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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
11
The American Association seeks a conference with all minor leagues to set a policy on the draft controversy amid a major league boycott threat. A meeting may be held next month in Chicago after a daylong session. Majors warned that relations with non-draft leagues would end after December 1 if agreement fails.
The Notre Dame Northwestern football clash on November 22 is selling fast with 49 000 tickets sold, matching Dyche Stadium capacity, announced by Kenneth L Wilson Northwestern director of Athletics.
Former Sheriff Wiley Pollard is recovering from serious head and facial injuries after a Saturday night assault on Lincoln Street near the Denver station. He says four men followed him to his car, struck him with a blackjack, beat him, and kicked him. Pollard suspects bootleggers were involved and references a past conflict in Amarillo.
Large crowds from Amarillo and Panhandle towns attended a revival at the Church of Christ. The event opened October 19 with a new building dedication and will close Sunday. Daily baptisms occurred with three services per day at 10 AM 2 15 PM and 7 30 PM. Rev Horace W Busby led all services and will next conduct a meeting in Dallas.
The Marizon marks eleven years since its founding by Joe Marizon. A Friday celebration will feature an anniversary sale across all departments including shoes and millinery.
The Big Ten faces protests over its post season ban on charity games. Michigan pushes to hold a Thanksgiving charity match with Detroit. Governor Green decries the rule as misaligned with urgent need and unemployment, urging exception.
Woolworth's, now under M Sherman seven years after purchase, moved to 705 Polk Street in 1928 and doubled its space in 1929. Sherman says no special merchandise is bought for the Marizon sale and invites the public to attend and look without obligation to buy. The sale starts Friday and lasts about ten days. A one man one motor combine of Australian invention is being tested on western grain fields.
New York reports motion pictures from West Point refute claims of unnecessary roughness in the Army Yale clash. Albie Booth left the game after a hard tackle, but film shows play was clean and a Yale touch down disputed as illegal.
City commission declined a $15 per show request from Municipal Auditorium ushers. They argued trained ushers add value and safety, but officials noted the venue operates at a loss and many volunteers would accept merely to see the show, with potential annual costs cited.
It was pointed out that the event could not be allowed since the auditorium does not operate at a profit.
Loyola College tackle Edward J. Duffy played the entire game against Eastern Maryland College despite a third lumbar vertebra fracture. An X-ray confirmed the injury, he will wear a cast and miss about three weeks. Loyola lost 40 to 7. Duffy, 21, is a Park lifeguard credited with saving 18 lives.
Tokyo reports an augmented Japanese force sent to Musha in Central Formosa after a rebel head hunting uprising. At least 86 Japanese were killed, bodies including 36 children and many women found in Musha ruins, with tribesmen carrying away severed heads.
Jackie Gibbs of St. Paul outpointed Charley Arthur of New York in Kansas City. In Mason City Gilbert Attell of San Francisco and Johnny Martin of Sioux Falls fought to an eight round draw.
In Mansfield England the Swinmore Society hosted its annual banquet with dancing girls presenting a boar's head. The menu included baked hedgehog Sherwood forest venison and sack. A note mentions St Peter's Cathedral Rome covering 227069 square feet.
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