Play Continues In Country Club Women’s Tourney
Semifinal rounds in the Echols Country Club Women’s Golf Tournament sponsored by the Association reach the next stage with contenders including Mrs. Maurice Morgan, Mrs. Rayborn Johnson, Mrs. Gene Razelwood and Mrs. Homer Wilson for the championship flight. Semifinalists for the first flight consolation include Mrs. Ken Carpenter, Mrs. Joe Ayton, Mrs. L. M. Smith and Mrs. John Besperka.
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Association
Maurice Morgan
Rayborn Johnson
Gene Razelwood
Homer Wilson
T. 5. King
Glen
Whitcongers
R. P. Rose
Witham Broyles
Ken Carpenter
Joe Aytor
L. M. Smith
John Besperka
L. W. Kelly
Lb. G. Sanders
Milton Schiller
Brice Ramsey
Five baseball records deemed toughest to break
By Don Faust five experts pick Cy Young 511 wins Lou Gehrig 2130 games Ty Cobb .367 4191 hits and Joe DiMaggio 56 game hitting streak as most unlikely to be surpassed. They note era gaps and historic bounds make these marks hard to approach.
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Cy Young
Lou Gehrig
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Joe DiMaggio
Young
Walter Johnson
Warren Spahn
Youngs
Gehrig
Ifor Cobb
DiMaggio
All-Star Baseball Game shifts from glory to grand tour
The All-Star break becomes a tour of new stadiums from Busch to Chavez Ravine, as players from the American and National Leagues enjoy a midsummer vacation. The piece recalls Babe Ruth and Dizzy Dean moments and notes the changing purpose of the exhibition beyond its on field heroics.
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ST. Louis
Ineas
Busch Stadium
Anaheim
Astrodome
Atlanta
Chavez Ravine
Oakland
Babe Ruth
Carl Hubbell
New York Cisnts
Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Jimmy Foxx
al Simmons
Joe Cronin
Foxx
Dizzy Dean
Earl Averill
Ted Williams
All-Star Games Lose Luster Amid Stadia Boom and Change
A retrospective notes the changing glow of baseballs midsummer classic from Dodger Stadium era to modern venues. It recalls legendary homers and managers, the shift to two games in 1959, and waning fan passion as new stadiums lure crowds and players chase pension bonuses. The AL’s slide from dominance is mentioned alongside stadiums losing All-Star status.
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Theodore
Marines
Rip Sewell
Fenway Park
Viet Nam
Red Schoendienst
Williams
Stan Musial
Red
Cardinals
Leo Durocher
National
Stan
Leo
Giants
Johnny Callison
Shea Stadium
Dick Radatz
Candlestick Park
Washington
Shea
Bloomington
Minn
Ebbets Field
Polo Grounds
All-American East Captains Named for Saturday Game
Steve Sloan of Alabama and Frank Emanuel of Tennessee were named East team captains for the All American football contest. Sloan will head the East offense, Emanuel the defense, with Duffy Daugherty likely starting Sloan. West captains to be named Friday. game airs at 1:30 p.m. national telecast.
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Alabama
Frank Emanuel
Tennessee
Sloan
Michigan State
Duffy Daugherty
Geogia
Preston Richhuber
Prothro
Arkansas
West
Jim Lindsey
Astros climb to fourth as season advances
After a 39-32 start this year the Astros sit fourth, five games out of first. A year earlier they were 30-41 in ninth, thirteen games back, marking marked improvement from last season’s stretch.
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Astros
East-West Game Slated Tonight at Jeppesen Stadium
A summer gridiron spectacle features college-bound youths in the fifth annual Negro East-West All-Star football game at Jeppesen Stadium 8 pm Friday. About 16000 fans expected with bands from Worthing Yates Washington Wheatley and Kashmere Gardens High Schools and the Yates co-ed drill unit. East team coached by Ehmer Redd of Lufkin Dunbar. West by Walter E. Day of Fort Worth Terrell.
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Houston
Jeppesen Stadium
John Tankersley
Worthing
Yates
Washington
Wheatley
Kashmere Gardens
Ehmer Redd
Lufkin Dunbar
Walter E. Day
Fort Worth Terrell
Davidson cards first hole in one at country club
J W Davidson used his two iron to ace the 180 yard 16th at the Country Club on Thursday. Playing with AL Tabor N B O Grady and Bill Frazier, the feat helped Davidson post an 18 hole score of 78.
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J. W. Davidson
Davidson
al, Tabor
N. B. O'Grady
Bill Frazier
Brightwell Wins Championship Flight in Club Women’s Golf
Mrs Brightwell fired the low net Thursday to win the championship flight in the Country Club Women s Golf Association regular play. Mrs Victor Northcutt took first flight honors while Mrs J M Smith won the second flight. Mrs Rex Cuttin was low in the nine hole high t.
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Charles Brightwell
Country Club Women’s Golf Association
Victor Northcutt
J. M. Smith
Rex Cuttin
Sherwood Stewart Eliminated by Cliff Richey in Tennis Tourney
Sherwood Stewart, former Robert E. Lee High School star, fell 6-3 6-3 in the third round of the Western Tennis Tournament to defending champion Cliff Richey of San Angelo. Richey, the tourney's second seeded American, defeated the unseeded Stewart after Stewart had reached the first two rounds.
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Sherwood Stewart
Cliff Richey
San Angelo
Stewart
Richey
Midland Duo Leads Odessa ProAm After Opening Round
Midland golfers George Clark and Dean Strack shot a 61 for a one stroke lead at the Odessa ProAm. Las Vegas’ Bo Wininger and Midland’s Bobby French followed, each bogeying a key hole while rallying with late birdies on 16 17 and 18. Clark and Strack combined for five front nine birdies and four back nine birds, missing a tie by a bogey on the ninth.
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Odessa
Midland
Odessa Country Club
George Clark
Midland Country Club
Dean Strack
Bo Wininger
Las Vegas
Bobby French
Clark
Strack
Strack Picke
Wininger
French
Eagied
First National Bank Offers Personalized Checks and Slips
Banking notice encourages customers to use personalized checks and deposit slips to enhance service. Mentions member institution F 0.1.c and emphasizes improved account handling.
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First National Bank
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