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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1950
Page
8
Fragmentary report notes multiple players and a game context. Mentions Bobby Lowe of Boston and Hodges with four homer bursts and other strong at bats. Contains garbled phrases about the league and consecutive achievement timelines.
In a dramatic Forest Hills match Nancy Chaffee defeated five-time Wimbledon champ Louise Brough in straight sets. The American star, backed by her confident net rallies, rose to the occasion on center court yesterday, signaling a bold statement for women’s tennis and continuing her ascent in major U.S. events.
A garbled historical notice describes a gangster’s widow and a disputed action connected to a death by self harm. The text references a commission indicating funds or allotment related to freighter construction and power authority, with unclear dates or entities.
Labor Day action at Channelview Stock Car Track begins at 2 30 p m with a fast thrilling race. Charles Baldon serves as president and A G Stringer as vice president steer the new venture amid an enthusiastic crowd and a strong entry list from the familiar stock car group.
Rus ty Walters, 23, Crowley Millers right hander, may become first in organized baseball to reach 30 wins this year. Walters notched his 30th victory as Crowley beat Lake Charles Lakers 7 to 4 in the Class C Gulf Coast League. Native of Goodrich Texas, he has lost only seven games.
L Morris a 36 year old foreman from Emerson Arkansas and father of two fell 112 feet from a swaying ladder while supervising a Pittsburg Des Moines Steel Co crew constructing an 850000 gallon elevator water tank in Houston. The incident occurred yesterday as the team of six worked on the tank project.
United Press reports football and baseball share the limelight as teams begin fall practice in the Southwest Conference and other Texas colleges. About 459 football hopefuls report at seven SWC camps three weeks before opening games. Rice tops declines with 50. Baylor, Arkansas, and Texas A and M each inaugurate new coaches and large contingents of lettermen.
United Press reports Beaumont Roughnecks thanked the Houston Buffs for preserving their new lead after a 22 to 4 loss to Oklahoma City Indians. Leonard Pilar limited Beaumont to four hits with Keith Thomas homering in the fourth. Tulsa beat Shreveport 2 to 0 as Walt Lanfranconi took the loss. San Antonio edged Dallas deeper into sixth place with a win over Houston, while Port Worth hosted Tulsa.
Jack Carson will headline a Shamrock movie with a star ex song and dance act. The act blends vaudeville style with comedy twists by the Hovey Brothers, a four generation acrobat family. Frette, a blonde singer, performs ballads in a bustling style and has appeared in top venues nationwide including Copacabans Poca Raton Copley Plaza and the Blackstones in Chicago.
The NCAA sanction body was informed that the two institutions North Carolina and North Carolina State College admitted violations of the NCAA sanity code. Officials stated no punishment had been issued yet. acting president Carmichael said a May notice was sent to Clarence Bouston, chairman of the NCAA constitutional compliance committee, confirming the admission of partial noncompliance.
James B. Russell a 39 year old ex convict sought since April on a murder charge was arrested yesterday on a farm near Zephyr. Russell indicted in Ellis County for slaying Edgar Lee Crawford of Dallas whose body was found April 18 on a rural road near Waxahachie. He used the alias Afier Russell and offered no resistance to a Texas Ranger an FBI agent and Mills County deputy sheriff.
The Robert H. Lee Ganders begin fall practice amid rain as Texas schoolboy football launches on four fronts. Class A action opens with Littlefield versus Crosbyton, Shamrock at Lockney, Nederland versus Bishop Byrne, and Freer at Dons. Class AA and other divisions also start two day drills for early-season workouts.
RICHARDSON MEG named in a local car box address listing in Cawker City Kansas. The item records a postal forwarding or contact entry tied to 121 Park Richland area parcel details. Local notices reference this address as part of a civic mailing record.
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