WT-NM League Playoff Opens After Regular Season Ends
The WT-NM League begins its run-off series with Pampa Oilers vs Midland Cowboys and Lubbock Hubbers vs Big Spring Barons. Play starts Wednesday night at Pampa and Lubbock, then moves to Midland and Big Spring with two wins needed for semis and seven for the title. Amarillo beat Pampa in last night’s games as Lubbock toppled Lamesa and Big Spring defeated Midland. box scores from Pampa list Saparito, Phillips, Seitz and others in key roles.
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Pampa Oilers
Midland Cowboys
Pampa
Lubbock
Big Spring Barons
Midland
Big Spring Diamonds
Amarillo
Lamesa
Big Spring Walloping Midland
Borger
Clovis
Gold Sox
Abrhpore
Sanders
Altenburgh
Roussarle
Nook
Bolton
Nichols
Welland
Tee
Hudson
Parrish
Conway
Pampa AB
Saparito
Phillips
Ol Seitz
Nell
Summers
Malvico
S Jordan
Bailey
Verrengia
Ene Ee
Wetland
Etheridge and Pettigrew
Night baseball and the Cardinals from Grantland Rice
Ray Blades discusses night games with Sportsman's Park lacking lights. He argues seven night games yearly suits big league clubs, notes fans tire of regular night action, and describes perceptual effects on pitchers hitters and fielders including visibility and sun shadows in St Louis.
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Grantland Rice
Nana
Sportsman's Park
St. Louis
Cardinals
Larry MacPhail
Ray Blades
Columbus
Rochester
Ray
Bill Delancey
Bill
Brooklyn
Directors Notified of C of C Meeting in Amarillo
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors were informed of a noon meeting tomorrow at the Amarillo Hotel. Carl Hinton, the manager, will present a detailed report on his Washington activities. The directorate includes George Broome Roy Cullum Arthur Ware Galen Battey Miles Bivins Wade Brymer Tom Cotten and others.
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Amarillo
John Maynard
Guy McSwain
Lowell Munday
Erwin Ochsner
Ray Pinkney
Roy Pool
Jason Robberson
Mark Taylor
R. E. Wertz
Night baseball proposed to ease field hazards
The speaker argues that night baseball would remove hazards on the field he describes. He notes players frequently fail to see the ball in time and must quickly locate where it is hit after hearing the crack of the bat, suggesting better visibility and safety under artificial lighting.
Tri State Tennis Tournament Entries Collected
Secretary from Amarillo Tennis Club in Amarillo Texas lists entrants for the Tri State Tennis Tournament. Players will enter events including doubles with names to be confirmed and divisions indicated by print entries. The notice requests partners and event classifications from participants.
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New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Amarillo
Smooth Dory Detton to Wrestle Otto Ludwig on Thursday
Dory Detton and Otto Ludwig square off in the main event at the Armory on Thursday night. Detton seeks to measure Ludwig while avoiding openings. Semi final features Billy Hall against Frank Wolff. Curtain raiser has Red Shadow versus Wildcat Bill McBain. Ringside seats available at City Drug Store, 615 Polk Street.
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Dory Detton
London
Palestine
Otto Ludwig
East Texas
Armory
Detton
Ludwig
Breckenridge
Billy Hall
Hollywood
Frank Wolff
Wolff
Hall
Red Shadow
Wildcat
Bill McBain
Montana
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Texas Tech Red Raiders Start 1939 Practice Season
Texas Tech opens fall practice under Coach Pete Cawthon as the Red Raiders prepare for a 11 game schedule beginning September 30 against Texas School of Mines in El Paso. The team features 15 lettermen including nine from 1938 with potential All-Americans Rex Williams Bill Davis Dixie White and Holt Waldrop.
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Lubbock
Pete Cawthon
West Texas
Texas Tech
Red Raiders
Texas School of Mines
el Paso
Rex Williams
Sherman
Bill Davis
Grapevine
Dixie White
Holt Waldrop
Slaton
Fred Thomson
Arkansas
Razorbacks
Texas
Dana X. Bible
Longhorns
Bible
Baylor Bears
Morley Jennings
Baylor
Billy Patterson
Sam Boyd
Southern Methodist University
Matty Bell
Ray Mallouf
Presto Johnson
Homer Norton
Texas Aggies
Waleran (Cotton) Price
John Kimbrough
Aggies
Dick Todd
Judge Stokes Calls Constitution the Greatest Document
Judge W N Stokes addressed the Amarillo Kiwanis Club during Constitution Week, praising the U S Constitution as the greatest governmental document. He urged every American to keep a copy and read from it regularly as Cliff Robinette led the Americanism program and Sim Kelly presided in the absence of the president.
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United States
Pen
W. N. Stokes
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Judge Stokes
Cliff Robinette
Club
Sim Kelly
Orla Allen
Margaret Farwell
Jim Farwell
Filling station moved after crash on wet highway
A speeding car skidded on wet pavement and struck a filling station on Highway No 28. The impact knocked the structure six feet from its foundation but no one was injured. Joe Gaffney, 8 S C, operator, said the building is being moved farther from the road.
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Joe Gaffney
S. C
U.P
Australians Win Davis Cup in War Echoes at Merion
Australia defeats the United States 3 2 in the Davis Cup challenge round at Merion as Quist and Bromwich triumph amid war warned tones. Quist beats Riggs in five sets while Bromwich dominates Parker 6 0 6 3 6 1, and victory is tempered by the looming return to battle with Bromwich and Quist sailing to join Australian forces.
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Haverford
U.P
Merion Cricket Club
United States
Australia
Norman Brookes
Anthony Wilding
Tony Wilding
Jack Brom Wich
Adrian Quist
Quist
Bobby Riggs
Wilding
Bromwich
Parker
Karen
Riggs
Joe Hunt
Jack Kramer
Bromwich-Parker
Fred Perry
Garcia
Walter Pate
Southwest Conference Gridiron Teams Open Training Year
Seven Southwest Conference football squads began training for a free-for-all title chase. Texas Christian, Rice, Arkansas, Texas, Baylor, SMU, and Texas A&M aim to dethrone defending champs Texas Christian while facing key losses and bright sophomores.
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Gridiron Juggernauts
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian
David O’brien
Ki Aldrich
I. B. Hale
Forrest Kline
Leo
Dutch) Meyer
Two New Teachers Named in Amarillo
The Amarillo Independent School District board elected two new teachers for the 1939 40 scholastic year. They will teach art and physical education at Wilson School. Geraldine Biffle, BFA from Chicago Art Institute, last taught at Hale Center. Froy Pace, BS from North Texas State Teachers College, last taught at Athens.
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Amarillo Independent School
Amarillo Public Schools
C. M. Rogers
Wilson School
Geraldine Biffle
Chicago Art Institute
Hale Center
Froy Pace
Athens
Tex
North Texas State Teacher's College
Dempsey to Referee Yarosz Brown Match in Atlanta
Jack Dempsey will receive 1000 dollars to referee the Teddy Yarosz Ben Brown bout in Atlanta. War fever grows as Europe battles Germany and the Yanks face Reds. Alan Berquist tops Manato Teachers College aerials for AP Little All America nomination.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Jack Dempsey
Teddy Yarosz
Ben Brown
Atlanta
Browns
Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
Henry Armstrong
Fred Apostoli
Glen Lee
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Europe
Georgetown U
Chicago
Alan Berquist
Mankato Teachers’ College
Minnesota
Packers Beat Texas Gridiron Aces in Dream Game
The Green Bay Packers defeated a college all star squad 31 to 20 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas in the fourth annual Dream game. The heat reached 90 degrees as 20,000 fans watched and proceeds benefited a Dallas area charity.
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Green Bay Packers
Dallas
Tex
U.P
Liberty Hill club finishes mailbox painting project
The Liberty Hill home demonstration club completed its latest project by painting 84 mailboxes in aluminum red and black. Clubwomen completed the 84th mailbox in their neighborhood.
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Liberty Hill Home
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Roussarie
Hudson Ketel Hendrix Dorman
Margaino
HPO
Saparito Thee
Seitz Phillips
Beavers Bailey Ib
Jordan
Verrengia Rf
Hutton Halisbourg
Nell -Is
Malvica
Weiland
Seitz
Beavers
Hallbourg
Margavio
Kew
Wood - Webb Lumber Co
West Fifth Street
Smooth Dory Detton
Rafe Nabors
Thurman Bostick
Brownwood
Durwood Herring
Mineral Wells
Norman Cox
Heppy Mincina
Bostick
Nabors
Herring
Prince Scott
Cotton Bowlace
Clarence Tillery
Robert O'Connor
Jack Wheelis
Mart
Rudolph Gracey
Brownfield
Scott
George Webb
Itasca
Francis Bingham
Spur
Arthur Weber
Clarence Jahnke
Robert Duncan
Henderson
Webb
Charles Calhoun
Raymond Flusche
Barker
Ty Bain
Mexia
Byron Mayfield
Sweetwater
Co. L. Storrs
Lubbock High School
Cawthon
Woodrow Ramsey
Chillicothe
Eugene Carl
Waco
ThomasDouglass
Houston
Jess
Wright, Jr
Anton
E. J. McKnight
MccKnight
Billy Dodd
Milton Hill
Glenn Lowe
Grosbeck
Jessie Clayton
Hereford
Rankin
Walter “Bull
Colorado City
Tech
Charles Dvoracek
West
Roger Smith
Rising Star
Notre Dame
Peter Willis Cawthon
Russell “Dutchy
Smith
South Plains
Nesca
Cream of
Kentucky
Schenley Distillers Corporation
New York City
Henry McLemore
Bill Britton
Butler Field
Bill’ Thompson
Fort Worth
Sandies
Howard Lynch
Thompson
TCU
Butler
Pat Humphries
University of Illinois
West Texas Buffaloes
Foster Watkins
Dumas
al Baggett
Jack Curtice
R. P. Parcells
Verne Hudson
Tulsa Oilers
Verne
Oilers
Wichita
Kan
Tulsa
Jaycee Park
Richard M. Morehead
United Press
Meyer
Jack Odle
O'Brien
Sanny Baugh
Horned Frog
Odie
Clarence Alexander
Aldrich
Rice
Ernie Lain
Olie Cordill
WAR Department
Bucky Harris
Washington
Joe McCarthy
Gene Gunning
Cumberland
Glenn Cunningham
Pastor Louis
Dave Fromer
E. Norwalk
Conn
Prance
Germany
Paramount
Recreation Club
Eakle Bldg
Packers
Hendrix Dorman
Hutton
Franklin and
Potocar
Poteet
Ratliff
Reinold
Tusko
Christie Elliott
Bates Amthor
Harris
Miller
Lucas
Kramer
Taylor
Needham
Hay
Bates Tate
Stevens
San Antonio
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Philadelpnia
Cincinnati
St Louis
Fee Ceawse
AGS
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago Heer
Detroit Weerewee
Las Salesmanship Club
ALEAT
Life Magazine
Jarman
Blackburn Bros
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