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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
11
Dallas Oawes outgatge but loses opening day as pitchers duel dominates Houston game. Patterson homered for Beaumont, Jones and Jacobs deliver for Beaumont. Errors and base running miscues mark the effort with limited scoring.
A golf instruction excerpt discusses timing during the backswing, stressing wrists and clubhead alignment. It highlights how small wrist action can cause the clubhead to move out of unison, and stresses a golfer’s sense of touch and body coordination to finish in sync with the swing.
Wichita Falls Spudders dominate Shreveport Gassers 4 years. Distel and Fitzgerald spark offense with extra bases as Osborn allows seven hits but errors open door for runs. Bonowitz belts a homer as crowd tops six thousand.
Johnny Meyers, former world's middleweight champion, reclaimed the title by winning the third and deciding fall from Lou Talaber in five minutes with four headlocks. Meyers held the title seven years before losing it last spring to Joe Parell, who was defeated by Talabor. Engel of Dubuque beat Hajdich of Chicago in a one fall match in 85 minutes 30 seconds with a headlock.
Noah won the Hartford Handicap a six furlong race at Harford Park Md on April 14 with Leo Ardess finishing second and Princess Doreeen third. Single Foot the public choice failed to place and Leopardexs also started. Time 1:12.24.
New York reports two days of major league action with Brooklyn and Cincinnati each winning twice and Boston close behind. Athletics rally for a five run margin while Cleveland and St. Louis skip games due to weather. Tigers lose despite pitching depth as hitting surges for Chicago and Detroit. Ruth faces hospital uncertainty while Hornsby notches season hits. Seven-way slate includes Pirates and Cubs trading homers and rain cutting Giants game with the Braves. New towns debut in Cotton States League with Alexandria and Meridian joining Vicksburg schedule.
City League boards approve a three round schedule with a season end on August 19. Multiple exhibition and league games are planned across venues including Legion Hospital in Legion Tex and Gulf Refining, with rosters updated and several matches arranged for April and May. Strong local teams like Sacred Heart and Pittsburg Heaters are involved, along with civic groups and military units.
Tommy Long, a left handed starter, joins the Southern Association leader San Antonio Bears after a mobile season and short stint with Brooklyn. He reports ready to go and expects a good year, bringing his wife and two babies. Porter is released to Okmulgee, and two more pitchers may depart as manager Coleman trims the staff to six hurlers.
A fragmented college baseball snippet lists various teams and cities including Cincinnati Miami University Annapolis Buck West Point Urbana Washington San Marcos and Pennsylvania with scattered player names and numbers. The unreadable OCR yields little coherent result beyond a vague ledger of opponents and venues.
Derybery of the Brooks Field Cadets pitched a complete game shutout against the 47th Squadron, lifting the Cadets to a 9–0 win. He struck out six across seven innings while Walden added a triple to boost the offense. Batteries: Haz Edmondson Worley Weber Deryberg Barnes. The 46th and 62nd Squadrons meet Thursday.
West Texas Military Academy will play Cuero High School at Cuero on Friday and then face Ratti Welder High in Victoria on Saturday, announced coach Les Wasserman. The report also notes University of Town's chances in Kansas City relay events dimmed by captain Chan Coulter’s injury. Sergeant Murphy, Grand National winner, has been withdrawn from the Liverpool race due to injuries.
Johans Dundee former featherweight and junior lightweight champion will box Sid Terris New York lightweight in a 12 round match at Madison Square Garden on May 5 Promoter Tex Rickard said it would be the final fight in the old arena before razing begins May 6 workmen start razing the structure the following morning
Drawings for the San Pedro Brackenridge Park divisions of the Women's city courts tennis tourna ments were held Wednesday afternoon at Heights court and Sullivan Pitman courts with matches set for Thursday. Friday schedules include Roosevelt Park at 3 o clock. Results list several pairings and byes. play starts Thursday at San Pedro and Brackenridge Parks. Houer Boy Finnigan beat Goldie Ahearn in 12 rounds at Washington April 16.
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