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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1930
Page
6
Pitchers show improvement as San Antonio Indians edge Beaumont 7 2 in a tight game. Starling performances include Hamilton’s three bags and a key double, with Mallett and Eckhardt prominent on defense and offense as Beaumont fights back late.
Major league games opened with widespread doubleheaders as fans awaited fresh schedules. Cubs, Cardinals, Pirates, and Indians posted early wins. Hallahan dazzled for St. Louis while Cleveland toppled Detroit 7 1. Warneke and Nelson paired in sharp pitching for Chicago’s foes.
The report places LaVeque, ex New York Giants catcher, with the San Antonio Indians and suggests he may appear in either the Saturday or Sunday game at League Park. Also noted is Tathee Marvel, formerly with the Dallas Steers, recently sent to Nashville then acquired by San Antonio, with potential action during the Waco visit.
Gus Sonnenberg may appear at Expaution Grounds if promoter Ralph Hammonds keeps his word press Friday. Hughie Nichols retained heavyweight title by defeating Bobby Myers in two falls 18 and 15 minutes amid hard fought action. Myers displayed aggressive but sometimes brutal holds including choking and legal pins as Nichols clinched both falls. Referee Scott repeatedly warned Myers as the crowd watched a large San Antonio turnout.
Yesterday's Explanations recounts Democritus of Abdera, a Thracian philosopher known as the laughing philosopher, who blinded himself to quiet his mind. The piece notes his cheerful view of human folly and his lifelong wit despite losing sight, ending with a prompt to send questions about the Hullree-Lt cartoons to Mr. Ripley.
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Chicago manager Lennie Bush insists Frasier from Dallas may be sent to Chicago for a top pitching prospect. The chatter centers on Frasier, once with Dallas, as Dallas contemplates moving him to secure a high potential hurler in a deal.
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Former champions invited to defend titles amid a chaotic lineup of names and places. The text lists numerous individuals and cities including Wichita and Kansas, with scattered references to events, turns, and outcomes in a garbled OCR passage.
New York April 7 Maureen Orcutt metropolitan and sansiro Women’s golf champion sails today on the Olympic for Europe She will play in the British women’s championship and earn matches in England and France between Glenna Collett’s American squad and picked teams from those countries She is accompanied by her mother and plans to land in Ireland after the Layam match to France and sail home May 27.
Stanford University backs and field team conceded a 30 point defeat by California in the thirty-seventh annual big meet the invasion of the California athletes marked by the running of the famed meet Also mention of New York April awards in fencing from the Intercollegiate Fencing Association referencing the foil title winner Frolar in a separate note.
Holston April 19 More than 50 Texas schools represented at the fifth annual Rice Institute high school invitation track and field meet. San Antonio provided the largest out of town contingent with about twenty six entrants. The day was clear and dry, the track in good condition, and San Jacinto High of Houston the defending champion.
An unclear chart of boxing results lists fighters from Tampa and Minnesota with ages around 30. The snippet mentions opponents, venues, and possible outcomes but readable details are fragmentary. The piece reads like a brief sports update from a small paper.
Joy Stephens and Teo Chase, newcomers to San Antonio, meet in the semi main event of Matchmaker 3 1. Henson's firee mar cord in hiv ne gocation, Garrett Grid Wednesday. The card also features Thorko vs Brant and Jack Hendrix, Torri Butler versus Pat Reagan in the prelim.
Ralston Gill, UC football player, was arrested in San Francisco on charges of resisting an officer disturbing the peace and drunkenness after a disturbance at a cafe in the Latin Quarter. Officers cuffed him to take him to the city jail where he reportedly refused to be measured and had to be subdued again.
Miguel Gonzales, released last fall by the Chicago Cubs, worked out with the Chicago White Sox in Chicago. He plans now to pursue professional baseball elsewhere if no major league opportunity arises.
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Lawrence reporters note the eighth annual Kansas Relays show a fast track with 29 universities 41 colleges and 15 states contributing. Forty plus relay teams and nine special events mark the program as top for student athletes led by decathlon contenders from Aggieland and Olympic club members as major colleges field strong lineups.
In the North and South tennis tournament Johnny Dore Sie of Santa Monica and Gregory Mangin of Newark clashed in a forehand driven final. Georgetown sophomores Pare and Doster advanced, while Penlope Anderson of Richmond and Marian Jessip of Wilmington reached the women’s final.
Five plates on the American Wightman Cup tennis roster were awarded to California players by Donald M Hill of Longwood Cricket Club. Trelen Wills Maade of San Francisco, Relen Jacobs of Merced, Fearn Fora of Francisco, Sarah Dalfren of Detroit, and Mary Green of Kansas City received the positions. Diane Torwar of Niagara County won the Tower Golf Championship, defeating T. Ryerson of Cooperate, N.Y., 2 and 1, as the defense of the title continued.
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