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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1925
Page
7
Irreverent musings on law, emancipation day, and newspaper squabbles mix with references to Baylor graduate N C Outlaw and Henrietta Straw’s Paco Club engagement. The piece rails at critics, satire on crime coverage, and jibes about editors and public policy.
Corsicana won the second game 6 to 4 after taking the first 6 to 3 in a doubleheader against Terrell. Keyes hit two home runs in the opener, with Hondurant and Mizell adding one each. Tolley pitched seven innings in the nightcap as Jolley, Grubb and Mizell supplied the power for Corsicana.
Palestine Pals defeated the Gushers 6 to 4 at the ball yard as Vick struggled with eleven hits allowed. Benny Brownlow led the Gushers offense with five hits, while McMillan and Cherry fueled the Pals with timely hits and a decisive third inning. The series headlines feature four games in three days with Austin Senators opening today against Gushers and Corsi cana Temple also in action.
The University of Texas 1925 football schedule lists five home games in Memorial Stadium at Austin costing half a million dollars and four away games on foreign fields. The schedule was announced by L Theo Ballmont athletic director.
June 8 the Pure Oil Powell team defeated Magnolia in Corsicana Sunday afternoon in a sensational 1 to 0 game. L Adams held Pure to a lone single but a walk and error opened the door. Christie allowed only three hits and struck out ten.
Fort Worth crushed Dallas 22 to 0 and Wichita Falls edged Shreveport 2 to 1. San Antonio defeated Beaumont 16 to 10 while Houston beat Waco 6 to 3. Standings list Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Wichita Falls, Dallas, Waco, Shreveport, Beaumont with varying records. Schedule places each team at home or away venues, noting upcoming matchups and league leaders.
The column notes Rey Akin will handle the Umaps indicator during the Austin series while Tom Price moves to Corsicana for the Temple series and Krafft joins Palestine with Terrell as attraction. Terrell has won four of five from Vann & Co. and hints of more lineup changes as the Gushers eye the second stanza. Ted Jones plans a health-focused return to Humbolt, Tennessee.
Baseball results show Cincinnati 8 Boston 2 Brooklyn 16 Chicago 9 New York 6 St. Louis 2. Upcoming games list New York at Chicago Brooklyn at St Louis Philadelphia at Cincinnati Boston at Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh at Cincinnati with several matchups noted.
Local baseball notes discuss the Gusher club's uncertain plans for the second half season as sickness costs a young player a banner year. Changes are anticipated with Terrell Corsicana Temple and Pals clubs seen as threats, while Austin muddles along. Also reported, Homer Clements of Mexia suffers a broken collar bone at Groesbeck pool and Rotary plans a business methods program led by E L Crow.
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