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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1928
Page
8
Qualifying rounds begin at Amarillo Country Club for the Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico golf tournament. Players from Roswell and Texhoma tee off, Garre says grass greens are in top condition. Matches run through Monday with 18 holes except finals at 36 holes.
Yesterday results across multiple leagues include Amarillo 2 Oklahoma City 4 Pueblo 3 Denver 0 and Wichita 15 Tulsa 6 Chicago 4 St Louis 6. National League games featured New York 12 Boston 2 St Louis 1 Chicago 6 Brooklyn 10 Philadelphia. Texas League playoff Houston 4 Wichita Falls 10. Southern Association Nashville 1 Memphis 11 New Orleans 1 Birmingham 2 Mobile 1 Atlanta Chattanooga 2. American Association Milwaukee 3 Minneapolis Kansas City 1 St Paul Pacific Coast Sacramento 13 Hollywood 3 Missions 11 Oakland 6 San Francisco 7 Portland 3 Seattle 9 Los Angeles 4.
Chicago bouts feature Les Marriner stopping Jack McAuliffe and Haakon Hanson halting Red Uhlan in eight rounds. Lou Wilson stops Henry Wolfser in one. Jackie Stewart defeats Vic Merio on points. Bobby La Salle beats Johnny Delaney on points in six. New York cards see Young Corbett Jr beating Sammy Baker over twelve. Al Brown defeats Kid Francis in Portugal. Siegel outpoints Balduc in Portland.
Illinois, returning 15 lettermen under Coach Bob Zuppke, eyes a repeat Big Ten title in 1928 as September practice nears. Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Purdue show strong lines, with Pat Page at Bloomington and Jimmy Phelan at Purdue shaping potent backfields and reserves.
The Broncs return from a 4-2 loss to Oklahoma City in a six inning start by Elliott Robinson and prepare to host Amarillo for a three game series at Texan Park starting tomorrow. The closing date for the Western League schedule is September 24.
Johnny Mellon of Detroit defeats California Joe Gens in a boxing match held in Detroit. The bout features Gens from California and Mellon from McKeesport with Dalton from Cleveland noted in event details.
Athletic authorities at Drake University consider installing indirect lighting on the football field to permit night play. Also notes Hagen Farrell fourth golf match set for Sept 16 at Siwanoy with Hagen leading two to Farrell one, and a Milwaukee win over Minneapolis affects American Association standings.
Forest Hills report on the National championship tennis where Frank Shields, 18, defeated Jacques Brugnon 7-5 6-1 6-0 and Gregory Mangin led Cochet 6-4 6-1 before rain paused play. Francis Hunter and Jack Crawford also held leads as semi finals looked All American. George Lott beat John Doeg 6-2 6-2 7-5 as action resumed.
Houston and Wichita Falls split the Texas league playoff after a 10 to 4 Houston loss followed by an earlier Wichita Falls win. The series resumes tomorrow with both sides needing two more victories to clinch the title. The Houston mound staff was battered in yesterday’s slugfest.
One person is injured in motor accidents annually for every four miles of highway in the United States. One person is killed for every 125 miles. While domestic production and shipments of matches decline, imports rise nearly 50 percent from 1923 to 1927, or wider.
Illinois Turf Association launches an inquiry into a Chicago district tip scam amid rumors that Rogers Hornsby and John McGraw received race tips. Jockey E Allen denies knowledge of the calls and states he never lived at the listed address or married. Col. Matt Winn and Stuyvesant Peabody will supervise the investigation into inside information tied to telephone tolls and race manipulation.
Top players matchups for batting runs and hits across leagues. P. Waner leads with 383 batting average, 130 runs, 211 hits and 48 doubles for the Pirates. Gehrig and Ruth pace RBIs and homers for the Yankees, Giants, and Browns with notable totals.
Wichita thrashed Tulsa 6 to 4 to close the Aviators second straight defeat of the Oilers and gain on the Western league leaders. Omaha beat Des Moines 5 to 3 in a home finale halted at darkness. Oklahoma City triumphed 4 to 2 over Amarillo in the series rubber. Pueblo shutout Denver 8 to 0 in an exhibition at Sioux City.
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