Armistice Day Football Battles Across Panhandle
Three Armistice Day games in Plainview Clarendon and Canyon feature Clarendon College Bulldogs versus Wayland Jackrabbits in Plainview and Buffaloes versus New Mexico Military Institute in Canyon. Lubbock hosts Texas Tech Matadors versus Abilene Christian Wildcats, expected to draw the largest crowd and be a fast close contest.
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Panhandle
Clarendon College
Clarendon
Wayland Jackrabbits
Plainview
Baylor-S. M. U
Stocking
Norris
Bulldogs
Oscar Eckhardt
Buffaloes
New Mexico Military Institute
Canyon
Lubbock
Texas Tech Matadors
Abilene Christian College Wildcats
Matadors
Spencer Succeeds Scales as U S Commissioner
Rollie Scales resigns after nineteen years as U S commissioner here due to private affairs. Forrest M. Spencer will replace him, coming from his role as Hutchinson county attorney and former head of the Dallas Department of Justice.
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Rollie Scales
United States
Forrest M. Spencer
Hutchinson County
Department of Justice
Dallas
Amarillo Vernon game ticket outlets listed downtown
Tickets for the Amarillo versus Vernon game are available at Gibson Drug, Pooly Drug, Ledbetter No. 1, and Fox Drug stores downtown. The game begins at 2 30 o clock with admission priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Amarillo-Vernon
Gibson Drug Store
Pooly
Ledbetter No
Fox Drug Store
Beaumont shortstop glad he did not hit in 1924 fire game
Beaumont infielder Berniveros Deviveros recalled a 1924 Dallas game where a grounder ended the inning before a fire destroyed the stands. He said a hit might have prolonged play, risking many fan fatalities as 6,000 attended and only one exit remained.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Bernie Devivetov
Detroit Tigers
Dallas
Bauman
Deviveros
Dynamite Mort Kaer Shines On USC Gridiron
Dynamite Mort Kaer, once a Red Bluff track standout, now starring for USC football. The Berkeley game highlighted his speed and versatility as he runs back punts and contributes as a key back, helping USC beat its rival for the first time since 1915.
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University of Southern California
Red Bluff
Sportsmen to Start New Drive In Few Days
Panhandle sportsmen will begin a new offensive in a week when the hunting season opens November 16 for turkey gobblers quail and Mexican pheasants. The bag limits are twelve quail and twelve Mexican pheasants per day and thirty six per week. Three turkeys one bear and two bucks with three points or more are allowed. The season runs November 16 to December 1 or January 1 per local game regulations.
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Panhandle
Teee
Edwards to Be Entertained by Charley Grip
Bobby Edwards the Pacific coast wrestler will meet Charley Grip at the Armory Friday night. Elmer Guthrie the Legion matchmaker promises plenty of matwork. Guthrie says a visiting Amarillo runt can beat any welterweight. Edwards arrives from Dallas and Grip trains with Yaqui Joe in Wichita Falls this week.
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Elmer Guthrie
American Legion
Charley Grip
Armory
Edwards
Mr. Guthrie
Amarillo
United States
Guthrie
Dallas
Grip
Yaqui Joe
Wichita Falls
Recall of a rare double play in 1926 Texas League
Houston shortstop Johnny Kane recalls a peculiar early season play from 1926 when Fort Worth runners on second and first were doubled off on a misplayed fly to center. Eddie Moore misread the ball, but Lindemore to Windle turned a double play by tagging the runner at third.
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Associated Press
Houston
Johnny Kane
Fort Worth
Eddie Moore
Lindemore
Windle
Short
Keer Leads Trojans Past Bears in Scoring Drive
Kaer carried for several chunk plays including a fifteen and twenty yard run, and a forty eight yard TD run as the Trojans beat California. Jones relies on Keer with Morley Drury sidelined by injuries to cap a successful afternoon.
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Kaer
Howard Jones
Gus" Henderson
Morley Drury
Trojan
Golden Bears
Dazsling
Keer
Jones
Oregon Aggies
Idaho
Montana
Notre Dame
Aggies
California
Kadt
Oregon
Murray
Pigskin Train Brings Fans to Amarillo Versus Vernon
Armistice Day football at Metropolitan Park features Amarillo High School facing Vernon Lions at 2:30. Vernon brings a special train with band and 800 supporters, plus an auto caravan, as two thousand Amarillo students and townspeople plan to attend in ideal conditions amid high school spirit and anticipation of a close district contest.
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Amarillo Golden Sandstorm
Vernon High Ech Pel Lione
Vernon
Amarillo High School
Roughnecks
The
Peppers
Pirates
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Wichita
Lions
A. B. Hays
Will Written On Egg Shell Presented In Court
In London the probate court heard a peculiar case as a will etched on an empty eggshell through an indelible pencil was submitted. The testament belonged to a Manchester ship canal pilot and admission charges were listed as 50 and 1 dollars.
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London
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Los Angeles
Mort Kaer
University OF Southern Calfornia
America
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Heideear
Mccicaddemas Hilar
Tor Bussum
G Culp
Randal Drug CO
Taylor Street
Oscar D. Randal
Luchies
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