Agitation for Hole Plays in Golf Seen
Agitation to abolish 18 hole matches for the national amateur likely after Johnston wins at Pebble Beach. Officials and experts push 36 holes as a truer test with sectional qualification urged as a possible final solution, recalling Pebble Beach and Oakmont debates.
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Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
Pebble Beach
Calif
Harrison R
Jimmy) Johnston
St. Paul
Bobby Jones
Oakmont
Battle of
Dallas Steers Set for Sept playoff format in Texas league
Dallas Steers enter the Texas league playoffs as first half champions with a handicap. The first two games will be in the winning city, the title series opens September 18 in the second-half titlists’ stronghold, then moves to Dallas for the final two games. Ninety minutes remain to certify twenty players per team.
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Dallas
Dallas Steers
Houston
Wichita Falls
Shreveport
14 Rounds of Play In Tennis Today
Intermittent thunderstorms threatened 14 second round matches in the men's national singles at the west side tennis. The feature match pitted George Lott of Chicago against J Gilbert Hall of Orange New Jersey with Lott the heavy favorite. Bruce Barnes and Berkeley Bell, both Texans, were among other featured opponents as Bell drew seeded status in place of Wilmer Allison.
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United Press
Forest Hills
L. 1
West Side
George Lott
Chicago
J. Gilbert Hall
Orange
N. J
Dallas Sandlots Champs Win Again
The Employers Casualty Company team, champions of Dallas sandlots, defeated the Producers Creamery nine of Wichita Falls to earn a spot in the state race finals next weekend. McMahan led with three hits in four at bats as the team slugged the ball throughout.
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United Press
Dallas
Tex
Employers Casualty Company
Producers Creamery Nine
Wichita Falls
Employers Casualty
McMahan
Marie Lewis Bonded on Liquor Charge
Marie Lewis was arrested by the Sheriff's department Saturday night and charged with violation of liquor laws. She was released on bond yesterday after officers found a gallon of whiskey in her possession. H Ford, a porter at a local hotel, was arrested for selling whiskey and held in the Potter County jail.
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Marie Lewis
Sheriff’s Department
H. Ford
Potter County
Little Known Art Brings Huge Sum
English art dealers question why an American paid 295000 for Romney's Master Tennant, once sold in London for 8500. The painting, linked to J. P. Morgan's family, was not deemed nationally important. A London dealer notes American buyers chase art to display wealth, while women in England buy pricier apparel. Russia sent nearly 1,000,000 cubic feet of logs to Estonia this year.
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London
Erich Galleries
Romney
Tennant
United States
Gainsborough
Walter Burns
J. P. Morgan
Burns
National Gallery
William Tennant
Most Promi
Russia
Estonia
Property Auction in Potter County Court Describes Amarillo Lots
By order of sale from the 108th Judicial District Court of Potter County on September 6 1929 the constable will sell on the first Tuesday in October 1929 at the Potter County Court House door in Amarillo Texas lots 83 and 84 block 392 Mirror Addition to Amarillo. The sale is to satisfy a judgment of 560.78 plus costs in favor of M W Cunningham against R E McDowell.
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Court House
Potter County
Amarillo
Texas
R. E. McDowell
Constable Sale in Potter County Texas
The case L. E. Haupt versus C. E. Weymouth et al. directs the sale on the first Tuesday in October in Amarillo to satisfy a $9,184.52 judgment plus costs. Lots 3 4 5 and 6 in Blasdel Eppstein Subdivision Block 233 Holland Addition. Sale authorized by Constable Allen B. Johnson.
Zuppke anxious as 1929 Ill inis team shapes up
Champaign Illinois September 9 Coach Bob Zuppke frets over potential overconfidence as Illinois eyes a third straight undisputed Big Ten title. Despite injuries and ineligibilities the 1929 squad boasts 18 lettermen from 1927 1928 teams and strong sophomore depth led by Gaga Mills likely moving to quarterback.
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Paul R. Mickelson
Associated Press
Champaign
Ill
Bob Zuppke
University of Illinois
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Northwestern
Arm
Chicago
Ohio State
Zup
Dwight Stuessy
Peters
N A H & Hartford Official Nat M Rice Buried in Temple Texas
Nat M Rice vice president and general purchasing agent of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad was buried in Temple Texas after dying in New Haven. He began as a Temple brakeman 40 years ago and helped secure rapid service to Galveston after the 1900 hurricane. Funeral services were conducted at the home of his brother in law J J Booker with Rev J M Armstrong and Rev T Edar Neal presiding. His four children led the funeral party followed by fellow railroad workers from the New Haven lines.
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United Press
Temple
Tex
Nat M. Rice
New York
New Haven
Rice
J. J. Booker
U S Team Wins Dewar Trophy Lead at Camp Perry
The United States small bore rifle team outscored England by 106 points to post 7 877 of 8 000 in the Dewar trophy competition at Camp Perry Ohio securing another year of possession for the Dewar. Delegations from England Australia Canada and South America competed on their home ranges. Also reports Cuba shipped over 150 000 tons of sugar to London and fifty new Wesleyan chapels opened in London in the past year.
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United Press
Camp Perry
Ohio
United States
England
Australia
Canada
South America
Cuba
London
Graf Zepp To Make Second World Tour
Berlin dispatches report the Graf Zeppelin will attempt a nonstop 14 day flight around the world. The dirigible is planned to refuel in the air during the voyage and officials of the Zeppelin works confirm the plan.
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Graf Zep
United Press
Berlin
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin Works
McCoy's Tablets Promise Quick Weight Gain for The Thin
Ad copy pledges rapid flesh gain for exceedingly thin men and women. It claims 90 percent will gain weight and strength after using McCoy's Tablets, with a guarantee offering full refund if five pounds are not gained after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes.
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America
McCoy’s
McCoy
Insolvency Linked to Greyhound Gambling Say Leeds Merchant
Roland Wilkinson a coal merchant of Leeds England blamed his insolvency on gambling at greyhound races. The report notes his financial hardship and cites gambling as the principal cause behind the failure.
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Roland Wilkinson
Leeds
England
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