Greenwood Invitational golf winner nets seven under par
Morey of Dallas capture the Third Annual Greenwood Invitational by beating Wayne Williams Jr. of Greenwood 3 and 2. The 30 year old Dellas amateur wore red trousers and carried a red bag, closing with a birdie on the final hole to finish seven under par. Baseball action fills Lee league diamonds with 12 games carded, including General Tire, Gray Lumber, Culpepper, Dittman, Higginbotham and O'Brien in upcoming schedules. Higginbotham and Dittman seek first action after rainouts and baseball conflicts. Meanwhile Galveston White Caps rout the Larkin Angels 25 to 1 in Gulf Coast League play. Largest telescope in the world is the 40 inch at Yerkes Observatory.
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Greenwood, Bliss
Dale’ Morey
Dallas
Pating Wayne Williams, Jr
Greenwood
Morey
Dellas
Swith
Lee Softball Diamonds
General Tire
Gray Lumber
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O’brien
Diamond
Culpepper
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O'Brien
Higginbotham
Dittman
Humble
Ditt Man
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Gray
United Press
Larkin Angels
Galveston
Angels
Roy Butter completes 15 mile swim across Lake Texana
Fort Worth veteran Roy Butter swam 15 miles in seven hours and 39 minutes to Burns Run Beach where about 25 000 cheering spectators welcomed him. Shirley May France of Somerset Massachusetts joined at the finish and praised him as the greatest swimmer in the world while crowds chased autographs.
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Roy Butter
Fort Worth
Lake Texana
Burns Run Beach
Shirley May
France
Somerset
Massachusetts
Sutter
Roy
England
Longhorns poised to clinch SWC baseball title with one win
Texas opens a two game series at Austin against Texas A and M as the Aggies alone hold a mathematical shot to tie the Longhorns. A Texas win secures the 28th title in 34 years with possible playoff implications including a postponed game likely to be called off.
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United Press
University of ‘Texas Longhorns
Texas
Austin
A and M
Longhorns
Aggies
Southern Methodist
Rice Owls
Baylor
Waco Baptist
Texas Christian
TCU
SMU
Top Ranking Polo Player Hurt in Spit
Santa Monica reports country’s top polo player Smith of the Texas Hurricanes left his pony and was injured yesterday as his team edged the Gracida Brothers Mexican squad 10 to 9. The accident occurred in the fifth chukker when Smith collided with Gabriel Gracida.
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Cottone de Cecil
Smith
Texas Hurricanes
Gracida Brothers
Gabriel Gracida
Marshall Browns Edge Trojans to Lead East Texas Loop
Marshall Browns extended their East Texas League lead over the Gladewater Bears to two and a half games by defeating the Tyler Trojans 3 to 1 in a feature game. Four Tyler errors helped the Browns, Otto Reyes doubled twice and Tommy Pardue overthrew to allow another Marshall run. In Longview, the Henderson Oilers fell 2 to 4 to the Texans as Johnny Fine topped Joe Pate in a pitchers duel. The Texans collected six hits off Pate, four for doubles. Bryan College Station Sports beat Paris Panthers 7 to 3 behind Ed Sandusky with a two run double in the fifth. First electrically lighted building was the Hudson hotel in Sunbury.
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United Press
Marsha
Browns
Gladewater Bears
Tyler ‘Trojans
Tyler
Marshall
Otto Reyes
Tommy Pardue
Cada
Tivice
Longview
Exons
Henderson Oilers
Johnny Fine
Joe Pate
Fine
Oilers
Henderson
Texans
Pate
Bryan College Station
Ed Sandusky
Paris Panthers
Bones Sanders
Robstown Dropped From Valley League In Shuffle
In Rio Grande Valley League realignment Del Rio Harlingen Corpus Christi McAllen Brownsville and Laredo form a six club circuit after Robstown was ousted at a Sunday meeting. Donna-Weslaco had been cancelled earlier, leaving seven clubs before the latest change.
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Robstown
Donna-Weslaco
Bil Byrd
San Antonio
del Rid
Harlingen
Corps Christi
McAllen
Brownsville
Laredo
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