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THE BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN BRECICENRIDGE TEX AS; THURSDAY APRIL 25 1929
Telephone Number 1
SAND STORM
CAUSES GAME
TO BE CALLED
Manager Williams Of Aces
Ky Be Back Sunday
. " For Ball Game
A tyji il West Texan mm storm"
.r$vcr'pd tho baseball gnrne .ves-
lesday afternoon bctwe-. tho Abl-
iCtfto A'ev Wn! Texas league twMii.
inp the Prcc k All Star
MunipT Car I Williams and II of
h & Arf nm" over before lunch
nHl r&i1 unr of the hospitality
oU-fd them by secretary Morris-
tu( Ihr Y M. C A. Wtton the
All) er.c tribe arrlvH fn the morn-
ing a hiautifjl day wns almost n
Brc1 . Uni three hour beforo ihe
JK-ihic w hedutfed to be called.
he (Iti-i-mul wind storm swept
d wn itn hin countrv and turned
'h-. "I-.TIP T'aik diamond Into a
User
Ir iwn r that very few person
iwuv a lii-. i such weather for a
Ynrlgin- rt' matter how frat farta
tt-A were M.mager Wlllatns or the
I tan i kc J That the gme be post-
I ii( I ll willing to play If
vr it 'miii demanded the game
I jt jr.n.r horn sense" ruled
ml" the .iff an was left "a It were"
-LST TIMES TODAY
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- Fairy Love Drama!
DREAM
OFI0VE
wllth Joan ( raw ford and
- Ml Vsthei
Im) Topics Fables Ncu.s
ri'oiuonon and Saturdaj
Bob Custer
in
"On the Divide"
Mill
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Z JACK PERR1N.
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Manager Williams expiessed re-
gi-et at not being able to play nnd
stated that he would gladly bring
hi crew ovor for smother ganip if j
his 'practice schcklulcclyj'ce'n " now
and the opening ddi May X wits
not complete. Hd did to! Ham pr-
chard Gulf Manager ' tnat he
would bring theiAcea over Sunday
providing he roltld get a release
from anothor hookng. There was
no definite gome net however.
Some 20 local players out Wed-
nesday In hopes of getting to play
with the All tnrs again the Aces.
This fart wan appreciated by ttjose
In charge and thanks are due la
all.
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Club Standings
Next Games
THURSDAY'S STANDINGS
TUXOH lAKtgUO.
aub w
Waco .8
Houston 0
Dallas ft
Fort Worth
Wichita Knlta I
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$hrovsport
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.222
uoaumont .
San Antonio
American Longue
Clul- W. U Iet.
Philadelphia .... I 2 tWJ
St. iHilii .. 5 3 .036
5Jpw York . .3 2 .COO
Cleveland .... I 3 571
Detroit I 5 ill
fkMton 2 3 100
Washington ... 2 I .338
Chicago ... 2 I .383
Nutldiial lxsigtiix
Club W. I. l'et.
New Yoik . 8 I 760
Uoaton . . 3 2 400
St Louie . . ... I 3 671
Chicago . I 3 571
Philadelphia . 3 3 .800
I'ituBurgV . . 3 3 m
Cincinnati . . . . 3 I 333
Brooklyn 2 6 .3Sfl
i-:oNiuiAr$ imsuirs.
Te.xiiH.VX'ttKjl i
i I it.i Kails 13. Shreveimrt I).
1- oi t Worth 30. Dallas IS.
V.i.. i' Uoaumont 1.
Il'nut'iii V Han Antonio 1.
Amrrluiii 1'iigiiH.
Ni-w YnrVD. Hoslon 3.
Philadelphia 0 Washington I.
Detroit 7. Cleveland 0.
st Units at Chicago rain.
National league
Pittsbuigh r.. Chicago 1 (13 In-
New York 0. Philadelphia 2.
Hronklyn 6. iloeton 3.
Cincinnati at St. Louie rain.
Wlll.Ui; THBY 1'I.W TODAY.
Texas laguo.
.hiivijoit at Wichita KalUt.
ii ut licMtimont.
Han Antonio at Houston.
P.ill.1-. at Foit Woith.
Anierlmn l'iigu
Nw Yvrk at Jlotitqii.
tji. iy;t ch'ribfgtt.
CfeflhW'at Dtjrtllf.
U'Bijhlngfon t Phllaielthl.
Niillouttl Iiicue.
hK-ng.i mi Piitshtirgh
Hooii at irooklyn
Clnrinqti t $t. UuIh
I'hlladelphiu at New York
A hen in Ireland Tald rovfin "ggs
neur n rabbit burrow. The eggn
disappeared and some time lutcr
a newly ' h ached chtcUon popped
nit. It Is supposed the heat form
hr anlmuls Incubated tho eggs.
to
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BOW
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Wild fwfy
AFbo
GIANTS DOWN
PHILLIES TO
GO OVER TOP
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LU IS Anfl Larnina S -IIS A
tep Behind;
Yanks Win
Another ilul between the Cubs
and the Giants is in the maklns
Heroic shadows of the haceball pes'
Ilk Chance and Matty urge tl.e
tMittle lines of 1929 on to combat
like that which inaiked National
league ampalpns from 1008 through
1013. That perold enw (ho rine and
fall of the peerless leaderf hut the
Utile Napoleon remained in the
fight to wittiMa the renewal' of the
rivalry with Chicago.
John J. MeGraw again Is at the
top of the standing Of the clubs
hut the limine are not far behind
ami the champion Cardinals
threaten to make It a three ring
party. The Giants climbed to the
top of the heap by executing a
smart about - face agnlnat the
Phillies at the polo grounds yes
terday as the braves bogged dovn
from their first week spurt and
permitted the Hoblna to Uke a sec
on I decision In Kin t bush by 6 to 3.
Tnp Cubs diplnyed along tho
Pittsburg front The powerful hat
of Koger Hotnsby was spiked by
the spltter of Uurlelgh Grimes and
without Its aid the lirulns lacked
the power to win. The pirates ham-
mered Charley Root unfeelingly
IKMtiti IIa AMrlt? tAtinrla aftil flnnl.
V nMched the winning run f rom
hcrlyn Hon.- In the thirteenth to
triumph by 6 to 4. :
Joeeph V McCarthy led his team.
from under a four run deficit In
the third to even terms In the
eighth but th- march to victory
was Just it stride too long. Tho ile
feat plunged the Cubs into A tie
with the Cardinals for third place
bill left bntti only a half itame
behind thr Giants I tain foirett the
Cm lis to'poNivuip theli home open-
ing against Cincinnati.
The Yankees locked the Amer-
ican league front witli a blast which
shattered Charlie' Huffing nnd the
lied Box by 0 to 3. The barrage
consisted of sixteen hits of which
Babe ltuth's portion was Just one
single.
The Athletics were just us effec-
tive with their eleven shots nt Krod
Mai berry and Lloyd Uruwn who
succumbed with the Senators at
Shlbe xirk by 0 to i. Tho Athletic
attack wns capped by a homo rim
from the bat of Jimmy Koxx with
one mute aboaixl in tho fourth.
Activity In the western half of
the llarmml loop was cotiflhtfil In
Douolt. Tvlicre 30.000 fans nl IIU)
home opening of the tlgprs saw
Harry Woo snvo the IJouRuls .by
a speeiaatilar sliding. attolr'li) tl)P
ninth. Two Cleveland iuni)cvt woifi
on base an It Ice snrowjed Ijpudlurc
mimt near secoud lo clutch Lulio
Sewell's UntalUci. Detroit won by
7 tod.
Unlu forced ihe H:tKjiicmcnl of
the Hrown-White Mox panic.
A text book on aviation has beep
completed by Jamea G. WoolWy
vice picsident of the Western Air
Express. It has been accepted nl
standard at 20 cducuttoiial Institu-
tion In ihe west.
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JV. L M.
''i'llEWiffi'
Shows at l:a.j.7-ii V M.
Startinj; Today for U lg Uijyh
llcnr tlu gay liey-hoy (ho tUhl
vihooiH- t'lr:S throbbli ptiWIug
Mike hcii sho wjh "loe-uye-"!
Mie doe I'terylhiug! Sai ovcrj-
tliiiig! Tim Cliini Row way. In
IhK lliigllug good.to-bo nllvi) Mory
hi the iMilhor of "I'liiiiilng Ynulli"!
Hennty joulli nnd romanci; n;j-
id iogeilier in ono big iitjjir)H?o-
forgotioii wild parij!
ianR lomcdy with ound und musde
and Tallting Nous.
Hce Our fJispluy ip
Hood Druy Store Window
BETWEEN YOU
AND WE!
ly WES 1IODOE9.
Tlic distinguished Texas
who published the Texas
authoi
classic.
mu
"wind" must have irotton her In-
llrntlon and setting for thenovel
in such n sand storm as did blow
hero yesterday afternoon. In fact
If sho had been Mcompcrlng nrotind
at Fair Pa;k yesterday after the
noon hour where a ball t game -was
supposed to have been played bo-
twnemthc West TexnSjjAbllqne Aces
and"' the local AU-Stari We coOld
have wrllton a history of "wind
nnd the Hand." It did everything
possible out there; carried off half
of the diamond; stacked up weeds
and paper against the fence be-
tween the diamond nnd the grand-
stand waist high and climaxed Itn
afternoon's spree by sending the
Ace back to tholr happy hunting
grounda without any of the prac-
tice that they had ridden no Joes
than 70 mites to get.
There le one thing that the
locals might bo thankful for. There
euro won't be any laughs and cutty
remark! coming from tho "storm
sports" on "what n great ball game
you boys ployed yesterday." Kact
Is. there had been plenty of HUch
snickering going about when It
was announced that the Aces would
piny horc. 'Now' that the game
wasn't played not that anyone of
the local players admit that they
would have been defentcd. there Is
no room for tho sly sayings.
AnywRy..some 20 players who had
hopes of playing against the Aces
had the fun of "aniline" out and
strutting around on the diamond
' "roady to piny ball." Wc arp darn
I "orry Jhat the game had to be call.
ed off. for
wo are sure that
the
Aces would have encountered the
toughest proposition they have run
Into this season. There Is a possi-
bility of the Abilene crow return-
ing hero for n game Sunday after-
noon with the Gulf cm. Undo Sam
Orchard was out there in hopos of
seeing u "real club" play hall am)
stumbled Into Carl Williams. Abl
lene manager baseball
nianugersspnt tho state.
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mmWBfmg .isisssssssBasasBB ' W .
have. a way. of. stumbling into caqh.
othpr we have noticed. Anyway
rjnelc Bam nsked tho Aco mentor I
to hie back oypr.erc and do bat-
UcvltK"the 'aUlfcra: Sdnday' after
church.
Mr. Williams waa highly pleased
with the suggestion (who Wouldn't
get elated at the line Uncle Sam
shot to the Abilene manager) nnd
said that he would try and move
Up an engagement ho already had
for Sunday and come hack over
here. Just to get a crock nl Icfly
Purvis.
"They iIauStar
On TJracfcjField
HY ALAN .7. GOULD
Associated Prrra Sports Editor.
NEW YORK. April 25. fF) -Hern
arc the ogllc young men
to keep an eye on during tho
college track and field whirl
especially during the next few
days of competition at Drake
und Pennsylvania:
Sprinters Claude Hroccy of
Rice Institute who has done
tho "100" in 9.4 this spring and
George Simpson of Ohio State
clocked on one day In 0.5 for
the '100' nnd 20.G for the "220;"
not to ovcilook Jack Elder tho
Notre Dame fhmn; or Charley
Uornli. Southern California
votcrnn.
Pole Vnultprs Krcd Sturdy
of Yalo who knows what It
feels like to have scaled It
feet; Victor Plckard of Pitts-
burgh; Henry Canby of Iowa
and Tommy Warno of North
wostorn; ngo Jh'ck Williams of
Southern California and Ward
Edmonds of Stamford nil
doing 13-0 or better on occas-
ion. . Weight Men Harlow Roth-
ert of Stanford. now more
consistent fn the shot put Eric
Kronz who Is specializing In
record stunts with the discus;
Dnn Hcnttlo of the Colorado
Agglcs u good man with cith-
er heavy Implement.
Michigan is conducting a contest
to select an officials bird to rcpre-
f sssW... ki. HeWesitJU.4.
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HOUSTON AND
WACO! SETTING
A DIZZY PACE
San Antonio Pilot Quits;
. Dallas Mauled By
Fort Worth j
I
';4it. ' ' i-r-
c' " C" " -- .i . .t Ait
The terrific pace set by Waco
and Houston already has burnpd
out one perfectly good pilot Bill
Alexander of San Antonio nnd the
two clubs display no signs of check-
ing their dizzy pace In the Toxas
League scramble. Al the result of
victories over Beaumont and San
Antonio respectively yesterday
tho Cubs and BUons were out In
front a little further today.
Alexander who had been out of
baseball for 15 years apparently
was Just a little dazed by the pres-
ent spood of the Texas circuit. Al-
so ho was unfortunate in playing
most of his first eight games
against Houston and Waco.
Under Pat Newnam fiery tem-
pered Irishman of the old school
tho Indians can he counted upon
to develop a fighting disposition
even though there be slight chuhco
of their potting- far from the cellar
region. Newnam Is ono of the few
plnyors credited with having conic
out first In a fistic argument with
John J. McGruw. It huppened al
Houston the story goes muny
years ugo.
Grooves pitched the Waco Cubs
to tholr eighth victory In nine
starts when he nosed out Bqaii-
mont. 2 to 1. after a great battle
with Walter Newman. Homers by
Sangulnot nnd Vlg'arc gave the
Cubs thqlr winning runs.
Houston supplanted Dallas in
second place by trimming San An-
tonio. 6 to I while the Steers wore
losing u maudlin affair ' to iforl
worth. 20 to 13. Floyd Rose a
rookie from Topoku In (ho Wcptaru
After all's said and
done. the
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you get ill sffl
is wbat counts
CIGAR
Association held the Indians to
four hits which was three more
than Jim Llndsgy allowed the trbe
on the prevl'qus aftcrhoon.
Thp 'Wichita " Falls Spuddcrs
squared things with Shreveport by
trimming trtc? Sports" 13 to 9 in a
frcc-hlttjng game" at Wichita. Sta-
pieton. new spud first sackcp
clouted two homers.
Today' schedule: Dallas at Fori.
Worth; Waco at Beaumont j San
Antonio at Houaton; "Slircvcport nt
Wichita Falls.
Stamford Team
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For Grid Tilt
Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p. m.
football fans of Ureckcnrldge will
saunter out to Buckaroo pntk to
cast critical eyes nt their 1029 Oil
Belt football bet.
Coach Shotwcll will send his
grldcrs on the field to do batlc
wfth the Stamford HI crew for
the first spring practice tilt!
Less than two weeks of spring
practice will be guiding the Buck-
aroos so fans are not apt to he
too critical- not critical hut mere-
ly pcslmlstlc for fear of flaring out
with too I-' h enthusiasm at this
early stn- of the strcnlous sched-
ule that l. In rtorc for the ten
teams In this i ' trlct. next season
There has bee.! no definite line-!
up selected and . radically every
lad out for pracllcc. who has idiown
:..!. ..n ...in n ... i.. i
tiiij Muujiau ti uii iii (;i;i iiuu iill
game.
The Stamford mentor has agreed
to furnish plenty of opposition and
the tilt Is expected to he Interim
ting despite the out-of-8cusonincS3
of the affair.
Jumpers Vill
Go to Europe
SKtV YORK. Am II IT iP
United State's Aimy toiim of fmn
rllo will sail on May '2nd for Ku
rupQ tp compoto In thp lntornntlon
easure
oking
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E T T E S
WHY CAMF.LS ARE THIS BUTTER ClGARliTTI-
Camels arc. made of the choicest tobaccos 'growy.
The Camel blend of Domestic and Turkish tobtkevs
lias never been equaled.
Qanicfs are wM W$ HW(kw-
th iq nut tire tjte tasc.
TJiey Iqaye no cjgqretty ajtertase
Camels have a delightful "fragwim tjutiigleasin
to everyqitg. '"'.''. "
al Jumping competition at Warsaw
Poland from June 1 to 12. Three
members of tho team have been se-
lectedMajor Harry D. Chamber-
lln and Captain William B. Brad-
ford of tho Oth cavalry Fort Riley
Kans. and-Lieut. EdwInY. Argo
1st field artillery. Fprt aiii.uKia.
Earl F. Thompson. Oth cavalry
probably will bo the fourth in'mbcr
of the squad.
.HliJUCTS PROPOSAL
GENEVA April 21. (PH-Gcrma-ny's
proposal for prohibition -of (air
craft bombing In war time was re-
jected today by the preparatory
conYihlssldn oti'dlSarmaniontrofthc
League-.of Nations. ..Out of .25 na
tional delegations at thejoMfer'ence
6flly five
counties
supported 'the
project.
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Adair, A. Garland. The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 148, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 25, 1929, newspaper, April 25, 1929; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth70124/m1/2/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.