Eddie Collins Jr Blooming as Orioles Rookie Star
Eddie Collins Jr a Yale trained outfielder for Baltimore in the International league draws praise from baseball elders. He bats left and shines in fielding and baserunning while living under the shadow and pride of his famed father Eddie Collins Sr.
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Baltimore
Yale
Eddie Collins, Jr
Connie Mack
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Eddie, Sr
Eddie, Jr
Collins
Tommy Thomas
Orioles
Philadelphia
Eddie
Episcopal Academy
Pan Collins
Junior
Boston Red Sox
Travels of Ruiz Pavon and Dombey in Peru and Chile
Report on a 1777 88 Spanish botanical expedition described by Hipolito Ruiz and companions. The 10 year journey yielded flora specimens, perilous trails, shipwrecks, and losses while they were commissioned by King Charles III to survey South American flora.
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Chicago
South America
Field Museum Press
Spain
Ruiz, Pavon and Dombey
Peru
Chile
Don Hipolito Ruiz
Charles III
Bowling Cope Plains wins Service League title in tight match
Bowling Cope Plains Plumbing took the second and third games of their match with Army and Navy Store to claim the Service League championship at Louie's Alleys. Amarillo National Bank finished second, National Shirt Shops third, with American Legion and Rock Island Rockets tied for fourth. KGNC Army and Navy Store and Panhandle Laundry placed sixth to eighth. A note mentions a manuscript found in private hands.
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Plains Plumbing
Army & Navy Store
Louie’s Alleys
Amarillo National Bank
National Shirt Shops
American Legion and
Rock Island Rockets
KGNC
Panhandle Laundry
Willams
al van Rbiblier
National Shirt Shop
Austin Wee Veeee
Newby Seen
Barnaber
Gellenger
Maloney Awe
Feterman Lf
Neely
Rieger
Caplan Sareen
Blinc Shee Eeee
Shane Sheee
Eeybanesy
Legion Vogel
Shudde
Massard
Burkett
Aia
E. Harris
Conway Lie
Cogdell
Gold Sox top Lobos 5 to 2 in season opener
Amarillo Gold Sox beat Lamesa Lobos 5 to 2 as Chester Hill pitched brilliantly. Emmitt Fulenwider hit a homer and drove in a run. Red Lucas relieved to quell Lobos at key moments. Box score notes list Millspaugh and Lucas as starters with Hill closing.
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Jerry Malin
Amarillo Gold Sox
Lamesa Lobos
Sox
Lamesans
Chester Hill
Tatemen
Lobos
Clovis Pioneers
Big Spring Barons
Pampa Oilers
Borger Gassers
Big Spring
Midlanders
Borver
Lucas
Gold Sox
Canyon
Lefty Millspaugh
Lamesa
Red Lucas
Millspaugh
Hill
Emmett Altenburg
Dick Ratliff
Emmitt Fulenwider
Fulenwider
Bill Altenburg
Patterson
Spangler
Hood
Gynes
Beeler
Maller
Riorden
Berndt
M.llspaugh
P Btn
Amarillo Abrhpore D'Antonio
E. Altenburg
Quarte
Nature Provides Hazard on National Open Golf Site
The 1940 national open at Canterbury Club in Cleveland runs June 6-8 with blustery winds shaping play on a 6933-yard, par 72 course. The USGA approved no changes. hazards include 102 sand traps and rolling greens as players face long No. 16 and tight No. 17 through a challenging finish. Millspaugh secured a 0 and 3 in 2 2 innings as umpire crew Cart Wright and Hutton oversee the game.
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Cleveland
Canterbury
Auullidiniaey UE Newseague
United States Golf Association
Lake Erie
Waldo Crowder
Philadelphia
Byron Nelson
Hill and Dale
Maverick Softball Tryouts And Bricks Create Club Hype
New York May 21 Charles Howard notes ups and downs at the Maverick Club softball tryouts set for this afternoon. Bricks and workers listed from Saturday show active club involvement with a promised trip to Curries Ranch next Sunday for bricks bringers. A safety reminder: permission needed for bricks and no lying or stealing by Mavericks. Also a stat reports that 55 percent of U.S. passenger cars are five years old or younger.
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Curries Ranch
America
Maverick Club Leads Tourney Standings and Top Point Winners
The Golden Gophers lead with 17 195 points followed by the Gorillas 6 190 and Frogs 4 725 in a club tourney. Individual leaders include Donnie Sharp first with 1 850 and Ed Phillips second with 1 670. Gene Turner 1 060 and Darrell Sharp 590 among many other competitors. The article notes a trophy for the all around athlete and mentions ongoing brick campaign efforts by the Mavericks.
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Golden Gophers
Gorillas
Frogs
Wolverines
Donnie Sharp
Ed Phillips
Alvis Grant
Glen McDowell
Lester Allison
Gene Turner
Bud Lilley
J. C. Oakley
S. L. Bruce
Lamon Fox
Gene Rutledge
Ford Turner
Jewell MacDowell
Darrell Sharp
Harry Smith
Clarence McClenny
Roy Turner
Grady Rutledge
Bobby Hudgins
Joe McLaughlin
Bert Collins
Jack Palmer
Edwin Collins
Bill Austin
Bernie Robertson
Floyd Johnson
H. R. Alexander
J. B. Daniels
W. T. Stevens
Cotton Rutledge
Bobby Davis
Joe Sharp
James Keith
Leroy Barger
Clifford Wright
George Austin
Pat Autsin
Billy Phillips
Aubrey Robertson
Buddy Fair
Pete Trimble
Elmer McLaughlin
Paul Bruce
Dodgers Land Star Clemson Athlete For Pro Football
Banks M Fadden Clemson great football basketball and track star switches to pro football with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Porter Vaughan Richmond Uni sensational southpaw secured by Connie Mack for $8 000. Ford Smith chosen as first stop in Lou Noyas comeback July 3. Belle Martell the licensed woman referee debuted in Pasadena. Seabiscuit Kayak II and Sorrendo headline racing notes while Adventurer and El Chico tragedies echo racing history.
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New York
Banks M’fadden
Clemson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Connie Mack
Porter Vaughan
Richmond University
Ford Smith
Lou Noya
Old Line
Brooklyn
Kayak II
Midland
Howard
Alfred Vanderbilt
Adventurer
William Ziegler, Jr
el Chico
J. H. Louchheim
Pompeon
West Virginia Matman To Try To Dethrone Detton
Speedy Buddy Knox, a West Virginia coal miner, challenges undefeated Cory Detton for top position in a featured bout at the National Guard Armory. Promoter Dutch Mantel adds a fourth bout, with Chuck Powell vs Joe Lynam in a semi final and Nemanic vs Yaqui Joe, plus Cummings vs Romano in the opener. Forward notes on Seabiscuit, Kayak Il, Midland, and Howard’s racing troubles frame a broader racing scene.
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Buddy Knox
West Virginia
Cory Detton
National Guard Armory
Knox
Dutch Mantel
Chuck Powell
Uncle Sam
Joe Lynam
Oregon
John Nemanic
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita
Howard
Kayak Il
Midand
East
Challedon
Kayak
Pimlico
Brooklyn
Kayak IE
Kavyak
Midland
San Franciscan
Bimelech
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John F. Chandler
Bowling Cope
Louie
Clyde Overbey
Rollin
P.A
Bill Oyler
Clyde Overbey, Jr
Lee” Wright
Clyde
Prince Albert
Makin
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Satem
N.C
Uns
Cart- Wright
Hutton
Charles
Midas
Maverick Club
Maverick
Lloyd Phillips
Charles Austin
Walter Austin
Pat Austin
Ed Sharp
Jewell McDowell
Art Sharp
Bobby Austin
A. 2 Daniels
Gene McDowell
Roy Lusk
Jarrell Sharp
Oscar Robbins
Bobby Jee Freeman
Buster Dainer
Lewis Daniels
C. J. Manley
James Robert Manley
By Ralph Dykeman
Paramount
Recreation Club
Billiards
Snooker
Eagle Bidg
By Eddie Brietz
Art Cohn
Oakland Tribune
Corydon
Cubs
Eddie Miller
Boston Bees
Bill Terry
Giants
Matman
Detton
J. A. Manfuso
Kentuck
Sorrendo
North America
Italy
Zephyr
Amarillo Fort Worth
Sweetwater
Wichita Falls
Old Kentucky
Old Jordan
Charles F. Maller, Inc
Kentucky
Bond
Innati
Cbse
Senute
San Angelo
Texas
Lovera
Niles & Moser Cigar Co
Denver, Colo
G. H. P, Cigar CO. ,Inc.,phila, Pal
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