Big League Races Become Interesting in Early Baseball
New York May 15 A general war is on in the big leagues with Ruth and the Yankees battling Sisler and the Browns for first in the American while five clubs contend for third. Giants and Cubs fight for second as Cincinnati leads. Browns rally to within a game and a half. Shocker beats the champions 11 to 1 after a hitless stretch.
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Ruth
Yankees
Sisler
Browns
Giants
Cubs
Cincinnati
Waite Hoyt
Pipgras
Shocker
George Sisler
New York Yankees
St. Louis
Babe Ruth
Hoyt
Pippgrass
Schang
Hoffman
Philadelphia Americans Break Losing Streak with 5 4 Win Over Detroit
May 15 reports show the Philadelphia Americans snapping a long skid by beating Detroit 5 to 4. Detroit batters Stoner Hollo way Clark and Bassler faced Naylor Bumgartner Perkins, while the Phils used Perkins for the win.
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Philadelphia Americans
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Stoner
Holloway
Clark
Bassler
Naylor Bumgartner
Perkins
Glotzbach Knocks Out Heavyweight in Seconds
Floyd Glotzbach, former husband of Madame Matzenauer, won his second boxing match in Oakland California. He knocked out Billy Farrell in three seconds after Friday night he defeated Danny Gallagher in under a minute.
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Cal
Floyd Glotzbach
Madame Matzenauer
Billy Farrell
Danny Gallagher
Brooklyn Grabs Ninth Inning Win Over Cardinals
Brooklyn breaks through with a ninth inning rally to beat St Louis 4 to 3. Hornsby homers for Brooklyn during the first inning in an otherwise tight contest at St Louis.
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Bohne
Braves
Sheehan
Genewich
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St. Louis
Hornsby
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Walter Johnson
Washington
Tigers
Beckwith Plumbing Co Service Ad
Beckwith Plumbing Co offers gas fitting repairs including stove connections hose mends hydrant installs. No job too big or too small. 700 Cleveland Phone 1541.
Wildcat Monte Meets Vernon Bomer Tonight
Wicki Falls Texas May 15 Wildcat Monte of Amarillo and Dick Bowers of Vernon collide in the semi windup tonight on a boxing card. Duke Trammel from Fort Worth Ace Riddle from Indianapolis and Bobby Reed and Red Wells from Fort Worth add supporting bouts. Monte is in sharp form and the favorite to beat the Vernon fighter.
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Tex
Wildcat Monte
Amarillo
Dick Bowers
Vernon
Duke Trammel
Fort Worth
Ace Riddle
Indianapolis
Bobby Reed
Duncan
Okla
Red Wells
Monte
Vernon Boy
Dallas tops Beaumont 12 to 1 in Texas League game
Dallas Cardinals defeated Beaumont 12 to 1 with Snipe Conley’s strong mound debut of 1924. Beaumont's battery was Jacobus Matteson Wirts Lothes Adams. score by innings shows Dallas power early. Also reports San Antonio beats Bears 6 to 3 and Fort Worth down Galveston 6 to 5 with Kraft’s 11th homer. Shreveport rained out at Houston.
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Wee
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Coleman
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Jonnard
Ft. Worth
Kraft
Fort Worth
Gleason
Morrow
Middleton
Moore
Shreveport
Shreveport Houston
Parade Leads Amarillo Floydada High School Game Day
A large parade led by the Canton Drum corps and featuring the Golden Sandstorm Booster club and local students will precede the Amarillo-Floydada series at Gasser Park. The Sandstorm, recently hampered by injuries, faces Floydada with Teddy Nicklaus on the mound against Lefty Holmes.
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Amarillo
Holmes
Panhandle
Kelley
Teddy Nicklaus
Basset
Holman
Franks
Amarillo Gun Club Plans Big Annual Shoot
The fifteenth annual Amarillo Gun Club shoot will be July 4 and 5 at the club grounds with 150 single targets and 25 doubles per day. Entrance is 75 cents per 25 birds, $2.50 optional. special handicaps and merchandise prizes to be arranged by committees led by Toney Chisum, Jack Dooley, Ed Tull, W. C. Dever, J. O. Holland, and C. E. Adams.
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C. E. Adams
Toney Chisum
Jack Dooley
Ed Tull
W. C. Dever
J. O. Holland
Longhorn Star Bobby Robertson to Coach Beaumont Junior College
Bobby Robertson, famed Texas University athlete, will direct athletics at South Park Junior College Beaumont next year. President C W Bingman announced the successor for Pat Quinn from a large field including Texas University degree candidates and several prominent high school figures.
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Beaumont
Tex
Bobby Robertson
Texas University
South Park Junior College
Pat Quinn
C. W. Bingman
League Hears New Plans for Texas High School Football
Austin May 15. Under a new plan from the University of Texas Interscholastic League nearly 200 teams have signed up for the fall season. The scheme splits schools into two divisions with 16 B sections and eight A conferences. Amarillo High is not yet listed among participants.
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University of Texas Interscholastic League
Amarillo High School
East Texas and Pacific Coast League Baseball Scores
East Texas League results show Greenville 9 over Marshall 5, Longview 3 over Mount Pleasant 4, Tyler 6 over Texarkana 1, Paris 4 over Sulphur Springs 5. Pacific Coast League scores list Vernon 8, Salt Lake 19, Portland 7, Los Angeles 4, Seattle 4, Oakland 3, San Francisco 4, Sacramento 8. Western League results include Tulsa 2, Wichita 5, Oklahoma City 6, St. Joseph 0. Texas Association notes Waco 7 over Mexia 2 and Temple Corsicana postponed by rain with Marlin 5, Austin 1.
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Austin
Reese Chosen Captain of Texas Track Squad
James Reese of Comanche was unanimously chosen as captain of the University of Texas track team, Southwestern Conference champions. Reese was elected at a meeting where eighteen letters were granted to track men. Joe Ward of Fort Worth did not earn a letter this time for insufficient meet participation. Gold track shoes will be awarded to members winning the conference title.
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James Reese
Comanche
University of Texas
Southwestern
Reese
Joe Ward
Fort Worth
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