Phillips and SCS Win Softball Doubleheader
In West Texas New Mexico League action Monday Lamesa defeated Amarillo 5 to 2 with Millspaugh Lucas and Berndt driving runs while Hay Parks and Reynolds combined for the win. Standings show Amarillo and Midland atop the grouping with Pampa and Lubbock close behind. Tuesday schedule features Lamesa at Amarillo and Lubbock at Clovis as the race tightens.
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Lubbock
Phillips 66, SCS top Amarillo Jaycee softball doubleheader
Phillips 66 beat Yellow Cab 25 to 2 and Soil Conservation Service defeated Texaco 12 to 1 in the season opener at the newly lighted park. Bill Shook pitched a one hit game for Phillips 66, while Lewis held Texaco to three hits. A league rule ends games after the fifth inning if a 10 run lead exists. Tonight features Hi Yo sponsored by A&W Root Beer vs Dalby Motor Freight and Roberts-Olver vs Magnolia Petroleum.
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Phone Line Urges Patrons To Listen In
SPRING HILL Kansas L H Snyder a longtime telephone businessman runs the Mijo Telephone Company urging party line subscribers to listen in on neighbors conversations. He defends the practice saying it causes no harm and is acceptable in his service area across Johnson and Miami counties.
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Mijo Telephone ‘Company
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Lew Jenkins Star of Destiny Shines in Boxing Rise
Lew Jenkins, the new lightweight leader, rises from obscurity in Texas to fame in New York. The ex-cavalryman with bushy hair and a serious gaze has won key bouts, including victories over Fontana and Ambers, and is set to challenge welter champ Armstrong in a 12-round non-title bout at the Polo Grounds on July 17.
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Flores
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Ambers
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Civic Clubs Plan Summer Softball League Organizing Meeting
Rode Powell of the Elks Club will lead a meeting tonight in Dr Gene Gibbon's office to organize a six team league for summer play. Clubs Elks ABC Lions Jaycees San Jacinto Kiwanis Kiwanis sponsor teams with games on Thursday and Friday at the new Jaycee Park.
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Kiwanis
Jaycee Park
Open champion Nelson Wins Three Way Playoff
The 1939 National Open crown goes to Nelson after a three way playoff in Philadelphia. Byron, the Western Open winner and last year’s runner up, shines with precise iron play and strong links battle.
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Night driving range opens at Wolf Lin Park Golf Course
Floodlit driving range at Wolf Lin Park Golf Course opens for the new season with a 12 to 15 user capacity per tee and two greens. Jack Bush plans to sod greens and add a third target while offering free instruction on Tue Thu and Sat nights to buyers of practice balls. Emmitt Fulenwider’s homer powers a 5 2 Sox win and boosts his season total to 15. Jaycee Softball League reports 200 subscribers on 24 party lines using home radios for neighborhood alerts via Snyder and operators. More than 140 cities in the United States now have parking meters installed.
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Wolflin Park
Jack Bush
Wolflin
Jack
Bush
Opening Doubleheader Draws Crowd as Parks Fill
Turnout for the circuit's opening doubleheader drew spectators parking two and three deep along right to left field behind the protective net. Fairways at Nos. 4 through 9 remain soggy until Bermudagrass seeds germinate and greens up. Pro Bill McConnell expects improvement soon as grass peeks through. Women golfers receive a third free fundamentals lesson tonight at the Amarillo Hotel Blue Room led by Walter Sikes.
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Amarillo
Walter Sikes
River Drive
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