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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
7
Fragments reference a dental joke and a sports league table with teams like Houston Wichita Falls Waco and Fort Worth. The text cites standings values and period details, suggesting a brief sports roundup amid scattered notes and local events.
Temple and Palestine battled through an 8 to 7 game with key hits by Tucker Windham Lind Ellis and Tiner. Attendance at the game noted a strong regional turnout while standings show Philadelphia and Brooklyn advancing in the National League.
Three moundsmen fall as Oilers win. Miss Edith Speer enjoys a Bryan vacation. Jack Womack returns from Dallas to bid farewell to son Steve, who heads to Quebec.
Pat O Byrne, former first baseman for the Mexia Gushers, has been appointed manager of the Independence, Kansas ball club in the Western Association, succeeding Lou Jones after joining the team yesterday. O Byrne, employed by Missouri Pacific as a freight brakeman, left Mexia to take the role and previously played for Coffeyville and Emporia in the Southwestern League.
The article recalls a Coffeyville club where Louis Bachant briefly led after resigning as manager. He ran the team’s affairs until the club disbanded at the start of the second half of the season. An unrelated ad mentions six calves and shrubbery damage.
Special to The News Col A B Humphreys buys two cars of cord wood from W T Stockton president of a bank here to ship to Devers Colorado. The shipment marks the longest distance wood delivery from Kerens with estimated freight around twenty dollars per cord.
In Coolidge on Friday afternoon Coolidge and Mounts Calm prepare for a stirring patchers battle. Lefty Rogers of AL and M fame is likely to start for one side while Hillian of Aggie fame is expected to pitch for the other. Coolidge has four wins and one loss in the cup race.
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