Panhandle League meeting eyed for Panhandle league plan fate
A 4 PM Chamber of Commerce meeting will decide if the Panhandle baseball league becomes real or a bust. Alvin Gardner, Texas League president, is tied up in New York but endorsed the plan via wire to organizer Jim Galloway and offered to serve as first-year president without pay. Night baseball talk and potential lighting plans feature in the discussion, with Metro Park hosting night games to drum up interest.
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Panhandle Baseball League
Alvin Gardner
New York
Gardner
East
Jim Galloway
League
Metro Park
House of Davids
Gib Jackson
Panhandle League
The Right Club for the Right Shot in Golf Strategy
Former American Open champion Johnny Farrell advises that a full 13 to 18 club set aids long term golf improvement. He notes pros carry many clubs for distinct uses and stresses choosing the right club based on distance lie and layout with steady practice to avoid under-clubbing under pressure.
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Johnny Farrell
Alan Gould
Stars Arrive for T C U Southwest Track Meet in Fort Worth
Stars of field and track from seven Southwest Conference schools began arriving in Fort Worth for the annual two day meet. Nearly 100 athletes expected by Friday morning with preliminaries in dashes hurdles and middle distances starting tomorrow afternoon. Last year's champion Texas A M along with Rice Institute and the University of Texas are favorites as the fast straightaway and rebuilt jumping pits promise fair weather.
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University of Texas
No "B" teams at Oklahoma due to governor program
A state policy limits university sports to primary squads, blocking any B teams at Oklahoma. Officials cite the governor's economy program as the guiding factor influencing athletic organization and budget allocations.
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University of Oklahoma
Wade Killefer sidelined by illness after long Pacific Coast League career
After fourteen years as player, manager and president, Wade Killefer steps away to rest this summer for a hoped comeback next year. Red Killefer is noted for color, while George Burns assumes active control of the Mission team during his absence. Jumping Joe Savoldi is being groomed in wrestling, with Notre Dame experiences cited as lessons.
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Red” Killefer
Far West
George Burns
Detroit
Cleveland
New York
Philadelphia
Killefer
Frank Chance
Los Angeles
Chance
Red
Hard-nosed grappler Zuniga Defeats Dado in Local Spotlight
Knute Rockne era ethos shines in Glendale bantamweight Job Judy Zuniga who rose as a local hero after toppling Speedy Dado. Zuniga juggles two jobs, gas station work and lawn mowing, before his manager urged him to focus on boxing and train harder.
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Glendale
Cal
Dado
West
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New Baseball Same Chicago Says Speaker
May 7 Chicago reports Tris Speaker a radio baseball analyst says the new style ball travels far in the air when hit but slows on ground. He notes raised seams may cause quicker ground roll reduction and observers make plays on balls previously out of reach.
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Spring Day at Cornell features regatta and Yale clash
Cornell plans its Spring Day events on Cayuga Lake with a big quadrangular regatta including Harvard Massachusetts Tech and Syracuse after a Yale baseball game on May 23. The event gathers crews that finished 1 2 3 in last June’s varsity race at Poughkeepsie.
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Jack Moakley
Keene Fitzpatrick
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Housatonic River
Great Batsmen of His Time Comment on Lively Ball
The speaker regrets not watching top batsmen of his era face the lively ball or the new one. He would have liked to see Joe Jackson bat for a season and doubts they could have been dismissed.
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R. J. McCutcheon
Pueblo
Colo
Jimmy Smith
McCutcheon
Smith
Denver
SOX
Speaker
Ike
Joe Jackson
Browns adopt Sunday doubleheader plan to boost crowds
The Browns will stage a Sunday double header with the Athletics next week, moving Monday’s game up as part of the twin attraction. Phil Ball says the open Monday date and the scheme aim to draw larger turnouts after a dull box office, with the Cardinals expected to use the plan but perhaps less extensively in 1931.
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Cardinals
Phil Ball
Athletics
Plans for North Texas semi pro league discussed
May 7 report from Vernon notes a meeting of representatives from Crowell Thalia Truscott Bomarton and Seymour in Vernon to plan a semi pro baseball loop for North Texas towns. The plan aims to organize a regional league with regional teams and schedule.
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Vernon
U.P
North Texas
Crowell
Thalia
Truscott
Bomarton
Seymour
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