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GOLF CLUB SEEKS398406359379REINSTATEMENT1992Total— 379— 404— 326— 400— 5132022438- 337- 435- 454- 467- 722203Total - 360- 328- 3*2- 391 414- 631938- 327- 413- 426- 352 -4151933Total- 545- 541-410- 4 HO* 537252245245%4C74 70 541 1962581Total4- 47051250650112325754205735155475502605BRYNES ATMUNYffrotal52650943539351446The Joplin Golf Club last nightagreed to recommend reinstatement of W. J. (Bill) Byrnes as su-24734835024704654242344rotal* 505• 446perintendent of the Schifferdecker municipal golf course. The veteran professional, who has held the post 18 years, is scheduled to resign, at the insistance of the park board, December 10.Action of the golf club came at a meeting at the municipal clubhouse last night, attended by 75 club members, Mayor L. Russell McKee and four members of the park board. It was agreed to submit the i eeoramendation In behalf of Byrnes to the golf committee and labor committee of the park board..Seeks Reinstatement.Byrnes, who did not attend last night’s meeting, yesterday applied for reinstatement as manager of the course. Four of the nine park hoard members attended the meeting, Haywood Scott, Mark Farrar, Claude Stum and Richard Craig.Craig explained that Byrnes’ application will he considered withother applications at a meeting ofhoard directors November 5. Craig said two applications have been filed so far, in addition to Byrnes’ application.Members of the golf committee of the park board are George Pearson, Dr. J. R. Howe and Stum. Pearson and Howe did not attend the meeting, and other park board members not present were B. S. Shadday, Roy Steele and F. E. Fenix.Craig explained to the golfers who filled the main room of the clubhouwe and extended onto the front and rear porches of the building that the park hoard is sincere in its attempt to maintain the 18-hole course at its best and to keep it in the best possible condition, while at the same time considering the expert.’*'.* of the tax payer.Mayor McKee aid ed the golfers for co-operation with the park board toward a better understanding hetween the two groups, and a motion was passed by the golfers to'appoint a committee to work with the park board in any manner that it sees fit with respect to the Schifferdecker golf course and work upon the course.Edward Walsh, president of the Joplin Golf Club who presided at the meeting, was authorized to ap-Fans Set All-TimeAttendance RecordFor Major LeaguesChicago, Oct. 15.—U\PI—For the second consecutive season, American League teams played before more than nine million fans, helping to set a new all-time high for major league baseball attendance.The official 1947 attendance for the A. L of 9,486,069 was a decrease of 135,113 from the 1946 total. The drop was mainly caused by poor weather at the start of the season.The National League drew an unofficial count of 10,390,289™ boosting the over-all total to a new high of 19,876,358. The paid total last year was 18,534,444.The world champion New York Yankees led all clubs by drawing 2,178,937. They took the pennant so easily that it may account for the drop from their last year gateof 2,265,512. The 1946 mark, set by the Yankees third-place club, stands as the major league record.The Brooklyn Dodgers’ drive to the National League flag attractedan unofficial 1,807,596 which topped the senior circuit turnstile count. This was a climb of 10,772 over 1946. Biggest increase was registered by the Pittsburgh Pirates—524,485 which boosted their total to 1,283,602, fourth best in the league. The New York Giants weresecond with 1,559,784 and the Chicago Cubs third with 1,364.039.A total of 3,369,666 fans watched 167 American league night games. The 1946 night game paid attendance was 2,418,840 for 122 contests.FIGHTS LAST NIGHT |•VWV .By th* AMorlated Prt#n,Los Angeles -Alfredo Escobar, 131, Los Angeles, T. K. O. Simon Vegara, 131, Panama, 1.Detroit—I*ee Bohles, 128*3, Cleveland, outpointed Clem Buster, 131, Detroit, 8.Kansas City, Kan. - Major Jones.155, Kansas City, outpointed Danny Boy Williams, 151, New York, 10.point a three-man committee for that duty.Mighty Fast Relief For
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Joplin, Missouri, US
Wed, Oct 15, 1947
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