Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 208, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 12, 1929 Page: 11 of 16
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Stidger, P ......
Blackwell, rf ...
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baseball team at Albright, io now
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DID YOU KNOW THAT-
Helen Wille, when she waa. In
Berlin, waa being interviewed by
a lot of German journalints. . . .
Among them wan an artist. . . .
He-wee drawing a sketch of her.
. . . And she law him. . . . And
didn't like it. . . . And she said-
"TH draw >80 tywlf fay you."
. . . And she drew her own pic-
ture for him. . , . They say, in
whispers, that Groror Whalen, the
New York police commissioner,
has a piece of a coupla heavy-
weight fighters. . . . Puttin'
glassen in front of ble eyes sure
didn’t hurt the hitting of Chiek
Hafey. . . . The Hi. Louis out-
fielder who had sinus trouble
tail year. . , . And they say that
Judge Fuchs, who owns the Boe-
tan Braves. . • . And who alerted
out to be the manager of hia club
thia year. . . . Has decided that
he doesn’t want to be the man-
ager. . . . And that poor old
Johnny Evers can take the rap.
return to the team minus hia chev-
rons as the field leader.
The Buchanan Cuba easily defeat-
ed the Sanborn Spotlights, the older
boy's team, In a hectie five inning
game, 21 to 8, in the playground
hardball league.
Wallace Devine and his younger
brother, Heine, coupled with the
work of Corbett, Reeves and Tyler,
were too much for young Doebler,
Jess Reeves and the other personnel
of the somewhat dimmed Spotlights,
The box score:
their place when actual ehampionship
play begins at tho Winged Foot club,
Mamaroneck, N. Y,, on June 87, more
than 900 other golfers sought the
remaining 113 plaeea In the qualify.
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GAVUZZI TIES FLYING COP;
HOLDS BUNION DERBY LEAD
improvements that might be made in
Mr. Smith's personality and advised
that if he, Meusel, ever got to third
base. Catcher Smith could not pos-
sibly overlook the fact that a set of
spikes does no great and lasting good
in the way of a massage.
Meusel did get on, and get to third.
Smith was waiting, and Meusel came
tearing down the line toward home.
Bang! and the ball went bounding
Buchanan-
R. Devine, 1b
W. Devine, p
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Corbett. 3b .
Keith, If ....
Dalton, ef ...
Brooks, e ...
Reeves, 8b ..
Pierce, 8b ...
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Petersen, rf •
xBatted for Roach in 4th.
Summary—8 base hits, D. Lane,
Sweeney, Graham. Home run, Beale.
Stolen bases, Sweeney (8), Tucker,
Johnson, Maxwell, Stidger (8), Pal-
mer (1). Strike outs by Stidger 8,
by Tucker 8.
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NEW YORK, June 11—On the prin-
ciple of the survival of the fittest,
the field of one thousand and one
seeking the national open golf cham-
pionship has been cut to 158.
It would be worth year while to
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Rd Moeller, J. of Oregon univer.
slty, recently threw the diaus IM
foot 1 Inrh to break the recognised
world reeord.
Beet With Red Sox.
Meny players with the Boston Red
Sox regard Jack Russell as the most
effective pitcher ea the elab.
Big League Bench Jockeys Spoil
Plenty of Lovely Afternoons
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Van Eek and Kamsten, ef Holland.
Paired with Ken Bouman of Holland.
Ha beet M. and Mme. Kellerman
Slotemaker of Holland.
Frank Hunter, the defending singles
champion, defeated Weber, a yoang
Dutchman, 8-1, 641, 6-3.
previous years, either at the national
open, the national amateur champion-
ships, or both.
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Hno Betzel, manager of Indian-
aplis, belleves that St. Paul is the
club to beat far the American Asso-
ciation flag thia year.
manager emerged with a shiner and
Shires went back to Texas.
GOOD IF I PLAY.
Shires returned to the ball club
when they were in New York for
a series against the Yankees. And
while he »U there thia incident i
happened. And it will serve to
ebow what kind of a colorful and
confident young men be le.
On the day of the loot game in
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WACO, June 11.—The Cubs played
like champions today to defeat
-ahnveport in the final game of the
Mv.es 3 to 3. The Sporta got away
to a one-run lead in the second bet
Johnson hit a home run in the fourth
with one on to give the Cubs a 8 tb 1
run lead, and they added to that lead
, aS the game progressed. Score:
he had to field with the substitutes i ing round yesterday.
and bat when he had the chance. I The 30-hola qualifying test, eon-
And one day he came out to bet with i dueted on courses in 18 widely sat-
a red flennel hat on his head. The | tered eities, brought disaster to a
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STAMFORD, Texas, June 11.—The strain of playing
two hard tournaments in successive weeks told on Dennis
Lavender, 19-year-old Abilene golf star, today, and he
was defeated by J. P. Bohannon, Abilene, 1 up, in their
first round match in the West Texas championship meet
fr Flushed with his victory in the state tournament at
Aallas, Lavender apparently let up in the early stages of
today’s match and his fellow townsmen rapidly piled up
a three-hole lead. Some fine long distance putting by the
state titleholder on the second nine failed to pull him
through. He had a pair of 40’s for the round, while Bo-
^TAIE CHAMP ELIMINATED
FROM WEST TEXAS TOURNEY
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at first base bad been taken by 8
follow named Clancy and Shires
couldn't get his job back.
Ho found that to earn his eatery
the top in fielding among the Na-
tional league shortstop.
Fuchs Ready to Quit.
Gowdy and Evera have been play-
ing their 1988 roles from the Braves’ 1
dugout end eoachlng lines.
Judge Emil Fuchs, the former Now
York magistrate who took ever the
managerlei reins without over having
played professional haseball, is said
to be ready to turn the team ever
to Evers, his assistant manager, or
anyone else wl.o will have the job.
When Fuchs waa gathering hia
team together this spring, he ner-
iously entertained pennant hopes.
He conveyed hit idea of the ntrength
of the Braves to Joe Dugan, former
New. York Yankees’ third baneman,
who had been cold to Boston and was
a holdout. —
Was All Smiles.
•Jee, with Maranville, Si slar,
Rowdy, Evers and you we can win
the pennant,” Fuchs told Dugan. '
"Judge, Maranville, Sisler, Gowdy,
EVers, Joe Dugan and the Lord him-
aelf couldn't get the Braves in the
first division," Dugan replied.
When the Braves won eight out of
their first ion games and got away
to a flying start in the race, Judge
Sanborn-
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Barry, 1b ..........
Beales, 2b ........
Doebler, 3b.........
O’Dannel, p.........
Isanees, if .........
Stidger, ef .........
Holybrook, e .......
Bodenham, 1b ......
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disto Omsk of Italy wen the
seventy-third lap ef the C. C. Pyle
Two-base hits—Brown, Stein, Pratt,
Cooper. Home runs—Johnson, Tob-
in. Bases on balls—Brown, 1; Stein,
By WILLIAM BRAUCHER
NEA Service Writer ,
if your grandfather spent hie spare
time borrowing horses or your uncle
was known as the champion wart-
rainer in West Commerceville, N. D.
and if you happen to be a big league
ball player, dent ge around with a
banner over your ahoulder tolling all
about it.
Fer ia baseball there ia a seleet
bevy ef raucous-voiced fellowa who
will be auro to spoil lots of your
otherwise pleasant afternoons. We
mean the baseball jockeys, knife-
tongued orator of the diamond
whoso stock in trade consists of
Bronx cheers, eatcalls, boos and an
assortment ef deprecatory geatures
that would pierce the shellacked shin
of a One-Eye Connnolly.
After the world series has been
played this fall, we’re going to take
the matter up with Cash-In-on-Any-
thing Pyle. A vocal derby of diversi-
fies razaberty tossers ought to bring
the erowds over to Madison Square
Garden like not even a recking chair
contest could.
They come from somewhere behind
the water cooler, near where Duro-
cher or Paschal is sitting. The
crowd—even the sharp-eared habitue •
of the prose box—does not often
hoar it. A batter’s ears redden er
an umpire takes a hurried look over ,
hie shoulder.
Or the word comes floating down
from the mound during the office
hours there of Waite Holt or Larry
French ef the Pirates. Sometimes
the words sting, but ths old guys
know how to take it.
Ones it bobbed up in a world series
—between the Yanks and Giants.
Some gent had tipped off "Oil" Smith
to a few facta that Bob Meusel didn't
relish hearing repeated.
That was Oil’a eue. When Meusel
came to bat, Oil began to mention the
unmentionables in a familiar and
hinting voice. Meusel stepped out
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COLLEGE STATION, June 11
When better javelin records are made
in the Southwest conference, Texas
A. and M. track store make them.
J. G. "Bill” Floyd, a sophomore, Ie
the latest Aggie to set a new record
with the spear. He hurled it 204
feet 4% inches In this month’s con-
ference meet at Dallas With two
more yean ef eompetition, Fluyd
a- to the nauonai eollessiate
tewart. Pitchers record—3 runs,
18 hits off Stein in 8 1-8 innings.
Umpires, Donnelly and Erwin.
Spudders Down Buffs
f Hr The Associated Frew)
HOUSTON, June 11 —Wichita Falls
eapitalized Houston’s many errors of
omission and commission and de-
feated the Buffo 18 to 4, making a
clean sweep of the three-game
series.
Although Houston mode but one
error eligible for a place in the box
score errors in judgment, on top of
Wichita Falls' 18 hits made the game
a runaway. The score:
Wichita Falla .219 430 008—18 18 1
hits—Morse, Tate, Bellow,
By Ahern
"lt'e been a long Hate since (
have seen a good ball game," the
stronger naid,
“Well." the reeky Shires sold to
him, “I don't know how good ible
bell gome lo going to be thin after-
noon hecause I don't know whether
I'm playing. But if I was ploying
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manager bawled him out and they i number of stars who have figured in
had a battle in the clubhouse. The
place in elapsed time; Johnny Salo,
Passaic, New Jersey, policeman, whe
is in second place, and Sam Rich-
man ef New Yerk came into the eon-
trol station here in a tie for second
place. Their time, 8 hours. 18 min-
ut*s and 3 seconds, failed to shake
the margin held by Gavumzi ever
Balo of 55 minutes and 48 seconds.
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PLAYGROUND GAMES PROVIDE
HOT COMPETITION FOR
SMITH’S TEAMS
Maranville Fights. *
Hank Gowdy, Johnny Evera and
Rabbit Maranville, heroes of the 1814
team, have made tbo journey up and
down. Game lile Maranville, who
is in his thirty-ixth year and who
haa been playing major league ball
since 1812, has been fighting cour-
ageously to hold the hapless Braves
up. - --
Traded away from a pennant-win-
ning ball club ta • second-divinion
outfit, Maranville ia playing some of
the greatest ball pf his career. He
is betting well over 300 and in near
FOR PAULINO, TOO.
Jee Jacobo, who has the heart and
tha contract ef Kerr Max Sehmeling,
dor Cholman heavyweight wew, ex-
plains in a signed atory hew it bap*
pened that Max bouneed the Ger-
man who brought him to this coun-
try end whacked himself tit to dor
Chneobs. .
"Behmeling and I bit it off per-
feetly from the etort," der Choe said.
“He never refused to do anything I
asked him. When we had a match
in the making he would ooh me only
one question:
"’Do you think I can win this
fight? he would ash ms.
“And I would'toll him he was a
einch er I wouldn’t hove made the
metch. And he always would coy
obey and then go in and knoek off
the bum that I bad get for him.".
to the grandstand, while Smith and
Meusel lay in a tangle at the home
plate. Sometimes ' jockeying doesn’t
get you anywhere.
But most of tho time it works the
other way around. The jockey usu-
ally has the last word. Joe Bush, now
in the Pacific Coast League, and
Grimm of the Cubs always have a
ready answer. Umpires sfton are
the targets.
Hugigins has three of the greatest
jockeys in the game in Hoyt, Leo
Durocher end Bonny Paschal.
, Connie Maek has a pair you'd go
miles to hear—Jimmy Dykes and Ed
Rommel.
Pittsburgh has Larry French; the
Cube, Charley Grimm; the Cards,
“Oil" Smith!
The White Sex have the belligerent
Art Shires.-
There used to be more of them in
the big leagues than perhaps there
are now—in the historie Cub-Giant
battles of other years evary man on
. the field was a jockey, ready to hart
the counter-check quarrelsome at the
glaring boner, to heave the javelin
at the hapless umps, or to fight back
when the enemy starled shooting
over the verbal barrage.
They are the knights of the razz-
berry, and white they carry on, base-
ball will never be dull.
(By The Amoelated Premy
MIDLAND, June 11. — The lead
changed sides nine times in a Wool
Texas League game bore today which
Midland won 24 to 18. Midland got
8 of the game’s 10 home rOns. Two
triplee and 13 doubles were thrown
into the game by both sides for good
measure.
Score by innings: ,
Three former notional amateur
kings failed to qualify- Jess Guil-
cord, Jees Sweetner and Chick Evane.
Evans onra held the national epea
title as well. Evane failed in the
Ciheago’s qualifying round; Sweet-
ser at New York and Guilford at Bos-
ton. Watte Gunn, runner-up for the
national amateur title in 1823, found
the Oakmont course at Pittaburfh
too much for him, and Mike Brady,
veteran Winged Foot pro, who twice
was runner-up for the open cham-
pionship, failed nt New York, Evano'
companions in misfortune at Chleagq
Included Abe Espinosa, Willie Hunt-
er and Gaa Nevetny.
The honor of returning the lowest
score In the entire field went to •
rauthhil Omeha amstoer. Jehu Good- ;
man, former trans-Minsisaippi title
holder, who scored 140 over the
Omaha field club course.
(Br The Anoelated Press)
WICHITA, Kan., June 11.- Young
Stribling’s first step in bls finti
rsmobaek will be a 10-round boot In
Wichita, June 17, against Babe Hunt,
sturdy Oklahoma heavyweight.
It will be the Georgian’s first
fight olnea he loot to Jack Sharkey
in Florida and kls first appearance
in a Kansas ring since 1824. The
bout is expected to draw thousands
of Southwest boxing fans to Wich-
Ito's Forum.
For Hunt the fight will be a rhance
to prove that his record lo no fluke.
He never baa been knocked out and
hae wen nearly 80 engagements in
lose than twe yents.
Heat, who weighs ahout 183, prob-
ably will have nearly ten pounds ad-
vantage over Stribling.
It‛s Tough On Prineeton.
Ten athletes who have earned let-
trra in football will graduate at
Prineeton this year.
Fuchs was sll sinilen. He thought
his dreams wars coming true. The
Bravee hold the lead until May 8
when they started to toss games
sway as fast aa they had won them
la April and they dropped to see-
ond division May 83.
Judge Fucha hae had hja little jobe
and learned that the eld adage -
you can't beat the other man at his
awn game Ie still true, even in base-
ball circleo.
From now on the Braves will de
their battling with the Phillies, Reds
and Rubins to stay out of the Na-
tional league cellar.
(Hy The Awocinted Prose)
NOORDWYK, Holland, June 11.-
Blg Bill Tilden furnished the chief
sensation of the opening day of play
in thb Dutch tennis championships,
winning two singles matches and one
mixed doubles without losing a game.
In the singles, Tilden disposed of
VwTetxe BY NEW COMERS
MR. SHIRES’ HISTORY. .
There have been many stories told ——.
about the cocky Art Shires, the first 1 ONE THOUSAND AND ONE
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The women golf champion.of the
Carolinas is Elisabeth Rogen, a
school teacher from Greensboro.
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bunion derby today, running the 50-
mile streteh between Algodones, Mn-
ieo, and Calexico, California, in 7
houra 30 minutes and 10 seconds
Pere Gavusxi, bewhiskered Italian
‘rem England, who heldo down first
Davis, Moudy, Casey. Three-base
h it—Flaskamper. Home runs ■■■Cea
cy, R. Moore, Kote. Double play—.
R. Moore to Jeffries. Innings pitched
—by Glaser, 5 8-3, 18 hits, 10 runs.
Hase sn balls—Glaser, 1; Gleaner, 2;
Moudy, 3. Struek out—Glaser, 1;
Moudy, 1. Umpires—Sears and Barr.
Time—2:09.
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Braves Doing It Again
BALLINGER, Jone 11Balling"r
defeated San Angola here todoy, 7
to 8. The seore:
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Bette, Andrews and Moore; Parker
and Railitf.
’ Coach Dutch Smith’s playground
games were carried out imtform .
of baseball competition Pusday
morning at the Sanborn school
grounds, with the Buchanan Cube and
the Wolflin Wolves furnishing the
"hot” competition for the Sanborn
Spotlights.
In the first game, which was seft
bsll, the Spotlights of Sanborn de-
feated the Wolflin Wolves 4 to 8 in
a nlns inning gams, festering Bsald's
home run in the ninth inning to win ,
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Winning pitcher— Stein. Double" 1 ’
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Two-base bits -Stapleton, Martin,
Fitxgerald, Jordan, Lapan. Smith.
Hema ma—Lapan. Sacrifice—Ben-
ton. Double play—Stapleton unas-
slated, Smith to Jordan to Moore.
Base on hallo—off Lindsey, 1; Rose,
8; Wiltse, 1; Myers, 1. Struck out
—by Lindsey, 2; WIllso, 3; Rose, 2.
Innings pitched—Lindsey, 4; Rose, 4;
Myers, 1. Hito—off Lindsey, 14.
rune, 10; off Rose,' t, runs, none;
Myers, 8 hits, 2 runs. Umpires—
Griggs and Countryman.
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(By The Associated Preu)
8AN ANTONIO, June 11.—Fast-
ing tha offering of Whitey Glaser
end Dick Moudy for 21 hits, Dallas
wen the final game of the series
with San Antonio Tuesday, 15 to 5.'
Manager Pat Nowman and Chief
Nason ef San Antonio were thrown
out of the game.
Score:
Dallas ............ 055 221—15 21 0
San Antonio ...100 100-912 5 13 2
Sacrifices—Davis, Bischoff, Glas-
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Sanborn ........... 8 8 8 0—8
Summary—8 base hits, Doebler,
Holybrook, W. Devine. Three base
hits, H. Devine, Corbett, Reeves.
Home run, Corbett, Dalton. Stolen
bases, Stidger, Bodenham, Keith (3),
H. Devine, Shelton, W. Devine.
Struck ent by W. Devine 4, by ODan-
nel 8.
ploys—Windle to Mellano to Pratt, “ .
vigargo Pratt, Holman to Tobin swe ney, e
to Whelan. Sacrifices—Sanguinet, -
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WTeSS, WHEH HE APPLIED FoR HiS
PASSPORT,-- AN’ MIS' BRTH AFFIDAVIT
HAD HIM DowJ AS 61 != — AH' You
SHoLDA SEEN Him TAkIHG TH’ OATH,
----FIRST Time HE EVER HAD His
MAUD ABovE His MOUH W/THouT
A GLASS ! a. THEY HAD Him o
baseman fer the Chienge White Sox.
He came np ao a rookie and wao i
made captain of the team and he |
proceeded to leave the renervation
in the opring training eamp.
Lena Biaekburne, manager ef the
elub, fired him as captain and order- |
ed him home to Toms. The young
men repented and was allowed to
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
NEW YORK, June 11.—The Bos-
ton Braves did it—but the wrong
way.
Back in 1814 the Bravee rose from
the cellar to win the National league
pennant and world championship.
Fifteen years later the Braves pre-
■ented the .1929 xersion of the
“miracle men" by dropping from the
top to the bottom.
Pennant contenders In April and
May, the Braves are ia the National
leagu eehar tdtny a' badly-dTsor:
ganized aad forlorn looking ball
club.
Cate Swamp Beaumont
(B, The Amoelated Press)
BEAUMONT, June 11.—Fort Worth
took tko series final from Beaumont
decisively today, hammering Elmer
Hanson for a 11-8 victory. Bono-
wits, Walkup, Petrie and Pierce got
homers, the letter's coming with the
bases full in the seventh inning.
Fort Worth ....101 010 800—11 13 1
Beaumont .....000 010 010— ill
Two-base hits—Pierce, 8; Easter-
Ung. Home rune—BonowIts, Walkup,
Pierce, Petrie. Sacrifice—Harring-
ton. Double plays—Urban to Har-
rington to Grimes; Pierce to Hat-
Hngton to Grimes. Hits end runs-
off Hanson, 11 and 8 in 8 1-3 in-
ninga. Bases on balls—off Hanson.
8; Grimm, 2. Struck out—Hanson,
1; Grimm, 1. Umpires—Kane and
Edington. ,
hannon shot 87*40.
Dixon White, 16, of Dub*
lin, who won medalist hon-
I ors yesterday, won his open-
ing match from Earl Cogdell,
Abilene, 4 and 8. Bob Le-
sage, Graham, went to the
second round by trimming
Burt King, Stairford, 6 and
5. Thirteen other first
round matches were being
played. -
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