Rookie Starts Big Time With Bang
Rookie Bill MacDonald, 21, from Alameda California, became the Pirates first bonus starter to throw a shutout in his major league debut. The performance echoed a Pittsburgh tradition dating to Nick Maddox in 1907, as MacDonald joined notable Pirates pitchers who opened with scoreless debuts. He improved to 13 wins.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Bill MacDonald
Pittsburgh
Alameda
Cal
Pirate
Nick Maddox
Maddox
St. Louis Cardinals
MacDonald
Amaro’s golfers spark four aces early season
Amarillo golf notes show T Z Walker Boots Jones A R A Swenson and Walter Sikes acing holes at Amarillo Country Club and Sunset Course in Jan and Feb plus chatter about the Ross Rogers Course. Mentions a former coach Lynch ace and local Municipal Golfers Association matches at Ross Rogers with Gatlin Butler sinking a key shot and Hill Russell winning the consolation. Also notes upcoming dinner tournament and a West Texas New Mexico League alumni query.
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Amarillo
T. Z. Walker
Amarillo Country Club
Boots Jones
A. R. A. Swenson
Walter Sikes
Sunset
Ross Rogers
Howard Lynch
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Wichita Falls
Sandie
Coyotes
Drew
Gatlin
Don Hill
Jimmy Russell
Don
Jimmy
Preach
Butler
Hill
Russell
Kids Incorporated Coaches to rehear protests at Maverick Club
In a chaotic day two games were replayed vocally at the Maverick Club by the Coaches and Rules Committee to review protests. Will Rogers Cowboys defeated Boys Ranch Badgers 33 to 8 with Reese four for five, Hubbart and Kimed each productive, and Shuffler hitting two homers.
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Kids, Inc
Coaches’ and Rules Committee
Maverick Club
Rules & Arbitration Committee
Will Rogers Cowboys
Boys Ranch Badgers
Jimmy Reese
Tommy Mason
Clayton Hubbart
Frank Kimed
Reese
Floyd Shuffler
Bobby Joe Beard
Terry Littlefield
Allan Mitchell
Badgers
Weather and scores from West Texas teams and leagues
Tuesday results show Amarillo Pampa Lubbock Borger Lamesa Albuquerque Clovis Abilene with mixed wins. Baseball standings list National American and Texas leagues, with team records, partial rain affecting St Louis New York, and Texan league results. Longhorn League and Big State League standings include Odessa San Angelo Midland and others.
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Pears
Lubbock
Eeeke Ae Oo Sk Es
Albuquerque
Csoc
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Clovis Sabacancens
St Ek
Amarillo
Pampa
Borger
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Clovis
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Pittsburg
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St. Louis
New York
Boston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis-New York
Clevelad
Detroit
Washington
Odessa
Angelo
Roswell
Vernon
Wednesday Baseball Schedule Across Leagues
The program lists games in multiple regions including West Texas and New Mexico with Clovis at Albuquerque and Borger at Amarillo. Major leagues show Philadelphia at Chicago and St. Louis at Boston among others. Texas League features Dallas and Fort Worth pairings while Longhorn League schedules Big Spring at San Angelo and Roswell at Midland.
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Leo Thomas
Abilene
St. Louis Browns
Gordon Goldsberry
Albuquerque
Chicago White Sox
Bill MacDonald
Lubbock
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bill Serena
Chicago Cubs
Willard Ramsdell
Big Spring
Cincinnati Reds
Kansas City
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Minneapolis
Austin
Temple
Gainesville
Wichita Falls
Greenville
Sherman
Waco
Texarkana
Longhorn League
San Angelo
Roswell
Midland
Odessa
Sweetwater
Ballinger
Vernon
Methodist Teams Score Victories
Polk Street Methodist crushed First Baptist Collegians 24 to 7 as Darrell Harms Jack Fong and Charles Dawson led with 15 hits. Art Lamb and Hatcher homered. Tenth Avenue Methodist defeated Sacred Hearts 15 to 6 aided by nine Sacred Heart errors. Bill Spencer capped a nine run sixth with a homer.
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Ymca
Polk Street Methodist
First Baptist Collegians
Darrell Harms
Jack Fong
Charles Dawson
Art Lamb
Hatcher
Methodists
Tenth Avenue Methodist
Sy Pena
Sacred Hearts
Sacred Heart
Bill Spencer
Four Women golfers from Texas for West Texas meet
Four golfers from 60 Texas towns are expected June 13 to 18 for the Women's West Texas tournament. Mrs. Frank Goldthwaite of Fort Worth is champion.
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EL Paso
Texas
West Texas
Frank Goldthwaite
Fort Worth
Bakers Lead Southwest Bakers Association Golf Tourney
Paul Barklow of Dallas and H C Thomas of Amarillo led their groups at the Amarillo Country Club in a Southwest Bakers Association event. Barklow shot 78 to top Allied Tradesmen and 93 for Thomas in the Bakers group, both earning a putter, while Fred Skelton and Tommy Thompson claimed runner up spots with 82 and 101 respectively and prizes. Oran Snipe led the Bakers in low net with 67, followed by Jack Ward at 73, as AmWearsmithers.
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Paul Barklow
Dallas
H. C. Thomas
Amarillo
Amarillo Country Club
Barklow
Thomas
Bakers
Fred Skelton
Tommy Thompson
Childress
Sox
Oran Snipe
Big Spring
Jack Ward
Doug Graham
Allied
Berg D. Clinton Named Horace Mann Junior High Coach
Berg D. Clinton former coach at Clarendon High School and Clarendon Junior College is named head coach at Horace Mann Junior High School succeeding Windy Nicklaus who moves to principal. Clinton, 27, West Texas State graduate, has coached football and basketball in Childress Friona and Clarendon and seeks a master’s degree.
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Berg D. Clinton
Clarendon High School
Clarendon Junior College
Horace Mann Junior High School
Clinton
Windy Nicklaus
Buffalo Institution
Nicklaus
E. L. Hunter
West Texas State College
Childress High School
Friona
Clarendon
Wadley Named Roby High Coach for Track Baseball and Football
Leroy Abe Wadley of Pecos has been named head track and baseball coach and assistant football coach at Roby High School in Abilene on May 24. The appointment designates Wadley to lead the track program, coach the baseball team, and serve as assistant football coach.
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Abilene
Leroy
Abe” Wadley
Pecos
Roby High School
Tradesmen Dominate Field In Card Contest
Tradesmen with 59. H. L. Davis of Dallas and M. A. Greider of Oklahoma City shared the runnerup spot with 65's. Each winner received a putter. Each runnerup got a shirt and socks. G. F. E. Finley of Dallas claimed the high gross card with a 104 and earned a T-shirt.
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H. L. Davis
Dallas
M. A. Greider
Oklahoma City
Sox
G. FE. Finley
Individual Stars In Softball Loop Spark
Softball league action showcased top performances as Don Stringer of Southwestern Bell hurled a three hitter with two strikeouts per inning to beat Russell Stationery 14 to 1. Tullie Herring of Borden Company led a 13 to 4 victory over Santa Fe with seven putouts and a double plus two singles. Frank Hammons and Floyd Drake hit homers for St Bell, while Williams of Santa Fe tallied the only Losers run with a steal of home set in motion after a second inning single. Charles Martin held the mound for Borden, limiting Santa Fe to six hits as R G Hunter doubled and singled in three trips.
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Pirates
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MacDonald
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Detroit Tigers
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Southwestern Bell Telephone
Russell Stationery
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Borden Company Club
Santa Fe
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Floyd Drake
St. Bell
Drake
Deadline Set for Amarillo Women's Golf Tournament
The Amarillo Women's Municipal Golfers Association schedules a best ball foursome tournament at Ross Rogers Course. Entry is 50 cents for the nine hole event with a special flight for women beginners. A post play box supper costs up to 3 dollars per box.
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Amarillo
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