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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
7
Dallas, May 15. The Texas League club faces severe trouble as the ball park burns, a third of the squad suffers illness and injuries, spring games cost $6,000, and home games lose many balls. Owner George Schepps remains optimistic despite key rookies, unfinished park, rainouts, and a sore ace pitcher.
Sam Page will recruit Legionnaires of Amarillo for the monthly meeting called by Jim Johnson of Canadian district commander to be held next Tuesday night at Hereford. The district commander plans to distribute prizes for membership work at the meeting. Johnson urged post commanders and adjutants to renew efforts to increase membership.
Dalby Motor Freight defeated A P King-Speer Drug 15 to 4 as Hall tallied a homer a triple and a double and Underwood plus Herbert powered the offense. Roberts Olver Magnolia outscored Plains Creamery 19 to 2 in four innings with ROM’s seven runs in the first. Night schedule lists Dalby Motor Freight vs Arnholz Coffee and Jaycee vs Elks Club.
In Fort Wayne Indiana a wager was paid with a postage stamp sized check measuring one and seven eighths by three quarters inches. Dr. Cliff Carpenter received the check belatedly. The reduced copy was created from a photostatic copy of a regular check and signed by loser Richard B Alleman of Hanover Pennsylvania.
New York readers weigh Rizzuto and Priddy double play pair as top in majors while Toledo and St Paul struggle with 49 paid admissions. Joe Louis shifts training to Orangeburg after Conn fight. New York boasts Montgomery over Jenkins and other boxing notes. Ossie Stewart pledges purse donation if he fails to beat Overlin and Loose in one evening. Burt Bower signs with Dodgers and heads to Reading.
The column surveys star players like Jurges and Herman in NL batting averages and notes George Strmweiss’s football decision to Newark. It mentions Frankie Fullam potentially refereeing Baer Louis, Harmon's campus auto license, and a Hollywood fan mail query to Ida Chri.
The column lauds the New York Yankees for a rigorous, location-spanning farm system led by George Weiss. It notes eight salaried scouts plus 30 locals, personal interviews for every prospect, and names like Rizutto Cameron and Gehrig’s era gaps. It credits the system with producing stars and foreseeing replacements.
In May 15 Sports Parade Harry Ferguson recalls Dizzy Dean as Cubs coach and life of the game. The piece covers a World Series moment on Oct 6 1938 when Deans arm waned yet his spirit shone as he walked off after DiMaggio’s homer sealing his decline.
A note on ancient caviar, sturgeon roe, fetching about $100 per pound, historically reserved for the Russian imperial household in Czarist times.
Joseph Murphy, deaf and blind for years, created a hand tap code replacing speech. One to four taps stand for A to D, other letters mapped to four groups. Murphy and his wife trained 25 neighbors in the system, while he earns a living weaving cane fiber chairs.
The 1941 National Open will be held June 5-7 in Fort Worth with most past champions from the last 15 years in the field except Bobby Jones. A new USGA rule exempts ex-champions who finished in the low 30 and ties at the previous Open from sectional qualifying. Players include Lawson Little and Gene Sarazen among those exempt or in the top group, along with several other 1930s and 1940s victors.
Philadelphia observes Connie Mack Day with a large gathering of baseball figures at Shibe Park on Saturday. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis leads the tribute to the Athletics manager as President Roosevelt is invited. the public is admitted to the field for the event.
Astronomers report the discovery of two new moons circling Jupiter. Observers on Earth require a six inch telescope to glimpse the distant satellites, illustrating the enormous reach of our solar system.
Fiddler Bill McGee, Cardinal right handed pitcher from Batchtown Tl, is traded to the New York Giants for pitcher Harry Gumbert and an unspecified cash amount. Both clubs announce McGee went 16 and 10 last season and Gumbert 12 and 14. neither pitcher has found form this season.
Earl Averill, after 16 major league seasons and a Boston Braves release, signed to join the Seattle Rainiers. Separate report notes Pacific Coast Soil Conservation Service surveys indicating 282 million acres of U S crop and range land eroded or impoverished by erosion.
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