Westerners Prepare for Amarillo Sandies Showdown
Lubbock Westerners coach Frnka and Morgan push the team through tough weather and injuries for the clash with Amarillo High School Sandies at Tech field. Raymond Barton is likely out. Rex Wright may start in his place. Anxious fan reservations top 600 for the Santa Fe special train. WDAG Amarillo will carry the game.
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Globe Lubbock
Lubbock Westerners
Gold and Black Warriors
Amarillo High School
Sandies
Frnka
Morgan
Tech
Amarillo
Raymond Barton
Rex Wright
Barton
Charley Wison
Elmer Calhoun
Texan Park
Lubbock
Techfield
Santa Fe
WDAG
Longhorns Improve Speed Ahead of SMU Game
Texas University football players worked in track suits due to rain as they prepared for the crucial Saturday clash with Southern Methodist. Coach Clyde Littlefield emphasized improving pass defense and speed to counter the Mustangs’ swift running and aerial attack.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas University
Southern Methodist University
Longhorns
Mustangs
Dallas
Clyde Littlefield
Owls Hopeful Despite Long Injured List
Rice Owls practice with vim despite key injuries as they prepare for a Saturday game against Southwestern. A strong defense is needed to stop the Buccaneers and Jancik is noted as a top ball carrier in Texas.
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OWLS
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Rice Owl
Southwestern
Southwestern Buccaneers
Jancik
Young
Blackburn
Corsairs
Texas
Fields Thompson Bout Dropped For November 16
New York reports that a planned match between Jackie Fields and Jack Thompson at Madison Square Garden was abandoned as a possibility for November 16. Fields said he had defeated Thompson before and preferred to wait for a shot at Joe Dundee’s title. Dundee withdrew due to an infected elbow, with Joe Glick and Baby Joe Gans slated to face Sammy Mandell for the next lightweight title challenger.
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Associated Press
New York
Jackie Fields
California
Sammy Baker
Jack Thompson
San Francisco
Madison Square Garden
Fields
Tom McArdle
Thompson
Joe Dundee
Dundee
Joe Glick
Baby Joe Gans
Sammy Mandell
Jayhawkers Drill Secret Surprise Plays
Lawrence Kansas November 1 United Press reports Kansas coach Hargiss drills the Jayhawkers in surprise tactics especially through the aerial route as fans try to recall teams of 1908-09 and predict a repeat against Nebraska.
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United Press
Lawrence
Kans
Kansas
Nebraska
Hargiss
Jayhawkers
Morrison Leads So Cal Open After Windy Day of Golf
A stiff wind at Sunset Fields tempered the Southern California open golf championship. Fred Morrison of the Midwick Country club led with 145 over 26 holes as 64 players advanced to tomorrow’s final 36 hole championship drive. Willie Hunter and Joe Novak tied for second at 147, with Lewis Scott and Harold Beer at 148 and Harry Cooper at 149.
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Los Angeles
Sunset Fields
Fred Morrison
Midwick
Alhambra
Calif
Willie Hunter
Montebello Country Club
Joe Novak
Lewis Scott
Hill Crest Country Club
Harold Beer
Harry Cooper
Texas Flash
Plane rains candy and gum over Amarillo
Captain Dallas M. Speer of Curtiss Candy and Gum, with George M. McCarty, dropped candy attached to para chutes from an airplane over Amarillo noon today. The stunt promotes Baby Bath candy bars, and the plane will continue to Lubbock and Sweetwater for further dispersion.
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Amarillo
Dallas M. Speer
Curtiss Candy and Gum Company
Chicago
Captain Speer
George M. McCarty
Duncan
Oklo
Eighteen minor leaguers advance via draft route
Eighteen minor league players will move forward this year through the draft route, announced by J. H. Farrell secretary of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. The selections list players from Wichita Falls and Waco Texas with moves from Scranton Jackson ville Greenville Joplin Corsicana Chambersburg and more.
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Auburn
N. Y
J. H. Farrell
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Wichita Falls
Texas
Scranton
Fred Sitetly
Jacksonville
Fla
Edwin Ellis
Greenville
S. C
George Spiers
Joplin
Jack Crouch
Waco
Corsicana
Anthony Pietruszka
Chambersburg
Tom Blake
Organ at Baptist Church Contract Let
The William Coble Memorial organ for First Baptist Church was let to the Austin Organ company of Hartford Connecticut for 22000 dollars. It will be a four manual instrument with 46 stops and electric-pneumatic action. The organ includes two Vox humana stops a 61 note harp and 21 chimes. The Coble family memorializes their son who died years ago and was active in the church Sunday school.
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William Coble
First Baptist Church
W. T. Coble
William
Austin Organ Company
Hartford
Conn
United States
Philadelphia
Salt Lake
Chattanooga
Absentee polls to close tomorrow in county
County clerk Ed M. Pittman says tomorrow is the last day to file absentee votes. As of today 135 absentee ballots have been cast by voters who expect to be out of the city on election day November 6. The law requires closing four days before election day. In July the county clerks office filed more than 90 absentee ballots during the Democratic primary.
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Ed M. Pittman
Tex Rickard predicts Dempsey comeback despite retirement
Tex Rickard, longtime promoter, believes Jack Dempsey will return to boxing. He expressed confidence the ex-champion will come back for a big winter campaign, saying Dempsey wants to box again when a strong challenger appears. He noted Firpo’s bid to return poses questions about seriousness of his plans.
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Manassa Mauler
Miami Beach
Florida
Associated Press
Dempsey
Richard
Jack
Luis Angel Firpo
Jack Renault
Roberto Roberts
Buenos Aires
Tex
Firpo
United States
Contender Young Stribling Emerges in Heavyweight Scene
In a dispatch from Rickard, Young Stribling of Atlanta is noted as one of the strongest contenders for the heavyweight crown, signaling he may now be taken seriously as a top rival.
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Rickard
Ile
Young Stribling
Atlanta
Missouri Team To Be Remodeled For Drake
Columbia Missouri November 1 a remodeled Missouri team will meet Drake here Saturday as Coach Gwinn Tailey outlines lineup shifts for the Bulldogs game former stars lectured the varsity on Drake tactics for improved strategy in the clash
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United Press
Columbia
Missouri
Drake
Gwinn Tleary
Bulldogs
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