baylor
Houston
College Station
Farmers
Aggie
Coaches, athletes slated for Texas week in sports hourglass
Coach Ray Morrison of SMU tells Ohio State officials that Francis Schmidt will bring a versatile Big Ten team. Dallas-bound figures include J Walter Morris and Hamlin and others forming a fast semi pro league. Jack Dempsey arrives in Dallas to referee boxing and wrestling, with Babe Didrikson eyeing Cardinals spring games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Jablonowski
Jack Appleton
George Meads
Dink Templeton
Stanford
Associated Press
Texas
Ray Morrison
Southern Methodist University
Ohio State
Francis Schmidt
Morrison
Schmidt
J. Walter Morris
Southern
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Dallas
Hamlin
Stamford
Anson
Albany
Rotan
Haskell
West Texas
Jack Dempsey
Manassa
Iowa farmer sails world solo in 34 foot boat
Harry Pidgeon, an Iowa farmer, built a 34 foot boat and sailed around the world solo. He left Los Angeles on November 18, 1921 and after about 3 years and 11 months returned to anchor there again, having logged 35 000 miles in under a year of actual sailing time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Pidgeon
Iowa
Los Angeles
Two Boxing Bouts Highlight King Matches in NYC and SF
WPA welterweight championship bout in San Francisco features Barney Ross defending against Frankie Klick in a 10 rounds. In New York Madison Square Garden, Walter Neusel meets King Levinsky in a 10 round heavyweight bout with potential title implications if Neusel scores impressively.
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New York
San Francisco
Barney Ross
Frankie Klick
California
Klick
Walter Neusel
Germany
King Levinsky
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
Carnera
Yankee Holdouts Not To Train With Team
In St Petersburg on March 5 the New York Yankees announced a policy barring holdouts from training with the club until they reach terms. Previously Babe Ruth trained with the squad while others were kept off the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee
Petersburg
Fla
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
White Sox Prize Shortstop Luke Appling Missing
Chicago White Sox manager Lew Fonseca asks where shortstop Luke Appling has gone after a 322 season in the previous year. Joe Chamberlain, who hid from the Sox last season, has been performing well at short in his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Lew Fonseca
Chicago White Sox
Luke Appling
Appling
Joe Chamberlain
Sox
Dodgers Start Phoney Work Promised Real Drill Today
In Orlando on March 54 the Brooklyn Dodgers began a light first workout for 19 players, mainly for press photographers. Casey Stengel pledged real practice to follow as the team prepared for the season opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Brooklyn Dodgers
Casey Stengel
Fenton Debuts in Amarilla as National Guard Armory Meets
Rod Fenton known as the baby faced killer makes his Amarilla debut Thursday night at the National Guard Armory. The Canadian mat star faces Olin Clingman in a middleweight tournament bout with the tourney winner earning a spring title shot against Gus Kallio. Fenton’s rough style and hard battles mark him as a top draw in eastern grappling circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod Fenton
Amarilla
National Guard Armory
Fenton
Canada
Olin Clingman
Gus Kallio
Clingman
Court of Civil Appeals Actions and Submissions
Proceedings heard by the Seventh District Court of Civil Appeals at Amarillo include motions submitted and granted on certiorari acknowledgments and cost issues. Several cases from Lubbock, Potter, Hale, Crosby and surrounding districts were set for submission or had actions such as reversed and remanded or affirmed on certificate including American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v T C Bradley and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Civil Appeals For the Seventh District
Amarillo
American Fidelity & Casualty Co
T. C. Bradley
Iweta
T. Eubenks
American Mortgage Corp. Et al
J. A. Dunnam
J. T. Herd
H. G. Wade
R. B. Hicks
Alice Lindsey Smith
Citizen State Bank
McLean
Borch
W. T. Waggoner
Arthur Edwards
Lubbock National Co
Temple Trust Co
Lubbock
R. EF. Stevenson
Mollie D. Abernethy
Nat'l Bank
Brownfield
Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co
Lawrence Ashby Va
Robie A Ashby Gibbon
Dallam
City of
H. FE
American Fidelity 4& Casualty Co
Aetna Casualty 4& Surety Co
Higginbotham-Bertlett Co
K. M. Bates
Vas
Plainview
Clifford Pray
Cleveland Compress 4 Service Co
Terry
Firemen’s Insurance Co
C. Bakers
Gray
Pacific American Gasoline Co
Horace G. Miller
Potter
Pittsburgh Athletic Co
Jerry Malin
G. Turner
Mae Larsen
Palmer
J. White Allen
R. N. Rutherford
Armatrong
Tanner Child's Rites Pending Arrangements
Services for Burle Ivan Tanner two year old son of Mr and Mrs H H Tanner Beverly Gardens who died Sunday afternoon at 150 will not be held before Wednesday announced this morning by N B Griggs Sons Survivors include five sisters and two brothers Mrs J J Brown Mildred Hazel Genevieve and Marjorie Tanner Marie and Gerald Tanner all of Amarillo Father is an engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad
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Burle
Ivan Tanner
H. H. Tanner
Beverly Gardens
N. 8
Griggs& Sons
J. J. Brown
Mildred
Hazel
Genevieve
Marjorie Tanner
Marie
Gerald Tanner
Amarillo
Banta Fe Railroad
Athens Hornets Defend Title At Texas State Meet
Eight regional winners advance to the 14th annual Texas Interscholastic League championship in Austin. Athens High, coached by Bobo Nelson, defends its title as Gregory Gym hosts the round robin event with eight teams including Lamesa Denton Brownwood Jefferson Davis of Houston Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio Harlingen and Austin High. The tournament concludes Saturday night with the all state team announced.
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Associated Prom
Austin
Gregory Gymnasium
University of Texas
Athens High School Hornets
Bobo Nelson
Lamesa
Denton
Brownwood
Athens
Jefferson Davis
Houston
Thomas Jefferson
San Antonio
Harling
Colorado Wolvern
McKinney
Hornets
Emory
Huntaville
Temple Wildcats
Harlingen
Taft
Kingsville
Austin High
el Paso
Big Lake
Lang Funeral Rites Set For Wednesday
Funeral services for William Robert Lang, 71, who died Sunday at his daughter's home, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Rev T D Sumrall of Fundamentalist Baptist Church will officiate. Masonic burial at Memorial Park Cemetery with pallbearers from Masonic Lodge No 741. Survived by widow Ada Long and three daughters and a son, including Mrs. Clarence Ballard, Mrs. Jack Bush of Los Angeles, Mrs. Arthur Groom of Pilot Mound, Ia, and Harry Lang of Los Angeles.
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William Robert Lang
Harry Myers
Buchanan Street
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Rov
T. D. Sumrall
Fundamentalist Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Masonic Lodge No
Mra
Ada Long
Clarence Ballard
Jack Bush
Los Angeles
Arthur Groom
Pilot Mound
Harry Lang
Burial for Sister M Patricia at Stanton
The body of Sister M Patricia 51 superior at Our Lady of Guadalupe School died last night and will be sent to Stanton for burial. Funeral mass was read at 6 this morning by Rev Bartholomew O'Brien. Sister Patricia born in Sligo Ireland 1883 entered the Sisters of Mercy at Stanton in 1904. N O Griggs & Sons handled the remains.
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M. Patricia
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Stanton
Bartholomew O'Brien
Patricia
Sligo
Ireland
Sister of Mercy
Griggs & Sons
McClanahan Child Dies At Family Home
Melina Pauline McClanahan twelve year old daughter of Mr and Mrs L McClanahan 1204 North Harrison Street died at the family home at 530 this morning Funeral services will be held at 4 pm Tuesday from Griggs Chapel Burial will be in Liano Cemetery The parents are the only survivors. Marriages in Kansas in 1933 increased 1528 over 1932 totaling 14421
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melina Pauline McClanahan
Florida Golf Round in ND Opens International Four Ball
Horton Smith and Paul Runyan faced Al Watrous and Mortie Dutra in the second round of the $3,500 international four ball tournament in Miami. Other matchups included Hagen and Creavy versus Perkina and Stonehouse, with early upsets as seed favorites Armour-Wood and Sarazen-Kirkwood fell in the opening day.
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Miami
Fla
Horton Smith
Chicago
Paul Runyan
White Plains
N. C
al Watrous
Mortie Dutra
Detroit
Walter Hagen
Tom Creavy
Alban
N. Y
Phil Perkina
Cleveland
Ralph Stonehouse
Indianapole
Wiliie MacFarlane
Tuckalhor
River dragged in search for woman's body
Police and fire squads dragged the Trinity River near Dallas for the body of a woman believed murdered. A blood stained hat hair and skull fragments found by oil refinery worker RK C Black on a bridge spurred the investigation and grappling downstream for the missing body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Trinity River
RK. C. Black
Brick
Trinity
Bourdhers
France and Chicago sailors qualify for outboard finals
New Smyrna Florida March 5 Jean Dupuy of France and Tennes of Chicago have qualified for the finals of the International Class X outboard championships to be held soon at Miami Beach. The next three qualifying races will be held Saturday and Sunday at Palm Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Smyrna
Fila
Burnet County Approves Beer in Special Election
An unofficial count shows Burnet County voting 182 to 656 in a Saturday special election to legalize the sale of 32 percent beer. The town of Burnet supported beer nearly two to one, while most other areas stayed dry due to precinct local option in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnet
Tex
Burnet County
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Tommy
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United Press
James Broughton
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New York University
Ralph Jordan
Auburn
CWA
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del Pratt
By Bill Parker
Babe Didrikson
St. Louis Cardinals
Dick Griffin
Tony Herrera
Herrera
Tracy Cox
Matty Bell
Texas A. and
Ray Fuqua
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Bell
Gus Moreland
Dallas Country Club
Moreland
Bobby Jones
Augusta
Jones
Texas Tech
Arizona
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Neasel
White Sox
Killer
Tanner
Wm. B. Thomas, Jr
M.D
FISK
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Polley
Athens Hornets
M’clanahan
Florida Golf
AL and
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Vanity Cleaners
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