Gold Sox Face Test That Infield Fly Rule
Amarillo's Gold Sox, leaders in the West Texas New Mexico League, face a tough stretch with Lamesa visiting, then Pampa, followed by a 10 day, 11 game road trip. The piece highlights pitching strain, clutch hitting, and umpire Big Buster Capps admitting a miscall on an infield fly play against the Lubbock Hubbers, plus a note on Neal Mann and Claire Shaffer marrying before a bowling event.
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Big Buster Capps
Lubbock Hubbers
Evelyn Boyd
Bill Wilson
Neal Mann
Mann's Cakes
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Claire Shaffer
Syracuse
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Lucas
Berndt Hill
Ratliff Midland
Borger
Innin
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Reynolds Lubbock
PAMPA
Jones
Lubbock
Clovis Midland
Gold Sox defeat Lamesa Lobos 5 to 2 in Amarillo game
Chester Hill led the Gold Sox to a 5 to 2 win over the Lamesa Lobos before about 1,400 fans. Emmitt Fulenwider hit a two run homer and Hill struck out seven while Lucas relieved for the Sox. The crowd raised 1400 bricks for Canyon’s Panhandle Plains Historical Society building.
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Panhandle Plains Historical Society
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Emmitt Fulenwider
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Miller
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Berndt
Denorio
Altenburg
Deforio
E. Altenburg
D'Antonio
Nenorin
D'Antonin
Phalis
Unlucky Par Tops in Wind at Southern Golf
Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill won medalist honors at the Women’s Southern Golf Association event in Fort Worth with a 74 in windy conditions. Betty Jameson of San Antonio finished two strokes back, while Dorothy Kirby led a bold late surge with a 77.
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Estelle ‘Lawson Page
Southern Golf Association
Chapel Hill
N. C
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Mrs. Page
Jameson
Mrs Page
Miss Jameson
Mrs.Page
Betty
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Marion Miley
Frank Goldthwaite
Estelle Lawson Page
M. C
W. B. Carter
J. L. Hannon
Dallas
Emily Randolph
Sam Israel
New Orleans
Abry Cahn
Shreveport
Higgins Hits Trio of Homers To Beat Bosox
Pinky Higgins homered three consecutive times to tie the Major League record and drive the Detroit Tigers to a 10 7 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Higgins also drove in seven runs, with Foxx homering for Boston and the Tigers tallying early offense to secure the win.
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Detroit
Pinky Higgins
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Jimmie Foxx
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York
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Rowe
Wilson P
Nono Harris
West Texas State College closes spring drills for basketball
Coach Al Baggett ends spring practice at West Texas State College with optimism for next season. Key lettermen return from spread of towns and outstand ing guards plus tall forwards. Sophomore Jack Maddox, 6 feet 4 inches, leads as high scorer. newcomers from Vernon Vernon Odell Morrison and Norman Tremble McLean join a growing freshman class.
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Canyon
al Baggett
West Texas State College
Bagertt
Charles Halbert
House, N. M
Price Brookfield
Friona
Frank Stockman
Malta Bend
Capt
Borden Price
Springlake
Earl Stagner
Dimmitt
Roy Lee Jones
Pampa
Robert Nippert
Kirkland
Jack Maddox
Baggett
Amarillo Jaycee
Maddox
Medicine Mound
Odell Morrison
Vernon
Norman Tremble
McLean
Lubbock to Host Major Net Meet in June
Lubbock plans a large Texas tennis tournament staged June 3 to June 5 at Texas Tech courts. Entry fees range from 50 cents to 1.50 dollars with prizes and trophies awarded. Invited stars include Kendall Jones Cullen Crain Henry Batter Maurice Fincher Loui Conn Joe Taylor Houston Boyd Murray Marshall and Fred Higginbotham.
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Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Texas Tech
Kendall Jones
Cullen Crain
Henry Batter
Maurice Fincher
Loui Conn
Joe Taylor
Houston Boyd
Murray Marshall
Fred Higginbotham
Termites win intramural title at West Texas State
West Texas State College concluded intramural activities with fifteen teams and 254 participants. The Termites captured the championship by winning the annual track meet, followed by Firecrackers in second and NVA Terrapins in third. Professor Mitchell Jones served as intramural director.
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Canyon
West Texas State College
Termites
Firecrackers
NVA Terrapins
Mitchell Jones
Popular couple celebrated as a perfect life score
A social note from the En's International Bowling Congress praises a popular young couple and their many friends wish them a perfect score of 300 in the game of life.
Orphan Sets Mile Record in District Track Meet
Joe Wood of Buckner's Orphans Home Dallas clocked 4 minutes 26.5 seconds to win the junior mile at the district A A U meet in Denton. It was the fastest high school mile ever run in Texas. Senior division finals set for tomorrow under Coach Choo Sportsman.
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Denton
Joe Wood
Buckner's Orphans Home
Dallas
Texas
Choo Sportsman
North Texas Teachers' College
Phillies Rally Past Pirates With Seven in Ninth
The Phillies overcame a 4-0 and 3-0 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8 to 7 on May 20. Philadelphia exploded for seven runs in the ninth, with Chuck Klein homering for the Phillies’ first run. Hoerst earned the win. Lanahan took the loss.
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Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Chuck Klein
Pittsburgh
Lanning
Smollp
Lanahanp
Martinz
Hoerst
Warren
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Small
Atwood
Frrars
P. Waner
Elliott
Vaughan
Fletcher
Berres
M. Brown
Klein
Arnovieh
Berger
Bragzan
Lanahan
Amarillo Blues Split Doubleheader With Canyon All-Stars And St Francis Juniors
The Amarillo Blues went 1-1 Sunday, losing 11 to 10 to the Canyon All-Stars in game one and winning 16 to 7 against the St. Francis Juniors in the nightcap. Pitchers Brookfield, Stockman, and Ott guided the Blues in the opener, while Holman Hodges Kerns and Derman contributed in the later win. The club plans to travel to Tucumcari on Sunday, June 2 for a game with the Utes.
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Canyon All-Stars
St. Francis Juniors
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Utes
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Brookfield
F. Stockman
B Stockman
Jones
M. Ott
ST. Francis
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Kerns
J. Derman
Chubby Dean Wins Fourth For A's In 8-4 Victory
Chubby Dean pitched a complete game to lift the Philadelphia Athletics over the St. Louis Browns 8 to 4. Wally Moses Bob Johnson and Frank Hayes hit the Athletics home runs with Hayes adding a second. Laabs Dean and Kennedy had notable hits for St. Louis as the Browns offense produced four runs.
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A’s
ST. Louis
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Wally Moses
Bob Johnson
Frank Hayes
Philadel
St Louis
Lillard
Strarae
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Radcliffre
MecCoy
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Setbertjb
Laahs
Haven
Barardnogh
Chapmacs
Kennedy
Trotter
Philadelphia
Louis
Johnson
Heffner Moses
Hayes
Siebert
Radcliff
Laabs
McQuinn
Gallagher
Dean
Oiteher—Bildills
Women Golfers Play Many Course Today
Members of the Amarillo Women's Golf Association will tee off at 9 30 this morning at the Ross Rogers Municipal course on Brass greens. Newly elected sports chairwoman Mrs B E H Aderton says today's competition uses a handicap basis with golf ball prizes awarded to weekly tournament winners.
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Amarillo
Open Qualifying Set for Monday
A total of 1,136 golfers will tee off next Monday at 25 sites in the 36 hole qualifying round of the National Open tournament. By nightfall the eligibles will be reduced to 139 plus 31 exempt players. The entry list of 1,167 is the sixth largest in history. The tournament proper will be held June 8 at the Canterbury Club near Cleveland.
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New York
Canterbury Club
Cleveland
Dempsey and Wife Parted After Broadway Tie
Jack Dempsey and his third wife Hannah Williams have separated amicably with plans for possible divorce. The announcement came from attorney Moses Polakoff noting incomparability and that arrangements will be settled after Dempsey returns to New York next week. Custody of their two daughters is unclear. Williams may resume singing on Broadway following the split.
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Engle
New York
Jack Dempsey
Hannah Williams
Broadway
Joan Hannah
Barbara Judith
Miss Williams
Dempsey
Elko
Nevada
Roger Wolfe Kahn
Lake Buffalo prepares for opening with boat rentals
Lake Buffalo opens June 1 for fishing. Gomer Jones oversees boats and accessories at the Buffalo Lake concession house as row boats are set to rent at 25 cents per hour or a dollar for eight hours.
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Buffalo Lake
Gomer Jones
Jones
Golf Lessons For Women Tonight At Amarillo Hotel
Women interested in learning golf will meet at 7 30 tonight in the Blue Room of the Amarillo Hotel for a free lesson led by Walter Sikes River Drive pro. Last week 20 women attended and this number is expected to grow.
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Amarillo
Walter Sikes
River Drive
Sikes
White Sox First Home Win Beats Senators 5–4
Chicago wins 5 to 4 at home behind John D. Rigney and Clint Brown. Rigney gets the victory in a nine hit effort. Rosenthal and Walker drive production with two RBIs apiece as the White Sox top Washington 5–4.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
John D. Rigney
Clint Brown
Washton
Travisas
Rosenthallt
Ferrel
Hudson
Haynes
Carresquel
Washington
Travis
Bonura
Kennedy
Welja
Walker
Appling
Rigney
Kuhel
Rosenthal
Hu Son
Giants blank Cardinals 6 to 0 behind Melton
Cliff Melton pitched six hits allowed with nine Giants hits including homers by Harry Danning and Mel Ott to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 0 in New York. Danning and Ott drove in five runs between them as Davis took the loss.
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Cliff Melton
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Harry Danning
Mel Ott
St. Louis
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Lillard
ST. Louie
Danning
Melton
Davis
Memphis Nine Bow to Sooners in Cyclone Stadium clash
In a May 20 game at Cyclone Stadium Memphis Sun Day hosted Altus Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated Memphis 11 to 4 in a nonconference baseball clash.
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Bees Blast Quartet of Cincy Pitchers 13 4
In Cincinnati a 13 4 win over Boston features runs from Goodman Werber Frey Jnez Miller Ross Rowell Lopes Hassett West Bisti. Vandermeer home run twice. Werber Miller and Hassett add two base hits. Ditcher Thompson charged with the loss as Lopez Rowell homer for the Bees.
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Rowell
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Lopez
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Thompson
Detton and Knox Lead Four Bout Card at Armory Show
The main event features Dory Detton and Buddy Knox in a top bout at the National Guard Armory. John Nemanic returns to Amarillo to face Yaqui Joe in a special attraction. Knox, a West Virginia newcomer, seeks his first main event win while Detton defends an undefeated stat US. Semi finals pair Chuck Powell vs Joe Lynam and Bob Cummings vs Mike Romano with matches set to begin at 8:30.
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Buddy Knox
National Guard Armory
Dutch Mantell
John Nemanic
Amarillo
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Detton
Knox
West Virginia
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Chuck Powell
Joe Lynam
Bob Cummings
Mike Romano
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Cummings
Cubs Outslug Dodgers 6 4 in Brooklyn clash
The Chicago Cubs beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 6 to 4 behind a 13 hit attack. Babe Phelps hit a three run homer for Brooklyn in the sixth but Chicago’s three pitchers held on. Rogell Cavarretta Gleeson and Todd drove in runs while Lee earned the win for the Cubs and Casey took the loss.
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Mattick
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Reese
Rogell
Cavarretta
Gleeson
Roy
Casey
Indians Southpaw Smith shuts down Yankees in 10-2 romp
Al Smith blanked New York through eight innings, allowing one hit until the ninth, as Cleveland exploded for 10 runs on 17 hits. Jeff Heath homered twice and drove in three, while Milt Weatherly and Bob Feller? (note: adjust to readable OCR) contributed for the Tribe. the Yankees dropped to the AL cellar in the 10-2 loss.
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New York Yankees
al Smith
Smith
Yanks
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York
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Civic Clubbers Form Own Softball League
Representatives of six civic clubs plan a softball league at a meeting in Dr. Gene Gibbon's Rule Building. Pede Powell of the Elks Club says the session starts at 7 30 tonight. ABC, Jaycees, Flks, Kiwanis, Lions, and San Jacinto Kiwanis sponsor teams. Civic League games will be Thursday and Friday nights on the newly lighted Jaycee diamond.
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